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the georgetown heraed eight pages georgetoym oatario wednesday demtisbet- 8th 18s4 second section no new faces in town municipal affairs next year council school boafdhydro all returned in acclamation w uuldnt stand uu and we eaote u goahead iu the way ua i syyor jack arnutronf summed up tba cbubcil reasons lor initiating action which will result in mar than doub ling georgetown acreage in january when hr spoke at a meeting in the library following thursday i nonuna lion meeting clerk treasurer john d kelly was chairman for the meet ing the town apparently approved the action for no questions were asked from the floor lhat night and the entire ibm council was returned by acclamation as well at three public school trusleeasnd a hydro commis sioner in fact only two nominations were made other than smiifirnjerobcrs of the groups harold eave former mayor and once a county warden in dicated early nest dsy that he would not contest a council seat s w orr also a former councillor declined to run at the meeting gas branch 120 canadian legion christmas tree upstairs in the legion auditorium thursday december 23rd at 7 i 5 p m there will be a present for every child age 10 ind under of a legion or a legion w a member id office with uayor armprag or another year are reve stan alun deputy reeve allan norton and councillors garfield ftfcguvriy tho mas i lyons douglas sargent liar ry hale walter gray and irwin no ble graham farnell who has acrved marry lernu on the hydro comnfiiaupn thu year as chairman wilt hold ooire for two more years fco wtll three school truatrca chairman ray salter stan f inlay and cecil ucnamara hrvtewinit ibm council activities mayor armstrong pointed to a thitht surplus of 300 as indicative of clone adherence to a budget which had pnt 20fl000 in lax revenur the 43 mill tax rate u low compared to neighbour i ng municipalities he taid no one expects thrrc won t br hrsdachr in a progressive rxpandintf town said the mayor we look for work in council and wc ct it me complimented councillors on attendance at the man nirrtinivk as a well as their attention to commit tee work which requires a treat deal of their tune said the town has good officials in at department and anti cipatrs bright future with more people who will benefit from as well as help pay for things which only lamer town can afford he briefly reviewed the agreement made between the town and delrex development the hex lleslopcon trolled company which will develop the huge new subdivision an estim ated two million dollar aewer cost will require only a 400 000 share by the town in 1055 he taid council will con ttnuc its program of road and tide- walk rehabilitation i don t think we can hold the pre sent tax rale and won i make any promise in that regard said mr armstrong jut as in private bus nets there u occasional a car when major expenditures are neci ary to r ap future benefits and 1055 will be one of those ears expect watar rate rise rcc allen who spoke at some unfth atxnil the huc mw water s tern in prokrev at present naid thin will have to be a rise in water rates to pay for this he spoke strongly n favour uf a r flat rate syten of payment rather than th present method of water meters which h does not uunk pay their way during the next year georgetown will hvf a new reservoir with aux iliary pumps so that there will be no worries as there were on thanksgiving week end when pump trouble led to a dangerous shortage for ftre protec tton and industrial use while these were being repaired the program already in progress when ur llrslop came along with his plan has had to be revised to meet the unexpected new demands and will cost much more than originally proposed the new well which is the town a supply source has increased dail kallonage from one million to confirmed on vac 7 rev v o w foremn guelpb assiiuni rev a o w foreman who was formerly minister of united churches st baltinaied church ville and he vule has been appointed pastoral as sistant at norfolk st united church juelph ur foreman was welcomed to the church st a reception following a rev cent sunday evening service when lr a c wheatley chaired a program of addressee of welcome and musical talent zora klooster joan john and sherlock ailken the three grand children of ur foreman entertained with harmonizing numbers- areompan ted by mrs aiuen kx pressing his personal oy at see ing such a large turnout of the eon grcgstioo to extend friendship and acceptance to he new minuter rev bruce hall welcomed his coworfcer advuttlsr silver wood proves instructive visit to soup plant twelve members of silver wood women i institute and three hus bands were guest of the campbell soup co ijmited of new toronto and were shown through the kitchens it was a most interesting tour seeing the vegetables as they arrived at the plant in their crates boxes and hags watching the clraning and then the thorough scraping and peeling and further cleaning they were told there has not yet been invented a machine to success fully clean onions none of the isdtes envied the many women doing this job the process of partial cook ing the food being pumped into ster lined cans the conveying belts car ring the can immediately to have the caps scaled on and then all car ncd to tremendous metal bakktta and plunged into pressure cookers was a sifcht long to be remembered other machines stcmrd almost human as the sorted out the cans after they had been brought from the pressure cookers then as they went through the labelling machine and thence to the machine which packed them into of great interest too was the prep- artit n of truck loads of sides of meat the cooking and dicing of all this before it was put into various kinds of soup the hundreds of chi ckens were handled by many women and the mixing of noodles the roll ing and final squeezing out through fine tubes into strips for cooking were of particular interest as guests of the company the group was entertained to a very enjoyable afternoon tea in the company cafe teria and then adjourned to the small auditorium where they had been shown a movie picture of the prepar at urn of many dishes using soup as one of the ingredients it was a par ticulark nice afternoon they were all impressed by the fact that there is an average of one million cans tur nrd out every day and that is a lot of oup winter parking restrictions motorists are reminded that by order of georgetown council no motor vehicle shall be parked on any street in georgetown midnight to 6 a m from december itt to march 15th john d kelly clerk i m coming lo georgetown on saturday december 18 meet me at the community christmas tqee at the mill and main street corner at 3 00 p m tell your dad and mom not to forget to buy ticket on the annual lucky draw aponaored by the george town lions club there are prizes of turkeys arid chick ens and a special prize of a doll dressed in 1 00 bulls proceeds from their sale helps to pay for my visit to georgetown see you saturday december 18th sw imimettete 1 a i i cwhmsmusic i at the annual lome scots band christmas concert r0xy theatre georgetown sunday december f2th at 830 p m come to the theatre after church and join in the singing of your favourite christmas carols 1 1 irufrj guest artists -f- b and selections 1 vmi 1 r space contributed in the service of the comjnunity by j6hn labatt limited