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l r the georgetown herald georgetown onuno wedoetcky march 2nd 1955 twelve pages what council did young presbyterians m i conference at knox water controversy ends town will use meters what council did clarence benham hew pay five detfbit red wins couoii vnyuvtri uwvna special mirvtcvs uucuuiuu ttat rate which led to lengthy di af4ml klfl hdfkftv nfellt lrviueu the lighter si uoiu at least three occasions ivio nocky nigm wm oot for georgetown watffir uaera will for what they use this year a couatil cojjroveray meter vr auirf elusions mi at council meetings has thus apparent ly baan ended mayor jack armstrong has been a strong proponent of meters and reeve sun allen has been equally vocal for a flat rale system a i thou ah the matter has been on the agenda since last fatl no motion was tabled until last tuesday when with the reeve dissenting it was de cided to adhere to the meter system adopted when engineer roberts dir acted the waterworks extensions se veral years ago the system has never been fully implemented at various times die ten have been read and a few bills sent for excess water used for at least a year ratepayers have been paying only the minimum x2 year ly bill it is now proposed to read meters and bill every two months whatever the system used an ex tra 33000 will have to be found caeh year lo meet debenture pay tnents for the large extension whith will be complete this spring hat rate or meter there in bound to be an increase in mone paid by every household iteevc allf n in voting aainst mo ter rtadmk haul be rt allied that the water supply is not inexhaustible and that metirs will eventually be needed hut he jui ilioiii adding a full linn rnpliii to llu town staff and an expt n lilun of thret to four thousand dollars for mi l rs in m w house until tin in n ct ssars maor arnistrorti sas mr uob cru s t up a tdi structure winch i claimed ti h workabb and no urn can argut against it ikliiim it has ncer im i n tnel kvc ry thing sold in fluid quant i ties is tut tered sa s the maor and it isn t rt asonablc to make a family of two pay the aim rate as a family of ton i e im n on council when we had to find a ntw source of watir he continuid and now wc re at that point for the second time thi rt is a nrcrssit to conserve water rca sonably or we ii be faced with ano ther hundred thousand dollar ex penditure again in future years im supporting meters against my belter judgment lxcausc i have faith in mr roberts is deput reeve nortons opinion but it s tijoing to be very expensive for rate payers if the system doesnt work the eouncil water committee is to meet and bring a report to next mon riays council meeting about the best way of arranging for meter reading a number of b laws for debenture borrowing were read at the meeting tome receiving finarreading and oth ers the first two these included 704 1 for sewers in cloverdale heights and 10606 for a 0 inch wa tcr main 5079 for byron st sewers 2800 for a 4 inch water main and 2440 for sewers on orchard jllvd 2100 for young st paviirg and 7100 for queen street last friday night saw the uttle mils canadian legion sponsored kid hockey project in full swing with the local organitatinn playing host lo duuas four lram in a scene reminiscent of the old hockey feuds between acton and georgetown of six or seven yeass ago the crowd started to wend their way to the arena and by 7 43 the arena was as well filled as has betn the case to the bigger games in a number of years with the lads plsying a fine brand of hockey although the dixie lads seemingly had the advantage in experience excellent hockey was given the spectator ax the end of the second game emcee for the evening jsck gun mng who hsd been acting as announ cer for the evening called out fur the mayor and a number of visiting celebrities from the detroit red wings hockey team the visiting mars came on the ice to the applause of the crowd in the persons of the best known sports ctlebnty george town has cur had long time nhl mar rob gohlham accompanied by aordie howe marty jatclich karl hit bel and ace net minder tt rr sawchuk rob spoke briefly saying huw happ he wu to be back in the old town once again how the ovbious hard wurk ami planning that had i one into the evening to make it a succiss impressed bun and that hi wished ttu utile nhl anil tht ir u k n sponsors uir succiss in tht fill urt ihtn tht stars made the draws for some seventeen pnzts that had ik en donated through tht courltsy of georgetown m rchants and tnlirtsted citizens the dttruit players were also kept busj signing autograph and autographing hockey sticks afur the draw ias clark past pnsidenl can adian ixgion thanked the fans and players for their combined efforts to make the evening a big one and ad tit tl with such grand coopi ration