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the georgetown herald jii- tylelve pages georffebywn out vjtaf apru 20 1955 first section what council dto consider traffic lights downtown and on no7 robertsopdcole toronto wedding what council did georgetown council is considering installation of traffic lights at two lo cation in the downtown district monday night mr clarborough re presenting northern electric co di scribed various types of lights and re commended what he considered the moat satisfactory traffic lights at the kour cornrrs on main street and at the john su 1 1 highway intersect inn would coal an estimated 3000 00 ur ci ar borough suggested a srrni actuated light at the highway which would ahow green on no 7 at alt times when there la no traffic on the aide streets a car approaching the highway from cither john or walrr streets would trip a signal which would allow a green light for crnks lag lines of traffic on these streets would continue the green light up to i let maximum the highway green light would show for its maximum each time it came in force it would also be possible he ssid to i natal pedestrian push buttons at an estimated 1200 cost on main street he suggested a sys tern of regular changes from green to red on a 24 hour daily basis cost of this would be ilmo and the high way system t3000 uayor armstrong mentioned that the hydro commission is investigating an improved lighting system for main street and council decided to wait until the commission hss made a dec lsion before taking any action mean while cr walter grays wster com mittee will submit a report at a fut ure meeting fred mccartney offered the town land for an extension of caroline st into a proposed 5- house subdivision on his property behind john st and asked if council would provide sewer and water services the planning committee headed by cr doug sargent wiu look over the pioposed site and bring a report back to council the weather mr editor the rain column in this weeks aura mary indicate typical april bowers and the grata la showing the ben efit of tha rain dont forvet to change your docks next weekend era ilatkln date max mln bain april 11 70 43 02 april 12 so 38 04 april 13 as 38 39 april 14 63 43 27 april is 2 47 03 april 16 2 41 18 april 17 86 30 average 60 41 193 highways minister tells dunville hospital story still investigating the possibility of a hospital in georgetown the cham bcr of commerce invited two men instrumental in conducting a hospital campaign in dunnvllle in 1051 to a meeting last wednesday lion james allan ontario minister of highwaya m k humpage and ur root were the visitors who met with representatives of several local organ rations they described in some detail the groundwork which was done before tha dunnvllle hospital came into be ing and the way a fund campaign was conducted successfully in that town mr allans visit has revised some of our thinking and has given us val uable information for reference if and when georgetown embarks on a hos pital venture said john gunn cham ber of commerce president comment ing after the meeting the chamber will continue to in vestigate hospital possibilities but as yet has made no definite plsns to pro mote a campaign two might sellout for st john minstrels a bright spot on the entertainment horizon was a twonight performance of the minstrel ahow two dark knights which packed st john s mr mortal hall uonday and tuesday ev enlngs the second annual ahow featuring members of the church choir brought back most of isst years entertainers with new jokes new songs and a few repeats delighting the audiences end men george glassford em hyde stu young vcrn uccumber steamer emmerson snd jim uulock the latter a guelph import who also directed the show provided humour of the type you look for in a minstrel ahow uurt allison msde a worthy replacement for rrv john u smith in tha difficult ob of interlocutor and joined with the chorus in a couple of songs as well among those featured in the musi cal numbers were urs donald rand mrs 1l c wrigglesworth rath ev ans mrs jack bailey isabel dobson marilyn souther sue crabtree bui coleman gail king jim evans john uacgillivray tom far am mrs fran cis thompson and the end men members of the choir who sang in the chorus were annvllyde judy mc cumber gall mcgilvray agnes nel son reg broomhead val stein aud rcy bishop mrs gordon kidney fran ces deans mrs b vannatter mrs e g bishop mrs val stein hilda er win mrs c j buck mrs ii stockford mrs r h jones mrs clifford burt mrs jim evans played pisno accon paniment and norman iaird was mu steal director of the show ernie a cott designed scenery and mrs mul ock and eleanor spitxer handled make up selections ranged from old minstrel favourites like robert e lcc and darktown strutters ball to such mod em bits as no more and honey bun acton tax rate is 70 mills this year actona tax rate has jumped from 50 to 70 mills the steep rise is due to education costs increasing debenture debt and greater outlay for public works com bined with s sizeable deficit last year mackenzie firm gets acton school contract new rector inducted the local contracting firm of j b mackenzie son ltd was lowest of 8 tenders opened at mondays meet ing of north llalton high school board all the mackenzie firm tendered at m ueorgc s vnutcn 30600 for construction of an addi lion on acton high school and pro mises to have the building