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w ashorovb caineo brooches memento of to ashgrove wi with their coloured tights and everywhere li evidence of the cbrutmai miaon ita just the chrutmai itory almple eweet -r- for the birds pat vance left and jim buck of bucks fine foods start surgery on one of the birds at the senior citizens dinner in knox church hall a hundred and twentyfive guests en joyed the nite which is held annually fojt the towns senior citizens by the georgetown rotary club ten senior members are honoured by auxiliary by ralph hawts fete chapman of labatts met with the branch provincial cur ling committee last week for a further discussion on the feb ruary ontario provincial curf- ulgbonspiel among the sub jects that were discussed and finalized were the catering etc banners proclaiming th dates and whereabouts of the bon- spiel will be displayed in sev eral parts of the town a downtown store window has been donated to the branch this will be used to display the curling trophies and prizes north halton golf and coun try club are cooperating with the branch to ensure everything for the curling week will be smooth sailing accommodation for the in flux of visitors to georgetown ia the responsibility of ken de- bose ken has bookings at the thunderbird to handle every one 147 up to date things seem to be dear sir5 under control and in excellent shape vious committments the a curling team were unable to compete in zone b7 bonspiel at brampton on sunday how ever the branch b team of skip bill schenk vice skip stu young and trev williams who dd double duty by curling first and second rock upheld the prestige of branch 120 by bring ing home the zone b7 curling trophy there were two rinks from erin two from port credit while favourites to win bramp ton entered four rinks the next step is district cur ling where the two branch teams will compete dinners for christmas friday night dart shoot should draw turkey vj hunters this week for joe is giving aw ay christmas turkeys to lucky dart throwers last weeks win ners were s tipton b hill d andrews j ferguson f trac- ey m russell p chamberlain a mccartney j ferguson b mcquarrie saturday night dance was one of those that should never be very poorly attended could be the condition of the highways big prize was won by ccc mug- ford while bill wishicr and bill wilson on the door prizes car club draw went to g brayley a brown b lorriman g brown b hill in the mail bag tells herald smarten up confederation st glen williams two sittings back at the branch things re iftnning smoothly early birds continue to increase in number president hale was feeard to say maybe we will have to have two sittings for the early bird dinner dave will love that the new year tickets are bold out the demand this year has been the greatest yet after the ladies auxiliary meeting last thursday ten sen ior members of the auxiliary became guests at asenior ladies night this was the first such evening that the senior ladies have been so honoured it is to become an annual event the 10 senior ladies were com rades mey murphy shepherd taylor imccartney kcmsheadv tennant sargent preston and alcott comrades islcy and al- cott who were the two senior ladles of the group being 80 years were presentedwith a bouquet of flowers arranged end presented by mr fcndley who also demonstrated to the ladies the gentle art of arrang ing displaying and preserving flowers top ten the senior ten received gift boxes from comrade gretta stoddart and comrade marion carney also from comrade soma tlmpson the senior ladies occupied the head table and were waited on by members of the executive at the meeting three new members were accepted and two were initiated a letter from branch secret ary wally thompson was read t the ladies the letter cxpres- sed the thanks of the branch to the auxiliary for the recent donation of 1000 the members of the branch executive gave the green light for the pipe band to purchase a efatnber of uniformed jackets hoping they will be ready in time for the february bonspiel upheld prestige onyto sports this should be haadfine newi because of pre it never ceases to amaze me when prices re increased 50 perceot i am ot only amazed but an noyed when after paying an ejlra50 per centfunny copy of georgetown herald i find large blank spaces in the news paper where possibly photo graphs should have been if yoi must charge more at least make sure your product is sent out in good order smarten up please pauline newman mrs hope to get long lost books back if you are harbouring a long overdue library book include the georgetown lib rary on your christmas list between december 22 and 27 th library is accepting gifts specifically books which are weeks months and even years erdue without charging a fine never mind how long you have had them says librar ian miss marjorie nazer who hopes to recover many books which might never retuij to the library shelves other wise the christmas meeting of the womens institute was held in hulcrest church with mrs clif ford hunter as hostess on tues day afternoon dec 9 with 32 members end six visitors at tending at one oclock all sat down at pretty christmas decorated ta bles to a luncheon of tantalis ing kinds of desserts after singing some carols bells could be heard and into the room bouncede well stuffed santa claus who handed out gifts to the ladies no ne could guess who it wis but later revealed herself as mrst james reed of hornby at two oclock everyone went up to the feuowshipbownfor the meeting with president mrs chas austin