the legion could lo on to largtr tltorts and mtirt hockey for the outh of the town he particularly thankt d jack gunning for a great job on the mike us cmccc knox prijabytarlao chiireb had a ytssa futi kmrikuss lull wknd or youth activity when i own vtflcs emjhoyw over a huadrad kbfemliere of young peolea soeiu in weat toronto o f ta prjbyterywewber for their as winter eorferam j council ust tuea- from saturday noon until sfinday jay after f ye oiawea who applied evening there ytjur something doing position of assistant to the every minute st the church with clerk and commissioner were interviewfd by epuncll mr flenham a lifelong town resi lient who lives at m market st u a former manager of the brewers re tail store he haa been with the personnel department of reardmoru and co acton for several yiars guelph house wedding for georgetown hardware man every special services social and personal sunday visitors with mrs john neill were her grandson john o neill toronto granddaughter mrs dal id adam and great grandson hilly adam of islington mr and mrs r l gray en route home to ottawa after spending some time in mexico and california were visitors on monday with mr and mrs corey hcmngton at stewart town dr and mrs j ii chambering had as guests for a ft w days this week his sister and her husband mr and mrs w ii ramsay who live in vancouver dc dr and vmrs alistair macintosh and elspeth mr and mrs john frost christopher and anthony and little judith calder enjoyed a week end of skiing at umber lost lodge mrs e j manning and aon roy spent a few days in sudbury last week where they visited with her parents mr and mrs richard corn thwalte mrs everett robertson of lindsay high school student accidentvictim a highway accident near london lsst week brought sadness to a geor getown household earl alexander 10 a fifth form student at thedford high school died in st josephs hospital london on tuesday a day after the car he was driving struck a culvert oh no 7 highway ile was the only son of earl and flose campbell alexander and grand- iii i mr son of w j campbell queen street utowel were mr and mrs his father was a georgetown resident a seversl yesrs ago when he workecval morley pettits sptary on maple ave mr and mrs alexander have lived in thedford since their marrisge and earl jr was a lifelong resident of that town his sunt mrs a b parr attended the funeral service on friday in thedford unltod church ashgbove we all extend aince sympathy to the wife and fanjlly of gerald neill who was killed suddenly at his work last friday in waterloo ltis father rev john neill was our minister a few years ago on this charge the young feople held a meeting discussion groups ide of the conference was oot forgotten either snd ssturdsy night ibee was a hsy rde wlfh refreshments serv ed sfterwsrdj st the church an evening rslly service sundsy wu addreued by iuv j ti macgtl ivray of lionir church toronto the weather mr editor tbii weeks summary shows both maximum and minunum abotft 8 degrees above normal for february if tjhe presence of crows is an in dication of an early spring perhaps the threat number of them around the past week could b a forerun ner uf a rtal early spring era ratkin cburch musion group ivan cronsberry toronto presided obterves prayer day at the rally the delegates most of whom were bllletted overnight town attended a communion ser vice as a group sunday morning an afternoon missionary meeting had the rev fesenko of the ukrantan iresbyterian church toronto as speaker and miss ann kuoh in charge belly grelg vice president of knox yis substituted fur president rob tracey in welcoming delegates saturday and rev alex calder ex tuidtd the churchs greeting at a w orshi p service discussion grou pa met during the afternoon and brought in rfporti later the church w a served turkey dinner saturday when eileen white croft toronto who is prtsident was chairman die knox young indies auxiliary srtti the sunday suppt r the yls of the local churth arran ld dttailo of the conftrence undt r tht direction of their prtsidtnt rob tract in charier of arrangtim nts was a commit tt c which included mary ilarlx r mama mackt niic jt an murkart jack llundy and j- nc jamil son alttndnik tht tondnnce win ouni m oplt from various loronto t hurt ht s ni ijjxui uil cuinmuintit s and such plans as itolton w ond bnd oukvilh purl credit islmk tun i diij uranih and strrctsvillt i is visiting for tho next two weeks at the home of mr and mrs harvey armstrong with whom her son don ald uvea last weekend mr and mrs wil liam fleming had am guests mr and mrs russell archer and linda of tillsonburg on sunday visiting them j marshall and miss e m sncll on tuesday afternoon mra k m langdon entertained for her mother mrs f a green toronto who is staying at their home for the month of march mrs w b foid