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ten pages gorrtown ontario wedniaarliy aucust lcadi 1954 ten pages spittisite bridal ot holy cross churck r plans mew building for boat works major renovating u underway at the old georgetown clay produotj buudinfe on king frem which this fall will house the conplete factory ond office of the f berjdas boat manufacturing business whicvleon- ard bell operates under the name dolphincraft tie building orlgljitdly a foun dry wu purchased by mr bell fqr his brick making plan about twen ty years ag tlie office was badly damaged by fire early this year 1 frame oil lev and the kilns have all bern torn down and the ctarapany pleat a run office section and an addition to the factory which will double the present door apace f 10000 fet apreent the boats are being manufactured in the old dayfoot shoe aslant on john blrret mr 1111 may continue to use this building for manufacture of auxil iary products with which he is ex perimenting w1iay council did add foairth provincial policeman next year gunlun camplicn llramplon bcnno spitzet and ilia bride poae for their picture at the reception which followed their wedding in holy cross r c church recently the groom is the son of mr and mrs paul spitzer and the bride margaret mercedes the daughter of roxy theatre manager william and mrs leste they are living at limehouae what council wd council supports survey for increased phone area there is a possibility that at some future date georgetown mil ton acton and rockwood and sur- roundirux rural districts will be linked by one telephone exchange at present three exchanges oper ate with long distance rates char ged for interex change calls the recently formed interurban board which has hired engineer ross simmons to work for the three towns has discussed the mat ter monday georgetown council endorsed the idea of asking the bell telephone co to poll custom ers inthc threo areas for their op inion an 85 per cent favourable vote would have to be registered before the company could take ac tion a 20c monthly increase in phone rates would be the payment for the extra service reeve allen says that actually georgetown will soon be due for a rate boost anyway for rates are based on population and the improved service would actually coat less than the 2pc cautioned setting a precedent in extending a road into subdivisions where those buildings are obligated to provide their own roads cr mc- gilvray pressed strongly for the road extension saying new taxes woujd more than make up the town s expenditure in a year hamilton construction one of three firms tendering for sidewalk construction on victoria ave and victoria street was awarded the contract the price will be 33c a square foot for 4 sidewalks 42c for 6 driveways and necessary fill ot be a square foot other tender ers were mcnally construction georgetown and armstrong bros brampton idhial action was taken for ex penditure of 7500 for sewer tnxal- lation in the new cloverdale heights subdivision on the harold cleave farm and for 910000 for water ex tensions quite a discussion on extending lome street beyond 264 feet which is knbwn to be a road allowance resulted in deferring a decision un til next monday while eoato extending the street la estimated at only 250 to reach three new hou ses being built mayor armstrong oua88 pole call on rives drive firemen were called at the noon hpil yesterday to exting a grass fire on river drive which had sot out of control behind harvey al lens residence jgardinerrau wedding in su georges church mr and mr david karl gardi ner who were married july slat in s georges anglican church are living in ge alter a hon eymoon spent in northern ontario archdeacon w o o thompson officiated it the marriage of mar- lene ttoulae rail hsutfitac 0 mr and mr pius rau guelph street and david karl son of mr and mrs a h gardiner north bay tbegroom la employed at smith and stone and his hrlde at provta- clalpaper ltd the bride wore a street length dress of light blue nylon and ettkr with fathered bodies- and a full- skirt white accessories and carried 1 a boufluei of red r mr allan a setter was her attendant wearing wjanjef fed skirt white accessories and car rying a bouquet of yellow rosea jack mcmillan north bay was groomsman and mr rau gave hie daughter in marriage a reception was held in the church basement the brides mo ther wore dusty rose lace black accessories and a corsage of pink roses the groomj mother wore light mauve ttce yetiowaocessor- les and yellow rose jmnsge fur her honeymoon trip the bride wore ajight pink ault and white acces sories guests who v attended the reception ana y party which followed af tha home of mr and mia hsu were from klmlra north bay capreol toronto and george progress noted in conservation survey the conscr at ion survey of the credit itivcr which started early last month is making good progress mid will be completed some time next month vafltcyng from a central camp in georgetown survey parties start cut tach day on their varioua du ties they arc made up of students and graduates of ontario univer sities under the direction of perm anent officers of the provincial conservation branch staff a h richardson chief conservation en gineer dcpt of planning and dcv- tlmpmciit ii directing the program aim of the survey is to make an inventory of soil conditions and land use and to recommend uses necessary to conserve mil and mois ture the forestry section will as sess present woodland conditions whjlc hydraulic engineers will in vestigate flood control and find ways for better summer flow of streams a study of wildlife is also being made particularly fish recreation also comes in for attention with an inventory of existing facilities and recommendations for others the present survey made by the government -at- tha request of the conservation authority which was formed earlier this year will be turned over to that group it will be this board which will have the problem of d with the gov ernment report and deciding on ac tion recommended alex maclaren represents georgetown on the auth ority arid campbell sinclair es- quesirux mr maclaren is chairman of the advisory board on farm plan ning and land use directing engineering students from university of toronto and ry- erson institute in the hydraulics survey is c e bush the soil con servation party u headed by w j p creswlck from the dept assis ted toy students in geography from varsity mcmaster and the guelph qac forestry students come from mcmaster and toronto and the wildlife survey is being made by- biology students from university of toronto queens and oac engagements mr and mrs alfred getbutt georgetown wish to announce the engagement of