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the georgetown herald ca fourteen pages what council did atrthorixod at second cuss mail port offka dap ottawa georgetown onj wednesday feb 11th 1959 first section fifth publjc school will be opeitnext september georgetown will have a fifth public school in operation in september if things move as expected towards its building after a request from school board chairman ed wilson at mondays council meeting the first step wad taken for a 10room school estimated to cost some 200 000 when council ordered a debenture bylaw prepared for borrowing the money the school located on weber drive will eventually grow to an 18 or 20 room structure mr wilson explained depending on how the town grows in future it will return to the older type of architecture and be a two- storey building because of the population density in the area f delrex where it will be located a survey has shown 1 1 pupils per house in the newer part of town mr wilson said almost twice the density which surveys m other town areas have revealed school population is having a steady growth of one pupil per day since september he continu ed a portable classroom pur chased from esquesing and for merly used at st school has already beenpfes5d hub use the kindergarten class at harrison school is on a semi st iggered basis with three 2 hour periods taking care of these children sy thev end oi marcn he predicted that a few more classe would have to resort to staggered hours how does the public school board feel about the lowest ten der if a local contractor were close and the lowest was an out of town firm would you consider awarding it locally asked cr fred harrison mn wilson replied that his board has always been sympathetic to local firms and in fact at the park school had requested the contractor to raise his price slightly in order that a town sub contractor receive the business joining the association of on tario mayors and reeves by pay ing the 35 yearly fee council in timated that georgetown ntight take a more active part in that organization this yean by send ing a delegate to the convention in st catharines in may action followed a letter from reeve mane curtis telling of the results uhich this group has obtained in legislation beneficial to mumci pahties a 1000 requested allotwient to georgetown planning board was pased with 500 of this payable now and the balance if and when requested by that board match penalties dint hockey realtor ranks jamaica honeymoon for mr and mrs dick licata returning from a jamaica hon eymoon mr and mrs richard lic ata have taken up residence at 6 wesleyan st mr licata and his bride the former mabel evans maccormack were m on january 17th in holy cross rectory with rev tho mas van laer officiating their attendants were john sheehey and mane synotl charge two juveniles with damage at school police have apprehended two georgetown boys aged 14 and 15 who were charged with damaging georgetown high school dunnga bacon molasses egg and ink hurling spree damage is esti mated at 300 the boys appear ed m juvenile court at milton oh tuesday blackboards served as targets for eggs and bacon taken from the home economics class room on january 24th and furni ture was smeared with ink stock of hunter s realtors took a drop last night in a disastrous game at stouffville which ended not only in a 62 defeat but in match penalties to two of the real tors stalwarts dave irons and dave voyce who were banished from the game in the second penod after fra cases which involved several play ers on both teams the defeat did not drop the georgetown team from its top position in the league however and with only one game left in the schedule with alhston here this friday it looks certain that they will end in first place playoffs will be decided at a meeting this weekend saturday was a big night at the arena when guetph biltmores played an exhibition game to a well filled house with proceeds going to the injured plajers ben cfit fund the locals lost 92 but it was a well matched game and provided plenty of thrills for the spectators a iuckv draw was also a feature ofthe night peter weststeyn cop ped top prize a 50 bond ten dollar vouchers were won b may or jack armstrong w symons harold wheeler thomas eason and mr draper toronto five dollar vouchers were won by jen ny barber j mccarthy eric john son art stamp and john gunn awvfc jzilio top bowler fuel board gas firm provide speakers for ratepayers meeting natural gas will be on the agen da of east georgetown ratepayers meeting on thursday february 19 the association has invited ss- kcrs from the ontario fuel board and united suburban gas the company which dispenses gas loc ally harmon boyes gas manager from hamilton head office alex blackwell manager of the local branch and jim robertson former local manager and now 9t head office will represent the company at the meeting through the kind ness of a r crozier fuel board chairman two men from that body will also speak john wingfelder a commissioner and alex allan chief inspector at the met ting safety measures taken b the fuel board and the company will be explained and a question and answer period is planned because of the interest which all ratepayers might have in the subject the meeting has been made an open one and any rest dent of town and district will be welcomed b east georgetown the meeting is in wngglesworth school auditorium haltdn countys new warden cars collide at