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wednesday evening december 17th 1947 santa claus comes to town on saturday p b harrison announces retirement as clerktr there was a moment of stunned silence at council meeting on mon day evesing following the reading by mayor gibbons of a letter from p b harrison announcing his res ignation as clerktreasurer off the town for reasons of health the ma yor pointed to mr harrisons capa ble performance of his duties for the past twentythree years and said he deeply regretted the resig nation of one who has held the key position of municipal government and whose honesty and ability have been above reproach mr harri sons advice had always been help ful to him as a council member and he said it was going to be difficult to fill his shoes each member of council rose in turn and expressedfaimilar thoughts reeve maclaren saying he thought it fitting that a suitable recognition of regret be placed on the minute book and a motion to this effect was made by himself and deputy- reeve jack armstrong mr harrison will relinquish the office sometime in the new year having indicated his willingness to stay on the job until another man is hired and to assist the new man in becoming familiar with the posi tion in view of the decision of k m langdon to retire this year from the position of tax collector coun cil members favoured combining this office with the clerktreasurer and a motion was made by crs goodlet and herbert to advertise for applications for the joint posi tion- the job wul cany a 2000 yearly salary and applications will be accepted by the clerk until pm on january 10th tickets selling well on lions christmas draw mam feature of the uons club dinner meeting m the mcgibbon house on monday evening was the completion off plans tear the com munity christmas tree on saturday when the club will sponsor santas annual visit to georgetown a large christmas tree from the flsrm of lion james ballantine is being er ected at the four corners and it will be the scene of much activity on saturday when santa is scheduled to arrive at 8 oclock this year he has given definite assurance that he will be on tune and there wont be any long waits for the distribu tion of bags of eandy nuts and fruit which mark his visit a let ter appearing in last weeks herald was brought to the clubs attention in which a another asked if some ar rangement could not be made have the younger children see more of santa and not be pushed aside by the exuberance of the bigger ones it was decided to have the small children with their parents go to a designated spot and be given first chance at receiving their presents lion dick licata who is in charge of the event reported ticket sales brisk on the lucky draw which helps to pay for the day this year the club is making particular efforts to sell an extra supply of tickets as they are installing sanitary facili ties at teen town hall and it is ho ped to raise a good part of this es timated 400 expenditure by sale of l extra tickets twenty five chick- ens and geese two or three turkeys and a special of a large doll dressed m ten one dollar bills are offered as prizes in the draw dont forget to buy tickets and be on hand at 3 pjn this- sa turday for the big event at the main and mill street comer mrs george gray was former georgetown resident funeral services were held yes terday at the trull funeral home for mrs george gray conducted by rev clifford cluff her son-in- law by marriage mrs gray was the former mrs herbert craven ad lived in georgetown for five years where afae and the late mr craven were employed at the ar- aeld glove factory they were saambers of georgetown metho dist church they snored s tar- ssrto thirtyiour years ago and mr craven died several yean ago his wife later marrying mr gray in- tok place m st johns norway what esquesing council did on monday dec 15th established by bylaw a commu nity hall at stewarttown with the following as a board of managers reeve george cleave and deputy- reeve george curne township representatives mrs walter law- son mrs robert cunningham mil ton j brown william alexander h craig reid first reading moved by currie and bird 2nfl and srd readings by leslie and bird appointed edwin hsrrop as mem ber of the north halton high school board for 194849 and ar thur beaumont for 1948 moved by reid and bird took no action on a request by mr and mrs j j stewart asking consent of council for annexation to acton village of that part of their farm adjoining wallace street to a depth of onejiundred feet paid sheep claims totalling 167 to c g english sheep injured hich had to be destroyed 16 lamb killed 16 t h price lamb killed 15 a n stark valuator 3 trips 12 cecil chisholm calf killed 12 emmet mcgibbon re gistered ewe killed 60 registered ewe lamb killed 86 meldrum stark valuator 8 trips 12 4 council expressed their spprecia uon to reeve george cleave for the courteous and impartial manner in which he presided over the years meetings paid to members meeting and mi lesge accounts as follows reeve george cleave 16300 dep raeve george currie 14780 or george leslie 18940 cr h craig reid 18940 cr wilfrid bird 18940 purchased a snow plow double wings from dominion road machinery co at 317800 