The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

wzwwtw hut pay i aavfc iha sbaasjaasj aaassjb avhmi kajvax ar trie the home newspaper for georgetown and district ftiwwung hantm m ovar a eentllfy efleftno fha i bast in una printiaa aw coverage aadfor payment of peataga in cash o ontario thursday novambar 28th 196s 500 par year sngw copy prfcea taw koke pick mayor monday john elliott a formbr rbve john hjjott and two member of council bob francis vvtieldcn steamer emmaraon and bob francis are campaigning mis week to win votes in the georgetown mayoralty race prospective industry seeks 13 hwy acres from town georyetowq council learned we hare found this industry or bill smith agreed thai in monday elections mayors death ends 36 year municipal career monday that a prospect todnstry b interested in acquir ing 13 acres of highway indust rial land tne town had an option oa the und until last week when csdobrncd abont threatened court action by the brumac de- yeloptnent fmn cooncil voted to teleaae its option on the und the option cane about t in a hud release agreement with delrex developcaents original wner of the land it was pas sed on to brums when that lhrm acquired the degree ftetstn town said the und to the firsa with the stipulation that stwdd an industry wish to tetrthase it georsetowii would are first k to repurchase land at the 5jd0o an acre price g had received ftid the und to the xatdulasrf flrn whkh propos to bring industrial development to town ajnd brumac asked council tor a ant claim deed dropping its op- tlo was takes until the iwnrq meeting on tuesday ttiiiajjiits r in that night strong letter from brumacs snljctyora warned that if the town did dot release the land that night it would tike the sjittf to eourt advice from the town solicit or was received that if this hap pened the decision could be nnfavourable to the town with tteeve hunter and cr atznmersoa in opposition coun cil instructed the clerk and mayor to sign the necessary pa pers and this was done wednesday at council meetint on mon day bceve wm f hunter who is acting mayor following th death of mayor gibbons last week passed around a purch ase offer from an unnamed firm offering 91000 an acre for ap- e narre tmi wis muasiryi and we stand to make sljooo tying up this many acres for a an acre on the und be said small building might not bo ad we have to do is go to good business i brnnsac and say we want to ex- erase our option there is no mr hunter said he was sonic relationship between this and what surprised at the 50000 j last weeks deal 1 figure in the purchase proposi 1 al or bay stalaitit said v i 50jm0 foot fjfcrtnry on such a x a these gentlemen today i tt lda they were of proportjan to what the town i has demanded of other industrl ahteh haw purchased und j council decided to consult this u highway frontage the town solicitor about the ba on a residential area matter the next day then con- be said would want to know tad brumac to see what arran- too what type of industry it isjgement could be worked out talking about 200000 square feet he said want esquesings top office mayor joseph gibbons cgoftsa cuftftla malcolm freeman a two mam ka fo trie esquesing township rcoveship this year has malcolm freeman challenging reovo goorgo currie ballentine tells council could get dam in 1969 k that georgetown 1 what development takes place proximately 13 acres the firm i may get its long awaited dam on surrounding lands owned by would build an initial factory ofi next year was voiced by cr brumac developments a bridge bojooo square feel tni of the opinion that they have also contacted xnduland mr hunter said but induund is interested in building factor- tfy j boy ballentine monday and four land road would be part of a dam project and mr babentine told council j 3 sr being ascertained that a group of conservation of- flciilt had visited the dam site thirtysix years of municipal service 22 of them 1 an el ected official 14 as an appoin ted one ended last wednesday night november 20th when mayor joseph gibbons died in georgetown hospital ho was rushed to hospital following a heart attack in the early even- in if from which ho failed to ral ly the previous week ho had called a press- conference fol lowing a council meeting to an nounce that he would not be seeking reelection in decem ber and only two nights before he had addressed the nominat ion meeting confirming his decision to retire there was no letup in mr gibbons civic life tuesday night he presided ns usual at the weekly council meeting and followed this with a coffee and sandwiches party for coun cil in the committee rooms wednesday night he was plan ning to attend a hydro com mission meeting air gibbons first entered municipal politics when he was elected a councillor in 1031 he held this position for three years ran for mayor and ser ved a ten year term he was absent from the political scene les lor rental and this hants to build its own cr robert