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twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday march 20th 1957 first section towns seek fee boost for rural fire areas tayee nral areas centered in towns of georgetown ae- ton nd mutton may seek uniform a which would call for payment of a yearly standby foe plu s100 far sach fire 11 answered the- decision -was- made at a meeting of north hailton urban board last week hut ft has not yet been ratified by georgetown council after a brief discussion at the local council meeting monday the matter was the weather llr editor- those days- registering in the high 50s felt almost like summer btrt h is ho even spring set v vernbatkin date max min r s mon march ll 40 21 oh turned over to the fire committee chair ed by cr alfred sykes for a re commendation y at present georgetown serves- part of esquesing township charging 500 standby and 50 a call esquesing supplied a fire truck when the agreement was made some years ago it termin- ates next july milton has a somewhat similar agreement with surrounding rural areas acton which has received no equipment from its area has given notice that it will terminate its contract irr 90 days the proposed new agreements would provide for- adjustments when building assessment in an area increases by 20 was provincial paper employee 43 years another long service member of the quarter century club of prov incial paper ltd will be missing when members gather this year for their annual banquet wellington seymour bill green sward 78 who died at peel mem orial hospital brampton march 12 was one of the companys oldest li ving employees when he retired in 1950 he had worked in the color room af the mill for 43 years he was the son of isaac green- ward and mary ann james and was born on the 5th line west in one of georgetowns best known chingiiacousy he farmed with his businessmen elmer c thompson father until his marriage in 1904 died saturday at his home 41 when he moved to the house at 3 main st s after a lengthy ill- j mcnabb street where he had since ness he had been retired since lived his wife nellie taylor died 1950 when he sold his insurance in 1951 h was a descendant of and travel agency on mill st to an old peel county family his john r barber grandfather receiving the crown mr thompson was born on a deed to the family farm when he farm near bronte in 1879 the son emigrated from england of edward canning thompson surviving are a brother albert and elizabeth langtry thompson f brampton and a half brother he spent several years in western fletcher pearen stratford a sis- canada with the forestry dept of r mrs benjamin gollop died a canadian pacific railways and month ago r established insurance travel agency here wed march 13 54 thurs march 14 57 frl march 15 47 sat march 16 36 sun march 17 3t average 46 32 ft 13 25 si 32 25 24 r 19 si georgetowns hew ambulance graen comat a group of civic leaders pose with georgetowns municipal ambulance following its official presentation to the volunteer ambulance service by the mayor left to right are am bulance chief ralph hawes mayor jack armstrong and councillors alfred sykes walter gray fred harrison and garfield aacgilvray came to georgetown to make his home in 1911 in 1923 he established his in surance business and for many of these years was clerk of the third division court he was a member of st georges anglican church where he had served as both rectors and peoples warden and had belonged to credit lodge af am and halton chapter ram- he was a former member of georgetown high school board a conservative in politics and in his younger days was a great horseman predeceased by his wife kath leen bradley he leaves one daug hter isabel a brother walter cof toronto and a sister mrs edith mellish toronto rev kenneth richardson con ducted the funeral service on rev alex calder conducted the funeral service on thursday at the harold c mcclure funeral home pallbearers were percy chaplin steve eason jack watson john jenkinson hugh dickie and clif fordbradley acton interment was in greenwood cemetery george town name cameron barker bible society read the norval area group of the upper canada bible society met on wednesday march 13th in union presbyterian church tho guest speaker was the rev peru- val parsons toronto who spoke on the text matthew 25 40 and win next friday and raiders have series lions club host at gay st patrick dance the raiders picked up a bad case of maple leaf fever last night not enough to duplicate the tor onto saturday night stunt but suf ficient to hammer in six third per was iod goals and down the oakville rose meteors fpr an 8 to 1 count for their third m in the current 4 oul the st patricks season much in evidence in the room last week thursday night high school of 7 playoffs series students had a dance and did a the line of ferri beaumont and wonderful job of decorating with i ptashnik had a field day at hardys hats shamrocks and pipes clever- 1 expense bagging 6 of the total and jy intertwined into green and running up 14 points in the lop- white streamer decorations the i sided contest lions club which had planned its rhodes who spelled off law- annual dance the next evening rence in the minding the nets tor was so taken with the decorations the raiders was anything but over- that a bargain was struck with the worked the shots on goal were jiiliq t used their students and they were again for the lions anff guests to enjoy the modern aires dispensed the dance music friday and the dance featured a number of spot dance and lucky door priies do nated by the club 4619 