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the georgetown herald fouhfin paoes autborind as second claaa mafl foct office dapt- ottawa georgetown ontwednesday fcmtuacy 11 195 foist section what council did george letown seeks withdrawal from high school district board aft im most ttappy to declare this motion carried unanimously said mayor armstrong monday as coun cil by a recorded vote decided to apply to the county and mini ster of education to withdraw from north halton high school district under discussion for some months by council the motion to withdraw was made without com ment by councillors who had pre viously reviewed all angles of the question and had indicated their desire to have georgetown exert a closer control over its own sec ondary school affairs the town a member of the 5municipality 3school district for a decade had previously operated for a year with a board of education ana pri or to that had its own high school board an appointed group of town and esquesing members if the request is approved by the authorities georgetown would leave the school district at the end of 1959 r smith h briggs st john s wardens the annual vestry meeting of st johns church stewarttown was held on february 1st follow ing the evening service mrs t clapham was appointed vestry clerk and read the minutes of the previous meeting mrs c a grant presented the financial report of the church which showed a substantial bal ance on hand after all expenses had been paid financial reports of the various organizations were read by mr h briggs mrs g smurthwaite mrs e hodge fol lowing which the officers for the year 1959 were appointed roy smith rectors warden howard briggs peoples warden mrs c agffast treasurer gilbert eng lish lay delegate fred armstrong substitute lay delegate mrs e hodge choir leader sidesmen fred armstrong chairman e at kinson e humphries ann- strong dan smith david smith w hulls h briggs j mcbrtde c smith s mlfihiim t ap- ham d barclay r smith select vestry the wardens s mileham joe standish f armstrong e atkinson w hulls mrs t clap- ham mrs e atkinson mrs c a grant rectory committee mrs f armstrong wm hulls audi tors mrs smurttiwaite mrs k wilson display night products of the night school classes will be on display friday in knox church hall with the pub lic invited to this annual affair realtors are one up in playoffs with stouffville blake inglis chapel school is planning operetta publicizing the operetta which chapel street school is readying for presentation school principal val stein asked bis grade 8 class to write a newsreport and chose this one by patricia lowe for pub lication chapel st school is presenting a threeact comedy entitled the green and silver bowl it has its setting in ireland and concerns a mysterious heirloom the green and silver bowl owned by a young lady named eileen played by bar bara evans and a young man cal led connel played by robert mc- cumber harry vandervoort acts out the comical part of old earl dimwitter an old lady castle- maids beggars leprechauns rob bers and a fool all play their parts in this colourful and enchanting operetta kindergarten numbers and two choirs grades iii and iv on thurs day and grades i and ii on fri day the 27th will add to your en joyment it is on the two nights from 600 pm on claws child at play test says cat rabid dr c w savers reported to the heratdtthu morning that confirmation that the cat wit rabid was received from hull last night a cat which attacked nine year renee leferink at her home at limehouse on saturday has been sent to the animal disease res earch institute at hull quebec for confirmation of rabies thv daughter of mr and mrs albert leferink renee and a num ber of her young friends were skat ing and tobogganing near her home saturday afternoon when the animal a stranger to the area rushed at her and clawed her leg mr leferink said he was sitting in his home when he heard the children screaming and ran outside to see what was wrong his daugh ter told him that the cat had at- tacked her and then escaped ar ound the corner of the house mr leferink found the crazed animal cringing under his car when he tried to drive it into the open with a hockey stick the cat pounced viciously on the wea pon mr leferink dragged the ap parently diseased animal from the shelter of the car and broke its neck with the stick renee was treated at the office of dr c v williams against in fection however whether or not the painful series of shots combat ting rabies will be needed wont be known until tests on the cat at the research institute are com pleted i has leferin own pet cat alto naduto t destroyed as a precam- mrs charles hob son local mans mother mrs elizabeth hobson mother of jack hobson 10 gibbons place died suddenly in the toronto east