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the herald twenty pages georgetown ontario wriwarlay cwewrtw 21 1955 first section l aauiiou for rjaaria cmirafihar messli m a at tha council were enter altal by mayor and mrs jack arm strawe at their how monday bight islhieua tha tiaaj 1648 council aieet- armstrong served a buffet j mad a senior councillor thorn kj l yon who la retiring from 1 ufa fouowlng several years fen ejouaeu waa preacnted with a as s remembrance iron his tuev al norton made the and spoke of mr lyons year of service to the town yens ha haa baea chairman of ateerty commute of eoaaeu ttionuu akaoa i third fitfw teauaw til public school board haa com- pleted thalr half for january with the hiring of thomas allison of caudan east mr allison haa taught aehool at brantiord and mono he will he one of three teachers augmenting the ataif in january last week mra v f bull weston tad mra james canon of town were en gaged formation of three new classroom haa become nereaaary beeaua of rap id town growth and wlui tha two achoolj crowded to capacity a third temporary claaarooa will be aetab- luhed in the new knoa church audi torium ipiiwliwlcwtcvhcw floats and bis parade santa visits saturday two motor accickau on saturday ntgtt norl uriitej ctoir oq saturday avanlng december 17 at 1140 an eeddeai oecttafed aa mill tha unas club santa parade hee- aa bwiy parade thla year with a i fit- a in aw feature i saturday a red latter day tha laffeet crowd la hiatory waited nrawaewn to wasta the parade irtfvrr mr atafea st- bill and there waa eutltna a santa and hla aa addid teach waa the radle and tv cer th braniiliin radio station and hamilton tv war both kara and need material aa esedeeal j t el areata later thai day th ilea kad urge aaalat treat flreaawa had aaarekaal la their plana a lei et 1800 bag of candy weredta- trlbttud to children before tbe lifcky draw far fowl which i always eagerly aatkinated george caalrh held the laeky ticket iis for th doll draaaed la tea u00 bill turkey winaera war sam tenant 4700 ed lee 11u and lira pat vance ism chi ekea went to walter biehn 1s23 lira dorothy sweeney 1065 dennla carr 883 carolyn pricker norval 886 jim bilaborrow 170 j g collier mbs stuart young 1418 matt mcdon- aaca mo lira j cllchrlat 408 and kgaa atadsoa glen wilttems 1834 float la the parade included old kane gala p paper fire bri gade howdy doody smith end stone union queen of hearts alliance pip er ualoa fairy queen beaver ready mixed co old lady in a shoe llalton coot santa work shop wriggle worth school christmaa in wonder land chapel street school snow whit scott motors peter pan club midtewn haiuel and greta rotary dub hi diddle diddle st georges aypa there were elowna interspersed through tbe parade with the lome scots band girli pipe band and a clow hand providing christmas mus ic a decorated lions car was drawn by a comical lion the fire truck and police car were included while an ancient chevrie and a front end loa der with two elowna nigh above the crowd provided amusement gif found who was one of the parade or ganiser added a western touch by appeeriag on horseback and earl scott and the blue valley boys rode la decorated car playing over an amplifier the weather mr editor tha weatherman aaye a merry christmas to all tud jas mln snow man dec 11 10 tue dec 13 m 14 wed dee 14 17 10 l- tbure dec is 18 11 flurries fri dee 18 so flurries sat- dec 17 14 18 sun dec 11 18 13 s- average to 13 4 canrifaligta service christmas activities la the norval united church began with a christ- itreettbetnth meclbbo i hotel f la song and atory pre andutsvfiasats stl sssjzt n street mulan ae driving wast apth jcctct nadlhorr with very great acceptance same were made and a beautiful hi ill i was given the choir waa en tertained by ute women of the cob- gyegatiaa afterward at the parson- as the sunday afternoon service of buhlle worship on december ilth had tw ihllri la attendance mr coup- uad principal of the norval public school ka been tralalag hla pupil in number of leaa familiar carols and christmas songs and they presented four of the aa a senior choir sunday afternoon tha usual choir praeeatal aeveral aumhera also school board discusses georgetown 6r0wth problem hill to main street when car driv en by clifford laejeka of netooa st brampton attempted to tarn down mill when the two care collided dam age to both care amounted to approx imately 830000 aaolber collision occurred at the corner of cualpa and mala streets at 1148 pnv saturday night bstw a car driven by george a- uoere and george lowin both rj gaargetawa mr hoar was proceeding watt oa guelph and going to auk th turn and mr lewta was going toortk oa main when the arridaat toek place there waa about tloo daaug to both vehicles