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vt yxftywy jtabita fourteen pages georgetown out wedrseeday december 6t i960 fourteen pages rapid growth inflation cause 7000 town deficit smith stone expanding prospects bright cleave new industry this year wedldnt allow enough for expansion georgetown- had the greatest growth in- history last yr- said mayor harold cleave at mondays horn- ination meeting in the public library majfoi cleave was explaining w the eighty ratepayers present the reason or an estimated w88 deficit on the yoars operations which is forecast by an interim statement of finances as of november 18th the mayor aid it had been hard f to keep up with work on roads i then had damaged queen street water and sewers because of the opening of new subdivisions in a rowing town he made no ef the deficit but pointed out last year georgetown had baa debt 340000 at thl urn present debenture debt was thats a 30000 gain 4nk tak ing off the deficit we 3006 to the good said the may or thats a step hi the right dir ection we have been going the other way tor sevralyears j a contributing factor in the defi cit he continued was that council at the start of the year thought pri ces had reached a peak and budget ed on this basis instead of this prices had risen factorial had in creased their wages and the town had to do likewise for its emplo predlftfav bigger town predicting a town of five thous and in a abort tune mayor cleave aid the census just completed show ed oyer 3400 resident here busses are bringing commuters to town everyday and many of these are anxious to become residents when they can secure housing one new factory hod come to town this year to optiupy the lower paper mill three yeors idle and it expects to employ twice as many workmen before another year goes by i smith sc stone is at present in- creasing its floor space by 15000 square feet with a pew addition the plant employs three times as many as when the new management took over five years ago prospects for next year are really bright said the mayor as he concluded his speech people are move and more building and own ing their homes and i like to see ft town damp headaches one headache which- still faces the council is the question of the town dump he confessed he did not know what was to be done but that some action would be neces sary mn the new year an inciner ator has been suggested but com petent opinion is that the town is not big enough for this he complimented council as a good one to work with he had given each councillor a responsible job as a committee head and all had done an excellent job he ap preciated the people asking him to atay in office for another year sarfaee sth line promise of a hard surface road on the 0th line from hunters inn to ho 7 highway was made in a speech by reeve w o marshall who said he had been assured that fills was on the county list for road work next year this yean a surface has been put en the road from baulnatad to the highway which cleared up a altu- atlonwtrien had long been aggra- oepeeee new haaae mr marshall expressed his per sonal opposition to the building of a new house of refuge in milton it wul cost ssmq00 plus at least an other 300000 for furnishings and other things not included in hie accepted tender even though the government pays half it will mean an increase of 1 mills on the georgetown tax rate and he vdoes not believe the expenditure la nec essary at this time however noth ing can be done about it as- county council voted it inb to 7 gcorge- town acton and mntorrvotlng ag ainst it better fire protection the tecve briefly reviewed his work as waterworks chairman dur ing the year major improvements included a six inch main up dur ham street to the king street plant of- smith stone to provide- them with better fire protection water maun had been laid to the orr sur- vey also a new main to the dis posal plant to boost water pressure 8lx new fire hydrants had been put in town at a cost of 2ts each over budget eat reads 1 asked for more money for streets but council wanted to keep the tax rate down said deputy reeve k r maedonald whose de- nept overspent by 8000 this law when weathe fe the street department had some b- ymf tfct by are sad ajwrfly after tt wag bask la sarrles b i and this had caused some unbud- acted expense as had fixing cave cause by- sewer laterals county since passed a new by- trucks to half loads conditions are bad and there shouldnt be troubled future nasknaady sidewalk mr maedonald recounted troub les- encountered in building a side walk promised for two or three years along the highway to nor mandy boulevard there had been difficulty in obtaining cement but just recently it had been obtained and part of the sidewalk is laid it will be completed as soon as wea ther permits snow re especially on main street is a heavy item i in the road budget said the deputyreeve but the preaent system is a fskd one and he thinks people appreciate the service rendered o situations which will be eor rected next year he said are poor drainage in the ostrander blvd and victoria st districts taxes going up- megllvray im sorry that as finance chair man t cannot present a balanced budget said cr garfield megll vray had i been