opening with a christmas poem secretary i mrs fred nurse read last months minutes and called the x which was answered with a fa vourite christina recipe oi poem the 4ji achievement day at ballinafad on dec 13 was an nounced ten dollars was voted to be sent to the hospttal for sick children imrs ralpn cun nlngbam stated the needs for the christmas cheer for the family we are assisting committees were appointed to arrange for a euchre and dance in the new year after which mrs arthur ruddell and mrs clayton wilson were cal led forward and mrs c b dick told how these ladies through 43 years have given of their time and abilities to in stitute work to show our ap preciation mrs john bird and mrs wilfrid bird presented them each with a wedgewood cameo brooch- both ladies were taken completely by surprise and thanked the members for their thoughtfulness a reading at christmas time was given by mrs john bellboddy the motto by mrs clayton wilson was blessed are they who can give without remembering and receive with out forgetting had some splen did thoughts in it followed by demonstrations on christmas ideas mrs james mcphail and mrs gordon barnes had splen did christmas door and window wreaths table centrepieces place mats and assorted christ mas cookies attractively dis played mrs frank w wilson had a luscious looking decorat ed ham r and mouthwatering dessert on display and mrs m guy wilson showed how to de corate an ordinary box with christmas wrappings for gifts and also christmas goodies that can be made to fill the boxes which looked very attractive for christmas giving mrs arthur ruddell read the legend of the carol we three kings of orient are marilyn mcnabb sang very sweetly two christmas songs mrs wilbert cleave thanked the hostess and all who bad made such an inter esting meeting specially the president mis austin who puts so much time and thought in preparing the meetings all sang a christmas carol with brayer by mrs hector bird christmas punch and cookies closed a very wonderful afternoon its that time of year again red and green are the popular colours right now the houses show up so pretty at nights appoint lenz as school principal thi oiorobtown hiraldi thursday pic 11th lm page 12 i and old but still the most heart warming of any ever told we wish to extend the seas ons greetings to the editor and his fai staff and to our readers a merry christ mas airs john bellboddy john lenz john lenz vice principal of stewarttown senior public school has been appointed ac ting principal he replaces ron chatten who has been transferred to the principal- ship of pineview public school mr lenz who lives at 16 victoria street has been at stewarttown school three years the last two as vice principal prior to that he taught for one year at centennial public school and for three years at howard wrlgalesworth public school he received his bachelor of arts degree in november at the fall convocation of watrloo lutheran university first christmas party for firefly campers thirtytwo campers marked the season with christmas party nr ccdarvale tuesday december 9 georgetown fire flies the local branch of the canadian family camping fed eration enjoyed a turkey sup per contests arid carol singing at their first such affair the club was organized this year mrs elsie hewitt and mrs marilyn hastings arranged the meal and mr and mrs john booth were in charge of the program mrs mary obrien i won the memory game and russ hamilton was jjbe winner in the holding the clothespin contest who am i in which names of items associated with christmas were pinned on members backs- for them to guess was also played president ted hewitt led the group in carol singing we have just the ours if s the state yours if sthe slate fottrt1omeomersptfkya single lowcost package policy that provides broader coveragai for your home and personal belongings and it protectsyou in case of lawsuits loo so protect your new horrid from the ground up see me today about a state farm home- owners policy designed to fit your needs geo e drumm 118 delrex blvd 8774148 state farm life insurance policy canadian head office scarborough ontario merry go round for toys 7 waslayan st 8777212 tf wanted 5200 sq ft 7000 sq ft store on one floor in commercial area must bo available within the next four months j aaa1 covenant apply in writing to mr c scott 320 kipling ave s toronto sso ont or phone 4162597612 brewers retail georgetown open to 9 pm mon and tues dec 22nd and 23rd open to pm wed december 24th closed december 25th and 26th as well as january 1st r brewers retail operated by bwnu watocfaouenax col lata and a sincere thank you for your patronage during the year rmm mmbi mm uiml mmm mmi om mmflm mmb ohm for the convenience of our customer i f we wlli be open sunday dec 21 tt i k 10 am to 6 pm paulines 23 main st s georgetown 8774616 stop and think do you want a dragstrip do you valuf your property if the proposed drag strip develops lot 29 concession 6 esquesing your property will devaluate up to now you have enjoyed peaceful surroundings respectable neighbours it can happen i air pollution traffic increase congestion vandalism noise pollution crowd increase action is needed now telephone an esquesing council member and voice your objections as well as completing and mailing coupon i the underaigned with to object to the development of a drag strip on lot 29 concet- lon 6 in the townthip of etquatlng county ofxalton v mile north of hwy 7 between 5th and 6th line etquating township i i name i i address phone mail to box 117 georgetown herald m