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Printing Publishing The Georgetown Herald has served Georgetown and district Printers and Publishers for over a century offering the belt la fine printing and news coverage GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Ads That Pay You can place an ad In The Herald by phoning B Dying or telling The Herald where wilt find the result yen want Second Claw Mall Registered Number Georgetown Ontario Thursday March Return Postage Guaranteed 50 per year Single Copy Pries Fifteen Cants Enjoy A Mug of Coffee That Never Empties THE DONUT NOOK GEORGETOWN NEXT DOOR TO FISH CHIPS Hilton Not For Fun Just Water Control If and when Hilton Falls Dam project Is completed it will bo strictly for water control representatives of Halloa Re gion Conservation Authority old Milton Council and Plan ning Board last week at a joint meeting to discuss the flood control report on the west ball of the IS Mile Creek Alter hearing the statement secretary to Milton Planning Board Ross wandered aloud That what we thought Kelso was for when It was HRCA Manager Murray Stephen said the purpose of Kelso had changed and its prime purpose was recreation now but there was no chance of the same thing happening at Hilton Polls CHORAL SOCIETY NOTEWORTHY Horse Winner Nunc s a horse from Roy and Joan lonsons Wynfield Form at Georgetown was tho winner In Trail Class at the second annual Quartern ma Horse Extravaganza at the grounds recently Marc than 15 people at tended the various functions which ranged from hone auction to Queen contest Dr Bouchard still makes house calls The liny village of Rock Island Quebec gets on annual average snowfall of inches And the temperature can sit below zero for weeks So when Glllos Bouchards patients cant get to him he goes to them By Volkswagen They say around Rock Island that It makes folks feet belter seeing his little red VW chugging about the countryside But for him a Volkswagen Is more a necessity than an eccentricity In fact Its lust What the doctor ordered His practice covers miles Arid what with churning through drifts along snowchoked In winter or slogging through mud and slush In the spring he logs miles a year And while travel by Volkswagen Isnt the fast est method known to man we were delighted to hear that a bug can still win a race with the stork One subzero morning a baby was on the way miles from town But the doctor t His other car a big fast sedan wouldnt start What to do In spite of the cold the bug started right away says Dr Bouchard And I made tt Just the nick of time Mother baby doctor and Volks wagen are doing lust fine away soya Motors THEY LOVE TO SING Music director Charlie Crimes directs members of the newly formed Georgetown Choral Society during a recent rehearsal Forty who love to sing Just for the fun of It have already joined the aggregation which meets every Tuesday in ho music room of the Georgetown District High School Since formed the society has been singing a variety of songs ranging from folk to religious They plan to make their first public appearance in June 105th Birthday For Halton Manor Resident County staged one of Its biggest birthday parties on Saturday to honour the 105th birthday of Simon Henry a resident at Centennial Manor home for the aged Birthday greetings were de livered by chairman of the Man or Board Thomas Warden County F Director of Homes for the Aged Lawrence Crawford and Jam es Snow East MPP PRESENTED WITH SCROLL Snow presented Mr Bavcr stock with a scroll signed by former premier John and the Government of Ontario Born in Mr stock is tho oldest resident in County Records at the Centennial Manor list his birth as A I860 Mr has always been active on the land spent 13 years in Sarnia garden ing and running a team of hors es He also spent years king In the bush near Elm vale as a woodcutter and lumber man NINE YEARS AGO He came to the Cen tennial Manor with his wife nine years Two years later Mm avers lock died The family still includes four sons and one grandchildren great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren Tho celebration was staged by the Centennial Manor under the direction of administrator Allen Guests included approximate- a dozen of the family friends as well as many of the Manor residents CLEAN LIVING Though white haired and hard GLEN HOUSE DAMAGED FLAMES LEFT PORCH SKELETON This v as all that was left of a sun porch on tho back of the home of Mr and Mrs William Hooker Mullen Lane in Glen Williams after flames were finished with It last week Heavy damage throughout the house resulted of hearing Mr Bavcrslock does not look his age Ho has a rep utation in the Manor of giving advice on clean living to prom ote a longer life Among those attending Mr Baerslocks party was Mrs Edith Greene also resident of Centennial Manor who recent celebrated her 102nd birth day G O Eye Examinations Arranged Fast Repairs CALL RL BARTON OPTICIAN 8777223 When Mr and Mrs George Muckart were killed in an auto accident recently Georgetown Cemetery Board lost one of its oldest members in years of service Mr was first appoin ted to tho board In February 1S5 He was chairman far a seven year period from 1961 then continued as a member when Dick succeeded him in the chairmanship He was actively involved in several Important projects While ho was a board member the King Street section of Made Many Improvements As Cemetery Chairman Greenwood Cemetery was land scaped and a modem chain link fence constructed around It The boards centennial proj ect was construction of a utility house and apartment near the main entrance Mrs Leah Mogg Regan Crescent has been appointed by council to replace Mr Muck art on the board With Mr as chairman and Savings secretary treasurer other members are Mrs Miss Olive Logan and Horry Moss DEAD ELMS ON 401 FALL IN WINTER WORKS PROJECT Elm trees ravaged by Dutch Elm disease an eye sore along Highway ore being felled by work gangs recruited from Manpower and Welfare Agencies from Dixie Road to Highway ft Men from Acton George town Milton Burlington and are among the crews who are divided Into six teams for cutting trees cut ting it Into four foot lengths stacking and burning brush arc paid an hour for a hour week They are clearing deed elms out a quarter of a mile from each side of BATHER HAVE WELFARE Some of the men enjoy too outdoor work and ore glad to be working but other ad mit they would rather be on welfare Reason They receive less money working than they get on welfare One worker has the provincial government which organized the bee under the supervision of the engineer ing department of the De partment of Highways to combat unemployment should make up the be tween his welfare cheque and the one be receives for wor king FOR THE ASKING What do they do with the wood Apparently it is there for the asking Wood home owner are bringing trucks and loading up for fire places