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miss reda herbert of toronto spent ihe christmas weekend in town with n er mother mr d i herbert mr and mrs sim ireland and son gien of london were holiday visitors th mr and mrs b h ireland mra j n cnei hd miss a oov- eertry spent chrjqttui day with mr nd mra a j ctjlu in toronto t mr and mr tt wblnkley were in locjxlmqmibwtizi her par- ftnts mr lift ml wnutm butter mr ndsw 8am uynto and ansy spett ctoli to seaf oxth ith bar rigbar mr john oardno mr ms-ffh- gordon aloott atwta- k tadstina visitor vita tn jwaayma oepfge aloott w la llaw and 1 otnabuxg i lor cbxlst- brother-m- jjm4r andafrs harold t williamson and i bohday twith her stater leigh bradbury and holiday weekend in barents h9 peart and mr at rnckwood spent r with mr andmroal- kewson et- beal estate i onnre cmj toron- ftmondftt k edwards iwme for cbrlsunas mr and mrs a it f mra david morris and lrof ottawa wen holi- lwlth mr and mrs h- j kenneoi whowortti in brantford witti to and ur fnulp gar mrs s k magwood and tn haiwwir tor cbristmas paxsots mr and mrs wealey td mrs j i ftobhison trt bert jonea of muton fsbpa day wltfc mr and j davidson db mrs r k jones of too tsm ohristmab with tbedr jrtmt daaghfcer mr and mra sat vardec aiimrs bruce macgenale and d jpsi ohttatana day in brant- ft wttftes- parental mr and mrs and clais of ararett were wivlti mr and mem bat y ktlajra balrd parry sound and raxnenbalrd undaay ware ixrcne cftfflswms wtui tbedr parents mr 1 jaw j f batrd 107 to team that miss mary ffl hi eal manorial hoapl- and hope ahe win stnc to ntoni hoitae j dttdgeon of tbtoato 1 the christina holiday wtta wilnlawijd dausnter mr and onbb mrs pted moitiebnand ot vorauto spent ohxlst town wttb4be mlaaw mcr- toprrfta jaan and mr sanj q of tokattto l tstftacs wab that paranta ljfr j chnao wxm- r wad mm hwrry hayward and mr and mr j wewwianton of tor onto spent otrtotibaa wktmr and mra wffltwfla b admim cajiutowniabotaaaa dacagbttfra patsy ntirwirms ilay in chteilph with bar parents mr and mrs- t tl gibson mr aoamra frank plows of de- fcrolt mv3hlan were ohriattms vial- tars with tow hrottserinjaw and sl- tea mr and mrs b p ohapmtmi mis hsft besaay of the btarwood taa- cbteg auasf yottr township is ding tbeohrlbtinas vacaon with her pauente mr and mrs herbert beasey visitors for the cbrlstinaa weekend w4i mr end mrs d w charles street were his sisters sea vi and liuoy moteswortb of toron to mrs w a fulton and mia eatti- leen cjoombes of brainpton spent christmas day with mr and mrs johnston at their borne on obarfes street mr and mrs harold ben ton mr and mrs arthur tyndall to ronto and mrs john ben spent ohttsbmaa day wttfa mra w w tyn- dall ml toronto and mrs boy wilcox ham ilton were christmas visitors with their parents mr and mrs k r maddonald mrs fred broomhead mr and mrs beg brooinhead and mr and mrs james pteeswood spent chrtstmas day in brampton with mr and mrs wal ter rasmusaen we axe sorry to learn that mrs or- bey herrmgton has been quite 111 in toronto general hospital and hope she win soon be on the mend and back home again mr and mrs a c patterson and daughter joy and mr and mrs gil bert- sinclair spent ohxisunasday in weston at the home of mr and mrs stuart smith mr and mrs ray salter and bobby spent christmas in toronto with their parente mrs salters sister mrs glen ourren returned with bhem to town for a visit here mr yrf mrs edward wtr and miss constance deans of toronto were holiday visitors with their par ents mr and mrs william deans mr and mrs john glynn and son peter spent christmas day tn hamil ton with his brothermiaw and ale ter mr and mr ronald lambert miss dorta annetxnng of brantford and mr bffl armstrong of toronto wer home for the bobdays with tbetr pacents mr and mrs fred anntrong mr and mm uck laoata and mr and mrs a baattvo spent christmas ki hamilton the former with her motber mrs n oorto and the latter with ber mother mrs m uoau mr and mrs douglas greer spent christmas day tn toronto with mr and mrs w g prince who returned to town with them and spent a day here mr and mra j m flnlay mrs t bhmiberatone atst and donald humfcerstone au of tor onto were christmas visitors with mr and mr stan flnlay hoflotoljvtattiorjwiamr and mrs mlaa una konaby ohrl tn toronto at tba bbme of mka xutm lee mia joan sproat of muton and msb joan mahett of toronto spent the weekend with miss lois nletaen mis lob nielsen who u atodytng interior deelgnimj in new york to apenctms the cbrtstoa vwoauon at 1 hjonse bore mr and mr j ingtl and mr and mrs h helwlg of acton were obriat- gwafa of mr and mta leslie