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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ont wednesday jan 11th 1956 what council did maple ave link zoning loom on municipal horizon a year of strict economy yet one in which council must keep pace with required services in an expanding town was forecast by mayor jack armstrong in his inaugural speech to council monday the mayor said georgetown must be kept attractive to newcomers who seek a town with a fair tax rate but also one in which essential services such as waterworks roads and side walks are adequate he particularly stressed completion of the maple ave link between the highway and main street as being im- portant this year it would provide not only a needed traffic artery he said but also un access for pupils in one section of town who might at tend a new public schood which is be ing built in the eastern part of town the zoning bylaw and its attendant establishment of a planning board will be a very important part of this years business he forecast mr armstrong said also that geor getown must continue its plans for in dustrial expansion with new indus tries balancing the residential assess ment welcoming new members lcroy dale and alfred sykes as well as the six returning council members reeve stan allen deputy reeve doug sar gent garfield mcgilvray harry hale irwin noble and walter gray the ma yor reminded them that they have ga thered for a common purpose the administration of town affairs to the best advantage of all citizens it is a busy year ahead he said and i hope at the end of 1956 we can say we have bad a successful year council members were sworn into office by clerk john d kelly who al so presented certificates of introduce tion to the reeve and deputy which they will present as their credentials to county council rev alex calder and rev kenneth richardson conducted a religious ser vice as part of the inaugural mr cal der read appropriate scripture from the 13th chapter of st pauls epistle to the romans and said council sits under a higher power and with the people whom it serves must acknowl edge the will of god mr richardson read prayers for the successful carry ing out of the years business only business transacted at the meeting was the setting up of com mittees for the year garfield mcgilvray retains the post of finance minister harry hale con tinues as chairman of public works reeve stan allen as water chairman and deputy doug sargent industrial and town planning the important job of road chair man held last year by al norton will this year be assumed by waller gray newcomer alfred sykes takes over mr grays former committee of wel fare light and police irwin noble who was chairman of veterans affairs and firemen last year will serve as property chairman this year a post held in 1955 by thos l lyons another council newcomer leroy dale qc will bo in charge of veterans affairs and firemen mayor armstrong will again be chairman of the administration com mittee whose members comprise the reeve deputy and finance chairman membership of committees is finance mcgilvray sargent allen dale water allen hale sargent noble roads gray allen mcgilvray noble public works hale mcgil vray gray sykes property noble dale hale industrial town planning sargent noble sykes gray welfare light 4 pouce sykes gray dale veterans affair firemen dale sykes hale administration armstronf allen sargent mcgilvray georgetown community swimming pool donation list r previously acknowledged s 27116 94 christine and richard leslie raffle 16 00 christie brown ltd 25 00 intnal brotherhood pulp 4 sulphite st papcrmill workers 5 etwood carney 750 robert lane 160 00 g reid m m van llcre 100 archie w sehsmehorn 5 00 wm a symons 100 harold thompson 2 00 anon 10 00 anon 25o0 vert norton 1000 mr f k curtis 5 00 i good the weather mr editor this weeks summary is just average for the month of january according to a chart 1 noticed in i recent magazine 3 days of this coming week january u 12 and 13th are to be januarys coldest lets watch it returning for a fifth term in of fice mayor jack armstrong pres- sided at the inaugural council meeting monday council sessions resume in earnest next monday when the first business meeting will convene at 8 pm rotary club planning spring minstrel show georgetown rotary club is plan ning a minstrel show this spring members discussed this when they met at fairview inn on monday for their first dinner meeting of the year era hyde and steamer emmerson are in charge of auditions and are calling on all club members to volunteer their talents the rotarysponsored midget hock ey team continues to wm and mem bers were told at the meeting that sweaters and crests for players are ex pected this week several children were taken to gus ryders pool in toronto saturday o continue another service of