francis reminded council that the town has kev- tred all its connections the und and it would only be gesture of good will from bru mac if council could still with the firm being given j are developed then i think f inn ap priority i georgetown has a good chance i i of gelling the dam next year he said hiuges on he said if the land aero the river ro i 1 for a year as a councillor then was elected mayor again dur- iasks council meet and finalize land release or wrcsdui u persona we would cwuinly have to di- w cux uu with hw ddj deputy hecw arthur sptuhtl r uifijjrna cwau uc has cr jim younif tu oil dilbcco vwitinx with hid mother ferent opiniort j jjri- aihvd brlduy and his inuuigr mrsu groat abd other mciobcrs of hu fm- uy frirndl taahbour and rel ative of harikar uid keith mc- laod arv blirased to waj uu herald will be election httr up m tfcw wjnu ouctiam wtut im hbbi mmmuy sawwlcipal ouctuw in go- will bo os doatt os vft sopspliofbo oascmon 4fcrt piciiahir 2nd i i i iw harau will aaaiw iu ih al am wnka yaw caw bw wwdwj wy diiin a77nai wm zm dith sandra and ooon to g orgetown it hv hoped they will enjoy their new home at 49 weber tkrive mr and mrs graham fameli 19 albert si and mr and mrs stuart vowtg 7 beid court sent a recent holiday in hoii da staying in the miami beach area mows that the pfwrince will ts cat georgetown rvice next year i by cooncil monday good news to see some roo- a number of proposed am endments touland release plan for a large tract of building land owned by hrumac are un der study by georgetown coun cil on monday u letter to coun cil from developer hrucemc- lauuhuu said that he had in tended to visit council that nuiht but due toi the sudden death of mayor gibbons he wan enclosing hiu proposals instead he asked that a ttpecial meeting fcswaansnxasw1 t fhin thr matter ing his third year in the post he resigned in the fall of 1040 to accept an appointment as the towns assessment commission- beeently consultants fur the town and the developer had met in toronto to tulk thu matter over no report has yet been received from the consulting firm which the town engaged to make u study for them mid council decided to first meet with this linn before embarking on any final uctlou nay coming in instead of ui going out remarked acting mayor wm v hunter georgetown was the first canadian town to inaugurate volunteer service resigning this position lifter 14 years ho entered politics ag nin with a successful campaign for the mayoralty and was com pleting his eighteenth term as mayor at the time of is death a barber by trade he was burn in kramosa township son of john j and sarah kennedy gibbons ills parents moved to acton and he learned ills trado in mortons barber shop there coming- to georgetown in 1017 he becume a main street businessman shurlng a barber shop with kreenum kersey and later operating it on his own 11 to shop was the hub of munu iw ami uumii t office for the mayor long before an olllce was created in the mu nicipal building kxcupt for tho lions club of which he was a past member mr gibbons main lovo was poll tics as mayor he served as a mem ber of the hydro commission and the board of police commls- rlouern he was an honorary life member of the lawn bowl ing club and life member of the hospital ansoclatlen with other mayors he had the honour of having a street named after him when the del rex subdivision was created i gibbous rlaco he leaves his wf sykes and one sister miss annie gibbons guelpb name hunter acting mayor at a special council meeting on thursday morning follow ing tho sudden death of mayor joseph gibbons the night be fore council appointed itcevo win f hunter to bo acting mayor for the duration of the year mr hunter will continue in office until a new mayor to be chosen from three candidates next monday takes office in the ucv year as a mark of respect to- the mayor councillors who are rmv hlng for office also decided at the meeting to suspend campaig ning uhtil monday november 25th and contacted other candi dates asking their consideration for t also bill sykes winner in cake decorating with only one years oxpcrl- tnee in tho baking business jiill sykes son of tho owner o sykes scotch bakery copped srst prize la a cako decorating cornpclltion against a bakers dozhn of seasoned experienced conlfmltors a fifteen minute time limit was placed on each contestant the plaque is now on display in the store and tho cash aw ard probably tpent tho competition took place ilaltic at te uakcr production club of ontarios convention at sea way towers which is attended only by professional bakers and gets certificate government otllculs including tholr suppliers the provincial and federal me mbers of parliament and the county judtf joined local pco- peescnlatlon of a certificate pie in attending requiem mass l0 ns commissioner in holy cross itc church on blin u mniie 3 la3 saturday morninj father ot- u counc mcctini by gcr devcnt officiated and va- mavor g