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twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday july 29th 19s3 twelve pages mackenzie to build local high school four room addition will cost 145000 tender for a new 4room addition to georgetown high school has 1 been awarded to the local contract ing firm of j b mackenzie son at a special meeting of the north halton school board monday in stewarttown contracts which had been opened at a meeting last week were reviewed and the mackenzie tender of 117000 accepted subject to some minor downward revisions for slight changes in plans which will decrease the cost of the build ing the mackenzie tender was one of four received other tenderers were lavern asmussen kitchener 119727 w a brown humber summit 123780 mcnally con struction georgetown 126625 delay in accepting a tender was caused by the cost of the george town school being in excess of the original 120000 budget figure it is estimated that with equipment and land the georgetown project the weather mr editor- that sudden drop in the temper ature was quite a relief and a remin der of what to expect however we hope there is still lou of good hol iday weather ahead of us ern batkin date max min rain july 20 u6 56 july 21 86 58 july 22 02 59 10 july 23 pi 62 july 24 72 49 july 25 78 38 july 26 87 53 58 average 82 54 68 will cost about 145000 at the same time actons new 7room school which will be built for 154000 also by the mackenzie firm is estimated to cost complete 185000 nonagenarian falls injuries are fatal dept nixes new school proceed with addition a marked difference in cost per square foot and per teaching area in the planned new high school at acton and an addition at george town led north halton school board to seek an interview with the dept of education last week to see if consideration could not be given to building a complete new school in georgetown on thursday a delegation talked with mr easton of the depts tech nical department and were told that at present it is out of the question for any accommodation to be scrap- ped regardless of longterm econ omy and that the only thing geor getown could do would be to ac cept the lowest tender on the job or revise plans to fit an addition to the 120000 budget figure after accepting a 154000 tender for the 7room acton school which it is estimated will cost 185000 complete the school board at last weeks meeting debated the wisdom of building 4 rooms here at a final cost of 145000 the board reason ed that as it is the plan to even tually replace the old georgetown building with a new wing this could be done at the present time for an extra expenditure of fifty to sixty thousand dollars whereas five rooms added at a future date would cost at least double this amount members of the delegation wal ter biehn of georgetown george brown esquesing ross carbert nassagaweya and secretary gor don brown were told that the dis trict had received approval of a 350000 expenditure which will al so include one extra room at mil ton only a few weeks before maxi mum government grants were re duced by 10000 a classroom and grants eliminated altogether on special rooms such as domestic science ahd shop- extra cost in georgetown which amounts to almost 200 a square foot end 10000 per teaching unit is accounted for mainly in plumb ing and heating costs the new addition here will contain a heat ing plant for the entire building end all plumbing for the whole school in georgetown four rooms will also carry the extra cost of equip- ping a home economics room pro- viding locker room and teachers rooms and a 6000 land purchase whereas in acton these extra costs are spread over 7 standard rooms the government pays no grants on these extras and the bigger the school the more they spread out to made the cost per room in line with the depts approved expenditures accepting the lowest tender for the georgetown school at a meeting monday tne school board reasoned jhat the five municipalities involv ed had given approval tor a total expenditure of 350000 actons school will cost 25000 less than budgeted for and georgetowns 25000 more with miltons esti mated to cost no more than the 20000 budget figure the milton contract is still to be awarded the school board feels that the work will be completed well within the total budget unfortunately because of the structure of the dept of education grants north halton district will have more of the bill to pay than was originally planned a at present the district receives a 79 grant on expenditures up to a maximum of 30000 per elas- if the three buildings were wellknown in georgetown where each year she had paid a visit to her daughter mrs robert lane un ion street mrs archieferguson 91 died at swinton park on mon day in excellent health and still able to maintain her own home during the summer mrs ferguson fell down some steps on thursday and her death resulted from the severe shaking up she received for many years it had been her custom to live alone during the summer and spend the winter months visit ing various members of her family of nine a lifelong resident of swinton park which is twelve miles west of dundalk mrs ferguson was the former mary campbell daughter of scottish settlers mr and mrs george campbell she and her hus band who died in 1939 farmed in proton township last member of her family she was predeceased by two sisters and a brother her descendants numbering 68 include eight daughters and a son 24 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren members of the family are mrs elizabeth haw of brampton mrs william christie cayley alta mrs john parslow merritton mrs hubert duncan tor onto mrs james sturrbck bramp ton mrs john carson washago mrs robert lane georgetown mrs gordon mcleod toronto and gordon ferguson mount forest interment was in swinton park yesterday following the funeral ser vice in st andrews