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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 16, 1955, p. 1

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i wwm 3 herald sixteen pages georgetown oat wejxmstiy novtmw 16th 1 s- first section h000 robbery last night it aroods service station a 1000 robbery at woods sunoco sortce station oat night it the usc- i vnd major breakla or local buslo i situ la two week on november 2nd thieves removed 19000 in watches in a similar breakin at barbera gift shop entrance to the new tervic station operated by doug woods on th hlgh- way across rom wrtggleaworth school was made by breaking the glass in the rant folding doors the robbery occurred between 4 am and 8 am this moraine goods valued at over 1000 were removed major lots wst a 000 set o mechanics tools also taken were two urn 7 batteries an electric drill valve reteater a mantel radio and a an police chief roy lulcy and the lo cal police urce are tnvesticating the weather mew georgetown dairy mr editor we have already had the normal quota of rain or the month of novem ber and bolh the maximum and mini mum average are 4 and 1 degrees ab ove normal or the month of novem ber era batkin date max uln hain november 7 43 27 november 8 42 23 hurries november 0 42 2d flurries november 10 44 30 november 11 48 33 22 november 12 58 34 november 13 s7 so 78 average 47 20 100 judge twelve years is record for royal judging at the poultry show at the royal winter fair corey herrington proprietor o sunset farm and editor of feather fsncier poultry psper has sat a new record of service it is the tenth consecutive year that mr hrr- rington has been chosen as a judge surpassing sny other poultry judge in the history of the huge show mr herrington is judging a large number o standard breeds including camplnes andalustans austrslorps susses dorkings english aov ill reds ancona aov fowl all french games snd sll french breeds await decision on united gas franchise after an allday hearing in milton municipal hall last thursday the on- tario fuel board deferred a decision on granting the united suburban gas company a franchise in georgetown milton and acton mr george ilewson and j d kelly were the georgetown representatives at the hearing and mcwilliams snd dick were present or milton there were none from acton at the hearing public school teachers convene at acton lubllc school teachers from the four corners of hajlton and all points be tween convened 300 strong recently in acton for their yearly day of forums riimuuions addresses snd business the mrmbers of the llslton teach- era institute watched reading demon strations conducted by f l bsrrelt snd heard afternoon addreasea by ktobirokc school superintendent k f trruter snd scsaborough inspector k s cooper they also took part in discussion groups and concluded the flay with business and election of offi cers w i smith acton assumes the office of president for 105556 past president will be n ii stevenson of burlington mrs jsmes f evans of ccorcclown was nsmed vice presid ent snd miss m s gcmmcll milton the secrctsry and treasurer f brown oakvillc will continue in those offices hursl representatives arc ralph mckcown ksqucsing mrs klearia thompson nassagaweya mrs e mus tek nelson r mcllott trsfslgsr gra de school representatives sre j 4altratcr ilurlinkton snd bronte ii speers nelson mrs m whcwell north llslton i boss oakvillc j k grshsm trafalgar sister majela sep arate schools under construction worts- hat besen started by j b mackenzie and stan ltd on a large new building which irwin nobis it constructing as the future home of georgetown dairy mr noble who came her from hanover seven years ago purchasing hit business rom riley urethour now a toronto real estate man hat been conducting the business up till now in its loeslton in the old radial atation on main street the new building will be ready or occupancy by may or june next year it is being built at the corner of maple avenue and number 7 highway the land as once part of cedarvale farm and was pur chased by the town at the cloae of the war when the normandy blvd wartime housing tubdlvltion was be- ing built the dairy will have 40 eat front age on no 7 and a depth of 63 feet it will be of cement block construc tion with a brick front and will have a basement a dairy bar in ront and an apartment upatalrt the concrete will be finished in white stucco mr noble is planning to add several new items of equipment to hu plsn pri- or to tho move free skating popcorn draw 2000 to arena opening over 2000 people attended the off cial opening of georgetown arena on wednesday when the board of parks management which operatea the build ing or the town held open house children and grown upa were there in number to enjoy free skating to