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the georgetown herald georgetown ontor o wednesday march 14th 1956 second section chatting business ladies at their charter night f since i mentioned the ev ening grosbeaks which are brl ghtenlng the winter scenes ar ound this district several people hove told of seeing them around town in eluding our neighbour mrs burton macdonald a week ago sunday mrs james richardson edith strtet who makes a little hobby of bird watching was thrilled when a really large flock of grosbeaks about a hundred or more stopped in their flight to pay them a visit she sent me a little note telling about it which went on to say perhaps they just stopped long en ough for sabbath morning worship and song with the tall trees around supplying the choir loft for their mel odious voices after morning worship they lun vhed on patches of bare ground here and there and i think our flowering crab tree supplied the dessert 1 wat ched them digging the seeds from the frozen crabs with their yellow bills the grosbeaks are about the size of our robin and in colour they resemble the oriole these beautiful birds res ted and sunned themselves for about fifteen minutes before continuing their flight to their summer home wherever that may be my use of quotation marks reminds me that i must be very careful about using quotes in my last column t was quot ing from the halton atlas and men tioned a mr james young who was one of the first georgetown merch ants according to the item he star ted his store here in 1842 and is now manager of the bank of commerce at belleville so i agree that he certain ly would be rather elderly well over a hundred in fact except that i was quoting direct from the atlas the item caused many a chuckle and i must admit that u was a bit mislead ing because the quotation marks d d not appear at the first of tht para graph but just at the close and as i said i must be more cartful of my quotation marks it can be confus ing but 1 m go in on with the quotes from the atlas neertheloss just to keep a little spark of continuity in giving vou b ts of the historical back ground of our town according to the atlas the village gcoretownl during the building of the grand trunk railway grew rapidly up to that time it was a pirt of the to vn ship of esquesing but the inhabitants thinking that from the growing mpor tance of the place it would be more conducive to their general prosperity to have the management of th ir o vn local affairs in the hands of men of their own choice applied to the coun ty council for incorporation as a vil lage by by law of that body the de sire of the petitioners was granted and the village as such dates its his tory from the 1 december 1864 on which day the iw was passed coming back to the pros ent day again a week or so ago mrs wilf ford was looking out of the kitchen window of their home just across the road from the golf course as she did the breakfast dish es when she saw a fox at the base of an apple tree in their yard it was in tent on something in the branches and that something proved to be two beautiful big pheasants it made quite a picture which mrs ford did nothing to disturb since she was al one at the time the fox finally tired of wailing for the pheasants to come down and trotted off in the direction of the golf course and i hope he trotted off a goodly distance because the rabies scare haa made ole reddy american firm purchases georgetown debenture block a large block of the 634 800 in de bentures sold recently to bankers bond corp by the corporation of georgetown have been purchased by the massachusetts mutual life insur ance co on tuesday of last week mr john blossom of the mutual comanpy flew to georgetown and accompanied by mr mccutcheon of bankers bond toured the town with mayor ann strong pnor to the tour mr bios som met with town clerk john dkel ly mayor armstrong and finance chairman garfield mcgilvray when he made a survey of the town s financial setup mr blossom was much impressed with the town and took a number of pictures while on the tour later he met with rex hcslop of delrex on returning home the next day he recommended to his board of direc tors that they purchase georgetown bonds members of the business and professional women s club present at the presentation of their charter at st john s hall on february 27th back row i tor mrs robert w cks miss hilda erwin mrs h j newman mrs donald fcand mrs john patterson m ss jean ruddell miss frances deans mrs c j buck m ss lena mcnally mrs el zabeth macrost e second row mrs charles wray mrs a n cole m ss janet mcdougall mrs nell e garcfiner mrs wallace thompson mrs val stein mrs victor chlnns ftioto centre brampton torrance mrs earl hornby mrs w nnifred wallace mrs tan veitch mrs marion barber miss rosemary jordan mrs edna beaumont bottom row mrs w gw zdala miss isabel dobson mrs stan wade mrs art suddaby m ss mar onrob nson mrs art scott mrs aileen bradley miss helen mcgill mrs walter rigg mrs el zabeth macrae members unable to attend m ss joyce nev tt pres dent miss syb i ben nett m p mrs harold o br en mrs james cleave business womens club gets charter social personal mr and mrs harold cleave left by motor on monday for honda they will spend several weeks in the south making their hepdquarurs at st pet trsl urgh mrs 11 m stewart 24 durham st along with her daughter mr d strickland of unionv lit is leaving on tht 12lh on a cr i se through the car lbbean thej will sail on the ss new amsterdam from new york mr and mrs urfietd mcc ihr and carol wert sun laj visitors with mr and mrs k ss simmons at i ang staffe chlnn h photo ccnlro brnmplor mrs florence chinn brampton nat onal membership chairman present ng the charter to the george own bus ness and professional women s club to miss mar on robinson vice president of the club and mrs maude baylay first v cepresident of the national federal on miss robinson substituted