Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 28, 1949, p. 5

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pw the georgetown herald wednesday sept 26 1949 fat protests vektd at public meeting to hiring of assessor atusn a splendid variety of materials frieze boucle mohair veleur tapestry allk breeatelle luk and cotton rep upholstering at its lowest price and highest quality dick the upholsterer operated by jack sudermann eaay payments arranged 7 day service we will be pleased to visit your borne with style sample books no obligation be quick phone dick phone 310 phoenix house with an irtusndance of fifty in terested citizens li public meeting was held in the lesion hall last thursday to discuss the hiring of former mayor joseph gibbons as assessor tho appointment which takes effect on october 13th was mode at a meetins of council on september oth at which the resig nation of tho present assessor alt- nott early was received mr batty will become vendor of the new li quor control- store when it opens hero about the end of- the year ad official protest by branch 120 can adian lesion was made in a letter printed in the herald the next week objecting to the new appoint ment being made without flrst ad vertising the position it was poin ted out that a bylaw hod been pased by council at wars end stat ing veterans would be given every consideration lor any vacant muni cipal position president david bowman of the lcglon was asked to serve as chairman of the meetins he said that the lesion considered council unfair in their attitude in hiring the assessor and that they believed that any job of major importance should be advertised the legion believed veterans should be given preference unless the qualifications of a nonveteran applicant were for ibove those of p veteran applying for the same position the protest he said was directed at the council as a whole and not against any in dividual member and he asked that anyone speaking at the meet ing refrain from discussing person alities william engleby spoke from the floor endorsing the chairmans re marks council he said were pub lic servants and there was no doubt in his mind thot they had fallen down in their job the matter he elt should be carried as far as pos sible william p bmltb former main street shoe merchant and at one time a member of council said that he hod seen a lot of this in his doy and whether there were applications or not the matter was ill cut and dried beforehand he elt council should not be criticized too severely when the same thing was dono by tho civil service com mission mayor gllbons he con tinued had served trie town con scientiously and well for many ypars npd there wasnt a man in the province who knew municipal affairs as ho did he was interrup ted by tho chalrmah who reminded him that personalities vcrcnot to i- be discussed it you can find better man far the job concluded mr smith ill suppprt him mr englcby spoko again saying that the meeting had not been cal led to discuss the merits of any one man sisss in appointing the assessor jubr debeaulleu suggested that ths-del- egatlon circulate a petitions and have it signed by the public before attending the meeting but no action was taken on this suggestion mem bers of the delegation will be da vid bowman alex taylor charles parton sid cross james andrews and william engleby the chairman then suggested that a ratepayers prsanlxatlbn should be formed and this met with general approval kenneth it macdonald james andrews and charles parton were named a committee to arrange for a jiublid mcdiiig to discuss tho formation of such an organization baptist highlights the morning subject wos but os a protest otthe way of conf scriptural texts tho eyes examined o t walker orwjsmsrnusrr at georgetown ottte eves bell telephone office the of each month phone ww s main st n brunntea phone 600 mokihg the- appointment mr smith then added that he was not at the meetins to backup mr gibbons but as a lesion man and that tho lesion should so after the rotten federal and provincial politics charles parton said he didnt think municlpcl nomination meet ings were well enough attended he would like to see a strong rep resentation of veterans at the next one who would nominate some good sensible levelheaded veterans to seek municipal office some texts found 1a different ilaccs scorn to conflict with ono mother but do not when analyzed separately trie fact seems to pre vail that we seek to translate the scriptures too much to our own liking it was the plan of the jews to break the legs of the crucified but when the soldiers come to christ and saw that he was dead did break no bones this to fulfill the scriptures a bone of him shall not be broken there arc still great truths in gods word no man musk taught beginners canada produces wheat for all the world in answer to a question as to i the j m ever discovered the scrip tures arc like god himself the same yesterday today and forever decision was the theme for the evenlns service referrlns to the prodigal son who had the bles snss of home and a sod father all this became dull to him hav ing left home and spending all his portion he suffered great hard- snips it took this awful condition to change him his conscience awoke to the fact he was a sinner people todav do not want to ad mit they arc sinners they are al ways making excuses for them selves