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lightest georgetown vote in years mondays snow storm keeps voters home binkley returned in close hydro race councillors how they voted y mcgirvray tops council poll sargent hale are reelected i sutdrvi8ion8 2a gajifield mggilyray 10 49 119 r three 1853 councillors and a jbydro comrnisloner were returned tt office and three new councillors elected in georgetown on monday barely 600 voters cast ballots leas than half of the number vot ing in the last election in 1951 in that year with election for mayor reeve and council there were 1340 voters a blustery cold winter day was partly to blame for the light vote plus apathy which ex ists unless there is voting for the xop town offices garfield mcgilvray led the pou or the second time with newcomer frwin noble and councillors doug sargent and harry hale closely grouped behind another newcom er walter gray placed fifth and veteran thomas l lyons defeated in 1951 after a total of twelve years in office was returned as a council lor del wallace and w o brown- ridge were the defeated candidates in his first bid for public office don barrager gave e w binkley a close contest for hydro commis sioner mr barrager polled only 45 votes less thai mr binkley who is chairman of the commission this year an overwhelmjig 5 to 1 majority favoured electing public school trustees by general vote to conform with the regulations for council elections irwin noble 94 doug sargent 94 harry hale 77 walter gray 46 thomas l lyons 58 del wallace 36 w o brownridge 12 hydro commissioner e w binkley 6t don barrager 62 question do you favour electing thaiv public school board by general vote rather than by wards yes 92 54 118 no 22 17 18 industrial hockey warriors 2 burns transport 1 manager jack wilson and coach jimmy sargent are all smiles these days as their team rests upon the top rung of the mercantile league the warriors havent dropped a game yetahd all the boys are play ing powerful hockey maltby has been the harry lumley of this league of late and has been nothing short of sensational the previous week he shut out smith stone 30 then last week only allowed burns transport one goal to lead this team to a 21 victory don jar- vie butch schenk alexander cy swilson and the webster boys with i goal apiece ah come in for spe- jfcial mention h george barber always a strong competitor nas given op his def- jfense birth with burns transport to accept a referees post his absence lis felt by the trucking industry and f if burns esm come up with an ade quate replacement they will prove ktough before it is all over tom- liny wylie orjnle carter clare and bthnmy burns along with alva klrieve are all going good for the fclub and earr waiters in goarma been very steady smith stone 5 hornby 3 keith king with 2 goals and 2 assists led smith and stone to a 53 victory over hornby f dick enson scored one and assisted on two beckeftand j king each ad ded a goal td finish the scoring gillies a persistent goalgetter sco- j 1 and assisted on another dune robinson and wilson also tallied for hornby howden and lee play- ed well for hornby while thomp son did ft remarkable job he took on all comers and had the apposi tion poming in with their heads up rumoiu has i a couple of new aces may be appearing in hornby uniform before too much longer a couple of 0ood hockey players could tmeke a whale of a difference in 4he hornby club and it is in the jwind a couple of last years regu lars now on the sidelines may re turn to help this club commuters 5 combines elmer hill manager of the com- ra1ders tie oaks here on friday the revitalized raiders tied oak ville here friday after beating them on home ice the preyous week the locals started strong and had a 41 edge early in the game but oakville came back to lead the scoring unjil raiders tied it up with a minute to go neither team scored in overtime leigh bradbury and harv chap- pel got two apiece and bill hewitt one for the raiders who are impro ving with each game joe schertzl has been giving a hand with coach ing lately and his experience gain ed in the pro circuit gives some valuable pointers to the team wardens pinner guest list municipal officials from all parts of halton joined personal friends of warden george l leslie at the wardens banquet in georgetown legion hall on thursday over 200 were at this annual event which was held m georgetown for the second time since the county was incorporated a hundred years ago among the guests at the dinner were the following robert marshall charles ander son stan faye ross pearen bruce mckerr cecil dobbie const howard gunn babe clements dr carl martin mr and mrs e w clarke w j robertson miss m b field frank thompson ford rogers j e whitelock e ry der stan wilson dr a f bull h h hill kenneth y dick chas readhead fred walker lloyd chishokn doug robertson j l moore j g gillies w j l hampshire gilbert english judge w n munro ed duncan w h allan frank robertson edwin harrop