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fe ten pages georgetown ont wednesday february 11th 1953 ten pages what council did bettydisojweds on monday feb 9th established a flood relief fund pr england and europe with town john d kelly acting as treasurer and the town contribut- ing 100 to start the fund off t donations will be taken at the town office the two banks and the herald office will investigate complaints by ftwi normandy blvd residents that water shutoffs in front of their i properties are buried a drainage condition near his property on ed ith street was brought to councils attention by isaac bennett and the road committee will investigate t- t l wh1 9u another scott air- i jbck for the fire brigade at the request of chief william hyde who plaid the one airpack purchased last year had been used for the first ftlmc in a sunday apartment fire i h pr i eff theweather mr edki there are 2 records for this win ter in this weeks summary the lowmark of 8 ibclow ero last wed nesday was the first below zero reg istered this year and the 5 of snow was the most snow for any one srtowfall this winter f the maximum and minimum av erages this week are both above normal for the month of february- em batkin feb 2 18 2 5 feb 3 24 10 flurries feb 4 32 8 flurries feb 5 43 6 feb 6 42 23 feb 7 38 29 feb 8 36 2g average 3328 1257 5 mr hyde indicated the danger i that existed where only one man lis equipped with this as no one lelfie can enter the building under jertain smoke conditions and if n gwb wiuug ui fir iuiu be doomed will place an extra street light i on temple road asked assessor joseph gibbons to add collection of dog tax to his fluues at the same rate of pay 25 of collections which has been paid previously delegated industrial chairman lsargent and the mayor to attend kjbajb dept of planning and-develop- mment conference in toronto march 1 so and 31st joined the ontario mayors and association on recommenda- llioh of the mayor who said he be- leved this organization is of value ptovincjal government to i it makes recommendations mtah fee is 10 yearly t will investigate the cos of build- iing a new fire hall either on the nt old town hall location or i a new location and also of ren- jvsting the present building to rovide accommodation for a second kpre truck and an apartment for a etaker w a discussion on the budget led several discussions on possible jiprovements in town this year j t repairs to the retaining wall this of the john st culvert pav- of roads possibility of a bridge eliri street to the highway among things mentioned in he road department it is expected that sidewalk re- r i will be continued by the town nenjnd a carload of cement will t bought for this purpose f cr petch is alarmed at mounting enture debt which will be fur her increased by a new high hool and expressed concern at increasing this with road wcr goodlet opined that in the 1 an expenditure of 12000 a ictf on oil is more expensive than pavlnfc all roads under debenture cr hale suggested paving one a year under a payasyougo y the mayor aald that while must be carefully watched qs finances are in a heal- condluon when debenture debt compared with assessment and vis not unduly alarmed about the nt debt load- ihcr goodlet hopes that sanitary titles can be provided in the when this years budget is mrs wm cooke- ninety next week a resident of georgetown for n y year mn william c wesleyan street wil be celebrating her 90th birthday next monday the herald joins with her friends in extending congratulations to mrs cooke 100 town donation starts britainholland flood relief fund lions skating carnival scheduled next week the main part of last weeks lions club meeting at the mcgib- bon mouse was concerned with planning for the winter jamboree which will be held in the arena a week from saturday the lions are going all out to make this a real treat for the first time in some years the lome scots band will play for skating and this- should oring out all those peo ple hwo enjoy the strains of a real pie for a change from canned mu sic a programme of races for people of all ages an exciting bicycle race on the ice plus costume prizes and a prize for the oldest couple on the jce are also features and merchant have been most generous in donat- georgetown bowlers in district league formation of a district bowling league with teams from george town brampton oakville streets- ville acton and milton is creating some interest two teams from eac to h gordon campbell brampton pictured at the reception in st albans parish hall following their wedding on january 17th are sgt and mrs george kay mrs kay is the former betty dickenson of george town nh sgt kay comes from maasillon ohio they ing a variety of prizes there will also be lucky door prizes a hockey game between george town lions jets and erin lions aces may be interesting with such players as dick licata tv whitmee knobby crabtree and rocket scott if he can find those size 12s he has been advertising for there should be some excite ment though we cant guarantee hat the otfa will have any scouts on hand- referee- inchief is pat patterson and oha director ken mcmillan and nels robinson ere t f li a community flood relief- fund started with a 100 donation from town council has already reached a total of 140 citizens stunned by the tragedy which has caused untold damage in england and holland and some loss in belgium as well arc anxious to help in rehabilitation work and council has taken the lead in