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the georgetown herald fourteen pages gerooetown ontario wednesday july 25th 1956 first section what council did what council did ditches tiles working report from swanek a happier note was struck at council meeting monday when three members of valley hill rate payers association with a e tay lor as spokesman expressed satis faction with the ditching and til mg in swanck subdivision mr taylor said that he and an other resident ian cass had in spected the area shortly after fn day night s downpour and except for a few localized complaints had found the ditches handled drain age adequatel one bad spot at elizabeth street had been caused by a broken tile r bnghty said his only com plaint is that edges of soma lawns on hewson crescent wire collaps ing m the ditch and he was told that this would be corrected whin work is completed on the roads complaints that one district had not received its second we kly gar bage pick up and that the wo col lection das are too close together were received the public works committee was asked to check with the collector asked about swings for the park cr irwin noble said he his been checking prices and will present his finding next mondav cr lerov dale expressed con cern about spending monev on swings and said he would like t make sure the ears budget will be balanced before he will ote for them a letter from h carr sugges ted that he would be willing to fin ish installing monuments at ar jo us locations in town to be used as future markings for private s veys these were ordered two jrs ago and some work done bv in oakville firm now believed 10 he out of business the 1200 fee was to be shared by town counl and province cr dale said that if the town is considering such a survey consider ation should also be given to bow man black shoemaker who have done considerable surveying in the district and know the town council decided to ask the two firms to submit a price on the job and also to ascertain whether he ontario government will still paj a share of the cost council endorsed a planning board recommendation to turn down a request from the iga store for a permit to build an addition which would reach the real line of their highway propert cr mcgilvray argued that he could not see hampering the build ing as it might be years before any use is made of the rear prop erty as a service road as adjoining properties are residential mayor armstrong said council is trying to avoid a situation such as now exists on main street and that one building obstructing a road wouild forever preclude any rear roadwaj engineer douglas wilson repor ted when asked that connections should be made to the town sewer sjstem from the swanek extension under the cnr embankment with in the next few days and the sub division properly served from then a report from the town solicitor said that the town would prejud ice its case by initiating anj action to pass a bv law for swanck sew ers until subdivider finla munro has an opportunity to fulfil his ob ligation the town has threatened court action unless storm sewers arc in stalled by mr munro before a giv en date the weather mr editor more rain and as usual on the weekend however sunday af ternoon and evening were ideal em batkin date max mm rain mon july 16 74 59 trace tucs july 17 73 53 wed july 18 74 48 thurs july 19 75 47 fn july 20 69 52 1 45 sat july 21 75 b2 28 sun juh 22 77 60 05 average 74 54 178 hire new constable still seek another unidentified car crashes hydro pole on river dr around 7 40 pin last saturdav jul 21st and unidentified ear speeding on river drive wandered off the triclled part of the ro id by about four feet and struck i hdro pole with enough font t crack it up the centre gerry mccallum hydro superin tendenl reported the accident to the police but on irrnal cl vi son trafford found that the car had gone without leaving a trace of paint or broken glass around the pole a witness gave a partial des cnptiem o the eai but was unable to determine the exut coloui the witness added that the occu pants of the car appeared to have been dnnkinc a licence number was itsu ei un but after chtckmt uhs wa proven wronk georgetown gained one police man and lost one at monday night s council meeting edward ted scott 30 of tor ont was engaged as a probationer replacing forrest inch now police chief at palmerston another ap plicant from toronto failed to show up for his scheduled inter view council meanwhile received the resignation of cst clifford found who revealed that he is leaving po lice work to become associated with the new petrafina service sta tion council decided to elevate cst nelson trafford to first class con stable whith carries a salary of 3480 and to advertise for a sec ond probationer to replace mr round the new policeman started du ty this morning married and father of one he has served for six months on the forest hill police force he has also worked as a security guard for a large toronto firm and as a 1 enced bailiff he scrv d uversas n world war 11 with the 1st tan adian paratroopers four new tires were o ricred for the police cruiser on iccommen dation of chief roy hale a contentious question ws set tied when council passed a notion writing off 95 in back taxes ron gly assessed against jack tost in 1951 mivor rmsln ne explained tnt the assessment had been made -l- out the time mr tost sold land to the publie school board on which the new wngglesworth school was erected a tax adjustment should have been made at that time but whats up willowdale rotariam visit local club a group of willowdale rotanan were guests at mondav s club meeting at fairview inn president dick shcarlv opened the meeting and asked lrnte pearce to introduce the guests hartlcj mccallum don middleton gerry griffiths bob wilcox j dean frank young and don brill mr brill a former georgetown man whose father operated the pre sent cotton bros store gave his classification speech on retail