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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 11, 1972, p. 1

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Garbage bags were what the well dressed Miles Tor Millions Walkers were wearing Saturday morning Modelling the rain wear arc Jill Clifford left and Cathy Smith TheDomanskitamilypet tally t tnougn covered the walk with twice as many feet us Mrs Sandra and Steven 10 of Sherman Court bom Arluso of Airedale Crescent Joined Tommy 10 for the home stretch It was the second lime that Tommy has marched the whole route in the local Miles for Millions walk Bob Frederickson of Glen Williams and Rick Davis of Normandy Boulevard trudge along the route just south of They were among many who completed the miles GEORGETOWN HERALD Second Registered Number lit turn Postage Guaranteed The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District TOWN IIHiXI If per year Single Copy Price Cents Metcalfe Owners Claim Back Yards Are Slipping Into Ravine Showing pictures of exposed foundations on some houses and others the brink of the ravine Metcalfe Court lull told the works committee council Mi night that the fill slipping down into the ravine ina we ire I our He bald at the moment six houses from 17 to Mucalfeare Involved but more could be in the future He contended he had been improperly prided Construction Started on New Liquor Store The building permit for the new liquor store the tamview to the Market Centre wis the new permit issued in The permit amounted use Con on the More Is Sixteen house permits were issued list with a total if Two new swimming pool permits brought the total this jear to seven All permits for In month to tntil for the four im of this year reaching St with to eight feel of fill sited on Six owners Hie properties in the hoti graphs also it tended the meeting agreeing with the spokesman Slacking told of repeatedly laming to i lurtccriik which now runs the width f six Ints a depth of three four feet He said the builder chimed Hit lot were completed to specifications and wire the responsibility the he had irresp indincc from saying something would be done Our toiiighl is to bring this to vour attention lo see if council mi insist us in citing he remarked lie complimented the in Sargent for his efforts n their In inswer to a question on Ihe of the ravine land Phil said town wis supposed to own some of It I suppose of the landslide could be on town property The committee decided to have copies of correspondence and have a meeting with the town solicitor to advise residents what action should tike Game Mishap Fatal For Paul Fendley Paul will be buried IliUcrest today The old son of Pho ebe Hunter Collins and tht lite died In Kit Waterloo General Hospital Monday from a head injury received in a Centennial Cup junior hockey playoff in night With his team playing short handed was checked by a from lied Deer Hustlers after nine minutes of the third He was knocked off and spun around trying to stay on his He lost his protective helmet as he fell striking the back of his id with full impact Fondle was leading scorer on the Guclph CMC of the Southern Ontario Hockey Association Listowel Businessmen Buy Out Avian Aircraft the and all for the hid by three I purchaseof ltd in Armstrong has been iccepted it wis announced The new miners are an automotive David Kilberg a businessman of I Donald in i fficial of Krot of plans ind specif manufacture of aircraft and an inventory of parts and equipment A for Thermo Co ltd the n ijor shareholder in Ltd told The Herald he hid no idea what the purchasers planned to do Avian Aircraft wis local aircraft engineers en Arrow program was cancelled in 1959 They designed and built the certified by the Department of Transport Certification came in November of after nine Lodge Mans Memory Remains in Plaque The April meeting of Royal Black Preceptor Hornby was highlighted by on important event which took place at the meeting A memorial plaque with a picture of late Charles Davis I of Georgetown his lodge jewels and a past preceptors and county master Loyal Orange Order Jewel was presented to the lodge The presentation was made by his daughters Miss Davis and Mrs Nellie Kirby who were given a warm welcome by Rev William Mtlligan acting preceptor Mr Milllgan reviewed the Davis who had a long association with he Orange particularly in the higher decrees of I hi loyal Mack I ry f In I mil years of building and testing six For the five rcma members of the firm which at one time in the neighbourhood of people it was a red letter day when the Department of Transport telegram arrived November 7 granting certification of air worthiness to the A year later the plant was closed down after a decision by the shareholders to not go Into production More than million was spent on prototvpes some of it government assistance but most of it from Thermo Electric and the other shareholders The Avian would have borne a price tag of about As well as being moderately priced compared to a helicopter the Georgetown aircraft was fly cheap to maintain and had a multitude of potential uses It can land almost anywhere and can be flown fixed wing pilot A helicopter pilots license is not needed to it Unlike the helicopter which flies by motorized rotor blades the Avian 180 uses rotors and a rear mounted propel lor Interest in it came from Department of Defence oil exploration companies ran and officials Though most of the testing was done here and the Waterloo- Well the last flight was done In Ottawa and where the aircraft has been collecting dust for the last two years Deer Pays Visit S me reside rare treat when a deer wandered ini j the urhood fur a brief visit I T reptrts seeing Hit is it sauntered ihnuh neighbour Bill then through lien ft vies 1 ince jxrtv leiped fence d disappeared wards North Hilton Golf Club Junior A who went on to Yin the game and the cup Georgetown resident he his minor hockey here playing for Mi jars years ago in the Junior A league during the season INTKADt In that he scored 10 goals 19 points in tamts On January 9 he was in a two for one trade moved him to Guclph With the CMCs he scored to goals and 15 assists In games A centre was s leading scorer in the game playoff series netting goals and assisting on IS others for points In a