miss margaret maxted mil ton mr charles henry thornton mr howard may brampton mr roy smith l mcarthur r wakely perc spurgeon w litchfield wm anderson judge w robinson t a blakelock all of oakville stan norrish moffat stan fultpn of rockwood lloyd dingle q c nor man craig john blair hughes cleaver bob shannon harry wade john atkinson burlington c l s palmer nelson e f ford hornby harry atkins hamilton leslie kerns freeman victor hall hornby jim cunningham hornby 3t w wickson bronte stan hall mpp streetsville har ry mckinney erin hugh mont gomery woodstock mr and mrs john scott ten a cotta mr and mrs george moore brampton mr frank cowan woodstock george lumbull john mclean j v lud- gate john t mclean gordon mc- lintock j m mcdonald toronto john glffen brampton harry at kinson hamilton r c smale fort nelson dave wendover palermo j j stewart ray thompson dr frank oakes arloff dills corp ray mason norm robertson wm bracken r j hargreaves sam tennant jr george musselle fred brown angus lawson harry r brown lome mullin acton mayor john t armstrong frank pelch k jel macdonaid jos gib bons wm g marshall walter c biehn leroy dale q c mr and mrs blake leslie rev and mrs alex calder fred chapman robert darou leslie clark john d kelly tom hewson murt allison ray bowers kenneth mcmillan ian mr and mrs k c lindsay lt col john r barber ted bludd wm cunningham walker cleave mrs william boyle freeman ker sey sgt jos mcbain harold dol- son thomas sykes art scott ian emslle jack mcgibbon george currle thomas l leslie- dean leslie wilfrid leslieted leslie mr and mrs ernie curry mr and mrs russ thompson hazen gra ham joe ross denney charles lykle devries donald mclaugh lin norman devereaux perc cleave harold mcclure william bowman william deans james suffering with heart trouble and had fisher kenneth m langdon w1u spent some time in hospital last 11am j hyde vera kirby wray month bessey lome cleave wilfrid bird lcordon wrigglesworth was born h craig reid ben mcharg joe 66yfears ago at ashgrove and was rice william schenk herbert the sonof the late john and mary cleave herbert roshier bob lind- hall wtlggleswnrth he attended 41 53 60 28 20 28 13 48 28 106 114 106 65 68 64 20 70 73 210 211 187 154 t40 115 85 43 483 452 448 397 279 261 213 88 warden leslie honoured annual county banquet njhe weather mr editor the figures on this week s sum mary hardly indicate a week in december and yet lt is just one week until the first day of winter december 21st ern batkin 148 118 217 37 326 281 481 94 date dec dec l dec i dec dec dec dec where was fire brigade has poser diligent searching by the fire brigade on monaay failed to locate any fire in town or district an excited lady phoned in a fire call about 10 30 in the morning told mrs john oliver who took the call that the fire was at wilcox near the store and hung up before better directions could be asked the fire truck went to victoria street then to guelph st found no fire at either wilcox home then checked in neighbouring munici- alities with still no trace it is understandable that people become panicky when fire threat ens and fire chief hyde stresses the importance of giving- explicit directions when making a call as valuable minutes can be lost officers elected by orange lodge officers of lol 245 orange lodge were installed last night at a meeting in the oddfellows hall visitors were w bro h lusty master of lol 88 stewarttown j mclennan matterelect of lol 165 hornby and w bro beatty of hornby who conducted the instal lation in a most capable manner a large turnout of members was present at the initiation of two new candidates albcr dawson and da vid bowman jr wew lodge officers are wor master ernie rawson deputy master william mcdonald chap lain thomas warnes recording secretary david bowman sr fi- l naacial secretary fred mcnally treasurer joe hall sr marshall thomas clark 1st lecturer albert carter jr 2nd lecturer percy clark tyler alfred oates commit tee jack cain a carter sr wal ter gummer james andrews har old hills pte jack hohmann christmas arrival pte jack hphmann will be join ing his parents here this week returning from two years service in korea where he served with the royal canadian regiment he was on a troopship which docked at seattle washington on monday pte hohmann was s resident of gelt when he enlisted in septem ber his father purchased the bud get grocery business and the fam ily now lives in georgetown gordon w was utah accountant the day following abetter from his brother gordon in utah fred wrigglesworth received word of his death on monday he had been wallace thompson gets commissioner appointment a well known georgetown man wallace thompson clerk of the third division court has recently been appointed as a commissioner mr thompson can now sign affida vits at any time and his commis sion is good anywhere in ontario he received news of the appoint ment in a letto from hon louis breithajpt lieutenant governor of ontario last saturday i mr thompson is treasurer