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georgetown a winner all the wat for thetirst time n tho hisiory ofcanadaa wildest annual sports spectacle georgetown was a part of the grey cup parade on saturday local participation came about through the energy and efforts of the georgetoown jaycees who refurbished their jaycee crtoochoo added a trailer a flock of young hockey players and a slogan to earn cheers and applause from tho crowd lining tho parade route and the admiration of george to winers watching tho procession at homo on tho tube tho slogan georgetown a winnerall the way drew a good response ftom the crowd every time it was flashed on cards byjhe hockey small fry it served to introduce georgetown jayceos new campaign tp emphasize georgetowns many firsts and unique claims to fame tho trailer boro banners identifying georgetown as the birthplace of little nhl and suitably tho league founder gordon alcott occupied a prominent spot on ho float most of the work on tho entry was done by a jaycee work party under sam jones and bob darby georgetown people who didnf join the throng in toronto will see the unjt in tho lions santa claus parade hero on saturday ads that pay 773201 fewying thm htru whn i find hm rvsulh yo georgetown ld r the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing th georgetown harald haa rvd gaotgatown and dlilrlct prinunt and publisher for over m century offering a the best in fine printing and nwt coverage as second class mail past office dpt ottawa and for payment of postage in cash georgetown ontario thursday december 5th 1968 500 par yaar sengu copy prlcat ten s- vj vvj y- wwh it nfraaaaai eaj l zs in 3 the winners circle fjbotgetowns mayohttect wheldon steamer emmerson gets a kiss of congratu lations from wife as his success at the polls becomes assured lato monday night the georgetown councillor defealed exreeve john elliott and another ward one repres- entattve o council bob francis to succeed tho lato joe gibbons as mayor dr john ng starts medical practice dr john ng pronounced ing is tin newest addition to georgetowns medical fratern ity he has opened an office at 2ii main street south and began general practice this week his office is in the professional building shared by a number of other doctors and dentists dr ng comes to george town from the island of mauri tius by way of dublin hu nat ive city is port iouis on this is land in the indian ocean and he look his medical training in ireland graduating in 10c5 from belfast university after a years internship in belfast city hospital he spent aix month in jersey channel esquesing returns currie hill miller tops council it wa metier victory mon- james coodlct and percy hicks by buht or veteran politician jmp carrie when be wis re llitiil reeve ot kmlueiim in i ms tortyulird y political ijme- bm beat his opponent malcolm ytcemaa by more than o to east receiim 97g voles tu is 4dh bi winning a deputy reeve am hill topped ibespolu with ulfj le his challenger jim ihkcs 424 this will be hill an mil tern as deputy reeve talimiat two 1vs council- with six contenders for the jaree roan council huisell mil- kr kenneth marshall and wil frid leslie emerged the win- incumbent c v pat pat- uinu ruts miller headed the poll for council with 857 next was ken neth marshall with 722 wilfrid leslie with 713 pat patterson with cm james goodlet with 52j and percy hicks with 163 ruurll miller and kenneth marshall are new to council hut both have served on school hoards in previous years rus sell miller is chairman of the ksqucsini school board which like all local hoards will cease to cxit in january mr leslie is presently a member of coun cil a sllhht improvement in vo ter turnout over last year saw mu of the voters ko to the polls there were 4b00 eligible voters in the township and 14u2 bailey bridge soon for temporary highway use ctaiaittloas for both pedest- tim and motorist uiii he mia slrcrt bridge idiould iin- i pre withitt hm ficxj couple nf vrckx according to town eiigin- tr gordon ancy tv bailey hiidii with a tiop lixht at wher end and a i gtpartr jidewalk with ttuaid all wltta started almost im- dutey before winter mu in i atw bauey bridge will be flnlnh- i fc aamd ufce present bridge de lft work riht through he winter will be left to tlm contractor conditions for the pedestri ans particularly the children mi i heir wiiy to chapel street kcliiml havu been of great con cern lo buui the town and tho contractor police have been posted during tho time the utu- dciiu go and como from school all the underground services sjich as watcrmaln sewers gas and hydro hive been relocated and tho way is now clear for the big job at hand would convert old house for police a house on main street forth purchased by the town for the bridge widening project could be a possible police headquart acting mayor william p hunter proposed tuesday that council investigate moving the house farther back on tho lot and converting it for police use tile house lust occupied by mrs sum harrison was pur chased from george currie al- ong with a number of others uaj chalrhm wm r sibill said if council h iutercsted h will have to move fast un the contracting ilrm iiuh been given autliority to demolish il and plans for the bridge widening cannot ho delayed continue parking authority is plan a decision tu continua eor- kvlown parking authority has been mada by town council tueidsy it was decided to keep tho authority operating with the town recclvink 500 yearly for sorting- and banklnn money from parking meters and the authority admlnuteriajj thabalanc of hu revenue christmas treats kin help hope harry isham director ot hope workshop at hornby out lined the work performed by tho organization on behalf of retarded adults when he addres sed a georgetown kinsman club meeting in stans hestauranl monday nicht atain this year the kinsmen will