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the georgetown herald fourteen pages georgetown ontario wednesday february 22 1956 first section what council did ask council for d downtown parking plaza paved lighted mountie takes a bride social personal a paved lighted parking plaza for downtown shoppers was suggested by ernest hyde speaking for a group of merchants and contractors who form ed a delegation to council meeting monday council appointed the property com mittee which has cr irwin noble as chairman and deputy reeve doug sargent town planning chanman as a committee to meet with a commit tee of the delegation to further study a plan for relieving traffic congestion mr hyde said the question has come up on several occasions in the past but no permanent solution has come about an area behind the north east section of main street was designated as a parking area last year and lighted to some extent but it has not relieved the situation too much he said he visioned a parking plaza which would provide a front door at their back door for merchants and second ary roads in all sections of main st where trucks could unload and garb age could be collected this js the heart of georgetown and we want to keep it as such said mr hyde suggesting that the town engineer look over the property and prepare a rough estimate of what it would cost to create the parking plu za cr i eroy dale pointed out that a similar parking area has been created in brampton and that it is equally im portant here as an old citizen 1 keep in mind that we people who own property downtown have nude possible the development in the newer parts of georgetown he said major armstrong assured the dil egation that council is svmpathetie to the parking problem and is prtpitcd to give everv issistance possible dr paludis report on zoning and town planning is to be presented to council net thursd iv and he sn 1 dr faludi has intimated that down town paiking has been given consider ation in the report it will be inter estmg to hear what a planning expert has to recommend he said one of the difficulties in creating prun ptj ha 1- i t isocitain the purchase price of land in the area which is owned bi sevenl different people before any definite planning can be done he supicstcd that the businessmen get a puiehuse offer or silc agreement and then ascertain what method would be used to pay for the land mayor armstrong sud he had at tended various mcotings of business men and chamber of commerce in the past anil the cost of land had bein difficult to ascertun with some own trs changing their price in each dis cussion does vour committee want council fo huy the propcrlv out of the cncril tax rate asked cr mcgilvruv mr hyde replied that it miht be purchased under a local improve m en t plan cr hale asked whether the dclcla lion represented some certain group such as chamber of commcrc or bus incssmen he was told by mr hyde that those present were an interested group of citizens george muckart a member of the delegation said he thought it would be more sensible for the town cngm cer to first make a survey of the prop crty and give an cstimde of what it would cost to put it in shape before ipproaching proper v owners about any purchases mr muckirt also sug tested other areas downtown such as the hjdro lot odd fellows hill grounds ind land behind c irroll s store which might be used for pitk ing downtown parking congestion is not just a matter of interest to merch ants said mr hdc it is just as im portant to the fellow living over the white bridge as it is to the downtown property owner charles harris manager of halton co operative supplies made an offer to purchase a portion of land from the town behind the co op building on the highway he offered 100 plus the weather mr editor just take a gool look at this week s summary which is much above aver age for tcbruaiy and say im glad i am not in i urope with its unscason able weather era batkin date max mm snow mon feb 13 36 27 2 tuos feb 14 46 24 lms wtd eeb 15 33 22 thurs i cb 16 26 11 lms in feb 17 30 13 1 sat feb is 35 20 3 sun ieb 19 34 13 34 18 aveiage bread driver injures back in gulley plunge on tuesday morning john e win field son of mr and mrs watson umfitld was driving browns bread tiuek north on john street just past harlcys garage jnd just before com ing to the bridge when he blacked out fortunately john was going fan ly blow and his truck eased over the ntht side of the road and down into the gullcy where a tree stopped it iiom toing any farther chief roy haley stales that had the truck gone am further down john would have been verv badly crushed it was quite a tncky thing to get him out of the tiuek and up the lull and nut have the tiuek move and come clashing down on the men helping the chul and dr mist nr micintojli to brine john out john was taken to gut iph genual lluspil il whue he wa iiyui anil found to hac been very lorlunalc suflciiiii only luuises and a sjuained back damage to the bread truck was slight milton pontiacs champs defeat raiders for cup a five goal splurge in the third pc nod last