plus sales tax and installation moved by reid and bird i hey kids what council did im coming to georgetown on saturday decem ber 20th meet me at the community christmas tree at the mill and main street corner at 3 00 p m a x yur dad and mom not to forget to buy tickets on the annual lucky draw sponsored by the georgetown lions club there are prizes of turkeys and chickens and a special prize of a doll dressed in 1 bills proceeds from their sale helps to pay tor my visit to georgetown 1 see you saturday december 20th icitwa3iwjsmwiccyciwtocwcwjsjcwa4cvm social and personal mr and mrs arthur tyndall of centre island toronto spent last week in town with his mother mrs w w tyndall jim blair jr was takento tor onto east general hospital last thursday where he underwent an operation for acute appendicitis mr john shngsby of norval is recuperating in guelph general hospital after an operation which he underwent recently mr and mrs harry stockford and mtss f morrow attended the funeral in toronto yesterday of mrs george gray formerly mrs herbert craven of georgetown dick riddall flew to toledo ohio on monday with a group oi airway sanltixor vacuum cleaner salesmen who were taken on an inspection trip through the companys plant george walker is home from to ronto general hospital where be was treated for blood poisoning caused by infection in a cut over his eye which he received at work passed accounts including roads 1069285 thompsons hsrdware on account 1000 hawes and nel son 243208 relief 3966 dale and bennett 1947 legal account 23636 prov of sask charity jar iumj lome cave of tor- 20 federal fire insurance policy onto were weekend visitors m town on township hall g c brown wlth hls mother mrs t r cave agent 40 canadian general in- j slster mrs ross thompson turance bond on tax collector g c brown agent 3760 board of health miscellaneous expenditures 80 06 rhe keee and treasurer were empowered to pay any december road accounts submitted by the road superintendent nomination day was set for mon day december 29th with elections if necesssry for reeve deputy- reeve councillors and three mem bers of school area no 1 board to be held on the monday foikv lowing wed at st pauls manse in brampton on saturday december 6th rev john mcdenmd officiated at the wedding of patricia sinclair dau ghter of mrs martha blackstone theodore edwin ted dar lington the ceremony was perfor med at st pauls presbyterian church manse in brampton the bride wore an arabian night blue wool dress with silver sequin trim grey hat trimmed with ameri can beauty blue feathers and grey accessories with corsage of pink rose following the ceremony a recep tion was held in toronto at the home of the brides breather mr n wblackatone her mother re ceived the guests wearing a black dress and hat with white enraation corsage the couple left oa a hon- e j moon trip bo st catharines and buffalo r they will reside on the 8th line just below cedarvale farm card of thanks i would uketo thank friends aitd organizations for cards and cigar ettes sent to me whue i was a pat ient in toronto general hospital qsorf walks wayne riddall young son of mr and mrs dick riddall had an un fortunate accident recently when a pair of scissors he was playing with pierced his left eye he is back home again after treatment m to ronto general hospital and it is believed the eyesight will be saved archdeacon w g o thompson officiated at a communion service in all saints church of england erin on sunday morning when the confirmation class celebrated their first communion mr c n bla- prave student m charge of erin occupied st georges church pulpit in his absence on the occasion of her birthday last saturday a group of friends held a surprise party for mrs t b cave at her apartment in the val- leyview mrs frank sykes mrs norman snyder and mrs e r ro binson were prizewinner at euchre and after refreshments mrs s groat read teacups the group presented mrs cave with a lovely box of stationery those present included mrs fred broomhead mrs w v grant mrs s groat mia frank sykes mrs norman snyder mrs e r robinson mrs dan liv ingstone and mrs ballantine dairy owner injured last night riley brethour proprietor of the georgetown dairy was painfully in jured in an accident st the dairy last night while moving some equipment a heavy radiator drop ped on him breaking a bone and crushing the toes in one foot and bruising hi other leg he was taken to guelph general hospital this lorning for treatment of the inju ries the weather mr editor this past weeks low of 7 shove zero marks the winters lowest so far it came rather suddenly and was certainly felt after the rainy eather of the weekend era batkin max min rain 38 30 86 date dec 8 dec 9 dec 10 dec 11 dec 12 dec 13 dec 14 average 26 34 31 26 33 3128 22 7 10 20 18 18 1786 86 ionic wale choir concert last week under the sponsorship of the un ited church choir the ionic male choir of brampton provided a treat for music lovers last wednesday when they presented a concert in the united church the choir is directed by mr w e capps and their repertoire included both clas sical and popular songs in group and solo work edward townsend was brick plant superintendent for many years superintendent of the halton brick