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y august 21st 1957 refst section what council did seuihg maple ave property pojes problem for couhol decision on selling a townown ed property on maple avet came to an inpaase at mond kt date wedvaug 14 thurs aug 15 rri aug 16 sat aug 17 sun aug 18 average to an impam at monday counctt meeting when no agreement could be reached on now to advertise the compiepnibisin ben sev eral weeks ago when an oner was submitted njral norton to putv chase the property loir commercial c use mis offer found- favour wlibg- councsxhut on a split vote it was decided to publicly advertise the lahd a others could tender it they wished subeeouently council discover- ed that in the official zoning plan just adopted on recommendation of the planning boaurd the land is toned as b3 residential by this time a majority of couneqlora had decided that the land is best suited for a commercial development and taw planning board was asked to reconsider the toning the piwg board advised council by letter on monday that in view of zoning being so recent they would prefer to defer any re scuing at the present time but if presented with a specific plan for a building on the property the question would be considered at that time when crs hyde and mcgilvray presented a motion to advertise the land for sale with the purch aser having 90 days to ascertain from the planning board if his building would meet their appro val it led to a lengthy discussion monday when only cr harrison supported the motion the matter was dosed for the evening mayor armstrong spoke against the motion saying he was not cer tain that the towa has the author ity to gdve an option which would be tbe effect of motion he also wondered if cu would overstep its fu by requiring a purchaser to tell what he intends to do with the ty- the weather mr editor and tbe goon weather goes on and oh an we do need rain era batkin max mm rain 72 74 85 84 76 73 78 78 49 s4 50 62 48 39 47 08 social ft personal visitors with mr and mrs ken coweo glen williams recently were mr and mrs pat donovan of brtntford mr and mrs corey r herring- ton 29 joan st toured northern ontario last week with mrs her- ringtons family the herbert t newlands of downsview guests vacationing at valley view cabins huatsville recently includ ed several from georgetown and district they included mr and mrs henry shepherd mr and mrs charles davis and miss gwen dav is mr and mrs r macdouald mr and mrs- g w fiebig and son wayne mr and mrs art buuivant and mr and mrs james wood arthur everett and dorothy ruth scott have returned from a pleasant two week visit with his parents mr and mrs lawrence everett plaster rock nb they accompanied them on a trip to prince edward island visiting ma ny places of historical interest on the two day trip to and from the maritibms they ware over night guests of her grandmother mrs david tormlty brownsburg pq they also visited with friends and relative in lactate pq mrs a w gilmer jo park ave mrs w c beynoldt 22 king st e mrs j 1 gulis is king st w and mrs jack ucmaster of wiar- ton have returned from a three week motor trip east they stayed at booth bay harbour maine for part of the time and visited also various spots in nova scotia new brunswick and quebec mrs mc- master remained in georgetown for a visit with mrs gilmer mr and mrs e w wodson who will be returning to toronto this week after spending part of the summer at the home of mrs w f bradley 70 main st s had miss dora farncooab of the new toron- ts unantoously against fa library staff as their guest one jy jjj wea miss farncombs father the late rev fred farn- comb was rector of st barnabas cburth when mr wodson was or ganist she also visited with mrs h l hutt 67 charles st during a tour of dominion seed house it was recalled that mr wodson had helped design the decorating s of the building when it was constructed in the thirties vwffjwii empjoyees have pknk at wrtflu employees of varian associates of canada and their families at- tendedapkhic at waterfalls jlay ground saturday which was spon sored by the companys recreation association a barbecue supper followed a jprogthm of games and races in which both children and adults participated amongwinnrs were egg throw mrs fred tost mrs alfred smith tom graham mrs alber mille cider race jim court herb rov inson wheelbarrow race mr and mrs norman long mr and mrs george frost slegged race mr and mrs milton armstrong race winners among the young er members at the picnic were children 34 pat lavell david long jim breckenridge 5 6 bonnie crichton glenn williams vicky frost 78 phillip lavell bobby graham sail peter la vell gary williams swimming peter lavell ricky smith sieg ed race peter and phillip lavell sack race d frost wheelbarrow ricky smith david graham add he at we dont want to sed it for housing and under present legis lation we cannot advertise it tor any other purpose so it would be a very confusing ad he said or mfcgilvray said that if tbe land b to