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r -n- r it u wsat fxnmcn hd describes tlwn insurance uability hot ac cuoatowm base ijamuty pel- a icy ut an loeu jtesitaa official eil wm ucnbxud a maetdays raeet- hfsxcabescrexni lug by tftrsaanlttlval of the 000 parry which writ the tews pe4- oereoca bpane georgetown ly wu elected 3nd vice jrealdaot of mr mtebjason who la chief edv hunbercredit district firemens jueur and mr cowan who handles asjaoelstton at tha annua meeting the policy andeered at councils in ulllon on sunday smith and sterner bride request after asme residents whoaa elalma had been refused hmdtom- plalned lo council the policy indaranlflaa for what he law asys you are- liable aald mr mltchlnson for instance tha town cant guarantee that you can walk on sidewalks in absolute safe ty if the town is negligent in placing a trap which causes an accident then you are insured however mayor armstrong pointed out two cases where it was felt a fair claim had been turned down both of these concerned damage in cellars where sewers had backed up ddr- lng spring floods end the mayor aid he believed there was neglig ence on the towns part for hook ing surface drainage into the sew erage system mr mltchlnson said this information had not been known previously by the company and that the cases would be reop ened reeve stan allen recalled aoo- ther case where construction of a new road had he believed diver ted flood water into a cellar but was told the town had no respon sibility in this ase and insurance could not be paid asked by mr allen if the com pany could promise to hear a claimants story before collecting other information mr mltchln- eoit said no each case must be investigated in iu own way he pointed out and sometimes it- is not advantageous to proceed in a prescribed manner ilr cowan suld flood losses are covered in most fire insurance pol icies and that it is impossible for flood claims to be paid under the towns liability policy or the would show a sharp increase 1 new officer of the group are frank jones milton president c jordan number crescent 1st vice president clarence spence geor getown 2nd vice president o rob inaon woadbrldge secretary w craig brampton treasurer a slubbs bolton a e clement mil ton c shannon woodbiidgr f greenwood thunletown special committee r robinson flablnson cotton mills c shannon a- e clement education committee it robinson william hilchle george town membership george glass- iord georgetown a e clement y cannon woodbrldge t itesdy thlatlelown social committee j fox irumber crescent a holmes orsngcvllle nualtors- the retiring r resident chief c shannon of woodbrldge presided st the early part of the meeting ed cooper president of hie ontario firemens association wert rlam- borough conducted the election of officers baujnafad plan renovations baujnafad hall jme annual meeting of ball na fad hall board was held monday night uoyd marshall acted ax chairman and mrs tom gibson secretary trustees elected were dan camp bell uoyd marshall and jesse mciery with ernie mcencry sec retary trejssurei and mrs a lawr oaretaker plana are belnff mads to renovate the hall and work will start as soott as weather permits north halton gets two new coroners two new coroners have recently bean appointed to serve tjle north- new minister presides annual church meeting the annual meeting of aien wil liams united church was held hut week and work of the chorea or- ganlzatlons reviewed mr c d iemkey new minister at the church was chairman and mrv cecil barth secretary reports showed good progress in all depart- menta one of the main projects was a newly built kitchen given by j the friendship couples club and a set of dishes by the willing hel pers members ofscnton who continue in office are jack addy clayton alien norman felker and bert a bullock herb hancock takes over tha treasurers position and au taoodwin la chairman ofthe board of stewards other members of the board are william sthenic herb hancock john wagstafte and bert sb w wheeler jjrh m treasurer and mrs herb hancock envelope steward alf goodwin continues as organist and ushers are c allen n felker b bullock seswsesoresi herb hancock and 7 bfcrtl dbton audition are lea de- all gooawln iiew eiectrle wlriflb otjhe church la urgently needed and this la the ib eo4rreaueulji year- ligicltt fcslfchebswsfnt th- the weather mr editor- the figures in h0 weeks- bum mary show a steady cold week with 5 days registering below sees tem peratures jkist to 1 eft lull your memory the table of the past few january will show that we have had tower than this weeks it be- low aero ern batltln date mas mui lanow jan 31 8 11 jen 10 8 jan 13 10 1 jan 14 32 1 jan is 40 28 jan is 31 0 riurries jan 17 15 17 llurries average 23 2 4 january low ima 2b uelow 1048 3 delow 1010 lbjiejqw 1051 0 ilelow 101221 delow 10s3 1 above union wttat oodnca did seek 70000 road subsidy in 195 government subsidy will bat sought tor a tftummt soad eypedi- rare in oeorcetowglo 1w council at mondays meshteev i asked tor goaiarnment grantit oej tsomo tor coltstrueuen and 440000 nutlotenanoe on road work