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the georgetown herald wednesday june 1 6th 1 948 i forthbbest1n chesterfield reupholstekimg be seven day service no waiting easy payments arranged u d mired on reuphnhturms and banr elieaterf ielda up to 12 month to pay jack sudermann of john dick and son poultry wanted immediately for export market your poultry with the valley produce for highest price paid while the american export market is open at present the valley produce will be closed for holidays from july 1st to july 16th trucks will pick up your poultry at no extra charge phone collect ask for valley produce arthur ontario after 600 pm phone 130 arthur aaaaaaasaaamamaggsbsssg a i distributor agents for cledraulie and gabriel shock absorbers stabilizers and rubbers of all sizes in stock georgetown shock absorber exchange and service cledw1dge kin st phot 486w phone 375 kingsway cleaners for a reliable cleaning service phone 375 wanted dead stock highest cash prices horses 7 e cattle 8 e hogs 2 ewl all according to size and condition darling company ltd successors to falco bros cah collect galt 2718j i activities report of georgetown recreational council this report of actlvitiea to ut of gebryotown recreational cquncll wus presented ut the town coun cils request at thulr meeting of juno 7th by r v maccormack president qi the 2jtc liito in soptinbor 1946 a ferop of public plritcd biijrfneari men atf- raimod for mi orgtuiiiuitioitu moot ing in tie jold tosvn hall to spon- nor sport arnontfgt tho young popple of the town afur a number of hvetirijth iisivoria council waj forrh- txi- aiwl wa itumodthio goprjfe- towri- athlotfqj ajiyiation yith the bow purpose of plqtnottntf var ifjus typrf of mporu for airln- and boyit uwler thu ugu of 18 youm october of the muiim year tho fifnt pubicinujotic of thia group tofilt puco itr- ub odl hull in twon of a father and soil uun- loutv at thlirmeriur mr stunloy hull mri tuivuoj- thov nroaorit unit tho proviiiciul government had u- plan which provided communities with sufficient ionui pay thirty three and ono third nor cent of tho ttnlury of a itcsrentiinal director as well as 20 put cent of the ap proved operutttk and maintenance conth jt wan pointer out however that the overall community pro gramme eould not only sponsor sport for the younger people but must be n programme which- would include younu and old and also encourage eulural hobby and craft activities prior to thin meeting the associ ation iih it wiih the know had al ready connidered bromdeninir tho scope of its activities and had adop ted the name of youth incorpora ted in view of the information put forward by mr hall the or ganization neain changed its namo to the jeorgetw recreational council so that it would conform with the requirement of the pro vincial government mr e v muc- cormack wtto elected first presidont and plans wore made to employ a recreational director- pending the appointment of a recreational director a midget and juvenile hockey programme was inaugurated under the chairmanship of mr alfred sykes and a very bucccsnful winter season was on- joyed it was unfortunate how ever that despite the effort of the grc to stimulate enthusiasm amongst the adults of the town attendance at the games warn trcmoly poor and i wo not until the finals that there was any res ponse to apealrtvf thin meant that the cost of outfitting the 10 teams which were opera ing was very higji and it was nocessary for the individual member of the grc to endorse notes at the bank to on the group tho property cairixsau mr t husori was approached for palut putty and glass ana he ap proved an expenditures of some 40 for- this purpos from midmay juiitif uie first tvhjay in july the teonogcnj who had organized thorrutelveu into a junior council workod froiit two f three night week with tho director painting scrubbing glazing and clean nig- up the uccuhnatml dirt ot the yara thtatwak was intfd loubly diffioult bytijuvact- that tho uource of wa fer and tdiuit jmciiuoh vera denied the grcrt and tho tlionagr had to druu water- from eufhpourinjp houiieh on july 7th the tepnragejrriheid their ifirat daiice to music auppliod tothil borrowed radio ohd rijcorjr player the dunco was a wuccesa ami jiubjequently thit- grouj accum ulated enough moiwy to rant amp lifying equipment and records at mi evening dances were hold throughout the hummer fall and early winter season under thin sys tem details of tho teenage pro gramme follow in tho report under that heading as the georgetown high school had achieved such success at the peel county music festival the rev ereationnl director recommended thit these chojrs ami aojoiata should he heard by the citizens of george town arrangements wore mode with mr lambert of the high high school and rev chas coch rane of knox presbyterian church for an evening of home talent mu sic the public response was most gratifying and tho grc received many favourable commonts for ma king the evening possible this was the first effort by the grc to promote the activities of other pub lic organizations and to bring homo to the citizens of khe town the tal