ka lis mr and mr g h boody of tor onto spent ghriittna wtth her par ents or and mrs c vwubama miss h a staunton spent day wtth her nephew and nleoe mr and mm jack ryite burnritanthorpa road mrs wheldon bnatneraon and mtas jean warchaw arrived in vancouver last week travelung there by train from georgetown- mrs is joining her buabaad who oew to the coast a few weeks ago and they will make their home on ttoe coast mr roy foulis of dorval quebec and mr john foulis of toronto were home for christmas with their par- ante mr and mr r b fduus guest at the same home were mis b b or and mis e keller of toronto a family gathering at the home of mrs isabel cleave on christmas day helen donawiaod- marilyn mratm7 williamson mr george cleave and mr and mrs lome cleave jim and barry mr and mrs ian mackenzle tor onto mr and mrs larry mackenzle mr bob mackenzle hamilton and mr and mrs james laldlaw and son jimmy burlington were christmas visitors with mr and mrs sid mac kenzle mr and mrs john mcnlven shaw- inlgan falls que and mr and mrs nlel mcniven toronto spent xmas with miss jean mcniven at the home of mrs maude robinson edith street other guests were mr and mr ho mer dixon woodstock and miss all- een ward of toronto mr and mrs william kelly and daughters ann and paddy of picker ing are spending the christmas holi days with their parents dr and mrs r t paul and mr and mrs john d kelly mr kelly is attending the university of toronto at ajax mt j m moore and the misses ohtridge spent christmas in bronto wtth mr and mrs w r s doug ma douglas 1 recuperating from an llmess which has kept mm away from his posi as a teacher at northern vocational school during the fau christmas day guests with mr and mr j b mackenzie included mr and mrs ken maokmsle and son jack of acton mr and mrs william pawners misses margaret and agnes pasmore and mr and mrs ed pasmore and daughters kay and mary of rock- wood mr eqdrldge alkens princeton unhjersuy and mtas oollette norrls of ottawa christmas guests with rev and mrs r a todd were mrs t r todd end mis cfcmenta todd of beamsvulte prof and mrs a m laverty and alex keen lnctadrmt7hcrrkrr j bridges of brampton mr and mrs jack young niagara falls and mr david waterhouse guerph mr and mrs arttwr bettke bob jack and wluism spent christmas dy in preston with mia e- bach and mrs bettke and the children remai ned there for the rest of the week miss may t had as her guests for christinas her sisters mr wil liam arnold and mis l langan of acton and mtsa sbtabeth langan of toronto and the misses law of tor onto hobday guests with mr and mrs thomas j fisher at their home on charles street included mr and mrs lloyd fisher and edna and mr and mr a g hunter marlon and mar garet dr and mrs g s paul mrs o a andrew and mr douglas andrew all of toronto were christmas guests wtth dr and mra r t paul mary paul rn is spend christmas vacation with ber parents mr and mrs harold bkkle and joan spent christmas witb ber par ents mr and mis s blow in toron to joan remaining for a few days visit mr w w bkkie and mr gra ham bkkle of oshawa were guests at the same home mr and mm thomas watts wayne and mr and mrs etookford downstiew mr and mrs jack rush and marflyn and mr ri mer stockf ord of toronto wen chttstma visitors with mr and mrs harry stockfbrd outoftown nemben of the family who bad cbrlstoa dinner wtth mr and mrs chris flanjant ware mr and mr w ditomaw aftaen douglas sod bobbyofwtodaor mr and mrs d oowtan and david of bnonptonaod- mr and men gmrge v we see this week that cblckenjpoac seem to be msk- tng the rounds among the children in town that whrtme taxi has a new chrysler cab tbat there hoe never been such a pxofuatori of lighted ohrlsttnas trees i town as we haveseen this year that friday nights sleet storm made the town look like fairyland for the weekend wtth all the trees cov ered wkh ice that merchants win have a dou- bieheader boxing day this year as most intend to remain closed on the- day after now yeafs that workls prognetang on don barrager new dryoleanmg plant which he la building behind longs confectionery on land purohased from j j glbbens that among the outside christ mas trees we have noted those at the homes of k m longdon norman brown fred thompson k b foulis wilfred lavole wilfrid ford and a beautifully lighted doorway at the home of james goodlet that georgetown motors have ad ded apace to their office and stock room which much improves their bus iness premises that r mt ayteworth was elected tocouncll i acton last w ln jila first try for municipal office he is in partnership with his brother-in- law k m