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nomination meeting continued from page 3 sidewalk improvement program the road committee will end the year with ha 90000 budget balanced he said he outlined the highway pro gram which includes new pave ment storm sewers curbs side walks and sodding total cost please vote for honest john elliott council candidate monday deember 10 i handle and balance 62000 monthly for the cnr as your station master if elected i will work for more commuter trains to malton st toronto i will work to eliminate the rough railroad crossirtg at the station i will work for a two lane road under the tracks at john street i am doing service work for our youth the poor the elderly and disabled georgetown needs a young ex serviceman in council who is familiar with your town if you were not there ask others about my nomination speech i am willing to listen to you with an open mind and prepared to help you help yourself please give me one chance and i will run for deputy reeve in two years yours economically john elliott to the electors of the town of georgetown will he 60000 and he feels it money well spent dh such a fine town improvement tm not only throwing my hat in the ring but my whole body said ct gray indicating he would devote his entire attention to the job if elected for another term how long does it take to have something done when you ask for it asked a ratepayer w o brownridge mr brownridge said he had asked council in 1951 to repair a sidewalk in front of his house and was still waiting for it another ratepayer mrs alex calder asked about a sidewalk in the park district to connect with that on maple ave she said chil drcn have to walk through muddy sections on their way to school mr gray said it would be ne ccssary for residents to petition council which would then give their request consideration wants 2 way radio cr alfred sykes reported both for his own welfare light and police committee and for vetcr ans affairs and firemen which committee had been headed by tht late lcroy dale the general cfflcicncj of the police force is excellent hi said and he suggested that in future a 2 way radio would be helpful on both the police car and the fire truck the town has added 100 street lights this year and now has a total of over 400 he said 1 ve heard at several count il meetings that we need still mon and i agree with you he continu cd he pointed out also that be cause some areas have becom built up since installation o street lights there ore place where fixtures should be changed to be more cffettive welfare wis dismissed with the happy report of a 0 21 cxpendi ture which he hopes will never he exceeded in future yeirs good fir equipment purchase of a 21000 fire pum per this ear has made the oeor getown diparlment the mos completely equipped in ontario he s nd quoting the provincial fire marshal have we a bij enough police forte to properly polite deorge town was a question from t councillor james goodlet mr doodlet said his quest it was prompted bv non t nfort ment of the mam st pirltmg b law which he sajs is disregarded b motorists and polict mr sykes answered that al though the town is slightlv in dtr the one policcmin per thou and population recommended th it georgetown is lettnil 24 hour protection hydro big busmen gr ihim firnetl hdro chair mm this veir who will lommentt is i if mini 011 in the eurrt nt of mir 200 as a candidate for your 1957 council i would like briefly to ex preis my reasons for asking your support in the coming election our debenture debt is almost 2 million this represents a per cap tfe debt of approximately 400 we must realize there are maor expenditures such as schools waterworks sewers etc that must be debntured but we must also realize that we must carry on our taxes such expenditures as sidewalks storm sewers etc and we must not overburden ourselves with too much of this type of pro gress in any one year with this method of f nancing and with the debt that has alreidy i i nth been incurred we certainly cannot expect to see a low tax rate for m r ni 1977 some years to come but we should see with careful municipal ad ik otillim i the growth of h ministration a gradual improvement in trie economic structure of dm titin im urn of 2280 n georgetown i i m wo 1 d 270 there has been much said about the industrial growth of george town and th s we real ze is the salvation of our economy it has been proven as ratepayers we cufinot leave the eshblishmcnt of industry in the hands of delrex developme its alone we mu t have ava lable in othr parts of to a serviced land at a reasonable cost to attract ndu rial sts i aiv you to udqort the rr on r law for the renovat on of our arena although tins v ii add si 1 1 000 to the debenture debt i feel sure the board of parks management can put th s on a pacing ba is and repay this debenture w thou any idd lion to our tax nte it is essenial to the people of georgetown to have a recreil on centre that can be used twelve months of the year and al o real ze the full value of money ve already hove nve ted in th i bu id ng in view of the fact that the large amount of innexed land could place a tremendous burden on the tixpayers who hive been piymq taxes for many years i would consider it my duty v me tir er of the council to be very cautious in future spending until th an it ed area has produced a substantial amount of ndustry with your supoort on election day i feel confident i cm render a useful service to the people of georqeov i ginally scheduled to be ready in december would be opened some time in january delayed at first by a steel shor tage there has been a further de lay caused by shortage of glass and the building is 3 weeks be hind schedule dont suppose any board has been so unpopular with parents as ours he said but believe me we explored all possibilities be fore deciding on a 2 shift school this term explains planning board a new report at the meeting as that of the planning boord formed during the year and given by chairman edwin ymson wilson defined the function of the board to continuously survey the towns assets study ind correlate them and make re commendations to council which will result in orderly devclop- ment of georgetown the board has had problems solved some of them and he bespoke tolerance and consider ation from residents while the board tries for the best solution of problems arana financing the proposed 111000 arena re modelling will be entirely financ ed by the 1 mill grant which the board of parks receives from the tax treasury and profits from operating the building said har old mcclure speaking for the parks board the building constructed some s5 years ago is basically a fine structure but must be put in proper repair or it cannot con tinue operating he siid a 30 000 debenture for artificial ice has been paid off in 9 years and a 15 year debenture for improve