sinclair intersection icy roads were the cause of an accident at the intersection of cuelph street and sinclair ave on tuesday february 3rd involv ing residents of delrex and rex dale john bridges of 42 rexdalc blvd rexdale was making a right turn off the highway on sinclair ave when his car was in colli- ion with a 1958 vauxhall driven by frank rixcn of 59 norton crcsc mr bridges was driving a 1956 mercury hardtop cst harlcv lowe who investlga ted the accident estimated the to tal damage at 300 this occurred at about 8 05 p m a straight lip on a sure thing usuallj demonstrates the uncer tainties of life nassagaweya reeve john a mtlne right was recently chosen warden of halton county for 1959 retiring warden william card of oakville left hands over the gavel in the high office while county clerk garfield brown watches on atthe inaugural meetmg councillors chose their committees andybords for 1959 and swore in the new warden mtlton champion photo mackenzie gets 331000 milton school local girl guides spend weekend oshawa camp on friday evening a group df girl guides and their leaders from the 3rd georgetown company 1st georgetown company and the glen williams company motored to camp samac near oshawa for a weekend of sports r guide ac tivttics camp samac is a perma ent boy scout camp with oil heat cd cabins which is available thru reservations to girl guide nd boy scout troops it was donated to the oshawa boy scouts by mr sam mclaughlin and was named in his honour guides from the 3rd georgetown company attending included bar- bara kinrade jean kitchen karen shortill mary evans carroll far nell jackie rippon carol john son lyrfda turner anneka bouw man lynn wyatt jane ruston and lynda van wyck carole lane from the 1st georgetown company carolyn hancock marjone hani- cock barbara hilts and joan davis from the glen williams company also week ended at camp samac the guides were accompanied by their leaders mrs gordon hilts captain of the glen williams com pany mrs bob wyatt lieutenant of the 3rd georgetown company and mrs ben cannell captain of the 3rd georgetown company the girls who attended the camp were accorded the privilege thro merit system which included work on a basket drive last fall the guides raised enough from the project to pay for their weekend the entertainment program at camp samac included skating to bogganing and an invitation to the main lodge by the scouts for a campfire and dance saturday ev cmng herald editor attends newspaper convention herald editor walter biehn and mrs biehn joined other ontario editors on fnday at the conven uon of the ontario weekly news papers association at the royal york toronto they attended noon luncheon at which o l janes of consum ers gas co was speaker and the convention banquet addressed by hon fred cass minister of high ways fd mannion advertising director for thomson newspapers publishers of the herald was speaker at an afternoon forum a tour of the new addition to the hotel was another hlghight of the day campbellville pupil is top speaker in contest billy andrews campbellville was winner of halton principals association public speaking con test when ten young speakers competed in georgetown wriggles worth auditorium on january 30 runner up was peter adamson of burlington with helen benton of acton and eva hansen stewart town tied for third place all competitors spoke on an as pect of hydro they had been cho sen to represent their communities in elimination contests and bill andrews will now represent their county in the finals which will take place at the teachers conven tion in toronto easter week judges were rev a mckennc acton noble stephenson of ham hon teachers college and jack henrv oakville bill andrews received a cup from halton worn ens institute and peter adamson 3 pen and pencil set from the ladj teachers the other eight comp ditors received books on the life of albert schweitzer j lead dealer principal of burlington s akc hore public school a- chair man for the evening other voung people who spoke included yolanda goudeketting of ntilewsnrth school w inner of he georgetown competition fran es tarroll burlington jariet smith burlington david smith htmmgtfih barbara macfcav mil 4 on and tolin vann oakville vother of former local bank manager mrs jane hart mother c lark hart iv former canadiarrr- link of nmmcrrp manager in err clown and wir f the late 0 anri a sranclson w hiam an t haru hart died in maplehurm i dcrsnn dgvcroaux of winnipeg horse breeder judge at many horse shows a harness and road horse cnthu siast who showed his own stock at fall fairs and had also served as a judge at many horse shows john harnson harry devereaux 77 of 9 parkview blvd died in guelph general hospital on feb ruary 4th mr devereaux was a descend ent of a french huguenql family his grandfather elijah devereaux emigrating to the united states later to the niagara peninsula and then settling on a homestead near georgetown when john b dcver eaux now lives harry devereaux spent his earlv vears on the check i inc homestead and attended stew arttiun public school he was the son of john allan and demcrus de potie devereaux in june 1913 he marned bertha edna hcnn of c ht itenham and then ettled on a farm on the 5th line near i imeliouse he moved to ceorgctovvn when he retired in 1953 a member ot knox presbtenan church hr served on the board of management for several vears he had also served as a trustee of imehouse public school he leave his wife