be sold it would have to be aoned as commercial or a buyer might be getting a pig in a poke however he said be could see no harm in selling the land if a purchaser wants to take a chance and apply to the jivg board for a change in status its an- odd situation council housing yet cant sell the land for anything else was cr hydes opinion requested last week by mrs maurice hillock for permission to erect an addition on a duplex on queen st which would be cl to a street line than the bylaw allows council l monday that mrs hillock had had the piouuily- surveyed and that the addition would confusm with the local law a data by bell telephone co for damage to an underground ca ble whoe the town was grading tyers awe last fall was turned over to the towns insurance com pany gleh williams mr and mrs william jkoraek and family spent a few days at turgeon falls with his sister mrs s darcy and mr jarey their son wray darcy returned with korsacks to spend a week wil his cousin mac korzack in george town mr and mrs bert dixon and mr and mrs bert bullock visited the formers daughter rboda at turkey point for the weekend rhode aw been there all summer working for the bresnners at their summer botel their ion walter dixon just recently l home from high school cadet camp at ipper- mrs sadie thompson local mm sister funeral service was conducted on monday august 19th at the turner funeral home west broadway orangeville for sadie sinclair thompson mrs thomp son had been ill for several weeks and died in the duff erin area hospital on friday august 16th mrs thompson was born on lot 4 concession 10 erin township and lived there until her marriage to george thompson when they moved to the 6th line in erin township mr thompson prede ceased her twenty years ago and at that time she moved to orange ville and made her home with her sister mrs j h lang in orangeville she was a mem ber of westminister united church and was aa active manner of the womens ei of the church mrs thompson is sur vived by a brother wflham t sin clair of georgetown and two sis ters mrs fred scriven ethel toronto and mrs j h lang margaret of orangeville rev r w arkwright conduct ed the funeral service the pall bearers were will gillespie wil son bryan mr stewart robert mcenery and two nephews ver- ril mceachem and campbell sin clair interment was in falrview cemetery acton j flower bearers mrs fred native after an agnes leslie the age ofei getowa rest hi tlholtifmoii iacbttiy many years a djed at at the geor- on wednesday august 14th sb was born the daughter of matilda and joseph leslie in oiinguacomsy township 5th lino west aub attended the chinguncousy puhjic school- the lowe5th f- mrs thompson attended whitby ladies college wie- there she studied oil pai and many of her b p are treasur ed by her fanrayi she married jfred c thompson in 184 they were members of union presbyter ian church for many years during which time she was choir leader mr and mrs thompson moved to georgetown inlsm to ljthelr home on edith street where they uved until his death in 1951 mrs thompson then made her home with her daughter norma mrs l a pulling of mentone indiana and later with her son and his family mr and mrs f l thompson dur- in their stay in georgetown mr and mrs thompson were members of knox presbyterian church she an active member of use park cir cle wa music and needlework were her bobbies mrs thompson is survived by one sister mrs walter mcarpine of brampton the wife of the late rev walter mcalpine her daugh ter norma mrs l a pulling of j mentone indiana and bar son f la vera of georgetown four grandchildren bill and verne pulling dorothy mrs gordon coyne and roy thompson two great grandchildren haithew and sarah leslie pulling rev alex calder and rev g l royal conducted the funeral serv ice at the harold c mcclure fun eral home si edith street on sat urday august 17th at 200 oclock ralph thompson fred cole james eisner george leslie clarence ly ons and wilfrid leslie were pall bearers interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown fatally injured by car at wasaga beach david victor presudge of horn by district died suddenly oh thumv day v august 15th the result of an accident at wasaga beach dav id was struck from behind by a car on the beachfront road a-lad- of nineteen he was employed at a v roe anduved on the family farm in the hornby district having moved from lakevfew with the family ten years ago he attended public school in lakeview and mil ton high school davidwasra member of the tfal- ton flyingjclub udordy had three more hours flying tune mfbre he would have received his private flying licence a member of st stephens anglican church horn by he was a faithful choir member he leaves his parents mr and mrs george w prestidge a sister mrs lome whaley doris and broth ers george ernest eddy winston gary and allen he rested nt the david a mc clure funeral home brampton until saturday morning then was taken to st stephens anglican church where rev james maxwell conducted