wednesday gave milton pon tiacs a 73 win over georgetown raid ers in the second game of their harris cup series and copped the cup for the county town the raiders won the first game 85 the milton win gave them the cup in the goals tocount series more serious than losing the cup was loss of frank ptashink for the season ptashink one of raiders lead ing scorers broke his leg in the mil ton game he scored his last goal of the season id the first period to give georgetown i lead which they held for two periods blake infill and dive irons also cored for georgetown ifttton won the round in the last three minutes the score was tied when kenny mcneil took a pass from art melinson and blasted one past freddie 1 awrence in the georgetown playoffs may start here on monday intermediate a semi finals may be decided tonight when oakville and stouffville play their third game the oaks won the first two and a win tonight will eliminate stouffville if this happens oakville and geor getown will be teamed in a best 4of 7 series opening in georgetown arena next monday bill king dies in toronto hcspita a palie nt in toronto general hospi tal since sulfmnl a stroke a few weeks bifoie william s bill j king 44 died suddenly last lucsday after noon a mcmbei of the smith and stone office stilf since the w ir he w is a native geoiii towner son of mrs cla i i king uianchton and the hie lied king after attending school in town he was impluitd in lrwin and gold hims bulchci shop then had his own meat ind crotuy business on m nn stieet in the store where dku cleave now opeiales a similar busi n s lie served with the ordnance corps fin five eais during the wii sciv int is i serge inl major in the orlh aftitin e impaign and in fr mcc ltd gium holland and germanv ik w is a member of st johns lnitcd church surviving are ins wife clnm mur ton whom he muried in oslt nv i in 19j2 two daughters mrs allan me gillnnv bittv of aji ind ail i high school student his mother mis ci in kin two grandsons stew art and robert mcgiilivrav ind bro thers and sisters roy of toronto har ve of st cathtnncs mrs hany mai one mirgarct of oakville and ci u ence jim and mrs joe stamp dor othv of town he wis predict isul hv i diughter ijirbira in 19t7 rev morgm mcpirlanr conducted tin font nl service on trifl iv at lb harold m mcc lure funeral homo with interment following in greenwood ctmcterv iallbcirers were calvin keith ind gordon king roy hansen walter thorn ajax and thorold bon ier ajix anv legal costs involved in the trans fcr the town plmning committee was isked to make i ruommcndilion on the proposal at a future mooting corporal willnm car iphem rcmp and h bride i ibel irving sigi the req ster after their r irr iqe with rev laurence s ber looking on the marriage was oleniiiiecl in first united church pr nee rupert b c on january 25th the qroom is the son of john r campbell georgelo n and the iql mr campbell the bride pare t are mr and mrs c e irving widena saskatchewan what council did a faludi zoning plan for march 1st presentation i mn pi in for gcoigtlown in piik ss u pup ir ition fur i n ir will lc m nit public at a ti until iniclin un 1 hm si tv muth 1st hi 11 laludi win t fum i own 1 1 innine i onsull nils ins dr m up tin sujustid pi in will pit si nl il tei eotintil hi it night iht pi in will lit iisul is i iims fur coiiutil md a ut to bt in mnlul ii town ihnnin 1 i aril to tstib li i l milk lot illv local rebekahs entertain warden a in i iw was inlniduccd for 3 sju0 ililitntuu issut to piovidt fun is fin inrilown s new h in 1st n public stli i whith will hi under eeiusliueli n soon on kiwi ly itlvd ounul ippiovid in ft nom iddi li ti whith is bun plinnul or the hikh sthoil whin i ml m isterm in n mint t noitti hilton tucli sclio i b in ivphintd tint i iih if tin toiintils in the district is hi iti p pi i uli i for the ir ipprov il prior l tin th i boird untitling nti n ost of hit iilililion and the i ind which must in piirilnstd is t stun ii il it snmo gmrgttoiins shirt of i dihttilun issik would bt about nihj i veil hi slid tht re w is further discussion ibout i pnipirtv owned bv al norton on john stmt through which i siwir extension his ik on put to strviu tin swanok subdivision i ist vvuk council wis surprised to ncuvi i htlir from mr norton isk inc slioo for the propertv which ho cl iimod would be depreciated hociusi of instilhlmn of the sewer lino thev hid thought in easement hid been silnul illnwing the town to proceed mond i solicitor george hewson irhisod council thit he hid told mr norton the town is not interested in buving the property and the owner his now suggested that ho is willing to sign m casement if sanitary land fill is used to bring the lot livil with the street line cr harry hilo s public works com mittie wis instructed to investigito the proposition sin inn iu i un ittbikih win joint ik sti is with i v st ii 1 oilt of villi n m llu u 11 t mi m itlu i itltis n i f th ki 1 1 k h tmlilv of f in i pi s i il mi in i i im l i n im 1 i ton vine ii suit mis m t ku k dim f in m i i inslh mil mr- m li i ivus usitlt nts i f tin kilikih sstm mil olbir pm