The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

t georgetown herald wednesday nov 16th 1949 the georgetown herald serving the communities of ukuhukfown glen williams norval umeiiouhe hornby 8tewarttown a8hgk6ve balunafad terra cotta subscription rale 2 50 n ycor slnglecoples 0c each vjf advertising nates quoted on application walter c biehn publisher anatbtutor mary h bichn associate edltorjuj cterflcld l mcglforoy staff jecsllo m clork corey herrlngtok jr aloug caldwell ibe herald is printed each wednesday afternoon in tho office oh main street georgetown authorized as second class moll post office- dcpt ottawa members of the canadian weekly newspapers associations and tho ontarioquebec division of the cwna the editors corner too small for ward politics next year if enough people vote yes to the question whether they favour the election of council by general vote will mark the end of the ward system of municipal government for georgetown the ques tion is not a momwtoua one but it has one important aspect it can subdue to some extent at least the old bugnboo which time and again creeps into nomination meetings when an aspirant for office declines to run because he doesnt want to cause an election it is alwaysdifficult to understand why a number of people dont want to cause an election if for no other rea son than to show their faith in democratic elections which can happen in all too few places in this sad old world of today we have every right to be proud to cause elections and for our part we would like to see every council seat everjy school board position every hydro post contested every year there is some fear in a few minds that general elections may overload council with members from tho more heavily populated sections of town past statistics show that the irfeverse might be the case it is many years since ward 2 which controls the balance of voting power has supported a mayoralty candidate and it is a fact that the smallest ward three has most often had three or four candidates all seeking office while the other wards are content with acclamations ejection by general vote if it encourages more men to seek office is worth a try it will not necessar ily give georgetown a better council but it will give those who sit on it a feeling that they have some back ing from the voters which many members through the years have only had in reverse the fact that no one ran against them ward politics have their place in bigger towns where a ward councillor can look after the interests of his bailiwick here in town every councillor represents every voter and it is seldom that a ward is ever mentioned once election day has passed educational changes hon dana porters announcement last week thflt radical changes will be made in the public and high school systems in ontario still awaits clarification mr porter outlined the broad plan to have four groupings rather than the present two and intimated that the first and second three grades of the present public school would be combined one teacher having charge of all three the idea is to bring children along the educa- tional road at the proper speed which their ability re quires without the stigma of failing or the practice as at present of some of the faster children skipping grades this will have certain advantages although we should not like to see any child remain under one teachers guidance for more than one school year every teacher is good for some children and bad for others and part of education is in having a child adapt himself to different teachers this of course can be overcome in town schools as there will be several teach ers in every grade and students can be shifted among them georgetown has its own problems looming in the verynear future anyone who read last weeks pub lic school column would note the large increase com ing in public school population ini952 the extreme situation of 105 beginners contrasts with beginning classes up to the present of roughly half this number last year it looked as if a two or three room addition at the school would fill our needs for the foreseeable future now the question of starting to build a new school which can be added to will face next years school board the ingersoll tribune has a criticism of mr por- ters announcement because it comes before the pub lication of an expensive royal commission report of which the minister of education claims to have no knowledge either he is letting the cat out of the bag in advance or he is very unwisely announcing changes which might radically differ from the commissions investigations either way it doesnt seem quite cricket i pot pourri the christmas season always seems to intensify interest in lucky draws two recent ones include that for a basket of groceries at the daughters of the church bazaar on saturday mrs al norton winning an other norton this time c norton of glen williams won a recent meadowglen lucky draw ticket sellers giu bump into in the next few weeks will include the ona club annual christmas draw arts crafts all proceeds to the grc the legion christmas tree j campbells cross lol dance and euchre redjt district firemen to name just a few oughlen tells us that arrangements have 2627 for the pipe band skating carnival which was such a success last year looking out a back win dow sunday morning we noticed a beautiful white and black hunting dog taking a great interest in some thing under neighbour graham famells back porch after a number of attempts he wriggled through an opening and seconds later with a great clatter of wings a large brown bird swooped across the yard dog in pur suit and made a threepoint landing beside ed halls garage no hunter and always in sympathy with the underbird we shooed the dog away but by this time the partridge or pheasant whichever it might be had- disappeared we consider it a compliment that a district man who complained