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j- v a 13 ft 2 sixteen pages georgetown ont wednesday evening november 27th 1957 v first section many georgetown singers successful at guelph festival georgetown singers figured pror tninenuy in the winning section at 4he guelph kiwanis festival which concluded friday after a busy week of adjudication by dr ern esto vinci of the faculty of the royal conservatory of music tor- onto interest in the festival locally was greatly aided by the efforts of kenneth r harrison arct rmt in encouraging promising young singers to compete and in enter- ingthoirs and trio groups from th schools- it was somewhat of aopersonal triumph too for mr harrison total score of pupils whom he teaches in the schools or privately accounted for a total of 22 first prizes 19 seconds and ten v thirds eight scholarships and six trophies were also won by his pup ils 5 the high school choir and harri son public school won 25 cash aw ards and david farnell a 1250 simpsorissears scholarship four outoftown pupils of mr harrison were also scholarship win ners leonard berry who shared with three others the 100 dr ed ward johnson scholarship bill brush the mathewswells scholar ship lynne mckerr and carol todd the presto music club schol arship leonard berry won the sharpe memorial trophy as the male voc- the weather mr editor the little taste of winter shown in this weeks summary may be just a touch of whats around the corner era batkin date max min rain and snow mon nov 18 55 35 r32 tues nov 19 39 32 flur wed nov 20 38 29 si thurs nov 21 37 28 s fri nov 23 35 25 sat nov 23 39 21 sun nov 24 40 31 average 40 2v4r32 t sjlv k- plan harrison addition for next september north halton public schools held their semi finals in their pub- taught at wngglesworth lie speaking contest in the howard a lhlr prue winner alist showing outstanding promise heatheranne hayward and jim craig will have their names inscri bed on trophies for receiving high est standing among guelph vocal ists pupils of mr harrison who won first prues included david farnell who wrin two solo classes for boys 8 and under janet armstrongs girls 8 and under brad living stone boys 10 and under ellen biehn girls 10 and under roberta hawes girls 11 and over jim craig guelph heatheranne hay- ward guelph carol todd milton pjano solo lynn mckerr milton bill brush milton and ben berry milton who took two first prizes for tenor solo harrison public school topped three from guelph with their grade 6 chorus the high school girls choir won in its class as did the triple trio pupils of mr harrison swept the duet classes in a combined class for girls and boys david rawson and larry saunders wefefirst joy and lynn mckerr milton second and margaret murray and pant turnbull third sharon cook joyce fleming and carolyn biehn were first in the ladies trio sandra sproule maureen hepburn and vir ginia barber second betty jean anderson margaret mcfarlane and joan cummins third betty jean anderson and joan cummins won the duet class for girls 18 and utt der with virginia barber and san dra sproule second joan and pat young of guelph third in the duet for girls 14 and un der milton groups placed first and second lynne merritt and ruth ann sherratt margaret whewew and susan sargent the milton male quartette also was a first place winner numbered among the second prize winners were lajlrry saurtders in 2 classes barbara evans rob erta hawes jane mcfarlane dav id shrubsole milree wilson mil ton heatheranne hayward guelph bui brush milton mollie mckay guelph david lockie milton leo nard berry milton third prices were won by glenn turnbull marilyn heslop barbara markham gail stigger marsha ar mani douglas nayler milton da vid lockie milton marina allison now of erin who attended school here last year when her father school georgetown proud possessor of the blue cord one of thefttighest awards a girl guide can possess is barbara kinrade 14 ofcender blvd a 3rd form high school student she is the daughteabj mr and mrs william kinrade 4 currie sinclair council all return in esquesing acclamation receiving the blue cord a high girl guide award is barbara kinrade the ceremony took place recently at a special guide meet- i ing in wriggles worth school auditorium in the picture left to right are mrs john aaafthies 5 orchard blvd captain mrs nor man marchment 79 maple ave w district commissioner mrs egbert reed norval ontario public relations officer and barbara the entire esquesing township council will return to office for another year after mondays nom lnation meeting in which their names were the only onesi proposed by ratepayers three