Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 23, 1955, p. 1

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the georgetown herald first section georgetown out weaieaday eveg mrcli3 1956 fourteelfpages what council did heavy road expense boosts town budget an 11400 deficit on 10m opera tloiu offset by deferred income v r t ia000 leaves a net deficit of 1400 mltff w stofift bllftls to be added into the 10w tax rate ac sv cording to the report of auditor ii 0 plav uwlolhg uftiltft a lover presented to council lion day night the deficit wai caused mainly by 38000 spent on roadi which had been budgeted at s20000 mid mr lever deferred income represents a portion of 1dm supplementary tax applicable to schools unci countyrates and a 10m ovcrlcvy fur county rates plan to put this extra road expensr on debenture had not materialized and the expense had to no into in yearly statement drawing attention to the net defi cit of 1400 compared to an estima ted turpi us of 373 reported in an interim statement presented at the nomination meeting mr iever out lined how difficult it n in a rapidly expanding town to prepare an accur ale statement six weeks in advance of the yearend as auditor i must render a report tealle attention lotny departure from municipal act provisions he aid and any such items arc not in eluded in my report from a critical standpoint i can assure council of a sympathetic understanding of their problems mr lever said it la councils duty to levy an adequate tax rate and with more help in the municipal office he recommended preparation of monthly expense statements and closer check ing during the year he recommended adjustments in billing and collection charges against the water system and charging the arena and other municipal services for water this would not affect the towns net position but would give a truer picture of the water system he said with the town on the brink of un precedented expansion his advice is to go alow on setting the 1005 tax rate as the picture is chsnging ao rapidly that it is difficult at present to come to any conclusion rex healop who waa present at the meeting assured council that he is not anxious to see a skyrocketing tax rate and lot plans for some of the rexdale subdivision will be submit ted a little early if necessary so this property can be assessed at subdivi sion rates rather than as farm prop erty an 83 win by burns transport on sunday afternoon over smith and stone tied the industrial hockey fin als at a game apiece and pushed the series into a playoff this sunday sparked by ormie carters 3 goal effort hums plated a strong defends ive back checking game smith and stone erhaps a little overconfident after their first win were defensively jkmir and their pacing plays were not clicking curdle turk king with burn sharpshooters at his door constantly wai brilliant in defeat c gibba in a losing cause scored two goals and played a strong defensive game for s s what promises lu te the best game of the season the third and final will be played sunday at 2 00 with the advent of spring and the pending de parture of artificial ice it will be the last hockey or the season for cror getuwn the financial support will be welcomed by the teams too norval juniors tie acton hotkey series norval junior farmers made it even steven in their hockey playoffs- wlh acton here monday when they avon the fourth gane 117 the teams are now lied a two ga mes apioce and the fifth and decid ing game will bring them together for the last time next monday night acton had a 2 1 lead in the first period three quick goals by norval in the second put the district boys in the lead which they held for the rest of the game a leg injury which side lined at ton star spike scott in the middle of the game helpvd lu spell doom to acton also hill hu yd and hruce marshall from milton handled the whistles lhe game drew the biggest crowd of the season itoss cunningham and ken richard son led the norval scorers cunning ham had 5 goals and 2 assists lllch ardson acting as playmaker assisted on g tosh and scored one rumse if jamie cunningham and 1tte tome ro each scored twic and had 2 as sisls dune robinson scored once and karl wilson was credited with an assist mckenzie equalled cunningham s feat for acton scoring five times and getting one assist somerwlle scored aotons other two goats and also had an assist in the assist department wheeler was credited with 4 scott 2 and cur ne 1 mr david given 77 glen willimt native a resident of this district all her life mrs elizabeth bell given age 77 did on march 14th at ber home it it 1 georgetown 4 mr given was born in glen wil liams the only child of richard mars and janet mccatlum su attended glen williams school nod was mar tied innorval she was a member of knox presbyterian church and a former member of the legion auxil iary but latterly her health did not permit her to carry on with this work mrs given was predeceased by her husband liftvid given who did in 102s she is survived by four chll djen mary mrs howard bradley of hornby jessie mrs thomas apple- yard of georgetown david of tor onto thomas of acton twt nty grand children and twt nty great grandchil dn n the funeral was hi id on march lt at the mcclure funeral