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the georgetown he twffihtymots pad ofle dp omn oeomctown out widnuday dfcimbbt loril l5t msrsicnom five council members reelected to office mrs al currie is r first womanelect r with council s big three heading the poll for a second yjsar monday a municipal election saw only one change in th 195 counal when councillor alfred sykes lost his seat to newcomer mrs al cutne i n in her seconded for offtee mrs currie tallied 599 votes and fifth place in the standing to become the first lady ever elected to a governmental seat in georgetown s history cr john gunn regi stered the highest number of votes for the second year in a row cr garfield mcgilvray edged cr em hyde by 13 votes to take second place the two were tied for second last year cr john elliott was in fourth position and cr fred harrison sixth a close contender in the 13 man race for six council seats was pearce porter who trailed by only 9 votes mr porter and john zorge received heavy support from the delrex voting ward as did bernard cassell in an election for three public school board seats one of the few fkehul call was a gift for child rens aid and a large asortment was brought the president mrs keilh webb opened the meeting with the us ual formalities there were nine teen members present secrelarjp mrs grajdon chester conducted a short business period a commit tee was appointed to 1 ok school doara seat one oi t aalhermks 0 the year ever held in town a veteran j for child tee stan finlay had 1003 votes the largest tallied by any candidate this year kelvin c brown and herbert arnold were the other choices of voters to replace retir ing board members ray salter and cecil mcnamara this years vote fell 5 per cent below last year with 368 per cent of eligible voters uing their fran chise 1773 people voted of a total of 4812 eligible top officers in town this vear were filled by acclamation with maj or jack armstrong reeve doug sargent and deputy reeve walter gray unopposed h dro commissioner graham farnell was also returned by acclamation monda s ote was the largest numerical ever registered in town last jear 1627 people vot ed the preioui ear 1300 in 1955 1350 voters represented 50 per cent it fell far short of the record percentage of 1949 when 1503 voters in a town half the size went to the polls in 1951 anoth er record year a 70 per cent vote was recorded by 1372 voters w 1 sends christmas gifts to korean orphan mrs h collins was hostess for the december meeting of norval women s institute it being the christmas meeting and one of suspect rabid fox in brampton incident a pet spaniel met his doom and a foxsuspected to have rabies was destroyed in an incident in brampton monday morning jim dear a brampton shoe store proprietor whose wife is the for mer betty pcnson of town was awakened in the morning by bis dog barking going outside to the dog house he saw a fox which had crawled part wiry into the kennel he grabbed it by the tail and tos scd it several rect away the fox rose to its feet and advanced to wards the kennel again and ap peared to be going to attack a crowd of neighbours who had ga thercd when the dog rushed in between to do battle the fox was shot and the dog taken to a vet erinanan for treatment had to be destroyed the fox head was sent away for examination for rabies father leaves for visit in scotland mr john wood who has been living with his daughter mrs earl scott left on monday on dec 12th he expects to leave for a vi after i sit in hi homeland scotland christmas treats for the district i we rdgret that mr joe scolt sick and needy a letter was read went to hospital by ambu concerning the little korean orph an the w l has adopted and included hi picture his name is lee chang hwoon 3 ears old from pubum orphanage korea ind a parcel of clothing and gifts s being sent to him the ladies exchanged gifts and sang christmas carols demonstra tions on christmas iddis b scer al members were vcr interesting after the queen the h3stes ser ved ice cream and cake assisted b mrs l may and mrs k webb the next meeting is on january 8 at mrs harold smellic s home at 2 30 pm lance on mondav morning follow ing a heart attack we wish him a good recovery the w i met at the home of mrs a btnton on thursda nen ing engagement the engagement is announced of joan marian latimcr daughtcr olthjfltfj al mrs ran llliam iltajf the marriage in knox presbyter december 31st at donald lati dell son of t randell will take pi an church 7 00 o clock in the evening scott chevies third consecutive game win overtime goals by don herrldge and bob fekay gave the jr c scott s chevrolet their third con secutlve win this time over hid land they downed richmond hill 84 on friday and on the previous tuesday here 103 last nights game got underway a little over an hour late because of travel difficulties encountered by mldlest enroute and the nec essary ten minute over time car ried it well beyond midnight the chevies had the big slice of the play in every period and should have had the win wrapped up at the end of 60 minutes char lie jewell donned the pads for the first period and lockhurst took over for the remaining two plus the overtime it was chevies 1 midland score after the first frame riddall aniping the lone local marker the best play to watch came on geor getown s second tally when riddall started charlie davics away at his own blue line and he threaded his way through red uniforms the rest of the distance to beat bcno 1 in the midland net bnaff lewis notched his first of the csason from paul ward and bob bingham after ducaine dent ed the local armor midway thru the period ironside erupted for three mudland markers in the last session two of them