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wr jlv v v t 11 paob oeptoitown ohtamo wsmbday march 19 19m hist section what council did 10000 resident engineer council say too much money a proposal by crs sykes and harrison to advertise for a 10- 000 resident engineer for the town found no supporters when it caiee to a vote at mondays council meeting i in making the motion cr sykes said he was in no way criticizing w h carr who has served the town on a parttime bast since the former engtoeerdouglas wii- son left last maamer he feds however that georgetown needs a fulltime man in imposition who mwold keep a close eye on govern ment subsidies and take full ad vantage of them provide such im portant things as a plan of the water and sewerage systems and look after roads and other im portant works projects we are asking toomuch of our town foreman to do engineer ing work and road chairman gray is certainly doing a lot of work be shouldnt have to do said cr sykes pointing out that an engi neer would also be a salesman for the town too a 10000 salary would ensure an experienced man and not one just out of college who wants to gain experience or an older man who wants a retirement job said cr harrison who said the town has no assurance that mr carrs business will allow him to con- engineer la to be hlretl a salary survey be made in other munici palities cr gray said he would hke to continue with the present system though the time iscomragt when georgetown needs a full- time mancr elliott suggested the matter be leffover until it is decided what is to happen to building in the east part of town or mcgilvray was checked by cr sykes when he said there is no need for a resident engineer when no major projects are plan ned this year tm sure the people in sun beam swanek and delrex think their complaints are important said cr sykes we councillors haven time to investigate and we should have a man to do it the salary may be out of line with some other municipalities but were not just any municipality and the best isnone too good for us i didnt say the jobs were un important said cr mcguyray what i meant is that it is main tenance work and we cant pay an engineer to go and look at holes in the roads mayor armstrong said that he agreed to some extent with alt opinions expressed there are certainly things an engineer could uusu do sucn m preparing a water tinue in the position indefinitely system plan and the time is near er hyde expressed strong op- in when council should perhaps position to the plan as he did at consider again a resident engineer a previous council meeting when he however he feels the it was discussed he termed a j should not command that high 1000 salary ridiculous for a a salary- town this sire uun is sure said the council is not discussing a mayor tve never seen an en- 10000 expenditure but a 25000 neer come into town no matter or 30000 one he saidyfor a ten ke thousand dollar man would expect nix 50 semid homes in 63 monday council vote assistants and office help at pres ent the town is getting not only mr carrs services but that of bis staff he said and it is an excel lent arrangement the town would still be engaging specialist engineers for major water and sewer projects too he said while some councillors were inclined to agree with the idea of a fulltime engineer the pro- d down on the sng- gested salary reeve sargent could not sup port the motion at the 10000 fig ure cr gunn suggested if an mrs h t arnold dies at whitby on sunday march 9th 1958 melvina bennett maudson annrid died at whitby after being in ill health for two years mrs arnold was born in georgetown the daughter of dr and mrs l l bennett and she was in her eighty what bis salary who hasnt been criticized by council at some time and a big salary wont ensure perfection albert robertson left principal of variety village told of the work carried on at this fine establishment when he spoke at the rotary club easter seal dinner and introduced peter street oak ville businessman who described the fine training received by non- rotary president william carr is on the provincial paper photo dicapped people there right dresden or windsor expect playoff to start here saturday the intermediate a playoffs will be getting under way at geor getown ar th mfto j providing dresden and windsor play to a decision in their 8th game tonight at dresden to date each club has 3 wins and a tie in an exhibition tilt at the arena last night the line of dave irons bill chard and bill bing ham were red hot in piling up a total of 21 points and spearhead ing the raiders to 12 0 drubbing of the intermediate b group win ners the stouffville clippers who eliminated milton in their b group in six games irons led the terrific trio with 8 points on a hat trick and five assists bingham scored four times andrew alexander dies one month after wife listowel nonagenarian an drew graham alexander s2 whose wife was buried in georgetown last month died only a month lat er at the lubit nursing home born at britton he was the son of elma township pioneers john and elizabeth alexander he went to listowel in 1806 and worked as a cabinet maker at the old listow el piano factory for many years he was a member of knox pres byterian church and bernard mas onic lodge af am listowel his wife martha jane anthony howes a native of norval died on february 2nd andwas buried in georgetown following funeral ser vice at knox church here mr al exander is survived by one broth er robert g alexander listowel and one sister mrs m cruden of 0t twohtothers and seven sisters predeceased him rev c m lewis of atwood pres byterian church conducted the ser vice at the harrisongibson funeral home temporary entombment was in fairview cemetery chapel li- towel ball1nafad auxiliary