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the georgetown twbve paofc authorized as second class mail post office dapt ottawa georgetown ont wednesday march 4lh 1959 first section what council did record 413 job seekers in georgetown employment service malton group active in seeking town industry registration of 413 unemployed men and women to date was re ported by kelvin c brown at mon days council meeting mr brown has headed a group of malton volunteers who with council cooperation have organ ized georgetown employment ser vice where data about job seek ers is available to potential em ployers some 65 different trades are included in the registration mr brown said with such variety as clay miners bakers and bee keepers there are 16 profes sional engineers among those lis ted jobs made known to the employ ment service so far have not been numerous he said four people have definitely been placed in positions and three or four others are in process of interview a large number of unemployed arc in the general labouring and semiskilled classes he said the sevice is trying particular ly to place applicants in this area so they will not be faced with the disruption of selling their homes and moving to a new town another project initiated after council meeting a week ago an industryseeking group of which mr brown is also a member and for which roy warwick was spokes man has been meeting daily in an effort to arrive at a sensible plan which would employ a prop ortion of those presently unem ployed letters applying for sub-con- traces have been sent to avro or- enda and ojther firms mr war wick said and investigations have been made about focal jobbing work presently going out of town which might be done here the committee has had numerous con tacts with inventors also the committee he explained will need some finances for travelling ex penses and correspondence first inclined to vote 100 for this purpose council at cr hydes suggestion decided it was more properly a matter for the indus trial commission and reeve sar gent promised the commission would deal with it he was sure he said that the commission would be agreeable to earmark 100 for this purpose another suggestion to council came from george aspden 16 man st who introduced himself as a refugee from malton mr aspden said council had asked for suggestions and it is his idea that skills possessed by malton men will slip during an unemployment period lie prop osed vocational training for all unemployed people so there would be a trained working force available for industry when it comes mayor armstrong sah mr asp dens idea has merit and council decided to ask the executive of georgetown night school if it might be possible to have course offered through their organiza ion high school will get own workshop room addition of a machine shop room will further enhance geor getown high school next year when the addition presently in pro cess is completed monday at a meeting in geor getown north halton high school board voted to add this facility to the school since shopwork was introduced to the curriculum sev- er years ago boys havebeen transported to other towns tor tins part of theifstudies first to milton and later to acton when that school had an addition built the reciprocal arrangement had had acton girls coming to geor getown for their household econ omics course decision to have shopmtork here will make no major change in the construction plans for the new high school wing one of the class rooms already planned will be used for shop an exhibition of square dancing followed by dancing for everyone is on the program next tuesday in wrigglesworth auditorium when the- nignt school exhibits its skill guides and brownies observe thinking day on sunday evening february 2nd the guides and brownies ob served thinking day with a ser vice in st johns united church with brown owl mrs vernon mc- cullough in charge of the cercmo- nies brownie elizabeth hay read the scripture from luke 10 3036 and packie heather arnold with two brownies kathy nell and judy norton gave the responsibe read ing this is my fathers world was the duet sung by brownies harlcnc lee and jane mcfarl ane and the pastoral prayers were given by brownies betty string cr linda howat and wendy nor ton rev morgan mcfarlane addres sed the gathering on friendship fellowship and worship and each one present found a message in his talk the scouts of st johns church had a flag dedicated at the service what council did cmhc nixes moratorium on house mortgages answering a letter from george town council asking consideration for deferment of mortgage pay ments by unemployed home own ers a letter from p s secord vice president of central mort gage housing corporation was read at mondays council meeting mr secord said thal thecorpor- ation is aware of the present sit uation regarding unemployed malton workers and will be wat ching developments very careful ly continuing his letter he says experience has proven that borrowers under the national hou sing act have been able to meet many forms of financial duress without seriously defaulting on their mortgage payments there fore as a matter of general poli cy the corporation does not auth orize wholesale waivers or mort gage payments those borrowers who do encounter difficulty will find that the toronto branch of fice of the corporation is prepared to discuss the circumstances of each case on its individual merits where the mortgage is adminis tered by a lending company the borrower should discuss the case with the lending company i am sure you will appreciate