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the georgetowhtffiral wednesday ewnjnitmnch 6uij946 intermediates take fergus in first group playoff game date for second game mot yet set whi probably be played at gait m 2000 spectators attended the game here friday a record crowd in the history of georgetown arena was on hand to witness tbe first game la the interme diate b group playoffs between geor getown and fergus last friday night should weather permit another game here this winter jre doubt if many more oould be aooommodated and we advise coming earlyto secure a seat the attendance friday night was 1047 nd this figure is tbe largest ever at the time of going to press no date has been set for the return game but keep enquiring as it may be played in gait either thursday or friday night georgetown 4 fergus 2 etquesing council meeting with the weather outside the arena very much springlike last friday night the ice inside held up wonder fully well for the first game in the group finals between georgetown and fergus the ice was quite fast for the first period but by the third period had softened up considerably but not bufoclenuy to constitute a shinny game in fact the whole piece was one of excellent hockey and both managements were wellsatisfied with the brand of hockey and sportsman ship of the game although durant j jj 3 itm mixed it up for a rew sec- i z mr and mbs bernard miller celebrate 25tb anniversary mr and mrs j bernard miller of balllnafad celebrated their 25th wed ding anniversary last saturday and entertained twenty friends from geor getown orangeville and aoton in hon our of the occasion the guests sat down to dinner by candlelight in a dining room decorated in white with white bell surmounting the dinner table an interesting note was that some of the decorations were those used for the original wedding reception twentyfive years ago and the guests entered their names in mrs millers brides book games were enjoyed during the ev ening and a number of beautiful gifts of silver were presented to the bride and groom congratulatory speeches were made by messrs isaac bennett arthur mcbwenmd harold reed and thanks were extended by mr miller on behalf of himself and his wife the evening ended with the guests singing for they are jolly good fellows mr and mrs miller who was for- 4887 390 11410 2000 122827 the regular meeting of townahlp council was held on monday afternoon in the council chambers at stewarttowh with reeve g w mur ray presiding and deputy reeve geor ge cleave and councillors george car rie c hi may and r n brown pres ent accounts passed for payment inclu ded j liovell sc co bell telephone co relief actfts t board of health acct road accte jan roadaccts feb association of assessing officers 3000 the treasurers bond for 910000 at a premium of 940 was placed with george c brown agent lor the ocean accident and guarantee itwas also decided to increase fire insurance on the township hall by 13000 this be ing placed with mr brown represent ing toe federal fire insurance com pany a letter was read from the depart ment of highways asking for an ex planation of the dismissal of the road superintendent this having been pas sed by bylaw at a meeting early in february it was moved by currie and john w kennedy prominetfw c succumbs to long illness in 111 health since last july johxhw kennedy prominent georgetown cua- sen died at his home on church st on- tuesday february 36th mr ken nedy always ah- active man suffered a fall a year ago last july and never fully recovered from it in toed since last july he spent six inonitos to guelph general hospital tout wasable to return to georgetown anctspend his last dajtfclh the home he tovedso weu mr kennedy was a son of- the late margaret walker and george h ken- nedyand was bom teyeacsago on the farm now owned by his cousin mayor harold cleave he attended public and- high school in v georgetown on decem ber 27th 1893 he was married in ore- dtton to martha e jones and they took up residence in georgetown her for many years he was a main street merchant oihrating a hardware and grocery store with his brother the late herb kennedy under the name ken nedy brothers their store later des troyed by fire was situated on the vac ant lot beside the hydro office he la ter operated his own hardware busi ness in the store now operated as ri chardsons hardware selling out sev eral years ago to mr a k cordlngly now of wiarton of late years he had worked as a bookkeeper or mr george muckart prominent m municipal life mr kennedy bad been town treasurer and a member ot the public and high school boards he was an active mem ber of the bowling club and until his illness could be found on many a summer evening