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c the georgetown herald ten pages georgetown ont wednetsamy marcb 26th 1952 ten pages tax rate stays at 43 mills school county costs up in 1952 budget estimates vown empijoyku to collect oastbaob georgetown taxpayers yll not have to dig any deyr hlr pocketbooks this yer cpuiurll at meeting on monday set the 1032 tax rate t 43 ujllls uie uuiw tut lsst year a slightly over twenty thousand dollar increase in the cost ol run ning the town has been oftaet by en increase in bintr last ywr the town spent 137 000 while oils year spanee are budgeted at s167 000 the ui rate wu established ovrr strenuous opposluon of finance chairman mcguvray and mayor armstrong who argued that it would be possible to tower the rate one mill and still provide adequate civic service voting on a 42 mill rate was disapproved by a majority and the 43 mill xate carried a new item in the budget which has not appeared for several years is a s730 estimate for relief minor increases are noted in most depart ments the board of parks which last year accspled half a mill this year has requisitioned their full amount and will get 2000 more of the tax dollar education costs are up sharply 3500 for public school nd 2500 for high school a rise of 3000 in the county rate is also no ted increased costs however have been offset by increased revenues debenture charges recoverable are up 8000 due to sale of wartime houses purchase of a new town truck decorating of the municipal build ins and installation of an oil fur nace are among new items in the budget a major change by which council hopes to pay for a new truck is the cancellation of the 4200 gar bage contract held by lane s haul age it is councils intention to have ftresent town employees add gar- bags collect inn to their duties the dig three of the 204400 gross expenditures are debenture charges of 33 000 school costs 44000 and road expenses 23 000 the county rate is the fourth larg est item of municipal expenditure junior wa branch dedicated at service on opening his sunday morning sermon at st george s church archdeacon thompson pointed out the appropriateness of the church designating mothering sunday in close proximity to the feast of the annunciation of the blessed virgin mary ife deprecated the tendency to make the virgin mary into a goddess it was because she was a true repre of humanity that she was fitted to be mother of the son bf man he said and her mod esty and simplicity are a model for all mothers the archdeacon dedicated a new banner for the junior wa in o short ceremony at the start of the service members of the juniors wearing their arm bands preceded the choir up the aisle with carolyn blehn carrying the banner sup ported by jean pen rice and ruth hsncox the handsome purple and fold banner was made by mrs stan juyon the anthem for the morning ser vice was o god of bethel and hymns included christian dost thou see them and the kingfeof love the choir sang the anthem lend ale lord by wesley at the service for evensong some of the hymns sung were jerusalem the golden and all people that on earth do dwell in his evening sermon the archdeacon told of josephs reun ion with his brothers and later his lather he pointed out the good which had come out of the brothers evil and expressed bis desire that beyond the curtain of the hidden future we may find peace and god umlobu wwwm announced at marathon feuchre the final in s series of marathon euchres sponsored by the hall board resulted for the night as follows ladles miss eleanor stark mrs s matthews men mr c storey mr s wright lane hands mrs n stark travelling prizes mrs k geary mr w mllrhrll grand prizes for the series were mrs k l dsvldson mra s matthews mrs c storey mr ii l davidson lone hands mrs il i- davidson these socul evenings have proven s decided suc cess and plsyers report good card putylng mr walter i hi ii snd miss marlon hall of staynrr spent s low dayi with the ellerbys recently a number of the small fry have had the chicken pox the financial committee of tho w i sponsored a euchre in the hall on tuesday evening with first prizes going to mrs ptc brown and stuart wright and seconds to mrs k miller snd mr miller mrs klrkputrtck winning the chair prize launch wm served quite a number from tho village wcr forced to leave their cars on one of the various hjus surrounding us and finish the trip on foot due to the ice one of the three tell phone lines in the village wus bro ken down too mr and mrs max bradbury mo ved on tuesday to the cottage on the fifth line owned by mr r ranee of toledo jler parents mr and mra nell mccallum of milton visi ted them on sunday mr and mrs frank miller and mr gerald warren v ulted the brock millers on sunday mr glcndon scott was home from midland last week end mr and mrs brock miller and little diss m to 3 in ton on tuesday mrs miller and babe re mained a few days with her sister in law mr sam glsby in sunnybrook hospital has had another painful few days of arthritic spasms recent ly we hope that he may be feeling better by now little marsha jones was brought home from sick children s hospi tal on sunday where she has been for treatment for eczema during the past three weeks brills fashion show features spring styles a rashisn shpv sponsored by the young ladles auxiliary apd pres ented tiy brills filled knox church basement two evenings last week us georgetown ladles flocked to are new spring snd summer fashions in dr r suits snd coats