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1 armitage stepping down from school board post fred armitage chairman ot itallon board ot education said at a board meeting thursday v he wont seek the hoards chairmanship for 1970 back to classes on january 5th more than 52000 students in high public elementary and separate chols were frnrd from their studies fri day for the holiday season this includes 75000 in the public school system and 7800 in the llaltort separate school aystcm in ifalton county classes will resume janu ary 5 my reasons for not acting as chairman are strictly person al ones i want to and t e for my family and my personal af fairs armige said the board had made real progress in its first year of operation the board has phased ut the unattractive parts of the system and adopted a healthy and progressive pol icy he said lie described the board as a strange group when it started but said it was now an integra ted body he suggested it was time for a fresn leader many organizations held oliday parties at legion fey ralph hiwh v with provlnelil curling bonsplel coming up in the early new yearlwe feel that branch lo members will be keenly in terested in all aspects of this coming event and wlth the co ordination of pete chapman of labatta we are able to keep members up to date fred armitage wont be chairman mr kringle pays a visix- i carols echo down hospital corridors patients at georgetown dis trict memorial hospital hive been sung to by four groups of caroliers and visited by santa claus and another four groups have raised money for the hos pital by carolling throughout the town the colonist group from ma pie avenue baptist church the holy cross childrens chair the calvinettes and the salva tion army filled the corridors with christmas music during the t week special hours georgetown high school stu dents the 9th georgetown cub pack and two groups of friends one made up of nelson scclcr ken fisher and mark redmond and tlje other including debbie armstrong julie armstrong june ford carol cook rhonda alcorn sheila ford cindy mc cartney geraldine ford and diane and cathy damcjcy when st nick dropped in sa day evening brought presents for the patients and delivered them all personally special visiting hours will be in effect at the hospital christ mas day and new years day lasting from 11 am to- 8 pa get wall wishes went with wishes for a merry christmas when santa looking remarkably like jim young made his rounds at the georgetown hospital saturday here he pauses to chat with mrs mildred penson 7 shopperama success for hospital auxiliary 1wu1l georgetown district me morial hospital auxiliary call ed it a shoperama it walin the cedarvale community cen tre gym friday evening dec 12 and for adults and children alike it was a good place to vis it with christmas looming and the gift list showing few check marks while admitting attendance was off what she had expected auxiliary president moljtoan sampson termed the first time project a success it featured gifts novelties baked goods and sewn and hand knit articles special lit tle items priced to be within the financial reach of the young shoppers plus a fish pond staffing the tables were lois graham diane donahue vi gorth and arlcnc uolloway margaret garner anna nclis- scn barbara carr karen friskney wendy shcrk diane sampson georgia lewis and jean sampson v kid hockry r0undr0bin playoff set starts sat by bud jamai due to the holidays jte eche- dule will be the only report from saturday morning hock and the execut e wow- like to wish players managers coa ches referees and fans a mer ry christmas and a happy new year schedulo far saturday dae 27 lit tames af round robin amirican 530 600 columbus vs cleveland 800 630 springfield vs tulsa 630 700 hershey vs baltimore 700 730 quebec vs omaha 730 800- providence vs 1 pittsburgh a00 830 buffalo vs oches 830 840 scrape and flood nhl 848 920 philadelphia vs los ng 9 jo 0 55 montreal vs toronto 955 10 30 detroit vs st lous 1030 boston vs chicago 1105 11 15 scrape and flood new ytrk sits out junior a 11 is 1145- peterboro vs weston 11 15 12 15 ottawa vs oshawa 1215 12 45 montreal vs whitby 12 45 1 1 st kitts vs kitchcnc- 1 15 14 marlies s london 145 2 15 ha niton vs niagara women curlers throw rocks for xmas turkeys north haltons curling clubs ladies section went thjajmng stones in the hopes of knocking off rm christmas turkey last week sixteen of them got their gobblers other prizes were boxes of oranges for sec ond nylon shopping bags for third and egg nog for fourth place finishes tuesday afternoon 1 edna murray dorothy bourdignon lu mooretleld cathy perego 2 em gardhouse audrey maki florence smith eleanor hay- ward audrey symmes joan bwen gert mcgee sandy mc- devitt 4 jean mackenzie peg gy cricbton ina sit hir ar- den mainprize wednesday 7 pnr 1 marg oflaherty ann reid norma rush rose lockwood 2 bun ny moore peggy treahy adah gibbs bev eastwood 3 nan wheeler ann timmins clara dalton grace ann wiley 4 thais brown gloria sinclair jack ross maryann leggate wednesday 9 pm 1 floria mcnally cecily campbell joan file marg bingham 2 alice savage maria douglas mary hilts lou hallam 3 irene curry camille morgan mari lyn humbcrstone geri powell 4 barb skinner lorna elliotc hilda hoyt heather riddall thursday afternoon 1 gwen boudreo cathy sigurdson mary rose peters jean mccormick 2 prairie besscy marj ten- nant joan hewitt marg zor- ony 3 joy noble arlene tal bot dorie coxe ruby wilson 4 marco paris shirley crlch- lon eleanor fobert ruth ba con ready