home 34 hdith street georgetown the serv ice being conducted by the rev a j calder 1allbeartts were hill john and roy hradley joe fry dick apple ard and hill given interment was in greenwood cemetery what council did seek police chief to start in june the weather mr kditqr v hat perfil wtathrr lor the weekend hut kr p nit nd it u kl ill thr month cf m arch a nd alfaoht kpnnt r rn hdfkin oatr vi1x ml n ham and snow manli 14 iii 11 minn 15 j ll 11 211 manh it 4 24 s j manh 17 jl 0 hurrlt f march ill 30 17 klurrlia march 111 j 11 manh 20 52 id s avi r jt 41 111 lujfi s j suhdridge wins saturday raiders concede playoffs inte bishop will officiate at rector induction arrangements are being completed for the institution and induction of the rev ltichardson as the twenty second rectof of the historic parish of georgetown and glen williams some time sgo the iord dishop of the diocese announced that the date would be wednesday april 13th at eight oclock and plans for this in spiring service have since been grad ually formulated the rev a ii oncil of toronto field secretary of the hntish and for eign bible society and former prin cipal of huron divinity college will preach the sermon the music for induction service will be directed by the parish choirmaster hruce hard ing with mrs w f bradley at the console of the organ a large number of visitors from v arious points in the diocese and beyond are anticipated at the event a reception is being held afterwards in the auditorium of the howard wriggles worth school four practice teachers at the public schools four georgetown and district young tallies all students at teachers college in toronto were practice tea ching last week in the two george town public schools sylvia 1jimbert of town and ruth mchnde limehouse were assigned to wrigglesworth school in miss hasel halls grade 4 class they are both graduates of georgetown high school ruth wilson and carol whaley and come from the norval district and graduated last year from mil ton high school took over mr val steins classroom at chapel street school fur 70 had for funeral tomorrow for mrs runharaa mother 111 in peel memorial ttftspilal a week robert john tribble died on monday a native of orangeville he been a resident of brampton many years his wife ella gordon died two years ago surviving arc four children bert clifford and walter of brampton and florence mrs jack runham of georgetown the funeral service will be held thursday at the mckillop funeral home and interment will be in or angeville cemetery malton fire damage five million dollars mothering sunday fills glen georgetown churches anglican churches in georgetown and glen williams were filled to cap acity sunday morning when the church mothering sunday was ob served in the time honoured custom parents and children attended church together the service was a shortened form of matins special childrens hymns and an address to the children by the rector rev kenneth richardson made the service a memorable one at st georges the girls choir sang a hymn appropriate for the sunday what council did electrical contractor weds in toro church a man who recently established an electrical contracting business in town married a toronto girl saturday in the anglican church of the epiph any wedding principals were patricia florence cole daughter of mr and mrs henry thomas cole toronto and an employee of tandy advertising agency and george kenrick robert son 348 market street georgetown son of mr and mrs frederick arthur robinson st andrews east quebec the groom operates hia business un der his own name as robertson elec tric the church was decorated with mi xed bouquets of white stocks and snapdragon rev leslie hunt offic iated mr s webb waa organist and mr john hayward soloist he sang the lords prayer before the cere mony and o perfect love while the register waa signed the bride wore an ivory gown of ripple crepe with a wide sweetheart neckline beaded with crystals and pearls and fashioned in princess lines flowing into a train a beaded coro net held a fingertip veil and the brid al bouquet was of uly of -the- valley gardenias and hyacinth bells mrs harold henry georgetown was matron of honour and two sis- tcrsin law mrs fh cole and mrs a p- cole toronto were brides maids mrs henry wore a floor length princess line gown of dusty rose rip ple crepe and the bridesmaids were similarly gowned in periwinkle blue all wore matching hats and carried flowertrimmed muffs mr cole gave his daughter in mar riage the brides brother alan p cole was groomsman and brothers of bride and groom p r cole toronto and gj robertson kitchener were ushers receiving kfterwardsat prince ar thur house the brides mother wore cinnamon brown lace with matching straw hat champagne gloves and purso and a corsage of palo yellow roses the grooms mother also rec eived wearing beige loco over pink taffeta and beigo not e pink hat brown accessories and pink roso cor sage j leaving on a motor trip mrs rob ertsoh wore a raspberry red suit white hat a fur jacket and corsage of gar- m la fire at malton yesterday caused an estimate fic million dollars dam ake a short circuit in a switch box in a dept of transport hangar leased by the a v roe co destroyed four test planes and experimental