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the georgetown herald k first section georgetown cwedbemky deenberl4tli 1949 first section ld council snowed under in record georgetow harold cleave is mayor again huge majority as marshall elected reeve macdonald new deputy three councillor beaten two returned as 1600 cast ballots ratepayers favour general vote there is a possibility according to l3d rumour that a recount will be asked in ward three where the flrat four candidates were close ly grouped over 1500 of georgetowns 1000 eligible voters went to tho polls on monday in the biggest election in the history of tho town tho 80 per cent turnout of voters showed the keen interest which was taken in on election which saw every office contested with the exception of the six nubile school trustees the 1940 council nil but one of whom were seeking reelection were rwept from office with tho excep tion of councillors norman bill and thomas l lyons who ran second in their respective wards the landslide found on cxmuyor and exreeve harold cleave vic tor by a substantial majority over another exreevc alex mnclarcn in the election for mayor that off- ice being vacant due to the resig nation of joseph gibbons who is now town assessor a newcomer to council jsvuuam g marshall chalked up the biggest majority ever recorded when he was elected leeve defeating the sitting reeve and acting mayor jack armstrong mr marshall was chief of police nd town foreman tor many yean here and for tome time also hand led the offices of assessor and tax collector a former reeve kenneth macdonald doubled deputy reeve james goodlets vote to win the deputys seat blgjmft majority for council was registered by garfield meculvray la ward 1 who led the second man elected william tuck by 72 votes harry hale led the polls in ward s both men are former councillors in ward s frank fetch had a maj ority of 11 over mr lyons roy magloughlen and thomas sykes were close contenders in the six man race for seats in this ward defeated in the election in addition to reeve armstrong and deputy reeve goodlet were councillors arthur herbert vfcrn mccumber and cecil davidson a large majority hi ward 2 elec ted e w blnkloy as hydro com missioner with bruce mackenzle coming second among the four con tenders a substantial majority of the voters favoured electing coun cil by general vote and this new system will take effect or next years election the heavy poll combined with the fact that six different ballots hid to be sorted and runted held final jesults up until close to the midnight hour on monday and main street was a hive of activity as candidates and their friends waited for results to be posted by return ing officer charles wlllson ward 8 results were the first in and the landslide in the three top civic of fices was apparent when these were received besides records set in individual majorities and in overall vote several new firsts were recorded it was the first time more than two candidates were in the field for hydro commissioner in fact it was only the third election in the history of hydro it was the first the office of deputyreeve had contested the first time there had been as many as six candidates in one ward and the first time that voters had had six ballots on which to mark their x an interesting feature of this years election was the active part taken by the newlyformed hate- payers association who in an eff ort to get as large a vote out as possible arranged for a number of cars to draw the vote in addition to this several ladies volunteered to baby sit whll3 mothers went to the polls it is hoped that by next llki year cars will beavailable for all 1v voters bowlers elect officers terra cotta o mrs petch of toronto spent the weekend ot her home hero mr smlthson of toronto reports doing a rushing trade in his quarry here on the mountain this fall he has installed n uptodate stone i rusher in his plant and we wish him continued success mr and mrs george puckering have moved into mrs pctchw house at the corner of main and church streets real estate seems to do on the move again mr miller of the 10th lino we understand has purchased n house on maple avenue from george townsend of cheltenham mr a rhodes our enterprising merchant is putting on a christmas guessing contest guessing how many nuts thcie arc in a half tub he is giving a toboggan for first prize a number of summer cottages were erected here this summer and it is expected that there will be a number ot tourists arriving here in the spring george townsend informs us that his intends erecting a number of houses on his farm here watch terra cotta growl wood cutting is now the order