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georgetown ont wednesday december 28th 1949 no election in esquesing township george currie is reeve again meeting criticises new home or ajre concerned over mount ing tax rates reeve george currie deputy- reeve george leslie councillors craig raid wilfrid bird and wal ter llnhom were all returned to office by acclamation at the nomin ation meeting held monday in stewartown hall three other nominees r n brown c b swackhamer and william schenlc did not allow their names to stand for election tile three school area seats also went by acclamation r h hun- yjar and john bingham being re turned and william dobble joining bie board to replace s h webster who retired due to ill health wil- lard brltton was also a school board nominee reeve george currie was the first speaker introduced by chair man l m bennett at the public meeting tald after the nomina tions and he warned taxpayers that unless municipal provincial and federal governments chocked their expenditures the country would be bagged down with taxes the government departments say if we do this and that well get a grant but dont forget theso grants have to come from some where and it is out of our pockets to extra taxes said the reeve as reeve in depression years he had headed the township in the tough est times it ever had he continued and he didnt want to see the coun- i ty overloaded with debenture debt which would be hard to meet if hard times come again mr currie pointed out that al- most half the county levy of 102- 000 excluding roads on the various municipalities was spent in charity and welfare and said if this bad to be dorio there was negli gence somewhere when childrens aid expenses are 21500 it is a sad reflection on home conditions in bolton he said i oppose new ceunty home i opposed the bonding of the new home for the aged last year and i am still opposed to it said mr currie the two esquesing members after consultation with their council and the reeve of nas- sagaweya hac all voted against the plan which will dissolve the pres ent arrangement with peel whereby a joint home is maintain ed at brampton for forty years this has worked successfully he aid and on expenditure of 200000 for renovating and enlarging ac- cording to approved department plans would take care of haltons told people for many years to come increasing government old age pensions tend to make fewer admissions to tho home he pointed put at one time halton had iso inmates in 1037 ninety and at pre sent about 08 in place of this the new homo will cost an estimated 480000 which might end up at six or seven hundred thousand and possibly higher operating costs because it is on a small tract of which will not produce rev ague and because a separate main tenance staff will be required ratepayers velee opposition 14 curries asked for an expres sion of opinion from those present a to their feelings and later in the masting a motion was made by lt oal o o brown and milton j brown that the meeting go on re- esrd as being opposed to the new ana at the present time and that the township r should brills tola before county council and maker an effort to have the attar bald in abeyance no ad tjaajsi votes were recorded among l fhe or 40 present mil property assessed ike wave explained the annexa- jen situation when acton had tak- i aa erar beardmore crescent xs- l floating lost fus0 in assessed wty and a cash settlement of was made by acton for the however during the semination it was found fa 100 years onethird of the properly had been in and had nan and this was now a m fmanetany the town- endad up farther ehead cd road work he said and although a lot of gravel had been used much of it had shimmied off the bollinafod road was rough because n had been necessary to put a good base down and he could reasonably give assurance that the road would be hard surfaced next year in answer to a question about a proposed highway through es quesing and nassagaweya to link up no 5 sideroad on a route to gait mr currie said certain pres sure had been put on the dept of highways to have this done the minister had said no new work was being undertaken at the present time but that the earliest applica tions would be given consideration when future work was undertaken w o brownridge said that councillor reid had promised ac tion on weed spraying before be was elected and wondered u the other four members were opposed as nothing had been done yet the reeve sold lt was purely a matter of finance one spraying would cost two mills and if spraying were attempted gravelling would have to suffer cosmell lacks control treasurer k c lindsay who presented the auditors report told rotepoyers that they