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the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ont wednesday march 25 1953 twelve pages town purchases reid lot on highway for new fire hall council calls for tenders for sale of old town hall married at st georgps developments during the past k have changed the picture re gardlng the location of the pro posed new fire hall for george town council had previously called for tenders for the wrecking of the old town hall but in the meantime a tender for the purchase of the hall has been received along with an dnitial payment of 1000 00 coun cil decided to immediately call for tenders for the purchase of the ihall and the property appertaining thereto witholding the name and ftf thf t unt all have been received at mondays council meeting council also purchased a lot on guelph street the property of mrs j p reid for the amount of 1 000 and plans and specifications will be ready by the middle of april so that tenders for the erec tlon of the new hall may be called it is expected that clearing of the lot will begin at once town auditor ha lever vvas present at monday s meeting to present the 1952 auditor s report he said the town was in an excel lent financial condition and that the debenture debt was only at a third of the towns borrowing ipow er while he did not advocate in creasing the debenture debt he said the town was sound financial ly the report showed a surplus of 14 000 with back taxes amount ing to 18 000 he hoped these would be cleared up the end of the year a tender was received for the collection of gaibage in town but as council had not called for ten ders it was not opened and the matter turned over to the finance committee for consideration a donation of 25 00 was made to the canadian legion towards their 25th anniversary celebrations and the town will place a message in their official programme mr william mcnally of mcnally construction addressed council about having a road and water sup plied to a subdivision in the park district he had not yet purchased the property a contikwatlon of joseph street on the mcdonald and swackhamer properties but wished councils feelings before doing so council agreed to do this upon ap proval of the department of plan ning and development sewers run through this property at the pre sent time mr mcnally plans to erect ten homes on this property this summer applications will be received by the town clerk for a water meter reader initiatory degree for eight new oddfellows on the past two mondays the inltatory degree was conferred on a number of candidates at orion oddfellows lodge charles hill 2nd herb hancock were the candidates on monday and a week ago monday candidates were john davidson edward arn old herman mclellan john mac donald gilbert preston and george johnson after the degree was over a delicious lunch was served by bri harvey dewhurst and his committee and the degree team- was congratulated on conferring the degree in such a fine manner tomorrow the candidates are re ceiving their 1st degrtee in bramp ton by golden star lodge and on saturday in orangeville oak lodge springfield will be in charge of the 2nd degree the weather mr editor bfy the calendar spring has ar rived in ease you think the max mum temperature of 50 was ex ceptionally high for march 21st the following table will give you comparative readings for the same date of the past five years era batkin 1952 50 30 1951 27 1 1950 36 19 1949 summary for the past week dale march 16 march 17 march 18 march 19 march 20 march 21 march 22 average max 36 min 32 30 28 mrs a e farnell in hospital with stroke no change is reported today in the condition of mrs a e farnell who was taken to brampton hos pital sunday night aftr suffering a cerebral hemorrrnge t her guelpi street home mrs farnell who with her son graham operates a ma street grocery store was pirtiallv ipara lyzed and a wide circle of friends are hoping for better news i i the next few days lacrosse on ice new arena feature something novel for georgetown is lacrosse on ice which will make its first appearance saturday night inthe arena this new sport has been catch ing on hi various centres this sea son a team from alliston will be opposed by georgetown glen wil hams combines it is rumoured tiat this might be the start of a summer arena season rn a- town which at the turn of the century was known across can ada as a lacrosse centre players on the team would be drawn mainly from last years acton entry which had a successful senson most of the teim came f om this distri t and the nucleus of a good team is al ready here gordon campbell brampton mr and mrs jack mellor acton were married in st george s church georgetown on march 6th and are pictured at the receptiorv which followed in eaquesing community hali stewarttown mrs mellor the for mer mamie hemngton s the daughter of mr and mrs corey herrmgton stewarttown the groom son of mr and mrs finlay mellor acton is a member of the mellor construction company social and personal explorers tea was a great success so successful was the st pat ricks supper served by the explor ers club in 9t john s auditorium on friday that meals had to be called off when food ran