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the georgetown herald twelvij pages georgetown ont wednesday january 18th 19s6 reeve stan allen unanimous choice as haltons warden real estate agent car dealer tom hewson was top salesman stan allen at present serving his third term as reeve of georgetown was unanimous choice as llalton coun ty warden yesterday when the 1956 county council convened at mil ton only other nominee was harold ad- kins reeve of nelson township who declined allowing his name to stand mr allen succeeds robert shannon who was reelected this year as reeve of burlington another exwarden george currle deputy reeve of es quesmg is also sitting in county coun cil this year mr allen was sworn into office by judge w n robinson who reminded him how important his duties will be in a rapidly expanding county mayor jack armstrong was also present at the meeting to offer per sonal congratulations to the new war den and express georgetowns appre ciation of the honour conferred on one of its county representatives mr allen served two years as a councillor before becoming george towns reeve in 1954 he is a native of town and resident of river drive where he lives with his wife and his three children he is a foreman in the smith and stone plastics plant and a few years ago was active in labour unions ser ving as president of local 788 ibew and on the provincial council he has been a candidate for the ccf party in both federal and prov incial elections during world war 2 he served for four years overseas with the signal corps he is the first georgetown man to become warden since 1935 when har old cleave served the county during a term as reeve 1956 warden the weather mr editor both the maximum and minimum averages in this weeks summary are 8 degrees above normal for the month of january how nice to see so much sunshine all over the weekend it was quite different to the cold spell called for in the recent magazine i had been reading sprinkler system helps save sunday fire damage a sprinkler system proved its worth in the large oneill block on main st sunday when it held flames in check after a fire broke out in the henry glen williams drowning at nuttonville a sad occurrence at huttonvillc cost the life of a young lad james lock- hart who fell through a hole in the ice a younger boy was saved after being swept under the ice georgetown community swimming pool contributions to january 13 1956 previously acknowledged 27506 94 archie girard 1000 john labatt ltd 50 00 rotary club 1000 j d g 200 high school students council 5000 john cummins 5000 george barber jr 2500 mr gwizdala 16 00 mr hobbs 100 reuben j neale 500 thos mcnamara 2o0 harry a joynson 100 win r r fullcrton 200 robt white 100 richard c j hogan 2 00 mr martin 100 eric wilson 500 wm a k howat 5 00 mrs b h breckcnndrc 1000 leslie abbiss 5 00 carlton l ahcn 2110 humphrey n martyn 300 lambert jamicson 1c0 james m mcfarlanc 200 womens institute 2900 mrs j j kcmshead sr 1000 d j thomsctt 100 total s 27803m mr and mrs lloyd barth living on manitoutin mr and mrs lloyd barth arc mak- in their home in little current man itoulin following their wedding in baden on new years eve mr barth a former glen williams resident who has been a public school teacher in baden is now on the high school staff at little current where he is teaching science the wedding took place at the home of the bride formerly aimee jantzi in baden and was attended by his bro ther cecil mrs barth marilyn and carol a reception followed after wards at the old homestead shakes peare the newlyweds spent new years day with the barths en route to their new home attend presentation for doctor and bride mr and mrs james f evans mary and barbara and mrs william frank attended a presentation at brookville hall recently for dr and mrs tom pridham of st marys mrs pridham was the former donna frank daugh ter of mr and mrs andrew frank of brookville and the presentation of a set of tables and chairs was given by the community to them dr pridham formerly practiced in guelph hut is now practicing in st marys the evening was pleasantly spent visiting and dancing the orchestra comprised of mr and mrs ted den ver of guelph andrew frank mrs bruce jeffreys mrs james evans and mrs william early the mem bers of the community served a love ly lunch at the end of the dancing hyde harlow head firemen again as chief deputy officers of georgetown fire dcpt were all reelected sunday when fire men held their annual meeting in the fire hall auditorium william hyde and jack harlow con tinue for another year as chief and deputy clarence spcnce was reelected as secretary and jack davidson treasur er other elected officials include bob bonficld captain no 1 