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high schoolsproject will emphasize great canucks bttcr knowledge and apprec tation of tb many confrihirtioni made to our national life and to the world by outstanding can- edians is a centennial project at the georgetown district high sdbool once each week during the year a local high school stu dent will present information boot a great canadian in public address system message to the student body glenn belanger delivered the first address on sir john a macdonald the leading architect of canadian confederation wnose birthday was marked last wednesday with commemora tive programs in many schools followed by a half day holiday life of sir john a mac donald by glenn belanger he was a legend this man sir john a macdonald within his own lifetime a national he xo beloved by his supporters cursed but not really disliked by his opponents what do wc know of him our first prime minister sir john a macdonald was bom on january 11th 1815 in glasgow scotland in 1820 his parents came to britis north america despite the fact his formal education ended when he was fifteen macdonald be came a reputable iawer and re spected citizen after a year s term as alderman he won a par llamentary seat as a conserva tlve for kingston the young politician rose quichy to be come leader of the conservativ s but by 1864 parliament was deadlckod without a workable majority with george brown he formed the great coalition government which was the first definite step toward confedera tion movement was decisive at conferences he cajoled and con vinced he reconciled dlfferen cei and seemed to know by in stinct just the right step to take at the right time he guided dls- cusalom and brought agreement arodng men of varying views macdonald has been called the pilot of confederation in 186 as prime minuter of canada he started building on what he had created the story of this task is the story of canada its early and critical years the pacific scandal the building of the canadian pacific railway the union with british cohen bia the red river troubles and the north west rebellion were successive problems which mac donald faced he was able to develop the country internally and also present canada m better stand ing on the international level with bis national policy he reig ned supremo until his death in 1881 having won his last election with the slogan the old man the old flag the old policy a british subject was born a british subject j will die historians may dispute his achievement but be will not be forgotten a timeless figure sir john a macdonald the old chieftain macdonald s leadership in the sir john a macdonald served women s institute as halton county president a former county president jwomens institute and a member of the federated board mrs george c camp- hell 88 died in georgetown hospital on january 8 the former ada elizabeth johnston she had spent most xif her life in this district she vas born near orilha the dau jhtcr of isaac and elizabeth clark johnston she spent her childhood on the 8th line erin then moved to acton where hc was married in 1901 mr and mrs campbell lived on the 7th line near ballmafad and moved to 11 george street in 1919 where she lived until her death she attended peacock public school and georgetown high school and was a life member of the women s institute she was also a life member of the united church women and a member of st johns united church predeceased by her husband he leaves one daughter luena m campbell funeral service on january 10 at the mcclure funeral home was conducted by rev kelvin c johnston and pallbearers were gordon ak itt burlington melfort collier richmond htll ha camp- bell rockwood fred near streetsvilte and claude kent ner and robert wicks george town interment was in fair view cemetery acton alf allen new head for senior citizens new officers of the senior citizens club of georgetown were elected at a meeting in the cottage at centennial park thursday alf allen glen williams was named prestd ent mrs robert lane is sec retary mrs dick treasurer mrs saunders assistant secre tary mrs t leslie entertain ment committee chairman mrs mccartney refreshment committee chairman and mrs mountzen card secretary results of uie clubs christ mas draw were announced winners were 1st mrs r lane 2nd mrs tuck 3rd mn omar wilson toronto 4th wilf brecn did you know that by applying lacquer at the base of brushes you can keep bristles from shedding l i i zd lets play bridge i by bii l coats m t ft before i discuss this hand 1 would like to mention again one of the basc diffrarces between duplicate and rubber bridge in rubber bridge the only thing that counts on derense is defeating the contract defen dexs must at all ost try to defeat declare- if you give him three oertrcw in the pn cess bo what but duplicate br dge is q i different now you try not to let declarer do beur against you than other dclarers arc doing with fci- same car- in other words overtne 3 ar very important at duplicate bridge todays haid has to do wi h a four card suit four clubs to the eight not very much here is the hand dealer is south and north south arc vulnerable north s10 5 hb5 d k q 10 1 c a q 7 4 2 wast east 5 k j 8 s q 7 6 4 3 hj 10 6 3 h k q 7 2 d t fr d c 8 6 5 3 cj 10 south west north east th1 olorosttown herald thursday january 19th 197 robin skuce to seek liberal nomination for haltoneast only recently elected presi dent of the new halton east liberal association robin skuce of oakvillt will seek the liberal domination when a can didates night is called for the forth coming ontario provinc ial election mr skuce who la 29 and a native of ireland came to can ada ten years ago after two years at trinity college dub lin he entered the university of toronto and graduated with a degree in modern languages following a year of post grad uate studies at edinburgh scotland he entered victoria college and later graduated and was ordained a united church minister serving in northern ontario toronto and as