The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the georgetown herald wabcadwy dec 25 1946 ns greetings lions community christmas tree last saturday afternoon thanks for your patronage jn 1946 and we look forward to serving yqu in the year to come with amgh bess ringing santa caaus oame to georgetown last 8ftt- urday attcrnoonto distribute taiga of oatxry oranges and nuta to tfie child ren of the district id front of t ohrlstmas tree erected at the main ler there was real christmas weather this year and santa rode to fe sleigh driven by jack tost over dgbt hundred bags of candy ware dis tributed and afterwards the winning tickets were drawn for the fowl and th doll dressed in tea one dojlar bus on which club members had been sell ing iscfceta mrtbe pasfrewweeka tlr a h feller with ticket 2507 won the doll tbe draws for the twentyfive chickens and six geese were mq by ross thompson shoe store and james cummins shoe repairing main street georgetown may your christmas day be a happy one and filled with the joy of the christmas season rosedale floral georgetown cuhokeno mfie helen dodg 31t7 ray tfconwpon 163 clarence oarey 42lfc meaner treanor 3686 hootton f 367 teresa ourfcta y 1615 ted jtutledge terra oottft 4404 maria wilcox 4128 laiwrenoe mcountock 3034 wm ftorgrave 70s bowers oarage 973 viola haynes nerval 1126 carolyn biehn 1787 vlctcur king 2043 hdln aswn 46g6 r w rood 3375 jim clarke 1772 robert miller kjft 1 2367 mar jorle kentner 4302 mrs f curtis 968 mrs- frank king 2000 bob lane 126 douglas marshall 2993 jan yates 4216 r b shortill perse 2262 palmer johnston 2513 mrs r h jones 90 atwood 4355 andy ritchie 1566 roy norton 3373 jim clarke the draws were made by miriam grace at the tree a draw was also made for a christmas cake donated by mrs wilfred spenoe proceeds of which will be sent to christie street hospl tal bob mcgulgan with ticket 246 was the winner mrs spenoe had pre- vtouely won the oake in a raffle con ducted by the daughters of the church and ha dturned her prize over to group 1 of the rebekah lodge for a christmas raffle for tht- hospital letter to the editor r r i norwu on the editor georgetown herald december 17 1946 dear mr editor in your editorial in a recent edition of the herald concerning the high school dibtrjct your main worry see med j be the coat of this undertak- mg quote if the new hgb school were to cost more than to continue he present cureesobools with their nee ded improvements then we should say there was no good reason for a if consolidation could mean a saving to the public treasury then we should say go ahead unquote i should like to point out that costs si flkcru christina we can say it in many ways but it all adds up to sc sflerru ftrtstmas to all our friends in the district maccormacks drug store phone 327 georgetown awoild not be the only consideration because 1 coste will increase in any case when a building programme necessary throughout toe entire coun ty 2 if a high school district is for- 1 ined an increase in provincial grants wlu help offset the increase in local cost i would like to say here that the government will pay a guaran teed 50 per cent of all costs and a probable 75 per cent of transportation costs 3 in return for and addition al expenditures rural pupils ft ill be transported and will enjoy as nearly as possible the same privileges as on urban child no country child will have more than a mile to go to meet the bus since the people of trafalgar know thatv consolidation will take ef feet on january 1 1947 100 per cent of last years entrance pupils are now attending high school 4 a more tn tertsting andyvaried high school pro gramme shotrin result tn a better and more beneficial type of education for all pupils and a larger atterdance we would like you to note that the attendance in ojis dwindles from approximately 60 pupils in first form to an even dozen in fifth form ghs was giving the pupils adequate education would this happen xthe whole idea ay this programme is toprovide a better and more varied sjstem of education for all pupils not to save money for the public trea sury r gea0ona greeting from bruce mackekzie the london life insurance company ftmne i6j georgetown nttinti iimwaomrai christmas grrfetlngs from b f murfin sheet metal works phone 138 georgetown temporary headquarters every friday and saturday ronson lighters 6 00 pocket watches 1 95 boys wrist watches 6 00 featuring- bulova watches diamond rings ronson lighters jewellery expert watch repair senice simmons jewellers toronto and georgetown agent l mcclintock sbo