christmas party for alliance children oa sundey afternoon tbe children of tbe employees of th auiaae pa per mills were treated to tbealre party at the rosy the eocial commit tee of tbe mill convened th party after several cartoons for the chil dren santa claus arrived with a full pack of girls and candy for lltti gueet del majuery was rhsirmsn of the committee comprising of earl march meat bob footitt helen armstrong anns spltxer pat day and paul leu- engberger high school carol service on monday the georgetown high school held their carol service at st georges an glican church oa monday afternoon december lath- the service waa con ducted by tbe georgetown ministerial association and the students of the high aehool the service took the following form p hymn joy to the world- bidding prayer rev m mc- farlane the lords prayer by all tha congregation carol hark tbe herald angel sing the first lee- eon gad pronriae to abraham read by sandra bradley of c so carts choir a christmas cradle soaf the second leeaon th proph et ttaiafc foretells christs birth read by david smith at grade dc carol si lent night third leeaon tha nrapb- at isaiah foretells the glory of jerusa lem read by neil wallace of grade at meditation- rev kenneth rieb- nrihiia carol o uu1 town of aathllshani- fourth lesson st lake reset th alary of tha nativity read by laana derou vie preaideat of th atttdeat coaacu sola michael aiatatraag grade xl in the su11- uee of the nlghf tha fifth leami the angel mes sage to tb saepherd read by bob craw grade hi choir carol willi descant god rest ye merry ceaxleaaen- stay lesson st mat thew tads how the wise men sought j read by barry grdg grade xco preaideat at the sturent council carol the first noel- seventh gaaaau st- john t the aaya- taryat3u4srs birth read by j l tasslnil priacjpal choir 0u spaa- iaa carol get bambino prayer mast a cajder ta benediction bev- a barker ttifmlniial hymn o oasatt all tapatthfal suppea- coacart for knox staff sfjaooi bcfor tbe preouioo of their annual chriilmu sunday school con cert ut friday evnlm the childrn and knox sunday school itaff enjoyed a supper in the school rooms served by members of the knox yla rev alex calder was chairman for the protram hieh commenced with the sinxinf ei several christmas car ols a good entertainment was prov ided by the various classes the chil dren of tha elaaaea uufbt by urs bab revct and uarma llackenzle jave a recitation frosty the snow- msn wax presented by students in the classes of r tracey w farmer and uiss u thompson a colorful najteant christmas sym bols combined the talents of the classes taufht by betty greif mrs audrey scott and shirley huesart a playlet the world on christmas day in which the children wore var ious national costumes was presented by alex hendrys class sharon sayers played a piano solo before the recitation good words by herb harlows class helen uc- gills class presented white christ mas stars are shining and f rod- ens class did memories of christ mas with some of the boys sinfinf we three kinfx the pupils of ted fenninss class enacted a playlet entitled the uxhtbouse keepers daughter airs j l barber was pianist for the evening and the concert was un der the supervision of the sunday school superintendent uiss janet mcdougall rotarians wqjcome ftve new members five new members were introduced when rotarian met in the fairvtew inn monday for their weekly dinner the new members introduced by jack muckart arc ernie pearce ralph ursel bob barber gordon bowers antl bui carr several members of cooks v ill e rot ary club accompanied walter cope- land to tha maallin air copeland aa guest speaker told about some of the projects which have been spon sored by this active group president john gunn presented a watch to ii r robertson of milton who won it in a ftuexaing draw con ducted at the fall fair many prizewinners at poultry euchre the llalton and georgetown poul try association held a very successful euchre in the odd fellows hall last several tables of cards were in play urs audrey wilson won the first prize for the ladies mac fountain of acton the second and alice wilson the consolation prise bill wilson won first in the gentlemen frank peteh second and clare wilson the consola tion prize the lucky winners on the draw for fowl were bert dodds acton harvey lusty georgetown v kein acton clarence spence georgetown clare wilson georgetown seek funds to aid family fire victims a family of four are homeless after fire completely destroyed their home at suvercreek tuesday mornlnf an overheated stove set the frsmr dwelling of ur and mrs tom uunt on fire and the blase spread so rip idly that it burned to the ground xieorgetown firemen answered thr call f mr and urs uunt and their daugh ters phyllis is and