Georgetown Man's Trimaran Wows at Boat Show
The Georgetown couple Jaworski unveil a three hull Trimaran named Cirrus II at the city boat show in the CNY Automotive building. The craft measures 18 feet wide with a three hull design and a mast height that nearly touches the ceiling. The first sale priced at 2905 dollars to Dr Rich of Toronto, with plans for a second boat as demand grows.
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Toronto
Nes Jgworsk
Metyre’ Crasc
TCA
Gene Bucci
Piver
Canada
CNY Automotive
Lony
England
Jaworski
Bronte
Cirus
Highway Improvement Possible This Year For Town
Town considers improvements to No. 7 Highway from Maple Avenue eastward with cost estimates ranging from 25000 to 40000. Town engineer W H Carr to prepare plans for early Dept of Highways briefing. BOW costs and a $400000 department mark influence funding. Council discusses John Si subway and two railway overpasses as priority.
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W. H. Carr
Maple Avenue
Dept of Highways
John Elliott
Town seeks switch in connecting link to Maple Ave transfer
Georgetown council voted to ask the county to take over Maple Ave from Main St corner to 6th Line, shifting maintenance responsibility off the connecting link. The change would remove this Main St stretch from the connecting link which has been in place for years.
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Georgetown
Maple Ave
Car Crash Sends Youth to Hospital After Bus Collision
A 15 year old passenger from Weston Ontario was taken to Georgetown hospital with head injuries a broken collarbone and a bruised leg after a 1954 Pontiac went out of control on Guelph Street and struck a Gray Coach Lines bus in front of the IGA. The bus driver James Gillespie of Bay Ridges remained on the scene as the wrecked car continued on its course.
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Georgetown
Guelph Street
Harry Visser
of & Macdonald
Weston
Guelph St
James H. Gillespie
Grenoble Rd
Bay Ridges
Toronto
Cst
Dan Martin
A. Ella
Mayor clashes over council motions and timing
The council debated a new procedure after Mayor Gibbons proposed reading motions aloud before presenting them. Cra Hildebrandt and Smith supported rescinding the prior week's plan, while Cre Powers argued the new motion violated earlier rules. The vote stalled with the mayor planning to ignore the existing motion.
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Gibbons
Cra Hildebrandt and Smith
Cre Powers
Driver Injured In Redway Dr Accident
A rear end collision on Guelph Street in front of Holy Cross Church injured a driver and damaged two cars. Bernie Worgsma of Brampton drove a 1963 Falcon into a 1961 Comet driven by John Beaunie. both cars were halted in traffic.
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Guelph St
Holy Cross
Bernie Worgsma
Archibald St
Brampton
John Edward Beaunie
Prince Charles Dr
Trafic
Cst
Dan Martin
Pate
Borgemaray
Beaumentation
Council Precedent Arises as Hildebrandt Walks Out
Dr. Charles Hildebrandt walked out of a Monday council meeting after a vote on reversing a plan to use 32 800 in municipal funds for renovating the old post office. The sale of the building was backed by the mayor and several councillors, despite debate on costs and future civic plans.
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Charles Hildebrandt
Hlasetlon
Varliey
Hildebrandt
Lssue
Gibbons
Don Powers
Main St
Dr .Hildebrandt
Dr Powers
Pelay
Reeve Hunter
Reava Elliott
Hunter
Three Local Lawyers Association Officers
Two Georgetown men were elected to Halton County Law Association offices at the annual meeting. George C. Hewson became vice president and Terry Haines was named secretary.
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Georgetown
Halton County Law Association
George C. Hewson
Terry Haines
Dale, Nennett, Latimer and Amhes
BP. W. Perris
Oakville
K. Y. Dick
Milton
Gaorge Hewson
A. J. Nichols
Aldo Braida
Acton
John Ford
Richard Konterski
Burlington
County Court
HLA
George Eliott
Rotary Show Rehearsals Underway Ahead of Annual Performance
Rehearsals have begun a week early for the Rotary Show with Ken Harrison and Ralph Ursel guiding the chorus. The cast, drawing from Bolshoi and National Ballet influences, practices at the Legion Hall on Sunday afternoon. The production, titled "2", is under direction by Jans Gosling, with a May 1st and 2nd run slated.
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Rotary
Ken Harrison
Ralph Ursel
National
Bolshoi Ballet
Jans, Gosling
Legion ‘Hall
Guriday
Library Service Extends to Hospital Patients
Beginning next month February hospital patients with library cards may borrow books. Librarian Miss Marjorie Nazer will staff Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Tuesdays at 4 PM with a selection of reading material.
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M& Librarian
Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital
Marjorie Nazer
Ontario Education Minister opens Pineview Public School
William Davis, Ontario Minister of Education, visited Esquesing on Wednesday to officially open Pineview Public School on the 7th line at No. side road, marking the township’s final consolidated school and ending the era of one room schools.
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William Davis
Ontario
Esquesing
Pineview
No. $ Side Road
Mrs W B Van Gent Returns From Holland After Son’s Wedding
Mrs W B Van Gent returned by air to her home in s Gravende near Rotterdam after attending the wedding of her son Cornelius Van Cent on January 10 in Guelph. The newly married couple reside at 4 Byron St Georgetown. The notice also notes cancer as a leading cause of death among Canadian men and urges regular check ups for early detection.
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W. B. van Gent
Canada
Advisory Board Aims to Link Georgetown Vocations with Industry
Georgetown High School's Advisory Vocational Commission plans to expand job placement after graduation. They consider sending a questionnaire to local plants to gauge industry needs and secure apprenticeship support, targeting mainly 2 and 3 year vocational graduates for employment.
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Georgetown High School
Grad
Break-In at Riviera Netted Over Two Thousand
A Riviera break-in in Norval Friday morning yielded more than two thousand dollars in equipment including a typewriter calculator stereo tape recorder multiplex FM tuner cheque writer postage meter a Nogen 61 amplifier LPs records and 300 cigarettes. Serial numbers are recorded and repair shops alerted to identify stolen items. The building is now protected by burglar alarms that notify police automatically.
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Riviera
Norval
Six Belcome-Citizens In Brampton Ceremony
Six residents became Canadian citizens Monday at Peel County Court House. The new citizens named Christian and Magdalene Bounbuls, Marie Debuan, Heinrich Felder, and Hendrikus and Gorendina Willemsen, all listed with addresses in Georgetown and Norval. Other Georgetown inhabitants had also become citizens since the year’s start, though lists from other courts were not available.
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Peel
County Court House
Magdalens
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Dr. Rich
Mrs.Jaworski
the Herald
Jaworskis
Jimmie
Georget
Meg Jowsnki
Road
Wm. F Hunter
Redway Dr
Fred Tolton
Guelph
Edgar
Ronald
Francia
Keats—Ave
Tollon Way
Greg Francis
Council
Local Lawyers Association
AVC
Avcs
Dept. of Labour
Eid
J. L. Lambert
Lambert
Legare
Prince Charles
Alicia FF
C. Beatt
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