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twhve pages l6c copy authorized at scon9 clan mall pott offica dap ottawa georgetown ont jotdnbday evening januaky jltf j fwst section town lake school district are 1 9 5 9 counci i busi ness the proposed conservation lake on the 9th line and possibility of dropping out of north halton high school district this jyear were two items discussed orjafly at last thursdays council meeting wafer chairman ern hyde said council shoul alex maclar k georgetowns representative on the credit valley conservation authority do everything possible to show the need for the lake as it ts vital to the towns water sup- ply rangeville he said has al ready purchased land for such a lake and is taking advantage of the governments winter works program to receive a 75 per cent subsidy for labour cost in clearing the site mayor armstrong said that the georgetown proposal has still to receive final approval by the gov ernment reeve sargent warneti thatthe town might be committing itself to a large expednuure as cost of such a project is shared 505oby the government and the conservation authority which in turn a cost among muni cipalities deriving the benefits cr harrison asked if action is being taken to leave the high school district mayor armstrong said that coun ty council must before july 1st in any year approve withdrawal of a municipality which would be ef fective the following january now that grants do not change if the town has its own area the mayor said there should be no doubt about how council would feci about withdrawing realtors top bradford in thriller last night some fouftiundred hockey fans watched what could well have been amidwintexpreview of intermed iate b playoff hockey at george town arena last night where hun ters realtors jarred the league- leading bradford fords 85 to move to within a single point of the top spot the bradfbrds had trouble pen etrating hunters defence which simulated the proverbial stone wall for most of the sixty minutes and was probably the key factor w jj dave voyce was throwing his hulk around with noticeable effectiveness and led the blueline crew to their best effort of the campaign with strong sup dave voyce port from geo grasby and gerry inglis in parti cular playing coach nick ferri shift- d junior beaumont from his re gular rearguard position added bill hewitt and himself and came up with an explosive third line that acounted for three of the to tal 8 bill chard was influential going both ways he figured twice on the score sheet but spent most of the night jolting blue uniforms with checks creditable to a player twice his weight chard netted the first george town marker from dave irons 750 of the first frame after dow- dall opened it for bradford at the 730 mark from gibson and varey and bud varey captured the lead for the locals en a pass from blake inglis at 857 nick ferri beaumont blake in glis and chard all found the range bill chard in the second session bradford countering in the final minute when dowdall and davis eombin- knojrithost church forweek of prayer freezing rain which brought traffic to a standstill last wednes day evening had its effect on the attendance at the week of pray er service in knox presbyterian church where a small congregation braved the weather to hear rev rev morgan mcfarlanc of sl johns united deliver ia text on the passage thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth knox minister rev alex calder conducted the service and was as sisted by the presbyterian senior and junior choirs rev lloyd whan minister of first baptist church and rev kennethrichard son minister of st georges an- jjhcabj were in attendance and joined in the servi of worship in hi sermon mr hcfajlane tressed that a mans life may be judged byj his goals but the means used to reach these goals are very important what he believe de- goals nd the means ed at 1915 bradfords attempt to come off the floor hi the last period fell short due to a pair of timely mar kers by dave irons and chard which took a lot of the air out of their wouldbe rally however they did score three times in the finale dunn dowdall and davis the snipers there were 20 penalties each club drawing 10 the torrid endtoend type ho ckey and heartslopping scrambles around both cages were contrasts tothe field day against orangevillc here on friday when many of the hunters fattened their scoring totals in a 27 to 3fbmp over the cellar club ron dixon ran up six tallies dave irons blake inglis and bud varey five apiece junior beaum ont managed four while jerry in glis and bil hewitt had to be sat isfied with singles courtney church and soloman scored for orangeville georgetowns scoring balance was reflected in the league points race where as of jan 13th they had only five players in the top thirtyfive scorers