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mi jsj m prntr awl baataw r a jotojytajv ijyf office t ottawa end jptmof ji i v i iii i j m 1 l in cash oeoiatownv ontario thuraday januarjttb t6 jrtr rf- irfiv afe j skkcooto piiots tove if il ihar videlhihif y awffther more it anows the more moor toboggans appear l on georgetown hills these wintry weekends and the amaudt ft- of precipitation here during- pastcouple of weeks haa lhe- sriowmohilerjs from- frostbitten ear to frostbitten ear stales and more photos inside t- f ilm st li ilii aj f r t mw y 1 m wanta drag who needs hills r adams photos the only way to fly sworn in then sworn at committees resolution passes unanimoi for tfie first time in many years five new councillors were worn iq at monday nlghf in augural georgetown council four of them completely new to council sworn in to officerby clerk c g benhiun were mayor wheld- on steamer elmmerson reeve w hunter deputyreeve art speight and councillors ernie hyde a farmer mayor bill smith harry g levy mrs don na denbon ric morrow and sandy mackenzie following a brief devotional petiqd conducted the rev e mills ind rev ko scflvens mayor emmerson stated his aim was a council working together in a spirit of reason and coop eration he maintained new ideas and methods would be welcomed and he would try to put the special abilities of each mem ber to work i he pointed out thatclected officials are committed to the public once youre sworn in youre sworn at he quippetl- he paid tribute to the late joseph gibbons for his long service to the town hc concluded by congratulat ing all elected and acclaimed members of council the resolution setting out committee chairmen was un animously passed the commit tee set up was covered exten sively in a previous issue of the herald briefly the chair men are as follows roads william smith fin ance bill hunter sewers and sanitation sandy mackenzie administration and welfare harry levy fire ambulance dog and weed control arthur speight town planning and de velopment er hyde prop erty industry trees and street lighting ric morrow recrea tion parks and development donna denison committee meetings will be committee of the whole meet ings and held on the second and fourth thursday of the month should special committee meetings be required they will be held on the other thursdays township gals love leap year are the females of george town more reticent than those in esquesing the number of marriage licences issued in the two areas last year a leap year would seem to indicate this v in georgetown only 41 lic ences were issued the same as the previous year but in es quesing the figure rose to 68 from the previous years total of 43 r municipal system the old jokes about the two dollar wedding licence arc reall out the price is now ten dollars xasf year tne fee jumped from five to ten the licence must be obtained at l tare day- before the wedding so the mad impulse type wedding just cant happen here v serves 13th term as local president del majuery has been elect ed to hlil 13th term and steve emmerson to his 9th term as presidents of the georgetown locals of the pulp sulphite and papermill workers union also named to the local 474 domtar executive with mr ma juery were vice president herb hancock secretary joe mc- menemy treasurer george in- glis financial secretary perc chaplin shop stewards eldpn this may be last lv at the inaugural meeting of esqneslng council reeve george currle forecait the establish ment of regional government in the near future and termed 0lsiimurcltlpiwsiblyjthe last township council to be elected we are going to be asked to do things we neyer did before and give our opinions on all phases of regional government he welcomed the two new mem- bersrusfell miller and ken neth marshall saying this is 1 an pccuion it is very seldom we have two new members at one time in esquesing each of the members- deputy frceve tom hill and councillors wilfrid leslie itussell muler and kenneth marshallspoke a fewvisgrds wishing the reeve well hi the coming year alter the swearing in cere mony by clerk k c- lindsay rev r ruggle of st albans church glen williams conduc- ted a short devotional period jtpontinued on page 18 korzack and ron roach and trustees ross cunningham bob heaton and larne hunter the rest of local 481 provin cial coaters under steve em merson are vice president cyril engleby recording secretary mike lorusso financial secret- aiytomgadd and treasurer doug herrihgton mail volume dips at georgetown po the volume nf j cards mafled here drfflpl twenty per cent over last year according to the- post office wiltum increas in p of almost two thousand over i last year this is a significant decrease while there was a decided decrease in five cent mail odd ly enough there was a similar increase in six cent mail the post office does not hazard a guess why this should happen it is possible people decided to write letters instead or be cause of late mailing sent their cards first class in hopes of speeding them up the sale of five cent stamps at the main post office drop- pod 25000 over last year while the sale of six cent stamps rose 20000 the do your christmas mail ing early warning fell on deaf cars with the peak days for snyder doug hilimrs gwentm dein december tttjj i6th andl8th in that order many- parcels were inadequa tely packed reports the post office and a verylargavolume of incompletely addressed mail had to be returned some of this is a hangover from the days ofno mail delivery when everyone picked up their own mail and simply gave their ad dress as georgetown i high school board now committee georgetown district high tscnoot board will continue to keep a hand in the local schools administration as a continuing committee at least until the end i of the current term at the last official meeting of the high scjjgoltrustees as a board last week they officially became the continuing committee of the georgetown district high school board for halton county- board of edu cation it means the board will continue to hamhethe local fin ancial transactions and the gen eral business of school affairs subject to the direction from the haltorf county board of education as a