for the ittner down r the other end hardy wasnt sweat- ing because of the warm weather the outcome was in doubt for two stanzas it wasnt until 1128 of the first period that ferri broke the goose egg scoring front ptash- rnerchant members of i nik and in nd putting the rai- a lucky foursome won f lead wnich lhe nev a dinner at the corner cupboard others who won door prizes in cluded joe mccuntock mrs dick miller harold fobert gordon hailitt mrs ted drennan long branch mrs art scott mrs nor- cr did relinquish y redshaw set rennick up fbr the equalizer which came in the fifth minute of play in the second per iod as the georgetown attack sput tered before gaining momentum man long mrs don murray mrl lhc p stretch drive john i beaumont got that one back on a bill henderson matt todd austin mimico and w r silver so e i f minutes later way it read 21 right jw1 i thats the outlined the work of the society fc tlu up until the 638 mark of the last monday at the harold c mcchfrc mr parsons address i at tlperiod when the oakville walls excellent film was shown funeral home and interment was in greenwood cemetery pall- excellent film was shown on bcartra w dick lic kyle societys work in kor bingham fred weaver perc devotions were conducted by the cleave ross thompson and gor don mclintock toronto long service employee retires at provincial after forty six years of service in the provincial paper mill len marchment retired on march 1st on his retirement mr marchment was the proud possessor of the record of being the employee with the longest service in the whole of the abitibi firm he came to provincial paper on october 10 1910 after working with beau monts knitting mill for three years prior to that in june of 1911 he was made a coating mac hine operator and worked at that position until february of 1938 when he was made foreman of the l held coating room which position ho held until his retirement the employees of provincial presented him with club bag wallet and money and a pen and pencil set in honour of his many years of service the foremen and employees of the office pre sented him with an electric skill saw at a party at the home of mr and mrs ross duncan guelph street on wednesday february 27th mr marchment is a past presi dent of the quarter century club bis son norman is also an em ployee of provincial in the ship ping department mr marchment is taking a well deserved rest in floridaii at lake worth he tra- rev w e gill and mrs sam f mcclure president took the chair the executive of the local group is elected for a 2year term and elections were in order for this meeting the outgoing executive is mrs s f mcclure president earl wilson secretary and mrs j e maxwell treasurer the rev g l royal thanked the re tiring officers for their fine ef forts over the past two years the incoming executive is cam eron barker president norman icam secretary and hardy barn- hill treasurer rev w e gill will act as treasurer pro tern un til mr barnhill returns from florida it was decided to hold the an nual meeting during a twoweek period march 24th to april 7th the next annual meeting will be in home united church al loa it was reported that during 1956 the sum of 13050 ad been collected in the area a drop of 6500 over 1955 an effort will be made at the next canvass to reach a goal of 25000 entertainment by four wh lhc 5eshore lions who sang barber ca i shop ballads ptashnik touched t dance committee was headt r ed by jim turabull and gray walter attends aunts funeral at pickering thursday mrs herman mclellan main street north was called to picker ing on tuesday march 12th when her aunt mrs john dwyer died mrs dwyer who was horn in scot land came to pickering as a young child and had always lived there she was predeceased by her hit- for an indefinite period j flower aiwanokmbnts featum at norval tea tlw norval ladies association of brownies and guides held a my successful bake sale and af ternoon tear on saturday in the ul mrs bnrjepearce of j ttaut a vet no children- mrs dwyer very active in organizations of her church mrs dwyer rested at the mo eacbnfe funeral home picker ing for requiem high mass in st francis de sales church which was conducted on thursday ttarth 14jh at tiaja- interment waajn mrs floetta pearce dies suddenly rev alfred barker conducted a funeral service on saturday at the harold c mcclure funeral home for mrs john pearce 43 who died suddenly in mt dennis on thurs day mrs pearce the former floetta cook was the daughter of mrs violet cook 15 victoria st born in toronto she lived in stewart- town for a year and then in geor getown attending school here when her father had a barber shop on main street the family moved back to the city and she lived there until 1949 when she returned to georgetown she had lived in mt dennis for the past thiee years she was a member of first bap tist church here and was instrum ental in organizing the sunshine club which she patterned after a similar young ladies group to which she belonged in mt dennis surviving are her husband one son jackie her mother and a sis ter mrs william cumpsty helen 40 main st s a brother track died several years ago pallbearers at the funeral were herb brown theodore nick brown lew tracey herb roanier sam tennant and thomas wilson toronto interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown it off from rem backed that one up two minutes later with his second tally of the night a hard drive from close in that caught d hardy going the wrong way beaumont and grasby were awarded the assists it totk just 14 seconds for ferri to put the cap on his hat trick