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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 1, 1971, p. 1

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Braves Among The Buttercups On Henderson Reservation First Georgetown Scout Troop take an eight beat rest from their InbaT dancing Ads That Pay You can place an ad In The Heralds Classified panes by phoning 8T7 Buying or selling The Herald la where yon will find the results you on the George Hen derson farm west of Georgetown Scouts and leaders wore Indian garb Dave Shrub sole gets help from Brock Flu eh Paul Thompson Ricky Forbes Earl is pulling a travels at the Georgetown District Scout Comporce attended by 15B pseudo redskins in war paint Eleven North tribes GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Printing Publishing The Georgetown Herald fail served Georgetown and dirties as Printers and Publishers for century offering toe best In fine printing and news coverage Socond Clan Mail Registered Number 111 TOWN THURSDAY JULY 1 1971 Return Postage Gifsrsntoad 50 per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Western Days Shoppers Can Corral Bargains Have Fun Merchants in all parts of Georgetown arc combining for three days of bargains and en next week With a Western Days theme such things as a Miss Georgetown beauty contest sponsored by the Chamber of i Commerce a Palette Pencil Club art show street dancing games of chance and a barbecue sponsored by the Lions Club will add to the festivities A portion of Main Street will become a mall for the celebration At Georgetown Market Centre Little Theatre will be per forming a western skit and car dealers will display their wares The Girls Pipe Band will play at both locations and in the Market Centre a rock band will play for dancing Merchants expect that this will be the first in a yearly affair designed to bring shoppers to town and to popularize Georgetown as a good place to shop Untreated Sludge Banned in Esquesing will ban oil dumping of sludge from the Georgetown sewage dlsposil plant unless it has been through the digest or council decided night In add they plan to write Adding Rooms To Harrison County Board or Education approved sketch plans and a budget Thursday for a addition to Harrison School on Rex way Drive The addition will include general purpose room change rooms library resource centre nurse room and storage room and will cover ft saying the sludge should be dumped on ural land within the town boundaries and cited lot 12 Con as an example The Health Unit has suggested lot 11 Con and on farms mnnaged by Gerhart Trcvianus VTfcD Coxe complained that last year much of the sludge was not treated and had been dun near his home when the George town sewage disposal plant was being repaired According to the by law the land was to be cultivated mediately afler dumping but Cr Coxe said this is not always done Dick said a farmer he had spoken to sold there was absolutely no smell when the sludge was properly treated Howitt said many farmers want it as it is good fertilizer Deborah Dances Through Exam Deborah Wilson of Moore Park Crescent has passed the Royal Academy of exam with a mark of Highly Commended This is the second successive exam on which Deborah has achieved this mark Currently a student of the Vickl Lay School of Dancing Deborah was formerly a student of Ihc Guclph Ballet for four years She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Wilson Esquesing Ordered Cover Up Dump open dump the Waste Management branch of the Department of Energy and He sources says it can no longer be tolerated The letter read at Monday night council meeting stated there was no justification for delay since the negotiations with Milton Brick for a disposal site on their property were ncirer conclusion than they had been some months ago II UP The Waste Management branch demanded the covering of the complete face of the site and a detailed plan of ihc operation before July 15 The diposal site Is on the line next to Quarries The Milton Brick site was suggested by Milton Brick to Milton and Nassagowoya but council fell it would not serve hem too well in the far corner of the township and would in fact serve Milton better than the other two municipalities Dick commented We should give more serious consideration to the Milton Brick site Reeve Tom Hill he could think of no plan except to cover it to the 1 est of the town ship ability Council decided to advice from the Waste Mnnogcment branch by asking rep resenlolive to meet with them Buy 8 Ton Truck For Works Dept An ton truck to do double duty for trucking and snow plowing was purchased by the town on Monday The 17 MO purchase from McCleavc Truck Sales Bramp ton Is scheduled for delivery in August Harry Levy and Sykcs opposed I he purchase favouring a local tenderer whose price was only more They argued that it will cost more for servicing by an out of town dealer BUY IN TOWN Levy said that council should buy in town whenever possible and that local dealers do many favours for lown forces and arc heavy taxpayers But Hie Morrow pointed out the truck Is needed for summer work and if truck were rented the twn would lose on the deal Em Hyde said thai unless council wishes to abandon the tender system must stick to taking the lowest lender If not I hope we will never again tender for a truck he said Deputy Hone- Speight said it could cost as muni is to rent a truck for the The curly delivery date clinching f in council for the purchase Unveil Memorial Honouring Glens War Dead stone memorial on the side of the Credit River honouring Ihe dead of Ihre- wars was unveiled Sunday afternoon in Glen Williams during a dedication service attended by most of the villagers The coirn was the brain child of Gerry R Georgetown who also designed the calm He and Bob McMasler obtained permission to use the land from County then started work Gerry a stone mason with the help of local residents also built the cairn Gradually more people In Ihc Glen became Involved and a letter was sent around the village asking for donations lo defray the cost Any additional donations would still be appropriate MARCH TO SITE The dedication service conducted beside the cairn and below flying flags was started after members of the Legion the firemen the ladies auxiliary of the Legion and the Air Cadets marched from St Alban church to the site John Armstrong acted as chairman and read Ihe psalm Johnston gave the invocation prayers while scripture lesson was read by Rev Richard Ruggle of St Paul and St s Anglican Churches Rev Waller Ridley of Glen Williams and Norval United Churches led the prayer TIIRt FLAGS Two old familiar hymns Faith of our Fathers and ihe Hills were sung before