enjoying a game of ewins street improvements to be included in budget estimates grg asks town pay director salary tax rate ww be struck tomorrow night assessment meeting planned with esquesing council parents mr and mrs walter dever- eaux where her brother mr john dev- eraux now farms the ceremony was ends this was the only outbreak and was soon handled by the referees hit ting his head on the ice when the twe fell durant received a nasty gash on the back of his head which required medical attention alter the game ferrl drew a major penalty while frank chambers servea durants twominute penalty durant however returned to the game against the wishes of the fergus club -early- in the game it was apparent that the georgetownltes might run away with the thistles as the score at one stage in the game was 30 how ever a fluke goal in the third period gave the team a spark of hope and eight minutes later they added their second counter bindernagel the invulnerable fergus goalie held no brief for the george town sauadiri this game while evans in the local net turned in a real game and saved many times on close in plays it is doubtful that the first goal scored against went in the net but the referees allowed it and with georgetown three goals up it cud not carry too much significance the goal judge was replaced by the referee the game was important enough that th ojla decided to send along lefty gardiner to help dave hous ton with the refereeing of the game georgetown took the initiative in the first period and rushed the fergus team almost during the entire session at 5jk wckferxt jo red the first goal on a pass from shropshire and six minutes later beaumont broke away with only one defenseman to beatand scored number two against the this tles tbe locals were shorthanded when patterson went off for holding bu the thistles were unable to reply the second period opened with a pa- rad to the penalty box it was hen- nerader and bertwistle who would have uked to mix it up in the comer hllson followed for roughing also shropshire 9711116 georgetown remai ned shorthanded evans played bril liantly in goal turning away many fergus efforts at half time chriss blinked the light for the third goal of the game when he capitalised on shropshires pass from the comer and brosar w ortiybrodmaggl to beat this he did on a fast tricky shot going into the last frame hllson and murdock combined to be awarded ore- ddt for the fluky goal and husort came back shortly to get the visitors second goal ot the game fergus pressed hard at this point with every man up when beaumont again broke away after ta king pattersons pass and beat binder nagel easily it was before the period ended that durant and ferrl mixed it up and ferrl finished the game in the box regardless of the major penalty fe rrl and beaumont held top places in our three star selections with the third going to simons of fergus for his fine defense work ahd daring rushes those to get honourable mention were evans shropshire hllson a nd frank chambers hssongot the visitor two goals while chambers was a deci de threat at all time ferguscooal bbkternagel defense flknon b chambers centre campag- anaro wlnga duramv murdock air senates white latgomerr brown p ohansbefs bmettrader husoo who was at that tune minister of geo rgetown methodist church air force cross to squadron leader charles stockford word has been received that the air force cross has been awarded to squadron leader charles stockford and will be presented to him at an in vestiture in ottawa at a later date by the governor general squadron lea der stockford who is the son of mr and mrs harry stockford of george town left his position as principal of uxbridge public school to serve as a civilian flying instructor under the commonwealth air training plan he was later commissioned in the roaf and served in several air stations in canada rising to the rank of squadron leader now discharged he is attend ing the university of toronto that there was lack of cooperation with the majority of the council mem bers on different work throughout the township a recorded vote was taken after a lengthy discussion with currie brown and murray voting for the mo tion and cleave and may in opposition merly laura devereaux were married aumu11i st jjtk m on march 2nd 1931 at the home of her brown that the council ask the high- a nian who loved his home and ways department for approval to uurtm he was a member of the meth- plement the bylaw on the grounds jrrjz a odlsl an jgj yjg united church he was sunday school superintendent for many years and a teacher in the sun day school an elder of the church for years he was made a life member of the board of session at the annual meeting of the church