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the georgetown georgetown ont wednesday october 5th 1949 hat council did on monday october 3rd appointed heeve jijck arm strong as acting mayor until the strong as acting- mayor unui jrjii j t rji end of the year to- ful the unesw nd a tejl ix nr mnvni- joaetth m ln sympathy wl plred term of former mayor joseph gibbons who reigned in order to accept n appointment as assessor son then have mr hyde help to sort out tho appltratlons horbort7im a returned man ion member and with the veterans council have always given them mnc- preference and mayor gibbons was sl sssss d5sstlways tho urstlo mention this moved by herbert ond david- whcn bppolntmcnu wcm bemg made somoimcs town men are hired temporarily which is why we do not advertise i have often won dered outside of the town posl- recelved a delegation of rate- payers which included legion president david bowman alex taylor william englcby and charles parton they had been appointed at a meeting in tho le gion hall last week which was can ed to protest the hiring of mayor jclbbons as assessor without ad- afhertlslng the position and without giving preference to veterans mr bowman was spokeman for the delegatldn and said they were there to and nut why tho appoint ment was made ln such a hurry and why it had not been advcrtls- ifk ed the way public positions us ually were engleby there arc no personal ities involved in this and it isnt that we feel mr gibbons hasnt done a good job we are protest ing the action of council in over riding the people who put them there and ln opt giving others chance at the job parton the majority of taxpay ers appreciate the service the ma yor has given and feel he has the merits to oil the job but we feel it is stepping back if council can fill vacancies without advertising it is the same with the road jobs they should bo advertised too taylor wo have nothing against the retiring mayor that is not why we are here acting mayor armstrong then spoke to the delegation saying that it was not uncommon that a public office be oiled without ad vertising and that it is certainly not illegal i- feel however he said that council may have erred and after listening to public opinion i am inclined to think that future coun cils will give serious consideration to advertising if we made an error i dont think there is a man around this table who isnt sort for the controversy it has caused mayor armstrong said that as co definite time had been set for the retiring assessor arnott early to commence bis new job as liquor vendor council had felt his suc cessor should get an early start on the job he was pleased that the deputation had come and that every member of it had signified that the appointment made was a good one as for the hurry coun cils of the past few years have handled business faster than be fore maybe sometimes things were decided too hastily but he thought not it was encouraging to have a group of men show their interest in municipal affairs by coming to the meeting and he ap preciated their statements coun cils decision had been made and he could not see that there was anything further to deal with parton just after the war a deputation of which i was a member was promised that pub lic positions would be advertised and veterans given preference if possible new town men have been hired without advertising and councils consideration is ask ed in future armstrong no bylaw or mo tion was passed and it must have been a promise from the mayor of that time that of course does not alleviate the fact that we should not be unmindful of the services of our veteran i have gone over the records of the past three or four years and of ten town em ployees hired seven have been veterans and one the wife of a fmleran as for the town men ssst hyde is our foreman and it is best to trust his judgment as it is difficult for council to sort out the individuals to place under his em ploy parton you could advertise and change name from phoenix house to family maine the name ftjjt phoenix house main street glfvabbp and jewell ery storo operated by mr and mrs paul barber was officially changod last weak to barbers and advertising ln future will carry he line jewellery and gifts the name change was madouo morvi learly identify the typopr merch- andlse handled ln the store es pecially among shoppers from out- rtontlf local tndustelet shouldnt fzzt miltuled be contact to hire unemployed by thoformo name legion men i certainly favour mr gibbons as assessor and it would be lather useless to go out and get a nan who couldnt fill the job as well mr engleby said he thought the meeting was getting away from the point no one thought 111 of mr gibbons but the deputation was there to tell council that as public servants they werent doing their job and they wanted a clearcut statement to report bapk deputyreeve goodlel then said that as county chairman of assess ing he wasx one of the few who realized the importance of the job georgetown he said is at tho bot tom of the list and the town will suffer if the job is not finished along with the rest of the county with mr gibbons knowledge of municipal law and real estate val ues he had thought it a waste of time to advertise to get the best man when council had him already mr goodlet said he had always been a backer of the veteran and that no one other than mayor gibbons had fought so hard to get homes for veterans after the war lyons after 13 years of coun cil i knew we should advertise and stated so in council but i knew if we advertised it would have fumed out the same way davidson as mr armstrong said there is a no law which makes us advertise if we had done so knowing that mr gibbons was in terested we could have done noth- ing else but appoint him this ha stirred up a controversy and i think it is a good thing i have been acclaimed as councillor twice and there has not been in terest to have anyone else seek election your