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Ads That Pay You can place an ad In The HeraMa Classified plC by phoning Baying or selling The Herald It where you will the yon want GEORGETOWN HERALD Second Out MaH Registered Return Postage Guaranteed The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District lit HMD THURSDAY JNURVI0 PrintingPublishing The Georgetown Herald has served Georgetown and district at Printer and lor ever a century offering beat In line printing and newt coverage SO per year Copy Price Fifteen Cents Want to Start Estates little premature was he comment made by Dick when a letter from Reuben Construction asked to discuss the development of their icy purchased the Join farm on lot Con three ears ago and now want to develop It as estate development Reuben Construction want to start negotiations with Planning Board and council Cr felt no move be made until the Official Plan and Zoning by law Is in effect which should be later this year HELPS MAKE HOMCMAKERS FROM CLUB GIRLS Mrs Margaret left H Club receives the Canadian Council on Clubs LeadershlpAwardfrom Mrs Bannister county Home Economist Mrs has led and assisted with Club work at since 1966 The presentation was made at Achievement Day Saturday in Stewart town school Eight Writers Oppose One Favours Quarry Sites One letter for the designation of the McGec Property and Consolidated Sand and Gravel and eight against was score racked up at Esquciing council on the question of the Official Plan designation R said McGee should be allowed to u tin land for i gravel p since the wis there must clem it up Afterwards Tile other letters from Lawrence J It Williams Walker Karl Mueller George Poult on 1rncst Holler and Ronald arrester extractive ion and backed the Ratepayers Association stand In the latter Two weeks ago council proved the Official Plan but added an amendment deleting the two areas as quarry outcome Is now up to the Minister of Municipal Esquesing Council Briefs council on Monday appointed David Craig to the Planning Board for 1972 and and William Wilson to the Committee of Adjustment far the same period They also Heard a copy of a letter from the township solicitor to Miss T St Jean which said than agricultural for her barn would contravene the by law Agreed to lease the land on which Glen Williams war memorial stands for a dollar a year from Hal ton County Agreed on a tentative price of it for 14 acres of land with a garage on it as the asking price in the sale to Hal ton County The piece of land behind the old works in is needed by the County for the by pass which will go around the back of the com munlty Hall PI License plate sales have been slow at the Georgetown Motor Vehicle licensing office At press time Just 1 plates have been sold A spokesman estimated tola sales will approach Playoff Preview See Raiders Stop Welland Seven hundred customers witnessed Georgetown North Halloa Raiders trip up first place Welland Marauders in the Memorial Arena Friday night with a balanced attack that should have produced an even wider margin of victory than 4 to Raiders currently hold down third spot in the a Niagara Peninsula Intermedial League but have been steadily rising toward the top since sinking lo one stop from the base Coach Gerry Inglls enjoyed the luxury of three equally potent lines which enabled Raiders to keep the lid on the Welland at tack and frustrate their bevy of snipers who dominate the league poinls race Raiders command led to an unusually high number of Icing colls and consequential In the end Georgetown 197071 MVP ended minutes of score less hockey when he put the home club In front from Junior and BUI And seconds later Tlbbetts notched one of till own from another rearguard SEAT EDGE ACTION Welland timely challenges to the Raider lead made it seat edge action for the best Memorial Arena crowd of the season Dunne hard high shot whittled the George town margin to a single Continued on page 12 VOTERS SAY YES TO LOUNGES BARS William Treahy Heads Retarded Association William of Georgetown was named president when the North for the Mentally Retarded held their annual meeting In the Tinkcrbell Nursery School room in Hornby January 3 The 1J71 committee chairman gave their yearly reports and the Sunshine School principal and Workshop director gave sum motions of their years achieve and the nursery school director reported very progress of the preschool children since the nursery opened in September A wine and cheese party was held al the conclusion of the meeting Also elected to office were Past president Mr Ralph Barton Georgetown 1st vice Mrs Joyce Barton Georgetown 2nd vice pres Mr Jake Acton treasurer Mrs Ruth Mitchell Georgetown recording secretary Mrs Joan Hunt Milton corresponding sec Mrs Shirley Griffiths Georgetown Committee Chairmen Adult services Mr Wm Treahy Georgetown Resident ial Mr Leo Virus Milton Finance Mrs Joyce Barton Georgetown Campaign Mr Jake Kuiken Acton Home Care Mrs Edith Davie Milton Nursery Mrs June Georgetown Publicity Mrs Verna Cannon Milton Mr Keith McKenrie Acton Research Mrs Lucille Virus Milton Membership Mrs Pat Gorton Acton Programme Mr Kim Baardotf Milton No Flu Problems Says Chamberlain mere no noticeable Increase in ho number of cases of flu reported in