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common election date cr megilvray wondered if the change might not mean a slack ening of council business in de cember in the same vein cr elliott thought councillors should be kept on the spot as long as pos tible before knowing if they wottld serve another term cr currie thinks more people might vote as there is more pub licity when all towns vote the same day reeve sargent point an iga employee lee reed ed ou tthat an earlier date might of 22 guelph st became the proud owner of a 1859 chevro- mean better weather to encour age attendance at the polls pointing out that there is some urgency for the delrex firm to know council s decision on a re quest to release more building lots under the 400 payment plan harold baistow was told that no committee meeting had yet been held to discuss this during a question period cr hyde expressed the opinion that durex wants the town to retain the dirty end of the old agree ment while offering the good end of the new he pointed out that in new subdivisions the town now assumes no extra costs as it does in delrex mr bairstow pointed out that the delrex firm had installed storm sewers and sidewalks though not called for in agreement he was told by council that it is now necessary for the town engineer to report on all pos sible capital costs enta led in a let saturday night when mayor jack armstrong climaxed a two day jamboree sponsored by the georgetown 1 ions by fulling the winn ng ticket at the arena the lucky number was 199 only 444 tickets were avail able to buyer at s10 a ticket and just is of those went unsold by the enterprising i ions the winner s father operates reed motors in milton the car was the most coveted of hundreds of prize handed out by the i ions during the jamboree which mill probablj net the club a profit n the neighbourhood of 2000 already earmarked for the hospital fund some 500 attended the goings on both nights and man of them took home the valuable rfl q observed three loans scots qualified marksmen three members of c coy lome scots qualified as marksmen when the com pany tried their rifle exam inations at niagara on the lake on saturday sept 12 using the new belgian semi automatic nfle lt r f marchinglon csm eric timms and pte harry bradley earned marksmen qualifications while sgt r b harley and pl john lenz placed in the 1st class div sion qualifying for 2nd class were pte v aiken pie b cilhs pte w dixon pte r w murden pte h van melsypte m w waters pte c p wills and pte r d wilson members of c coy who did not qualify will be tested again n nov ember three councillors oppose question to ratepayers limehouse tsociahsrpersonal ajr and mrs pearce porter mr and mrs stan wade 1 s7 mclntyre crete haw rela keats avenue have just re sit jtsisriwri mia lillian wation 37 main fet n has returnd from a vacation trip to iwida where the stayed at the carillon in the gifts including mix masters tables and other appliances well patronized were the twelve booths offering ring loss a cork gun shooting gallery cigarette aiv booth a hams and chicken new subdivision before council booth crown and anchor bingo can decide i etc and mueh f the credit goe sto cochairmen murt alii son and don barrager who with lheir committee worked so hard to make the third annual jam horet again profit the dub and in turn the community they headed a team compris ing dick miller clarence hes lop bob brick bill hunter dick riddall jim jones and gob collier dr stewart magwoajl saer town veterinarian who now lives in ottawa called on a jew friends in towty last week om dunkerrm edjwith his i r ind mrs cr williams s was en route home by plane from a trip west mr and mrs alistaift kean and family of churchville wei visitors one day last week with his parents mr and mrs alex kean mcnabb street john reid from dunfcermal ne scotland visitedjwith his uncle and aunt mr nd mrs john macdonald glei sently csl thomas dobbie has re turned to bis post at winnipeg with the mounties after spend ing a leave in town with his parents mr and mrs james jdobble 10 young street mr and mrs dick riddall f ostrander blvd attended the convention of investors syndi cate of canada limited from september 19th to september 22nd at britannia hotel lake of bays audrey cam tien williams was honoured at a miscellan com shower at the home of mr and mil john gilmore lime- house where she received many gifts from friends in the district and toronto 4 mrs james yeadon halifax nova scotia has been spending the summer with her son and daughter in law mr and mrs edison yeadon 22 king st e mrs yeadon ts flying home to halifax this week guests at bobby bradley s eighth birthdayparty on sept 19th were donald and gordon wuuams elgin armstrong paul presswood kenqelh majuery i john bradley and john boyd bobby is the son of mr and mrs whbert bradley 17 elgin street eight friends of miss joan jchartier ib edward st were hostesses at a surprise miscellan eons shower at the odd fellows hall on wednesday evening september 23rd for her thu- tffour friends were present and enjoyed watching the brideelect open her many gifts the hos tesses served a lovely buffet copper to conclude a pleasant evening the hostesses were ma delia norton miss adah btngttttt mrs bob beatonmiss tjwi wolf mrs annie vander- toort miss judy spence mrs