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great canucks sunshine sketches won world fame for leacock oim of a urt of articles on gmr canadian written by student of gaoreafown district high school stephen leacock i by patty wright stephen leacock represented in a way the paradox which is canada born in england he moved to canada and wrote american humour but this was the simplest of the incon aistcncies that fcis life and per sonality presented he was the tintdy man with the order ly mind the man who could not drive a car but could explain the theory of relativity the man was at the same tome lec turer teacher economist scire lar political scientist humorist and historian everything he wrote and everything he did discuss 10 fee for council committees a 10 00 fee for attendance at committee meetings is in the discussion stage by georgetown council preparation of a bylaw ordered by council monday on a 53 vote after this was prop osed by deputy reeve arthur speight it would be retroactive to january 1st mr speight told council that the work load of councillors is out of all proportion to the 20 meeting fee they now receive i dont feet the public ex pects a man to devote 12 to 15 hours a week to town business was based upon a rccognitior he said in many municipalities of human dignity th pay the council meeting i rate but i have kept my motion leacock was born december a the rate 30th 1869 at swanmore coun ty or hampshire england he said councils fee has static for some years while c in 1876 he sailed wth his fa cry else is increasing mily to canada where he set j si boards have been serv tied on a farm near sutton cn lng thout pay but now the tano j public school board has taken previously his only formal ed iniual stc ln votin them mation had been at a dame s selves a salary to which they school in england during the are entitled first years of his life m cana da he studied at home but m 1882 was enrolled in upper ca nada college his academic life cr steamer emmerson proved to be very successful as against the proposal he graduated in 1887 as the head boy r f don l t it appropriate 1 for a council which has served in 1888 after complehng two three months to vote our years in one at the univn ty l selves a raise at this time he of lironto he nepred him l k t were to be done il elf tach h fa school by i s be at the end of our tctiing tvoe months as a term to apply to an incoming teacher in training finally by councl 1889 a teaching position was his i think the other suhool 1 board will follow suit he said thi oeorgbtown herald thursday march 16th 1967 page 12 tony trcahy was germany tal led wichtcl each jlrl carried a flag of the country they represented and their fairy gold for the week went to the world friend ship fund and to mexico at the close of the meeting the pack was treated to a large birthday cake house damaged dismiss careless driving charge a car smashed into a glen williams house and locked it from its foundations a court was told monday police estimated the damage to the iv storey building at 2700 constable waller jordan said the house front the railing services plastering remodelling fancy ceilings and repairs 8770629 p tf upholstered furniture ovcred and repaired quality workmanship t h briggs stewarttown- 877 9312 tf georgetown upholstery lowest prices workmanship guaranteed 5 years terms can be arranged 8774406 decorating to express indi viduality artistic ulterior ano exterior craftsman in trade c a grant r r 3 georgetown 8773781 office services book keeping typing income tax etc prompt accurate mrs l clark motor vehicles office 41 main st south rent a rug shampooer store the beauty and sheen of your rugs and carpets call mc leans rental sales cend 279 queen st e brampton 4595781 at uxbndge and later at up per canada college at the same time he fu thered his own studies at the university of toronto on completion of his b a he taught for seveal years iuh time at upper canada aid acquired the psihcn of had of his department the summers of t e years he taught at ucc ere spent sail ing on georgian bay or vnting at th s tune several o his es jays were prmcd querying whether this could be legally done under the mu nicipal act cr roy ballentint was told by the mayor that this would be checked but that he believes it is quite legal this motion is only for pre para t ion of a by law said cr young it will have plenty of publicity in the press and unless there is a hue and cry we will know the public favours it eavestroughing spring orders arc now being taken phone 877 660fi sc fishburn sons norval ontario t interior exterior painting free estimates all work guaranteed phone 877 9936 or 877 2678 3 2 reeve hunter crs emmer son and ballentinc voted against influenced n 18s9 by man he motlon named thorstcin veblen who produced the book theory of at present councillors receive the leisure class lcaccu left a 20 fee for each of the appro- jjcc and began studying at the i ximately fifty meetings yearly university of chicago for his which they attend mayor gib bons is allotted a 2500 yearly salary which he has declined to accept during the three years he has served ed mcmullen contractor plastering cement work chimneys and firplacai exterior stucco