of the day we all join in wishing the editor and the herald staff a very marry christmas snd also a happy new year morning worship in st johns united church wss conducted on sunday by the minister rev john m smith the choir under the direction of mr s t feram and accompanied by mrs g kidney sang the anthem just as i am the message was entitled a high way for our god and wasbac3 on the words of iaalah apapre- pore ye the way of the lord make straight in the desert a highway for our god the evening service was held in the sunday school rail and was opened with the singing of several familiar christmas carols a num ber of pictures depicting the mis sion work of the united church on canadas west coast were shown these gave a gllmpso of the dan gers and sacrifice involved in the service of marine missions and showed something of the diversity of the contribution made by our nisslonarles in the realm of reli gion culture education and medi cine it was announced that a white gift service is to be held next sunday at 10 nm in the church auditorium the service will be conducted by the sunday school nnd a hearty invitation to attend is extended to the congregation bring jour white gifts of toys clothing food or money these will later be distributed for christmas by one of our missions next sunday even ing the choir under the direction of mr norman laird a former choir leader will present a christmas carol service makes generous donation mrs george walters forwarded a cheque for 925 this week to the sick childrens hospital fund cam peign proceeds from a number of euchre parties at her home election results mayor ward one two three total luat a meeting in tbeorena on vbtoember 7th members ot oeor- fetown lawn bowling club elec ted new officers for next season the club had a very suc year and a good surplus is left to mart off the new year the new officers are 8 t far- am president hugh dickie vice if ureal rltnt walter oray eecretary- wttfrld lavoie grounds william o ball d tyan entertainment l pvbuettr harold cleave alex maclaren 255 146 347 234 310 198 912 580 reeve wm g marshall jack armstrong 312 87 432 147 399 119 1143 353 deputy reeve k r macdonald james goodlet 252 137 395 208 363 148 1010 493 hydro commissioner e w binkley brucet mackenzie ernie rawson alfred debeaulieu 154 134 70 15 268 148 111 20 196 202 85 18 618 484 266 53 question general vote ward vote 221 156 315 226 273 210 809 592 ward one council garfield mcgilvray william tuck vern mccumber arthur herbert mrs jos emmereon 257 185 155 135 41 ward two council harry hale norman hill cecil davidson charles ledwidge 378 343 192 84 ward three council frank petch thos l lyons roy magloughlen sid orr ray whitraee 209 198 193 182 148 67 1 public school trustees ajxlamatlotj ron duncan ray salter ashgrov safety first lis a sign we see in factories but as a policy it is moro in the nature of a calamity an lnvltatoin to think of self first was the ihemo of a talk by rev james blair ot milton speaking at he banquet of ashgrove ypu tan monday december 5th it is a motto by which we can live long mr blair continued but it does not apply to people who do big things like scientists and explorers it soldiers had it as their motto no wars would be won if athletes lived by it no games would be worth watching but we must have rules to go by and three which he stressed are selfreverence wo ure made in the image of god and we must hove reverence for both mind and body selfknowledge know our own abilities and try to see ourselves as god sees us sclf- controli controlling our energies in thought channels we might adopt the policy of living danger- ouslv for christ was mr blairs concluding thought men and wo men arc needed for missions and other christian work mrs james downs of milton bang two solos and misses ellen pilmer end thelma hunter of norvnl song duets mri hector bird gae two endings rev fred alnsworth of llciated at the installation of new ypu officers viola brlgdcn presl dent george wilson vice presi dent isabel currie secrctary-troa- urer herb wilson may wingfield fellowship floyd brlgden edward bailey missions frank wilson doris brownridgc citizenship clayton dick jr howson ruddell culture jessie wingfield bcrnlce wilson william wilson charles hunter gordon wingfield recrca tion and social committee jean bird morjorie bailey pianists the december wms meeting last tuesday was held in the beautiful new home of mrs bruce brlgden mrs hector bird in the absence ot president mrs dick presided roll call was answered with the word love the theme of the devo tional our faith in christ was taken by mrs thomas oiffen and she used the christmas program with a candlelight