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the georgetown herald the georgetown herald wednesday jan 19th 1949 what council did jct on monday january hth will instql towers on elgin os- irandcr sarah and durham reels ma an extension to tlie present sys tem- moved by goodlet and arm strong v r engine- c xl hutfey waii pres ent tti discuss thijf with council the job will be hanuscd mojty by the town men except f or excavat ing which will be done by w d blnnlc cr mccumber naked if xouncu intended to get prices from ny other contractors as last year bob mackcnzia had been promised chance at future work mayor ibbons said mr blnnic had dono good and cheap work and unit any delay at present might hold up the job for bevcral months goodie t and davidson both said they were satisfied with blnnloa work and could see no reason to ask for other prices appointed stan grabb to fill the unexpired term of hydro commis sioner art booth who resigned be cause he will be leaving town to make his home in ottawa moved by lyons and mcnally this motion was an amendment to an original motion by davidson and hill that hugh lindsay a for mer commissioner be appointed cr davidson said it embarrassed him to make tne motion as he had first promised his support to mr grabb but had later been approa ched by mr lindsay and he felt that it was a good idea to have i industry represented on the hydro the vote on the amendment was a tie mcnally lyons herbert and mccumber voting for it and dav idson hill armstrong and good let against mayor gibbons then cast the deciding vote in favour of mr grabb saying he would be happy to have cither of the men on the commission but he had promised his support to mr grabb took no action eja a request by a majority of the taxi companies to establish a set scale of charge clarence kennedy and stewart gtr spoke on behalf of arrow toi simpsons taxi georgetown taxi and the glen toxl mayor gibbons said that he did not think it wise for council to interfere in private business to the extent of setting fees kennedy we arenj asking you to stft rates but to approve them if tax rates become cut- throat all the taxis will suffer in th maj ority of towns council sets rates and maintains them we eel rates here are fair mccumber a man wont stay in business long if he is operating at a loss armstrong i can see the point but i think rate setting is outside our jurisdiction goodlet is this petition 1q0 kennedy only one taxi has not signed goodlet has he been ap proached kennedy i don t believe so goodlet 1 would like to ap proach this man and see it he would sign it ii he would i would he agreeable to endorsing this herbert are vou afraid of local price cutting kennedy it has alrcitlv hap pened we want everybody on the same footing why should one slash prices herbert i tl ink the rates very fair it is too bad one man at tempts to slash prices its the same as a man walking into a plant and cutting wages these rates seem reasonable gibbons if urn were passed it would be d fflcult to enforce goodlet if all the taxi opera- i tors favour it i would vote for it gibbous if they all favoured it they wouldnt need a law we have so much public bualnea to do that if we start interfering with private business were heading for trouble davidson the uxi bylaw con cerns safety of passengers rates should be decided by the operators themselves simpson part of our but dies is regulated by council price reg ulating is done hi other towns and there is no reason it can t be done here davidson 1 agree with mr goodlet that the other proprietor should be approached simpson he cut prices on k january 1st- it is hardly reasonable f to assume he would sign tills two weeks later made a number of reappoint ments to various boards j j oibbens and clarence king to the board of parks miss a ryan and w f bradley to the cemetery board archdeacon w g o thompson to the library board harry savings as tire chief wm hyde deputy thuf und ki win lewis truck driver salaries are 75 j5 and 50 respectively w autliorljud the a scssor to sell dog utgt retaining 50 por cent as his commission moved by herbert and hill set regular meeting nights as the first ancf third mondays each month the first only ip july anov august moved by mccumber und her bert a letter from the county mojl recommended renewing all local restaurant licences ashgrove the w m a auxiliary held r january mcctlhg on tuesday af- ihe foremans report asked that tcruoon the ii lh at the home of consideration be gjven this year to mrs- jved wrlggloworth with the providing u wurohouc for town 1st vice presidenttaking the moet- txjuipment goodlet und herbert big mrs hectoi bird who opened both expressed themselves as very with the devotional oti thy king- much hi favour of this- received a mandatory ordei from the ontnrio dcpt cf health order- lug all the changes and impr n e- ment m water service as outlined in the engineers icp rt gibbons to put it bluntly tills stinks in my nostrils- this mandatory order is an affront to the council and the citizens the municipal act sas any urn cees- jary delay by council or lndlvi duals leaver us liable to a 100 dally- fine this says that we shall puss the bylaw and make ur a tiuu meaningless the order is not only complicated it is unprece dented if council were dis cgard- ing the motter i can sec tt c point of ordetlng chl or i nation but to order us to instal meters l pretty farfetched it puts us in the posi tion of tclng rubber stamps tor ai 00000 expenditure