langdon in the law prac- tlcewhlch they operate in acton and georgetown that miss beatrice hume ha reco vered from her mjury suffered in a fall in september and has resumed her position as primary teacher at the public school that smith stone ltd have a rtew 3ton deluxe dodge truck pain ted in smart trcrotone blue george cleave is esquesinf 1 ireeve for the year 1947 slty oock and miss m- j pea- mis peacock will remain m town for a visit with the todd stan lbarmont hudb hornby l o l- stan learmont was installed as wor shipful master of lol 165 hornby at a ceremony m hornby orange bah on thursday december 1mb officers for 1047 are w m stan lea d m charles austin chaplain frank stark ret secty tom alderaon pin becty w o brownridge treasurer r brownridge lecturers john e wilson clifford beatty the weather byblhutfc aznong the many naeautt christ mas cards this year was one that par- ticulsrty lnlereeted me it was a noes sage tn the volunteer weather obser- ivers au over the dominion by dr patterson announcing his retirement after thirtysix years service m the canadian meteorological division and announcing the appointment of mr a thompson as toe new oontrouer tjrjtu dr patterson so clearly poin ted out the wide use made of these weather observations i hardly realised what an important member i was in the civil service and my shoulders were thrown back and my chest out accordingly but wee dr patterson i am begin ning to think it is high time for eighty year old duffer like me to be passing the mantle over to a younger observer i took on the job on the retirement of mrs dr nixon and she had been carrying on for some years after her husband death so we would like to hear from younger man or woman on whom we might drape the mantle in the meantime herearel wee records max 28 22 15 20 175 tue dec 24 wed dec 28 thur dec 26 frl dec 27 dec 28 sun dec 29 14 4 tr mon dec 30 15 s everything is now covered with a heavier glaze of ice than we have seen for many years trevor wil jams and norah cleave wed at a ceremony performed by rev r c todd at the brides home last saturday afternoon december 28th norah anne cleave daughter of mr and mrs percy cleave became the bride of trevor noel williams son of mr and mrs j r williams of glen wfflcaams the bride wore a blue wool impiiilili with biown hat and corsage of roses her attendant mrs robert ahen wore a beige wool dress with rose corsage mr robert allen was the couple left by plane for a hon eymoon trip to new york city stewarttown mr and mrs w huffman and son michael of st catharines visited wtth mr and mr cecil smith for christ mas holidays mr and mr a- grant and kenneth spent ohrlstnias day with mrs a j smethurat at umehouse mr and mrs j sanford were visit ing christmas day at umehouse with miss eleanor smith pteyedthe or gao for christinas day cucoaaunlon servke at st johns ohureu miss davies our teacher 1 spend ing her jtaollday in strntf mr and mrs o hanson andvfackts visited with relatives on christmas and boxing day mrs m bally spent christmas at toronto and hamilton mr and mrs p r bally and dawn of hamilton were home for a few hours stewarttown was without lights fri day and saturday owing to the ice storm most telephones too have been out of commission uosesboobe mr root scott miss peart scott mr and mra jos sanford of stewart- town and mr and mrs herb scott and patsy with the mitchells ootmaxt abw8 ctjmub and bbowjf mln 21 mln sargentcurtis wedding at holy cross church on saturday morning december 28 at 10 tun the wedding took place in holy cross church of josephine cur tis daughter of mrs florence curtis of georgetown and the late james e curtis and douglas sargent son of mr and mrs chris sargent of geor getown rev fr v j morgan offi ciated and mrs wuuam carney was at the organ miss joan lavole staging panls angellcus was soloist with the choir the bride given in marriage by uncle mr e g galne of toronto wore a burgundy wool suit with black accessories and a corsage of yellow ro ses her attendant was her sister miss alice curtis gowned m yellow with brown accessories and corsage of red roses mr george sargent was hi brothers groomsman a reception was held afterwards at the brides home on king street her mother reoelvme dressed in a black sequintrimmed dress wtth red rose corsage mrs sargent who assisted chose a brown dress with turqyoise accessories and pink rose corsage it wrm p from windsor toronto brampton and glen wll- after a honymooa trip to montreal the couple wl take up residence in georgetown barwring township voter h g to the poll next monday to choose a deputyreew and tbweoouwfli