poured tea and mrs jack malcolm and mrs e w binkley assisted in the tea room corp douglas h brown of the lord strathcona horse who haa been atatlonod at calgary is taking a special course at camp borden and has been visiting hli mother mrs gordon cascley and mr caso- ley of jorval mr and mra art scott took sev eral members of their stalt to tor onto last week to attend a banquet on sunday evening at tho home of which was part of the convention of frank and bernlce wilson on sat- ontario garage operators included urday waning they enjoyed a ilolgh in tho party were vern klrby mr on friday the meeting of the wo men s missionary society of union prcsbyterisn church was held st the home of mrs f l thompson mrs owens mscdonsld presided and the roll call was answered with a bible prayer at the close of the business portion of the meeting the vi omens world day of rrayer service was htld fol lowing the same lints as the services bting conducted in the churches mrs donald dolson sang a solo sweet hdjy of praytr with mrs lloyd davison accompany mg her the speaker mr george l uslle chose as ht r topic the history of the wo men s world day of prayer in keeping with the oltstrvance of this da hollowing this mrs thompson sir vt d tutuh assisttd by mrs r s its lit mrs lartnct anderson mrs 1- rast r macdonald and mrs mucdonald jaik norvat three church groups hear brampton head the world day of prajtr was htld in oi al in shy l n in t hurt h on i n da iidus from tht anlit in i tit tt d and in shy ti n in lhurchi s con tnbuud to ttu joint si rice and tht re was a representative attendance tht themr was h isetl on the fourth verst of the fifteenth chapter of st john abide in me and i in you the short address was given by mas or nancy ilorwood of ilrampton who elaborated on the theme emphasizing the text i am the vine ye ajc the branches for without me ycxan do nothing mrs g l royal delighted the meeting with the singing of spir it of god with mrs oliver hunter assisting at the organ on thursday the married couples club of the prcsby tcnan church held their regular meeting in the church basement about 30 mem bers were present the evenings entertainment opened with some musical selections on the piano by mr royal the meeting learned with some surprise that these were some of mr royals own compositions mrs royal then favoured the company with her fine singing of one day when we were young the main part of the evening was given up to crokinole after a great deal of live ly competition the first prizes were awarded to mrs jim davis and mr harold mcclurc travelling prizes lo mrs clure archdckin and mr jim davis this was followed by a most delicious lunch for which thanks and credit must go to the lunch commit tee mr and mrs frank fendlcy mr and mrs harold reed and mr and mrs nets robinson miss broad foot speaks hob hn jvomeni prayer service itisidints of ladies groups from four it r i tuun prott slant thunhis win in tharm f a strvut in knox hint h 1- rulav ali rnuun w hu h mar kid tht unit ns wot id day of pray t r tht sirvut was arrann d by mm camphi ii sim lair knox insbvttr lin mis u it loitult lirit baptist mrs sam walktr st gtort h anish can and mrs gordon kulnty si john s united vn- rati rroadfnot addrtssed the tsioup of a hundnd and plaintd ih d iik ih m ii til it d i in all pi i iv whin woiship siivuis in hi hi is in tinl umii to pint hast hristiui literature or ust in fori if n in nkjh work mrs john vt luii v i- sol st id mrs it ii v i j in l t i anisi i f in mlm smith and stone burns lead in industrial loop sin th stone and burns trans poll have the cdgt in the industrial hotkey playoff series which contin uts this sunday afternoon in thaor cna i ist sunday the boys from the glass gardens administi red a rt al shellacking to v ikons amors when jack king and rob freestone sparked the team to a 14 2 win king had 4 goals and freestone 3 goorgo webster and g gibbs had a pair apiece with nowosclski j reckctt and c norton registering sin gles scorers for wilsons were r webster and ron ritchie burns had a closer game with horn by winning 74 ormie carter and terry bludd scor ed twice mccrystal gord frickcr and tom wylie singles for the winners d leslie was hornbys scoring star with 3 goals and g lee had one also the semi final scries is best 2of3 mrs joe schoales 86 lived in stewarttown a former resident of stewarttown mti joe h schoalca died at the home of her daughter 811 carlaw ave toronto last thursday morn ing after a years illness born anne schoflcld smethurst in 1868 in scar borough england ahe married joo h schoalca in 1805 and camo to canada to stewarttown in 1010 la ter the family moved to toronto mr schoales predeceased her in 1047 ttjolr only son joseph was killed in franco in 1017 sho is survived by one daughter elrie mrs m patterson four grand daughters anne