shouldnt be too hard on any council because they had actual control over- less than 25 per cent of tax money 122 mills of the 52 mill tax rate was requisitioned by the county and 27 mills by school boards leaving only 125 mills for controllable township expenditures one 10000 payment remains next year on the 30000 loan for renovating the township hall lie said leslie opposes home dctnuy reeve george leslie also expressed opposition to ithe new halton home in ills remarks at the meeting tile present building with improvements would be good for at least fifteen years he felt and there is ample room at pres ent he did not want to be piloted ns absolutely against the new home because it has some good jioints lie continued but taxation is ris ing fait and lie thought the county should wait iwitii the new equal ized assesmem is completed be fore jumping into further expendi tures mr iislie compared present equalized asslsmenls in the coun ty in which esquesing is second only to trafalgar in total weed spraying difficult answering mr brownridges question councillor craig reid said that tho difficulty was that one spraying was not adequate to cra- icatcboth chicory and wild carrot as they matured at different times if one spray would do the job he would favour it but he could not recommend going over the 130 miles of township roads two or three times a year i dont like to see taxes soaring any more than anyone else said mr reid for it is the younger farmers like myself who are going to be burdened with paying them he thought school costs had risen all out of proportion and yet thought rural pupils were entitled to as good an education as those in urban centres compares past taxes councillor wilfrid bird compared present taxes with those of ten years ago and said that last year he had paid almost double those of 1030 his assessment had been raised somewhat but still this meant the average taxes had al most doubled the biggest increase he said was in education area schools taking ten mills and other schools averaging 8 mills at last years nomination meeting he had recommended a ts fox bounty and this had been passed early in the year but was later taken over by the county which pay a ts bounty want better bead c b swaekhamer said that his duties as acton pair secretary pre cluded any notion of him running for township- office re pointed out that the township boundary road between esquejing and erin was in bad condition and asked that ac tion be taken next year to have flsadr bo had etaan wandered he said why the ratepayers had i not been consulted when esques ing joined the high school district he thought it was a fine thing but wondered where the costs would stop he felt assessments were very unequal a suburban proper ty ho knew about was assessed for 200 nd rented lor a yearly flg- uro of that with taxes of 28 and the owner valued it at 10000 many farms paid far more but wouldnt sell for any more money brown atalnst subsidies r n brown a former councilor who declined his nomination said he didnt ogreo with subsidies and thought prices should find their own level someone has to have the guts to go to county council he continued and tell the education alists where were at regarding education as we are going to ex tremes i pay 152 in my taxes for edu cation sold mr brown what have we got at the glen for 67000 the department says lt must be built according to certain specifications or we bet no grant im in favour of improvements but wo dont have to go to extremes want school adjustment reeve currie spoke again and cri ticized the sharing of high school coats by assessment esquesing pays 51 per cent and next year will pay about 45 per cent when geor getown enters the district but with another school to maintain will be paying even more in cash he will take lt on himself he sold to ask the proper procedure under the act for adjusting payments on a dif ferent basis ltcol g o brown who is on esquesing representative on the school board also voiced his pro- test about esqucsings unequal share of costs township pupils repre sent about 30 per cent of the en rolment and 33 per cent would be a much fairer payment he believes the board meets 12 times per year and spends 95 per cent of its time in passing accounts said col brown iwws very little control over salaries or the type of build ing to be erected he had had something to do with having the idea dropped for a single school at speysitle and his plan was lo make slow progress towards the point of housing when and when- a central school will lie built he suggested that the township representatives give plain facts to the county totnclj and see if an adjustment in payments could be niaile the alternative to this