equip ment the fire was spotted by a security guard edward msccormack and oc dates set fott camp artaban dates have been released for the summer camping periods at camp arts ban anglican church camp near ancaster senior boys 13 years and over july 3 17th senior girls 12 and over july 1731 juvenile boys 0 yrs july 31staug 7th jr girls 11 yrs aug 72 1st jr boys 1012 yrs aug 21atscpt 4th the annual open house picnic snd service is sla ted for sunday july 24th the serm on will be preached by the rev w a brown rural dean of wentworth curred at 3 40 p m a fierce gale with miles an hon 50 feet in th plant firemen aided at the height of winds up to b0 flames which shot air were fought b by malton and toronto township brigades one cf 1c9 uunt uas uhitud to safi ty from the building cars nf three aro emplurces parkin near b were also lost in the fire despite tuesday storm euchre came goes on i a st night the womens auxiliary of the fire depsrtment held a euchre at the fire hall arctic weather kept all but six tables of avid euchre fans at home winners were first mrs robert bonflcld second frank rob inson third mrs jack toat lone hand was won by mrs george iler- rlngton and the consolation prize by robert bon fie id georgetown s hopes for rnedute hockey championship sadly shaken afttr two earlier defeats were dashed saturday with a km loss to sundridge drivers in the northern town the team decided after the game to hang up their skates for the sea son and conceded the championship to sundridge they were to have played a fifth game in sundridge last night junior beaumont got the only goal for raiders near the end of the first period after beavers had rung up a 3 goal lead the score stood at 01 at the end of the second raiders held buckos boys scoreless until tha dying mom enta of the finsl period but couldnt produce sny scoring plays them selves johnstone ii hill and kidd each scored twice for the hometown team quintan russell and psrelval got the other goals a oeod taaton despite the early end raiders had one of their best seasons since thry won provincial honors in 10m they won their grouping when markham dropped out of playoff com petition then eliminated vimy sig naly an army team from kingston uith little trouble winning four of their five games they beat sundridge id the first game here but were defeated in the nxt two by a powerful heller bal anced team which proved to be just too good georgetown is advertising for a polio chief whose duties will com mence june 1st the new position will carry a yearly salary of 4100 darujutog actons action in ap pealing to the attorney general to re consider moving provincial police from towns over 2000 population council on monday felt tills would be a useless gesture and that with over forty towns in the market tor their own polite force before the end of the year it i wise to act early lut week the uiwn was informed that provincial policing will termin s iu decern ber 3 1st an inquiry to 1t headquarters has revealed that the town can terminate this earlier if desired it is council s intention to hire a chief who will work for a few weeks with oip officers when he is hired they will advertise for policemen to work under him with the local sys tem expected to be in operation by ilit ind of june report of people using firearms in the town particularly at the old dump in the park ld to council re- minding citizens that this la illegal and offenders will be liable to proae- tut ion possibility of a group insurance scheme for the present 14 town em ployees was discussed further it would cost single employees 01c a week and those with dependents 150 the towna yearly share would be about 1000 it would provide 2000 double in demnity life insurance and such benefits as 23 weekly when off work 8 a day hospitalization surgical ex pense up to 275 special hospital services up to 80 maurice manderson opens law office united nations lady speaks in town the local council of women met at the home of mrs jack kerr last fri day for their march meeting mrs marsh banks a united nations speaker from toronto addressed the group giving an outline of what the united nations stands for and the good work being done especially by unesco may build 127 homes on bob lane property shower in hall for dorothy massey a snturdybrtlewa honoupodau a shower in terra cotta hall last wed nesday neighbours and other friends brought gifts for dorothy masscy of milton who waa married saturday in st georges church to beverley eves ijulics of the thimble club served coffee sandwiches and cake mr and mrs robert emmcrson who have bean living temporarily in the village have now moved to roch ester ny ncretta eillo who has been spend ing jyo weeks vacation at home has returned to her nursing studies at guclph general hospital weekend visitors in the vlllago in cluded mr and mrs ed finn toron to with the vickers mrs eileen turnbutl andmisporcy caulcr tor onto with the ijay jones mr and mrs thomas hale and family toron to with the schlcichcrs mrs wil liam bctulngcr and daughter bramp ton with the donovans john viekcrs left for hia rcaf sta tion at rockcliffe after spending a months lcavo at his homo tony zlllo jr spent thewockcnd with friends in brampton i ifanjarf ssml3ss23lssi2 intf