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sixteen pages hometown ont wednbpav iwo jan 19lto5 msr sicnon what council did committee chairmen will now present town accounts method of checking accounts had another goingover t mon days council meeting and a fur ther refinement pwr frv nr 31 21 20 3- 20 hyde and gunn found enough sun- port to be adopted the controversial subject had taken a large portion of two pre vious meetings and had already resulted in a shift from hut years system the practice which will now be infonewul see each committee chairman present a list of ac counts pertaining to his depart ment all accounts will be pre viously checked by the fin committee and the chairman of this will present a lump sum mo- iton for payment after each com mittee head has reviewed his lst at a meeting the new system did- not meet with full councilv approval it was opposed by deputy reeve gray and crs mcguvray and sykes who expressed themselves as satified with the previous me thod of having committee chair men initial accounts which inter est them a total okay by the fin ance committee and a motion in total at a meeting decision on an offer by irwin noble to purchase land at the rear of his georgetown dairy for 2500 was deferred untica later meeting mr noble has made the offer on land which al norton had r hau foliowing meat pic previously optioned to buy from rcrved by thc womcn the town then changed his mind or alfred sykes reitereated his opinion that no purchase offer andprayer should be accepted for any town the weather mr editor a lot of people do not seem to like the weather but me i just have to report it like it or not however 6 inches is not too much snow and with no below zero recordings now if we were in a place cal led morin heights quebec with about 30 below zero and about two feet of snow to record may be even i would hesitate to go out to record it em batkin max mm snow 16 flur date mon jan 20 tues jan 21 wed jan 22 thurs jan 23 fri jan 24 sat jan 25 sun jan 26 average wa baptist pastor in brampton church toronto horn rev glen wardell who for the past four years has been the minister of calvary bap tist church in brampton died on january 17th at peel memorial hospital at the age of 68 a founder of the fellowship of evangelical churches in canada rev wardell received his minister ial degree at mcmaster university andwas a minister for 4j years serving 25 of these with the group he had assisted in founding forty five ministers of the church from all over ontario were present at the funeral service prior to the brampton charge mr wardell had served with the church at london surviving are his wife the for mer maude hewetson two sons donald of brampton and harold of montreal a daughter ruth of new york city and a sister ina mrs blain of cedar lake in diana funeral service at calvary baptist church was conducted by the rev frank holiday and rev donald hackett toronto inter ment was in brampton cemetery miss adah coventry has 91st bkthdiy kiss adah coventry a for mer resident of georgetown was ninetyone years old on december 28th miss coventry is now mak ing her home far milton at halton centennial manor moving from her homeat 30 church street last november miss coventry was horn at her parents hoine o the third line west chmguacousy moving from there to stewarttown and fifty years- ago she came to georgetown in her younger years miss co ventry- was very delicate but of late yearsshaa been infairly good health her brothers and faters haveall predeceased her includ ing mrs john oneill who died two years ago she has always been active in the community and has the respect and admiration of all who know her more through streets in new traffic bylaw member visitation planned for knox presbyterians a complete congregational visit i campbell sinclair umehouse ro to every member of the church is bert alexander r r- 2 george planned in february by knox henderson rr 1 bob lane 6 presbyterians decision for the george st william cromar sam visitation was made at the an- mackenzie herb cleave wm g nual meeting of the ahurch on marshall jim ritchie dick packer monday which was held in the alex hendry and alex hume church hall following meat pie fiftysix members were dinner served by thc womens ccived into the congregation last association- year and there were 47 baptisms the meeting was opened elmira rally to beat raiders friday 87 a spectacular two man rally spearheaded by dave irons and ron dixon fell just short friday night as the elmira polar kings survived a disastrous third period to post an 87 win over the raid ers in a clean fast moving inter- jjiediate a senior b contest at memorial arena irons and dixon acounted for all of thc raiders tallies irons get ting four to dixohs hat trick sncr netted a pair for elmira with by