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the georgetown herald wednesday august 22nd 1956 the georgetown herald serving the communities of georgetown glen williams norval umehouse hornby stewarttown bauinafad ashorove terra cotta walter c biehn subscription rate 3 00 a year single copies 6c each advertising rates quoted on application the herald is printed each wednesday in the office at 22 main st georgetown publisher a nd editor staff garfield l mcgilvray bob baskervillo leslie m clark dave hastings corey hernngton jr ken cowoll mrs aheen bradley terry harlcy authorized as second class mail post office dcpt ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario division of the c w n a a forward step turning on the valve yesterday which will introduce natural gas to georgetown is another step in georgetown s progress which will have far reaching results in future the days of oil lamps and water power are not so far away that many senior residents can remember the coming of hydro later fuel oil came into use and now with natural gas also av ailable georgetown is served by still another modern fuel to give industries and homes a choice there are industries we understand which will not consider locating in a town not served by natural gas this is no reflection on the effi ciency of other types of fuel but it s an impor tant factor for a town which must have more in dustry for its future economic well being installing of gas service by a large company will also have a beneficial effect on exploration of a halton company which has located supplies of gas for united suburban has contracted to use as much of the local product as is available if supplies hidden below gallons soil prove as plentiful as anticipated there will be terrific ben efit to company shareholders and owners of property where the gas is located the valve turning ceremony may halt a century from now be looked back on with the same respect that has recently been accorded the fiftieth anniversary of ontario hydro congratulations in order results of the upper school examinations at h gh school published in last weeks herald re fleet credit on thecalibre of students and in turn on the teaching staff of the school we doubt whether any school will exceed the record established at the school writing a total of 62 papers eleven students successfully passed 58 of these to make the passing percen tage 94 per cent seventy one per cent of the papers were of honour ranking eight students are planning to continue the r education in various higher fields of education education valued there there are still far too few young people in our country taking advantage of what we boast is one of the world s best educational systems free education is available in canada right through high school and with present econom c conditions in georgetown offering summer and after school employment it should only be in the most extreme case that a young person should have to quit school because of finances we have been reading a booklet wr men by aaassey harris executive james s duncan after visiting russia he tell us that in that country education particularly in the sciences and for the teaching profession is placed at the head of the list there are waiting lists of applicants bonuses paid to students who reach certain standards and have registered at various universities and nursing schools we shall be following their careers with interest as they join past ghs grads who have gone on to successful careers after se cur ng a sound educational foundation n the lo cat schools the publ c schools can take a share of the credit too for t is there that the elements oi learning are nslilled in young minds and w ih out th s proper background it would be impos s ble to carry secondary educat on to is proper conclus on j beatrice hume gets high teaching honour at the 38th annual dinner of the 17 000 member federation of worn en tcachirs associations this wiek mis beatrice hume 44 main st n will be given the federa lion s highest honour honorary membership the dinner is bclnif hold in the royal york hotel toronto only other local teacher to be so honoured in recent ycnri is miss torina young n retired member of chapil strtet school staff who now livts in mikon comtm ntini on thi honour t bi atonlcd mm ilium mm r walktr toronto pn tldutt of tin federation nays miss llunn nccivul lur ldrly education in