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y r the georgetown georgsjtowti ontario wednesday march 17 1654 twelve pages what council did new homes will pay water hookup levy new home owners wlxmoa water service in georgetown will pay an extra charge of tvir im accord ing to legislation xuaed at monday nights council meeting in the future when a new water ervlcs is required a aiarge will t made for taking water from the main to the property line the charge payable when application is made will be mo or a vt service wo for s j service and lime and labour plus 10 per cent for larger services which might be required tor factories or commercial estab- llahments thematter was introduced by water chairman stan allen last week and recommended to council after the water committee had met and recommended it cra lywu and gray thought that the figures were too low but drew no support for their amendment to set the costs at ho end 7s 1 the weaher mr editor march seems u be performing in keeping with its reputation we hsd ettrylhlng on the weather nuep this week oven tu the sumple nlou day on thursday rm halkln onto max mln hem march 8 38 i flurries march u m 18 klurttee march 10 sa 18 flurries march 11 jb n march 12 28 14 march 13 32 ib it os march 32 2fl h s aversge 34 18 k ob umkiiouhe w fete newlyweds t party in the hall a pleamnt eveninj was held in the hall on friday uvenlntf with ncwlyweds mr mid mn cliflord mcdonald aa guests of honour mr ham gtatjy acctimpiinlcd ty mn ii norton wu called on for soloa and luith brown for a humcruui reading by chairman glenn scott ieorne norton read a ahort oddren to th bride ond fpxtom who were seated beneath weddlnjt bells and their sifts were presented ci 1 fiord thanked all for their lovely useful flits and good wishes after lunch was served mr and mrs kavnouffh and mr george fountain provided music for dancing a committer of w i ladles held euchre at the home of mr and mrs paul spltzer on saturday ev ening when prizes were own by a c patterson and a u bust spltzer and seconds by cyril clarke and mrs james no4l sandwiches tarts and coffee were served for lunch mr calvin mcdonald spent the weekend with hla iather near dur ham ine wms met at the home of mrm thomas afaplcyrd on thurs day evcruog mrs uoughlcy read from the study mrs patterson read scripture and mia ivens the prayer text word iniquity was used the hostess and her daugh ters served lunch afterwards mr russell thonxpaoni is home from hoapltal in ouelph we hope tha he may improve steadily in health mn e mckisslck or greenville south carollnu is visiting her sis ter miss m reamaoottom and mrs poster and mr c a floater we regret that sidney klrkpatrlck is in up with pleurisy william sherbourne had an attack of pneu monia a week ago but is about again mr and mn llvtaffrtone of tor onto apent a few days with their daughter mn ed flndlay mr kind joy and family mr and mrs r caldwell y with the earl 11all1nafad asiiurove auxiliary and wa church group meets mrs j snort was hostess for the w a when they met for their march meeting on tucsdoy after the w a f pm presented mr graham the wms meeting wos held on tuesday afternoon march 0 at the home of mrs arthur ruddell with the president mrs frank wilson opening with the hymn in christ there is no east nor west devo tional was taken by mrs george cre ari taovne ng mrar me v v 1 n ry led in the wotahlp service phy valerie nurse the theme being the way of the nd evelynnird sang a duct roll cross jesus said deny yoursolvea take up your cross not just now end then hut dally and follow where fie- would have us go i cannot doubt that god is love i cannot doubt that christ chose me i cannot doubt that god above was crucified on calvary the president read a bulletin from the dominion board giving ideas how to make the meetings make ottawa their home hltharttown boston chufclvrecords supply hutoricaj data the march meeting of esqurslng w i was held wednesday evening at mrs bally s home mrs h har ris presiding mrs cook reported on uie cook books and hod aorne for inspection the topic was his torical research an article was read from a newspaper clipping and tfor roll call the members were asked to comment on the article which was on the subject of juvenile de linquency the discussion was very interest lrg mrm walter law son supplied a paptr taken from a book boston church kccords and memories the part read was a let ter from james ltogg to his son christopher miarch jrd 1830 and a letter f rom j imci laldla w in canada to his son ilobert laldlaw in scotland dated york sept 10th 1810 miss stone exhibited a model of a bedroom made to scale the room was builtin of the latest rtyle donations were made to the collections of three funds for the victims of recent flraa miss ap- pclbc and mrs dally were hostes ses for lunch