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the georgetown herald wednesday evening march 28 1956 page 2 delrex gift home is major fund source for hospital georgetowns projected hospital was discussed last tuesday by a large group of citizens who heard gordon friesen hospital consultant outline what could be constructed and what he thought would best serve george town and districts needs hr friesen is making a survey for georgetown hospital association and while not definitely committing him self when questioned about size and cost intimated that he will recom mend a 50bed hospital which equip ped will cost 600000 a total of approximately 150000 in government grants could be ex pected on this expenditure he said the meeting chaired by associa tion president john gunn was held in the auditorium of wrigglesworth school reeve stan allen substitut ed for mayor armstrong who wa ill that night and said that as a mem ber of the hospital committee of f uel oil call murt allison tr 7- 2203 agent for elias rogers co ltd ford 1956 monarch see and drive the finest most safe end economical transportation on the highways- good delivery finest service thompson motors acton phone 69 acton or georgetown subscribers tr 73756 a c par patterson see us for a good deal i we also have good used cars priced right georgetown collision service maple avenue west at 7th line georgetown 24hour towing service triangle 73790 county council he knows how much work is involved in planning such a major undertaking its a challenge to the people who are interested and i hope their ef forts will bear fruit in this necessary addition to our town said the reeve a major source of funds will come from a raffle on a new house do nated by delrex developments john ord who is in charge of ar rangements for the raffle explained how large this task would be at least 50000 tickets will have to be distributed he said and sales will have to be over a wide area in order to realize more than the vjduc of the house to make the raffle worthwhile the committee intends to send tic kets to alt former residents as an initial step at tuesdays meeting each person was asked to contribute names of two such people mrs wm b hamilton is ticket distribution chairman mr ord also announced that as an incentive to ticket sales a prize of 750 is being offered to the seller of the winning ticket 750 to the person who sells the most tickets and 500 to the person who sells the second most mr ord also mentioned plans which are shaping up for a gala celebration in aid of the hospital which will be held may 21st officially victoria da this year mr friesen illustrated his remarks with a series of coloured slides he has done much important work as a consultant including setting up a chair of hospitals in kentucky and west virginia as well as helping or ganize a health plan for costa rica georgetown has the chance of a lifetime he said because you are starting from the ground up rather than adding to an existing building where you often have to temporize he said the proper way to proceed is first to be sure that hospital hoard members are convinced of the need then convince the general puhlii and next the government from when a share of costs come in grants a hospital is best planned if the knout a decided upon and thin a tenders for coal and coke federal buildings province of ontario sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned and endorsed as ab- ovof will be received until 3 pm est thursdaj april 2b 195g for the supply of coal and coke for the federal buildings throughout thi province of ontario form of tender with specifications and conditions attached can be obtain ed from chief of purchasing and stores department of public works ottawa and the district architect 335 yonge st toronto ont tenders will not be considered un less made on or according to the pnn ted forms supplied by the department and in accordance with condtions set forth therein the department reserves the right to demand from an successful tend erer before awarding the order a sec unty deposit in the form of a certi fied cheque drawn on a bank incor porated under the bank act or the quebec savings bank act payable o the order of the receiver general of canada equal to ten per cent of the amount of the tender in accordance with the government contract regit lations now in force or bearer brndi with unmatured coupons attached of the government of canada or of the canadian national railway com pan v and its constituent cojn panics uncon ditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by the government of canada the lowest or any tender not nee essarily accepted robert fortier chief of administrative services and secretary department of public works ottawa march 16 1956 roof put over it he said rather than erecting a building and then decid ing where things go he stressed the use of modern ideas so often said mr friesen a hospital committee will look to ano ther hopital say thats just what we want and build it to find that they are already several years behind the times because they have been dupli eating an old building it is most inmportant to have a lay out which saves man hours on staff because in this country salaries am ount to almost 75 per cent of the to tal maintenance cost in a country like cost rica he said plans weie considerably altered by the fact that labour is the cheapest commodity questioned about how much prop erty is needed he said he would sug gest 10 acres but this would depend on whether a one story or multi storey building is decided upon by the com mittce there is no question that a hospl tal can balance its budget if it is prop erly constructed he said again stres sing the major importance of pre plan ning mr friesen was thanked for his talk by bob barber another hospital committee member dont forget to help the easter seal campaign along frederick delaney erin mail courier frederick delaney 79 who for the past six years had lived with his son inlaw and daughter mr and mrs lloyd marshall r r i georgetown died suddenly at the marshall home on march 18th mr delaney was born in erin town ship and spent his boyhood on lotyl5 7th line erin in march 1906 he married ruth hurren and they farmed at lot 15 8th line mrs delaney died in 1920 in 1927 he moved to lot 13 8th line guelph rd and for seventeen years drove the mail route for r r 2 erin although totally blind for four years mr delaney otherwised enjoy ed good health and was up and about dally until his sudden death he leaves his daughter lola adel la mrs lloyd marshall two grand daughters mrs jas miller blanche of toronto and ruth of guelph and one great grandson the funeral service last wednesday was conducted by ernest root of the disciples church and interment was in coningsby cemetery pallbearers were william delaney gordon jack son william hamilton and samuel nurse of erin thomas delaney of guelph and frank smith of george town flower bearers were james kenneth wallace and wesley leitch james delaney and oscar hurren no close guesses in academy contest of over 200 entries received in the roxy academy awards contest man ager bill leslie reports that no one was close to guessing the correct win ners in the eight categories he is issuing a number of passes to those highest in the standings the contest was conducted along the same lines as one in the toronto tel egram in which results are still to be announced for top winner of a new car and a trip to new york correct answers in the categories which the contest covered were best picture marty best actor ernest borgnine best actress anna mgnam supporting actor jack lemmon sup porting actress jo van fleet best director delbert mann for marty best story and screenplay interrupted me lody best scoring of musical pictur oklahoma the local roxy is fortunate in ha ing marty which won honours for best picture best director and best actor booked for showing next week s cordaro s candies weve i easter egg bargains g at manufacturers prices iff for the people of georgetown vicinity only free jumbo easter egg to the holder of the lucky ticket drawn by miss jennifer smith 6 pm saturday evening come ini look around meet the new managers mr and mrs e pawley satisfaction guaranteed you can find us at 45 main st rear of ks grill for bargains in easter eggs go to the rear were happy to serve you our very first year theres chickens and bunnies and ducks and dolls theres tall ones and short ones for one and for alli phngtirne s angeles 9165 miami 61 8s vancouver 8975 round trip by bus see your local travel agent for all pus travel information corner cupboard thangb 74051 main strmi call tr 73271 tr 72674 concrete work footings cellar floors sidewalks block work brick laying for your construction needs carpentry homes kitchens remodeling garages bathrooms modernizing mcnally construction elgin street near cnr station