view the many improvements which have been made in the building and to consume 1085 glasses ot pop 758 boxes of popcorn provided through the kindness of suppliers of the ref reshment booth people were particularly impressed at the acelifting which has converted the former waiting room ticket booth and refreshment aland into one largo central room the old dressing rooms on the curling rink side have been done away with and in their place is a new enlarged refreshment booth which stretches the length of the room here one finds a large triple dispenser of coffee hot chocolate and soup a new popcorn machine plus hot dogs chocolate bars snd cigaret- tea the old mens smoking room on the right aide of the entrance has been abandoned also and this entire part of the building la now uaad for dressing noma or players and a referees roam a new ticket booth facet the entrance allowing access on the both aides the building hat been painted and refurbished to convert the arena into one at modern at will bo found another welcome change it croat ian of a 200car parking area behind the building which will ease the traf fic congestion on john street which hat always made a hazard during ho ckey garnet and dances tfia park ing area it just being completed and la will be ready for use in the next ed pries has joined the staff thii year and la ice maker and caretaker ol the building the board of parkt i is operating the booth themselves itf memben of the sixman board which hat planned the improvements include bob lane chairman who with red kins la in charge of lee harold mcclure secretary dick llcata trea- surer who will look after the upstairs bsboae boom ivan crabtree in charge loj the booth and art scott who will li be in charge of the parking area the board of park planning v- eral activities for the public already in progrea are figure skating classes and over one hundred ehiwren and tadnltt ham sljrnjtd up for riwn con- india missionaries show native costume curios the snnusl thankoffrrinil service of the alexander wus wss held in the church on wcdncsdsy november 2nd with visitors from neighbouring auxiliaries mrs hsrold mcclure president op ened the meeting by a fitting verse the cross is lifted after which hymn 104 was aung the georgetown b resident then led in the devotional iss broadfoot read scripture sel ected from the 103rd psalm and mrs henderson led in prsycr mrs gar net laidlsw of norval united church favoured with the aolo today he smiles on me following a hearty we icomo from the president mrs ii mcclure tho roll call oxthe various auxiliaries was responded toby the members stand ing the minutes of the 1034 thank- offering were read rs previously ap proved mrs ii mcclure then introduced rev and mrs russell self missionar ies on furlough- to india who addree- sed the meeting rev and mrs self were dressed in their colourful indian costumes and described them in detail they dis played aeveral intricate and exquisite handiwork pieces which they brought with tbem rom india tuch aa toys wood carvings table clotht and alto scarves mrs self showed illustrated scripta written in hindu verse their method of missionary teaching hindu people rev self pictured india from three standpoints first politically he pointed out the density of the popu lation with 360 millions people with an yearly increase of s millon here tofore the political trend is onesid ed secondly tho average daily tacome la 20c a day agriculture is their chief industry but they have no modern equipment and travel is by oxcart or cycles their standard of living is verjt lo hinduism is their chief religious belief all wild animals are worshipped and must remain alive the third phase is religion which is the chief problem of economic dif ficulty the reincarnation of animals is regarded highly at a hinduism be ne r concludingv we have contrast of life here lrfweat with that down the aeala harvey lusty close to 842 total record howling an excellent game of 834 jlsrvey iusty came close to pssslng the seasona record of 842 established several weeks ago by trev williams snd j ionft as a msrk to shoot st in the industrial bowling league harvey was close but still does not get his ncmc in likhts as the twosome till holds their record dill chaplin still lri1 the singles with his 333 among other good triple scores rec orded last week were harv channel 824 k madson 802 w uradley 1m g king 781 j davidson 703 f cuth bert 734 king and davidson led in high sin gles with 334 snd 323 followed by 1 collier 314 ii lisle 310 v dradley 300 ii lusty 300 and v cuthbcrt 203 team standings are as follows won loit its andersons 20 7 43 legion no 1 18 0 42 kentners 17 10 42 provincisl 15 12 37 silvers 14 13 31 icgion no 2 13 14 31 imperisls 13 14 20 ksys 12 13 28 itsmblcrs 11 16 20 lome scots 