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ten pages georgetown ontario wednesday march 31 at 1954 ten pages v ka te s burns transports win mercantile championship itepeatinf their tuaaday vwvwy burn transport inuhxj off wvj- oh warrior with m almtlir cor friday to tk the senior mercaiv- ttle hanlcy championship ltwms the fourth stmlffht playoff uln for jlurna who had previously ahon their semi final series with conwnuters ontario ccf leader to speak here farewell party for john ismoml family many neighbor relatives and other friends o mr and mrs john jsmond and jim sathered at stew- axttown hall on monday to bid them farewell the lamonds haw old their farm and are moving to a new farm which mr ismond has fpurchaaed at ii ii 1 gualph reeve wilfrid bird was chairman and after lunoh called the honored ffuettf to the platform while uob alexander read an address mr and mrs ismond were prevented with a studio couch and jim with an ejectric alarm clock they expres sed their thanks for the tftfts and onu of their closest neighbours apoke tiriefly expressing reffret at their leaving the community and wishing them happlnees in their new neighbourhood euchre was played earlier in the evening with mrs clayton wilson and emerson robinson winning prtxea after the presentation wil liam camart provided dance music jim gordon reenlists posted to calgary w veteran of two years in germany with the 48th highlanders jim gordon has reenllstrd in the army and is now enroutc to calvary ajberlb jim who u the son of mr and jaw mrs william gordon llmehouae returned to canada last fall and received his army discharge the declare winners as kid hockey ends winners were declared on satur day when the legionsponsored kid hockey league played their fi nal games at the arena winners of the three scries were marlborus who look the junior a championship with a 32 win against hamilton buffalo defeating pitts burgh 62 and detroit who won a close 43 game with black hawks those who attended the gnmo aaw some red tfnjd port from kid who really pjt their heirts into the game success of the season was aided by those who took jobs as coaches and rofcrcc and by an active groip of legion members who gave freely of their time all winter to serve as a coordinating committee ontario leader of t he ccf party donald c macdonald will visit georgetown in mldaprll and will apeak at a mimrllnf sponsored by the local organization in the legion hall rush new additions town glen schools action li being speeded on addi tions to wrlgglesworth public school in town and to gcn wil liams stahool with hope that both will be ready for occupancy in september indicative of the growing district georgetown public school board concluded after a recent survey that at least two new classrooms would be nocessory this fall and two more in succeeding yoars the present teaching staff of 16 will be increased to 18 in the fall j b parkin associates architects for the school which was built a few years ago submitted sketch plans which were approved at a board meeting inst week the ad dition will consist of four class- rooomi a now teachers room and new supply room the present touchers room will be converted to a health room and it is planned to have a kitchen in the supply room glen williams already so over crowded that a temjxirary classroom is conducted in the town hall will have a tworoom addition with murton barnes as architects four teachers look after the present en rolment oj 14y a survey will be made inter this spring to determine whether a fifth teacher will be necessary next term bnglish couple join tcra cotta inn staff new received mother death in scotland mr wlulam emslle oth line re- h eclved news by cable on sunday of i tthe death of his mother in scotland pearlier that day mrs alexander emslie although 06 years of age had been remark ably active and since her husbands death 10 years ago had continued to operate a 160 acre farm at al- tford aberdeenshire surviving are her son william who cstme to canada in 1028 end two daughters mrs patricia adorn of alford and mrs aiexander mtd- djeton kincardineshire mr and mrs raymond jones have urrived tn terra cotto to join the staff of terra cotla inn the bournemouth couple were en gaged by mr tnd mrs henry far- rar who combined a pleasure trip to england with business when they interviewed several people and hired some for positions at the inn mr jonea will be maintenance man and mrs jones a waitress their son david 1 4 has enrolled at brampton- high school prime minister home rate still very low despite community growth m mr and mrs iloy porrott barrir visited with friends in town lust weekend mrs j arnott karly has returned to town after spending several woek in barbados bw1 mrs robert wuldle pnt the ueekend in m catharines where she vuuted with mrs it roscoe mr and mrs george lake iing- slolt sailed from ntw york this week for a trip owncui during which they will visit britain and the continent mr and mrs g w mcctillum vls- ted last weekend at keitclort kails with his purenti mr and mrs m h mccallum who recently celebra ted their 5hth wedding anniversary mr and