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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 22, 1953, p. 3

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only ona tffers you lis proof compare before you buy ordinary or high pressure burners oilo matic with low pressure principle limited to narrow range of oil only one source of sir supply efficiency roes down year after year average me 10 years war production board estimate plnpomt nonle opening not fitted for todays low firing rate not efficient in small homes fuel sports by pressure to adjust must change nozzle 100 pounds or more pressure required cut rate brands use this high pressure system burns any domestic fuel oil two sources air supply t operates for 20 years with i drop in efficiency 90 4 installed in last 20 years still give troublefree service large nonclog nozzle opening adjusts accurately to as low as 2 quarts per hour fuelsaving comfort in even smallest homes exclusive oiromatictchrift meter measures every drop only 2 to 4 pounds pressure years of painstaking engineer ing perfected the ouomatk low pressure system g r muckart plumbing heating tinsmlthing electrical wiring oh burners and service phone 319w ox j bs td more than for quick service 25 years i for plain and rock face concrete blocks also chimney blocks oriole concrete block co w j mcgowan 9th line glen williams georgetown 777 outof town callers please reverse charges georgetown barbers announces the following prices effective august 4th haircut 75c high school 65c public school and up to 14 50c shampoo 65c shave 40c head rub 25c mervyn cook william huffman hutchs smoke shop jack williamson hamilton construction at your service for concrete work remodelling fe repairs or a complete new home discuss youi buildu ith ua win b hamilton phone 220r31 no 7 highway opposltedominlon seed house make wallys auto body your headquarters for body and fender work spray painting acetylene welding ask for wally mozil at harrisons garage no 7 highway near normandy boulevard phone 672 res 612m council visit essay georgetown prizewinner wednesday evening july 22 1953 the georgetown herald page 3 a georgetown boy won third prize in an esay contest for pupils who had attended a meeting of the coun ty council in may a grade 8 student from each pub lic school in hatton was selected to make this annual trip and after wards each was asked to submit an essay t eying of the visit to milton douglas wrigglesworth from chapel street school georgetown won third prize in the contestl alan emmerson trafalgar no 1 was first and allison dingle strathcona sec ond other essayists in order of merit were carol redshaw oakville cen tral marilyn may trafalgar no 7 ralph gellatly burlington east marion johnson nassagaweya no 6 audrey ipeatherstone glenwood michael marshall burlington cen tral helen landsborough acton ftrbt prize by alan emerson no i trafalgar it has been ty wish for several yeaiia that when i reached grade 8 i might have the privilege of attend ing a meeting of our county coun cil how very pleased i was when the invitation came and my school mates chose me to represent our school we assembled in the council chambers in milton where the warden mr lesif opened the meet ing by asking i s to repeat in uni son the lord s prayer he then welcomed the students introduced us tn the council mem bers and had each of us tell our name and the school we represen ted the minutes of the last meeting were read followed by reports from various committees and dis cussions on general council business by this time it was noon so we went to the united church school room where a most delicious din ner was served by the ladies of the mountain union institute the programrre which followed consisted of solos by two gold med alists of the hal ton music festival the guest speaker mr r f born- hold assistant school inspector of the county of ha hon spoke to us praising the work of our schools and advised us to get all the edu cation we could receive on returning to the court house we were dividt into groups to inspect the vinous offices and de- part mints in u c county buildings the jail cells though of interest to us made us think that we wouldn t care to spend any part of our lives there in the surrogate court of fice we were shown wills and it was explained to us the use and work of the supreme and county courts we returned to the council cham bers where the crown attorney mr dingle explained to us how justice is administered in the county and urged us to shun temptations to guard our good names and to co operate with the police further discussions took place on the beaver which have migrated into esquesing and are flooding some of the roads after several other minor matters were discussed douglas wriggles worth thanked the council for giv ing us the oppotunity of attending their meeting after singing the national anth em god save the queen we ad journed and departettofour homes with a wider knowledge of the work of a county council and the many problems with which they must deal to make halton such a prog ressive and pleasant place in which to live second prize by ai11k9u dingle btrathcona school nelson twp every year one or two pupils are chosen from each public school in halton county to go to milton to attend a county council meeting 1 had heard about the trip from pu pils who had gone previous years and it sounded interesting so it was with a feeling of anticipation that i looked forward to the day when i was told i was going honestly the world is full of the nicest people a milton as soon as we stepped in the court house we were introduced to the warden mr george leslie we were all a little nedvous but after a firm handshake and a friendly smile and greeting from the warden all nervousness disappeared inthe morning session of the county council each reeve and dep uty reeve from i he