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z- retires as secretary- treasurer omi op tvu most hiohly respected public spirited georgetown businesswomen mrt o w d raid secretary troasurer of georgetown hydro llectnc commlttton bat offic ially retired from iter reipomtbla pout ion she ha r mained on duty for a few welt to acquaint a graham tarnell a former comirmnoner who it the new secretary treasurer with the multiple details of the position warm tributes were paid to mrt field at a dinner honoring iver and which was ationdfnj by the myor of georqelown mmbert of the goorgotown hlc and half alio former mayors of the town and on tario hydro representatives ontario hydro phote witnessed many changes in hydro quarter century here mrs reid retires as secretary treasurer commissioners staff honour hydro secretary a highly respected public spirited oorgtown rmtnrv woman it retiring from official duties with georgetown hy dro titer nearly a quarter of service mt o w d olive reid secretary treasurer for georgetown hydro commission one of the best known ladies in the community has officially retired from her rcipomible position but is remaining on duty for a few weeks to ac quaint the new secretarytreasurer a graham farnell with ih multiple details of the position although the h not a native of georgetown mrs reid bolt upon the community as her hometown and has been a widely known highly respected resident for some 40 yean sh cme to the ccmmunity in 1925 after her marriage to j p reid who took over a hardware business established by hit father in georgetown more than a clntury ago th s bus lness ttarted in the 1850 s was in the premises built by the late mr reid t father and is now owned by goodie t s economy hardware on main street south born in gait mrs reid graduated from gait col leg late institute and entered the business world working first in a lawyer t office ana then at secretary in a manufactur ing but in 1 1 later the be cm an assistant to the frea turar in tha gait municipal office and was alto secretary for tha gait water work commission after her mar riage lb lived in toronto for a few yaart and was actively angaged in the custom brok- at rage business cam to georgetown in 1933 when tha lie ids moved to ceorfielown in 1023 mrs reid aatiited her hutband in run a titof their hardware bill i new in this way she became ie- sualnted with most of the rest anti of georgetown because it wai a very small community in those days in the early 1030a the was atkad by officials la tha municipal office to help leek alter water account and tha assessment roll dunna the lllneii of the aucuor about 1036 mrs held was requested to aiiut tlio secretary treat- urar of georgetown hydro miss k d ryan three years later hire reid became an employee i el georgetown hydro and was appointed secretary- treasur er on may 1st hmd when miss ryan retired after serving in hat position since the inception 6f hydfo in georgetown in the year 1012 many chances a great many changes in tha georgetown uydro system have been witnessed by mrs reid during the quarter century that she hubeen associated with the municipal hydro system much of this la due to the phen owonat growth that has taken place in georgetown during that period she has teen the con structlon of two new substa- tlous and the rebuilding of the lines to serve the customers wore efficiently the growth la themunielpal hydro system la reflected in come of tho fig ures that are available from tha records when the george- town hydro was established w year gd the revenue in that connected load amounted to 58 horsepower 48 kw and there was a mere handful of custom ers compared with today when mrs raid started to work for georgetown hydro in 1038 vthere were some 700 customers the peak load was about 1000 kw and the annual revenue was 48000 a half century after its inception georgetown hydro revenue for last year was 440 450 and the peak load amounted to approximately 8800 kw remarkable human relations one of the most significant features about mrs reid a as sociation with georgetown hy dro has been her remarkable human relations and outstand ing public relations work on bcalf of the municipal hydro commission she always has been dedicated to her work mr traham j- or nail her successor points out mrs itcid has been conscientious and hard working that she often would continue 14 and is hours a day in emergencies to make sure thst everything in the business office was uptodate she- even sacrificed many weekends and holidays to do the hydro work in very busy periods her energy has not seemed to dim irish over the years and she appears to thrive and take a special delight in arronrphshing her tasks thoroughly and in helping a customer with prob lems flood op letters evidence of her goodwill and consideration for the customers is reflected nl the flood of let ten that arrived at mrs raids dthk since an announcement was made a short time ago about her impending retirement many of those letters have come from