continuing committee they will also be responsible for the progress of the current building project up to the point of calling tenders school reopened monday with two new faces ontheteaching stafff ralph urset has been hir ed to teach science and mathe matics in the junior grades asfi replacement for quentin jack son and colin barnfield re places mrs kathy bartha to teach science and biology lists responsibility shift works priorities beautification in aims in- an inaugural night address at the traditional mayors din ner in knox church hall mayor whcldon emmerson monday night indicated he hopes to see during his first term in office the shifting of more responsib ility to town employees the est ablishment of a priority list for major capital projects and em phasis on town beautification- speaking to an audience of town officials close personal friends relatives and other guests mayor emmerson said some great decisions have to be made during the next two years and stressed team work asa solution to some of coun cils problems i i hope that all the problems that come before us will be handled in such a way that team effort will be reflected he said he singled out the negotiat- ions with bnrmac developments regarding the release of addit ional lanctwwmbbuihngs one of the most difficult pieces of business that will come be fore council in the immediate future turning to the new county school board system he termed the future demands on corpor- choose jack cunningham fire department chief aiion finances- as a result of thaxhanges difficult to jhitf chnv cunningham georgetown flivbepartttfcntvnawv ham presents edsk set to iffreftghter art stairip wfior retired frorri the department at sifhdaya annuel meeting thmjbw chief is a veteran member of the volunteer brigade a veteran member of geor getown volunteer fire depart ment was elected cjjief on sun day jack cunningham succeeds erwin lewis in the post which mr lewis has held for the past five years mr lewis was elected deputy chief for the coming year r treasurer gordon inglis and secretary clarence spenco con tinue in office othecschosen to hold office this year are william -hyde- captain no 1 bill henderson captain no 2 jim valantine captain no 3 charles tyler lieutenant no 1 bill richie lieutenant no 2 ace bailey lieutenant no 3 patrick woods driver no 1 charles huldrivcr jo 2 ross clckcyp driver no 3 herb roshfer tqwnshlp driver other members of tho 30- man department are dave wil liams wilf breen andy ritchie clarence carey bill hilller walt richardson jack david son ralph bludd harry brand- ford tom massena harold ben nett bud hyde herb wild judd davidson bill cunning ham and brian fife the latter two taken into membership in recent months acting mayor and county warden wm f hunter chaired the meeting and mayorelect wheldon emmerson spoke briefly as did esquesing reeve george currle and john- t armstrong mr armstrong call ed art stampforward to receive a desk set as a parting gift from the members mr stamp is retiring from the department after several years service more than ever expressing the townt pride in its fireflghtlng force mr hunter mentioned particularly a feraup of longservice members headed- by bill ritchie whojhas been a fireman for 32 years later a buffet supper was served in the clubrooms to fire men and their guosts local travellers flee the winter going off to warmer climates for christmas- is becoming more popular every year more local residents left for partrsotrth ttflsycarthan ever before reports barber and hen ley travel agency the caribbean scons- to be top spot with o tslvntsof bermuda jamaica nassau and barbados the most popular sin- ca most of the florida ylsltora drivedown the travel agents let another innovation the crei ation of a georgetown water commission he called a step in the right direction he termed the towns water business a jna- jqi responsibility and warrant ihg the attention of a separate commission as soons major capita pro jects now under way such ju main street bridge and trunk sewering are completed i would like to see future pro jects undertaken on a priority basis mayor emmerson said he said he hopes also to estab lish a works crew to concentrate on improving the general ap- pearance of the towns parks streetsndhoulsvards would like to see council review the municipal system and transfer more responsibility to the town staff freeing council to devote more time to policy setting and running the town he added ij at the conclusions of his ad- dress mayor emmerson made reference to his predecessor the late mayor joseph gibbons ho served the town for many years and served it well when the time came finally for him to step aside i- know it was dif- ficult for him he would have liked to have been part of this evening a former mayor jack arms trong was dhainmuv for the dinner and introduced the head table jim emmerson a brother u of the mayor and mrs emmer- son guest speaker gordon al- catt and mrsjhcotv mayor and mrs wheldon emmerson mrs jack armstrong reeve and mrs william hunter halton east mppjim snow and halton mp rud whiting deputy reeve 4nd mrs arthur speight were inv able to attend past mayors harold cfeave dougtassargenti and em hyde were also ack- nowledged honoured guests the rest of council their wives and husband were introduced by mayor emmerson councillor bill smith convey- ed the thanks oltho guests to the women of the church tut- the roast beef dinner rev rob- ert scrlvens of sl johns united offered the grace and the rev eric mills of st georges angli- can pronounced the benediction guests charged thefrglasses iff toasts to the q and the islands the long school holidays this year probably upped the travel ling according to murray hen ley many local residents returned dont have figures to show hov many are going there spain and portugal are be ing visited more now by winter- weary canadians and californ larnms a close second totlre- 55 couplehrabalinliio thanked his worship and mrs emmerson on behalf of his fel low guests confessing he still hadnt be come used to being called your worshlpthe new mayor plead- home to newfoundland for aled please just continue to christmas vacation call me steamer a f- iy- h- -u-