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page ii the georgetown herald wednesday dec 8th 1948 lions hear talk on life insurance r georgetown uons dab at their dimmer meeting in the mcoibbon house last night hnd as their guest speaker jeff harris of brampton district manager of the mutual life assurance company mr harris who was introduced by lion jack armstrong local mutual agent apokt on fundamental principles of lafe insurance in which ho traced tho history of tho business from the time t won net up on its prescrd basis ubout a hundred yedrs ago in canada he said thore are four and a half million people insured with twelve bil lion dollars in policies while this seem hlflh it work out to a per capita insurance of auu a family and when one considers that many men carry thousands of dollars of peroinl insurance this figure is less thpii that ho dompared a soldiers wldowri pension wblck moat people think inadequate with these figures and said a man would have to carry 30000 insurance to compare pointing but that this put a diffcrtuit interpretation on insur- ance than was customary he also compared a man insuring an apart ment building which produced a 2500 yearly income with a man whoe life earnings would amount to kiat figure yet would not insure himself on the same basis final plans were made for the chriotmas draw later this month when santa clauu will pay his us- tud visit to georgetown riley iirethour welfare convener repor ted that b pair of glasses had been provided for a needy child and that the club had paid half the cost of a tonsil operation for another child an amusing skit by illloy breth- our harold hutchinson and jack armstrong was included in tho enter fainment acton still leads league beat georgetown ust night in uiu most thrillpacked hockey game of tho sensor acton tanners defoated georgetown ralddra 04 last night fro r two periods tho toums battled to 0 tie with only lyo minutes irft to play ojdona- huc aroke away but was partially stopped by dej licaumont heicrco rjy hodgson tolled for u penalty shot wliich oddnlihue took and made no rolsuke ftn with only ton seconds left basso beat lever for the tanhera flfmi goat in tho cary stages a tight dov eloped from a stlclcswlnglng affair and cox and melanson were asses sed five minutes the pace was torrfic all through the game ac ton took advantage of their chan ces while georgetown hit the goal post and missed the open net on several occasions mike cox of the tankers was injured during tho gam and had to be assisted from the ice i first period 1 georgetown nash kemshcad beaumont 345 2 arton odonjtiue 851 3 georgetown nash 033 pormltles dllroru beaumont 2 cox mclorson second kr1od aton durant brush 116 alton cox cmnrio 711 cnnrtotowd k bradbury 1112 third trrlod acton brusll 1047 gi orgutown beaumont l bradbury h1b actonodonnhul 1402 actpnvdauui i i9 50 penalties nush d boonmont oukvllk- won their flrm game of tlio soaion by itcfijitlng weston 83 in the othct game last night only geo r get own plus cartoon news friday saturday matinee sat 2 pm western union randolph scott special attraction saturday matinee only childrens stage show entertainment contests prizes monday tuesday evening show start 645 nightly outm by henry king product by lamar trotti cimvhavncal next wed thurs1 mgmi all star romance from john p marqimods big bestullerl f 9m iwiiflutm uhnrtm hum httvx ihaoui standing sheeny tot mvmortaj cup iasue yr it gv ga pts 4 2417 8 2 aa 15 4 1 i vi ie 2 i u 5 27 2 acton georgetown weston oakvlli the dreams that faded when those wheels were stilled that life continue there must be decay unaltered law down through the ages gone what seems defeat may for some future da lie but the plnclng of a corner stone and yet the murmuring river flowing by windows diirk where once the bright light shone was it only fancy did it really hecm to gh or eioeu tlitf silence lend n dlfier- nce to its tone and billing calmly through th frosty night the cold white moon majestic and v serene fli pity ccmj tr shed hor ageless light down on a silence where throbs ping lue hatf been bui taylon wtcr street bailunafad twentyfive attended the farm forum meeting on monday at the home of mr and mrs frank smith when ways of improving radio programs was discussed a paper read on cooperative automobile in surance for farmers was discussed with a good deal of interest plans were made to send one of tho group to a short course at the oac in guclph in january nnd grant wright was mentioned as the can didate ah invitation was received to be gum nt net monday g meeting of no 1 school forum 10th line erin the cloned down factory ftown the long corridors whore once thore ronred a ceaseless clntiour and industrial hum through place- empty now u here once was stored products of in i ours pam providing work to t ome there is a silent hard to under stand ptizltd alike sterns each quiet machine missing perhaps tht touch of know ing hand mutter of ram v hells mil fling steam no mort the hih pitched u hinc the generators note cold the furnace doors that once glowed red and eerie tv hispenngs frttfull seem to float where once was pulsing life deserted dead where workers toiled the buiy night and day good to have known thtm in the hours woik filled maybe to share some hopes and who can aj w j ccttckieei k ciciticxi s i behold this child will be the sermon subject at georgetown united church sunday december tzut 11 am the chhe7wlirman pictures depicting cllnry van dykes boauvful christmas story will lie shown in the sunday school room monday evening 730 oclock we invite you to attend rev john m smith minuur wmmmiciciiieicicicicicicwwtivicwicics a grand night of entertainment for everyone at esqifesing community hal stewarttoivh saturday dec 11th modern dancing h square dancing lucky spot dances with doris hulls orckesira admission- 50c community xmas tree saturday 18th what council did continued from page 1 over town property which he had put in in order 1 sewer his prop erty on maple i kteve imaclaien reported that four applications lor admittance of georgetown residents to the house of refuge at brampton were being sent in but as ti e home was crow ded there was no immediate pros pect of an appnta its hemg act op ted i vttei from mis maiv gambell was iead in u bit h shi said that the condition of a drain near htr prop i ty on ji hii strtet had been bioight to touiu il attention and no mg had been done for the last four ear an iieeesary work had ueen done i heualf md il the condition a not nui roe ted witli ii ten day- someone would be hired to do it and a bdl sent to the town her son inlaw clar ence walters appeared at the meeting and ad ied council that the time limit had expired and that they wi re going aht id with the work tl e polite heport mentioned tha wo special l unstable n wlio woulrl be paid by the arena man agement would be on dut at hockey games tiuih relieving the polk from hav iig ill members of the detachment on hand which would provide better policing for the town at these limes the re port also i ompllmcntcd the taxi- for their cooperation in obeiving local traffic laws n an item in last weeks ik raid editorial drew comment the 4 tlele had said that- parking flni were not retained by tho munici pality this was originally the case but about a month ago a chimge had bsen made and the towi now geu these a the close t tho meeting sew erage was again dl cusscd and mombero felt tfc public should be told once more pint the system was deslgneil as u mnhury ewer system only and was not meant io dralnj tellurs any cellar which could drain in the nystem would be allowed bat taxpayers who did not have this service could no com i iain 4tt