comple ted in time for fall opening contained in the addition will be three standard classrooms a smal ler storeroom and a nurses room iga loses appeal and store closing stands an appeal against a court decision upholding the atoro closing bylaw in georgetown has been lost by tho local iga store owners judge g w morley who reserved judgment after hearing the appeal in lilton court april 8th handed down a lengthy decision this week in which he dlsmiubduie appeal with costs payable to tho town of georgetown fixed at 39 by the appellants original fines of 20 each assessed gainst bob caldwell and bruco wiu rev kenneth richardson who bo- llameen storo owners for contravon- clme the rector of anglican churches ing tie i bylaw still sund according to georaelown an g williams the su i1vibiii heni in tint thia v was inducted on vzzjjssjshmrl two men wednesday when bishop bgnall and open thursday iftornooni contrary tsrtthchirdson iueeeeds arehde is btuiorrwch tt bet lnfet- ewrg ttopou who retired engineer cole reconsiders turns down appointment ftmlui turonto newcomer lo georgetown unco lkir recent marriage in toronto mr end mil george kennck robertson are living in the valley view apartment mn robertson n patricia cole daughter of mr and mr henry cole toronto and her husband is the ion of mr and mrs f a robertson st andrews east quebec ho is operating en electrical contracting business in town hish school staff increase forecast georgetown will have two new tea chera at the high school next fajl with an expected increase to thrte grsdi d anticipated enrolment is ov er 00 a new teacher will be engaged a replacement will auo be hired for mias dorothy parkinson whp has m igned north lultcm school board is prra rnll interviewing a number of ap plicants at a board meeting mondsy six new teach rs were hired for acton and milton and one more i being sought for acton coming to acton are cyril buchan an presently teaching at south river in dundas county carl ilelluach of kitchener attending college of edu cation in toronto and mrs gladya valenote on the gurlph collegiate supply it aft milton school will have john ijci of bradford who will graduate from guelph uac miss mary ryan a teacher at sea forth and mr begin hamilton who is attending ock in toronto when georgetowns newtyeiilaged town engineer changed his raindtown council was back where they started monday nlgbt a letter from 1l e cole lurrie v vjsed council that he had reconsider- ed and would not he taking the posi tion which georgetown offered him the prpdous week mr col one of thre men inter viewed at the previous meeting was one of 14 original applicants foe he position council discussed the mstter fur ther monday and finally decided to review other applications two more men were chosen and have been ask ed to interview council next mondsy it will be a full evening of inter viewing for 14 applicants for the position of police chief have also been asked to attend the meeting monday night council opened the balance of 80 applications for this position held over from s previous meeting and finally narrowed applic ants down to these 14 the new chief il to begin his dut ies june 1st and other members of the police force which will replace provincial policing will be engaged at a later date social and personal mr snd mrs william mcgrlgor of uican are visiting in town thia week with mr and mrs jun jones miss mauds beu toronto was a vi sltor in town last weak with was a coventry and mrs john oneill mr snd mrs c f psttenson otu m and mrs ross smyth also of ot tswa were guests lsst week with mr nd mrs john bell main street s mr snd mrs leo glbba of roches tcr n y wcrr visitors on saturday with mr and mrs corey llcmngton at stcwsrttown mrs jack hart david frtrr anil douklss were visiting in cornwall la week at the home of her brother mr kenneth annable mrs graham farocll carroll snd ilaviil sprnt a few das list week at th home of hrr brother in law and sister mr and mrs james mcclcl land mr and mrs harold henry with mr and mrs bill checklcy of burling ton wcrr awav on a motor trip to new york city thia week miss betty bruyns weston wss a guest of miss judy beaumont for a few days last week st her home in glen williams the girls are class mates at st mildreds college toron to mrs jack rush gary and janice of toronto visited last week with her mother urs il stockford opt constable colin cousens who us baaa visiting with his parents ueutcol and mrs g cousens for the past three weeks left yesterday or virginiatown where he is station ed with the provincial police mr and mrs gunthcr frey have re turned to ottawa after visiting in town with her psrenls mr- and mrs k ft robinson the ftcs who hsd been living in north carotins or scv rral months uin overteas for christ mas visiting uith his amil in mun ich germans a iht alrr fiarts satunias niarknl tht tihth biithda o richard hid illtstfin son o mr and mrs james hiddliston qui in street richard s guims included t- ranees linton hi lin hirhn keith greene psul thompson and richard louth on monda april isth barbara daughter of mr and mrs wilhsm kinrade celebrated her 13th birth day with a party her gueats were margsret mcfsrlane marilyn mcfar- lane margaret kason carole green sward unda korzack sharon sayers lota nlven sharon ilarlty jacque line tost joy barber and carolyn biehn schertzl plays in allan cup finals one georgetowner la still in hock ey uniform