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Mysterious illness sends to hospital Georgetown Memorial The young people ranging In age from 10 to IB were attending Camp Veselka located near Terra Cotta when they all reported feeling extremely Fearing ft case of food poisoning camp officials rushed to Georgetown hospital There following a thorough examination by hospital staff eight were detained while the remaining were sent back to camp Of toe eight suffering most from the mysterious Illness one was released later that evening and the remaining seven were sent home early Sunday All were attending the Ukrainian youth camp located on the Fifth Line near Terra Cotta Dr J Chamberlain medical officer of health and director of the Hal ton Regional Health Unit noted that the cause of the in cident has yet to be determined While not ruling out the possibility of food poisoning Dr Chamberlain explained that there was no vomiting or diarrhea which woustronKlYlndlcateacaseofbotulism or food poisoning Riant now were looking Into It- material used at the camp to control and other Insect However we are studying samples of food that served and the utenslla used in order to determine a probable cause Chamberlain added that while such large numbers are not usually Involved similar incidents of illness are not during the hot weather certainly wouldnt term It a serious In cident be said He added that a similar Incident In occurred Just lost week Camp Veselka which baa facilities for ISO to young people is examined regularly by Dr Chamberlains staff as are all similar operations In the province Results of the ministrys examination of Mrs A Pace director of I Georgetown District Memorial noted that the Incident waa bandied smoothly by the hospital staff on Saturday take care of the sudden appearance of young people red to the the HERALD WEDNESDAY JULY I WIS Home Newspaper of Hills ROSES AND MORE ROSEA Doug Cole president of the Georgetown Hor ticultural Society la enticed with the beautiful roses which were on display at he Societys annual rose show There were over en tries In the show Council considers cutting its meetings Now that the initial confusion of regional government is slowly melting away and town council la beginning to run like as one councillor commented a welloiled and smooth irunnlng machine council has decided to cut meetings hopefully by Councillors agreed Monday night to Big changes at Lions pool The Georgetown Outdoor Swimming Pool Back bar thanks to the Georgetown Lions dub Through monies raised from various fondraising events the club was able to have lb new structure built The new building Is a big Improvement to old structure It la at least four times the site of the old and once completed will have cost to build The old facility was torn down last fall and because Ittle construction carried out during the winter months It was com pleted Just In time for the beginning of summer swimming lessons and public swimming- The new building contains a reception i area a tote room large mens and ladles change roomseach with showersan The basement hold the extensive filtering system for pool with the remaining area i used for storage Once tbe new structure is completed tbe Lions Club of Georgetown will turn the building over the the town of Hills attempt to eliminate meetings every first and third Tuesday of each month By doing so they ore reverting to a system they first attempted when the newly amalgamated town council first met in January of 1974 That system will see council meet every first and third Monday of each month If It can handle all committee reports new business and resolutions on those Monday nights prior to 11 oclock council will ad journ if however the workload require them to sit beyond 11 oclock they may ad journ to tbe next evening Consistently heavy agendas during the first year saw council per manently sit both Monday and Tuesday evenings but In the past two months the Monday and Tuesday evenings have been getting shorter and shorter to the point during the last session neither the Monday nor the Tuesday meeting lasted any longer thanB30 The change In the council meetings doe not affect however the councillors schedule for heir respective council committees and subsidiary planning board Tbe committees will continue to meet on the second and fourth Mondays and the planning board the second and fourth Tuesdays Your Morning Smile Tbe annual In on national dinner wasservedatthemotustery A dinner fish chip was served to all who attended Father wished to thank the chef la person for tbe meal Upon entering the kitchen he asked Who was for tbe fine Came the reply Im the flab friar and he Is the chip monk Ambulance addition plan halted Plan for an addition to the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Services present quarters on James Street will be temporarily shelved pending tbe results of a major study on municipal buildings in Georgetown that could see fire ambulance and work departments Involved in some municipal musical chairs Town council during a Monday evening committee of the whole meeting gave ten tative approval to a suggestion by Councillor Em Hyde that the town petition the Ontario Municipal Board for permission to Issue a maximum of in debentures to carry out a to atudy of the towns ambulance fire and works buildings in Georgetown phis possibly to purchase land for a new Hills municipal building suggestion came as council considered the towns capital works budget for the coming year Included In the budget were three projects for which debentures had been expected to be required Besides the addition to the GVAS am bulance service executives had hoped to get underway In the very near future- other two major expenditures were for a new aerial ladder truck for the Acton fire department and a study on the need and possible site for a future municipal building for Hills Town treasurer Harry Henderson recommended to council that the new fire truck be reconsidered because of difficulties experienced by the Milton fire department with a similar vehicle Because it directly affected the safety of residents Mr Henderson Stated that he felt the OMB would very likely approve tbe request for the ambulance building addition That left council with a decision on what to do with the proposed study of a new municipal building Councillor Hide told council that be felt that the money might better be spent on a total study aimed at shifting tbe various town departments to the best available si tee with the end result that money could be spent on adding to the works departments present building on the Seventh Line adjacent to the former township office Councillor Hyde suggested that the ambulance service instead of requiring an addition might be more easily shifted to the present location of the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department at the corner of Chapel and The fire department be continued could then be moved to the works departments Maple Avenue building works depart ment In turn could be moved to expended central faculties on tbe Seventh Line As for a future site for a new municipal building Councillor Hyde recommended that tbe search for its location be contained In the guidelines for tbe comprehensive study vacated ambulance building be added could quite easily be sold as a residence providing money to be spent on the addition to tbe works departments facilities I cant see the of spending Jus t to find t we need acres to buUd a new municipal building Thla we can do ourselves and we can do it this year Councillor Harry Levy of finance committee said that it was possible that the noting tost study