if v r i ttatpay eear ad eattie ummi awyini r 1 int hmvm at wiiwb irim pmflm the taeuln yo printing pnuisluii i wwb isejeajveawlf wmntot hie home newspaper tor georgetown and districts ever a centner efferlha tab beif in flaw pcln aasl wtm ab1iuiii second date man heat offioe pep ottawa and far payment of postage in caah oeo ontario thurmday november 2tth ims 300 par yearj flagla copy price ten people pick mayor monday whbldon emmbmon bob francis expect heavy ballot in monday elections a formdt mcve john eujott and two members of council wheldon steamer emmerson and bob francis are campaigning this week to win votes in the georgetown mayoralty race i prospective industry seeks 13 hwy acres from town mayors death ends 36 year municipal career 4 georfelown council i earned monday that a prospective new industry is interested in acqulr ing 13 acres of highway indust rial land the town had an option on be land until last week when concerned about threatened court action by the brum a c de yelopment firm council voted to release its option on the land the optjon came about in a land release agreement with delrex developments original owner of the land it was pas sed on to brumac when that iirm acquired the delrejt ufets the town sold the land to the firm with the stipulation hat should an industry wish to jrarchajte it georgetown would have first chance to repurchase land at the 3000 an acre price freorgetown had received 0ofn months ago brumac avw tho ud to the induund firm which propose to bring industrial development to town and brumac asked council for a cfttit claim deed dropping its op- tioiv nonaction was taken until tbpimc4t meeting on tuesday novjmdrr 10 that night strong letter from brumacs solicitors warned that if the town did not release the land that night it would take the matter to court advice from the town solicit or wax received that if this hap pened the decision could be nntatourable to the town with reeve hunter and cr emmerson in opposition coun cju instructed the clerk and mayor to sign the necessary pa pers and this was done on wednesday at council meeting on won day reeve wm f hunter who is acting mayor following th death of mayor gibbons last week passed around a purch use offer from an unnamed firm offering 6 000 an acre for ap proximately 13l acres the firm would build an initial factory of 00000 square feet tm of the opinion that they have also contacted induland mr hunter said but induland is interested in building factor les for rental and this firm want to build its own cr robert francis reminded council that the town has sev cred all its connections with the land and it would only bo i gesture of good will from 11 ru tame if council could still deal with the firm they reminded us strongly of our contractus rights and we would certainly have to dl cuss thls with brumac added peputy reeve arthur speight cr jim young was of a dlf ferent opinion herald will be election nctlm ce up to thai minute election returns of the monday municipal auctlon in g rvtown and eqotlnd will be a clow as you telephone election night december 2nd when the herald will again pro v id its election night service yew can keep posted by dialing 777301 after 9xi pm we have found this industry cr bill smith agreed that and we stand to make 91 000 tying up this many acres for a an acre on the land he said small building might not be all we have to do is go to good business brumac and say we want to ex erclse our option there is no mr hunter said he was some relationship between this and what surprised at the 50 000 1 last weeks deal figure in the purchase propo al v cr roy ballentlne said 50000 foot factory on such a thesc ccrjticrn today large tract of land is away out anj j fln idca th wtrc of proporticm to what the town alk zoqqqq has demanded of other industrl es which have purchased land here this is highway frontage backing on a residential area he said i would want to know too what type of industry it is council decided to consult the town solicitor about the matter the next day then con tact brumac to sec v hat arran gement could bnuorkcd out want esquesings top office name hunter acting mayor at a special council meeting on thursday morning follow ing the sudden death of mayor joseph gibbons the night be fore council appointed reeve wm t hunter to he acting mayor for the duration of tho year mr hunter will continue in office until a new mayor to be chosui fwm three candidates next monday takes office in tho new year as a mark of respect to the mayor councillors who are run mng for office also deckled at the meeting to suspend campaig bmg until monday november 35th and contacted other candi dates asking their consideration for this also mayor joseph gibbons george currie malcolm freeman a two man race for tho esquesing township reovaship this year has malcolm frogman challenging reovo george cume ballenfine tells council could getbam in 1969 fusibility that georgetown may get its long awaited dam next year was voiced by cr hoy llallentlne monday mr ballentfne told council that a group