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the gecngetown herald wednesday april 5th 1944 the georgetown herald news of georgetown noflval ouen williams limehousb stewarttown abhgeove baujnafad hornby terka cotta acton brampton hilton subscription rates ffnitr united states and overseu 3 00 a yey single ooplos 60 advertising rates will be quoted on application telephone n s walter c biehn publisher garfield l mogllvray mary s- biehn editor j boley member of the canadian weekly newspaper association antltb ontarioquebec division of the owna the editors corner esquesing may adopt township school area plan a few weeks ago we commented m this column on the success with which the township school area plan had worked in nassagaweya last year our own township of esquesing is now giving serious consider ation to the adoption of the new system already orie meeting has been held in stewarttown to discuss the area idea and another is scheduled in the very near future nothing definite has been decided yet but it seems fairly possible that esquesing may adopt the plan which has been put into effect with beneficial re suits to all in nelson and nassagaweya there are seventeen or eighteen schools in our townshrp and as experience has shown that about 8 or 9 schools make the most desirable unit in the township school area plan esquesing would probably have two areas under the plan all schools in the proposed area their assessments liabilities and bonuses are pooled an equalized tax rate is struck by a referee appointed by the minister of education the referee is usually the school inspector of the area all the individual school boards are dissolved and in their stead a town ship school area board of trustees is elected by ballot the nomination and election taking place at the same tune and place as the annual municipal elec ions of the township their only remuneration is a mileage allow once not exceeding seven cents per mile for a maximum of eight meetings per year the board of trustees consists of five members apparently the equalization of assessment is the one pomt on which some in esquesing may object to the plan here the rate has a wide variation from 1 yz to 8 nulls under the plan the high rate schools would have their rates lowered substantially and the low rate schools would have theirs increased a trifle in addition the granting of a government bonus of 250 for each school entering the township school area plan would equal- izm this considerably under the plan the educational opportunities for all rural school children are equalized and have a much better opportunity for becoming modernized for inr stance itinerant teachers of such subjects as music manual training household science and agriculture may be engaged with greater ease the large unit couklarrangefor transportation of senior pupils to se condary schools more easily there would also be a saving in the purchase of school supplies if the town ship area board of trustees decided to supply books free of charge to the pupils in the area because they could buy wholesale and get the usual 20 discount there plus a grant from the department of education of 25 of the cost and a grant equivalent to this amount from the county council this means that a book which regularly costs 1 00 costs the township school area only 40 cents the parents of the pupils therefore obtain the advantage of reduced costs there might be some who would object to the plan on the grounds that too few people would have control of the schools however in the survey made it has ben found that more people cast their ballots for election of township school area boards than the total numbers who attended the annual meetings m the on ginal school sections to us the whole idea seems an improvement over the old system from the standpoint of education finances and administration if esquesing adopts the township school area plan we don t think they will ever want to revert to the scperate schpol section sys tern milton heights and norval have already held meetings and are in favor of the plan stewarttown thriving village 67 years ago we ve been delving again into the history of the county as it wasttn 1877 and found an account of the village of stewarttown which we think you 11 find in teresting the hamlet today is quiet and quaintly lovely with its houses nestled between two high hills and a calm mill pond at its backdoor as it were law- sons mill still operates and the buildings spoken of in the a still exists but the rest of the story which fol low brings to mind quite a different stewarttown from the village we know today thlbis about the oldest village in the county and before the building of the grand trunk railway did a very considerable trade the construction of the railway wa the chief cause of its decline together with the fact that a former owner of the mills here was non- retjdent thb and other untoward circumstances was the cause of the removal of jhe t to georgetown tere are now however strong indications of return sng prosperity and the village w likely again to become one of the most flourishing in the township the popu lation is over 200 and increasing the mills have be come the property of messrs liwaon brothers they have recently erected a steam sawnull and intend put ting up a steam shingle mill immediately the flour mill is situated on the west branch of the river credit steam is also to be added here at once it is etimat- ed that two million feet of lumber vifl bevirtanufactured here this season besides a large quantity of shingles number of hands employed by them about 20 captain johnston has also a saw and shingle mill constantly running and employs 1 0 hands david cross eq has an extensive tannery which turns out arfhually a large and superior quality of leather which together with his hop farm gives employment to a con siderable number edward nixon saddle and harness ma1teris doing a lucrative business and is largely pat ronized henry tost builder has quite a reputation in his line thomas bell blacksmith etc is also doing a good business this village is the capital of the town ship and it has been the seat of the local legislative body viz the township council since 1 850 it contains a large twostorey brick school- house with two departments two churches namely church of england and wealeyan methodist the most commodious public hall in the township a drill shed and is the headquarters of no 2 company 20th batt under commancf of captain