on passes from ducaine against only one by the chevies that off the stick of davies riddall and bingham as sisted htrridge tapped fred harrison s pass into an open corner at 27 of the extra frame to reclaim the lead and mckay put it on ice at 7 30 herald becomes thomson publication on january 2nd coondl 6 wed gunn mcgrvray hyde elliott currie harrison porter sykes zorge cassell l emmerson j emmerson marker 1a mayn 102 87 106 104 87 54 42 57 17 29 34 32 15 ib fh 140 142 127 113 83 122 46 85 24 32 56 24 17 2a day 45 51 59 44 30 47 10 30 10 7 20 17 9 2b grieve 36 45 50 35 27 36 18 29 10 7 10 11 11 a thy 103 93 115 81 73 71 46 66 19 21 32 30 10 3a 3b ross m bldg 136 120 102 96 81 85 84 78 69 106 34 60 18 41 38 42 31 22 25 20 26 8 8 11 11 5 3c lib 163 144 161 108 95 89 68 84 27 27 40 40 14 3d miersma 130 95 40 80 101 61 247 61 253 185 35 37 14 total 896 815 802 692 599 590 581 516 437 422 272 262 113 win two lose one is weeks hockey record hunters real estaters shook off the effects of a dismal display against bradford here on friday in time to add saturday and mon day decisions to the win side of their seesaw record humbled 11 to 2 in their home game against the bradford pow erbouse the hunters got off the canvass and off the fan s b ack list on saturday in collingwood by downing the host club 83 in beeton on monday they re tained their saturday form to em erge on the top end of an 84 out come there were some changes made for both of the away games char lie jewell who regularly minds the twine for the local junior c chevrolets was called up to replace jack rhodes in the hunters net and coach nick ferri inserted him self into the lineup which proved to be a shot in the arm for the whole club beeton opened the scoring ear ly in the first period when bow en tallied from nichol after a mi nute and twenty five seconds bud varey from wally magdy and dixon and nick fern from irons at 1446 and 17ss0 respectively brightened the picture before the end of the frame fern netted the second of an eventual hat trick in the third minute of the second period from magdy and from there it was a question of how many varey from inglis and dixon and blake ing lis from dixon had it 51 before the midway mark but prender gast tucked hcarn s pass behind jewell to chop the margin to 3 goals at 1229 irons from fern fern from blake inglis and dixon from va rey and inglis put it beyond reach in the third stanza gariepy and bowen led the beeton rally that fell short ron dixon paced the scorers at collingwood counting three um es jamie cunningham potted a pair while beaumont blake ing lis and grasby were credited with singles hcany rawn and fobert found the target for collingwood ron dixon and junior beau mont saved the locals from the whitewash here on friday jack rhodes who experienced his rou ghest night of the campaign against bradford was running a temperature in the dressing room prior to game time and asked not to play but a replacement was not available at the time he is at home under doctor s orders but may see action here on tuesday when bradford makes their second visit big dave voyce signed with the club on sunday and will probably play in fridays game here against collingwood pete bradkin s hearing has been set for 1 p m on saturday so he could be available next week j e doc hillis 63 masseyharris employee james irwin doc hill is 93 lansdowne ave died in toronto western hospital after an illness of two months on friday novem ber 28th he was sixty three years old mr hillis had been an emplo yee of the massey harris com pany for thirty three years and was a member of their quarter century club elizabeth hillis his wife survi ves him as does thcr son donald a sister mrs f white edith nd two brothers melville and joseph also arc left funeral service was conducted at the yorke chapel of the turner and porter funeral home 2357 bloor st west on monday decern ber 1st interment was in hill crest cemetery norval rev hart of grace united church toronto officiated pallbearers were gor don caseley william shields james kearns jack pratt jack coatcs and robert coates serve 230 families group mail boxes the extreme eastern section of town got mall deliver when a sy stem of group mail boxes came in touse today the delivery will ease serious overcrowding at the post office and is a temporary solution to the postal problem in a growing town which will eventually be solved by house delivery 92 year old firm to have new owner the georgetown herald takes a major step in its development on january 2nd when thomson newspapers limited become its publishers sale of the 92 yearold business is announced today by wal ter biehn publisher and editor since he purchased the herald from the j m moore estate in march 1940 prior to mr moore the late r d warren had owned the business for many years purchase negotiations were handled by st clair mccabe general manager of the thomson company no changes w man agement staff or editorial policy are contemplated by the new owners who will retain mr biehn as managing editor garfield mcgilvray as shop superintendent and present employees leslie clark corey r harrington david hastings and bob baskerville in the print shop and mrs aileen bradley and terry harley tn the office roy thomson began his meteoric career when he acquired the timmins weekly press in the early thirties and turned it into his first daily newspaper he now personally directs the scotsmen of edinburgh and spends most of his time in scotland the can- dian and u s operation is under the direction of his son k r thomson two district youths convicted of theft two youths one from george town and one from brampton were found guilty last week on two counts of theft the youths were remanded