of conservation of tlclals had visited tho dam site recently and it is being given top priority what development takes place on surrounding lands owned by brumac developments a bridge and four land road would be part of a jlam project and costs are being ascertained thirty six years of municipal service 22 of them as an el ected official 14 u an appoin ted one cndrfl last wednesday night november 20th when mayor josoph gibbons died in georgetown hospital he was rushed to hospital following a heart attack in tho early even inr from which he failed to ral 1 tho previous week ho had called a press conference fol lowing a council meeting to an nounce that he would not be seeking reelection in decern ber and only two nights before he had addressed the nominat ion meeting confirming his decision to retire there was no let up in mr gibbons civic life tuesday nltht ho presided as usual at the weekly council meeting and followed this with a coffee and sandwiches party for coun cil in the committee rooms wednesday night lie was plan mng to attend a hydro com mission meeting ir gibbons first entered municipal politics when he was elected a councillor in 1031 he held this position for three years ran for mayor and ser ved a ten year term ho was absent from the political seme are developed then i think georgetown has a good chance of getting the dam next ear the dam he said hinges on he said if the land acrois the river llv0 turned j asks council meet and finalize land release social personal mr brock bradley en route to a new ttcar- posting at ot tawu from com ox hc iiqh bcui visiting with his mother mrs allftii bradlty and hlu grandmother mrs sb croat and other members of hit fan uy frrluids neighbour and rel stives of hurl a is and keith mc leod ure pltused to welcome ip tilth sandra and donna to ge orgetown it is hoped thoy will enjoy their iicw home at 40 wubtr drive mr and mrs graham 1- a moll 10 albert m and mr and mr stuart young held court spent a recent holiday in florl da huyliif- in the miami beach area good niws news that the province will underwrite coats of georgetown ambulance service next year was received by council monday 4 good news to see some mo- a number of proposed am tndments to a land release plan for a large trct of huildlnj laid owntd by brumac arc un dtr study by georgetown coun cil on monday u letter to coun ell from developer bruit mc laughiin said that lu lutj in ttiultd to visit council that nigbt but due to the nudiiui death of mayor gibbons lit was enclosing his proposals insltuil he ubkid that a hpicial nittting fa- mii ilmruv i the matter utcontly consultant foi tilt town and the developer hud met in loronto to talk the matter over no report has ju hicu retelvtjd from the consulting firm which the town unu lmi to make a study for thtm and council decided to first mttt with this iirm bofuru embarking on any final aostoii ney coming in instead of all going out remarked acting mayor wm f hunter georgetown was the first canadian town to inaugurate volunteer service for a year as a councillor than was elected mayor again dur ing his third year in the post ho resigned in the fall of hmd to accept an appointment as the towns assessment commission tn ii ihnlnh this position after h ysars ho entered politics ag aln with u succejisful campaign for the mayoralty andwos com pleting his eighteenth term as mayor at the time of is doath a barber by trade he was born in 1ramosa township son of john j and sarah kennedy gibbons his parents moved to acton and he learned his trade in mortons barber shop there coming to georgetown tn 1017 he becumn a main street bm1 ileum n sharing a barber shop with treemim kersey and later operating it on his own llio shop was the hub of muni- einl ii i i ii i n o it let for the mayor long before an office wus created in tho mu nicipal building vxcept for the lions club of which he was a past member mr gibbons main love was politics as mayor ho served as a mem- h r of the hydro commission and the board of police commis sioners u was an honorary life member of the lawn bowl ing club and life member of the hospital association with other mayors he had the honour of having a street named after him when the del rex subdivision waa created i gibbons riaco bill sykes winner in cake decorating with only one years expcrl ence in the baking business bill sykes son of tho owner of sykes scotch bakery copped first pruo in a 4ko decorating competition against a bakers dozen of seasoned experienced the plaque is now on display in the store and the cash aw ard probably spent the competition took place he leaves his wife miuctthe bakery production club sykes and one 9 miss annie ontario s conv at sea gibbora guelph t wmch fa wended viuuu uucpu ony byprofessienal bakers and government officials including their suppliers provincial and federal int tx with five days left election pace steps upin town twp th mbcrs of parliament and the county judge joined local peo prestation of a certificate pie in attending requiem mass to cessment commissioner in holy cross rc church