plastering repairs call acton 8531818 tf boy to man film phd where veblen taught at this tone he acquired a minor appointment at mcgill uuver sitj when in 1903 he receiv cd his ph d he took on a full time teaching at mcgill it was at this time fre really proved himself as an author f jj an p he wrote humojr history ceo- mw romics and political science i harrison teacher parent his first great book was lie association will run the second ments of political science sosnjof two physical health films at to be adopted by thirty fivcthe high school auditorium on universities as the standard i monday evening this one for boys of georgetown elementary school senior grades paintings decorating walter dergsma 57 charles street 8774028 text before being replaced by newer ones it had been trans lated into nineteen languages humour books were literary lapses behind the beyond sunshine sketches of a little town nonsense novels and further foolishness only to name a few historical books were the dawn of canadian history and adcntures in the far north during his years cf teaching st mcgill he boufht a property cn lace cou hiding near or illia which he named old brewery bay he immortah zed this small town and the country which suroundcd it in his book san h ne sketches of a little town in 1915 his or- child stcoh en jr was bon to h m ten years later his wife beatrix died of cancer following this he began his upl against cancer he tried to set up a cancer re search- program at mcgill but the university turned him down the irony of his failure was seen at his death for on march 28th 1944 at the age of 74 he died from cancer of the throat on july 4th of that same year the liberty ship ss stephen leacock was launched a let ter explained liberty ships were named for eminent am erjeans patriots writer art ists statesmen etc or other de ceased persons who had contn buted to the history and cul ture of americans i am sure it cannot be disputed that ste phen leacock certainly belon ged in this category space heater ot too hot dr a w ashenhurst will speak to the boyi after the showing of a health film cntit led boy to man the sponsors insist on the pupiu attending having either written consent from their parents or be in the company of their father they prefer the latter the film will be shown in the gymnatonum at 8 pm only boys of grades 7 and 8 have been invited a film for girls of grades 6 7 and 8 was shown in the holy cross auditorium mondaj march 6th and drew a crowd of close to 600 most of the girls were accompanied by their mo thers the film was the story of menstruation mrs j r couller president of the harrison teacher par cnt association said the entire program takes just over an hour r conn plumbing j4 mill st 877 27b4 hot water and steam heating hot water healers ga and electric tf r beeney plumbing heating tinsm1th1ng 8779362 r r 1 georgetown tl wiring commercial domestic 10hn lenz regnteremaitcr elsetrician electrical contractor 8773414 ii share founder s birthday cake at thinking the brownies of 1st pack south georgetown celebrated thinking day with a special program in honour of lord baden powell founder of the scouting movement and ladv baden powell world chief guide under the leadership of mrs dorothy jarrett brown owl miss jane collett tawny olw and miss susan graham arctic owl the brownies were made aware of the worldwide move ment by a large globe of the g fire fmh puuworld thcychose five coun plumbing heating call 8773638 bill garbutt 16 elgin st it radiators repaired and cleaned peel radiator service 126 nelson st w brampton rear of dix o cup phono 4517177 tf georgetown excavating ltd excavating grading 99 sargent road georgetown 877 0679 robertson electric industrial commercial and residential phone 877 2924 georgetown thet porch and the front wall was caved in he added the jailing was knocked off two doors caved in the door frame smashed ind front wall of the house ca ved in also the officer said the house had been knocked 1v inches off its foundation before the court was a 21 year old district man he charged with careless dri ving on 20 sidcroad january 14th he pleaded not guilty police testified the car had gone out of control on the wet road surface and skidded 149 feet before smashing into the house the accused said he was on the way to work and skidded af ter realizing he had taken the wrong road i applied the brakes but then 1 seemed to go faster he said he thought he had hit a snow patch on to road civil negligence said mag islrate kennclh langdon with soma hesitation the charge dismissed ken nash plumbing heating water softeners water systems repairs and alterations tr 7 2842 rad repairs welding spring service georgetown welding 36 guelph st 877 2951 tf oshawa wholesale has record profit oshawa wholesale limited s annual report will bhow a net profit increase of 39 07 per cent highest in the company s history and a 30 39 per cent rise in sales reports it d wolfe president the company also announced a 30 per cent dividend increase m t mike armstrong mr pete masson of fete mas- son motors ltd takes pleasure in announcing tbe appointment of michael armstrong to their georgetown sales staff mr armstrong brings with him 7 cars experience in the auto motive