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the cettgetown herald wednee september 26 1945 i mb public meeting ratepayers attention a public meeting of the ratepayers of georgetown will be held in the gregory theatre 5 monday october 1st at 6 00 p m to discuss the installation of a sewage system m the meeting will be addressed by b br a e berry 5 chief sanitary engineer provincial dept of health j mr c r hagey consulting engineer dr c v vwojjams moh a full discussion on this important subject is invited so dial very ratepayer may be informed the oranseville driving club lakes pleasure in presenting mart kenhey and his western gentlemen for an evening of dancing monday october 1 main hail oranseville fair jrcunds advance sale tickets 1 night of dance 1 25 sale of tickets is to be limited walter h smith president tfk cooney sec ty treasurer j advance tickets tamy be purchased at the herald office geerretewn having trouble with your watch or clock let us have a look at it jacks watch repair j roughley prop phone 310 located in phoenix gift shop igelby t h e a t r e thursday friday and saturday sept 27 28 and 29 song to remember in technicolor merle oberon cornel wilde paul muni j pisney donalds off day j news and it looks like rain on thursday friday i no 7 haunted harbor on saturday i wednesday and thursday october 3 and 4 i owing u length o rim there will be one showing only eaott i night at 1m i for whom the bell tolls in tecfcnwlor gary cooper ingrld bergman cartoon shape ahoy j another letter re sewage georgetown sept 18 ims the editor georgetown herald georgetown ontario dear sir in this letter it la proposed to out line briefly three methods by which a sewer ayatem for georgetown may be financed bt based upon the estjtaates submitted by the c r hagey engineering com pany about 100 000 will be required to provide a complete sower system since the assessed value of latofwn is 133 339 every mlil of taxauonwill produce 1322 therefore if the sy stem weretmtfd for by issuing 3 20- year debentuies it would reaulre an annual levy ol 9 65 mills which would raise tht necessary 12 770 per year method 1 a rate on the dollar over the entire municipality an annual lew of 9 fi mills for 20 years although the simplest method there are many objections to its use there is a largt increase in the general mill rate pro- pertits which are not assessable but which would derive sewer benefits would not be assisting in paying the costs buildings with a high aw ment would be paying proportionally too much method 2 the local improvement method a portion of tht cost of work such as disposal plant tronic sewers and street intersections axe paid tor by assessing this portion against the entire municipality as a mill levy the balance of the cost is assessed against the properties fronting or abutting the work tlie former is estimated to cost o5 000 which would mean an annual cost lor 20 ein of 3606 or 2 79 mills the latter cost would be 135000 and would requite an annual payment of 9 074 for 20 jtars seduced to a foot fromagc basis this would cost the pro per tj owner 13c in computing tins approximately 15 is allowed for cor ner lot exemptions and for exernptlons for land until lor building purposes all proptrtki art tharged the same rate those requiring dcep trenching uid 1j llr y jjp puj 10 mo t than host i hit oppom t c uliur ihuuuu uiutr this bisllin ji pro ptrij ovi li wo ild i i an uitit cld 3 nullb laxts jtarly for 20 ytais an j uc ptr fool ironligl jcjirly for 0 i t ars method i stwer htntal mdhod ihii mt tin d lui unsidtridlc nun 1 a basid upon the is imptlon ui i mi li i 1 bpt ikii u iht aiiioiii l uf a ui u ld bj i coiiiuniti pinlels il t 1 w w lft a hit 1 mt u n dtuduu or iiidusiiial must dispose oi rncjifort tliot who pay the higher water ra cs uil pj hlhi r uer rentals as in the previous method o5 000 hlth covers the cosi of disposal plant trunk sewers and street inter sections will be charged against the general rate this will require an in crease of 2 79 mills per jear for 20 years the rcmalring 135 000 would require the payment of 59 074 annual ly for 20 years by indiiidinl mid in duitrial consumers this would added to water rate in proportion to the amount of wittr used there are 840 town non industrial water accounts and the acrage cost of water service to a household la 10 earlj if each of these accounts re rendered for 10 o for water ind 5 lor sewer rental twice inn nl ly the s