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the georgetown herald wednesday dec 24th 1947 am tapping up every good wish we can think of little message which conies to say christmas r to you and everyone in your household kemsheatts bakery brings to mind mothers kind mill street phone 5 1 0 illlllimlliltmmisi knox quirch choirs present christmas musk a delightful evening xf christ mas music choral and congtega- tiona was presented in knox pres byterian church on sunday as the junior and senior choirs under the direction of mrs a e cameron i eang solos anthems and carols eel- ebratlng the birth of jesus the junior choir presented three carols angels we have heard on high shepherds shake off youc drew- by sleop and i saw three stipe with dgyjd dobie and neil benton taking solo verses a christaa set ting of palm branches and two slovakian carols were sung by the senior choir soloists included an na spitzer sandra scott barbara cromar kenneth harrison miss jean chester mrs ray harlow and the rev c cochrane between the choral numbers the congregation aang the familiary christmas carols the rev a neil miller former ly of the brampton presbyterian church conducted the service and mr kenneth harrison presided at the organ ittctmieitwimtwamwitjm to alatjrtgood friends in the georgetown district phone 200 maple leaf dairy georgetown ashgrove the public school concert was held last thursday evening in the mchoolhouse by miss iamey kean and her pupils to a large audience songs and recitations a cantata when santa forgot the smiths and a play scenes from dickons christmas carol were very well given and must have taken much time and preparation by the teacher and pupils at the close of the pro gramme santa arrived and with the help of ronald drake and ployd brigden dutriboited the many gifts from the tree deepest sympathjt is extended to mrs w j alexanderin the recent bereavement we wish one and all a very merry christmas helfast has given up its quest for un ulephant for its zoo because it found el ephants now cost 6000 each from bow oa month by month your war savings certificates can be cashed xh payoff on war savings certificates has begun right now all war savings certificates issued in may 1940 are being redeemed by the canadian government at their roll nice value on or after december 15th you can redeem all war savings certificates issued in june 1940 and so on month by month for the next few years if you are among the thrifty people who own war savings certificates now is the time to look them over sort them out by months and as they fall due endorse them and mail to ottawa as described on the back of each certificate a cheque for the full face value of each certificate will be sent to you in due course but here is another suggestion have the royal bank of canada do all this office work and sorting for you save yourselfthe bother of searching out the right pieces of paper each month endorsing them and mailing them off to ottawa heras what you dot bring all your war savings certificates which von have at borne or in your safe deposit box to your nearest royal bank branch we will put them in opx vaults for safekeeping as the certificates tall due we will cash them for you and deposit the roll face value which includes interest in the savings account of the registered owner automatically if you have no account with us we will open one for you for this purpose the eeet of this service including safe keeping until your certificates mature is low as the following table shows taki advantaoi or this tatourtsavino sirvici it if available to you at ant branch op the royal bank of canac safekeeping charges for war sav ings certificates includino auto matic redemption when due btetdi is certificam 13 m u m x aotf 100 mi moo ifyoorxfxdficatmstfeilreaayiodgdwidi u frsajakeeplng we woi arrange for theiff moaiaric redtmpcloa ss described above at a aosalnal charge of ss per cerastcsce i of e lhe royal bank of canada georgetown branch f p benner monogor seasons greetings from all our staff to all our patrons and good friends bucks meats and groceries mill street pho 28w in the mail bag stfitlmhh iiiii fcfcitetefc the euitoc the georgetown herald georgetown ontario dear sir it has been my privilege for the pant several years to follow witt the keenest interest the changing scene in the life of our adoptive commun ity georgetown these have been years of unparalleled development and expansion and they give prom ise of the brighest possible future for the town muniripal and com munity life have undergone more njenificant changes than most of us realize and it appears likely that there arc more to come the most gratifying single event of course has been the return of the men from overseas and tneir gradual asaimt- intion into thelife of the commun ity other factors too have heigh tened the interest and increased the burden of municipal planning the erection of dwellings under eon- tract with wartime housing limi ted the purchase and resale of the former bank of montreal building the renovation of the former water works building to house the munici pal offices the adoption by the re creational council of the old town hall the school area debate the contemplated extension of the high rchoo building the public vote on the school hoard board of edu cation controversy the project to provide artificial ice at the arena and last but not least the whole question of sewage disposal as it affects the municipality all these vate as decisions of major import ance to the town one would scarcely have believed it possible that so many issues per taining to such varied aspects of the life of the community could come np for review in so abort a apace of time it seems that the whole structure otf municipal life has been recast for better or for worse as