general hospital tuesday feb 10th at the age of fiftynine she was born in england and came to canada thirtytwo years ago mrs hobson is survived by her husband charles w hobson 83 inwood avenue east york and three sons jack georgetown alex toronto stuart camp petawawa funeral service conducted at the trull funeral home 1111 danforth ave thursday february 12th at oclock interment was in st johns norway cemetery toron to mrs helen chappell once brampton resident mother of two georgetown rest- dents mrs helen chappell 65 died on february 4th in the civic hospital peterborough she had lived most of her life in bramp- ton moving to peterborough seven years ago surviving are two daughters mrs a whiteside peterborough and mix gladys burt george town and three sons vincent and gerald of hamilton and garvin chappellof georgetown 1 chappell also leaves 17 grand children and two great-grandchll- dren i fuuaai took place in on g 7th georgetown hunters realtors playing coach nick ferri unveiled a new line juggling act in stouff- ville last night and dazzled the op position with it for the full sixty minutes as the hunters sunk the clippers 3 in the first game of the central ontario intermediate b semifinals minus highscoring forward dave irons and rearguard dave voyce who come up before the oha to night for their part in a punching party at stouffville on tuesday feb 10th the hunters built a 61 cushion by the end ot two periods and then matched the stouffvilies goal for goal in the third to con vert the anticipated setback into the onesided victory forced into jumbling the lines to take up the slack left by the two davids ferri came up with a onetwo punch that curbed the clippers right from the faceoff centering beaumont between blake inglis and ron dixon he shifted the third member of the production trio bud varey into if- ons regular slot flanked by cun ningham and chard and got five tallies out of the first unit and three from the second varey opened the scoring at 639 from cunningham and jerry inglis blake inglis rifled a pair home within 19 seconds of each other striking from magdy at 823 and then all alone at 842 before stouffville found the target nich olas the marksman at 1018 while they enjoyed the odd man rhodes who turned in a stellar puck -stopping- performance blan ked the clippers in the middle pe riod while the realtors managed to dent the stouffville twine three more times dixon from blake in glis and junior beaumont after just 2 seconds and again at 922 from the same two while jamie cunningham cashed in at 1520 on a perfect play instigated by varey and bill chard markers by oconnor from ross and ross from nicholas and for far in the late minutes of the 3rd were cancelled out by two more georgetown goals beaumont from dixon and varey from jerry ing lis a large nmber of realtors sup porters made the trip to stouff ville to witness the first of the playoffs and a big crowd is expec- ted when they go at it again here on friday and tuesday nights the starting time for the friday game has been set for 9 pm so that the merchants can take in the action newmaaetoustsjunion from hockey playoffs i georgetowns junior c chevrok ets bowed out in the early rounds of oha suburban super eight playdowns when they surrendered to a fast skating- newmarket smoke ring club here last night 73 new market had little trouble with the chevies in the lint game of the best of three series mawling them 101 in newmarket on thursday the 73 outcome wasafair indi cation of the play but it could have gone higher had norm lock- hurst not been making the right moves on a barrage of labelled shots that filtered through a por ous defense especially in the final frame when the smoke rings erup ted for five tallies mckay coxe baxter and pop- iel who sat out most of the third period registered the best efforts for the losers but cheap penalties robbed the chevies of a chance to battle the visitors on even terms the referees chased both clubs for a total of 25 penalties two of them fighting majors it was all even at the end of two sessions as the locals made good use of their infrequent pen etrations into newmarket territory charlie davies and bob mckay ere the georgetown marksmen croutch and campbell found the range for the smoke rings newmarket dominated the finale in a scoring way potting three of their five before the eight minute mark watson cuilen and hills were the snipers that started the avalanche crouton again and banc added to it while the chevies salesman enthusiasm important realtor says enthusiasm is needed most in the makeup of a salesman stress- ed riley brethour of brethour a morris ltd mr brethour was guest speaker at the february 12 monthly meeting of thebrampton life underwriters association twentyfive members from life in surance