that it would not 1e appropriate for cmhc to postpone mortgage payments without regard to the circumstances of individual eas- return ed hall as ambulance chief ed hall 16 margaret street has been returned as chief of george towns volunteer ambulance ser vice mr hall was voted to his sec ond term as ambulance head at the organizations annual meeting in wrigglesworth school on wed nesday feb 25th where mayor jack armstrong officiated for the evening councillors john gunn and john elliott who are also gvas members acted as scru tineers also elected to office were cap tains harold gilmer 11 union st and keith macdonald elgin st and lieutenants bob jones 29 maple ave w trevor williams 18 parkview les norris 23 nor ton cresc doug tucker 93 main st n gene green 37 prince charles dr and claude reid 110 mountainvicw rd william ktnrade 14 ostrander blvd is secretary and the treasurer is gerard wilcox 142 guejph st realtors rally to win first game with bradford bradford fords conformed with oha scheduling and launched the central ontario intermediate b finals here at exactly 830 last night but georgetown hunters realtors didnt get the message until about a period and a half later some 700 paying customers loo ked on as the realtors made their silky sulivan type dash in the late minutes to swamp the marsh- men 104 and claim the opener thoy trailed at the end of the first period 3 to 1 it was jolting hodychecking thai turned the bradford tide the fleet fords skated all over ihc hunters in the first frame and for most of ihe second lo open their advantage as the locals tried to fight fire with fire and heat the blueshirls at thier own game but later discovered they got better result with water and the heavy hip had the same effect slowing the torrid bradford pace to a walk rearguard jerry inglis was gen erous with his hulk and led the other hitters dave voyce hill chard george grasby wally mag ron dixon dy bud varey and ron dixon whose penalty killing put a crimp in the oppositions power play a large delegation from the marshland kept the cheering ev en while stouhvillc milton and acton fans leaned to the home dub blake inglis was prominent in the scoring with five tallies and potted the opener after just 39 seconds iotto from davis and thorns at 310 winters from booth at 17 15 and booth from winters and gibson at 1751 powered bradford into the lead and thej looked impressive in doing it georgetown made a brand new game of it in the second drawing even on two more markers by blake inglis and a single by jun- gerry inglis ior beaumont j patton counted for the fords the visitors were completely handcuffed in the last twenty minutes when the realtors rapped in the winner and proceeded to pile on the insurance the total would have gone beyond 10 but for the brilliant net work of brad ford goalkeeper b orr blake ingtts and dave irons with two each and singles by beaumont and ron dixon riddled the brad ford armour there were only seven penalties in the game georgetown drawing four the second game is in bradford on saturday with the third one ftnrck here tuesday engagements mr and mrs tom given r r 2 acton announce the engage ment of their eldest daughter lorraine frances to edward c ryan son of mr and mrs gerald ryan highland creek the mar riage will take place on saturday april 4th in knox presbyterian church georgetown at four oclock easter seal dinner next rotary activity the rotary club met at the north halton golf country club last monday evening for a well attended dinner meeting bill raycroft led in a number of songs after which various items of business were brought up un der their various committees and bill hamilton the president dealt with a number of matters the easier seal dinner is to be held on thursday evening march 19lh in knox presbyterian hall and will feature an outstanding personality as guest speaker the dinner is to officially kick oil the raster seal campaign and arrangements for he dinner were dealt with at some length by the chairman bill carr each member was given a number of tickets to sell john d kelly in charge of ticket sales for the minstrel show announced that awlate was to be finalized wednesday march 4th and that tickets would be avail able for members at next mon days meeting he urged members to get busy when they receive them and make this years show a big- jier success attendancewise even an last year the show itself under the dir ection of ralph lrscl is taking shape and is expected to be the biggest and best prod net ion yet mr ursel presently in the us- has scheduled practices for each week end when he is able to be on hand for them bub barber announced that the competition for posters had end ed and prizewinners had been sel ected they are announced else where an this weeks issue bill raycroft of the program committee gaw a report on the program that is being designed which this ycaf is an ambitious project and will be a very fine souvenir from ihe show members not present at last sundays hockey game at the are na between the lions and rotarv were urged to be on hand next sunday when the club take a crack at the kinsmen on their blades a number of club members are uoing to guelph this week to an italian dinner being held there at it was last jearr quite a number signified inleret in going along unesco representative will speak to bahai albert rakovsky a member of the bahal world faith and the 1958 unesco cultural mission to japan will speak on his experi ences and observations next mon day evening at the home of mr i and mrs tom ferguson 12 mar- ket st mr rakovsky who jives