benefitted safety of Georgetowns residents would be more amenable to approving a of for a total plan that a on solely a new administration building He cautioned however that the study must be undertaken immediately If we do strike out on thla new tangent theres a matter of some urgency to The ambulance service requires ore room for ts operations How to get by on fixed income Seniors fight inflation By Deri Staff Reporter Inflation has hit us and It has hit us hard Each day news reports shout the rising fuel food housing la fact all the necessities of life No one needs to be reminded that gasoline jumped an incredible ten cents in June Newlywed couples single men and women a widow with three children a family with five children and a house to pay for the bluecollar worker the small town store owner tbe postman the mailman virtually everyone has been struck by that fateful bolt of Inflation and each and everyone has bad to learn to cope with the situation Coping might mean one less trip to the movies or one package of potato chips in stead of three or a walk to the nearby grocery store Instead of a drive or It even might mean taking on a second Job or working a double shift twice a week However how do those poeple cope who are already living on the bare necessities of life Thosewhohavenocholcetoworkornot to work Those who receive a limited government pension and an occasional bonus cheque We ore speaking of out senior citizens In a series of recent Interviews the Herald posed the question of inflation and the means of coping with the problem to a number of senior citizens In Georgetown Most are managing An elderly couple living in a basement apartment stated that they were quite con tent and able to live without too much worry on the monies they now receive from the government We find our double pension more than adequate I often wonder what the people would do if we didnt receive any money from the government It seems that some people always have to compalin about something Discussing the inflationary problem they stated In the post two years we have had to add at least 1 per month for our groceries But we cant offer any other solution because only the government can do something about It How do they cope Weil we eat sub stantial meals but we try to keep away from sweets as much as possible We dont go out spend a lot of money on dinners etc We Just spend our money wisely However tbe couple did feel that a single senior citizen living Independently does need on increase in pension money We do feel that there Is some Justification for single people to need more At a recent visit to Kin Court group of ladles explained their views on the We are getting along Just fine with the money we receive I think right now we are better off than we ever were However If we lived I don t think we could moke It We simply could not afford to pay rent these days The ladles agreed hat It was not o much the senior citizens who were being hit by inflation much as young married couple Its the young families with two or three children are Hit tbe hardest and feel the pinch the most Nowadays It almost im- for a young couple to save up enough money for a down payment for a bouse There was another area which the women agreed upon that of living alone I trtedu run my own house but I Jutt kept going under There came a time when I knew Icouldnotaffordltanymore people on their own really do have to scratch to pull through In fact general opinion expressed by the senior citizens spoken to was that they felt very lucky to be so well taken care of by the government If fortunate enough to live In a borne for senior citizens they have few money worries Perhaps tbey do not have vast amounts of money to put into a banking account however do nave enough to live fairly com fortably from day to day providing a sensible approach is taken to their money One woman showing her deep concern with inflationary problems summed up tbe feelings of many If we fight for more money from government It will be tbe young people wbo will be bit and tbey Just couldnt face that We should be thankful more than thankful for what we receive A first for library Its a first for the Halton Hills Library System and Its a first for tbe young lady Involved Laura March a graduate of Seneca College has been hired for her first Job as a Library Technician after completing the two- year course this year She will be the first Library Technician to be hired to work at a library In Helton Hills Laura will be working in the Georgetown branch of the library Laura will mainly be beading up the audiovisual services and doing technical service work for tbe library Asked why she enrolled In library technicians course Laura replied I thought It would be on Interesting Job Being here for only a few days Laura has already formed a very favourable Impression of Georgetown What Ive seen of Georgetown so far has all been great It seems to be a very friendly town ItanottoofarfromTorontobutltisfar enough away to be able to enjoy all the ad vantage of rural living As far library goes Its small personal type of library 1 will be able to do a variety of Jobs here whereas in a large library you are usually stuck in one slot The 23yearold technician Is really looking forward to working at my new position LIBRARY TECHNICIAN Laura March a graduate from tbe Library Technician course at Seneca College has been hired as he first Library Technician to work In the mils library system Vandals cost double If vandals continue to damage the new illuminated street signs In Georgetown the town may go back to putting up unglsmorous but nevertheless vandal proof- Iron metal signs Councillor Joe Hurst of towns work committee reported to council Monday that vandalism has already cost tbe town this year as much as It spent during all of 1974 repairing damage to street signs Until vandalism declines town has definitely decided to call a halt to putting up any new illuminated street signs The next step commented Councillor Ern Hyde would be replace tbe damaged signs with tbe old cast Iron ones Its a step I really dont like having to consider taking Its a step backward Council endorsed a works committee request that the public be made aware of tat growing vandalism problem in Hills asked the town In combating the costly damage Police change version of Norval drowning The Ontario Provincial Police have released a corrected version of the Incident surrounding tbe drowning death two weeks ago of Kevin at lha Norval dam Kevin bis brother Steven and David had gone to for an af ternoon of fishing They were not swimming In the river when the Incident occurred as was originally reported While crossing from one side of the river to the other using the remains of the dam as a walkway Kevin slipped and fell into the river He had begun to swim in the direction of the two older boys when he became en trapped In a strong undertow Tbe tremendously strong current pulled boy Into a small sluice located beneath the surface of water The two older boys unable to keep tbe boys bead above water attempted to push snorkel tube to Kevin In order to allow him to breathe but their ef forts were to no avail At that moment Bob Wolfe tbe first of three psssersby who attempted to carry out a rescue of the boy arrived on the scene The three men were still unable to break the currents grip on the boy It eventually took members of the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department over 20 minutes to pull the boys body from the water Kevin tbe son of Mr and Mrs Stuart Bobbins 111 Drive bad Just graduated from Grade Five at Harrison School Mw iff hockey snd soccer associations Id Georgetown