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remembrance as remembrance day draws nearwe pause to tmnk of those who gave their all in the cause of peace a few years back junu emmerson i georgetown boy and a toronto telegram staff writer wrote a- very fine tribute which bears reading over and over again we have published it before but as yet have found nothing more appropriate for remembrance day 1960 in my home town georgetown today they held a little fathering to honour a bunch of fellows who havent been home or quite a while a bunch of fellows they think quite a bit of in my home town the band was out of course and the mayor and councillors and the minister and relatives and friends and as the names were called out the crowd remembered these fellows as they were before they went away hedley shaw dusty and sweat stained bagging up chopped grain in his flour and feed meal carl hyde installing electric- ity and plumbing fixtures in houses around town darner beaumont kibitzing with the factory gang until the noon hour whistle sent them back to work and johnny oliver his name was called today johnny oliver who thought the old northumberland was sinking when it started to take on water ballast at the end of the plants annual excursion across the lake to port dalbonsle vic millars name was called quiet kindly vic millar who enjoyed being one of the rena rats who scraped the ice be tween periods at hockey games who liked to garden and to sit at night and play his guitar and johnny bowman his name was called too johnny bow man who used to cycle four miles from his farm home to high school each da and who had to cvcle hastlv back home earl one day a school bag strategically placed over the trousers which hadn t been able to withstand a noon hour rugby scrim mage bob wlies name was called todav and bifl murphy s the two hocke stalwarts who placed themselves into a state sf exhaustion the night practically th whole town managed to cram and squeeze themselves into the arena for the midget nhl hockey finals refereed b real big league stars and carman sutcliffe s name was called carman sutcliffe the pale shy music teacher who struggled courageously to instil a love of the classics into his unwilling high school charges ignoring their taunts as he tried to coax more than a whispering response to kathleen mavoureen or trying desperateh to shush them before their uproarious rendition of mcnamara s band disrupted a neighbouring class in latin declensions- and brought principal j jl lambert striding grim in carman sutcliffe so intent so silent it a tiding that day with the little group of grim faced teachers a the school s entire j20 pupils jammed themselves into one clasr n to hear prime min ister neville chamberlain s voice radioed from across the ocean fantastic incredible it is that we in britain should be trying on gas masks and digging trenches because of a quarrel m a faraway country among people of whom we know little dickenson dillon dovle mclaughlin maclaren o kane simpson on down the lisuthe voice droned until van one had been called all 61 of hem and when they had all been called and when there was no answer a bugle sent the plaintive haunting notes of the last post oat past the cenotaph out beyond the hushed gath ering out into the silent streets that they have been away from so long georgetown herald autherfnd as sacond class mail pest offlca dapt otraa okmociown oftt thutsdat nov 5th 1959 snsjra copy prtaatan cants new phone exchange punned in feburary missons secretary to lifelong farmer visit ptcibyterians angus lawson dies what council did no thought of resigning from town planning board bairstow 1 enjoy the planning board activity and as a town resident i am naturally concerned with its planning i shall continue to serve on this board until such im as you indicate i no longer have your confidence said harold bairstow address ing council on monday mr bairstow who is general manager of delrex develop ments said he was making a statement because of unpleas- ant publicity in a newspaper article and blamed this on a little group of malcontents whose contentions he claims are untrue unwarranted and unsubstantiated he has been a planning board appointee since its outset in 1955 and council reappointed him until 1962 just recently mr bairstow said during mv entire tenure i have endeavoured to consider every case on its merits and have never acted to influence the board on any matter con cerning delrex developments he said 1 expect you must have had confidence that 1 would not abuse my appoint jnent or you would not have appointed me in the first place speaking further mr bair stow said that the delrex firm with a two million dollar in vestment and the reinvestment of every dollar from land sales into further industrial and com mercial development shows the firm has confidence in the towns future continued development de pends on the town and com pany finding an equitable bas is fair to both he said if