of branch 120 canadian legion has been active in st georgeschurch and a member oi credit lodge nativity story to be dramatized the members of the st johns united church young peoples soc iety are combining efforts with the junior and senior choirs in the presentation of the christmas story in song story and drama the young people doing the dramatiz ation are those who presented the sacred drama last easter entitled into thy kingdom the easter dramas have become an annual fea ture at st johns but the presenta tion of the nativity story in this form is something new represen tatives of all organizations of the church will participate in the final scene of the drama ashgrove max 48 36 min 32 24 32 rain mrs griffin thompson ministers wife dies three months after the death of her husband mis griffin thomp son died last wednesday in milton private hospital member of an old bsquesing fam ily she was the former ada ethel nixon daughter of the late mr and mrs james nixon and was born at ashgrove since her marriage she had lived most of her life in hamilton where mr thompson was an anglican clergyman for thirty years with her husband she shared parish work ta st pauls glanford and holy trinity church mr thompson re tired tn 1948 and they moved to milton where he continued church worker as rector of all saints church milton heights until his death in september mrs thompson is survived by one daughter marianne mrs fred erick brett and a grandson fred erick of toronto two sisters and three brothers mrs d smith of gladstone manitoba m e nixon milton j fred nixon mlddletown connecticut r h nixon clark- son and mrs george dawson mil ton fpur ministers took part in the funeral service on saturday in grace church milton archdeacon w g o thompson rev norman green rev j e maxwell and rev david powell harriston interment was in greenwood cemetery george town out in front of the con combines backetfc tty goarvtending by gbarleajjonrf dad the cohtkridtenr 20v going intojbe third period jdcwiamllton tak ing the situation in hand soared two waltereawson arthur beau- moat urns- bird howard gar vin harold wheeler william cor- iey bui uarsban georgetown kv y guaningbam graydon ches ter oliver hunter walter fld- ashgrove public school and geor getown high school and started his business care as a teller in the bank of hamilton in town he was transferred with the bank to stettler alberta and later mov- slsrssssiisssz c brown nelson rob- ed to ogden utah where he estab- oalsf eaiiifflate tbogey i wfll townseaa george iuhed his own publio accounting luffrnanc norton lv s1 ct cleave norval dr b young glenn buiotr scoritor the fern barker erin- combines the combines have d sou mmttt ptot tajlttlfl6esrl5 ibnrlfsyilftstenfledfater trandtbo c hepburn both thes boyswodld b kmtftnlq ry air welcome on any club and will help returns by air ys ufa n from ftttixjcotrip j 7 tta frstrrioct and commuters ffarrion lead by one point oiu seven shopping donald cleave son of mr and mr fffloert cleave returned yes terday from mexico where he ac companied cattle exporter w t craig reid with carload of hol- 1 jffirjcftayfl in ontario for business tn 1951 he was president of the public accountants associa tion of that state he was a mem ber of ogden lions club surviving are his wife blanche and two brothers ered of ashgrove and norman of milton a sister mrs john shanks of pettaptece manitoba died fifteen years ago enjoyed every minute of his stay he made the trip home by plane from guadalajara via chicago mrs reid flew to mexico- and the couple are staying over for a holi- endsy vlt r v i wx makes donations at christmas meeting the christmas meeting of the women s institute was held on tuesday afternoon december 8th at the home of mrs len cox with mrs wilfrid bird 1st vie presi dent presiding the roll call brought many interesting ideas of why i like christmas during the business session donations were voted to the sick childrens hos pital halton children s aid hal ton tb fund mrs francis thomp son had charge of the program and called on mrs frank wilson for the motto to give not to get giv ers are always gainers carol singing was led by mrs h bird mrs donald milton gave a demon stration of an attractive- christmas table centre mrs fred nurse fay- oured with a humorous reading and currentevents were given by mrs george wingfwd during the soc- iiat halfhour menlbers exchanged small chrttmas gift- social and personal bob allen stationed at halifax with the royal canadian navy is home for christmas leave with his parents mr and mrs stan allen harold cleave is returning home today after being in toronto wes tern hospital for a week recuper ating after an operation miss esther turnbull albert st left on friday for rosetown sask where she will visit with her par ents for the next three weeks mrs agnes lewb of port col- borne has moved to georgetown and is making her home with her son- inlaw and daughter mr and mrs s r reid who live at 1 college street