elsie mrs e u locke joan mra j pluoway and mae two brothers harry of acton auctioneer cooperates in redtzroas project pupils in two senior classes at wrlgglesworth school had an object lcsson if ihn rrnfipirtipijilng 0n friday when local auctioneer frank retch cooperated in a project which raised 12 for the junior red cross mr petch consented to come to the school to auction articles brought by students in classes taught by princi pal william kinrade and mrs gwizdala there was a variety of ar ticles donated including comic books trinkets and jewellery a bid limit of 25c was act dale mux mm kaih snd snow feb 11 s vt ehh feb 22 m 2u fib 23 h 14 feb 24 34 7 hurrl- frrb 25 m ib rrb 2b jo 8 it oss 1 jrb n jb 20 s2 aer ae j7 18 ii 00 s s anglicans see film of world congress a congress of anglicans from it ii parts of the world was discribed in movits and eommtntary lo members of 1st torge s church following kvensong sunday thi congress the second such was hi id in minmapohs wisconsin last mar i hi rotound inovim sho wtit tliurth dilnitariis sueti us he arthibshup of canttrbury and tit it gates rfprt si nting hntuin and st v t ml tt iitim ntal tountrit b africa australia ntw t aland ant india taking pail in hit st rv it t s and con urt nns wliuh took plact kspteiilh nnpnssivt wire nws of tin proct ssion into tin cil s nvu auiliriim with banm rs nprtstnt int all tounlrus i in st nicludi d tht b mm r of i tun i tht ukii no tit li t ati s torn in hind tht iron tut tun had hi c n permitted to it at tht ir lounliy iti kt rim ih richardson spuki liru fu bt fort thi film was shown lidn s of hi church served refresh mints aftt ru ards raiders can oust vimy with win this saturday raiders play in kingston on 1 saturday at 4 p m t orkt town s inti rmcdiatt haiders win stalhd in tht lr tpit st of the h ehanjpionship saturday afternoon in kingston aruna victors in thrte games over vimy signals the tt am took a 12 7 iwat will be plavtd this coming saturday ing lo force another match which in kingston raiders arc still odds on favourites to take the series raiders showed their usual form iridav night and won handily 12 5 witb chappcl and kern tallying half the goals rlake lnglis scored twice dave irons ron dixon gerry lnglis junior reaumont singles three goals in 55 seconds snd an other a minute later put the game on ice in the third period and estab lished somewhat of a record for the locals saturday loss came after raiders rung up an early 3m lead on two goals by bud varcy an done by jun ior beaumont they led for the last time when blake lnglis broke a tic score later in the period chappcl and irons scored in the second and varcy added tho last lo cal goal near the end of the game gordlc king played goal in both games replacing fred lawrence who was unable to make the trip on saturday february 10th lfls atr ocloekwulilm peter gird wood local hardware merchant wu mar ried to jeu isabel uecrse maughjer of mr and mrs harold mccraa of gueph ux cjirdwood if the ton of mrs christine gird wood of col- bnguood and the late mr fred gird wood the weddjng took place at the home of hbe brides parents at 150 grange street with the rev d crawford smith officiating tall can delabra ferns and flowers flanked the fireplace with bouquets of pink carnation and yellow snapdragons throughout the rooms given in marriage by her father the bride wore a traditional gown of puritan white silk faille fashioned with an alrncott lace yolk reem broidered with baroque pearls the bouffant hoop crinolined skirt fell into a slight train she wore a matching headdress with fingertip veil of imported silk illusion and car ried a spray of cymbidium orchids and white hyacinths mrs george morrison and mrs john mathers attended the bride and w urr identical empire line waits length gowns of rosewood bronze and petal pink cryslalette they wore matching headdresses of orchid mums and laurel lcavei and carried cas cade bouquets of orchid mums ptler westcott of coltingwood act t tl u best man and norman melnirk of indun wus usher mrs klcanor i ond played the wedding music 1ollowing the ceremony the brides mulhtr received the guests wearing a street length dress of midnight blue tt aue soie with detailed neckline ac- eentcd with blush pink and bead trim she wort a eorsage of cymbidium or t hitls also in the reci iving line was the groom s mother who wore a slrett hrikth dress of sea green peau ili sole with ik ad trim at the neck line and navy accesoncs her cor- saj t was of johanna hill roses 1 ht bridt s table was decorated with white tapers and the wedding t akt was dot orated with a nosegay of rosts and surrounded by pink rose inxls and white hyacinths mr and mr girdwood spent a wttk at the blue mountain ski resort and fur travelling the bride wore a navy suit trimmed with white claret nd accessories a white bat