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ilinirfiiiyijaw j 1 it j w v wwaiwkmiy iw pi jjwpltfl wwiwwrv i r the georgetown herald georgetown ontario wednesday may 18th 1949 r halton music festival in milton sandra scott jean engleby win gold medals several prize id georgetown and district pupjb c students fnom georgetown pub lic school and the surrounding rural schools did well at- the halton mu sic festival in milton last week and won a good snare of the medau of fered as prizes the festival was hejd in knox presbyterian church in the county town with mrs vera russell music supervisor df toron to normal school as adjudicator it lasted all day thursday and fri day no entries were made this year from georgetown high school associated in plans for tho fcstl- val were executives of the county asosclation including k giles bronte president miss huth evans georgetown mrs lloyd craw ford campbcllvillc and mrs w t hood freeman vicepresidents mrs r a hopkins bronte secre tary mrs ford rogers bronte as- slstantsccretary and j a lockart burlington treasurer to gold medals went to geor getown girls jean engleby and sandra scott the latter also won a bronze medal with jacqueline graham in the duct or girls 11 and under while helen muclcart was third in tho solo for 8 aria under joan harrison won a silver medal lnthe senior solo and sylvia lam bert and beverley hydo silver medals in senior girls duct paul prust was third in senior boys solo students from district schools humim fisher marjorie and lloyd fisher wish to announce tile birth of their daughter marjorie dorcen on friday may 13th ims at peel memorial hospital brampton a sister for- edna marie ifsrtf mr and mrs eric les lie frances rutlcdge are happy to announce the arrival of a son on sunday may 18th 1mb at peel memorial hospital bramp ton a brother for terry ridler mr and mrs kenneth lrldler are happy to annoancc the birth of their daughter ju dith lynn may 3 1040 at mount hamilton hospital thompson mr and mrs ernie thompson normamcmurdo an nounce the birth of then- daugh ter linda oianne on saturday grc news doug richardsons algonquin are leading the bantam softball league with two wins out of three games played sioux iroquois and norval crees have each won one arid lost one and glep hurqns are at the bottom of the league having lost their only game played ban tams pla mondays at the public scnool this mdndays scores are sioux 20 crees 7 iroquois 14 al- gonqulhs 7 algonrjulns 10 hur on 7 monday night which is juvenile ball night at the high school two humes were played tho team cap tained by keith scott won a 1410 victory from alan gillls team glen juveniles beat norval 100 in a close game ploying for the glen are j coin c schcnk johnny and bud haines tilake gerry and harold inglls gory cooper and junior beaumont nrvol hove on their team arnlc hazel j louth p burrows walt alexander dale sedore ituss fendley lloyd scdore foster and hon fendley last wednesday in the opening karnes gillls defeated the glen 152 and scott won from norval 2ui will have the power to strengthen weak teams and if necessary wea ken any very strong teams the idoo is to have a balanced league with interesting games tennis l also on the program for tho summer with leonard bell making big plans for the opening program w a slight hitch n plans delayed the lacrosse opening lasuwcek to- night at 7 boys wishing to play novice 11 and unuer as of jan 1st will meet at the lions bowl on water street friday pee woes 13 and undor and bantams 15 and under meet nt 0 30 and 7 45 in the some location teams will bo chos en on these nights and the opening karnes played midget boys play softball at the public school on tuesdays last weeks scores were dodgers 11 yankees 10 braves 12 indians 2 indians 15 tigers 5 five teams arc in the league the girls take 6vcr on thursday nights in the grc program ond last week the league began ban tams played after four orioles what council did lis monday mav loth will on recommendation of the board of education seek immed iate entry into thd north halton high school district by presenting n bylaw at tho juno meeting- of county council moved by armstrong and good- let recorded vote gibbons and lyonsvotlng vgoinst r6eve armstrong in movlhg- tile motion said that he favoured an elected board of education ond that he felt they had come to the right decision he asked f6r a recorded vote deputyreeve goodlet said may 7th 1040 at guelph gen- horsshoes are in the news for r whil0 b eral hospital a sister for doug- 1 may 24th after the motorcycle las rices the grc tournament is j slated for early evening at the park i ind a 50c entry charge will be made to pay for the prizes tor heating bluebirds 1413 the mid- i itzt r tf th get piayed at 00 with the follow- b th j lug scores red 13 blues 12 green ta lo iv meworiam church news st georres church archdeacon w g o thompson hector blyth in loving memory of a leglstering and further information i fth sunday after easter dear husband and father robert contact rev j l self kelly kidd blyth who passed away may 18 1047 tor him life eternal for us a guiding star ever remembered by his wife who did well included maureen hepburn glen williams first in jnd girls solo 8 and under and donnlo elson in loving memory of curry llmehouse third in the sim- emily elson who passed away on liar class for boys gail wheeler may 21st 1047 glen williams who was third