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r it r the iif1rst section georgetown ontari io weilnei sday december 5th 1951 fourteen pages ect mayor v de cou next monday many visit junior farmer booth armstrong opposes cleave cott seeks deputys post i hydro school trustees get acclamation reeve marshall third term nine for council georgetown will i have an election for mayor next mon day seeking a third consecutive term is mayor harold cleave his opposition is jack armstrong insurance agent who had been a councillor reeve and deputy unfil his defeat lor the reeveship two years ago v w g marshall reeve marshall was returned for a third term at the nominit iiti meeting im- iiday in the puhl libraiv dputyrecve kenneth macdnnam iwnll be oppose inet to pnlit cnneiil h dealer t scott g nine iu i tor i six l-oit- jfaf la- ya jtorma l garfil v t two yot 1 lto goudu- bdcpaty lilng h ul ate tvt i lyhr- it- came lof v i ions jvtof two yea- r i j i i 1 1 i i i ivstotf i thc fitst me otiic nfti i jnatior ii g hydro i ointi nc cpl bill james weds arietta pattenden on saturday december 1st in knox presbyterian church rev alex j raider officiated at the wed ding of arietta mae pattenden and cpl albert henry bill james the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs albert e pattenden main street south and the groom is the son of mrs emily james and the late george james the church w- decorated with pink iiidl white chrysanthemums tlir iime wore a grey gabardine mm v ftn h4 vy 1 1 1 o 1 t he v mi s work ite was y prmi 1 of the fir tha cork rd uei ione by the men i i in oaly one cjm ud hern f ti tlif otk i 11114 m mar- c uncils should s-y-ci- may i i the town a- la- ink ley x can f iv n wilon nl har ull on ti i mr armstrong can io ted foi reeve a i in i focr of- nominees lil re for council those iticuhni brown ridge fred mcnaily davidson shor- miltfy w o cecil away ki liialiltion srtti rd e 1 tha it the con- tiuiwf trie t mnty r a a- i 111 si fur town ml a i i t re it i d one ex- ne v eel hem ksiuesing m 1 x a a 1 0il r 1 1 l kcill had and david bcatrle tax rate low speaking of hts year of steward ship as georgetowns chief magi strate mayor chaw said the town is in a very healthy financial state while we have the lowest mill tate in many years said mayor cleave i must point out that this s because of the new assessment the tax rate like everything else is hard to keep down and keeps climbing he pointed out however that comparatively icorgotowns rate of 43 mills is the same as acton and lower than miltons 46 oakvilles 58 and bramptons 56 more housing needed there is a definite neki for more housing in georgetown is the may ors belief no longer a small town he believes the population would be 4000 if we had houses to accom modate all the people who work r here he looks forward to 1952 as the best year yet the coming of the ford plant to trafalgar he said will v have a great effect on georgetown c years to come and he can envis- jjage the town growing to 5000 and till growing ft he warned however that a growing town means a lot of ex- v pense when it is expanding roads water sewers and sidewalks all are expensive but they pay dividends in the end new property owners it was a unique occasion he said to welcome seventy new property owners to a nomination meeting the fact that every resident in a war- ime house bought their property spoke well for the town and the administrator mi harding had said fthat this was the only town he knew of where this had happened council he said had made a good l move in selling bonds for the new 1 school a month ago at 98 for the bond market has fallen to 95 or 96 since that time announcing he was in the field 7 lor another term mayor cleave said it had been a pleasant year onhhe council and he had enjoyed the co operation not only of councillors and town employees but had had ti- excellent cooperation from industry with smith stone donating land lijf for a new street and alliance paper clearing up the mill waste situa tion along papermill road water improvements reeve marshall elected for ano- inher term by acclamation detailed some of the waterworks improve- mens which had been made under his chairmanship a new 8 inch main down ewlng nd elm streets provides the jndus- feitrial section with adequate water whlch had not been available for- feimerly seven new fire hydants inch service to parkview boule- fyard new services to provincial per and the new public school well as 16 new domestic services end renewal of 40 old services were knr genre r orb- the balance georgetown he thought it best slightly higher tax pay- tlltlll finre r eyperl- r i i ul i zt ii ti which in 1928 had cost nvet sloono and this year ujlit be double that figure mr marshall said that the county has no vlebentii e deb at present but next year there will be deben tures issued for the new halton home streets are good deputy itivf macdonald who is i oads chair aii aid that george town j reels are in very good con dition epeially the dirt roads tyi 1 ti at- i esurfacing i- consideied next year with more which had i men this year queen snee need he said but could not b in this years udgct council will le faced streets in the on inngdon and ty- ers subdivisions and ho could see no decrease in the heavy road ex penditures of the past few years the town will get some relief he pointed out from the countys