blake inglis had 37 points irons 34 dixon 33 varey 26 and cunningham 23 the hunters goto orangeville thursday and are here on friday to play collingwood in a game postponed from jan 9th guelph biltmores come to town on saturday february 7th for an exhibition game witjuthe realtors admission will be 5100 for adults and 50c for students and will in clude a chance on a 50 bond and several valuable merchandise vou chers the bilts have currently caught fire in their junior a loop and have won seven out of their last eight starts game time has been shifted back to 8 pm for this one choose mrs r reeve auxilary president knox ladies auxiliary held their annual meeting in knox church parlour on january 13th the sec retarys minutes of the 1958 an nual rrjeeting were read and jean ruddell the treasurer gave out copies dt the 1958 financial report to all members the following were elected to office for 1959 president mrs robert reeve 1st vice president mrs jack mcgibbon 2nd vice pre sident mrs g e mitchell secre tary mrs g w mccallum treas urer jean ruddell bazaar conve ner mrs robert lane catering convener mrs ernie currie flow- ers and card convener mrs alex calder after the meeting was adjourn ed lunch was served in the audi torium at which time a presenta tion was made by mr sam mac kenzie to mrs robert burke who is moving to port colborne at the- end of the month where her hus band has been transferred to the bank of- commerce branch mrs dl herbert was resident here 40 years a georgetown resident since 1918 mrs douglas l herbert 81 died in guelph general hospital on january llth where she had been a patient for four months the former florence bieber daughter of the late mr and mrs herbert e bieber she was born at sudbury priory alton hamp shire and came to canada as a child when her parents moved to lennoxville quebec married in 1900 mr and mrs herbert lived in lennoxville until they moved to georgetown in fcls where ihey purchased glenhurst the present home of miss a l miller on map le ave w mrs herbert lived there for several years after his death later moving to 43 edith sl a member of st georges an glican she had been active in the womans auxiliary of the church mrs herbert leaves a daughter freda and four sisters and broth ers mrs p c parker and miss dora bieber of lennoxville her bert ebieber richmond que and max bieber prince albert sask rev kenneth richardson conduc ted the funeral service on janu ary 13th in su georgejs with rev alex calder assisting tpattbear- ers were harry goldham graham farnell john r barber and wal ter biehn of town dr carl martin milton and william kennedy to ronto interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown chamber entertains for departing banker assistant accountant at the bank of commerce soon to be transfer- reel to port colborne bob burke wasvhpnoured at a social evening at the north halton golf and coun try club on saturday jointly spon sored hy the business men and chamber of commerce mayor jack aristrongauended the affair and on behalf of spon sors made the presentation of a lazy boy chair to mr burke in troduced byharow mcclure the mayor spoke briefly in making the presentation axdid mr burke in accepting chamber of commerce president jack crichton chairman for the evening harold c mcclure harold balrstow george cleave and rev alex calder also spoke mr burke wh6 was also treas urer for the chamber of com merce wiu be leaving for port colborne on the arrival of his re placement from timmins he has been with the local commerce branch for six years author speech expert visits night school members of the effective speech class at night school last week were spell bound listening to c w wright who came to their class to talk to them on the subject they are studying mr wright is a member of the c w wright and associates firm who specialize in management and personnel development prog rams effective speaking sales trai ning supervisory training staff relations training and a convention service mr wright planned the course for the georgetown clas which is conducted by mrs ruth goss member of his staff each mem ber of the class brought a guesi and the art class taught by miss dorothy stone gave up their usual lesson to come and hear this re nowned speaker he is also an author having written a book- on effective speaking he has taught his subject for the past fifteen years in various parts of ontario mr wright is much in demand as a convention speaker as well hav ing opened thirty five conventions with a speech entitled the art of listening he talked to the class on effec tive speech stressing simplicity and the use of one or two syllable word he stated two of the pitfalls of public speakers were that took them so long to get started into their speech and then they were too longwinded when they did get started