merits is planned to be retired in similar fashion a jtarly cust of 11 000 fur this will be met from i town grant of at least s8 600 plus operating pro tils uhith last ear wire 3500 the new building will provide jear round nttivit hj hard sur fin in u the ice surfate as well as oppurtumtv for extra profit he snd because of this i 1 iimhcrt hbriry board thiirman expressed his pleasure at having some 1 100 people us ing the librarv service now a projector and film libnrj are now iv ni iblc at i smtll fee he snid in in etra lihrirv strviet he txprissid regret at the death of ii irrv setrel irv treasur ind i lined member industry and economy with coiintil and hoard reports jiontludid town clerk loiin i i he and street signs on councils pro gram next year sidewalks in the east georgetown area and street lights at the highway inter sections are also suggestions he has to improve the town georgetown will have to have industrial development if taxes are to be kept reasonable he believes admitting that he has no solution for new industry other than persistent effort does mr hardie say the most important thing is to keep taxes down was a question posed by a ratepayer r c warren who said mr hardie had contradicted all his points mr hardie said that one of the reasons he is running is to have some representation in council from the eastern section of town presently not represented and that he thinks the town should be split into wards offering to answer mr warren s questions if he posed them one at a time the meeting chairman interrupted and said he thought answers had been adequately made for a unlud town candidate john elliott said georgetown is too small to be divided into the old town and thtj new subdivisions and that he seeks to represent the whole town ivc no axe to grind 1 ve been to council on several occasions and 1 know there s a lot of work and im prepared to do it he said mr elliott sounded an economy note sayint that with a 2 million dollar debenture debt and bank loans of 450 000 georgetown must pull in its horns and spend only what is absolutely necessary he said he would try through the cnr development department to bring new industry giving a brief biography of himself he said he is most happy as a geor getown resident anil finds the people friendly since settling here two cirs ago when he was ap pointed cnr station agent pay at you go policy candidate ern hyde former town supennte ndent intimate d that hi favours a pay as ou to politv when ht eited the deben lure debt ic hsteneei to touncil rt ports about what tht ve done but none of it is paid for lie said we owe over two mill dollars it represents belter than one third of our assessment and thi georgetown hirald wednesday december 0th 1956 reelect walter h gray for councillor 1957 j i have enjoyed three years as your representative on the municipal council it has been an honour as well as a pleasure for me to serve you g with three years experience i am asking for your support for the year 1957 and if elected i will give my time to the interest of the ratepayers of georgetown 5 if you wish a car on election day to take you to vole call triangle 72716 it will be supplied for you ad mis former m fac bj f the board k who was i tiii e illid ins who s siekinj n t si emincil s diction chair on h mr hjdt said perhaps some of ihe reason georgetown has had poor luck in attratting industrj this debt make the pnte of 1 ind mm of the attractive and our n itional debt a little lower was his suggestion wilh four cmiikil for industnil promotion a lot to lean m ruiimni btt msc i e got inch to learn w is i reel tut is ni s summing up of i mini of que stums which he posed 111 mr llurisiin snd hurt hi- bun i lot of t ilk ihinil new nidus irj ind the onh pi ire it cm hi indu nomv in 1 r in me it pre nip itn hirjli r ud tint r sub titut linn spoke hlic m v prnilicilh ill tht st itid lluir mt for olliei nt m nitintimi i pn se til until fur i imi iitr d within the ir t mid sun in i e but tin dotsn 1 mon 1 hivt uued wilh i vtrvthiiil the w d mi in ni obliqut nfirinti to tin i nit dd ill d sw mtk storm sew vote harry hale as your councillor for 1957 election monday december 10th fred tot harrison solicits your vote for council and promises a square deal k for every taxpayer limn fid t th it 111 d delri suh ik in ir cor u id ip li w a 1 1 1 il pi uiliiiilh i mix her ern hyde building which v opmid in mu i hi i ihviinrl id dl hvdio kjinpn nf it list high school addition bin fl nporlnu is i mu f north ii ilt n lnvh vliinl dis trul hnird lirms mullet told 1 it j i ns li li ir el mn the old pirt if tin hijh stho ifter m jti m id lition i completed tm ind luilitonum in out f tin qu li n it prist nt hi s ud be ms no low nime nt umt is u nhl fir this tpr of construction it i s liter puhlu schoiil hoird hiinnaii expressed the hope tw hirnson school on pro build r it will s tint to hm ill r on i i to i mime in il pmit it in fullv to i town s lilililion- itlinii i t keii will hni l prumisi i ho intrixluied he o re pre i nt the mail delivery street signs indidite sid ilirdx snd mild tiki to see m til di live muni to provide i sle in ind si w iii d or is orltn kon g to s ihi i new bin in s on the outskirts of townj with w iti r ind snunu oiiiiul b is in ide i mte job ih hilhu iv he snd but would like to set it eonliiiiitti pit the sthoul whtre drain is bid mr ilirris i luimhv i in til ilmost vote hardie on december 10th deeds not promises if elected i will serve you with integrity r noimnition on s spi i in i tin which midnidit one n turd foi i meeting onttudt d h hstiil of the elect sam reid j for council at a regular lodge meeting of lodge 717 turbo held in the month of november 1956 5am reid who has been a shop steward for 4 years was endorsed by the lodge as a respon sible candidate for a councillor s position in the town of georgetown the platform of brother reid is found in three parts 1 more organised industry for the town of georgetown 2 keep taxes to a minimum without jeopardy to growth 3 more recreation facilities for teen agers with these pledges put forward we are sure that brother reid wiu rkeive the support of the oforoetown electorate and will be successful in attaining this office thanks to the electors of georgetown for your confidence in electing me your mayor in 1957 jack armstrong thank you i to the electors of georgetown may i offer my sincere thanks for my acclamation as your reeve for 1957 i i will continue to work in the best interests of the citizens of georgetown as a whole and to give you good representation in county council stan allen for the same sound sane government we have tried to give you over the past ten years vote to reelect garfield mcgilvray i for councillor for 1957 sykes offers his services in council vote alfred sykes monday december 10th 1956 for cars and information call triangle 73502 0itrjjgrjgijjsgrjrjse