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the georgetown herald savantyseventh year of publication as wommby january 17th 1945 200 per annum 5c a copy new provincial grants in aid of education 1 by charles bowltt inspector of public schools for halton a new ktut atoipjtflea system of paying grants in aid of schools cms taeentty been announced by the de- imrtment of education in a recant cir cular ient to all boards of trustee with the object of giving equality of educational opportunltor to every boy u w girl in ontario abd of relieving tbe local taxpayer of some of the feeavy burden of taxation on real r estate the province of ontario has gafomed a much greater share of the cost of education the new scheme of paying general legislative grants in aid of schools fea some distinctly new features bu- 11 and urban public and separata bobools ctotinuatlon schools high choola and collegiate institutes as we3x as vocational schools and techn 1- 4al institutes all become eligible for greatly increased grants under this j j barattufihc schools in ims rural public school boards lul receive a general legislative grant of an amount equal to fifty per cent r more of the school operation costs t the y um assessment of the school section is low the school board will receive a much higher spaa some rural school boards with low assessment will receive as much as ornery an per cent of the 1944 cost of operation as a grant no school board win receive less than in 1944 in rural school sections the grant de pends upon the assessment per class room the lower the assessment per classroom the higher the grant this gfros the higher grants to these sec- ttooa where the need is greatest urban public schools urban public school boards will re ceive grants of from thirty to sixty per cent of the cost of operation de pending upon the population of the urban centre the smaller the popu httton the higher the grant win be tfans relatively few urban boards will receive less than a fifty per oen 96 arise ft jfeum farm at samia potjfcry show xbua over the whole of the pro vince of ontario the ontario govern ment is assuming and will pay n school grants an amount equal to fi fty per cent of the cost of primary and secondary education township school areas benefit an extra grant in addition to all of the above will be paid to those ruial sjpctvnin which form part of township school areas this grant is equal to one mul of the equalized assessment of the sections concerned with a mini mum of 150 per section and a maxi mum of 300 per section this means that sections in township school areas will receive substan increased grants in addition to the greatly in creased general legislative grants for public and separate srrools in no case are the grants to exceed 95 of the approved cost of op ration in no case shall the grant to a rural board exceed the dlfferenc between the approved cost and the amount of the township grant in urban public schools the approved cost can not ex ceed 116 per pupil in average at- tendance high school grant tbe grants for collegia institu tes high schools and ozade a and b continuation schools are roughly as follows pint a grant of 10 per pupil in average attendance for the preceding calendar year secondly an additional grant de on the mill rate it taks to the money by taxation for the oast of operation this grant varies from 6 of the approved cost where the mill rate is less than one mill to 70 where the mill rate is 14 mills or snore arm rate is defined as the mil rate required to raise the amount of the i cost by taxation tn cities tu aedarated towns it is based the local municipal assessment felgh school districts the mill rate will be based on the equalised assessment of the portion of the nigh school ois tsflot lying with in an urban munici pality plus one fifth of the wjua lze assessment of the portion of a high aebool district lying within a rural st georges hold vestry meeting report shows no debt outstanding t georges anglican church held their vestry meeting last monday night in the sunday school boom with a good representation from the congregation present mr thomas eason jr people warden presented the ifliwi state ment for the year he expressed sat isfaction at the good financial posi tion of the church which shows no debts outstanding archdeacon woo thompson who was chair man for the meeting expressed his thanks to the church wardens for the capable way in which they had hand led church affairs and his appreci ation of the good work of all the church organizations he reported 17 baptisms 10 marriages and 11 burials in the church during jw4 there was no confirmation class last year mr walter carpenter sunday school superintendent gave the sun day sohool report there average attendance of 73 pupils each sunday this was an increase over 1943 mrs p p blackburn read the re port of the wa showing a most suc cessful year mrs thomas bason gave the daughters of the church re port mentioning that in addition to their regular work they had di a ditty bag and two quilts to the nl league mrs fred armstrong tary of the war services commit gave her report the auditors port was given by mr wallace sen election of church officers for 1948 then followed with mr fred me- nally reelected as rectors warden and thomas bason jr again elected to the office of people s warden at this point mr eason thanked the congregation for his reelection and said that although the church had no debt at present a new he syi tern was badly needed