chaplain- of a canadian army reserve unit in 1963 he left the active ministry of the church and en tered the teaching profession i and is at present in charge of the french department at ap pleby college oakvllle a posl tion he has held for the past three years he has had extensive exper ience in social work both in community boys work and in association with the halton childrens aid society mr skuce is married and he and his wife audrey have three children in conversation with mr skuce he wishes to make it cle ar he is not the candidate of the liberal associatlpn but one of the several potential candidates a candidate will be chosen at a nomination meet ing to be held about the mid die of february empire daughters view county council session six members of countess of strathmore chapter iode tended a meeting of halton county council in november and a report of this was given to members by mrs sam pen rice at their january meeting members from burlington chapter were also there the same day the meeting took place at the home of mrs john t arm strong 23 parkview blvd with 19 members present mrs robert jones reported that ten baskets of fruit had been presented to blind resid ents of the district at christ mas a yearly project a letter of thanks was read from the adopted school in monkstown newfoundland expressing thanks for pictures of the thers of confederation and magazine subscription iode calendars had been placed there and in the local public and separate schools mrs william mcdonald re ported that the christmas card project had been successful and mrs r ballantine gave details of the valentine dance which the chapter will sponsorj next month mrs edwin wilson mrs r barber and miss helen macdon aid were chosen a nominating committee for the election of 1967 officers letters of thanks were re ceived from high school pnn cipal donald f turner for prizes and medals presented to successful students and from mrs a sitter a member who recently moved from town lunch assistants were miss jean mackenzie mrs r jones mrs john d kelly and mrs w mcdonald and mrs gordon kidney expressed thanks to the hostess and lunch committee when it comes to low prices come to smr mm mm sum side bacon 69 chicken basket 39 beef steakettes bishop mac bests gdhs girls in basketball game the georgetown district high school girls basketball teams played their opening games of the season at home friday january 13ih with bishop mac donnell of guelph as the oppos ition the local juniors got off to a shaky start but settled down the latter part of the game final score was bishop mac donnell 26 georgetown 10 pointgetters for bishop macdonnell were c ridi with l reginato with 4 m oc comore with 2 j kloepfer with c asselebne with 2 c ad am with 9 and l fitzpatrick with 2 lorrain seckington led the geogetown team with 5 gail young accounted for 2 and bronwen mcknight isabel lied cr and mary pcdvcrse had i point each during the first quarter of the senior game jill kcm shead and bev gosling shot a basket each with bishop mac donnell scoring three baskets and one foul shot score at the end of the first quarter was se ven to four in favour of the isiting team the end of the half saw the score rise to nineteen to nine still in the visiting teams fa vour with jill kemsbead scor j save it aawcmwca fllht cocrtml z uvft kacmaustyu choke con save tears worn joes uokajkh table stiip m u thompson white bubs 1 jayl o ma economy uqn wax cahnation aniaht bbeakfast jl dommnrtmr egg sous orange juice 1 b lac pat taiunnt maw wh a cut uf kaith i buty aw ffarimfs frufflalts s89 ffim st 67 shampoo- 69 dental cream 89 49c 95c s saw ifc vahhtt smt mu bu 5 oavkn root om pbrciit special she toe bciu bonus boosters rot ktt m ot aton muchammu cotmcato kcuvt am dctia mjt tatt wflm dtrrai wru re nevn am dtna km tan wnh tor mm kteneit v ilcu umhm fm mna pma cwfee 1 ucuvf am sttta uj0 tatl whh iuu luranm m itokuew laid va oranges 3x qq product of usa can no i cr emp grapes 2 lbs 45c golden ripe chlquita bananas 2 lbs 29c f3spspip georgetown iga iga lucky shopper mrs m manderson 20 tyers st 34 66 it i p i f gmnvlited i illil sugar ith the uchise of two ickiges of 2 pik westing- 3jse fosted light iulis rjffltbk tfrfcr- fshmk ing two baskets and bev gos ling sinking one foul shot third quarter was rather un eventful score wise as bev gosling scored one basket and jane mcnally one foul shot fourth quarter saw bishop mac come through with nine additional points and george south s a 9 2 ha 8 4 da 9 8 2 6 crb i bidding 1 d pas 2 c pass 2 nt pass 3 d pass 3 nt all pass west led the heart three east playing the quocn and de clarer won with the ace de clarcr now played five diamond tricks and then the west had to find three discards since west can see dummy s long club suit he must hang on to all his clubs now this may seem obvious to you but how many wests could bear to part with their fine spades or hearts and cling to a four card card suit headed by the eight this board was played four times and in three of those south made 12 tricks at only one table was declarer held to 10 tricks the importance of keeping fouc card suit whtsn there are four ormore of the same suit m dummy has not been ctnpha sized as much as it should have been next time you are de fending particularly against a no trump contract try to keep tiumm s long suit guarded by your own if you are iocky en ough to have four cards m il monday s winner 1st pair puthenne coats bill coats 2nd pair tom wames charles renwick 3rd pair bill bar bour bui hamilton breakthrough only 599 emerson color tv complete wrriixatt shown latest rectangular rareearth color picture tub all channel 283 tuning coven future uhf channels memory fine tuning lets you set and forget simplified color tuning controls see the et in the window displayed any evening juit ai h came from the carton not on adjustment slipped during shipping proof it its stable circuitry and rug gedneu for best buys ft best service call model 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