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the georgetown herald fourteen pages georgetown ontario april 18th 1956 first section what council did signing the register what council did hire new policeman town force now five nelson traitord a member of the toronto city police force for five years will be georgetowns fifth po hceman one of 23 applicants for a position as probationary constable he was hired after an interview monday night mr trafford was one of seven candidates chosen for interview for the 2700 position which will boost the town police force from 4 to 5 men mr trafford will serve with police chief roy haley and con stables james bilsborrow clifford found and forrest inch who have been on the job since the town re placed provincial police with its own force a year ago mr trafford a native of ottawa will begin his new job on june 1st he has been a motorcycle traffic officer and has also served with the mounted division as a 1st class con stable during his service in toronto he is married to the former faith townend daughter of mr and mrs walter townend 7 park ave and they have two children naomi and paul answering a suggestion that they might consider accepting less than the statutory 1 mill grant this year the cemetery board informed coun cil that they are planning certain im provements at the cemetery and will require the full grant reeve stan allen enquired what procedure is being followed about checking on sidewalks which arc broken or left in untidy condition where new buildings are being erect ed he had 4 calls that night he said complaining about a situation on guelph street town engineer douglas wilson said that in cases brought to his at tention he would check and if ncces sary assess any damage to the con tractor responsible council passed a 718 payment to credit valley conservation authority representing the towns share of the 1956 budget the authority will spend 20000 this year half of which comes from the government and the other half from the various municipalities in volved major items in the budget are 4000 for reforestation 6500 for parks and 4000 flood control reeve allen suggested that the condition of the papermill dam be brought to the authoritys attention as there is repair work needed coun cil decided to ask alex maclarcn who serves the town on the board to the next meeting to discuss thib and other conservation questions rotary minstrels draw full houses packed houses greeted the ala bama jubilee minstrel show monda and tuesday nights in knox church hall presented by the rotary club it was a fast paced evening of music and melody featuring mostly club members with a few assists from other local talent steamer emmcr son and ern hyde produced and di rectcd the show and ralph ursel was musical director featured in the cast were murt allison interlocutor en hyde steamer emmcrson stan hutchinson dick shcarly ralph ursel and george glassford end men banjoists bill carr and keith barber pianist mrs del french and the tennessee wig- glcttcs surely the most colourful chorus line which georgetown has seen in some time the dancers- bob mccolgan bill hamilton jim ritchie gord bowers jack muckart and bill james also featured in the cast were mrs bui hutchinson philip hyde mrs don rand isobelle dobson mrs ern hyde mrs jim ritchie mrs herb harlow jr mrs stan o connor mrs bud bishop john gunn was coordmator and eleanor spitzer handled makeup ralph hawes and bob barber design ed the scenery bud bishop was in charge of property and fred mavcal publicity tunnel embankment for new sewer line a major engineering project is underway with the tunnelling of the cnr embankment behind the old shoe factory on john st in preparation for hooking up the swanek subdiv sion to the sewerage system at present armco drainage co is working two 12 hour shifts 7 days a week at this difficult job which en tails boring through huge trees and other solid matter used for fill when the embankment was constructed a century ago preparatory shoring work was done by beaver readymixed co working under contract armco then con tracted to bore a 24 hole for the sewer pipe only to run into dim culties early in the job when a huge tree lay horizontal in the direct path of the boring machinery the company then agreed to con struct a tunnel 44 inches in diameter working on a per foot price basis for the approximate 176 feet of boring required since starting the job some 3 feet a day progress has been made in the 18 feet of tunnelling up to yesterday armco had tunnelled and blasted its way through 6 trees and two stumps one a 15inch cedar three men work on each shift and material removed is brought out by a small car on a track dynamite is used to blast the trees charte studio this is where you sign says rev kenneth richardson as mrs brian sprack places her name in the register at st georges anglican church mr sprack and the former joyce hembruft were married in the church on april 7th social and personal at esquesing council grants recognize hockey drama win grants of 100 to norval juniors hock e j team and 50 to norval jum ors drama group were made at the april 2nd meeting of esqucsing council both won count honours this year and the grants were in recognition of their achievement fox claims of 3 for each animal destroyed were paid to robert el wood 15 emerson anderson 9 james carson 3 and sandy barnes 3 with some extra land needed for widening the road at the 8th line and no 5 sidcroad council passed a by law authorizing it to purchase cer tain lands in lots 5 and 6 of ton cession 8 for this purpose united suburban gas co was an thorizcd by by law to lav dov n maintain and use pipes along or across any highway under councils junsdic hon necessary f r the company s plan to serve milton acton and george town with natural gas deputj reeve george currie coun cillor wilfrid bird and road super intendent william townscnd were ap pointed delegates to the annual meet ing of the association of urban rural municn- ii