plus 40ms 4ur as well also shown were jew ellery accessories from barbers mrs sam mackenzie assisted kred cotton of the brills staff as com mentator while jack cotton direc ts activities backstage makeup was by tiffany cosmetics snd tif fany local outlet ilobbs drugs bruugtkt a judy from the company for this who also talked briefly on personal makeup during the inter mission flower were supplied by norton floral and krnle a i cot t de signed the stage settings models in the ihow many of them auxiliary members were hel- n itttchle mrs vic mcnivcn mrs mervyn cook mrs j a 111 is eles- nor spltzcr hotly king elizabeth coffin helen mkiill shirley snd jean muckart marna mackenzie israrl scott mrs john lenx jean beckett joan latimer and brcnda hotrinson itev alex calder contributed vocul selections both evenings and background piano music was provi ded by marlon hepburn and mrs j l barber on both nights a number of pri zes were donated by local and out ui town businesses included in these were gifts from nvourws homo f- urnlshlngs itoxy theatre george town motors george muckart j ii mackenzie son drills itobb 1 drugs canada bread coca cola co goodlets hardware smith st stone ostrander jewelers and la ton s winners of prizes included mrs vincent hepburn mrs d i her bert mrs w g marshall mra jack ilunham jennifer humphreys mrs hupert beaumont karen norton mrs wtlf hunter mrs stan wright mrs steve eason mrs fred mas- terms n mlas broadfoot mra john mclaren mrs e b swack homer mrs it b roults and mrs stan finlay what council did legion juvf niles win on mofjday makcii iul het he 1012 tax rata at 43 mill one mill is equivalent co 3672 provincial championship macdonald and cr fetch were al- audltor ii a lever reviewed the meeting legion ladies pun big musical revue a big musical show featuring members of the legion wa and other local people will be presented in the legion hall two days next week shooting stars produced by the same company which directed the lions club its a date show two years ago uses a television show as a backgrund and features imperso nations of wellknown stars like kale smith fred wailng and mil ton berle as well as the queen for a day show members of the w a which is sponsoring the show are busy sell ing tickets and it is anticipated that there will be a full hall for both shows the production is under the direction of miss nyla jester ffltlveewood spends winter with sitter at port coflborne social ant personal mr and mrs george marsdcn of brampton were weekend visitors in town with mrs fred laws art scott of arthur scott motors ltd is attending a cmc truck sales school at the queens hotel barric this week mr nnd mrs vic tedder of new toronto ore away for three weeks on a motor trip to florida mr ted der a former georgetown resident u manager of the steel purchasers department of dominion bridge company in the city ricky alcorn 5yearold son of mr and mrs jim alcorn had a birthday party at his home on mar- ralderettr s beat brampton kct street on thursdny his guests advance to sfmifinals included glodys smith catharine saxc andrew and jackie itugg christopher frost douglas malcolm donald calder mrs george tiz- zard and brcnda and mickys bro ther douglas archdeacon w g o thompson officiated at a christening service on sunday afternoon for charles biehn son of mr and mrs walter biehn the babys godparents arc his grandfather mr a h feller and his grandmother mrs c e biehn of chcslcy cpl ahd mrs bruce collins and daughter patricia were here from camp borden to spend the week end with his parents mr and mrs alf collins cpl collins is recov ering from a foot injury which he suffered in training at the army tank range at meaford on thursday barbara daughter of mr and mrs david bowman cel ebrated her twelfth birthday prc- georgclown haidcrcttcs will play cither eost york or aurora in tho semifinals for the championship of the ontario women s hockey leaguo the girls defeated brampton in two sta right games the second in brampton wednesday when they won 51 joyce hcrrington tallied 4 goals and the fifth was scored by sister spike julia dcvrloa played a good game for the locals as well as jean hancock who did a stellar job in the net ghs news by staff this column u being written mainly to congratulate tho juven iles after a very good year and much travelling they beat i out ifavelock two games to one to win the ontario juvenile c champion ship there were 5 players on the team from ghs captain george mc- clure paul barber fred dlcken- ber gloria boyd gloria bain gall son george webster and theschoola moguvray carolyn copland jean old man butch schenk butch mis- jennings eat given doris chap sod a few games with a dislocated lin and joan peruice elbow the team sponsored by tho celebrating her 11th birthday legion was very well coached by v uvanrl mrm bexlcoitiajj liljmdouuljiaqaivta town s financial position before the budget debate and he pointed out that a 14 000 deficit of the previous year itad ben converted to s 12000 surplus the town had been greatly helped financially he aid by the sals of 70 wartime bou ses which had given an unexpected revenue of 8400 ife warned fut ure councils that spending sthould not exceed the budget without municipal board approval as the s board is keeping s sharp lookout in this direction mr lever sad tax arrears are out of line with other towns outstsnd ing taxes have doubled to 10 000 and back water rates almost trip led to 3000 in a oneyear period snd ho recommended