three child ren william allan of mmpeg hilen iousc of ste anne rie belle vue quebec and harrv lawrence brolhir norman who resides on the homestead farm at ceorge- the local contracting firm of j b mackenzie son will build the new 12 room milton high school one of ten firms tendering for the job the mackenzie bid for 381 368 was accepted monday at a meeting of north halton high school board in milton a norval resident harold mo ver was chosen as attendance of ficer at georgetown succeeding the late w g marshall over the protests of member ernest forgrave the board de clined to vote on a motion pre sented by thomas niven and him self fqr purchase of shop equip ment for georgetown high four of the 15member board were ab sent from the meeting and a board majority by a show of hands voted not to deal with the motion until the next regular meeting mr forgrave protested that the board had just voted on a large expenditure while declin ing to make a decision on an item of less than 10 000 what council did horticultural society would create scenic park for tqwn georgetown horticultural so- he said fills an important func ciety is anxious to find a public tion as a fairground and sports property which could be used as i centre but does not lend itself a park and on which a long range to the purpose the society has in program of improvements could mind frank anderson has best bowling average be initiated by the society speaking to council monday on the society s behalf president ed fans explained that the town does not have a proper place where people can relax have a picnic and enjoy flower beds and ornamental shrubbery the park in the industrial last week an dersons with nice bowling from joe hall 724 and bui anderson 712 really turned on the leading smith stone team andafter then- three games were over andersons had seven points and also knocked ss in second place behind sil vers silvers like andersons came up with a good night behind good bowling from nip shipway 785 and the high single of the night a 351 and frank anderson with 783 to take seven points from the 4th place kentners high triple for the night went to nip shipway 785 followed by frank anderson 783 jim pear don 778 shorty lowin 774 and jack harlow 768 jack harlow of firemen really had a night show ing the boys something new when he rolled three games of the same score and a good score of 256 each nip shipway had high single a 351 followed by jim pearson 320 with him several ted scarlett and shorty lowin had suggestions of 317 high average is still in frank anderson s hands with a nice 231 average ace bailey 229 nip shipway and george webster 222 and sid williams 216 bill ander son 214 george barber and har vey chappel 213 lou brandford 212 and don wilkes 211 agreeing councillors land that might be utilized cr fred harnson indicated a plot of land behind the new park school cr ern hyde asked about cen tral park the area north of the continued on page 10 couple live in bolton tony zilto terra cotta has won the men s singl handica tour nament at the lucky strike club topping 65 competitors to win the lucky strike trophy presenting the trophy harv chappel left displays the electnc razor which with a repltca of the trophy was awarded to mr zdro centre runnerup was vic gunn right who received cigarette lighter as a pro photo by bob turfcingtofe hospital thorold on thursdav febuarv 5th mrs hart has been n failing ha4th for quite some time she is survived bv her son of st catharines and three grandsons david peter and douglas the fun eral service was conducted at the george baldock funeral home simcoe on saturday at 200 pjn interment was in greenwood cem eterj suncoe rev alex alder of knox prcs bvtenan church conducted the fii neral service on friday at the harold c mcclure funeral home with interment following in green wood cemetery pallbearers were wray watson of gnmsby and john b devereaux harry bessey fred j btown herbert cleave and ivan crmbtree married in december in knox presbyterian church mr and mrs thomas carberry are living in bolton mrs garberry g the former mary lindsay daughter of mr and mr k c lindsay of town and a former member of the bank of commerce staff photo by prominent church worker was choir member teacher after a lengthy illness jessie irene tost died at her home 5 guelph stree saturday janu ary 3lst at tmrage o f five she was born in limehouse the daughter ot maud scott hill and the late edward hill moving to georgetown as a small child she received her education at the public and high schools here for tea vears she was on the staff of carroll s store and later fot eight vears at silvers in 1946 she and tjirold pete tost were married and he and their two children linda and grenville survive her her mo ther mrs edward hill two bro thers and three sisters are also left thej are mrs charles ward edna of stoultville mrs clare reith glads of seaforth mrs lack cunningham jean of town percv of town and ross of to ronto mrs tost was a great worker in her church knox presbvtenan having been a sunday school tea cher and a member of the choir for man vears she was also a member of the young ladies auxi liar rev alex calder conducted the service in knox church on tues day february 3rd at 2 30 robert reith seaforth roy ward stouff ville paul cunn dale tost and darwin tost all of town were pallbearers ftowejbearers were ronnie bell mlttont brian hill jim dobbie bruce norton ted leslie all of georgetown cy wilson interment was