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georgetown ont wednesday evening july 20 1949 dt off to lne w york boarding a tca plane for new york where they were featured in the panada nirht celebration in madison square gar dens as part of the lions international convention are members of georgetown girls pipe band the party flew from malton airport on monday morning and will be back in town cm friday shown above in the row on the left bottonri to top are- ruth mcnally marg mccallum teresa curtis olivia durnford helen mcgill inez scott jean dickie mrs scotty patterson and elma stringer the row on the right bottom to top shows mrs art hurst pauline norton toots murphy edna aitken mrs bruce reid eileen kerr doreen jolley helen shelbourne shirley wright pipe major roy magloughlen and business manager ray whitmce mrs mag luughlcn mrs wlutmee and mrs l w dann who also were in the party arc not shown in the photograph stayathome camp is great success which mrs grace yemen is anderson merritt wedding mrs james thom at knox church manse dies in oshawa will be operated in georgetown this j clay hill teacher mrs james evans hired as teacher week and next is in full swing and enthusiastic reports are being re ceived already about its success over 150 children have enrolled plus almost forty smaller children who attend in the afternoons only the campers are kept uptodate on developments by a dally bulletin the camp roar published every morning under the supervision of principal j l lambert at the high school recreation director j l self has overall charge of the var ious activities with jean ruddcll joan latimer ross sykes and jim kirkwood serving as assistant dir ectors the camp which operates in the park in local churches and the two schools has something to appeal to every child such subjects as nature study handcrafts games and sports bible study and first aid arc among the items of interest and in case of rain films are available for show ing in the united church children from a distance bring their lunches to eat under supervision in the old town hall other children return home for dinner handcraft being taught is practi cal for instance the girls have made earrings and wooden name ornaments while the boys have tackled buch things as pipe stands and key racks and spool racks for their mothers a point system will grade the children for prizes at the end of j a thetcachin the camp each child receives 100 points at the start of the day and there are forcfeltures for falling to wear the camp button for being late for events etc outside activities add to the inr terest fqr instance tomorrow an expedition by bus to caaa loma and possibly a trip to the museum in toronto will highlight the day this afternoon a hike and picnic ending with a campflre will be the attraction there will be swimming at the norval ymca pool too at certain times for various groups the camp is truly a community project while grc is the official sponsor valuable help is being re ceived from local ministers and churches from service clubs and from interested private citizens and it all adds up to a wonderful two weeks for every boy and girl who is interested at knox presbyterian church manse on saturday july 16th at four oclock hcv alex j calder officiated at the wedding of audrey irene merritt daughter of mr and mrs william merritt und william ramsey anderson son of mr and mrs william r- anderson both of georgetown the bride wore a white dress- mrs grace b yemen of elora has accepted a position with esques- maker suit with navy blue access ing school area no 1 and will ories and a corsage of white carna- commence her duties in september tions the couple were attended by as teacher at clay hill school ss miss audrey mitchell and mr tho- no 15 mrs yemen replaces miss mas wylie a reception for mildred eason who joins the geor- twentyfive guests was later held getown public school staff in the at the home of the brides parents all after a honeymoon trip to mon- other teachers in the school area treal they will take uprcsrdcncc in have all renewed their contracts for georgetown 114950 these include miss ismey kcan s3 3 ashgrove miss mar- garct mcedwnrd ss5 waterloo i f 4islliar miss alice davies7ss6 ashgrove j t v irllllujlc miss margaret roszcl and miss lladys mccrea ss7 norval miss nora kranstz ss8 dublin mrs harriottc limes ss10 dufferln mrs edna beaumont and mrs nel lie gardiner ssu glen williams mrs anna aitken ss12 lome miss shirley doddssh blue mountain- two georrctown ladies suffered i family bereavement last week wnen their sister mrs james tbom died in oshawa after a lingering illness the death occurred on july i2th mrs thorn who was formerly lua jane morton was torn in milton 54 years ago fol lowing her marriage 27 years ago in acton she moved to oshawa where she had since resided be sides her husband she leaves a fam ily of four children walter donnle inid mrs t bobier of oshawa and imurlns of owen sound also sur- viviiir are her father thomas mor- lon of toronto a brother thomas of toronto aim thr sist mrs a j mcmillan of toronto mrs wil liam king and mrs clarence ben- ham of georrctown the funeral service was held in oshawa on fri day with intcrmem in oshawa cemetery whaf council did the weather mr editor with this weeks summary one could say this has been a real nor mal week of nice july weather bjit a jlttie oh the sprinkles would bo fine era batlcin date max mln rain july ii 74 48 july 12 79 51 july 13 b2 r155 july 14 72 j54 04 july 15 80 50 july 10 04 53 july 17 76 57 17 average 7842 5257 m7 grc donations reach total 270 