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al wednesday evbnmf decaubt 31st 1947 to all our friends ceorge cleave again esquesing reeve as council acclaimed no township election this year council favours wider roads shallow ditches weed control discussed o at a wellattended nomination meeting in limehouse memorial hau on monday afternoon the en tire esquesing township council were reelected by acclamation council members for 1948 wiube reeve george cleave deputy- reeve george currie and council lors wilfrid bird h craig raid and george leslie the three re- tiring trustees of school area no 1 were also reelected by acclama tion each for a two year term i john bingham harry hunter and harold webster only other nom inee for office was a former coun cillor r n brown who was pre sent the meeting and declined to cause an election by allowing his name to stand reeve reviews year beeve george cleave spoke first at a public meeting which followed for which township clerk isaac bennett was chairman mr cleave gave a detailed account of his ste wardship during 1947 pointing out such major projects as the remodel- hng of the township hall at stew- arttown the cutting down of the 7th line hill near ballinafad and 4he purchase of new road equip- ment he said that snow removal rhai been a major item and the 14000 cost was over twice that of the previous year it was unfortu nate that so much money had to go down the drain but keeping town- ship roads open was of primary im portance and the money bad to be pent mr cleave said that be favoured the idea with which other town ships have been experimenting of widening roads from fence to fence with shallow ditches and high grad ing this he believed wcfuld have the triple advantage of safer roads for traffic easier snow re moval and better weed control later in the meeting w o brownridge queried the reeve about the lack of weed control and mr cleave said that it was a very diffi cult problem entailing scarce lab our and high expense it would cost at least two mills to spray all township roads and there was no guarantee that spraying would be effective he asked for information about the date of erection of the original township hall at stewarttown as council wished to put this date on the cornerstone of the remodelled building small surplus shawn treasurer k- c lindaay reviewed the financial statement which sho wed an estimated s235 surplus sheep claims had taken a marked drop this year from 1300 to 208 snow plow and bnluetw do deputyreeve george currie re ferred humorously to a remark by the georgetown deputyreeve tha he had helped the georgetown reeve do nothing at county council last year and said if that were the truth tfcai had been his job too he was particularly gratified that the coun ty was taking definite reforestation steps and had purchased another property hut year to bring the to tal owned by the county to 700 ac re he said that he understood the sttow plow and bulldozer ordered two years ago were to arrive the next day and with such equipment available he anticipated no serious road block this winter laua favon wu reada cr george leslie spoke strongly la favour of wider roads and shal low ditches tlie new bnudoter he thought could be utilized for road vtttkung brush removal and partial eontrol of the weed nuisance which is becoming more acute as a new bvuaeulo he had been grateful doj- the guidance offered by bis wo tftpsrlov sad while council bad un- there were none of these which werent badly needed youth should servo speaking as the youngest counj tfce lato miss etta ciaridge in the cil member cr craig reid sfiid he m husinesa which thev oon- funeral today for miss jennie ciaridge a private funeral service was held this afternoon at the mcclure funeral home for miss jane jen nie ciaridge who passed away at her home on charles street on mon day evening she had been seriously ill for several weeks a lifelong resident of george town she was associated with her sisters miss roselle ciaridge and believed younger people should take more interest in municipal affairs and not leave it to their dads and grandads or eventually there would be no one trained for the work he spoke of the norval juniors of which he is a raember as a potent factor in training young people for important jobs in the future weed control discussed cr wilfrid bird said that after bo many speeches there was little left for htm to add he too discus sed weed control and the cost fac tor of two mlls to spray the 130 miles of roads in esquesing decline nominatioq r n brown who declined his nomination for council said he thought the township should be div ided into two wards at present there were no councillors from the northern section and he did not think that fair to residents of this area he criticized work on the 7th line hill and said another 11000 in improvements was necessary be fore the job would be satisfactory at present earth is rolling down from the cut onto the road and a guard rail has sunk to almost road level school area has 6000 surplus harry hunter retiring chairman of school area no 1 gave a fuh report of the twoyear old hoard which administers ten school rooms a serious problem is arising in both glen williams and norval schools with heavier enrolments each year he wondered if it would not be possible to have some chil dren transported dailv to smaller schools rather than add teachers and more accommodation at the two lar ger schools which would eventually have to be done answering a query by a stewarttown ratepayer about lack of water at that school he said that the board bad tried but there seemed to be no source of supply the board has a 6000 surplus at present but this could soon be used to meet further improvements and rising coste he said teachers salaries were increased last year the minimum rising