i hi road sir- tende n and iminci numbers win appoi ittd to attend a conferenu on weed tontrol tn diidtih on apt il 1 ii fsquesings shun of hospit il accounts for the march quarter am ounted to s247 87 mr and mrs a ii feller spent the weekend in elmira where they visit ed with mr and mrs caspar stumpf mr a beer and mr and mrs d beer of brougham visited with mrs a wright and family on sunday mr and mrs frank a r smith port credit were guests of mr and mrs arthur suddaby sunday mrs thomas thorpe kenora was a week end guest at the home of mrs charles junkin church street mrs a pattendtn of william st visited on monday with hir aunt mrs f cudnt y in st catharines general hospital mr and mrs derik dodgson pat and john and mr and mrs norman dodgson all of toronto spmt the week end at the home of mr and mrs sam walker mr and mrs maurice hillock and mr and mrs terry bludd attended the annua dmner of the hamilton and district hotel association held at the fischer hotel hamilton mr and mrs n k nancarrow mr and mrs highland gross and daugh ter heidi toronto were weekind guests with mr und mrs ted dar lington mr and mrs art hurst and their sons david and billy of kitchener were visiting with mrs hurst s par ents mr and mrs james murph ontario st last week end mr and mrs a patlcnden enter tamed at a family dinner part in honour of their daughter berv s birthday guests wore mr and mrs george karnes toronto huek liu kic kilchenei george lie ne mi and mrs bill james and the ir son brian and barn mrs rred fryer mrs ron ed wards mrs sam walker and mrs p hunts attended the w a dio ccsan annual held at the royal con naught hotel in hamilton last wed nesday the rector of st georges rev kenneth richardson also attend ed mr and mrs paul corbell have returned to thuir home on orchard blvd after holidaying at st simon island georgia and key west florl da mrs corbell spent a few weeks with her mother mrs a tipanc at beckle west virginia and was join ed there al faster by her hubhand mrs muriel adams 82 guelph st had a visit from her son j l lang ton adams who spent a couple of days with hur en route from his home- in vancouver b c to montreal and now york on a business trip he was travelling by plane saturday afternoon april 14 joan runelle daughter of mr and mrs bruce rundle 9 ewing street cole united her eleventh birthdaj with a partv hi r guests were brenda hoyle judv kyall ivnda hamilton cheryl jewell i lame ilolunson janet chap lin barbara coleman margaret mol insun r limor coliurn and her euusin carol ann penson ilcrnttc iruneau daughter of mr and mrs peler iruneau ontario st ilebraled hi i seventeenth birthday in entertaining several of her friends it i pjrty pierrette received some ik iiiliful gifts and th guests spout the evening daneing and enjoying a delicious lunch iltosi present wile arlhui mtguigan 1 illian shepherd joe c urlv joan chart ur jim iavnes duuin armstrong jim palten dor ulhv lladlov paul spittiie ruth tav lot herman klooster and iatsv iruneau some future raiders helped officiate at archdeacons funeral archdeacon h a leake rector of trinity anglican church chippawa died suddenly in hospital at niagara falls it was in his church that archdea con w g o thompson preached hli last sermon before bis death a few weeks ago and archdeacon leake was one of the clergy who took part in om funeral service in sl cathar ines for archdeacon thompson he was formerly rector at sl bar nabas st catharines and all saints hamilton born in grand valley he wsj educated in janris and hamilton and graduated from trinity college mac chutm studio kfthak somi of these faces will be appearing s few years from now on the raiders at any rate the kitchener team coached by jack gudgeon were the best in the junior a grouping of the little nhl end merged champions with the mcnamara cup left tq right in the picture they are john finlay doug hart wayne quanbury donnte tuck jack gudgeon jr doug vivian david barrager larry allen wayne reid kent robinson bob reid favid mackenzie coach gudgeon is at the rear team member donald emewein was missing when tha picture was taken discuss plans for new sewerage plant devoted life to childrens work a woman who devoted her life to children s work in england mrs selina elizabeth upton 79 died in st joseph s hospital guelph last wednesday mrs upton had been m canada since 1948 emigrating with her son- in law and daughter mr and mrs robert hedley then came to george town a year ago to live with the mcdcrmotts at 33 byron st she had been ill since november and was in hospital a week before her death mrs upton was born in great yarmouth and spent most of her life in the newcastle district she and her husband who died in 1941 work ed in several childrens homes she was matron of holiday house in whickham and of the fishermens boys home in grimsby she leaves sisters and brothers m grimsby england and three child ren mrs edward mcdermott and robert hedley 7 brucewood dr georgetown and matthew hedley port credit rev kenneth richardson conduct ed the funeral service at the harold c mcclure funeral home on friday cremation at toronto crematorium vanwycknixon vows st georges wedding st georges anglican church in georgetown was the scene of the wedding on saturday march 31st of marion louise daughter of mr and mrs norman nixon erin and lome douglas vanwyck son of mr and mrs n vanwyck hillsburgh the bride has been a member of the smith stone office staff in george town rev kenneth richardson perform ed the double ring ceremony tfie bride given in marriage by her fa ther wore a waltz length gown of wedgewood blue matt jersey and nylon tulle over taffeta the softly draped jersey bodice with threequar ter length shirred sleeves fitted smoothly over the hipline to a full tulle circular skirt the shoulder length veil of tulle illusion held a small cap of matching blue lily of the valley she carried a white pray er book with attached cascade bou quet of white amabilous orchids and stephanotis the bridesmaid miss