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x- thi oiproetown hkrald v jan 7hyl5 the georgetown herald a thomfon nvwapapvrs 41mhd walter c biehn managing editor garfield l mcgilvray production superintendent office staff mrs affeen bradley terry harley plant staff leslie m clark dave hastlngs corey r hefrington bob baskervtlle svrvtng th comnwnltitt of gmrgtlwm glan wiiiwm nft- llrrwhous homby stowwftown bahiimfad aahpro twra cottau member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontario division of the cwra authorized as second class mail post office dept ottawa 4 new year begins most people are familiar with the newspaper term 30- commonly used in the writing world 1o denote the end of an article last week the editor could have used iv to sign off any news items he was writing for the december 3 1st issue ended almost nineteen years at the herald helm as publisher and editor it has been a wonderful n neleen year we have seen the herald graduahly double from its 6 or 8 weekly pages of those days with a consequent doubling of staff from 4 to 8 grow ing pains forced a move to larger quarters mach inery has been added to make production speed ler and work more enjoyable for the staff the paper has gradually been improved with more pictures being used features like sugar spice added but essentially today as always we strive to have each issue contain a maximum of local pews and a minority of articles of general nature th s we do bfliev ng thai the true function of a lo ai eekly is to reflect a picture of local 1 e and a visit o o mi by some one from a distance s n ts o i ay as m portant as coun i der s ons club c ir wed dings and ob tuar es an- ie mu p c ly ofnews which goes to make up each ed t on i is our pleasure lo start ou tvet eth year still m tne fed tor s char w th thomson nevs papers the new owners shou jer ng some of the larger prob ems of n anagement we ook forvvard to a f ne year ahead par ticutarly so when we wilt be working wirh the same fine staff who have shared the oys and frustrations of getting out the weekly issue and dealing with a volume of printing orders so effi ciently and with them we make our usual mew year s resolution to give georgetown the newspaper within our power during these next 52 weeks efficient post office we can t recall a year in which the local post office did a niore efficient job of despatching and distnbutwjunail during the christmas rush post master harold marshall and his staff certainly des erve any praise which can be given for keeping the terr fc vo umeaf cards and parcels in hand while not slackingon first class mail to businesses and householders installat on of grouo boxes for the newer porf on of the delrex subjivis on p ayej a large part in keep ng the limited post office quarters from be ng overt ovided beh nd fj e scenes all ma i despatch ng was moved lo ine basement of he bu id ng crcat ng a ts conge ted work ng area n the nan off e w ckets vere kep open a cooo t of sa jrday if ernoo 15 for co ven eie of e publ c a h n any ai tr hours were pjt n by lie staff lo clear up e h s bj ien a i i a t ne next day a tovn pop e ai nk v mirsl a i pc2 j i co er mrs andy cr chton blake i ig s fan v weiver de er fro 1 h jem hircock and go don ha tt for s qood work plus several pari ice nployees who s e it i the staff to an all t 1 e record of 25 rural re ents should be qra eul to bill cunn ngham jack morrow harry scott and walter hyde for their fine work as mail cour ers on the georgetown rural routes hydro building damaged spectacular hill slide extensive damage was done to the rear of the hydro building on water street friday january 2nd vr a truck owned by transport 2492 st clair ave to ronto collided with it after slid ing down an icy embankment while attempting to cross the jowil j parking lot the property was made unavigable by freezing rain which fell all new years day knocked unconscious by the im pact was the driver glenwood m lovejoy of 810 james st toron to he was treated at the scene by dr ormond brewster and ad vised nof to continue work jor the day mr lovejoy was driving east best across the lot toward back street and was about to turn onto the street when the big truck started to slide to the right the back end swungaround as it dropped down the incline and struck the north west corner of the hydro building shifting part of the wall about 4 inches the dmcr blaclcebh- out after bumping his headon the door of the truck the back o the truck also ric tid considerable damage on the co libion which ja investigate h cat r d whiuon it occurred il about 10 20 a 111 hornby two new teachers at hornby schoot tu imial u nln mti in t tiiu s ht id on 1 miilm 30th in oil if rm the entertainment with their songs and recitations mrs john brad ley and mrs glenn saunders did a comedy skit all the children received a gift and a bag of candy and orange from the christmas hornby public school children have new teachers to start the new year mrs mcciitcheon is teaching grade 1 to and mrs fisher grades 5 to 8 9 lesson carol service church christmas feature the carol service of the nine lessons was again afine addition to the chrtstma services at st george s anglican this year the service presented in a can dleht setting drew an overflow congregation to join with the choir in singing the well known carols and tffliear others sung by the junior anil senior choirs under tne kackrship of j t i amber tho m is warnes and mrs a 1 daw on mrs h bratllty pacd organ accompaniment for the scr 1 itt which hjn with the singing of o holy ni by mr imps khirta hawis was a soloist with the junior choir the mm mns tilling thi christ inc stun ucri riad in nu in 11 is f tin church uh up n ml iu nm fiiitd 1 f iluirth ift ill win ft i smith imx nn if 1 t th 1 i 1 ltf s ijud bm ul shu f 1 it 1 ii 1111 n u tylin6 coloring cold waving i telephone for appointment opbi evfniugs jjdium beaidif jtaungy hnr method specialists in skin and scalp treatments 33 m axsst oltth georgetown ontamo trmngle 73651 directory dr j bums mjln dental surgeon xkay mill street tr 7 2871 jmnohnr kerby j3 6-11116- of destistr xkay iii antic 7 3641 main st ul citoivu xa 1 ii r 1 n 111 n ts i 1 i f k i i 1 mil ik i t ul 1 a 1 in a u 11 1 1 a t k h n uh 1 m ii ik i u on 1 inu v slh si s t pill n s tui n hi 1 h h h 1 lht r ml 1 1 mip r on 1 in i t nin 1 in in r 10th the 1 r wa- prt pant in dv k w mccaulej dentist 6 vi i i iei noh tr 7 -j- 1 it s m faibish ro opiomitrist a m nfefae ixc mjx doctor ofcniropracfek w ntwromty 43rd ear of practtc 25 p m ftokwj thitf lady ahtnduit 164 guelph jl eorjkcoit triangle 73612 ralph davies vcjs fa i ii ai ul i n lit io a iioiir j il o 5 p 7l munla s t j r a w h cart profvstonl e ft ontario land survyr georgetown ontario bes 81 prince charles tat office guelph st telephone tr t330 well keep you posted t new and changefytcj9 numbers are contained in the pink supplementary directory which will be mailed to you at the time of fne changeover