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Pool Agreement And Drawings Given Okay By Council Uncertainty about the status Council gave approval for The swimming pool stood in the way of the pool divorced from the and closed swimming pool and the counclllora Mike Armstrong recreation director Doug On Jan Hill la the Uncertainty about the status of capital commitments on the eve of regional government continue to shroud Georgetown plans for an en closed swimming pool and recreation complex Monday council took two more steps to bring both about while awaiting a legal opinion hat could determine whether or not tender calls can be made before the end of the drawl recreation site and also gave third and final reading to a bylaw to execute a swimming pool agreement with the County Board of Education The swimming pool la to be constructed at Georgetown District High School while the recreation complex will be built on land off Guelph Street The swimming pool agreement bylaw passed on a split vote five to lour one of three such votes during the evening meeting Coun Harry Levy argued that certain legal recom remained to be discussed and the matter of the agreement should be delayed for consideration at a com the- whole meeting Em Hyde disagreed saying no major problems stood in the way of the pool agreement Technicalities should not hold up the pool he said It was Coun Hyde who drew an analogy between marriage and divorce and the pool agreement between town and school board Nothing la ab solute he declared Changes could always be made Phil Slddail was quick to reply that he did not see how a swimming pool could be divorced from the and he once more declared his opposition to the school location Coun said he en countered public opposition to the school location while he was campaigning for the Oct 1 regional vote Coun Roy Booth disagreed closed swimming pool and the high school site met with their approval Its time to get going he told council Mayor Bill Smith added support to Booth comments saying people had views about where the pool should go but the main concern was toliave one The mayor affirmative vote decided the Issue In a recorded vote one of three during council meeting the mayor and councillors Mike Armstrong and and Booth ana deputy reeve Ernie Sykes voted In favor Opposed were Levy and Bill Hunter and Reeve Morrow Conceptual drawings for the and the recreation site will prepared by Canadian Swimming Pool Company of Windsor and Before decision was made to go ahead with this feature council held a long closed session with recreation Cojjlson Conceptual drawings will show site locations and floor plans but will not give detailed construction specifications Mr Collison said Tuesday he would estimate cost of the drawings would be about gone for a but has been eery about the question of commitment under regional government for Ihe projects On Jan Halton Hill is the new town that Incorporate the former municipalities Georgetown Acton Township If legal ground can be cleared soon possibly this week to permit a project start Mr Collison said tender calls could be made before Ihe end of the year GEORGETOWN HERALD Second Class Mall Registered Number The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District Tilt HERALD THURSDAY OCTOBER 18 Return Pottage Guaranteed per vear Single topy Price Fifteen Cents NEILSON COMPANY BIDS FOR GEORGETOWN PLANT 2 Are Winners In Art Contest Two Georgetown residents were winners In the Heritage Art Contest held by Halton County Council The contest was launched last spring by warden Anne to involve residents of the county in recording through paintings and photographs the history of the county Seventysix entries were Judged by Mrs Florence Myers Alice Waywell and Harry Howard They were put on display during the weekend at the county museum at Kelso Conservation Area David Vance of Georgetown won first prize of tor his painting of Georgetown railway station His work was entered in the category lor adult or ml painting the Hah school division of painting or photography Brian Gibson of Georgetown won the first prize with a tainting of Georgetown Two other Georgetown residents also placed in Ihe competition Vickl Mon placed second in placed third in the adult photography division In adult photography Ron Blanche of won and In elementary school painting or photography winner was Matthew Robinson of Herald Photo TOPS IN BATON Dawn Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs Adams 15 Chipper is Miss Kit Waterloo Junior OVtobertcst In boton She won seven trophies the recent competition and laced in eight categories studies baton in Kit chener and also is a student or dance She has cumulated many trophies in a of baton com petitions Parents Are Invited To PreSchool Classes fools Are Popular As More Are Built No new permits were Issued tor single family dwellings in September byjhe Georgetown building department but there were seven permits issued for Doits To date in pool permits have been issued for estimated value of Or more than a quarter of a million dollars New single family housing starts for the year number 20 with value pegged at Other residential dwellings under three permits total 10O CENTSALIVE We like the story of the weekly newspaperman who retired at with a nice nest egg of ISO Seems he owed It all thrift wise investments sensible living and a bequest from a rich uncle Swimming pool permits were the most popular item in September followed by garages and carports five permits Residential alterations numbered four Business Couple Lose Son Colin Colin Lee died suddenly last week of an unsuspected cardiac condition In Norfolk General Hospital He wasthesonofMr and Mrs Bob Lee who operate Lee fabric store in Georgetown and are well known throughout the district The young man employed by Westbrook Electric in Simcoe leaves his wife the former Beverly Shaw of Brant ford and twomonths old Nicole He is also survived by brothers Michael and Ian a sister Margaret and one grandparent Mrs Maude Harris of farrow in Lancashire England Pre school classes for parents of young children will be Introduced in Georgetown later this month by County Health Unit First series will at St Andrew United Church where space is being provided The series will