three things were necessary for an effective speech simplicity sincerity and a know ledge of ones subject the night school pupils were most grateful to have had the opportunity of hearing this very talented and dy namic man speak to them connie smythe will visit club m1dtown if all goes well club midtown will have a distinguished visitor this friday in the person of con- nysmythe mr smythe will be here j connection with a proposed localymca mrs kirkpatr1ck is mission group hostess little bobbie gilmore hasbeen in sick childrens hospital the past week undergoing treatment for a bronchia lconditi on we wish hlni good progress mr arthur lane of toronto vi sited his mother on saturday the wms met at- the home of mrs mitchell with ii attending mrs kirkpatrick read scripture and mrs mills led in prayer a special collection was taken for the scott mission mrs roughley pla yed a piano solo text word quick was answered i a verse of scrip- anumber paid annual fees thwrncctinr rloscdttvith the lords prayer and thrndsjess served freshnients house damaged when car swerve saves child s jjackson 1 college street was removed to the office of dr alistair macintosh by police for treatment following an accident at the corner of queen and mc- nabb sts on f j 16 whe the car in which he was a passen- ger collided with a house on the northwest corner of the intersec tion police said damage to the residence of mrs tom grieve 25 queen street was considerable the car a 1958 ford was being driven south on queen st by mrs jackson and had slowedto make a right turn onto mcnabb st when a child backed into the path of the turning vehicle mrs jackson swerved to avoid hitting the child and the car plunged across the lawn striking the side of the grieve house mr jackson suffered a bruised and sprained right ankle and shock some 350 damage was done to the car in the accident investigated by cst ted scott it occurred at about 115 pm and road condi tions were termed poor social personal mr and mrs charles jeuner 48 charles sl had sunifcvjristtnrs from oakviue mr- axil mrs- wayne paul and thejr three chil dren paula patty and john c mgs- bruce bourne of and her children bread and cheryl ace visiting at norval with rev and mrs g i ptoyafc mrs bourne and mrs royal sisters catherine richardson daughter of mr and mrs walt 12 durham st celebrated her 8th birthday with a party at her recently her little guests attend ing included diane moira judge arlene crawford beth richardson lynn rogers nancy timleck and gail rayner mrs roy wiggins the former lynn capuano a recent hride was feted before her marriage at sev eral miscellaneous showers at the home of mrs gordon spence the grooms aunt mrs johnny tttrton willowdale and the grooms grandmother mrs mary e morrow the bride was the recipient of many beautiful gifts mrs w j fenemore and son billy who have been visiting in town with mrs fenemores moth er mrs john a evans go edith st left last week to join mr fen emore who is a warrant officer with the rcfr formerly station ed at morin heights quebec he has been transferred to a new- post in northern quebec at par ent doris marie marshall daughter of mr and mrs harold marshall 37 charles st celebrated her 4th birthday with a party at her home her guests were candace jenkins mickey landreville johnny sarg ent ross mitchell david moffat jeffrey brown her aunt mrs b m blackwell and mrs e i wil son brampton and her grandmo ther mrs a m ballantine and mrs jack lucas mr and mrs godfrey sehenkel 167 prince charles dnw have just returned ome from a three weeks trip to england they flew to preston england to visit with their parents mr and mrs o j schenkel and mrs n- j rudd for what council did mechanize town business office plan of mayor stress is on safety at ho- school meet a panel discussion on safety in the home school industry and onthe highway highlighted the january meeting of the wriggles- worth home school association in the auditorium oil monday jan uth hydro chairman e w btnkley moderated the panel comprising the fire chief jack harlow ambu lance chief ed hall bell telephone district manager lloyd g denny safety director for smith stone boh mcmenemy safety director for swifts harold seckington law yer douglas latimer cnr inspec tor mr campbell and local traf fic officer csl ted scotl particularly stressed was the importance of keeping household articles out of the reach of chil dren especially pills and medic ine detergents cosmetics and mothballs the panel also dwelled on the farming of good driving hab its by motorists and safety at level crossings and it was pointedjuit that parents should educate their children of the danger of playing on or near railway lines cst scott had charge of the safe ty portion of the meeting which in cluded the showing of two coloured films let habit do it and youre