reviewed and those which are to wulum c -be- sold are advertised a bylaw was passed providing for payment of 3700 to harold cleave for a 174 acre property which will form part of the site of the new park public- school engineer w h carr presented a plan including new streets in the area which he suggested should be registered for future development it will be turned over to the planning board for their scrutiny rev alex caldcr who acted as ptdshllik liefo ruders appointed take game from qak secretary highlight of thej a goal by frank ptashnik dt years financing was reduction of u55 of the third period gave the the building fund entailed by raiders a 7 tn 6 victory over thc erection of the church hall by i oakville meteors last night but 6600 leaving a balance of 3600 1 the win was partially marred by assessment gibbons told commissioner jos council that here leg injury suffered by playing coach joe schertzl near thc end of the second period which kept him from playing the final 20 minutes and will probably keep ttlkol trapp doby gear and ducted by rev gordon adams which it is hoped to retire before the end of 1958 over 24000 was contributed for ail purposes last year of which 3000 was for missions and benevolence five new members were elect ed to thc board of management edgar gowland brampton whose wife is church organist bill mar 2 cross st vic gunn 108 prince charles dr hank bouw- man 14 rivervicw crcsc and are several acres of land parti- lkarl fyankruyter glen williams cularly in the mounuinyiew sec- qther mcmbers of the 20man tion of town which are difficult to board who continue in office are assess because he has no idea of russeli main sl s bob the depth of the lots burke gg park avc wi g council engaged mr carr to marsha 42 queen st john mc- prepare a map of the area with clure jg st e d packer descriptions of the properties mhert st alex hcndrv 6 y a maximuin fec of st herb harlow 7 sarah 1000 for the wort james unton 6 lyons ct george couling rr 1 norval sid hardie appearing for east fn brown umehouse howard frank ptashnik- georgetown ratepayers asked graff 16 char st dennis him out lhc home homt t x2f t vltj a brown 11 parkview blvd an- series with brampton which starts air skating nnk between byron drew murrav 2 mary st albert tonight in brampton and comm and prince charles and the pro- 5 he cresc august ues back here friday night perty committee was put in sp 3 margaret st i georgetown built up a 41 lead charge of this j cleave 19 durham st in the first frame and could have alex hume 24 young st and had more blake lnglis irons willam cromar 51 maple ave w were elected trustees sam mackenzie 50 main st a and ted penning 30 park ave are auditors mr and mrs dennis brown stewards jim ritchie 22 albert st was named budget treasurer and mr ritchie and miss grace broadfoot 16 james st are envelope secre taries wm g marshall continues as church treasurer last year four new elders were elected manley densmore r r 3 bob burke albert taylor and andrew murray other members of this 16man kirk session arc smoka picking up singles mclcn aghan played goal for the raiders martin put the polar kings one up at the end of thc first period sner mikol trap and doby con tinued the assault in thc second before irons scored georrdo only counter of thc middle stanza which ended 51 sner and gear struck quickl for elmira in lhc third to stretch the gap to 6 goals before irons and smoka exchanged tallies to make it elmira 8 rajdors 2 midway through the third period in thc next eight minutes irons and dix on really got hot and took turns denting the elmira twine but ihc clock ran out fore they could get ihe equalizer the raiders get another shot at thc polar kings on tuesday feb 7th the last time thrs season they get to renew their feud on fri day january 31st brampton arc the visitors mrs charles noble 68 was school teachtr ebia ann noble died in hamil ton on wednesday january 42hdy at the age of sixtyeight j was born on the 5th line of e- qoesing township the daughter of mary cook henderson and- robert henderson and received her edu cation st bannockbura public school acton high school and mcmaster university hamilton she was a teacher by profession having uught in fort william toronto and aurora in 1928 she and charles noble ere married in metropolitan church toronto he predeceased her two years ago as did one brother rev james henedersonot peterboro surviving her are stepchildren marshall of guelph neoma mrs john walters ha milton idella mrs arthur wil son and adele mrs clarence bouskill both of georgetown and sisters margaret mrs orrie lamb and miss christina hender son both of acton and a brother george henderson of dawson creek bc thirteen grandchild ren survive her private funeral service was preparation of je new traffic by law which win