on monday jtjly 18u asked the liquor control boart of ontario to establish a liquor- storo in georgetown fovod by goodlot and herbert icevo armstrong asked for a reeot ded vote and all voted in favour ex- ccpt cr mcnhliy who was absent from the meeting lett a decision on thocstablishf mertt of a separate home for the aged in haltor to the judgment of county council representatives iteeve jack armstrong and deputy reeve jim goodlot the reeve ex plained in detail the situation and financial setup if further improve ments arc made to the ppclhalton home and if a separate home is built in this county asked canada coach lines to consider extending their services on the miltonhamilton route to in clude georgetown moved by davidson and arm strong herbert voted against- cr davidson who moved the motion said that it was inconven- thc canvassers have been greatly encouraged by the continued re sponse to the fund raising campaign to raise money for georgetown rec j reation commission thcholldayi lent for travellers to get to miltoa season has slowed up canvassing to and hamilton from town and that some extent but in spite of this a he felt there was a need for suca l6larrifilibt70yas reported bh fa service crtbcrbcrt said tie was week to swell the grand total to voting against the motion because 26000 the last time council had become grc sustaining member- stickers involved with buses it has been a are being shown on many local headache he referred to the at- utomobiles ard the grc looks on tempt by the 1047 council to force held in oshawa on intermeiunin osh norval woman died yesterday a wellknown resident of the norval district mrs absalom newns died yesterday at her home lot 10 flth concession west chln- guacousy in her 01st year the funeral service will bo held on fri day from tho funeral homo of the brampton funoral sorvico at 230 pm- interment will be in mayflold cemetery koep in mind the fall fair to be held this year on soptenibar 1 mrs james k evans has been hired as grade 7 teacher at george town public school for next term lo succeed mr george bale who resrned last week to take another position ttie appointment of mr evans was made at ameetlng nf the board n the high school last wed nesday the former june frank staff before her marriage and taught the same class at that time for next term principal howard wrigglesworth will take over the teaching of manual training which mr bale taught last year appointed cnr station agent announcement has been made by i ihe canadian national htfilways of the promotion of william g mu- l liere from 1st operator to agent of he georgetown station the ap pointment was effective june 10th he succeeds v t cavanagh agent here ince fred anguish was traiu- lerred to gait mr milllere entered the railways service on august 1st 191 as ass istant at limehouse station a nat ive of the channel islands he came to canada with his parents when hevassyeai ioldaiti tlre jmeeting moved to limehouse in 1900 at council i iinehouse he worked under the dick licata presided at the nleet- late g t coo who was uncut there tf and introduced hubert baigent until the station was closed in 1930 j the rtipst speaker who recently mr millicre then spent a year on purchased bob lanes ice business the road relieving a year at wes ton and for seven years was 1st operator at urumpton in 1919 he wua transferred lo georgetown as new school planned for glen williams the board of esqueslng school area no 1 which administers the uffalrs of glen williams public school has decided to abandon the present building and proceed with ihe building of a complete now school the architect has been in structed to proceed with plans for the building no decision has been made as to the site and other lo cations will be considered as well as the present one temporary ac commodation will have to be found lor tlw student body of the school until such time as the new building is completed tlfe decision was made by tho board after half of the present building collapsed during excava tion for the construction of a third room on the school tl was felt that it would bo wiser to completely abandon the building ralhor than to iiiiiliiliilte to rebuild tho old struc ture is well as maklnoan addition merchants ask for liquor store here members of the new ketail mer chants association at a dinner meeting last wednesday in the mc- gibbon house endorsed a plan to petition the council to ask the liriuor control board to establish a liquor store in georgetown be cause of the importance of the question it was decided to make the petition in the form of a signed request and a committee was form ed to arrant- this the request presented at mondays council was complied wltft by 1st operator a position which he has since held anl is operating it as roberts ice mr baiucnt is a former secretary f the retail merchants association of ontario and told something of the work of that organization jim goodlet reported that signs these as badges of far-sightcdco- operation in making georgetown a better place in which to liye a generous gift ot 8000 from apprentice productions is included in the total and the local dramatic group is planning an ambitious sea son of entertainment for the coming winter those who fcave contributed dur ing the week are mr and mrs e lorusso d lor- usso b gummcr c spcnce j davidson g wilkinson c hayes f seddon mrs james r martin t eason mrs w forgrave mrs a walters mrs w long miss m davidson a rolfe v menlvcn d hawcs g chaplin miss m chaplin w emslie b armstrong v torrance n b hill a korzack miss m thompson miss m fori tfrave mr