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thb georgetown herald wednesday evening march 21 1996 the georgetown herald serving the communities of georgetown glen williams norval umehouse hornby stewarnown ballinafad ashgrove terra cotta walter c biehn publisher a nd editor staff garfield l mcgilvray bob baskerville leslie m clark dave hastings corey hernngton jr ken cowell mrs aileen bradley authorized as second class mail post office dept ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario division of the c w n a subscription rate 3 00 a year single copies 8c each advertising rates quoted on application the herald is printed each wednesday in the office at 22 main st georgetown down but not out renewed interest m the chamber of commerce is indicated after a meeting last week with a larger attendance than discouraged officals had seen for some time those present received some inspiration from bob mundle ontario representative for the chamber of commerce who outlined some of 1he things which groups in other towns had accomplished and indicated ways that the local organization could benefit itself by various types of meetings and activities for the past few months the chamber executive had been so discouraged with lack of interest that ser ious consideration was given to disbanding and wind ing up affairs for the time being for once lack of interest paid off for when meet ings were called to discuss disbanding so few mem bers turned up that as secretary charlie wray would say afterwards we can t even get a quorum to end the chamber a new executive was elected last week and en ough enthusiasm engendered after mr mundle s talk to make them think that it isnt altogether hopeless to education costs a problem mounting costs of education are creating munici pal problems which eventually must be solved by a higher government authority monday georgetown council endorsed a resolu tion received from a northern municipality asking queens park to assume 50 per cent of school costs at that time it was pointed out that a 1955 public school expense of 65 000 has increased to 90 000 in an in itial estimate and is 107000 according to the school boards requisition this is based on foreseeable fac tors which in our town can change by midyear we are in process of building one new public school and a substantial high school addition engag ing additional staff for both public and high schools and paying higher salaries to all teachers the same story is echoed in all growing towns which have one saving feature in that assessment is exped an active chamber of commerce to flourish eventually here it wont be any immediate process of rejuvenation and it will take time georgetown seems to be unique in that everyone is so busy with so many things that it is hard for any one organization to get any measure of suppor at any given time merchants on whom a chamber must count for ma jor support have been singularly apathetic the pa3l few years and these men who most of all can bene fit by progress which a chamber fosters must be drawn into the fold and made to realize that a progres sive town helps them particularly while helping ev eryone else in the community in one way or another we were struck by one thing mr mundle said in his talk young people can say they are too busy to be active in the chamber but they must be for it is their own future which they are creating older peo pie may say they have had their day and will derive no benefit by anything the chamber does but they at least owe a debt to those whose past work ere ated a town where they earned their livelihood and can pay it by working ahead for the next generation mounting also and there are more taxpayers to share the burden dormant municipalities are in an even tougher spot because they must compete with higher salary schedules in such towns the answer may eventually be institution of the school system as a civil service operated from queen s park instead of school boards competing for teach ers and facing maor decisions in new buildings and accommodation they could handle administration while a central authority controlled these larger prob lems it would remove local autonomy to a large ex tent but the time is coming when such a solution seems the only answer to a complex problem of fin ance and management which is getting too big for municipalities to handle by themselves pot pourri news of the sudden death of archdeacon thomp son in st catharines yesterday brought sadness not only to his former parishioners here but to a wide circle of friends he acquired in his long residence in georgetown many are planning to attend the fun eral service in st catharines tomorrow to show their respect for a fine christian gentleman wonder how dog tag statistics will compare with the number of dogs vaccinated at todays clinic in georgetown one councillor had an idea monday a dog tag booth at the armory entrance to kill two birds with one stone officials are warning that pet owners should not panic but that rabies