set- ting up a fund which will operate- on similar lines to winnipeg flood relief a few years ago donations will be taken at the town office the banks and the her- aid office with town clerk john di kelly as general manager at present there has been no clear i qf what c organize- lion will handle the despatch of funds but it is expected that av government announcement will bo made soon meanwhile donors who wish their funds earmarked for one country or the other are asked to jndjralf this whfn malfing a anh- lome scots inspected by general graham majorgeneral h d graham and staff members from central com mand oakville inspected the lome scots regiment 262 members strong on sunday afternoon at brampton armouries after the inspection a march past was held out of doors with pipes and brass bands adding to this col- ce general graham complimented the regiment which is commanded by lucol john r barber f georgetown on their fine appear- ance and general efficiency a comv mission was presented to hjcap alex colder georgetown chaplain and several long service decorai- tions were given by the general to members of the regiment limehouse entered and teams play every sat urday afternoon alternately at home and away to date george town has done very well and is one point behind brampton for first place competing for georgetown are jim carney hugh dickie dave stamp dukewuson frank and bjll anderson hank chaplin and harry moss on one team jim brand- fdfdj jim graham ev wilson joe ltorusso bert craig ace bailey joehall and fred spires on the other saturday the boys won 122 ag ainst oakville streetsvillc will vi sit here this saturday jim carney and joe lorusso have high averages of 245 and 239 in the 9 games played to date and joe is also second high triple 817 bill anderson is 3rd high single 356 are living in baltimore md where sgt kay is stationed with the us army two new members were wel comed at the meeting joe mcclin- tock and godfrey collier playoff with elmira polar kings here wednday fire brigade busy three weekend calls sam penrice heads home school group president of the newlyformed home and school association is sam penrice mr penrice beaded a slate- of of ficers proposed bya nominating committee at last weeks organiza tion meeting of the new group- meetings are planned for the first monday in each month charter members of the group number 105 officers are sam penrice- presi dent mrs ross duncan ross thompson vice presidents mrs tjrevor williams recording secre tary mrs william dwyer corres ponding secretary reg broomhead treasurer elected members james ritchie norman herbert mrs ted scarlett mrs walter townend mrs william fleming graham porter georgetown and elmira begin their intermediate group playoff scries in elmira on monday the teams will play a bestof7 series for intermediate a suprem acy and those who remember last years exciting finals with the same team are looking forward to some keen competition playoff schedule is feb 16 georgetown at elmira feb ib elmira at georgetown feb 20 georgetown at elmira feb 23 elmira at georgetown feb 25 georgetown at elmira feb 27 elmira at georgetown march 2 georgetown at elmira raiders have one league game left in milton on saturday last week oakville took two games one here last night 73 and one in oakville on friday 87 this was a thriller in which the raiders came from behind 83 to almost take the game a penalty to- goalie jack spencer for tripping in the last few minutes made it possible for theclippers to hold off the rai ders and win the decision max bradbury led the scoring with 3- ken nash was second high marksman and played the best game weve seen him piay this season the singles went to leigh brad bury and junior beaumont curlers compete at kitchener brampton curlers besides enjoying their weekly games at the arena have been doing some travelling this year too ia week a number of teams competed in a bonspiel in bramp ton which went on all week ernie currys team composed of harold cleave george cleave and joe rice reached he finals on friday but didnt get into the prize money a rink of ladies had their first experience at competition in kit chener thursday and friday and gained valuable experience mrs wray bcssey mrs walker cleave mrs harold wheeler and mrs er nie curry played on thursday with mrs jack mcgibbon replacing mrs cleave in fridays game the fire brigade had a busy weekend with three calls in a 24hour period which resulted in minor loss in two cases and sub stantial damage in the third early saturday evening a defec tive chimney in a house on lower main street tenanted by george dainty brought the firemen out for their first call there was some damage to the exterior of the buil ding which is a converted driving shed on the property now owned by w f bradley when some of britainholland flood relief fund town of georgetown s hw00 e r magloughlen 500 georgetown herald 2500 mrs m lawr 500 mrs john fdrmer 500 get at the smouldering fire sunday morning at 630 another call came from the grandvjew apartments on queen street when a smouldering mattress in an up per apartment caused smoke dam age the smoke was so dense that firemen could only enter the apart ment with scott air pack equip ment third call was early monday morning when a car driven by roy smith stewarttowri caught fire at the golf course corner the interior of the car was gutted but there was only slight damage to motor tires and exterior 14000 limehouse fasten printer was i in georgetown ia georgetown