this year mr kennedy is survived by his wi dow and one son major h mervyn kennedy of owen sound and toronto he was predeceased by two daughters mrs j h stevens mildred and lyla there are four grandchildren john david stevens and doreen audrey and pay kennedy also surviving are two sisters mrs john adams of buffalo ny and miss mamie kennedy ol georgetown the funeral service from the mcclurc funeral home on thursday was con ducted by ills pasior rev r c todd pallbearers were six cousins herb george lome wllbert harold and percy cleave interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown friends from outoftown who atten ded the funeral included mrs howard douglas mrs bert mcfarland and mrs clarence ward of london mrs charles junkin buffalo ny miss lillian kennedy kitchener mrs h w kennedy mr and mrs j h ste vens and son mrs george moore and mrs r h pomroy of toronto mr gamble of acton st albans guild raises 30 for recreational council a concert sponsored in the glen town hall last wednesday evening by st albans ladles guild raised 130 which has been given to the george town recreational council harry hale was master-of-ceremon- tea and entertained with several of his comic numbers and others on the pro- gram included gertrude cain mary moyer marlon hepburn and kenneth harrison dlanne hillock and marlene bludd with four members of the girls pipe band mary cummins inez scott alice cosugan and bertha shelbourne a feature of the evening was the in troduction of the glen red wings ho ckey team with their coach stove hal- pin and manager tom haines from the platform mrs leonard bell opened her home on charles street last saturday after noon for a tea sponsored by the coun tess of strathmore chapter igde m aid of the iodj3 2nd war memorial mrs arthur beaumont mrs w g o thompson and mrs alex grelg presi ded at the tea table and tea room ass istants were mrs john t armstrong mrs ivan hay mrs norman verdetv miss helen macdonald and miss alice treanor georgetown goal evans defense shropshire patterson centre hurst wings chriss kemshesd alternates nash beaumont ward bertwistle ferrl referee dave houston sidesman lefty gardiner toronto summary first period georgetown ferrl shropshire 606 georgetown beaumont 1112 penalty patterson second period georgetown chriss shropshire 1060 penalties henenradsr bertwistle hllson shropshire- third pertsd fergus -j9uson- murdock 328 fergus hllson ioj0 georgetown patterson government recreational plan explained by community welfare man at a meeting of the georgetown re creational council in the municipal building last wednesday evening feb ruary 21th mr charles austerberry of toronto explained the provincial gov ernment plan of financial assistance to municipalities which embark on a recreational program mr austerberry spoke as representative of the com munity welfare council of ontario which has its headquarters in toronto and fosters all activities which tend to improve community life he gave an excellent synopsis of the reasons why today more than ever be fore planned recreation is necessary for all age groups in a community modem industry with its specializa tion of work has taken much of the interest from a mans dally employ ment women need escape from the drudgery of housekeeping and young people need something to keep them oc cupied in their spare time a com munity recreational program such as the one planned for georgetown by the orc fills this need in a commu nity he stressed the importance of hiring a fulltime director and said that the names of many qualified candidates were on file with the government a directors salary would run from 2000 to 3000 yearly and the government is prepared to pay one third of this salary as well as twenty per cent of maintenance expenses however the plan must be in operation and a dir ector hired before any coneiderauon will be given by the government for this financial support towns which have already hired directors now number 36 and include such places as sutton whitby wiar ton pembroke and togersoll at the conclusion of his address mt austerberry had to leave focatcets bus but those present sat for some time and discussed the situation in formally the grg has already been oobnlzed by the town council and president e v macoormaok said that a delegation would appear at monday nights council meeting to ask for fi nancial- aid so a director could be hi red the cro has already sponsored a successful season of juvenile and midget hockey in town thanks to the sterling work of a committee compo sed of alf sykea jack brill and jim sargent grand cuuninauon of which was the playqtl matches in- the arena on thursday durant fsrrt major hornby the hornby young peoples union met at the home