incorporate a num ber of amendments whichbave made the old bylaw unwieldy and designate a number of new through streets was ordered by council at mondays meeting the bylaw will follow recom mendations dran up last year fey the former town engineer boug las wilson cr alfred sykes expressed him self strongly in favour 61 tiavlhg wesleyan street a oneway street which is not contained in the rec ommendation while saying he would vote for preparation of the bylaw he criticized voting on something with which only the at thc rumley funeral home ac ton on saturday january 25th at 2 pm pallbearers were omar wilson everett- wilson clarence bouskill jr walter lamb fyf somervillc and donald hender son interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown county fire bureau gets special award the halton county fire preven tion bureau who among 588 can adian communities entering last years canadaus municipal fire prevention contest was the only entry to receive special recogni tion for outstanding countyspon sored fire prevention programs more details will be available when thc complete results are submitted to thc local committee from the fire marshals office thc bureau had a meeting to organize their program for the year 1958 at thc milton fire hall library well used circulation soaring j l lambert 19 normandy blvd was returned as chairman of the public library board tin tues day jsjv 21st when the board met for the election of the 1958 officers also returning to office were mrs d w baxter 41 charles st secretary gordon tee 23 byron st treasurer dave bowman 16 church st and harold henry 15 market st property committee mrs nellie gardiner 67 maple ave wa mr henry and mr tee book committee in her librarians report rose mary jordan told the board that last year book circulation soared to 2563 they were also informed that thc james richardson cen tury fund in winnipeg had chos en thc georgetown public library as one of the three hundred canada to receive the recently completed encyclopedia canadian which received such an approv ing review in the globe and mail archie pollock rolls high 421 bowling single archie pollock of legion no really had the boys pulling for on monday him as he rolled the high bowli ing single of thc year thursday night of 421 this member of the investments cxpiainou legion team a quiet sort but a a- d aannin good team bowler has been roll- j imilafy meeting ing good games off and on for mondays guest at the regular the last two years but last week dinner meeting of georgetown effort of 421 was his big one rotary club at north halton golf nice going archie club gave an interesting talk on following close we find harry j the investment field rrandford of kays with a 385 the speaker was robert roy john haines 322 bill anderson i a member of goulding rose and read the herald every week road committee was f amiliaiy and said that in future he believes i such matter should be discussed in open council before any decifril ion is made trees removed from the nex public school site willbe used to make standards for the towns newstreet signs and avthe meet- ing wofrid bird was engaged to dress the lumber for the 4 inch square standards r a jbylaw was ordered prepared to allow a future charge equal to 50 per cent of water rates as a new service rate to help pay for the new disposal plant questioning the extra charge on industry or john elliott was told uut the engineering firm which is designing the plant will survey industrial water charges and recommend a basis for charg ing so that those who use a lot of water which does not find its outlet in the sewers will not be paying excessively i attended a meeting of the board of parks on sunday and they seem to be under the impres sion that council is holding up the 110000 improvement plan for 1 the building said cr fred harri son its not right of course and i would like the press to put it straight that it is inability to market debentures which is the only reason for the delay cr harrison who bad expres sed criticism of board policy in renting the arena at a previous meeting said he had been invited to attend a meeting sunday after noon i found that i was an invited guest be said and the started earlier than the hour was told to come i would like to have heard some of the business which was discussed before i got there however i did appreciate the opportunity to talk with the board florida honeymoon for nar mrs kenneth ewen the town will also enquire into liability insurance on a public rink on suggestion of cr john gunn finance chairman v garfield mc guvray suggested that groups like the hospital association should be approached about buy ing 6 debentures which the town is selling at present cr era hyde said the town is going to be faced with chlorinat ing the water supply this year