and he believed now was an opportune time to remedy the situation other officers elected were chairman of property committee w orr convenor of sidesmen harry savings auditors mr and mrs wallace thompson a vote or thanks was moved to mv and mrs w p bradley for their generosity in donating shrubbery for the church grounds sod a new stop fm the organ a vote of thanks was also tendered to the rector and bis ramily for their good work during the the year r the vestry meeting then adjourned and a congregational meeting follow ed mr 8 w orr was elected lay delegate to the synod for a term of three years mr harvey dewhurst was elected as substitute tea and refreshments served by member the wa brought the meeting to close sunset farm by o b harrington made their final showing for the bmtifb season at banna the week of january 8th this show is called the junior royal and had exhibitors from all over ontario quebec and the united states sunset farm had a large entry and won as follows buff orpingtons a 1 oock 1 3 3 hen 1 okl 1 2 pullet 5 special and silver cup best couaetioa english buff leghorn i cook 1 2 3 hen 2 cki 1 3 pullet and itimiuwtig best iufplfj s o dark brown lsgnbrnel oock i hen 1 ckl 3 pullet and 1 special s 0 light brown laihorna 1 cock l hen 1 pullet and 4 specials includj ing best brown leghorn in show a c rhode island bade hi daw or 101 on 3 entries ft cook 1 ben 1 pen and 4 specials- wc black polish- oock u hen 1 ckl 1 pullet and best display polands i mottled houdans on entries 1 ckl 1 hen and 4 in fa including best bird m ajov clafc silver spangled hambg 1 ooek 1 hen 1 okl l pullet and 4 specials white rook a hen ipuuet oje black pen game bant 1 cock 1 2 3 ben 13 l 1 3 puoot and 4 specials including best bantam male hi show buff cochin bants 1 ckl l hen pullet and 3 specials silkle bant 1 cock 1 hen and 2 specials hamburg bants 1 cook 1 hen and dr heslop warden fob ims at the inaugural meeting of halton county council held yesterday milton dr o h heslop reeve of milton was chosen warden for 1046 kmxe meeting held last monday members urged to wake book i campaign a success the regenlmrs l j bell urged every member of the iode to work toward the success of the current campaign for funds for books for the armed services she said this na tional campaign was one of greatest importance and stressed the excellent wort the dode camp libraries have been doing since the outset of the war local businessmen will be canvassed for donations to the fund and citizens generally are asked to give their do nations to any iode member or leave at the herald office nominations were held at this meet ing for 1945 officers and a nominating committee composed of mrs john t armstrong mrs rue and miss alice trainor were appointed to handle the correspondence plans were also dis cussed for holding a bingo or card party shortly letter of thanks was read from the teacher at the iode a adopted school in hallburton thanking the chapter for their christmas gifts mrs a beaumont reported that the bale being packed would be sent as soon as sufficient articles have been gathered together the hostesses miss ann hlckey and miss sc gault served refreshments following the meeting memorial service held for ptei reg blair and jack hemphil the weather by h l hutt the old tuner who said he never saw a january without a thaw may still claim he is right but the one last wednesday was so short and sud den few of us noticed it however chls is only the middle of the month and there is still plenty of time for a real one these sudden changes in the weath er have been bringing the meteorolo gical dept in toronto m for a lot of criticism of late because they did not clearly forecast them but unless ciey have the funds to employ a lot more observers and pay them more than postage on their reports we do not see how they can do much better than they are doing in the meantime wr may an to depend on some of the oiu ivug ois tant forecasts such as a january fog wql freeze a february dog that being the case we intend to keep our dog in next month here are the cold facts and figures for last week h and l snow- temp fall large congregation attended tba memorial service in honour of ptee reg r blah- and j w tttmpi held in the baptist church on son- day evening january 14th ber j k ostrorn minister of the church con ducted the service the following was the order of service invocation national anthem psalm 23 read in w lords prayer hymn how dearly ood moat too scripture lesson i cor is memorial momenta tribute minute silent prayer and brance pastoral conclusion safe in the arms of jesus quarette sunset and star prayer a ti nf and fpfrtig hymn lord of our life date total of 37 firsts thirds 1 fourth 1 fifth and 40 speci als sunset farm made exhibits at four shows this winter gait owen sound guelph and sarnia and guide a won deriul record winning a total of 115 firsts 57 seconds 33 thirds 6 fourths 2 fifths 119 specials a otal of 323 prises mbs pbd laws again president of st oeobocb wa the annual meeting of st georges wa was held on wednesday evening january 10th in the sunday school room venerable w g o thomp son presided at the election of officers which resulted as follows president mrs fred law 1st vicepresident mrs s mac- kensle 2nd vlcepresidentmrs b weston treasurer mrs p blackburn secretary mrs woo thompson dorcas secretary mrs jack mc- menemy educational secretary mrs w v oral united thankofiering mrs william bulhvant extracentaday convenor mra sam walker living