service a table with cross in the background and creche in front and four white candles around it four members taking pert were mrs p wilson mrs h nurse mrs g nurse snd mrs j bellboddy and mrs hector bird sang a beautiful hymn mrs w bird gave the report of the nom inatlng committee and the 1950 officers are mrs c b dick president mrs hector bird 1st vice mrs frank wilson 2nd vice mrs john bellboddy recording soclty mrs f wilson treasurer mr frank ruddell community friendship mrs clayton wilson tempcronce mrs w brownridge christian stewardship mrs t glf- fen literature mrs leslie glffen supply mrs bruce brlgden mis sionary monthly mrs george nurse associate helpers mrs t j brownridge mrs a j ruddell pianists mrs r graham mrs f martin cummins joins quarter century club the weather- mr editor it was a december and not a january thaw we had over the weekend and it certainly took the snow down quite a wide range of tempera tures this week from zero to 81 is a long jump em batkln i date max min rain k snow dec 5 30 24 dec 0 24 7 s4 dec 7 22 10 dec 8 24 0 dec d 28 11 dgo 10 12 0 s3 dec 11 51 26 h23 aerajje 30 14 12 s7 r23 kfen competition in industrial iiockey tour teams share first place in the grc industrial hockey league alliance smith stone business men and norval each having vion two and lost one mcadowglens one win puts them in fifth position provincial hpve lost their first three games scllsslzl and barry were the big guns in businessmens 62 win from provincial monday night they iccounted for five goals between them richardson retting the sixth rlddnll and sargent had assists hoare and archie campbell scored for the losers the ssnorval game was close crlchton and barber scored for the winners and kick nowoselsld got norvals goal alliance beat mea dowglen 32 kelly cuthbert and mulr scored for alliance beau mont and sehenk for the losers mr walter peck who has been quite iii with sn attack of asthma is in guelph general hospital un dergoing treatment wrigglesworth auditors mrs w bird mrs h bird mission band leaders mrs vern picket baby hand mr c b dick is a patient hi st josephs hospital guelph fol lowing an appendix operation and we are glad to hear that he is im proving nicely and will soon be home again the bright star mission band a beautiful birthday cake with one huge candle centered the head table for the first anniversary ban- qeut ot the provincial paper quar ler contuiy club on sunday at hilltop lodge erin thirtythree of the fortytwo club members ga thered for the occasion which was cne of a series ot banquets held by the various cqmpany branches tor onto head office thorold mule roches and port arthur members of the club have all boon employed for at least 25 years with the com pany at the dinner martin cum mins was welcomed as a new mem ber and presented with an engra ved watch by hugh dickie william c reynolds office man ager was chairman and read a tele gram of congratulations from the company president d w am- bridge miss jessie lcavitt read teletype messages of congratula tions from the other chapters one ninutc s silence wa3 observed for two members who died during the ear ed mcwhirter and fred laws mr john buss from head office spoke briefly and suggested things which the club might do getto gethers or bowling banquets and theatre trips and visitations with other clubs were suggested and he clso said the club might think of doing social service work or help ing members who needed a lift william merritt oldest active mcra- ter who has over forty years service with the company had the nonour of cutting the birthday cake officers were electee for next ear these being hugh dickie r resident jessie lcavitt secretary- treasurer arthur herbert snd leonard marchment fred mcnelly rnoved a vote of thanks to mr reynolds for his work in organiz ing the dinner club members present at the dinner were- george bllck albert carter james costlgan martin cummins hugh dickie john fry wilfred gill harry hale samuel i harrison arthur herbert jamas hill alex keen john d kelly donald latimer jessie leavitt leonard marchment fred mccart ney fred mcnally lena mcnahy william merritt william c ray nolds george smith bert weston john w armstrong george barnes robert buchanan wellington greensward harry huts isaac hornby george louth walter louthj henry preston arid thomas treanor guests included john iytblrd vt beautiful christmas service of worship devotion and praise little sharon sweezic sang away in a manger margaret bird played a piano solo and mrs wilfrid bird finished the study book the mite boxes were presented and dedica ted dental inspection underway at georgetown public school cecil mcnanuum stan fial