in the valleyvlew apa la another housing subdivisio is in the o fling for georgetown monday bob lane who owns land bchihdsunbcftmheirhtlorljhe old cedorvale farm property inked np proval for a proposed subdivision which would include 127 houses con tractors bcrnhart and collini appear ed with him council reserved decision on the matter for a week rex hcslop who was present at the meeting said he wasnt necessarily opposing tthe sub division but reminded council that hisdclrex agreement calls for a bal ance of assessrrnmtbetwtfen housing and industry and that this must ap ply in the old part of town too or this balance could be disrupted mr bcrnhart said he appreciated councils desire to examine the sito before deciding but that ho is quite sure that the land is suitable only for housing land surveyor w ii corr appear ing for mrsi e palmer concerning a laneway onto tempcrancp st which would be closed if she subdivided hor land was told that road chairman al norton and tho town engi will i look over tho situation k four of 22 applicants for water meter reader for the town were chosen to be interviewed by council ilpw52aayrmwt little nhl fin als slated for dixie three teams of little nhl players from town will compete in the dis trict finals which are slated for dixie arena on saturday april 18th the local teams won their group hero a week ago on saturday in com petition with newmarket and queens- way hamilton conference for anglican laymen anglican laymen of t he dtoce of niagara meet this weekend for their first diocesan conference in hamil ton the registration will take place at all saints church king street west at queen a service of witness will be held at 8 p m and the sermon will be preached by the rt rev w e bagnall lord bishop of niagara af ter the service greetings and welcome will be extended by the diocesan pre sident mr w b c burgoync on saturday morning the confer ence will participate in corporate holycommunion at the church of st james the apostle on ottawa street street tn the afternoorrthebminpss ses sion of the conference will be held at st thomas church when the rev ce cil swanson dd rector of st pauls bloor street church in toronto will be the speaker at the luncheon the business session will be addres sed by dr ksrlis lcyasroctcr field rep international christian fel lowship his subject is the present predicament and the christian com mission the conference banquet is to tske place at the scottish rite club snd mr hugh laughlin of toledo ohio will speak on what is our job the conference promises to be one of great interest for men of the angli can communion and reports to dste indicate that executives and chapter members are planning on attending the event in major numbers and car loads are being arranged from every parish in the diocese good friday next public holiday friday april 8th saturday newlyweds will live in georgetown maurice manderson a new law office is opening in town this week maurlco manderson who has been associated with dalo dennett since coming to georgetown last fall la opening an office on main st abovo cotton bros stfiro mr manderson la a graduate of the university of western ontario and osgoode hall receiving hia law degree in 1030 he wan practicing in timmlns when he joined the rcaf during the war afterwards he re turned to his homo town of dresden where hc had his own law practleo until coming to georgetown ho is a chnrtor mombor of tho rotary club of georgetown mr and mrs manderson and their son billy and bobby am living ln antrsunbenthelhta aubdlvltlon two district farms have new owners realtor w f hunter reports two district farms which are changing ow nership through sales being comple ted by him clifford storey who has farmed for four years on the 4th line near limehouse has sold hia farm to mr duenk of brampton brick yards mr storey purchased the property from griffin sprowl who is living cctlrod in acton now 7 david burton who recently sold his farm near norval to mr rlcci of weston has bought the joseph allen farm north of ballinafad the farm adjoins peacock schoor- in town mr hunter handled tho salo of tho house on no 7 highway inst ocupied by- tho lato mrs a- e farnell to mrigoson tenhage anat ivo of holland mr and mra ton- bago movod hero with their family from bradford last wock mr and mrs george stringer who were married in norval on saturday will bo resldcnta of town they are living in an apartment at 3 durham street mr stringer la tho son of mr and mrs wellington stringer r r 2 and his bride wjnniffcd patterson the daughter of mr and mrs william patterson brampton rev g l royal officiated at tha ceremony which took place at three oclock in tho presbyterian church manse attendants were mr and mrs robert edwards of malton the bride wore o belgo ault and brown accessories mrs edwards wore a blue dress and both had a corsage of babynrchldr engagements mr and mrs marshall timbers an nounce thoengagement of their youn gest daughter donna marie to donald jarvie eldost son of mr and mra i william jarvie norval the marriage will take place in st pauls church last monday waa the first day of of engluid norval on wdwjaprji spring the twetyiecejm it leveo uurty p jit j

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