wa groups hold monthly meetings the march meeting of the wa was at the home of mrs c mc enery on tuesday afternoon of last week with 12 members and 1 visitor the ladles were very pleased to have mrs l marshall back with them after her recent illness the devotional part of the program followed the singing of the theme song and repeating of the creed and mrs f w shor- till gave a very inspiring reading from the missionary monthly af ter the business mrs b- mcenery conducted a veryamuaing irish eontest and fobjmnjr ihr redeem ing of the benediction a delicious farmer nursing ftad wed at st johns st johns united church was decorated with pink and white standards of poms on saturday march 15th when anne minota daughter of mrs albert chalker and the late mr chalker became the bride of william john earl wilson son of mr and mrs m guy wilson r- r no 1 norval rev morgan mcfarlane of fief ated at the double ring ceremony and miss ruth mcbride urae- house was the organist miss bar bara cunningham r r 2 was the soloist singing o perfect love before the service and the lord is my shepherd during the sign ing of the register the bride given in marriage by her uncle charles cutnv- acton wore a white brocaded satin gown with empire bodice and boat neck line which fell into a deep v at the back the skirt formed a chapel train and the long sleeves formed lily points over the hands her fingertip veil fell from a ny lon headpiece set with pearls rhinestones and sequins she car ried a white bible with a white orchid and streamers caught by stephanotis miss pat benedict rn a class- mate of the bride was matron of honour mrs ruth moore sister of the groom- orton j and joan fiddler friend of the bride georgetown were her attendants they were all gowned alike in ballerina length french blue vel vet fashioned on princess lines their hats were of white feathers and the shoes and gloves were white each carried a cascade of pale pink poms on a white back ground frank wilson r r 3 george town acted as groomsman tor his cousin while barry moore orton brotherinlaw of the groom and donald simpson highgate cousin may negotiate with delrex on cashperlot arrangement council in a 63 vote monday turned down a delrex develop ment request for release of addi tional land for erection of 800 houses contrary to the agreement made in 1954 when the company came to town action had been pending on several occasions monday was the first time it had reached the voting stage the rejection- was not so curt as the wording of the motion would presume a majority of members in their discussion hint ed that council would consider some cash settlement for the town releasing more land without compensating industrial or com mercial assessment although there wer di gtojjnton on whether councfl shodm make a definite offer to the company or wait for delrex to make an offer j for council to consider some councfllors expressed opposition to construction of semidetached houses which the company plans to build in the released area supporting the hydeharrison motion refusing the land release were reeve sargent deputy- reeve walter gray and crs sykes and elliott mayor armstrong crs mcgilvray and gunn voted against the motion recently the company by let ter asked council for an early decision on their proposal saying that if building is not to be per mitted delrex must finalize ar rangements for acquisition of land cr hyde in making his mo tion said it is not bis intention to stop building m delrex bat he believes the company should be penalized for not ful filling the agreement i feel we should refuse the request and at the same time offer delrex a chance to proceed with a cash penalty imposed last week i spoke of 800 a lot its hot just what extra building will cost the town but the fact that if tiie agreement had been fulfilled georgetown taxpayers would be better off cr harrison expressed concern about the large proportion of the present town population working at avro andthcbrdtlanir and said council is dutybound to pre sent and future residents to have places for them to work in town it is hard to ask us to open more land for housing with no new industry on the horizon he said but if the subdivider could take care of schools roads and storm sewers it might be a differ ent question i dont like to stop progress but sometimes you cant afford it he said and thats what wor ries me mr harrison said one bright spot in the tax picture is a shop ping centre which he has been told will be a fact by 1059 cr sykes said a potential loss of 10 yearly per semidetached house according to the lever re- eighth year she was a music teacher by profession prior to her am 3 asists f seven p marriage to h t arnold in 1003 and chard notched a single and 5 i assists for six points ptashnik si j sh a dixon were the other marks- men each with a pair it was 3 0 at the end of the first period for the raiders who added 5 in the second and 4 children sylvia mrs g g me- nicol of georgetown hazel mrs george brown of nerval george and e l arnold of georgetown and r r arnold of acton two sisters also survive mrs berti cve gringer of hamilton and mrs craig stewart of churcjiville ny rev alex calder officiated at 4he funeral service held at the h c mcclure funeral home 34 edith street georgetown on wed nesday march 12th at 200 pan pallbearers were all school friends of her deceased son bennett roy clifford and wilbert bradley james and alex ritchie and geo hoare all of georgetown inter ment was in greenwood cemetery dozen bingham potted three of his four goals in the last period lawrence played goal and blank ed the clippers in the first two frames and mclenaghan was just as stingy in the third lunch was served by mrs givens and mrs mclean assisted by the of the bride were ushers hostess