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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 22, 1972, p. 1

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GOLDEN YEAR GEORGETOWN HERALD Second CUM Mill Registered Postage Guaranteed The Home For Georgetown and District THURSDAY July IT per yew Single Copy Price Fifteen Cent Agreement Makes Camp Norval Available to Local Children Mrs William right looks on as Wnggtosworlh public school pupil Kim makes presentation to Mr Kinradc who will ind 10 years in Georgetown Police Sergeant Resigns Sergeant George Louth who has been officer in charge of Georgetown Police Department since Chief Constable Barley Lowe resigned March has resigned from the force Louth resignation was effective as of Wednesday June Departments In branch is officer In charge until Georgetown Police Commission hires a new chief The mmlssion announced list week they had reviewed and decided roadvertisc reviewed by Ontario and Georgetown police commissions Commerce Trio Discount Canadian Tire and Following race fun field events for all ages have been planned These Include throwing with jour own Fnsbee sack and three legged races apple dunkme water balloon throwing log sawing pic eating tricycle races with vehicle and even greased pole climbing contest Ben Hur Touch Will Launch July Events The Golden Year field day Sunday July will be launched with Ben touch when a chariot race is the opening feature Wheelbarrows bathtubs with wheels or garbage cans arc expected to make their at the p event in the fairgrounds Trophies will be awarded to the winners of the race and those with the most original chariot must be over 12 years old Details are on the entry forms available at both Banks of Eatons Office Will Close Georgetown catalogue sales office will close July The office has been downtown fixture for man originally serving customers on the east side Main in the location now by Shoe Rep ft moved to its present location at the corner of Main about 10 years Eaton will serve Georgetown with daily delivery and parcel pick up Expect Announcement on Haltons Future by Fall Reception for William Wrigglesworth Principal Merely Closing One Door Forty years of teaching will draw to a close at the end of June when public school principal William retires from the profession Saturday afternoon parents teachers former students and friends gathered in auditorium to let him know how much he meant to the community Mr 40 years of teaching started when he graduated from Hamilton nor ma I school now called teachers college in 1932 and taught at Kilbride for three years From there he taught Mohawk Indian children in Brantford for a year then went to Kirkland lake for four years After a one stint back at he became secretary for Boys Work for the M C A in Montreal While there he completed his A degree at Sir George Williams University Preston was his next teaching assignment where he served six years coming to Georgetown years ago to become the first and only principal of school newly opened at that time John principal of W I Dick School in Milton who started his teaching career under Mr Kinradc tutelage I reduced Mayor mil Smith and chairman of the County Board of Education Ernie Bodnar who praised the many years of service to the com unity Wilson for many chairman of the Georgetown Public School Board recalled many incidents pointing up Mr persistence and determination in acquiring equipment for his students Lavender assistant diroc of education for Italian said the retiring principal impressed him with his qualities if grace dignity honour and humanity He said he was still as persistent in acquiring equip for his school and comes ilh four plans get what he the first try he has three others up his staff member Mrs Pat Boyle read an original poem both humourous and touching composed for the Hot Spotlight Ignites School Stage Curtain Thursday morning June IS firemen rushed to answer a call to Centennial School They found a stage curtain smouldering and quickly extinguished it The fire started when a spotlight turned the wrong way focussing its intense beam on the curtains Damage to the curtains amounted to Fire Chief Ken said Ihe fire material in the drapes saved the fire front spreading II was limited to a our foot a light and a part the folding wall A ire the portable asphalt plant owned by Construction on Armstrong Avenue did little damage June 13 The fire occurring was confined to an electric generator also at clock a transformer Ihe or Beckers Milk Store on Street caught fire There was no damage apart from the transformer which had lobe replaced Kim grade six pupil presented the principal with a blank frame on an easel which will he filled by a Frank painting chosen of Mr William reminisced students of gone by and concluded by saying he wib merely closing one door and opening another Sitting in the place of honour with the retiring principal were his wife Irene and daughter Barbara her husband Walter and three children Sheila Kevin and Susan Walter is a school I government reform proposals for Peel and Wcnlworth are expected by the Tall says provincial treasurer Darcy McKcough Mr McKeough told the founding conference of the On tario Association of Municipalities meeting in Ottawa Monday the government lake or immediately east id west of Metro Toronto The minister said the govern men will continue to receive proposals from interested parties those who may have changed their earlier views period of lime for local response to these proposals will follow and subsequent proposals for introduction into the legislature could be prepared and announced as early as January 1J73 he said Mr McKeough said as part of c provincial program of reforms the government will search out ways to simplify and larify local government legislation In the months we will Golden Year Initiative Will Show Films to Celebrate With survey results tabula led the Initiative groups are working day and nighl trying to initiate the nutans called for by majority With school children getting oul of school in less than two weeks the creative workshop staff is working out schedules a no supply