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1 have Just been given the sad news that Dorothy Wright the wile of our branch president Denny Wright died yesterday morning of a heart To Denny Denny Jr Patty and all their family we extend our most heartfelt sympathy Our and gals did not fair very well in their sports events this past Saturday I am sorry to report Four teams of Euchre players went lo Bronte for the afternoon and when it was all over they had let Port Credit beat them to the top so they will have to show them how it done when they go to Port Credit next year Our gala went to Brampton for crib and euchre and in crib they lost to Brnmp on who were 2nd and 3rd with and Leon a team placing 4th Nice going ladles And our congratulations to the Brampton auxiliary In euchre Erin auxiliary came in 1st With the Acton auxiliary coming 2nd Brampton placing 3rd Acton in there again with a spot and Georgetown team of Floss Tracy Mae Tost Vi Hewitt and Pearl Wilson coming 5th Congratulations to all the winning auxiliary teams and for those that came close there is always next year isn there The main thing was that all of you had a good time I glad to see that the Acton ladies are coming out to a few more events For a long time they were so busy in their branch they have time to participate Many of our auxiliary ladles will be sorry to hear mat Mrs our past zone com monder of the LA has been stricken with a heart attack and is very ill in General Hospital No visitors allowed but I sure a card or note would cheer her up em mensely and knowing so many of friends were thinking of her would speed up her recovery I sure Ladles don forget the rummage sale March The committee would like what you have as soon as you can get It to them as they wish to get it priced They cannot use the hall the before to do It as the hall has been booked for a lone sports dance so this must be done ahead of time Call Hazel Jean or Marg please Dorothy Day came home from hospital this past week end I am happy to tell you June Greig is also home now and feeling better Helen Wilkes was in Georgetown but has been transferred to Brampton Peel Memorial A card would be nice Our Provincial Service Officer will be at our branch on March at p Would any serviceman or woman or their dependents who may need help or advice please call Lloyd Boyd at or Harry Atkinson for on You need not be a member of our branch to receive con side ration Just as long as you served Mr Traversey has many branches to call on so It would be wise to call and make o assure yourself or time with these service officers Tickets now on sale for the branch elimination draw on Friday March Members arc asked to lend a hand for an hour or two If they call Bruce McCartney he will let you know where help is needed You can reach him at or Tom Clarke At our meeting last Thursday there were 36 present our zone commander Greenfield attended for his official visit and it Is always a pleasure to see at our branch During the reports of the chairmen President Denny Wright congratulated Doris Chamberlain for the very fine Job she has done the past few years as our car club chair man Her assistant Joe Pol rier was also noted as having done a great amount of work and It la nice to know they will be In charge of the next draw which begins February I3lh and ends August the draw for another cutlass from Andy Murray Motors on August Tickets arc now being handed out to the car club captains and as soon as all stubs arc returned all will be set In motion for the next draw There will be several draws the first night to catch up to dale Sec jour captain if you don have jour ticket Our Air Codets ore still maintaining good attendance and It was polntLd out at our meeting by the branch ilnson officer to the squadron Norm Ward that except for two or dinary members of the sponsoring committee oil the remaining fellows were members who by virtue of the fact that they are so dedicated and hard working was what prompted their becoming members There still seems be a need for more instructors to help these young people so if there Is a desire on your part to get invoked with squadron no by nil means let us know Tom Clarke has Indicated his willingness to take on the remainder of the term as our Ways and Means This chairmanship was left open as of two weeks when W resigned this position Tom is now a member of the executive and as ways and means chairman he will have a busy lime ahead of him as many things fall in his direction to be looked after Tom is going to need help from the rest of us starting with the March 12 draw Please help his first busy night be a successful one Call him at Good luck Tom At an executive meeting last week we received a par nice letter from Ted Wilkes manager of he Ball Club thanking us for our donations and support over the past years and for again helping them with a generous donation for the coming year The girls soy they arc honoured to wear Branch on their sweaters and to represent us It is mutual wllh us as these fine young ladies are very much a credit to not only the branch they represent but the and themselves We are pleased o help them and wish hem the very best of good luck in their 197G77 season A busy time will soon be upon us when in the of March we will have many of our branch darters off to Port Credit Hopefully they will come home victorious if you con fellows At night we will have our membership and initiation night Do you have your name on the list for your year pin Those in charge of this evening hope to get things underway by clock sharp Would all those being initiated please be sure to be upstairs before then