in westmount quebec travelled 35- 000 miles visited 22 countries and more than- 4j cities in 4 months an ardent worker for the united nations ideals of world and religious unity he lec- albert rakovsky tures extensively he is a mem ber of many humanitarian organi zations and optimistically believ es that unity between all nations and all religions may be establish ed in our lifetime and devotes his life to the achievement of this goal kin club wiverto form kinettes in georgetown a counterpart for georgetowns oungest service club the men l in the creation the kinettes as the organiza tion will be called held their ini tial meeting two weeks ago at the home of mrs jack spence i kcits si under the supervision of kins min sam mcltzcr there were 23 prospective members at the meet ing a vote taken to determine the clubs function was unanimous in favour of a 50 per cent social and 50 per cent active program a nomination of officers is sla ted for the second meeting of ihe new nroup lo be held at the home of mrs don patterson 6 mcgil- cresc this thursday even ing to the membership is open only- vtves of kinsmen t two years old tuesday i phylis mercy briggs daughter i of mr and mrs tom briggs j stewarttown will be two years i old on thursday march 5th name lillian shortill president of red cross blake leslie many years farm machiny salesman a resident at 49 market street since 1918 and a native of esques- ing where he was born on the 4th line leslie homestead james blake leslie died at v home on friday he had been in ill health for some time and had only rec ently returned from a five week stay in hospital mr leslie had spent most of his life as a salesman for the j i case farm machinery company the was the son of john l leslie and mary ann thornton and fol lowing his marriage in 1913 to edfifc b thompson they farmed for four years in erin township when he joined the case organiz ation they moved to toronto for a short time then came to geor getown he was a member of knox presbyterian church he leaves his wife one daugh ter glcnna mrs george erwin of bolton and two grandchildren leslie and tcrjcy erwin oldest of a family of five he is also sur vived by a sister mrs k c lind say isabel and brother george of town and a brother j a dean of acton another brother lieut edwin leslie was killed on active service in world war 1 rev alex calder conducted the funeral service on monday at the harold c mcclure funeral home pallbearers were frank thomp son of hamilton albert dolson frank petch k c lindsay la vern thompson and ted leslie interment was in erin cemetery miss lillian short ill of ballina- fad was elected president of the- georgetown and district red cross society at a meeting held at the home of interim president t elliott sunday night mrs don thompson was elected secretary and mrs larry maughan first vice president at their annual meeting in the legion hall on january 29 mrs florence tjurtis was returned as 2nd vice president and donwin- grove was elected treasurer suc ceeding mrs ernie rawson who is in charge of the loan cupboard in the absence of last years pre sident miss rosemary jordan for mer vice president john elliot chaired the meeting and offere at that time to act as interim pre sident until the new presiden was elected mrs larry maughai offered to act as interim secretary other committee elected were paul barber swimming pool miss evelyn mckay publicity and wal ter pope auditor the red cross campaign blitz has been set for early april and volunteer canvassers and chair men gre urgently requested to get iir touch with the executive fathers guests at norval scout banquet parttime scoui commissioner ted borne of hamilton spoke to some sixtyfive scouts cubs and their fathers and a troop of girl kins- ftuides as guest speaker at the annual father and son banquet in sl pauls parish hall norval last wednesday evening mr borne gave a descriptive talk on the maturing boy ad vising the boys to stick with the program of cubs and scouts he was introduced by the chairman for tho ovoning laurie reed an i l thanked for his talk by rev l royal a toast to the queen was prop osed by the chairman and to the scout movement by a girl guide sharon burk the latter responded to by scoutmaster julian reed- scout robert murray proposed a toast to the girl guide movement which was responded to by guide gloria sherring and a toast to the fathers by cub brian youmans brought a reply from one of the fathers keith webb the delicious banquet supper was prepared and served by the w i what council did estimate hungry hollow dam cost quarter million a dam which would create a lake by flooding a portion of the hungry hollow area w cosl an an estimated quartefofa mil lion dollars council was told on monday by alex maclaren mr mnrlaren an exreeve of the town and georgetowns represen tative on tho credit valley con servation authority was present to give a report on the authoritys activities and reviewed a s12g000 budget for 1959 the towns share of which is 5374 a large share of the budget is for payment on the purchase of terra colt a play ground and the erindalc damsitc mr maclaren explained that the hungry hollow dam now in the talking stage would be paid for by all municipalities on a share basis but if it is to be created primarily to provide a george town water supply the town would be paying the largest share itsoh a 5man council group will moot with the conservation authority in april to discuss the matter fur ther possibility of increasing the de benture issue lo include extras on installing water and sewers in the park subdivision