home and industrial sites cannot be provided at a reasonable price the firm cannot proceed rev r malcolm runson b th b will be the guest speaker sunda november 8th at nor val presbtenan church at the ft ms family service this ser ice will be of special interest to young people mr ranson was appointed assistant secre tary for overseas missions on september 1st 1958 he brings to this position the highest qui hfi cations and experience a native of westmount pq he is a graduate of mcgill and stu died theologv at prtsbvtenan college and at princeton mr ranson served under the general board of missions in v man china from 1942 to 1946 where he pioneered a new field in kienshui south yunan he was forced b war condi tions to leave in 1950 since that time he has served as mm ister of knox and st andrws churches in fort fne ontario one of esquesing s oldest re- sidents angus lawson died at his home lot 18 concession 4 esquesing on october 24th in his eighty first ear mr law- son died verv suddenly he was the son of angus tawson and margaret wnght and attended iimehouse school and lime- house irebtenan church he was a firmer h occupation and livtd all his life in the town ship mr d un kdves his wife om sun jack and oik irand child carol lit jno kat- two hair brothtrs ham and fred brown the funeral strice was con ducted al tht harold c mcclure j funeral home 34 v lith street j goretovn on tuesday after noon by rev caldtr pal william lawson and three beanrs were three relatives iawin ft rin jack mccregor friends c rge leslie wilfrid bird and lreeman kcrse in torment was in lame house ce- meter j 19s5 studebaker west on the highway toward town when he lost control as they started to tarn the sharp corner at the bottom of the hill both were thrown from the car when it collided with the tree and were lying beside the car unconscious when cat ron rankine of the local police arrived at the scene they were attended by dr o m brewster before being tak en to guelph by the gvas the car was a total wreck opp cst ro hazlett made the investigation the accidental occurred at about 9 0 a m new doctor two hospitalized in sunday morn g crash a geortiown nun alfred frank of 2d bairstow lresc and a brampton resident fred erick schmidt of 184 queen si brampton were rushed to the guelph genera hospital sun da morning unconscious and with fractured left legh after their car hit a tree at the base of oral hill frank was driving the car a friday morning if ire levels home lower main st two fires within ten hours of each other levelled the eighth line home of mr and mrs char les heancy fnda morning a i converted streetcar with two j rooms attached the building was estimated at 2500 all of the contents went up m smoke the first blase which broke out at 1 15 am gutted the 5t and a recurrence at 1 1 25 raxed 2 remaining rooms a bedroom and kitchen a neigh- jbour mrs ted darlington tur ned in the alarm mr and mrs heaney and their four ear old daughter rather ine were uninjured mr hean tri angle 6 ww be new additional dialing here an additional 200 telephone terminals each corresponding to an individual telephone num ber are now being installed in the dial exchange building in georgetown l g denby bfell telephone manager for this territory announced this week scheduled for completion late in december the extension will meet immediate demands for new telephone facilities due to the rapid growth m this area meanwhile work on extension of the georgetown building de signed to house dial equipment to serve 1 000 additional custom ers in the area is neanng com pletion it will have the ex change name and number of triangle 6 and will be pat into operation next february completion of this extension will provide a total of some 5 000 telephone lines for the georgetown exchange dr robert hooper dr robert hooper presently practicing al hisjiome on by ron st is planning to open a medical office in the new building at the mountain view sinclair corner when it is ready ey told firemen an oil space heater probably caused the blaze pranksters were responsible for fires hallowe en night that took the firemen to terra cotta and nerval a small shed which had been used as a waiting room for cnr customers at terra cotta was reduced to ashes in a short liv ed blaze there and the privy population was reduced tr one at norval where pranksters set i the torch to an outdoor plumb- mg unit after carrying it to the back of the hollywood house harrison school principal heads teachers executive anniversary mr and mrs frank brown limehouse will be at home to their relatives and friends on tuesday november the tenth from two to four thirty and from seven to ninethirty on the oc casion of their twentv fifth wedding anniversary soccer great what council did will ask specialist advice on past future subdivisr 1 costs town can be proud this year halloween pranks only minor hallowe en belonged to the candy collectors as ool minor damaged and the usual soaping fc of windows marked one