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thb oeorobtown herald wwlnmdw bra ju 14tfc 1959 faqbtb have you a drinking problem perhaps aa can help youi fsrthformauon write p o box k georgetown henri hansen dancing school modern and ballroom lessons tmit agar and adult 7 9 pm stewaltttown hall each monday beginners class you will receive 8 houra instruction per jnonih enrolment every monday georgetown arena seasons schedule monday figure skating private tluh 440 pm tuesday free skating for chil dren under 10 years 4 5pm hockey at 8 30 wednesday thursday curling friday free skating for children 10 up to high school 45 p m hockey at 8 30 saturday little nhl hockey from 7am 1 pm midget hoekey 5 6pm public skating all ages 24 p m and 7 9pm skating adults only 910 p m coming events jitfeek of prayer servicetonight wed in knox presbyterian church at 8 p m all invited home halting sale friday jan 16th in grand union carroll s stove from 2pm sponsored by georgetown women s institute euchre the ladies auxll lary of the fire brigade are hold ing a euchre in the fire hall on tuesday january 27th at b15 lunch good prizes everyone is cordially invited 121 prenatal classes r series statts tuesday feb 3rl 1 30 330 pjn in knox presbyterian church conducted by halton health unit 1 21 the georgetown branch of the canadian red cross society are holding their annual meeting in the legion auditorium on thursday january 29 j959 at 8 30 p m everyone is urged to attend now at your service abc taxi operated by w bill braisby calif anytime tr fully insured 74058 annual meeting of esquestng agricultural society srewarhown hall tues jan 27 8 00 pm election of officers financial statement refreshments baby clinic lum geflrgetowec tamr mom- days of every month l30 r u0 statutory hobday exc st georges junior choir will hold a itehre m the church hall on thursday jajabary 15th at s pjn adnutsioa 50c k cordially invited m euchre on saturday jan 17th bake sale aprons good prases re freshments chickens for doofptb es 800 pjoo in sl pants parish hall norval guild auspices li remember the marathon euchre in lunehouse memorial hall start ing saturday jon 24th everybody welcome sponsored by lunehouse wj the local council of women are holding v regular meeting at the home of mrs a m nielsen 40 market sl on friday jan 23 at 230 oclock the euchre advertised by es- quesmg agricultural society for saturday night has been postponed until friday february 6th m fav our of euchre in norval parish halt jthe group committee of lune house cub pack will hold a euchre thursday january 22nd 1958 in lunehouse hall at 815 admission 50c good prizes and lunch 121 georgetown hospital women s auxiliary general meeting monday jan 26th wngglesworth school auditorium 8 pjn a member from provincial auxiliary will be pres ent everybody welcome come and support your hospital 1 21 come to the euchre party in stcwarttown hall saturday even uig january 24th at 815 sponsor ed by georgetown v omen s insti tute good prizes and lunch ad mission 50c draw will be made for an afghan 1 21 the annual meeting of geor getown horticultural society will be held m nggleswurth school wed jan 21st at pun program will include reports for the past ear a showing of films and elec tion of the new board for 1959 all members are urged to attend the public is invited the milton district and area organization for retarded chil dren will be holding a general meeting to which am one interested is invited to attend at sunshine school brown street milton op posite the arena on thursday january 15th at 815 club mid town has formed as an additional activity to their fn day night dances a modern dance club which will provide dance in struct ion in the mambo samba fox trou waltz and other popu ar iancrs the club will meet thurs- jav evening at the rose room and is open to all young people at high school or be ween the ages of 13 26 years leadership will be under ihe qualified direction of vickie lay if ou are interested con tact one of the following carol mills 3315 bill wilson 3556 lin da korzack 4185 dave smith 2907 diane greenwood 3349 or call at the cottage inn to complete membership form limehouse silvers january sale of madetomeasu re suits choose from canada s finest lines of made to measure clothing save uf to s25 00 on a smartly tailored suit orcoat trtt0p tailors w r johnson in georgetown exclusively at silvers travel by plane for holiday overseas student teachers from toronto teachers college with mrs mckay at s s no 9 last week were mrs patterson of georgetown and miss fiawn maslin of toronto mr and mrs c a mather and daughter spent the christmas hol iday with relatives at banbury oxford england travelling b plane both ways mr and mrs lambert and family bf st catharines visited her broth er mrs john glynn mrs vynn and peter on saturday mrs glynn sr returning with them after a few weeks here mr and mrs alvin kara and fa mily of london spent the week end with the karns here mr neil benton was home from oshawa for the weekend car stolen locally found in cooksvue a car stolen from the driveway af harold fobert 82 rexway di vas recovered last tuesdaj morn nfi in cooksvllle by toronto town hip police the car a 1957 monarch was taken carl on the morning of jan 6th and an abandoned 1951 meteor was discovered near ther union church continued from front page nan eric leslie who reminded the congregation of the repairs made during 1958 two new porches were erected at the main doors of the church of cut stone with english railing new