conwanles serving the counties of dufferin halton peel and north central york attend- ed this luncheon meeting hetd in the banquet room of the junction diner brampton it was a par ticularly interesting meeting for georgetown members as mr bre thour is a former town resident once operating the georgetown dairy here mr brethour introduced by what council did wecrfier creates problems ups town road budget j extreme weather condition have created problems for the jack armstrong georgetown skd- town roads department and at fully created in the minds of hit audience th sad picture of salesman who fell out of the wrong side of the bed one morning andj found the world a gloomy place for the balance of the day act enthusiastic emphasized mr brethour and you will automati cally feel better as you meet lifes daily obstacles jack runham georgetown thanked the speaker senior norval resident 92nd birthday today were shorthanded baxter from riddall and mckay with less than two minutes to go counted the third one for the che vies but their season ended before hey could close the gap any fur ther bantams play here georgetown bantams play the second game of their omha play offs with hcspeler here on sun day afternoon at 515 the series is a home and home affair with total goals to count born five months before confed eration on feb 18th 1867 lt- col alex l noble of norval is celebrating his ninetysecond birthday this weekv for 91 years he has lived in the elms thehomc that his fa ther bought in 1868 as a miller he carried on business in norval until 1919 his community inter ests have been and still are many and varied he enjoys remarkably good health his memory is keen though his sight is failing his friends wish him a happy birthday st andrews constituted as official united church tom kennedy dies col tom kennedy veteran mem ber of the ontario legislature who served peel county for years until his retirement in december died at his dixie farm home this week premier for a short time he had been minister of agriculture in the provincial cabinet and was one of the best known politicians in the province on sunday evening a unique service for this area was held by the presbytery of halton of the united church of canada the presbytery chairman rev moir a j waters of port nelson uni ted church burlington conduc ted the servcte of constitution for the new st andrews church assisting in the service were rev harold bailey superintend ent of home missions for south ern ontario st clair low pres ident of the halton extension council of the united church mr lex blandford student min ister of st andrews and rev morgan g mcfarlane minister of st johns united church and supervising pastor of st andrews the choir for the service was a joint one of st andrews and st johns churches under the lead dership of norman laird tom troulen was the soloist mr waters spoke on the sub ject upon this rock emphas izing the great truth that in the building of the church jesus christ is the chief cornerstone but the members are living stones con stantly declaring the way of god for man in christ and constantly declaring the experience of man with god and the will of god ex pressed through lives of men as they know it thus leading oth ers into thai relationship with god which makes them living stones in his church rev m g mcfarlane gave a brief history of the beginnings of the congregation he received seven into church membership by profession of faith then he aslc- ed the chairman of presbytery to constitute st andrews church as as pastoral charge within the bounds of the halton presbytery with the names listed on the or der of service as the charter members this included 69 nam es of those received by transfer and those received by profession of faith this charter roll will be kept open until after the eas ter communion after the mem bers had made together an affirm ation of their faith and intention the chairman of presbytery decla red the congregation known as st andrews united church in the town of georgetown constituted as a pastoral charge within the halton presbytery in the confer ence of hamilton of the united church of canada having all the rights privileges and responsibil ities that such pastoral charges enjoy within these courts of the church on the motion of kel vin brown seconded by merrill bridgcn the congregation approv ed the slate of officers listed on the order of service the chair man of presbytery declared thes the official board and the exew live officers of the committees of st andrews church prior to this the work had been carried on by a steering committee these offi cers are as follows board of trustees g hallitt p w porter f r b matthews k brown session f bishop m brig- den k brown a turner e stoltx stewards p w porter g fantuz ventry d ward