sixteen friends attended a shower last thursday for shirley forbes whose marriage to robert james sim of milton takes place decem ber 26th misses doris herrington belle leslie and mrs george her rington were hostesses at the lat ter s home it was a personal shower and the brideelect recei ved many lovely gifts on sunday mr and mrs s r reid celebrated their eleventh wed ding anniversary at their home 1 college street whenthey entertai- ned mr and mrs r robinson wes ton mr and mrs al chestnut mr k starke and mrs c starke of toronto and mr and mrs roy smith and famll of town mr and mrs reid moved here from tor onto last april the ideal of public service is one of the strongest anticommun ist influuences in a democracy said rev ross k cameron complim enting warden george- l leslie and those who serve with him on county council when he spoke at the warden s banquet here mr cameron a presbyterian min ister in toronto who received his early education in georgetown paid tribute to municipal servants for the time they devote to their pos itions and urged them to be vigi lant in guarding the free and hap py way of life we now enjoy communism is not a long way off its here among us he said pointing to the number of votes cast for candidates in the federal and in the toronto elections it is because our pioneer ancestors laid the proper political and relig ious foundations that we enjoy to day s harvest laws are made for men not men for laws an jgetg checkmate communism y4t il every move jr the dinner in georgetown leg ion hall was attended by over 200 people leroy dale qc was chairman and said it was fitting that the present esquesing reeve is filling an office which was also held by an esquesing man james warren when halton was incorpor ated a century ago mr leslie he said had served his township for seven years and the county for five and is a man of high merit as was his father be fore him the leslie family have long been prominent in municipal affairs he said mentioning an un cle w d lyons who was warden in 1873 and a cousin t l leslie also a past warden extending a welcome to the town mayor jack armstrong remarked on the spirit of cooperation between the halton municipalities which is in a large part due to warden les lies ability and personality parti cularly he said is there a bon ac cord between town and township and several important matters have been settled ouring mr leslies term of office which are mutually beneficial to boyi municipalities replying to a toast made by em erson ford trafalgar reeve war den leslie said it had been a grand business experience to be chief magistrate of the county and he had not begrudged the time which it took he was particularly plea sed to serve during haltons cen tennial year and would always treasure the medal which came to him through being reeve at the time of the queens coronation ive had as good a county coun cil to work with as any warden engagements mr and mrs russell foster an nounce the engagement of their daughter ruth to john hyatt son of mr and mrs earl hyatt of norval the marriage will take place on january the second jwftsa ywojfr ftia alyftlt q ays vquiva i golden wedding mr and mrs r j mccartney 83 lake- promenade long branch will be at home to their friends rela tives and neighbours oh wednes day december the twentythird from two to five and from seven to ten on the occasion of their gol den wedding snaiversary has had was his tribute to who served with him in 1953 the chairman introduced bers of the wardens family mrs leslie mr and mrs russell thompson mr and mrs ernie cur ry and ted leslie presentation from his colleagues of an easy chair was jnadeby tanejaonford andj j stewart whqe wdfrld bird es quesing deputy reeve made a pre sentation speech a toast to visitorsby stanley norrish nassagaweyareeve was replied to by warden john scott of peel county judge w n robin- sen toasted the county council with reeve robert shannon of bur lington replying a toast to past wardens wm proposed by lloyd dingle qc and jointly replied to by george cleave andvlctor hall members of the lome scots band played dinner music ravi alex cal der said grace and russel smale 1 nelson reeve thanked the legion wa lames who catered for the iurkey dinner reeve kenneth macdonaid of geor expres sed thanks to mr cameron for bis inspiring talk at the head table were leroy dale q c rev ross cameron rev and mrs alex calder bar and mrs john scott mayor jack armstrong vstan hail mpp judge w robinsok hughes cleaver mur- ray mcphssvlesue clark robert shannon emerson ford george cleave kenneth macdonaid victor hall j s norrish lloyd dlngle q c harold tyreu and warden and mrs leslie birthday greetings to prince are acknowledged five year old trudy efcmerson daughter of mr and mrs joe ttn- merson whose birth date is the same as prince charles senta birthdax card to the prince this year mondays mall brought an ack- knowledgenient of fiha from en gland with best wishes to trudy for her own birthday