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the georgetown herald oeoroetowm ontarfo wednesday evening jan 22nd 1958 second section insurance travel real estate walter t evans co triangle 72512 mux street serving y6ur community for over 30 years fertilizer early delivery discount up to january 30th 195 200 per ton 5 cash discount allowed if paid before march 10th halton cooperative supplies 45 gueuh street triangls 72271 whatever the weather youll like the way rogers fuel oil keeps your house at a comfortable even temperature murt allison georgetown triangle 73291 triangle 74072 m mh eli as rogers 2121 tonge street toronto anticipate mail delivery order street sign survey georgetown band chooses dave hastings president herald staffer dave hastings 24 arthur beaumont john st e is the new president of the georgetown brass reed band he was elected to the of flee on tuesday january 7th when the band held its annual business meeting at the home of bandsman tom eaon 19 byron st hsatjgetfflfbruce mckerr of milton as president doug peck 45 normandy blvd is vicepresident emery thomp son 8 parkview blvd secretary ernie forgrave 14 union street treasurer and tom eason jim burns r r 1 georgetown jim golden glen williams roger fis her 14 shelley st and bill ems- lie rr 1 georgetown are commit tec members fred carter brampton and ernie forgrave were elected social committee and vic carter brampton and earl cuthbert glen williams arc rex heslop harofd mcclure art dcott and sid silver the georgetown brass qccg band is under the direts uon of the well known and popular bandmaster alfred pcrrolt of brampton during the business portion of the meeting the advisability of changing practice night to mon day was discussed after much discussion it was decided that since this might interfere with home school board meetings and other activities of the many bandsmen that tuesday would re main as practice night practices are held at 8 p m in chapel st school efforts are being made by the members to encourage local for mer bandsmen to rejoin the or ganization as part of their ex panding program mr and mrs eason provided a the librarians the honourary presidents are j lunch for the members al mrs w f bradley messrs john conclusion of the meeting t armstrong john r barber what council did parting fiift to iode member leaving town mrs john d kelly 11 albert street was hostess to the lo de monday evening january 13th at her home twenty five members were present with the regent mrs percy leslie presiding a letter of thanks was received from the teacher of the northern adopted school thanking the chapter for the candy gifts and bale of clothing that had been sent to them twelve dollars was donated to the horticultural so- city to be used as school for the junior horticulti ciety mrs wallace thompson on be half of the members presented mrs james alcorn with a cup and saucer as a remembrance gift mr and mrs alcorn and their family left last week for their new home in flesherton where mr alcorn will be the manager of the canadian bank of com committees to continue okay of town accounts committee okay before town accounts are paid a new practice adopted by council last year will be continued in 1958 it took over an hours discussion however at last thursdays council meeting before a majority voted in favour cr fred harrison who was in stigator of the move last year again made a strong plea thurs day to hae committee chairmen review accounts pertaining to their department and okay them before they arc paid he claimed a double benefit more familiarity with business by councillors and less waste of time meetings whert chairman could miss ruth evans miss helen armstrong and mrs cecil david son were appointed as a nomin ating committee installation of officers will be held at the next meeting which will be at the home of jean and margery mac- kenzie mrs g lockhart royal gave a very interesting reading entitled italy tickets were distnbut ed to each member for the valen- tine dance which will be held in m one of the guilty ones who the rose p on fn6ay fehni ary l4th mrs robert reichardt mrs ro bert wicks mrs h c wriggles- worth mrs ed wilson mrs wm hamilton and miss helen arm strong assisted mrs kelly the mail bag suggest bell company should be public utility dear sir the commissions award to the bell telephone company is cer tainly at a variance from the wi shes of the people as expressed in the presentation from the assoc iation of mayors and reeves the governments repeated statements regarding the dangers of inflation has gone on unheeded by this commission which has re fused to go by the dictates of the public will or in the public intei est in awarding higher rates to an already flourishing business which at present pays its stockholders a tidy sum each year an appeal against the commis sions award is in order and in the light of this happening we would have no hesitation in rec ommending the bell telephone company be taken over as a pub licly owned utility sincerely yours ed a peters it is reasonable to that georgetown will get mail i livery this year said mayor- strong as he advised thursday that an immediate i vey be made to see what i signs are necessary and to 1 vestlgate