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wm1h sierik dave hastings garfield mcgrvray john mcclements terry harley george young frank muuin mrs anne currie mrs alleen bradley george adams mrs irene niven norm and audrey eyre leslie clark myles gilson carrier boys x girls x district correspondents georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district tb hrid 1w71h7 canada 1u71967 authorized as scond class mail post office dept ottawa and for payment of postage in cash georgetown ont jijjjrsday december 21st 1967 m 500 per year single copy price ten cent a time for music and gifts georgetown likely to get w transit towns growth indicated in 3 million assessment jump the clarion call of a few years tremendous growth this brings back 60m or fight has still the total assessment in town in not been reached accordin of which just over the latest assessment rcpon two million is tax exempt presented lo council monday night queens park orders report hint commuter trains here the im eok plac niiitly assessment i ward three in ward one the increase was 942 per cent in ward two 822 per cent and in ward three 440ii the ratio now stands at 6559 per cent residential to 34 41 per cent industrial and com mcrcial last year the ratio was p or 3n ov percent- 6852 to 3148 however an in- as increase of 2 2 02 leresting fact cmerses from the the populatinn now samis a pile of statistics of the new 12i23 an increase of 8 21 per construction added to the as- cent in th last ye ir sesmcnt rolls in 1967 the ratjo a breakdown of th- i i startlingly different here into ago groips slnv the ratio is 5245 per cent resi- highest number of chilnni dential to 4755 per cent indus- he ili rjitiijit trial and commercial vervy n vard tn the success of the go transit system has prompted the pro vincial cabinet to call for a sur vey of extensions to the existing line possibly to include geor getown hut government officials will he caey about any announce ment hecause past experience lias proved that the mere men tion of any extension in a spec ific area can send land costs experts who planned the 60- mile long line between hamil ton and pickerins via torontos union station projected a long- lerm passenger lead of 15000 a day once the areas served be came fully urbanized withjthe service less than seven months old patronage has already reached the 16000 mark and one day last week passed 16500 go transit manager w t ri nount of s364472f council objects wants maple as county link s added to the assessment roll tt67 an indication of the ken hopper to be chairman for cancer fund campaign count il on monday op ritfmmendatiun from nn county road committer iic section of maple aic highway 7 to mountain iu in no longer a county co nq link n 401 or the ielfiehi krce- tliev in turn requested that t bccnne the full responsibil ity of the county rrcvn william hunter warn ed that the town would lose all patients find christmas inside hospital childrens ward patients jeffrey sctiende 316 delr bivh and aihson mooe of r r 1 limehouse discover evidence of christmas 5 every vnere even iioae george town and district memorial hospital the huge stocking ot toys beside the tee vie i corridor is a gift of provincial paper limited tne saivatia a- ba d played cios at the hospital sunday scouts brought gifs of books monday n g- g en wl i sool choir filled the halls with christmas music tuesday n cv hdy cross cjcn uiior crtoir carolled last night ard mape avenue baps uno rhor irntiro e sp- es of seasonal music torrcicv rvght the canadian cancer societys the very lat georgetown unit had its last ex- cookies were ecutive mejtin for 1ss7 on less mrs re november 5 at the home of mis w t crai- keid at 20 chipper crurt under the char of us 3rd year president mr alt be runs h as sues speaker there wa the new district president mr nurma kennedy rr 3 wood bridge ontario a report was given about the ontario divi mn annua meeting at the wes bun- hotel in toronto on nov ember 10h at which time the annual report was gicn and the election of officers took plan- iervcd by the ho council contended that future control over tho inns could call for this road ca a 100 per iw a three or four lane ac1 road if it he- cent county ont hi extend water service for y camp fire protection approval ol the installation iv7ttt lie c anliur srw of a six inch water sen ice to txplined tie feir inch met nerval ymca camp a mu irid tv w a v frr pnr by council monda night on a ion it and ill u wm srudgirg 54 vote it pased en v pi- thi- ym- ly after the addi ion of the sti pillation there would be a four il anr rie1 ir inch meter for fire protection -i- r l only and a two iich meter for lrc t km i rv domestic use rcvc w limner claimed a si inch nain was an ihiui r e h iii vi lo of water hich ciuld he v i i- r 7n used to till the swimming pi d service clubs council spreading holiday cheer the whole town joins forces j rit kr cja to see noone i lell without ncrc th- p inr turkey and