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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 11, 1971, p. 16

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Redesign Car Wash to Allow for Greenbelt The proposed car wash at Sin clair and given the go- ahead by Monday night ran into a road block Thursday when council discovered there was no provision for the green bdt mandatory on Highway from drive easterly Mr and Mrs B C of Chipper Court Georgetown dance at safety celebration held by the York paints work and Paint Research Laboratory of Canadian Industries Limited Toronto at the Hotel in AT DINNERDANCE the city The dinnerdance was nek to mark the winning by the of awards in toe CIL NoAccident Record Plan Employees at York of which Mr Kaulback Ib works manager earned the CIL Prize for completion of 1 days of manhours without a disabling injury Those at the laboratory won the President Prize for completion of days or manhours without a disabling injury Provincial Park Expect to Acquire Half The Land By End of Year Land acquisition for the proposed Provincial Park In will put half the 1 acres in government hands by the end of the year said Tom Lee planning director of the Parks and Recreation branch of the Lands and Forests Department Lee and the branch director Jim Kocnan met with members of the Ha It on Region Conservation Authority last Tuesday to park planning and Introduce the government a plans Lee said options have been taken on a number of properties although he would not name any of those who have concluded agreements with the government HIGH COST He said the government would attempt to avoid any excessively high land costs or dislocation of householders by adjusting park boundaries to omit he land in question Sightly over half of this land will be bought this year Lee said The rest of the land would be purchased in 1972 Keenan assured the authority members that the advisory comm beset up within two weeks and it would not be a rubberstamp body for government plans He also said that he was quite sure be government would be able to honor authority covenants with Maurice Flint for a now owned by purchased he land after making certain promises on uses of the bottomland Keenan said no intensive uses of the creek lands are planned The area would be preserved in its natural condition Intensive uses such as campsites and sports areas would be on the table lands above the creek Lee said the current schedule would have the committee submit Its decisions on he policy for the type of park and iu facilities by the end of January or February At that point a firm of consultants would takeover to produce plans by midsummer The advisory itloe would be involved with the work of the consultants Following approval of the con sultants planning the site engin eering and planning would start immediately some hope of initial work on the part in the early fall of and facilities have been Discussion indicated that cars will be discouraged wllhln the park and that parking lots will not be allowed to take up too much land PLANNED PARK Proposals for a park in the area date to 1959 lien a Joint committee of the Bronte and Trafalgar Councils proposed a park The idea was dropped for lack of money HRCA revived the old report this year which brought It to the at He said the parks branch Is still studying the patterns of land ownership in the park area to determine the final boundaries The chart showed the same boundaries as nave previously been discussed Theoutlines along Burloak Drive Highway Bronte Road and the North Service Road carefully omitted all residential house sites on the borders of the area as well as the Gob and Country road Lee said he understood some of residential owners were prepared to sell and the govern ment would probably buy such property to include It In the park GO STATION Lee also said the question of transportation to the pork would need considerable discussion Dedtfcnf would rest heavily on the expectations for the number of Maple reaching the park by GO TkwfirMa GO station is less than mile from the limits park the Minibus Snow pressed the Idea on the government and evidence his in idta th George revelation possibly a 1 park established in smith Ha lion The next October Premier William Itavis made the iinno unci mail ling Snow with bringing the area to the of Ihe govt Rejects Mr Cases Case continued from Page 1 jnd ihat seems a probable ex planationol the Indian names for the three rivers that the Indians called the streams after the lands through which they passed There is further ground for this belief In so far as is concerned in the History of written by the late Joshua sometime prior to USB In order to confirm his own belief he wrote to in Toronto as the best and I quote Scaddmgs reply I settled it in my several years ago from respectable authority that the meaning of the word was between the two waters or streams I am sorry I cannot at this moment find my memoranda on the subject Yours truly Seadding It seems to me that the case is reasonably well proved The Lieutenant Governor specifically dbected that he p In the rear of Trafalgar be called Esquesing after the principal river flowing through the Township which wan not and is not 12 Mile Creek which does not touch the Township of Esquesing at any point The translation of as last out creek la patently absurd as neither the 16 Creek nor the Mile Creek is last out from anywhere and all due respects to Ben I will go on believing that means the Land of W regard to the legend in Esquesing after the fiasco at Montgomery Tavern I never heard that legend but I have a I dont know either the date of the clipping or the name of the reporting that William Mackenzie spake at a picnic held on Murray a Flats Lot Con as I say there Is no date but It must have been sometime after the Amnesty of ISO The real story which I had from the Grandson of one of the principal actors was hat Allan who lived on the West Hair of Lot Concession and who was one of Mackenzie s Lieutenants at Montgomery lavern Alter me bottle was pursued by Govern troops as far as Nerval but in fact he came straight on to the house of Joseph on the Last Half of Lot Concession The same house in which the first Town and he father and sons who were strong loyalists took him down and hid him in a shack in the sugar bush and for the next two wecla spend their days hunting and prod every hay stack and straw pile with pitchforks and their with him in sugar camp When the hue and cry died down one the boys saddled two horses and rode with McPherson to put him on a schooner for Oswego NY and brought he horses home after the amnesty returned lo his form in bringing with him some of Blue Cows which were famous in the Township for many years The nicest part of the story was Joseph Standish when many years afterwards was asked why he did it replied McPherson would have done the same for me He was a neighbor I trust Mr hat this rather long winded explanation may set at rest some of the un founded speculations regarding name of Our Township lam Sir Your obedient servant Lindsay CONCRETE GRAVEL BUILDING SAND ROAD GRAVEL TOP SOIL GARNET BUD HAINES William 3302 Ron Fishburn ROOFING Sand blasting Waterproofing Barngalntlng Steal rooting Alpha Chimney repairs 8776204 HOURS A DAY After a lengthy huddle camera round I in committee told Carl Magid and S Levy they could not grant approval without the setback Mogid pointed out they had gone ahead with the full reclamation of water demanded and following contracts for equipment construct km and with an oil company ILLEGAL Cr Ernie Hyde said a motion does not over rule a bylaw maybe I should have known about the bylaw but 1 t he added Reeve Ric Morrow read the 1955 by law demanding the green- belt hen remarked no matter what motion was passed Monday We HERALD THURSDAY NOV Pag did something with good intentions but It is illegal he added He claimed it should have been brought to council attention After a further session in camera Mayor Bill Smith told Carl Magid to rearrange his site plan to conform wilh the requirements and the permit would be Issued The next day Magid and Levy consulted wilh the building in spector and came up with another accesson Sinclair Avenue allowing the pumps to be set beck the required feet As a result the building permit was Issued DID YOU KNOWT The Minute Men were the American militia who were pledged to take the field on a minute a notice during colonial times Laugh and the Librarian laughs with you Nobody says sh the library anymore There s too much going on worry about a little noise Concerts displays Puppet shows Stereo turntables with earphones Movies Guilar workshops And that s jus a sample What do you do if your local library have what you re looking for Ask about the inter library loan system Your library will borrow the book record or dim you want from another library Or drop in at any of the larger libraries in Wenlworth or Brant county If you live in this area you re welcome to use the facilities of any of libraries See you soon SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL UBRARY SYSTEM IN POPS Hear the Canadian Brats Pops 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