cost of such signs the postal department requj a town to have sjgns on alls before mu delivery comes said he mentioned that he 1 heard a complete survey of f might be taken soon by the office department and the department might consider i eluding glelt williams in a livery area council will ask the town gineerlng department quantity statistics on the number of signs needed cr fred harrison said that had completed arrangements wita the highways department to vise the population figure which appears at the signs at 1 trances the latest figure 7tlq0j will be used aotv rm rvaffy seeing no more dipping into my saving account bincc i ttarted using the rojan personal chequing account for paying bill the royal bank account plan protects your savings 4elb yoox balance grow with regular deposits plus interest thats because the plan provides a second separate account for paying bills this personal chequing account not only helps you handle your household expenses on a busiqesslike basis but can save you money on cheques too ask your royal bank teller to set up a 2aooount flan for you the royal bank of canada has lined up a few minutes be fore council meeting to okay the accounts just initiallin an ae- count doesnt mean that a chair man can explain it he said cr hyde said council should resort to- the previous method of reviewing accounts during a meet ing and if there is a question about any certain one having the committee chairman check it mayor armstrong said he had no set views on the matter but warned that if the practice is to be continued chairmen must do council tneir p not now ud p ment of bills merely because they didn t get around to sign not answer questions about their j ng tnem there arc occas- departments operation ions when the town clerk cr ern hyde who with reeve i p the b a creditor who cannot understand doug sargent and deputy reeve why ms b no bccn walter cra opposed the idea the mayor said and he has been safdit worked onl in theory instructed to rifcr the creditor to a committee head rather than taking blame himself its a good thing for a chair man to examine accounts parti cularly when hc don t hae an engineer to do it said cr alfred sykce it makes him more fa miliar with the towns business and i faour continuing it suggested b the major to speed up council business it was also decided thursday not to have the finance committee make an itemized check of accounts at a meeting but rather to do this j beforehand henceforth only a motion to pass accounts m total will come before the regular council meeting i crs harrison hjdc and john hliott opposed this sajing that the public is entitled to hear ac count in detail georgetown will continue as a member of north halton lrban hoard this year the board an unofficial one comprising councils of george towrn acton and milton was on girt all formed for joint engineer ing under one engineer though this has been abandoned for some time it has been found helpful as an idea exchange and certain matters affecting the whole area such as industrial expansion dog control and fire protection have benefitted from discussion al the board rrieetings the regular council meeting was set for the first monday in each month if business continues at the same volume as in the past few years however a meeting each monday night will continue to be the rule rather than the exception last year there was a total of 53 meeti held assessment commissioner jos gibbons was reappointed collector of dog fees with enumeration of 23t of the fees collected complaining that builders in bis end of town arc creating haz ards by leaving bricks and straw on the sidewalk auowances john henley 40 bairstow crescent was told that the police committer would check and see that any such condiuomtlk cleaned up 3 cabs 3 reliable drivers radio equipped glen taxi tr 72432 we service television all mokes radios record players car radios appliances inm saltan al ernies radio 24 years servicing toajjj hamiltoil construction 66 prince charles drive tr 73480 homes garages concrete work industrial requirements renovations building supplies every building need solid progress sound management and steady growth have earned for the manufacturers life a reputation for strength safety and service in the public interest the funds we hold in trust for policyholders and their beneficiaries are profitably invested by a team of experienced investment specialists returns on these care fully selected investments help tolower the costs of life insurance for our policyholders assets of 761669880 are more than ample to fulfil our obligations to pay the sums of money promised in our policy contracts this figure includes an amount of 59047558 set aside m surplus funds providing a wide margin of safety the 7 1st annual report shows the manufacturers life now provides 2610637086 in insurance and retirement protection for over 500000 policyholders in 195 41000 people purchased 380499333 of new insurance to take care of tomorrows uiicertainties the 7 1 sf annual report also shows that the company paid to living policyholders and to the families of those who died a total of 48338145 in benefits last year manufacturers life a kmn hiad officii toknto1 till ll i i hp kk