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comral littee chairman mrs joan agguw 1 such y sponsored activi fies as the ycwd club judo lab boys and girls gym dabs ly teen clubs 2 gray group ski club handicapped club ba idminton club and day camp land hinted at the formation of new organisations mrs helen van slckler was med georgetown y president i at the meeting others named to office are vice president rev ikelvin c johnston secretary mrs janice smith treasurer mrs fred aggiss and commit itee chairmen mrs john otta way program stan milne campaign james white fin lance and mrs g hunt publi fity members of the georgetown lys twenty four member board of directors are one year term lewis roy norton michael drifting snow j radically cuts school attendance drifting snow knocked school buses out of service baonday peletchak james white mrs greetings from georgetown and z jlts i- smith mr tn a mr jv l iow and towiuhip schools nothing to do in town y report erases the myth janice smith mrs joan aggiss mrs esther smith mrs isobcl engleby two year term cccii walk er rev kelvin johnston john ifttniop john todd mrs marilyn ottaway miss carol lane mis ann smith mrs he len dickson three year term john arm strong graham famell stan milne rev william baxter mrs helen van slckler mrs cathy hunt mrs evelyn rudy mrs evelyn unsworth the elections followed a de monstration and committee re ports the demonstrations exempli fied work by the judo club jr y teens and boys and girls gym clubs reports were given by executive director eric eamon and committee heads mrs ag giss mrs hunt and treasurer james white the slate of officers was pre sented by nominating commit tee chairman rev johnston mayor joseph gibbons brought irs dora sutherland new resident for local red cross mrs dora sutherland was na president of the george ppwn branch of of the canad red cross society at the local chapters annual meeting fct the north halton golf and buntry club thursday mght mrs sutherland succeeds judy krfffner in the post u as a result of the election be executive now includes l gerry walsh 1st vice pre tent mrs jean hancock 2nd t president mrs fran grady retary mrs wauh treasur the committee chairmen are room supplies mrs wggy balkinfl chairman mrs m sinclair vice chairman disaster service mrs mary mpson rn chairman mrs martin rn vife chair- lamp mrs jean hancock vice man for glen williams i individual emergency aid irman mrs gerry walsh j chairman mrs dora suth lnd pfiome nursing instruction mary simpson rn chair 1 mrs sheila ward rn vice volunteer recruitment and replacement mrs fran gra dy chairman mrs a pritch ard vice chairman public relation mrs con me nieuwhof chairman mrs dora sutherland vice chair man nlor cltixens committee ohn elliott chairman douglas ter vicechairman water safety i mrs connie whof chairman mrs gail wrough vice chairman e chairman for glen williams 1 terra cotta mrs jean mcvicar offered the greet ings of the national council ymcas of canada the program was divided in two parts the first introduced by mr peleschalr tnd the sec ond by the retiring president allen brewer in his remarks mr brewer placed much of the credit for the georgetown y s increase in both membership and number and variety of programs on el mer carter who joined the org anization last spring as progr am director a financial statement showed the georgetown ys income tot ailed 10169 38 about half of isinv thg 7 fund t flest hit was pine- skfitt p 8n cx vcw hornby where just 8 of their 240 made monday and at tendance was still less than 50 there tuesday speysid school had an attendance of 9 monday i their enrolment there is 20 forty pupils of limehouse school s 200 got through mon and 123 of glen williams school s 202 made it to classes that day norval marked 55 of the 01 there present local industries also felt the result of the heavy snow work forces dipped and rural mail carriers were stymied parts of their routes ootb mon trace of snow i and tuesday fell off sharply as a result georgetown public schools which are not serviced by buses experienced extreme absentee ism in kindergarten and the primary grades only hut geor getown and district high school enrolment includes a large percentage of rural stu dents and suffered an attend ance drop of 400 by tuesday the attendance figure was just 100 short of the enrolment of 1050 stcwarttown school had 8 pu pils show up and so closed its doors monday tuesday 60 of the 217 enrolled there made it to classes 7370 00 a look at the weather february 2 wednesday 3 thursday 4 friday 5 saturday 6 sunday 7 monday high or the precipitation high low eek 29 low to clear the air christian youth week observed by cubs on february 1 1mbit u cobs of georgetown held a service of youth week at holy cross church sane 150 enba from va rious packs in and around geor getown were in attendance during- the service the new flags of the 5th b pack were dedicated by father otger de- vent michael fobert read the bible the lord is mr shepherd which was also the