criticism is con structive and i wont be unmindful in future about advertising i hope a ratepayers organization wllf be formed out of this mcnally in all casos when men were hired for road work mr hyde come to me as road chairman end i ln turn consulted with other council members bowman i wish to thank council for their courteous hear ing i can assure you that any former tho store which is located ln the lane block in the premises last tenanted by the a e wright meat market was opened ln 1945 by jack thompson who sold out in ihe spring of the next year to the barbers to the former lino- of gifts and novelties they have add ed on increasing line of jewellery and watches ln both medium and higher priced lines and tho store is one of tho most attractive ln town and enjoys a large patronage from local and district shoppers miss olive moyer is employed as a sales clerk ln the store provincial paper bowling club the provincial paper bowling glub of georgetown has started their season with a bang the first activity was a dinner at hilltop lodge erin on the evening of sep tember 24th there were about 43 lowlers and their friends present and tho lodge supplied a very ex cellent meal after dinner joe and bert morchment supplied music with their electrical stringed instru ments dancing was enjoyed by the majority as well as community singing led by wakefield ford and mrs jack gunning there were some card fiends present and sev eral tables were occupied for the better part of the evening crests were presented to the winning teams for the j9481b40 reason gene green accepted the rests for the office team who won the playoffs while trevor williams accepted tho crests for the coaters who won the seasons play wake ford received the lovely sliver statuette for the best high single and gene green received the statu ette for the high triple play for tho 1m01oso season started at the lucky strike club wednesday night october s the games were as follows office vs colour room coaters vs cutters and finishing room vs machine fchop local ladies attend halton deanery the fall mooting of halton dean ery womans auxiliary and clergy chapter met at st lukos church palermo on tuesday october 4th members of st goorges wa ln attendanco were mrs wv grant mrs d w bixtor ond mrs w g o thompson holy commnnlon was celebrated at 1030- by rural dean htjathcoto assisted by archdeacon thompson and the preacher was rev h q watts dd mrs playlo diocesan president presided at tho wa session which was addressed ln tho afternoon by bshop bagnall and miss sue kel- cey thq lajter a returned mission- dry fromchlna at the meeting of the clergy bishop bagnall was welcomed to halton dooncry the bishop spoke of matters relntlvc to tho diocese i the three year term of the hural dcana tenure of office having ex pired mr heathcote requested archdeacon thompson to take the chair the archdeacon thanked the rural doan called for nominations flee the rev heathcote was nom inatod for a social and personal mrs- fred sohultz is visiting tnt week ili new york city at thai home of her aunt mr and mr m h mecallum of fcnelort falls were recent visitor with their son and daughterinlaw mr and mrsg w mecallum mr and mrsi e b gibbens and sons peter and john paul from callander spent the weekend la town with his parents mr and mrs j j gibbens mr and mre i jim kelly and pat flew to winnipeg last week after spending some time ln town with his parents mr and mrs john d kolly miss jackie jennings is back ln town again and is convalescing from an appendix operation which she underwent ln parry sound hospital mr and mrs ernest merritt and bishop for appolntmont it was decided to hold a quiet day for the clergy at st lukes church burlington on tho second tuesday in january the meeting of the clergy closed with the bene diction at the wa session mrs j iiomcr ferris of milton was elec ted deanery secretary to replace mrs anson patterson of bronte who retired from office present sunday school hall long required class rooms ball team are lions club guests police warn of speeding action leslie lap runs second at woodbine member of council will hove to le lodi rncjng norse owncj fight for his scat at the next clec- 1y george h leslie r r 4 geor- lion ond that a ratepayers organl- clown ran second ln his race at atlon will be formed in the ncor w woodb track i- toronto on future i day iost week bringing honour to pis owner and a few dollars to the amended the building bylaw pockets of frionds who had backed continued on page 9 tie georgetown racer hazel solomon ucuchm u u n- wcdnebday miss hazel sol- for his services and omon coloured dramatic soprano of son paul of toronto spent mlnations for tho of- toronto who has received acclaim week in town at the home of bar minouons lor mo oi qf connda nnd g united parents mr and mrs walter whit- u further term unantl w pc a conc mc mously and rev f c jacksonwas un church the program will m j b mgckende who hw reelected secretary treasurer the consist of old favourites and clas- 1 been confined to st josephs hos sccretary was directed to submit tho sica numbers and sqpe of the sptr- llitoii guc for ae p j nomination of rural dean to the ituals whlcb hove bcen o th weeks since breaking her hip la pathos of tho negro race the reel- a f returned home yesterday lal is being sponsored by the sun- from hospital a l mr of toronto andthe proceeds are to be used to nnd mjlb bemle purchase materials for dividing too onto vutor one week with miss isabella preston at her home on market street mr and mrs harry goldham and miss ruth goldham spent a few days recently at webster ny where they visited with mr and mrs dudley tcnnant- visltlng in town last week with mr and mrs daniel banks at their home on queen street were mr and mrs raymond koenig of bos ton massachusetts miss malsle marven who is vis iting in canada from london eng land came out from toronto to spend a day last week with mrs ray whltmee the two ladies were