junior w a meeting was held on monday afternoon gretha goealag choac the hymn ifoly holy holy and conducted the worship service the monday pledge wos remember ed the medical work among the children of llonan china gretha read jhc minutes of the previous mwunj seconded by carol devcr- eoux quilt blocks were made in the busy period the roads were very ijad durintf the snow storm friday and satur day one car turned around three times we think the motorcycles should staff off the roads until they are clear of ice and snow several of these machines were tearing up and down sunday afternoon leaving no space for pedestrians to get to safety barn house burns in two township ma icing their home in ottawa are mr and mn gunll cr trey who were married last month in knox church here mrs frey the former brenda robinaon wus u member of the royal bank taff the groom i employed with the pitometer company of new york funeral hare thimday for mn joseph leslie a funeral tevvtce at tha moclure funeral home here thursday at two oclock will be hrld tor mrs joseph a ivcslie 73 who died at mt bridges yesterday mornln in terment will he in greenwood cem etery mrs leslie the former clara an thony had beon seriously ill sincv june a georgetown native she was the daughter of mr and mrs andrew anthony since her mar riage she had lived at aylmer and llvlmont where her huatmirtd farm ed and for the past year at mount llridjfua survivors are her husband five children mix grandchildren and three grewta-rundchildren- members of the family are walter of karl erie mrs i lay stanton inez of detroit michigan jack j on huron mich clarence in the west and joseph jr ilelmont also surviving are five sisters mrs andrew alexan der llatowel mrs william drill of guelph mrs herbert cleave and mrs harold illntfham georgetown und mrs emily lussey wolerloo an only brotrur wultcr anthony died several years ago damage wlmatad over tljooo was caused to a house in th tawnihjp and a urge barn wu vazad la two fire during the past unaefc sawnlay naming gaxtrtffttcftwa brigade wu called to the clifford cook farm r it 4 and while hinabia to atvf tha um did good work in saving ootbulldince end weeping the lire from spreading to the tuvuae the fire was fm nduced by a neighbour vern tbornpaorv wtko turned in the alarm mr cook who works in town with kan mcmillan uvea on the tproperty but has tha farm and barn rented to prank aa- beck one cow was lost in the tola prut pt action by georgetown and milton brigades saved george wu- otvs house from being destroyed monday afternoon when a ftra ata- thc kitchen of the th line farmhouse the fire made soma headway in an upstair bedroom and in the kitchen and aome damagw wos caused the wilson farm la the former home of mr and mrs w o ilrownridge ol town what council did charge subdividers new parking fee taking advantage of now legisla tion which permits a town to reserve up to 5 per cent of new subdivisions for use as parks and playgrounds georgetown council has acted for the first time in the contemplated newasunbcam heights subdivision on the suggestion of cr doug sar gent the legislation allows for the sale of such property subject to the approval of the depu of planning with sale proceeds to he reserved in a special fund for other park purposes council has accepted a cash payment of 5 ptr cent of the purchase price of the proposed sub division in lieu of the exchange of property council on o recorded ote pur chased for 2200 a plot of land from llob laone adjoining the new waur reservoir neccmary for any future expansion of the system the matter has been debated for several weeks with some council lors feeling the purchase price is too high cr lyons was the only councillor otlng against the pur chase cr sargent reported that an in dustrial firm u looking for a 10- acrc site with rail and highway facilities and that he is contacting any property owners in town who mlvhi hae available properly it wos su gijts ted by cr hale that th ihn lfinrr mllla th railway and town might get together and provide n proper roadway over the muchused railway property which provides occess to the mills fergus takes fourth hockey thru here georgetown s inaermedlste hockey season come to en unexpected end saturday wftien fergus thistles took the fourth game of the semifinals underdags all year and finishing last in the schedule there had been optimism and great hopes that geor getown would come through when it counted two defeats on fergus lit wcr oftset with a good win here 1 t week to bolster hopes still more and team ami fans were con fident of victory saturday leading v4 going into the third m rlod haiders fell upirt in a lacklustre linlsh a younger faster ftrgus team took over connplctcly scored four goals during their fre quent sallies into georgetown ter ritory ond ended the