clo thing merchandising he wa thanked by ralph ijrsel steamer em mcrson was named rotar ian of the week the club is going ahead with plans to have an auc tion sale next week s meet mt will be at de ries flats s emmtrton and will be in the form of a box lunch supper members will bring their wives bui carr outlined his committee plans on vocational service for the coming year which will include in troduction of some of the rotarj ideas to high school students bob burns introduced alf per rott who was one of the three georgetown men chosen for the eit izens night held last week me spoke a few words of encourage ment to the club the other vu chosen for the distinction were jo seph gibbons and dick lica a mrs albert welk wife of banker wife of a former georgetown banker rebecca itcba we ik died at her home 58 munro blvd ork mills on saturdav mr and mrs welk lived on charles street in the present liar old marshall home when he was manager of the bank of montreal br inch hire they came to town from mitchell and were here until the bank branch was closed in 1942 during a wartime manpower ccon omy measure mr welk was later manager at tilbury and at aurori where he retired a few vcars aeo surviving art her husban i 1 bcrt c welk and brothers and is tcrs mrs mary wilson mrs hart lev jams charles will and har ry the funeral service was held in the chapel of the trull runeral home toronto last niht inter ment was in st john s anglican ccmeterv lganville this after noon called to the bar h reed hunter son of mrs r h hunter norval and the late harry hunter was called to the bar of the law society of upper can ada on thursday june 28 a graduate of queen s university king ston and also of georgetown high school he is now practicing law with a firm in toronto among those attending the graduation ceremony which was addressed by the chief justice of the supreme court of canada were reed s wife the former jeanne mutchmor his mother and his sister mrs robert andrews fire at smith stone early saturday morning many people were awakened ar ound 1 30 a m saturday morning to the screech of the two fire sir ens as firemen rushed to battle a blaze which had broken out m the plastics department of smith and stone ltd on victoria street the fire started when an acety lene torch was being used near highly inflammable materials when the materials blazed up the flames severed the hose leading from the torch head to the source tank making it impossible for the acetylene flame to be shut off at the nozzle firemen arrived in time to catch the blaze in its early stages and it was only through their alertness that the fire did not gain a big enough foothold to do the damage which it at first threatened the six c02 extinguishers used by firemen were sufficient to kill the flames a sprinkler system installed in the new building for just such an instance was touched off when the fire broke out and though it was efficient in doing just what it was supposed to do it was the cause of extensive water damage throughout the plant milton population climbing also milton is sharing in the general population increase in halton an increase of 300 has taken place in the county town since last fall and present residents number 4220 georgetown s present estimated population is almost 6000 making georgetown still much larger than milton cst cliff found resigns will work at fina station mrs margaret roshier sudden death at norval mrs margaret roshier died verj suddenly at norval on sundav ju 22nd at the age of 75 mrs roshier was born at r r 2 brampton where she lived until 1922 when she moved to norval she attend cd rural brampton public school her husband v illiam roshier died in 1915 three months before her youngest son herbert of geor getown was born mrs roshier also leaves her eldest son william of levlttown pa her favourite occu pation was sewing and sh made a hobby of it the funeral service was held this afternoon at the harold c mcclure funeral home 34 edith street rev alfred barker con ducted the service the pill bear ers were gordon caseley orval shea murray laird uirwick coupland william corley and john thurlbeck interment wu in dix oo cemetery snelgrove triutglc 72201 is the new herald office phone number clifford found constable with the local police force is fivink up his law enforcement duties to be come associated with the new fina station on hifhwav no 7 at the last entrance to town branlford born mr found be gan his p lice career with the tor i onto force and after several years he moved to the town of hearst in the ontario norlhlind where he held the position of police chief rntenng he rcaf in 1943 he spent th ears with the air force intelligence after which he was emploved with federal mou pal an engineering firm his next step was back to police work when he applied and was accepted for a position on the newly formed geor getown force on getting the job mr found his wife the former kathenne yanke of kitchener and their two daughters sandra and bonnie mo ved to the sunbeam hcighs subdiv isi on of town and now live at 5 keats street after 14 months with the force mr found presented his resigns tion at last monday s council meet ins sod plans to begin work st the fina station within the next two weeks the amount has been c irricil if ainst mr tost as ux nrrejrs and never corrected until now mr tost expressed resentment thdl it had tiktn counili so lone to correct the error and said he hoped the same thine we uleln t juppe n this year when he is selling 1 tnd to iht hilh sthool hhird lie wis sure d ihil itu town would be re urcful n this iransactie n reeve stan allen suggested that amine sijns be placeel on the ap proaches to the steep hills at ii tin gr hollow where em se ncm ie relent his neturrcd inel w lie re a stranger does nut realize the irjf fie hazard what council did storm sewer solution for drainage problem photo by photocrott entcrprinc silver wood toronto musician is marchington guest mr inl mrs trnesl