be composed of six classes rote of the parent toilet training safety discipline parental concerns and many other topics Leadership will be provided by a community nurse Babysitting service will be provided by interested volunteers Object of the classes Is to provide scientific information open discussion and brae ileal assistance help parents reach Informed decisions about child raising There are six classes to a series Fathers as well as mothers are invited to attend Cost is per person Classes will run from to 11 and the first series will end Nov Such classes have been held regularly in Burlington and and were tried in Milton with success last year This year it was decided to Plant Available On Guelph Street William Ncilson Ltd of Toronto has submitted a bid for the Georgetown premises of the General Com pony General ended Its Georgetown operation in the spring of his year after about three years of production In its plant on Street The company manufactured metal office furniture No deal has been sealed for the Georgetown plant and several firms are known lo company said a bid has been submitted and this was con firmed in Georgetown But all sources stress that no agreement has been reached vet The company Is one of Canada s largest producers of chocolate confections and Ice cream products Anyone who has ever bit Into a Crispy Crunch or Jersey Nut to name only two is familiar with the company General an nounced its closing more than a year ago and helped relocate lis employees Fire in Leaves Heater Ruin Department Record Brothers Edward left Lee arc the proprietors of the former Allan supermarket tn NEW PROPRIETORS Georgetown The store re opened this week as Lee Brothers Supermarket Peter has operated an Im port export business Toronto and Edward w with the chain Two mid month fire calls have interrupted Georgetown Fire Department perfect Fire Prevention Month record A burning pile of leaves and a fire in a homemade heater in a garage are to blame The healer wos too close to Ihe structural members of a garage Fire Chief Ken reported It was constructed from two gall on drums one serving as a firebox and ihe other as a heal collector Damage was limited A pile of leaves burning on Durham Street was ex with no damage begin Georgetown A seconds be offered spring the classes Landfill Tender Okayed But No Figure Is Quoted Crash Kills Woman 18 An Acton woman was pronounced dead on arrival at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital following a mishap on 17 In Esquesing Township Monday Dead Is Miss Lynne Van Fleet IB She was pronounced dead by coroner A E Macintosh Post mortem examination was scheduled to take place Tuesday Miss Van Fleet was a in a truck driven by McPhaii The mishap occurred when the vehicle driven by Miss McPhall 16 of Acton went out of control and rolled over Milton detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police estimated damage to the truck owned by Elma McPhaii mother of Miss McPhaii at Miss was treated at Georgetown hospital and released In Georgetown traffic mishaps during the past week produced some costly crashes Damage placed at SI BOO in a collision involving vehicles driven by Gary Poot I and Robert Stuart Barber Market Street Georgetown Collision occurred on Maple Avenue near Park A MM crash on Weber Drive nvolved John A English Weber and Andy Weber In other damage was in a crash or Mountalnvlew Road between vehicles driven by Arthur M Klee Glen Williams and Nell Best Glen Williams The chief warns residents thai it is illegal se fire to leaves under Ontario s air pollution regulations Leaves should be raked and bagged Tor garbage collection This week at council an amended lire department bylaw was approved It revises By a split vote five lo four need it desperately Levy protested that last years fire department Georgetown council has voted the work sin or out of hng writing bylaw and lightens medical to approve a tender for sanitary the budget it has to be done he could not know how provisions and makes some landfill site preparation said l0 without knowing exactly what The Ontario Municipal Board Mayor Bill Smilh Reeve amount the lender is has approved the capital ex reeve i a Council earlier had approved he said but it is Kncffi lo anexpenditureofWOOOOforhe Kopec I that before debentures work ever hove be issued regional council considered government will assume tender from Graham project Brothers and after some On top of this under regional mpassloned persuasion from government extra expense at opera i on a I changes Intent of the bylaw remains the same And still with fire council by NEWS IN BRIEF Reeve Morrow moved to the could be borne by the give its okay region for installation of Deputy reeve Ernie Sykes shredders and compactors the said the tender expressed in reeve suggested units such as hourly machine Mayor Smith who voted rentals was studied by in favor of the tender award if was the low it stays within budget com over all bid plained that Georgetown Ern Hyde said he foresight will result in a gar understood unit prices flow from other areas of would hove to come within the Ihe region We prepare a site and it looks like garbage 111 be Reeve Morrow declared the trucked into Georgetown from has a site approved and Central he said lot of our work will go to look Mi Hon and problems he said Coun Phil Siddall who op Eased the tender award what figures ore In rial is using new bridge volved said he objected to ihe Credit River Fermor trucking garbage to our Paling Ltd this week began landfill site Norval Bridge Is Open MRS of Georgetown service to patient chairman of Canadian Cancer Society Georgetown unit attended a twoday conference of society volunteer workers in Toronto The training seminar offered volunteers information about organization of local committees and presented details about a number volunteer services of the society such as transportation home hospital visiting activity program and service In lodges and clinics VMS SHI THIS year draw of the Georgetown Minor Association is Kelly of Dr who receives a prize of Scott Selby will receive a prize of for selling the most I of tickets and Kelly wins for selling the winning ticket Cup reports and report from the mosquito tournament will appear in next week paper