the prodigal son saw him self as he was which so many of us fail to do when people acknowledge they are sinners that is when we can do something tor them the prodigal knew he had sin ned he pleaded no excuse he said i have sinned today god is inviting the prodi gals to return and his promise is come unto me and i will give jou rest the greatest joy for a sinner is to come humbly to the seeking s nlour legality of appointing a sitting member of coucll to public office mr bowman said that it was ille gal according to legal advice tho mas grieve askod if it was true that two coumll members had ap proached the retlrlns assessor to ask for his resignation james an drews wondered if any action could be taken through the municipal- board on the suggestion of mr engle- oy nominations were asked from the floor for a delegation to attend the next town council meeting to offer further protest at the appoint ment leslie clark sold this would be a waste of time that council would listen 10 the delegation but qo nothing about it mr parton said he was sorry to see that a member of council who was a veter- and had in a polite way ridiculed the legions letter and another man present read a herald clipping from the report of the last council meeting in hich members had each spoken confirming their dccl- the sunday school held the ral ly day service in the afternoon under the leadership of the super- ntendent w wlnfleld mr gower j resulted a flannel graph talk how as ueeds can hinder the growth of the beautiful kirden sin cin mar any christion lung sweet hour of praj cr was sung s 1 dult by shirley corbcs and i 01 1 nnc hl ci mrs paul entertains local council of women each year canada one of the world greatest granaries ships alroad millions of imshets of ulieal and otlu r lifesustaining grains rhe peoples of many lands depend on canadas rri imrti 1 for their dmh bread ujhjj seagrams sells canada first liua advertmement 8 an adaptation of one of a series createdby house of seagram to tell the peoples of other lands about canada nd her various products for the past two years this campaign has been appearing in newspapers and magazines printed in many languages andirculatd-through- out the world our prosperity is based on our ability to sell our products to other countries every canadian has a personal stake in foreign trade for one out of every three dollars of canadas national income results trom our trade abroad the more that the people of other countries know of the quahty variety and prestige of our products the more hkely they are to buy from us we feel that the horizon of industry does not terminate at the boundary line of its plants it has a broader honzona farther viewrthts view embraces the entire dominion that is why the house of seagram believes that it is in the interest of every canadianmanufacturertohelp the sale of all canadian products in foreign markets it is in this spirit that these advertisements are being published throughout the world the september meeting of the lonl council of women took the lorm of n picnic at the summer home of mrs r t paul near town last iildpy aiternoon with eigh teen ladles attending miss hcttie lauson read excerpts from a report of the semiannual ir ectink at clntinm mrs paul reported that 08 had been raised it a tag da for the salvation army earlier this month a 10 donation from the organization was voted to this cs well as a 5 don ation to the united nations relief committee miss h a staunton invited the ladies to her home to cut out felt shoes for children in dritain mention was mode of a mass meeting to be held in toronto in november to protest the handling of liquor in ontario mrs william bullivant invited the ladles to a tea at her home on charles street rater this month each member to i bring a friend the ladles plan a sale of baking and aprons in the mcglbbon store when it is avail able any members who could were urged to attend the local council an nual meeting at the royal york hotel toronto on october 24th mrs george allen thanked mrs paul for the use of her cottage and mrs w nodwell for convening dinner flowers for every occasion design work a specialty bonded member t ds telegraph delivery service flowers h wire anywhere in the world norton floral phone 315w georgetown memories to honour a lifetime for lifetimes to come monumtnts maiktr s moderately priest card or letter will bring our service to your door oakvujle monument works 20 cosborne st odcvflb n highway fr chehousiirf seagram heason opens fob industrial bowlke8 plenty of activity is promised in the industrial bowling leftgdh this year with eight teams entered the league begins this friday night at the lucky strike bowllrsj dub and the teams will play each fri day night throughout the season ivan crsbtree is president of the league and everett wilson vice president treasurer is maurice herbert secretary duke wilson and kill anderson is handling public y iw teams have been entered in the league by lome septs band leg ion smith stone alliance local 788 smith and stone meadowglen combines and relatives the lat ter all members of the jjrandford ftmlly granting of land in most prov inces does not give the recipient b hhh w mini it cement work foundations cellar floors footings stables free estimates on application mcnally lane co id elgin st r- phone 18w

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