The doors are closed duing the ceremonies so all who arc attending please come early A welcome to our branch Is extended to Herbert Charles and Ackroyd whose applications were favourably accepted last week by the executive There Is much to avail yourselves of at your branch and hopefully you will get involved with as much We will have two teams in Sudbury this week end In provincial bridge Good luck to Frank Martin Duke Wilson Trevor Williams and Mike Jim and George Sargent and Walter The branch fishing trips arc May 1st and June Circle your calendar now for these two days plus the Imperial section two dates April and July 11th Most important don l forget the four fishing seminars all Thursdays and 11th of March and 1st and of April The Club sponsored by the ladles auxiliary is off to a fine start and Jane Kirby leader has 11 young ladies in her unit that are busily sewing Learning Stitches at this point and apparently enjoying their two hours of Instruction Monday evening They have a choice of wall hanging place mals bag runner or cushion cover as their They are also learning about colour com Sure sounds like having twice dally and is up walking around with the aid of crutches and he is f pleased with his progress to date considering his operation was a few short days ago Keep up the good work Andy Anyone wishing to phone and say hello Call Hoy Smith is in hospital and Gordy King Is out and about Continued progress to both of A household name around our house from our two high schoolers for months and months has Mike Dixon They follow his progress very closely and they have been well rewarded as Mike is usually a winner I dont know the owner of this famous name personally but I do know his parents members Dave and auxiliary member and had no idea It was their son my boys keep talking Not too long ago Mike beat his own record of a jcar previous at Maple Leaf Indoor Games This past weekend he ran in Chepstow Wales where he placed Ibctlcr he expected There were countries competing and he competition was cry stiff This was this 19 aids First competition outside of Canada and he was on a six man hand picked team There were four from Ontario and two from Alberta Mike came firat of the four Ontario lads Mike is a dedicated fellow and runs 10 miles a day His mom Enid comes from Bristol which is about a half hour drive from Chepstow so Mike is taking a well earned holiday and spending a few days with his grandparents so who went to watch him run and got a big thrill watching their grandson do so well in his first International race We add our congratulations to he many he will return home to and wish him con success in his chosen I or those of you who enjoyed the Blue Chips at New Years Eve we are happy to tell you they will be back on Friday March 19th to play at our lone sports dance Tickets will be a couple and tickets are available from our sports officer Pat Cham A buffet will be provided towards the the evening This will be a super terrific night comrades so circle the calendar right now before you forget Some of the Chips are our own local fella Still on the entertainment scene Friday Jim and Hoy on piano and drums in our lounge They are also terrific and on Saturday Jim Meeklscn is lairs playing for membership night HUMID Three passengers hurt in Steeles Ave crash KISS ME QUICK and Debbie Alton both Georgetown District High School students attracted a number of eyes last Friday evening at schools annual Mardi dance held wind up to Winter Carnival Week at the school Robins In spite of the snow storm March roared in with spring can t be too far away Mrs Hon of Nerval called to say she had spoiled he first three robins of the season yesterday afternoon in a tree in her neighbours The birds must have been huddling together to keep warm and wondering If they had Ion loo far Spring officially arrives this it am March instead of March because of the leap year It not long now folks Petrofina stalled in bid for selfserve tried to pump a little extra information from town council Monday nlghl about their chances of getting their gasoline station at the IS Tllbitt LIFE ON MARS The astronomy club at the Georgetown District High School Joined in the fun last Wednesday evening when the school held Its annual Variety Night Two members of Ihe cost were left Barry Burns and David Pet Please Pet Please this week features two female call who are presently living In the 1 Imehome kennels of Hal Ion Hills Animal Control Services The one young lady pure while and her friend is a mixture of orange and while The hour for the 1 imthouie kennels are weekday evening from to Saturdays from 1 to p Come on and see two girls and many friends at the I kennels corner of Mounlainvlcw and Guclph Strict turned into a self serve operation But all they discovered from their efforts was that their plans will have to remain stalled until the planning board carries its complete investigation of the pro and cons of self serve gas bars in to full service stations Two marketing rcprcsen tallica of Dennis Morton and Bill were on hand for the meeting to present their request hat the indefinite moratorium on self serves be lifted to permit their station When questioned about the safely of self serves Mr Held staled In fact a self serve operation Is much safer thin a normal type of outlet A panic button would completely shut down pumps operations in case of an emergency at self serve station while normal stations hove no such emergency equipment he said Councillors however remained unimpressed They upheld their earlier decision to seek all the facts prior to making any decisions either way or whether