members of the school area board were also uncontested in their nomination for additoinal two year terms members of the 1958 towlishjp council will be reeve george cur rie deputy reeve campbell sin clair and councillors walter lin- ham wilfrid bird and george les lie the council leans heavily on experience with the three council lors all former township reeves and mr cufrie and mr leslie are both past county wardens r j cunningham school board chairman this year clarence coles and stanley brown were returned to their school board posts j p kirkwood and rev g lockhart royal are the other two trustees elected a year ago a ratepayers meeting which fol lowed the official nominations was one of the quietest in the town ships history with clerk k c lindsay as- chairman members of the council and school toward were introduced and each spoke brief ly there were no question from the floor and those present seem ed to be weh satisfied with the way municipal business has been conducted this year tteevc currie in his acceptance speech pointed to a 6900 estimat ed surplus to be carried forward to next years operations township residents paid 187000 in taxes this year with schools roads and county services taking the major share of operating costs reeve currie confined most of his talk to county affairs which have become big business wioi an assessment of 105 million dol lars being increased by 13 million next year when 11000 residents of east flamboro are incorporated in county limits mr currie said the increase would not be as optimistic as it seems for though halton will gain extra assessment there will be more calls on public services 1ast georgetown member of a etna lacrosse team social personal mrs rex heslop heslop court was in englehart and kirkland lake last week visiting with her brothers and sisters dr j t biehn of sarnia is visiting today at the home of his brother mr and mrs walter biehn 26 queen st mr and mrs jack hart and douglas of st catharines were weekend guests of mr and mrs stan finlay 17 durham street mr frank miller of londesboro spent the week and with his mo ther mrs w j roe of r r 1 georgetown mrs w g o thompson 15 william street leaves friday for a dental surgeon in georgetown for over half a century francis robert watson lds dds 80 died at his home 14 park ave on friday he was a georgetown na tive son of alfred and eveline taylor watson and had lived his whole life in the town of his birth after receiving his early educa tion in the georgetown schools he graduated in dentistry at the university of toronto in 1899 then established a dental practice here which he continued until bis retirement a few years ago he was the last surviving geor getown resident of the famous aetna lacrosse team which cap tured the dkmiinion eha inp at the turn of the century and also played on hockey teams of that generation a member of first baptist church dr watson jails county hornet children aid and roads speaking briefly about hiltons road system he said the county council is endeavouring wherever possible to put permanent surfaces on the roads and another ten miles had been completed in 1957 favours hospital plan deputy reeve campbell sinclair mentioned the new hospital plan in his speech and said he believes the system by which the county will grant 6000 a bed for new hos pitals and take over the million dollar oakville hospital debentures is the only sensible way to finance these necessary buildings new hos pitals are in the planning stage in burlington milton and george town esquesing has a problem in maintaining the heavilytravelled road from the glen bridge to the mountain he said which despite 1000 spent on calcium last year was a dust nuisance a large part of the time hard surfacing would cost some 15000 a mile but it is worth considering he said as a solution to the trouble new fira area plan cr waiter linham who is an esquesing representative on acton fire area board said difficulties have been ironed out and that the area has now agreed to supply a new fire truck which will be hou sed in acton- the 16500 vehicle will be paid for by a 3 mill levy for three years on area residents the area will pay 100 per fire call with no standby time mr linham asked residents to be on the lookout for damage to township road signs which are be ing destroyed by vandalism it is discouraging to see a 500 expendi ture being wasted in this manner he said new hornby park cr wilfrid bird mentioned the new park at hornby jointly finan ced by esquesing and trafalgar the 12 acre property will be de cided asset for future citizens he said mr bird also expressed concern about the dust nuisance