mania livingston and bath mccrae motor trip which took them through the new england states spending some time in cape cod they retuned by way of new york and spent a day there mary ha daughter of mr and mrs ivan hay 15 albert street was nine years old on thursday sept 17th and cele brated with a birthday party for her friends on monday sept 21 her guests were lesley hansen i isa lloare avrol patterson barbara cleave lee townsend margaret sargent karen hill cherry holmes marlene brais by and her sister elizaheth ronnie son of mr and mrs kenneth richardson durham street celebrated his 10th birth i day with a party for his friends at the home of his par cnts his guests were grant and graham wingrovfc glen broomhead jack cunningham robert vcnner ernie engleby john fmdlay dave richardson and his brother and sister jim my and beth miss dianne hillock laughter of mr and mrs maurice hillock 1 king street entertained twen ty four of her friends at leisure lodge preston on saturday evening on the occasion of her twenty first b rthday after dancing the group returned to tho hillock home where they enjoyed a delicious buffet sup per her friends presented her with twentyone red roses in honour of the occasion flying officer peter darling ton flew home for the week end to visit his parents mr and mrs ted darlington main st s on sunday the darlingtons had a picnic for a group of members of toronto western hospital staff guests included dr a j kerwin dr and mrs arthur chisholm kenneth susan peg gy kalhy and nancy mr g bot turn dr susan lenkie miss peggy elliott dr and mrs paul aggett mrs minam campbell miss terry crosley miss sandra marcochio mr donald belved ere and dr michael stuparyl mr joseph hall sr mr and mrs dick riddall georgetown mrs clarence white- bramp ton mr and mrs john hall of hamilton were in callander for the week end to attend the 25th wedding anniversary of mr and mrs fred mathers mrs mathers is the daughter of mr joseph hall and sister of john hall mrs white and mrs riddall her brother joe hall jr and bob hall and their wives were unable to attend guests also attended from enn scar- boro toronto englehart and callander mrs paul hostess to women s courful the cabin of dr and mrs r t paul near glen williams was the place of the first meeting of the season of the local coun cil of women last friday a very enjoyable lunch wjs served by mrs fiona nodwell mrs florence curtis and mrs r h jones after which the regu lar business was attendee to with the secretarv s and treasu rer s reports read and corres pondence read by miss hettie lawson an interesting report the findings of the cac was also given by mrs f w john at limehouse church when rall day was observ ed at limehouse presbyterian church last sunda rev a caldcr presented attendance awards to the following sun day school pupils david rou ghley peter glnn fred gisby betty anne brown man i ou brown carl sinclair robbie roughley linda linham jack ie crichton beryl mcenery and velroa linham mr harold warn motored to ormaby the middle of last week and brought his father mr william karn back for the win ter months communion services will be observed at i lmehouse presby leian church i 2 30 p m i mr and mrs stewart shaw and son of arthur visited the iloyd mcrncrjs on sunday mr and mr carl hill were guests at norval united church on saturday congraluut ons to the w i committee who were responsi blc for the display at milton fair their effort won a spe cial award for being the best one shown an arrangement of christmas gift suggestions mr and mrs calvin mcdon aid and little son of elmwood were weekend visitors with the kirkpatncks miss jean culp spent pie of weeks at pointau banl recently the scout mothers catered georgetown ratepayers can express an opinion on a wo year term for councillors when they go to the polls on december 7 council on monday decided to have a plebiscite on the ques tion it did not meet unaniro ous favour with councillors harrison elliott and hfde op posing preparation of a by law calling for the vole not in favour of a two year term nor am i in favor of putting u on the ballot said hyde the political picture ubject to rapid change in a growing town he said i ii go on record against il said cr harrison who thinks people might vote a man into office one ear and find thev did not want him a seeond time mayor armstrong said the question under discussion was not whether councillors favor ed a move but a referendum to find what the public thinks he had brought up the subject he said because several rate payers had mentioned it from time to ti ne reeve sargent crystallized but that a referen dum might be helpful if for other reason than to encou rage more people to vote some people think councils shouldn t change too much from year to year in a growing town id cr mcgilvray indicating he looks with favor on a change if so they have an opportu nity to vote in an old councillor each year said cr hyde a complaint of poor side walk in front of their store by cotton bros was relajed to the road committee for inves tigation monday morning was history making in georgetown when for the first time in the town s history postmen began their rounds distributing mail to the householders preceding this an inaugura ation ceremony was held in front of the post office mayor jack armstrong after receiving