by magistrate blain of brampton for two weeks pend ing sentence p c redpath of brampton opp apprehended the pair following the theft of gas at brampton an inspection of their car uncovered building materials in the trunk which thev admitted to stealing from 1 yons construction on anne st the ouths were charged and brought to court the same day as their arrest and found guilty by magistrate blain when the thefts were reported to thj police the of fenders had already been tried and remanded win 3 school board seats don t forget the santa parade this saturday afternoon be sure and bring your kiddies stullcampbell wedding at st georges anglican a wedding took place recently in st georges anglican church when phyllis marie powell niece of mr and mrs john campbell hillsburgh became the bride of andy davy stull son of mr and mrs howard stull milton given in marriage by ber uncle she wore a beige broad cloth suit with brown accessories and a corsage pf tawny roses the bride s attendant was fredamae stull sister of the groom in a rose gabardine suit with winter white accessories and a corsage of roses ivan gray of hillsburgh attended the groom rev kenneth richardson offic lated at the ceremony a reception followed at the home of mr and mrs howard stull with guests present from orangeville toron to hillburgh oshawa and glen williams lindsay 11 engage mary eliz i thomas carber nd mrs beverley k the mar 1 saturday at three knox vrcsby tenan dry cleaners hosts to clerk drivers local dry cleaner don barrager was chairman at the first annual store clerks telephone girls and drivers night sponsored by the halton and peel division of the dry cleaners institute on monday evening held in the queens hotel brampton the evening was highlighted by a message from the guest speaker hartley cume ma naging director of the dry clean ers institute of ontario who an- nounced that the program of am algamation for the crx and the dci would be completed by dec 31st one association instead of two will be beneficial to both the cleaner and the customer the halton and peel division which has been formed some six months now has don barrager as its head bob hall of brampton secretary and cam anderson of brampton treasurer the two county group was created because of the difficulty of members from this area attending kitchener mee tings following the dinner and mr hartley s address theacssibility of having the organization s an nual golf tourney held again at the north halton golf country club was discussed stan finlay herb arnold kelvin c brown georgetown councillors etect for 1959 we are pleased to have the georgetown herald asso ciated with the thomson newt- papers said k r thomson in commenting on the purchase we became interested in george town because we believe it is a town with a bright future and it is our confident prediction that in the next few years there will he- scope for a dally newspaper with our experience in the daily newspa per field we feel we have some thing to contribute to georgetown and district present plans call for gradual expansion as population and bus iness growth warrant it mr thomson continued more equip ment and personnel will be add ed when required he stressed that the herald will be completely autonomous in editorial policy as are all members of the thomson newspaper family it was after much thought that i accepted the purchase offer said mr biehn in making the an nouncement for nineteen years i have worked to produce a news paper which gives s large a week ly news budget as can be gathered give constructive editorial praise and criticism and present attrac tive advertisements of service to businessmen and readers i am happy to remain as editor and to have all members of the staff as sociated with me in the business together we shall continue to do our best to produce a newspaper of which georgetown will be proud georgetown is growing to the point where the present method of operation must give way to ano ther the business is passing the point where a paper can be econ omically produced on a handled press four pages at a tune he said the time is fast approaching when substantial expenditures will have to be made for equipment if we are to continue to turn out the newspaper the town requires he continued the thomson company with a proven record of performance has capital for such expansion and the personnel to direct it they will do a good job and tm happy to be associa ted with them in doing it the herald will be the 17th newspaper in ontario to be oper ated by the thomson firm and the fourth in this part of the pro vince the guelph daily mercury weekly brampton conservator and oafcville journal are members of the organization other centres served by thomson newspapers include barne chatham gait kirkland lake onllia oshawa pembroke port arthur sarnla sudbury timmins wetland and woodstock elsewhere in canada newspap ers are operated in kamloops kelowna nanaimo and penticton in british columbia quebec city charlottetown pei moose jaw and prince albert saskatchewan in fonda it publishes six pap including one in st pjotersburgh and a total of eight publications in scotland winter driving hazards weeks accident total is 4 mark doucett 25 tyers ave suffered only a cut upper lip when his car collided with the safety fence at the corner of the crot bridge on mountainview road on friday mr doucett was proceeding south on mountainview when his car veered to the left and plung- d into the fence on the opposite side of the road damage to the front of the car a 1958 dodge was estimated at 400 by cpl jim bilsborrow who investigated the accident occurred at about 1100 pm cars driven by charles hill u victoria ave and william j an continued on page 7