Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 26, 1958, p. 11

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the georgetown iffikald georqetown ontario wednesday evening march 26th 1951 second section insurance travel real estate walter t jevans co triangle 72512 mill street 5enring your community for over 30 yean saturday excursions toronto every saturday to and incl march 29 good going and returning same saturday only excursion fares from s 440 brampton n elora 260 ingarsoll l9s 260 fargus 260 690 gaorgatown 1 30 365 gualph 205 wyoming 650 corresponding fares from intermediate points nju infouunon noa agents mondays federal election candidates sandy best jack henry the same three candidates are contesting the halton federal seat in next mondays election as last june when sandy best succeeded the late sybil bennetfas progressiveconservative representa tive at ottawa kenneth y dick milton represents the liberals and jack henry oakville the ccf in the campaign voters should note that the polls close at 6 p m monday rather than 7pm as in the last election when daylight saving was in effect of an estimated 45 000 voters in the county there are 4074 in georgetown and 2827 in esquesing township voters pack schoolwtuditoriiim to hear three political speakers for the first time in over a quarter century candidates for three political parties seeking of fice in the federal election ap peared on the same georgetown speaking platform when east georgetown ratepayers assoc ation invited them to participate in a meeting thursday at wrig- glesworth school although jini que in georgetown s recent his tory it is not new in the county ajidwas in fact the fourth time in die fhl few weeks that sandy best m p progressiveconserva tive ken dick liberal and jack henry ccf had spoken at similar meetings the school auditorium was pack ed for the meeting which was chaired by the ratepayers presl dent sid hardie mr dick mr best and mr henry spoke in that order after placement slips were drawn and each was allowed twen ty minutes for a formal speech a brisk question period followed unemployment though happily a missing election issue locally was prominent in all three can didate s speeches income tax reductions the pipeline old age pensions northern development automation and nationalization of natural resources were some of the major points which brought attention of the audience to cur rent affairs stressing the liberal platform of prosperity peace and progress mr dick promised income tax re ductions as the key in overcom georgetown rotary club 3rd annual minstrel show show boat docks at wrigglesworth school auditorium tuesday wednesda y thursday april 8th 9th 10th more songs more dancing more fun the biggest show yet and one youll be sure to enjoy labatts space contributed the sepnee of the community by john ubatt ltd mg a business recession explain ing that it is liberal strategy to boost taxes when times are g and accumulate surpluses to see the country through harder times newly married couples would have double personal exemptions he said to allow them more money to set up housekeeping business men would be encouraged in cap tal expenditures by doubling pres ent depreciation rates and credit facilities of the industrial deve lopment bank would be extended to take in small retailers the liberals are also promising a cut in corporation taxes abolishment of excise taxes on automobiles and extra beqefits in family al lowance and unemployment in surance regulations the welfare of the family as a sound economic unit is fore most in liberal planning said mr dick he closed his speech with a tri bute to lester pearson as a sea soned statesmen who knows with whom he is dealing and who should lead canada to the sum nut conference we must compare liberal pro mises with conservative perfor mance said mr best as he mount ed the speaking platform he criticized the former liberal government for not taking steps when they were in power to deal with a mounting unemployment situation and said 75 000 more people are employed toda be cause the conservatives have re leased more money for house building he drew applause when he said his party will seek to broaden canadian economic policy which has been tied too tightlj to the united states by the liberals the opposition he said is showing the same lack of foresight in scoffing at opening up canada s northern resources as they did in sir john a macdonald s day when he spoke of building a transcontinental rail way his party is investigating a contributory scheme for w earners which would give higher letirement income payments mr best said higher hospital grants introduc ed by his government will bring several hundred thousand more dollars into halton be continued the conservatives have lowered continued on page 4 boys band entertains halton manorresidents on march 10th about two weeks after enjoying a very fine con cert by the georgetown brass and reed band the residents of hal ton manor had the pleasure of listening to another delightful concert by a georgetown band this time the georgetown boys band the concert was presented in the dining room of the manor mr alfred perrott was the very capable leader at this concert as he had been at the previous one the boys of the band looked ex tremely smart in their band uni forms of navy blue blazers grey trousers and light blue ties vernon mccumber acted as the chairman for the concert in very able and pleasant fashion the program consisted of van ous selections by the band as a whole and a number of solo and duet selections the band played three lovely hymns four stirring marches a polish folk song and the light hearted selection ain t we got fun the band won the admiration of the entire manor audience by their earnest attitude and their splendid rendition of this varied program several soloists won admiration also robert wngglesworth pla ed the hmn nearer my god to thee as a cornet solo peter glynn plaed aura lea on his flute two very appealing duets you tell me your dreams and gay nineties waltz were played by bill and martin wheeler douglas harley sang a vocal solo child s evening song and two encores at closing of this very pleasing program mr mccumber the chair man paid a fine tribute to mr stan allen the superintendent whom he described as a man very highly thought of in georgetown since superintendent allen had not been present at the beginning of the program due to the fact that he had been unavoidably cal led away he now both welcomed the band to the manor and thank ked the boys for giving such a thoroughly acceptable program mr allen then called on muriel thompson to thank the band for the residents when it s fine printing you want consult the herald always at your service whether the job is big or small fast service reasonable prices and quality pro ducts brewery limited a hying u cstemont saw four brownies from the 4th george town pack join the ranks of girl guides the- new guides are left to right mary hilts christine leslie shann king and sandra march- ment miss lihian wolfe tawny owl mrs bruce 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