the club ray pfeffcr sales representative for brading breweries was a guest at the meeting and showed several films members were invited by mr pfcffer to the golf club afterwards for re freshments attendance during december was excellent being 93 59 per cent the secretary reported bill hutchinson was a guest at the meeting ern batkin date max mm snow mon jan 2 34 12 x tues jan 3 35 26 flmnes wed jan 4 34 30 flurries thurs jan 5 32 27 flurries fn jan 6 2u 20 flume sat jan 7 25 9 sun jan b 23 6 average 30 18 3 midgets w in fourth trounce acton 130 georgetown high scoring midgets racked up another win when they swamped acton 130 doug richardson and jim stearne led the way with 3 goals each spence scored two with harrison davies beam marshall anil ward adding sin gles the win was georgetowns fourth in five games schertzl hurst leaving sunday for hockey olympics in italy three athletes wellknown locally will be making a trip to italy this month where kitchenerwaterloo dutchmen will represent canada at the winter olympics kitchener has named 15 dutchmen regulars from their senior a club who willcompete in the games at cor tina dampezzo italy starting then hockey series january 28th two reinstated amateur defenc- men joe schertzl and bud kemp are ineligible to play but will be taken al ong on the trip schertzl norval dis trict farmer joined the team after playing several seasons with hershcy bears replacements for the two will be art hurst once a georgetown raider who went on to stardom with kitche ner and now is a member ot straf ford indians and floyd butch mar tin remembered locally for his ap pearances with klmira intermediates and also a former dutchman tne 15 dutchmen regular include goalies denis brodeur and keith wou- dall defenscmcri howie lee byrle klinck and jack mckenzic forwards ken laufman gerry thebcrge geo scholes bill colvin paul knox jim logan bob white charlie brookcr jim buddy horne and don rope other members of the official par- ay are coach bobby bauer manager ernie goman trainer harry wharns- by and club president pat boehmer james dunn of winnipeg president of the canadian amateur hockey as sociation is the only other ouuldc member of the official group trust company official speaks at mayors dinner halton countys next warden the community swimming iool needs your financial help give today golden wedding for mr and mrs george fisher 1956 automobile licenses now obtainable 1956 licenses are now available at the motor vehicles branch 3 john street just across from the arena the first license issued was num- her 79001 to constable cliff found the office is open each day from boo until 12 00 and 100 till 515 except thursday afternoon it ih open all day saturday with the growth of the town there is a considerable increase in the registration of vehicle in town and district the last day for obtain ing licenses is tuesday january 31st other years the department has an nounced an extension but so far this ear has not done so the home of mr and mrs george a fisher r r 3 georgetown was the scene of a happy occasion when they celebrated with their family the 50th anniversary of their marriage those present were william who uves with them mr and mrs gordon fisher r r 5 milton jean of toron to mr and mrs james rac irencl brantffird mr and mrs george w fi sher r r 5 milton and their seven grandchildren robert paul john and llijbcth ann divid and mir vice and suanno rae mr and mrs fisher were murni nn junuar 3rd 1006 by the rev 1 it walls then minister of bmm 1resbylenan church mansewood there are strong indications that georgetown will have its first county warden in twenty years in 1956 reeve stan allen is a strong con tender for the honour and will def initely seek this office when county council convenes on tuesday at mil ton mr allen is well qualified for the post he is entering his third term as georgetown reeve last year he chai red the important county assessment committee while locally he is chair man of the town water committee he served georgetown for two year as a councillor before his elevation to reeve a native gcorgetowncr he has li ved here all his life with the ex ception of eight years when ho home- steaded in the rainy river district mr allen is a foreman in the smith and stone plastics plant a few years ago he was active in labour unions serving as president of local 788 d3ew and on the provincial council he has been a candidate for the ccp party in both provincial and federal elections during world war 2 he served ov erseas for four years with the 4th div ision signals last georgetown man to be warden was harold cleave subsequently may or of the town mr cleave was war den when he was georgetowns reeve in 1935 1955 georgetown building almost four million dollars georgetowns 1955 building permits set an all time high for the town and almost