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j the georgetown herald wedoosday dec 13th 1950 a jwhwww mmhmmwmwmpwmnamsmmwct hey kids ttottttowh muftilclfal hominatioms y forum im coming to georgetown ort saturday december 1 i meet me at the community christmas tree at the mill and main street corner at 230 pm v tell your dad and mom not to forget to buy tickets on the annual lucky draw sponsored by the george town lions club there are prizes of turkeys and chick- j ens and a special prize of a doll dressed in 100 bill proceeds from their sale helps to pay for my visit to georgetown see you saturday december 16th nurseryi stock roses shrubs trees evergreens 5 magnolias gooseberries 8 raspberries red and black currants s j b wilson sof maple are phone 248 opposite golf links s 5 mayor iiarold clkave e w blnkley cecil hardle jack armstrong fred harrison vem mccumber w a marshall cecil davidson cecil mcnamara reeve w g marshall j d keuy harold mcclure deputyreeve kenneth r macdonald davd bowman thornos sykes james goormet jack armstrpnr william mcnally council harry hale david bowman stan allen norman i0ll jonvt goodlet j neb armstrong tiiost lyons 1st campbell david lawsqn fiakfield megilray j d kelly ross thompson fred mcnally john bell edwin wilson prank fetch eerctt cole jack williamson william tuck kjdavid bowman jack armstrong thomas warnes cecil davidson james evans cecil mcnamara james goodlet jack armstrong norman hill vern mccumber jack armstrong fred harrison favor pensions no means test 1 1 leslie clark jack watson we have sold our business to sid carson motor sales and service and take this opportunity of thanking our customers for their patronage we hope you will continue to do business with our successor i 1 tom hewson hewsons motors hydro commissioner graham farnell james evans edwin wilson public school trustees stanley pinlay cecil davidson fred schultz cecil menamara edwin wilson cecil davidson ray salter edwin wilson cecil davidson all offices were were tilled by aclcamation except council where seven men contested the six seats plan return match hillsburgh curlers georgetown curling club staged a flm night scntertalnment on the artificial ice at the arena last thurs day when three rinks from hllls- burgh paid a visit to compete with thrit local rinks the ice wa in fine condition and 4mc excellent curling was enjoyed georgetown won two of the games amrvrc looking forward to- a return match in hlllsburgh very shortly pcrc cleave and his off leers are putting a lot of effort into the for mation of a good curling club and any men wishing to curl are invited to come out there are five sheets of ice compared with the former two on natural ice and plenty of rood sport for all a weekly schedule is betas ar ranged for the club by mrs roy kllenton with the federal government con sidering a revision of standards tor the old i age pension the december 4th topic on the farm forum broadf cast was particular timely twelve of fifteen county forums favoured pensions withtfut a means test as at present ttte majority suggested 50 a month as the pen sion srgujrcv with adjustments made according to the cost pf living in dex questioned whether the govern ment plan should be proceeded with if an international cfisls develops which would lead to increased tax es for defence most forums answer ed yes boync forum said that a government plm whereby people would contribute whils they were earning instead of having to give so much away in income tax vvpuld eliminate much of the need for old age pensions liiny forum was div ided in opinion one group thought the government should carry on with 1 plan ilgarclleyt of intorna- i tionul crises tlje other group thought that defence should come first for a pension is useless if one ha no countrv to live in safely ind securely ss 4 esqmiiiv had as their guests miss iuith mckeruje editor ofkarm forum guide mr floyd gricsbac national secretary and mr mcnabiot manitotui after the broadcast the evening was devoted to pretestfng for the forum topic for january 8th wanted new markets this meeting was held at the home ojt mr and mrs clif ford hunter several of the members enquiring where they could get one like it we see the usual christmas cards are beginning to arrive from other branches and former memr hers these are always posted on the bulletin board and serve to let the members know just where the various members arc who have left town the archway into the tele vision room in our humble opln- lon was one of the best ideas yet and should be worth its weight in gold 4o the steward and caretaker at least in seeing that only auth orized members and their guests tiro in the halt tho outside door from uic hall was an open invita tion for anyone to walk in and alt down and while theres not a canadiannational announces 4 effective new stta buffetparlor oak service a sunday evening train i no 141 standard yurie f rtttred bilk maiufer fomr lindsay mayor father of james alcorn of the local bank of commerce staff aw samuel alcorn died in lindsay last thursday in his 88th year mr alcorn was born in county antrim ireland and before coming to canada operated a large farm in ireland be was a justice of the peace in his homeland and took an active part in a scheme to encour age the use of irish butter in eng land in place of danish butter which in those days had a corner