company plant at terra cotta edward townsend died at his home in norval on sun day december 7th at the age of 77 he was the son of the late john townsend and margaret stringer and was born on a farm at terra cotta where he attended school after farming for a few years he sold the farm and took a position with thekbrick company where worked until his retirement in 1986 when he moved to norval mr townsend was prominent church work and when he lived in terra cotta hewas an elder of un ion presbyterian church and for many years was superintendent of the sunday school since moving to norval he had served as an elder at norval presbyterian church he is survived by his wife the former ellen d mclean of erin whom he married in 1904 two chil dren william e townsend mrs oliver hunter margaret and one granddaughter therms hunter all of norval predeceased by three sisters he also leaves a sister mrs charles mcewen of acton the funeral service on wednes day wag held from his borne to nor val presbyterian church where rev j l self conducted the service mrs francis thompson sang in the shadow of his wings pall bearers were albert dolson and rew macdonald thomas maedonald robert reid arthur mcclnre and lester brown interment wss in htllcrest cemetery noval on monday december 1 met for their 27th and last mes- tinftsf 1947 in the municipal of fice ia the poft office building a accepted with regret the resignsv tion of clerktreasurer p b harri son for reasons of health the i nation to take effect when cessor is hired early in the the new a record shipment of mad largest ever to leave a canadian port was carried to the united kingdom oa the canadian pacific cargopassen ger ship beavsrford which aaosd from montreal for urerpsol nov ember 29 with 19tf6 baga of par cel post m addition to 10850 tons of regular cargo including the heavy deckleads of logs shown ab ove and 28 pisssngsrs in th above picture the last hags of mall in as record shipment which weft gbed 800 tote aad nrmphj 102410 cable feet of space were being loa ded the man a larfe part of which h made up of chris packages b packed 28 feet deep la the hold as tax collector k m langjoa had announced earlier in theyear that he was quitting this position s the end of 1947 decided to com bine this with the clerktreasurrf job and advertise for a man to fu the office at a salary of 2000 a j ear s declared friday december 26th as boxing day and a civic holiday discussed several details of sew erage with w w scott of central mortgage and housing and engin eer c tt hagey 9 heard that the new municipal buildin on main street would pos sibly be ready for occupancy in ja nuary reeve alex maclaren was appointed as a committee chairman with power to name his own com mittee to see what furnishings woqld be needed in the new build ing town assessor j a early reported that he expected taxes would ha paid on the new assessing system for the first tune in 19s0 he hi averaging five houses s day unda the new system cr thos l lyons who lost oris by 4 votes to ray whitznee at councillor from ward 8 his pleasure at being with the 1947 coaacfl and wbhed every soeeess to 4h hew eoancfl mrs arthur whbams was glen school a former resident of glen wil liams mrs arthur williams jusssl away at her home in red deer al berts on wednesday december 10th and was buried oa monday hi glen williams cemetery formerly erma norton she was the youngest daughter of the late theophflas norton and jennie johnston her father was schoolteacher at the glen and she followed in his foot steps also teaching at palermo a in the west where she met aad married her husband a mining en gineer thirty years ago they that resided st saunders alberta later moving to red deer she was a member of the methodist and later the united church surviving besides her husband hi one sister ida norton of red does a sister maude predeceased he she was a cousin of f t lsmdy and mrs william mcclure of brampton and j a johnston ef toronto gore following thefunersl service hi red deer on friday the remains were brought tojglen williams far burial when re f j dunlop of ficiated at the commits service georgetown mayor visits norval juniors mayor joseph gibbons of george town was honoured guest at the monthly meeting of norval junior farmers and junior institute which wss held on tuesdsy december 9th at the home of ward and doris brownrldge the boys meeting was taken tn with a discussion on the recent broadcast over radio station chicl by s group of halton juniors in cluding craig bald a member of the club at the girls meeting miss ismey keen daaeribed her trip west but summer she was pmrtr cumrly impr 1 by the redwood forests in california bebgsfl at the girls meeting was answered by exchange of gifta mayor joseph gibbons of geor getown was a guest at the jofatt meeting and praised the good wara- of the norval juniors and their ra- fluenes in cresting rood ekssssv and good fanners of the future hs expressed the good wffl which exists between the rural and urban resi dents of the geor district ward brownrldge aad hsasr kean were chosen to taw ner val m the count debates to be held in feorsary flans wars alas mads for a lornhnrte program which nerval juniors win pot oa a use county rslry is mosoa beat aisash 1