ithtilton county a ur atcndliig model school in mil ton shi witil to the faculty of rd ucation in toronto dunnn ik r it mhintf career miss hume tiunht in campbell villc norval ashgrove and pres ton from 1125 until lur retire on nt sht lauuhl in jeorjqown at chapel street school alwiys miintainine a keen in terelt in t rdc ration miss hum was atlivc in the hustntts affair of the irmlmvn unit and since her retirement lias toiitinutd tr follow the tederition s process as an assocutt number she was a familiar fiiiik it man of the rid eration s annual meetings miss hunu xrrnnlifiis thi fin tst qualities of an ontario te ieh u in the rurjl futd if iirvici umehouse and government subs dies when they enter bus ness life in canada s free economy education should be equally valued we need scientists and teachers eng neers nur es there is a wonderful future for those who would tram as dentists and doctors and even more we need an educated peo pie who whether butcher baker or candlestick maker can be conversant with world affairs can enoy the delights of reading and conversation and who cherish education as sornethinq dearer than worldly possessions or econom c pos tion in life this is ava lable to young people today in georgetown take advantage of it and go as far as you can in school laura scott rejoins chapel school staff miss laura scott retired former member of the chapel st school public school staff will be returni ing to the classroom again in sep tember miss scott has been engaged b the school hoard to tcich until christmas replacing mrs lcta i eeton whose resignation was re ceived recently mrs i eeson whose marriage took place this summer was on the school staff last term as miss ieta gallaurher she is now living orangeville the school boird will iminu seek a permanent replacement for the position and is also adurlis ing for result nts with teaching ex penence to list thi ir names with the hoard secretary janus f v ans for fuluri reference oakville monumentworks memorials of distinction a large variety of dependable granites to choose from for appointment call mr mckellar 90 colborne st west oakville vi 46243 accept peter scholz as cadet in rcaf imer st hub tilth reuiu 1 i 1 fram from minister if nati i il di fente slatitu that lie hid b t i aeeeptitl ai in ur foice tadtt in the remhr offutr tmmiu plan will icporl at kojal itoads ol nke b c on sipumliir i c m jntu1 itions piter fhosi reccnth on hi lijs john mtl jul drown t mlwoi i nt for t uoktntl vulli hill sm ford mr mi mis s kirkj itmk in i flornthv with mr md mrs ahin midnmld at i imwood mr and mrs ii norton n i m tor trip hj iurbonjiifh inlsi th hav and othir plates last i mr md mrs n ini md tlnl j dnn to hafnl i for a wnk s shclbourne mil jirh and mr thornton t harm on a rittnt nd i and lait sunda to foron to jo patterson wiui cousin welland last week visitors include barbira norton if cti n with her i nusin 1 ina i atinu r 1 ist week s it b slinv of loronto with mr mil mrs mills and mrs harks sinclair and daughters of welhnd mr and mrs hurl mckav and ii u brampton with tho ialtirsons on sun hi the harrisons of i ikcview miss j it kit cohoon md friends from loronto and others from malton and scarborough all with the co- hoons on sunday thi i- t browns attended the brown mini reunion at lrin on sundij i ittlt jott mtd mid wis r cenlly a patient in st josephs hi spit il in uelph ihiru four attended the i cntc at witirfalls ihjrnmnd and enjoveii lunch ind anits one d ly list wok ihndj snitl cilibratnl his fifth birthdiy with a children s party at home lat week club midt0wn in case you re wondering what arc doing back so soon its be cause we happen to have some news that is too good to keep to wit there will be a dance this fn day night in the rose room yes indeed you read cbrectly due to some great good fortune numer ous requests and donna s initia tive we will be holding a dance on august 24th in georgetown this of course necessitated the cancel lalion of the dance scheduled for saturday night in stewarttown if the complaints regarding out of town dances arc indicative of the number of kids who want cm dai es in town we can expect a good erowd this time to make it even more attractive affair live entertainment in the form of don seddon and nib westernaires will be featured getting down to business we expect the evening to serve a dual purpose we hope to be able to conduct an election of