mrs j w carson wash- ago and mr and mrs g mrleod toronto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs hubert lane union street mrs it b plowman colgary alberta has returned to the west after visiting for a week with her barents mr and mrs frank mor rison r r i mrs frank blimlc lindsay is spending this week in town and is staying at the mcglbbon house whkle visiting with several rela tives and other friends mr and mrs don banks former reside nls who now live at cardi gan i el are in town visiting at the home of mrs j r hltrhte they are en route jvnnc from u visit in california archdeacon w g o thompson attended a meeting of welllngtln anglican deanery lt tuesday in st james church guelph members toured the ontario heformatory la ter in thtv day mr and mrs al cameron rob ed and donald and miss e brown of newmarket were visiting in town on saturday miss brown stayed over and will visit at llmehouse with mr and mrs frank brown mr and mr keg williams are in chatham this week visiting with their daughter and her husband mr and mrs gordon murray mr williams will undergo an eye op eration in hospital while he is there mrs j s rankin has been spcnd- ing a few days in toronto this week miss margaret mccall of lnark scotland har been visiting with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs wll- uum deans a rtundng graduate of glasgow gefieral hospital and guys hospital london the will apund the neat year on the toronto general stilf mr and mrs w ii kentner who have been visiting for several weeks in st petersburg florida with cousin mr and mrs wujium con ian are back home again their soninlaw and daughter mr and mrs jack bauey jr who flew south u week ago returned home with them last week andrew son of mr and mrs ii h rugg entertained a group of his friends at a theatre party to crlnbmte ills ninth birth day ills guests were david mc- nally david mackenzie david kentner stephen saxc tommy marshall hubert wriggjeaworlh and his brother jackie on friday lynne son of mr and mrs ern hyde had a party at his homo on ewlng street to mark his eleventh birthday guests were bob und rodney hyde jim my and david hamilton doug mit chell danny golden herbert cox atul lynnes sister and brothers pat philip and monty celebrating her sixth birthday on friday kalhcrtne daughter of mr and mrs trevor williams had a party at the home of her grand mother mrs perc cleave her guests w ere linda cuthbert lynn cotfeji trudy emmrrion patricia tort barbara hoare carol and barbara deforest bea mccolgan- dune mccottfan judith williams judith perryman carol mcglivray and katherlnes brother hugh peter 8 yer old son of mr and mrs cecil mcnamara had a birth day party at hi home on king st last thursday itls guests were mirgaret thompson heather bar ber steven hill handy hibbcrt keith allen mary harlow keith green glenn broomhcad nell young margaret busk darlcne housklll judy nash and peters sister miry s g bennett again winter fair head president of the royal winter fair for u second year is 8 g ben nett it r 1 georgetown one of canadas top scotch shorthorn breeders mr bennett who has been a georgetown res ident for sixteen years has added to his scotadale farms property since the orlg njj purchase un til 1 ius acreage now totals 600 acres along the baulnafad road past sllvetcreek- llc is president uf beardmore ii co vice president of canada packers and a director of several com tunics he was elected president for a second term at the winter fair meeting last week and will direct dictlvltlea during the 20th annual sliow of that organization the weather mr editor tina week f average maximum of 46 is 11 degrees above normal average for march hut it may be wim to keep one eye on the red flannels for a lltuc while rn batkln date mai mln rain march 22 40 13 march 23 42 28 march 24 43 20 j6 march 23 so so 38 march 20 44 33 flurries march 27 40 is march 28 52 23 oa average e 24 102 united church exposition at guelph eleven homeless after milton district blaze another esqucsing family waa loft homeless whcnflamcs destroyed their small frame home on the 3rd line five miles north of milton mr and mrr william lang and their nine children lost all their liossesilons in the blaze believed to have started either in the pljies or chimney milton rrc depart ment answered the call but the house was already razed when they arrived it is believed that a relief fund is imuiij started for the family and local donations if left at the herald office will be forwarded to the fund ilmkiiolsf a section ojre booths depicting by picture and three- dimenaional model various phases of the work of the united church in canada and overseas part of the uni ted church pictorial exposition in guelph this week uauunafad girls sewing club hrvs final meeting me final meetlns of the girls saorlnc club was held saturday at the home of shirley mack arti cle for the display were brought lilasnd arranged for the demonstra- tsbn the theme belnjr beina well dressed and wolv broomed litineh was served by mrs mack attuned by shirley kirkwood and xuzabeth clbaork i i auai clair sinclair of doutflosj rjasoltoba visited last week