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f w the georgetown herald twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday december 2 1953 twelve pages bird is reeve linham deputy in esquesing sinclair wilson as reeve leslie jesquesing township will have two new faces on council next year and one new member of county council all offices were filled by accla- matiof at mondays nomination meeting in st reeve george leslie who is county wai den is retiring as well as william schenk glen williams who has been a council member for two years deputy reeve wilfrid bird will step up to the reeveahip and coun cillor walter llnham becomes dep uty reeve councillor george cur rie remains on the council and spencer wilson and campbell sin clair are the new councillors william debbie john h bing ham and robert j cunningham were returned as members of the school area board for two year terms and james kirkwood ballin- afad was nominated to serve a one ajear term vacated by hector bird leslie retiring retiringaftrseven years on council and holdpff the highest honour an county politics this year reeve george leslie spoke of the problems of assessment and equali zation which a fast growing county there has been a ten million dollar increase in assessment in one year in 1953 an equalization was arrived at after several meet ings between municipal assessors and the county committee avoid ing appeals which have hampered county administration in the past mr leslie spoke of certain as pects of county work including roads the court house and centen nial manor a 30000 government cut in the road budget had reduced estimates for gravelling grading and work on county lhiks exten sive renovation work is being done on the county buildings which will include a new vault a law library j and redecorating j heflpoke of growth in the town ship reflected in 200000 in build ing permits issued and said future councils would face heavy expendi tures for roads schools and serv ices which suburban development entails bird new reeve the new reeve wilfrid bird dealt wtth other aspects of county work including the important re forestation program this year purchase of 05 more acres makes a total of 1200 acres now owned by the county for tins purpose a 250000 debenture issue for the centennial manor bearing in- test at 4 was sold at slightly over par the health unit an im portant county service is carried on at a cost of 120 per capita half of which la paid by the province soccests trailer bylaw a bylaw to regulate trailers was suggested by walter linham who will enter county council this year as deputy reeve he spoke of the building bylaw and said it was not designed to force anyone to build an expensive home but ra ther to ensure that any building constr would be an asset to the community roads are wider nowadays and increased maintenance should make the township give serious consider ation to purchase of a second gra der in 1954 in mr unhanvs opin ion he reviewed bridge and road repair work where to draw the line and give ratepayers what they want at what they can afford to pay is the prob lem which facfs todays councils said sir linham we must rem ember that we do not own the township but arc just custodians we want to leave it better than it was when we took office but not loaded with debt fayaswego carrie councillor george currie reiter ated his faith in a pay as you go policy saying that h is not sound business to go running to the mun icipal board for debentures we mustnt let expansion go to our heads be warned saying the township had so far paid for most things as they were needed a municipality like an individual will never get into trouble that way he said lax currie criticized road spray- ins saying mat if it wont kill wild carrot it isnt much use road expenseai are mounting he said due to gravel trucking to the south of me township but it is something owed fvhich council has little con trol ha forecast expansion in the district where surveying and dover- councillors schenk retire schenk retires s saying he had enjoyed his two years as a councillor william schenk said he was not a candidate this year because he didrioteel he could spare the time from his business which the work entails a nominee william dobbie said he was considering t running for council because his section of the township was not represented but later changed his mind and remain ed a school board member candi dates spence wilson and campbell sinclair spoke briefly as did a former council member edwin har- rop who declined to run r l davidson reported for the school board as chairman telling of expansion which has led to a new school at norval and an extra class room at glen williams messrs bingham cunningham kirkwood and elliott also spoke briefly the financial report for the year was presented by the treasurer k c