Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 26, 1951, p. 8

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m the georgetown herald wednesday sept 26th 1 95 1 1 the georgetown herald serving the communities it okokgbtown tiuen wdluajgb norval limehovsk hornby stewarttown balunafad ashgeovk tbrra cora subscription rate 9300 a year single copies 8c advertising rates quoted on application walter c biehn publisher and editor s tak k garfield l mcguvray leslie if clark corey herrington jr reg bropmhead the herald is printed each wednesday afternoon in the office on main street georgetown authorized as second class mail post office dept ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec division of the cwna the editors corner seventy new taxpayers georgetown welcomes seventy new taxpayers this week with the announcement that all deals have been closed for purchase of wartime houses it is noteworthy that all present tenants of the houses purchased the properties and none were sold to outsiders in three cases tenants switched houses to obtain larger or smal ler accommodation as the case may be it is a good thing for a town to have a high per centage of home owners and we venture to say that georgetown has a larger percentage in this category than most towns this size ownership of a house makes for a better citizen gives a man a sense of security and a realization of his importance in town affairs there is no doubt that the new home owners will take a more active part in municipal elections and we should not be surprised to see in the future some new candidates for office from normandy and churchill from the towns standpoint there is definite fin ancial gain in the transactions an initial lump sum pakment of 14000 will return to the town coffers some of the money originally raised by debenture sale for erection of the houses to this can be added a con siderable increase in tax revenue up to the present a fixed payment of one months rent per house has gi ven the town 2000 a year from now on this figure will be ih the neighbourhood of 5000 residents of the subdivisions can hope that some of the funds will be diverted to improvements in their own areas partic ularly sidewalks which are still lacking the 14000 could well be spent on such major improvements there and in pther parts of the town using this money as a bonus for some definite objective rather than including it in genera town revenue which mghf serve to reduce the tax rate somewhat but only for a onervear period new savings bonds the higher cost of living in canada is indicated in the sixth series of canada savings bonds which go on sale october 15th the new bonds have interest of 32 per cent compared with 2 per cent for former issues however the yield will be only 321 per cent for the first coupon is not payable until august 1st 1953 a year and nine months after the bonds are issued the limit for holding in any one name has been raised to 5000 previous limits for individual hold ings were 2000 in series one and 1000 in subse quent iaan atsfc savings bonds are designed by the government not only as means of raising money ljut to encourage personal saving as ari important and constructive influ ence in helping stabilize the canadian economy infla tion is abetted by those who spend every cent they make and do not recognize saving as an important part of the family budget by purchasing savings bonds you can help not only yourself but your fellow citizens and your country jf pot pourri this is georgetown week in the toronto telegram on saturday our town was written up in the on the map feature each night this week cartoons drawn by w b mac wijl caricature georgetown personali ties each cartoon features a group of six from such local organizations as the town council legion lions club oddfellows and masons mr mac who did his drawings last thursday afternoon bumped into an old school friend when he met keith barber on the street the two had riot seen each other since 1 929 con sidering that miss cuddy did her on the map feature in one afternoons work she did an exceptionally fine job of gathering material only one major omission occurred the lack of rneritionof a georgetown indus- try smith 75c stone which with its three plants and six hundred employees has become the major industry this can be forgiven when as we say one realizes the city reporter had to do her complete story in one after noon congratulating miss wilma stull on her suc cess in placing second in the cne spelling bee this year we learned that we made an error in our news account it was wilma and not her sister rowena who won the match lastyear richard sienko is working after ehooi and saturdays at maccormacks drug store this year replacing martin armstrong who is taking an art course jn a toronto technical school miss irene ev- ans of acton is the new clerk at albert hijlaubudget groceteria bob lane reports a splendictapple crop at the cedarvale orchard which he purchased last year from eb tyers gordon flicker who is working at tfce orchard with mr lane says the apples are of excep- mtii ibne quality this year and plentiful while peg- ire is on holidays from the toronto office of tone mite muriel nodvdl of the georgetown her school zone signs placed on 3rt1 fjrk the highway through the efforts of the lions club will contribute to safety for children crossing the busy highway to get to school sister of bill boal roxy theatre manager helen boal had her picture in satur days toronto star she is a cheerleader for a city high school for fall rugby games a study in contrast was the peasized potato and a giant weighing a pound and a half which mrs m lawr dug from her garden and brought for exhibit in the herald wyidow page 8 christmas seal money to finance xray clinic plans for this years christmas 3eal fund campaign were discussed by hajton county tjjbejciuosis a health association ppa meeting on monday at hawthorne lodge mil ton christmas seals have beenhanjd- lecf