able to con- vlnco council that 70 mills was a better estimate than 6b the picture would be brighter he pointed out that the lower debenture debt would be short- j lived for sewer and water exten sions and the new public school would be boosting it again next year next year we can expect a high er tax rate he predicted for coats are increasing in every line the budget had been exceeded due to a heavy increase in road ex pense disposal plant maintenance police and salaries re reminded the audience that twothirds of the town expenses are uncontrollable and that when it is added up it is mostly on minor expenses that savings can be effec ted by paring of expenses disposal plant hamate cr hale explained his work as public works chairman and told of difficulties at the disposal plant caused by soli washing down and damaging the system the firemen had been asked on several occasions to wash out the bed and finally it had been- necessary to spend money to fix it permanently he- was disappointed that sewers had not been put on arietta street and uie orr subdivision but these had been delayed by the munici pal board he aald good progress is being made towards a solution in clean ing up the condition caused by dumping of alliance paper mills waste new indnatryt two gentlemen from toronto are interested in locating a new plant here i had hoped to have definite word tonight of their de cision said cr frank petch who is chairman of the industrial com mittee he said another firm had said that before locating anywhere else they would investigate every possibility here he was glad to report the coming of one new in dustry commercial displays ltd awnresfci town planning mr pctcli thinks that before any more subdivisions are opened ser- lous consideration should be riven to better town planning he dldnt intend this as criticism of any past council but he pointed to poor drainage on victoria crescent and ostrander as conditions which might bo avoided in future mr petch said he favoured the establishment of a basic wage rate for town employees based on the cost of living index with revision made up or down as the index changes the present system he said puts both employees and coun cil in an embarrassing position and v could be overcome by such an agreement strict beonemy hid cr norman hill reported as chair man of fire and veterans affairs and aad that he was seeking of fice for next year on a program of strict economy in all public busi ness growing pahs the town has growing pains andi it means spending money ev hydro wafer a a ag and- pussr things to cr- but it means high taxes in the ini tial stages the road program needs some drastic redrafting in bis opinion we spend too much money on gra vel and would be dollars ahead if most of this money was spent on hard surfacing urges new bridge referring to the dangerous traf- fie haiardvav the- john street- sub way which would cost the town 38000 to fix he said it would be cheaper- and better to build a bridge across the river near the smith and stone plant to care for the heavy traffic from the plant another nee ded improvement 10 town is the placing of a traffic light at the four corners on main street where rec ently two men were struck by cars or william tuck said that as chairman of buildings and property it had been his hope to have reno vations made to the library and town hall but the money just didnt should have been rebated sumers had been spent for things he also criticized be granting of tour mill exemptions to farm prop erties within the municipality say ing that he knows of only two prop cities which are properly entitled lp it disagrees wiuteeeye jack armstrong who declined nominations as mayor and council lor aald ho disagreed with reeve marshall on the neyhoucbf refuge and thought it wasvery necessary i visited the home in bramp ton when i wa on county council he said and found inmates sleep ing on beds in the basement on a cement floor the fire marshal has condemned the building as a fire trap it is our duty to that our old people have a decent place to live n he was glad to hear mrs marshall say that the town had a good wat to seven seek six council seats grc 2500 grant vots monday cleave marakaft maedonald return by acclamation hydro school board also acclajfned y see low seem to be available he had lnerworks system and plenty of wa- vestigated every complaint which ratepayer had made to hbn and would continue this policy if reelec ted hydro going up reporting for the hydro commis sion chairman graham farnell said that hydro too was faced with in creasing costs there had been no rate change since a downward re vision in 1943 but an increase coum be anticipated soon since hydros formation in 1908 it had been the policy to give power to the consu mer at cost rates had not been changed last year in spite of an in- crease in charges by the ontario commission busy tear j in school chairman edwin wilson reported for the public school board refer ring to a busy year which had in cluded a vote and planning for the new school negotiations have al most been closed for purchase of the property he referred to the sad blow suf fered in the sudden death of prin cipal howard wrigglesworth and the boards regret at the