out after spme 180 people hud been served the w a ladies had a bake sale earlier in the afternoon tfhich was also well patronized supper was convened by the club leaders mrs frank whitmee and mrs jack wat son the girls all in uniform who servfed were lynda whitmee ton lee ruth mcclemente paulene watson joy barber frances erne wein loi niven lois denham carol bradley sharon sayers sha rpn parmeter myrna cook sandra leubernlce sutherland norlene hardwiek hurqet abell marg aret foster barbara mckerrow betty carey elaine king brenda bell and joan craig school board iurchase cnpps property in acton cost of a 6 000 property acquired irom darwin cnpps acton for the site of the new acton high school will be increased by 2 000 because a hydro power line must be moved north halton high school board decided to stand the extra expense at their meeting monday in acton as it is felt the 7 acre property is the best location for the new build ing no smoking signs will be erec ted in the schools at mlrton par ticularly it was felt that this was important as so many outside org anizations make use of the build ing and there is a fire danger a new set f encyclopedia brlttanica was ordered for georgetown and some minor changes made in the transportation arrangements at ac ton inspector s reports for acton and georgetown were received no teacher has yet been hired to fill the vacant mathematics post at mil ton and the board is still advert is ing for applicants dr j t bichn of sarnia visited on saturday with mr and mrs walter biehn mrs nettie drummond of barrie and mr and mrs calvin miller of guclph were sunday vis tors with mr and mrs isaac bennett mr and mrs jack turner bobby and barbara of leasidc were visi tyrs oi sunday with mr and mrs walter biehn mr frank harding of lake len ore sask called on mr and mrs len harding m mday ind will be visiting with relatives and friends here th s week mr and mrs william mcnally and mr and mrs john bell arc motoring to fjor da this week where they will spend some time at day ton a beach mr and mrs reuben squires of lambeth spent the week end in town with his sister mrs edwin hall and mr hall at their home on queen street mr and mrs ed harris mr and mrs harvey lusty mrs e hodge bob and ken harris attended the funeral of mrs harris brother frederick leeder in north tona wanda n y last wednesday mr and mrs william douglas rochester michigan visited a few days last week with mr and mrs j d godfrey mrs james h wil son barbara and marlon of dundas also visited with her parents here during the week mr and mrs george eames of toronto spent i dny last week in to vn isiting with mr and mrs albert pattenden and mr and mrs willnm hazehvood mr eames was a former member of the locn opp dttichment and now works in the illy with canadian pacific railways kathanne williams daughter of mr and mrs trevor williams eel cbratcd her fifth birthday with a party for her little friends at the home of her grandparents mr and mrs p w cleave tuesday after noon her guests were patricia tost trudy emmerson carol mc gilvray barbara and carol defor est keith and elizabeth allen don na stamp shirley stamp lynne cofell donny maveal her little brother hugh and her cousin judy williams of glen williams engagements mr and mrs frank ruddell ash grove announce the engagement of their daughter gladys pearl to sherwood watson hume son of mr william r hume milton and the late mrs hume the marriage will take place saturday april the eighteenth at three oclock in ash grove urrited church local council hears story of library library board chairman j l lambert gave a most interesting talk on the history of georgetown public library to members of the local council of women meeting on friday at the home of mrs j b mackenzie no minutes are recorded before 1899 in that year r d coutts was chairman and miss glass librarian britain holland flood relief fund will close april first if you intend to donate please do so by this date in order that all the money can be sent immediately to central headquarters remember donations may be left at trie municipal office either bank or the herald office john d keuy treasurer georgetown fund bennett is president royal winter fair 4 c britainholland flood relief fund acknowled ged anon mr and mrs ward brownridge william wright loyal orange lodge no 245 mrs bert graham salaries employees smith sione- georgetown w i 2388 32 200 5 00 3 00 10 00 3 00 lid s g bennett whose scotsdale farms shorthorn herd is internat ionally known is the new presi dent of the royal winter fair mr bennett has been a george town district resident for 15 years and has increased his farm hold ings to 600 acres with his recent purchase of the harding price farm where an auction sale is being held today he is president of beardmore co acton and vice president ot canada packers as well as being a director of several other cana dian companies worked on engine for royal tour a lifetime employee of the can adian pacific railway sidney george barrand 61 succumbed to a coronary at work last tuesday mr barrand a native of barrie was a frequent visitor in town with his daughter mrs roy wig fcini and had many friends in geor town he worked at the cpr shops in