message mrs b weston baby branch mrs s dewhursl choir vestments mis b francis choir matron mrs o brown pianist mrs j patton the reports of the secretary and treasurer were splendid and arch deacon thompson thanked the ladles on behalf of the church for their good flforlt during the year it was decided to hold a business and devotional meeting the second wednesday afternoon of each month sewing meetings will be called during the month with social evenings to be arranged later united church sunday- school teachers meet teachers and officers of the united church sunday school met sunday evening after the service at the home of mr and mrs howard wriggles- worth for the sunday school annual meeting reports showed an increase in attendance in 1644 and an increase of 12 per cent in gtvlngs to missions memory work in the catechism and the scriptures has been assigned and prizes are to be given at the anniver sary service in the spring mr wrlgglesworth was unanimously chosen as the superintendent for 1945 after which the minister presented a lesshrtion from the session expressing satisfaction with and appreciation of the work the superintendent had done in the past year dr stewart mag- wood and messrs howard lfluco and jack arnold are in charge of the boys classes at the close of the meeting a buffet supper was provided by the hostess tuflfl jan 0 e t wed jan 10 11 7 thun jan 11 m 0 lrl jan u 36 14 sat jan is 8 0 sun jan 14 10 0 mon jan u 14 e st albans gunj elects officers the ladles guild of st albans church glen williams met in the pariah hall last thursday jan 11th for their annual meeting and election o officers archdeacon thompson conducted the election which resulted as follows honorary pres mrs w g thompson president mrs william bjuuer vicepresident mrs thoa secretary mrs j hepburn treasurer mrs a beaumont convenor sick visiting commit mrs j dickenson all reports showed that the guild had enjoyed a most successful year plans were made for a bazaa- to be held shrove tuesday fire completely destroys farm home of dr paul beer active service notes bdr l g james has been trans ferred from sydney kb to petawawa parents on a 30day leave bill camp the herald wishes to acknowledge christmas cards received from tpr joe hall in italy pte regg hoare italy fo les clark roat over seas and lac reggie booornhead now serving in india i congratulations to larry macken- zie who graduated as a flight engineer from the rcaf station at aylmer last week and now has bis sergeants stripes sgt meckenile is spending nnnlclpaut7 this will tend to raise 3 ve in town at the home tfje mill rate and increase the grant grants for high and continuation are limited by the following l in no case may the grant exceed of the approved cost x in no case shall the approved oa exceed 200 per pupil in average attendance in high schools or 160 pupil in average attendance m aanttnnatton schools vocational tvchnleel sohoole also grants based roughly as fol- flrst a grant on salaries rang- l from 90 of the first 20000 paid b salaries to 00 at the fourth paid in f i- secondly a of 60 for expenditures from continued on page 8 mr and mr sid i his parents mackensle pte ren bailey who spent some time m the glen at the home of his dster- ln law mrs nelson handr after he was invalided home from overseas is in toronto now and expects to under go an operation soon its now opl but eeqy but re cently received his second stripe at camp borden where be is mknig ad vanced training after co basic training at brentfo congratulations to bui armstrong who after only a 3tm days as a ssr- eeantv was granted his oorrrmltrlon as pudt officer and is now home with his ferred from ground crew after seeing service on the west coastand in the aleutlons and has completed his course as a flight engineer at aylmer lieut bob early who has been tn hostmtal in italy since december 18 with an attack of diphtheria is mak ing a good recovery his many friends hope he win be completely bet ter before long pte nelson handy of glen williams was among those mentioned m a news despatch sent from italy which ap peared in a toronto newspaper last week he was with a company of the irish regiment which proseed the lamone river in assault boats and rafts taking the germans by surprise in a night attack pte handr has been overseas smce 1911 originally be longing to the lome scots and has been in italy for ever a year btaffsgt tom wames sent home an interesting folder from tengtand used to boost the sale of war savings stamps m tbe old country the eorsr depicts four ladles each nuiiiuini a season of the year and metde an nqaares m wbieh hsmy may be past- a disastrous fire last thursday com pletely destroyed the farm home of dr and mrs paul beer on the 9th line r r 3 georgetown the fire which started in the basement was first noticed by mrs v pap who lives with her daughter and son inlaw at the farm alone in the house she had been resting upstairs and was aroused by the smell of smoke about 3pm hurrying downstairs she found smoke pouring from the cellar door and ran over to the neighbour ing hasen graham farm to give the alarm mrs graham phoned another neighbour f d charles and mr charles and russell thompson hurri ed to the scene the house by this time was ablase and so dense was the smoke that an entry could not be made other help had arrived and with the aid of a team dr beers car parked near the house was dragged to safety the house and contents were com pletely destroyed by the fire it particularly unfortunate