up to the present by theoak- ville lidnscjub but this year the new organization has been created under the presidency of donald h- stevens oakville with members representing each section of the county walter biohn is georgetown representative a gceral campaign letter as well as another one which will be sent to a list of special names were discussed the association is consid ering a sizeable donation to ihe mountain sanitarium at hamilton and dr hugo ewait medical sup erintendent there has been invited to the next meeting to discuss the need for funds at that institution during ihe past year much good work has been accomplished in the county in tubercufosis preventative work all high school students were xrayed arf well as teachers and school board employees chest xrays have been given to all pat ients entering the two county hospi tals at milton and oakville the association has also stressed pre- employment xrays and encouraged industry co include these in their health programs in 1952 the association proposes to hold another countywide clinic when a travelling xray van will visit each community and give free kraysto all residents a regular 200 box of du barry face powder by richard hudnut plus a special size lipstick soh for only 2oo other dubarry beouty preparation by richard hudnut ai effective sunday september 30th gray coach lines buses will run on standard time time table remains unchanged on this route gray coach lines saxe motors annpunces that mr verncrawforjl has joined the staff mr crawford who comes here from milton is an experienced mechanic and will replace mr p olney on jhe garage staff for repairs a service stop at saxe motors on the highway 1 11 nielsen the chiropractor drugless therapist 37th year of practice lady attendant mon tues fri 26 pjn wed sat 25 and 89 pjn over dominion store georgetown phone 1mw dr clifford red ldjs djda dknh8t telephone 410 mais street c w saver 0 v jt vetisunariah gtfdpa street opposite armstrong- pa phone 11 tkkra cotta store gets addition mr a rhodes our genial store keeper is having an addition added to his store which he intends using as a storeroom dr and mrs clifford reid df georgetown had their anniversary dinner at the terra cotta inn on sunday mr and mrs h kidd of ingle- wood spent the sunday with mr and mrs leslie icam mr and mrs sutton and children of acton were visiting with mr and mrs farrsr at the inn on sun day j dr j burns milne xray dental surgeon i georgetown phone 80 f 0 mm s m faibish ra oftohetiut simmons jewellers georgetown phone s3c langdon aylsworth barristers and solicitors notaries public kenneth m langdon georgetown first mortgage money to loan offices roxy theatre bldg mill st phone gtw georgetown r m bell registered optometrist phone 22 r 12 erin leroy dale kc m sybil bennett kc mill street barristers and sol id ton georgetown phone 10 wm broughton masseur daily 10 am to 8 pjn except wednesday phne 5m murdock st james f mcnab barrister soupro notary public norton bids main street telephone 690 monuments pollock campbell 82 water sl north g a l t designs on request phone 2048 inspect our work in greenwood cemetery personal tax services licensed pnblle aeeetmtaata phone 654 po box 49 georgetown frank petch licensed atjctiondb prompt service phone 391 georgetown po box 413 lever hoskin chartered accountants successors to jenkins and hardy 1805 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria st toronto el 9131 consult 4 a willoughby sons for complete real estate service head office toronto 156 yonge st ad 0605 city and country homes fnns and snail aereasee industrial and business properties tom hewson is your local representative phone 332w radio repairing r i we specialize in this work 26 years experience j sanford son phone georgetown 34w attention farmers we are paying the highest prevailing prices for dead or crippled farm animals horses cattle hogs telephone collect for immediate service cordon young llmitld toronto empire 33636 guelph 3334 georgetown ii stew a rttown donate two quilts to grenfell mission junior wa was held at mrs m bnilys home maralyn murray chose jesus loves mel xoclhehymnand helped with the worship service sewing on the baby layette occu pied the busy period on thursday the members met at a special meet ing to decide about sending a babys layette and cot quilt to the grenfell mission this was voted on in the affirmative and the articles will go to georgetown in time for the packing of the grenfell bale thursday afternoon the wa met and finished quilting a quilt and decided to donate it to the gren fell mission- the meeting was at mrs c smiths home st johns guild meeting was held at mrs c a7 grants home plans were made to hold a euchre and dance in esqueslng community hall friday evening october 5th and further planning for the bazaar tan october 27th next meeting to be tuesday october 2nd at miss doris herrbigtonvhorne mr bob lawaon of owen sound was home over the weekend visitors with mrs lawkon sun day were mr and mrs w law- son and beth of toronto and mrs j hunter of norval miss annie brown was a visitor with mr and mrs mortram during the week mr p r baily otf islington was at his jiomehexeoq sunday happy birthday to jean corley who will be 12 on thursday ol this week mr rothwell of erin will have charge of the service at st johns church next sckdiiy morning at 10 am rev j e maxwell will take the harvest thanksgiving service at erin that morning j- wjfr x issms f ii harding hogs win miss doris hardings entry in the bacon hog class at georgetown fair won first place when they were judged on the carcass basis there was a total of seven entries in this pedal sponsored jointly by the t eaton co and the esqueafeng ag ricultural society and they placed as fallows 1st doric harding limenouse 2nd j b wilson georgetown 3rd keith webb norval 4th frfa shorthl ceorgetwn 5th krl saunders hornby 6th mr dale sstcbrldsr olen wuilmcog 77 rttt

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