11 16 35 firemen 10 17 23 misfits 8 10 10 social and personal mr and mr row friif of htritlum were vlsitovs on kiturday with mr and mxa garfield ucguvray 1 mm goie uirttn of hramploo pent last week with ha mother mrs charles uwt guelph street mr and mn bill james entertained at a family dinner on sunday eelebra- mag mr james birthday mrs duke robinson and her lathef mr j g wiljpn toronto were week end visitors fttb mrs w c reynolds mr apt mrs s r reid had as tielr guests on sunday dr end mrs g k hauour anne and john of the kings- way toronto mr and mrs john krost maple av etuis are attending an aeronautical convention being held in the chatrau launer qtsabec city mr snd mrs rots pclrb and chil dren carol and ralph of ottawa were here for the weekend v in ting with his parents mr and mrs prank etch mr and mrs harold catling and baby eliubrth who live at hrrwlck hall ifwnt the weekend in lngersoll visit nk with their families a local couple mr and mrs frank pollock are both ill and in hospital mrs pollock is in hamilton and her husband in guelph mrs george krnxje and children ian and wendy ie of oakville spent isst week with her parents mr and mrs agar guest churchill cmcenl mr and mrs george myth and family of waterloo spent sunday in town with mrs myths parents mr and mrs alf collins guelph street mr snd mrs harry bowman of welland have bren visiting with mr and mrs v j hoe snd friendi in the vicinity on sunday the family and a few dote friendi attended a chritening service st the home of mr and mr hill k virion glen williams for their baby daughter carolyn und a rev w e giu officiated mrs peter moorchouse and pegjty are staying with her parents mr and mrs j d kelly albert street for a couple of weeks until her house in ottsws is ready mr moor house has just been transferred from toronto to jtawa 1ajt week jilt runham daughter of mr and mrs jack runham younj street celebrating her ninth birthday with a party her guests were judy nash ljnn ritchie man mcnamara sharon syurs harhara whitmrc rob erta hawe donna joynsnn diane mr cotan harhara kvans diane golden karen heichardt carol greensward ileryl williams dcirothy pane ant her cousin dixie tnbhle from brampton what couucil did fine 200 speeders as police crack down there has been a noticeable de crease in speeding in recent months in the town limits according to police chief roy haley a crackdown on speeders inaugur ated with a new speed timing device purchased by the town in august is largely responsible for the increase in public safety which has been a matter of public concern at many times in the past since a new policy of issuing idm- mons was inaugurated some 200 peo ple have parted with the appropriate amount of cash for their infractions of the bylaw mr haley said that the check on needing is not in the nature of per ecu t ion and while municipal cof fers benefit from the fines it la not designed as a revenue producer it is to make atreeta safe for pedeatriana and drivers and in future months a close eye will be kept by the police as an important contribution to public safety jarftr4wawmyi another evening of marathon euchre on thursday evening there was an other in the series of marathon euchre garnet played in the i0of hall under the ausblccs ot the past noble grands of orion lodge tho contest is be coming quite clue the folowinu aif i the scores for the evening frank cartwrisht 115 mrs e lyons 106 harry savlngt 103 mrs nadley 104 mrt c stacey 104 the door prlio was won by mrt harry savlnes lone hand standings in the mara thon at the close of theevedlna were mrt mabel hadley with a3 mrs har ry saving 43 mn jack tost 40 florla afcott 89 nl the atandings for the marathon are frank cartwrlght mr hadley florla aleott mr hadley harry saving lira jack tottaod f robinson uy j 3e enforcement of bylaws brings council discussion oldest town resident mrs w d johnston dies oldest resident of georgetown mrs william d johnston m died at her home 52 charles street on friday a lifelong district resident she marked her 04th birthday on january 18th formerly mary adeline thompson she was the daughter of william and mary thompson who farmed near ashgrovc on what la now the fred nurse form she attended ashgrove school snd sftrr her msrriage moved to stewarttown where her husband op erated a sawmill there she was a prominent member of the community taking a particul arly active part in tho affairs of st- johnt anglican church where at various times she was a sunday school teacher organist and a leader in various women groups her inte rest in tho church continued after mr and mrs johnstonmoved to geor getown and in recent years she had attended service in st johns when ever able with mrs j b mackenxle who died only a few weeks ago the was a maln- stsy of the grenfell minion