and further debate is useless goodlet isnt this order necos- saiy before deicnturcs can be is sued gibbons if that is the case de bentures should neer be is ued goodlet it is a technicality to make the aeenturc saleable gibbons why dont they fix the technicality goodlet they dont order m to spend 0000 gibbons what tliey order would cost that mcnally fast experience would say more thaa 30000 as a new member- i would like some discussion on this im certainly not in favour of such large ex penditure gibbons approval by the mun icipal board of the borrowing by law will no doubt soott l through would you like to leave the debate until that time lyons it looks as if we have a dictatorship mccumber council asked for the mandatory order gibbom who did mecumter we did we asked mr roberts the engineer to get it- gibbons i opposed it goodlet it was never discussed here gibbons it was discussed and i opposed it mccumber mr roberts said the order was necessary to sell de bentures and we gave him per mission to ask for it mcnally if we could net a sufficient water supply from springs we wruldn t need chlorin- ation j armstrong i dont think i cither department wants us to i spend 10000 unless it is necessary mcnally what inteiest can the i dept of hcilth have in metering aimstrong i think the matter should beft until mi roberts i is here p gibbons mjj i suggest a full di ess debate v hen the by law is presented for third leading i a special meeting is to be ar ranged later this month when the whole water question will come up for discission a letter rrom the cott jackson co said raw sewerage had been entering near the john street pump station and there would be con siderable expense to clear this out the company would hold the town liable for this condition town foreman hyde said he had the town solicltolv word that scott jackson had connected certain ser vices to the system themselves and 1 had told others to go ahead and do so the clerk was instructed to write the company concerning this mr i la gey reported that he had been practically assured that the sewerage system would be in oper ation sometime next week the disposal pump had arrived and the only thing left to do was the pour ing of 13 of cement to form a platform under it and this was to be done the next day i a letter from a m nielsen said that he would hold the town re- sponsible for uny damage caused to ids property on market st by bad drainage which he clulmed was due to inadequate ditches catch basins etc cr goodlet said that he and mr hyde had recently looked ovei the situation and ac cording to mr nielsen everything hud heeii ok then appointed ks ha lanifdon to act tor tli 6 town in u homing about the john street ubway widening be fore thebourd of railway -com- mivsioneis wnieh will be held in georgetown a xon ay it- tun be in ranged moved bj davidson and mc nally dom comv- lv x p aansworth installed the new officers mry walter brownrldge lead the min utes of the december meeting and the itoll call was answered by n a now vears thought mrs t dicj tile now picsideht then look oharge conducting a few items of business followed by the study chapter on ur stella cheng principalox glrjj school in china given by mrsi johutit hunter mrs frank wilsoirf a ked the- dept of highways to yavc the piayer for special mis- skating follies booked for georgetown arena next week the weather mr kditor in view of the weather we have been having it makes one think why go south after alh there hnnt iwen jnuch so 1att to get away fiow the tvbrs on sunday morning- were ni full flood just like a nring breakup which is quite jcqntiut to january 15th last year when the thermometer wa 11 below tro attend to fixing the highway noir tno white budge and in front of bt george i church al o to sand i lie highway lull as joon as pos- sibh during the ice jtorm weie asked by cr hill to tiy to fet action pn the widening of st mu4lael sheet by the cnr cr davidson said he thought this ear council should get away from doing business over the tele phone and that when people called the major they should be referred to the propet commrttce chairman ci mccumber said he noticed in the committee lists thut icci cation iud been t roared out and asked if that meant that council wa not supporting reel cation the mayor aid that recreation was dlsorgan ized at the present time and ho fhouyht it better to leave it out nd that it could be better handled by the grc em batlrin installed as master of credit lodge l efij ilatkin i date mil ix main- rain 1 jao 10 11 2b jin 11 111 14 l jan m j ii riurriu 1 jji i 1 10 zi flurrlc j in 1 1 2 1 jan l i ill 10 5 1 i jan 10 51 u i omme the w a elected their ollcerb at tin meeting and they are pie adent mr arthur kuddcll 1st vice mis 1liumas brownridge societal y mrs charlie austin treasure i mrs itobt cunningham parsonage committee mrs bruce urigden and mrs w bird celebrating her sixth birthday avl on monday afternoon marilyn wil- on uauulri ol mr and m alfred bell dies i in 39u year iunlcr 15 11 71 frank wiljon entertained at a par ty in her home her little jjucitfl were catherine and nancy valerie and adricnne nurwi mar garet austin bharon faweezy san dra bredln vcma and doris picket and brinltik wikon wc lefet in latt week l newj the omission of frank uuddelrs name from the board of stewards of the church frank is chairman of the tloard and is doinn a fine job our apolojjiei frank em butkln was initalled as wor shipful master of credit lodge ajf am at an