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iktet bob bonfield for setond term jrlre chief high pse by mayor for department work bob bonfield was elected georgetowns ore chief for a second term when members of the ore department attended their annua meeting sunday afternoon mr bonfield was first elected to the office last spring following the death of chief jack harlow the fire department were hosts to council and a few other guests at a social urnt follow- log the meeting at which a buf fet lunch was served w took at 196 j with the same confidence as we did in j960 said mayor era hyde in complimenting firemen on their excellent record he acted as chairman lor the elections the mayor pointed out that there hid been no serious arjdutia be said latrto lttus trabe this the department made a 00 donation to the hospital for sck children with half i in i and expressed the opinion that the department which serves the town and a portion of eaquesing is unequal led by any other in the prov ince he stressed that as a volun- brigade firemen render of this in personal donations other top offices will be filled by the same men in the coming year erwin lewis is deputy chief clarence spence secre- jouble service to the common- jtary and gordon inglis treas- ity which is not saddled with a high salary bill for fire pro tection and our low fire loss gives us better insurance rates too he added firemen can be proud that the 25man brigade is serving a town twice the size of a few years ago he continued while mamuining the same high ef ficiency rate and the fire de partment has many elements of a service dub taking part in many projects which are out urer other officers- elected at the meeting are jim valantine cap tain no 1 david williams cap tain no 2 wilfred breen hook and ladder captain ace bailey lieutenant no 1 clarence carey lieutenant no 3 bil ritchie driver no 1 ralph bludd driver no 2 charles riiu panel truck driver herb roshler township truck driver a former chief harry sav ings andwilfrid leslie esques- ing councillor acted as serut- side th- realm of their assigned ineers for the election following the ejections sev- eral of the guests were asked to speak these included reeve doug sargent of town and ree ve campbell sinclair of esques- ing the incoming deputy reeve john elliott who was councils fire chairman last year and es- quesing councillor wilfrid res ile who was he townships fire chairman eipchlef savings incoming councillors bob bur ke and don barrage the lat- tera former member of the brigade former major jack armstrong and eric londes- boro personnel manager at smith h stonel members of the 25nian de partment are bob bonfield er win lewis clarence spence gordon jnglis wiitrjed breen jim valinuhe patrick woods bill ritchie andy ritchie david williams william hyde jack cunningham george chap lin walter richardson herb roshief ate bailey judd dav ison charles hill harold bennett charles tyler clar ence carey art stamp ralph bludd william hitlierjr and ross dickey mrs rofet cunningham heads auxiliary tjie annual wa meeting was held thursday afternoon january 5th at the home of mrs chas austin who opened the meeting with a new years message and hymn 571 mrs floronce gilten had a lovely new ycarrdtvolional mrs george nuvse gave a humor ous reading entitled the strike- secretary mrs ward brownridge read the minutes of the lasl waeotiag thank you notes were read from sick ones remembered alter lengthy business discussion on several matters pertaining to church and parsonage mrs c b dick thanked ms austin for her splendid years- work as president and then mrs ford wickson read the report of the nominating committee and the officers for- 1961 president mrs robert cun ningham 1st vice president mrs j m wickson 2nd vice mr leslie glffen secretary j mrs ward brownridge assist ant mrs jas carney treasurer i mrs frank wilson assistant mm fred nurse parsonage committee mrs claude picket j and mrs w bird flower com mittee mrs arthur ruddell mrs george wilson and mrs i e tindalftrclcaning committee mrs vcrn pic arid mrs- frank ruddell dish and silver ware committee mrs t brawn ridge mrs trank wilson and mrs harvey nurse pianist mrsj t brownridge and mrs james carncyf auditors mrs j m wickson and mrs vern picket mr and mrs howard bird from the west are visiting mr and mrs wilfrid bird and other relatives the bright star mission band met on sunday afternoon at the home of tommy and dou glas ruddejl with their new leader mrs john m bird in charge murray brownridge was responsible for the pro gram scripture was read by thelma carney missionary prayer given by konneth me- nabb roll call was answered by a new years resolution i have made the story from study book told by mrs bruce mcclure offering was received by dennis mcclure and keith austin and dedicated by ken neth austin a hymn and pray er closed the meeting happy birthday wishes to marilyn wilson who has a bir thday on january 11th and to little miss karen wickson who will be three years old n january 17th si pauls baptists are hosts for prayer week the members of st pauls baptist church were host to the churches of georgetown for the week of prayer service last wednesday night the pastor of the church rov e a pinkerton conducted the service while bev ewart madden minister of st an drews united church preached the sermon mrs don hancock thi oiorfjrfowh h1rau thursday january 12th 1m1 page 5 and mrs d lovingstoaa of tbm first baptist church provided very lovely duet the chairman- pointed out to the group which filled ttoa church to its capacity that churches emphasize much the minor ways in which they differ but rather those great tenets of faith which ther- all bold in common most of the georgetown mini sters were present at the ser vice and wereuite- entbusui- tic about the fine made by laity of all tbecjiar ches lwasimanimously agreed by allhthe ministers that i year the number of services held in this area during t week of rrayer should be creased mr madden delivered a 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