from 1200 to 1600 largest salary paid is 1700 other board members speak two other school trustees walter linham and hector bird were pre sent and spoke briefly mr linham said the purpose of the schod area i to give equal educational reppor- tunity to every child he doesnt favour any little red schoolhouse but does favour the idea of the consolidated high school ft millinery business which they con ducted for twentyfive years in the premises above the herald office pfciojto this she was associated with the local dry goods firms of mcleod anderson and j h jack son since her retirement fie years ago she had been living with her sisters mrs j m moore and miss roselle ciaridge rev c c cochrane conducted the funeral sen ice and pallbearerb were harry bailey john thomp son francis thompson r b fou- lm w a wilson and hugh grah am interment was in greenwood- cemetery georgetown babies christened at st georges church at the sunday morning service at st georges church of england archdeacon w g o thompson of ficiated at a christening service babies christened were diana lynn daughter of mr and mrs fred armstrong and richard howell on of mr and mrs thomas parry godparents for baby armstrong were mr bui armstrong and misb helen armstrong and for baby par- r mr and mrs cecil davidson lose dental office in cornwall fire grc re- vamps juvenile league players will be pooled dr h weagant brother of mrs c h barber of georgetown lost hib dental office and equipment in a disastrous million dollar fire which wiped out a business block in cornwall the day before christ mas the fire believed to have started in a paint shop raged for ten hours before it was checked by the cornwall fire brigade assisted l firemen from messina new york across the st lawrence -ri- at a meeting in the old town hall last night rules of the grc juvenile hockey league which this year will be sponsored by interested merchants were revised main change was the abandoning of a wideopen system whereby each sponor would scout and sign his own players for a pool arrangement from which sponsors will pick their players in a rotation system the change was made by the re creational council because it was felt the original plan had not met with support from either players or sponsors only fourteen juvenile hockey aspirants had registered to date and only one sponsor had definitely indicated bis willingness to enter a team by signing players proudmg enough players register by the january 6th deadline at least a four team leap lie seems assured with the possibility of one or two more entries rev j l self who represented norval at the meeting said the neighbouring village was definitely interested and while they had entered a team in the omha countj league favoured withdraw ing for the more local competition however norval could only muster even home brews and the rest of their team would have to come from local plaven an arranjriment was made where by norval could have a choice in the first two draws for pool pla- yct then drop out of the draw un til the ninth round in order to give thorn a fair deal in team selection while unaware of glen williams intentions a similar proposition would be available for them durinp the season an allstar team w il be picked from players in the league to compete in omha play- dows players are reminded that january fit is the deadline for re- jrislering with recreational director hal newman juvenile age limit is under 18 as of november 1st 1947 social and personal mother dies in holland mrs lyklc de vries received the ad news on sunday that her moth er mrs a h ledeboer had passed away at her home in almelo hol land the previous day mrs lede boer had twice visited with her daughter at the de vries home on the check line near georgetotwn and had many friends in town she is survived by her husband five sons and two daughters in holland mrs de vries had visited with her parents early last year when she made a trip to her homeland 01st anniversary week of prayer january 58 general subjectt mans disorder and gods design monday january slh s pjk in knox church preacher rev c r gowee tuesday january 8th s pm in united church preacher archdeacon w g o thompson wednesday january 71k s pm in baptist church preacher rev c c cochrane thursday january 81k 8 pm- in st georges church preacher rev r c todd no collection but a plate will be placed at the door for offerings to oover expenses surplus if any will be sent to canadian council of churches canadian sponsors of the week of prayer was wellknown toronto artist herta carder lewis mother of harry c lewis of georgetown and well known in toronto art en- he- died in toronto general hospital on wednesday december 24th she had lived in the city for twenty years making her home pre- iously in mount forest and biyth surviving is her husband freder ick a lewis mr lewis who rec ently purchased the former victor digging home on king street is an only son funeral services were held on saturday from brown bros fu neral chapel with interment in mount plmaant cemetery was member of smith stone office staff miss ruby h kendall a member of the smith and stone office staff until illness sent her to hospital se veral months ago died at the wel- lesley hospital toronto on christ mas day miss kendall came to georgetown from toronto three years ago and lived alone in a small cabinjsjhe erected on property on no flsyghway near the limehouse crossroad the funeral service was held on monday from the a w miles funeral chapel to the toron to necropolis her only surviving relative is her father who lives in the orolia district fire call christmas eve the fire brigade was called early christmas eve to the corner of maple avenue ana charles street where a faulty ignition had started a fire in an automobile the fin had been extinguished before the brigade reached