m of b 400 would be raised yearly this would cat 674 per year for industries to jnj which does not stem unfair this method i most elastic bo cause the council may change the rental rate from jar to ytar aa the cci trowi tit clurgc woild be low ered afciln i wish to think jou mr edi tor for permitting mt the ist of this space yours truly c v williams m o h gcort iown out cgit tin puilii iiiiiit of the cnna- i c 1 in rruimg was held on r n ei mt j0 in tin unit iooi the even hornby junmle downs returned borne hurt wednesday after serving oveneea and wan given a hearty welcome by the members of hla family and individual members ox the community who called to exprca their gratitude at hla safe return wekome home jlmmle and many thanks for all you have done for ub miss ruth near has gone to toronto to take a business course mrs walter mcollvray of leam ington is visiting at the home of her sister and brother ln law mr and mn floyd downs at a recent meeting of the women s institute held at the home of mrs vtilton blown mrs howard wriggles worth of georgetown gave a valuable talk on modern trends tn education the torontomilton gray coach line bus is now running again a time tabl will be found at the horn by post office and store the bethel unittd church y p v held its second meeting for the sea son on friday evening september 21 ln the churci basement with thlrty- oiil present a membership contest was lnaugura ed with bert leslie and margaret pord as opposing group captains the losing side will provide a social eening protr mi the mem beiship ft ii to be ten cents the question of missionary support and the need for a sterioptlcon were discussed uid left for later decision the presi dent olive lister was in the chair miss mary chamberlain conducted the worshjp period keli merry read the bible lesson betty hoey sang a kilo and doreen mackay led in pra yer lois merrj conducted a bible qui and thti gave an inspiring talk on the parable of the sower lois llso had some garres planned for the evening following raps and the king the meeting closed at about ten o clock there will be refreshments at the next meeting work was begun on the new bath room installation at fie united church parsonage five men spent the ifternoon excavating for the new- cistern enjoy the music of your choice it may beatpopular dance band or a great symphony orchestra with the enhanced tonal beauty of your own radio speaker tully equipped with feather touch crystal pickup and tone compensated volume control these rfcord players only 3950 harold c meclure home furnishing store phone 54w georgetown c1rd o thanks ttih to hink ill these who so dlj nt card ciare tes etc to whih i w is in hospitil r albert sswood oulde we are now passing the lx- es brewerj in he world 1 soldier im not b f murf in tinsmithing eavestroughing furnace work and general sheet metal work prompt and efficient service shop water st rear of lavoies knitting co ook uic o of a pi tj pr y 1 ginicb being directed by virginia cli m i wli li ii ii ic i i j n a inder ol coit ln ctorgtuwi alter a tren ious hour of amt do 1m il and chocolate milk were scrvtd and the party ended with taps the coit is an lnter-denomln- ationil organiatit n in cki i tc i a and ail girls botwnii the ages of 1- and 1 7 are welcome regardless of which churcl lhe ire at tending membership calls for regular atten dance at sundaj school in their re spectlve churches ni well as the tues day night mcctinr come out on tuesday night otcober 2nd and mske this year the biggest yet in the life of cojt in georgetown cabd of thanks the countess of strathmore chap ter lode on behalf of the cmna- dlan national institute for the buod wuh to thank the dttoens of oeocf- tonrn and distrlot for ttortr vtgy gen- erout revonae to their tag dmj stn- eerr thanto are aiao f to the glite bo erred m attention all servicemen with housing problems a ill all servicemen and women urgently in need ol i iousing accommodation please make their rlylirlments fully known at once to the geor getown rehabilitation council at the rehabilitation office in the municipal building 3 to 4 p m and 8 to 9 p m fridays and 8 9 p m on tuesdays 1hl i lllest cooperation of all concerned will bl nlcissar under present conditions to even pari iail solve this winters housing difficul ties georgetown rehabilitation council note the new rehabilitation office ii also open at the above bom for interview ing servicemen and women with other problems