their daughter mary kathleen to mr william raid son of ury atitt mrs hudson jwd brampton then imvruge will takje place in homo united church alloa oh sepaeralaieeoth at dutch furniture firm will have branch here a netherlands furniture firm will establish a canadian branch in georgetown next spring friday a it presentalive of ti firm wio flew to canada from hol land a few days earlier was in town looking at buildings which might suit their purpose at that time it was anticipated that local production would begin in october mayor armstrong and councillor sargent industrial chairman spent the day with him and by sunday when he visited town again lease of a out ming hod bet n arranged and tht man had also iiiadi arran gement to purchase a house in ui ol 0jorjltiiwii 1 mw subdkl- ions it mas anticipated that tic deal mould lx closed on monday but a ton nto lawyer phoned that day to iy there would be a delay in plan yesterday the mayor recel ved a letter from the man who will manage the local branch say ing it iad betn necessary for him to cly back to holland on monday arid there would be a delay in get ting started until the spring the company manufactures con- ttmporary hand carved furniture and it is their intention to start assembling furniture here later branching into complete canadian production parking lot ready for downtown use initial action has been taken to create a large parking area on the j j glbbens property behind a group of main street stores mr glbbens has offered his prop erty to the town at a nominal rent and last week a bulldozer levelled it and it is ready for use now the chamber of commerce has spar ked the pi on alter discussing park ing problems with merchants and council the chamber will erect signs pointing to the area entranceway will be from back street the short street running parallel be tween main and the highway the laneway entering main street be side silvers store will be the ped estrian entrance what council did georgetown will add a fourth provincial policeman to the present force the first of next year at monday council meeting ad vice frum aopp headquarters was that the town had grown to a lire where cofursl and uiree con- tairle axe iircrsaary for adequate policing ihe lotur also revealed an upward trend in charges nest years tot a pllrlng bill will be 14540 compared with tlwoo this year couhcil deferred signing an ag reement until a future meeting although there awsjjvod iiute en thuslasm for switching to munici pal police as one councillor sug gested considering cr mcguvray had no support for his suggestion that the town ask the opp to const der leaving the present 3 mm force as an rstra man would stretch the town budget iteeve a han a idea of investigating costs of local sys terns led to the clerk being asked to contact brampton oakville bur lington and lfespclcr about how they work their policing the people certainty want pro vincial policing said cr 1 yons who claimed that he and norman hill who supported opp irv an el fitlun controversy were the only sitting councillors elected m iyor armstrong said that if the town asked a reduction in force and there was a rloui crime later council would bt put in the jktsi- ttion of i told you k crain 1 r marked th mayor if you cvmptiri costs you will fir thai wi are not faylng ixci salt ily it a hard to mtasurc policing in dollars ond cents said deputy liiii norton if wt re satisfied with uu opp wi i hac lo l ahmg with thtlr ngulatlons the traffic by law was amended to include four intersections as stop streets and stop signs will be placed at these as well as at others already allowed for where no pre st nt signs exist further to a complaint by ilruce harley at the last council meeting about a dog creating unnecessary noise and annoying persons when running at large at night a peti tion signed by six other persons verifying his statements was recei ved building inspector george adams also appeared at the meet ing as instructed to report on the situation which comes under the jurisdiction of the building bylaw the clerk was instructed to write the dogs owner calling hi at 4ention to the complaint and ad vising action by the town if future trouble occurred the weather mr fcaittor both maximum apd minimum av erage tills wreit are about four de grees below normal fur august pial was a very nice ahouer on sunday ijii llatlrin date max mln luua aujtujt 0 77 ii august 10 72 it 00 augurt 11 s3 4u trace august 12 74 48 august 13 78 47 august m 75 44 trace august is b0 sb 41 avcrjc 74 si si ray pomeroy named mill office manager a series uf office promotions ef fected recently ot the georgetown provincial paper ltd branch sees hay injnieroy named office manager unci tror williams senior store ilrk ihi wallacx was promoted from torts u utility clerk and jim co- tiwn jr takes over his former job nv stores uslstant u don i king ston ten acres optioned by american firm a ten acre rprty in town ha been optioned by an american electronics firm which is coruddar- ing georgetown as a location for e canadian subsidiary the option culminated a lslt to town in july by a representative of tht company a few days after his isit the option deal was completed with the landowner councillor doug sargent chair man of the industrial committee expect to hear from the company before the end of the month he was told that the company would be holding a directors meeting in midaugust for final decision on location of the plant norval united wedding principals vv- abandon plans to widen highway 7 resurfacing o bumpy no 7 high way through townt while somewhat cloaer la still not past the planning stage council on monday abandoned any idea of widening the present 1bh foot roadway to 3a feet as had been suggested by the highways department because 0 heavy costs involved they were staggered by a hydro estimate of 18000 for re locating hydro poles which would be necessary for widening when the blghway is resurfaced gutters and curbs will be put in where necessary third reading was given to a 111000 town debenture issue in connection with hydro conversion the money will be recoverable from the hydro commission over the per iod of the debentures t oouneil gave permission to the chamber of commerce to erect swings on town property on lower john street 1 a new atreet nifht was or for the elmrontario corner two hydro- poles which are traffic ha 1 ttostaeet wmbe nwwdt ssiluvv vtft a lindsay studio ttosatsvula 7mrratmmw murray william brunakill are followed by matron orkonour mrs betty milenaar ami dklj van vliet as dwy leavef norval united church following their july 3 1st wedding bride aoevn vliet teach- er at3 s 2 airiuuousy mrs bert varrvlfet and the grpci th of mr and i