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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1963
Page
1
Joseph Gibbons wins Georgetown mayoral race succeeding longtime leader with about a 287 to 238 margin. Voter turnout appears modest as results show a split community response and plans to pursue centennial celebrations amid council shifts and local developments.
Yolanda Wiener is presented as a new Gold Cord Guide at a ceremony in St George’s Angheny Church. Rev John McMulkin led prayers and Bible readings while Mrs Jo McKinley and Mrs Ian Presgrave distributed gifts and presented Yolanda with a gilt card pen.
Readable segments describe a local Santa parade with floats bands and majorettes. Names such as Garett Gaths and Seth Gente appear among participants, with several unclear phrases from OCR.
A government study advances a two stage plan for a metropolitan rail network linking Georgetown and Toronto. The report estimates up to 7 200 peak trips and 45 000 riders downtown while addressing terminal options near Oakville Burlington and Sunes soil and proposing a general area survey in stage two.
In a contested election voters split support among candidates Beaman MacPraat and Penge with Beaman leading at 24 votes. Other names appear in fragmented form and party alignments shift, leaving uncertainty over who advances to the next round.
Park School holds an open house to showcase the fall program with displays of student work and presentations by teachers and staff. Attendance included parents and community members as the district offers tours, demonstrations, and information on upcoming winter activities at the campus.
Willan Baxter begins charge as minister at St Pauls Baptist Church on Mountview Road South after preaching for the call. Russell has left for college. Baxter moves from another district to become the third resident minister at St Pauls. He will relocate to 76 Weber Dive around mid November. married with a daughter.
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