reached the four million dol lar mark total value of permits issued during the year was 3825075 according in figures complied by douglas wilson who combines his duiirs as town engi ncer with that of building inspector the last three months of the year saw some 600000 values in permits issued a large proportion of this was for subdivision housing in october graceful homes took out permits for building twelve bung alows in delrex total value of per mits being 134000 the same month romanin bros secured a permit for a 90000 apartment house in the sun beam heights area and georgetown dairy was granted a 20000 permit for a new building now in process of erection on guelph street permits issued in november total led 304100 skellymacklin construction were issued 15 bungalow permits for the delrcx subdivision there was a 60000 permit for a ready mix plant by garnet building products a 55000 permit for a delrex warehouse and a 16000 garage for alrcx contract ing also in november the petrafina co which plans to erect a service sta tion on property at the mountalnvicw- highwa corner took out a 25000 per mit december was the lightest month of the year and only 17630 was issued in permits only major item that month was a permit for a house to mcnaliy construction the 1955 figures by months arc january february march april may june july august september october november december 32000 62000 182000 236000 152000 238000 100325 1224700 124845 247975 304100 17630 tells i0de about chinese curios miss adelaide miller spoke to the members of countess of strathmnre chapter 10de at their meeting mon day evening when misses jean and margery mackenzie were hostesses miss miller who moved to town from toronto last year and lives on maple avenue gave an interesting talk on the world famous chinese cot- lection of the royal ontario museum where she was once an assistant on the staff mrs percy leslie reported that nine blind adult residents of george town and district had been sent a box of fruit at christmas and a gift was also sent to one child a 100 donation was voted to the community swimming pool fund a goodly sum was realized from the sale of christmas cards with mrs cecil davidson as convener flanncllette di apers will again be made by members this year to be sent to britain plans are underway for the annual valentine dance a nominating committee mrs r h jones mrs a gilmer and mrs edwin wilson received the nominations fl ections will take place at the febru ary meeting the regent welcomed mrs kenneth richardson as a new member miss ruth evans regent presided and thirty members attended the mee ting the hostesses were assisted by mrs j giilis mrs norman herbert mrs h c wrigglcsworth mrs james linton mrs robert hoarc mrs rob ert steward son and mrs garfield mc gilvray birthday party john mcnaliy son of mr and mrs william mcnaliy celebrated his fourth birthday with a party on mon day at his home on market st his guests included robin ord douglas goodlct blake chamberlain charls biehn and his brother and sister david and jane childrens aid notes help for christmas the splendid support and interest of organizations and individuals throughout halton marie it possible for the childrens aid society to make christmas much happier for less fortunate families in the county this year there were generous donation of food rash clothing toys and books and fourteen families received food hampers and gifts were distributed to a total of 102 children the society expresses sincere thanks and appreciation on behalf of those who benefitted by such kind ness and for the privilege of sharing the spirit of goodwill at the christ mas season continuing a custom which he has followed during his five terms as ma yor jack armstrong entertained the councillors and municipal officials at a dinner in the mcgibbon house fol lowing the inaugdal council mee ting monday evening 0 e manning oakville vice presi dent and general manager of the new hallon and peel trust and savings co was guest speaker and besides explaining how the company was or ganized and its progress to date he gave some interesting highlights on life in the bahamas where he man aged a similar business before return ing to canada halton trust is the first such com pany incorporated in the past 27 years he said and had come to hal- ton after a hit of research as to the best location this area was selected he said be- cause of its stable economy an in dustrial hub backed by an excellent farming district a high percentage of home ownership good climate and nearness of industry to markets were laclors taken into account in the loca tion he described the rigid requirements which must be met before the govern ment will authorize establishment of a trust company need for such com pany had to be proven financial re sponsibility and soundness of man agement