for miss joyce nev tt pres dent whose illness kept her away from charter n ght of the new georgetown club fox mighty unpopular someone men tioned and i can well believe it jbat our veterinarian dr sayers is very busy innoculating dogs against tht dread disease these days 0 thinking about foxes and fur pelts reminds me of a ski ing hint a visitor to our house gave me jim chap skis in the mountains around banff so he should know eh harking back to my girlhood days 1 happened to remark that i thought it might be fine sport to ski doun a dollars and sense one of the best ways to encourage good sound sleep is to have a good sound bank balance regular savings can make life a lot pleasanter in a hundred and one other ways you may want the down payment on a home of your own atvsetoracar perhaps the children s education is on your mind or a leisurely retirement someday whatever it is that you want or need you have to learn the secret of putting something by regularly pay by pay you store away the money eicept in emergencies till you reach your savings goal then you start saving for the next one why not open a savings account with a today 0oiatown ranch c j hart manager the cabaduh bank of commerce medium mountainside but herring boning it up the slope was a somewhat discouraging tnought ht explained that many ski resorts hove tows but if you re really serious about sltnnt and intend to go some distance for ward fur pelts are commonly used to fasten to the bottom of the skis fur side out of course to give better trac tion in the snow i don t honestly think these would be necessary out on the golf course where the skiers of town and district have been and still are since this latest snowfall having a wonderful time on the hills cooking school a grand success sponsored by agricultural ladies another successful event was held last week by the monarch cooking school for the ladies of esquesing ag ncultural society miss mary twible home economist of the maple leaf milling co conducted the school in a very capable manner and was as sisted in her culinary art by mrs bert gilmer and mrs mac alexander mrs spencer wilson convened the cooking school assisted by a committee of la dy directors knox church hill looked lovely for the occasion with flowers donated by the arious florists and harold c mcclure ltd supplied frigidiire stoves and refrigerator for the school and on the first night mr mcclure ac ted as master of ceremonies and on the second evening mr murt allison did the honours mrs donald lind say president of the ladies section of the society welcomed the large audience both evenings and miss charlotte mccuuough who is now president of the ontario pain assoc iation voiced the thanks of the socl ety to all who had contributed in any way to the success of the school wednesday evening prizewinners were 24 monarch shopping bags mrs a w benton mrs- h wriggltsworth margaret alexander mrs william mc- murdo mrs sid robin mrs wallace thompson mrs g mcgilvray mrs bert bullock mrs bob neilson mrs r burns clara mccallum jean rud dell mrs doug mccallum mrs jack inglis jane given mrs jack rough ley mrs frank smith mrs gordon inglis mrs w h reld mrs sid kirk patrick mrs murray brigdcn noreen walker most recent bride dominion stores hamper mrs wm mcmurdo oldest lady orchid by norton floral mrs is aac bennett largest family basket of eggs mrs george edmunds canadian tire voucher mrs nan scott barn hill s voucher sheila carney birthday prises dales roses mrs gordon fri cker mrs w e south most number of years married mrs fred wrig glesworth basket of flowers by nor ton floral fuller brush mrs lloyd fisher watkins special mrs fred wrigglesworth ham mrs doug wood carroll s hamper mrs isabel later food parcel joan crawford mrs s gowland pearl scott mrs jack fry mrs jack hart mrs w norton mrs j l barber mrs wilf ford in addition to these prises another 24 shopping bags of groceries butter continued on pag 8 five leap year babies at peel memorial wednesday february 29th leap year s extra day saw five babies born at peel memorial hospital these four boys and one girl will have to wait until 1960 to mark the first actual an niversary of their birth while the extra day was responsible for fivt additional births the shortest month of the year saw a big increase in new born babies during the earlier part of the month and set another record of 101 births as compared to 86 n february 1955 an increase of 15 nfants or over 17 per cent fcbnnry 17th was the big day with nine new arrivals s x of them being in one hour and forty two minutes 1 it ween 135 am and 3 17 a m the toss alain lead the girls the rtj ster showing 52 males as compa tl 1 to 49 females for the 2 months of 1956 the hoys have a lead of tselve over the fair sex the score h ard now reading male 102 female 90 th s total of 192 is an increase of 24 over the same two months in 1955 sj must nt let this week slip by without saving how much i enjoyed the chapel street school operetta the work involved in pro ducing a show of this type is very hea v f r the teachers and also for those with leading roles but the end result made it all very worthwhile and i agree with nncipal harold henry when he remarked to the audience that he considered this phase of the children s education very important too also enjoyed hearing the boys band they ve made remarkably good progress ah in all a very pleasant evening indeed faatt cornea to robbs for you here and now i all of mitt arden s exquisite preparations her incomparable creams and lotions superbly textured powders and foundations for correct skin care her famous unforgettable perfumes her first- in fashion makeup harmonies lovelier than anything youve ever used oil bearing the nark of unerring tgste that is to definitely elizabeth arden we are proud to present this distinguished family of essentials for loveliness do cone in and tee then robbs drug store thlwtgl 7i mam noh cj