presbyterian church there social and personal drew visits halton br atit inn reception mr and mrs william dwyer are vacationing this week in rjew york city back from a vacation at bass lake near orlllia arc mr and mrs ken richardson and family mr and mrs charles brown and danny spent last week at cherokee lodge halls lake mr- and mrs william bonathan judy and mary are spending their vacation at lake cecebe mr and mrs percy hill and bri an were vacationing last week at stanley park erin corporal and mrs joe mcbain and family have returned from a vacation which they spent at key harbour rev and mrs john m smith gladys and mary will be spending the next month in hallburton while mr smith is on vacation mrs ken mcmillan and miss joyce mcmillan are vacationing this week at their cottage at thunder bay mrs leonard bell dennis bren- da and ellen are spending the sum mer at their cottage at eight mile point lake simcoe dr and mrs j b milne and misses jane and claudia milne are enrouteto vermont where they will spend two weeks mrs ernest cooper of toronto is holidaying with her brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs george alcott mr and mrs sam penrice jean john and douglas are holidaying this week at glenwood beach lake simcoe mr and mrs trevor williams kathcrine and hugh are spending the next two weeks at their cottage at meaford sandra scott is home after atten ding the ontario athletic training camp ta longford mills lake cou- chiching mr and mrs william e burten- shaw with a party of eight friends have motored to atlantic city for two weeks vacation mr and mrs norton nelson and daughter agnes are spending a hol iday at fenelon falls virginia bar ber is agnes guest at the cottage mrs james alcorn ricky and douglas are holidaying at their cot tage at coboconk mr alcorowas with them for the past two weeks mr and mrs lome peters who have been holidaying at woodland beach will bereturning home next week mrs thomas eason and mrs er nie hawson have been taking a twoweek course in floral design at the ontario agricultural college guelph mr and mrs denney wright and family and miss florrie alcott have returned home after vacationing last week at valley view cabins huntsville mr end mrs thomas grieve and audrey grieve sharpe have return ed from a motor trip to timmlns where they visited with mr and mrs robert hardy mr and mrs r h jones and da vid have returned home after a two week motor holiday which took them to new brunswick and the state of maine on sunday mr and mrs a h feller and mr and mrs william mcnally and family attended a gath ering of members of the lake fam ily at the home of mr and mrs george lake at langstaft mr and mrs vernon mccumber and bobby were sunday visitors with mr and mrs bob wyatt and family at trenton bobby remained in trenton for a holiday mrs alex fjraser and brian of niagara falls returned home on the weekend after a holiday with her mother mrs james mcdougall mr eraser spent the weekend here recent visitors with mr and mrs ernie rawson were mr and mrs harold robinson and harold jr of mitchell former georgetown resi dents mr robinson is now employ ed with the county road staff at mitchell karen scott is visiting for two weeks at sturgeon falls with mr and mrs marcel martin mrs mar tin is the former pauline paiement who lived in georgetown before her marriage guests on sunday with mr and mrs walter brownridge were mrs r hewing mr and mrs ralph hewins richard and elizabeth of hamilton mrs charles l hall and son jimmy have returned to little bri tain after visiting in town last week with her father mr fred braisby and mr and mrs bob harris helen hall is spending this week with them after visiting in halifax ns with their sons roy and ralph mr and mrs walter peck have return ed to town ralph who is a bands man in the navy was just home from a trip to the coronation dr and mrs charles sayers sha ron and billy have returned from a vacation spent at powassan and sundridge dr sayers attended ses sions of the american veterinary medical association in toronto last week to celebrate her eleventhbirth- dav last week margaret eason daughter of mr and mrs thomas eason entertained at a party her guests were linda korzack linda packer june lyon barbara kin- rade kent riddall paul ward and margarets brother jeffrey prior to leaving for their new homein hamilton mrs bruce mac- kenzie was tendered a dinner party at the home of miss helen maceton- aid by the stitch and chatter knit ting club mrs mackenzie was presented with an umbrella during the evening mary barber daughter of mr and mrs keith barber will com plete a course as a camp leader this week and next month will join the staff of bolton fresh air camp her course at bark lake hallburton was sponsored by the department of education friends of miss mary dobson whose marriage to donald rand took placed on friday attended a miscel- loneous shower at the home of mrs jack bailey jr presentation of a mirror was also made by staff mem bers of the canadian bank of com merce where the bride is employed visiting her home in the west for the first time in 25 years mrs stafford groat if motoring to mani toba with friends from toronto during her three week trip she will visit with relatives in melita elk horn and brandon manitoba prior to leaving neighbours on victoria street had a surprise part at her home and presented her with a suitcase members of her canasta club also entertained and gave her a suitable gift rf to be erected at the budget figures of 210000 120000 and 20000 total government grant would be 202500 and the municipalities would have to find 87500 as their share of the cost with acton reduced to a cost of 185000 the grant would drop to a proportionate 75 but regardless of how much more georgetowns school will cost the depts share stands at a maximum of 90000 assuming present estimates are correct north halton district will have