more self serves should be permitted and if so how many Two children in elderly woman who were passengers in cars which collided on Steeles Ave one tenth of a mile east of the old Seventh Line on Feb to to were taken lo Milton and District Hospital treated and released Maria Lnurienzo was a passenger In a car driven by llosn of Hornby when the car went out of control and was In collision with a car driven by Gloria of Milton In which John Cheryl were passengers Police estimate damage to the vehicle at SI and to the Krohnert vehicle An unknown driver struck a parked car owned by Earl and eauscd in damages The hit and run cured at municipal parking lot at rear of Main SI N In Georgetown Saturday at about Police report that a bright setting sun blinding Ihe driver vision was the cause of an accident at the Brewer Retail parking on Queen St in on Saturday at p m when a cor driven by Archie 195 Main St Acton was in collision with car driven by Ralph Hall Norman Ave Acton Damage to the vehicle was police estimate while the Hall vehicle sustained In damages The Intersection of Ave and Trafalgar ltd was the scene of an accident Feb at 45 m when car driven by of was in collision with a cor driven by Mnrngete of Grand Valley Damage to he vehicle was j00 and to the vehicle police estimate The Milton turnoff on was the scene of an accident Feb at 1 15 when the car driven by Keith W Shanlz of foiled lo negotiate the curve and knocked down five guide poles on the median strip Volunteer fireman had to be called out to wash the roadway clean of gasoline which came from the ruptured gas lank Police estimate damage to the vehicle at and to the five guide poles at A single car mishap on Feb at 1 a m In Glen Williams caused in damages to a car driven by Patricia Gar is ho re of London and in damages to a picket fence owned by Irene Wheeler An unknown car struck a parked car owned by Wayne A Martin of Township in the parking lot last Wednesday and caused in domoges A cor driven by Janice K Gordon 127 Place was in collision with a car driven by Maurice Wilson 17 St at 15 St on 1 45 Police estimate damages to the Wilson vehicle and he Gordon vehicle A car driven by John A Buchanan 17 Windsor Georgetown was In collision with a cor driven by James Murphy Duncan on Feb at 4 p m The happened a curve on Regional 32 one half mile east of the Eighth Line Police estimate damage to Carter son St rib it the vehicle it was in eollision with or to the Murphy vehicle at owned by Michael jt to the A driven by James Bard Lane In Hills on Joe Is In Georgetown Hospital and we hope it will be a short stay and hat you will be homeward bound very soon Joe I have checked up on Andy and he is coming along exceptionally well He is NORVAL Entrtalnmnt FRIDAY and SATURDAY I DANNY AND THE MAVERICKS MARCH 6th COULD BE A WINNER SWEEPSTAKES rd will In ins id Is Simply rod the of th In which th word our and mall to Wlnllrli raid From ttit rtcalvad and the FINAL WINNER George Grleveson Georgetown 34 Greystone Cr DINING OUT VISIT THE HIWAY HOST TAVERN The test Gourmet Dining The Only Supper And Club In Also Caferint To Parties JIM TRIGG i HiWay Host Dining The Garbage Gamble The Great Garbage Gamble has come lo A challenge began between in and minister of the en vlronmcnl George Kerr has been issued to all councillors The challenge for the councillors simply put is to cut their down tniwn bags of garbage per week per household terry regioml councillor is expected to issue the challenge at today Wednesday si regional council meeting A similar challenge was recently Issued o Kerr At 50 per challenge is Kerr cannot get of his fellow MPP to cut down heir weekly garbage to wo per week Ha Hon Hills and councillors will also be challenged to establish compost from their garbage as well as lo use retur containers as much as in resist over packaged goods The councillors will also be accepting a challenge on behalf of their wives as they will be asked lo begin more careful purchasing techniques No money Is involved in Councillor tin All committments ill mi will be ibjcct to continuous sir the press the public nth results reported the dill of J Manm11 Councillor Manuel oil ional iw controlling ill ib returnable containers for product ire in returmble in similar has been passed the j pi til on lo tin urging immediate lc1 requiring the use or return ibli i wherever possible irtnulirly in a program for the production of containers from ill domestic 1 by the Control I His review of packaging methods win lead to standards tint will environmental J materials are used and introduit legislation which will of with tuilt GEORGETOWN WEST Mother and Daughter Banquet Over BO Brownies Guides and Rangers from Georgetown West accompanied by heir mothers tookpartinn mother and daughter banquet held last Wednesday evening in the Knox Presbyterian Church hall From let right ore Guide Linda Edwards Mrs Rosamund wards Brownie Tina Edwards and Brownie Laura Edwards Board approves moves The following appointments resignations and transfers were approved lost Thursday night by he Holton Board of Education Mr Tuk has been appointed officially to Cen tcnnlnl Public School The resignations of Mrs Elizabeth from Robert Little and Miss Donna from Stewart town effective February and August respectively were accepted Mrs Catherine McDcvItt woo granted a permanent contract with Education Centre effective he first of this year sb MOTOR Mi HOTEL Queen Brampton Entertainment Centre Brampton Nan BRAMALEA CINEMAS DIXIE SOAD AND HIGHWAY THE MARILYN MONROE STORY GOODBYE NORMA JEAN NOW PASS CHARLES JOHNSON AND RICHARD CRENNA OUT OF SEASON FREE PARKING HEM BE PHONE