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Ads That Pay Yew can place an ad la The Heralds pages by patting Baying or herald la where yon will find be resnJU yon want GEORGETOWN HERALD Second Class Mall Registered NumberU Postage Guaranteed The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Tbursdav December 2nd 1971 PrintingPublishing Hie Georgetown Herald served Georgetown and district and for over a century offering be best In fine printing and new per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents SNOWMOBILE CONTROLS BOG DOWN IN DISPUTE Warden Dr Frank Pokes Predicts Two More County Councils WHAT A WAY TO START THE DAY Enjoying their pancakes with vouknowwho and his elf Gay Daly are Wayne Bailie and Solly Frost Santa invites small types to join him for breakfast in Zdlers Skillet restaurant for on hour each Saturday morning until Christmas Saturdays Parade Day St Nick And Company Ho Ho Hope for Sunshine Santa and his reindeer come to town Saturday at the end of a float parade including three bonds and two twirling majorette bands Mayor BUI Smith will lead the parade followed by the colour party In honour of the lions dub parade the lions District Governor Fred Zorge will also have a place of honour the parade follows this lineup The Georgetown Girls Pipe Bond Georgetown Brownies in Candyland Red Cross Water Safety clowns Georgetown Fireflies Welcome Wagon Kinsmen Club float Gordons guilty Shoe float Shriners Beverley lull Billies by Random Cor Club South Centre Majorettes Motor Sports Club featuring soap box theme North Georgetown Brownies Little Theatre with Cinderella Georgetown Figure Skating Club b Georgetown Cubs in a Peter Pan Ship Knights of Columbus Lome Scots Pipe Band Fatty and Skinny Clowns Farmers Georgetown Fire Department Georgetown Cycle and Sports ah Georgetown Scouts with the Flight of Pegasus The Canadian Air Cadet Band Georgetown Venturers Volunteer ambulance and the Ho Ho Ho man himself Santa The traditional route has been changed a little this year to Include Moore Park where the parade will disband It will form at and Sinclair and proceed down Sin clair through Georgetown Market Centre past the new Zellers store and on to the highway It will move down the highway to Maple down Maple to Main Up Main all the way to Moore Park plaza Annual Dinner Merit Awards for Three Georgetown Fair Members of Merit honoured three directors of Georgetown Agricultural Society when members held their annual Saturday at United Church Spencer Wilson serving a second term as president and his wife Kay were died by Mrs George Ironside as having been two of the most faithful members when she made the presentation Mr Wilson recalled that he had first Joined the board In and still retains his enthusiasm for fair activities Don 2nd vice president who moved to Brampton earlier this year when he retired as manager of the downtown Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch handled gate receipts for a number of years and was also a valuable assistant in preparing the hall exhibits Mrs Ironside said HISTOKiC SLIDES The evenings program was by Bruce Harding who as assembled an interesting collection of slides which he projected with commentary Mr Harding ha rephotographed many old pictures and contrasted these partic on historic houses the Main Street area industries and once used for boating and swimming He has many views of the Drummers Snack a big day organized by commercial travellers Bob Gracey Hornby provided entertainment with his accordion Mr Wilson who was dinner chairman said had been an exceptionally good year for the fair with good weather and excellent exhibits Records were broken all the line he sold and he complimented directors on the job they had done Guests who spoke briefly tided Halton Bast MPP Jim Snow Esquesing Reeve Tom Hill Georgetown mayor Smith county Henry Stanley and Fred an honorary director and oldest member present at the dinner SILVER BOWL Acton who is president of Zone complimented the society on its show Hall resented the Eaton Co silver bowl to Mrs Jack Harper for designed by Mrs Keith Webb winning most points in the cattle president of lie womens section show Women of Church catered Women guests received corsages for the roast beef dinner Discount Store Homes Targets for Burglars Money and goods valued at over were taken in recent break ins at Moore Park Plaza and four private homes The plaza theft occurred some- lime during the night of November 17- IB when portable radios wat ches and cigarettes were removed from Trio Discount Store Entry was gained by breaking In a back door The value of the stolen property was put at The homes were all apparently broken Into during he weekend of November A portable TV clock radio and money totalling in value were taken from the home of Ernest Meek Irwin Crescent where a window was smashed and drawers cupboards and closets ransacked Another TV a watch toaster Iron electric can opener and portable typewriter were missing from the home of Ranjit Reel Noble Court after a rear door was forced there The value was put at At 75 Irwin Crescent the home of Wayne a screen was removed and a window broken to gain entry Kitchen cupboards a cabinet arid linen closet were searched and a portable TV money watch and Jewellery to the value of was taken The entire one story home of Thomas Thompson 17 Garnet was ransacked by the burglars who took a clock radio and some smaller loot worth Georgetown police are still in vestigating Small Car Wrecked Driver Suffers Cuts Peter J Henderson of Georgetown ended up in hospital with cuts and bruises and his 19GB Volkswagen was totally wrecked in an accident on Road North near River Drive November Henderson was travelling down the Mountalnvlew hill when Tub car skidded over the west shoulder hit a hydro pole and speed limit sign before rolling over and striking a fence Twelve hundred dollars was the estimate of damage in a collision November involving a Chevelle driven by William Thomas McKlm of Grand Valley and James of Drive driving a 1971 The car was stopped in a