hurry shmtffl etrwin wiboa the thoroughly equipped dental trailer of the federal health unit which works in coniunctlon with tie halton unit urrked at geor getown public school on monday morning dr omearn is the den tist in charge of inspections and he is assisted by a nurse miss dan iels already thev have completed inspection of the kindergarten primary classes about forty pupils can be examined each day and it will take about a week to complete the georgetown survey every child with defective teeth receives a card and may have freo treat ment from whichever local dentist he wishes to visit the dentist com pletes the cord and it is then re turned by the child to his teacher it is hoped every child will take advantage of this free dental care and follow instructions given by dr omeara thanks go to all those who help ed to make the concert such a suc cess the excellent performance of the children made their parents ft lends and classmates justly proud of them with the combined ef forts of the staff they prepared the entertainment in a three week per iod the performance would not have been a finished one had it not been for mrs w r s douglas who to ably applied suitable complex ions for the varied characters of the cast the committee in charge of the costumes engaged the ser vices of mrs km hyde who did a splendid job messrs sdwln wilson and stan flnlay members ot the board ot education kindly acted as chairmen only the cooperation of pupils parents and teachers can make wee laaksto an a week ago monday morning the regent of the countess of strath- more chapter iode mrs walter blehn and the educational con vener miss ruth evans presented two patriotic pictures to the newly equipped classroom in the public chool in which miss norma woth- erhend teaches a grade six class one picture was of king george end the other of the king and queen is taken on the steps of the parlia ment buildings in ottawa at the time of their visit to canada this kind gesture on the part of the local iode branch is greatly oppre elated especially as it takes eon slderable time to fully equip a new classroom wednesday evening november 30th the halton association of the federation of women teachers of lntarlo gathered for a dinner meeting in the sunday school room of knox presbyterian church al most one hundred ladles enjoyed a turkey dinner served by ladles ot knox wa mrs atkinson ot burlington took charge of the meet- ng by special request miss mar ion hepburn music supervisor at georgetown and milton public schools sang an old favourite song annie laurie mrs james evans of georgetown accompanied her at the piano miss kpy donkln of burlington introduced the guest speaker june dennis canadian broadcasting corporation commen tator she proved to be an enter taining speaker and everyone en- joyed hearing ot the varied experi ences one encounters in radio work during a business period which followed idas hummer of oak- vllle and wss idlth denktn of ithcmulaav rehorts at the an- district nwilm el tha wtjtv the herald editor walter blehn members who were unable to be present were clayton allen robert foulls ann hickcy walter peck herbert caseley charles hoare chester scott nancy teeter and george watt theatre christmas party for alliance children the annual christmas party ot the alliance paper mill took the form of a sunday afternoon theatre party this year at the roxy an all- lime high in attendance was noted and everyone enjoyed the cartoon movies and the singsong the iiighllght as usual was santas ap pearance to distribute candles and present to all children up to the age of twelve alt kirby was chairman for the afternoon and clifford bouteua manager of the mill spoke front the stage the afternoon was ar ranged by the social and recreatlos committee composed of sam ten- uant alt kirby emery thompson malcolm brondford toots murphy and george glassford girls ball team banquets at ltmkhodsb thirty five members ot the 1m8- 49 georgetown girls softball team enjoyed a chicken dinnery at tha community hall llmehouse last tuesday night on behalf ot the team lome peters of georgetown motors which is their sponsor made pres entations to elmer dron william korzack and mike lorusso in ap preciation of their help during tha year alan norton presented lira bruce gummer with sn orchid tor hitting the first hornetrun ot tha season miss jean harley sang several solos and mrs j l barber also was accompanist for a general sing song arrangements for the dinner were under the convenershlp ol mrs vera kirby quests from team at the ding of ruth htttehinson and hart dolson la brampton a ago saturday included tt luls vtume imbd esstlfl mhhsw mr asm ik t ty mm