FOR I- TOWN INDUSTRIAL Commission has rescinded a recommendation putt off two weeks ago by council about sale of a parcel of Industrial land Council felt the price suggested 500 was too lav and withheld approval but this week it was learned two on the land have been received and the com mission Mill give the matter further review TOWN COL Monday passed a bylaw to regulate rapping up its construction Other councillors opposing and licence exhibitions and carnivals and the Bale of food and operations as final layer of the decision were Bill Hunter refreshments at them The bylaw provides for a licence fee asphalt went down and sod was Harry Levy and Mike Arm plus a daily operating fee of The bylaw grew out of a ruckus placed along the right of Wrong playing in George town Marshal office Coun Hyde suggested the matter should be discussed at a fire committee meeting Referring la the advent of regional government he said there are Implications In this Confirm Win For Recount Monday conducted In Township office has left Garnet McKenzie Acton reeve as winner of the regional councillor position for Ward i Hills The McKenzie win margin was increased from two to eight votes Voting for the position was done Oct 1 At that time McKenzie polled votes to for deputy reeve Peter Marks Judge Spragues tally gave McKenzie votes and Marks The recount was conducted in time for the inaugural meeting of the new regional govern menl today The meeting is being held in Burlington Central High School in the of Ontario governor Ross Macdonald Another Look At Pylon Sign General committee recommended refusal but Georgetown council in com mittee of the whole will take another look at a sign request from DcBoer Movers and Storage The company wants lo erect a sign to Indicate its at 384 Guelph Street Hyde committee chairman objected to the committee refusal and repeated his objection this week before council The councillor said he favored erection of the sign with a 15- foot setback and pointed out that no other form of sign can be erected because the firm Is located in premises at the rear of the former Bliss plant Mayor Bill Smith suggested council review the request in hewhole and ask to see plans of the sign Council agreed Extra Provincial Dollars Will Assist Region ARTHUR reproduced nation parliamentary assistant to County atlas Mr was Ontario cabinet minister While receives a copy Ihe Georgetown chamber of Commerce racy right chamber treasurer made the presentation Halton Hills will receive SI 4 million more in provincial funds In 194 help In ihe transition from to regional government Arthur parliamentary assistant Ontario cabinet minister John White treasurer and minister of economics and Intergoiernmentol affairs told the fall meeting of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce last week that extra monies ore being allocated The region will receive 13 million in provincial funds In an Increase of Bo per cent over the allocation of million Transitional grants are limned to ttve veors si a cur basis from too per cent of Impact This money is not a gift or a goody Mr Mean old his listeners He said the funds are being made available die new regional government which assumes office Jan will assume responsibilities never before fated the level of administration Mr drew comparison between county and regional government saving residents should find ihe transition natural because ihe regional setup Is a remodelled government He told his listeners that while the new regional government will possess the potential for achievement II should not be regarded as a magic answer It Is no panacea he said And a certain amount of can expected during the transfer he cautioned buthjdidhedldnol subscribe to criticism- lhal old problems arc being exchanged for new ones Civic leaders he sold are making good progress cranking up the machine and their efforts deserve warm com He a number of regional responsibilities integration of municipal staff accessibility of services and warned that any Increase in taxes should not necessarily be tied to regional government or regarded as a feature of such government Better services cost more monev ho said At same time some services may operate at a lower standard than previously ex peri need He cited as an example IwlceweeKly garbage collection regional elded that service would be fiflrcr on weekly basis the speaker said can mean a downgrading fur some and an upgrading for others He urged the chamber and lis members to think on a broad plain to help avoid parochialism and to foster a continuing sense of competition among member areas of Hills Keep healthy rivalry he said citing place names service activities and the like as well as sports com petitions We don t need parochialism based old town boundaries he laid bis listeners During a question and answer Mr was asked by rmer municipal politician Jack Armstrong why the province decided selection of three names for a plebiscite Mr Meen said the province favored a limited selection make a choke meaningful but it did pick names for ballot Mayor Bill Smith later ex plained that of the three names on the ballot Acton residents chose North Esquesing residents favor and the Georgetown choice was Hills which sub won No one in Georgetown he said publicly suggested Georgetown Reeve Ric Morrow asked Mr why a provincial ap pointee had to head the regional government Why not have made the appointment for one year then permit the regional council to choose a successor he asked Mr said many factions must be moulded Into regional tunc tun Illy In any area of new ad ministration and everyone has Instincts which lake The province has gut excellent service from its regional appointees he said and in most cases the men appointed have been returned to office for additional terms Mr had extensive civil service experience In Ontario prior to his entrance Into the political ring In re elected In Mr Armstrong Introduced Mr and he was thanked by chamber treasurer Tracy who presented him a reproduction of the County atlas Master of ceremonies for the chamber meeting which drew about four dozen dinner par was president Ken Faulkner During his report Mr said the chamber was solvent lo the tune of slightly more lhan Meeting held at North Golf and Country Club