it has not keen decided that the budget will actually b this high as in view bf puts in approved pendltures last year council took the attitude of asking inore than expected in order to end up with approval on a high enough figure to cover budgeted espeoses i j j itrtfular council meetings have btcn art for the first monday in each month and special gieetlnfa will be held whenever poaalbla on mondmy also hospitalized after palmerston accident mrs william isley who received a dislocated hip in an auto accident on january 0th itlll patient in patmrnton icospital her daugh terinlaw mrs clarence carey who was alavo injured in th acci dent is recuperating at home mrs carey had head and leg cuts which nxjulred hitches and mr carey two cracked- ribs mr and mrs carey and her par ents mr and mrs islry were en route to wlngham to attend a fun eral when the accident occurred they left georgetown early satur day morn frig and just thlsjafe of pulmcnton hit a alippery the rood the our went control and turned over in tfie ditch pinajng the occupants in side the car was badly damaged in the accident llornsby studio ouu a member of the smith 6t stone office stuff and his bride mr and mra michael fitzmaurice were married in oahawa recently in the church of st gregory the great the bride is the daughter of mr and mr w el stafford oshawa and the groom the son of mr and mrs l a fitzmaurice london they are living in the berwick hall apartments social arid personal glen williams mr mrs hancock are club heads at the christinas meeting of the friendship clurr of glen williams united church new officers were elected to serve in 10m lb end mr herb hancock are presidents mr and mrs william alcgowan vice presidents mr and mra john wagrtaffe secretaries and mr and mrs bert dullock treasurers olfur were exchanged among the eaa sa wa mr huisell hoblnson toronto was o sunday vimtor with mr and mrs leslie hobmion norval mus hncl harrison is vlsitins in toronto this week with her sister mrs j mcklnay and mrs mc- klnlay james goodlct spent a few days last week in calgary alta making the trip by plane to visit wlthhls fnthcr thomas goodlct j mrs walter whitmec who un derwent an eye operation lost week in ml slnol hospital toronto ex pects to be home from hospital this week armand swackhamer of essex was a visitor in town this week with his parents mr and mrs e it swackhamer he was attending a food drug convention in tor onto celebrating her fourth birthday on january 8th brcnda shankland laukhter of mr snd mrs donald shankland had i larty her guests were ivgy tyler usrbara inglls anthony krost cthy jind lidlanne iunt margaret thompson hobcrt sxe pamela and christine earl and her sisters ponna and paula union presbyterians heavy mission support substantial giving to mlsalans were noted when inombcra of un ion jrcabytcrlnn church held their iinnual meeting lajt week fouww- ing b noun dinner tlie 44b contributed waj 150 more than the allocation and the church wai complimented by ity g l itoynl for this aa well a an excellent overall year a newly formed board of truj- teea who appointments are per manent will consist of clarence anderson eric italic and arthur mckane members of the board of manage ment arewilliam hunter flll ly ons eric leslie herbert dolaon jbcr macdonald arthur mckane gordon stringer jack uceonald frank dolaon and norman icajn mr hunter succeedj a o uaetton- ald as chairman and norman icam continues am treasurer owrni macdonald will take over the position of sunday school sup erintendent this year succeeding vern thompson who has filled this office for several years members of the session on rev o 1 royal vcrn thompson george h leslie wilfrid leslie v h lyons arthur mcktnc clarence anderson and norman icam engagements mr and mrs c robert robinson announce the engagement of their daughter b rendu isabella to gun- ther e frey wn of mr and mrs ernst frey of munich the marriage to take place quietly early in feb ruary at knpx presbyterian church the engagement is announced of mlsa c bridle st jean and mr char let mlfue of notre dame d deaureegaxd farm the marriage will take place tuesday february the second at ten ajn in holy cross church georgetown w bankers father warden of bruce william p oswald reeve of el- derslle township is the 10m wardehof bruce county mr oswald u the father of john oswald of the bank of commerce staff here and haa been active in rnunlepal affairs in his township for acveral years he is a fellow member with exwarden george leslie of the ontario agricultural council wllat council did conaiilt county council on making fund grants geo council will be eeut tloua in making donations to pub lie organizations this year t faced with furd rcouuu iron the salvation army and st john ambulance aaartrlatlon at monday meeting action wai with eld until if is ascertained what grants tha county will be making some years ago in order to avoid duplication the county took over directing such grants and suggaste individual municipal ties refrain council is not interested in join ing the good roads association and took no action on joining tha group or sending