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anions differ radically as panel debates plunkett p jtycees welcome efco a gqhtt dinner iwn a frankanatln smuter cr bra hyda to generally high ij te favour warden berl satan acton war expressed at a panel discussion last wed esdajr on the plunkett report the report ordered by the ontario government suggests radical changes in the municl fat attop in plata of the smal lar administrative units the patterwas part of an v bias planned by the junior chamber of commerce at north alton golf and country clul at the dftner attended by a frh dhie officials and in dustnal executives one of the towns newest industrie economy forms was officially welcomed to georgetown i brotherton general eric lambton prod ncuoav aaanagec and don jen nings sales manager were din er guests and mr brotherton gave a summary of the product ion process at their todd jroad slant and the firm s history efco which also uses con traction products as a name started in the mid thirties iowa as a oneman operation anaking rental equlpme for r contractors he likened the pro duct to a giant mecca composed of interlocking parts tor contractors forms which can be pot together in various eombinsuns and reused today- tbt firm sells direct to the trade and also produces i equipment hayor jos gibbons express ed george s pleasure having a tine new industry loc ating in georgetown where people want to hve and can af ford to live the eempany was also wel comet by sandy mackenzie euanertfbalrmaft and alan teet er jaycee president with con aell smith brotherton john t armstrong was panel moderator and introduced george kerr mpp county warden and acton reeve bert hinton cr era hyde who is industrial chairman of the georgetown council and stan finlaya member and past chairman of the public school board- panelists- were first asked to give a capsule opinion of the plunmeu recommendations i fiad-e- planning in it at all said mr hyde who is out spokenly critical it takes what exists today and saya one part should be bigger another stay as it is the whole argument is that our area should develop from lake ontario george town could end as a good ward laya poor municipality exeat log a frankenstein monster but id rather be in george town twenty years from now than in the chaos he is suggest ing in the south mr hinton observed that mr hyde would appreciate the report more if he had experien ce in county government astute men couldnt prod uce a worthless report he said it s based on broader knowled ge thanany one person in our municipalities possesses generally im highly in favour of most of the contents mr finloy spoke from the of schooling and said here is a general feeling of disagreement from mild bitter among communities which would be affected north halton feels it would be difficult for one board operate although everyone re alizes larger areas are coming at least 8 000 students are required to operate a good secondary school system and north halton hasn t this many students education docsn t necessarily have to be limited by municipal boundaries the report is making people think and debate its points said mr kerr and thats us mam purpose i e he said most residents wust agree that some form of region al government is necessity as there are too many boards and commissions now he is concerned about boun daries particularly the isolat ion of milton about the need for large education units and the interpretation of rural in the report he believes georgetown will be the core of the proposed northern area during a question period mr kerr opined that definite changes will come within two or three years and that rural and urban areas would have the same mill rate with an additional rate for the lat ter which would have more services provided mr hinton said that a rural area could still allow new de velopments like bremalea and observed that the 6040 indust rial residential ratio is no long er a factor as some areas can prosper with a heavy resident ial density he said county government would be greatly improved if councillors were directly elect cd rather than the present sys tem of municipal representauv hornby honours mother with surprise biffhday party mrs irene sajnders held a surprise birthday party recent ly in honour of her mother who celebrated her birthday on dec 4th those attending were mr and mrs w ifend torlhii sndqo and mrs wilfred thompson mr and mrs lew sampson mr and mrs carl saunders mr and mrs tom given mr and mrs delbert downs mrs jessie ap- pleyard mr and mrs dick ap- pleyard mr and mrs william bradley and mr and mrs john bradley the evening was spent playing euchre with the winners follows mrs delbert downs tom given mrs lew sampson and lew sampson fol lowing cards mrs bradley op ened her many lovely gifts and extended her thanks to all for the gifts and surprise the st stephen s anglican church women s association held their monthly meeting at the home of mrs mary maxwell on tuesday night dec 6th with six members attending the evening unit of the hornby united church women held their christmas meeting at the home of mrs barbara snow on monday night dec 3 anniversary greeting to mr and mrs thomas howden who will celebrate their wedding an niversary on monday dec 19th mr and mrs garry hamftton were guests on saturday at the wedding of their niece susan peck of port credit mr and mrs douglas leslie and family moved into their ne v home on saturday on the no 10 sideroad get well wishes are extended to mr john wilson who is a pa tient in the milton district hospital get well wishes to mrs fred huffman who is recuperating at the home of her dajghter and son inlaw mr and murray hayward following a stay in the milton district hospital the senior class of st steph en s anglican church and their teachers mrs john bradley and mrs irene saunders assisted by mrs mary maxwell spent sun day afternoon making christmas decorations and christmas can dles for the church and sunday school christmas gifts for the kindergarten class were also gift wrapped billy howden was the lucky winner of a turkey last week at a draw held at the canadian le gion in milton birthday greetings to mrs john busseu and kevin jepson lumper bargains 1878 vintage looking for bargains in lum berf han ont seven hundred feet of common inch plank for w30 and 80 feet ofvantling for 72 cents only trouble is the sale ended in 1878 those prices were quoted in an historic bill fsom a george cooke lumber coat ashgrove to a mr appleby in oakvilte which wrlgglesworth public school principal william kin rade includes in his collection on its printed envelope the cooke firm refers to itself as manufacturer of lumber shin gles laths and plaining ash grove is spelled ash grove two separate words the bill bead is dated october 31 1878 on dec 15th to axel peterson on dec 16th to stuart mcmil ian and john perry jr on dec 17th to anne prestidge and to garnet howden on dec 18 and boss brigden on dec ib th viormtown hirald thursday december 15 1m thank you to au the electors who voted for me to those who worked so diligently on my behalf congratulations to the successful candidates and may wo have a happy and prosperous centennial year merry christmas to everyone sincerely john a elliott d j h jim emmerson extends sincere appreciation to all who supported him at the polls and worked on his behalf merry christmas and best wishes to all 4 thanks to au thqtt who votepformiahd worhdonmyiawip john hole a merry christmas to all gecrge leslie extends sincere thanks to all who supported him aftha poll seasons greetings and best wishes to au wilfrid leslie extends a sincere thank you to the electors of esquesing for thhr support thank you to au the electors in ward 3 who cast their ballots in my behalf seasons greetings albert tuchel -55- to the electors of the township of esquesing thank you for electing ma your deputy reeve for 1967 by acclamation george currie my sincere thanks to the electors of ward ii i shall continue to represent you and all the ratepayers ef georgetown in a manner befitting ffco frusr you have again placed in ma a very merry christmas and a bright and happy new year to all james young egeorge bates r r 3 georgetown no s sideroad wishes to extend a sincere thank you to all his supporters in the esquesing township election a sincere thank you to all those who supported me at the polls on december 5lh it will be my effort to serve best interests of au citizens of the township jim goodlet esquesing councillor for 1967 my thanks to the esquesing ratepayers for reelecting me to council for 1967 and a special word of thanks to all those who worked on my behalf compliments of the season tom hill to the electors of esquesing 4 thank you for your wonderful support at the polls c f pat patterson seasons greetings grant greenaway tco moowv chris walker stan may your public school trustees would like to thank the ratepayers for the confidence that has been placed in us and appreciate the opportunity of serving you for the next two years seasons greetings to all