westbound Guelph Street lone when the car collided with he back end Cars driven by Lyman Ray Forsyth of Queen Street and Robert of George town received and respectively when they hit opposite 115 Mountalnvlew Road North Wednesday November Both cars were southbound An Intercity truck lines tractor trailer was undamaged but 200 damage was done to a 1967 Meteor driven by Janet Walker of Georgetown Friday on Maple Avenue West The truck was operated by of Etobicoke The cars brakes pulled It into a curb which it bounced off intolhe side of the moving track according to a police report The Great Wall of China is the largest single military fortification of ancient times Halton County Council will fight any provincial proposal for regional government that would make Hal tons present boundaries smaller Council Warden Frank says We want to retain the powers and Jurisdictions we hove now and will try to Increase them Oakes told ISO county officials at this years annual Wardens Dinner held in his behalf at Legion Hall on Friday night The dinner marked the end of oneyear term as county warden the chairman of the county council Oakes is also reeve the town of Acton In his closing address predicted will have one or two more councils with wardens as we know it During he October provincial election campaign both Halton East MPP Jim Snow and West MPP George Kerr promised that Burlington would not be split off from to join a Metro Hamilton region as had been recommended In the 1969 Steel Commission report No provincial decision has yet been announced on future regional government plans for either or Peel counties CONTENDERS Burlington Reeve James Swonborough and Milton Reeve Ron Harris joined him at the head table along with reeves Allan Masson of Oakville Anne MacArthur of Township and Thomas Hill of Township Oakes comment on the countys future government was the only remotely political comment of the evening that saw numerous speakers praise on his county leadership during his one year tenure Oakes promised to ovoid remarks of a political nature observing his potential successors were present He described his year as warden Georgetowns snowmobile by law which would set stringent regulations Tor operation of these vehicles within town limits Is still mired in a council Recreation Committee dispute over allowing snowmobiles in parks Same councillors want the Recreation Committee to map specified areas where they would be allowed Others and the Committee want the bylaw to give control of this to the Recreation Committee without specifying locations in the bylaw Two weeks the by law which has been in process since last spring was presented for its third FRANK COUNTY WARDEN as satisfying and educational He twice thanked county staff department heads and councillors themselves for cooperating during the year PRAISES LEADERSHIP Anne praised tolerant restrained leadership and presented him with an engraved watch on behalf of the county councillors Mrs Elizabeth wardens wife received two bouquets of roses and after a series of toasts speeches and ions the group adjourned to an evening of dancing On two separate occasions Oakes was given a standing ovation by the distinguished gathering which Included Judge Alan Judge Judge K Langdon Crown Attorney Douglas Latimer Halton MP Whiting and West MPP George Kerr minister of the En vironment John T Armstrong of Georgetown was toastmoster Scalded By Steam An accident at Meadowglen Growers last Wednesday sent Fred Johnson Churchill Crescent to hospital with severe bums He is in the intensive care section of Peel Memorial Hospital and is reported to be gradually proving The accident happened in the new cannery on Road Mr Johnson was scalded by steam Day Care Centre If Demand Justifies Port Colborne Next Raiders Senior A Oaks Link Up Arrives Geo r set own Raiders would probably like a fourth category beside the won losttied statistical columns headed almost If as in horseshoes coming close was worth points they would be up with the leaders instead of In their current location in the OH A Niagara Peninsula Intermediate A standings Raiders dropped another one of those whiskerclose contests here Friday when Dundas Doug Cooke scored late in the third period to give his club a victory Georgetown as they have in many of their losses let a lead disappear three times Both teams went scoreless through the first period and almost two minutes of the second before Georgetown Jumped in front on Junior goal from Paul Robinson and Terry Holmes EVEN TERMS Cooke from Mark Bidder put Dundas on even terms at but Raiders reopened the one goal gap two and a half minutes later when Terry Holmes scored from Tibbctts The second period ended that way Sam notched the one that mode it 2oU after seven minutes of the third period But again Raiders reacted in seconds to reestablish the one goal margin Ron Lone from Holmes and Terry Cook produced the third goahead GAMES There were seven minutes a few seconds left when made a new game of it and five and a half minutes logo when Cooke snatched victory for the visitors Mike Alkerton assisted on the winner In the fast cleanly played game each team collected five minor penalties Raiders had the edge in shots to A crowd of about watched AFFILIATE Negotiations completed lost week has made Raiders affiliated with Oaks of the Senior A set and the locals have immediately reaped a benefit His name Is At and Raider brass ore en thiciastic about his abilities on the blucline especially his puck- lugging talents will likely be in Raider garb tomorrow night when the Port Colborne crew visit the Memorial Arena Raiders will be wearing new threads in this one They will be labeled North Raiders The team is sponsored by North Halton Motors Haiders engineered a win over Port in the port town Tuesday night Sandy snapped a tie with less than two minutes left in a cliff hanger finish The Raiders snipers were Tom Hicks Bill and Stitt who scored a pair Lease Expiring Cotton Store Will Close Down Georgetowns major ret ail stores will close next year Cotton Brothers a mens and womens