june 6 eaexped with only the clolhinf they were raring a f articles of furni ture were dragged from the house be fore it was consumed the fire was one of a series of mis fortunes which the family has suffer ed since cmieraih from england a few years ago they first lived at norval when mr hunt uss employed at avro lait summer he purchased a lot at silvrrcrerk and had leen build ins his h6ute since then mean while he was laid off at malton and ince then has been unable to obtain steady work he is a cabinet maker by trade while they lived at norval mrs uunt had a serious illness dur ing the birth of a son which depicted the family finances the baby died neighbours have rallied to their as sistance last night the sal vs lion ar my arranged a supply of clot hint which will tide them over temporari ly while two rooms in ballinafad have been secured aa living quarters rev fred fletcher is spearheading a drive for assistance to help build another bouse and cash donations will be most wrlrome he can be rea ched at triangle 7 3138 georgetown merchants have banded together in a drive for donations and a collection is being taken up today it is impossible to canvass door lo- doox in town and district and the her ald is cooperating by scepting donat ions which will be turned over to mr uunt the procedure la riaspje there la a box on the herald counter containing a number of hlsnk envelopes a con tributor should enclose his donation in a sealed signed envelope leave it in the box and the scaled envelope will be turned over to the family it s hoped to have a sizeable christmas gift by the weekend to brighten this happy season for the munta who have had such a mufortunr plan new high school may adjoin the park vaar ala is needed to ads the reeaasvftr fastag at shver- a new high school is la the picture for georgetown in 1058 monday at the aehool board meeting ia acton numbers decided that it ia not sensible to nut another addit ion oa th present building as four extra classrooms will be needed in september a recommenda tion waa made that georgetown coun cil aeejutre new aehool site and the board is prepared to erect either a complete new school ar 4rnom school on the site as soon a passible fred llasterman rt the school board later in the evening when ha atteadert the georgetown eouneil mrrtlnr the board derision he said was approved by all members except the nastagaweya member council decided to get in touch with harold cleave concerning a 1- acre property which adjoin the park with a view to getting a firm bid on the purchase price meanwhile board members will in terview the dept of education- only alternative to the new aehool iiibnf would be temporary class rooms and board mrnjbrr james goadlet explained that thj would be a costly pt at user b no gov- ernmhir grant tar these reeve stan allen also told council that a consultative roawiilhee recent- ry turned down for north llattaat has now bean okayed by eeataty riwiarn the asaalmeai will b cottlltmid and will fatty investigate all aspect of ugh aehool edsacation la bahoa vtth receassaesriaueaa gar any cjoav il asweftova concert by aslicrove pupils in school oa tuesday evening december is the pupils of aahgrove school presen ted their annual christmaa concert a wel prepared program of humorous dialogue recitations drills piano and vocal sols and the lovely christ mas carol and choruses was arach enjoyed by the large audience ap preciation was expressed to th pup ils and teacher mrs w t cramar and music superviso mrs snyder tor their efforts santa varrived at the conclusion of the program and daring his friendly visit distributed gifts and goodies to all the children the christmas meeting of the wo mens institute was held ia aihgrove church thursday afternoon at 2 pm th nativity scene a prettily decora- tad christmas tree and other suitable decorations nude a lovely setting for the program convened by mrs john h banter as the ladies were gath ering urs uoyd davidson played chrtstau enrols tor fifteen ainliiirt then pre mrs w bird the nineties with the ode and prayer ball call was siitenrml by the aseav ters kmttg a favourite christina re cipe area dollars was voted to care and the helton children aid the aaotte cluwaiasjt the tune lor aaen hand apea ho use and open hearty was weo erven by a lassaea barne nurse presented new idea for christ mas decorations showing novel and yet easy and economical ways of dec orating- the aahgrove ladles quar tette mrs c b dick mrs clayton wilaon mr il barnes and mrs 3 ii hunter sang a lovely christmas car ol mrs milton bird gave an interest ing paper ea christmas everywhere current events were given by mr george wlagfleld after which the la dies went dawn to the basement for an exchange of a me gift and all sang the queen