is uiibly offutis i lortnti flti lodm dosid ind is is hid bun u n hv the is i sou il him w is hi id in tin in t room dovv nst ins whin i th i in ft t b id bun prt pint by i h i itll mi i itt i on irnvtti n town in th n t ni n l mil w is t ntirt until hv mi onion spinet during the di mis sptnu t nl rt tint i it i t a tlut in the iftunoon ftit mrs piturson 180440 school contract awarded to mackenzie firm in ltd ii fit in of i b miikuiii ind s m i td w is bin i si i f mm tin duns for gi urn lwns tihird public school iml will s irt construction shorllv on iht m rt tuji structure whuh will hi crttlul on rixway illvd in tht ddrox irn of lown tin mtikmie conlr icl of llfll 440 is pirl of in istimitod 21h0l0 cost for th school im lutiing furnishings hirrtson public school is it will bt mmtd will hair tlivtn slindird ilissroorns intl i kintli rgirlcn prim in room architects art j ii parkin associates who wore ilsn irchitects for wriggleworth school mrs floetta pearce is convalescing at her mothers home mrs violet cook victoria avenue after an ill ncss in the hospital for eight weeks gordon mcvean 54 main st north has returned home from sunnybrook hospital whue he was a patient for six weeks verna and cliff scott of rockwood entertained at a skating party at the home of keily robinson main street on saturday night mrs john d kelly albert street flew to winnipeg manitoba on tucs day of this week to spend a week with her son mr jim kelly and his family unstable geoige cousens son of lt col g and mrs cousens of r r j was home fiom ottawa for the week end hi is stationed theie with the rcmp mr and mis a c cnpps of stay ner spent the weekend with mr and mrs robert allen king street en route to honda for a months vica lion sid silver and hugh dickie arrived home on saturday from florida thi v motored south and spent a holidjy at st pctersburlh and saiasota mr and mrs charles henderson of toronto former maple avenue resid mis arc holidiyni in florida at hoi lywood beach mr 1rank icuh charles street spent the week end in ottawa with his sun and fanulv mi ind mrs ross pitch ross his heui ill in hospital but is tonv thstin it home mr and mis s orr matktt street in itavin- this weekend for tin south i ho will hi spend mc sev ti il wu ks it bt hi air i each on tin uilf itust mint kin tton who studies with mirjtni nt vim in h m ricuiid 1st el tss hnnouis in 1 atle 2 thtoiv l hi nun k i il i nstmtorv of mtisie t itmti th ns hi i i in uilph i htli i iv nl ml mnv rt mhirilt linldieu of mi in i mis ithur rein tilunit otillii in spimlmg the nt u f i witks in l i irkilown with tuir i inilpiunts mi md mis m h mo ir audrtv joni j in h illmaf id who wrote hit gradt 1 theorv exam in the mint tnnttv college of music lon don i nc1 intl ixjinin ilions rcecivetl t in irk of 94 pi i eent she is a pupil if dorothy ruliarkon scull rm1 huh bunathin daulhlei of mr and mis win honilhan t harks street mini i first class honours in her i nit urn pi ino thioiv which she tin i rut nth it tht ron i conscrv i t tv of toronto tntmnalions in in iph hirly is i pupil of mrs ber line owl ind arm mi md mrs hi mi milonc ind pc iu intuitu mil mis milonos moth ir mis i arse ii of oslo norvv i spt nl the wiikmd with mr ind mrs t wold m iple avuuit mrs i irsen his bun in c in idi mil the lnited si ttt s n i visit for almost a yeir spinduil lur time with her dnikhtir in i nston mass ind the miloncs m iiionto she will be returning home shoith lusiills of tht trinity college of musu i ontton ingland thtory txim mitions written rect ntly at the gcor ldown brinth of llu colic u havi bun imivul tvvtnlv fue pupils of dorolln richardson scull rm1 wrote it this lime and all have received ho ntiurs rules 1 to 5 sevenl attain i d tin long d for mai k of 10o per ci nt including a georgetown girl joyce someone will win a new ply month this fndav attend the big junior old timers hockey game c e richardson georgetown burial charles edward richardson 80 a native of yorkshire england was buried in greenwood cemetery geor get own following funeral service at the harold c mcclure funeral home on january 31it mr richardion who lived in tor onto after emigrating from england came from the city to live with his ion on the 7th line seven yean ago he later became ill and had been in hospital for six yean he was i musician inheriting a fine musical voice from his grand- mothrr who was a concert singer in fngland with her husband as accom pamst his father was organist also in one of england s largest cathedrals and also had played in the cathedral in paris france his daughter mrs barton r scull r r 1 georgetown has continued the musical tradition as a teacher he is survived by his daughter mn scull one son douglas e a richard son willowdale and one brother john in grimsby england hi wife prede ceased him recently and two broth- en and a sister george ernest ind ada are also dead st georges robbed point chief kov hittv reports ano ther mtinesl thief sundiv morninj during si rvice st gttirces church wis entind ind an uitmt stolm biloniint to gordon siinic ii uid the suntlav school col lution ilone wilh the