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ordre du merite awarded mr and mrs roger primeau glbn williams mrs roger primeau the french canadian assoc iation of ontario has decorated mr and mrs roger primeau of the ordre du merite franco- ontarien with the title host deserving at a banquet held at the chateau launer ottawa during education week at this banquet about 1000 persons were in attendance mr roger primeau has been chairman of the local french association for the last five years he also acted as a separ ate school board trustee for roger primeau one year be has been active in many french organizations for a number of years mrs roger primeau has been a teacher in the bilingual tion at holy cross school since the opening of these classes six years ago she also served on the executive of the regional bilingual teachers federation they were the first couple to be thus honored by the associa tion becomes member of loblaw 25 year club mr anw mrs w everson at tended the 25 year club ban quet it the royal yorltilotel toronto last week when bill became a member of the club associated with loblaws ltd he received a ring and a 100 canada savings bond dn wagstaffe who began his radio work as announcer in ke- nora has moved west and began work this week at the radio na tion in weyburn sask some support but kens auto bill is talked out moores succeeds johnson as skating club president trevor moores was named to rjcceed cliff johnson as presi dent of the georgetown figure skating club at their annual meeting thursday in the arena boss room other officers elec ted were mrs daphne mooney vice president mrs clara brandt secretary mrs ilene hancock assistant secretary mrs bene hewitt treasurer mrs c golden vice chairman clifford johnson teat chair man jim macmillan publicity paul barber carnival chairman mrs cathy mallot costumes chairman and lou pankenin scenery chairman club members commended the retiring president for the fine position in which he had left the club after his two years in the top office interchem wants lob for future expansion planning for future expan sion interchem presstite ltd asked council monday to sell three industrial lots adjoining its armstrong avenue property the firm would pay the flooo an acre price for which other property has been sold by the town teepee wagon wheels cowgirls kinette kruise western setting to go west was the suggestion price of kitchener and deputy of the famous american news paperman horace greeley to go western was the suggestion of the georgetown kinettes they were aiming their advice at prospective guests at the an nual kinette kruise which re captured the spirit of the wild west at the riviera friday night the nerval night spot was de corated in the theme a cow boy mural the work of miss jane graff was a much admired hem in the foyer and wagon wheels pictures of indian tot ems and squaws and braves car ried the motif to the dance floor a realistic teepee was the stage wben johnny hoods or chestra played for dancing cou ples from guelph weston streetsville acton and bramp ton they were greeted at the door by kinettes dressed as cowgirls who handed out favors miniature teepees sachets and indian headbands dance chairman mrs eva mid- dleton welcomed all and intro duced kinsman bill sunnucks who rode herd over the rest of the proceedings special guests were kinsmen district bulletin editor doug woodburn of pres ton deputy governor fred governor elect harry levy and mayor joseph gibbons among the lucky winners of door and spot prizes were mrs don herrington dave dee rob ber borne mrs pcasey rex heslop dave andrews jack lavoie mayor gibbons jack armstrong martin goody mont bern middleton shirley and harry coxe mr and mrs- leonard annette mr and mrs fred harrison ida ednan and c latimer intermission entertainment was highlighted by the whist lers gyrating to recorded music were kinsmen bob collett dean taylor trevor moores and lack lavoie two groups of kinsmen and kinettes squaredanced to the calling of orval shea and ac cordionist roy cock and the emcee led guests in a western singalong twelve of the singers who found lucky stars on their song sheets also won prizes mrs rosine levy was charge of tickets mrs sylvia dearsley was secretary of the committee mrs donna moores handled the publicity and mrs marilyn sunnucks supervised decorating and favours the prizes were donated by a num ber of generous merchants we send getwell wishes to mrs schipper sr who is georgetown district hospital mr and mrs paul wagstaffe and mr and mrs lome garvin awfmr and mrs j wagstaffe attended the georgetown milk producers banquet and social evening in bauinafad last week we are pleased to report that catherine dillon is able to be home with her parents after a lengthy stay in hospital follow ing a toboggan party accident last december when her back was broken she is now able to be out of the cast we wish her a speedy full recovery last monday night about thir ty ladies enjoyed demonstra tion on the making of hats by mrs inex crichton of lime- house through the depl of ag riculture home economics div ision it was held in st albans hall sponsored by the ladies guhd mrs crichton was intro duced by the first vice presid ent mrs merle reid who also thanked her and presented her with a bouquet of daffodils lunch was served by the guild ladies mr and mrs g andrews of thurso alberta attended the united church sunday morning witk their daughter mrs tom forgrave they are on their way home west after completing a trip to europe rev ralph waugh of chal mers united church guelph will be the speaker next sun day morning at the 126th anni versary of the gien united church he served here as stud ent minister during the sec nd world war miss sandra blyth is the soloist the blythe fam ily were well known here her grandparents were great work- es in the church here and her father horace grew up here they now live in nassagaweya mrs t a dillon attended the twoday convention of the iode in sberatonconnaught hotel in