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the georgetown herald georgetown ont wednesday december 9th 1953 second section polling 0 6 to georgetown ratepayers owing to doctors orders i will be unable to call on all ratepayers but would appreciate your suppor on december 1 4th sincerely w 0 brownridge for council it your vote is sollcjjped for w alter gkay fok council vote gray monday december 14th 1953 your vote and influence are solicited for harry hale for reelection as councillor sorry but time makes it impossible to call on every ratepayer 1 will appreciate everyones support on election day monday december 14th 1953 your vote and influence are solicited for thos l lyons for election as councillor is essential that candidates with experience should be elected to cope with the problems of the present which confront the council vote lyons election daymonday december 14th 1953 mond your vote and influence are solicited for garfield mcgilvray for reelection as councillor election day monday december 14th 1953 thanking you in advance for your vote and influence irwin nohle for councillor for next mondays elections four polling subdivisions have been established for the conven ience of georgetown electors who go to the polls on monday to choose six members of council and a hydro nmm f il on f r voters in the white bridge dis trict vote at the new tire hall those in the college view district which j subdivision 2 will cast their ballots at the home of cyril ehgleby and 2a the queen street district at the home of thomas grieve the park district and nor mandy boulevard which are con tained in subdivision 3 will vote at the municipal hall the name of every qualifed vo ters appears on the voters list rec ently published if a person is in doubt about their polling subdiv ision they wouldbe well advised to contact the returning officer town clerk john d kelly and check on this information polls will be open from nine in the morning until seven at night on december 14th mrs bert gilmer george arnold thomas grieve james ritchie a h feller keith barber everett cole and p b harrison have been named as deputy returning officers at the various polling stations poll clerks include sam harrison mrs jack cunningham mrs l fallow mrs rupert beaumont alice trea- nor mrs douglas marshall may jangan and florrie alcott v stresses safety factor in industrial plants francis herbert join quarter century club representing head office at the quarter century club dinner of provincial paper ltd last week john buss spoke of the important safety factor in industry and urged members of the club to use their years of experience to train youn ger men to serve their own inter ests and those of the company by doing the job properly the company has a close link with the pulp and paper safety as sociation because a former com pany president the late mr wel- dbn was one of the association s ori ginators mr buss said the qualities that make a good fighteivpilot arc the qualities which make a reckless workman he con tinued pointing out that if an old er man thinks back to his youth he too took needless chances a busi ness counts on the older establish ed men who have themselves lear ned safety principles to train those starting out and he asked each club member to share in this work his sentiments were reechoed by mill manager boss duncan who also spoke briefly at the dinner presentation of engraved watch es to thomas herbert and edward trands who were welcomed into club membershhip at the dinner was made by mr buss on behalf of the company the dinner an annual event was held thursday in the legion audi torium with the legion w a cat ering for turkey dinner this year for the first time the dinner was enlarged to include wives of mem bers hsfry hale club president was chairman at the dinner other members of the executive are lena mcnallyj vice president ja net mcdougall secretary and ri chard grace mr and ms george glassford and bert marchment provided din ner music and played for dancing later in the evettmg harry hale and andrew dewhurst entertained with music hall songs with miss jessie leavitt at the piano a minutes silence was observed during the evening for two club members who died since the last meeting harry hilts and herbert caseley club membership included nine teen men and women presently em ployed at the mill and 24 members who have retired on pension or are working at other employment members of the club are active members clayton allen albert n carter james gostlgan edward francis john fry richard e grace harry hale thomas her bert ann m m hlckey donald latimer walter louth leonard g marchment frod mccartney janet f mcdougall lena m mcnally walter peck orval hayner wil liam c reynolds george a- smith associate members george barnes george blick robert buch anan martin a cummins andrew dewhurst hugh dickie robert b foulis wilfred gill wellington greensward samuel harrison ar thur c herbert james hill charles h hoare isaac hornby alexander keen john d kelly jessie i lea vitt george louth william mer- rltt frederick mcnally henry preston chester scott thomas treanor bertie weston cummings speaker at fair board directors dinner dutch cummings assistant public relations director of the general motors corporation provi- ed plenty of humour when he ap peared as guest speaker at the an nual dinner of the directors of es- quesing agricultural society on saturday the dinner was new in esques- ing community hall stewarttown with ladies of ashgrove women s institute catering for a turkey meal mr cummings a peel coun ty native was introduced by ken mcmillan mr cummings while not attempting to give a serious address interrupted his flow of stones to speak briefly of the great growth in canada with emigration from europe and asked that new canadians be given a real canadian welcome as they come here to make their home j e whhelock coun ty agricultural representative when h was introduced told farmers not to worry too much about present surpluses of agricultural products they are only temporary mr wtytelock believes for not only is our country growing rapidly but the united states is expanfiing in population so fast that in a seven- year period more people will be added there than the present total population of canada he con verted this incease into terms of grain hogs and milk to show how necessary it is to keep increasing production harding price chairman of the fair board was master of ceremon ies he introduced mayor jack armstrong who spoke of the pride which is georgetown s in housing e fine fall fair and esquestng reeve george l leslie county varden this year who wished the fair the same success in future as it has enjoyed in the past entertainment included tap dan ces by miss mildred johnson of toronto solos by mrs h c wrig- gleworth with mrs frank wilson accompanying on the piano miss charlotte mccullough thanked the ladles who catered progressive euchre was played later in the evening prizewinners were mac alexander and mrs brn hyde the latter tied with mrs h c wrigglesworth for the ladies prize consolations went to mrs jim fisher and douglas currle albert simson weds in london england word has been received by rela tives in town of the jnarrlage of a former georgetowner albert sun- son the marrtge took place v in stratford lofidon england on tuesday noveteber 10 mr sim- son who is a london bus conduc tor had a photograp bustnass hse before going to england three georgetown municipal elections monday december 14th for six councillors hysro commissioner and the question are you in favour of the public school board being elected by general vote instead of by wards ward 1 at fire hall ward 2a at home of thomas grieve 25 queen st ward 2 at home of cyril engleby john st ward 3 at municipal han polls open 9am to 7 p m john d kelly returning officer j reelect doug sargent for council 1954 election monday december 14th 1953 del wallace solicits your vote for council in the electron next monday december 14th christmas significance forms wi speech topic speaking on a christmas theme at last weeks womens institute meeting rev john m smith said that people sometimes lose sight of what christmas means in- the midst of celebration and the world ly things which accompany its religious significance he compared it to a child whose mother prepared a birthday party for her then sends the child up stairs to bed until the party is over thats how some of us are inclined to treat god at christmastime mr smith concluded urging the mem bers to give religion its rightful place in the holiday celebrations the meeting convened by mrs v rawson was held at the home of mrs w g bell and followed the christmas idea throughout the ladies discussed plans for christmas- parcels for shutins in town and for four residents of hal- ton centennial manor miss ruth evans sang two solos and mrs r t paul played for carol singing x mrs clarence hayes gave the motto peace on barth good will toward men members exchanged small christmas grfta vote don barrager for hydro commissioner monday december 14th for hydro commissioner reelect e w binkley your support and influence are solicited for a well- qualified and experienced candidate to provide sound administration on the hydro commission i zxif