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georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district canada 1867 19o the haralrf 1u7197 authorized as second class mail post office dept ottawa and for payment of postage in cash georgetown ontario thursday november 2nd 1967 5 00 per yean single copy prices ton cents the yolks on us after shelling out f the witches and goblin probably flving irounri t i i hallowc en night but thcx dia it quietly one of the quietest cin we have ever hid savs sgl george lotith of the george town police and not one ser ious complaint says the o a few eggs nu around dins on windshields or front doors and a few trees were de coraled in christmas style with toilet tissue but otherwise not much evidence was left in the morning after the rmera t lub in vorval suffered the onlv known sen ous inconvenience in the area when some prankster scattered upholstry tacks all over paarkig lot probablya call will go out for a large magnet at maple main corner if you re a motorist with dccnsion to drive through th- main street maple avenu intersection during the next few weeks for safety i sake proceed through with caution since the intersection was constructed in the late 1950s traffic on maple avenue has been required to stop at main nonthv october 23rd it w changed stop signs and a flashing red light now dem and traffic north and south bound on mun come to i full stop and maple venue is the through strict since then the corner his been the scene of some cor fusion motorists aicusloncd to the former vtup in nun casts have passed through without noticing the stop sign have been relocated and accidents hive ben ivoided onlv bcciuse some drivers ravelling maple ave have stopped at mun out of habit until most local drivers have become fimiliar with the new situation it is ad visible to use extra care while approaching and pass ing through the intersection fill council seat vacant since aug decision on faces fmil mini rill permit dirjl i ion to ins l 1 1 i i it il busrni s i i r ii i next moiul i th in hv its first 1 wc k in i now h ie i the fuin hjdrn pdts f cr billmlu prefer itndir mon ii i i cable tv i monday t t i l 111 to mil 1 ii v t 11 k i if i 1 h lit il off c i 11 il i inn n i ull i jill i i nil i r isiouur i f ir john hole appointed mon to fill term of resigned cr fred harrison i i most weird callers tuesday night were more interested in treats than tricks waiting for their sweet payoff are janie beckett left lynn seckington kalhy scott and kim beckett pleads better attendance branch monthly meetings council split or new engineer at cr- 4 ll i s k n i i u 1 111 1 liring 4200 a council position vacant since fred harrison resigned in auust lo accept a position with the town wis filled on monday lohn hole 33 windsor road utj appointed to fill the vacm c is i wird 2 councillor h- will scjvc until december 1968 mr hoje hu was m unsuc cessful tmdiditc for the post in i i min race last year has hi en i town resident for twelve xeirs he is imploxcd in tor onlo w th hsc harris rergu sn ii is in eseitmg wcrjk for mr and mrs hole the nxt da th bccinic pircnls of a s in t orn in ocorgelown hospi 111 on october 31st they have si other children mrs btty mellon of milton rosemarfe john jr norma gary and dciujj is mr hole will take his oath of office at next mondays council meeting expen- h by ralph hawes for over three cars we sat in the chair at the general mee tings and on several occasions e were forced to cancel meet ings because insufficient members were present to form i quorum lst thursday presid ent dive bowman ifter waiting forhaiijn jiour to give the tragglers a chmcc to set to the meeting had to cancel it again lor lack of a quorum we ak ourselves what cau sesthis apalhx indifference impassiveness oii could call it lethargy call it what jou will whi ciuscs ninctx per cent of the membership to ig bore trc gcitcnl meetings which ire o nerrsarv to asccr tain a well run branch miss deliberately some we fell mi s the mee ings deliberately these mem lers use the room most even ines of the monlh except the ourth thursrity then theyere conspicuous bv iheir absence we recall the mitntion cere many when even new m m ber makes a declaration ind in the declaration