on the market he came to canada 42 years ago and became manager of the stan dard bank at newcastle prior to that he had met and married his wife a native of oshawa while on a v isit to this country it is inter esting to note that their son who vvas born at newcastle was on the staff of that bank prior to coming to georgetown seven years 4atcr he became manager of the standard branch at lindsay which was later amalga mated with the bank of commerce and continued as manager there until his retirement in 1931 and 1932 he served a term as mayor of lindsay he was an active la worker in st pauls church of england and for many years was a lay reader he was president for several years of the lindsay branch of the upper can ada bible society mr alcorn was predeceased by ills wife and one daughter margar et the funeral service was held on saturday in lindsay anglican minister son attended school here a resident of town several years ago franklin clowes noxon late of j1a balsam avenue toronto died at toronto general hospital last wednesday he was in his 59th year f mr toxons father the late rev clowes noxonfwss minister of the anglican churches at norvul stcw- arltown and hornby from 1904 to 1909 going from here to st catharines and later to winona during this time he lived in geor getown in the house on the glen rood now occupied by mr and mrs george urnndfprd and their children attended school here he is survived by his wife for merly cbila every and two daugh ters mrs harold d uakcr bar- barn of vancouver and mrs doug las hoffman frances of guelph two sisters mrs g r lewis janet and margery live in win ona the funeral service was held on friday at the wear funeral home toronto and interment was made in- pino hills cemetery legion notes after tux ejtsttve season is over we gather the boys will be organising another dart tournament with the crowds of players these always attract it should be very eask to handle and is probably tho most popular sport around branch lao i wm think that tho bear tie member bf the executive or tho branch who doesnt like to see their various friends enjoying the privl- leges of the rooms yet the fuw has to be rigidly enforced regarding those entitled to be in the branch remember no one is entitled to be there unless properly vouched tor and signed in the guest book by a aidup member wte think that witli the advent of the keys that this whole problem will be fairly settled understand that the keys will soon be available and that the new lock has been ordered also each member will be expected to purchase his key from the branchj when thej arrive the christmas tree for tho kiddies is to be held a week to morrow night in the auditorium of he legion hall thursday dec 21st and kiddies weve got big news for youl whon you see old santa this year you probably will not be able to recognize him hes been putting on an awful lot el weight and we think hes grown a bit in other vays too however hes the same old rollicking santa and were sure he with treasurer bill roneys help will have lots of gifts for all the legion kiddles we believe the party starts at 730 so all members have their kid dles on hand aged up to and in cluding ten lv toronto parkdalo west toronto brampton georgetown quelph kitchener stratforb st marys ar london 880 600 606 828 639 705 727 804 823 v pjav pjlft pjib pjn gun pjn pjn pjn pjn i rcservaupns and f i information from agents canadian national 11 for exp e car consult o t walker optometrist main st north bnmatea over- abeuy drag i- phone office sm boors 0 ojn to tvam beat brakings by travel notes the chairman of the ticket draw for christmas asks any members having tickets still unsold to get cracking and sell them be fore the draw comes along- be also asks for stubs to be turned in sales have been pretty good but bill hopes to see a rot more sold before the draw which is the night of the christmas tree hear a number of the boys won turkeys ard chickens last fii- da night nice going we see cotn jack ruddy new member of the opp around on the weekend looks like the pol ice training is agreeing with him too sympathy of the entire branch goes out to mrs bob cain and the children who were so trag ically bereaved last wednesday of a dear husband and a loving father bob numbered many friends among the members and certainly contrib uted a great deal to the friday night socials where he often ap peared as callcrotf for the square dances please turn in names of the special force soldiers as soon as possible as yet there has been little roponse and the committee in charge can make no effective plans until they know the number of men to be looked after and the addresses of each special tca air excursions to england beginning january 1st tca offers bargain 15day excursieas toronto to london england 45800 round trd 1 john r barber travel advisor rimer c ttiimgns insurance seiilea phene 11 mm si wirtrtrtn i macs repair service licenced mechan1 t years exs 16 chicken bingo saturday december canadian legion georgetown 830 pm all prizes chickens come andswin your xmu fowl ansrtoknnnnsifcnnnnni 24 hour towing service winterize your car noj glen williams next to variety shot phone 44trt pay or nlgsl dead stock hots cattle tw hom 80s cut obtxacr darling i comrah the old enslij herb co murdockst gaorgskrl herbs in stocn roots and powdel oar lines are mailed throol out c stsagiab va