in sadly missed by her husband solo for girls 1 1 and under mar- thomas elson garct stark and charmaine wood r t halpin in loving memory of of hornby who won sliver medals r 7 iint i our dear mother elizabeth hal- in the duet class glen williams pin who passed away may 16th 1046 dob wyatt tom beckett jack armstrong leonard bell or r fred tucker three pits will bl built at the paik this week so get out and prac tice anvonc over 17 is eligible for the tournament it is hoped to have four ladies softball teams operating and an organization meeting will be held in the park thursday at h p in the league is for girls over 15 hogatipn sund ly holy communion ii 00 am sunday school 10 00 am matins and litany 11 00 a m even s song 7 00 p m he still hcsl- chance beeouse while the dcpt of education said they did not favour spcyside it had also been stated that select ing a site was a matter for tho dis trict board so far georgetown two firm on this policy tjavidaon i feel the ssme way a the mayor and that is why i made ihc motion armstrong i cannot roake decision unui i see the two quota tions mccumbcr the only savins ja a few dollars in premium on imh firemen goodlet the quo4atltins should be tablctl before a vfote u taken gibbons i have a motion be fore mo and i am duty bound to present it later in the meeting a quotation from tho frank cowan agency wis that he had opposed entry threeread with tho correspondence but years ago and that he was glad no further discussion took place because it had eliminated speyslde as o proposed site for a central school but he felt the time was now opportune to join mayor gib bons said the motion was one of the most important motions any coun ha had to deal with in the last quarter century he had op posed the central school idea from the inception because of the spoy- appolntcd tho property commit tee to meet with residents of nor mandy boulevard and central mortgage officials to discuss estab lishing a park at the foot of the avenue jim martin and bob hard- mnn appeared as spokesman from the residents of this wartime hous ing project asking that somo action be taken orlglnouy an area had been left for a pork this belonged to the town ond central mortgage said they could take no roponslbil- ity for fixing it up but would have one of their engineers come oitt to make recommendations will request the minister of ijd gained by the delay and might public worlcs to call a meeting for cam more as time goes on ond for tne purpose of discussing the for- these reasons he was voting against motion of a credit valley autbor- the motion other council mem- ity bers davidson mccumbcr and moved by davidson goodlet herbert expressed themselves for alex maclarcn on behalf of joining cr mccumbcr saying that i lions club with rising educational costs he could hot see what else the town could do the which had sponsored ascension sundav hnlv communion your memory is as dear today as in the hour you passed away always remembered by the was second and norval third in choirs for 2 and 3 room schools hornby school won second place in another choir class complete results of the festival exclusive of the high school classes y will be published next week mcnally in loving memory of mrs james mcnally who passed f v tz ketuvufecrnow forever tor baseball opener dear wrinkled hands arc so still i blast of the earth shall no longer baseball v only a week ago throw oer our loved one a chill was in the doldrums hod n fast re- a through heaven will guide birth ond this saturday afternoon her georgetown raiders meet fergus j w still bless and keep in the seasons opener georgetown n for the world would we wake is grouped in an intermediate b ner league with acton and milton from mother his fallen osleep lost years league and three new ever remembered by her hus- teums waterdown fergus and uand ond f hamilton japs games throughout the league ore scheduled for wed- nesdays and saturdays with op thanks double homcandhomc schedule which ends on the last day of july bingham mr ond mrs harold georgetowns second game will be bingham wish to thank friendi a week this saturday when acton for their kindness in sending tanners journey to town to try cards flowers and gifts while another actlvlt which will gel undenuj if sufficient interest is shown is a junior lawn bowling club more information next week cheltenham concrete has taken over some of last years duffy s team making ten entries to date in the men s softball league pre season games to establish a and b classifications are now going on the top four will be the a league ihc remainder the b an execu tive will be formed next week af ter the prcllniimiv games and it st alban s church glen williams i ith sundav attcr easter matins 1 10 m sunday school 10 10 am knox and umibohh presbyterian churches rev alex j colder ba- knox church 10 00 am sunday school and bible class u am public worship 7pm public worship the junior choir will sing this sundi at 11am lrmehouse 1 jo p m sunday school z 30 p m worship service new main herbert and david- thelr luck saturday some special events have been planned including a parade to the ball park headed by the band pregamc festivities in cluded mayor gibbons pitching the first ball to parks board choir- man bill bell reeve jock arm strong behind the plate the regu lars then take over and as it is the first meeting of the two teams pre dictions arc impossible