ainlev t f toronto isiled with the marching 1 ns this week mr ainlev has been pi j inc with the toronto s mjihonj oiehestra fir thirtv three u irs inel il tor the currentlv te levised prom concerts mrs g a ovnc toront ins been visit inc her dauehte- and fi tinlv mr and mrs george mender son mr and mrs i- rnie miller and mr inel mrs russell miller and chilelren are holielaving it wa ja heich mrs horice bell inel bonnie is lied at montreal while rickev sp nt the week at cub camp at rvcrton richard ttatmr diviel ind piul kielnej also mended cub camp mr and mrs or don smith of toronto are holietaunl at their timer home here miss redmond has been visitinj rol hives at uclph miss muriel burl r r 1 was lisilmj m toionlo last week with datives interview local lad on radio program tcrrv kenneely 9 vear old son of mr and mrs clarence kennedy was one of three children inter viewed over brampie n radio slat ion cfjb last saturelay july 21st when that station vimled lakewood camp for crippled chilelren near port colborne the broadcast was maele during an open house at the cimp which allowed the people of the district to see how their easter seal dona tions were being used lakcwood is the newest of five camps built in 1954 b the socictv for crippled children which take care of 1200 handicapped voung sters a car and is active from ju ly 4th to 25th the camp contains six large cab ins and a mam lodge built by the sports writers and sports casters of toronto all walks at the camp are of smooth asphalt and steps are elim lusted by sloping ramps for the convenience of the children lots of fun and exercise are provided by hikes baseball arts and crafts and swimming the two other youngsters later viewed were roy dunk wo of im confused faced with a court suit if drai nat relief is not given to a house on main street north purchased b rob vvatt from mrs verlena sinilnr council on mondaj decid i lo prepare a debenture b law for an 8600 storm sewer and to ask easements for installing the sewer through other properties the sewer planned by engineer douglas ilson at council s re quest woulel serve a poorlj drain td section of main street north dr ipt r and james streets dumping water into the creek bel low the mackenzie lumber jard a debenture bv law to provide s550u for a number of sidewalk re placements received its first two readings reeve alkn said he hopes tint when sidewalk is replaced on mam streel n it will alleviate a drive wa condition at the home of dr i a mcallister which has caused trouble for several v cars the engineer said it is planned i to lower the sidewalk to some ex l lint but it cannot be lowered too far without destroying trees 1 cr mcgilvray said the town has al reach made one mistake in re moving trees on guelph street and he would not favour any more tree cutting cr sjkcs pointed out that lowinng the sidewalk too fir would necessitate an expensive re taming wall the major expressed the hope that a happy medium can be rea ched with a lower sidewalk and trees still remaining a finance report will be prescn ted at next mondays meeting and tax and water arrears will also be reviewed tenders were called for watir miins on main street n albert si md john st and mountain view road the latter to serve the new vanan associates plant cr ra expressed concern ab out contractors breaking sidew i s while moving machinery onto pi vatc propertv he particularly men tioned a place on queen sir et where two new houses arc being built hut was told this hid been done bv the town itself while put ling in water services engineer wilson explained that the propertv line does not come to the side walk and tree roots and a sharp grade made it impossible to save a section of sidewalk merchant lodge leader prominent resident prominent in many phases of community life e v ted mac cormack 49 died suddenly in tor onto general hospital yesterday a main st druggist for over 20 years he held high offices in the masonic and odd fellows lodges he was a member of georgetown cemetery board was the president of recreation commission when that group was in operation and held office in local and county conservative organizations he had also been a member of the public school board mr maccormack had a family theatrical background and besides appearing in local plays from time to time his services were in dem and as an aftcrdinner speaker and a mastcrofccrcmomes mr maccormack leaves his wif mabel evans and one son william associated with his father in the business while studying at the uni verity of toronto a masonic funeral service will be held at the harold c mcclure funeral home at 2 30 pm mr and mrs donald dunk who i town mod now live in acton and formerly operated a bakery la ronnie mcknight also of acton construction work in geor getown has these residents puzzled muzzle who lives with mr and mrs sam melrzer 52 queen st is overawed by thus giant at the john street highway corner tiny mr and mfs maurice mandertons pet is in a reverse quandary on hewson crescent local mans cousin missing on schooner eight people arc still missing on georgian bay after a 5unda storm included in the group which van ished on a 32 foot schooner are john borland 35 of collingwood and his wife who with a toronto couple were apparently taken ab oard the larger boat in the storm he is a cousin of bob borland of mary street and a former commo dore of collingwood yacht club mr borland s sailboat which was seen being towed by the schoo ner was found on mondav it is surmised that the four occupants were taken aboard the schooner operated by four young colling wood men an intensive air search is underway in hopes that they may be safe on some isolated is land engagements mr and mrs keith webb an nounce the engagement of their daughter ada louise to harry ed win lowther son of mr oswald lowther and the late mrs low ther of carlton siding pej the marriage will take place on satur day august 11th at three oclock in trinity united cburch toronto