jacqueline mathers of callander wore a waltz length gown of powder blue with ovcrskirt and bolcra of lace net and 3 matching blue tiara her bouquet was pink sweetheart roses and stephanotis a reception for fifty guests was held at the home of the brides par ents the brides mother receiving in n navy blue silk taffeta dress with navy accessories and a corsage of deep pink sweetheart roses the groom s mother wore a dress of pow der blue crepe and lace with pink accessories and a corsage of pink sweetheart rosis mr rex vanwyck of fergus at tended his brother as best man leaving for their none moon trip to honda the bride wore a rasp berry shade wool gabardine suit with hi ick accessories and a corsage of while carnations ducts attended from detroit dear horn and livonia michigan windsor ajax i ornc park ilillsburg fergus uelph and georgetown georgetown council discussed en gaging a firm of consulting engineers to plan a future new sewage disposal plant at their meeting on monday names of six possible firms were given by douglas wilson town en gineer and the public works com mittee was empowered to go into the matter while no definite decision has been taken on a new plant it is expected that when the industrial area of del rex is built up the present treatment plant will not be adequate to take care of the towns needs so sure is the delrcx company of this that they are planning to spend some 40000 in installing a pumping station at the edge of the industrial section to be ready when the time comes council was asked to approve this project monday their okay being necessary before the company can go through the necessary procedure with the dept of health cr harry hale explained that it would mean no money out of the town treasury cr leroy dale said he could see no particular reason for the pump station at the present time and that he would favour no talk about a new sewage disposal plant until he could see signs of industrial building in delrex he voted against the mo tion engineer wilson suggested that council consider some sort of bylaw governing industrial waste disposal in order to safeguard present or fu ture sewage plants from trouble caus ed by toxic wastes certain industries such as packing plants tanneries plating or paper processing can play havoc with a sewerage system he said unless waste products are required to be pre treated a policy has been adopted which will require property owners to pay charges of fixing stopped sewer lines if investigation proves that the stop page is on private property ray berg asked about the possibi lity of opening cherry st which adjoins his property on kennedy st the engineer afod road committee were instructed to ascertain costs of water and sewer services if this were done when cr irwin noble suggested that u turns on main st be pro hibited cr alf sykes said this was one of several recommendations made by the police chief which will be studied by the police committee and brought before council at a later date mr svkes said he had drawn to the chiefs attention a let ter sent to council by dr charles sayers about a dogcatching incident and that the chief had dealt with the matter in a satisfactory manner an increase to 407o from the for mer 25 rebate from the county on road expenses was reported by reeve allen umehouse at a pleasant little euchre partv neld a weck ago saturday evening at he home of mr and mrs gisbv 110 der i auspices highest scorers were john brown and mrs jas no hie si cords to george forbes and mrs e miller hot dogs cakes and coffee were served for lunch mr norman quibcll who has been a train foreman taking supplies to the building of the dew line in the canadian arctic for the past three months arrived home from moosenee recent the spring break up makes it too hazardous to continue into april helton cooperarive enters oil gas business halton cooperative supplies is entering the gas and oil business next week with purchase of a new truck which will be delivering -teap- line fuel oil and similar supplicfx storage tanks have been instamdu behind the companys mill and sales office on guelph st as well as at the companys milton depot the coop is supplying round alu- miumpainted tanks for farm cus tomers to store a product which hat become bo essential in farm opera tions they are designed to cut evaporation loss as much as possible decision of coop director to en ter the oil and gas field was endorsed at the annual meeting of the organiz ation recently at stewarttown when the new more was first made public by w h smeuie general manager of the company which conducts busi ness in georgetown and hilton tost hockey trophy won by flyers team flyers won the sheeny tost trophy last week when the defeated burns transport in two games in the indus trial hockey playoffs flyers won 8 7 tuesday and 9 5 saturday to take the scries ken richardson was leading scorer for flyers getting 5 goals in the two games jack kemshead and jamie cunningham had 3 each dave hart doug norton two each and ross cunningham and paul barber pick ed up one apiece other players for flyers were don ford george grasby dave boxford dune robinson geo barber fred lawrence carl schcnk bill hewitt and don smith bud haines was best for burns with 4 goals ormic carter and ross turner had 2 each and clare burns mike george don jarvie and don schenk each scored a goal other team members were john haines bob ezard gord fncker jack hamilton blake baxter ron ritchie earl wal ters earl emond engagement mr and mrs j clayton wilson georgetown wish lo announce tfie engagement of their daughter ethel bernice to alfred lcnard williamson son of hr and mrs a williamson guelph the marriage to take place saturday may 12th in ashgrove united church at 230 oclock anniversary llr and mrs j sanford will be at home to their friends and neighbours at their home stewarttown on sat urday april the twentyeighth from three to five and from eight to ten on the occasion of their golden wed ding anniversary no gifts please