unveiling Bob McMaster Gerry and Gil Preston removed the three Canadian flag Ihe Union Jack and the Ontario flag from Ihe three slried cairn revealing the plaques to the war dead Joe Wilcox played the Last Post and Reveille on the Irumpcl Brief words from Whiting M and Jim Snow M closed ihc service 1 A short history of Glen Williams was printed on front of the programme It was taken from the County Atlas of 1B77 reading as fallows Glen Williams Is situated banks of the Credit one half from containing about inhabitants The land on which the village now stands acres was a complete wilderness and was owned by tho lite Mr of Niagara when it was pur chased by the late Mr Chides Williams In 1B24 and he and his family were the first settlers on the place The village was first called Wilhumsburgh then changed to ten Williams alter the first post office was established Consider Freeze On House Building OWRC Urges A Halt Sewage Plant at Limit For Top Ed Post Over the objections of three trustees the County Board of Education adapted a new salary schedule for its top administrators Thursday The new maximum for Ihc director of education will be Ihe board top Job approximately The new schedule covers staff employed above secondary school principals who are at present on minimum of KC3 MUCH TOO HIGH An assistant superintendent a maximum will be above the maximum for a high school principal a superintendent will make more than an assistant and the director of education will make 000 more than a superintendent While three members opposed only Dick Goodln his objection saying It Is much too high considering the economic conditions Church Boehmers Robbed Robberies at George Anglican Church and Ready Mix have yielded stolen goods valued at Police said cross can dlesticKs churchwardens wand a bread box alms basin and lavnllobowl were taken from St on Street sometime during Monday night Tuesday morning hours Rev Gallagher discovered the items missing Tuesday morning Estimated valued Is Ovcrl worth tools allied to the bricklaying trade were lifted from the Boenmcr plant on Armstrong sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning A police officer checking the security of the premises found the lock on the fence gate cut and a door kicked In Plan Bd Favours Unit Project Georgetown Planning Board has approved a proposed con dominium town house develop ment on River Drive and recommended thai council amend Ihc town official plan to allow medium density development there In a letter rcod to council on Monday board said the lown needs this type of development that it will blend well with existing dwellings and that adequate sewer and water are available It was mentioned that the developer might share cost of traffic lights at Ihc Moun lalnview and River Drive corner Developments proposes 150 units on the site and told council last week that price of finished units would be 20 to NEW LOOK Sea Editorial Page freeze on residential development in Georgetown is in the offing according to a council discussion Monday Warned by the Ontario Water Resources Commission lhat until phase two of a sewer re construction Is underway that the disposal plant Is operating at capacity councillors expressed A motion to free was withdrawn when Mayor Smith suggested the matter should have more study before hasty action MUCH He plans to have council town engineer and Planning Board members meet for a discussion The is very much concerned warned Cr Ernest Sykes Our engineer hope that win be leu Infiltration into sewers and we will be able to handle a larger population Teachers Bargainers Agree to Salaries school teachers in and the county Board of Education was negotiated Thursday night Georgetown Trustee Ernie announced to the board at the close of the meeting Details of the settlement will not be made public until after the agreement is ratified by the teachers probably Tuesday night Ernie Bodnar chairman of the salary committee said the teachers negotiating team would recommend acceptance of the new pay schedule at the meeting He said the agreement in corpora ted some modifications to the salary grid which the board had proposed several weeks ago This offer rejected by the teachers would have provided an average increase of a year U S Youths on Local 4H Farms There are two groups of Delegates from the United States slaying In County group of arrived from Kenosha Wisconsin on Sotur June and will be re turning on Sunday July The second group arrived from Esquesing Council Briefs Mrs J Partington Port Credit asked Esquesing council Monday for assurance that the by law allowing a separation alter five years ownership would not change by next year when her five years are up She received only the reply she would have to abide by the by law like everyone else TheCVCA asked permission to erect signs designating scenic drives In the area The drive would roughly follow the river Council objection as long as they were not held responsible if the snowplough knocks them down At the request of employees Esquesing works department and office stuff will celebrate the Dominion Day holiday Friday July Maryland on Sunday June five are reluming on Friday July 2nd and five returning on Saturday July 3rd While the delegates are here they will be staying with families in the County ones from each area have also been billeted in homes for the duration of the visit On Tuesday June both groups were taken on a tour of Toronto On Thursday July 1st they will be meeting at Crawford Lake on the Guelph Line below Campbellville and going for a short hike over to Rattlesnake Point They will then travel to Kelso for swimming The remainder of the visit will be spent with the host families This Is a H Exchange visit waning from will be visiting in Wisconsin and Maryland in return Five H will be travelling to Wisconsin to visit from July 11th lo July 17th 1971 In 1072 delegates will be selected to visit era in Mary land Youth Centre Starts Monday July marks the opening of the Georgetown Department of Parks and Recreations Centre with registration that afternoon and evening While the majority of the will be offered tree of charge there will be a fee for use of tho Georgetown high school auto shop facilities for the July period High School Teachers Promoted Retirement and resignations at Georgetown High School have resulted in changes In headships The following changes were approved by County Board of Education Mrs Patterson major guidance Philip major English Percival minor Girls P and Mrs Arnold major modems from Shelbume high school William Bingham assistant English Mrs N Williams assistant moderns Mrs D major commercial from Hanover high school

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