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Page TIIE HERALD DntmiJll Haltons History- Successful Sunday School drive 30 Years Ago During zero degree weather on Thursday Dec over no children and adults gathered at the Oddfellows Hall to celebrate the conclusion of a successful Sunday School drive by the Maple Baptist Church The previous attendance record was broken easily with a per cent increase from last years drive The celebration was a reward to the children for their hard work during the drive The results of the drive strengthened the Sunday School and improved enrollment The Adult Bible Class was the most improved with a record in attendance The present accommodation for the Sunday School had long been inadequate but with the new church being built on Maple Ave things were looking up for Sunday schoolers 20 Years Ago Joe an amateur wrestler from Georgetown was one of eight wrestlers who left Canada Dec to wrestle top Russian Junior wrestlers in Moscow Joe a grade 12 student at Georgetown District High School was selected to make the trip by Annual Business Awards One of the most important projects undertaken by the Hal ton Hills Chamber of Commerce is the Annual Business Awards which recognizes the ongoing contributions made by our local businesses Since its inception in i960 under Chamber President Bill Crawford the award has been bestowed on a broad spectrum of businesses for the small one person operation to some of our largest industrial con cerns To qualify for this prestigious award the business must meet the following criteria display good business ethics made a significant social and economic contribution located in the Halton Hills area be a Chamber member in good standing The Chamber is proud of its winners- Smith and Stone Dominion Seed House 1981 Lyn Barnard Wm Con struction Ltd MacKenzie Buildall Barry Whitworth Georgetown Chrysler 1985 Murray Canadian Tire Store 1986 Varian Canada Ltd Bums Transport Limited Curwood Packaging House How a business is selected The Board of Directors appoints a Selec tion Committee to review all nominations received in addition the Committee can suggest names for discussion all prior nominations from previous years are also considered The Committee meets at least twice during this review process and finally they arrive at one name the Board of Directors has the final say on the nominee If you would like to nominate a business please send the Chamber a letter describing the company and why you think they qualify for this award All nominations are treated in the strictest confidence the Canadian Wrestling Associa tion after winning a gold medal at the Canadian championships earlier In the year The trip was made possible by Frederick Oberlander Canadas representative on the World Wrestling Federation Only eight of the wrestlers chosen made the trip becatise two of the ten tickets were given to delegates to go along to Russia and watch the two countries com pete Years Ago Charges against a Georgetown resident Ken Diamond in con nection with the theft of six kilograms of gold have been withdrawn The gold in question over worth was en route from Buffalo to London England on Sept when it- was found miss ing The theft was discovered Passive Reducing Salon SUN TAN SESSIONS 8734907 Rear Entrance Georgetown WERE YOUR INSURANCE BROKERS WE UNDERSTAND PAUL ARMSTRONG INSURANCE BROKERS LTD 143 MILL ST Hilton Hill Georgetown Ontario 8770133 I Learn to Drive Survive WINTER RETREAT By Romance Print Price SPECIAL FRAMED PRICE Young Drivers of Canada SPECIAL DAY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 3 PEC pm CHRISTMAS GIFT CERTIFICATES NOW AVAILABLE 8770751 I IF BUSY CALL GRADUA RECOMMEND YOUNG DRIVERS OF CANAD when Metro Toronto Police found five of the six in the posses sion of a couple who had just been arrested on drug related charges Mr Diamond was working for Air Canada shipping cargo at the time of the theft The gold came in as a transfer I counted the pieces and signed for it when it came in and obviously the police thought I bad something to do with the theft he said Mr Diamond stayed in jail for twoandahalf days before his parents could raise the bail money He appeared in court five times but each time there was insuffi cient evidence to hold a trial It was during his fifth appearance in court the Crown Attorney re quested the charges be dropped Mr Diamond met with officials from Air Canada and was ac cepted back to work 5 Years Ago Georgetowns karate club held its midseason tourna ment on Thursday Dec when over 30 competitors took part in the exciting event The four age categories for the tournament were and under and under and and 15 years and under Timothy Dixon son of Wayne and Sheila Dixon graduated recently from Brock University with degrees Tim received a Bachelor of Arts and Psychology and Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies Both degrees were granted with distinction Tim was the recipient of several scholarship awards dur ing his time at Brock as well as receiving the Psychology Depart ment award for outstanding research graduate of Georgetown District High School and former athlete of the year Tim con tinued his wrestling career at Brock and was a three time OUAA and CIAU finalist Tim has accepted a position as youth counsellor with the Ministry of Correctional Ser vices SPECIAL 7 FOOT ARTIFICIAL BARCANA SPRUCE TREE INCREDIBLY PRICED AT 60 Rag 169 Choose from the beautiful selection of newty arrived liquidated inventory of an trees sold going to the Love Christ Food bank TREES AVAILABLE AT COUNTRY LANE Line River Road 8772254 Co Sponsored By THE HALTON HILLS HERALD 8772201