native who had in edmonton for forty years t neale 72 died last week i was an officer of the printing ns ynion local 255 he was time on the organizations of governors and also active i the edmonton trades and labor he also was active in at one time t georgetown mr neale i his printing career m eastern i and worked in toronto ot- and gait before going west began in edmonton wtth the land later was with nercial printers he ltfae erection and moving of press i chairman of the examining committee ls survived by three sons gor- ot ctereaholm lome van- and norval edmonton and daogtrters mrs j graham i bfcetf me chapman kh- and mr a e osbaldestine hall board sponsors successful euchre the hall board sponsored a euch re and dance on friday ev ening winners being charles thompson and mrs c storey and second clifford storey and muriel burt hulls orchestra with b davidson as floor manager had charge of the dance following lunch mr sam glsby picked some large pussy willows from his garden a week ago mr and mrs briggs and family spent sunday in toronto the roughleys also vwtwj- xriends iirtoronto on sunday mr and mrs arthur hill of ac ton visited mr and mrs wright on monday prior to their leaving on a trip to england mrs ellerby and miss c mccul- longh attended the ontario fall fairs convention in the king ed- w hotfel l l wa the ted morrows visited -lane- last weekend mrs jbuss jean chapman jtrf colborne was a visitor last week with mr and mrs fxed monally mr chuck hyckle of kitchener was weeken4 visitor with mr and mi b01 james town of georgetown t flood relief fund britain holland contributions may be madrrat municipal office bothbanks rffijtald office yotl may specify to whirh country your money goes separate cheques will be sent to the proper central authority in the name of the town of georgetown donations will be acknowledged in the herald if you wish a pseudonym please indicate this when making your donation it is expected that donations will be deductible for in come tax john d kelly treasurer 3e generoos your help is needed speaks to institute acton photographer miss esther taylor of acton ga a most interesting talk on hob bies and photography in particular when mrs harvey norton opened her home thursday evening the institute meeting the them of the meeting was further carriei ou by each member telling of hei 1 j t0 in the roll calf miss taylor said that owing shorter working hours we are now able to have more time for a hobby than our grandparents or even our parents its value is shown by such famous men as winston chur chill who if he could not relax with painting perhaps could not carry on his great work so well she gave some pointers on pho tography took a flash photo while two ladies posed then posed her self while the president tried htr luck i the ladies decided not to enter the salada tea contest this year an invitation was accepted to attend a ballinafad wi meeting on thurs day mrs j s noble reported on gifts sent to sick and shutins and a box sent to a family in england mrs s kirkpatrick reported on tho- hall board activities and girls club the library board will open the new library in umehouse hall on friday there will be a program of speakers and music next wed nesday the library will be open for books to be taken out and a librarian will be in attendance ar- ternoon and evening school gardens will be continued this year under direction of mrs s giaby mrs kirkpatrick gave a reading on manners and mrs frank brown an article on a health chart- current events were given by mrs j rose and the motto character like embroidery is made stitch- by- stitch try mrs smethurst who also read an article on the history of cashmere a reading by mrs j roughley on polio research was interesting and heartening a contest an ar ticle made from a yard of material was won by mrs roughley with an apron mrs a benton was a close second a successful house party was ing unassisted mccandless and muir held at the home of mr and mrs s were outstanding each performing kirkpatrick by the wj committee commuters come back beat athletics 72 brace gammer georgetown commuters of the a v roe house league were back in form last sunday and defeated the athletics by a wide margin bob zeke mccandless opened the scor ing on a pass from jack hamilton bill muir made it 20 on a nice setup by mccandless joe louth made it number three assisted by j hamilton zeke ended the scor ing in the period the assist going to blake baxter jim cofell scored to make it 50 early in the second period on a pass from dune baxter muir and cofell teamed up for commuters sixth goal muir being the marks man tlie athletics scored twotastgoals and it appeared commuters were tiring from the fast pace they had set but mccandless made it 72 a few seconds before the period end joe louth assisting in jhe third period muir scored again joe louth doing the setting up hamilton ended the game scor- saasbbs the hat trick and mccandjess also hadgnassist to give him four points for the game louth was the stand- out- defenseman of he game scor ing once and getting two assists and he also broke up many of the rival attacks- next sunday compuiters play the rockets at ta in the asoood cam of the triple header on january 24th witiimra w mh obeli as convener ten tables of euchre were played with mrs george somerville and oscar lock er high mrs- j van fleet and g somerville second and consola tions to c meredith and mrs c storey mr locker also won tb door prise when xdgar kara drew his ticket