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news of the district schools swallow record number gi orgltown a record number of pupils were swallowed up by georgetown schools on opening day giving only a mild case of indigestion to school boards george kennedy school led the rocketting figures increasing from o02 to 0i ftk a jifnior school centennial senmr school went from 2tf to s20 park school jumped from 305 to 3m3 and fhapcl sj s also at a new high with 356 students total attendance at the public schuols is 2404 while the liiplt school registcrd 1310 holy cross school had 6k5 students registering the first day ti11 longdrawn put discussion between georgetown council and gray coaclt bos lines over the route buses will take through town could wind up iji a compromise council hj asked the busline to return their vehicles to a main st route while keeping the terminal at the james st location they suggested tfiit buses pull into the terminal turn around and then proceed down the old main si route mayor joe gibbons was the lone dissenter theyll never go for this nonsense he maintained its working out very well now except for 1 few objections from charles st residents if we keep fooling around the buses will bypass georgetown entirely and no one wants that mohawks canadian champs i i ora although they were rated underdogs 111 the finals i lous junior ii lacrosse club returned home from the national lacrosse playoffs with the canadian chamionslup mohawks were greeted on their return from winnipeg by a huge reception and parade the team was loaded onto the village fire truck and feted all around the community the i lora club ousted osliawa in the ontario finals and went to winnipeg to play a modified roundrobin series with teams from vancouver winnipeg and mornsburg they won three straight games to take the junior b title for the second year in a row mohawk forwards john mckenna and ron wealherhead were picked for the all star team at the end of the series the dora club wrapped the title up by defeating winnipeg north stars 2oio in the final game h rguslacrossc in fergus and elora goes way back if i remember clora was playing a six nations indian team a year before tcrgus had a team it wasnt unusual in those days and later for llora to be a little ahead of fergus for instance the elora post olfice was built a year ahead of the fergus post office but the fergus building has a tower 10 feet higher than the one on the i lora olfice the county council paved the elora main street with concrete the next year the fergus main street was paved with asphalt in the long history of the two towns its funny how many people used to think things like that really mattered from mostly gossip in the fergus newsrecord indians bestow name on mrs woods i kin mrs stanley woods of lrm was honored with an indian name by the six nation indians in a full tribal dress ceremony at olisweken indian village a week ago sunday mrs woods was called floating blossom which in the indian tongue is pronounced ga wl ii hojea literally flower floating on the water the honor was bestowed on s woods to show the appreciation of the indians for her friendliness and help in visits to the reservation mrs woods replied fittingly to the honor which is one indians reserve tor only those they respect and like school registration in t 1111 was up both in public and high schools on opening day total number at the high school is 2k while tin public school showed an enrolment of 142 the newk lortned school crossing guards were 011 duly to conduct students across the highway thevll be standing guard all through he school year inspector racket hits milton miuo the ptlonev bank inspector racket has hit milton again and a lojj woman lost 100 in a new vetsion ol the old con game in last week s tiaud a lads icceived a telephone call i10111 a man repiescnlmg hnnsell as an employee ot a local bank he said he wanted to check the sloand 20 hills she received when she cashed hei old age pension cheque because the bank was atiaid there mas base been some counteiteit money 111 the bills she recc ned vvlieu the man arrived at her home he said sonic ot die hills wimi bogus and he took all the money back 10 the hank 10 check 11 osei he never lelurned and by the time ttie incident was leported to police 11 was too late police said seveial other local residents wen telephoned with the sjme or slightly ditterent comeons i oitunalely only ilu out woman was gypped constable eoward j hubbell has recently graduated from the ontario provincial police colleqe toronto after successful completion of the recruit orientation course he has been posted to the kingston detachment no 9 district belleville an acton boy constable hubbell is the son of charles hub- boll 31 wellington st ho is also well known in hillsburg and erin churchill churchill church officers elected the congregation of churchill church thursday evening september 5 were pleased to formally receive the charter for their new church to he called churchill community church twentyfive of those present signed the membership roll officers were elected as follows trustees harold griffin archie kerr wallace swackhamcr and clarence denny ccrctary mrs joanne turner treasurer jack denny elders smith r griffin leslie swackhamcr charlie thompson and archie kerr a board of management was formed consisting ot four members bill thompson norman turner leroy m a c a r t h u r and t r a n k thompson sunday school superintendent is mrs slurlev anderson the appointment ot robert hyde b a as minister was confirmed the elders were instructed to study and with mr hydes assistance draft a bylaw regarding membership sacraments and other vital questions harold griffin read a financial statement showing a healthy balance the womens group m ide plans for a september meeting mr hyde dosed the meeting with prayer social time lunch and followed sunday school classes begin on sunday and will continue at the regular time with the church service at eleven oclock all are welcome mrs lmerson anderson sang a solo on sunday which was enjoyed by all the ladies of churchill community church will meet at the home ol mrs all red winters on wednesday evening september ii at h p m all ladies are welcome- mr and mrs norman turner and lmnly spent labor day weekend at lleavcrmead park peterborough with other members ol their trailer club miss joy binnie ot regina is visiting with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs charlie binnie mr and mrs r l davidson accompanied by mi and mrs robert mclnery spent a week on a trip to oil iwa they visited with mrs clinton swackhainer and dr md mrs charlie sayers al cornwall visited dr and mrs tratlord larvelland and tamily and went on to montreal i xpo and ii s a they journeyed north through alonquin park retuiniug home by lindsay mr and mrs charlie limine and miss joy limine visited on sunday with drs f v mcdonald ind tamily al port redit w target every time zjpwaik pays specials at thompson motors ltd used cars 64 k3rd custom 500 4 dr sedan v 8 auto radio p b ps lie j87996 63 chev station wagon 6 cyl automatic lie x8802 62 fairlane soo tudor v 8 auto radio lie j76424 new 1968 not licensed 1 galaxie soo tudor h t v 8 automat c power steer p brakes rjd o siva 800 00 galaxie 500 fobdor sedan v 8 automatic power steer p brakes radio save 800 00 custom 500 4dr sedan v 8 automatic power steer power brakes save 700 00 falcon sports coupe v 8 automatic radio sava 400 00 trades wanted asy terms see us first phoni 8532370 approve btennial election tor campbellville trustees the acton free press wednesday september 11 1968 jj5 provisions were made in a bylaw passed by nassagawcya lowuship council tuesday of last week to allow the trustees of the police village of campbellville to hold biennial elections effective with be coming election at the same meeting a meeting of council with planning hoard committee of adjustment and corc represent itives wis arranged for sept cm jt h pm to discuss the m t a r t s for transportation nj metro toronto jrea council issued a protest to the mumlcr of lducatiou asking representation on the now county school board be given to each municipality under the original proposal aclon alid nassjgawya would slpre a rcprcseitijivc nassagawcya is asking the minister o enlarge the total numbers of members on the hilton board to 2j one more thin the total allotted council accepted the auditors report on road expenditures for the past year of ssooo a lixi licence for lloyd i ma i hies in the village of cimphcllville was cancelled council agreed to ask llallon county council for a grant foi i survey of campbellville under the land titles act we may not achieve oor ideals but like the stars thcyservc to guide us on our way the electric eel is almost blind and locates its food by using i rudimentary radar system this is shooting your wife will probably hit ihc ceding when you get home tonight siid the barlly lu his drinking companion yeah said the shes a lousy shot companion cups saucers sole 2 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