victory he scored five and two assists He would have had a good future in the game said general manager Brent Madlll He would have been a good draft prospect for the National Hockey League lie never regained after falling to the in Pick Up Day May Chance to Get Rid Of All That Junk Spring leaning time is here and the town is again plan runs to help residents gel rid of the Junk by having a pick up diy May for all big ilcms normally picked up in the regular garbage collection The ild furniture in lires ind out appliances now elultermL up the basement cm but no Id cars will be touched is tar the town forces will make ml one lour of any street be backs is there were in other vcars The irticles must be Ihe street Hum Tl e rks department makes special plea asking residents to n sure the children bikes and wagons are not left near the garbage so the men won mistake them for articles lobe picked up Town May Do Snow Clearing From Sidewalks past winter if rctini f the com mulct Monday night council The proposed tic ved from the town forces midlines which can also be used Tin proposed f tht machines was in a report from engineer trie IRIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FOLKS night See Will Die finance committee Usee funds are is was not included in Hie budget Tic rciommcndation v further in the ends of dnvcwas where the snow plough throws up the heavy 5ii will be cleared in front of mis wl ere senior citizens live do this for if ire millionaires I hi Then went answer his own question sam We re not judges Tilt committee decided investigate the cost and the possible number of homes in the clearing the f the third period of the final game and suffering the game said was a fractured Paul leaves his mother a sister Bonnie I Mrs Fattore of Hamilton and a brother Tom at home Funeral service today Is at Presbyterian Church Two MotorcycleCar Crashes Injure Riders Two car motorcycle collisions caused injury to three people this week William Dumper of Sargent Road received tuts and bruises and the 1070 BSA motor cycle he was riding received damage Saturday when in collision with a I96t on Street near Queen The car driven by Edna Jane Churchill received damage Dumper was riding and the Churchill car was en terina the flow of traffic when they hit The other motorcycle car accident happened last Tuesday near 122 Street Injured was Mark It awes or College Street who was driving the motorcycle and his passenger Mary of Moultrey Crescent They both suffered cuts bruises and scrapes were riding easlbound on Street when in collision with a 1971 Toyota driven by John Crawford of Georgetown which was making a left turn off the highway damage to the car at and to the 1968 Suzuki at K00 A two car accident Monday did damage to a 1965 driven by Joanne Mitchell of Toronto and a Plymouth driven by John Mallby of Erin They met at the Rcxway intersection A Friday accident did Boo damage lo a 1069 Ford driven by Beverley of 113 Boulevard while a 1970 Ford driven by Charles Earl Brown of Kitchener went undamaged The police report said the Queck car was leaving a parking lot on Guclph Street when in collision with the Brown car stopped in the curb lane Blackout Interrupted Cable TV If you lost vour cable TV reception for an hour last Thursday evening don blame your cable service A power failure which affected the east end of town from about Thursday evening also knocked out Georgetown Cable TV at the top of Norval hill Consequently cable customers In the part of town not experiencing the blackout did lose their television reception for a short time Naked Man Chases Woman Near Tracks A completely naked man who leaped from bushes on Maple Avenue East near the railway tracks Thursday night and chased a woman for a short distance has Georgetown police concerned Herald they are dLcting an intense- investigation Into the case The woman was walking home at about 11 clock at night when and chased her It Is the third time that a naked man has been reported to police The first time In May of was on Maple near the same general area and the second time last was on the CN tracks at the John subway Police ire anxious to to their information and iskcd The Herald to request readers who can contribute anything to contact them A spokesman said there may have been other similar incidents which went unreported 850 From Here Take A Walk In The Rain An tstimated walkers started from Georgetown Saturday morning m the Miles for Millions walk through Peel a decrease over last vear The combined total from both Brampton and Georgetown of probably raised SCO jt figures are not yet Three Georgetown boys Mark id Brock Rush and Glen Stock fish all of Princess Ann ere first to check In at the Georgetown finishing checkpoint If l ross Church after the mile walk ihe very young com high winds and low temperatures were five Colin Hunter and six year old Evan Siddall Evan was sponsored for ate a mile raising to feed the hungry around the world walk ult Ihis year ltd ihe traffic s criticized last year win op pisi ihe paper mill dam it lo Alloa then ii Hull Hi and back to Holy Cross eliminating the congested traffic Church of when parents tried Brampton walkers began and to pick up their children the ended in Brampton Continued on Page 9 Town Council Briefs The Works committee of council turned down a claim from Mrs J Copcland Arietta Street She claimed damage was done to articles In her basement when it was flooded Town engineer Eric Willis said a collapsed sewer down the street caused the flooding It is now fixed and won t flood any more he added Reeve Morrow suggested the traffic lights be changed to flashing lights after nine at night The mayor disagreed saying the people screamed for traffic lights A flashing light t mean much the cars will just whip through be commented The mayor estimated the cost at a total of four light traffic the concluded The reeve conceded he would favour the change if it could be done with existing controlt and no cost The engineer will in vestigate The works committee instructed the engineer find the cost of wrapping a sewer in o prevent freezing and also the cost of raising the grade of the road on Parkview These in solutions lo problem iiused the tun ilwe to ind lending to in tiler tutu flu I rln I

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