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the georgetown herald sixteen pages georgetown ontario wednesday march 21st 1956 first section what council did hard times party winners what council did town contributes 1000 oakville humane society council on monday voted to contri bute 1 000 as their share of a 3 000 grant by milton acton and george town to oakville humane society the money will be used to purchj ase a second truck for the society and help pay salary of an extra man the society then plans to serve the three towns to pick up stray dogs georgetown will receive two half day pickups weekly plus emergency calls when required mayor armstrong said at the meet ing that there is a possibility of the county council assuming dog control on a county basis but until this is done arrangements will go ahead with oakville reeve allen pointed out the ncces sity of having strict control when he reported that government authorities say that rabies will be a menace for at least fifteen years a lot of stray dogs are feeding from garbage pails and are either not owned by anyone or not wanted by their owners the reeve remark ed it would be a kindness he said to have these dogs picked up and hu manely disposed of and it would be a definite factor in controlling any threatened spread of disease as these dogs are the most likely to transmit rabies town engineer douglas wilson re ported that the petrafma company which is erecting a service station at the 0th line highway corner has agreed to set back the station to con form with future widening plans for no 7 highway council will offer canadian nation al railways 850 for an 8 acre prop erty adjoining the harold cleave farm which the cnr is putting up for sale deputj reeve doug sargent re porting for the industrial committee said he could not recommend action to incorporate the ernie armstrong farm in town limits as requested by purchasers of the property recently council agreed that at present they have plenty to deal with and could not add more water and sewer problems which incorporation would entail street lights were ordered for the built up sections of delrex and for certain other locations including cha pel street east council created a new position of police corporal which will carry a 3600 salary and be effective junt 1st no appointment has jet been decided for the position cr harry hale suggested that a 650 sewer cleaner be purchased to use on drains which need periodic cleaning decision was deferred on the purchase until the next meeting stouffville here friday parry sound ousts jrs thelioekey raiders play a door die game here friday seventh and de ciding one in their series with stouff ville stouffville made a strong comeback last week winning 52 here friday and 61 on their home kc last night the teams are tied at three games apiece and friday s fixture should provide plenty of excitement with so much at stake the juniors were slightly outmatched ry sound last tuesday took another beating from thj northern boys sat urday and are through for the season the ujniors were slightly outmatched by the parry sounders although they managed to take two of the playoff games social and personal mr and mrs j a wiuitts visited with their son and his family dr d a wfllitts in uxbndge over the weekend miss beverly hyde daughter of mr and mrs william hyde queen street is home from the guclph general hos pital mr a month s leave beverly is in her second year of nurse s training mr and mrs ross petch and their children carol and ralph of ottawa are spending this week in town with mr and mrs frank petch charles street mr and mrs rex heslop and mr and mrs harold bairstow attended the national house builders conven tion held in windsor several days last week mr and mrs arthur beaumont are vacationing in florida they travel led south by train a week ago cadet george mcclure who is a student at royal military college kingston spent the weekend in town with his parents mr and mrs har old mcclure mr and mrs mcclure also had u their guests her nephew warren tucker mrs tucker and their daughter leslie ann from buffalo ny youths confess to gas station theft five downsview youths who broke into woods service station early fri day morning were apprehended by guelph police before the robbery was reported to the local police it was the second break in at doug woods new service station on the highway no trace of the previous thieves has been found mr woods reported theft of ap proximately 50 from his desk to pol ice at 3am friday morning police chief roy haley contacted neighbour ing police departments and found that five youths had been picked up in guelph a few hours before and then had been turned over to bramp ton opp who were investigating rob bery of the arena at nobleton and a gas station near bolton one of the men had a quantity of money which matched the description of that miss ing from georgetown and he is re ported to have confessed entering the premises about 4 30 a m entry was gained by breaking a glass in the door archdeacon thompson was minister 22 years st georges parish archdeacon w g o thompson 72 anglican rector in georgetown and glen williams from 1932 until his re tirement in september 1954 died tuesday morning in st catharines general hospital the archdeacon who had preached at a service in fort eric sunday ev ening suffered a coronary at 3 00 a m monday he leaves a wide circle of tricn is in town and district where during his residence he was active in many sphe res of community life besides his du ties as rector he had served on the high school and public library boards as chaplain of credit masonic lodge and branch 120 canadian legion and as a member of halton masonic chap ter and the lions club in 1943 he was appointed anglican archdeacon of halton and welling ton deanery archdeacon thompson a trinity college graduate of 1912 had previ ously served in bcamsvflle mount forest stoney creek and port col borne he retired from the active ministry to be succeeded here by rev kenneth richardson and was appointed priest associate to refv carl swan at st georges st cath arines he also became anglican chaplain for the two hospitals in that city he was last in georgetown in the fall when he preached at the barv est home service in his old church archdeacon and airs thompson stay ed several days in georgetown at that time renewing acquaintances with their friends here son