lindsay who acted as chairman in the absence through illness of clerk i m bennett at the close of the meeting mr lindsay asked a former reeve william hampshire to speak and h spoke stirringly of the obligations of municipal ser- vte erin resident was native of ireland father of three georgetown res idents thomas henry cobura 85 died in erin on november 24th he had been in ill health for over a year mr cobum was born in ljsburn county antrim ireland a ship builder by trade he came to can ada in 1926 and had lived in erin since then surviving are hia wife margaret jane mcmaster and eight children mrs john pinkney may and charles erin robert mrs wray matthews elsie and mrs gordon lingard ethel toronto jack and norman georgetown and mrs mervyn kirby margaret of glen williams there are nine grand children one sister mrs john bell lives at lisburn archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the funeral service on thursday at the weddeli funeral home erin with interment follow- in erin cemetery long illness fatal tor mrs alex mcftay a resident of esquesing town ship all her life mrs alex mckay died in guelph general hospital on friday seriously 111 for the past two years she bore her suffer ing with heroic fortitude she had entered the hospital only a day before her death the former agnes jane cole she was born whll her parents wil liam cole and margaret jane reid lived on the 61h line later they moved to a farm on the 10th line and she attended clay hill school she married mr mckay 22 years ago and for the past few years they had been residents of silver- creek mrs mckay was a faithful mem ber of ballinafad united church where she was active in the wom an s missionary society besides her husband she is survived by a brother and three sisters fred cole eknma cole and mrs john mclean acton and mrs j kirk wood brin township rev e a currey conducted the funeral service at the rumley fun eral home acton on monday with rev robert h armstrong assist ing interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown six neph ews were pallbearers wilfred harvey gordon and j p kirk wood william mclean and archie mckay flower bearers were mar shall mclaughlin thomas allen bert mcmenemv charles thomp son robert miller harding price and wilfred haraing shortill promoted hush dickie retires ross jocncan now manacfer retirement of hugh dickie as assistant superintendent of provin cial papers coating mill here has resulted in two promotions of local hen harry shortill succeeds mr dickie as assistant superintendent and herb arnold assumes mr shortuts former position of finishing room foreman at the same time ross duncan has been promoted from plant superintendent to manager of the mill mr dickie came to georgetown from scotland in 1913 as colour room foreman and held that posi tion until his promotion four years ago he is a past president of the quarter century club at the mul on monday afternoon all mem bers of the staff gathered during a shutdown period to present mr dukie with a trilight lamp and lazyboy chair as a parting gift that evening foremen and members of the office stilt held a dinner in his honour at the yellow briar biarnpton among those attending w ere bruce brown of montreal president of the whytehook paper co who was the first man hired by mi dickie when he took over his osition in georgetown and walter barber a former general manager of the mill several rumoured as georgetown candidates the weather mr editor wtth all the snow reported ar ound us during the past weekwe are fortunate to record only snow flurries so far ern batkin date max min rain nov 23 48 34 nove 24 46 28 26 nov 26 44 33 nov 26 41 24 flurries nov 27 35 26 flurries nov 28 43 20 nov 29 j8 26 flurries average 42 27 26 attend liberal ladies anniversary in ottawa representing halton at the 25th anniversary meeting of the natio nal federation of liberal women of canada were mrs percy les lie of georgetown and mrs frank mcniven milton mrs mcniven is president and mrs leslie 2nd vice president of the county organ ization the meeting was held last week in ottawa at the chateau laurier besides the business session the ladies had a wonderful social time which included a tea at which ma dame st laurent was hostess a visit to kingsmere the home of mackenzie king which is being converted into a public park and a dinner meeting addressed by prime minister st laurent they atten ded the session of parliament at which lester pearson minister of external affairs explained can adas position in the gouzenko coi troversy they saw heltons mei ber sybil bennett i her seat the house and also visited her her office winners declared as marathon euchre ends mrs thomas warnes and mr william lyons were winners in the oddfellows marathon euchre which ended with a big party in the oddfellows hall on friday mrs warnes had a total