nnv bars two member of last year oomofl george ourrie and b k brown are etandmu for dcputyteama while five ratepayers will be aekdt the three council seats h craig bead w o brownridge oeoage leslie os- ca ebisfcojm and wilfrid bw are the five aspirants walter ijmhain bo was also nominated for council dectt ried tp run george cleave cepuareevq las year is reeve by acclamation q wlalt- ley murray having announced hla re tirement from this office welter unham was elected to tba board of school area no 1a wtth wilfrid bird and lloyd fisher the other nominee declining their noml- nations as two vacancies occ on the board this make another nomi nation necessary to flk the vacant of fice fob reeve georg e cleave proposed by tt at robinsonseconded by cecfl chlsholm acclamation wesley murray proposed by cecil chlsholm seconded by j a van fleet declined for deputyreeve n brown proposed by dr h a mocullougfa seconded by l u muuln george otjrrxes proposed by win o alexander seconded by j a van fleet for covnch 3 to be elected wilprh bird proposed by j a van fleet seconded by wm g alexander wm oltvcr hrownredge propo sed by p w ruddeu seconded by a n stark cecil chtshoijrf proposed by j a van fleet seconded by c wilson george tjmhftb proposed by lloyd davison seconded by r h ban ter y h craig held proposed by n a robinson seconded by lloyd da vison walter linham proposed by cbaa e cutts seconded by r n brom declined for school board of township school abka no 1a walter linham proposed by l l muuln seconded by r n brown acclamation whifraed bxrjd proposed by r h hunter seconded by n a robin son qmcnhed lloyd fisher proposed by wm o brownridge seconded by a x stark declined llmehouse mr and mrs sam olsby sp christmas wtth mr end- mrs 8 nor- rle mr jo scott and family with mr and mr thos haines in glen wh- tragedy averted by uickthinkinj motorist qulckttnuksnv on ttiapait at w11- llam knajbt actoo iamd tbe us of bemi dwrtemt daugtttor at hr week of prayer services in georgetown churche all services at 8 pm theme the cb to prycr monday jan 6 knox presbyterian church flerrctocu tuesday jan 7 baptist church arcmecon w g o tbompaoo wednesday jan 8 united church rev j e ostrom thursday jan9 st georges church of england rer c c chnnib will you be one to set de example and by example show the way through prayer during january j 6 9 and throughout 1947 may god blew us mr and mrs w shemourne and family with mrs jno r scott in geor getown mr and mrs w summers and gar ry and ber parents with mr and mrs kay at crewsons comers mr and mrs kussefi thompson with mr and mrs geo leslie mr and mrs wright and family wtth hi brother and wife mr and mrs wm wright erin mr and mrs o mulder with friend at vanessa mr and mrs ja kirkpetrick wtth her parents at tuuamore mr and mr r l davidson enter tained the lbnehouae orchestra at a ehlckeri dinner at their home on batorday evening mr and mrs r mulder were din ner guests of mr add mrs amn fi sher on christmas eve mr and mrs d s mcdonald and family mr and mrs law and family and mr and mrs angus mcdonald and- babe spent- sunday wtth the gft- bys holiday visitors included mtai wlrmlfred xven of toronto with the newton mr alex wright borne from toron to flk and mrs ted marrow and b- ane of toronto mr and mrs bob lane and carole and mr and mis helen swarfchatnrr of detroit and mr mckeclmliv of tblsdoolifcv and the ar of toronto with mbs margaret bwsm4aamat and mrs frank dewhurst of ufbcv last friday tvttornoon beverley who was visiting her gnuidpsresite mff and mrs sol dewbnzst ran anraas the hsgbway at the queen stxeet oocw ner into the path of a oar driven by mr kjoltbt wfakh was proceeding west to avoid attttng her beawer- ved into the path of an eastboond oar driven by frank xxrqch toronto mrs dorrocb received a bad bat one the left eve which required foojsettt- ches when attended by or o v w- their two daughters wen tn tajured as were feed crewson and ken adamaon of acton pasbeugsra am the knjghtmr beverley who we sldeswtoed by the car s a brai sed knee and aboo both cats it reported wan bwr- eaung- at a medhan rate of apeed and no charge were laid driver barr norton ross and kay as wttat mrs r lane au talked by long dat- tanos telephone wtth tbear brotbt arthur lane m montreal on h una ohrtstinas from h mr and mrs w muttare mr snav mi mrenor nd mr george tvoag with the mfnierea and mrs w wheeler mka nd susan of toronto wcth therwtfdey mr harovl karn and the nohhs wtth the mtrwfllths mr and- mm wbfret loiiof jawanelfaa mr and mrs bart baal ot toronto and mr and mo a arena and kjanhetbwttb maa1 tors ot rand maiw v li