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serais georgetown ontario wmlpnihy december 23 1963 first section cond beaumont low totals mom 7000 for the second beui time in two broke into the mills in glen id totaahsoot now m- over 7000 4ne robbery which occurred during the night was discovered on jafrfday morning the robbery dup- lotted one on october 27th when a f struck was backed up to the door- entrance gained by forcing a aw and the complete inventory h oflnlahed gotfdn removed taziday8 robbejgmpok 700 doz- ottworit sue allocked and ready wc shipment anb valued at s3000 torthe october robbery a total of rhao dozen socks valued at 34000 were removed n ii 1 a serlous one tor mul wnnec arthur beaumont who car ried no insurance the textile bus- faftaw has been slack for several months and the mill has not been working full time jnparenuy the robbers know wq where to sell our socks i wish i did said mr beaumont who cal led in provincial police at milton and inspector taylor from toronto h headquarters to investigate mr beaumont is offering a reward of 500 for information leading to re turn of the stolen goods previous ly 200 was offered as a reward foe information after the first robbery in october residents who live near the mill heard a truck stop at the mill for a short time last week apparently the truck made its get away completely undetected the stolen property is mainly work socks woven of grey and white twist some labelled with the well- known beaum trademark glen- mountadof others harder to iden tify at sight concert pageant for knox church christmas knox sunday school annual chrtstmasenteishunent was divi ded into two separate parts this year with the beginners and prim ary classes presenting their con- certon friday evening and the junior and intermediates perform ing a christmas pageant in the church sunday evening entitled opening their treasures on friday night before giving their program of recitations dial ogues and drills the sunday school and staff had a supper given by the knox church young ladies auxil iary the singing of carols and playing games followed the supper rev alex calder was chairman for the concert and the grand finale was the christmas tree when all the children received gifts candy and oranges on sunday evening a full church enjoyed the christmas pageant in which representatives from var ious organizations hi the church took part as well as members of tbe junior and intermediate sunday school classes the pageant was v isssssr 0l6 c0y w t to 1 1 ex- rr k m the editor and staff of the georgetown herald outdoor lighting very popular here this year main street is even more attrac- tive than usual this ouistmas sea son and last weeks heavy snow- tall added the perfect seasonal touch to tbe decorated windows and the christmas merchandise several stores have used christ mas lighting inxtheir window dis plays and two have gone farther with outdoor decorations goodlets hardware is effective with santa and candles in ligmsnwith a back ground of red and silver tinsel richardson s hardware has santa blinking on and off through ever green boughs with blue lighting in the background ajighted chritmas tree tops the municipal building and the lions tree is at the main street corner each lamp post had a small lighted tree a joint effort of the chamber of commerce town and hydro staffs while at the four corners f the town has strung two strings of lights which arc planned as the nucleus of more such decorating jn future years thoughout the town more and more people ar using outside dec orations there are many outside trees while others have framed their doorwayb with lights and ev ergreens tpr harold henderson due christmas day best christmas present of all for mr and mrs john henderson nor mandy boulevard will be the arrival of their son tr harold hen derson who is due into toronto on christmas day tpr henderson is en route home from service with canadian troops in korea he arrives at toronto union station on cpr train no 4 at 7 00 ajn directed by miss j mcdougall and miss g broadfoot with mrs ernie curry as narrator the three wise men had solo parts portrayed by bob tracey paul cunningham and tom henderson included in the sunday evening presentation was a special program of christmas music by the choir in which the halle lujah chorus was outstanding merry merry christmas what council did ihimf of the normandy boulevard pumphouse by reroot- sewer lines and booking them into the extension from sunbeam heights which reaches tbe disposal plan via maple avenue is on the 1954 council agenda for w time the pumps have not been working too satisfactorily and there have been complaints of inmleasant odours by neighbouring residents at tbe last council meet ing of the year on monday it was decided that a 3 000 expenditure would o the nuisance and i municipal board approval will be aobght for the change the barber floral co was gran ted permission to erect two houses ion lots owned by the company at k the king and sarah street corner k9he lota winch do not come up to bylaw specifications are ately 60x66 each council wul purchase property gfrom walter hyde needed for the street widening and exten- cross the creek to smith and mr hydes price of 91500 accepted for tbe property h comprises 25 000 square feet t was pointed out b cr allen who nded the purchase that the street andstratgbien- the creek would make some j lots on the hyde hie mr armstrong said that while it would be technically allowable for him to sell the property to the town he would not consider this by vir tue of the office be holds and the only procedure is expropriation a new oil burner installed in the municipal building was in opera tion for the first time on monday ernest forgrave was appointed for a two year term on north hal- ton high school district board mr forgrave replaces walter biehn who has been a school board mem ber since georgetown joined the district five years ago council thanked him for his services and expressed regret at his decision to retire this year the mayor and clerk were auth orized to sign an agreement with the engineering firm of dineen philips and roberts who are in charge of the extension to the wat erworks s which will be made next year mrs fenning is new public school teacher mrs ted fanning will join the wrigglesworth school staff when spring term commences in january the new teacher was engaged by tbe public school board last week io replace miss margaret cleg- horn who resigned her position earlier in the month and was mar ried this afternoon in guelph mrs fenning will teach miss cleghorns grade 1 and 2 class she has been on the staff o dav road school toronto regret