alex rit chie captain no 2 jim valantine lieutenant no 1 david williams lieutenant no 2 jack kerr hook and ladder captain william ritchie town truck driver charles laws panel truck driver herb roshicr township truck driver charles tyler parade marshal mayor jack armstrong who acted as chairman for the election compli mented the department on their fine cooperation with town council during the year and also spoke of the close harmony which exists between the town and the portion of esqueslng township which is served under the fire area system he spoke particularly about the pa nel truck which was bought and paid for through the efforts of the firemen themselves without a penny being expended from the public treasury chief william hyde give a report of fire loss during the year and spoke with pride of the attendance record of firemen at meetings and at fire calls a former chief harry savings ac ted as recording secretary and coun cillor irwin noble fire chairman and exreeve wilfrid bird of esquesing ac ted as scrutineers for the election all spoke briefly mr noble saying how he would miss his association this year with the firemen as he has been transferred to another council com mittee and mr bird telling how the township values the services of the department mr savings spoke of his long yearn of association with the fire depart ment and complimented firemen par ticularly on their public service other thn their duties as firefighters he spoke the regret of everyone at the death of former chief donald latimer last year guests at the meeting included ma yor jack armstrong reeve stan al len deputy reeve doug sargent cr irwin noble wilfrid bird campbell sinclair and spencer wilson from the township council harry savings jack hart alfred perrott and art scotl a buffet supper was served after wards in the clubroom members of the 25 man brigade other than those mentioned above as officers include erwin lewis wilf brcen george glassford walter ri chardson bob footitt jack cunning ham charles hill harvey lusty clar ence carey george chaplin ace bai ley and ralph bludd davis wood products plant the fire stprted in refuse in the basement and smoke was so dense that it took firemen sometimcto loc ate the source the fire at the supper hour took firemen from their annual meeting which was taking place in tho fire hall it was first noticed by mr and mrs joe mcchntock who saw smoke coming from the building and by mr and mrs frank kcntncr who noticed tmoke seeping into their apartment while damage was relatively minor there was some smoke damage in ea tons order office carrolls mcgow- aans specialty shop and kentners drug store as well as in the henry davis plant itself great granddaughter christened in acton mrs william frank attended the christening of her greatgranddaugh ter susan in knox church acton on sunday susan is the daughter of mr and mrs fyfe somervillc of ac ton christening was unique in that there were seven grandparents pres ent two grandfathers two grand mothers two greatgrandmothers and one greatgrandfather the afternoon was spent visiting with mr and mrs fyfe somcrville and mr and mrs george somervillc golf club elects new 1956 executive a new 15 member executive was elected monday when members of north llalton golf and country club held their annual meeting at the club house the executive who will later choose their own officers comprises john bell jack malcolm jack hart grah am farnell james linton william mcnaily e w liinkley koss duncan russell woods ken nash dr j h chamberlain and james f evans from town cecil dobic and dr carl martin milton and jack gordon ac tion donald r mclaughlin chairman of the board last year conducted the meeting and spoke of the progress the club had made during the year mitchell and malison were reappoin ted auditors and several plans for the 1956 season were discussed silverwood conservation speaker cancels meeting plana the january meeting of silver wood wi was held at the home of mrs henderson sr thirteen mem bers and seven children attending roll call brought forth many old fash ioned ways of entertaining copy of pages of the past by gwendolyn clarke is to be ordered for use in the stone school arrangements were made for smalt euchre parties in the homes in the near future to augment funds the convener mrs george burt was absent due to ill ness and the speaker mr blake of the conservation branch of the dcpt of planning and development at queens park was also unable to be present to fill in the program ex cerpts from letters from a hudson bay factors wife living in the arctic were read by mrs marchington current events was given by mrs w r norton and mrs lindsays read ing was about early days in the coun ty taken from