eavcstroughlng was installed the building was pointed and the exterior painted note was made of the fine appearance the building presented tb any passerby several of the congregation com mended the board for their dilig ence during the past year the question of a new organ was rai sed and the members felt they werenot ready as yet to deal with the installation of a new instrtun cjql il was referred to the next annual meeting the leader of the sunshine mission band mrs norman icam reported a good year for the group and thanks to those who had cooperated with her in use labour mrs icam also repot ted as treasurer of the home help- oup stating that a total of had been raised of which 38800 went to missions mrs george h leslie reported for the women s missionary socie ty by commenting on the financial report which showed a slight in crease over the previous year a total of 70671 was raised by the wms of which 566 went forward to the general fund for mission work the women s association report was dealt with hy mrs herbert dolson treasurer who stated that 923 87 had been rais ed the wa had given the man agers of the church 575 to coyer he pointing of the building mr f l thompson treasurer of the sunday school reported a steady ear for this department of the church and commended those who gave their time and talents in this great labour of love the sup enntendent of the sunday school is victor ostrandcr tho prcsby tcnan record report was presen ted by mrs w a ostrander who urged all the members to consider inscribing to this fine journal of he church the young people s report was made by the president victor ostrandtr in the absence af the treasurer miss joan craw ford thi report covered the per lod sept 1957 to sept 1958 the new treasurer of the pyps is bill hunter mr royal also re ported on the young people s work describing the fine calibre of oung people attending the socie- tj s meetings it was announced that the winter conference for 1959 would be held at nerval and un ion churches on the week end of feb 13 14 15 this annual event was first inaugurated at norval and union churches in february 1950 by the presbytery of west toron to it was held again on the charge m february 1952 members retiring from the board of managers after three years of service are howard dol son hugh leslie and arthur mc kane the new members coming on the board for the next three years are herbert dolson nor man newns and robert leslie the members still retained on the board are eric leslie chairman roy thompson secretary and jack mcdonald harvey puckering do nald dolson c g bishop the choir report was given by mrs donald dolson and mrs herbert dolson a meeting with the kirk session is being arranged by the music committee to discuss the formation of a junior choir and the whole question of music in union church theirrcrnbers tjt the music committee are mrs uoyd cnchton mrs herbert dol son mrs donald dolson and har vey puckering the organists of- the congregation mrs lloyd dav ison and miss anne puckering were reappointed with the thanks of the congregation for their lab ours in the past year the ques turn of evening or afternoon an nual meetings was raised and the congregation decided to retain the afternoon sessions the members of kirk session are rev g l royal moderator mr f i thompson clerk james a mckane norman icam clarence anderson fred ions george h leslie wilfrid leslie and owens macdonald crank telephone ends with victoria on common battery the era of the crank telephone ended in victoria and vicinity ear 1 sundav morning jan 11 when a new common battery telephone j stem went into service everything was prearranged so that the old magneto equipmenx was taken out of operation and the new placed in service m a few minutes technicians had spent weeks installing a new switch ooard and associated equipment in the exchange building at snel grove by snipping some wires to the old switchboard and removing busy plugs insulators in the new board the bell men quickly nade the- transition another important change that took place at the same time as the utover was a reduction m the number or parties sharing lines this improvement was made pas jble because during recent weeks he network of cables- and wires serving the exchange ix miles of cable both under around and on poles 23 miles of wire and 100 poles were used in this line reconotruction project several telephone men had a part in the chanegover r d mc keracher plant wire chief wax in charge of the entire operation h f egan supervised die work in the exchange building e l dili man was in charge of installing the commonbattcty telephone sets subscribers premises others who played key roles were h a lilly plant foreman in charge of assign ment j dickson engineering and bruce a madolc supervising con slruction foreman responsible for the outside work our victoria subscribers secm pleased with the new system and with the reduction in parties per line lloyd g denby bell tel cphone managetior this territory commented this is one step in oar long term improvement if nam tar aria tarrttary great annual kidwinter sale offers store wide reductions f from here are some off this weeks spectaculars ladies winter coats half price now going at ladies millinery half price now going at ladies dresses in four groups formerly up to 1095 formerly up to 169 5 formerly up to 2500 formerly up to 3500 now 5 now 10 now 15 now 10 00 ladies sweaters high bulk orlon pullovers 198 cardigans 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