with yj mire cousirii mrs j kwcwqod and fritr bert homenemy 1lj our sympathy is- extended to rahe sinclair- famllyln the death of lsjbeir tkrotber gilbert sinclair of iaeton who died suddenly last week mri rrankbuuile of lindsay was eeent at churclt service on sun- mjjmttkbkg iad placed a lovely buygsj plant en tle- osmroun- mr and mrs m home from south recent visitors mr and mrs gordon csrieg and daughter as branfcford with mrs newton and miss ivens mr alex and mjss shirley wrlfiht home from toronto fj mr and mrs al comeron ond jramllyjnd mus evelyn brown of 9 newmarket with the v t c y browns miss brown remaining for a time the wa met at the home of mrs smethurst on tuesday even- inc mr and mrs victor creysoosc and family have taken up residence with the cyril clarkea until the l completion of their new home in erin township mrs f t c brown la spending a few days in hamilton the brlggs family visited in tor onto on sunday mr and mrs- clifford mcdonald are new residents of die village living in an apartment in the geary home mr and mrs w i mills return ed last tuesday after spending three months at- daylona beach florida mr and mrs m crook visited in dowmanvtllc one weekend recent ly i booit mayor 200 bui council decline py incrtu georrmowns 1064 tax rate lt 49 mills a 2 mill inrreaaw emsr laet year taxpayers will contribute about f 100000 to the putvuc treasury while gross cxtpmdiiurea this year arc estimated at v2730o0 according to the budget adopted at mondays council meeting main budget items include 20000 ifor roads fobooo for schools tto0m deuetiture ohargee 912000 sdmuv isustlon 111300 police and 123000 county rates an estimated 83000 in income includes 918000 road subsidy 124000 in recoverable debenture charges 111000 frontage lax and an 8000 water surplus we con be proud of this low tax rate in such a rapidly groutao town commented mayor arm strong comparing it with 50 and 51 mill rates in acton and milton ha warned council that they were bud geting close to the line and must carefully watch expenditures during the year mayor geta litereaae the question of remuneration for council waa debated at some lengtfs at this meeung when counculos lyons suggested an 8 fee in place of the present 3 a meeting and an increaise for the mayor earlier in the meeung adjust ments had been made in civic sal aries town foreman ern ifyde was boosted 9200 to 13800 and works department rates of 9112 9118 and 9124 were increased 3c office as sistant mrs atleen bradley receiv ed an increase from 91000 to 92020 snd assessor joseph gsbbons who gets a 93000 salary was given a 9100 car allowance most councillors spake in favour of an increase for the mayor but opinion was sharply divided on council fee cr mogslvray and ehruty reeve norton supported mr lyons in a reoommendatlon 1o ctiaivtlo the 93 meeting fee to a flat 9200 while cr sargont strongly opposed it a recorded vote on the motion saw it dedeated when reeve auen and crs sargent hale noble and gray voted- against it mayor armstrong then spoke to u motion to increase his honorar ium from 9300 to 9700 saying ho could not support a motion which would give the head of council an increase which the others did not share the motion however car ried again on a recorded vote with the mayor and deputy reeve nor ton the only ones voting against it favour conservation several council members will be attending a meeting next week at which establishment of a credit valley conservation authority will be discussed council went on re cord as favouring georgetown joln- lil g a giuui the garbage collection rate of 93300 to bob lane was increased 9200 when mr lane ajspeorcd to explain that the work has greatly increased because of new home building tne old town truck will be of fered lor sale by tender cr hale who is taking a trip to england was given 3 montha leave of ab sence fromcouncm duties xilveuwood home from a world tour which took him by plane to sxirops and asia- prime minister st laurent is book to harness again at ottawa a iar his daumj eaxuvutad uktstton farls ibsw tw baoviiriff yvm witbji htm tender dinner party for lwidalrgquple v rorty friends from georgetown and toronto attendivls dnnejr jaar- ty and shower on saturday tender i bymr and mr herb hughes xor a local coujue r oussoh6tir were snlhoaivi show morehctures of european visit march 27th the silverwood wo mens institute celebrated their third birthday by having- betty grove and her pictures in the stone school a capacity audience en joyed pictures of the british isles and various countries in europe snd betty groves humorous explsna- tions and experiences caused many chuckle the larifla of the insti tute served lunch afterwards and lhe president mrs r corbett ore- sented the speaker with a gift and thanked her for the entertaining evening and also thanked mr john glynn for- so capably orrotlnst the projector miss grove was the guest of mr and mrs em batkln for the weekend mrs amy thompson is the guest of mr bind mrs ern batkln for sev eral days cnb ornuwoe gem tkanbfkft to oastyitxe cetor at ths istloirhc for- three yesu sisui whsttt has veeelved a tasstisfei to