require like volunteers to assist in craft instruction and supervision Another aspect of the workshop group is senior citizen activities The workers would appreciate volunteer drivers for picnics and shopping sprees Their post of box number is 144 The children theatre is currently working at Park School Assisting with creative dance in the spare time hey have from planning their main summer work As soon as the elementary school children are out of school the group will start its program of children s theatres very two weeks will be in a different part of lown The film group will be showing movies at a different school every day and on Thursday showing a feature length film at the high school At present the group is considering forming a film society In keeping with the theme of Georgetown Golden Year Celebration the group plana to show some famous films at and downtown The coffee house group is planning a for July 1 at the Plaia Roger frost and Chuck Crawford will provide entertainment They are currently negotiating for a permanent coffee house of which he whole group could operate The house will be open Wedncsdav to as a drop in centre and Friday and evenings as a coffee house with entertainment and guest speakers for conversation be changing the some parts of the local reform program assuming more of the duty that I think you will be ours he said The minister said the province recognizes it is perhaps too much to ask of municipal politicians be the authors of what ultimately and proper provincial policy He said this includes the design of structure and of local government id the definition of the Ihat should be carried within the structure or the first lime Camp ill be available to local boys and girls between the ages of six and An agreement has been reached between the Georgetown W and Ihe M C A of Metropolitan Toronto Camping Service making Ihe five day camp a possibility for Georgetown children During July and August campers will slay from Monday till Friday Three other camps Camp Pine Crest in boys to 16 Camp Wangoma in Hal burton for boys nine to and Camp in Georgian Bay for boys nine lo will run for lengths of lime and will be open to local Preparations for the Y Day Camp at Terra are com will be open to both and girls five to 10 years old The five year olds have completed kindergarten DAY CAMP Day Camp will be held at Terra Conservation Area from Monday to Friday July to 7 to 14 17 to and lo with the programme including swimming instruction games crafts sports singsongs and hikes Transportation is provided with the bus picking up campers at various spots around and leavingTcrraColtaat4pm The fee is per week or each child COUNSEL Director of the Day camp Is Lynda Clipsham crafts director Is Alice Pokluda and swim director Pat The counsellors are Sylvia Katterwc Jennifer Stephanie I ill Torn Kaulback Anne Calling Shirley Levers Jane Ann Aggiss Julie Dickson Joan Dickson Lancaster Karen Van Jacqueline Wright and Handy Miller Counsellors In training are Judy Hilary Catling Peggy Levers and Shelley Hull Cuts Bruises Whiplash Result From Car Crash Patricia McCaulcy and George Grace 1 Georgetown were taken to hospital with cuts and bruises ana whiplash respectively as a result of an accident on Street opposite the Dairy Queen the driver of a 1970 while he was a passenger in a car driven by Dorothy Christie Road north A lotal of damage was done to the cars when ihe car driven by Miss stopped after hitting a dog was hit from behind by a 1963 Pontine driven by Dorothy Christie The suffered damage estimated to the front fender hood grill and rad while Ihe had damage estimated at the Sinclair and was the scene or an accident June at when a driven Peter Queen Street and a G driven by John New Marilyn Crescent collided No damage was done to the but the left rear panel was done Ihe A collision at the corner of and Shelley streets caused damage to a VolkswaRen driven by Victor Shelley Street and damage to a Chrysler driven by Frank Adams 31 Faludon Drive The accident happened June p To Open Celebration Fifty Runners Will Relay Scroll From Queens Park I- runners will relay a scroll from Queen Park lo officially open the Golden Year ions In Ccorgetown Friday June The runners Georgetown high students will each the scroll for about a mile The first runner will receive the scroll from East Jim Snow The last will hand it lo Mayor Bill Smith at the opening ceremony at Cedar vale Com unity Centre The route has been laid out by Metropolitan Toronto and On tario Provincial I olicc The list of runners was an Monday It includes Hess Joe Jams Sylvia Bruce Nivcn Rob Burns Mil Peelers Danny Howard Ferguson Sam Ian Gordon Charlotte Robert Andrea Walsh Louis Kitcley Garry Belangcr John Jim Gibson Jeff Jobb Nancy Mac Donald Nancl McNeil Lome Kelly Susan Brown Jill Blighl Smith Brad Smith John Moorhead Scott Mason John Drew Michael John Karen Archibald I Sandy Cash Danny Servos Larry Daw Peter Henderson Graham Vokey John Pen Bill Dale Miegamec Hay Hayes Gavin Sue Milne Tara Kaulback Danny Servos Mike Handy Houston Brown AT CEMETERY SERVICE Georgetown a Lodge members were among those attending the lOOF Legion cemetery service in Greenwood Cemetery Sunday parade formed on the Georgetown Post Office lot and marched behind Branch pipe band to the sue of Ihe afternoon North Halton OPP Investigates 82 Occurences During the week ending June officers from North Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police worked a total of 1333 i hours and travelled miles while patrolling area roads under jurisdiction There were drivers summoned to appear In Provincial Court for traffic violations and an ad drivers received warnings Proceedings Provincial Court in Milton resulted in being registered for offences previously committed Officers were busy during ihl FISHING FOR A WINNER Digging into Ihe elimination draw drum the Kin Kasino in Memorial Arena Saturdav night is Georgetown Kinsmen Andy ThemnjorpriM SIMM was won by Tony Hidden by Tor Hundred dollar winners were Taylor Milton Joe Quant flock wood and Stan Hon Dumper and all of Georgetown

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