ther vj morcan of acton a oxcmp a lot of hard former pastor at holy cross worlr u n mayor in con- conducted a service at thu r mr bain on comp- cgontinucd on pajjo 22 lotion of his course with five days- left election pace steps up in town twp with top posts being contes ted la bflth town and township interest is keen in mondays municipal election gcorgetowns mora than 7000 voters will chooso a mayor de puty reeve and six councillors public school supporters vote on a representative to the new county board of education and separate school supporters a member of tho new county separate school board in ad dition the latter will also have a vote on two members to rep resent county itoman catholics on the board of education in esqucslng 4000 residents will vote for reeve deputy and throe councillors separate school supporters here will vote for one member for the separ ate school board a combined scat with milton and nassaga- weya and thoy will also be voting for the two hc mem bers of the board of education already elected by acclam ation in georgetown arc reeve william f hunter hydro com missioners john t armstrong and gerald mccallum and wa ter commissioners hoy ballen tine and winston smith in es- queslng only william lawsonis sure of his scat as a board of education member john wllott a past reeve and sitting councillors wbeldon emmerson and robert francis are contesting the georgetown mayoralty the present deputy reeve arthur speight has wil liam sunnucks as his opposi tion lite towns ward 2 is the most hotly contested hero three pre sent council members john hole william r smith and jim young and jim court mrs donna dcnison and james em- mersoii a former councillor are vying for the two seats in ward 1 there are three candidates michael foot ern est hyde who iv a former ma yor and sandy mackenzie ward3 voters have their choice of four men all new to municipal politics harry levy richard morrow philip slddau and frank tyrrell ernest bodnar and gudnl slgurdsbn who are members of the high school board and pub lic school board respectively are seeking to represent geor getown on the board of educ ation ben boyle a member of the separate school board is op posed by ed luyes in the sep arate school board election esqueslng voters have their choice of the present reeve george currie and malcolm freeman for the townships top post deputy reeve thomas hill also has opposition with jim france a candidate also for three council seats vot ers have their choice of pres ent councillors wilfrid leslie and c f pat patterson a for mer council member james good lot and percy hicks ken neth marshall and russell mil ler two milton residents are seeking the separate school seat james langcdyke and ahgelo tonelli rc voters in georgetown and esqueslng who will choose two board of education members havo their choice of hubert cjo- hecy hugh henderson and wil liam priestner all of burling ton and kenneth walsh of oak- ville pickets is pick claude picket of georgetown showed the grand champion hols te in cow at the royal win ter fair he took tho honoure with his first prixe age cow barivuc pabst lana georgetown acton to renew hockey rivalry georgetown intermediates whoj tuesday haiders played the won theh first game for an aus- harvesters in bramalea and piclous return to oha intcrmc bowed 9 0 dlate b piny november 15 have hail trouble finding their sec ond victory since humbling fergus thistles they lifted the lid off their home season friday night in front of 500 fans with n rude surprlso from durham the league chomps whoarrived late and left around midnight with an 88 win friday nights contest which was suitably opened by mrs jack kcmshcad sr a long time faithful raider rooter dropping the puck would have belonged to georgetown but for some soft husky goals raiders had a wide territorial edge for the first two periods but wero held from running up a comfortable lead by a red hot durham natminder paul robinson scored three blake infills don norton and wayne davison who was ge orgetowns defensive standout each netted one the rough game produced 74 minutes in penalties robinson maintained his scorching pace scoring three more in a losing cause against tho harvesters tuesday doug richardson and phil lavell both of whom missed fridays game and jack gudgeon scoreu the other georgetown goals a large crowd of georgetown followers watched this one and an even larger number is ex pected to click the acton turn stiles tomorrow night when acton tanners host raiders for their first intermediate meeting in years georgetown and acton go at it again monday night in the memorial arena t f j km mrs jack kcmshead sr drops ths flra puck to opart iha horn tchadiila of tf gemwown intairnadlata raldan frt day night with hor i goorgolown reove and acting mayor bill hunter wtib ao3mrmnlwlmha walmcnown gaorgatoywv inlormolialo hockey fan to coniro lea tho georgetown player afrlflhf taking tho facooff is team captain jack gudgeon