would be to withdraw from the dis trict no pupils would be depri ved of their education if this were done he said and it might be bet ter to provide transportation and haul pupils to school rather than shuttling them back and forth be tween three schools if we cant get a reduction i favour getting out of the district concluded cot brown mrs alfred sykes bereft of mother following on illness of three weeks mrs walter thomas fore man died on december 10th at the home of her daughter mrs alfred sykes georgetown formerly mary edna mcdd she was bora at trow bridge 50 years ago later living in iistowel and brampton and since 1030 in snelgrove she is survived by seven daughters and three sons mrs stan burns evelyn mrs al fred sykes alma mrs wesley wright ester mrs gordon brooks rose mrs john euton leila mrs dan morden doris mary thomas clifford and don ald the funeral service was held last wednesday from the funeral home of the brampton funeral service and was conducted by rev r h n davidson pallbearers were six sonsinlaw messrs sykes burns wright brooks elston and morden interment was made in brampton cemetery christmas visitors at home and away the weather mr editor the high temperature and the amount of rain shown on this weeks summary makes us think it is far from being midwinter just imagine if the rain had been snow lt would have amounted to about 2 feet and would surely then have been a white christmas a happy new year to all era batkin date mux mln rain dec 19 37 33 dec 20 49 32 92 dec 21 53 i5 42 dec 22 57 40 82 dec 23 30 24 dec 24 30 24 dec 25 42 13 16 average 4257 2871 32 education valuable hunter u if hunter who later was elec- url by acclamation for another term on the public school area board said hint he was quite will ing to step aside for the other nom- iihes if they would accept the pos ition he said that education was the most valuable asset that any rumiminity could have and that while its cost might work a hard ship on those who thought they muld not afford to poy ho didnt jiear protests fiom men with chil dren in school many problems wer arising with rapid growth in communities such as glen williams and norval where the old build ings could not take care of the in crease mr and mrs herb mcfarlane and family visited with the mc- gibbons over the christmas holi day esquesing township nominations reeve george currie acclamation moved by n a robinson and f d charles deputyreeve george leslie acclamation moved by r h hunter and f d charles council wilfrid bird acclamation moved by ernie curry and len cox walter linham acclamation moved by r h hunter and r l davidson h craig reid acclamation moved by nels robinson and f d charles r n brown moved by c b swaekhamer and william dobbie william scheme moved by harold wheeler and ahrin stafret c b swaekhamer moved by a dobbie and john e fox trustees school area no 1 john bingham move by walt tlnham and r h hunter harry hunter moved by walter tjnham end h crslf held william dobbie moved by john ft pea and h h brown wlttard britten moved by r j davidson and walter unban mr and mrs william robinson visited in mcaford for the holiday weekend miss donna churchill of ingle- wood was a visitor in town on wednesday with miss jill kcntncr mr and mrs syd mackcnzle spent christmas day in hamilton with mr and mrs bob mackcnzle mr and mrs chris graham and son don of burlington spent christ mas day in town with mr and mrs era thompson- 4 mrs h sparling of toronto was a christmas visitor with her daugh ter mrs albert livingstone and mr livingstone mr and mrs ken richardson jimmy and ronald spent sunday at arkell with mr and mrs arn old morphet misses nell and olive kennedy spent the christmas weekend at clarkson with- mr and mrs jack squires and family mr and mrs ted vahl and son teddy were in toronto for the hol- idoy with her parents mr and mrsa fossey mr and mrs bruce mockenzie and paul were in brantford for christmas at the home of mr and mrs bruce cooper mr clarence armstrong who is employed with provincial paper at thorold was a visitor in town over the holiday weekend mr and mrs john malcolm gail and douglas spent the holiday weekend in toronto with her par ents mr ond mrs j brady mr and mrs cecil hardle eugene and bill were in weston for christmas at- the home of mr and mrs bruce robertson mr and mrs irwin noble and daughter ann lorraine spent the holiday weekend in palmerston with mr and mrs george storey mr and mrs john l robinson of milton spent christmas day in town with their daughter mrs cecil davidson and mr davidson mr and mrs lawrence mcclin- tock and daughter mary were here from grand vilify fur christmas day with her mother mrs william long guests with mr and mrs rich ard hawes for