towns and town ships stood up and was introduced to us they seemed a little embar rassed by the presence of so many children however they did not ap pear very much embarrassed during a most dcltciou dinner served in one of the churches especially when the lemon pie made its entrance at this dinnc mr bornhold js guest bpeaker gave a very interest ing tilk about how beautiful hal ton county is mr bornhold is assistant to mr skuce our inspec tor of public schools he said too that he expected to see us taking places of responsibility in our coun ty m days to come imagine me d warden as i am wll acquainted with school buses i was especially inter isted in one of tc discussions in the morning members of the council were considering wajs of making motor ists slow down when approaching a stopped school bus as 1 am even more attracted to fairs the discus sion which took place in the after noon about hore racing track at the milton fair held my attention still more just before this latter discussion the crown attorney mr l d din gle spoke to us he said we should cooperate with the police and asked us to remember that a good name is better than riches i think what i enjoyed most of all was the visit to the jail the only drawback is that the guards do the cooking a very gruesome thought is that a prisoner is sometimes condemned to stay his life m prison i wonder what mrs boyle would do about his will she is the assistant regi strar and showed us through the surrogate office and explained all about people s wills we were ta ken into the vault and shown a will dating back almost a century on the way home the council mimber who dtive us to milton treated us to an ice cream cone i liked him very much now i understand fairly well ab out how our county is run and i really enjoyed the visit third prize by douglas wrlcglesworth chapel school georgetown i considered myself privileged in deed to be the one chosen to repre sent our school at the annual visit of the pupils to the county council meeting at milton may 12th dawn ed clear and bright a perfect day for our visit to the county scat our diive to milton was a pleasant one we drove along the country roads and watched nature awakening to a new life all along the way one couldn t help but feel that ours is a wonderful country and it was good to be alie upon our arrival at milton we had a short time to spare before the council meeting was to begin we took this opportunity to view the business section of the town when the appointed time came we went upstairs in the court house and re ceived booklets on the minutes reports and by laws of 1952 we were also labelled with a badge telling our name and the school which we represented the council members filed in and took their places after the aar24 we have what you need in lumber and builders supplies i yftwh and fvm and ralajtattan amoag tfa dalightfwl turrowndingt at jatpwt in tha heart of ajpani canada golf swimming canoeing rthing biking and irtulndtngl jasper park lodge in the canadian rockies minaki lodge in the lake ol the woods country hairing varythlng for a nappy holiday take your choice pick the vacation thats sure to please at either of these two great canadian national summer resorts you re bound to enjoy yourself meals to tempt delightful accommodations attractive surroundings they re easy to reach the continental limited takes you to both of them jasper park lodge 650 guests si 4 50 a day and up minaki lodge 185 guests 8 50 a day and up both including cost of meals or amtoiftoccastom canadian ntoaaw rnttm earib train traval anywnan tot any amswnt y wiib in natfanal ticket atflcat eay le canadian national the oki railway serving all ten ptovinces budget terms arranged if desired for next seasons blue coal a complete fuel service w h kentner son phone 12 a high quality stoker coal a blue coal a fuel oil lord s prayer wa said in unison we listened with interest to the roll call incidentally learning our coun cillors names and the municipalities which they represented the morning session consisted of rt ports from the various commit tees this proa ed interesting and instructive the noon hour was particularly enjoyed by all the mountain un ion institute served a very delight ful dinner for us in st pauls uni ted church sunday school room i know the grade 8 students took their full share in this part of the day s programme two vocal solo med- allists irom the recent music festi val added nice variety after the dinner mr bornhold newly ap pointed assistant inspector in hal ton was the after dinnerspeaker he spoke to the boys and girts stressing the need for them to dev elop an interest in municipal mil ters he also spoke to the council lors reminding them of their respon sibility to the boys and girls of the county the afternoon was mainly taken up with a tour of the jail and the office of the supreme and surrogate courts the jail has four cell blocks and room to confine twentythree people in cells at the court office a lady told us of the work of that office all the proceedings of the courts of the county were filed in the county court the supreme court dealt with breeches of the law beyond the county court juris diction tha surrogate court had to do with the wills of the people after this we returned for the last of the council meeting a boy from chapel street school georgetown thanked the councillors for provid ing such an interesting day the council meeting adjourned about 5 o clock each ot us journey ed to our home in some corner of our fair county it was a day which will long be remembered by every boy and girl fortunate enough to attend in georgetown exclttsfvely at s i l v e r s for expert eye care consult o t walker optometrist 3 main sttrorth brampton over abelli dru store phono office 58b res 830 boon am to 8 pm dau xvaningi by appotohnajpt

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