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-1- the georgetown herald wednesday dec 26th 1951 mbjommmjjmabji m 5 v- the close of our second year in bosiness gives us the opportunity to say thanks- to those it has been our pleasure to serve harris grocery turkeys affiance raffle wh winning tickets in a lucky draw held by toe hockey club of alliance paper mills were chosen last fri day first prize a turkey went to bob hoare with ticket 3s2 thirteen was a lucky number for john hughes and won him two chickens third prize of a chicken went to henry shepherd with ticket sot was toronto mpp city councillor one time member of the ontario legislature and former alderman in ward 6 toronto william duck worth died last wednesday at his home on prince edward drive south klngsway fojlowing a twoday illness awsjmn b seasons greetings from georgetown greamery and locker storage n georgetown meat market m saxe jvetv 2ead nolic saturday december 29th georgetown arena rose room dance with the modern aires vocals by peggy richards favours prizes noisemakers 100 per person dancing friday december 28 also in brampton oddfellows hall 8 i 1 i 1 i efr g i 8kb seasons greetings iff from the staff to all our good friends your patronage this year has been much appreciated and we look forward to serving you in 52 bucks meats groceries vance mrs c j buck jack teeter t 1 i 1 i 1 i i legion notes everyone seemed on hand to enjoy their christmas tree at tlio legion last thursday night wo dont think we have ever seen a bigger attendance and this on one of the worst nights of the year we felt awfully sorry for the large number ot people who had to wait hours for n taxi home many of them with their little children however there jusf dfidnt seem to be enough cabs to go around that night however everyone seemed to enjoy themselves bill roney and wife certainly did themselves proud this year with all the arrangements being in top shape each year they spend an aw ful lot of time arranging things and certainly can he very proud of thei efforts the whole show was very well run by mi and mrs roney and mrs albert henney also helped out the hardest job of the evening was santa claus wjwrtcally did a fine job too mjf santas putting on a bit of weight these days isnt he we wonder now his voice managed to hold out qecause the writer him- self started to lose his after about the first 200 and had to call on our old friend harry hale to help out there only being one santa of course he had to greet everyone ind we sure think he did a wonder ful job when you think he was at it from 700 oclock till 945 and where all the kids come from well never know if the branch goes on growing at its present rate we wonder how well get all the children under one roof however that day will still quite a way in the future we got a kick out of jim blair trying to gcdlrnough chairs for ev- tryone he was pulling out all the old benches hchad plus the folding chairs from the clonk room down be- low and then he almost ran out the lucky ijhaw was held after the presents were given out with 1st prize going to a young lady in ornngcvllle the second to brampton and third to earl wil cox georgetowns only winner and a member of the branch the prizes were 1st 75 2nd 50 and 3rd 25 evcryone all set for the big new years eve social evening and dance we think this should be a real smash hit after last years fine party and we hope to see every member present it wil start at approximately ten oclock there will be dancing and entertainment and a buffet lunch will the served the number of christinas cards received at the branch was cer tainly surprjslng in fact we had a hard time finding room for them all nice to know that the various people we deal with remember us at christmas time there also were a number from individuals as well mw fag m it is our wish that j 952 may hold the most generous por tions of health happiness and prosperity for ad saxemotors i mr duckworth who was born in fergus in 1881 first entered pol itics in 1931 when he was elected to toronto city council as an aldei- man for ward 6 he remained in council for four years and in 1934 was elected progressive conserva tive mpp for dovercourt riding he held this seat until 1948 and in 1950 made an unsuccessful attempt at a return to council mr duckworth was a retired merchant havrjig started in business in toronto in 1905 he was a past master of lol nsxcelsior lodge and a membr of01ivet baptist church twice married his first wife an nie taylor was a sister of the late mrs wcllinwton greensward of georgetown they frequently visit ed here and always made a point of attending georgetown fair each fall after her death mr duckworth married muriel hutchinson who with a stepson jar rat t huchinson survives the luneral seryice was held on saturday in olivet baptist church with interment following in pros pect cemetery this holiday season and best wishes in 1952 h j sienko s shoe repairing s main street georgetown y v y s y v y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y ma9p keutners drug store delivery service after 4 pnl main street phone 72w liimll w 1 i 1 at tbis happy holiday season we wish our friends in the district a most happy new year thnmpsdns lumbin sheet metal work- pease furnaces tu0ne 4 6 gforgerown t i i i 1 i i 1 i mmim8mm3msm3m3ii no garbage pickup tuesday january 1st garbage usually picked up trhat day will be called for on wednesday one of the nicest cards we had was that of our old friend mike lorusso who sent us the card of the rcrs hope to see you back in canada safe and sound before next christinas mike and the rest of the local boys who are in korea back home too xnd just in case we dont see you before happy new year to aui two acton turkeys are eaten here in a draw for ten turkeys at a christmas party in acton y spon sored by the board of directors two- of the birds were won by district people bert tuck georgetown and mrs arthur benton rlm were the lucky winners so dont forget the bis new tears eve party at the legion hail next monday night lett see enttry member there the time it ten oclock s