gianshaw miss agnes leslie bert gilmer miss ruth evans mrs f smith mr adam kay jack kay bruce mackenzie fred gilmer harold gilmer r w robtajdrenticcproductionsjohn wlnfield a hill mrs som ten- nant gordon harley elmer hill mrs r j waldie a friend d ranks a s wilson j w crr j r smith john mcbean myrtle scott joseph c young mr and mrs x married to ihe former may rosa pointing to the business section of georgetown they have two chll dren eleanor mrs spence mckin non a member of the rank of com- nwrce staff and william jr a rudio mechanic with mcclures ilomo furnishings mr milliercs parents mr and mrs william mllliere sr live at limehouse as does a sister mrs harold scratch and a brother george jivcs n toledo ohio mr cavanagtv has been appointed i gent at forest but will not assume his new position until he recovers from an illness which has kept him from work bince last may working with the new station agent is u staff of five n j beck- thofd 1st operator ut present liv ing lit oakville a j cohen 2nd t perutor phil 1j harrison assist ant cliff mcnalt shed man and mis phyllis cavonajnh clerk thirmrvrvlqw pafitt papeg pupils of mrs r u wright who were successful in tho midsummer xnminationv of the royal conser vatory- of music wore grade b piano jean bird hortj qt4n fi piano ruth wilson hon grade 4 ruth mebrlde 1st cln honord 1 theory jean bird 4it oiaag ho57 have been ordered and these will be placed on the highway indicatr ing the way to main street w g 5ull1ere first operator ut georgetown cnr station for the past ten years mr william g mllliere has been ap pointed station agent succeeding v t cavanagh who has been trans ferred to forest liquor store asked for georgetown georgetown eouneil at the re quest of a petition troiii local mer chants has asked the liquor con trol board ot ontario to cstobllah a liquor store in die municipality a petition presented at mondays council meeting by al norton on lelialf of the merchants bore 09 of local businessmens signatures raid mr norton deputy iteeve goodlet reported that acton council had recently passed a similar motion and ho had heard that milton was following nult he did not bellovo that stores would he established in all three town but there wu a good possi bility of ono to serve tho north part ut my uuuiity outviwi wiiiuu iw senses the only store ot present has a decided asset according to oakville merchants with whom mr goodlet bus talked a store in georgetown he eatimated would serve twenty thousand residents within a twelve mile radius at present tho closest stores for this district arc in guelph oakville hnjnilton and toronto cr arthur horbertsaldbe bcllc- nj it was the feeling of the public as a whole that q liquor atdre would be a good thing jiere there was nb reason why people aboul4fq inconvonlcncedby ntrlp to guelph to purchase liquor crlcecll ydavidson said that he the gray coach buses off main st gave the grc permission to hold a mile of pennies in town on aug ust 20th moved by mccumber and dav idson turned down a request presented by cr lyons from residents of fac tory street to have the street name changed to park street moved by lyons and mccumber herbert also voting for the motion with all others against cr lyons said that the present street name was confusing to th public as there were no farforlo on the street and the residents thought that parte street was a more 1 pleasing name cr davidson said that he could see a lot of expense- and confusion in changing private and public records if the name were changed and it might lead to other residents wanting to change their street name passed a bylaw to clear up cer tain technicalities in the bylaw authorizing a 05000 debenture 1- sue authorized the mayor to proclaim monday august 1st a civic holi day and postponed the regular council meeting of that night to the following monday moved by armstrong and hill changed the rate of pay of town employees to bc an hour with no cvertimc pay except for sundays when time and a half will be paid alf collins will be paid an extra 50 a year for serving as weed in spector moved by armstrong andsdav- idson mayor gibbons introduced the subject saying that there were dlf- ficulties in the previous wage rate which was 85c an hour plus tune and a half for all overtime often the men had to work overtime drawing gravel etcand it wasfett that the extra pay was too high for this work the men had agreed to the new basis and he believed it was a fairer system asked the hydro to move polee on mill street and market street which blocked the rear entrances to the goodlet and muckart proper ties moved by mccumber arid hill deputy reeve goodlet said that the pole blocked the rightofway jo his property and contributed to congestion on main street when trucks were unloading mayor gib bons said a similar situation existed at the muckart property and that if one wastol be remedied the other should be too i costs of moving the poles are jointly shared by tho hydro and the town a complaint was received from robbs drug store that poor drain age on the sidewalk in front of the store had undermined the struc ture and asked that this be remed ied was mil a dliuhlui uisu bulubr the best interests of georgetown merchants could be served by es tablishing u store hare be didnt believe that a store henotftrould in crease liquor sales by any apprec iable extend t rpcjve armstrong pointed ou ihat oho reasort he fajvoitrod passing of the resolution was that it woold help tovtmuiatj luegvaliv of alcohol in toe dlitflelha for a recorded vote and all nu present vote lit favour of the toot tour and w