the first letter to be delivered by postman jim brad ley cut a white nbbon across the doorway and the eight mail carriers smart in their uniforms filed out and began their ne v jobs the letter which the mayor said he would treasure as a souvenir was from the hon w e hamilton postmaster general mr hamil ton traced some of the town s history including statistics on the terrific growth of business which passes through the of fice the mayor pointed out that the kennedy and barber families mentioned in the let were represented in the crowd by exmayor harold cleave and keith barber of the customs staff prior to the ribbon cutting w pearson regional director representing the ministejvacted as chairman for a program of brief speeches i hope your enjoyment of this new service will overrule the natural regret that many will feel at abandoning the fra ation for a taxi licence morrison who live liar owen sound was joyed by calling for their maif at the post office he seidt h reive district dirt- pointed out that george town is in the toronto postal district one of four in th province and asked fo pas lence in ironing out any knoti which might exist in making such a radical change in a towft service j r mckay area sup enntendent stressed the import tance bf all mall being adaef sed with street and number pointing out the processing de lays which must exist if this ii formation is not carried on let ters and magazines thanking people for cooperat- g n their mail box install lions postmaster harold mar- shall said that people assume t that when they mail a letter tt will be delivered and are un familiar with behind the scene t operations it is the same as when one turns on a tap expect- ing to get water presses a light i switch for hydro he said and h will be the post office s job to i switch to a new system with a minimum of inconvenience ha 1 pointed out that since an office was located here in 1670 matt has been handled in exactly the same way until this day sandy besfmp concluded tba speakers list when he was intro- duced by mayor armstrong mr best spoke his pleasure at gee- getown s progress as indicate said his own op n appit by hen bognor okaid addition of irwin noble a former councillor to the com mittteof adjustment which will deal with requests for infnge- ments of the zoning bylaw was approved he will join the four present members of the plan nmg board on the committee termzation which people en by the improved postal service was not soon to be kup anniversary services at first baptist the 112th ai niversarv ser vices of georgetown s first baptist cjiurcn were held sun day with rev silas lamb who recently retired from the full time ministry the guest speak er mr umb had his last pas torate tt tborold and out of his experiences in a fruitful minis try bought challenging messag cs at both mominfcjind even ballinafad bull calves pigs are victims when barn fires october 4tii at ing services i at the n ornm he mrs j w kerr moved a vote of thanks to mrs paul and those who provided transportation and the meeting was adjourned to for a banquet for some seventy i some former members of a be held this month at the home scouts and their fathers in baptist church in toronto at k rkwood 4 paul limehouse memonal hal on which rv t t nni spoke on our iord and at the even ng service the ln covering f the msler dave penney was the ojdn si for the day and ass sled at both servi ces on the lowrv organ the day s worship was also enr ch ed by two sel clions b the choir in the morning a mens quintette comprising mr doug cole mr don black mr wat son winfield mr graham por ter and mr doug peck also took part in the service mr whan welcomed those present fom the united and preabvlcr tan churches at the evening service mentioning especial ly rev morgan macfarlane and rev alex calder some former members of cgit girls make plans for this year a group of teenagers met with mrs john black mon ev ening in the church to organize and plan ccrlt for another year the girls discussed ways of im proving their programs to gain more personally in learning to become the girl that god would have me be which is the pur po e of such a group execu t ve elected includes mrs mur ra mcnde honorary president jean uwr president mary ba ker vice president louise sno v secretary marilvn mad ill treasurer mary baker pi i anist shirley spiece rccreat ion convener miss joyce ken ward will be a leader with mrs black assisted on special proj t in mr j mcfnery and ughler beth mrs harr norton joan and david of uclph were weekend is tors with mr and mrs mike norton and family they at ten ted a service- in st john s united church on sunday at wh ch shirley lura norton was one of those baptized mrs mart n near of detroit spent last week with her n ece mrs t gibson fire of unknown ongin de stroyed a large barn and a quantity of stock early tuesday morning on the 8th line farm of garnet sinclair despite the efforts of firemen from erin and georgetown the blaze broke out during the height of a storm and may have been touched off by light ning however an investigation failed to determine the cause when mr sinclair discovered the flames they had gained such a foothold that he was unable to approach the bam to attempt to save any of the stock harrison to head raiders of mr ine street isaturdaevening lamb was at one