toronto was at mactler for fourteen yearb and returned to tor onto ten years ago while in mac tier he had the honour to work on the engine of the train in which the king and queen travelled during the hoyal tour in 1939 and he was presented with white gloves and a satm band when he inspected the engine before the train left the itation he is survived by his wife alice dobson and four children mrs wifcins of town mrs j a tin- ton raymond and gordon of tor out pour sisters also survive mrs joseph coulter who is seriously ill in hospital mrs frank harris mrs george stonehouse and mrs di b sproulc all of toronto he was buried in prospect cem etery following the funeral service on friday norval teams tops young canada night the kitchener midget team most ly rna of norval boys won the lions trophy at young canada night on saturday the event was the wind up of a successful season of legion-tepon- sored kid hockey and drew a good crowd to watch the final gamesan other norval team rangers cop ped the bantam championship and the leonard bell trophy when they eliminated canadiens 4 3 in the semi finals and defeated black hawks 2 1 gfiers beat another norval team bears in the peewee league 2 l and won the simmons jewellers trophy smith stone manager gets radio fellowship john w bell general manager of smith stone ltd has been awarded a fellowship by the insli lute of radio engineers mr ind mfs bell are in new york this week and willf attend the am uil 1rl convention dinner at the grand central palace where the award will be made mr bell is one of two canadians honoured this year the other nominee is j c k punchard a radio engineer at northern electnc in belleville the two men have been personal friends for years and worked together in ottawa with national research council during the war yeara at a salary of 100 a year during the years when the library was contained in the public school other chairman were ralph ross j a wllloughby and j b mac kenzie the carnegie foundation was approached to help hi building but the request was refused because the town was not big enough in 1910 mr wllloughby offered a building lot but in 1912 the con gregational church donated their church property for library use chairmen since this time have been miss georglna young ralph ross archdeacon w g o thompson and mr lambert at present the library has 8 000 books and a circulation of 11695 books membership is 301 adults and 366 children numerous im provemonts were made last year and this year repairs to the base ment are planned and the library can become a real cultural centre and an asset to the community a discussion took place on the curroi t question of whether mar garine should baauowed or prohlb itcd and the meethiglecrded to sign a petition to continue the man uxacturc of margarine ijcwch will be added to a petitionwhioh the national council of women will present to parliament five dollars was voted to the st john ambulance brigade fund ap peal an appeal to all ladies was made for absorbent white articles old sheets pillow cases and linen for dressings to be sent to the tor onto cancer society these are to be left at the home of mrs r t paul before april l two war veteran was local mans brother a native of acton and a veteran of two wars ralph swaowiammer 5 died at westminster hospital london on friday son of the late hiram jjwack- hammcr and mary chisholm his father was once warden of halton county he had lived in guelph many years and was employed there with national motor supplies he went overseas in the first war with the 164th battalion he was injured early in the war in an ex plosion in hamilton when a hand grenade being demonstrated to a group exploded and killed sew cral of those present in the last war he was an rcaf technician at malton surviving are his wife edith demomns five sons llojd raliph jr murray bruce allen of guelpi two grandchildren a sister mrs b l unwin rochester n y and two brothers brant of georgetown and joseph of toronto a brother ross died in toronto two years ago the funeral service yesterday at the tovell funeral home guelph was followed with interment in woodlawn cemetery howard garvin wins suit in lucky draw winner of a new suit of clothes from silvers dept store which was iprize in a lucky draw is how ard garvin glen williams the lucky draw was conducted by the glen hockey club as a fund- raising activity for their duos i sea son in orha hockey this yeaj- acton papers astray apologies to people in actort-end- vicmlty who did not receive their tfefalds until monday the papers are all put in their proper mail bags before they leave the herald office and last week wo apparently got the bundles mixed and shipped the acton papers east instead of yest they were return ed to tkie lqcalpoet office on satur- day and rehrfsjjtched queen mary queen mary is dead the b5 year old lady who stood for so much in the british com monwealth had been ill for two months bul only this week the seriousness of her illness was made known since the death of george v in 1936 she had continued a busy round of public ap pearances her personal hfe saddened by death of two sons and the tragedy of war yet always every inch a queen she mfu be long remembered