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the mail bag thanks townspeople friends for 15 yoars acton ont may 7th 1956 mr walter g biehn publisher and editor georgetown herald georgetown ontario dear walter although i have already expressed my thanks and gratitude to mj for mer parishioners of holy crpss church georgetown for their won derful spirit of co operation and fif teen years of kindness to me at the last sunday mass i celebrated for them on april 29ih and also at the reception presentation tuid buffet lunch they held in my honor in the parish hall after the evening devo lions of the same date at which i also expressed my thanks to his worship the major and businessmen of the town who honoured the occa sion by their presence i would like to have the privilege of the medium of your valuable paper to extend mj thanks to all my many friends of georgetown and district both catho lic and noncatholic for the wonder ful spirit of friendliness and kindh ness they have shown me for the past fifteen jears if i may be permitted to mention a few without intending to lessen the reciprocal esteem of anj others 1 would like to mention the clergjmtn of the town the principals and teat hers of the public schools and tht man merchants and businessmen of the town all of whom i hold in the highest regard and esteem all our associations wtre of the most fritnellv nature to all mv mam friends again 1 sav thanks and mav ou and tht good town of georgetown be blessed and prosper father inccnt j morgin first natural gas lines laid yesterday first lines were laid yesterday for georgetown s natural gas distribution system which united suburban gas co hopes to have in operation by july 1st work was begun at edith st and maple ave f e shaw limited sar ma has ontractul to lay this part of the sjstem which will tie into the main transmission line the transmission lint will start about mny 14th and will join the nia gara gas transmission system at a metering station on the third lint south of no 5 highway the company is employing as much local help as possible and hopts to have natural gas available fay the july 1st date weather permitting pipe will be laid about two feet be low the surface and according to company officials the work schedule has been planned so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible the gas company is opening an office at 20 main st n where mc gowan s specialty shop was located wednesday evening may 9th 1956 the georgetown herald farmer tracy hulme become queens scouts three members of 1st georgetown troop became queen s scouts friday bill farmer bob traccy and fran cis hulme receded the coveted hon our at a recognition ceremony in niagara falls for a group of scouts from south central ontario ittion who had qualified the 120 scouts received ccrliiiciles from tht hon louis brcithaupt 1 itutenant governor of ontario and himself a queens scout ut kic hud jones executive director of tht tanadian council of chrislims ind jiws was spokcr and icejunal torn missiuner walter gibson was ch nr man hit stouts represented bh tioip their pirents ind scoutnnsttis uert honouied quests shes sure lo be pleased ifyon cjrvc silvers town planning rotary program for tv repairs for aerial installation come to georgetowns largest tv store tvs specialty not a sideline tr 73376 after hours tr 74160 wigo television and radio 32 main street n georgetown bill in airin foi ionda s holai i umew inn mi limine d tin prilr mi t lnb dinner it sp ke on town m i his tilk ulh three films which depicted proh from pot r planning il how the st diflieultie nd be oe veil wallace a hieli school slu dint who le ives ne t week for ot tawa to he tht uesl of ottawa ho tirv club ii a iust at hie meeting kalph hiwis reported lhat benches hau irmtd ind these will bi pi le d as i public se rvice if suitable spits in town the club will dtfra tosti bj selling advertising space on uu benehes ma 28th is phnntd is a special juest nifeh when eieh member is to bring a prospective itotanan open soccer season saturday at park the soccer season opened in fim stvle sunday with i kcenlj fought friendly game against milton f c the ground still htld a fair amount of the overnight rain but this duln t deter the more than 22 stalwarts who served up ninety minutes of actum at half time georgetown jets- wen leading 3 to i and adding a toal in the second hilf ended 4 i winners thanks to jrc it work bv jimmv cnghlon who scored 3 and a fine hy jim smith jets plav thtir first 1 iluc f ime saturday in eoreelown park uiinst hamilton girminii kick of il 4 p m balunafad w i may build new ballinad hall me m tiers of ballmaf id women s lilslitutt ire uhtstij itinj iht possi bililv of buildint a ntvv hall and at hit ir m i meeting it the home of mrs 1 lov i m irsh ill ippointe el a committee to investigate obtaining 1 mel and a building permit sixlct n members answered roll till bv naming thtir favounie finci work a bus rip is htinj urnnjed in june and the president ind seen t ir were delegated to attend a ban quct in duelph which will honour mrs berry of australn ac ww presi elent a luchrc will be htld for numbers mel husbands at the home of mrs i gibson in aid of the welfare fund mrs j snow tuirent event con vintr had charge of tht program mrs william hirkwond tavt current c vents anel the mullu kindness is the oil that keeps the hinlcs of friendship from itistine was jiven bv mrs j mclnerv an improinpt u de bate rc men hctttr cooks than women wis held bv eight members the judges nil ed the debate a tit i uneh wis ser ved by the hostess and social com tnittee jnd a social hour w is en jeved this weeks buy at wigo general electric featherweight irons a50 only one to a customer 8 marconi radio record player combination 129 see the selection of general electric rca victor appliances at wigo television radio for better price better service n main jtm1t n all color show monday and tuesday south sea setting his majesty two grass fires in town tuesday ge orgetown fire me n wi to filled veslerdiv to two gi iss fires in town in iht eirly afternoon they exlin mushcel a li iss brt it the homt eif m ii mmir mount limit w itoad which threinncel to spicad to ncih pi mtjlu kid from texas audie murphy friday and saturday comedy abbott costello the naughty nineties hi comics to nif kids iriday doctor in the house dirk dogarde donald sindcn kaj kendall okeefe burt lancaster a sure winner wednes and thurs robbery in the air 5 against the house with scxciting kim novak a prize of gold color richard widmark ohe mile south of mampton on highway no 10 afectwo big features a 5 p m llv htld 1 lolltm i re fust pile i lie ir the emit die re w i- no propi ci iiie ert tjlltd b sim to stop i blize m leljenninj pnipertv monday is mothers day all mothers will be admitted free i come fari y bring the whole tamily herald advertising pays dividends rca vector we have 5 only these sets have slightly damaged cabinets we sell them at great savings to you full 21 console with 3 months free service come and see them at 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