friends when the whltmeas lived in england visitors last sunday at the hem of mr and mrs syd lnyl and with other friends in george town and glen williams ware rog er guyot jr miss doreen copt and mr crawford all of toronto on sunday mr and bars b mor ris of toronto celebrated their 29 th wedding anniversary with dinner at retas mr and mrs harry speer of toronto and mr lawrence starr of cobalt were included in the party mrs frank cameron returned to her home in cleveland ohio last week after visiting in town for a few weeks with relatives bafora she left she and mrs mary morrow georgetown lions club played host at their dinner meeting in the mcgjbbon house last night to members of the lions softball team which won the a championship in the grc league this year lion alex maclaren presented the trophy on instructions from no 3 dis trict headquarters of the provin cial police ln dundas personnel of the georgetown detachment have launched a strenuous campaign td lcam captain don barrager and eliminate excessive speeding in the ndivldual crests and bars to the town limits there has been a not- 1 players he explained thto o crest iccable increase ln speeding with would be awarded to each mem- he repairing and resurfacing of of a championship team along roads and numerous complaints have wlth n bar designating the branch been made at the pollca offlm by of sport anyone winning six bars citizens the cooperation of all drl- would recclvc a- silver cup from vers is asked ln observing the speed i tnc grc limit ond keeping themselves out members of the team are jim of trouble bob goldham plays with allstars sargent bill harry jim kirkwood i ernie alcott hal gibson ken nash joe stamp ken allen and lions vic smith spence mckin- non don barrager wheldon em- merson and rev j l self the umpires scotty patterson and mike lorusso were also guests at the dinner rev j l self gave a short talk to open the national hockey icason in toronto next monday night a special game is planned be- tween the leafs and an allstar wmcn ho d athlel leom selected from other teams in i i the league playing with the all- stars is a former leaf who is now i defenceman with chicago black hawks bob goldham son of mr nnd mrs harry goldham of town bob has had tough luck for the past sidcr what they can put into sport to help others not what they can get out of it he illustrated it with visited in orangeville with their few of his txperlenccs as a stu- 1 mother mrs george kelly and mrs dent misslonaiy ln the west a humorous part of the meeting o ub wur u presentation of a framed i i it h wr larking ticket by lion vic smith keeping him out of action for port of the season but he is feeling fit to bruce mackenzie clarence ken- armstrong is acting mayor itueve jack armstrong will serve is acting mavor of georgetown loi the balance of this year he replaces former mayor joseph gib bons who has resigned ln order to accept a position as town assessor the municipal act states that no election is required if a council acancy occurs after the first of october hence no election will occur and the council will be com posed of eight members until the end of the year a native of the town the new mayor is local rep resentative for the mutual life assurance company and has served for several years as an actlvo mem ber of the hockey club and the lions club- hawks this year iatiier diesj in new york state j b mcnicholl also visiting in orangeville at the same time wen mrs kenneth comrlc and mrs ethel fritchler of cleveland mr and mm thomas reld and family and miss irene chapman been visiting for a few mu utuuuiu tt uu tntt poln- weeks with mr and mrs wilfrid i ted out that last year 116 per cap- lavole returned last week to their j ta had beon raised by district tlome in moncton new brunswick i ions clubs for their work i mr and mis harry malons of i j penctanguishenc were visiting fam ily and friends in town last nreest i i nedy gave a report of a zone ad- family a mv rh on thn meeting in onkville which who had i tt l kin of the he had attended it had been poln- weeks w mr and mrs ivan crabtree left tody for malone new york after charivari party for receiving word of the death yostor- nokval newlyweds day of mrs crobtreos father ht hod been seriously 111 for several weeks stewarttown sunday school will be held next sunday at 10 30 ajn and harvest thanksgiving service at 730 pm rev h d sncll of toronto will be the preacher mrs harold mcclure is in guelph general hospital where she under went an operation for appendicitis this week after a holiday motor trip through northern ontario quebec and parts of the united states at a recent party to celebrate her some sixty friends surprised 7th birthday judy bonathan mr and mrs jack may the for- daughter of mr and mrs william mer jean chester of norval with- bonothan charles street had as a charivari and presentation onet guests barbara flnlay brydan evening recently a pleasant -even- shields brendo dawson sharon ing was spent playing euchre after whichthe ladles served lunch mrs homlhon mclaughlin read an ad dress and hamilton mclaughlin bert lyons and william hyatt pre sented the young couple with a studio couch short speeches of welcome and good wishes were made by gordon wbaley jack era ser reld hunter and hamilton mc laughlin harley douglas mcouvray carolyn ulchn just oliver barry bay- ward marilyn patton june lyon jill kentner beverley and donald clark lyn and monty hyde ste phen saxe paulene watson bobby salter brands bell brian bm and lynda weatherston of toron to j this is a 14page paper w is scarce f the cooperation of every householder and of every industry is vitally important in order to conserve existing supplies of town water the new system will be in operation just as soon as possible until that time the most rigid economy must be practiced by every one in order that industry can function and in order to have suffi cient reserves in case of fire please save water i