the book on boston church history an interesting paper on the province of manitoba comple ted the program afternoon tea was served by mrs e l miller and mrs russell miller in conjunction with the hostess a georgetown businessman for fif teen years and before that the head salesman for the intel national har- uislcr co thomas edward hewson vi died after a lony illness al his home 28 maple ave w on thursday mr hewson had been a successful rial estate agent since 199 when he became district representative for j a willoughhy and sons in the early forties he also established a garage business on mill st which operated under the name hewson motors the firm has the dodgedesoto agency mr hewson was the third genera tion of a pioneer norval family and bore the same name as his grandfath er and father he was the only child of thomas and ida ferryman hewson and was born in norval he learned the trade of harness making with his father then for sixteen years was the head salesman for the international harvester co he moved to george town in 1937 rrv kenneth richardson conducted the funeral service on saturday at the harold c mcclure funeral home and interment followed in hillcrcst cemetery norval he is survived by his wife eliza beth bess thompson two daughters margaret mrs ivan elliott and mur iel mrs wheldon emmerson his mother mrs thomas hewson of bel- fountain and two grandchildren jane anil john wardlaw pallbearers were frank bcnner to ronto george tinncy burlington herb rayner guelph douglas hanna stayner finlay munroe toronto and joe mcbain simcoe what council did what is a subdivision council opinion varies what council did downtown taxis want reserved parking space three downtown taxi operators pet itioned council on monday to provide for each aonecar space on the street w o brownridge presented the petition signed- by himself jacks taxi and glen taxi and explained the difficulties facing operators who of ten cannot park their ears near their place of business council turned the request over to the police committee for considera tion mel hamilton strectsville repre senting hamilton enterprises asked council if they would consider annex ing esquesing property across from the lower papermill his company he said is considering a project on the ernie armstrong 123 acre farm the planning committee will study the proposition a letter from norman snyder said it would be cruel to contemplat- ly ing up dogs yeararound in town and suggested that council not interfere with present regulations which he thinks are quite adequate correspondence was received at the meeting from a member of oakville humane society who had been isked to explain how their dog pound oper ates he gave details and offered any help desired to establish a society branch here the letter was filed the planning committee was asked to check what legislation might apply to basement apartments t a cheque for 220 was received from united suburban gas as a share of costs involved in the gas bylaw vote in december mayor armstrong reeve allen de puty sargent and crs noble and gray will constitute the court of revision this year a number of reappointments to various town hoards were made mrs f nodwell and everett cole to the cemetery board mrs d w baxter to the library board ernest forgrave to the high school board harold mc clure and dick licata to the board of parks joseph gibbons as dog tax collector and alex maclaren to the credit valley conservation authority mr maclaren will receive a fee of 6 a meeting plus mileage interpretation of what composes subdivision was a point for argument at mondays council meeting when a law firm representing properly own er frank deakin asked about con structing 15 houses on property which he owns on elm street mr deakin purchased the 5 acre property in 1954 from mayor arm strong and at that time was free to ko ahead with his building he asked in a letter if there had been any chan ges in local laws since there have been a subdivision bylaw passed last sum mer makes the builder of one this size pay a 300 per lot service charge plus supplying his own roads sewers sidewalks and watcrmalns mayor armstrong questioned whe ther the deakin property could be called a subdivision as all lots face on existing streets and he interprets a subdivision as a property in which new roads are opened reeve allen said that two of the roads have never been opened and it would be a costly procedure for the town but ho would certainly not ex pect to charge a man for building en lots facing completed streets were going to have quite a time explaining to the public if we allow one person to build 15 houses and prohibit others said cr leroy dole cr alfred sykcs asked if the lots were taxed