County this year than any other year cording to Dr J If Chamborta In Halton Medical Officer of Health An Influenza cpedcmlc is supposed lo be threatening other areas In North America but Halton seems to have escaped the flu bug lit CAMERAS ROIL AS CASKET UNLOADED AT GEORGETOWN STATION Strange goings on at the Georgetown CNR station Thursday Three men unlo a roughbox casket from a baggage car and trudging through the wind whipped snow along the edge of the platform But lights as and blue suited crew Identify It sequence for an upcoming CBC production It will be part of a half hour Canadian short story to be used on To See Ourselves next season This particular story entitled Tulip Garden Is by George and stars Andrew and Jackie Burro Bulletin Mrs Donna Milton Historian Mrs Dance Milton Acton Ladies Auxiliary resident Mrs Julie Conroy Ladies Auxiliary president Mrs Olive Nye Georgetown Ladies Auxiliary president Mrs Peggy Georgetown voters said an overwhelming Yes to the liquor vote held Saturday mean liquor will be available both in dining rooms and in cocktail bars An extremely light saw only 17 percent of the eligible voters out at the polls but they favoured liquor availability bars received percent of the vote The actual vote was 1431 in favour of the liquor with food and against while In the second question liquor on licenced premises the vote was in favour and 166 Against Only people out of a total of eligible voters braved the zero temperatures to cast a ballot Almost ballots were rejected as spoiled The Moore Park area and a section be l ween Rex way and Sargent Road cast the heaviest Boom In Backyard Pools 49 Fewer House Starts In Georgetown in 71 The value of building permits Issued In rose percent over the total and the number of permits increased by from to In dollars the value was from to The year saw a drop In single family house construction with fewer houses built in 197i than the previous year The decrease was from 179 to The higher cost of homes showed up In the fact the number of permits decreased by percent but he value dropped only percent An overwhelming jump in the number of swimming pools constructed in 1971 saw the number of swimming pools built jump from to Nine compared to five In 1970 were issued with an increase in value of Commercial permits also jumped in value they more than doubled from to Si but only one more permit was issued Eighteen in 1970 and 19 in With not too many lots left in town the forecast for housing starts II is year should be down Solicitor Says Waterfalls Snowmobile Races Illegal the Official Plan and Zoning by w is In effect While the township has a by law exempting certain activities from the regulations of the Lords Day Act snowmobile racing Is not one of the exemp the letter pointed out A big snowmobile race with Increased prize money Is scheduled for Sunday January at Waterfalls Questions Complexes Board Passes Million Budget The future of snowmobile races at Waterfalls Park near seems doubtful after a letter Tram Ihe township solicitor was read to council Monday night Snowmobile racing con travencs a local township by law and the Lord s Day Act said Ihe letter The solicitor claimed the races constituted a change of land use which would contravene the holding bylaw now In force until A five year capital budget was approved after six minutes of discuss Ion by the County Board of Education last Thursday The passing of the five year capital budget does not mean all of the Items listed under It are now approved Each Hem on the budget must still be passed In dividually by the board The budget provides for several new gym and resource center complexes In existing elementary schools by which trustee Bill Lawson questioned said the proposed complexes were inatory because students living in urban areas where the complexes are to be built can walk to public facilities while those In rural areas connot NtWIIIGH SCHOOLS B T Llndley superintendent of business and finance said the rule for the rural schools is to transform empty classrooms Into resource centers and gyms Lindley sold the declining school enrolment Is lending empty classrooms In many smaller schools The five year capital budget greater than lasj year provides funds to struct two new secondary schools and the upgrading of facilities In all areas Landowners Approached Ontario Hydro has apparently begun approaching people In this area regarding land for their high tension line There has been no apparent effort yet by Hydro to buy and in Chlnguacousy or Erin townships but several Nassagawcya residents soy they have been approached by an Ontario Hydro purchasing agent RESTS IN PEACE central prop in a sequence for an upcoming short story Tulip Garden Another crew filmed it be loaded onto a CN baggage car at Guelpn HOW THEY VOTED ON SATURDAY ARFYOUINrAVOUROtTllr INDFR A DINING LOLNGI FOR ON LICENSED WITH I rain avaii p Kf Joseph ribbons Pearl Park Chapel St Hon old llulmp Park School worth Harrison Cent POLL 1 7 10 12 15 16 17 YES 40 33 S3 120 76 72 45 73 34 1491 NO 3 Q 1 3 4 a 135 Question 18 19 20 TOTAL VOTES CAST PI- AFFIRMATIVE VOTE AREYOUINtAVOUROfTHISALEO IQUnil A ON POLL 4 5 7 10 11 14 15 10 17 23 110 42 56 IB 69 50 a 33 NO 7 3 9 6 3 a 12 3 166 TOTA1 VOTfcS CAST PHtl AFFIRMATIVE VOTE I tit