customers from whom she has had to collect accounts but these messages were a real tribute to her friendly understand nil help ful attitude and common sense approach to the problem of collecting overdue hydro ac counts and dealing with other pressing matters for customers it hit been said of mrs reid by commission members that she always managed to mako satisfactory arrangements to collect these overdue accounts and in doing so was able to tactfully work out ssitufoctory arrangements with the custom ers so that she kept their friend ship and goodwill she has personally invealgalcd rileatof the problomsi often going to consumers hotnerrtweekendi or at night to help the custom ertogist the power ntl in community drives and cbsrjty fund appesli mrs held always has lent a valuable hand in getting out utters to the res idents of georgetown or in as sisting with numerous details in connection with these worth while public welfare campaigns plans to keep huv now that she is retiring mrs now hu3320customers the reid intends to spend more time relaxing and doing tha hint that she hi been unable tr do throughout her business cirrrr b has one dsughter mrs m o naptiit of toronto who is a former industrial nurse and she hopes to have mure time to villi her diugfe trr this summer mrs reid plans to be active on the golf course and take advantage of the good weather to golf more frequently she has been chartrr member of the north hilton golf and country club since its establishment in 1054 playing golf whenever she could find time mrs reid has pued the game as she says with old fashioned wooden clubs kince 1023 when the present golf course was privately own ed another ambition of mrs itrlds is to tikt a trip to dnt am and travel also en the kuropran continent there are many other actlv itiei to keep mrs reid quite husy she is the treasurer of verdun rebekah lodge and is a pj1 noblo grand of ivy re bekah lodge no 26 and a past district deputy president ef toronto centre of the rabekab order mrs reid it also a member of the georgetown business women s and professional club and is an active member of st johns united church whatever she is doing mrs reid will continue to take a great interest in the affairs of georgetown a community which is home to her and where she feels people are warm in their friendship just as she is equally warm in her feelings and friend ship for them 45 years county crown attorney williim inglls dick 03 itl ten crown attorney for 43 year until hit retirement in 1md died at hn home in hil ton on sunday horn in nrampton and a kraduate of osgonde hall air dick was appointed kins counsel in 1015 lie prsetleed in brampton for two yean be fore estsblishlng his praotlce in milton in 1094 lie waa a former truttee of the public and high school board in milton a member of knox preabyterlan church and naat maater of st clair mason ic iodic sen candidal he leaves his wife margaret young three sons kenneth of milton sydney of montreal and james ttllsonburg four daugh ters mrs bruce jennings liar caret and mrs kenneth mar shall willamlne of milton mm w kgibb kathleen and edith of toronto ills ion kenneth who was associated with his father in his jaw prac tice was a liberal candidate in recent federal elections mr dick was a brotherinlaw of mui georglna young who after her retirement from the ceorgetowtrpubllirachool-teacb- ing tiff moved to milton mlvlf carawully kids hom police have asked tb herald 0 assist them lniirtjonlnj driven to the increased possi bility of serious accident dur- log the eerfov holidays school is out drive aafey surprise mrs rett dinner presentation wane tributes ere paid te sin o w d held the retiring secretary tle el george- totra hydro caea-eolssie- at dmoerte lb north kalioa golf end country club tneeday eabag ajrll w it a planned afc eurprlae fuacuoa to honor mrt held for ber onl standing eerviee to tbe e st tjf geottetewl llydrd and the entire eocbcnuo- ity hi- ismm aktradiiig the dinner aw catainuui sad co el tj georgetown hydro ttetn- box of oeorieiowo hydra aud mayor w t awgee1 and four fond- mayors of georgetown several eiose aasoeistae of mrs hold from bresnpton hydro and worth york hydro alio d b inland director of contanir service for ontario hydro and number of central lugion ontario hydro representatives during the evening mrs held as frosnud wltb a beautiful bouquet of flowers a oorsage a translator radio a lofely gold wrtstwnuh and a cheque froes georgetown hydro commission indicating the high esteem u which she is beid chairman k w blnlley of georgetown hydro presided at the dinner keo cedll speaking briefly d b ire land director of consumer ser vice ontario hydro comment ed on mrs krlrts ualuusl sblt- ily to collect arrears in custom ers sccounts end to keep the goodwill of these customers mr irelsnd thanked her for a job well dona ex mayor joe gibbons refer red to his many contacts with mrs raid in public life and stated that she had served hydro in georgetown through the yesrs se very well ku may or