christmas were her mother mrs o fielding and her sister miss margaret kiclding of toronto mr and mrs frank bonner and daughter helen motored to wal- licrville for the christmas holiday to visit with her falher mr f l patterson holiday visitors with mr and mrs lome peters included mrs w t campbell mrs c l easton and barbara mrs alice greedy and son edwin all of toronto holiday guests with mr and mrs h hurley included mrs d perry mr and mrs h hurley and gcor- glna and mr and mrs jim clarke and jimmy of toronto mrs margaret joyce of toronto was a holiday guest with her bro ther mr dan livingstone and mrs livingstone at their home on george street christmas visitors with mr and mrs walter whltmee inrliirted mr and mrs ralph whltmee and son paul of coulngwood and mr and mrs ernest merrltt and son paul of toronto mr and mn james cave of de troit michigan and mr and lbs lome cave and jlmmle of toronto spent christmas with their mother mrs t r cave and- with mr and mrs rosa thompson christmas visitors with mr and mrs a t raram included mr sad mrs wnilam farsm and mary ann of st catharines barbara farsm and mr and urn ft e peterkln of toronto out of town guests r a family dinner at the home of mr end mrs walter richardson on woodsy in cluded ur and mrs harold rich ardson bruce and kenneth and miss a ft richardson of pickering mr and mrs latga bradbary and sharron spent christmas wma his parents rev and hm wfflhd bredbury at walpele island where mr bradbury is reetar at the ang lican chureh and oa en to windsor to spend a day with rela- mrs charles tlnsley of toronto was a christmas visitor with mr and mrs charles renwick at their homo on victoria crescent ptc leonard tcnnant who ma stationed at chllliwack bc la home for a months furlough with his parents mr and mrs sam ten- nant spending the holiday weekend in toledo ohio with mr and mrs george mlllicre were mr and mrs w mllliere of limehouse mr and mrs w mllliere william mllliere jr and mr and mrs spence me- klnnon visiting with relatives in town for the holiday weekend were mr and mrs ed hoare mrs eileen parkinson and son paul of oshawa mrs harvey bradley who had been visiting for three weeks with mr and mrs wiibert bradley re turned to oshawa with them mr and mrs ed mcneilly and miss sarah edwards of toronto and mr and mrs gordon fricker and children of dixie and miss joan white of acton were christ- mas guests with mr and mrs e b tyors guests at a family holiday din ner at the home of mr and mrs w h kentncr included mr and mrs m h mocauley port dover miss mary macaulay and mr jack fearns toronto mrs will coto mr and mrs russell arnold mr and mrs wilfred maskell milton mr and mrs vern cole and son david guelph a family party on sunday at the home of mr ond mrs frank whlt mee included mr and mrs j swit- zer fred and arnold swltzer lit and mrs doug ismond and ruth and mr joe auld of norval mr and mrs james bloor and children and mrs james bloor sr of mal- ton mr and mrs lloyd fisher and children of georgetown and mr and mrs ted brown and children of limohbusc it was a double celebration at the home of mr and mrs t l les lie durham street when members of the fsmlly gathered for christ mas dinner and to wish happy birthday to mr leslie who celebra ted his 81st birthday that day those present included miss eliza beth leslie of new york city miss myrtle leslie of toronto miss sadie leslie mr and mrs wilfrid leslie and family and mr and mrs percy leslie and family st johns united citcrch the christmas morning worship in st johns united church was con ducted by the minister rev john m smith the christmas story was read from the gospels of st luke and st matthew the mes sage was entitled mine eyes have seen the king and was a plea for christians to see christ as the central fact of christmas tna lord of lords and king of special christmas music wai vided by the choir under tna leadership of mr n laird and by the junior choir under the leader ship of miss ruth evans the an thems break forth o beanttfsa heavenly utw and the first christmas morn were sung by the choir the junior and ftsnws choirs united in the lullaby thou little tiny and the junior choir sans ber entitled the angela the following i the fub membership of mr and mrs if often by i fer from deude united delude saak mr and watson by una united chnreh lbs w by baptism a m j i by transfer from rta presbyterian church the evening worship was ta ate form of a candle lig ber sad was prepared by the ccbt and tka junior jcfaetr msiilsmss c bank m arcnann p qrtbbeas and c tjsnbem oonduetsd tna wesnhte aa silted by mimas june tasty oosaftaaflsmvoqe cole betty mtuua and joyos fc sang the hymn away ta the jl h briefly urging a i thecotr ttf amtajkdjlhjatfiiism