a real iftorl be made to improve the picture at the end of 1047 georgetown could boast not a single dollar of delin quent taxes he said snd tho town should aim at this again he suggested the cemetery board consider rates in the light of pres ent costs the board cannot break even lie said on a charge of 10 to open a grave whm it takes ttn hours to dig one finance minister mcquvray in his budget speech suggested a tux rate of 42 mills advocated a 200 salary increase for the town fore man garbage collection by the town employees though personally ho said he was not whole hcartcdjy for this s closer check on long dis tance calls from municipal employ ees telephones and a 700 increased grant to the fire department mr levsr noting that hie town had asked for subsidy on 30 000 road i xpensos et had budgeted for only 23000 expenditures warned that it would be difficult to exceed the smaller figure heave marshall snd cr goodlet were of the opin ion that the budget figure should be 30 000 goodlet there arc people who think we have too many town em ployees but the foreman says ho needs them all at certain times of the year thorn in on garbage collection and save some money mccjlvrsy im satisfied we con get by on a 42 mill rate armstrong if we can give a mill rate reduction it will be won derful publicity for the town in dustries arc on short time just now and people can use the extra money and wo have a surplus from last year mr lever your surplus is only on paper you cant spend uncollec ted taxes marshall one mill to the av erage taxpayer is very small its good publicity yes but why go down thlycar and up next year armstrong people havent en ough money to budget for a sur plus they need it now mcguvray it will give people in arrears a chance to catch up goodlet the lax collector says he has already collected 5000 of these back taxes so i don t sec why we cant havee 1 mill rate other municipalities in the district have jumped 10 20 and 25 mills well be in a wonderful position to attract new industry marshall 1 think people would feci better if we took an extra mill and fixed up some sidewalks sargent even holding our own is good publicity allen 1m not pessimistic about poor- times malton in booming nnd the ford plont is coming to oak- vllle i cant see reducing taxes and interfering with a road and side walk iprogram there s going to be a boom and present industrial con ditions arc unnatural a motion for s 230 increase then carried hale voting agslnst it and mayor armstrong remarking that if there is suffkrient revenue the mat ter can be reconsidered later in the year a 42 mill rate was then voted down mcguvray armstrong and goodlet favouring it the 43 mill rate carried on the votes of marshall allen hale and sargent 4 a nxtlon by goodlet and sargent to amend the gsrbage by law to provide for municipal collection in puur of the present contract system curded unanimously tenders will be called for redec orating the municipal building a motion was passed to start fut ure council meetings with a prayer by the mayor the weather mr editor well march 21st this year cer tainly demonstrated a spring day to perfection with a high tempera turc of 0 degree- this is consider ably higher than lost year when it was only i7 on march 21st have you forgotten 11m9 when spring came in with u temperature of 55 digrees or 1048 with almost u sumtn r temperature of 05 deg re suys you that is as it should b ern botlcln djii ma mln ho in and snow march 17 3s 20 march 18 35 1 t2 march 10 37 2fl 1120 march 20 43 33 march 21 so 30 march 33 x march 23 38 28 a vwigr 38 57 25 42 it 29 s2 three playlets choir an mi cetutui nines ui a y maybe v couw work reature commencement the annual high school com mencement will be held next wed nesday in the auditorium of st johns united church three oneact playels will high light the i ntertainmcrrt for the night miss rose plercey is directing a play performed by the girls of grade 9 principal j l lambert will di rect the other two plays grade 11 will present a mexican costume play with the intriguing title it costs five pesos on sunday starring roles will be played by betty ann kerr and donald anderson and members of the supporting cost in clude ncrotta zilio ann cnolker and sylvia lambert for grade 10 mr lambert has chosen o fantasy in erne aco king qfciccn in which lcona conn and bob allen heiid a cast of sixteen the high school girls choir will sign several numbers olso births kay mr and mrs jack kay ore happy to announce the birth of a daughter janet lynn on march 13th 1052 nt toronto general hospital the budget debate was interrup ted by a motion for a 10 weekly increase to the town foreman pro- h edo re and inguh lead club 12 to 103 victory last friday night saw a great ar ray of local cars plus a busload of hockey fsns travel to lindsay to see georgetown juvenues take the pro- inciai championship in the cruets 1 game the number of spectators 4ron georgetown far outnumbered the rest of the crowd the first period opened with a push on the georgetown goal by ifsvelock reminiscent of the game in georgetown after some sensa tional mvv by carman maltby our boyi seemed to cake s new lease on life snd started to press hard how ever newman of havclock netted ute first one on an assist from pol lock then after a number of fruitless attempts dale sedore fin ally bulged th- twine on an assist from george webster hut ton of havclock put the eastern boys ahead again for the second snd last time in the