retirement ot two valued teachers following the hearing of council and boaiid members town clerk charles wluson who acted as the chairman of the meeting asked other nominees for office if they wished to address the gathering economy council deficit james goodlet a former council lor and deputy reeve who declined a nomination for this office said that this was his ninth appearance on the speaking platform at a nom ination meeting he had served four years on council until his de feat last year the electors last year had elec ted an economy council by a good majority the previous spend- thrift0uncll had left them a 900 surplus but is spite of this and a four mill rise in tax rate there was a 7000 deficit i have no axe to grind with anyone said mr goodlet for i know every councillor goes in to do his best and it is always chop chop to keep the tax rate down any member going into council this year deserves credit he said i for he is starting with a five mill handicap expresses criticism he criticised council for increa- ing the garbage contract in the middle of the year with a 200 00 bonus to the collector and for in creasing police costs by asking for stripes for dpi sheffield he charged that while the new water system bad been designed to give water users a rebate over cost the surplus was being used for other purposes and an 8000 profit which tor for this had been one of the 1949 councils biggest headac he praised the work of ment commissioner joseph gib for doing a fine job and having the new assessment completed for use next year silence fa gelden cecil davidson a former council lor said he had found fay exper ience that if you dont say much you get reelected ao hls remarks would j brief he had been sur prised not to hear a report from the mayor as police chairman as police chairman in 1049 he hod had his troubles he said but finally was convinced that provin cial policing was the best and cheapest system after last summers schlamozle i think mayor cleave will agree with this too he continued mr davidson mrgcd people to vote for trie grc fund grant point ing out the advantages which the recreation program had given to town chlldrenr wlll be candidate fred mcnally announced his can didature for council it is his first try for council but his previous ex perience as a school board member for ten years- should be valuable he said if the ratepayers feel i am big enough for the job i will be happy to serve said mr mcnally a former councillor vern mc- cumber said he would not be in the field this year thiwwaltlfcr mr editor nice variety of weather again for uie weekend fog thunder and lightning added this time for good measure tho month of november was i degrees above the everes tow the average minimum of 30 the rain was one half an inch be- average but the snow nude up for it with a total for the month of 30 inches this is just s times the average of 9 for the month of november there were only nine days in november on which we did not get either some snow or rain and the month was away down in sunshine maybe by christmas we will wish we had a little hit of this snow date max nov 27 31 nov 28 31 nov 29 3j nov 30 31 dee 1 si dec 2 43 dec 3 47 ern batktn mln rain or snow 0 0 31 26 21 19 32 flurries flurries flurries flurries sleet average 3514 1783 r18 joan tuck marries special force soldier on monday afternoon at three oclock at the united church par sonage rev john m smith officia ted at the wedding of joan mar guerite auce tuck only daughter of mr and mrs william tuck and ptc james thomas brandon son of mrs j t brandon of hamilton and the late mr brandon- the bride wore a navy blue gab ardine suit with corsage of red ro ses her attendant miss margaret mcquarrie wore a navy blue gab ardine suit with grey accessories and a corsage of yellow roses mr fred tost was best man for his cousin the wedding party went after wards to falrview inn for a wed ding supper the groom who is a member of the princess patricia regiment 3rd battalion returns to his unit in calgary this weekend and expects next week to be trans ferred to fort lewis washington for advanced training with the canr ada special force which is part of the united nations army j georgetown municipal elections monday december 11th for six councillors elected by general vote and the question are yu favour of organized recreation in the town of georgetown with an annual grant of 2500 to the georgetown recreation commission ward one at oli town hall ward two ax home of thomas grieve corner queen and mcnabb streets ward three at municipal building polls open 0 jb to 7 pan charles willson instantly killed in quarry accident a tragic accident at sykes quar ries near glen williams this niorn- ing took the life of quarry foreman robert cain j- the accident occurred at 915 during the moving of a heavy stone two cables on the derrick snapped and mr cain waa struck by the falling boom he died a few moments after the accident mr cain who u a brother of jack and margaret cain of town to survived by his wife the former mabel mcnally and a family of six children at press tune funeral arrange ments had not been completed mrs f burtenshaw dies suddenly mrs frederick burtenshaw dled- suddenly at her home on king street on