i the wedding reception was held the evening auxiliary also met in st johns memorial hall and i on thursday at the home of mrs m chalker received for her ncelon with a good attendance daughter in a royal blue gown the president mrs e mcenery wtlh white hat gloves and black had the worship service and mrs purse and shoes her corsage was f j shortill continued with an other chapter of the missionary study on japan assisted by mrs e snow mrs baker gave a read ing on christian citizenship and mrs j mcenery read an article from the acton free press deal ing with the ten commandments mrs j a wrllitts visited re cently with ner daughter in nia gara falls for a week and on sun day dr d a willitts and family and murray brown of mount al bert visited with mr and mrs j a willitts dr and mrs clifford reid and bill hennessy attended the sportsmans show in toronto on saturday there was a large attendance at the farm sale of mrs george jennings on saturday afternoon and on the same afternoon the cgit group of ballinafad church held a bake sale at smiths store both of these events very successful j congratulations to mr s ii lindsay who celebrated his 80th both mr enjoying elsewhere and move its scene oflport could be converted to a operations council on monday reviewed a report from town auditor h a lever which gave the opinion that there would be a 5000 yearly tax deficit if 500 semidetached houses were built stewarttown change meeting day for womens institute the esquesing womens insti tute met at the home of mrs jr murray on wednesday march 12 therenwere thirteen members and three lyisitors present the toll call was answered with articles for the layettes to be sent brighter picture if higher value homes were buot an extra 1500- population would have some bene fit he said because it would be bound to increase commercial aa- discussion on the annual supper meeting of the in stitute which is to be held at the of pink sweetheart roses mrs wilson assisted her in a twopiece blue gown with white fleck white hat and gloves and navy shoes to arab refugee babies and the and purse and her flowers were a response of the members to the corsage of pink sweetheart roses call was very generous there for their honeymoon to the was a p mrs armstrong southern states the bride travel- 1 on lhe of thc led in an orange ice chemise with homemaking club- white hat gloves and scarf black t was shoes and handbag topped with a grey coat her flowers were white orchids mr and mrs wilson will make their home at the grooms farm rr 1 norval mrs wilson was a 1056 graduate of the guelph general hospital guests were present from geor getown norval acton milton brampton arthur highgate or ton new liskeard montreal to ronto cheltenham blind river guelph and hillsburgh j t a wilson manager of the ontario chamber of commerce will be guest speaker tuesday at birthday last friday ei- d i lhe annual meeting of the local and mrs lindsay are st patricks party c of c which wj hc nrm a brings new members i dinner at north halton golf club several prospective new mem- 1 off icers will be elected at the bers were entertained at a st meeting to head the organization patricks party monday held by thit year mrs amos leece 64 cumberland native catherine bell leece wife of amos leece and mother of pearl brock and noreen leece died at xber home 20 john street west at the age of sixtyfour on sunday march 0th after an illness of few months she was born in shawkfoot cumberland england the daughter of annie and joseph bell in 1017 she and amos leece were married during the first world war and she came to can ada in august of 1010 mr leece and their two daughters survive and two granddaughters donna and marilyn brock who all live at 30 john st w rev kenneth richardson con ducted the funeral service at the harold c mcclure funeral home on tuesday march 11th at 200 pjn- pallbearers were john boyle elmer dron egraont prlea wo- uam leece albert leece and wuv ttam burtenshaw interment was in brampton cemetery the daughters of st georges in the parish hall of the church several games were enjoyed with mrs sam penrice mrs scotty herkes mrs john irwin and mrs bruce peterson winning prizes the next meeting is planned as a work evening when members will make doll clothes for sale at this year hairdressers attend convention in toronto local hairdressers mrs a e wheatley who operates louise beauty lounge 33 main st n laurene baker who operates laurenes beauty shoppe 4 main sl s arid mrs william mahony si prince charles dr attended the annual hairdressers convention at the royal york hotel on monday mrs wheatley was with two members of her staff georgina graham and mrs pearl miller and laurene was with her two sisters mrs harris of port colborne and gail baker of owen buy easter seals home helpers her report of presbytery a report of the annual meeting of the toronto west wjls was given at the regular meeting of the union home helpers on tues day mar 11 th at the home of mrs norman newnsby the club delegate mrs harvey puckering the annual was held at the oak- wood presbyterian church one month ago the president mrs william ostrander opened the meeting with a hymn and the scripture was read by mrs starret l mrs norman icam followed the scripture with prayer the roll call was a missionary and his field and was responded to by fourteen ladies after which the minutes were read business discussed and br offering receiv ed and dedicated the study of missionary work in japan ra continued with mrs eric leslie reading this months chapter an interesting reading from the silvers team bowls at sportmens show with the whole silver team roll ing in high gear to the tune of a 3896 total their lead over the fire- mens team was increased to 22 fariy good health and a few fading the