however georgetowns llncup is good in any mans league and it is expected that win lose or tic the haiders will give the fans a good boll game admission to the park has been set this year os 35c with children under 14 being granted free ad mission engagement mr and mrs hugh m reld ac ton wish to announce the engage ment of their eldest daughter bes sie- evangeline to douglas earl peck second son of mr and mrs walter g peck of georgetown the marriage to take place saturday juno 18th at three oclock in acton baptist church items held over afew news items had to be held over till next weeks paper and will appear in the may 23th issue thursday papfek next week because of the may 24th holiday on tuesday publica tion dote of the herald will be set back one doy next week and the herald will not bo printed until thursday morn- neon cooperation of adver tisers and those submitting news copy l asked in turning in iiwii np monday in order to facilitate an day paper early ttiurt- tlicy were patients in hospital dillon miss ruth dillon wishes to thank friends who remembered her with cords and gifts while she was a patient in st josephs hospital guelph ferry i wish to express my thanks to the various organiza tions particularly the canadian legion post 120 who have sent me cigarettes fruit cards etc and to the mony friends who visited me during my long stay at sunnybrook hospital i am now out of hospital and pro gressing favourably harry ferry washago ont groat mrs stafford groat and mrs b bradley wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to all their kind friends who sent floral tributes cards of sympathy ond all other acts of kindness and thoughtfulness in their bereave ment especially the college view neighbors canadian legion post 120 verdun rebekoh lodge post office staff customs office mall couriers archdeacon thompson nursing sisters and patients at sunnybrook hospital and red cross lodge young i would like to thank all my friends for cards flowers fruit and gifts sent to me while i was a patient in st josephs hospital toronto and aso those 1 have received since i have been home m irene young engagement mr and mrs c f ohoro and mr and mrs j a wheeler an nounce tho engagement of mary marguerite qharo to mr alvo griqve son of mr and mrs thom as f grieve of georgetown the marria t take ptarq early in june may juth will proceed with buying mater- 10 00 am pals and arranging for a building at the site of the proposed waterworks development on street south moved bv son the consulting engineer e f roberts reported that a very fav ourable location had been found for a new water supply at the foot of maple avenue near main street he believed that a million gallons f water a dav would be available and that it was of fairly good 11 ado neither soft nor hard there was a good possibility that this supply would not have to be chlonnited and present supplies i would be cut off and used only in case of emergency he recommen ded purchasing 75 feet frontage and proceeding immediately with drilling and the erection of a pump house this he assured council would be an attractive addition to the landscape and would not be noisv to date exploratory drill ing had cost s1427 slightly under the estimate of 1500 cost of in stalling the pump house and well would be about 20000 winch is i i above the original estimate but a the three major political parties compinv stationed at hornby 7200 saving on not chlorinating ue well in the midst of the cam- transmitter during the war he was would more than make up the ex- paign which will end on june 27th radar consultant with the amerl- tra cost when the federal elections will be an forces three diner nominees replying to a question about the held the county liberal rally is mr3 marjorie pinney burlington town s responsibility in cases where archie service milton and w e several feet of pipe would have to adamson defeated candidate in the be replaced because of the hiatal- cleaver bennett shane are halton candidates liberals expected to choose liberal member tonight sybil bennett first georgetown candidate in many years in milton tomorrow night whln hon c d howe will be guest speaker it is expected that hughos cleaver m p burlington lawyer who has represented halton at ot tawa for manv years wll again be a candidate as he is almost sure to get the nod again as liberal candi date mr cleaver hos been one of the leading parliamentary figures outside the cabinet and has often been rumoured as heading for an appointment to the senate chosen by the progressivecon servatives to run in halton at their meeting last thursday is miss sybil bennett k c miss bcnnott is a partner wth leroy dale k c in the local law firm of dale and bennett daughter of a methodist minister sho was born in st george of three generations of nelson township pioneers and was o relative of the late r b bennett o former canadian prime minister one of the party s top speakers she was first speaker at the national convention in ottawa and spoke for the party on a tour of western canada last year she was presi dent of peel county pc associa tion and for a number of years has been town solicitor of bramp ton resigning the position last week major kenneth slater of ookvllle was another nominee who let his name stand at the convention oth- ors who declined to run were george f flllott onirics dim mer and a s nicholson who un successfully contested the