delegates to tha annual convention a 20 monthly pension to a re tired town employee henry march- ment will be continued in 1054 a 155 purchase offer for an oil burner last used in the old town hall was referred to the property committee for consideration a court of revision to deal with tux and local improvement ap peals is composed of deputy reeve allan norton and crs harry hal garfield mcgllvray walter gray and thomas l lyons a perman ent county boortl deals with assess ment appeals subrtcrlptlons to the municipal world were ordered for council members clerk and assessment conunlssloner deanery quiet daf hal tons clergy met yesterday at st georges for a quiet day com munion was celebrated by the rec tor and devotional conducted by canon jackaon rural dean a business meeting followed noon dinner at the mcglbbon house end evensong taken by the canon mra thompson served afternoon tea hh fll bt f o dr j h chssnberlaln of george- served by the hosts mr and mrs itown and dr douglas garrettw ac bert bullock end mr and mrs torivjacelvad tha appointments cecil barth qiavwiluams in hapbier ays w card president lorne scots sgts the ansuirr- meeilntrand election of officers m the sergeants mess the lome scots pdh regiment was held on january 10- nt theaxr mory in brampton the following oltlcera wc ap pointed prestdemvwp 3w card vletr president sut h walker secretary sjsgt w utoeton treasurer sgl h x social convener set o brazier qamea wo 3 l chester house property wo 2 kenneth itlurray therepretenutlve for the life and associate members is an ex-ac- tlve member of the mess wo 2 ward t j the meeting was heldgwjeela knight in the chair as president for 1053 with w61 cbimtas exofflcloi at the conclusion jof he meeting after respects to the queen the new president wo 2 card made jr few brfef iremarka to outline the 1bjm p regard to the ser geants mess -r- jnew koof decorating highlight church year mra j a hambleton who djetllin orangeyille last week holds her greatgrandson brian jamea george- town in this fourgeneration photo taken at chriatrnas time pictured are mra hambletoria daughter mrs a pattenderr and grandda m bill james both of georgetown mrs john hambleton ds at oranseville fk former resident of town and native of homings mills mrs john a hambleton 71 died in orange- vlllo last tuesday 1 mrs hambleton the former mol- vlnah metcalfe was the last mem ber of her fsmlly since her mar riage ihe had llvod most of thcu time in- the shelburne district where hor bnsband tanned she moved to ornngovlllo throe years agovbfter living in georgetown for a year alwaysao active worker in the presbyterian church she attended knox church during her resi dence here surviving are her husband three daughters and two sons oliver hunter will again head the board of management of norval presbyterian church this year mr hunter to elected chairman of the board at a meeting which followed the annual church meetlns last tuesday mrs nelson robinson is aecretarytmsurer succeeding prank penalty who has held the office for several years some 65 members of the congre- gallon gathered for noon dinner at the church nelson robinson was chairman for the business meeting which follow ed at which reports of all church organizations were given extenslvej work on the church property was reviewed including decoration tot thechurch interior and exterior a new roof and i a new fence for tha propehyat the rear the wa la dies contributed 500 towards thai 1300 decorating cost- the aid church shed was sold last year for son will serve another two year 4ermon the library board w o bell and boblene jfecefved 3 years reabpolntments to the boardof porks management were rod oor xx vrwtv were roadasmondays lk j tea rev jf what councn did i eeftvemexdoiw cemetery board appointee appointments tbararious town egalft receiving 25 collected a his fee of money boards council meeting in only one case was wp- polntrhent made this being exreeve rsoommendattnn of the rtw pe- k hmedonaid to ihe cemetery iartmnt for chief william hyde board taking the iearrjttheiateimlytek fclm jprfver v bradley mlsf wiiliaiii rttehle wera widvlreed and iuvi yolirboelakj per qt terhawhds q mrs a tmmu pattendeh myrtle of 3eorgevwn o which alio nelped defray costa mrs a oreenthal eunice and of improvements mrs c- wamock kueanor of toronto rowe and kills orange vllle four grandchildren beryl pat- tenden and- mrs bill jamw of town barbara and nancy green- that toronto and one greatgrand son srlan james georgetown rev alex calder of town assls- nute in conducting the funeral service in orangevilla on fvlday v annual church thaolttsqn juree local churches geor members of the new manage ment board besides mr hunter and mrs robinson are chester eirly harold mcclure andrew mcclure james davis nelson robinson 8am- mcclure donald clark w t crali reld bruce raid h cral raid and thomas mcoee seasmq mem- bers are rev g u royal robert held- letter brawn crauf 1ics dure malto mcniibr albert- hunter arthur bscchln wm j mcclure sjii ttenasttcae v three memtjeroi1 to ytjs 5 sooktfg and iptoxtaav tlondlea ftlrlfitllw waww iunhejihu- annual m