score of 796 and mrs norman snyder 792 was second mr lyons score was 801 and second prize went to edgar lyons 794 members of the rebekah lodge served lunch at friday s party and a large number of prizes featured the evening mrs j r scott re ceived a prize ai the oldest person present and billy wilson as the youngest other prizewinners in cluded mrs blake leslie mrs ham ilton grace warren and a birthday prize to c deforest prizewinners on the nights play were mrs hamilton 115 margaret cain 108 john cain 108 and r d williams 103 who won a cut for second place with h cudden mrs belle robinson and mrs e for- rave won consolation prizes and mrs hamilton and john cain prizes for lone hands in a special lucky draw mrs clare wilson won a 16 lb turkey and mrs j r scott a christmas cake s teepska oakvllle won a hamper of northern spy apples mens club hears city school trustee rev john v mills gave a survey of ontarios educational system in a speech monday night delivered at a dinner of the men s club of norval and union presbyterian churches mr mills is seeking reelection this year to toronto board of edu cation he is general secretary of the ontario public school trustees association the norval ladies ca tered for the dinner in the norval church which also featured a christmas carol singsong fete robert andrews on 80th birthday a main street north resident robert w andrews was twice hon oured on the occasion of his 80th birthday last week when friends in shelburne and in town held parties for film a surprise party on saturday at the home of his daughter mrs gordon price in shelburne saw members of the family gather for a turkey dinner he was presented with a wellfilled wallet present were mr and mrs harry price hornby mr and mrs goi price shelburne mr and mrs james andews and mr shi- mrs robert s andrews georgetown mrs robert tully and son john cannington fred andrews auis- ton and reg andrews guelph monday night at his home a group of employees of the domin ion seed house where he was em ployed until his retirement sur prised him wih another party at which they presented him wtth a pair of slippers and offered con gratulations those present inclu ded fred fryer herb cleave frank petch john cornelius john mcdonald and albert pattenden keen interest is being shown in georgetown nominations for the 1954 council nomination meeting is thursday night at the public lib rary and if all those rumoured to be4nterested in seeking office are nominated there should be mora than a full slate for the december 14th election mayor jack armstrong is stand ing for office and there has been no mention of a mayoralty race prominently mentioned for the of- iicesof reeve and deputy reeve tmowti open by the retirement of frank petch and k r macdonald arc councillors stan allen and allan norton as well as such former coun cil members as harold cleave w g marshall thomas lyons and alex maclaren membw of this years council who are almost certain to seek of fice are garfield mcgilyray harry hale and doug sargent james goodlet announced some time ago that he is retiring among those mentioned as interested in running for council are irwin noble mrs clarence jhayes del wallace wil liam b hamilton james mccalg william tciark and ray whitmee a former council member brother dies this morning in brampton a brampton resident and bro ther of thomas l lyons of town william a lyons 79 died this ing in peel memorial hospi tal he is survived by his wife and one daughter mrs j c stevenson another brother dr g w lyons toronto and six sisters mrs r w gladstone guelph mrs james lyons mrs bertha cole mrs george anderson ml8s ellen lyons and miss maria lyons brampton only 19 shopping days are left until christmas mr and mrs william ditch- field of windsor were weekend visitors in town with her mother mrs c sargent farm news night school classes pass 550 enrolment tuesday evening of last week saw the enrolment at the halton night school go well past the 550 mark staes mrs velma norrls secretary of the halton planning committee due to the number of requests received from those who would ilike to attend some of the sessions of the course in farm business and who arenot in a position to at tend regularlyhalrman a t wbodley of the county planning committee has appro of the isuggestion that such individuals may do so by paying a fee of fifty cent per night if they do not wish to enrol at the regular fee of 300 for the duration of the night school such a concession does not apply to any other course at any of the a georgetowbp social personal mr and mrs w c ure and mr and mrs frank petch visited on sunday in new hamburg with mrs v t cavanagh and mrs j fasken mr and mrs jack gunning spent the weekend in windsor where they visited with mrs gunnings mother mrs j w euey mr and mrs gordon mcmurchy of huttonville motored to florida