and a white orchid corsage out of town guests came from tor onto tendon owen sound coutng- uixki and hamilton new rotary club plans charter night on monday night the rotary club held their rcgulary weekly meeting three members of the guelph club were present jim schrbfcder angus kennedy and tut president ed campbell who told of the arrange ments being made by the guelph rot- anana for the eharter night to be held neat monday in the legion auditor ium the district governor basil tippet will be present aa well aa tha past district governor joe caulder who will be the guest spesker for tho evening another guest llonday was jim turnbull who waa invited by bob mccolgan mr turnbull is asaoela- tcd with the comrie tire company in hamilton mra 7rilmnnttt jim lamonda home up and mra garnotmcdousall mf and and rbbort of vancouver bc aji- in imiisstis a hot lunch afterwards mranallanlngles mra georde foo other brother a j bmothurst of- of tho latest typo and cuatotnors in tho lavscb dick mrs frank wilson tltt sandra scott and glenn elliott umehous died in 1b42 tho fun- tiiji mima tmia vwl miff ofal orvlco waa conducted at tho 8 v bnoaobmbntl chapel of mcdouall and bwwn t jwwmnttetfded thjrworiah mr and mm james maasey of on monday by bev j h jvarr jeall- day oftayer1 soolee la bethel xjn- milton umounco the engagement of bearora were edward locke jef- tts churcs on frld v their dahur dorothyannm mrvftg l j aub w ag raloh rs tuutrna john beverley eves gfandaou of jo- patterson norman young and mbr- ilisanisi the falkschoolvaluie sephand the late mra kvea er u- monday open house new barrager plant the new blarrager cleaners plant on main street was crowded with visi tors on monday when people were in vited to inspect the new machinery and too dry cleaning being dono don barrager has installed now de- trcx machinery and la using dowpef solvent which la odorless and shrink- proof the plant located on one floor is sales oltlco havo a clear view through tho wholo establishment for the opening there wero beau tiful bouquets of flowers sent by bus iness associates and other frlonds vis itors were given ehancef on a door prise and an electric kettle wu won by mrs gordon mcdonald queen r6eelv6d balk quilt raffled at guild bazaar last week st albans ladies guild held their annual shrove tuesday bazaar and hot beef dinner ono of the highlights of the afternoon waa the rattling of a quilt which was won by mrs harry compton the dinner and bazaar wero both well attended and there wero tablca of home baking sewing and white clc- phants mra jack hooper and mrs harvey copland were in charge of the bak ing table mra albert matthews and mrs reg williams the sewing table and mrs gordon hilts the whtto el ephant ono mrs william kortack jpok care of tho tickets for both tho raffle and the dinner ballinafad miss annie cole dies at fergus a balllnafad district resident moat of her life miss annlo cole died in forgus saturday sho had lived there for tho past few yolrs miss colo was tho daughter of tho late mr apd mra robert cole ill health precludod her taking an active rart in community affairs and after or mothers death- she lived a quiet llfo lnth village for several yvsara before moving to fergus surviving ore two alsters and a brother ada mra cheater burt of hilubuatsmaxet scout fathers sons attend annual dinner the annual boy scout and cub fa ther and son banquet held in st johns memorial hall thursday night was another grand ausceaa in fte ufa of scouting in georgetown the ladles auxiliary to the scouts assisted by scout and cub mothers ca terer to 225 boys and their uada or sponsors for a- turkey dinner with all the trimmings ernest forcrave a member of the scout committee ac ted as toaat master after s toast to the queen- a sing- song aqd silence in honour of the founder of scouting lord baden pow ell he called upon the chief scout- cr bob hardman to introduce the scout and cub leaders these are fred masterman ed hall jaelr biinn jan hansen don seddon franeis hulme roaa mcguvray bill whitney bill farmer and paul marshall chairman roy ward spoke briefly asking for the cooperation of all in the scout work vern mccumber aee- i rotary of the scout committee intro duced the boys who made presenta- tl tlona of cupa and aaucera to the lad- l lea who helped v cub camp mrs i reg broomhead mrs h c wrigile- j worth mrs gordon kidney and mrs john smith scout camp leaders were presented with blankets roy ward il bob hardman and two rover scouts from scarboro who have seen a blijff help to the local troop howard beans harper and roy tiny muls1 ecfiuts barry joffrles doug wrlgij gleaworth bob tracey and tom grave made the presentation rovi morgan mcfartane lias guesia speaker of the evening- and brought a very tine message to the boya i theft dads- scout doug mills v aelectloruton lua electric