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5 wiiwifcj erajoft dacenjfcer 18tfa 1946 just five more shopping days till christmas 1 devries winner in husking corn competition was 9sw feb aobb fifteen oonte8- tants ftnistabd xmpetltion the bsqueamg agricultural society ms pleasure to announcing toe win ners m their turd flem crop compe- mttan to busting com in all three years the competition has met irtth great success and in 1046 entries ex- oseded previous projects twenty us- fcrtot fanners entered this tear fifteen of whom completed the ecmpettttob the various yields were taken by the aaricufturai b j whtte- locfc and the moisture content deter- utated by agrtcutarransta at the oac oueaph the baruesmg society la todebted to mr wwietocsf for the time he has put on this competition tajntier that it might be the unquali fied success it has turned out to be while there are only ten prises gi ven in the competition we give the names of all those who completed the competition together with the yield per acre with is per cent added cor moisture we might also add that part of the first prise was donated by the canadian industries ltd through ttsdr representative mr leslie ashgrove lions plan christmas tree this saturday the winners are 1st i de vrles 9575 bus 2nd buddell brce- 6847 3rd donald mcnabb 6718 bus 4th k c lindsay 6683 bus 8th john bradley 335 bus 6th w a ostrander 6256 bus 7th m t mcnabb and sons 5661 8th harvey nurse 5646 bus 9th j alexander and sons 5616 10th joe boas 5357 bus 11th spencer wilson 5186 bus 13th t j brownridge 4712 bus 13th fred humphrey 4376 bus 14th ross brown 3833 bus isth fred nurse 363 bus the ashgraw y p union beld their annual nanquet hi the church base ment on friday evening december 13 miss ismey keen past president was chairman for the programme which followed ward bxownrldge pro posed a toast to the ohurch and bey fred aflnawonh replied mrs ama- f ainsworth replied mrs ainsworth proposed the toast to the y p replied to by betty ruddeu mrs r h wright game a short paper on the history of aehgrove yptj which row 48 yean old the installation of officers for 1947 was then conducted by revpred anaworth mrs hector bird gave some very enjoyable read- icenneth harrison and alfred tost of georgetown favored with sev eral musical numbers the guest speaker for the evening was principal l lambert of georgetown high school who gave a very inspiring talk on the importance of the little chur ches the christmas institute meeting was held last tuesday at the home of mrs hector bird with 31 ladles present roll i oall was answered by my happiest memory of christmas time the motto was in the form of sarol ser vice led by mrs francis thompson mrs nurse read a christmas paper mrs thos gjffen gave a humorous reading and mrs a j ruddeu gave splendid repor on the institute con vention she attended m guelph m november lunch served by the hos tess and committee closed this en joyable afternoon we wish the editor and ms staff christmas greetings and a happy holiday lion chief an tost presided at the toner meeting in the mogftbon house an monday when plana for sa turday oma christ tree were completed- the urge tree pro vided by lion james balumtftie wis be erected at the main and mill street comer and santa oaus is scheduled to arrive saturday afternoon tat 280 to distrcbute candy and goodies to all the kids m town and district the club win sponsor the ontario panorama radio broadcast in the old town hall on friday december 37th riley brethour was welcomed into the dub at the meeting the weather by h l hutt well winter came at last we have not been losing any steep overlt for tre felt sure it would come alonga soo ner or later and the later the better it was not always thus for we can remember seve or s ftve years ago when we mad our first snowman and jot our first pair of skates and a bob sled we had lots of fun in winter and it could hot come soon enough which merely showshow our views are liable to change with thepassmg of years but that is all ancent history man alive we are now supposed to keep up to date so here are the local weather re cords tight up to last night ontario panorama broadcast from town next week georgetown people will have an opportunity to see and hear a radio broadcast on friday december 27th when wlllards ontario panorama will be presented at the old town hall from 8 till 930 pjn this popular program heard over station toronto t eajtures gordon sinclair and alan savage and five or six local people who are questioned about things they do or know it is unre hearsed and the local participants are chosen ouiy the day before by the advance man from the program mr robert mcstay georgetown lions club is sponsor ing the show with prooeeds to be div ided between the club and the recrea- tonal council admission charge will be 25c for adults 10c for children and the wlllards company gives a 50 cheque to the sponsoring dub those planning to attend are asked to be present well before the nine oclock opening in order not to miss any of the performance favor district school only if located in georgetown councilschool board decision p max mln vrsc dec 10 56 47 23t dec li 43 27 dec 12 55 33 ij20 dec 13 23 21snow trace dec 14 20 7 a trace dec 16 24 18 26 dec 16 24 13 26 densmorfa feddd2 wedding in milton holiday edition the next issue of the herald wil toe published early tuesday afternoon- dec 24th copy for advertisements and news items must be in our bands by mon day evening in order to guar antee pubttcealon your cooper ation will be appreciated letter to the editor quiet wedding was solemnised on saturday december 7th when margaret isabeue daughter of mr and mrs peter peddle of milton be came the bride of mauley mervin denstnore son of mr and mrs harold densmare of arthur rev c c cochrane officiated the bride given in marriage by her father wore a street length dress of turquoise blue crepe with a corsage of ret roses miss marlon peddle was her sisters only attendant and wore orchid crepe with a corsage of talisman roses the groomsman was mr ross densmore brother of the groom following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides parents prior to her marriage the bride had been a member of the office staff of smith and stone ltd in town toronto ontario december 9th 1946 the editor geor herald sir may i through the mvinm of your paper express the sincere apprecia