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knox presto erected in 181 stead was burnt building old landmark now profeswonal offices with e inoleulon of the ac counting office pf walter h pope ajt sjllmain sts the enterprise cmnmencedrthtp years ago by mrs j p hew converting her home into professional offices has been dmpletel the refd building now houses wttves i strong and the jiw offices of hew son qrd 01m latter firm is l into i bjranch office on no 7 highway at edward st in part of the new building erected recently by realtor wf huhtep the main st property is the original reid bocnestead and the first house was built about 1860 it was here that james held and his six brothers and sisters were born the family operated the reid hardware lousiness until it was sold to james goodlet in 1945 the present building next to was the old home- it was altered by mrs reid for georgoc hew- son when he took oyer the prac tice of kenneth m langdon when jf lapgdon was appointed ms strh hafldiltqn cpnst made the initial renovation changing the ground floor of the residence into three large offices anda library -when- j qrd joined the law firm j b mac- modern offices at the rear of the building an a large paiidng lot was constructed the mayor and ms secretary occupy a double office in the extension and mr hewson the other the staff now employed at the reid building comprises mrs ar thur suddaby mrs kenneth ro bertson mrs logan macdonald and mrs l t king with mrs wes fieblg assisting oh a part- time basis mrs tom beaumont will join the hewson ord staff shortly opens new offlce our services 2 on savings on 1 to 5year guaranteed investments executor and trustees under wills administrator where no will exists or whete executor doers not wish to act trustee for pension funds standingby attorney looking after ones financial affairs in case of illness or absence mortgage loams inquiries invited title in iks last yeaf haltons team of itojr fort jbeorge green- 3ahaeconfcreowa sprowl and lloyd vt sissjltks ontario acntttiralcduebe in n on similar honours and 1 rr- vrr r 0m new champs are be tha watson jtfan black bill mar shall and howson rnddell wm f hunter has moved his real estate office tram bwnpton and has opened an office locally in a new buvsng whirjh her con structed at the edward street highway comer- r- humser whose home is at terra cofta posed at his desk for jfras ptohwe recently when h held ofjeh house in his new office what council did wrong census figures may be costly to town a discrepancy in census figures may cost georgetown fl00 this year at council meeting monday a a- ma aa letter from the provincial govern- kawi we attoai cwckfl ment stated that the 1955 federal a a a census fieures are being iced for jl ritwl ncsmcmc phone victor 43216 halton and peel trust and savings co oakvilie a s nicholson preside- nt brampton assets 1840685 john r barber local director burlington o genl e manning manager theres a i ways good listening on cbc radio r 1 cbc radio ohm fallow every monday night starting next week t population on which a per capita grant will be received from the province the federal census shows the town population as 5881 while figures compiled at the same time by assessment commis sioner joseph gibbons indicate 6257 residents j mayor armstrong reviewed lengthy correspondence with the federal census bureau in which that department refused to ack- nowledge any substantial mistake in their records mr gibbons contended that his figures are i 100 accurate and have been spot checked by men from queens park 1 cant see why ontario uses the federal census when ours is conducted under the provincial department said mayor arm- strong the town will continue to press its case for a revision in figures in common with all halton municipalities except oakville georgetown wijl oppose use of an assessment manual issued by the dcpt of municipal affairs which would mean revising all present assessments i i x c t another ii ilaanhmc year has been caaphtte4l an the history of haltoa jwaiar fanners all four grn amaa ach nerval and patera were jrb m ev at the recent aaaaal sauting when their attixa af the past year were nmn and ptans made for iwniiwnjmn activities to be held dttrac the coarse off the next fear sin there is a membership ef 34 as m sat a and watched the despatch with which the retiring president jean pwftersoa handled the heavy anav we comld not help hat wash that sane of our senior pt caahf have been present tea toi see what an out- sranidwic jah these yaang people can hx thra as ace listened to the retinae sresetsry wqma sin dair present her i of the years activillam axri treasurer joan wrggjleswrth present her summarised suamrial atesncnt it made one- mwov- than a little proud to be a rwsiaems of a county which had savh a tbrnxnfi junior farmer orgsmwiraitamil beaded by such copahde asevrs how these halton debaters win provincial honours f halton junior farmers debat- int foursome won the provincial btte fay dejf eatinc the peal county quartette the event was held in conjunction with the annual goelpn the resolutioh under debate was resolved that the esttbuslunent of farms in ontario en the lo0cre unit basis is detrimental to sound economic ad vancement of ontarios agricul ture each- of the competing counties had both affirmative and negative teams the two debates were held at tiie same hour at massey ball baltons affirmative team of ber tha watson and john black en gaged peels negative team of lois strong and norma graham here the judges panel was miss ethel ypn of the home economics prior