of mr and mrs mil ton j brown on the ninth line on monday evening february 25th peg gy learmont had the topic which was on stewardship it was decided to in vito the yfu of both the ashgrove and the bethel united churches to be present and take part ha the meeting to be held on march 18th in the horn by united church five dollars voted for missions the next meeting is to be held at the home of mr and mrs stanley learmont the bethel young peoples urdon held its meeting in the church school room on friday evening march 1st evelyn ball had charge of the pro gram mrs stanley turner gave an interesting talk on the general organ imtlon of the young peoples union in canada and afterwards conducted a quiz earl ford read the bible les son dorothy course the prayer and betty hoey a poem entitled his lamp lois merry was at the piano there were about twenty five present after the meeting the play which is under preparation was practised this play- is to be given later in the trafal gar hall the snow plows have been doing very good work in keeping our roads cleared of snow and this warfc is very much appreciated nelson tuck mm dies at queen st home funeral services were held monday march 4th for nelson howard tuck who died athls home queen st geor getown on friday march 1st mr tuck was one of georgetowns most respected and popular citizens he was bom sept 2oth 1879 in trafalgar township tbe son of john and debor ah tuck for 38 years he was employ- edby provincial paper mills as a mill wright he served for 3 years in the first worldwar being decorated with the military medal by the prince of wales for bis bravery he was a charter member of post 120 canadian legion for several years he was chief of the georgetown volunteer fire brigade and was made an honorary life mem ber of this organization he was one of the original members and honorary life member of the georgetown curl ing club he was a master mason credit lodge 219 af am and past principal in halton chapter ram for many years mr tuck was prom inent in sports having been active in hockey curling and baseball he was an adherent of the united church and a staunch conservative surviving are his wife the former alice king two sons william and bert and one daughter alice mrs hugh lindsay three brothers wil liam toronto frederick hornby john of winnipeg and one sister hazel mrs harry sproule brampton the runeral service was conducted by the rev r c todd interment be- tiia in greenwood cemetery george town pallbearers were fred mcnally fred armstrong alex kean hugh dickie frank sykes and len mardhment a masonic service was conducted at the graveside under the direction of wor- sjilpful master d j charles floral irlbuts were received from canadian legion post 120 members of the curling club provincial coat- inig mill provincial coated paper lo cal 481 georgetown fire brigade cre dit lodge af am halton chap ter ram the office staff bell tele- nhone georgetown cbjcs and q xj3 alice horsman dick and anne rdddallmr and mrs george martin employees provincial paper mill mr and mrs e v macconnack mrs clara king and family vic and ethel torrance and marjorle laird aueen walters lois and cecil davidson the cimmlns family mr and mrs r bu chanan mr and mrs george walters mrs c holmes and family mr and mrs t gobble edith and claude kentoer mr and mrs chas -water- house will and minnie tuck mrs frank king and family russell and margaret kirby harry and flo water- house and family mrs waterhouse and family mr and mrs howard kentner and marjorle ruth and paul parber eileen and john cummins mr and mrs bui waterhouse among those from out of town who paid their last respects were mr wm tuck mr roy king mrs a horsman mrs l schrag mr w moguire tor onto mr fred robinson mrs j tuck mrs bernlce kennedy mr and mrs j robinson mr and mrs fred tuck milton mr and mrs bill waterhouse mr and mrs reg hoar e acton mr and mrs h v torrance orangevlile mr and mrs t mcmurchy mr and mrs harry sproule mr wm sproule mr w o misener brampton card of thanks the georgetown recreational coun cil would like to thank those in town whe have been so generous to then topport particularly verdun rebekah- lodgeths bwtenitis3rabrt al bans ladles gfatkt jtakfctidnef jsanfor4 ft son sad ohlnn craft studio brampton lady bowlers hold annual meeting the annual business meeting ot the ladies bowling club was held on monday evening march 4th at the iiome of mrs w- g bell the execu tive elected is composed of president mrs e b tyers vicepresident mrs w mllllere secretarytreasurer mrs syd mac- kenade prize committee mrs beq mrs era thompson mrs jack arnold gaines committee mrs harold cleave mrs a duncan lunch committee mrs bell mrs j h lililco following the business meeting a so