the funeral service six of his close friends were pallbear ers interment was in st steph ens cemetery what coumcm did town hydro wll share t ree trimming joha dodds cole was piinlop tire tfvfter funeral service for john dodda cole of thornbill took place at the trull funeral home north yonge street on monday afternoon mr cole was son of the late john h cole of burks falls and a nephew of jsverett w cole 44 charles street be travelled exten sively for- the djuralop tire rub ber co ltd of toronto and it was while on a business trip to mon treal that he suffered a heart seia- ure from which he did not rally he leaves his wife marjorie a daughter marlysne his mother mrsida cole brothers nixon of toronto and frank of port rowan and a sister betty mrs eldon mc- cahe what council did ashgrovu por farm maavtrr the farmers are getting the bar- vest off the field nicely so differ ent from last year as the wet wea ther saw grain still out in october doughs donald and carol brooks of hamilton have been ha ving holidays with mr and mrs cecil wilson and bth and also with mr and mrs herb wilson marilyn wilson spent a few days last week with her friend ann mil ler at nashville i we are sorry that mr arthur donald r and mrs george wing we all brown thomas allen jim melina hope better health is in store for delton patterson mack maud and mr smart mclean clayton beswick george fie are on u sj list two showers for terra cotta bride prior to her marriage to victor gordon spicer on saturday july 27th roberta elwood was entertai ned at a shower at the home of her grandmother mrs f schleicher of terra cotta she also received many gifts at a shower given her by the thursday thimble quo them tbe young people will have charge of the church service next sunday evening to commence at seven thirty mr allan neelon of ballinatfad will be the speaker fred barnes and bill wilson are enjoying some holidays this week down around montreal and lions plan 444 draw to aid swimming pool the georgetown lions will be sponsoring another lucky 44- car draw this fall the decision was made at the summer business and social meeting at the home of ray whitmee tuesday aug 1mb when tbe dub votea overwhelm ingly after a lengthly discussion en fund raising projects for the fall season the draw wul be nude on the night of a dub jamboree the date and other details con cerning the draw and jamboree were left in the hands of a caaanu- ttee comprising murt allison and jim robertson with don barrager as chairman au pro from this project will go to the com munity swirmnlag pool fundi in en estfort to dear up the bhaaea bob bardtley of brampton so pited the musical entertaiunent for the evening on his hanunobd electric organ at the completion of the meeting a buffet supper was served by ray whitmee tbe next meeting willbe at the home of ed pries with the regular dinner mee tings resuming on tuesday sept 3 in the legion jhall council voted 300 at their meet ing monday js the towns share in a treer trimming nrogram by which tbevhydro intends to in crease effectiveness of attract light ing in certain seonsofntown mayor annstroag eauined at the meeting that ttejtodteolaosifc mission has batf an engineer niahe a survey and the bee t is one of ins main recommenda it is particularly needed on main street north he said while the idea tbdnd favour with all the ctiuncillors the ex penditure was opposed by- crs mcgilvray and hyde who said the item has not been budgeted for and should not be included in this years expenses cr harrison said a street light is being installed on windsor rd just off the highway to provide better lighting at tins intessectiocl he also asked about lighting the new parting area behind main st subject of some discussion at a previous meeting the qvestton of whether verandahs are part of a house was decided in tbe negative the question had been asked by delrex developments who are con structing bouses some of which front on the 25 foot street allow- to leave amgucan rector director amcaster camp art aran last week rev kenneth rich- ardsorc rector of st georges ang lican directed the junior boys group at camp artaban near art- caster david dennis 11 byron st attended tbe camp from george town this week junior girls opened their camping session for week period those attending the town and district are ann lorraine noble roberta hawes barbara collect court costs no says town coancil they want us tepsupply a buil ding for holding court police off cers to make arrests and now we are expected to cuect court costs complained reeve stan al- uvu w iw ten at monoars council meeting ance council decided the reeve was commenting on such decision to the discretion of an account billed to the town by crown attorney lloyd dingle the first such received it was for court costs in a number of cases dismissed and for costs assessed which had not been collected by the court while council was not too upset by paying for cases dismissed strong opposition was reg to paying bills which the