The busiest man in Midland Arena Thursday night during Brooklin-Midland junior game was Red Wing goalie Rodger Gray. Hack, left, and Kenneth Hawke, assistant assessor. Three men above, PUC Commissioner Bill Logan, Alderman Doug Haig, and Reeve Bill Keller left to right, all received acclamations. “Sign here,” advised William Hack, Midland clerk-treasurer, as candidates for the town’s 1959 council and other bodies lined up following Thursday nights’ nominations. Now it is dotted with many taxpaying homes. The area above, between the Leitz factory and Wireless Hill, was a bare sandy plain only a couple of years back. New houses seem to be springing up everywhere you look in Midland these days. Clerk Ralph Dalton, Reeve Fred Kinnear, Councillors Norm Widdes and Ray Atkinson, Mrs. Mayhew at Bourgeois’ dining room Friday night, the present council includes, left to right. There are bound to be some changes in Tay Township council this year with the retirement of Deputy-reeve Mrs. Watching is Miss Anne Shiels, who will be “Queen” on the float. float in Saturday’s Santa Claus parade is Jim Wood, designer, for the plastics firm. Putting the finishing touches on the North Wind, the theme of Midland Industries Ltd. Here Heinz Kiefer, Ernst Hasenier and Wolfgang Detambel assemble a section of the float of Ernst Leitz Canada Limited. Don Argue wields the paintbrush while Harvey Boyd marks out the letters on one of the displays to be featured on the Bausch and Lomb float.Įmployees and senior staff members of several Midland industries have been busy preparing floats for the Santa Claus parade in Midland Saturday. Getting ready for Midland’s big Santa Clause parade Saturday, Mrs. Lounsbery said there will be 15 floats (at least three of them new entries), three bands and models of new cars in the procession that will leave the curling rink at 2 p.m. The parade will move down King Street to Bay Street, east on Bay to the CNR station where Santa will hold court on a throne being provided by the Midland Y’s Men’s Club. The parade is sponsored by the Midland Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycee’s). Making sure the firm’s float will enjoy the same success in Saturday’s parade are Ray Laurin, left and Bert Maheu. One of the best floats in last year’s Santa Claus parade was the one entered by Midland Planing Mills. This is the second year of the return of the annual parade after several years without it. Providing music for the procession will be Midland Citizens’ Band, the Collingwood band and Midland Sea Cadet Corp band. Keylwerth, Ken Simms and Hans Wiese paint some of the scenery for the Leitz float. Left to right are Garnet Armstrong, in charge of the Lions float committee, Herb Secord, an assistant, and Lions Lloyd Murday, Bud Turnbull and Bob MacLeod. Members of the Midland Lions Club prepare the large float that will carry old Santa into town. The Santa Claus parade in Midland Saturday should be bigger than ever this year.
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