hamilton last week the private members bill of halton mpp george kerr which called for a govenuneqt study of automobile insurance costs was talked out in the legislat ure thursday mr kerrs bill received the strong support of speakers from all parties in the house and the halton member did not appear too disheartened with the out come he told the newsmen follow ing the sitting that be hoped the meat of the bill would be studied quietly by the depart ment of transport and that that department would bring about the desired changes house in order specifically mr kerr urged the insurance industry to put its house in order and to co operate with those who sym pathize with some of their prob lems his bill stressed his concern for the spiralling costs of auto repairs and their effect on the rising cost of car insurance mr kerr also stated that it is doubtful m the increase in repair shops and skilled repair men is keeping up with the in crease in the motor vehicle registration in ontario and the increasing numbers of vehicles requiring repair he emphasized that the pur pose of his resolution was not to carry an a tirade against the insurance companies or debate whether or not automo bile insurance rates are unjusti fiably or unreasonably high he did however begin with the premise that the automo bile insurance rates are high and continue to rise safer cars he noted the recent debate over safecar designs and com mented that he feels safer cars will cut the cost of automobile parts and repairs it has been claimed be said that cars are deliberately de signed in order to insure a buil in high profit for parts he said that an insurnce man in his riding in halton has in formed him that if one purchas ed a 53500 car piece by piece the cost would be 20000 visit english sisters fifty years in canada mr and mrs frank smith and mr and mrs albert smith have returned after a three- eek holiday in england the smith brothers were ro uted with their two sisters again after an absence of almost fifty years the four are the only ones left of an original fa mily of ten the two mrs smiths who are sisters came to canada in lflll and this was their first visit hick there were several lunts and uncles and numerous cou sins to call on they also visf- tedba school and church they attended aa amau girls the home they lived in be fore coming to canada is occu pied now by a cousin a they the georgetown hwraj thursday april mth jr page 9 days there was a most exciting and enja able holiday even though weather didnt cooperate rained nineteen days out of ti 21 but the friendliness of q people and the welcome ed made up for the bad er conditions the average accident la si year cost 810 he said there have been suggestions that private insurance compan ies lose millions from the dis honest padding of repair esti mates mr kerr continued kackkward area one of the problems is that car repairing is the most tech nically backward area of the automotive industry and new equipment and techniques arc urgently needed so as to prod uce real reductions in accident costs he told the legislature that following an accident the mot orists decision regarding choice of body shops or method of re pair affects these persons auto insurance costs he stressed that he auto in surance costs are of particu lar interest to the people of his constituency and urged quick action emo exercise flops when key personnel miss test most georgetown residents were present for the exercise and those in the rest of the county presumably perished saturday when an emergency measures exercise flopped be cause key personnel failed to show up euchre bridge funds for grade 8 banquet fourteen tables of euchre and bridge players attended the chapel st home and school card party last monday first prize for euchre was won by mrs orval paul a threeway tie for second involv ed mrs bob bonfield mrs bert palmer and mrs s robin mrs bonfield won the tiebreak er a consolation prize went to mrs stan oconnor the prize for best bridge score was won by mrs fred peters mrs j montcith was the lucky draw winner of a cake decorated to resemble a wicker basket of hyacinths it was bak ed and decorated by mrs norm an lounds proceeds from the card party will go toward the chapel st grade eight banquet in june area residents were left to their own devices to cope with the simulated fallout problems when the department heads police chiefs fire chiefs health officers and engineers didnt show of the more than 12 men on the halton committee only one besides the emo coordinator turned up he was jjx gray oakvilte welfare officer im very disappointed in the turn out w bruce mcgregor the emo coordinator stated mr mcgregor pointed out the exercise could have een success ful if it had been held during the week the good weekend weather might have lured many to other pursuits ah the two members of the committee could do was order coffee and doughnuts over the s600 portable radio transmitter that was standing by for emer gency use the control centre was set up in magistrates court maps instruments and various charts were around the room in the centre wasa ushaped arrange ment of tables and chairs that were to be occupied by the com mittee members besides mr mcgregor and mr gray six volunteer radio oper ators actons assessor william erakine a member of the sub committee and james falconer a member of the provincial em ergency measures organization watching skmix harry ttvy demonstrate an ocp west dandruff cure on cowpoke amurphy am marilyn and bui sunnucks jackie and tom kent mora milne rosine levy bern and eva middleton jean murphy and ken milne the exercise centred around a supposed peacetime nuclear explosion near montrose mich igan 15 miles north west of flint the danger to persons in southwestern ontario was the resulting radioactive fallout ear ned here by the winds the exercise to give warning of radioactive fallout was called fallwarn planning a fishing trip save up to 40 on rods reels 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