investiture in the lodge rooms lost friday night at which rt wor bro e v maccor- mack past ddgm officiated ai- rlsted by post masters of uu dis trict it was one of the biggest ev enings in local lodge history with visitors present from nineteen dis trict lodges following tile instal lation of wor bro batkin and his new officers a banquet was served convened by the junior warden bro c sinclair the new officer are w m wor bro em batkln ipm wor bro ii c wriggles- worth bw bro w j cleave jw bro c sinclair chaplain v wor bro o thompson treasurer wor bro e secretary wor bro w d of c wor bro k don sd bro j lucas jd bro w if icj bro l m clark tyler bro k whitvcirt ss bro l devrles js bro walter kldltr w g v cole c ford m lang- stewarttown esqucsing w 1 meeting waa held at mrs hendersons home last week a letter was red from a former member now living in eng land expressing thanks and appre ciation for the parcel sent to her at christmas miss b standlsh repor ted on home economics mrs mc lennan on agriculture mrs wal ter lawson historical mrs wal ter law son presided in the absence of mrs devrlcs a quilt was plan ned for a future meeting lunch am served by th hostesses th wa meeting was held last week at mrs cecil smiths home mrs mortram who is still in guclph hospital with an injured hip is progressing favourably mrs john murray at her home with a broken lg is doing well time is the necessary thing for both these ladies and patience wc are hop ing to tee them both around soon umehouse annual meettno rostronen wkkk due to clashn k with other annual meetings the annual meeting of the esquesing agricultural society been postponed until january ls the womens association met at the home of mrs mills on friday evening with president miss ivenq in the chair and mrs smcth- urst led in prayer the wms met at the home of mrs a w bonton on thursday evening when mrs a norton ac- comikinied by mlrs c mulder contributed soloi to the program mrs ii norton also read a short title the knox chinch choir of gcor iounvn including a quartette made 1 up of hev a calder miss ruth i mi jatk harrison andmiii the death occurred at guclph general hospital on tuesday morn ing january 11th of alfred s bell who had been in poor health for a number of years he was 3 vcar of age and had been a resi dent of glen williams all his life he wns educated at glen williams public school and was a member of the glen united church he is surviv ed by ids mother mrs james b bell and three bro thers ray and james of glen wil liams and william of vancouver bc the funeral service was conduc ted from his mothers homo on thursday with rev f j dunlop in charge pallbearers were frank oilman steve halpln harvey gar- v in archie campbell winston wheeler and john fry interment was in glen williams cemetery the biggest show ever staged in georgetown la booked into th arena on friday january 211 when the georgetown girls pipe band sponsors the skating follies r- serve tickets which are on sale ut three downtown locations as well as from meirtber of the band are finding a riady response and a sellout is anticipated for thla am bitious undertaking in addition to the 1000 reserved tcats which will bo old at 1 00 500 rush seats ur offered iit 75c the ice show will be presented by member j of the university skating club of toronto which lias been rated a the second bcit such club in canadu the troupe or for ty included such specialty porforj mcrs as toby kecler master jlinr wilson mastei charlca sn el ling i norman ialkner marian wilson james fraser and yvon doucet item on the program which catch the eye include fiesta time in formation please the dutch waltz european waltz the tcn- i ox and a comedy act by proses and doucct assisting artists arc miss barbara jacques miss eliza beth leleu and mr dcrwyn potts from the hamilton skating club the latter two a champion adagio pair the lome scots havt also been hired for the occasion to pro vide overture music a feature of the decoration scheme will be the use fothe first time in georgetown of painted ic i or the show the ice surface will be painted a bnulant green with harmonizing colours used in the other decorations a dressing room is being constructed at the far cod of the arena and entrances of thv performers will be spotlighted th show is on a par with anything to be seen in the city and interest u running high as the evening ap p roaches when a new high in enter tainment will be readied three glen residents injruueao 1ln accidenirs three glen district residents wptre hospitalized last week by accident- mrs matt beaumont who suffered a nasty fall down the cellar steps is still confined to toronto western hospital where she is taking treat ment for a broken collar bone and facial injuries harold thompson struck in the back by a tree which he was felling while working in the bush had three bones broken in one leg he returned home yes terday from guclph general hos pital charlie hancock had his left eye removed in an operation at toronto general hospital mr hancock was having some work done on his truck in a garage when n steel splinter lodged in hid y and caused the injury another glen man jack gilbert who was seriously injueed in a motorcycle accident sev eraphyeek ago is still a patient in guelphgeneral hos pital district history review ed at norval institute melting 29th cto man splaklr at knox wms meeting the woman s missionary society of knox prestjyterian church held their first meeting of the year at the home of