game at 11 14 from there on georgetown never lost command of the plsy butch schenk who had played nice hockey just falling to dick on several tries finally put it in at 172 on a combination ef fort of inglls and grasby dale sedore picked up a pass leas than s minute later from varey to make it 3 2 and sedore finished the scor ing for the period by shoving it be hind the havclock goalie on a play by webster and jarvle the second stanza opened with a determined rush by havclock but aided by nice defensive work the local goalie maltby manajicd to turn them back until finally laing of havclock batted one in on a long pass from newman time 5 19 from here on in the 120 1 took over snd the glen line started to come into their own with inglls taking sn assist from grasby and batting it in at 7 48 dale sedore really playing sansationsl fame cams back st half time to bulge the twine on pass from varey also playing s steady game inglls notched 2 more the first at 1 40 from dickenson and mcclure and the second at 15 11 from schenk two penalties were give in the second period one to mcclure and one to schenk for tripping the third period settled down to a slower pace seemingly ifavclock although stul in there fighting not being as dangerous as before at 15 38 blake inglls pushed it in on a setup from bud haines and varey ended the scoring at 1735 maltby livened up this period by receiving what at first looked like a serious injury sending coach patterson out over the boards and thereby getting him banished for the rest of tho game at the end of the game premier leslie frost came over to the dress ing room to congratulate tho team and management he hod intended being present for the whole game but had been held up at queens park until late thot night only ar riving in lindsay in lime to see part of the third period cards of thanks emmerson to all friends rela tives and organizations for their kindness and floral tributes dur ing the illness and at the passing of our dear wife and mother wc extend sincere thanks we appre ciate ftlio the comfort and help of rev a j barker the nurses ot peel memorial hospital and dr c v williams james emmer- son and mr and mrs norman lowrey glen williams mrs john miller has returned sent at her party were barbara al ji- i oott dorothy scott judy mccum- vrrvna chalr- one hundrtend i cnt aupport tho motion i glen sunday supper j wo would be leverely crttlcl- h ibcon annual sundajpsuo home after pending the winter with h alater at port colbome sunday bueau with mr and mra s l miller were mr and mn tom ihoaker and children of guelph and mr gerald shea ot mount forert nun jeel wo zed fm willing to increate hli alary to make a bigger mar gin between him and the town men but not that much in view of the mall pay chequea- in local plants hale he warki saturday and- sunday with no overtime pay if he the aecond annual sunday sup per aervfdr by st albane guild in the pariah hall on sunday was at tended by over one hundred pcoplo many of thorn from outilde the vll- lage the tables were decorated with tulips and pussywillows maccormack youngest queens hockey player a local athlete who learned hli hockey in georgetown midget and juvenile ranks distinguished himself at queens university this year not only was he the youngest player to moke a berth on the junior team but he also played with the senior team seventeenyearold wurmae- ormack son of mr and mrs e v maccormack is completing his first your in geology at queens after graduating from georgetown high school the juniors played in a league with napanee kingston frontenacs and royal military college losing out in the kingston district junior b finals hy a 43 score in two games the seniors were teamed with loyola university montreal bish ops college lenncocvlue rmc and the mcgul seconds in the st law- renco district intercollegiate league udren of toronto spent a few ot mr and mrs harold hancox had still oa the subject ot hockey last week with mr aid mjt a party at her home on rlverview milton hs challenged the ooorgc- h corbett i crescent her guests were jean town hs to a hockey game but it fwlth mrs w j hoe on sunday ponrlee gullane chapman vlrgl- was held off until tho juvenues mr and mrs wilfred robin- nis barber virginia walker bramp- finished their games arrangements and children ot ouetphv mr ton marina emmerson jean engle ate now being made for a came in b miller ot lortdesboro spent by paulene watson joan chattiers the near future rlast week at the huns barbara lusty gherron bradbury dont forget commencement on charimm day and tool ief april 3 tn st johns hall aypa meeting plans were made for a sale of cooldes and hobby pro- mr and mrs charles hancock jects during the easter holidays sent a man too4hlsworlc4twould fhieyandlmmyvlsltedln jtoa cost plenty in overtime omo- on -sunday- witohwtsrens been quite 111 tor several months goodlet ajoreman should make mr and mrs george engwell wai taken to st josephs hospital visitors on sunday with mr and guelph on monday for further mrs eddie mcdermolt were her treatment mother mrs s tfpton and her bra- betty lucas who has been suf- more than his men and there is only a s0 difference in pay in a recorded vote goodlet hale and allen voted for the increase and ther and his wile mr snd mrs bob terlng from a foot ailment for two armstrong marshall mcollvray hsdley brawon months has tjeef able to return to and sargent against peputyheeve monday evening at the juntor aehool part time gmjcfalusrirfl jtnj