to- pay about 18000 extra when the time for issuing deben tures comes proclamation whereas at a meeting of the council of the town of georgetown it waa resolved that the mayor be authorized to proclaim monday aug 3rd civic holiday for the current year therefore in compliancewilh this resolution 1 hereby proclaim monday august 3rd as a civic holiday for the town of georgetown jack armstrong mayor hon george a drew qc progressive conservative leader country parson booked for week at roxy t a picture with theme and appeal similar to one foot in heaven is the country parson which will play a full weeks engagement at the roxy theatre next week written by james hilton author of goodbye mr chips and starring john beal it tells of a man who put love of his fellowman before all else patrons of theatres and chur ches where the film has played say that no character in pictures has ever affected them like that of the country parson this minister of god is a composite of a hundred servants of the church and if ever an oscar is given for a humble and heartwarming picture this forth right motion picture would win one of the coveted honorariums engagements mr and mrs j a mcclure glen williams announce the engagement of their daughter alberta jane tp richard wallace campbell son of mr and mrs m n campbell ham ilton the wedding will take place on saturday august the twenty- second at carnwell farm chelten ham a large number of local residents travelled last night to the brant inn burlington to hear the pro gressiveconservative leader george drew speak at a reception held for him on the lido deck famous dance spot besides a targe number of cars a bus was taken to provide trans portation for the girls pipe band r and others although the hour was an in- convenient one for many there was a large crowd on hand to greet mr drew on his arrival at 630 he had been able to makehis brief stop in halton sandwiching it in on his way from meetings at niagara falls st catharines nnd welland that af ternoon enroute to speak in ham ilton at 830 pm he was piped onto the lido deck by pipers mary patterson and inez crichton accompanied by halton pc candidate sybil bennett hon tom kennedy local provincial mem ber stan hau and others miss bennett and he posed for pictures behind the inn near the water mayor smith of burlington wel comed mr drew to burlington saying he was glad to have the op portunity of welcoming one of can adas great leaders to the county he gave a short resume of george drewss history saying he was born and raised in guelph a veteran of- world war 1 an eminenj barrister and has found time besides his poli tical life to write three books rec ognized as outstanding works of lit erature he then called on the pc leader to speak in opening his very brief remarks mr drew said he first wanted to say how happy he was to be once more in halton county he had en joyed meeting old friends and mak ing new ones he was sorry that the very strict timetable he was forced to work on made it impos- sible for him to stay and meet ev eryone there mr drew then spoke of the political situation saying he wanted to briefly state that the pro mises offered by his party are quite possible and that as he had stated before no social benefits had to be curtailed to doit he cited the fact that canada had managed under the present liberal administration to lose our traditional and greatest market that of the united king dom he reaffirmed that the dollar- conllnued on page 7 evening ceremony for randdobson wedding h0rriemark0 t0r0ht0 wedding in a double ring ceremony in toronto earlier this month john al exander norrle and nada nancy maxko were married the groom is the son of mrs hazel scott norrie and the late william g norrle and the bride is the daughter of mr and mrs spero marko they were married in york memorial presby terian church sylvia lambert camp leader at beaverton sylvia lambert who took a camp leaders course at belwbod last summer is a member of the staff of a catnp near beaverton this sea son she is director of sad dra matics at st matthjaswbanip for un derprivileged children friday evening in st johns uni ted church rev john m smith of ficiated at the wedding of helen mary dobson and donald royal rand the church was decorated with gladioli carnations roses and garden flowers mr norman laird was organist and mrs jack bailey jr soloist singing the lords pray er before the service and o perfect love while the register was signed the bride a member of the bank of commerce staff is the daughter of mrs george dobson and the late mr dobson the groom formerly with the local branch and now em ployed on the bank of commerce inspection staff is the son of mr and mrs charles rand picton the bride wore an original gown of grey mist silk chantllly lace over clover pink taffeta the bodice fea tured a scoop neckline with brace let length sleeves accented by a cummerbund forming a back bustle whiphfeu from the nippedin waist line to the end of a very full skirt her close fitting cap was ctf match ing pink taffeta she carried a spray of mauve orchids and stephanous she was attended by her sister miss isobel dobson wearing a long gown of coral jiet over taffeta ttie strap less bodice was shirred and featured a long matching stole her small cap was of matching net she car ried a spray of white orchids and stephanous douglas rand burlington was his brothers groomsman ushers were gordon f graham and jack bailey jr the brides uncle mr r f rowland gave her in mar riage receiving in st johns memorial hall the brides mother waa gown ed in cinnamon crepe and chantilly uce black ac and a corsage of talisman roses the grooms mo- there wore delphinium blue crepe and chantllly lace white accessor- les and a corsage of red roses for a honeymoon trip to east lake the bride wore a navy sntt red strew hat and navy accessories they will live in an apartment on main street geor