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the georgetown herald georgetown ont wednesday january 25th 1956 second section farm news hon f s thomas to speak at annual seed fair the annual seed fair sponsored by the halton soil and crop improve ment association is scheduled for milton on march 23rd and 24th states e ross segsworth president of the association this event always at tracts a full bouse and the associa tion has been successful in securing hon f s thomas minister of agn culture for ontario as guest speaker on the afternoon of saturday march 24th the hon mr thomas is a nat ive of the streetsville district and consequently has many friends and farmer acquaintances in halton the soil and crop leaders of the county have revised their prize list consider ably with a view to encouraging more exhibitors as in former years spec ial classes are provided for those with seed for sale all entries in these classes must be backed by government grade and further the seed offered for sale must be of the same quality and grade as that exhibited in addition other classes are being provided with no restrictions on cleaning etc other than that the grain small seeds etc must have been grown by the exhibi tor in 1955 in short for these addi tional classes it is not necessary to have seed etc for sale in order to be eligible to show this section open to the county of halton will include clas ses for wheat oats barley small seeds grain corn potatoes 1st cut hay 2nd cutting of hay chopped hay etc junior stction john w picket president of hal ton juniors has given assurance that halton juniors will have their spec lal junior tarmer section which in eludes interclub educational dispays special classes for oats barley and wheat open to juniors and a junior macmurdos reduced boys and girls 3 piece winter outfits snow suits jackets pram suits bunting bags boys sweaters etc we carry a good selection of baby gifts and ladies wear come now and choose your valentine card from our coutts arrangement don t forget our sock darning service drop in and see us at 164 guelph street triangle 72125 ii on let i i at s hnf rncd to aacy 01 i m nlail you called i um homed the telephone rings and everythings ok so many of the calls you make ccr day nay d n t worry when omconc ha to work late or can i kecj a date or h 11 to nnrrl an appointment the telephone let nlh r j al lir i 1 ether ou are making the call r r c iu rcaurance provtded 1 m r tfjrph 1 c pren ius bejond words tin w jut one of countless example of how your telephone pays its way as it makes life happier easier more secure the mil trgphone company of canada misener retires lloyd denby new bell telephone manager mrs c j day is new president lesion w a last thursday evening the annual election of officers of the womens auxiliary to the canadian legion of branch 120 took place with results being as follows president mrs c j day 1st vice president mrs tom warnes 2nd vice preudent mrs henry hale financial secretary mrs frank connely rec ording secretary mrs bruce harley treasurer mrs john kemshead sr standard bearers mrs george john son and mrs jack king executive mrs ray harley mrs c stacey mrs mrs gordon harley mrs cliff cul bert mrs frank carter mrs fred mccartney committee chairman welfare mrs t f grieve piano mrs mary mor row social mrs c culbert bingo mrs alex taylor caterer mrs t warnes kitchen mrs henry shep herd sick mrs b raymond mrs alex taylor the past president retired after serving four years as president of the auxiliary refresh ments were served afterwards the election was conducted by president harvey garvin branch 120 and other branch members farmer judging competition as usual on the saturday morning all in all with the hon mr tbomas as the euest speaker on saturday march 24 the 1956 seed fair should be the best on record lloyd 6 denby bell telephone manager walter misener retired last week after serving the company since 1910 the past fifteen years as manager for brampton georgetown and streetsv he his successor is lloyd denby who comes to th s district from the toronto off ce 4 dividend declared by s s credit union members of the smith and stone employees credit union who atten dtd their second annual meeting held on tuesiia january 17th had the years business outlined to them by the hoard of directors and the van 011s committee chairmen the reports tivtn showe 1 that another highly sue ccsstul year had been completed with increased activity in all phases of un ion sen ices to members hifhltlhtin the decisions made by the meeting was the declaration of a 4 o dividend on all shares held by members another outstanding ac complishmcnt was the decision to give a 10 per cent rebate on all inter est paid by members on loans they had had from the credit union during the year this year also the membar ship will have their annual dues to the ontario credit union league with which the local union is affiha ted paid by the credit union rather than having to pay them personally as in the past a sum of 200 was added to the union s guarantee fund from the year s revenue the treasurer s report given by treasurer john olynn reviewed the financial statements given to each member the fact that over 20 000 had been loaned to members during the 12 month period accounted for the hich revenue which enabled the un ion to livt he various benefits this year members now have almost 12 000 deposited in shares and this figure is growing by leaps and bounds as more and more members avail ttum selves of the convenient saving facil ities provided by their credit union mr glynn pointed out that the jrcat volume of free work done by eollec tors and other members had kept op erating expenses to a low figure of s104 38 thus helping to keep the net profits hijh he also thanked presi dent tom niven the previius years treasurer for the help and guidance lte had ejven president niven combined his re marks with a report on behalf of id ucation chairman gerry mccrea who was unable to attend the meeting mr niven noted that no active campaign ind been carried out this lyear to increase membership but nonetheless membership bad grown steadily he felt that an energetic publicity program planned for 1956 now that the credit union la firmly established would result in remark able increase of membership from trie plant employees and members of their families who are also eligible the president outlined the free insurance coverage which members receive on their share deposits up to an amount of 1 000 and the fact that all loans are life insured free this means georgetown community swimming pool donatio n lilt edged previously acknow 27 803 m samuel meltzcr 200 rcno bouskiu 20c aix hendry 50 00 harry hale 10 00 ilarvey chappcl 10 00 george kovacs 50c vern archer 10 oc spence mckinnon km uagar fallow 30 0c j fallow 1oo0 win a devereaux halltax ns 500 don rurrea sot w wluett 1000 eulph hawea 250c j kenubead 2500 cecil j henamara 50 00 doug herrinstoa 20 00 10 de 100 00 total t 2817794 new esquesing council is