the scene and no damage was reported miss mabel chave spent christ mas day with relatives in toronto mr and mrs william long were home from ottawa for christmas miss myrle mitchell spent christ- is week end with friends in oshawa mr and mrs ivan hay spent christmas in simcoe with mr and mrs g m couse misses may and elizabeth lang- visited with relatives in acton for the holiday miss jean mackenzie has gotae north for a weeks skiing at falcon lodge huntsville mr don rand of the bank of commerce staff was home in picton for christmas mrs r todd and miss clementa todd of beamsville spent christmas with rev and mrs r c todd mrs clara king of branchton and mr and mrs harry malone of humilton spent christmas in town j john fisher and murray stamps of the smith and stone office staff pent christmas with their families n toronto mr and mrs gordon alcott of weston spent christmas here withl parents mr and mrs george i alcott mr and mrs roy barker and son iouis spent christmas tn marmora with her jwvrents mr and mrs l teen lac john and mrs wilson were home for christmas from ottawa here he is stationed with the rcaf mn w v grant miss betty grant and miss norma thompson spent the christmas holiday in mille roche mr and mrs f w binkley were in toronto for christmas with her parents mr and mrs william rut- tcr mn alfred sherwood and miss dorothv cooke of lucknow spent christmas nt the home of mr and mrs frank tyler mr and mrs f l mcgilvray and mr garfield mcgilvray visited with relatives in toronto over the holiday week end mr and mrs e peterkin of tor onto spent christmas day with mr and mrs s t faram and mr and m r graham farneli mr and mrs s p chapman and v irtrinia were in toronto for christmas with mrs chapmans sis ter miss s e brown mr and mrs clarence benham carol and john visited in oshawa with mr and mrs james thorn for the weekend mr kenneth girvan of toronto was home for christmas with his parents brigadier and mrs j p girvan at wildwood mrgfa mrs herb bessey miss llsa bessey and mr peter bessey spent christmas with mr and mrs ttoss miller nashville holiday visitors with mr and mrs calvin clark included mr and mrs s r peart and mrs margaret clark of rockwood mr and mrs sam mackentlesan- dy marna and david were insea- forth for christmas with her moth er mrs john cardno dr and mrs george paul and mrs g a andrew of toronto were christmas guests in town with dr and mrs r t paul mr jim henchey who recently joined the smith and stone office staff visited with friends in king ston for the c holiday mr and mrs irwin kerr of tor onto and miss edna kerr of streetgville were in town on satur day renewing acquawtances mr and mm morley pearee and dtughter marilyn of toronto were sunday visitors with her parents m and mrs c h barber mr and lbs ted beam and mr and mrs ronald maitiaad of tor onto were home for christmas wkh mr and mrs william deans mr and mrs omer wqson and sons john and brian of toronto ware in town for the christmas ho liday with their mothers mrs ar thur r wilson and- mrs frank wood guests for christmas with mrs d l herbert were her nenhew me melville parker of toronto and miss freda herbert of toronto mr and mrs irederiek r ed wards and son david of toronto were home for christmas with bar parents mr and mrs a r speight mr and mrs james jones new toronto and mrs roy wflcoa hamilton were christmas visiton with their parents mr and mrs k r macdonald roy foulis of dorval quebec and john foulis of toronto were home for christmas with their par ents mr and mrs r b foulis charles street holiday visitors with mr and mrs alex kean mcnabb street were mr and mrs jack young of niagara falls and mr and mrs r j bridges of brampton miss ruth menzies of toronto was a christmas day visitor with her brotherinlaw and sister mr and mrs douglas greer at their home on john street mr and mrs harold richardsc and sons kenneth and bruce of pi ckering were in town for christmas with his parents mr and mrs james richardson mr and mrs william brown and son donnie and mrs lilliam wil liams of toronto visited in town on christmas day with mr and mrs james goodlet mr and mrs william bonathan d judy were in toronto for christmas with her parents mr and mrs harry hayward judy re maining m the city for the week christmas guests with miss mary sayres at her home on george street were mr and mrs r hew- ins and ralph of stony creek ani mr and mrs walter brownridg ash prove t mr and mrs harry stockfont spent christmas at po where a family party was held at the home of their son and daughter inlaw mr and mrs charles rtockford mr and mrs art scott were in cluded in a group of dealers who toured the general motors plant to oshawa on monday and were gu of the company at dinner at tks genosha hotel mri j b mackenzie jean and margery joined a family party fn rockwood on christmas day at the home of mr and mrs william pas- more mr and mrs ken mackenato and son jack of acton also atten ded joining a family party on christ mas day at the home of mrs ed ward hill guelph street were mr and mrs charles ward and child ren of stouffville and mr and mrs clarence reith and bobby of 8s- forth christmas visitors with mr and mrs john b ritchie queen street were mr and mrs charges mcmsb- eray hamilton mr murray essard milton mr and mis glen christian mrs dorothy gregory and son dav id mr and mrs frank ellison mx2 daughter sandra of woodstock k subscription price liu retted effective january 1st taaft price of a subscription to one herald will be sm a year with single copies selling for 8c continually ris9ff coats of production have orooght ab out the change which has al ready been announced by tits majority of weekly asinqsr pers la the district newsprint for example has no tbsn doubled in price tn the last few years and there have been correapondmc mcrtasss in all elements of production