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Yosef Drenters dies at 53 In studio Tb man who made project to restore the Academy Is dead at the age of S3 A familiar figure to be was known in Kills and area A of Christian Burial was celebrated at the Church of Our Lady last day rooming for who died last Tuesday after a brief His work a a sculptor was internationally known but his home was at the old Academy a private school for boys in the century which he was restoring The school is on on the outskirts of Yosef bought the school in 1M0 and has been gradually restoring it and using a section of it for his studio keen Interest in the school and Us founder William which took him to England for information about this English The school was opened in by who emigrated to Canada it remained open until Among the dis tinguished students who attended the Rock wood Academy were the Hon A S Hardy the fourth premier of Ontario Sir Adorn Beck one of the founders of Ontario hydro system and James J MS the railway magnate buOder of the Union Pacific born raised across the road from the academy became well known when his sculpture at Expo in Montreal won a 000 commission but be had been making a name for himself in artistic circles begin ning in 1958 when his work was exhibited at the Massey Library at the Ontario Agric ultural College The CBC also made a docu mentary about nun in 1960 His work attrac ted the interest of Elizabeth Gordon wife of former federal finance minister Walter Gordon and she promoted it extensively Drenters work which took the unusual form of fashioning old form relics and metal Into pieces of art was not without its critics some of whom called his works totems However the art world was Intrigued by many of his sculptures and his work is In the collection of the University of Guelph the Hlrshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden In Washington DC and in many others The MacDonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph held an exhibition of bis works last December entitled Images of the Madonna which covered his career from 1958 to 1962 one port of his work the Madonna Figure A devout Catholic held a special love of Interpreting his faith his works A figure be sculpted was carried by a nephew ahead of casket In funeral services Friday Drenters entered the la bis native Belgium Intending to become a priest but left to cultivate his artistic bent His interest In religion was evident in the small stone chapel he constructed la the garden of the old academy and be signed his works in the form of a chalice or inverted Y forming the base with a on Its side for ming the cup Drenters opened the academy to the public on occasions and was generous with it for community and other fund raising events He was the son of Hendrlka Drenters of and Joseph Drenters who died in January of this year The family settled in township where the father Joseph was a former and blacksmith Burial Guelph In Marymount Cemetery a newsmakers Georgetown Acton Wednesday November Georgetown goto Toronto Hellers unionized Frank Heller and Company workers in Acton and Georgetown plants recently became a certified bargaining unit of the United Food and Commercial workers union Ontario Council of Leather Workers The announcement of the certification was made lost week by Bud Mclvor bus administrator and negotiator for the Ontario Council of Leather Workers The new union local hasnt been given a number Mclvor said it will probably be number 118 There are 111 members In the local and the certification took place October Mclvor said something came up in the plant which prompted people to feel It was the right time to organize Heller workers Earl Fountain Heather Weston Janet Regular and Stephen Jones have been named to the bargaining committee and on executive will be elected after the first collective agreement has been won No talks hove taken place yet Mclvor said letters of notification regarding the certification were just recently sent to the company management Severance for Grandson Grandmothers dont play favourites with their grandchildren Lillian Mitchell proved It at Land Division this week when she asked for and received a severance to create a lot for her grandson In she received a similar approval for a lot for her other grandson As lawyer Dick commented at the Lend Division Committee meeting Mrs Mitchell Is run out of land and running out of grand sons The lot to be severed is acres while Mrs Mitchell will retain acres at the comer of the Sixth Line and 20 Sideroad Both the Town and Region recom mended the application be rejected saying it does not conform to the Halton Hills nor the regional Official Plans The regional planning report sold the land is not within a hamlet or rural cluster and Is a nonfarm residential development argued it was a cote of Infilling and pointed out there are approximately 30 bouses In the area He sold the severance would square up the Lshaped land owned by Mrs Mitchell Permits keep booming ahead Building permits continue to boom ahead of last year Until the end of October permits totalled million as opposed to million in This year houses with a value of million have been built or started compared to 19 with a It value last year Two additions to Graham Bell Associates on Armstrong Avenue Georgetown total In Acton Achillea Motors plans a addition and stores and offices will be added to the plaza at Meadvole and Highway Acton at a cost of In the first ten months of this year The Town has collected in permit fees la lot levies and In plumbing fees In addition was paid to the region lot levies Donations boost work of Nhamr In the last three months North Association for the Mentally Retarded bat received several donations which the board of directors has listed their quarterly bulletin The Club and the Georgetown Peat Office who Jointly sponsor the annual fun day ball tournament supported by many groups nd Individuals netted the NHAMR JUDO addition the Klwanls dubs annual came op with another Other donors hated from July 1 to Includes Brass B WcKenie Funeral Home V Miracle Hart Evening Star Manor head quits scrap nurses program a t Manor A double blow was dealt management at Centennial Manor last Wednesday with the announced resignation of the home for the elderly administrator and the scrapping of its occupational health nurse program by regional council Administrator Rick Kaufman announced he would step down prior to the meeting where regional councillors decided the part- time nurse who has worked at the manor for nine months is no longer a necessary tool in the fight against chronic employee absenteeism The program was the strategy favoured by regional staff and the manors ad ministration to coax improved attendance from a staff of about 300 which had workers off the job for an average In the core problem is with workers The nurse monitored employee absences and worked to raise the level of health and safety aware But continuation of the nurses contract was voted down by impatient councillors one of whom had previously described the job as handholding Halton Hills councillor Dave- Whiting who