wednesday november 28th mrs burtenshaw who was the former mary anne kitchen was born in london england in 187 she came to canada in 1907 resid ing in rcglna sask until 1812 when she moved to winnipeg later com ing east to hamilton to take up residence for a number of years in later years she had lived in georgetown with her daughter mrs minnie burtenshaw and had made a host of friends in town her husband predeceased her almost four years ago she lsaurvlved by four daugh- ters and one son mrs minnie bur tenshaw georgetown mrs ivy brydges fmrs william hamilton regina and mrs t bryan dor othy of hamilton and edward paul of hamilton beach two sisters mris george duff and mrs charles dent live in kent england the funeral service was held on saturday at the marlatt funeral home hamilton with interment following in woodlawn cemetery- hamilton pallbearers were two grandsons william burtenshaw jr and edward james and four neph ews fred james ted james frank james jr and frank james sr seven men are contesting the ate council seats at next mondays etoaw iclpal elections it win be the first time that council will he u ectedby generaf vote la place et 7 the former ihrrt ifsrijf sjsiaiir all present council members are seeking reelection harry hasa icub man hill tbos u lsjsns curftali meoavray frank patch and bh tuck fred honaoy who sllll ten years as a member of the pete lie school board iweimttug a tataa as chairman several years asje law making his first hid for a seat a council ratepayers wfll also be asked ssa monday to express theh on whether in 1881 a should be made to the ttsrrtiallesj commission this vote is aot re stricted to property owners aaaf anyone entitled to vote for eesss eulors has s veto on the piaahnsl other elected offices have baasj filled by acclamation all rsmllilstai being reelected harold oeave wtas return far his fifth tana a william o marshall and r- maedonald their seeond- as reeve ana deputy reeve ham fornell chairman of hit yearw hydro cornmlhiioa was awardssl another twoyear term and stssj finlay cecil mensmars and bay salter an were reelected to two- year terms on the public school board while election of council is by general vote ratepayers are remla- ded that they must vote in the ward on which they are listed in the vot ers list ward 1 votes at the old town hell ward 2 at thomas grlcvcs home at the corner ef queen and mcnabb streets and ward 3 at the municipal building a voter is entitled to mark his x opposite six of the seven naavag on the ballot he can also mark x to signify approval or disap proval of the orc grant en the sen ante ballot provided far flija a voter can vote only once eh ths question even it he has t pjiyflegea in two or three wvaual this vsries from a money hylajv such ss the pubuc school vote wheat voters who owned property in two or three wards had a 1 1 1 ri nsaji i iiltasej number of votes he likewise caa receive only one ballot for council the polls will be open on mon day from nine in the morning tib seven in the evening town clerk charles whlson is returning offscar and win be in charge of the vote and the count any residents who have cnserlee about their voteshould consult ttu voters list before monday coplet of this ore available at ihe unnlel- ial office 1950 merchants boost vote for 250 grc grant december 5th dear sir i am instructed by the george town retail merchants association to inform you that on wodneaday october 27th 1850 at tholr monthly you that on wednesday ctobcr 27th meeting the association passed a resolution endorsing and lending their support to the georgetown recreation commission in the plebiscite seeking approval for their request for a grant of ajjioo for funds to carry on the work of the council yours truly georgetown retail merchants assoc f p benner secty bert mcmenemy weds saturday on saturday december 2nd fa marriage took place at oapringe et grace gibson ande daughter of mrs john gibson of acton aai the late mr gibson and herbert w bert mcmenemy son of the late mr and mrs george mcmenemy ef glen williams rev a o w fore man former minister of wmsm united church performed the mony the bride wore a royal blue i with grey accessories and a corsaga of red roses the couple were at tended by mr and mrs oordeair- reld of glen williams mrs beat wearing a fuchsia taffeta dress whk velvet trim after a honeymoon trip in west ern ontario the couple will live in their new home in georgetown at the corner of durham and streets congratulations to mr and mrs c harris who are calebrathsf today their 48th wedding ajnnlvaramry mrs h h benner has rati to woodstock after spending a in town wife her eon and inlaw mr and mrs frank p t b wileaafi at lions add support to monday fund vote december fl 1880 dear mr editor i am instructed by the george town lions club to write you ad vising that we as a servfce dun which has as one of its primary interests the health and welfare et au boys and girls are solidly be hind the work being done by the recreation commission and intend to support it by a yes- vote in the plebiscite next monday we respectfully request an per sons entitled to vote to do likewise yours vary truly caen davidson seoty raiders win second second win at the toeal eawwtwaaw day alajtt