ster renewed their acquaintance during the day ai d rev and mrs iamb were entertained wh le here bv mr and mrs i rbctt starts friday georgetown fall fair weekend highlight the ontario hockey asocia tion enlightened georgetown on the brand of competition they 11 be facing this year when they confirmed a league suggested earlier comprising intermed a and b clubs the announcement was made at a group meeting in milton last week included in the league are hespeler bj collngwood a flmira a or b bradford b milton a or b stourfville b and georgetown a the season will probably get underway bhe first or second week m novem bcr the new georgetown execu live held their own tote a tete last wednesday night and came up with a manager in the per son of fred tut harrison and strengthened their staff of offi cers with the addit on of scottv patterson the club is alreadv chasing the six imports allotted them by the oha when they stepped up a league and are aiming the r talent hunt at a super star who can double as playing coach the players will probably sponsor themselves and voted unamm ously last week to revert to stewarttown trapped in the blazing atn ture which collapsed shortljril- ter the brigades arrived wen a bull seven calves and elevejg young pigs and a quantity ai hay and straw was also lpst the house was kept owr at danger by a strong wind that took the sparks in the pitt direction and two oxroaf sheds on which the brigades concentrated their nftarts escaped damage the call was turned la to hm georgetown iire department at about 6 20 a m smi ifidpgw raider nam they phye last year under the hunter jto- altors tag duke wilson russ woods bc flight golf winners with uie directors hoping night and to have a preview of that the fine weather holds for the hall exhibits it is expected the weekend georgetown s big the midway will be in full gest yearly attraction from a swing also and a gay evening crowddrawing crowd pleasing of fun and frolic is anticipated standpoint the fall fair gets uti saturday of course mrs duke wilson nailed down the north halton golf country club mens b night taue this month by defeating leigh brad bury in a final playoff at the club they earned their berths in the finals by ousting jamie burns and lome cross frank wallace matt todd j strite and ken mccauley wre dropped from further competition when they suffered losses m the third round eliminated with only one win to their credit were jack hogg stan wade harry sanderson and fred helton while t reaching the second round byes were charlie jenner les der way friday and saturday of pcrcival dick crichton and e w binkley left at the post af ter one round were hugh diekie bill tuck cec mcnamara john walsh bill hamilton jack pen nock keith mcleish d carter jim cleave ron kitchen and earl wilcox c flight wound up with russ woods beating elmer burt to the title after they had dis posed of eiji anxai and norm herbert respectively tom van sickler graham farneu l gro- zelle and sid hardie were stop ped in the third round and a e terry jack gunning shel lawr bob mccandless jerry chuderhose george bent e smith and bill haccormack bowed after two this week advance entries are already coming in although friday mor ning is the time set for the hall entries and outside entries for cattle horses sheep etc can be made as late as saturday mor ning school children willplace their entries in the hall prior to the show on thursday afternoon tbetng show has been spons ored for the past 113 years by the esquesing agricultural soc iety and is known as one of thel outstanding fairs in this part of the province president wilfrid bird says no stone has been left unturned to make this year s fair one of the best citizens of the town and dia- tzfet are urged to patronize the counq7 music show on friday tgeorgetown girls pipe band main day of the show when the plans for bazaar guild ladies make st john s anglican guild meeting was held at the horns of mrs j stewart work is beta prepared for the bazaar held annually on the first saturday n november this years wig be held on that date in the church basement hall leadlcv grant of mirror a4 berta miss doreen and mr- charles grant of hagersville mrs jack rumble bame brent and bobby of caledonia naitad with mr and mrs c a grant and kenneth op sunday the harvest thanksgkvjng service in st johns is piaonsu for 7 30 p m this sunday even ing rev g c scovil rector of st albans cathedral tor onto will be guest minister will parade to the park to start proceedings and mayor john t armstrong will offic ially open the fair at 3 o clock at the stand the afternoon s entertain ment will feature a light horse show harness racing livestock judging and other attractions there will be a big midway of rides and games for the young er crowd and candy floss hot candy apples and all the thrills of the big time shows if you want the feeling of e country fair in the big time setting don t fail to be at the park this weekend and then again it is a good place to meet your friends they will be there too m town of georgetown notice to water consumers in cooperation with the town water dspartmsnt the tovrn firs ftngads will be testing hydrants and flushing water mams in ths following sl om t thursday october 1st 1959 commencing at 7 p m all streets east of maple to sargent m g r bligh sypt of works