team in this months ago observed their 65th total was harv chappcl 770 harry i moss tj6 and george wedster wlth wedding anniversary another birthday celebrated this week was that of mrs black who lives with her daughter mrs i clifford refd on friday evening mrs reid had a dinner in her mothers honour mrs leo jamie- 1 son who also had a birthday the same day and her husband and family were guests mrs black was able to enjoy all the festivi ties and received many beautiful cards and gifts to mark the occa sion congratulations and best wishes to mr and mrs thomas mack who will be observing their golden wedding anniversary this week march 18th the young peoples group from the three churches on the charge met on sunday evening at the home of ross shortill mrs emma barry from mark- ham and mrs wreatha hoggins visited recently at the home of mr and mrs j w snow alvin starret and was followed by a hymn after which mrs harvey puckering closed the tit witiv nrayer assisting mrs newna as bo ss were mrs agar ostrander and in vorman it will be disastrous if we add a million dollar debt for the sew age disposal plant to our present 7000 population he said we need more people to share that debt hut we need houses with assessed values of more than 4000 to do it t would lire to see delrex make us another pro posal cr elliott opined that the mo tion should state a reason for re- fusal and reeve sargent agreed that the motion was somewhat blujit we havent talked about what would happen to the town if nothing happens said the reeve cr mcgtivray suggested the motion wording be more tactful if council wishes to keep the goodwill of the delrex firm mayor armstrong said if coun- home of mrs devries on thurs- day april 10th at 7 pm and thej c considering amending the members were requeued to have i sree town j state 743 in second spot are firemen followed by davidsons andersons kays kentners leg ion 1 legion 3 legion 2 barflies and dutchmen george lowin had a good night for dutchmen with a 323 single and 742 triple high single went to to ny zilioof kentners with 338 fol lowed by george lowin 323 gob collier 327 ace bailey 318 frank buchanan 312 judd davidson 310 len wilson 303 and bill bellegham 300 in thc triple department bill anderson was high with a dandy 810 followed by harv chappel 779 harry moss 776 tony zilio 773 frank buchanan 771 judd david son 766 j lameront 748 george webster 743 tom wylie 737 len wilson 731 gus fantuz 727 and sparky dron 720 the lead for high average was taken back by harv chappel over george webster 241 to 240 follow ed by bill anderson 233 ace bai ley 228 nip shipway 338 frank anderson 222 terry bludd 218 tom wytie- 217 george barber and ted fenning with 216 georgetown sllver3 bowling in the sportsman show tourqamem last friday rolled below their av- their annual reports prepared for this meeting there were contril buttons made to the halton music festival and to the fund to assist the ceylon flood victims the ewl have elso passed a motion to hold their meetings on the second thursday evening of each month instead of wed nesday mrs devries chose as her sub ject under the heading of cana dian industries steel making and told thc members interesting facts about this industry and showed illustrations of the various pro cesses it must go through in or der to give us the steel we find so indispenible today mrs atkinson and mrs devries provided an enjoyable lunch and the meeting closed with the lords prayer jackie barclay played the organ at st johns church for the third hymn last sunday afternoon she is a pupil of miss gail wheeler of glen williams social and personal mr and mrs gordon garner 18 chipper ct and mr and mrs t summers hespeler motored south last week staying a few days at chattanooga tennessee mr william mahony 51 prince charles drive flew to kil kenny ireland last week to visit with his mother who was very ill unfortunately mrs mahony had died before bis plane could arrive in kilkenny mr and mrs ray whltmee 30 young st have returned from week in st petersburgh foridau they made the trip by plane were still good enough to bold down third place in the standing their total was 422s with george l erage but at the time of writing webster high man with vx1 what it wahts not ask delrex to submit another proposal tm voting against this motion because i feel what we do here affects the future of not only del rex but the whole municipality and it is our duty to establish a definite pattern of action he said cr gunn expressed agreement with the mayors views that coun cil should make a counter pro posal deputyreeve gray said be is out in favour of semidetached houses but does not want to stop progress and that council will have to come to some type of agreement to keep the building ball rolling a suggestion by cr hyde after the refusal motion was passed that council continue discussion on what to do found little favour with other councillors who felt it was too important a subject to discuss after the midnight hour summarizing the situation the mayor said that unfortunately a master mind can give no perfect answer to such a problem beca costs are being projected into the future and the delrex proposal and the lever report are both working on cost assumptions we cant know what the future holds the mayor said he point ed out that council must always keep in mind that any agreement like a bylaw must have a degree of flexibility cr hydes sugges tion of imposing a penalty pay ment should be studied he said and council should not place the whole blame for not adding in dustrial assessment on the delrex firm as it is not private- condi tion bbt one which many towns are facing- hints from the provincial gov ernment auy brighten the school cost picture to future he feels and no cm might be