branch in georgetown the two ladies or ganized countless bales of clothing and supplies over a long period of years to make georgetown one of the belt supporters of this work during the war ahe waa a diligent worker for the red croat mr and mrs johnston moved to georgetown 41 years ago ha died in 1038 she continued to keep her own house and until the end waa possessed of a keen alert mind and kept a llve- cly interest in town affair- only rec ently ahe enjoyed a trip around the park district of town remarking on the now subdivisions which have changed the appearance of the neigh bourhood to markedly in the paat few year she leave one daughter cora mr norman snyder and one granddaugh ter betty mn gordon memurehy ot huttonville she was the lut mem ber of a family of seven being prede ceased by brothers and lstera george rev fred walter rev griffin an nie and mr maggie fettlgrew rev j e maxwell conducted ttur funeral service on monday at the liar- old c mcclure funeral home with interment following in greenwood cemetery slav nephew were pall- bearety victor thoautdn irvine and purwardmaltkewatoroato kenneth swale of henry street cloverdsle heights addressed council on monday on the hazardous entry of henry street onto no 7 highway it is to sll intents and purpoaea a con cealed intersection on the- side of a steep bill mr swales asked that council consider the possibility of in stalling a warning traffic light of some type council felt that the rase merited investigation to that a solution could be found in order to make for a grea- trr safety factor various type of lights in use in other towns were dis- cussed including a aodium vapour light cr cray and his committee will tnslte a complete investigation on what is available to alleviate the situ ation mr swales slso strongly expressed his belief that once a bylaw ia passed it should be enforced to the letter he referred particularly to the build ing by law which itatrs that a house should be a definite number of feet from the side of the property he felt that infractions of tbis by lsw should be stopped in some manner stating that judging from the cases council has had to deal with the hou ses had already been built before the building infractiona were reported under the niia sperifirstions thtlr houses should be inspected before the subflooring is installed cr walter gray aaid he wfg of the opinion that the time to stop building by lsw infractions was when the foun dation was staked out cr mccil rsy ssid that as fsr ss he waa concer ned nothing much could be done once the house is built certainly he was not be in favour of tearing a house down because it wss a few inches out of the bylaw specifirslion line vfsyor armstrong wss of the opin ion thst no bylsw thst hsd ever been psssed by any council anywhere had ever been able to be enforced to the letter it waa the ideal way of course but human nature being what it is it wss not possible council wss elec ted to interpret the will of the people snd to be successful in administering town affairs it must give and take a little he personally felt that the building bylaw infractions were unln- tentionsl mtitskes on the contrscton parts because they were almost uith- out exception concerned with a mat- ler of inches rather than feet the mayor also pointed out thst he believed the msjority of citizens with lols with s 30 foot frontage were rra- sonably satisfied with that size lot or raiders beat delhi stouffville friday the raiders made their return visit to delhi on sundsy and came home with a 7 to 6 victory junior beau mont and harvey chappel led the scoring parade each getting the bat trick ulakc lnglia added the other delhi tpened the scoring early when gibbons put the puck past freddie lawrence at 216 but their lead waa short lived as junior beaumont tied the score at 410 from then on the raiders were never headed aa they always managed to atay a goal ahead o fthel ocals the line of banks gib bons snd gardner were outstanding for delhi each getting two goala for the raidera chappel beaumont fer- ri and freddy lawrence in goal pla yed terrific hockey for georgetown the raiders play boat to stouff ville clippers this friday night the clippers by detesting oskville 42 last friday atampod themscleva as the team to bat in this group stouff ville led by the bangay brother and several exseniors will be trying for their second straight win the raid ers will also be after their second straight at home after beating rttamp- ton 02 in the opener a week ago the raiders play in oakville to night wednesday the oaks are hav ing a draw on a new ear that night won last year by jerry inglls and the boys hope to bring it back again with them fred cook once garagemah here a former resident of georgetown for almost twenty year frederick cook