tion to the people of georgetown and especially to mr emmerson st and family for the grand reception and race they gave the members of this club through the emmerson boys and bill collier who have been members of this club for some years we bare known of the generosity and good i sportsmanship of georgetown but the wellarranged race and reception of last saturday surpassed our fondest hopes needless to say we sincerely look forward to any future visits to george on behalf of the executive and members of the gladstone athletic club your sincerely ray meads president feorsetown topples pt kings in preseason tilt geangtowntjttenxiediates travelled to grimsby last friday for a pre season game with the powerful peach f sod humbled the home team s3 before a fair crowd of grimsby and georgetown fans the defeat was a surprise to grimsby with one win already under their belts against tho- rokl they had a srooothchortng team and had the edge on a good deal of the play but the papertnakers came across with the scoring plays it wouldnt be fair for a first game to go into details on individual per formances among georgetowns pen nant beading team they played a good game considering lack of prac tice and condition gibson a new addition sparkled with three goals and an assist and the new goalie rhodes showed that he knew bow to acquit tosmself in the net flayer- ooach shropshire was on the sidelines with an injured knee and bungy ward was on the other end of things eg fiff emond was the only game ojruy with an injured wrist georgetown rhodes goal pat terson bertwlstle chrtss beaumont i bradbury j kemshead gibson shot murdock n ferri martin em ond grimsby robertson goal kemp mason hutchison momunn zuk tasman craig kill miller oakes bale raid warner matheeon summary first period georgetown otoeon 212 grimsby hale uatheson 247 grimsby zuk hale 1254 penalties warner mauieson berfcwistle q hurst seeend period z oooiawnmurdock htbcscthbscra scenes at father and son evening 0s4 baimm tm canaltlee muler beaumont u thud period fern 646 hutchinson 921 acbson 1916 osbsan 195 run hi hurst reid warner patjaraon hutchinson grgetown council and high board are unalterably opposed to the establishment of a district hau school unless it is located in georgaw- town such was the decision taken at a joint meeting of the two grotjps in the municipal binhung on monday evening mayor cleave as chafcmsdj led the discussion and expressed him self strongly on the subject and a for mal motion was presented toy om gibbons and goodlet the text of which read whereas a plan has been submitted to the municipal council and the high school board of the corporation of the town of georgetown to construct a hgh school at a central location to provide secondary education for the municipalities of esoueslng nassaga- weya milton acton and georgetown and whereas in the opinion of this high school board ami mjrolripal council civic pride demands the con tinuance of a high school in george town that discontinuing high school facilities in this community of over three thousand people would seriously interrupt the steady progress of he municipality and would be contrary to the expressed wishes of all the citizens of ties town of georgetown therefore be it resolved by the geor getown high school board and the georgetown municipal council sembled in special session that we are unalterably opposed to the establish- roent and maintenance of a district high school unless it is located in the most central urban municipality of northern helton county which is the town of georgetown and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the hon orable colonel george drew minister of education for the province of on tario and to mr stanley hall member of the ontario legislature for the county of halton and co mr l i skuce secretary of the consuttatlve committee regarding the forms hon of the high school district for north halton the motion was carried unanimously by vote of all present m h moyer chairman of the board briefly summarised the phut wbtflb would entail the communities of geor getown acton jokon ntesagaweya and esquesmg agreeing to a osntrat hh school to serve them all the plan is m operation in oakvffle and burlington but there was no qnssttoa there of dosing existing schools as fa this end of the county which mafcaa the problem unique dr f r watson said that in the united states he had found the trend was ileadlaa away from the school because of the curtailment of home life of the students arefadeaoos- w o o thompson yg m fa vour of the motion said history wooat condemn the board if an unrestriotad decision were made the town iff ins fast and to close the bsajb school which was the first ttiwdiaj in the county would be iiumiwjj unwise he said that m a ment of education oouid be by a fad and the district school was much along this see industrial softball trophy sid silver receives the industrial softball trophy on behalf of the businessmens ball team from howard wrigglesworth both are members of the orc as are don barrager and harold moclure in background hhdt moody wkddfho i a prstty wsddmg took nteee qutotty i eatasrdty oeoeubar 7th at the bom of 4ba bar ij duolop la kor- attondant mrs b w r wearing a winter whits ding reception and later the young couple left dor their boneymoon trip to ntesjara and buffalo for travsi- upg t bide b chosen treat of flnfeibjbt brus raroon top coat wttftt tbqr ffl rft urn in on wmwa on mr shun bw l n attar ion at 1 ma l t b o a f toe two vote tobn8 down bchooe abb ik esounoro voting on a redutkm br or flrmni ui deputy bee oeam that nia tng council gv on reoort a t a hlgti sobool area ki north aauca trje oounon turned doini tba plan tbetr meeting in 6tswatttoim cat monday ibe morer and a -00- ted tor tbe reeolatloo atth nuill murray and ore ourrte and may rat ing- again it tbe townsfalp elections for bebw deputy beere ooundboni and two acbool truateei irill be held tola rear i december mtb a fortbta- report of tne meettnt wu bepubuabed in rant wars herald and tb1bd in gudstonb handioap battunc againat a nortbieoat ala rd srtstow tran tbe ta axx b and a onatter nala nanrtvp laat saturtlay in toronto in tneeloaaat cana of tne uw tne b bro- tbar jobnnr and bui aaahtradi oapuonaur ith twanlnt aeoond and third hnt in hot mm j imtar i oarey r bahey b oattar in the junior 1cnua raaabanm ob- wmrthnaj in bb flnt xajpaiibs a-