on the glen road snoop claim low the last member to speak has wrigglesworth school last friday evening principal william kin rade was chairman for the evening pupils participated from george town milton and acton cachbcinj the winner from their particu lar school those n the cnte what council did in the triple trio class for public schools trios from chapel street school placed first and third and one from ruglewortri school sec ond thoufih not successful in placing in the meda portions a number of were mark llcvolivn grade 7 har- other youns georgetown vocal- rison public school georgetown acquitted themselves well and pa- frances mcmamer grade 7 w i ed valuable txperienoe h compc dick puhhcschool milton bonnie tn n the festival these includ- brush grade 8 bruce street pub- i ed kenneth babey gordon lird lie school milton sonja berg gr orcnville tost philip white fvter 8 howard wrigglewsorth pub- norton paul marko robert mr lie school georgetown ingrid umber ijrry allen murdock ntc langobeck grade 6 chapel slree farlanc len taylor rex heslop public school georgetown man david tongue pat norton joyce kay gibbons grade 8 robert lit- mclean charlcne lee andrea tie public school acton eva han- chaplin gave taylor jack haynes sen grade 7 m bennett public bobby mcmenemy douglas har- school acton linda coulson i ley gordon hallitt douglas mai- grade 6 j m denyes public icolm dennis wright albert tay- school milton wayne norton mary rawson hot alfred barker georgetown judy sproule frances linton an- reb a mevmutn ad miu prau carol mcgilvray gloria pou meeting when a motion of g rogers of acton were the judg- turnbull pat lowe jacqueline es their decision was that mary shepherd anne peterson judith kay gibbons robert little public i berry heather arnold sharon school acton was first frances i sweeiie barbara whitmee virg- mcmaster w l dick public school mia lee edwina smith janis milton second and eva hansen of chaplin yvonne sloan andrew de the m z bennett public school of boer cairne babey sonja berg acton was third karen armann betty carey car- mary kay gibbons the winner r farnell klaartje vandervoort will compete in the finals of the jon hurst acton who is the son county at the lawrie smith school ol mr and mrs joseph hurst and burlington next friday evening grandson of mr and mrs harry hale of town was silver medallis in the oratorio class for boys un changed voices knocks builders proposal ho benefit to town hyde cr ern ihlc took strung ilj turn at mondays council mphmi to a motion paid at the previous week- council nieetru givng a proval in principle to a propii of north halton builders ara tion that more residential building land be released in delrex with the association promising to prom ote industrial and commerce growth by putting part of their prr- fits into a stock company for this purpose cr hyde was absent from the earnings in industrial and com mercial property he said that statements made at the council table were a slur on the builders reeve allen said he had no opposition to them forming a com pany but felt that before more lots were released there were a lot of questions for which he would seek an answer cr harrison said the issue had served as a deacon and sun- ottawa where she will spend j j i superintendent had christmas with her son jack and been a me of the baptist his family home mission board and was miss kay tyers daughter of mr treasurer of the local bible society usually nothing left to report ex and mrs e b tyers 24 tyers av- for a 25year term he was a ccpt sheep claims said cr george cnuc arrived home last week af- member of georgetown high leslie in this case it was a happy ter spending her vacation in m- school board for many years report with only s170 last year tra- ami beach and fort lauderda- he leaves his wife alberta l ced to attacking dogs florida glass whom he married on june mr leslie referred humorously miss marilyn gojdie of oakville 21st 1900 and one sister ilazel to speeches by the deputy reeve mr hugh moggy and mr george mrs j brooke of toronto a and cr bird remarking that they pennie of ianitovaaning manitou- brother fred and a sister sirs must have had election speeches hn island were recent visitors a winfield prcdeccn ed him prepared when they got into the with r and mrs herb reid at rev alfred barker conducted problem o the glen road dust he the funeral service in first bap- said council will continue to look tist church on monday with in- after the road to the best of their terment following in greenwood ability but made no promise of stewarttown mr and mrs murray moloy weslcyan street have just re turned from a motor trip to