courts bad not collected themselves the bill was not paid and- councils fin ance committee was asked to reco- mend what to o about it another account this one for s0 from rex heuep homos was disputed by cr harrison and pay ment was deferred pending invest igation by the public works com mittee the company subanitted the bill for expenses incurred in starting an excavation for a building to bouse a water cuorinator at the sewage disposal plant after the i tender had been awarded coun cil decided the building is not ne cessary and stopped construction while other council members agreed that the contractor is en titled to recompense for the items billed cr harrison said tbe town had actually saved the contractor new seaway- mrs george kennedy of milton mits lynda puckering and karen is visiting with mr and mrs c p konack dick the building inspector question of allowing free ambu lance service to the faroiues of the volunteer brigade was brought op by the mayor council agreed that it would not be proper to have a member pay for such amlui when he is donating his own ser vices without charge there was same questjoa of in terpretation and the motion which finally carried is to allow free service to m and to family men of hold cr the sale of a portion of central ark to halton cooperative sup plies was conupleted with passing of a bylaw authorizing this sell ing price is 4w0 mayor armstrong reported that while no arrangement has been made with bsnuesing township for ambulance service supplied by the town he understands that any bill not paid will be honeured by the township council m m presenting his road report cr walter gray mentioned in pro cess as widening mill st hill grad- money he said that trouble had ing and using calcium on the map- been encountered in finding a lie ave extension and a sidewalk firm basis for footings for the survey which will lead to some re building and it might have cost pairs a two iheslop homes money to fulfil i froml the contract which had ing clause for this no protect- braiden beaumont wedding party last slkotpwrb trj empty aajaummo a ore at the merlemae wednesday aftarueoa attabout s4b pjn was behaved by police to be started by chodrea the the which started in the rink taosed little damage and at yet naute have been unable to hovmbe lee cream stand thy ste which fa hsnrtsoii service sistgawwikee not this councillor mcgilvray reported that letters have been mailed to delinquent taxpayers in a drive to collect back taxes owed tbe town a suggestion by cr hyde that a white centre strip he painted on ewing st at the highway approach and a keep right sign be erec ted was referred to the roads com mittee for consideration relaying a complaint by a resi dent that police had said no i tion could be taken about a neigh hours barking dog- because the town has no antinoise bylaw cr hyde was told by police committee coalman harrison that he would check with the police will smfci j and i tfwft mndtm- after thei u in 51 ajbens anglicarf church den wjion of y and t t and hto bride jewo bowmosit is the d of aar fowajimsn tjtw ljhfinejinvpn bftsca brairjtnv 079 vavatarmmt- l u- aaa amtitaii n stair i i terra cotta frost gompmr official farmers chit speaker mr andmrs frauer macdonald were hosts to the terra cotta far mers club monday evening aug ust 5th at their home in the lad ies portion of the meeting they answered roll call by the farthest 1 have been from some mrs wil frid leslie read a paper on the ma ple leaf and its significance mr charles burton assistant manager of halton and peel trust company was the guest speaker for the joint session and he gave the menrbers some very useful th- rortoauon hb talk was most in formative and valuable mr archie kerr marie and bob entertained with awafera selections fcl fieapjim sodol persoaal mr andstrs jd oat o gl wuliams have just returned from a two weeks trip to the west they travelled on the canadian and visited friends in carbeny winni peg brandon and saskatchewan mrs s groat and mrs aileen bradley s3 victoria street were guests at mrs elizabeth mocraes cottage last week on georgian bay near craigieith mrs mccraes mo ther mrs helen fisk guelph was also a guest mr and mrs stan wright stew- arttdwn and sorts glenn and mur ray have returned from a vaca tion spent at clear lake the wrights are planning to move to georgetown and will be irving at 31 edith street ken leeson of the cnr station staff is away on a trip west tra velling through the states via cbleago be will visit california and washington state then van- cower and victoria bc mh the trip home on the naitmrftra ride mr and mrs robert hedley 7 brucewood road enjoyed a four week holiday by car covering 7000 miles to calgary edmonton jas per banff lake louise vancou ver victoria as well as visiting se veral of the states en0agments aux and mrs- hirgh m ridof grand view farnu erin township announce the easjagement of their oamgater mary seorgeina to don ald ftdoa ltoihstone ana- -of- mrs amert ijrviaavtooe geofge-