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a leap year would seem to indicate this 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 the old jokes about the two dollar wedding licence are really o the airice is now ten dollars tjisjyear the fee jumped fromftve to ten mayor wants review municipal stein the only way to fly sworn in then sworn at committees resolution passes unanimously he paid tribute to the late joseph gibbons for x his long service to the town he 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 wmiatsmith fin ance bill hunter sewers and sanitation sandy mackenzie administration and welfare harry levy fire ambulance n dog and weed controlarthut speight town planning and de velopment ernie 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 secona and he pointed out that elected fourth t month offlcials arecommitted to the should special committee public once youre sworn in meetings be required they will yourtaworn at he quipped bc held on the other thursdays this may be last twp at for the first time in many years five new councillors were worn in at monday nights in augural georgetown council four of them completely new to council sworn in to office by clerk c g benhara were mayor wheld- on steamer emmerson reeve w hunter deputyreeve art speight and councillors ernie hyde a former mayor bill smith harry g levy mrs don na denison ric morrow and sandy mackenzie following a brief devotional period conducted the rev e mills and rev ro scrivens 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 the licence must be obtained at least three days before the wedding so the mad impulse type wedding just cant happen here serves 13th term as local president del majuer has been elect ed to his 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 pcrc chaplin shop stewards eldon snyder doug hill mrs gwen korzack and ron roach and trustees ross cunningham bob heaton and lome hunter the rest of local 481 provin cial coalers under steve enu merson are vice president cyril engleby recording secretary mike lorusso financial secret ary tom gadd and treasurer doug herrington mail volume dips at georgetown po tjie uneiojr cards mailed here drojooejl twenty per cent over last year according to the post office with an increase in population of almost two thousand aver 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 ped 25000 over last year while the sale of six cent stamps rose 20000 the do your christmas mail ing early warning fell on deaf ears with the peak days for mailing being december 17tb 16th and 18th in that order r many parcels were inadequa tely packed reports the post oflicc and a very large volume of incompletely addressed mail had to be returned sdlhb0f this is a hangover from the days of no mail delivery when everyone picked up their own mail and simply gave their ad dress as georgetown high school board ndnorriittee georgetown district high school board will continue to keep a hand in the local schools administration as a continuing committee at least until the end of the current term at the last official meeting of the high school trustees as a board last week they officially became the continuing committee of the georgetown district high school board fojf halton county board of edu cation it means the board wiu continue to handle uic racal fin ancial transactions and the gen eral business of school affairs subject to the direction from the halton 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 on the teaching statf ralph ursel has been hir ed to- teach science and matfie- matics in the junior grades as a replacement for quentin jack son and colin barnfield re places mrs kathy bartha to teach science and biology lists responsibility shift works priorities in in ah inaugural night address at the traditional mayors din ner in knox church hall mayor wheldon emmerson monday night indicated he hopes to see during his first term in office the shifting of more resppnsjb- ility to town employees theeskf 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 as a solution to some of coun cils problems i hope that all the problems that come before us will be handled in such a way that team effort will be reflected hesajd he singled out the negotiat ions with brumac developments regarding the release of addit ional land for home building as one of the most difficult pieces of business that will come be fore council in the immediate future turning to the new county be made dnring the next tvvol school board system he termed years and stressed team work the future demands on corpor ation finances as a result of the changes difficult to pred ict another innovation the cre ation of a georgetown water commission he called a step in the right direction he termed the towns water business a ma jor responsibility and warrant- ing the attention of a separate commission chobse jack cunningham fire department chief at the inaugural meeting of esqueslng council reeve george currie forecast the establish ment of regional government fit the near future and termed ijhjs council possibly the last we have two new members one time in esqueslng each of the members deputy reeve tom hill and councillors wilfrid leslie kussell miller swnols k tew words wishing tpkw ye arc going to be asked to do things we never did before and give our ooinloris on all phases of regional government he welcomeovthe two new menu bers russell jttiller and- ken neth marshall saying this is an occasion it is very seldom the reeve well in the coming year after the swearing in cerer mony by clerk k c lindsay rev r ruggle of st albans church glen williams conduc ted it short devotional period continued on page 18 a veteran member of geor getown volunteer fire depart ment was elected chief bn sun day jack cunningham succeeds erwin lowis in the post which mr lewis has held for j the past five years mr lewis was elected deputy chief- for tthe coming year treasurer gordon inglis and secretary clarence spcnce con tinue in office others chosen to hold office this year are william hyde captain no 1 bill henderson captain no 2 jim valentine captain no 3 charles tyler lieutenant no 1 bill ritchie lieutenant no 2 ace bailey lieutenant no 3 patrick woods driver no 1 charles hill driver no 2 ross dickey driver no 3 iflcrb roshicr township driver other members of the 30- man department are dave wil liams wilf breen andy ritchie clarence carey but hillier 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 fifc the latter two taken into membership tn recent months acting mayor and county warden wm f hunter chaired the meeting and mayorelect wheldon emmerson spoke briefly as did esquesing reeve george currie and john t armstrong mr armstrong call ed art stamp forwardjto receive a desk set as a parting gift from the members mr stamp is rctiringfrom the department after several years service expressing the towns pride in its firefighting force mr hunter mentioned particularly a group of longservice members headed by bill ritchie who has been a fireman for 32 years later a buffet supper was served in the clubrooms to fire men and their guests as soon as jnajor capital pro jects now under way such as main street bridge and trunk sewering are completed i would like to ice future pn jects undertaken on a priority basis mayor emmerson said he said he hopes nlso to estab lish a works crew to concentrate on improving the general ap pearance of the towns parks streets and boulevards i 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 at the conclusion of his ad dress mayor emmerson made referenceto his- p the late mayor joseph gibbons he served the town or 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 ojlja a former- mayofvjack arms trong was chairman for he dinner and introduced the head table jim emmerson a brother of the mayor and mrs emmet son guest speaker gordon mi cott and mrs alcott mayor and mrs wheldon emmerson mrs jack armstrong reeve and mrs william hunter halton east mppjim snow and halton mp rud whiting deputy reeve and mrs arthur speight were un- more than ever local travellers fleejhe winter going off to warme cl for christmas is becoming more popular jevery year mote local residents left for parts south this year than ever before reports barber and hen ley travel agency the caribbean seems to be fop spot with the islands- of bermuda jamaica nassau and barbados the most popular sin ml chief cunningham georgetown fire 0barmrwnewehtof jack cunning r ham presents a tfeslttset- to firefighter art stamp wibetrecl f row the department at ce most of the florida visitors sundas annual meeting the new chief is a veteran member of the volunteer brigade drive down the travel agents dont have figures to show how many arc going there spain and portugal are be ingvisited more now by winter- weary canadians and californ ia runs a close second to the islands the long school holidays this year probably upped the travel ling according to murray hen ley many local residents returned home jo newfoundland for a christmas vacation able to attend past mayors n harold cleave douglas sargent and em hyde were alsq ack nowledged honoured guests the rest of council their wives and husband weretniroducedr by mayor emmerson councillor bill smith convey ed the thanks of the guests to tfiewomen of the church for the roast beef dinner rev rob ert scrivens of st johns united offered thegraceand the rev eric mills of st georges angli can pronounced the benediction guests charged their glasses in toasts to the queen and the host couple mr armstrong also thanked his worship and mrs emmerson on behalf of his fol low guests confessing he stiir hadnt be- cqme used to being called your worship the hew mayor plead edi- please just continue to call mo steamer v i