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ucxej at the black sky the hind struck up o can ada and the thousand or more cttban rlnttaf ue hunting fountain of christmas trees kuahed and stood at attention ik war about then georgetowns first public celebrbtion of the 100th anniversary of conlcd erattoft made ita point arrftge4ibx uons club lands beards bonfire a big start to a big year ot georgetown and george town council the raxing of the trees saturday evening was symbolically the raising ot curtain from now until the end of centennial year gedr- getowns calendar will be dot ted with other events celebrat ions and observances under scoring the unique significance of 1967 xhm torch is ignited at centennial park the ceremony of the first observance started at 5 pm cedarvale community centre hi centennial park on main st s where a flame was ignited councils centennial commit tee chairman william smith touched it to a torch which d chamberlain the first of the fourteen high school relay runners carried oft toward the park ejeit when at last it passed into the hands of mayor joseph gib bons on a flag bedecked speak ers platform the mayor car ried it to the man made hill and touched off the awesome blue both of georgetowns bands the citizens band and girls pipe band were tn attendance alternating in entertaining the onlookers most of georgetown council added to the occasion by wearing impressive beards in the fashion of 100 years ago lions club president john zorge major gibbons and cr no h w smith addressed the crowd cases here prior lo the lighting despite a report of rabid an most of those attending taa inuls in the eastern area of the home lapel pms m the ha provincial mstnel w mccbc of the centennial smbol 4 b m animals branch gift of the town k he ontario deparlmc t of agriculture reports no ease in members ol the georgetown the icorgelown area fire department stood by in case the mound of trees got too cnthusllastic ibout the birthday party also on the town a initial centennial celebrations sched ule arc a confederation ball senior citizens sunday open houses at the schools 100 years of fashion centennial hockey tournament ice cam ival soap box races town beautificatlon month planting of centennial flowers band concert series track and field sports day unveiling of ccn tennlal plaque aquatic day at community pool centennial carnival festival of lights arrival of confederation cara van centennial fall fair weekend celebrations man and woman of the year parade contests for beard growing miss georgetown mr and mrs georgetown essays on centennial year naming of the centennial park and others will be features this year the crowd is silhouetted against roaring mountains of trees georgetown herald ii the home newspaper for georgetown and district d the herald 18671967 canada 1867 1967 authorized a second class mail post office dept ottawa and for payment of postage in cash georgetown ontario thursday january 19th 1967 5 00 per year single copy price ten cents jaycees boost sampson foungjataii ihtloaljyccc3 will be out in full fijree saturday nlht at the queen suzabetbbuiding one to back their nominee gordon sampson vice prcsid ent and general manager of avian aircraft in the three outstanding young men or on urio contest over forty nominees have been hvjhe contest sponsored fcy th3feibyr3fajcees 1n co operation wrth labatts brew cries we picked gord sampson 1 for his perseverance in pursu ing the gyroplane through thick sod thin said m teeter local jayce publicity man mr sampson will be in com petition with such well known figures as hon vm davis minister of education nominal ed by the brampton club and bill crothers the runner nom mated by markham club the five man panel of judges vnll really be illustrious as tv announcers so frequently say they are sydney katz of minor injury for i motorist in accident a rear end collision at the corner of king and mountain i view rd did 230 total dam -f- to acabowned hy glfin a look at the weather i 4 wed 5 thurs the star frank tumpane ot the telegram former mav or of toronto nathan phillips dr f- ross president of york uo ivcrsitj and sydney hcrmant honorary president of the on tarto jaycees i the winners receive s500 to be donated to their favourite charity it will be a real gala night with premier john robarts m attendance dave broadtoot ac ung as master of ceremonies and the travellers enter tain in g george hccs wil speak on the role of the young man in canada and an american winner of the same type of aw ard will also address the group senator robert kennedy at one time was a winner of this aw ard to make the week complete as far as the jaycees are con cerned prime minister lester pearson has designated jan 15 to jan 21st canadian junior chamber of commerce week for the centennial year fn 6tn 7 sal 8 sun 9 mon 10 tucs 11 wed 12 thurs 13 rn 14 sat 15 sun 16 mon 17 tues 35 23 33 15 24 ff 42 24 32 20 20 15 33 3 24 15 tr 33 20 18 38 30 0 3j 11 3 42 2 tt-t- 54 3 3 1 3 2 2 26 5 6s 2 7 tolal snow 9 8 inches sunshine 57 5 hours high 42 low 5 roger smith taxi and another car on day the 13th police said the cab driven bv thomas m l brandford of 15 mountains icw rd was stopped on mountain icw about to make a left turn onto king st struck from behind bv the second car driven by jean mar le peavoy of alton the collision occurred at 8 25 p m and was investigated bv georgetown constable david bell an accident involving a par ked car caused a minor injury to john wardlaw or 15 tern pic ltd on sunday jan 8 ac cording to police he was dnv ing cast on guelph st when his car was in collision with ai parked car registered to har old m crawford 24 john st w lst north ot cross st cor ner wardlaw was treated for a i jin hulrae told the herald bump on his forehead at geor i yesterday she had given no getovyn and district memorial thought to how she ould use hospital damage to the cars the money she received a was estimated at s575 pc cheque for the amount wcdncs harry liberty investigated day morning town township smolder over fire protection yells bingo wins 1960 the biggest bingo jackpot in years was