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sell 1800 trees in one week hilton county agricultural committees centennial tree- planting program resulted in lfioo trees being sold to coun ty residents within a week aid ed by a provincial grant ol 2000wbiehuie county coon- ell matched dollar for dollar the agricultural committee of fered rural residents trees to beautify their property front ages at 50c each most of them red maple and the remainder sugar maples and ash when they sold out the first shipment of 1500 in a hurry the county offered any other halton resid ents the same trees at the coun tys reduced prices 3 for maple and 150 for ash and another 300 were sold here georgetown reeve wil liam f hunter centre checks over the trees with fellow com mittee members r r parker of acton left and hcrbmer ry of oakville georgetown provides music church service at manor on sundw ihernoon april u w p rrdlon the locusts of the plagues are also called shorthorn grass- 1 hoppers the georgetown gardener where to plant important for best flower display rent andkendra wen dinner guwla on sunday with mr and mrs roy south of brampton mr and mrs grant williams of streetsville moved to j thelt new horn on the ninth line which was the former home of by gordon lindsay smith wt 1 georgetown far a continuous dliplay and many a flower bom to blush unseen wrote the poet gray sway hack before wolfe took quebec and he would probably writs the same thing about some of those annual flo wer gardens where the bright est blooms are completely hid den by taller things in iront just a few minutes research in to she time of blooming height of plant colors season and so on would prevent these and other blunders and place the little things in front where they be long and the big fellows at the back and where do we get all thenecessary ahswera to these questions right in the seed catalogue and on the seed pack et along with much other very useful and interesting informa tion wont always be tiny when planting trees shrubs or even what will eventually be good sized annual flowers a d vegetables many people seem to forget that those things wilt grow as a result they crowd far too closely together and far too near sidewalks walls and fences then when the shrubs or trees really start to develop they have to slash them back and make them look unsightly also if shrubs or trees are plan ted only a foot or two from the house they are sure to die out at the bottom and the main stem or trunk will grow away at an angle from the wall seek ing the light shrubs that will reach 5 to 8 feet at maturity need at least 10 to 12 feet be tween if they are to develop in normal and beautiful fashion as for trees in the small city lot and with a onestorey house es pecially big ones have no place at all far better to select small sorts like the mountain ash japanese maple or some of the many blossoming ornamentals and leavehhebig feuowi the parks and most fair sited annual flowers and vegetables need room too at least half as far apart in the row or garden as they will be tall at maturity with great dexterity one of these was dark eyes virginia hulme and heather marshall i 14th halton centennial manor welcomed to the church service bagpipes mrs evans and mr k harrison played two piano duets climb every mountain and the battle hymn of the republic of st johns united church in georgetown mrs fleming and mrsvr h wright who played he organ mr fleming had come on behalf of rev j l graham minister of st pauls united church in milton mr fleming read psalm 17 and a portion of sl johns gos pel as scripture readings mr nd mrs fleming sang a hymn i am thine o lord as a lov ely duet mr flemings inspiring ser mons wis a description of christ u the good shepherd not in the literal sense but as one who is constantly watching ov er us in every aspect of our dally lives- christ is concerned the ladies of eden united for ns not only in this life on church held their annual flow- earth but in the life to comejer luncheon in the church base- lie is willing to be our shep- men on tuesday hay 3rd at 1 in her speech of thanks muri el thompson described the great pleasure afforded the residents by this splendid program and the hearty applause for the visi tors proved their approval of the audience cold drinks and cookies brought the program to a close shares world tour with flower luncheon guests bell lines by arnold blachford your telephone manager sounds herd every sep of the way til we reach bur eternal destin ation pjn the ladies were greeted by mrs muriel lowden as they en tered the dining hall rev kel- vin johnston asked the bless- the tinging of the appropriate hymn he leadeth me brought us sermon to a close following the luncheon a pro- i gram was held in the church an excellent program of u n murw lowden acting ch6ral and instrumental music u the mc for the afternoon cave great pleasure to the aud- ch opened with a hymn the fence on tuesday night april p k was mrs e foster 28th when fifty