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nutt rt telflt pkbisssiyiffiwyjqwtrwyflj georgetown ontario wed december 16 1953 second section christmas carl 8 service featuring norval and union choirs and guest j soloists gwen little howard heslop jean crichton j thursday december 17th b in norval presbyterian church 830 pm all welcome union presbyterian church j christmas day service friday december 25th special christmas music 3 all welcome hey kids s x ti im coming to georgetown on saturday december 1 9 j meet me at the cornmunity christmas tree at the mill and main street corner at 230 pm tell your dad and mom not to forget to buy tickets on the annual lucky draw sponsored by the george- x town lions club there are prizes of turkeys and chick- s ens and a special prize of a doll dressed in 100 bills a proceeds from their sale helps to pay for my visit to 5 georgetown 3 see you saturday december 19th fc yg for christmas shoppers georgetown stores will be open till 9 pm from tuesday december 15th to thursday december 24th including all day thursdays shop in georgetown with your friendlly local merchant georgetown chamber of commerce boxing day holiday whereas it has been the custom in georgetown in past years to hold a boxing day the day following christmas day and whereas the municipal council have by resolution at their meeting on december 7th authorized me to procl such a day therefore i do declare saturday december 26 1953 a civic holiday in the town of georgetown jack armstrong 4ayor w-mcmc- smallest scot on parade master scbtt crichton 3 son of lt dick crichton was the smallest soldier on parade when the lome scots regiment tur ned out for a regimental parade in brampton he is seen here talking the situation over with a fellow sol dier pte jim ewles and sgt major harold knight of bkampton halton municipalities choose new councils elections in most halton munici pal i tics registered small votes this year with the exception of burling- which recorded heavy voting in a mayoralty contest many oftices were filled by ac clamation esquesinr township had no election at all all centres voted on december 3ri except george town whose vole came one week later oakvillc oakvilles mayor l mcarthur who was reeve last year received an acclamation jnd deputy reeve jt m wakely was also returned by acclamation councillor william anderson defeated councillor wil liam s thomson for the reeveship with one exception thomas llnd- -sey- the town has an entire new council they are dr frederick haldenby a school trustee in 1953 james j hoiliday contractor p w perras lawyer william e ward plumbing contractor fred erick tilley manager and coun cillor thomas lindsay insurance underwriter three of the 1s53 council atholl blair elgin bonus and ernest savin were defeated along with allan masson james w snow donald garfat and george mullis bront reeve alfred jennings was ac claimed for a second term as bron tes reeve in the election for coun cil robert mason merchant led the polls councillor thomas mill- ward was returned and two new comers grant bray insurance ag ent and aubrey pickard were also elected three 1953 councillors iwere defeated charles living stone mrs christopher spensley and henry twigs for school board veteran free man bray led the polls for another term as a trustee and mrs phyllis stewart and mrs dorothy irvine were also elected a 1953 trustee william sargant was defeated trafalgar reeve emerson ford and deputy robert marshall will return to county council from trafalgar township both by acclamation voting is by wards in the town ship and there were elections only in two of these councillors mrs a p miller and donald bath were elected over edgar buimer and mrs ernest cudmore councillor frank stark ernest henderson and alex phillips were acclaimed actoa though acton had an election for mayor the tn is still short one councillor despite two nomination meetings ted tyler a councillor and former mayor defeated thomas cooke in the only contest rate payers approved increasing the number of puc commlasioiiexfr from three to five also by acda- matton j j stewart and bay thompson return as reeve anddep- utyat the first nomination meet in b fooutt and councillors c dude lindsay a irwin and l wieck wen trt at a second motting will be held in the new year e hufnagel was elected pjjc commissioner and t watson w wolfe and m smith to the public school board j milton the county town also found it hard to get councillors although there was an election for reeve and mayor in milton a former mayor dr c h heslop defeated 1953 reeve c r anderson for the may ors scat left vacant by the retire ment of mayor frank thompson dr carl martin member of north halton high school board and a former councillor is the new reeve defeating f w mcmaster in the election the lt53 deputy reeve ross pearen retired from office to become a councillor and councillor sydney childs succeeds him other councillors are r c cunningham from the present council c john- son john charlton robert reid and mr pearen a nomination meeting to fill the vacant seat is scheduled for december lflth j m ledwlth gordon gowland and james bell are public school board members and john rush a hydro commissioner nelson nelson township has a new reeve and deputy george brenholz and edwin leather reever c smale is retiring and deputy reeve john atkinson ran or council and hea ded the polls harold adkins and leonard coulson were also elected unsuccessful candidates were fred walker and warren afotjiven ewart mcklnnon and mrs norma dobson were elected school trustees defeating mel hood and gordon cartwrlght barlbnrton return of mayor ted smith for a fourth term highlighted the bur lington election mr smiths defea ted councillor hugh elsam by a decisive majority deputy reeve harry c wade returned for a sec ond term defeating a newcomer frank g c darton reeve robert shannon has been given an acclam ation councillors elected were a m battram fred atkinson and john w gordon of the present council arthur c mason william hewitt and john kehoe defeated candidates were william whitta- ker wuham lewis and councillor gordon ruaby naasagaweya with reeve stanley norrish step ping down to a council seat archie service is the new reeve in nasaa- gaweya township he de john robertson m the only election in the township which saw other offices filled by acclamation the four councillors are john milne charles thomson lloyd chisholm and mr norrish school board monbers are horace blyth stan rofetnson and john mcdougall heres the gift he really wants arrow gabanaro canadvs favorite sport shirt styled just the way he likes it fine washable rayon gabardine accented with bmart saddle stitching on collar and pocket flaps and comfortable i gabanaro comes with the remarkable arafold collar that brings him perfect comfort worn open or closed with or without a tie we have his exact sleeve length in a handsome color selection see gabanaro today in georgetown exclusively at s santas stort for arrow gifts mtmmfmmmmmmm8met branch 120 canadian lesion 1 christmas tree 5 upstairs in the legion auditorium 1 sunday december 20 1 fi at 230 pm j there will be a present for every child age 1 0 and under of a legion or a legion wa member ms township was the only a ten mimlhpsuttes whvjhidld not n any election this sroaa ocaies u laaue f welter unham to tha of d son mrratjm of the school ana tol