to serve sweettoothed shopperama shoppers at tho bake table arc arlono hollo ws fproaroundl and vi gorth t carol proceeds help hospital georgetown district me morial hospital will benefjt by 147 61 as the result of a carol singing evening by a group of high school stu dents some one hundred students sang carols last wednesday evening aftd were well recei ved by people in the three areas visited tho park dis trict moore park and st an drews chrch area the mon ey they collected was pros cntcd to the hospital at an assembly on friday staff member tn long or ganized the evening with 8 other teachers accompanying students on their rounds the cafeteria staff volunteer- 4fl to come in later and ser ve refreshments at the school district h curling finals took place last week the rudy stas ia rinkefnorth bay a peren nial winner were the favour ites to win however north bay had tobe satisfied with second place the harvey snell rink of sault ste marie will curl at georgetown repres enting district h this is a first for the soo the december summit wis a problem to the committee how ever we managed to get it out on time this is our fourth is sue we hape for much improve ment in the coming new year there are many errors and om issions in each issue but we ex pect to overcome these in the near future with the printing o the bulletin being carried out at the branch more time will be spent setting up proof reading and editing this way a better branch bulletin should be published more coopera tion is needed from the chair- arien of committees and from the membership a member jvlth anything newsworthy should submit his news to one of the summit committees they are hungry for news iarly birds the early bird club if we may call it that is going ahead by leaps and bounds at the last count there were one hundred and sixteen early birds you have just over a week to be come one december 31 is the last day last friday the branch pipe band held their annual christ mas social jt was unforfumit that because of previo mltments and shift number of the mem unable to attend those there enjoyed the evening and the wives of drums and pipes were able to compare notes sigh and commit themselves to yet an other year of tolerance pat ience and understanding as their bandsmen give their time time to improving the imago of their branch by riving their ser vices where it is needed most the pjpe band is a great asset to branch 120 under control the next celebration at the branch will be the new years party which we understand from russ stephens is well un der control although the custom of cel ebrating the beginning of the new year is an old one it was practiced we are told in the ancient empires of egypt china and rom dont wa beg you be the first foot over a scotsmans threshold it you are not a dark person why you ask a scotsman he will tell you and we believe them the new year will see suss stephens and david bowman busy organising- yet another celebration this will be the bobble burns dinner tthis is the occasion when scotsmen sasstnacha and can adians all pay homage to the master of the peoples songs upbert burns born 1789 and still alive in the hearts ot peo ple all over the world it is said no other poet his ever put love into but line as often or with such simplicity and charm as robert burns kids and kris krinoll another early occasion in 1070 is the early bird dinner the first of its kind nora ward is expecting a full house at this time which is friday jan 23 you have to be an early bird to reserve yourself a chair for that night the branch auditorium was busy all of last week with christmas parties for children the branch donates the use of the auditorium to organizations and industry of town each year at this festive season the branch had santa hand ing out gifts to children of branch members last thursday a draw was made when the old fellow had completed his as- lent d neman of bur- on frank bull jim wal- biu rannachan paul artin brenda adams erin and doug wilson were the luc ky ones win fury at the imperial sections childrens party the lucfy ones were w mclellan k truesale j collins j polrier k mead- en l rayner january 2nd will soon be bare on that date a lucky member of the club will win a plymouth fury xl meanwhile friday saw filve winners h arnold mrs e browne j beckett h bottoms j buck wabniipay dic t4v1vof th1 oborottown herald 1 1 1 pace 13 l merry christmas and a big thank you fo all op our customers you have kept the wheels of the merrygoround turning aa x kingst cleanf rs ethel and frank and staff mill street 8779261 turkeys christmas types were up for grabs last friday at joes turkey shoot d bow man f king j ferguson r wiggins a mccartney c fer guson a porter h cunning ham r- williams and b atk inson were the lucky ten smmowe insurance on policy canprotect your legal liability to matnbtrs of public and physical damage to the snowmobile for reasonable premiums and quality service see us john t armstrong insurance 77w1 39 main st s georgetown the houso with a different atmosphere house tannenhof restaurant n tavern fully licensed air conditioned mississauga road formerly streetsville road 3 miles north of 401 or 3 miles south of hwy 7 phone 8658610 open 7 days a week for business mens lunchion a dinner banquet facilities for up to 15 persons european and canadian home cooked meals for further information and reservations call sestolo i to all our good friends weve enjoyed serving you w loolf forward to serving 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