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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 2, 1971, p. 1

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Ads That Pay Yea can place on ad In The Heralds Classified pages by passing Baying or effing The Herald Is where yea Cad tee results yon want GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Printing Publishing The Georgetown Herald has erred Georgetown and district as Printers and Publishers far a centra ottering the best In One pristine and stews coverage Second Clan Mail Registered Number THE GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY SEPTEMBER Return Pottage Guaranteed per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents 7th LINE CRASH KILLS THREE Herrington Makes Bid To Keep Dog Control An otter of dog control for the whole township at a cost of a year or roughly 50c per capita was made to council Monday night by Joe on behalf of George the present dog control officer who planned to resign September 30 This offer matching the On Humane Society offer also conditional on the accept of the plan by the three municipalities of Georgetown Acton and said on answering service would be installed and the pound open specific hours with someone on duly so owners reclaiming dogs would not have to wait Emergency calls and polite calls would boon hour basis he maintained BFTTrlt He contended it would provide a better service than the Humane Society proposal since residents would not have to drive so far to reclaim their dags Under the present system explained they patrol the four built up communities of Stewarttown Glen Williams Li chouse and Nerval and pick up dogs in other parts of the township only upon the direction of the clerk Each pick up directed by the clerk costs the township an additional per dog Under the proposed scheme a call from any resident asking for a pick up would be answered without going through the clerk office and without the extra charge In addition the regular patrols of the hamlets would be continued Acting Reeve Russell Miller felt this was the type of pro tec tlon the farmers wanted mere don want their dogs picked up because they cross a road to another field but they do to have stray dogs picked when they call TIME We re paying you a year now and it seems to me we get much more for commented Cr Dick In reply Kirley pointed out Ihcy have to build a new building to meet the provincial department You re also getting an answering service and a full time man on duty he Ik pointed out a piece of land would have to he acquired for the new building The pound has to be separate from Mr house id were and going at ill hours hours a day and the phone was ringing alt the time Kirley said the same offer was being made to Georgetown council by Council said they would discuss the In committee 1 Earlier in the evening i letter from the Humane Society had rejected a rcquLSt from Esqucslng council that they set up a Zenith number o resident could call without cost The Society claimed it was too pensive to include thL Wc per capita cost Another letter this from Acton told council thty wen willing to participate in the Humane Society contract OOPS Western Limit Isnt Almost the whole paved per tion of Highway from the road westerly within not within Georgetown a letter from Georgetown lawyer advised Esquesing council Monday night On the built up side running behind the Moore Park houses Georgetown to the edge of the travelled portion of the high way while on the other side the boundary ends just past at Before the highway was reconstructed and moved over to avoid the sharp curve the boundary ran down the middle of the road BOUNDARY The situation was revealed when Georgetown s lawyer asked Esquesing to pass a by law reducing the speed to miles an hour between Main St North and the westerly boundary According to highway ownership the boundary would be almost at the end of Main St north A comment by Cr Coxe raised another aspect of the situation He said This means Georgetown police would not have Jurisdiction on that piece of highway if it is in The Congress of the United States established by the ratification of the Constitution had its first meeting on March 4 Four thousand dollars damage to a garage house concrete steps and fence resulted from a Sunday accident in which a Mack truck slipped backwards down a hill on Victoria Crescent narrowly missing a number of COASTING TRUCK SLAMS GARAGE parked cars before coming The truck owned by Lane Leasing 136 Main Street South and operated by Eugene Allan Main Street South was not damaged The truck had been parked at the top of the hill with the emerg encybrake on and idling in neu trnl to pressure when It started moving backwards Garage took a beating from Mack truck May Reverse Decision on Industrial Zone Apartment A majority councillors at a Monday committee meeting seemed to favour reversing a decision made last year amending Georgetown official plan to allow a high rise apart In Georgetown east end on what is currently zoned In dust rial land It Is part of a developer plan to build a motor inn on part of the property Following approval from the Ontario Municipal Board the amendment has been Included in the town official plan SOCIOLOGICAL Only Hyde spoke In favour of the apartment Reeve Morrow said an initial mistake had been made In zoning land along a river In but with some factories already built it should continue in that usage Donna Denison said the location is distant from shopping and other amenities and once an apartment Is built It could be a detriment to future industrial locations Isolated residential areas become a sociological problem said Joan Smith NO DIFFERENT Hyde discounted the Idea that only one part of an apart ment complex would have a view and said none would be facing industrial buildings It would be no different than another location approved on Maple Avenue East he said nor would residents be any farther from shopping than many other parts of the cast end Town boards and commissions had been asked before the amendment was made he said and none foresaw any problems No Progress After First Talks of Hydro Dispute Neighbours Petition to Halt Welding In Garage petition signed by most of residents on Glen Crescent Glen Williams protested to Esquesing council the use of a residential garage on Glen Crescent welding shop Deputy reeve Russell Miller us diulriudu In Reive Tom Hill suggested legal advice was needed pointed out that the holding by law docs not apply in he hamlets Does that mean anyone can get a permit for anything he asked Clerk French said the permit was issued for a garage and storage There some beautiful homes up there I be Upset too commented Cr Coxe Building inspector Tom McLean was