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the georgetown herald wednesday nov 23rd 1949 the georgetown herald serving the communities of ukokuktown glen williams nottval umkhovjhk hornby btbwarttown ashgeove ba1jjnafad terra cotta subscription rate 280 a year single copies 8c each 11 advertising rates quoted on application jwaltbr c biehn publisher and editor mary h blrtui associate editor darneld l mcguvrajr corey harrington jr staff leslie m clark doug caldwell the herald is printed each wednesday afternoon in the office on ualn ttxtox georgetown authorised as second class mail post office depl ottawa members of the canadian weekly newspapers associations and the ontarioquebec division of the cwna c the editors conner o an important meeting once again this friday the moat important meet ing of the year takes place when the voters have an opportunity of njaking their nominations for next years municipal officials every year it has been oar custom totry in our editorial and riews columns to get more voters to attend this meeting and while we dont flatter ourselves that everyone reads the herald we are sure that a great many more people read it than turn up at the meeting perhaps the new ratepayers association will have more hick the greatest thing that could happen in town affairs would be for an overflow crowd at the meeting for the information of new voters who might not be familiar with procedure the meeting will be held in tht public library from 730 tojb30 nominations wul be received by the returning officer charles will- on nominees have until 9 oclock saturday evening to qualify as candidates and there is one reservation if a man is nominated for more than one office he must choose which office he wishes to contest before the close of nominations otherwise he will be considered for the first office for which he was nominated after nominations are closed a public meeting will be held at which it is customary for council members and mem bers of the various town boards to give reports of the years activities candidates for office have an oppor tunity to apeak as well as any ratepayer offices to be filled are as follows mayor reeve deputyreeve and six councillors two from each ward hydro commissioner from each ward six public school trustee two straws in the wind in this years nominations is particularly keen decausc of the possibility of an election for the i mayoralty in view of the resignation of mayor joseph gibbons among those mentioned who might be in terested in this office a interest in keen because are actingmayor jack arm strong who while he would like to keep on as reeve with the expectation of the halton wardenship in 1950 has often indicated that someday he would like to be mayor alex maclaren and l e fleck both former reeves s w orr a former councillor and a member and veteran council- of this years board of education lor thomas l lyons one member of the 1 949 coun cil william mcnally has definitely announced his re tirement among those mooted as potential council lors are roy magloughlen ray whitmee frank petch david crichton thomas sykes john d kelly and david saxe ken macdonald a former reeve is also reported as interested in seeking the deputyreeveship two men who might be in the running for hydro com missioner are hugh lindsay and bruce mackenzie the names of cecil mcnamara garfield mcgilvray e l arnold and don barrager are among those rum oured as possible school board nominees three up and three away it is really remarkable how successful the retail merchants organization has been in its few short months of existence first a liquor store was asked and it is due to open next month second the group arran ged for the erection of signs pointing to the downtown businesssection to be placed on the highway now the request for a motor licence bureau has been granted and m h moyer has been notified that he has been given the agency to use baseball parlance three up and three away is good pitching in any mans league pot pourr1 mrs alvm mcdonald showed us a picture the other day of her son flight lieutenant gordon mac- donald clipped from an irish newspaper with fit lt roy burgess he had given an exhibition of syn chronized aerobatics at the opening of headquarters of the air training corps at sydenham gordon his wife who was formerly lois nielsen of town and their baby are living in northern ireland where he is station ed with the royal air force a crushed toe suffer ed when a heavy refrigerator fell on his foot has kept harold wilson away from his position in thompsons hardware for the past week just in case youre wondering bystander i not a nonvdeplume for the editor we find it hard enough to keep on top of what council did without taking on an extra column th corner lot beside the hydro building on mnn street has been levelled and improved with the erection of a wire fence moira kelly whose vocal solo was feature of the high school commencement la recuperating in st josephs hospital guelph after vltfebot r an appendectomy itlpauout time a royal commis sion investigated our canadian criminal laws which at times seem woefully inadequate a bank robber sel dom gets off with less than ten years but many mur derers get sentences such as the four years handed out to a toronto man whb killed his brotherinlaw ft is fashionable nowadays for murderers to be excused either on the grounds that they were drunk or that the murder victim attempted a sex offence can it be that we pit money ahead of human life in our courts the bell telephone company which last month applied for an increase in rates will apply in december for an interim increase m certain telephone charges pending hearingson the first application the com- pahy claims that the construction program will be cur tailed unless more revenue is available inasmuch as georgetown has been promisefd dial service within the next year a refusal of rfjtejncrease might hkve a def inite effect on this pron page 8 directory georgetown united church tke c i regular morning worship was held in the georgetown united church on sunday kov 20th the lesson was rend from luke 10 25- 37 and the message was entitled for all the world mr smith emphasized three main thoughts does the world need christ how can the world get christ and what can i do about if the choir under the direction of miss lynda stewart sang the an them awake pufon strength shepherd the solo parts were sung by mr g glaasford as an offertory the choir sang the hymn living for jesus evening message was entit led walking in the spirit and was a continuation of a study in galatlnns mr w r gerrie tang the solo o safe to the rock that is higher than l it was announced that a decision concerning the name for our churchnwould be reached by a vote of the congregation after the nomlng worship next sunday a three act comedy play entitled made of money is to be presen ted in the new assembly hall on monday november 26 this play ii being- presented by a group of young people from the old wind- flam 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