he declarci he will evci strive bv ill propr means to promote the work of the organization to help promote the work of one of the grea est organizations in canada he needs onlv to he presen at nine meetings a vcar to sec that the bnnch is bem run smoolhlx tin uix he would wish it to ne run if not hi should do someth n about it nd thesr nvetins ire the place to do somethn we feci there is a po sibihty that many nc ntrrs st itli dr vr in front of the 24 inch screen i abandon all thoughts of the branch with the thought of oh well joe will be thrrr ams jean lockhurst j conlev i o carter b hill euchre i davidson f fmond i d m carlnej l boyd mrs tar7well d bowman the p i7cs winch were do nated by chuck henderson were lxtremely good first prize winners six in all received a table lamp while the sax who took second spot received ish ln the six who were third received half dozen glasses eaih the lacies served a bufttl li nch which was enjoyed by all most of those who enjoxed the afternoon returned to enjox an cvennc of dancing music wa supplid by the tune duster a new greup to the branch who were enjoyed by everyone we hope lo see them bick iiin in ihc near future the big prize went to mi lome coates mrs win telford and mrs ann limleek cirried off the door prices trip to buffalo ind bob hcdlcy sellers of the winning tickets were bruce har ley bob williams and dons chjmberliin we understand the imperial section had their annual trip to buffalo on saturday october 21 tht v wire quests of american legion post 799 where they en jovtd an excellent supper fol i lowed by t rianre and social ev en ng bob hcdlcv who orain ed the trip did in extremely good job srice bureau officer i r wall will visit the branch on mondaj november 20lh it 4 30 pm anyone wishing for n interview should tonlict ser vice officer dave bowman your president hopes to -e- a grind turnout on sundav nov ember 5th the occasion is tht remembrance parade when once a jear at the remembnnce ill k members ind public dike ppv hirnigc to those who nnde tne supreme sacrifice in the two woridwif and th kirean con ihcl the t w n hue beet siul r h mon tin receive s ceorgetown countil will cide next monday on the hiring of a new town engineer after interviews last week a tentative choice was midi hut at mondays meling a otc wis dclaved for i week tht new man would he paid i 13 000 salury plus s1200 ir allowance reeve m f hunter s nd that while the majority if his committee favoured the ap this i pointment he is opposed since ilirv the interviews he had contictcd ginee the man he said and li iso 12 1 wants the town to pay hilf of tounl his mov ing expenses ahou i 300 ll c 1 think monev mem more n w to him than ihc tho rocve i don t quibhling about skuce decides wont ask for vote recount r h i h r n cid d of the i he kuc defeated ubtnl in the provincial el halton fast has de- to isk for a recount fill t isirvalive i mdidite a mijir of mlv 160 over mr skme the armed semces otc wsuli his stnti len announ red 2ie skuce eight votes and sn fix 1 s 1 l i joh slid cnn like his rf ing expen the the reeve said he would mike the hiring motion but would oun vole against i t wn seconding it cr bob francis o sl said he had been impressed wilh his qualifications woilil be he didn t mention moing cer i e iv t he the smallest recorded in thw election after the election skuce said there had b some confusion concerning spoiled ballots and tin n ocnl or 7hi that he would certainly request nes snow the mkccn ja recount of those ballots and possibly for a total recount allan masson chief returning officer for halton east said thai be had instructions that any ballot showing a clear pre ference for one candidate was to be accepted regardless of whether it was marked with an x or a check mark skuce a relative newcomer to oakmile is education direc tor of the united nations asso ciation or canada in his elec tion campaign spechc he a vocatcd reform in the financing of education making loans av ailable lo industry to install anti pollution equipment and making more money available for new housing we spent ill tuesday night chakim the vote poll bv poll u 1 mr skuet ue found a f v diserepmcies but not en nuht to bring down the m ij or t f hill votis tht re wen 10 