new castle bridge new brunswick where they visited with her mo ther mrs james connor on saturday mr and mrs harry mann 12 college st enter tained a number of friends and re- cemetery georgetown pallbtear ers were watson winfield jack watson jack moore speyside frank mackintosh acton ed hill and edgar mckinnon toronto- 4 latives from georgetown and to- should be aired in full at a coun ronto at a cil meeting in the future herrington 13 year record winter fair poultry judge c e herrington who raises fan cy poultry at sunset farm ballin- afad as well as editing feather fancier a monthly poultry paper was chosen to judge at the royal winter fair for the twelfth con secutive time this year mr her rington judged the american breeds and bantams at the poultry show exhibiting 104 birds be placed one hundred of these in the prize money his 40 first price wins in cluded eight breed champions clarence spence who had two approval was unanimously passed following the reading of mondays minutes he spoke at some length i expressing his opinion that the builders scheme should be turned down the association mr hyde sai represents three firms affiliated with the delrex organization ter other local firms and 23 non res dents twenty six members of the as i sociation members couldnt care less as far as georgetown is con cerned and their problems should not be our problems he said request for a laxi license by geo sellmer 43 normandy blvd met with councils approval art scott of arthur scott motors ltd asked that a hydro pole in front of his garage and interfer ing with his driveway be moved while the telephone company is making changes in the under ground cable he said he had ask- outshoot oakville but raiders lose tuesdays game house warming it was also their 26th wedding anni versary mr and mrs bill davich of crystal beach visited recently with her brother mr andy hun- the raiders made a great effort ter and mrs hunter in glen wil- to get off the skids last night by liams a nephew clarence ostran- outrushing the oakville meteors der of huttonville was also a and ouuhooting them 42 to 21 b isitor fore about three hundred fans but rev morgan mcfarlane officiat mills oakvilles replacement or ed at the baptism sunday at the hardy last years goal tending wi 11 am service in st johns unit- rd unbeatable cruikshank when steven donald also p a hrp game in glen williams burial for mrs p mel i wain mrs sadie sahli mcllwain died in edmonton alberta on tues day november 19th in her sixty- third yeaf she was born in glen williams the daughter of the late leslie and martha sahli mrs mcllwain was the wife of the late proctor mcllwain who jire- deceased her in 1954 a son les lie in 1955 and a brother jack in first prizes and carman copland i 1953 also predeceased her she is weer other local members of the survived by a son gordon of tor- georgetown and halton poultry onto and a daughter dorothy le association who showed at the of edmonton with whom she had fair social ano personal mr and mrs w n brownridge 43 maple avenue west entertain ed at a surprise birthday party last sunday for miss mary sayreson the occasion of her birthday mrs brownridge served guests a tur key dinner those presentin non- oar miss sayres were mr w s saqnea kincaid saaiartchewan m hewlauv auniltoa mr and been making her home and a sis ter mrs howard garvin of glen williams the funeral service was conduc ted at the ross craig funeral home 1357 queen street toronto on friday the 22nd at 2 oclock interment was in gjen williams cemetery padbearers were jim costell jack hamilton lome gar vin tom mcpwaia jack mdrwaia and wdbhgtoa meowain rev dr biles tabmfiy of sl oure as ed for this concession for several cd church when steven donald also p a sharp game in the years but that the cost had been buck son of mr and mrs james nets for lhc raiders and though too great now the job could be c buck of ostran der blvd was not worked nar s mills came done for around 100 baptised u the oi mve on a number crs grav and mcgilvrav moved a winmim im 1 ul ubled shols the wo that got a motion that the work be pr m m wi i iv dflecled after voting ajramst adoption of with due to lhe of mr d mrs d u ne 15 jhe ftaiders had to go with only he said school enrolment a year 1 w k j5 luurnam street brought a week- two hnes fr agbiibst the met- ago was 606 and this year it is 715 lrom f eors wlt some 0 their regulars put rmv spaafes still out including beaumont aw w j l hampshire who was hard surfacing lrg schools or small the problem of building large schools to which pupils would be transported or smaller ones which can be reached by walking is one which concerns