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r i j i georgetown ontario wednesday evening december 18rh 1957 second section claus visits 1 boys and girls a lucky key won this 300 pony for jim costigan 29 market street when he patronized the georgeview open kitchen recent ly the restaurant is with a number of other local business places a member of the key merchants association and offers a chance at lucky prizes to patrons pictured with mr costigan are left to right mrs sam turchyn who with her husband operates the restaurant and mrs bob turkington and mrs w steinke of the staff j a goudy georgetown proclamation boxing day holiday whereas is has been the custom in georgetown in past years to hold a boxing day the day following christmas day and whereas the municipal council have by resolution at their meeting on december 16th authorized me to pro claim such a day therefore i do declare thursday december 26th civic holiday in the town of georgetown 1957 a jack armstrong mayor new stewarttown school now will be five rooms so rapid is development in the georgetown area that a projected new school at stewarttown has been added to before construction has started recently the board of esques- l n ik school area which administers school affairs awarded a contract urban board christmas party at hilltop lodge members of the councils of the floats clowns bands in memorable christmas parade with twenty floats preceding him santa arrived on saturday for his annual visit in a parade which excelled all previous ones and which would have done credit to a much larger town the 26th annual parade sponsor ed by the lions club with a generous assist from the firemen drew large ttowds to the down town area where santa distribut ed some 1600 bags of candy or anges and apples to the throng of children the parade route along the highway was well lined with spectators too to see the ingeni ous floats depicting nursery rhyme characters xmas scenes and a topical space ship touch which copped first prize for provincial paper for the second straight year for the papermilt other prizewinners were north hal ton builders association best in the industrial division for the three little pigs harrison public school for the pied piper and the iga supermarket for its hand some entry drawn by stan mays fourhorse hitch in the commercial class zone chairman graydon clippcrton streets vi lie and de puty district governor russ vick- crs burlington and their wives acted as judges other floats uniform in excel lence of design and originality included wrigglcsworth school peter pumpkin brownies nativity scene town of georgetown humpty dumpty chamber of commerce 3 men in a ttb nor ton floral and collett quikbrik humpty dumpty lions club christmas carolers chapel street school nativity scene alliance paper peter pumpkin st geor ges aypa ephipany of the snows rotary club little miss mullet legion popeye hunters anglers jonah and the whale the lone ranger and tonto alio appeared on horseback georgetown girls pipe band and the brampton clown band provided music for the paraders while a group of maporettes from the vicic lay dancing school add ed a gay touch to the parade the parade was under the di rection of tom reed whenitcomstocints do your shopping in georgetown halton irban board and their wives ana guests held their annual christ masvparty at hilltop lodgo erin on friday evening after a delicious turkey dinner dancing cards and 3 friendly soc ial time was the order of the even ing music was supplied by an acton orchestra those from town attending in cluded mayor and mrs jack arm strong reeve and mrs stan allen deputy reeve and mrs doug sar gent crs alf sykcs and mrs sykes harry hale and mrs hale fred harrison and mrs harrison garfield mcgilvray and the two for construction of a 3room school to replace the present arrange ment of a 1room building and portable classroom surveying the situation furthfcr it was found that the school would 1m- overcrowded before its open ing date next september the hoard has now revised its plans and has received the blessing of the township council to build a 5room school architects bar- nett riedcr arc preparing plans for the extra two rooms and the board is awaiting approval from the municipal board and depl of education for its changed plans the school will be erected on new 1958 members and their wives john elliott and john gunn and 1 3 acres of land purchased from assessment commissioner joseph i herb m reid on the corner of the gibbons r j 7th line and no 15 sideroad di rectly opposite st johns anglican church entrance to the building is planned from the sideroad i jllm wfio deration imnlof pmdcce mo i zhe jiduse of seagram jjbfium tlf ik hi 1857 -w- wjttt i l u lawn bowlers plan larger clubhouse plans for a new clubhouse were discussed when members of geor getown lawn bowling club held their annual meeting on thursday night mr and mrs howard kent- ner were hosts to the group at their home on queen st mr kentner william mcdowell and claude kentner were named as a committee to draw up a plan for enlarging the building and submit an estimated cost to the club it is planned to start the work early in the spring last years officers were re elected norman icam is presi dent dick licata vicepresident walter gray secretary-treasurer- charles harvey grounds chair man claude kentner entertain ment chairman albert pattenden games chairman the president and secretary are in charge of publicity the financial report for 19s7jras read showing a sub stantial balance in the bank at the conclusion of the meet ing the club was nerved lunch by lbs kentner and mrs norman members anticipate 1908 as of recordajfcruy far the jim andrews is new orange lodge master 1 meeting in the ioof hall on december 10th members of ro yal oak loyal orange lodge no 245 elected new officers for 1958 jim andrews is the new wdr- shipful master of the lodge suc- 1 cocding tom clark who held of- i fice this year the election was conducted by ernie rawson of town who is county master of the lodge and installation was in charge of the district master wor bro john mclaren orangeville assisted by wor bro george col lins district master of hornby district other lodge officers are al bert dawson deputy master char les ledwidge chaplain joe hall jr recording secretary tom warnes financial secretary joe hall sr treasurer frank ander son marshal charles davis percy clark lecturers fred arm strong tyler and a committee comprising fred mcnally alan bailey tom clark jack cain and archie mcdonald 1 y 1 y y y y v y v v y y y y y y y y y y y y y y v y y y y y i y y y y y v y y y y y y 1 y y 1 y y y y y v y nmiaaiiaiaaaimi girdwood hardware 162 guelph street tr 73561 notice the offices of dr a e macintosh and qjv o m brewster will be closed dec 34 25 26 inclusive and dec 31st and jan 1st new singer portable darns mends embroiders save 2500 dnh save new singer vacuum cleaner 2000 free gift with each machine terms available dyson sewing centre afcentfor singer sewing 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