see that the hope ccnlre is supplied with christmas trees and 160 voted by the club to add to their enjoyment hls h information at christmas 1 a ri j na i ional president will klein ad- b wa p vdressini tho world council of his kin pirt and welcomed to the j club5 in nlcc jvnnce club mike caers of milton and mlmmcr wm plavc dave harness of ittrcelsvillc wore guests at tho meeting president dean taylor presid- the kinsmen will awlllw th nieetine trevm- float in the santa claus parj l was r i rmrilonc for iijnk bryant was s at arms emmerson is mayor and doug ditchfield was joker tho mystery gupst was revealed as dave mcleod ado and preparations for thi aro in the final stage hugh powell advised that tho christmas trees are on the lot next to georgetown market with the meeting closed with the sales commencing thursday announcement that the christ- dcember 5 ill is is the 11th inns fcosjdnn would be a consecutive year that the kin luck supper supplied by georgetown will have new mayor five new councillors with an approximate 50 turnout of voters monday go or gutown chosa a- new town council to represent them for the next two years have sold christmas trees aid their service fund to kinetics at the home of bill i sunuuck the mayoralty race was close wheldon steamer emmerson councils finance chairman this year topped the contest and will take over the towns top pot post in january a former reeve the john elliott was only 71 votes dr john hg islands after a visit to his homeland he came to canada a year ago and has been on th staff of hamilton civic hospital since then dr ng is married to the former kuxabcth fulton of port- adown ireland a graduate nur se she has been on the staff of woru henderson hospitat in ha- miltoii they have moved into an ap artment at 0 cherry street 5 acre school site bought in moore park purchase of 4 si aero kchool alto in moore park was author- iied on tuesday by georgetown council tho purchase price ot 3500 an acre will b taken from mo ney received from tha lane sub division as a per lot fee for al lowing residential building with out compensating induslrial as- tcdssment- at tliu hull in thno council vo ted 4400 vayinent to the llo- min catholic separate school board finance chairman whel don emmerson explained that by law that board la en ii lied to such an allotment on tho basis of their school enrolment see glow for miles r as empty barn burns the red glow in the saturday ropolilan halton midnight sky was seen for mij company land its when- an empty barn burni the fire was well advanced ed on the 8th line of esquesing v the alarm was turned in at georgetowns southern liml an the frame collapsed mom- its j puts after tho arrival of geor- j jetown flro department trucks firemen concentrated on sav- georgetown police had started ing a eouplo of smaller build- to conv part of the barn ln- ings a the flames consumed to a i bun ranee and some the barn and a small shed on builditu materials were lost the former russ hepburn farm tno or 0 tho blaxo has which in now part of tho met- not been dourmiued behind robert francis four years a councillor was third arthur speight scored a de cisive win to retain his seat as deputy reeve ove his opponent william sunnucks making his first hjd for public office reeve william f hunter who is county warden this year was unopposed and returns to development orflce by acclamat with william u bill smith the only other council member returning there will be five iew councillors next year mr smith who has represented ward 3 for six years now lives in ward 2 since boundary lines wow redrawn and was one of six contestants for those two seats- mrs donna dcnlson top ped the poll there with mr smith second present council members jim young and johrt hole a furiifr councillor jniiv h emmerson and jim court were their opponents in ward 1 sandy mackenzie topped the poll with a foriher mayor era hyde a close second in a 3man race with michael foot mr mackenzie is the third generation of hht family to gala municipal office his grandfath er the late jb mackenzie was mayor sand his father sam was a councillor in the forties ward 3 has two flrsturne councillors ric morrow and harry levy the vote here was closest of all with phil siddall losing out by only 11 votes frank tyrrell was fourth in the race decisive wins were scored by ernest bodnar and william ben boyle in school board elections mr bodnar vice chairman of the high school board defeated gudni sigurd- son chairman of the public school board for the seat which georgetown will hold on tho new county board of education mr boylo who is chairman of the roman catholic separata school board defeated ed hay es to win georgetowns seat on the new county separate school board the board of education is composed of 18 members clott ed by various municipalities flus two members elected by all the county separate school sup porters two burlington men won these posts william priest- ner and hubert clohecy hugh henderson also of burlington and twentieth walsh oakvllk were ti successful scats on two other george town hoards were filled by ac clamation john t armstrong and ger ald mccallum return to ths- hydro commission for two yoara a newlyformed water commis sion will have hoy uallentine and winston smith as ua members mr ballentine is re tiring from council at the year- returned in township dont mind ip i do say esquoslnfl roeue george curflo as ho acepls a cigar from deputy reeve tom hill botfi mon wero successful in their campaigns for reolecllon in the township ewt narcotics possession charged to youth a gooikotowii jouth churned with posuuwlon uf narcotlts v- peared in county court wud- nuday when lilu caso was rem anded tu january 20 tho youliv who was convicted ot a almllar charife in ilramplon laat week after several remanda was picked up by royal canad ian mounted police officers here monday night