driving ninety horses secured for the program through the bell tel ephone co a brief business session preceded the panel discussion and award win ning essayists carroll farnell and virginia lee were presented pri ses for winning the weed essay contest the county weed inspec tor mr mcarthur of milton made the presentations at the conclusion lunch was served by the home school committee the christmas holidays their trip over was quite eventful in view of the fact that one motor failed and when they finally landed it was at a fogbound airport 500 new georgetowners since october population now 8722 wigginscapuano december bridal lynn capuano became the bride of roy james wiggins last month in a double ring ceremony rev father van laer officiated given in marriage by her father the bride wore a dark blue wool dress with white accessories and a cor sage of white roses marie hulme was the brides only attendant and she wore a red wool suit with white accessories and a white cor sage donald brown acted as groomsman a reception was held at the home of the grooms grandmoth er mrs mary e morrow 25 vic toria st the couple left on a short honeymoon to points east they will live in georgetown- kinsmen assist in school transportation at the last meeting of the kins men club it was decided that the club would be responsible for the transportatlohof children to sun shine school for retarded child ren in milton daily this is in con junction with their work in this field anyone interested in sending children should contact sam mclt- zer 18 shelley st jack spence keats ave dr george mundy ste vens crescent bob mcdenaott retoned school board cbaii on january 14th at holy cross school bob mcdermott was reel ected as chairman of the separate school board of trustees the hoard came into existence last year when georgetowns first roman catho lic separate school was built mr mcdermotts first act on taking the chair was to thank three retiring members john pignaleu gerard wilcox and bill pringle for their work during the first year of the boards operations he wel comed the three new hoard mem bers tony 0byrne stan walsh and phil carney who are starting two years terms ed malison was reappointed sec retarytreasurer mr walsh will head the as coounittee mr carney the building cnnuautee with nrd goerin in charge of transportation tony obyrne pub lic relations reuben ned grounds and ed malison finance mr mcdermott reviewed proj ects started and completed last year and outlined the major prob lems requiring action this year the board expressed appreciation for an anonymous donation of 40 which the borad was instructed to- use in the school a report from the office of as- sessraent commissioner joseph gtbbosrthts week teveahr that 500 people have taken up residence georgetown since the end of sep tember the new figure of 8722 compil ed to the end of december indic ates that since 1954 the town has more than doubled in population and before the end of 1959 will have surpassed the irj000 mark retracing the towns rapid growth sinc 19 when the population was t779 shows that in some years expansion was well over one thou- pced to september are- 1953 3779 s54 4h0 1k5 5004 1s56 6253 1957 1958 sept dec 19s merchants will investigate downtown parking area plan meeting last tuesday in the mu nicipal building a group of down town merchants and property ow ners chose a 5man committee to investigate all angles of a propos ed parking area purchase the meeting was called by thp- chamber of commerce at the insti gation of merchants and jaok crichton c of c president acted as chairman mr crichton re viewed results of a questionnaire sent to merchants in december in which 33 of the 37 replies rec eived favoured some action for parking with a majority of these saying it should be free for motor- lata a majority alao indicated their winingnea tbglutre tp coats of a parking area mayor jack armstrong explain ed to the group the possibilities of action the town could acquire land and set up a parking authori- ty he said but must jevy parking fecsif this is done there could be a variation of this with a tok en fee and merchants paying the balance on their business tax as sessment a third alternative would be to hive land purchased by a private group and operate it as they wish and the fourth would be to leave things as they are at present the importance of aequurng land on mill sl presently vacant and 6hedt urn was pointed out tor it and entrance to a large parkin area being used at present w land is owned by the hydro can- mission and j x gifabens dick licata said be had tablfb lln most businessmen and several see med agreeable to sharing costs on mr ijcata and howard holmes paul barber sid silver and ed wiener were chosen as acoumnit- w to investigate posstsle sates for parkins and toady nwawafc of cqujrini