made the comment at a health and social services committee meeting three weeks ago was instrumental in convincing council to halt the program even though the com endorsed It I dont think we need someone to do what the managers should be doing he said suggesting problem employees should be fired and that there are plenty on the unemployment line willing to take their places Kaufman said he was disappointed by councils decision but stated the con and criticism by some councillors of managements handling of it had no bearing on his decision to leave He has accepted a post as an ad of a home for the with the City of Toronto which he called a promotion Kaufman blamed the decision to scrap the occupational health nurse contract on an exaggerated allegations about the nurses contract made by representatives of the Canadian Union of Operating and General Workers to councillors He predicted the Manors management would be forced to get tough with workers to cut the high absentee statistics and said the union has brought this on themselves He said it would take a few more years to cut through the climate of mistrust existing between union and management but ex pressed confidence that In his two years at Centennial Manor he has developed an excellent supervisory team and started the process of Improved relations The Manor Is on a solid footing to face whatever the future holds he stated but agreed significantly more improvement ii needed In cooperation Preliminary reports to the Ministry of Natural Resources suggest last weeks controversial deer hunt was an almost Incident free success Hunters bagged 236 deer In the entire Cambridge district But a number of area residents are voic ing concern after hunters were seen near two local schools Brian Downs was charge of Acton High School last Wednesday when one of his colleagues reported that he had hear gunshots in a cedar bush about feet be hind the school Some of the kids at the rear of the school saw the deer pop out on the edge of the playing field then pop back in says Downs The hunter tracking It also came to the edge of the wood and then disappeared Then about Tour shots were clearly heard says Downs Sometimes especially during belter weather kids go out for a walk there dui ing lunch or between classes says Downs The incident happened about 30 It scared me to hear someone could be hunting that close he says All it takes is one stray shot Police were called but the hunter was found to have the property owner permission Bays Downs as a municipal by taw requires By law also prohibits hunt ing within feet of a dwelling A pair of hunters spotted near Public School on Monday Nov by Milton councillor Bill Johnson and a film crew They were scouting in a car when spotted the hunters dragging a carcass within sight of the school It was within half a mile of School and there were children playing outside says Johnson who mounts annual campaign to distribute ho Betty Fisher is chairperson Fisher Georgetowns trustee on the board was acclaimed to the top post day evening She replaces Leo Auger who resigned last month and moved to Ottawa In nominating Fisher trustee Bill Pries commented on her contributions around the board table both as a trustee and as vicechairperson the post 11 months In on interview with this newspaper Fisher noted Toe biggest honor to me was for him to nominate me He Is the perfect example of excellence in trust and to have htm soy You hove the ability to do the Job means lot to me It means mote to me than anything Fishers new duties as chairperson In clude the signing of financial documents accounts etc correspondence with tax payers chairing the board meetings and attending public functions away from the board which give the board high visibility Her of chairperson until December when the annual elections within the board ore held She ho already sold she will be naming tor the then also bat does not know If anyone will be the meantime Fisher points oat she wants to continue the ch duties as Anger bowing the board wort as a group of people have Rood working relations with the trustees and staff good relations between the board and the electorate have good accountability to the taxpayers concerning finances quality excellence of education that they deliver to students While the position of chairperson will require more hours than her previous post it will not be a fulltime job Fisher ex plained If something Important requires her attention while she is not at the board office the secretary will notify her Fisher stresses however that chairperson is secondary to needs and wants of her own constituents In Georgetown She is a trustee first they are her primary focus It is really an honor to be chairman of such a talented group of people Fisher said of her colleagues This Is probably the most talented and gifted board and it is a thrill to work as chairman with them She continued that this past term has been my most exciting term the people ore on top of things As cboirperosn of the board Fisher ad mits the will not be speaking at the board table about particular issues unless she relinquishes the control of the meeting to the However this does not mean she will not have Input The chair person and vice chairperson have influence In executive committee She has a vote on Issues the board meeting Fisher The Education Act docs not require an interim be elected so for Thursdays meeting aluton Trustee Ivan Armstrong took over Fishers former post and at the next Dotting trustee Crotier win act as vicechairman Ing signs before the hunt The 300 hunters given licences for Ihe Nov 7 10 hunt were restricted to the use of shotguns which generally have an effective lethal range of about loo yards But Johnson and Down are both concerned that a tragic accident could have secured near the schools Nancy Tilt a biologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources who run the hunt had not heard reports of the school sightings She said to date only a few tre spass complaints have been received none involving charges The annual hunt is designed to cut the deer population she said as well as to pro vide recreation for hunters This year deer were bagged and brought into the ministrys check points for the Wellington Waterloo Hamilton Went worth and Brant areas The ministry says the hunt is necessary to respond to complaints of crop damage caused by deer from farmers Tilt says there were 360 road kills by vehicles in and that uncomfirmed reports to the ministry s field officers suggest the actual figure could be double that She says safety Is a major concern with the ministry and added that while she had not heard of the school sightings Personally I think it is a Utile too close to a school The hunter in Acton should have been more careful Whiting elected Vicepresident Rud Whiting was elected regional vice- president of BramptonGeorgetown Federal Liberal Association at the annual meeting No 9 The newly chosen executive consists of President Richard Wetter Executive Vice- President Bob Callahan Regional Vice- President Brampton Linda Regional VicePresident AdU Treasurer Ed Smith and Secretary Tom Csrsy