captured at the riv icra norval monday nifiht when mrs nellie hulmc 22 victom st won 1900 a snow balling prize which bingo buss have been trjlng for for months reelect boyle chairman separate school board pay 45 or no service georgetown tells esquesing bearded in their den at the brief inaugural meet ing of the scpintc school hoard illiam buv le w as rceliclid chiirnnn of the board ed malison was again appointed secretary treasurer robert thompson w is ap pointed ehiirman of finance committee m gerald o dwvcr chairman o transportation committee the three man man agement committee consists of slanlcv walsh william a boyle and ted riuhnson pub licity under harllev sherk as cessment bv george m frost and eruunds and property 11 sherk and clarence dovlc bh bill brcckcnridge was appointed to the high school board as the separate school appointee and mrs dora suth crland and del d entremont to the lieorcclown library board james bovlc was hired as the attendance officer for the fnglish section but as vet no one has been hired for the same position in the bilingual section 0 i council appoints community centre parks board members appointed to the community mr warren harl drawn flom centre board for the manage plans of the building and pro ment of ccdarvalc lommunttv posed changes b ih to th in centre b council mondiv niht were mrs j rundli mrs sulhcrl md mr chils avalkcr mr r johnston and mr jim warren mr johnston and mr wic side and utsidc of the hmtditi at no chucctn tin town council members ippoinletl to the board were cr it i rancis and ci smlh the high cost of fircfightmg is becoming a hot issue be tween georgetown ad lsques ing monday night after meetings with esquesing s fire commit i tec which resolved nothing i council issued an ultimatum to be accepted or rejected by es qucsinc bj rcbruary 24th the town is asking that ls qucsin pay 45 of the towns fire budget but will include the maintenance of esquesing s fin truck roi that amount t r james young claimd tint 48 of the fires occur in town and 52 in the township at d pointed out that the mile age in the township wis four or five limes more than cover ed in low n wuhoiit the township we cotrfa cut our budget 50 maintained lr youn- our incusli ii s pi the men w hen thev in nt fire it mi we sloipj subiidizin hsqumn not onlv in the ire denartment but with the arena and the lib rary concluded ci young the agreement which has just expired called for a pa- ment of 2500 by lsquesmg plus the maintenance of their own truck the 2 500 included twenty fire calls with an add ed fifty dollars per call over that number at a recent incilm of es quesing council it was point ed out that the emphasis on thirty calls in the township and twenty seven in the town last year was hardlv a fair comparison clerk k lind say showed thit seven of the township calls were for cars on fire on the highwav one fire was in chinuacousv and one a false alarm lsqucmn claims ihcv should pav in ratio to the assssment which would mean 2g 1 of the costs since of the combin ed assessment of c cirgt in n and the part of the township served by georgetown fire de partment esquesin his 2g1 and georgetown 73 it ren fill the icinncs when rev iin rlcming mr m brcwci left town cd ailtl ppointed to the lmil parks nianagcnu nt w i re hi trabtiec j gudcon f ma cr smith pointed out that eal 11 robtnsin and j 1 rif- new road io river drive now in bri 3 project georgetowns reeve hunter js county road chairman i rh n e in the i ule and smith that i ii in tbo town fathers adopt the 1867 look 1 georgetown s reeve w 11 in ier mi have lost he clmnnan shipn the town roid commit tee but he was appointed chur man of halt on countv counil i road committee st last weeks county council mccing j the committees are is fol lows with the first named the i chairman roads rccv c w hunter ge j tkcio in ite ti 1cslie i e queuing reeve t galhg her burlington reeve l merrv oakville agriculture emo arid plan g lic dc tw ofconhotratl gum a a omigh ftrnp nrly nipp wrulh yo pp tiin flv georgetown l centenrna year council the town fathers posed in the facial foliage for the herald photographer after rccac 1io nassau donning it for a recent council meeting they repeated their spirit of 1867 look for spectators at the centennial bon up dcputv reeve r oakcs trfe of tree saturday- surrounding seated mayor joseph gibbons fromjeft are cr william smith cr wheldon em acton deputv reeve 11 dav merson raev william hunter cr robert francis deputyreeve arthur speight cr fred harrison cr roy ba i lent me oakville deputy recvo c and o james young i jicnef milton finance wetfr and aicsi ment reeve h m riv ite c b lc lie reeve 1 rtc rs deputv reeve t mncfv and refvc hunter proparty nd office admin s ttiation reive dillahcr dcputv reeve i i urric he pulv reeve ii dav dcputv rccvr speiht and dep utv reeve hoev child w1fart commtttei de putv reeve h dtv reeve ledwith deput reeve a speight depulv rctve o crne deputy reee f oakes tl pi op sc 1 u future pims two or th co bridge on mountainview tiaj vca s the bnde ov r mi pie will inn th rem din of h avenue tist mi it b ivcn in ill i ic v v do n ij rivci up hrouht i c 1 uiion dri c council m oiincil m lis i w ii ham i ju h cxplainc j thit this would mejii the tjn will gi thp gnnt on the whole dist n do n lo river ir e instead of the irumal r fiel we ii l 1 i in a ml tion from dim a rtotrh- ftcerr v ledwith dcputv reeve v rorcrs dcputv reeve r oakes ptnonnat ltgisution and by law deputj reeve r rogers reeve h hinloh dput reeve c mcnefv dcpstv reeve c cuinc i cove w hunter manor commirte ot wanae- ment reeve h hintjn reeve it merrv reeve c galla tin r udw iip c r if anjihing is d e abji i the mjiin blr l liiidsc beth rev hun i 1 cr ft d hams i wnnci the town to s casv on any thoushls of giving up tia rights lo th- bugc oi ujplo i avenue la smart hen initials egg altorrlbv chtckn the iroube lo sign 1 h b4 ftw ork to 1 vea mustum board deputv iveevt w hoej reeve h mem i the warden is an exoffien member of every committee oil hen tdcr on t r i ujrn bv this week prnducd an egg i with a perfect s m relief on i the shield tier names bamao- itha