that many lems cannot be replaced being furni lure rugs and curios brought from hungary by the family when they came to this country two pet dac- jlbunds were troppad upstairsarid per ished in the fire dr and mrs beer have lived at the farm for the past four years the house originally belonged to the late oeorge leslie sr and was construct ed in the 80s by mr leslie and the bovil brothers of glen williams dr beer who is employed as a chemist with the beardmore company in ac ton farms 200 acres and specialises in turkey raising when the fire broke out mrs beer was at the ham pluck ing turkeys ok shadows hymn what a friend we have la jesus benediction mr ostrorn spoke briefly of the ttre boys and their connection with tha church and sunday school and called on the congregation to stand for on minute of silent prayer after which b led in prayer safe in the arms of jesus a favourite hymn was then sun the quartette miss jean ttsrvsr mrs j e ostrorn mr douglas cols and rev j e ostrorn sang chas h gabriels setting for tennyson s poem crossing the bar mr ostrorn took as his text john 15 13 xsreatelove hath no man than this that a man lay down hte life for his loved ones after speak ing of the beauty and greatness ost such a sacrificial love the rntrtsr went on to speak of the greatest so of all god oommendeth his love t ard us in that while we were yet ene mies christ died for us following his sermon mr ostrosa sang shadows a very helpful sad comforting message for the i families the closing hymn was what a friend we have in jesus after which the benediction was pro nounced the sincere sympathy of the fhnriat and community is extended to the two sadly bereaved families b08hiamqoburt wkppfjaq a norvafc very pretty wedding was solem nized at the elms norval home of sergeant and mrs campbell gordon on december 32nd when their eldest daughter phyllis cherry became the bride of william a roshler elder son of mrs w a roshler norval and the late mr roshler the ceremony was conducted by rev f j dimlop mrs oliver mlgllarni of mitchell ontario was bridesmaid and mr warwick coupland norval was best man the bride was dressed in a floor length gown of white satin and lace with finger up veil and carried red roses the bridesmaid was dressed in white sheer with a blue finger tip veil and carried pink roses the bride was given in marriage by her father and the wedding march was played by mrs lionel rett norval the brides mother received at the reception dress ed in blue crepe with matching ac cessories the grooms mother assist ed gowned in green crepe with match ing accessories after the felicitations the happy couple leftor a short trip to western points and upon their return will re side in toronto bkin hotel destroyed by firs a disastrous fire rased the globe hotel in erin recently and the hor- ton family owners of the premises were forced to make than exit by ropejke escapee mr barton bt dropped several feet and was removed to ouelph general hospital with a fractured right heel and bruises mr and mrs george horton and then two children also escaped mr hor ton is wellknown in local sport ebv cles where he played with the gear back building and contents are ft getown hockey team a fei bolton postmaster dd3s suddenly byron leavens postmaster at ton since 1927 died suddenly in that town on tuesday january 9th a veteran of the last war he served m france with the srd battalion seriously wounded and spent many months in bngliah and canadian hos pitals he had taken a prominent part in bolton affairs being a director of the bolton rink company a mem ber of the board of stewards of bol ton united church president of the soldiers memorial committee and a member of the school board a past matter of true blue lodge a f am and a grand steward of the grand lodge of canada surviving are hli wife the former mary reeves and a daughter two sisters mrs win justiem ifiagara palls and mrs j a code toronto and a brother werden usher of the bolton fire damage high in sex point hotel firs fire caused by an explosion in the furnace room destroyed the interior of the six point hotel in tsgtn e the bloordundas highway liitnrsno tion early last thursday mnrtitn with damage estimated at 30000 tjbe hotel is a well known iandrnark to bus patrons and travellers to toronto h f flurey owner of the hotel bb family and two boarders were aroused by the explosion and escaped in scant attire firemen fought the blase for four and a half hours before it was brought under control personal be longings furniture and a newlyde livered supply of coal were destroyed as well as a quantity of beer y honoured by district newspaper terra cotta correspondent for tt brampton conservator for over bast a century james bedford stringer t1 is receiving hearty eongrstolattsas as a booster for our neighbourjos hamlet mr stringer is welm to herald readers through his i column which reports all the dotngv in that district born in mono town ship he moved with his parents ta terra cotta at the age of she mon ths he is enjoying the best of and is a regular attendant at 1 presbyterian church mr stringer is wellinformed la the history of peel county and saja he is proud to be a resident of cotta for the past 77 years many attend services dtountft of the universal week of prayer i observed m georgetown last wi with services of prayer and i tion at various churches at the united oanrtth on night arebdeaeon wq o son preached on bptofans joan bidden ot 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