ildlng in 104s on wednesday night members of the county ccf oarty gathered in muton and chose w i04h provincial election withdrew their names before the ballottlng h b jolliffe leader of the ccf parly in ontario was slated as the speaker at the meeting but was unable to attend social and personal lation of water meters mr rob erts advised the town not to assume this responsibility ond if they did original esumatcs for this to be upped consider- would have ably gave first and second reading to i bylaw to borrow 15000 for mr and mrs r stecnson of mad resurfacing by issuing 10ycar toronto were weekend visitors ijv debntures third reading to with mr and mrs stuart young be held when municipal board ap- r g baxter of hamilton jirovol is granted moved by mcnally and lyons mrs was a weekend guest in town with mr and mrs d w baxter charles street mr and mrs john kennedy wesleyan street spent the week end visiting with relatives la gla- glammls mr ond mrs it w robb spent a few days last week visiting with relatives in owen sound mrs florence curtis mr and mrs walker cleave and jane visi ted in woodstock on sundoy with mrs john curtis mrs thomas rold and children mjiryjo and tommy of monctop new brunswick are visiting at tho home of her paronts mr and mrs wilfrid lavole for a few weeks miss margaret smith of the robbs drug store staff was in toronto lost week attending a thrcedoy course at tho dorothy gruy cosmetic school at the royal yoik hotel joanne duncan daughter of mr and mrs ross duncan catenated her fifth birthday on friday may 13th those attending her party were ann and jimmy fldd- bert shano j lor jacqueline tost beverley and of odkvlllo as their federal candl- donald clark jill kontner doiig- lotc a fruit and vegetable grower las dovls marlon majucry carole fool it is wise to change mr shane w forme associated i greensward and joa brother arm with tho canadian rurosmcastlng ross jr county engineer roy smith at tended the meeting and estimated the cost of proposed road resurfac ing as 30000 of which half would be paid in subsidy by the ontario government authorized tog doys for the blind and for the navy league on may 21 ond may 28 respectively were asked by fred harrison to extend sewerage to his property on the highway just past norman dy boulevard a distance of 270 feet the matter was left for decis ion at the june meeting renewed the workmens com pensation insurance policy with the a e wilson agency for 104050 moved by davidson and mc cumbcr armstrong and goodlet voted against gibbons i am supporting this motion because tills company has given tho town outstanding service for several years and in view of u large damage ortjmi which is now pending against tutauowu i do not brother armstrong at our lust meet- ftng wo oskoci- for quotations from initial discussions between munici palities in the credit river area asked council for this he explained that twothirds of the affected municipalities must send in petitions and twothird must be present at a meeting a vote of twothirds majority of the meeting would be necessary to for an authority received a report of progress to dote of georgetown recreation commission from the recreational director rev j l self since he started two months ago a 18- team hockey league with 202 players had played a short schedule now 38 ball teams were in operation with horseshoes tennis lawn bowling and lacrosse being promoted he suggested that there were many things which the town could think about including putting a concrete surface in the arena for summer sport building a small curling rink promoting a swimming pool etc organized recreation he be lieves has an important place in community life just as has the church and the school mayor gib bons expressed councils pleasure m receiving such a report ond com plimented mr self on his fine work to dote planned to use town property at the foot of young strcot above charles street as a temporary town dump until permanent plans were made the matter come up when a letter was received from a tor onto solicitor acting for p l stev ens a property owner on maple avenue who complained as had will ford ot the last meeting that fumes and flame from the present dump in the pork were damaging his property moyor gibbons sold that he had visited col nobles property at norvol with the garbage collector bob lane and that while it might possibly be used for the summer months it was impossible to en ter the property in winter the problem of a long haul was also a stumbling block mr goodlet suggested the young street prop erty which is near the home ow excouncillor ray whltmee who had himself suggested it in last years council for the purpose of building up a road reeve arm strong suggested the possibility of an lnclnorator to serve georgetown and other neighbouring municipal ities cr davidson suggested the american army method of a bull dozed trench which would be fil led in from time to time sold a town lot at the rear of matt armstrongs property on lorno street to mr armstrong for 30 moved by mccumber and arm strong received suggested designs for new park gates which had been prepared by john qlynn of the smith stone staff and instructed tho property committee to obtain prices left the purchase of oil and cal cium tor roads to the town fore man and road chairman mcnally the foreman in his report reconv- mended putting wt cnnuh iv continued on g 7 rup hmwt f jk mmr