on mar pain uis made at last saturday morning rather ot ueck council meeting by gcr devcnt officiated and ii maor gibbons ther vj morgan of acton i u exemplifies a lot of hard former pastor at holy cros u0lk t major in con conducted j service at the continued on pao 2 with top posts being contes ted in both town and township interest is keen in mondays municipal election georgetown more than 7000 voters will choose a mayor dc puty reeve and slat councillors public school supporters vote on a representative to the new county board of education and separate school supporters member of the ncvs county separate school board in ad ditlon the latter will also have a vote on two members to rep resent county koman catholics on the board of education in esqueslng 4 000 residents will vote for reeve deputy and three councillors separate school supporters here will vote for one member for the scpar ate school board a combined scat with milton and nassaga weya and they will also be voting for the two rc mem bers of tho board of education already elected by acclam atlon in georgetown are kceve william r hunter hydro com mlssioners john t armstrong and gerald mccallum and wa competitors a fifteen minute tcr commissioners roy ballcn time limit uas placed on each tine and winston smith in es quesing only william lawsonis ure of his seat as a board of education member john ullott a past reeve and sitting councillors wbcldon emmerson and robert francis are contesting tne georgetown mayoralty the present deputy reeve arthur pelght has wll llahi sunnucks as his opposi tion the towns ward 2 is the most hotly contested here three pre sent council members john hole william r smith and jim young and jim court mrs donna dcnlsan and james em raerson a formar councillor are vying for tho two scats in ward 1 there are three candidates michael foot ern gets certificate jjratulatng mr bain on camp lttion of lus coursl est hyde who is a former ma yor and sandy mackenzie ward 3 voters have their choice bfyour men all new to municipal politics harry levy richard morrow philip siddall and frank tyrrell ernest bodnar and gudnl slgurdson who are members of tno high school board and pub lic school board respectively are seeking to represent geor getown on the board of educ ation ben boyle a member of the separate school board is op posed by ed hayes in the sep arate school board election esquesing voters have their choice of the present reeve george currie and malcolm freeman for the townships top post deputy reeve thomas hill also has opposition with jim france a candidate also for three council seats vot ers have their choice of pres ent councillors wilfrid leslie and c f pat patterson a for mer council member james good let and percy hicks ken neth marshall and russell mil ler two imilton residents are seeking the separate schooheat james langcdyke and angelo tonclll rc voters in georgetown and esqucsing who will choose two board of education members have their choice of hubert clo- becy hugh henderson and wil liam pnestner all of burling ton and kenneth walsh of oajc- vjhe pickets is pick claude picket of georgetown showed the grand champion hoist cln cow at the royal win ter tair he took tho honours with his first prize age cow barlvug pabst lana georgetown acton to renew hockey rivalry georgetown intermediotes who tuesday ilaiders plajed the won their first game for an oil hon esters in ilramalea and plclous return to oiia intcrme bowed 0t dlatob play november 15 lmc a w htcll had trouble findmg thur s c cd b mr3 and victory since hnl jacc kemshead sr a long tme iergus thistles faithful ilildcr roottr dropping the puck would have belonged to georjctown but for some soft husky goals thoy- lifted the lid off their home season friday nitht in front of 500 fans with a rude surprise from durham huskies the league champs who arrived late and left around midnight with an 88 win holders had a wldo territorial edrc for the first two periods but wtro hold from running up a comfortable lead by a red hot durham netmlnder paul itoblnson scored three illako inglis don norton and wayno davison who was ge orgetown s defensive standout tach netted one llio rough game produced 74 minutes in penalties itoblnson maintained his scorching pace scoring three more in a losing causa against the harvesters tuesday doug richardson aiul phil lavell both of whom missed fridays game and jack gudgeon scoreu tho other georgetown goals a largo crowd of georgetown followers watched this ono and an even larger number is ex pected to click the acton turn stiles tomorrow night when acton tanners host haiders for their first intermediate meeting in years georgetown and acton go at it again monday night in the memorial arena i m mks jack kemshead sr drops tho first puck to opan iha horn tchadtila of tfw georgatown intermodlata rawr fri day night with her is goorgolown reeva and acting mayor bill hunter who accompanied tta welmtnown georgetown hitermolleto hockey fan to centre ice tho georgetown player at right taking thefecokiff it team captain jack gudgeon