collection the rhildicn put in the birthdai ho on thin birthdus the local police are inustiiting what council did approve tariff scale for taxi operators acting on a petition from four of the six local taxi operators council on monday incorporated a schedule of tariffs into the taxi by law l iwyei john ord appeared before council representing norman brown john hepburn jack morrow and basil moran to present their petition the operators asked for a minimum taxi fare of 50c a 25c one mile one way charge with operators setting their own flat rate for groups on a contract basis lawyer maurice manderson appear td for a client to ask council to pass legislation closing an unopened por tion of duffcrtn street mr manderson explained that the road could serve no useful purpose as i house was built many years ago on the roadway i cgal costs of the clos ing would ik paid by his client he saifl council could see no reason for not granting the request but before mak ing a decision decided to consult the town solicitor for an opinion as a safeh precaution for work mm in construction work a by jaw will be prepired calling for certain re iiuiicments under the trench protec hon cl v nor armstrong enquired about progress on a storm sewer which will rclicvi a bad drainage situation on king strut hi wis told bv the town miiuu tint the bv law has not yet bun ippiovid by the ont dcpt of health but he expects that ihe job tan he undutaktn as soon as weathei 1 1 lows tiiuis was received from i os diekmori for trmsfcr from water metu iiuiti to the labor ing coun t ii mil discuss with the engineer and firunin whether mother meter roa tier will hi hired or whether thi ptcstnl winks staff can take cire of nutir rt nlint dnnaltl thompson guelph st ap pearcd bcorc council again to ask whit iclion is being taken for a side walk in front of the oeorgcvicw shop ping ire i on the highway roid chairman walter gray said his cnmmilue has not yet met to dis uiss this but he ucpects to be making a report to council in tht neir future car totally wrecked in saturday accident on satunl iv munim itbtinry 18 kus an litre 4 lohn street was timing list on gut iph street when the tai ilit ad of him slowed up and mi van lure swuved to miss it ind ti ishnl into m oncominc tiuek head on ihe tiuek was driven in james l muiitks of 1209 glemaun avenue i hi onto ntillur driver was injured but ihe an i icrc car w is a total wittk and the truck suffered several hundiid dollais damage on thi same d iv the icy roads were n sponsible for mother accident john h hiiulson 10 cadimy road was driving north on queen street when he collided with a c ir driven by stan le puce of hornbv mr price was coming from the west on icnabb whin the cirs collided both drivers wi re injured mr price suffered shock ind bruishts to his hick and his c ir was damaged to the extent of approximitcly 350 mr daudson suffered face lacuations the damage to his car wis estimated at 500 there wis a minor accident at the corner of oung and market streets it 4 15 on tuesday february 21 tho mis iuu of r r j attuiipud to pull iwiv from the curb when his cir and thi cir driven hi join isabel norton of 5j r dith st collided no injuries ind damage to both cars was very slight three councils approve high school addition here noble grands dinner the past noble grands of verdun kt bi kah i odge hold a dinner party in hit mcgibbon holel last thursday c mng twenty members were present in enjoy the loveh dinner mrs wil him kobmson loionto was the only pist noble grand from out of town who wis able to attend after dinner mrs jack mcgibbon entertained the club in her home mrs alf collins and mrs hay had to draw for first and second prizes for court whist while mrs robinson re ceived tho prize for the hidden score and mrs bob jcpson the consolation prize new salary schedule a new salary schedule which will provide salary increases and a differ ent procedure of yearly increments will go into effect in georgetowns public schools in september the schedule adopted by the board at i recent meeting is based on the category system and grades teacher according to qualifications and exper ience an 8 room addition to georgetown hifh school has been approved by three of the five municipalities which comprise north halton hijh school district rsqucsing milton and georgetown councils this week signified approval of the 175 000 project which the school board has proposed the 2 storey addition will provide eight more classrooms for the school already oercrowded fventually the old part of the building will be demol ishrd the school board is negotiating with jack tost owner of adjacent property for purchase of some five acres need cd to provide playing field area and for future expansion the dcpt of education has already indicated approval of the plan and lt is hoped that action can be speeded to have the addition completed this fall present school enrolment la 2s5 and the estimated enrolment in sep tember will be 305 two more teach en will be required in september and the board is already advertising for applicants for these new positions