series as it ahould have ended decisively ond finally and perhaps just aa well for raiders this year didn t quite have that spark that means cham pions not that raiders hod anything to be ashamed about it was a strictly home brow team soundly managed and coached lacking somewhat in youth the team balanced that with gullo and hockey knowhew and might have gone at least a little further except for a bit more than their share of injuries climaxed with j fl k hrv goalie lv- bums oust commuters mercantile playoffs aro commuters loot their second ftlrulght to ilurns saturday in the senior mercantile playolt hums now will play the winners of ss and wusons warriors who have each won one apiece hornby and combines will start their play ers this saturday for the b cham iplonshtpl wliil e warriors and sais will determine who has the right to play hunaj for the a championship burns 4 coumutefts 1 the commuters bade farewell to the senior mercantile league for the season when burns beat them again last saturday 43 the burns team found a tar dif ferent oponcnt opposite them in the last game than they did in their first fighting all the way the commuu rs showed more life and fight than they have for some time but their effort fell short glllls was top scorer for burns with two goals george barber and ormle carter each with singles bill mulr scored two for commuters ond c norton one nmjth a stone 7 warkioks t the warriors minus their def ense star bill morris fell before smith and stone cluto ond the ser ies is now even one game each glenn gibbs was top scorer for his team with 3 goals nowoaelski scor ed 2 keith king one and jack king one schcnjt ond b webster scor ed for warriors smith ond stone played very well and the whole team turned in a top effort the two teams go at it again saturday night at the arena twenty models at spring fashion show twenty local ladles most of them netnlers of the girls pipe hand modelled new spring styles when tha txtiid sponsored cotton bros an nual fashion show monday and tuesday in the legion auditorium the show featured clothing for everyday wear dreasea suits coat and spartawcar by such wellknown designers as jonathan logan teena page kay windsor a ad tailored girl of california were modelled with mrs john patterson and fred cot ton providing commerrlary norton moral provided floral designs fur niture was by mcclures and mod els wore jewejery from barbers gift shop several prlxea added in terest each evening models were helen mcgul mlra grace eleanor pluer carol cros by ann luke shirley wright elma stringer shirley muck art joan dotibc helen and joan chaplin loan macoougoll pearl scott paul ine tyera mrs james dabble mrs harvey chappel fran pries shir ley roamussen eileen kerr and marlcnc rau call was answered by an important fact of a man of the old testa ment mrs vcrn picket had charge of the study book and was assisted by mrs jock ruddell mrs leslie glitcn and mrs hector bird which told of planning a radio program on bvaneolism in south america missionary prayer was given by mrs wilfrid bird followed by mrs c b dick reading an vqpjifite ad- 7sz tahd hans were made for m and mr rred wrlmlesworth aral wlun to fee hald in the presenting mrs r j graham with near tuture ard sent and visits membership certificate and ssse umrtck and shutin were re- pn- mr graham taken completely sl k7 uuroforv mrs mlt ty surprise thanlced the ladles for 5n mrsri sjjsa vi r cumed entwedsiajotof coming home wtth a social hour sstg prions otf rult and jam were t womeh inrtltut held ano- pcked4nd are being sent to the ther auccefu p on friday ts aflr rvtlm 5uo 2nd mri wul slnolr altar ship service and mrs m baiter had a huua c j charge ot the last topic from the k tto member plan to hold a baaar baxne and karen noijn tea with snwiaalonar apemcer u jeen gome x jmean cold weather but cheer up sunday 1 the 21st and officially veryonepu this weekend spring ito aratdayjof fy officially arrives v i iode presents gifts to retiring regent at last week s mcotlpb of coun ter of slrmhmore chapter lodk miss jeun miickenile who retired this year as regent was presented with a cup and snucir from the mcmlmrs mrs wallace thompson making the presentation thtrtyscvch members attended the meeting at the home of mrs arthur beaumont glen wlllloms ond the regent mrs h j newman presided mrs edwin wilson child- health clinic convener asked that clinic days be advertised in the herald and it 1 heaped to increase the attendance at these semimon thly clinics which provide such a good service for georgetown moth ers fifteen dollar wa donated to halton music festival end plans were made for the 15th anniversary dinner which will be held in april a report given on the valentine dance showed it to have been very successful a new member mrs percy 8axe wa welcomed to the chapter