sworn into office that should a member die with a loan balance outstanding the debt is auto maucally cancelled his heirs would also receive the balance in his share mount plus an equal sum from the life insurance provided vice presidint stan alien notej lint while the prot lim of those who were delinquent in loan repayments is not serious such cases were a source of annoyance to the board of directors as they have to be review id by the hoard at every monthly nicotine they also interfere with the smooth and efficient operation of the union to date it has been un ntcessar to invoke any of the wake assignment which members sign on receiving a loan but when necessary the board would take this action to safeguard the deposits of other mera htrs he also pointed out that num i ers who become delinquent 1 t one of their most viluuhk assets that is their lood credit ratine the n port f the credit committee which passis on all loan applications from members was given b commit tee member ord ineli substituting for chairman huth i indsay who was unable to ittcnd third member of this committee is george tizzard the supervisory committee who are in effect the cmons internal auditois was composed this year of trie lond esboro jack timleck and robert me meneim chairman iondcsboro pre scnted their report showing that the books were checked carefully at fi quent intervals and that a pass bool check audit had also been carried tut during th year flections held during the evcnuif r suited in ord lnglis beint returned to the credit committee for a furth er 4 ear term us was jack timleck to the supirvisorv committee frank i mery wis elected to a three jeir term on the board of directors ind duil sirgent last years secretary was ajiin placed on the board t the close of the business portion of the meeting refreshments were sened by a committee headed by mr fric londcsboro members of the 1956 esquesing council took their oath of office janu ary 9th when the inaugural meeting was held in stewarttown though there arc no changes in per sonnel on the new council the town ship has a new reeve walter linham and deputy george currie last years reeve wilfrid bird retired from this position but was again elected a mem ber of council other councillors are spencer wilson and campbell sin clair appointments to the board of es quesing community hall included walter linham and wilfrid bird rep resenting the township mrs walter lawson for stewarttown women s in stitute mrs francis thompson ash grove w i denney charles esques log federation of agriculture earl wilson norval junior farmers john bird esquesing agricultural society appointments were made to three fire areas which comprise parts of the township wilfrid bird and spencer wilson esquesing area no 1 george currie milton area 2 walter linham campbell jbinclair acton area 2 appointment to the township plan nine board include cordon o brown 3 years george somcrville 2 years edwin harrop walter linham geo currie one year council registered objection to the closinf of the road known as lot 15- 16 10th concession from armstrong ave to the credit river adjoining georgetown clerk k c lindsay was instructed to prcpaie a hy law t irnend the dog licencing b law a by law was passed appointing a representative to the c rand valley conservation authority another by taw authorized council to borrow up to 100 000 from the bank of commerce georgetown to meet cur rent expenditures pending receipt of tax money a count by law jis a bounty of glen williams hear sister ill during visit here during a recent surprise visit which mrs l 1 norton received from her brother 1 arold bccrman and his wife who live at vlrden manitoba word came that their sister mrs or villc irwin had undergone a serious operation in regina hospital mrs ir win the former hazel bccrman made her home with mrs norton several years ago and worked at the old low cr papcrmill as a girl she and her husband liveat yellow grass saskat chiwan mr and mrs floyd jackson nlg ara falls were recent visitors with her brother in law and sister mr and mrs bert dixon sunday visitors with mr and mrs bert marcbment were toronto friends mr and mrs h hoyes miss margaret thornbcrry hamll ton visited with her titter and fun ily mr and mrs john hepburn last week a brother and his wife mr and mrs robert thornberry fie wto scot land where they will visit for a week and will then travel to england and ireland lance corporal bill barclay visited with bis parents mr and mrs david barclay over the weekend bill is attached to the queens own rifles and u taking a 6 week course at camp borden he will then go back to cat gary where he is stationed petitioned for subsidy on an approved expenditure of 71 617 council also petitioned the dept for permis sion to purchase a bander from dona- ton road machinery which will cost 991 the sander had been on trial for two weeks and council was pleas ed with its performance on the new dump truck 793 esquesings share of hospital accounts was paid to the county an 18 claim for a sheep killed was paid to win a cook with a 4 00 val uator fee to valuator a n stark local ladies attend international banquet saturday evening marion robinson lena mcnally mrs walter rigg mrs olive reid jean adams and mrs au- een bradley attended the internation al abnquet of the business profes sional women s club held in the roy al york hotel miss joyce nevitt president of the georgetown club was unable to attend due to illness some of the guests attending were mr w wilby british trade commis sioner and mrs wilby mr cecil gray american consul and mrs gray rep resentatives of the provincial govern ment the city of toronto and several prominent and successful business and professional women kathleen mary graham mbe hj8 deputy consul general new york was the tuest speaker portia white con tralto born in halifax was the guest solout 3 00 for each fox destroyed in the township claims were passed as fol lows william shcppard acton 27 harold deforest terra cotta and wil mer watkms acton 15 each david leslie georgetown 12 edward rob ertson ilornbv 9 00 clarence defoi est terra lotta 6 00 and 3 00 each to harvey sprowl acton bob mcmas ter git n williams robert dredge milton ldward bailey georgetown road accounts were paid totalling 1741 the dept of highways was sandy best lecturer for royal institute ucxander sandy best stewart town district resident who is associa ted with the department of botany university of toronto gave the royal canadian institutes public lecture on saturday evening in convocation hall lsmg the subject consider the i ily he discussed the origins and de velopment of many well known gar den flowers he is vice president of the north american lily society and author of horticultural and botanical articles smoke pipe heats fire call sunday farly sunday morning an ovcrhea ted smoke pipe in the home of mr vanandersar 34 john st e alarmed the family and a fire call was put in there was no damage reported see 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