is not to be dealt with light ly and will be with us for some years so every pre caution is necessary for pets and more important for people who might be bitten by rabid animals yesterday was springs first official visit and there was a softness in the air despite a snow carpet which made one realize that winter is on the wane a different sort of entertainment this saturday will be the ice follies with a large cast of local young people and visiting stars they deserve a full house at the arena furnace trouble at the library caused it to be closed for a week a furnace poof distributed soot over the interior and any housewife who has dusted books during spring housecleaning will realize how much work there is getting things in shape for opening again on saturday seems to be the year for furnace and boiler trouble provincial paper was closed down for a day or two after a boiler explosion recently while st johns united church suffered a similar fate last week silvers aft com and ace them no w kl the worlds mewost lhv the world smartest imported fabrics are here h clu8 clothes 49 95 bp tip top clothes 59 95 f fust mar clothes 7250 ejh f silvers u facts about delre3 the third in a writs of meiugei about dtlrox and what it mean to the georgetown mm human nature being what it is most of us are inclined to look at any thing new and say how is it going to affect me we at detrex recognize this and believe the residents of georgetown have every right to won dcr how our work at delrex is going to affect and benefit them georgetown will benefit in many ways the home owner it going to benefit because delrex hit been plan ned to maintain a balance of atsett- ment delrex industrie will help to keep georgetowns tax rare down in addition georgetown is going to be come a more important centre than ever before and property values are bound to rise the businessman will benefit be cause delrex will bring thousands of new people and new customers to georgetown although a shopping centre will be built at delrex there will still be plenty of customers far iver one more than ever before many people who now travel to brampton guclph or toronto to shop will come to rely on georgetown bringing new dollars to our commun ity in addition delrex commercial properties will be open to anyone offering possibilities for expansion to the businessman already established in georgetown the employer will benefit because of new workers with varied talents who will ii j at delrcx and employ ees will benefit too because new in dustries will offer new forms of am ployment in all these wavs delrex in planned with georgetown s well being in mind terra cotta roy king lynwood lloyd join rcaf at st johni two terra cotta teenagers have joi ned the royal canadian air force roy king left for st john s quebec a month ago and lynwood lloyd will report to the same training centre on april 5th a euchre was held in terra cotta hall on friday sponsored by the thimble club mrs charles taylor and mrs harvey puckering won prizes for high scores mrs charles shep pard and mr vanzubcn seconds and mrs leslie icam and mr lynwood lloyd consolations mrs sheppard won the prize for lone hands and mrs ii puckenng and mrs sheppard pri zes for freezeouts club members provided and served lunch and prize donations were made by mrs taylor mrs mcnally and mr norm icam spring has made a showing here we saw a robin today so we can soon say goodbye to old man winter sports calendar intermediate hockey playoff friday march 23 raiders vs st0uffville clippers georgetown arena 800 pm this is the 7th and final of the playoff terie miwbm company umitm tuesday is barn day in georgetown for the ladies only free scissors to every lady visiting the barn tea towels largo ilia 3c hand towels large ilie 25c training panties 9c boys and girls jeans 25c satin yd 3c factory cotton lb 20c drapery lb 20c fustic drapery yd 10c broadlooaa by the piece for the men only socket wrenches 8 piece 49c screw drivers 9c pocket knives 9c adjustable 4 wrenches 25c red work hankies 3c work pants 99c mens dress socks 9c jacks barn centre main st rear of georgetown dairy kerrigan chiropractic office 6 john street acton open daily 9 30 a m to 5 00 p m monday wednesday and friday evenings until 9 scientific treatment full spinal x ray free consultation for appointments call acton 550 directory frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service p 0 box 413 trian 7 2864 georgetown dr j burns milne dental surgeon xray hill street tr 72871 a m nieben dc nd doctor off chiropractic and naturopathy hours z4pm closed thursday lady attendant 1s4 guelph st georgetown triaagle 74612 dr john r kerby practice of dentistry xray triangle 73641 main street georgetown lever hoshn chartered accountants 51 main n brampton 1 phone 2478 44 victoria st toronto phone em 49131 c w sayers dvm veterinarian guelph street opposite armstrong i garage tr 7 2741 alfred j bishop certified public accountant main st georgetown 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