deci sion to take over maintenance of maple avenue the 9th line and iapermill road mr mardonald announced his in tention of seeking office for a third term proud of surplus cr mcgilvray one of five coun cillors seeking reelection spoke as finance chairman and said he was proud to report an estimated sur plus of 5900 and as the mayor had already said s low a tax rate as any nelghbouibng town hv predicted however that rate payers can exoect a two or three mill decrease next year with the surplus plus revenue from sale of wartime houses more than offsetting any increased expenses cr mcgilvray does not favour lowering the rate too much for there i a lot of road work and sidewalks needed and education costs will be increasing too public school costs this year he said had increased 7100 but we have to have schools and there is not much that can be done about it he pointed out the need of a new town truck and a grader and thanked the parks and cemetery boards for accepting half a mill grant rather than the mill to which they are entitled by bylaw discusses sewerage garbage cr harry hale whose public works chairmanship covers sewer age and garbage said he favours putting sewerage into all the new surveys next year sixteen new lat- eontlnued on page 6i you can vote for six with peorgetown voting by the general vote for council there may be still some confusion about how many councilors people can vote for previously a voter could choose two when the vote was by wards now each voter can mark x qppp site six of the nine candidates i who are running for council yf t h i it swell accessories en roes and and li her siiter blue gab- isories ilo- was and a if- i iut he onta- 1 r it en can heir- social and personal mis- addie coventry who had tcii i i hi home on church st as tike to ieel mr j1 hospi- til hiamptoii last weekend it col and mrs gordon cousens cnt a week recently in picton with mr and mrs e s huttci their daughter mrs ttutter ami baby diane returned with them to visit here last week mr and mi- chiilen cmiplin and children of cooksville visited saturday with mr and mrs har old haneov on sunday mr and mr- dimcin clarke toronto were ltiuvit- at the same home friends ta entythree tei age ave a surprise party for be v hyde it her home on queen street satur day night in honour of her coming birthday after bev opened the gifts the eyenlng was spent in games fun and lunch with a huge birthday cake decorated with fif teen candles ouests at the wedding on satur day of arietta pattenden and cpl hill james included mr and mrs cordon james and linda acton mr and mrs thomas hore ken and hill brampton mr and mrs ellis hambleton mr and mrs john hambleton mr rowe hambleton oramicville mr and mrs clifford w a mock mr and mrs albert creenthal misses nancy and barbara greenthal toronto mr fred pat tenden cheltenham mr george lleeney llmehouse mr and mrs albert pattenden mrs emily james mr and mrs- lome draper mr and mrs bud james mr and mrs wil liam burtenshaw mr and mrs ern simson mr and mrs wellington willett mr alan norton mr bob hall mr maurice herbert miss ering and miss beryl pattenden loan harrison miss cheryl puck- icorgetown s h lindsays are sixty years wed marking their 60th wedding annl- i versary on sunday a wellknown ty district couujleimr and mrs samuel h lindsay held open house at their farm home on the 6th line the house was filled with beau tiful bouquets oi flowers and num- eroui presents which had been sent by friends throughout the district entering the ta table which was decoiaied with a cut work table cloth wa- a three tiered wedding thou- of d7tv i ounty imf mmkk loi tl th the s i arl o i i ie l inlig the i v is a de n emi f 22 t total rain 1 nti in hes being noi month but an ii i p for the t- lot il rowfall foi a- 17 inche- which is ie than normal not that the ground can i no ie le 2h 2 ui i ill i ma ti4 2fi 35 30 50 51 42 ember ern mm 24 8 4 26 31 29 31 datkin rain cikn williams jackets crests presented to two glen ball teams a bamiuet for the junior boys mil ladie- softhall teams was held in the united church sunday school mom on friday the boys who won the halton rural champlon- hii received lackcts which by the way ne very smart the girls run nerstip in their league got crests the friendship club catered for the ba nquet weekend visitors with mr and mrs jack fry were her cousin mrs jim tidd and mr tidd niag ara falls n y mrs jack fry jr and new son hobcrt john who had been here for a few weeks return ed home to hamilton on sunday with jack who was here for the weekend monty logan has entered st jos ephs hospital guelph for treat ment sunday visitors with the george irestons were mr and mrs orvllle usher and nlecev marilyn usher woodbridge and mrs prestons mother mrs rose lucas george town mr and mrs harry reed guelph water shutoff sunday december 9th at ttoo am the water will be shut off on king st from queen to the 9th line 9th line from railroad bridge to maple ave maple ave from retas east and lower end of papermill road ern hyde town foreman ii legion notes day till hl la it the lie br this i- her in- ieg- anch was until 1 y tin e wa- n excelle number iil foi i-iei- rg a- well en new in nbeis to be in it iu- ii the ueidiiit was in the chair villi hill honey treaiirer and wal- thuinon secretary both pre- aftei the openinu ceremony the minutes ot the last nutting were lead and