to the university style of debating being adoptttd hatton teain of svtanor mdceown and earl saosmnok tfc proyinchu during 1b55 marriages register ed in canada were 125851 for a marriage rate per 1006 population of ai ruth and cam wilsons the montblx meeting of norval junior farmers was held at the home of ruth and carl wilson on march 13th topic for the girls meeting was flowers and a speech was given by tom beid a georgetown florist and the ribbon used to decorate iv and several arrangements using cup and saucer a rose bowl table ary vase arrangement fred barnes and joan sarrop were in charge of the joint nfeet- ing they showed a comedy film called little tagger it showed what happens when a mifitjng m chine and a hair curler are inter changed a delicious lunch was served and bill kerr thanked the committee for it service toronto dr w d hop per of the department of agricul tural economics oac and pro fessor walter carpenter of the de partment of english ojvc mr carpenter is a former principal of georgetown high school un- amimously their decision went to the halton affirmative team at memorial hall haltons negl ative team of bill marshall and j howson rnddell took on peels affirmative team of keith parkin- son and heather ann hutton j the judges panel here was j m i purvis of the kemptville agri- cultural school professor a m ross of the department of eng- lish oac and miss florence eadie of the home evnomics i service toronto the halton negative team had to be content with a split decision of the jud- 1 ges panel but in as much as they had a margin of 48 points over their rivals it was a glorious vie- tory for the halton team mem- bers and their supporters who i were there in legion nineteen counties entered the competition the schedule of which commenced last december peel i county wau the fifth county eli- 1 minated by the halton county de baters during the series which involved three different resolu tions this is the third year in which halton debaters have taken the junior farmer debating title tr 72027 you save systematically and you protect your family at the same time when you become a policyholder of the sun life of canada clarence kroll r r 2 georgetown f we make foans o consolidate biffs oat cash bar to pay ownjr of your moc than bavo only on c paynwnt to mafc rh month twa bind payment often iaa than tha total iil yea now pay phona for your loan in ona vhit to js ofisca or com hv leant up to 2sm on sign furnttut ar auto si main street north brampton 2nd floor phone 174 okn evb4ings sy appointment phone foi evenino houts mntvy name co la co oaly h beneficial finance co hohum mr gibbons read a letter from p ne to plan rtallttlc dramas in a rural sethna otocumjantarles oohlnlng hie problems and accompushments of canadas pwlmary industries nxt mondayi thagowanrtca by 3anm fkinnermpi an wdhng sfory o5 ffre no lumbar eflmpirp county assessor ford rogers ask ing for an opinion for the first time in years weve had harmony in our county assessing system and the equaliz ation for setting the county rates remarked reeve stan allen as members indicated their happiness with the status quo requesting permission to erect a sign in front of his new busi ness building on the highway wm f hunter explained that it would be iri line with existing signs al though contravening the wording of the building bylaw his pro perty line is farther back than other highway frontage he said cr alfred sykes objected to granting the request he said that last year other signs had been ordered moved to new locations and there would be trouble if couitcil deviates from the bylaw he was supported by deputy reeve sargent crs mcgilvray and harrison to defeat a motion made to grant mr hunters re quest mr hunter also asked that a ditch in front of his building be filled in to provide better access it was explained that this had not been done last year because storm sewer is planned and jhe ditch wutbeejiminated umw tumttely the sewering will be de layed pending financing and the engineer and road chairman were asked to investigate to see can be done in the nnn orgaiuw aoxl sitasei so many out standing ewutls awtu never know it is aat sarprosuig therefore that some af aar wnaar arfianizations express the ovsigre tint the junior farmers jaia na and help them oat with seaar vt their projects we daml ahw the officers of these seniar airgwaizatiens for wanting ta bet same help from this group af ywant peepje who know haw ta prfl thongs done un- fortanatetr what the officers of these seaiar arspnjgaations tail to reaa is that these yanior of ficers afareavr have tbear hands mare than mo wh their own actwroiesl mrs state rarlrbv home ecoawaaist ftar baft peel and yorkcaaaafcass was present and brought arath her wards ef oom- hest njnhc f anaoers was pre- aajer ay aibiuananal bepre- x e whij and a parses swimming instructor course sandra daughter of mr and mtsl arthur scott maple avenue has been successful in passing her red cross instructors course enable sandra to when youre yawn giving something away i something sensible i youd imaglhe business would be pretty good so good in fact that youd be inclined td yawn take it easy t but when ifs free tb xrays you fust cant relax here are the facta though everyone realizes how valuable a chest xray is in the fight against tuberculosis we know some people will ignore their better judgment and not bother to attend to eliminate tuberculosis we must get 100 attend ance j s help us wqi you please to have a join the crusade ant be xrayed halton county tuberculosis association iii ffc ttp5stpsjfw