property adnwymc ft it they wiu ilf atl hack ta a fn- kinq cleaners upset victory in hockey frank king cleaners won a ho ckey game on sunday with just one game to go the schedule the leagues late sleepers woke up in time to star tle halton homes 5 to 3 for their second victory of the 1958 59 mm njunes campaign ag ainst 9 setbacks and it was a late stage rally that pulled the rug from under the big red team the homes possessed a two seal load on a pair of tallies by bob freestone when ab norton started the cleaners away at 1515 of the middle period on a pass from dan mossop ross cunning ham counted the homes third m at 1901 hut jack king ctimaiald with mossop and cliff vorton thirty seconds later to tay dose it was all cleaners in the third period b cunningham from mos- m at 906 cliff norton from tur ner at 1315 and gibbs unassisted at 157 it will probably be these same two teams meeting in the jsenutmau but the outcome glen williams moved to within one cum of an undefeated season a the other half of sundayvtwin mechanization of the town bust- hes office with an addressograph machine as the first step was pro posed by mayor armstrong at councils first business meeting of the year last thursday the mayor estimated that up to 15000 could be spent on equips ment needed by a town this sjxej which is becoming imperative frir efficient handling of water and tax accounts this would include a hilling machine eliminating the present typing nd handwriting of accounts the matter will- discussed further at future meet ings the mayor in opening the meet ing reviewed procedure which he hopes will be followed this year- regular meetings are scheduled for the first monday in the month and he asked members to strive to be present for the 8 pm opening 3 hours of business is sufficient for an evening andjie hopes the meetings can end promptly at 11 pm he said our local government is as im portant to the town as provincial and federal governments are to the- v country mie said add i hope that parliamentary dignity will be obser ved and the chair always addres sed when a councillor speaksjl councillors should concentrate more on committee work he said with committees bringing recom mendations to council avoiding as much detail at council meeting as- possible i it is his job as mayor to summar- ize council opinion when address ing deputations he said unless there is a motion on the table and he cautioned councillors not to speak for council when addressing deputations ibut to express only their own opinions cr ern hyde suggested adopting a practice of voting on motions a week after they are presented a timesaver even on some minor motions he said there is a great deal of discussion the reason is that a councillor is making up his mind how to vote and he jaws for time mr hyde said if there is a week to think it over mnekw of this discussion would be avoid ed mayor armstrong saidthatiis unconstitutional to hold a motion orice it is presented and that if a councillor wishes a full discussion he should hold his motion a week a notice of motion is quite legal he said asked by the belleville hockey club for a donation to help send their team to the world hockey competitions in czechoslovakia a 10 donation was sent from uie town terra cotta tender shower for mrs alex zilio on wednesday january 14th a wedding shower was held in the terra cotta community hall for mrs alex zilio the former doris singsong started the party after which mrs zilio opened the many lovely gifts lunch was served by the- ladies of the thimble club on january 17th a baby shower w h a t home of mr and mrs lome majuery for mr and mrs louis champagne in honour of their newly adopted son thos charles games were played and everyone had a good time the ba by received a lot of useful gifts mrs majuery and mrs sanderson served lunch barlock welders barlocks netted the first goal and the only one in the firs pet lod when kostyluk finished a play from bazcn and luciuk at 155a filen roared back with three in the secondqjtcmshcad from jarvie and haines at 2j3t bob webster from george webster and judge at 920 and haines from kemshcad and stafford at 1955 judge and haines again- ran the total to five after mowselski pot ted number two for the welders in the wind up next week hal ton homes will try to spoil the 4ens record while barlocks face frank king cleaners glen has eight wins and three ties for 19 points halton homes- five and two for 12 barlocks three and three for 9 and frank king cleaners a pair of wi for 4 jones jeads the netminders with a 327 goals against average dil lon is 354 king 490 and malthy 572 scoring loaders player team g a pts haines glen 12 21 33 kemshcad glen 14 14 28 george hh 10 14 34 kostyluk ffiar 12 6 18 ritchie hh n 7 ia jarvie glen 7 11 18 g webster glen 6 0 15 judge glen b h webster gleyr rjuu 844