ents which exist locally the recreational director also ci rculutcd a general questionnaire which provided a very enlightening picture of the type of activities de sired by the yojjner people of georgetown these included base ball softbull tennis badminton table tennis archery art classes svwing and weaving and a number of the better known hobbies in discussing this programme it was pointod out that most of theso ac tivities requrod equipment and fac ilities which the grc cither could not afford or did not possess at tho present time however it was felt that u aoftball ami baseball pro gramme should be inaugurated which would included junior and in termediate girlrt bantam midget und juvenile teams for the boy as the grc wi no large in mom- carroilsi peas 16c soap scllc hoik ttoxmi wit sipei sinlle wj bxrrom clea1sei 11e ivtuaa osoios aaocari0 carrots 9c ltvk vuur audio beets ixc avuau aoitoa uom beans z lst ttmm z3c ituot du pickles tost 23c i ja vex xsc x3c kotex xsc lujffets lxc pears t x3c dates ti9e oats ssl x7c beans s 15c amount over 500 on to offset uiu bc voluntcora wore asked for deficit eurly in murch u deputation from tho guc composed of pre e v mccormack and mr a c mcbridc approached the town council to consider employing a recreational director at a salary to run between 2000 und 2400 per annum onethird of which would be returned by the ontario government under the provisions of the physical fitness and recreation regulations thiy requests was mot with favour by the members of tho municipal council jiul it was doci- ded to include this on the 1946 budget at u subsequent meeting of the municipal council one mill was set aside for this purpose thegrc then placed the nec essary advertisement for a full- time director and biho inaugurated a drive for 600000 by public sub scription to provide facilities for every form of recreation that groups within the community might desire after considering u lurge number of applicants for the position of director tho grc appointed h j newman to this position und ids duties were to commence us of ap ril 15th lu4iut u salary of 2000 per annum ilivine employed a director the grc mude furthor representation to the municipal council in order to ucquire the front downstair room in the old town hall to centralize the organi zational work of the grc it wua felt that this room wus centrally loeut and eusi u to cyu eryonu in georgetown and wus only being used us a store room by tho bund- tiuh deputation wua advised by the municipal council thut this room had been gruntad to tho bond for their own ubu and oho band were not in fnyour of relinquishing it for use by the grc it was pointud out howecr that tho auditorium upotalm ulthoujfch in bud repair could be used for any purpose which would fit in with the jiluns of uio dlroctor of the grc u ia possible that fow poojplo in georgetown realise tho utato of disrepair tho auditorium had fallen into but tho grc slid tho director onvlaagcd ita pooalbill- tio aiul decided to mads this tin focal point for their notlvltloa ills director called an open moating of all teenagora in georgetown and laid proposition of rohafallltatlnjr tho auditorium for teenage activi ties crafts and hsbbles this was mht by wholehearted approval br throuirh the local ncwamiper to aa- sist in managing and coaching these teams tho appeal was very du- couruging und the hoc director to gether with a few helpers carried out the firsfseoson of organized teams an effort was albo made to en courage truck and field sport both among the boys and girls and udults to this end a field day ws arranged for the august holiday and uttructed a lurge number of entrants from the surrounding com munities through the gejaerosity of one of georgetowns citizens 10000 was donated to purchase cups medals and trophies for the winners this irtco ended with a successful gurden purty in tho ev ening whon the community wus en tertained hy a very good road show from toronto it may be well to point out that tho drive for funds whicn had wn started ourlicr in the year hud not let- with much public enthusiasm and the grc docidod to abandon this plan for the time and ondeuvor to have a number of public events during the fall and winter to raise money to defray expenses annual report 1947 the fiscul year up required by the provincial government has its end in december of each year and for this roaaon the grc docidottf to extend the life of the current council from october 1947 to dec ember 1947 so that tills roport ln eludes the dotoilod uctivitloa from october 194fi to dec 3 1 at 1947 a period of fifloen months scond fathar and son night october 1946 apart from boinir uio first an nual meeting and election of offi cers of the grc for tho year 1847 this occaclon wuajilbnnotlt bring as many fttllfors und thoir sons together with tho council u contnuod on page 7 ayuobi tomato jlltt 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grindkrs cooler de laval milking machines ad cream separators goodisonouver farm implements ferguson tractors nd equipment our mill street office i ju round tlvs cota from the bank of comnmice officvi 3s2w im