of the late john h thompson publisher of the thorold post he was born at stirling and was only a bahy when his family moved to thorold the weekly newspaper which his sis ter ethel continued after her fathers death ceased publication a year ago he leaves his wife daughter of the late canon robert kcr of st cathar ines one son jack publisher of the wsct end times ottawa and two grandchildren many local people are planning to attend the funeral service thursday at 230 in st georges church st catharines mayor jack armstrong and edwin wilson churchwardens at the time of his retirement have been asked to bervc as pallbearers memorial services in georgetown and glen williams arc being planned on sunday for the man who spent so many years as spiritual leader of the local anglican parish ask 50 government education grant bill hardmon georftrtown best costume prizes at the hard times party sponsored by club mid town recently were left to r ght kerry jepson donna bennett gail mcgilvray and walter wilson driver hospitalized facial lacerations orland nuttall 2 river drive was taken to guclph general hospital fol lowing an accident saturday when his car was in collision with one driven by del majuery 90 mountainvicw rd the accident occurred at 10 10 p m when mr nuttall s car proceeding south on mountainvicw swerved into a car driven b del majuery who was in his driveway to allow the approach me car to pass mr nuttall s head went through the windshield at the impact he was treated at the scene for severe face and head lacerations bv dr all stair macintosh then removed to hos pital his cir was bally damaged to the extent of 900 while the maj uery car received 200 damage building permits 230000 first two 1956 months 47 000 value in building permits issued in february by building inspec tor douglas wilson makes a total of 230 000 issued for the first two months of the year the figure includes 3500 for a store addition which will be constri c ted by mcnally construction at ham son s garage on the highway and a 4 000 garage for beaver ready mix co on main st s other permits arc for houses 15000 to ed malison 12 000 to mc nally construction 10 500 to fobert construction and 2 000 to archie girard for an addition sudden heart attack l e haun qc dies suddenly from a heart attack l e haun husband of erma mccumber haun died on march 14th mr and mrs haun lived in the glen view terrace 2904 yonge street toronto mr haun was born in dunnville and he attended the university of toronto and later osgoodc hall after graduation he established his own law firm later he was appointed a queen s council at the beginning of 1950 he joined the staff of the offic lal cuardians office for the province of ontario during world war ii mr hiun ser ved with the armed forces m the of fice of the adjutant general mr ind mrs haun were married in 1950 funeral service was ht i at the liull funeral ii ime on erida with interment in mount i leasant ceme tery 3000 loot daring post office robbery daring thieves who entered geor getown post office sunday night es caped with almost 3 000 in cash stamps and postal script using tools believed stolen from canadian national railways which were left at the scene they tipped- over the safe jimmied it and remo ved 1343 in cash 1132 in stamps and 311 in script entry was gained through a small window in the public lobby which faces the outside drop letter box the roll up window in the lobby was then forced to enter the mail room the break in was discovered by caretaker alf rolfe at 7 30 monday morning and reported immediately to to police by postmaster harold mar shall early visitors at the post of fice monday found the lobby barrica ded while fingerprints were taken and no parcels could be handed out or stamps sold until inspectors arrived from toronto to check police chief roy haley was assisted bj inspectors from the postal inves ligations branch and fingerprinting experts from dundas opi in his in vesications it has been ascertained that the robbery occuircd between 8 and 10 pm sunday night inspector johnson visits high school inspector g r johnson is at the high school this week making h s annual inspection visit from the dept of education first baptist church rev a j barker b a b d 10 00 a m church school 1100 am the glory road 7 00 p m the inglorious road umehouse mr btn mellarg is spen iml a few weeks with relatives ncir shcrbrookc quebec communion strv ces will be obser e i at 1 nnchouse i resbyttrian church n m irch 25th little c ar ronal 1 m ore receiel lis leap ear siitr muj from lor nto daily star last week he was born at pe 1 memorial hospital on february 29th at a w i euchre held at the cis by 5 on saturd iy evening highest sco us were held by marjone mcdon aid and neilson stark consolations mrs james and wm j mcdonald and mrs wm cohoon and marjone mcdonald tied for the b rthday prize secn tables were played lunch rounded off the evening i ittlc ada fennv infant daughter of mr and mrs albert iefcnnk was baptized at the christian reform church on march 11th mrs d s mcdonald and keith and mrs jack bradley of port stanley were with the gisbys oh sunday new georgetown recreation j a cloudy ecrtdiown a new cultural activity in georgetown s formation of george town chess club which has been meeting each wednesday wh le john bolt left andou s tee concentrate on a game they are watched by les norr s dennis carr al zeravlev and don parker at one of the weekly games milton fire kills prize red polls fire roared through the main bam on the leonard coulion farm nelson township sunday causing 40 000 damage and killing 10 prixe red poll cattle coulson and his ton grant freed 35 terrified animals and drove them out of the barn hilton firemen fought three hours to keep the blaze from spreading dog owners important notice in an effort to control the spread of rabies in georgetown legislation has been passed providing that dogs may not run at large at any time please note th s is an important measure for the protection of the general public and it will be strictly enforced john d kbit ckrk 1200 damage in highway accident shortly before midnight friday an accident on no 7 at the durham st intersection necessitated medical at tcntion for two men and caused 1200 damage to a car and taxi a panel truck driven by harry ar nott hultonville was entering town from the east the truck veered left and struck booth s taxi driven by owner