boys and girls wbo wm accompanied at the or- entertain lurjorte mcgec- were the came as a choir to the residents they pupils of grades 67 and 8 oi chapel st public school in ge orgetown their principal mr v stejn and their grade 5 teacher mr homer were pres ent the latter acting as cha-r- snan the music director of the school mr k harrfson ajlc- t and the accompanist mrs j evans displayed their wonderful talents in producing the prog ram in his opening remarks mr homer expressed the pleasure the pupils felt in coming to the manor the enjoyable and varied program that followed began with two lively choral number thorabalina and the maid of amsterdam and progressed through several other numbers to end with another lively num ber hiulihilo among the in tervening numbers were the lincolnshire poacher hes got the whole world and wonder ful copenhagen mike phillips aang a solo part in the lastnanv d number ten boys and girls from grade 6 sang three num- tasra one of which was land of pain as an ensemble tab ktuou dressed in a vary attractive and oldfashioned wklta eostaaw and carrying an sjlevtashibned noaegay tug two sola the sound of mwie mrs lowden introduced mrsi roy coulter who extended a few words to the ladies on be half of the halton presbytery mrs john a carroll the guest speaker was introduced by mrs lowden and she gave a talk on a trip around the world which she had enjoyed with her husband recently she spoke mostly on switzerland india and australia mrs lloyd marshall on behalf 1 of the ucw extended a vote of thanks to all who had taken part in the program to the con vener and helpers of the lunch eon and also to mrs june fries who supplied organ music prior to the luncheon mrs wilmer mason was at the door to bid the ladies farewell as they left for home x ken nash piumbino and htatino ww softener t f wemr system btpalrs a ahet tr 72842 georgetown residents who play the trumpet or trom bone know that the way the mouthpiece is held to the lips can make a world of difference in the sound produced did you know that theres another very familiar instrument whose sound depends on the way you hold it your telephone when the telephone mouthpiece is held in the proper position about threequarters of an inch from the centre of your lips your voice can travel thousands of miles and come out with the same quality as a face to face con versation in the same room this is made possible by transmission engineers whose job it is to ensure and per fect a clear sound for your conversations this is a part 1 of our continuing program to make transmission ever bet- better and telephone service more valuable at night how late do you like to stay awake at night do you call it quits reasonably early to get a good nights sleep or do you last through the late late show well its the job of certain telephone people to stay awake all night so that your telphone is ready to serve you at any hour among the night people at bell canada are operators of course for persontoperson calls for information and for emergency services there are men in test centres j to receive trouble reports at night and test the circuits affected there are cable crews who must be available for emer gency repair jobs that cant wait for morning such a the circuits that handle telephone calls for police hospital and fire services yes tonight and every night your telephone is awake alert and at your service not too long ago i was looking at a magazine feature showing picture after picture of happy looking people there were children engaed couples smiling grandmoth ers young men parents people you see every day but they have one horrible thing in common they had all been killed in traffic accidents over the easter holiday wtth oor weather hopefully improving and our summer time long weekends coming up i sincerely hope that dri vers will drive so that they and their passengers never ever appear in such a sad reminder drive carefully please plan dedication service for new hornby minister mrs ruth bousfleld enter tained the members of the ev ening unit of the hornby uni ted church women on monday night may 2nd during the discussion period a report on the spring dance was given the date of dedica tion service for the new mlnis- tertfcr rev keith hawk was announced the way 24th grad uation banquet for the grade 8 pupils of the percy merry choool was announced during the program hour contest of uessing different baking ingredients was conduc ted by mrs bousfield with the winner being mrs evelyn tyn- arthur death showed some interesting moving pictures on the 50th wedding anniversary celebrations t his parents mr and mrs arthur peath the air show at the cfe and local pla ces around hornby a successful sale of jewellery was held lunch was served by mrs donald neelands and mrs millie craig mr and mrs john bussell and familymoved to their new home in georgetown on saturday mrs george hamilton of rr 1 wroxeter attended the vari ety night at the percy merry school on friday night reta sammit