we sometimes say with in a period of little more than five cars r ecause o f the heavy burdens which have been borne by succes sive municipal councils one hesi tates even to mention other projects which are rather seriously in need of attention it is for this reason that comment has been withheld for so long one is aware too of the difficulty of making farreaching decisions without the attendant risk of displeasing c members of the community but that is the price we occasionally have to pay for iln solution of vexing problems two obscrva dons may be made with a reasonable degree of assur ance i the population of george town wil rontinue at an even rate of growth for some years to come and ii the husino- district of the town will not expand in proportion to that growth if the first obsor- ntion be granted the second may need some elaboration extension of the business district bcyonj the georgetown dairy and sinclairs garage is not an immediate pros pect because of the hill on main street nor is business likely to move in the other direction past the corner of church street for some ears to come ie away from the centre of population there era a few gaps which may eventually be filled in on mill and water streets on one side only but apart from these few locations business has no where to go what then becomes of the traffic problem because of georgetowns peculiar landforma tions and therefore irregular thor oughfares all traffic to and from the main business section must pass along a street no more than two medium blocks long and all cross- town traffic must eventually arrive at the intersection of john and guelpfa streets the inevitable re sult under parking provisions is that on dry pavement main and mill streets are barely passable and un der winter driving conditions both are distinctly dangerous we may fairly come to this conclusion even without considering the additional hazards provided by the bus lines and the tractortrailer delivery to merchants it is therefore to be hoped that previously unsuccessful attempt to solve the problem by ruling the bus hnes off main street will not discourage council from coming i fto grips with the matter again and perhaps the merchants have a good full course dgwer all day on christmas day chicken turkey 75c 80c goldep gate cafe sammie fong prop main street georgetown deal less to fear from a change in the parking bylaws than most of us realize indeed the increasing popularity of the corner store should warn the main business sec tion that unless the merchants take the initiative in facilitating the purr chase of goods on the main street buyers will cheerfully go where shopping is more convenient it is not likely that a simple by law designed to prohibit or to re strict parking on the main streets will prove adequate or satisfactory unless accompanied by the provis ion of some areas where free park ing is invited the object of a change in the traffic regulations is obviously not to discourage but to invite more trade and it u perhaps not too much to suggest that unless some such areas are acquired prom ptly all possibility of obtain- mg them later may vanish the second matter which appears to this writer in need of comment is the rather appalling condition of our communication system this of course is not a municipal problem but it has long been vejjlwebbr one community aggravation public opinion on this point is so over whelmingly unanimous as to put the matter beyond the realm of de bate as wc understand it neither the staff of local operators nor the lo- en representative is responsible for the situation we are informed that for a variety of reasons the georgetown operators are obliged to work with equipment so bosolcte as u livul in age the invention of the telephone itself so primitive are the facilities it is laid that if you mr editor were to drop a bale of paper in your office all the signals on the panels next door would fall in or out as the case may be ma king or breaking every connection in thed istrict accordingly it is necessary for the operator to break in on all conversations every few minutes to make sure that the par ties have not rung of f for this reason it is riext to impossible to make two consecutive phone calls at any time of the day or night in view of the number of phones listed in the community and the enormous volume of business trans acted by the larger firms which have lecated here in recent years it is surprising that formal protest has not been made long before this the persistent rumour never offi cially confirmed that better things are in store for us probably ac counts for the absence of any such protest but many coumtuntties which have been far better served than we have recently been favou red by the installation of a modenv system of communication is ft therefore too much to ask that the incoming council should resolve on this question or that the board of trade might make ap propriate representations at the very least it seems that we are en titled to a little better service than we are presently getting a leter from mr scrivener ad vertising manager for the bell tel ephone company printed in your previous issue helps this correspon dent to appreciate the difficulties i under which the company is- opera ting perhaps this letter will assist mr scrivener in appraising need for a more efficient i yours truly charles c cochrane your washing machine repaired rebuilt or serviced by canadas oldest and largest washer repair service leave your request willi georgetown furniture sales telephone 416 for prompt efficient and lower coat service fthftorft ostari0 thriving s9ve fttimmn whan ironing prepare clothes in advance then turn on the iron turn hoff as you near the end and use the stored heat in your iran the hydro electric power commission of ontario