business and is folly qualified to assist in the select ion and purchase of the fine 1967 line of pontiac buick beaumont and firebini as well as g mac trucks and good- will used cars oshawa will pay dividends of 26 cents per share in 1967 com pared with 20c last year this is the seventh dividend increase since i960 the first quarterly dividend of 6k cents will be paid april to shareholders of record march 17tb w t moore construction brick block and chimney repairs cement work ceramic tile tel 8776461 56 norton crete painting interior and exterior free estimates floor sander i or rent call jim forbes 877 3206 t i trailers 1 brand new 15 ft corsair models sleep 6 fully equipped h tch m rror and insurance supplied 65 toatvs used car sales 1 1 8 guelph street georgetown for bookings phone 877 9473 or 8776105 sundays included jims service centre sales service chain saws by pioneer stihl and homelite sharpening hand saws bv machine iull range of snow blowers and lan mowers saw rentals complete repair department it r 2 brampton 451 0571 bell lines by arnold blachford your telephone manager roof repairs expert and immediate service s c fishburn sons industrial contractor 8776606 2 24 dave williams electric heating limited registered bonded master electrician flcctnc heating and water heater gar wood gas and oil 8773322 19 elgin st f furnaces delrex photography 47 duncan drive georgetown 877 9712 portraits f commexc al f child studios harry hygenasr photographer down a fire threat xstcrdiv af tries to learn about tanoon when they cot to an nrbeled space heater in glen tttniajni before it caused da tfee tatter was in the former oftoprbane three houses north t st abttns anglican church kicran woods was drcssedlo represent brownies in ceylon rennie douglas represented in dn who are called balbul lau ren goebel represented burma called bluebirds laurie jarvie was spain called daina and i charges modest w have up service tothemmute knowledge the latest on all makes equipment and top quality replace- of color tv ment parts to service your set 32 main north 877 3374 wig0 tv appliances bell of canada reports o ir compan s annual report for 1966 has recently been mailed to tfiareholder some of vou may have recei ved one since more than a quarter million shareholders hold slock in bell canada i thought some of the items co vered in the report mijht be of interest to ou behind the report of bell canada s financial standing prcrm of activities during 1966 and plans for the future is ihc record of our employees their da today jobs whe ther driving massive cable laying machinerv a a question about your account at our business office repair inp or in tailing a telephone in vour home or assisting vou uith a telephone call are all reflected in the report you rhiv know many of cur bell people some may be your fr ends nc ghhours or r laiivcs n the georgetown district their work in widekdiicrsificd jobs helps ta bring com tiu meat ions services to our homes and place of busi- ncs nd it is uroufth heir worfc during 1966 that the annul report can relate the continued growh of telephone service in our territory the s or of ho we are continuing to help canadians keep in touch even in sparse settled parts of our country new technology thai will bring added communications benefits to our subscribers innovations resulting from bell canada northern electric teamwork and a program for satellite communications- in telling aur slory of 1966 tho annual repor also lools forward to thr future fi i ire which will see cmnmunications advances uniin3 just 87 years ago when bell canada was begun rars ao when one operator could and did handle all calls in man small towns hv was often asked tor spe- cnl s rviccs ard information one such operator got a dailv request from the same oicc alwavs just before noon for ihc exact time finally she became curious and decided to ask the min why he called daj after day it s ma job to blow the noon whistle he told her and i want to be sure when it s twelve o clock that s funnj lclock by the n laughed the operator on wliille livery da i 2gsft lastei dress parade quality style at modest cost from silvers exclusive children s shoppe guis spung coats s pastel wools m ch ge nev desions s4 95 lo 5 9 spring purses 2 98 398 girls spring hats 28 gins ml weather coats 4 u a 1495 7 1695 girls spring sport 4 95 coats lim camel blue and maple leaf pla d boys gray flannel washable slacks 398 conoletelv wajhab e suits 4 6 798 7 to 14 998 i shirts 198 permanent press cash your family allowance cheques in our children shoppe free draw every month winner for feb mrs a lechler norval onl new arrivals for caster at jacksons ladies wear dept ii s fabulous easter tn all its fashion glory ensembled suited shaped accessorized in the util male femmtne way the looks that are true to every woman and we have them alll new spring dresses including tents and a great varety of new spring fabrics and colors latest style suits 2 ard 3 piece includ ng pant suits q qq pmd from 0 0 dressy allweather coats 1 ko 22 98 new spring hats sweaters and shells in al new spring colors girls childrens dept a complete selection of coats suits and dresses i for girls of all ages jacksons bargain centre it main st n i774m1