was all carefully checked volume of business has proven the halton trust has a successful future he said in ten months 1200000 was received from the public and over a million dollars has been loaned on first mortgages a trust company has three main functions mortgage loans invest ment plans and estate operation he continued the company is just ven turing into the estate field now mr mannings experience includes 17 years as managing director of the grey bruce trust owen sound a term with canada permanent mort gage co and a similar post in the bahamas assessment commissioner joseph gibbons acted as dinner chairman for the mayor and besides introducing mr manning also introduced the din ner guests these included members of the incoming council reeve stan allen deputy reeve doug sargent and councillors garfield mcgilvray it win noble walter gray harry hale loroy dale q c and alfred sykes retiring council members thos l ly ons and ai norton clerk treasurer john d kelly police chief roy ha ley engineer douglas wilson town solicitor george hewson rev alex calder and rev kenneth richardson who represented the ministerial asso ciation leslie clark zone commander representing the canadian legion jack hart and richard miller manag ers of the commerce and royal bank branches town foreman alf collins and herald editor walter biehn mayor armstrong spoke briefly as the dinner concluded expressing his pleasure at again being host on such a happy occasion public high schools crowded v town now employs 37 teachers 9 2790844 total parents visit school grade 9 open night on monday evening from 730 till 9 00 it was open night for parents of pupils in the four grade nine class rooms in georgetown high school parents hid the opportunity to view the school and to interview the var- tout teachers in their own form 325075 rooms with enrolment at an alltime high or 073 the two georgetown public schools opened last week for the 1956 term with a staff of 24 teach ers three new teachers joined the staff this year mrs v f bull at chapel street and thomas allison and mrs james carson at wrigglesworth the high school whose enrolment has now increased to 253 also has two new teachers on the staff mrs j l lambert and mrs john gunn makeshift arrangements have had to be made at all schools until more per manent solutions can be found for overcrowding with the music room converted back into a classroom chapel street still falls three rooms short since september st johns church auditor ium and the fire hall auditorium have been used as classrooms now the new knox church hall is also being used the 12room wrigglcsworth school also has every classroom filled and besides the auditorium has been split for use of two extra classes plans are being rushed for a third public school which will be built in the delrex area of town and when this is completed the present school buildings wilt revert to their former status a second small high school or a complete new building is also under discussion for the high school which anticipates that four extra classrooms will b needed in september mean while the old third floor science room abandoned when tne addition was built two years ago is being used once again as a classroom school staffs arc chapel street harold henry principal val stein assistant princi pal marie lindsay wilma stull mrs james f evans mrs joe dwycr lu- ena campbell mrs h c wrigglcs worth mrs teresa austin leta gaul- laghcr hazcn allen mrs robert bor land shirley dawson mrs v f bull wrigglcsworth william kinrade capt jim buckle was brampton band leader remembered by many local men who served under him as members of brampton band capt james buckle died sunday al sunnybrook hospital capt buckle who was also music director for the queens own rifles was a noted musician and during his tenure as bandmaster brampton won many prizes and several of the pres ent lome scots owe their musical training to him principal harold catling assistant principal jean ruddell marion scar lett mrs frank cleave mrs ted fen- nmg hazel hall edna moffat mra james bilsborrow ruth mcbridc mrs gwizdala lois menary thomas alli son mrs james carson high school j l lambert prin cipal alan prouse a m baxter marjoric inman florence luke rose picrccy blair armstrong mrs sid hardie damon roberts mrs robert hess mrs john gunn mrs j l lambert kenneth r harrison is music tea cher at all the schools town of georgetown water shutoff sunday january 15th water will be shut off between the hours of 800 am and 200 pm on the following streets king st ram queen st to mountainview road 9th line mountainview road 9th line from the cnr to maple ave maple ave e from mountainview road to cnr tracks delrex construction yard citizens should store sufficient water for their needs during the above period and disconnect any apparatt which might be damaged