bill booth who was stopped on the south lane waiting for the truck to puss so he could enter duiham st the truck continued on for several feet and came to a stop when it struck a hydro pole mr arnott received facial bruisae and a passenger edward wadell of brampton a severe scalp cut the were treated at the scene by dr al nttair macintosh the truck was badly damaged es timatcd at 1 000 while the taxi re cerved 200 damage it can t do any harm was the consensus of opinions of councillors on monday when they endorsed a resolu tion from neelon and garson town ships in northern ontario asking the provincial government for a 50 per cent grant on school coats the northern municipabty had cir cularized all ontario councils point ing out their problem of 66 per cent of their tax money going for educa tion mayor armstrong said costs are mounting here too citing an increase from last year s 65 000 public school cost to 1956 estimates of 107 0000 sid hardie president of the sun beam ratepayers invited the mayor toad commissioner walter gray and engineer douglas wilson to attend a meeting tonight of his organization he said the sunbeam district is talking of beautifying their streets with trees and was advised that the engineer would assist them in laying out locations for such trees mr mcfee of the marconi comp any interviewed council about 2way radios for police cars and fire trucks estimating cost of such a system at 4 000 council had asked solicitor george hewson for an opinion on reserving land along the new maple ave for possible increase to 100 ft width n future mr hewson said that it is possible to fix a building line without actually buying property if a property own cr should want to build they would hjve to come to council who could then decide whether the town would buy the property or waive its rights on the widening noting increasing fines for speed ing when he presented the police re port cr alfred sykes indicated ncc cssity of a part time stenographer sometime in the future in order to release policeman from the job of typing out summons social personal mr and mrs thomas sykes 18 church street are spending this month in st pctrrsburgh florida they travelled south by bus a few weeks ago mr and mrs a pattcndcn of wil ham street entertained at a surprise birthday party for mrs p olney on monday evening guests were mr and mrs wm bell mrs bertha bell mr and mrs ray conn mr and mrs p olney and norma and very unex pectcd by her mother dorothy olney of brampton the evening was spent in cards after which lunch was served sara ann glcndinning faithful church worker a lorgtime resident of the norval district sara ann glcndinning 81 died last wednesday following a len gthy illness the daughter of the late robert glcndinning and the former mao noble miss lcndinmng was born in illinois usa she came with her parents to canada at a very early age and lived for man years near the v 1 lage of norval she was a devoted member of st paul s church and had been made a life member of the woman s auxil lary of the anglican church as a gift from the st paul s branch at one time miss glcndinning worked in osh awa nt the church of england home for children of missionaries in foreign lands following the death of her father she lived with a nephew rev r w coupland and carried on with her church work both in noa scotia and prince edward island and was pre paring to go with him to homings mi s when she was stricken nearly three years ago miss glendinmng was predeceased by her only sister mrs c w coup- land of norval she will be greatly missed by her nephews and niece warwick roy and mary mrs j f maxwell and her brother in law c w coupland rev j e maxwell and rev r w coupland of port rowan conducted the funeral service in st paula an glicin church norval friday after noon pallbearen were norman bird georgetown walter fidler norval brooke and broadie tregunno bur lington warwick and roy coupland of norval interment took place in hillcrest cemetery norval chambber of commerce directors dinner the new executive of georgetown chamber of commerce met at north halton golf club yesterday for dinner and discussed plans for this year the new chairman harold bairstow off ciated they talked about a planned pro gramme which will interest everyone and set next tuesday as the date for the first general meeting which will be held at 8 pm in the municipal building an invitation is extended to any resident of town and district who is interested in the work of the chamber substation operator for electric railway a georgetown resident since 1920 when he came here as substation op erator for the electric railway which operated between toronto and kitch ener george alcott 75 died last wednesday at his home 44 main st south he had been ill for two years mr alcott was born in london england son of the late charles and mary alcott and in 1901 married lil ban rowe they came to canada in 1907 and resided in toronto where he was a ttc motorman he en listed in 1914 with the 19th battalion and served overseas for four years of the war after the war he took the george town position with the electric rail way whose station was in the build ing now housing georgetown dairy and was substation operator until the company went out of business several years ago he was one of the original mem bci m branch 120 canadian legion and after the first war took an active part in the reserve army attending summer camps and serving in the quartermaster stores he was an ar dent hockey fan throughout the years until his illness kept him home from the games members of the legion paid their respects at a service at the funeral home on thursday night surviving are his wife and seven chlldrcnvftgordon of weston mrs floyd varey lillian mrs william hillior edith flora ernest mrs frank king ethel and mrs dennis wright dorothy all of georgetown 12 grandchildren 5 great grandehil dren a sister mrs ernest cooper of toronto and two brothers charles and walter in london england he was predeceased by two children in infancy joseph and annie rev morgan mcfarlane conducted the funeral service on friday at the harold c mcclure funeral home he was assisted by the rev bogga of weston presbyterian church with whom his ion gordon is associated in the pax bible cast pallbearers were frank king floyd varey william hillier dennis wright sam tennut ud john kemshead interment wm in greenwood cemetery georgetown