individually or as one par cel of land and when he was told in dividually he said that this is the de ciding factor in his opinion if a property has not been so split up he said he would consider it a subdiv ision regardless of streets cr garfield mcgilvray opined that the 1954 council has made certain commitments to mr deakin and he thinks these should be honoured last year council had dealt similarly with owners of the swanck subdivision he pointed out mayor armstrong said that the moore property on main st n which has extensive highway frontage would fall in the same category the own ers have been paying certain taxes for services and he would not consi der houses built along the highway as a subdivision the reeve agreed with him in this opinion mr dale asked why the subdivision bylaw had been passed it is his un derstanding that the reason for it was because too many houses were being built and the residentialindus trial balance was getting out of line council finally decided to ask mr deakin for a plan of what he intends to do with the property and no deci sion was made ai to what action coun cil will tike council decided to continue mem bership in the tricrhan board with milton and acton the town how ever does not share in joint engin eering costs as georgetown last year engaged its own town engineer a 60 rebate was given to carxuth- ers construction for building permits issued for building 4 houses on main street north mr carrulhers explained that after taking out the permits last year he had been unable to secure permission from the dcpt of highways to build within less than 35 feet of the prop erty line meanest thief steals chance from paper box many times ye have all walked by the globe anfl mail paper box on guelph andwater sts and thought how handy to pick up your paper here by depositing a nickle a thoughtful and businesslike paper hoy gary renwick had placed it there for the convenience of his customers but not so with our meanest thief to him it was a means of getting something he didnt have to work for he picked up the box when no one was looking and took it out to the country broke it open und took the two dollars and fifty cents the boy who was thoughtful has to make up the loss father instals son masonic lodge head members of credit masonic lodge af jfc am watched a unique cere mony on wednesday when walter t evans installed his son james as worshipful master for 1956 it was only the second occasion in the lodges 87 year history that such an event occurred in 1937 tr late george ford performed a slmii io nour when his son wakefield became master mr evans who headed the lodge in 1929 was assisted by other past masters of credit lodge and by visit ing past masters from other lodges in the district james f evans succeeds walter fidler who guided lodge affals in 1955 other lodge officers for 1956 are thomas niven senior warden james mccaig junior warden rev g lock- hart royal chaplain everett cole treasurer ern batkin secretary bob lawson assistant secretary james linton senior deacon graham far nell junior deacon jack addy inner guard charles renwick tyler irwin noble senior steward edwin wilson junior steward leslie m clark dir ector of ceremonies alf goodwin pi anist sam mackenzie john d kelly auditors benefit hockey game here to help injured players the league leading raiders lost their two games last week in oakville friday raiders pulled their goalie in the last two minutes in a vain attempt to tie the score af ter almost overcoming an early oak ville lead oakvillcs graham was an outstand ing star getting 5 goals for his team chappel scored 2 bolzon b tnglts nash and dixon one each for raiders last night at stouffvillc raiders lost 53 after enjoying a first period lead on goals by dixon j inglis and bolzon that ended their bcoring and stouffville tied the score in the sec ond then notched two in an overtime period monday night a special benefit has been planned here for injured play ers raiders wjll meet toronto lynd- bursts a crack team in the varsity senior league who represented cana da at the world champion games two years ago and who have only lost one game so far this season frank ptaahlnk wilt be playing ag- ainfct bis former teammate when they come to town advance tickets arc being sold and there will be a lucky draw for a 9000 bond at the game inrarmadlata hockey ltagva standing w l t pu georgetown 12 7 24 stouffville 10 9 20 milton 8 7 2 18 oakville 8 0 1 17 brampton 6 10 1 13 raiders score tally g a pta chard 8 26 32 j beaumont 18 8 as pushink 19 10 25 chappel 14 9 23 b inglis 10 14 24 dixon 13 6 19 varey 7 11 18 ferrl 8 8 ib voyee 2 8 10 j inglis 2 7 9 bolton 9 3 8 irons 3 2 9 nash 1 4 ii martin 13 4 bradkin 2 2 4 brush 112