was expressed by chair man edwin wilson at the meeting of the departure from the board of ross duncan a member since 1049 mr duncan did not seek election this year and will be replaced on the board by robert stewardson georgetown gets an extra ap pointment on north halton high school district beard for 1054 be cause the town has th4 highest ipubllc school enrolment of any of the five municipalities in the dis trict the school board appointee is fred masterman inspectors reports after visits to the two local public schools- were read at the meeting the inspector gavehe schools a most satisfactory standing and said the ycarbre of teaching was high f biggest crowd yet at lesion xmas tree last sunday afternoon the leg ion auditorium was the scene of the annual branch christmas tree this year with the biggest crowd to ever attend it a christmas tree properly decorated was set up in the front of the room and old santa himself presented the children with their presents as tbey came for ward as well as the gift a bag of candy and orange was given to every child branch treasurer bill roney was in charge of the affair assisted by a committee including charlie day and mrs honey the the mayor and council members each spoke briefly at the conclusion of the meeting councillor ex pressed their satisfaction with the way mayor armstrong had presided at meetingxuid condu town busi and the mayor in turn thanked members for their work and interest in municipal affairs new bank junior comes from paris a new junior has joined bank of commerce staff ron eddy arrived last week from paris which is his home town and he started work with the rons father is well known that district as a breeder of pure shorthorns supper precedes school concert the annual tlhristmas entertain ment of the baptist sunday school was held on friday evening dec ember 18th at sixthirty o clock members of the sunday school en joyed a delightful supper served by the ladies of the church the chairman d peck extended a welcome to nil parents and visi tors who gathered for the program which opened with singing o come all ye faithful and prayer by rev a j barker recitations and exercises carol singing a star drill- guitar solos and vocal selec tions were given by the beginners junior and intermediate depart ments various members of tbe senior classes presented the two act play christmas blessing in a bliz zard a visit from santa and dis tribution of cabdles and oranges concluded the evening school teacher weds today in guelph a teacher on the wrigglesworth school staff for the past year and a half margaret isabel deghorn was married this afternoon to william toth acton the marriage took place in knox presbyterian church chapel guelph with rev d crawford smith offic iating the bride ia the daughter of mr and mrs james gordon cleghorn guelph and the groom the son of mr and mrs frank toth acton the bride wore a pale blue after noon dress with navy acccessorles attendants were her sister miss mary cleghorn guelph and mr frank polyak tulsonburg mr and mrs toth will make their home in acton norval scripture sons tells the christmas story the christinas story was told in scripture and song at a carol ser vice on thursday in norval pres byterian church the choirs of norval and union churches were assisted in tbe ser vice by soloists gwen little bramp ton howard heslop toronto and mrs lloyd criomon union misb little sang there were shepherds abiding in the fields and mrs crichton behold a virgin shall conceive from handel s messiah and the choir sang two anthems rev x5 lockhart royal read the scripture and the musical portions which were directed by mrs royal were interwoven with the scripture at the appropriate times mrs gor don little was organist choir members their families and friends afterwards went to the manse for a social time the weather mr editor no comments with this weeks summary excep to wish everybody a real merry christmas bm batkin oate max min bain dec 14 32 27 6 dec 15 21 21 dec 16 19 0 dec 17 1h 15 dec 18 20 3 1 dec 19 i 3 dec 20 37 22 lions club sponsored santas visit saturday main street was a busy place on saturday when children from town and district thronged to see santa claus on ins annual visit sponsored by the lions club nature provided a perfect setting this year with plenty of snow and mr and mrs c smithson left-tor- sanfs was greeted with wide eyes florida on monday they plan to and cheers as he made his entrance stay in the south until next april aboard the fire truck after drlv- i- al 111 l- 4a lnl ta aal an terra cotta mr mrs smithson holiday in florida bride elect honoured jby school staff sleigh rum fob nursery children before leaving her teaching pos ition awriggleworth school this week cjp margaret cleghorn was mr and mrs tom beer enter- giml- jib si a inilj tender- sained the children of charley park ed by fellow members of the staff nursery school last tuesday wuha principal william kinrade and sleigh ride through the woods his wife were noata a week ago expropriation proceedings will be reev kenneth macdonald and the old frlwrt team wfth monday at their home when miss to actmire property owned by deputy reeve frank patch aald jingling sleich bells was a delight cleghorn was presented with axnntxonf on bat and on- they were sorry to be leaving eoun- to the young children later mrs comport a y b served eocjtles and iwt enoco- thejjji litstlrm and mm kinrade j jtav dg a v newcomers in the village are mr and mrs a johnston and daughter sheila who have moved into a house owned by wes rutledg the sunday school concert on friday night was a complete success and tbe children took their parts well mr and- mrs harvey puckering and morris visited in guelph on sunda with mr and mrs walter hayward on the sick list this week are mrs j eves who injured herself when she fell at the sunday school con cert and mrs r mcrae tbe jim emmersons spent the weekend with friends in toronto ing along the street he took up his place on mill street between the banks and distributed bags con taining an apple an orange and candies to each child later in the afternoon the draw was made for the fourteen prize offered in tbe lucky draw utile heather ann tennant daughter of mr and mrs albert tennant won the doll dressed hi ten 100 bills with her kicky ticket 1739 turkeys wen to howard dolson 1414 norman felker 1668 and james f evens 3233 winners or the ehksoens were percy leslie 1130 c prack hamil ton 1633 blake leslie 3473 jim cbrtfcnas social fallowed the crawford 2760 n h handy 9ss business meeting of the thimble pool nielsen 1b38 isobel tl night at the borne of 3601 charlie shoppanl xooo james seen icsiir held mttton 344 mtbb s w orr