left on saturday from toronto international air port by jet for bermuda where she will spend a two week vaca tion mr and mrs garry hamilton mr and mrs john bussell mr and mrs victor plant and family of aglncourt visited on saturday with mr and mrs arthur plant birthday greetings to the fol- thi qroroattown hirald page s lowing who are eelebralrg birthdays this weak mrs james plant and garry hamuum oh may 13 and mrs gordon millar on may iv notice garbage normally picked up monday may 23rd 1966 will be picked up wednesday may 25th thank you dtpmtment of sanitation town of wouoetown train to montreal ask about convenient departure and return times g bt for information phone the local cn passenger sales office fittf canadian national township of esquesing auditors report for 1965 to the council and ratepayers of tie township of esquesing- dear sirs we have nude an examination of the books snd accounts of the township of esquesing snd its associated boards for the year ended december 31st 1965 the examination has been conducted in accordance with the regulations of the depart ment of municipal affairs and there is attached a completed questionnaire covering specific auditing requirements the statement ot revenue and expenditure d shows that the township had a surplus on the years operations of 1021701 this has been added to the surplus brought forward from prior years which now stands as 3382890 there is attached a statement of gains and losses from the budget showing how the surplus arose we again call attention to the amount of unpaid taxes which stands at 140544 or approximately 28 of the current levy while there has been some improvement here in the past year in our opinion outstanding taxes are much too high and some method should be found to reduce these unpaid taxes the capital reserve fund now stands at 551788 after con tributing 580698 to pay 1965 debenture charges on the muni cipal building auditors opinion we hereby report that in our opinion 1 the financial transactions which have come under our notice have been within the powers of the municipality 2 the examination has been conducted in accordance with the instructions of the department of municipal affairs 3 the financial statements present fairly the financial position of the municipality as at december 31 1965 and the result of its operation for the year ended on that date lever hosktn chagman macgillivray license number 2802 capital and loan fund balance sheet assets general fixed 9018786 due frowtschools for debentures public schools 34018861 high schools 26996668 610156 29 revenue fund balance sheet o cash on hand cash in bank accounts receivable duefrom erovinceof qati9a due from other municipalities due from public school capital 381528 due from street lighting area 24969 40647 taxes receivable 1405445 less allowance for uncouectibles 89182 13965243 deferred charges lt774stl temporary loans accounts payable due to other municipalities due to school boards due to street lighting area 6313 due to fire areas 320838 reserves surplus 6500000 57402 5789 nm 1j0l71 5212337 total liabilities and surplus 17774591 statement of revenue expenditure and actual total taxation revenue 49911258 40359492 longterm debt charges recoverable 8485 42 648542 contributions grants and subsidies ontario government welfare assistance 820311 highway improvement 6073167 payments in lieu of municipal taxes 16641 unconditional per capita grants 211705o hydro 2525 1120000 5850000 10000 2117000 licenses and permits interest tax penalties etc other revenues rents concessions service charges 436620 896229 ind franchises 80000 38571 309330 27060 tile drainage 3918 38 due from other municipalities 435375 cash 42546 miscellaneous sale of land sundries gross total revenue 61347304 60975024 expenditure general government executive and legislative 320000 administrative 2665189 other 43576 protection to persons and property fire street lighting 300000 20000 320000 3195000 505000 liabilities general debentures 6400000 drainage debentures 3b1b38 public school debentures 34454336 iwjppi ci issimp cm other municipalities it investment in capital assets 2661342 public works roads streets etc sanitation and waste removal social welfare child assistance welfare assistance welfare administration education including debt charges 1083588 128492 1220977 235325 1074608 128124 11700000 270040 80460 1174034 31466 1438000 32155358 61896800 709041 84 recreation and community services 120351 906600 debt charges longterm debt charges 7920375 less own share of school debt charges 7202809 revenue fund surplus account 2494903 134004 717566 shortterm interest and other charges 586481 discount for taxes taxes written off county rate adjustment of deferred revenue provision for contingencies provision for allowances reserves and reserve funds 1047300 1304047 201516 151828 5812495 dflll sfi 107m0 2360899 1021791 gross total expenditure surplus for the yew 0323913 bootolhi iojn9i 4 3332690 toul expenditure 4 61347304 btab