ton ot the late mr and mr dtnlel cook who armed on the 10th line near glen williams died at hit home 104 dunn ave toronto on mondty evening november 7th mroook operated a garage in georgetown for several year on mill street and alto had an inteortt in the now defunct georgetown found- dry on king street surviving are hi wife the former margaret babel johntton and a ton daniel j of harllngen texas lenore mr harold c huckvale marie i mr lloyd j white w toronto there la one titter living mr robert a hutch of wwtbycmt the funeral waa bald it the chapel y motley ft bedotslabtnton xyewixaatleablvuiwtthtra- they wouldnt have purchased it thay had the same privilege as anyone else of buying a larger lot than that if to desired he said that be per sonally liked larger lots than th so foot frontage allows but that people who were investing la the subdiv isions must b satisfied with them mr swslea agreed that haj ra- onably happy with his lot and belie ved that the mayor was correct ifi his asertlons although he himself du fiat know until after moving to his new home in georgetown that anyone was privileged to build a bouse under the niia aa an individual rather than la group aubdlvuuons by a subdivision contrsctor in response to the statement by on of the councillors that council wouhf know nothing of these small by law infringements if it were not for the honesty of the contractors in coming to admit them reeve allen asserted thst in his opinion the main motive for coming to council and informing them about the infractions was be cause they had difficulty with their mortgages unless council passed and approved of the building bylaw in fractions the firm of canadian ietroflna ltd was grsnted s building permit to er ect a aervice station on mountainview road and no 7 highway 1ermisslon for the building permit had to be gl- ven by council because the property encroaches a few feet on the green belt sllowed slong no 7 liighwsy permission was given tor a afreet light installed at the south end of mar ket street council also instructed the msyor snd clerk to sign an agree ment between delrex developments limited and the town in connection with the development of certain lands purchased hy dclrcx after september 27th 1954 council passed a bylaw to the effect that the question whether or not natural gas should be brought into georgetown at no cost to the munici pality would be put to the elector in the municipal election to be held in december it was also passed by bylaw that the electors opinion should be aaked a to whether or not they fsvour the town riving s 1500 snnusl grant for the support and aid of the georgetown cilisens band this question will slso be included on the ballota in the december election reeve stan allen and hla commit tee will mske a recommendation at the next meeting on the letter receiv ed from varian associates ltd re questing that the water main aervlc- ing their plant be increased from 4 to 8 the present main is lnsdcquate for their sprinkling system and will be even more so in the future since their plsnl is to double their floor space in the next year a letter was read from the solicitor tor the united suburban gaa company stating they were prepared to bear 50 per cent of the cost of that part of the election which involved putting the question of the introduction of natural gas into georgetown to the electors tbis they interpreted to mean 50 per cent of the cost of print ing the question on the ballot and 50 per cent of the cost ol nreparing and publishing the bylaw council dissgrecd with their interpretation inatructing the clerk to write the gaa company and tay the town expeeta the company to pay half the cost of the complete election costs which in cludes paymenta for poll booth the clerks and deputy returning officer in addition to the expense put forth in their letter the clerk will make an accurate estimate of what this would amount to and forward it to the company council told an old transit which wax advertised for sale for 110 to albert tcnnant the beaver readymixed company submitted a letter showing rate of wages and equipment for boring un derneath the cnr embankment in order to lnetal a tewer line town en- gineer wilton said the rates were in order and council instructed him to draw up specifications and contract for the work the road committee reported that the hydrant wulxbo moved bade on al bert street reeve stan allen aald that hit in- veatlgatbwa into the proper tee to charge individual who wjth to have their water meter testes would be moo this will be chargedjn ease where the meter 1 proved accurate after it l tested council agreed that s500 would be a fair rate to cover the expense of removing andrelnttal- ling the meter t v- 7

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