harold cleave also praised mrs reid and presented bar with e bouquet of flowers en behalf of the former mayors in attendance and the present sign identifies county building tk staff ef ualfen ceutity tvttr cumfy caurull e shmck yesterday ty kavlnej e aj0wv4tiefllfylrt h sntat ceurt keum ritry ejrtc wl wuauimi ue erectsml at the svw c iwlldlne ittv uiuur emulr- ucllaa a re wntaluw te kave ceuacil camisuur the tln waa ifulimled in ttte pwrebaety cejwimlttee repart hwvr titer tfce rert waa srwf waman wit irld bllrj hated tkat e s4e kaj already bee ee- it u evryae kiwaw it te a ceuaty ihiiuih lie etiwje vm ajlupavshl oabvllle oaeuity reave h juurrvr it talla everyem tkat tke lulltlla la e eeurt keose rut e f eatery tke latter wai aaaln shew lihf kta iwret dlsaperevst t ike us1ba ef tke kululh 3 new constables to 0pp detachment nertk haltena opp tu- tachiwant atalf ejrew te 17 this week with tke etultlet el three new censtabua this brlnaa tke tulachnmnt up te a total ef ene tereeant ene secretary en is eemtabut ielnlno the atahtatre tten j hojd ef pert bru jamea it hatch el iasetc end uewanj celllsem ef itevevetuvllle al three are new te opp werk eltkeuoh cenit hatchs fa ther is an inspector in eharee ef tke antlejambllno aqua at terente const hudd is alngle and tke ether new men are married five years age the detach mewt consisted ef three men good hock i y no boos you can watch adntlllaung hockey almoat any time you please this week and chances are there wont be one egg thrown on the ice the bant ams play every day until 0 pm wool any covemment dnelney payment will epply only en properly graded woofs secure the utmost by patronli ing tha organisation that made this possible ship collsct to our registered warehouse no i weiton onlsrle obuutlackl and twin without charge from w l sandbrsoh box m blllnfd william a wilson shearer at fc 1 geeroetewit a n syark teeoroehtwrt or by writing to canadian eoopbrativ wool growirs limitio 40 sl oalrave eut toronto 7 ontario mayor this included exmay or hyde exmayor j t arm- strong exmayor j gibbons end mayor w d sargent the pres ent mayor ouertor cenhry orebanir rarnellwhn was a rawiiinir and chainan 6f georgotown hydro for 20 years and who now is succeeding mrs held u secretary treasure of faw municipal uydre comntl- iob said that um ceorgetow hydro com ml si i on tver the years had greatly kpproclalni the iborvugn officlent work of mr seld during the quarter century that she bad worked for ceprgetown hydro mr farsell said that ke felt dottuv fortunate first in hiving mrs atdd- as a valuable ttmnlmee wbn be was on the cemuue- ion and eondly in having her advice and help in guiding hlra to learn tke great amount of detail work about the municipal hydro tostem before mrs raid retires aty runetl said that when be has served bis term of oolc a uiu wnry ethb er he hoped that he would be able to earn tha respect end appreciation that mrs atetd has received so widely from cuat- omers and the hydro coenlnv ion of georetown- vituoolo servlos mr yarnell preaeoted the transistor radio on behalf of three conunlasioners and tum ult as a former commissioner to mrs- held- another presen tation was nude by miae norma smith on behalf of tbe office and outside atalf al ceoravatown hydro of an sttreeuve suit ably engraved wriatwatchu in making tb presentation of a cheque from the rrtmmi- to mrs held the chairman mr k w lunkby paid a nuabarw tributes to mrs held and etnas- ed her valuable service to crorgetuwn hydra yhe honored guest spoke with a greet deal of fecung about her long association with the numbers of csar hydro stalf end the comnlasiou aua her wonderful contacts with suff mambers in neighboring municipal hydro aytlewis and with ontario hydra uah mem- be re cartage firm takes over fs movers a ahtasaavme whlcb alerted i here from acrateb tare years ago i hanks cartage operated by i hank be boer jtxin st m bna i bought out the moving i of s movezx formerly oper ated by norm snyder is ah hert st portation of thedr fntedtavm 4 whoa u uaretd ux exrtagean agent for north h two yean ato ilanklvan lines w can aup te i de pper- bad one ttakn truck i point in canada end use us apeuksav rm j pagku but he bn been eble ts a tnln evaat t fnatrtai wttk hapj and s moving track new i a change of secretaries aptit a ouatte century ef service with georoowr hydro electric cornmlsslon 14 years of whicn she served at secretary treasurer mrs o w d reid is retiring from hei responsible position she is shown here in front of the georgetown hydro office expressing best wishes o her sue oassor mr a graham farnell a former commit sloner and chairman of georgetown hydro mr farnell was appointed secretarytreasurer affective april 1st and mrs reid ha remained for a few weeks to acquaint him with the details ol the office notice look for our advertisement each week you can save 3y taking advantage of our forthcoming service specials how are your brakes all day friday til 7 pjul special brake 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