mrs r- reeman ker rey mrs william cromar read the cripture und prayers were said by ms alex calder and mrs camp bell sinclair reports were given by the secretary mrs alec hume ind the treasurer mrs r b foulis ind mrs l devrles and mrs cro mar entertained with ducts accom panied at the piano by mix hazen graham the guctt speaker for the day was mr coles of acton who was introduced by the president mrs w t sinclair basing his remarks on the hhh verse 26th chapter of acts he gave a splendid talk on the heavenly vlilon as a theme for the new year after a con cluding prayer by mr cole a social hour was spent mrs j w hamilton thanked the speaker and the hostess and all those who had contributed to the program ruddell undei the mi ken harrison mis e c reed spoke on historl direction cvon in this district dating j back 75 years as a feature of the the georgetown unitko church regular sunday morning wor ship was conducted in georgetown united church on sunday by th tnlnlster rev john m smith th lesson was read from isaiah eha ter 1 verses 1020 basing hiu re marks on the tent 1 timothy 315 mr smith spoke on the subject public worship in which he stres sed the importance of worship recognliing the worthship of god the congregations place in worship the ministers place 1a worship the choirs place in wor ship reference was made to th various forms of worship employed in the protestant tradition and is brief explanation of the united church service was given the choir under the direction of mis uynda stewart sang the anthem lift up your heads o ye gates it was announced that the an nual congregation meeting would be held on monday january 24th commencing at 0 p m t barge of the music at limchousc prtsbvtenan church on sundav af ternoon head it in canadian show news due to a number of local news hems appearing oils month in cunadlan show news including a story of mcmullons showing hor ses at chlcugo international hors show and the royal horse show awards anyone desiring a copy may secuie same at the herald office for 10c a copy this show naper is published monthly bythe heruld balunafad our local hockey team defeated cedar valley in a well earned vic tory m hillsburch arena friday night mr and mrs ie jamiesonnre rejoicing over the birth of their second son born thursday janu ary 13th we arc glad to report that alva mckcchnie who is at present in toronto western hospital ls im proving in health the eveninc auxiliary had their first meeting at the home of mrs gordon price the devotional ex ercises were led by lydta snow and mrs o r fundall had charge of the topic the following offi cers were elected president mrs norman sinclair iec treas mrs lloyd swindle- hurst literature mrs leo jamleson it ls planned to hold the meet ings in the homes the second fri day of each month the february meeting will be held at mm n sin clairs mr john f sinclair lias returned home after convalescing at tlie home of his daughter mrs james james crymbh in toronto this is a ten- page paper january meeting of norval worn- 1 en s institute miss prairie manuire also added to the program by rela- mg interesting fucts told to her by her aunt mrs i webster who rec ently celebrated her 90th birthday the meeting was held at the home of mrs patterson last thurs day and despite the ice clad roads there was a good attendance of member j mr gray don chester pieslded the secretary treasurer mrs joseph murray reported a dt nation of 10 to the save the chil dren fund it was also reported that the institute has joined the blue cross insurance plan as a group mrs wlshnrt on behalf of the ladles wished mrs wilkinson farewell and mrs patterson pre sented her with a lovely house plant tea was served by the assistant hoitesses mrs webb and mrs jos murray the february meeting was planned for the home of mrs w graham hadtoti juniors brosukst this saturday hoi ton junior farmers will be on the air this saturday a num ber of members will appear on a radio program broadcast over sta tion chml hamilton from q 30 to d p m bill lawsoji of milton is muster of ceremonies and those taking part arc john meciure of norval vera may of milton hay everdull of acton and dave pel- letterlo of palermo the script for the show lias been prepared by miss lsmey keun und camjeron wilson annual meeting of glen united church the annual meeting of the glen united church was held wednes day evening january 12 with the rev f j dunlop presiding mrs cecil barth was appointed seer tary and aftoj reports were re ceived from the different organi zations and departments of th church the following officers wer elected for the coming year elders john wheeler j ddy f carney n fclker u norton g inglis stewards wm schenk w hul c allen winston wheeler job wagstaffe miss o logan mrs a- prcsswood missionary and maintenance secretary miss o logan envelope secretary n felker organist mrs j addy alf goodwin assistant auditors jack addy and win ston wheeler discussion on different phases of the church work followed and thai meeting closed with prayer by pas tor a social half hour was en- joyed by all daughters attend church vestr meeting because of the vestry meeting al st georges church on monday the regular meeting of the daurhy ters of the church was cancelled instead six members attended thai mooting which they found interes ting und enlightening mrs groves norton gave the treasurers report for the group so as to be of r ter assistance to st georges ths daughters plan to work harder thuu even this year