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j zr t yifl tko georgetown herald wcrieixfay jan 2th- 195q the georgetown heralb serving the communliio of x oeohgetovto olen wluams norvu iilrteiiodse uoknby 8tewarttown asngrovkallrnafad t terracotta subscription rato 250 o year slnglo copies 6c each v j v advertising rates quoted on application walter c 8iehn publlshor and editor mary jh6lcbn associate edijor t staff- vi- 16110 til clark doug caldwell tfiurlew imcailvrny cowy hcrrlngtop jr fto heralilifprlnioa taqhodnesdfiyyiftarnmh tatho office oh main itittgitorttciavin authorlzod nasecoqa clpwmnll pdt qfiec doptv qtfhwa vv members of tho codlatirwotldynowspaporsaiwoclatlop ahdthe ftntnrljqticbpc piylsloti of the cijma j 1 v vv j i a 1 i 1 i wiiifitxiby school costs north haltpo high school district board which now includes georgetown look preltrttlnary action this week on escruesjngs request for an investigation into the sharing of school costs it is the townships conten tion that alnjost50 per cent of bohoblcosta are paid by them yet the student enrolment is about 35 per cent and they do not feel that the sharing of costs on an assessment basis is quite fair if transportation is not included in cost figures it would seem that esquesing has some grounds for protest considering transporta tion costs separately on the other hand this could be looked upon as being the sole responsibility of the two rural municipalities in the area as it is only they who benefit by this we mean the cost of getting students to school originally there is extra- cost of course for a shuttle service which takes students from one school i- c i i c i i h i i to another forspecialaubjects which shjsulid be sharecj by all the question of cost is an important one and we cannot blame the two townships for their concern over the greatly increased cost of education what can be done about it is the problem as long as the district contains three schools ihe onlyplace where- any sub stantial sum of money can be saved is in transportation either by a sharp revision in milps travelled or in aban- doning one big advantage which originally appealed to rural people making education more readily avail able to country students by eliminating their problem of getting to a town school the larger solution may lie in one central sphool which was the original purpose of the coming-into- being of the district it is certainty the duty of the board to investigate fully the costs of a new building and com pare these with costs of operating under the present ystem unless a new building can be operated much cheaper than the present three there is as we have pointed out only one way to cut costs and that is by revising transportation we have a hobrjy we always declared that a newspaperman had no other hobby than his business because he had no time for anything else now we find that because of a chain of events we haveacquired one it started last year when mrs william carney brought us an old post card of main street taken many years ago- before pavements and when the present readys store had an overhead sidewalk covering extending to the street later on jack armstrong presented iis with another old post card which is at least 35 years old which reveals old town history with which most of the newer residents are unfamiliar it depicts wilbur park lakewhich took in the creek flats across from the lerstand that thelakr was owned liams and was a favourite place fo mer and skating in the winter third item in our collection queenstreet taken in 1 909 which aost office we un- by a mr jack wil- soating in- the sum- lotograph of 3 been turned pinch and punch by hap punch i hearthey cant even get together oq the temperature they want in there pinch what the difference so long- as they figure eut soma way to keep on working in the same building over to us by james mcbean itshows his late fathers residence which at that time lacked the present stone verandah and looks down the street toward mcnab street where is the hobby right there in those three pictures they will formthe nucleus of whatwe hope may eventually become a valuable pictorial record of georgetown and district history it is our intention to collectany such pictures showing old buildings or scen- ry find as much data as can be established and mount them in a suitable book with a written description thererrrust be dozens of such pictures tucked away in atticsor in family albums which could contribute to the collection afamily picture- may have been taken be fore a background which reveals some early history other postcards may be available showing local or dis trict scenes we ask that readers help us by contribu ting anything which they consider of interest to the pic- v turc history of georgetown j potpourri we missecpthe biggest story