clothing store located at the downtown Main and Mill Street comer is advertising a lease expiring sole this week are not renewing our lease and will close on or before its expiry date in the spring owner Jack Cotton told The Herald today Mr Cotton a merchant here since 1946 said he hopes to re establish at another Georgetown location perhaps In one of the shopping plazas He already operates a womens wear business In three plazas Toronto Dominion Centre Sheridan Mall and Sherway Gardens under the name Dresses Unlimited On Saturday Mr Cotton closed his downtown Brampton store He Is also eyeing another location in that town BRILL The Georgetown store has been a clothing location for many years Mr Cotton bought the business from the late David Brill a chant for many years The Brill estate are owners of the building Mr Cottons son David is assoc iated with him In operating the and final reading It was with drawn when council decided to ask the Recreation Committee to submit a map of areas where snowmobiles would be allowed in parks NEED NOW We should get somewhere tonight said Cr Harry Levy at Mondays council meeting Snow is here and we need the bylaw Cr Donna Denison a council representative on the Recreation Committee said that group wants more specific about the map they have been asked to submit With nothing in the correspon dence Mayor Smith asked when the GRC would meet again Two weeks from tomorrow answered Cr Denison Thats after our final council meeting of the year remarked the mayor Well well just have to wait for a letter from the Mercury Drops Use Rises InTown School Buses Will Continue to Run The high school bus serving the east end cause of much con troversy wilt continue to operate after Christmas John Scott told The Herald The Halton County Board of Education refused to run the buses this year but Georgetown Transp ortation company offered to con tinue privately till Christmas to see if the bus was patronised White business was not too good during the mild weather once the cold weather set in the high school students started using it The students pay 15c a trip in addition many downtown workers ore beginning to use it since the bus goes downtown after stopping at the high school It fits in with most office workers hours since it arrives downtown at The bus makes two runs the first leaves Kennedy School OS and the second leaves Kennedy at are made at and Weber Delrex and Mountainview and Centennial School If the need arises another bus will be added to the run Possibility of a children s day care centre In Georgetown is being investigated by town council An advertisement in this issue of The Herald asks interested parents to list their needs in writing to the clerk administrator Councils action follows a decision by the government to assist in financing construction of centres where children of working parents would be looked after while their parents are at work If accntreis built before May 1st Mayor Smith explained there is one hundred percent provincial subsidyonlabourcosts Completion at a later date provides an percent subsidy Cr Donna suggested that an advertisement would ascertain whether there is suffic ient need here for council to em bark on the scheme She said Acton hod done so last week URGENT The mayorsuggestcd that council could check with Acton to see what results there were from their survey But pointed to Die urgency with only one scheduled council meeting left this year and a deadline for getting a request In to the government Im not against motherhood but this is premature said Cr Em Hyde We should know what were getting into and there has been no committee discussion Terming day care centres an absolute necessity Deputy Reeve Arthur Speight sold the town is going to ha to provide this service sooner or later If we get started now well get at least percent in subsidy said The deputy said county welfare officials and the board of health have Indicated there is a substant ial need for this in comm unities Youth in Intensive Care After Fire Levels Garage Eighteen year old Ken Byron Street Is in intensive care in Pec Memorial Hospital suffering from burns to the hands face and legs as a result of a fire which gutted a Shell gas station in Narva last Thursday He is reported Improving satisfactorily His clothes aflame he was grabbed by Roger Little operator of the garage and rolled on the snowy ground to extinguish the flames A passing motorist Norman Guthrie took Ken to Georgetown Hospital immediately Later he was transferred to Peel Memorial Damage to the gas station which was burned to the ground was placed at Including the contents The garage was owned by Norman but rented by Roger little and Zuber operated Wallys Auto Body at the rear of the garage CHURCH THREATENED while the fire threatened to engulf the United Church next door but firemen limited the damage to the windows on one side the win dow frames and slight roof damage The estimated damage to the church is Firemen fought the blaze for three hours preventing it from reaching the gas pumps in front of the garage and Roger Little both had their hair and eyebrows singed as they managed to get the cars safely out A car and a truck parked alongside he building were completely burnt out ORIGIN UNKNOWN While the fire was still raging volunteers were inside the church cleaning up the broken glass and water Some women miraculously appeared to moke coffee for the chilled firemen Origin of the fire is still not known according to Fire Chief Jack Cunningham Traffic was rerouted around Norval from 11am when the fire started until three oclock Chimney On Fire Saturday night 6 a chimney fire at Blvd North was quickly extinguished by the Georgetown fire department Only slight damage was done to the house owned by Clayton Dick Licence Plates New 1972 license plates went on sale yesterday at the Department of Transports license issuing bureau on Main Street Sduth This will be the last time plates will be issued for one year only A Georgetown fireman douses the hot coals that used to be a service station on High way In