theme of father oters talk spiritual songs were led by mrs r reynold mrs j mon ro and mr r colter rev johnston of st andrews unit ed church led the closing pray- rev ueweuin of sl albans anglican church glen willi ams was also in a council briefs reappointed to the commun ity centre board at council monday night were tl mclaren fantux win garbutt stan walsh rex cock w r smith and r ballcntine the board administers the swimming pool the planning board submit ted a budget request for 1066 of teooo march was proclaimed red cross month and the red cross flag will be flown at the mun icipal building nine applications for the po- social personal mrs elgin miller of camp bell lover bjc a rating in town with her parents mr and mrs harry goldhasa 12 orcn- mr and mr alan lamg of fir were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs walter biehn mr and mrs styles gjlson 1 sarah sl and daughters visited on saturday with mr and mrs kc loncheed of guclph mn and mrs charles payne 3 mcnabb sl saotored south for a recent vacation staying part of their fasae at paytona beach mr mcnally admitted he had not returned the letter accepting or rejecting his ap pointment to the 1966 indus trial commission but hoped that a joint meeting would iron out the stalemate and let him e to a decision iqnc several other places during their stay there mr and mrs gar lacey charles sl with then- sonnvlaw and daughter mr and mrs jack tbocbpson have returned from a vacation trip to florida they stayed at hollywood and mr and mrs walter bwhn 26 queen sl were in toronto on friday to attend the conven turn of ontario weekly news papers at the royal york hotel neighbouring publisher david dills of acton was president of the association this year and was suc by ken glenoin ning of delhi in the election of nboo of police constable were re and will be considered in conwnttrr rules parking authority pays for snow clearing woumnt a plow go good now might well have been the thought of an urate merch ant who called reeve win f huffier about the unplowed state of the parking lot behind main sl monday night reeve hunter presented a motion to pay 15 account to tuaveal motors for plowing the lot saying 1 am presenting this to find out whether the town or the park ing authority should pay for it cr r ballcntine claimed that in past years the parking auth ority had listed 800 for par king lot expenses so he assum ed they paid il the use of town equipment was suggested by cr harrison since in his opinion rf it was plowed with the roads the town could claim subsidy in addi tion he felt the parking auth ority should be billed cr e hyde agreed that town equipment could be used and the parking authority lulled who hired maveal queni coun- harmon reeve hunter replied that it was one of the merchants who had waited all thursday night for a town plow to dear the lol the man said he would pay the bid lilf if the town didnx explained reeve hun ter hope this isnl suiting thmg where people ip and authorize a plow and the town is supy to pay retorted cr haiiison in answer to a question from cr fjnmerson mayor gibbons stated that he was sure the par king authority had been respon sible for snow removal in the past and felt they would also be r for this bill the motion was withdrawn and the bill will be sent to the paradox- authority new red cross branch resident i campaign for funds john bellamy chairman james war ren vice chairman volunteer pins for special service were presented to miss marjory naier mrs mary simp son mrs peggy balkind and mrs judy kiiffner after the ilcctions pins have also been awarded mr and mrs harold mcclure who were unable to attend the retiring president mrs kiiffner presented nosegays to coworkers mrs edna ferguson and mrs nieuwhof and mrs nieuwhof also received a badge of service from c r tisdale ontario division campaign chairman mr tisdale was at the meeting as guest speaker the election and presents ttons followed a diriner at which a moment s silence was obser ved in memory of the late dr bernard j bebenek who had assisted the georgetown red cross chapter in many ways the head table included james warren mrs sutherland father otger devent mrs kiiffner c r tisdale mrs- walsh mayor joseph gibbons and mrs gibbons and grady hope industrial commission wont become political footballmayor a joint meeting of council in committee of the whole and the 1965 industrial commission wax suggested to council mon day night- by william mcnally who said be was speaking as a private individual not as a representative of the commis sion a third letter from sam penric accepted the appoint- tbatpnent with the reservation that all decisions would be a bene fit to the town not to anyones political prestige lames linton and connell smith who were also present told council they too bad not returned their letters since their feelings were in accord with mr mcnally s mayor joe gibbons agreed wholeheartedly to call the joint meeting and advise them of the date cr e hyde requested that any letters