appelbe here also are situated a grangers lodge and orange lodge also a lodge of good templars the post office is called es quesing and was the first established in the township historical data on the county is very hard to get but when we do have access to some we publish it be cause of the widespread interest it holds printing it m the newspaper is also another way of preserving the information bibles circulation ever- widening over 600000 copies of the upper canada bible society s service edition of the new testament have been distributed without cost to canadian men and women on active service through the chaplains services it was disclosed in the society s annual report just released the society s war services also include provision of scripture in the required languages for prisoners of war and interned aliens and for the sick and wounded the bible society supplies for inclu sion in the emergency equipment placed in life boats and rubber rafts a copy of the new testament enclosed in a specially designed waterproof cover wide pub licity has fcusen given the statement of a rescued airman there are no atheists on a rubber raft the annual report is an inspiring story of scrip ture distribution not only in the upper canada auxili ary in the province of ontario but throughout canada and throughout the world the society founded in 1819 has over 500 branches throughout the province of ontario georgetown s branch has been established for many years and has an excellent record with easter coming this sunday with its mes sage of resurrection and hope it is fitting mdeed to pause and reflect tl at in this tjme of stress people the world over are turning back to their bibles for help comfort and guidance concerning planes in the air and on the ground auways and aeroplanes are in the news these with regard to airways we have at hand an excellent bulletin from the aeronautical institute of canada which is endeavouring to rouse an awareness of post war aviation development in all towns across can ada with populations of over 1000 a national air conference will be held in toronto at the royal york hotel may 2nd and 3rd to which all the towns afore mentioned have been formally invited we note that some of our neighbouring towns have already chosen representatives to attend just what line of development canadian post war air transportation will take still remains to emerge from the maze of indecison and contradictions now pre valent in ottawa but canadians who have given the matter nought have decided on several points which will have to be reflected in any governmental decisions wc believe the majority wish the scheme of post war air development in canada to be as broad in scope as possible this will serve a triple purpose by giving our thousands of young r c a f men an op portunity to utilize their training flying canadian built planes thus ensuring that the government s large investment in aircraft factories will not be lost at the same time such a scheme can prove to be the means of opening up the vast nor h western wilderness of can ada to reveal a greater country with equally greater opportunities and in all this planning the aforementioned towns quite rightly desire a voice for ttvey want their municipalities to have a place on canada s airmap at the national air conference leading experts in every branch of aviation will be present to advise municipal delegates and business leaders on local airport develop ment when we mentioned that aeroplanes were in the days news we nad in muad the dispute bewfeen- premier drew and the dominion munition msniter honour able c d howe you have probably read of mr howes announcement that the planes known at doug las dc 4s would be used by the tca after the war and that the contract would be placed with a montreal firm we feel that premier drew representing the 9000 workers employed at mai ton was quite right in demanding to know why the montreal firm and that particular type of plane were so arbitrarily chosen he was answered in parliament last saturday by the muni tions minister it was reassuring to knowthatno oppor tunity is being lost td see that malton victory aircraft will take its rightful place m postwar plane manufac ture there has been a tremendous development in that district- and several hundred workera from geor getown are employed at the plant there is no other plant in the whole of canada in a better geographical position to turn out planes for the pobtwar trade f r watson ddh vldb georgetown office hours 9 to 5 thursday afternoons dr j burns milrte dental surgeon xray georgetown phone 80 dr clifford reid lj3j3 djdjb dentist phone 410 main street georgetown elmer c thompson insurance service fire auto windstorm o p ralkway and allied steamship summer kbouzisxons phone ilbw or j nielsen the chiropractor dragles therapist 31st tear ot practice lady attendant hours 2 5 89 pm closed thursday over dominion store georgetown phone isow dr s e magwood veterinary surgeon u office between division ooort clerks office and the new municipal btnldlng at the cor ner of main and mm streets monu markers and lettebfito pollock a ingham o alt designs on reqonstphooe sms inspect our work to otusuwood cemetery uroy dak kc m stdu bttbmu ba kenneth m lukgdou barrister soeettor notary none first mortgage money to loan office gregory theatre btdg mill street phone 88 georgetown oakville monument works w r- gannli good dlapter monimmflte on tend xviar patronaee willa nm s oaktol radio repairing we specialize in this work 16 yean 1 j sanfordson itoooe ojboroetown mir c n r time table dajltght swing time going east passengei 7 01 am passenger and mall 10 10 am passenger and mall 7 03 pjn passenger sunday only 831 pjn passenger daily b35 pjn jils iraln was formerly the flyer but now stops going west passenger and mall 8 40 ana passenger sat only 223 pm paasenger daily except saturday and sunday 8 35 pm daily except sunday 733 pm passenger sundays only 1163 pm dally except sunday 1250 am going north passenger and mall 860 am going south passenger and mall 7 08 pm depot ticket office phone mi v frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 391 georgetown po box 413 gray coach lines time table now in effect davllght saving time leave georgetown for toronto 224 pjn 644 pm 834 pjn b loxe pm for london y 1035 am s 7 15 pm y 220 pm b w0 pju 40 pm xb 1u0 pjxl b sun and holidays only xto quelph dally to kit- ohener sun mud hoi y to kttchener to stratford v bodeewt