will be dis cussed with the municipal board town engineer wm carr explain ed that the contractor had run in to unforeseen trouble which had boosted the cost beyond original estimates mr carr also told council that water supplies in that area which might add to the towns water sysr tem should be checked before any residential- building is allowed the value of water could outweigh any value as building sites tie said a letter- from a brampton soli ctor contained information about a threatened suit by residents ag ainst the seller of property on shelley str through which the hydro has a rightofway which residents claim may cause insur ance difficulties council was being told ihe solicitor said so that if there is any building activ- ty to the south of the street the town will be aware of the righl- ofway the letter was turned over to the planning board referring lo a proposed ex change of land between the town and paul dorc the ont dept of planning requested that two ap praisals be submitted for each property to ascertain the land va lues were equal the question of georgetown leaving the high school district will come before county council on march 17th and a letter from the deputy minister of education informed council that the minis ter would reserve opinion on the matter until county council had dealt with it crown attorney p mr williams referred to a case which had been dismissed in magistrates court concerning an accident at the mountainview river drive in tersection in a letter in which he said action should be taken to im prove the dangerous intersection council discussed the intersec- lion with cr mcgilivray suggest ing a 3way stop be inaugurated and cr hyde a 15 mile speed lim it cr gray promised a recom mendation from the road commit tee while lhe clerk was instruct ed to see if a speed limit could legally be imposed a 20c an hour pay increase and a closed shop are contained in re quests from the national union of public service employees with which council will be negotiating a new agreement this year a let ler from m t cooney business representative of the union re layed this information care taking of the municipal buildmgeccived attention in a lengthy discussion with a harri son hyde motion to advertise for a caretaker receiving no other supporters when it came lo a vote at piesent the motion movers ex plained town employee william norton is allowed one day a week to assist his wife in the caretak ing and they wished to have this practice discontinued and all the carctaking done independently mayor armstrong suggested the best procedure if a change is to be made would be to have the ob evaluated and a new arrange mrnt offered to mrs norton there is no question about the efficiency of the work being done he said cr mcgilvray said that the present arrangement is quite sat isfactory in his opinion and he could see no reason for any change at all social personal mr and mrs ken robertson and son david 52 norton cresc spent week recently in st andrews east quebec where they visited th his parents miss jessie ieavitt 5 ontario left on friday for st peters burg florida for a two weeks hol- day she will visit with mrs w h philip r miss helen devereaux macdon- ld hall stc anne de bellevue spent the weekend with her moth- mrs harry devereaux park- v blvd mrs alf collins 102 guelph st was in waterloo on sunday to ttend the christening of her granddaughter the baptism serv ice for debra anne daughterof and mrs george blyth took place in the church of the holy saviour mr and mrs murt allison market st and mr and mrs lloyd marks 22 shelley st h from a holiday trip south they drove to miami then flew to montego bay jamaica where they spent two weeks mr avd mrs roy gordon afd mr and mrs joel leslie of inger- sjill were in town on sunday to visit with relatives and pay re spects to their cousin the late blake le whose death occurred i friday w f hunter of hunters real estate and john r campbell of park ave are flying to florida tomorrow where they will spend the next two weeks on a holiday trip after winning the intertown peewee championship the peewees went to mr and mrs red assel- tines home 54 byron st for a teak supper those present were donny norton mike cummins jim blair rod presswood jacl cunningham allan arnold waym davison gord harlow brad living ston gene roshicr wayne reid ron lane marty wheeler and al so tueajjinior players paul rob inson andfeill chard also pres- cnt were herb robinson jack gudgeon bruce gummer jack harlow and gerry and betty per kins skating party for baptist young couples the old cliche a good time was had by all was never more fit ting than at the home of mr and mrs doug peck 45 normandy blvd where seven couples mem- hers of the 1st baptist church young couples club gathered for their annual skating party satur day night a large rink in back of the peck home provided plenty oi room for pleasure stating but la ter shrunk considerably according to some of the end men who took part in a scenery blurring game of cracklhe whip which left gaping ca bordering snow the groojgwtreated to the house for a business meeting fol lowing a short devotional and lunch was served by mrs peck and mrs lloyd whan the next meeting will be held at the home of mr and mrs ken mccosh t mary st couples atending included mr and mrs al robson glen wil liams mr and mrs roy buttrey 22 byron st mr and mrs earl clements byron st mr and mr don black 14 bairstow cresc mr and mrs don livingstone k main sl n mr and mrs lloy whan 48 main st n mr an mrs peck and the presidents mr and mrs don hancock glen wil liams