cial evening was enjoyed welcome home cpt bert marehment cpu bert marchmentson of mr and mrs walter marchment of glen wil liams returned hdme from overseas a few weeks ago aboard the aqultanla an employee of the provincial ooating mill opt marchment joined the army in august ima and trained at pted erloton nb and camp borden be fore he went overseas with the armou red corps m march 1m3 stationed in eng some time with no 2 oa oru he later was stationed in brus sels and last june went to germany with hie unit be later antt at ojf n headejusaters in major item of business at the mon- day night meeting of georgetown oou- nil was a decision to include e com pleting of swing street through tot elm street 14 the road expenditure budget tor 1946 messrs wilf ford and bob jepson spsesariten n petition signed- by- 31 residents of the main street north area asking that the im provement be proceeded with as ap proved by last years council it was explained that the road is almost im passible in its present state- and that with the railway enforcing ho- trespas sing regulations the only entry from this district to the mills is the long route through the downtown district estimates for a motor road complete with bridge migkrrunasii as five or six thousand dollars oontractora estimate on a bridge being 2700 both ors gibbons and mcoilvray who re present the ward said the job should be gone ahead with and or gibbons asked for a recorded vote on the mo tion which passed unanimously a deputation from the recreatonal council composed of president e v maccormack and a c mcbride ap peared to a the town to foot thenul for a directors salary estimated to run beween 2000 and 2400 one ot which would be returnable from the ontario government all members seemed to be in favour of indudmg this as an item on the 1946 budget discussion on the subdivision of reservoir park for veterans building lots came to a dead end when it was reported that the department at health had told the mob that sanl- itary regulations would not allow the property to be used for building pur poses cr goodlet had a bee in his bonnet about the hiring of the boys band at a fee of 250 for a series of ten con certs he had consulted the town so licitor and said the opinion was that it was illegal under the municipal act he did not believe council should con done illegal use of public funds no matter how worthy the cause tbe money has already been turned over to the band and cr goodlet found little sepport from other members al though cr gibbons as a band com mittee member said he believed the committee would not want to use il legal funds and would be willing to re turn it if asked mayor cleave said- no opposition has been offered orig inally and he did not anticipate any further trouble about the matter a letter of resignation as chairman of the industrial and post-war- com mittee by cr gibbons led to an ex change of pleasantries beeen him self and the mayor tnematter was aggravated by failure to include or gibbons as a member of a oommlttee which met with two men recently who were enquiring about factory looattoa in town cleave this is a very lmnortant i committee gibbons if its important i have been asked to act upon it rltchlej think mr c stay as chairman in view of nil a pertence ha municipal affairs if eonv mlttees are not consulted there la no use having goodlet i would like nlm to it- consider his resignation cleave i hope he has a few new industries up his sleeve and if so be glad to support hum gibbons i dont wish to raise issue but i think i was ignored necessarily ors mackensie and bason both pressed their desire to have mr bons continue as did reeve aid and the resighatta drawn mayor coeave reported that the rafiw way would sell the old junction prop erty at its assessed value and that feet information has been relayed to tbe prospective new industry a motion was passed providing ft a new light on charles street near maple avenue and considerauion v4 also given to putting- a street light at the entrance to cedarvaie school ot goodlet asked for a recorded vote obv stepping up the main 8treslitbttnc- to its prewar voltage of 600 watts this passed with or ritchie the dissenting vote the police was authorized to purrihassvnev uni forms for the chief and night constat ble ford rodgers newlyappointed 1 nty assessor attended the explained the new setup whkh la meeting favour with the and bsquesing councils a meetkic of the two councjle will be called aoon hear further explanations by a eminent man from tcronso use of the park on june 8th m 1 too to the qizvflpe band and civic holiday to the bat nan snctttm printtnc ot vmtwflm- the auditors bepart mat ordered near the eta of the neetsoft i ouuuiastd on j h t