of the quietest hallowe ens on record the flood or calls that swam ped the police office in former years was reduced to a trickle and guards at strategic points all over town had k exception allv easy in some instances paint re- placed the traditional soap to discourage the november 1st window washers a couple of street signs wandered during the night and football standards at the high school were torn down the latter act which customarily signals victory on the gridiron took an ironic twist in the stillness of the coot autumn night and seem ingly heralded a triumph sanity surprise party for fifth anniversary a suprise part was held at the home of mr and mrs terrj glover mclmvre crescent fn day october 23 on the occa sion of their fifth anniversary fnends included mr and mrs fred norton mr and mrs len grittam mr and mrs ed mag dy and mr and mrs jack timp- son of macintyre crescent and mr and mrs gus fantuz of price charles drive mr and mrs glover were presented with a bouquet of red roses and the evening was enjoyed by all town of georgetown notice to water consumers in cooperation with the town water department th town fir brigade will be totting hydrant and flush ing water mains in tho following afreets on thursday november 6 1959 commencing at 7 00 p n sargent rcl to eastern town limits g r bligh supt of works no immediate action on a delrex request for release of 1163 building lots appean lik elh following council decision on monda to engage an ac counting firm to report on costs of all released subdivisions and probable current and capital costs of any future subdivisions the- motion passed unanimously on a recorded vole the gunn curne motion which calls for the finance committee to bring in such a resolution followed a funher request from harold hair stem speaking for delrex ievlop- ments for an early answer to the company s request i trust that you will ajr c hat no good and considerable harm may arise from further delay said mr bairstow also on the deputation ros ter and speirt i in a council chamber crowde withpecta tors was mr john ordaro who read a lengthv loiter in which she said she rt presented a group of ladies who had teleph oned a number of ratepayers and insisted al facts should be made known to them mrs cor daio said taxes on her main st building had risen from 469 in 1954 to 880 today claimed that the only improvements she could find for the extra lax money are in telrex and stat ed that only three councillors are fearless in her opinion pearce porter a council can didate last year remarked that the housing question should be held over a an election topic miss elixahth leslie said the town books should be produced and people hown where money has been spent so people can not say delrex or the town it wrong rev alex calder said he sums up the whole issue in his tax bill which has had a consider able jump saying he doesn t give two hoots who s responsi bls he thinks council should hurry slowly it unfortun ate that there has been a two- name division within the town he said and this should be av elded harrison wood who ha hen an outspoken critic of the land rile asc said he presumed he is the liar referred to at last weik s meeting bj mr bairstow but that he will still doubt an industry until h sees it in black and white regarding his prtvmus comments about mr bairstow being a member of the town planning biarrt mr wood said he had intended no thing ptrsonal and has the highest regard for mr bair stow s integrity but that he does not think a delrex compan man should hold such a posi lion he supported mr cald trs idea of hurrying slowij third piakor excouncillor cecil dai im n n iterated this and said h could sec no great haste to release more building land following hianng of dpuu tions there in a brief debate on the gunncumc motion which follow id a speech by the mavor in which hi sugges ted this seems to be the only solution to a problem which has given council weeks of stu dy without arriving at a solu tion agree with the mayor said cr gunn as he presented his motion and with so many conflicting viewpoints our onlv action is o have the facts presented mr i unn aid grave injury hart been done the town s indus- tria prospects by an out or town columnist in my mind i feel delrex has paid its way but it is hard to prove the point with so many intangibles he said cr mcgilvray reiterated this ratcpavers don t want flog a dead horse he exclaim ed after councillor hyde had again brought up the 6040 ratio question i think delrex has paid its way too and the facts should be ascertained cr hyde claimed the motion was clouding the issue and that the town auditor had produced a report on request last year for a 500 house release and the council had paid it no heed i delrex made an agreememt i thev admit cant be lived np to he said it is up to the firm to bring a proposal that will do more than the original agreement in a different way i suggest the application be re fused temporarily hut that we