and that the engineer should be consulted about what steps to take eleanor schenk bride of william hughes rcaf rev w edgar gui officiated at the wedding of eleanor philip pine schenk and william ivan hughes which took place in the norval united church manse on january 10th acsoo pm the bride- is the daughter of mr and mrs william schenk of glen williams and is a student at the royal conservatory of music toronto the groom son of mr and mrs ivan copley tt r- 4 of georgetown is a member of the royal canadian air force he is st e a the unfc versity of toronto following grad uation last spring from royal mil itary college kingston for her- marriage the bride chose a whiteorganza waltz length skirt with lace top and a red rosette corsage her sisterinlaw mrs donald schenk was her at tendant we w length pink silk anditprnk rosette cors age mr schenk was groomsman schoolboy bruised when struck by car allan- adams 9 year old son of mr and mrs adams 9 draper st was taken to the office of dr o m- brewster where he was treated for cuts to his face and mouth and bruised knees following an accid ent wednesday in which he wis knocked to the pavement by a car travelling north on mamstreet according to a police report the boy had started across the jtreel from between 2 parkodcars when struck by the car a 1948 rover driven by frederick jack hamil ton of 7 arietta st theaccident occurred near james street at ab out 415 pm and was investigated by cst nels trafford who describ ed the road at the time of the ac cident as slippery the injured boy is a puptt at chapel street school bingham and jamie cunningham each hit once for the raiders which blackie clements was thc lone meteor marksman a pair of goals y hughes and one by baker killed the threat of a raider runaway which loomed up after the onesided first but cunningham put the locals back out in front with his second of the night jamie cunningham it was seesaw in the last per iod as the teams just traded tal lies and kept the crowd on the edge of their seats right until the final buzzer sinclair and civic scored for oakville jerry lnglis and plashnik for the raiders georgetown collected 8 penalties to oakvfnvs 6 319 bill swan 311 vic gunn 308 frank buchanan 305 shel lawr 303 tony zilio 301 and nick brown with an even 300 in the triples archie pollock had a 854 harry brandford 825 ace bailey 796 harv chappel 780 shel lawr 776 frank buchanan 771 ted fenning 737 tom ha milton 727 tony zilio 725 and vic gurm 744 a in the high average department harvey chappel continues on top increasing his lead to 5 pins per game over bill anderson harv having 238 to bill with 233 fol lowing inorder we find george webster 231 nip shipway 229 terry bludd and ace bailey 223 each frank anderson 219 george barber 217 ted fenning 217 and a new face but a really good bowler in tom wylie with 216 legion no 2 had thc top game of thc week a dandy 1397 while kays had thc high three games total of 3579 silvers continues to lead with 79 points followed by firemen 76 andersons 66 kays climbed into fourth spot with a seven point night to 65 davidsons 63 kentners 57 provincials and le gion no 2 53 each legion no 1 52 barflies 41 legion no 3 39 and dutchmen 23 at the present time there is only foutreen points between the third and ninth place teams oha 5r b group not including last nignis gamer v w l t pts meaford 18 13 4 1 37 bramptoilj 18 12 6 0 30 oakville 20 11 8 1 29 fjtnira 18 10 x 1 28 collingwood 19 11 7 1 25 geocjewjrti 18 5 13 o n orillia 19 1 18 0 2 orillia has withdrawn fromthe league cookie sale raises camp fund quota hundred boxes of cookies were purchased- fronalhe brownie on saturday when they called at georgetown homes the sales realized a net- profit of 110 and provided the brow shar of the quota for the camp fund the girls were selling in the morning and were assisted by parents who jdrove them on their routes turner toronto stock brokers as well as being a member of the investment dealers association of canada the speaker is also a director of various companies and mine properties as well as being con nected with the royal canadian yacht club and the military insti tute in toronto he is married and has three children mr roy spent some time in georgetown a few years ago when he was asso ciated with halton peel and trust company which he helped to set up at that time he shared an office in downtown georgetown in the john r barber travel and insurance agency his talk was an extremely in teresting one pointing out as it did the various types of invest ment the reasons for investment and the dangers of not following a sound investment plan or heed ing the advice of an investment counsellor unfortunately due la the need to vacate the premises for another meeting mr roy cut his talk quite short and it was the general