followed by lunch a beautiful white gift service waa held in the church on sunday morn ing the sunday school children pla ced their white gift in a large whit basket at the front of the church which will go to tie scott mission in toronto to children waa might not have any christmas we wtah the editor andius staff and all our readers s very merry christmas st johns united christmas pageant sundsy evening several mpmbcrs of st johns united church sunday school and the choir gave the con- gregstion a beautiful pageant it was called the light of men and por trayed the lift of christ from the manger to calvary it was a itory told in speech and song and it gave to the congregation a clear picture of tbe saviours life it was beautifully done members of uie cast were msry barbara alrott joseph peter dar lington angels carol seddon gail mcgilvray unda whitmee margaret mepartane tonl lee dawn fiebig paulea watson was the angel who spoke to the apostles judy hrcum- ber angel of love the two little angela were lynn wyatt and barbara evans shepherds tom forgrave and jan hansen wise hen bob wyatt jim evans aad ernie hyde apostle harvey lee henri hansen bill cole man jaa hansen tom forgrave frank whitmee gordon padfield del- mar french tom trouton mike nor ton douglas wrigglesworth and ches ter deporesl the pageant was directed by mrs vera mecumher mrs al zeravlcv and mrs bob wystl harvey copland wins raaa swim swtt winner of the handsome santa and sleigh ea which the raherala have been selling tacky draw tickets is harvey copland his ticket number 1s1 was drawn at the uant santa parade saturday whan batata oriel kay haley was ask- the herald would appreciate early copy for news and advertising because of the aaonday holiday thf oma t otot jul day tuesday items for tha social and perso nal column will be apprecia ted any time ewer tha week end justhtcwtt7ji5m important hi illness waa on th ag enda at the final meeting of north llalton high aehool board monday la acton chairman william coon waa fcaat at a turkey dinner la th hotel prior to the meeting major item of liitilaia loo to acquire a new ait aad puma with building a complete aw geor getown aehool or a entailer 4rew auxiliary vrfchtl to meat the neadsol next september the decision waa praased by the georgetown member ernest pr- grsve fred msstarmaa sad jaaass coodlet who explained the iirgaawy of the situation- mrs john guna aad mrs j l laas- brrt were aagagad a halftime teach er ia georgetown salaries of care takers were increase by 8300 s year to marimwb of ssjam aa offer was sawptad from the tal worker union to present eebol- arthlpa to high aehool atudenu at mil ton the board acted on th sugges tion of george c brown transporta tion committee chairman that aehool bus service be extended to pupils of stone school area second concert for st georges concert second instalment of the christina concert at st george anglic took place friday when sunday school pu pils from the senior divisions weleo- med santa on his second visit la a week jack armstrong and harvey dew- hurst shared tbe duties of chairman with rv kenneth itichardaaa assist ing the program inctndad tnetnxm- ental numbers by robert armstrong jsmes fiddler john bennett and michael stewardson and plays and skits by girls in the classes of mrs trd arnold janice bradley mrs dawson and mrs fred armstrong tbe junior choir lad in singing aa indian carol mr jeasa brandford aang and mr dewhnrst recited s hum orous poem tbe program ended with a movie depicting csrol scene with back ground musk by the leslie bell sing ers pikbmim imtfottain wtvat amd childftffm sunday afternoan members of the fire department had a party for their wives and children santa arrived by sleigh and distri buted gifts to the guests sad lunch was served georgetown commitnity swimming pool jdeaetie- u m ceorrlbutleae dec 14 1wj previously acknowledged t 1x054 imperial oil mho fred p hachman u misses moore fuw c burt 10x0 lome s erwla loo robert allen main st n 10x0 harvey w armstrong 10x0 douglas l wood 7x0 s lyon 10x0 mr and mrs j runham 00 robert e allen king st e 2sx0 g r muckart 300x0 stan wade 100x0 walter brandford s900 dr chamberlain 50x0 yvonne adams 10x0 p vannatter 10x0 isaac simpson 2x0 george n frost 10x0 anon 8x0 richard l burley 10x0 roy il warwick 8x0 clare w hart 1sx0 leonard wilson 1x0 allan mcg memillen 80x0 john b nichols mx0 p h cuppisoa 50x0 fred m dennis 50x0 hubert s clnnamniut 50x0 david mco green 50x0 fred v itekee ssxo c j hibbert sxs mrs w c reynold 5x0 tha ladwldge 10x0 a a hoi 8x0 arthur beaumont 100x0 mrs f at curtis w 15x0 marlene dixon ariene reeve rjs bert devoyst 1x0 x b richardson 109 1x0 sb burt 8x0 10040 walter evans and co anal hi atoeve o aaitottalar4j lfarietwatav v ai3dvs oiw i rn d