beaumont and ptashnik were both in on this one that- crossed the line at the 852 mark by this time the handwriting was carved deep into the old proverbial wall chard and white got together to put an end to the beaumont ferri ptashnik trios monopoly of the fire alarm sounds x while phone installed firemen turned oat promptly at the are hall when the siren blew las wednesday morning but there was no place to go the alarm yrta set off when a bell telephone workman- tatt a wrong wire while installing the new telephone at the hall which will handle all ealhi for the new ge volunteer ambulance s ni l vi er at 1105 ptashnik banged in his second at 1358 on ferris relayed pass from beaumont seconds before di xon beat hardy to rap it up at the 1434 mark the raiders can eliminate the oakville club with a win or a tie when they imcet back in oakville on friday if air eighth game is needed it will be played on neutral ice possibly brampton or miton what council did poor drainage is windsor rd complaint mondays council meeting took a seasonal turn when a delegation of ratepayers from windsor road asked for action on eliminating a muddy condition which they said blocks driveways speaking for the group bern ard cassell said culverts seem to be the answer and that residents are willing to pay for them if the town will instal them road chairman walter gray explained that there is a differ ence of- opinion about culverts and that his department has de cided to grade the ditches and put hard bottoms in the ditch where driveways enter cr alfred sykes complained that the subdivision roads should never have been taken over by the town as they werent in proper condition the roads are good he was told by cr gray this is a ques tion of entranceways cr sykes maintained that pro per drainage is part of a road system mayor armstrong said that any new road will give some trouble and disputed cr sykes assertion harrison wood indicated a simi lar problem on bairstow crescent although he said that he realizes the town has not taken over these roads i dont thi the roads in del- ie will eve be in a hi state to take over was his claim he said fill being used is about 85 clay and any heavy material sinks to the bottom he suggested the town engineer contact the subdivider cr sykes said it is the engi- ners responsibility to see that proper material is going into the roads a road that was once a plowed field takes a year or two to put in shape was mayor armstrongs opinion he said that he had watched similar problems in each new subdivision and that it is council did road chairman objects to initialling accounts award to gordon bird tops 3 ryerson courses a trophy for the outstanding student in three courses at ryer- son institiite of technology has been awarded- to- a district man gordon bird gordon who is the son of mr and mrs milton bird r r 3 is a 1956 graduate in electronic technology presently working in ottawa with the defence research board on the international geo physical year program he is a graduate of milton high school he expects soon to be leaving for fort churchill manitoba where he will be working for the next year and a half on friday he was presented with the eric palin trophy by h h kerr principal of ryerson the large trophy with a replica which becomes mr birds proper ty is awarded to the outstanding graduate in electronics electrical technology and radio and tv- arts presentation took place before an assembly of third year students at the same time paul prust son of mr and mrs richard prust 14 james st received con gratulations from mr kerr he placed a very close second with a tec paper he presented at a recent interuniversity contest held by the london branch of the institute of radio engineers score sheet white flipped tqjimpossible to expect perfect roads chard for georgetowns 6th mark- tne first year a subdivision opens reeve allen said that on cer- tain types of soil clay fill is need ed to stop gravel from sinking retirement presentation for mrs james inolis retiring on pension recently from the office staff of alliance paper mills ltd mrs james biglis was tendered a farewell party at the mill she was pre sented with a gift certificate in recognition of her 32 years as a member of the office staff of the mill glen williams mr and mrs john gray visited with mr and mrs clayton allen on sunday the grays who have been in toronto are returning jo their home in edmonton alberta this week sunday visitors with mr and mrs willlanvbverson were mr and mrs ai alexander and famuy of toronto i qamher to call tf an ambulance is k skaters morganson boost easter seals the georgetown rotary club officially launched their easter seal campaign monday night with their annual easter seal dinner in knox church hall president dick shearly introduc ed bud mcallister from the on tario society for crippled children who spoke to scffle- g a tending on the activities and foun dation of the society after which he introduced telegram sports writer and guest speaker for the evening bunny morganson mr morganson interviewed two other honoured guests world pairs figure skating champions barbara wagner and bob paid the speakers were thanked by rotarlan john ord who presented miss wagner and mrs morganson with bouquets members of the head table in cluded mr and mrs bunny mor ganson barbara wagner and bob paul mr and mrs 9ohn ord mr andmrs dick shearly mr- and florida honeymoon for mr mrs robert heaton kirstin maria leslie daughter of mr and mrs william leslie rockwood became the bride of robert harold heaton son of mrs wilson heaton glen williams on saturday