hostesses who assisted mrs beaumont weremrs j qlllls mrs wilham jiark mrs o l royal mrs james evens mrs g w mccauum mr cecil davidson and mrs fred chapman mr and mr frank ruitler mr pnd mrs lloyd hustler and daugh ters marlehe and shirley of brarnj- were aueiu wlut mlibateua had to have an operation and new man hod to be broken iii in spite of lack crowd sipport saturday s 350 was tops of the setmmo the financial picture was not too dismal cither and there aren t too man debts hanging over the club fergus now meets durham in the uroup finals the latter winners in three straight ovfcr walkcrton social personal s n ii ih climur win n sixteen rinks at wednesday bonspiel curie have had bu 8 local week lost wednesday they were hosts for a 16 rink bonsplel which lasted all day winners in the 0 oclock draw were mt forest nels robin- srns georgetown rink and erin in the 11 oclock draw fergu topped the event followed by brampton and a georgetown entry aklpped by ernie curry thursday four ladles won third prlio in their event at a gait spiel mrs don barrager mr sam mac kenzie mr jack mcgsbbon aid mns srnle curry last nght four rink competed in a friendly evening at hlllaburgh skip were sam mackenzie perc cleave ernie curry and ian fms- sle recent visitor with mr and mrs roy magloughlcn mrs george kelly who has been quite 111 at the home of her daugh ter mrs mory morrow is much im proved in health mr andrew otlolenght hamil ton was a weekend visitor in town at the home of mrs c sargent on saturday m ond mrs nor man lounds son david had a party at his sarah street home to cele brate his seventh birthday guests wero jon fleming john flnlliy keith allen catharine saxe sheila and gerald peek and davids bro ther stephen celebrating her 4th birthday on friday lldlanne daughter of mr and mrs thomas beer r r 3 had a party her guosts were warren gimn barbara inglls ronny rich ardson brenda shanloland janet and gregg duncan pamela earl lynn hewson and lldlonnos slststr kathy v judy nash 7yearold daughter of mr end mrs ken nosh had a birthday party on friday at her home on king street her guests were mary and peter- mcnamara randy hsbbert jillrunham hea ther barber jane bradley lynn ritchie sharon allen ellen blehn cynthia lambert john finlay and judys brother jerry mr harry devereaux has re turned home after spending three weeks tn halifax n8 with her son william arid family her grandson show craftwork art night school display the auditorium of wrigglcsworui bchbol was colourful with displays of art ceramics plastics leather and metalcraft last tuesday when work night school classes in georgetown and acton was displayed dick licata was chairman and outlined the work which had been accomplished by iso craft worker in the two towns aa well aa thoae in the parent school st milton he hopes that next year further cour ses may be added locally and ex pressed pleasure in seeing so many people attend the exhibition others who spoke briefly inclu ded mayor jack armstrong and d l mliuhall of the dopt of education under whose supervision the night school was held some lour muvlluu iwm ilea ed paintings and craft work produ ced by night school students teach ers were present to explain details included in the exhibit were such items as jewellery copper trays plastic lamps dtshca and leather goods as well as a large number of oil tpetnltngs w h magloughlen dies suddenly brother of roy magloughlen ol town william harvey maglough len 64 died suddenly in aulston hospital last week he is survived by hla wife emma mbadam and six children bert fred mrs dave matson stewart lome and mrs louise sellers- the xuneral service last wednesday in tottenham united church was fol lowed by interment in mount tegart cemetery serve iso people at shrove supper ladles of 6r ahani guild glen williams hada successful baaaar and upper on shrove tuesday chicken battle supper wu served andy celebrated ms 8th birthday to iso people who attended win- while ahewa there en router borne nera of two prize at the bazaar mrs deveraatnc sent a weeemd ton were guests wlutmuotjtheua were donna lea townsend who at macdonald college st anne do areensward bherbeurne street- ireoelved a doll and jaoaueune lu- bellevue with hetdeaiditar helen toronto on bunascti mtreh lib ev aitad fcowl h your visits and vlaltors are al- way welcome newa in the herald phone in your items at any time and keep the social and personal column newsy and imorroatwe j5c mr and mrs b w buklay left on friday for a two week motor trip to ijlorlcu stewart save son of mr and mrs percy saxe was host at his seventh birthday party thursday at his 8th una home hu ski were mark swelt paul knwht cithartoe and stephen sax douglas mate carol ann daforeet tbenaa scott simon and hutatt keotaxutt blttf cuwvuulham terry nndy patty law and stowanf lotbr rtibarcr