officers to replace those who due to external circumstances are leaving in the near future we sincerely hope that everyone who is interested in the future of club midtown will attend and lend their support well that s it for now don t forget to man the patent leather pumps on friday night instead of saturday see you at cm your furnace or boiler can be converted for 6asheat huvo an old furnace or hoder with some tfood yi nn of ntrvuo left in it wo can change it over to uflo rns with tin bryant on vcrnion burmr given you into mntic guh henting with the rmo stt control iruttiill ition ni ide pr unptly et uh uvl you un thtimule no nbliiition dpiani cohvitlsloh burners g r muckart plumbing heating tinsmithing gat oil burners and service electrical wiring est over 30 years phone tr 7 3592 3247 grace baptist in georgetown odd fallows hall bible school 945 am morning worship 11 am the sermon on the mount evening service 7pm a warm welcome awaits you here pastor mr bruce penny rosedale floral flowers for all occasions wedding work corsages m specialty cut flowers and funeral designs 32 albert st tr 72952 we wire flowers return hospital tickets cancellation of the hospital house raffle due to gov- ernent regulations makes it necessary that draw ticket books be returned by th mlurt tmmedlatly so uttar can b written each ticket holder please return your books togtfnwr with mony te cover told ticket to po box 330 georgetown or leave thm at the office of hewson i ojd 39 main si s reciipts will bf owen home heating some like il hot tome like ll holtal yon rp rml nil home healing nrrttm with n smxitps vurnacc-tb-nno- lilirnll ronlrollrd to that you may ra- or lower the tirat with your finger lip bw fintcort aw operating com buill loll thompsons hardware oil burner service eavestrouchino hardware plumbing i main st n oortton out phom triinala 7 m71 sports calendar coming auction sale sponsored by the rotary club rotanans will solicit your dona tions of good serviceable arti cles large or small commencing monday evening august 20th sale date to be announced later proceeds for community service community swimming pool open daily 10 m 11 im 2 pm to tunwt and sundays 1pm to stmtet mtwwa company luutu umoiesjoeg txwzl hi lms u frc a010w 9 nihqhdav s3xvd qnv sh3mow slllba sl01vau1fl3 sdsiq 001 0sz os 0s4 006 moid moaand c shi dn vid p um jnraj 4im b 3nihw03 w on 3hi m3h1vms it 5im1vh a3ssvw poob toj joppiuip tim x 8e 3jihm ouibua ijiim ujiva 1 os s1nih3vw q3sn 001 0201 dhi 009 tinjpx4 h joaa mod oc aassvw xl opq un iq uioqjiaq pu jep0 suia iin aorvw nosodod 0sz iomoui tjitm eedui03 iinqsj 3 igaow dhi osr oi unhsxdoa 0os uoissiunutjl dndeit puc joioui inqaj j ouoj saodvul aasn dr j burns milne dental surgfcon xray mill strcit tr 7 2871 dr john r kerby practice of dfntistry xray triangle 7 3641 main street georgetown s m faibih ro optometrist mcnamara jewellers georgetown e l buchner optometrist in acton every wednesday hours 1 30 6 00 p m any evening by appointment i 48 mill st e acton phone 115 lever hoskin chirtered accountant 51 main n brampton phone 2478 i 44 victoria st toronto phone em 49131 for expert eye care consult o t walker optometrist 3 main st north brampton over abell s drug store phone office 599 res 830 hours 9am to 6 p m daily evenings by appointment alfred j bishop certified pubic accountant main st georgetown tr 73351 office hours 9am to 5 p m mondays to fridays a m nielsen dc nd doctor of chiroprtctie end naturopathy 43rd ear of practice 2 5pm closed thursdays lady attendant 184 guelph st georgetown triangle 7 3612 frank petch licensed auctioneer prompt service po box 413 tr 7 2864 georgetown maurice mandenon ba barrister solicitor and notary public tr 7 2464 office mill st georgetown dale bennett barristers and solicitors leroy dale q c sybil bennett o c mp tom van sickler triangle 73381 mill street georgetown c w sayer dvm veterinarian guelph street opposite armstrong s garage tr 7 2741 w hcarr profettlonal engineer ontario land surveyor georgetown ontario res 81 prince charles dr office guelph st telephone tr 73300 radio repairing we specialize in this work 27 years experience j sanford son triangle 72412 hewson 0rd barristers a solicitors 39 main street south beside knox church george c hewson john d oro triinalt 7m monuments pollock campbell designs on request inspect our work in greenwood cemetery prone 2018 62 water street north gait