spoiled hillots we dccidd n t t go iheid totil nf q820 votes were nsl for sum igainst f 660 for skim t lllie tie dp emdl dili hid i total of js385 low i nnjoriu oxer the lib- il cindidite is believed one of winners of the monthlv drawl mndi will lei- were belte johnson 1 bond i t 2pm the bi- raiders get revenge whomp milton 93 however perhaps i ing 1111 oc a bumper meet e hope fun in abundance enough of the joon those jou who throw darts or icjl out cards and were not in ihc auditorium on saturdas realh missed a great afternoon and vening tug was in abundance tne das was organired bv tne jo nt efforts of the branch and ladies auxiliary and charlcsi henderson for o keefcs dar winners were jan iickh is and joe pnincr 2nd beta ruiiprr gord reid 7rri bod mill u bold cnbbage b dorc r- willi in a ud freewheeling clash that ended in a donns brook georgetown raiders opened their 19fi68 home schedule sunday bv thumping miltoi merchants 9 3 in front of 770- val memorial arcn customers ruders cored once in tht firt renod five times in t e middle fnmc and added three in the third to steamroller ti their first victory of the infant season the win avenged a 7 1 defeat at the hands of tir mills in the county tow n i brrwn street barn rridav plajers took lo bnvvhng k onds after terry leswick scoi cd georgetown s ninth goal at 17 ol raiders lrry bradley and merchant netminder d dunning were slapped with fi ghting majors milton s stickle kitchen tuckwcll gcrvais an 1 hears and georgetown s johnson quackcnbush mcmen emy and bennett were asscsscl game misconduct scrapping among the fans kept the crowds attention div idcd and some even followed hen thev judv the combiiants cd ould ors rjiders got ood efforts from their newcomers terry lcs wick scored three times and lick kenvheid twice the rest were counted b returnees dave mcmcnemv who counted a pair terry hay and ron lane georgetown went without the robinson brothers paul and kent and defencemin doug mai inln milton mamccd two second per od goals and made it a lit lie less of a roul with the final goal at 1 44 hearns cole and brush were their marksmen raiders went with fred cow brniih between the pipes and got a fine ame from the for mer utility gjalic m his first full umo he saw action jn diy af t rmn pcavoy who startrd in the raider cac was hfld fankbnhgates streelsullc club a ncv entry in the oh antral junior c league wil make its first appearance in he memorial arena against raiders sunday afternoon towns 7v2 debentures would sell at discount georgetown hunter now in tennessee counts down- is now tennessee before the irish jump up in rebellion county down is a horse which was ownd bv 1 lovd mirks r r 1 tenrgeown hut is now sold to residents of mmj us tennes- ountv down is a 17 hand ir old gelding cla of ven hun liors s ovned b mr mirk is a imdnn bred horse out of luliam hv i ifite iifitc was a rnnl winter r nr chimpion cimdi m hunters urgcr than lhn bred in most parts of th stiles ire becoming v erv popu lir south of the border municipal financing is becom i ig more expensive an offer to purchase a 165 000 debenture issue to pay the 1 town s sh3rc of a- 320000 roa improvement program was mado to council mondav by bell gouinlock 1 co the firm would pv 9600 per hundred for the bond which would be issued in three groups t debentures mat uring frrm 1967 to 1972 1w- mitur ng l and 7 ma luring 1983 8 a thi meeting the town aw irded a contract to armstrong 1 brothers construction for 225 02 for the work it was tho lowest of four tenders rccerved both are subject to ontario municipil board approval flower power has george sellmer developed a hybr d crysdr d o nnier for the jolly green giant ne the coorrr s r bent on conxrertmg a section of the cedarvale bascmcu hippy flowerpower influence w i be in strong cvdc a coflce hou e h a bo o- vshere the proclamation whereas november 1 1th n each year has been recog n ed by he government of canada as a day of remem ber ng the men sn women who made the supreme sacrdce in the wa s of 1914 18 193945 and korea and whereas to comply w th a resolution passed by the aaun c pal counc 1 october 30th i do hereby proclaim the weel of november 4th to november 1 1th remembrance week m the town of georgetown joseph gibftons mayor