the school board according to r j cunningham whr spoke for the board as chairman his sentiments were echoed by other school trustees clarence co les stanley brown and j p kirk wood when they spoke a 3 room school cannot be built with full government grant but a 5 room school can but the saving in building cost can be eaten up in transportation if larger schools be come the rule it was pointed out on the other hand it is becoming difficult to get teachers who will teach more than one grade and parents are pressing for new mod ern buildings mr cunningham is concerned about damage to school properties particularly broken windows at tendance in the area is growing ed letter received ome time xtlrlx 55 i tnd rieve bv council in which the builders f u weea ena miss beverley learn group outlined a plan in genera terms a proposed 400 which a at least pay half the cost since he was reaping the most benefit they presented an amendment to whose home is in sarnia miss marilyn bell now of sarnia builder would nut into a stock i motion amng j spent last week end with her par company for each new lot released for house building would accomp lish nothing for the towns econ omy he said in effect he opined new residents buying a house would be setting up a company for someone elses benefit it would be possible for the com pany to build a million dollars worth of apartment buildings un der the proposal he continued which would be no asset to geor getown we have no responsibility to this organiration except to mem bers who are resident builders was cr hydes contention the authorization to build on 500 more lots would be more than those already constructed in del rex sunbeam and swanek togeth er he said bex heslop who was present at only be assessed half the cost but it ents mr mnd was defeated on a recorded vote main street south john bell 70 mr and mrs 4 to 5 the original motion was be mnd ue mer jooelyn then presented and carried unani- are e this week end for mouslv cr harrison said it was the first time this year that cr mc- tbeir new borne in beaurepaire montreal dr and mrs andy molozzi ot- gilvray did not want to save tawa were week end guests at her money for the town and cr mc- 1 mothers home mrs c sargent gilvray replied that he was pleas- charles street on sunday they ed to bear that statement with will- mr and mrs george sargent nomination so close at hand but motored to brantford to visit with that he also wanted to use his mr and mrs skip sargent and own judgment when to spend it six street lights were ordered changed to the new type lights on queen st four added to mcln- tyre crest and spotlights will be installed at the munucpal park ing lot for the convenience of the pnbltc their new baby son mr and xrs gordon frickf r norval were hosts on sunday for a surprise birthday party for mrs frickers father mr e b tyers of 24 tyers avenue guestr at the iarty were mr and mrs tyertv mir and mrs edjleneily charles and joanne collingwood mr and mba john tyei and i fyles whom the club is counting on for a heap of goals this season the v also lost cunningham for in indefinite period when he suffered a shoulder injury in the last per iod he was playing on a line with dave irons and newcomer fat grace the defence was much improved over their last outing as coach scotty patterson linked lou fa vc- ett with bill bingham and gerry inglis with pete bradkin to con tain most of the oakville rushing fawcett was the best of these and has added some playmakihg ability to his regular body thumping chor es to become a very valuable mem ber of this year bjtieline brigade up front bhake inglis and dave ir ons were the standouts 1 oakville scored their goals in the second and third periods tem pers exploded twice in the game grasby and hawkins tg1jg ar ound the midway mark and later in the jtame blake inglis squared off with bftbon township reeve in 1924 and later county sheriff was asked by the chairman to speak before the mee ting ended 7 mr hampshire expressed the op inion that rigid economy is need ed in operating municipal govern ment with larger and larger am ounts of a mans income being ta ken by taxes twenty years ago i said at one of these meetings that the day would come when a man wouldnt own his fartn and its proving true be said mr hampshire said he realizes the difficulties faced by councils and school boards with demand for more modern facilities but warned that the present boom may not last forever and extreme caution must be used in making major dec isions clerk k c lindsayald after wards that he had been surprised to note in looking at a tax kill of 1802 that the netrcemace of tax mi 1 i l