of thefweek when we failed to report that georgetown almost had a bank robbery a week ago saturday the two men who were arrested after robbing jn elmira bank discudsed the possibility op choosing georgetown as they drove from the cily in a commandeered taxi cab but changed their minds when a provincial police car passed them near town the robbery would have come at the same time as the cleave barn fire had they not changed their minds bert raymond who livesjust outsidctown limits on lower main street has been hired by the hydro to rend meters an ice storm monday night tied up traffic in town and made it almost impossible to drive to either the glen or stewarttown untipt sanding trucks got out we wonder just when a mar ooned pedestrian who was draped around the stop sign by the bank washable to manoeuvre himself home wards at this time of year we wonder why any city people rould think a small town is dead every night brings i card party dance or hockey game and jt keeps your reporter dizy trying to keepup reporting all the r events which occur sorry to learn that jvlrs charles hoare suffered a stroke last weekend and had to be take to peel memorial hospital in brampton for treat ment guelpli general hospital has been allocated f i43oij0 hvjlie federal health department for renova- tions the present building will be converted into a 2led hospital for the treatment of chronically ill pat ients a new xcctioti with space for 146 beds and 39 bassinets an increase of 6t over present accommoda tion will be added a former georgetown mantjoe lake publisher of the powassan news has retired from municipal life this year after serving as mayor of that town tor thirteen years 4 or j btjrn8 milne -x- dentai soiioeon gcorgctovifti pbone aa ultmiltik dirclsljeforb reid j 0entlbt j ih6no 410 opctf veungn ttbln streot- goorgeitown nielsen vv the chiropractor 7dryolje7therattbix vth afcar of practice xaoj attendant v mpn tacii jja ui- wodv satv2- and- p tqr- i coriiptow4- ph5nrfi80 t- vjl i 4a mj mt w elmer c thompton insluranceserviee firo -il- auto wlhdstorm cp ralway and allied steamship summer eiccursions phono llow or j gcorjotoivp ii leroy dale kc m sybil bennett kc miil street barristers and solicitors georgetown phonc 10 langdon arid ayuworth barristers and sstteltore notarics public kenneth m langdon georgetown first mortgage money to loan oftlces roxy theatre bldg mill st phone 88w georgetown frank petch i licensed auctioneer i prompt service j phono 391 georgetown j plobox 413 j mon uments domeatio and foreign granites best sandblast equipment for cuactcry lettering uranteville monumrni works orangeville qnt jever and hoskin chajrterad aeeonntahtsi successors to l jerildrw and hardy 1805 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria street toronto el 9131 consult j a willougfaby song for complete real estate service head office toronto 156 yonge st ad 0805 city and country home tarms and small acreages industrial and bosinea properties tomhewson 1 you local representative phone 332w rkditrr repairing we specialize in thia work t 25 years- experience j sanford son phonegcorgetowh 34w dr c w sayers dvm veterinarian guelph street opposite armstrongs garage i s phone rt monuments pollock campbell 62 water st north g a l t designs on request phone 2048 inspctl our work tn greenwood cemetimy editors uncle oiks at mimico an und of the herald editor dr sidney bivhn died at his home in mimico last week in his 79th year he was born nl bright oxford county and graduated from the university of toronto in 1895 he practiced for ms years in elmwood and for four years in kitchener then went to parry sound where he practiced for 40 years for some years lie was medical officer of ifealth and chief coroner for- that inwn he iuiood to mimico a few years aso alter his retirement he leaves his- wife the former carrie mlsener three sons dr lis- ler and di donald of fairfield connecticut and kelvin of baltit a more md ana one daughter mrs charles walker of ottawa from tractors to printers ink in refugee camps bef ogee now awaiting raaettlement in knrppekn camps operated by the international refugee organisation nto a v n bjwelalhted ageney are iearhlhf new trade to earn livings la new feomea aad at the same time are keeping their uim at their tanner ptofesalon a gronp of newspaper writer and editon left practice their new knowledge of tractor repairing after unlshlng their work at mechanics they turn out newspaper copy for one of 35 journal published fat refugee camp at rlght displaced editors of lattianisnginge refofaepaper at work mr elmer c thompson insurance service takes pleasure in announcing that mr johbur barber thas- with him in his office and will assjst1 1im in all branches of his business mm v nl np all proceed to the sick oihdren hoapitel pr w vincemc