shouldn t turn our back on any sound proposal maor armstrong said the previous report had not been the comprehensive one he ref era to and that cost of all sub divisions and not just delrex should be found out cr hvde argued that each subdivision should be treated on its merits hat delrex is in an annexed part of town while othre subdivides have built withing the old town limits how can delrex ask for more housing when they haven t sub mitted a plan of what they in tend to do asked cr harri- s who expressed concern ab out drainage he claims it will cost 150 000 to storm drain roads accepted up to the pres ent and that drainage is a vital subdivision question calling for a report of the last committee meeting cr el liott said the gunn motion was something new you realise as i do that we arrived at no conclusion at the meeting said reeve sargent and that we had no recommen dation to make tonight the reeve presided at the meeting as mayor armstrong was late in arriving because of a apeak inft f- a there was another surprise motion two weeks ago wasnt there said cr cum cr elliott said there will be disunity as ions as one part of town thinks it is subsidizing the other and that a report will give the facta cr hyde while voting for the motion expressed opposi tion to anyone other than the town auditor compiling the re port stalling seems to b every one s wish let s have a report and people will know where we are going said deputy reeve gray cr mebftvray says all sofa- 1 drrislotu should be treated on an equal basis cr hyde main tamed i feel delrex is differ ent and must be judged on its own merits summing up the discussion reeve sargent said he agrees wholehearted with the re quested report and that a prof essional appraisal will clear the air and bring out the facts sammy cox attendants at the commun- itj centre presentations to outstanding baseball and soc cer teams in their summer league will see sammj cox exscottish international soc cer star who has promised to be a guest jow a mem ber of toronto sparta he is a former member of glasgow rangers and london arsenal photo by crrirm brampton sionino th kgtstes following thoir recent marriage at hornby united church are mr and mrs robert marshall p r 1 milton the bride is the former joan wngglesworth daughter of mr end mrs clifford s wngglesworth of r r 2 georgetown while the groom is the son of mr and mrs james marshall rri milton harold henry principal of harrison public school was elected president at the 1959 convention of halton no 1 tea cher s institute held on friday oct 30 at brantford in the morning session the ontario school for the blind was host to 238 public school teachers and guests they were wrml welcomed bj su perintendent s e armstrong who together with his assistant g c whetstone had planned an enlightening program the visitors were taken on a tour of the school founded n 1872 a modern wing alsp ex ists and another is under con struction teachers obsen ing in classroom found a full coarse of studj to grade 12 and were impressed ta the skill of grade 1 reading older pupils enter- tamed m the auditorium with piano organ and vocal num bers musical talent is of a high calibre and abl directed by mr snell the afternoon stssion was held at brant ave united church where a banquet took place president miss margaret roberts oakville welcomed the assembk and introduced the guists after the banquet vice- president harold henrx geor getown introduced the speak er re aubre jones of oen- tenar united church hamil ton mr jones challenged his listeners to awake and think saving that canada needs more people to shake off sleepiness and protect our democratic way of life inpector r f bornhold spoke i behalf of the inspectorate of halton o 1 saving that seeing such inspiring results in the face of difficulties teachers of ighted pupils should bev spur red to the highest achievement presentations were made to retired teachers mis isabel anderson acton and miss e m downes oakville cheque was also presented to the school for the blind officers elected with mr henrv include vice president miss x e dawson nassagawe- ya secretan mis- b robin- on milton i reasurrr mr f brown oakville rod gibbons esquesing and mrs a paul nassagawea are rural repre sentatives miss marion scarl ett georgetown 1 kobsev of oakville and h black cton urban representatives miss f pedoruk oakville is chairman of special subjects after the convention clo sed teachers were free to visit historical sites including the bell homestead and st paul s her majesty s chapel of the mohawks built in 1785 as the first protestant church in ont three garages yield no loot for thieves attempted robberies at three service stations on no 7 high way left thieves empty handed mondav night according to pol ice the thieves broke m to se vice stations in acton the shell service station at suvercreek and the neil guenn service station near the eastern towat limit the burglars were after money and no equipment wa taken