armstrong building committee g- ven try k porter m brigden g mc- colgan g rusk r cillis g em- merson sunday school supt f bish op assistant supt p porter music mrs f turner secretary treasurer f r b matthews teachers mr a turner mrs r cilis r cillis mr v aiken miss marylou aiken miss rox- anne cowbrough miss shirley rig- by mis rosemary young mr r roach kinacrgarten mrs r kitch en mrs e allaif tha womans federation honorary president mrs m g mcfarlane president mrs k brown vice president wms mrs f r b matthews vice president wa mrs d a ward recording secretary mrs g l hallitt cor responding secretary mrs f bish op general treasurer mrs a e turner wms treasurer mrs j collier department secretaries mrs o m brewster mrs a e stoltx mrs g emmerson mrs r roach mrs r kitchen mrs r peardon mrs j c hobson greetings were brought to the new congregation from halton presbytery the home mission board anltne extension council fol owing the service of consti tution a delightful social time was held in the church hall when the womans federation of osl an drews served lunch tmonday council meeting road chi walter gray detailed the heavy work faced by the w staff in keepi roads pass monday vo graders tad wart ed all day mainly in the eastern town area cutting ice up to av foot and a half thick zromroads which then had to be hauled away to avoid future flood dan ger ice was also being removed from queen st and grljyde sug gested that catch basins on guelph st should be opened as soon as possible were running into tremen dous expenditure but these are necessary if our roads are to be kept open said mr gray may be it will stagger you when the road committee presents its hud- get cr mcgilvray mentioned pot holes on main st in front of the municipal building and was told nothing could be done until war mer weather what can we do about recrea tion for young people could we get the firemen to flood skat ing areas and the hydro to light them asked cr anne currie who explained she thinks all creation activity seems to be di rected towards younger children with nothing provided for teen- agers or fred harrison said it is too late in the year to flood outdoor rinks the public doesnt show much interest in teenage sport he said if support of the junior hoc key club is indication last year nine ball diamonds had been laid out for summer recreation he said a 2inch water service into the fire hall was approved it will speed up refilling storage tanks on the fire truck in winter weather gradual replace ment of old type street lighting in the older farts of town cr fred harrisons idea met approval and the hydro will be asked to consider a yearly allotment for such a project metal lockers for storage of clothing and supplies were order- ed for the police department garage fire second calamity for family slill mourning the death of her father mr e j rutledge who lost his life in a train accident less than three weeks ago mrs joe emmerson 99 main st n was further saddened by news from streetsville on sunday feb 8th where her brother jim rutledge suffered a loss estimated at 50000 when the north end garage which he owned was completely gutted by fire during the night it was the second time in ten years that- his garage has been completely destroyed by fire and the loss was only partially covered by insur ance mr rutledge inspected the gar age at 11 oclock that evening as was his nightly custom before re tiring and found nothing amiss it was not until awakened by a passerby that he was aware the building was in flames his wife tried to call the fire department but was unable to do so since the telephone wires had been burned off in the neighbour ing garage the alarm was turn ed in by another resident by the time the alarm was tur ned in the building was beyond saving however three depart ments streetsville cooksville and church ville fought the blaze for several hours to keep it from spreading to nearby buildings tjom w hasww mr ar nart avenue w took motion picture during the nrmu visit at the fort montagu beach hotel with them are mr and mrs howard holmes left of 51 shelley st they vacationed wrrh ban club ipemfaers ami trwir wives from district a2 in ontario this u the second ormivecaary of the bying uem arnl 4hir first trip to ihepehames promote jim parsons as bank accountant assistant accountant at the bo- yal bank branch here for a year jim parsons has been transferred to the smithville branch where be win be acxxnmtant his position here is being fill ed by tom qoann who has been trans from the armdale halifax branch two other new staffers are mrs dennis shep herd and mrs allan hifkmott the umcmber branch alio in cludes manager dick lbder countant george lceftaa and john fowler shirley burt dini- beek mrs ken judd betty 1 mary hlgglns arid mrvboy t