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r tkgeorgetown herald wednesday oct i8th the georgetown herald t serving the communities of georgetown glen williams norval limetiouse flornby 8tewarttown ashorove balunafad terra cotta subsrolptlon kate 250 a year i sjnglb copler 8c each advertising rates ouutcd on application garfield l hcbilvroy corey herrlngtpn jr walter c btehntpublishcr and editor mary h biehn associate editor staff leslie m clark dous caldwell the herald is printed each wednesday afternoon in the office on mnln street georgetown authorized as second class mall post office dcpu ottawa i 4 members of the canadian weekly newspapers association unci the ontarloquetec division of the cwjja the edfqrs cbrher continuing a series of articles from an 1 893 edition flif the toronto daily mail the georgetown water works system is not only unercelled but is without exaggeration unequalled on- this continent the supply which is obtained from a crystal stream rising in a mountain gorge three miles distant from the village andjfed by innumerable springs of the purest ice cold water is stored in a stone walled reservoir holding 400000 galons the spring yielding 23000llgallons daily in the driest season of the year the water is conved to the village through ten inch mains from which it is distributed to consumers through four six and eight inch pipes there being 21000 feet of piping exclusive of conduits there are thirtyfive hydrants twentyseven cutoff valves and four relief vaves the average pressure in the centre of the vil lage is 197 feet or about 85 pounds dead pressure to the square inch the work of construction was com menced on the 26th of august 1891 and on the 26th of november following just three months today the firedepartment attached the hose and with the partial pressure then on sent a stream through a one and a half inch nozzle 1 38 feet at an angle of 45 degrees these works were built at a total cost of 35000 it is to mr joseph barber more than any other one indivi- dual through whose unwearied efforts the project was carried to completion that the people of georgetown are indebted for this inestimable blessing fire department the georgetown fire department was organized in january 1892 and is composed of thirty active and well disciplined men in fwo equal divisions officered by a chief and two captains the appliances consist of two hosereels a hook and ladder apparatus and 1 600 feet of two and a half inch hose the department has the reputation of being both prompt and efficient a spirit of friendly rivalry animating every member the officers are mr h h speirs chief messrs- james lis ter and neil hunter captains of divisions and mr hugh matthews secretary jabs milton makes it plain school but because its school board and council could tee i no alternative f we agree with milton it is still not plain to us why milton supported the district in the first pljice where was the opposition which has suddenly come to light four years later after several yeitrs of central tschool talk wevthd that vmiltbn feels exactly the way georgetown does and will not consent to closing their school and we can find no quarrel with the milton people either because the fact is that it just cant be done we have heard of no singip instance where three or even two schools of sim ilar size have been closed in the province a thriving town numbers a local high school among itq bestassets it could be hahirjg but folly to consider clqsing any of the schools there is still the position of- acton to consider acton did not own its high school building ahdndrth halton high schofcl district actually pays reht to the public school board for use of the school there acjon board members have talked from- time to time of senct- ing all their student to guelph if a central school is not built s- v here then may be the solution providing acton council shares the same feelinq- georgetown needs improvements to modernize its school system acton has no school at all and will have to build a new one or send its children elsewhere it might well be sensible for acton to look this way and through a continuation- of a twoschool district provide the desired education closer to home there is plenty of space at the present location for an addition to the building which could include the longneeded gymnasium and auditorium a pussyfooting department the high school situation has not been helped one whit by the department of education the department sparked the plan for high school districts but has con tributed not one iota of help one way or another to aid local board members in arriving at a decision the department aside from vague implications j that lowering of grants to schools which did not coop erate could result has taken no part at all in the floun dering of people who are trying to do their best to pro vide the best education available for their children at one time the department was allout forja spey- side location at another it hinted that it favored a school in a town all the time it told the board that it was their responsibility to choose a location and any location it picked would be ok with the department providing it was a good location in other words it has acted like a parent who tells hip child i want you to do the riph thing if you dont youll be punished but it is up to you to figure out what the right thing is dont expect me to tell you the district board could still well use some paren- ta advice in a matter which tends to become more and more confused the farther it goes page 8 ty- smbb4bk4smbsstkmb dr 4 burns milne xray dental surgeon georgetown phone so clifford reid ldj- pjs dentist telephone main street georgetown 4lwlmllll l lever and hosk1n charter aaaentaais successors to jenkins and hardy 1805 metropolitan bid 44 victoria street torofito44 xl 01s1 leroy dltvk- m sybfl bennett kc inn stmst barrister sad- bel georgatown ph u langdon and aybworth bartstsm sad sauetteis kfelariaa public kenneth 1l lanfdoa georgetown first mortgage money to loan offices roxy theatre bldg m1u st phone 88w georgetown james f mcnab barrister 80licrob notary public norton bids main straat talephaaa m former giis principal lay preacher sunday class -b- status for milton fair the recent action of milton town council in ex pressing opposition to the building of one central school- for north halton district may well strike the death knell for an idea which just doesnt seem to work when the high school district was first mooted in 1946 witti the idea of closing schools at georgetown milton and acton and building a central school in the speyside district georgetown was the only one of five municipalities involved which had doubts about the sense of the pun there was no trouble in south hal ton and the oakvilletrafalgar and burlingtonnelson district were soon formed here it meant simply add ing extra facilities at two existing schools by sup- pying transportaton for rural students and building additions oto the two schools north hajton posed a different problem altoge ther embracing the revolutionary idea of closing three complete schools in three large towns and building a new school in the country the idea did not meet with favour in georgetown and the council of the time pas sed a resolution opposing the closing of the high school here subsequently milton acton eaquesing and nas- sagaweya formed a district which left georgetown in the position of berlin an isolated outpost in the sea of education transportation was introduced for town ship students and for the first time in the long history of higher education in georgetown students from nor- val and rural communities within a mile or two of town whose geographic location has always made it sensible for them to attend high school here were bussed to milton while georgetown was left to try to support a school catering to local students only rumbling of discontent were soon heard in ea quesing when it was learned that the township was footing slightly over half of the education bill for the new district but by this time milton had scored a tac tical victory by building a new addition to their school with eaquesing committed to it share of the financing the addition was supposedly for a building which would some day be used for a public school at least so the de- pertinent of education waa led to believe the squeeze play worked beautifully george- town bad no air lift to support it and after a veer of aolo it was obvious that it would not be financial urkeep a local school operating indefinitely student so geo entered die noc because it isrvouraaona central walter carpenter principal of georgetown high school while j l lambert was overseas with the army will be lay preacher at st georges church sunday morning while archdeacon thompson con ducts communion services at brut mr carpenter taught at chatham after leaving here and is now teach ing english at the ontario agricul tural collega in guelph halton agricultural society which operates the yearly county fair at milton has received word that their fair has been elevated to class b status the change in grading comes when a fair has reached a certain standard of features attendance and prise money and mimon will now receive a large government grant for their annual fair womens organizations of georgetown churches proudly present a cooking school sponsored by frigidaire products of canada ltd and your local frigidaire dealer mcclures home furnishings store 1 miss iris amundsen home economist st johns united church assembly hall tuesday october 24th two classes 2 pm and 8 pm anyntwion 80c entire proceeds to church organizations frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 301 georgetown po box 413 your eyes for batter and mora eomtort- able vision consult rmbell erin or ii 9mm nielsen the ouropractor druoless therapist 37th year of praeuea lady attendant- mbn tues frl 25 p- wed sat 25 and 88 p- over damlolaa stars geofceiawn phone imw auali imj oonsolt j a wpuoughby a 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