march 2nd in st al- bahs anglican church glen wil liams rev kenneth richardson officiated at the ceremony mrs donald hancock sang the lords prayer before the ceremony and o perfect love during the signing of the register she was accom panied by mrs r williams the church was decorated in pink and white chrysanthemums the bride given in marriage by her father was gowned in a street length white brocaded taffeta gown styled on princess lines with matching jacket her bridal veil fell from a brocaded taffeta pill box trimmed with pearls she carried a white prayer book with orchids her earrings and neck- the battle of the accounts led to a brief skirmish at council meeting monday when road chairman walter gray said hadnt initialled road accplints be- cause he doesnt think itts nee sary v- v last week council voted- to pay only accounts which have been initialled bar a committee chair man on monday several ac- counts were held because this procedure had not been followed by some committee heads its not fair to keep a man waiting for his money said cr gray i checked every road ac count and they are supported by vouchers i didnt have time to initial the accounts this morning and 1 dont think its necessary mr gray said that if this pro cedure is followed council should go one step farther and read every item on each account in stead of just a total reeve allen said the purpose of the new procedure is to have a committee chairman in a posi tion to explain any account and that it is designed to speed up payment this practice is uncommonfor us but is used by many councils said the mayor a similar system is used in county council he said the mayor explained that he is not against the new system al though he jroukhvt press it him self because he knows how much work a councillors job entails cr harry hale was reappointed as councils representative on the committee which supervises the boys band 500 of their 1500 annual grant was passed for pay ment limehouse mrs patterson hostess for presbyterian wms mrs chas james and baby de borah elizabeth were guests of honour when mrs a ferrier was hostess for a shower held for them on wednesday at the home of mrs gisby the wmls met at the home of mrs a c patterson on thursday evening using the theme the earth is the lords mrs gisby reviewed from the study book on south east asia mrs roughley read scripture and mrs smet- hurst led in prayer an invitation was read to attend the official de dication and opening of the ex tension to armagh at clarkson and an appeal was received for lace were of pearls extra contributions to clear off the the brides attendant was joan i deficit of the wj4s in canada chatier gowned in a royal blue budget text word was quiet shot taffeta gown fashioned on princess lines street length with matching headdress her flowers a a oproy of pink caina donald hancock acted as grooms- wjhiam leslie received for mrwdaughter at the reception helcljpit st albans parish hall wearjngnap with white ac- cessoriesvnd a corsage of red heaton assisted her lue gown with pink ind a corsage of pink roses in medium accessories roses for their motor trip to florida the bride chose a dark grey suit topped with a black and white wool shortie coat with pink acces sories and a corsage of mauve or chids mt and mrs heaton will live in their new home in glen williams they are both em ployed at the alliance paper mill mrs smethurst read a short ar ticle the meeting closed with the lords prayer and the hostess set v luuth afteiwaids the william wheelers of toron to were with the roughleys a week ago mrs geary and donna of toron to visited the karns and james nobles over the week end mr and mrs calvin mcdonald and wee son of elmwood spent the week end with the kirkpat- ricks mr and mrs wilfred greenlees and hiss lois of campbetbdlle were with the a w bentons on sunday the a c pattersons and mr gilbert sinclair visited mrs dan mckechnie on sunday mr and mrs earl mckay jot brampton visited the pattersons on tuesday last week juniofs even series beat welland 41 sspf8sp hillsbursh winners at farmers bonspiel rinks from- hillsburgh erin and brampton and georgetown joined local curlers on thursday when the georgetown club held its annual farmers bonspiel a total of twenty rinks played with hillsburgh getting top honors in both draws the winning rinks were skipped by bert awrey and george overland second -prise- winner was jui erin rink- skipped by george hortoh and a local rink skipped hy gpldle burt nels robinson and- perc cleave were skips of two local rinks which pla ced third a number of district merchants donated prises for the bonspiel in cluding orval shea and pmub rob inson norval art scott fred ma- veku hewson motors op afclwesiljlmyfmurtamli ri acaiiad three big third period tallies by georgetown two of which were scored rnio an empty net gave the junior raiders a commanding 41 decision over the welland crow- land combines saturday night and evened their playoff series at one game apiece welland had a much better share of the pjay than the score- would indicate ironically enough it was in the scoreless stanza the second that both squads had their best chances to blink the light varga fox and kormos were the- most frustrated trio in the middle session when lockhurst got in the way qf every shot thrown at the cage many of which iookedheajd- ed for an open corner worenchuck at the other end of the lee duplicated every stunt locknurst nulled off robbing the jjts of at least three tallies and grandstanding just enough- to draw ptalses trom both aider of- jhefencl f tj therei were three exhibitions of