that he could never get a look at this herald ordered a second subscription which willbp reserved for father only that opens up a whole new field for selling more subscriptions lack of adequate news coverage of norvaland district has always worried us so it is with pleasure that we welcome mrs j e maxwell to our list of columnists this week you can help her and us by telling her news items of interest the same goes for those others without whose interest we could not publish a district paper mrs a w benton of limehouse mrs j e bellboddy of ashgrove mrs mary baily of stewart- own mrsj p kirkwood of ballinafad and mr r j stringer of terra cotta and the dozens of others in and out of town whose items are helpful editor frank erwin of the durham chronicle says in an edi- torial that he would like to know what ministers say to themselves when other men swear only nine people in georgetown could tell us we suppose the four local ministers their wives and father morgan while on the subject of ministers saturday night attempts to solve the question of how to address an ordained man of the protestant faith by suggesting the lutheran term pastor which they claim is coming into use in the states clinton merchants are holding their third annual clinton day this saturday and the clin ton weekly is full of advertisements of special features it would be a dandy idea for the new merchants asso ciation to try next year page 6 directory dr j ttnure mum xray dental surgeon georgetown phone i dr clifford reid uknrurr phone 410 open evening main street georgetown elmer c thougmott insurance service fire auto windstorm c p railway and allied suanifhlp summer excursions phone how or j georgetown leroy dale kg m sybil bennett kc mill street barristers and solicitors georgetown phone 10 community friendship is spearhead mrs outram llielsew the ckaropractor dratleesvli i aglet sflth year of practice lady attendant heo two fri 38 a wevl sat 38 and b9 pja jovar dominion slot georgetown phone mow j t 1 t s i is i ill aai f leverand hqshn chartered aeeeaatasta successor to jenkins and hardy 1806 metropolitan bide 44 victoria street tone el 8131 when you fink into the deep upholstery of your but seat it reminds you of that favorite chair at home the easily ad justable back gives you a choice of several rest ful positions plenty of leg room and individual reading lights complete the picturo of easy chair ease in connection with georgetown united church annuersary week mrs a a outram of toronto ad dressed a combination meeting of the ladies of the w m s and the w a last wednesday afternoon mrs r c adams presided mrs c freure offered prayer and mrs tw w tyndall read the 91st psalm mrs chester deforest sang a sac red solo mrs outram is second vice pres ident of the dominion board and her special interest is community friendship on which she contrib utes articles to the missionary monthly she had a special inter est in the anniversary because her mother mrs daley was born here and her grandfather re joseph unsworth was at one time mini ster at the georgetown congrega tional church she felt that the anniversary was a part of the 25th anniversary of the united church which domes in 1050 attention mi com- of faith which had united was drawn to the three strong a whole church with each part fitting in church people should not form exclusive groups content with their own social contacts she raid but should be interested in and acquainted with the people of the cothmunity sfre ljkened community friend ship to the snenrhend of religion and its tasks ore to visit new peo ple and report if any help can be given a survey will reveal cir cumstances thct can be known in no other way and should lead to the bearing of much fruit peo ple from other lands arc asking why are you a christian com munists arc jealous missionaries but they are lacking the love of god our fives should show the difference rev john m smith thanked mrs outram for her stimulating od ciress and closed the meeting with prayer a social hour followed when the members had a chance of meeting their guest langdon and aylswortb barristers and solicitor notaries public kenneth m langdon georgetown rutst mortgage money to loan offices roxy theatre bids- mill st phone 88w georgetown frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 301 georgetown p o box 413 y consult j a willoughby a sow tor complete real bsrzaiat service head omce toronto 158 yonge st ad 0808 city and ceemtrr basses fame and haasll aeteases udeatrial sad baetaeaa prepertlee tomhewson la your local repraiauta tl phonk sttw monuments domestic and perelgn g rani tea beat sandblast equipment tor cemetery lettering orangevfiie meatmen werfca orangevule ont dr c w sayan dvm veterinarian qaelsh street opposite armstrong garage phone 11 f radio repairing we specialize in this work is years experience j san ford son phone georgetown s4w monuments pollock i campbdl 83 water st north o a l t designs on request phone 3048 inspect o work in greenwooa for prompt and efficient service in general haulage work call dickenson haulage we are now prepared to instal footings cement floors rniinilitiiiin liilimalis guaranteed workmanship prompt delivery on sand gravel fill stone top soil washed stone and washed sand phone 723r 2 ottawa london toronto quebec 1200 445 135 2250 the ninetyseventh 1949 m gnnibergarp of t eorge3 cijurri unbap iiobemtitr 20ttj we love the place o god wherein thine honour dwells the joy of thine abode all earthly jey excels the reverend canon h f d woodcock formerly rector of st judes oak- ille and of christ church deer park toronto will preach at both morning and evening services the lome scou band will take a leading part at evensong 7 pjn matins ii am evensong with special music and well known band organ and choral mtufe hymns including favourite matte lex us all unite in these services of praise ci hj