of resignation in correspondence as yet unread be withheld until the meeting however the mayor insisted the correspondence be read as part of normal procedure he explained that all members of the 1965 commission would be notified in the correspondence a let ter from alex blackwell stated that be appreciated the ap pointment to the 1966 commis sion and had enjoyed the pre vious years on that commis sion but declined to serve this 1st a second letter this one from roy wilson agreed that there should be close bason between council and the commission and welcomed the two council appointees he claimed bow ever that they should be ea officio members since theft their nonvoting status woutf help the commission to retain its nonpolitical flavour on this basis be stated he would be willing to serve it was decided to hold all the letters till the meeting the mayor commented that he wouldn t like to see the in- dustrial commission become a political football while cr hyde stated the commission was mainly concerned with kee ping the names of industrial contacts in confidence you wouldn t attempt to make political gain out of it asked the mayor smiling i am not using now or ever did use industrial promotion for political gain retorted cr hyde i did say two years ago that georgetown needed compe titive industrial land and that is why were going ahead now cr hyde asked reeve hunter to confirm the fact he had ne ver taken credit for any indus tries he had helped bring in the reeve stated in the case of both bliss and marietta cr hyde then mayor bad put in his two bits worth and never mentioned il mr penriees letter did not ask for a resume of previoui council s industrial activities was cr emmenons brief com ment cr w smith commended r wilson s suggestion of the ex officio status of conncfl mem bers an the commission public school trustees waive fees serve gratis georgetown public school board trustees have again agreed to serve without remun eration at a recent meeting the board members again turned down their allotted honoraria a sav ing annually of just under 3000 the georgetown public school board and the georgetown dis trict high school board mem bers who also refuse allowed fees are the only school boards hi the surrounding area which choose to serve at no cost to the taxpayers a letter from the mother of a child who has to walk from the mountainview john st area to attend wngglesworth public school touched off a dis cussion on similar situations mrs george webster asked for a bus to transport children from that area during the win ter months she said there are several other small children who have to make the walk which she called dangerous to wrigglesworth board members said they sympathized but felt some kind of car pool arrangement might be a better answer they said there are many other such areas from which long walks are made more difficult by winter and cited the trek from ann sl in the extreme north end of town to chapel sl school no walks are outside the maximum limit set by the depl of education however some are more hazardous than others to small pupils because of stretch es of road with no sidewalks congratulations from provincial campaign head- mrs dora sutherland left is congratulated by c r thdaw ontario joadcrasa raria ehaarman on bana mrs named president of the georgetown brandi afrfie canadian jted cross sooety mrs sutherl iiamnti mrs judy i kiiffner centre in the position the georgetown branch held its election tnursday more industrial activity as rasmussen heissler buy land two more parcels of town owned industrial land were sold by council monday night at a cost of 20001 b rasmussen bought si acres facing mount ainview road with an option another pircel of land the ill lots are approximately half an acre the 92 acres bought by mr rasmussen are nude up of two lots before the third reading of the bylaw was passed coun hyde pointed out thai the land was considered more valuable because it faced on mountain view road karlhcissler kasco manu factoring co became the owner of 46 acres at a cost of 800 he also has an option on anoth er parcel of land adjoining in both cases stated coun hyde construction will begin within six months of closing and ba completed within twelve months the provisions include the ousts of lawyer s and engin rs feerto he pai by tmjtrar and any local improve- ts desired the options ex pire at the end of 1966 with the first offer of refusal going to the purchaser firm member retires luggage presentation a familiar member of the downtown business community miss kathleen given retired at the end of january from her position in the beaver lumber company office saturday mght members of the beaver staff held a party in her honour at the home 6f the manager del d entrcmont and his wife 14 durham 5u where she was presented with luggage as a parting gift miss given had completed 46 years of service in her position ontt with the georgetown lorn beroandjor the paav ten years with beaver since that firm acquired the business