trris on christmas tnornin no virmu n n ruri i-p- re h be snta cijus but u culd rvnr tn m ty-ri- bo a uin knsmrti rotann m rta r h irr hr- caorl turienl or i remvr of firr v the tfn ior-r- or a ijcii r- theall t rte and tht wa eii ir r a s3e duplication yirrt hnwii i ah th- senice clihs thf lc- jion and the council put c ar- e- i cne hundred dollars each ty nvtr the items which are ni s done ard dnared thce include thi tue it-trii- key and the bread v lh sara l tfce canned goods arc ciltect- ehercrs ed through the schools all th pwk school and the separate successful school unite o bnng the kifts whjch thr clubs hive already tso million ritkrs sfcd be ajns of food tber are ed go trans sincr uttat picked up by the club line was opened in may visits visitors youll be phoned the herald is always striving f r i sca aid irsonal ro- iiiti- iwieh lnclde c u town v- -it- whuh resid premlen mctjchern publi anatter for the t the guest speaker was dr robert talor executive direc tor of the national cancer in stitute mr berlin li introduced th new campaign chairman fo ceorcetoun unit mr ken lopper 12 norton crec the th iaeer of l-n- r s pvtht and if a dn mtrren i- li miknc rails vllru if mu lm to m eki1 mir news in the social ai ptvona column oil may eai the herald offc stt 1201 r vonts- mi h- rrriitrd bridge widening creates parking problem for store penal bank of commerce i corftctow n tn rmnatnn of the la 1 campin chairman mr 1 r howson was accepted jlr i r hiwsin manager of the to ronto iominkin bank in ge- orcetow n had chaired a very suc1 res f ful campaign in 1967 which resulted in the presentation of hre awards the lr ceorccto 2 ii the acton branch to ihe acton hirh school or completmrt a sponsored walk of the huh school boys and rls from thornhill to acton thev were srxinsorrd b the nium community of acton mr- n kennedy rlicusii do at 1 v v i r- f v mai st hnd rd -r- t rcj deil m ricrrive hrr of al r cr ttls smith rmnted ri ia the psrkirc area e n l lrn proper both r mn street and etir- st the tsnr stated 1 has had th priilize for er but t h2s alwas beer ton proper j social personal howard said monday the re port will be ready for high ways minister george gomme sometime in january and may provide the basis for early ex pansion of the service to one or more lines halton east mpp jim snow predicted during the october provincial election campaign that georgetown would likely be on the next extension to the one of the benefits or such a service would be its ability to service the satellite city of bramalca near brampton and underdeveloped parts of scar borough sale last week ends 53 year as auctioneer a 53 year career ended offi cially last friday when an auc- llon sale at the home of mrs caroline collins concluded it was the final sale for 8 vet eran district businessman frank pclch who has decided to retire from the business af ter over half a century mr petch learned his tradt from his father ben and hi auctioneering know how and rpi nial personality have made him one of the best known men in this area auctioncring has not been a full time job he i also a member of the staff of dominion seed hous but it has not been just a part time job ciher and demand for his ser- mces has increased these past few yeears to the point whera he frit he could not continue to cope with two jobs mr pelch has sened his community as a town and county councillor as well and has been active in service club organisa while officially retired we suspect that he might still lend his services to some of his vounger confreres m future- a man still in the prime of life doesnt get the excitement of the tellinp rame out of his blood just like that 8 new teachers joining school staff at midterm revs on of and expan- fscf lilies have ll large num- chr hirinjw lovn public itoirrl thorn wood es hi flint lir shirl ttretrr mm month the nccfpcd applications lr alice barneeott of r mn pa rrlemont of york mr- lirniu hrr- ktnbinv1- mrs pat on of wtstnnmr geii oj frf iuelph mr jam- and mrs rosemary irom the u k at an ear- neetmg thev added mrs v allen lo the aafi been imehtufe v town rrne rhcti he spent a few r reicibourhrmd la rjg company cquaintancss ont shed a tear tcr re no- his fnends etorts o rejected toys will find new friends couldnt be haor e- tho week y rr bc n eal fe geog d vrh o neci rerrtcrj uo oong ino scte 40 s harrrso- pj e f ed tos the cs kremes ey e o p- sm es c e tsc c clozi orisas rr g or a second te vcs 2s c or reeced cr cjtorcsn toys have been to eceo trjcec -irauc- ci an reoi- wori end wil b ou o c are h-oe- rere pa o trie voi ratv rc e le wrg toocre dt a coupe of the happytrscarcs nr taff members had soucht becaus of a four addition to georce ken- dy school to be ready thii spring conjtruction of a port able classroom at park school anil to fill vaeancit-i- 1 rcstjmatioa have come from mrs dorothy green at chapel v street mrv norma j scailh and 5 mi edith smith it wrijsle n worth school and mr lucthard hone al cintennial