last week and plan to spend the next two months in the south miss victoria webster of wind sor was a weekend guest in town with her bister mrs keith barber and mr barber mr jim linton left for new york city yesterday and is flying to bermuda today where he will spent a week at belmont manor he ex pects to be playing a lot of golf during his vacation and will stop in new york enroute home to at tend a company sales meeting mr and mrs edward wodson and mr and mrs ernest sbildrich toronto visited with friends in town on friday spending the after noon with mrs h hutt mr shlld- rlch at one time music director at toronto bible college has been in town before when he brought bis choir to st johns church and also to cedarvale school for entertain ments a theatre party followed by a birthday supper at her home on river drivei marked the seventh birthday of sharon allen daugh ter of mr and mrs stan allen on saturday sharon s party guests were jane bradley ellen biehn mary mcnamara judy nash lynn ritchie carol rayner joan handy heather allen dale mccartney alan and judy gilchrist david and vickl greygoose and her sister june raiders still seek that elusive win georgetown raiders lost their fourth straight game last night when durham a peppy new entry m the league defeated them 83 at the local arena it was a disappointing showing for the raiders who had thehr hearts set on winning after a good showing against the strong milton team on saturday in that game the 83 score did not indicate the play for after a shaky start the raiders played equal hockey for the iast two periods fred lever was in goal and he has been signed to share duties in net with fred lawrence this season n though not discouraged coach leigh bradbury is disheartened about the teams inability to break into the win column it isnt for lack of trying for players have been turning out faithfully to prac tices which will pay off as the season advances jamie cun ningham norval is being groomed for a spot on the team though to date he hasnt been dressed for a game the fund appeal is slow ing down and anyone who wants to donate is asked to do so win or lose it takes money to run a hock ey clubl conquering the far north donald gordon chairman sod president of tin canadian national railways drives the last spike at lynn lake manitoba to officially open the new mamile line from shemdon north completion of the runway eomcided with the start of production in fl gordons new nicks and eepper mine particibatmg in the recent ceremony wen federal ana prorincnl government officials mining and railway aia and 800 shemuvqordan and cnr employees of the w frontier town mora than boo mfiea northwest of wnuupac one of canada greatest storehouses of natural raso hat been baked with the rwt of the world by to completion of thfif railway hne raid mr engagements mr and mrs wubert cleave an nounce the engagement of their daughter helen mildred to william gerald anderson son of mr and mrs john anderson of unity sas katchewan the marriage will take place quietly on friday december the eighteenth in victoria bc gordon it joins lyna lain to every pmat on the canadjsa national of railway in r ways that lead anniversary mr and mrs t l leslie are cel ebrating their diamond wedding and will be pleased to received their attends in st johns memorial hau guelph street gbtewn from morris hattricker wilson warriors win wilsons warriors led by morris who incidentally notched himself a hat trick in the third period gave the combines an 84 trirruning in sunday s industrial tussle only some great stops by charlie jones in goal for combines preven ted a higher score the club operated by jack wil son is a powerful unit of young boys who are givingnlhe fans a very plea sing brand of hockey paul barber has been added to the club and should prove a worthwhile oppon ent hornby looked for a while last sunday as if they would give the commuters a rough time of it within seconds commuters had scored but hornby came back to score two fast goabrand checked the strong commuters team closely until bench strength proved the deciding factor the commuters well stocked with power were too much for hornbys shallow line and soon ran the score up kenny adamson scored two for commuters along with cliff norton while gillies was the big gun for hornby scoring their two lone markers final score 72 for commuters ormie carter the tcp kennedy of the burns club scored 2 goals to lead his mates for a 51 victory over smith stone m george t wylie and a gulis were the other marksmen jack king scored the only goal for smith stone burns are again this year a hard team to beat and will provide quite a lot of excitement for the tans when they meet the commuters all the teams now have their new uniforms and certainly nwke an impressive jhowmg idke lorusso and bungr tard officials and are dohut an v