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thi oaoroitown hmlald mmfe iveton oct n 1m the georgetown herald erring the coaununiue af georgetown olen wouams notval umehouse hornby stewartiown baiunafad ashqftove terra cotta subscription rate 4 00 year single copies 10c each aoverttsinx rates quoted on application the herald is printed each wednesday ha the office at 22 main st georgetown walter b1eiin publisher a nd editor stapt garfield l mcglhrray bob raakenrilto leslie at clark dare hastings corey heirlngton jr terry harley mrs aueen bradley authorised as second class mail post office depl ottawa mvmber of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the onvio division of the cw n a editorial comment industrial picture brightens georgetown s industrial picture took a brisk upward turn last week with announcement of a large addition to alliance paper mills ltd which will considerably increase the productive capac ity of the 45yearold mill the expansion will help to alleviate a down ward drop in the industrial residential ratio in the same herald issue which contained the alti ance news figures presented to council by the assessment commissioner revealed that tndus trial assessment in the town is at present 12 compared with last years 15 5 and that the residential ratio has been increased by that per centage large scale house building presently being earned on would tend to inflate this up- downtown parking as editorials must of necessity be written the day before the herald is printed we have no indication of what might have happened at a chamber of commercemerchants mayor meet ng last night but regardless of what was dis cussed or decided only one answer is possible the meeting was called to discuss parking n the downtown business area which always crowded has become intensified more by the rapidly increasing population arid which even the introduction of parking meters has not com pletely solved at present the town has created a large parking area behind the block of stores on north east main street it is on private property and only a negligible amount of tax money has been expended with which there can be slight quar- ward trend and the alliance assessment will have a salutary effect even more important is the boost in morale which such announcements create in a commun ity it is nice certainly to know that new indus tnalists choose our town as location for a branch of their industry it is even nicer to know that firms like alliance provincial paper and smith and stone established for many years are fix tures in our industrial life and when expansion is needed it will be done right here fa th in georgetown s future expressed in such a concrete way by an established local firm can have a far teaching effect on prospec t ve locators rel a few years back when downtown george town had the only commercial section of town some consideration might have been possible to carry this parking area to its conclusion with pavement and lighting introduction of a second shopping area on the highway and impending construction of another highway plaza precludes any thought of this for both these areas supply their own parking areas at no expense whatsoev er to the public the end result downtown if a large free parking area is to serve the public can only be for merchants themselves to band together and rent or buy a property as a collective endeavour and pay for any improvements necessary to make it attractive to the parking public beaver lumber 11 wafer street tr 7 2234 balunafad minister wife attend young peoples convention mr and mrs murray mcbnde attended the young people s con vention for the hamilton confer ence at simcoe for part of the weekend on sunday morning he was at acton church while rc ross adams conducted com munion service on this charge the young people s group met at the manse on sunday night and the cgit in the church on mon da night at both these meet ings the possibihu of having a ha lowe en pat for the entire congregation was discussed please keep the night of october 3ht fre awaiting further announcement regarding this entertainment mr and mrs bill smith and family from fergus visited on sundaj with the smith famil at the store mr and mrs aubrey stevenson of buttonville were sunday visi tors at the home of mr and mrs john black miss m young has been back in the village this week preparing for the bale of her houtchoid cf fccls on saturday mr j w snow a life long res ident of this district died at his home on sundaj afternoon and the smpathj of the community is cxundid to all the farm and relatives six teachers on staff at holy cross school holy cross school georgetowns new roman catholic separate school opened for its first term in september with a 6teacher staff principal of the school is thomas j fitzmaurice who with his wife and family is living at sllvercreek mr fitzmaurice is a graduate of ottawa teachers college and came to town from st gregorys school toronto where he was principal for two years he has held exec utive positions on the provincial and district s ontario english catholic teachers association halton progressive conservative association annual meeting and election of officers tuesday eveg november 4th 8 30 sharp milton town hail guest speaker of me evening will be hon louis p cec i le ontarios minister of public welfare stanley hall mpp and sandy best mp will give brief reports refreshments st johns united church 119th anniversary services sunday october 26th 1958 rev duncan h mcfarfane b a munhntr of su united church sermon subjects 9 30 a m god s hall of feme 1 1 00 a m day by day at our best 7 00 p m the god who made us or the gods we make special musk by the choir automatic delivery i of rogers fuel oil its time you arranged for your rogers fuekoil contract and enpyed a troublefree heating season automatic delivery of the finest in fuel oils cat today murt allison georgetown triangla 73291 trkntflte 740 co ltd evening tom derde a cordial invitation to attend is extended to all