for another week or two joe schertxl defenceman and scor ing star assvith kitchener waterloo dutchmen la engaged with the team in the allan cup playoffs with fort william and last night the dutchmen won the first game is kitchener joe picked up one assist in the s3 full the team ousted uoncton nb last week to advance to the canadian sen lor finals tells council ladies about qunese art miss acl miller from the chin ese art division of the royal ont mus eum who moved to town recently when she purchased the george hen derson home on uaple avenue spoke to the ladies of the local council of women when they met friday at the home of miss it a staunton miss miller described pieces of the esrliest known work through to the present day mrs k w john son edith street will be hostess at the next meeting on msy 20 at 300 o clock del rex display shows new georgetown future lifelong farmer in erin township born in erin township and a resi dent there all his life where he far med james ncvills died suddenly on thursday april hlh at the age of gff vtr nevilla waa a member of the presbyterian church in erin surviving arc hia wife jessie mc gill and two daughters doris mrs harold mclaren of georgetown and margaret mrs ernie brown of knn an only sister margaret died in 101d a funeral service was conducted by m i wyatt student minister in burns presbyterian church on sun day april 17th and interment was in huxley cemetery hillsburgh pallbearers were alvin fisher lloy tinhcy ed bingham charles over land elgin riley and george blnnie merchants mother dies in oshawa a local merchant suffered a bereave ment monday when his mother died in oshawa mrs clement hclfant whose hus band operates a clothing atorc in osh awa died in hospital there early mon day morning she had been serious ly ill for several months mr hclfant was in town for a time when his son henry opened his cloth- ink store here which he operates aa henrys clothing mrs hclfant never lived in town but was a frequent vis itor with her son and daughterinlaw the funeral service and burial were in toronto plan shorthorn club for halton and peel the farmers bldg milton on monday evening of last week saw the orgsmzatlon of the hsllon peel and district dual purpose short horn club if r white secretary of the canadian shorthorn assoc i a lion of guelph acted as chairman of the evening and guided the group through the initial stages of iheir organixation clarence peacock of milton r it 4 was elected president of the cnthu siaitlc group who hope to stage a dual purpose shorthorn show at mil ton fair on september 24 this show will likely be open to breeders in llalton peel and adjoining counties other officers elected were as fol lows bon pres j e whitelock vice president allen andrews meadow vale secretary treasurer allen it- pat terson milton r r 1 directors j a rogers and w l humphries of peel county robert miller george town r r no 1 fred post and j ii rentley of trafalgar ed pasmore of rockwood and wm gibson of acton keen interest is being shown by lo cal people in viewing the topogrsphl rsl msp in mcclures main st store which shows the delres development the map which takes a large por tion of the floor space in the store was used in rex heslop homes exhibit at the home show in toronto it gives some dctsil of how the new area will be divided into resid- entlsl industnsl snd commercial properties school sites are shown streets laid out with actual acale models of houses factories and ator- es located on the map the present settled part of george town is also sketched out with models a brochure which is also available at the store gives pertinent informa tion about tho 17m delrex acreage and advertising data about george town potential population of delrex ia 12000 prior to the public exhibit which opened friday members ot george town and esquesing councils cham ber of commerce rotary and lion clubs were invjtrx to the store on thursday evening where hex heslop described rexdale and discussed his new development informally with those present treat choir boys to dinner theatre the recently organized boys choir of sl georgoa enjoyed a treat sat urday when their leader mr thomas warnes rov kenneth richardson jack armstrong and alf sykos took them to terra cotta inn tor supper and to the theatre in brarrvpton after wards choir boya in tho party includod robb armstrong david rawion lar ry and jack saunders bill engleby john knight gary herbert john sykcs and jimmy bowman plan pbanut day lions club peanut day will have added significance thia year with all proceeds going to tjteswtmrnlng pool fund which the dub la jrponimrinlt cookrichardson wedding saturday on saturday afternoon at 3 p m in st johns united church the mar riage took place between patricia anne richardson daughter of mr and mrs walt richardson of geor getown and bruce jeffrey cook son of mr and mrs clifford cook ot stewarttown the rev morgan mc fsrlane officiated the bride who is a student at brampton business college was gi ven in marriage by her father and wore a yellow suit with white ac cessories and a corsage of yellow oiulwhito rose buds she was atten ded by mips botsy wlllson who wore a navy ault with white accessories and a corsage of yellow rose buds the groom who la employed with smith and stone had m hli beat man george hentmxtenj following the service the bride and groom left tor rlugare falls wlmmqaytbey sttoausprmrt ocrasxprua