feeling of the meet ing that he should return in the future for another talk he was introduced by les clark and than ked by bud bishop members were reminded of m ckey night next monday night s thc chib will entertain their hock ey team that evening it is hop ed to have film to show them and john ord will speak to them the annual tri town club meet to be held ott february 24th will toe in the legion hall and the ladies will be attending as well a dinner will be held social personal miss prairie maguire norval flew to tampa florida today for a winter holiday visit mrs a jrmcgillivray and her two sons stewart and bobby of ajax are visiting wiuv her mother mrs william king 55 market st mr and mrs ken pew linda judy and john of detroit were week end guests with mrs pews sister mrs c d jewell and fami ly 21 arietta street bob lavoie who works for the air traffic control division of the dcpt of transport at moncton nb is visiting this week with his parents mr and mrs wilfrid lavoie 26 henry st brenda susan infant daughter of mr and mrs harry judd27 shelley st was baptized by rev morgan mcfarlane of sl johns united church on sunday morn ing mr and mrs d r mclaughlin belleaire beach indian rock florida were visitors in town last week with several of their friends mr and mrs mclaughlin cre staying at the park plaza toron to mrs lyla pollock of the stew arttown sehool teaching staff has been discharged from guelph general hospital and is recuper ating at the home of her brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs c j gallaugher rosemount mr and mrs wm g marshall 42 queen st attended a birthday party in new toronto on sunday for mrs marshalls sister mrs agnes graham who was celebrat ing her 87th birthday that day l1mehouse wjk election the umehouse wa met at the home of mrs jack crichton on tuesday with the election of offi cer taking place the president is mrs crichton secretary mrs ted brown and the treasurer mrs a a patterson mr and mrs kelvin c 15 gibbons place had as week end guests mr and mrs gerald twceton broderick saskatche wan mr and mrs tweeton were reluming from mexico where the have been holidaying he having won the trip in a sales contest- sponsored by the cock- shutt company mr and mrs val manley were also weekend guests from toronto anna marie spitzer daughter of mr and mrs august spitzer 3 margaret street became the bride of kenneth ross ewen son of mr george ewen and the late mrs ewen of toronto on satur day january 18th at 400 pm rev alex calder officiated in knox presbyterian church ken neth harrison was the organist accompanying mrs william hu ghes when she sang the wedding prayer before the service and true love the gift during the signing of the register the bride given in marriage by her father chose a gown of pearltone embroidered satin the empire bodice fashioned with a scoop neckline offset with opales cent sequin motifs was accented with tine cording the princess panels 6f the skirt fell into a full chapel train the sleeves werelong forming lily points over the hands her linger tip veil fell from a crown vt seeded pearls and she carried red sweetheart roses on a white bible with streamers tied with tiny rosebuds mrs allan gillls the brides sister was matron of honour el eanor spitzer a sister and eil een mallendine of weston w bridesmaids the attendants were all gowned alike in red chiffon velvet fashioned with fitted bod ices flaring into full skirts of waltz length the sleeves three quarter length they each car ried a white fur muff with nose gays of red sweetheart roses and they wore tiny white fur hats donald ewen was groomsman for his brother allan gillis bro therinlaw of the bride peterbo- and clifford crulckshank of weston were ushers the wedding reception was held in knox presbyterian auditorium where mrs spitzer received for her daughter in a sapphire blue sheath gown with matching- blue and white accessories she was assisted by mrs george ewen who chose a beige shantung gown with brown accessories their cor sages were talisman roses mr and mrs ewen left on a honeymoon- trip to florida the bride wearing a winterwhite and gold combed velvet sheath gown white fur hat and the gift of the groom a mink stole the bride was a former emplo yee of alliance paper mill and the groom operates a mink ranch mr and mrs ernie pearce and ernie jr 32 albert st met friends in their former hometown of collingwood when they attendr ed the a at home on friday of the odd fellows and rebekah lodges jfeere the affair a turkey dinner and dance washeld in the temple building near norval an honoured guest at the wed ding was mrs- samuel castie of kitchener the ninety four year old grandmother of the groom guests were also present from collingwood toronto don mills hamilton weston tumehouse norval glen williams and geor getown