instructed to in spec I building and report to council at the next meeting Mayor Pilots 2nd Tub When you finish second in a bathtub race arc all washed up Georgetown s mayor Bill Smith a u traced most of the competition in the Canadian National Exhibition bathtub race for Ontario mayors Monday to capture the runner up spot In a new CNE feature which drew large number of entries The mayors captained flberglas tubs powered by six horsepower outboard motors over a course on the waterfront Same Money For Teachers When They Go Back When teachers return to work September they will be paid the same salaries as they received before school closing plus their annual Trustee Ernie explained to The Herald The five months long salary negotiations arc still not settled and the chapter of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation have twice salary offers from the Board of Education The teachers voted percent against accepting the made just before school closed in June The Board claimed their a 7 percent increase but the teachers argued it was less than percent Tuesday night be executive 0 S headed by President Tom Itamautarslngh met to discuss the salary situat the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Georgetown Hydro Commission tasted an hour and ended with the sides no closer to a settlement Monday Georgetown Hydro s office and outside workers have been on strike against the local commlss ion since August 1 A Union official and Bob Ezard of the Local s negotiating committee spoke with Mayor Bill Smith a hydro commission member Friday to arrange a meeting Graham represented the GHC and Jack of he Bob Ken Synnott Stu Hollingsworlh and Mrs Ev Deforest represented the strikers at the meeting A union spokesman said they may start picketing the municipal office as well as the hydro commission headquarters where pickets have been on duty since the strike began Brigade Didnt Stay Only one alarm disturbed the sleep or firemen this week and that happened at 3 30 am A daughter an resident were wn man and his i a young Erin killed in a twocar Russell Stephens his daughter Christine 15 of 10B Crescent and 16year old Sean Richardson Street Erin lost their lives in the crush which sent three other members or the Stephens family to General Hospital Mr and Mrs Stephens and their children Christine a student at Georgetown District High school Valerie 13 and Paul who attend and Harrison public schools were returning from a visit with friends in Guelph The collision occurred shortly after p Mr Stephens was proceeding towards Georgetown on the Line and the Richard son car was southbound on Peacock when the accident occurred TO HOSPITAL Mrs Stephens who is a mu sing supervisor at Georgetown District Memorial hospital and her two younger children were taken to hospital in She received severe facial and chest injuries Valerie had facial lacerations and a fractured pehis Paul the cast seriously injured was released from hospital on Tuesday after treatment for facial abrasions Mr Stephens his daughter died at accident scene Richardson who was alone in his car died in hospital on Sunday A town resident for 13 years Mr Stephens was a Belleville native son of the late Mr and Mrs Louis Stephens He lived in Norwood later and during World War 11 served overseas with the Canadian army dental corps TOWN OFFICE After the war he had a civilian job at the Ordnance Depot was employed with a Lindsay firm and after moving to Georgetown worked for a Toronto firm then joined the town s municipal office staff in the accounting deportment He was employed with Graham Bell Associates at the time of his death He had served with George town Volunteer Ambulance Service and played a prominent role in Canadian Legion Branch 120 He was secretary of the branch and was Instrumental in organizing the air cadet corps which the Legion sponsors He was a member of Mountain view Baptist Church where a double funeral service was conducted by Rev William Cairns on Wednesday afternoon BROTH Besides his wire the former Lorraine Kerr and his two children he leaves three brothers Cecil of Peterborough Elvin of Port Hope and Murray of Elliot Lake Scan Richardson a high school student was a member of the Erin team which played in the Georgetown industrial fastball league San of Mrs Moiraandthe late Michael Richardson he also leaves a brother Kevin S G Bennett Urges Council To Retain Triangle Oasis Terming the triangle of land at the line and Highway at an attractive oasis a letter from S Bennett of Scotsdalc Farms 1 Georgetown urged the township Monday of Ontario Hydro nighty to keep Jrtj He pointed out parti and tables was used by both tourists j ocal The Department of Highways and County both notified they did not want the park Earlier council hod hesitated to accept the park because of maintenance costs It would be a shame to let it go stated acting reeve Russell Miller he suggested some organization might be willing to maintain it Dick said he understood S G Bennett offered to have the grass cut It is my recollection that the Planning Board felt it should be designated as a park he added I think we d be foolish to let It go remarked the acting reeve as he suggested it be discussed again at a further meeting Sunday when they received a call to Stewarttown It seemed someone was having a bonfire at a corn roast The men did not join the corn roast Saturday but hurried back to bed Oct and Keep II In Mind I Tile Georgetown is December Daffodils In Esquesing A model of an underground nursery and above ground office was shown to council Monday night when Frank Campbell of Wintertime Flowers sought op proval for the building on lot 12 of line The square building would house the office air conditioning and ventilating equipment for the underground lit growing room and root room OUT OF SEASON Campbell said he would specialize In evergreen and foundation planting but the underground nursery would be demoted to daffodils hyacinth and out of season flowers Dick pointed out it was strictly an agricultural use thus In conformity with the holding law OPINION In answer to a question from acting reeve Russell Miller Campbell said there would be no retail outlet as he planned to concentrate on Ihe wholesale business Council decided to ask Plan Board a opinion before giving a final answer The long awaited si stem for the Cedar vale Community Centre playing field Is In the PARKS POTENTIAL BRIGHTENS UP process of being Installed The cost of the installation was shouldered earlier this year by the Georgetown Kinsmen Making thorough Inspection of one of the new lights are Joe a faith fill spectator at activities there and eager helpers John Bell and Paul Bob and Kenneth Morrow

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