confirmed the trea- iiiet repoi was also read and iicepi 1 the various committee cluiirnriii were then heard from the inst beinethe sick convener mrs giieve who gave the sick eort j- veil a- a vei y fine poppy day ieni- thi- report wa- indeed a fine our and m r iiieve receivisd a he ii iv vole of thanks from the member- the entertainment chair man alex taylor gave his report of the past months activities the two sports chairmen jawn patter- miii glad to see you out stranger and eric tnmllnson were present and gave a report the weekly card parties seem to be really booming pioperty chairman jim blair gave his report which mainly consisted this month of rental of the rooms past president 1 fred mccartney then was asked to take charge of the initiation and the ten candidates were taken into membership dutch and his degree team are to be con gratulated on the way they put on the initiation under general business a numlier of small items were dealt with in correspondence among them a letter from the girls pipe band thanking the irlon for their donation for the band the girls had appeared on arade on remembrance day the november 11th weekend con sisting of the supper and the parade were reviewed and everyone seem ed quite satisfied about the whole affair being a success the ball club were given n small donation to help pay for their jackets this was due 1 the jackets costing a little more than anticipated jim murphy ex pressed the oinin of the meeting that the ball club had rertainly provided a great deal of entertain ment last ball seaosn nnd that the branch was getting off lightly in lnly having to make up n small deficit ns the boys had raised just over 300 by themselves the ques tion of music cor friday night was brought up again and a former mo tion to install a record player was rescinded nnd it was decided to keep the orebest ra that has been playing there for trie past few fri day nights this band seerna to have made a hit with the regular crowd and weve heard a ft of fav orable comments on it it seemed to be the general feeling of thje mem bers at this meeting that the record player would not be acceptable in the place of an orchestra several members commented hat canned music had been trledjln the form of a juke box and had not been the least bit successful- alf sykes then gave his report fa committee head 1 lll wmie cjii ties flanked either i i a i the table 1 iie atcrnon mr- isaac lien- nrgetown tile bridesmaid ot flf ti in eiiool friend pour- e m calvin ii l n irs wilfred iiard- oi i l ii lind- s airs it boyd ii i vl i i ilai rte mramp- i eiii aivin mii- pc m while lour lis s mat- 1 i 11 mi 1 shor- ii i vlt a gi jim- la v 1 looked i r i ii hat- i 1 i iin inj and m vlj miill took turns in i ii g j in i showing the ii- a on many ui nii ip nines is well lij toronto and grand ey a auied souvenir of the occa- m was a certificate of congratu lation presented by stan hall mpp from the province and a tel- rii from the king and queen mr lindsay parents emigrated iruni inland to erin township be- iinv hi- birth mrs lindsay the fonnei ifattie cook is of pioneer fsquesing stock a daughter of david cook and almira clarke she was born on the bennett homestead now owned by s g uennett no relation i she attended blue moun tain school where marilyn madill is the third generation of the fam ily to get her schooling after their marriage on decem ber 2nd 1891 the lindsays com menced farming oh the property where they still make their home the wedding took place at thd bridea home and was performed isy rev john ball minister of the then- methodist ballinafad church mr iaae bennett the brides sister wa bridesmaid and groomsman waa hugh mccallum who now lives ba itegina saskatchewan three children are living mrs hat tie hrice nassagaweya d h lindsay acton and mrs morgan madill a son william died at uw age of 14 they have three grand child renr betty mae price william lindsay price and marilyn mh1 mrs lindsay has a brother and sis ter in georgetown mrs isaac ben- nett and dave cook mr lindsays only brother a j lindsay uvea in erin both have been active in com munity affairs as members of bal linafad church mrs lindsay has been for many years a member of bannockburn womens institute as well as serving for some time as blue mountain school trustee mr lindsay was for 25 years tax col lector in ward 5 today they are both in good health and lead an active an useful life as members of the community it was a full weekend for the bride and groom of sixty years on friday neighbours gathered for a presentation after a few of euchre harding price acted chairman and miss emma cole and howard price presented suitable gifts of china and jewellery from the thirty people present the next evening mrs hattie price entertained for her parents at a family dinner at hes home bouquets of roses and mums lend ing a festive nbte to the happy time k of the kid hockey he seems to be doing a pretty good job and a v few more are com big out to help him but he still says he can use more help incidentally alf and marsh tim bers went down to the king eddie 6n saturday to the omha meet ing tliey report that the meeting was interesting and the league is certainly well organised the legion- is sponsoring a jnvehh entry into this league from georgetown first practice was held last sunday under the eagle eyes of coach spotty pat terson and alf t h