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Page HERALD Wednesday November it ins Police warn of possible fraud artists Police superintendent Floyd Scbwantz week iaaued a warning to resident of the town in event that Georgetown becomes the next area of operation for fraud operators Earlier month police In Oshawa reported that the bank Inspector swindle wss again In operation and one elderly victim had been bilked out of over The scheme work In much the tame way a previous scam did which took from a Georgetown resident five years ago An inspector requested that a withdrawal be made on a senior citizens account to test tbe accuracy of the books or the computer of an Individual employee The victim Is then Instructed to turn over the cash to another bank employee later outside tbe bank at which time the money is supposed to be re- deposited into the account of the person Needless to say tbe money and inipector are never aeen again Although there many variations to tbe congame that has taken thousands from unsuspecting people It basically bolls down to a telephone call from the bank a withdrawal and the discovery of missing funds Anyone receiving a call should call bank back immediately for verification stated the superintendent Tbe bank will notify the police of the wouldbe scam In time to protect tbe victim fund and hopefully catch crooks banks have changed from the padded forms to a single slips to avoid this inadvertent copying but tbo Waste basket and remaining pads permit fraud operators to get added Information about wouldbe victims No one should know bow much Is in your account but you and the bank and on tbe advice of the police depart ment Report any suspicious calls celebrate their fortieth Congratulations to Mr and Mrs William McGowan of Confederation Street in Glen Williams who celebrated their wedding anniversary last Saturday evening William and Vera residents of the Glen for the past years were joined by their six children and close friends for an evening at the Skyline Hotel In Toronto Mr and Mrs Norman Lund of Richmond Hill friends of tbe McGowans for tbe past years Joined the family In celebrations Mr and Mrs John and Mrs June nee and Lee Mr and Mrs Ron Mr and Mrs Gary and Debbie McGowen Mr and Mrs Verna nee and John and Norman all helped to make the day special for their parents McGowans have seven grandchildren High flying Happy Cooker By Gerry What do you do when you get bored or want to think things out Do you go for a walkT Listen to music Take time out for a show If your name Is Barbara you have your own special means of getting away from it all you take to sky Among her many other endeavours Barbara is also a lady pilot She Is a delightful personable woman filled with enthusiasm and showing an outgoing per sonality Warm end friendly with a com pletely natural manner that says this Is the way I take it or leave it She and her husband Tom have been married for IS years They have two grown sons who attended Georgetown High and are now doing post graduate studies at university Barbara Is a member of SBs an in ternational allwomens flying club founded by Amelia In IBM The membership now numbers over strong In all over tbe world When Barbara and her family moved to Georgetown 10 yean ago from the United States Canada had only members at large In the section In Canada She has been the Governor of tbe Eastern Division for the post two years and helped plan the recent survival weekend at Camp Dorset was to teach who took part a basic knowledge of survival after tbe plane is set down in a forced landing she said Very often its not getting the plane down but what happens after youve landed that sur vival depends upon Barbara has been flying for over 10 years and loves every mlnuute of It Frying is a constant challenge I cant think of anything that Is quite like it and once you start you never want to quit At the beginning of International Womens Year Barbara bad a meeting of at her home to which members flew In from various parts of country We wanted to devise a project that would si mulate Interest In flying for women In Canada and show some of our ac complishments she recalled Prime Minister Trudeau agreed to draft to be Down by members to each provincial prime minister in honour of IWY It was quite an undertaking but we have completed It suc cessfully Barbara feels that there Is definite discrimination against women in aviation Canada has only one female commercial This Is both sad and unfortunate because there are She told of one story of a pilot who had received her Instructors permit and was teaching people to fly She applied for a commercial positional the same time as one of her male students who bad not yet com tbe course He received an ap pointment for an Interview sue received a sorry but you dont have the necessary Qualifications That waa quite Ironic con sidering that she was his teacher At present such examples are not uncommon but Just you wait she said with a look of pride and determination Barbara a Masters Degree In home economics Prior to raising a family she worked as a nutritionist In Washington DC She bos recently put knowledge to food use and along with Her coilsbora tor ana good friend Jean has written an all Canadian cookbook entitled The Happy Cooker The Happy Cooker contains recipes that have been tested by Barbara and Jean and took some three years to complete The recipes run from the very forms to the quick and easy The book has been accepted by a publisher and Barbara hopes It will be out in the near future Aside from flying writing cookbooks this energetic woman also and plays tennis She has a witty sense of humor that can be seen In a portrait she painted of her Tbe shows two tennis shoes with laces hanging a tennis racquet and a beer bottle which she claims for one point in her sons youth that was all one ever saw of him Barbara is of tbe kind of woman who believes in being her own person She enjoys the many friendships of her fellow pilots around Ibe world I guess If the have any one thing in common their Individuality Eachlsan achiever whatever her own individual endeavours are she said Barbara and her husband who has been a pilot since his navy years enter many race competitions They have many trophies to Barbara Brotherton attribute to their skill Barbara also enters tbe Powder Puff Derby an allfemale competition formed and founded by the It la Barbaras hope that the focus placed on will help young women consider aviation as a career Barbara a lady pilot might presently be the exception to the rule but were sure tbe future promises exciting things for women In aviation Women who like Barbara rise to the challenge that flying offers Personable women like Barbara who arent sitting home vegetating women who prove theres a whole world waiting for anyone who wants to get up and go meet It For Barbara that meeting takes place in tbe beautiful wild blue yonder Obituar Board of Education representative Many Georgetown residents were saddened at tbe news of tbe passing of James Evans at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital November 1 in his Oist year Mr Evans was well known through his association with the local board of education and his activities as Past Master of Credit Lodge His service with the board of education began as secretary treasurer some years before the Inception of the Halton Board of while tbe Georgetown Public School Board governed the few schools in the Georgetown area With the formation of Board of Education In 1B69 he was appointed to the post of supervisor of plant maintenance and operation for the board While only a part time secretary tresurer with the Georgetown board he operated an Insurance agency started by his father The Walter Evans insurance agency was loco ted In the building that was the old movie theatre on Mill James Evans Street where a restaurant now operates The business was also operated by Ruth Evans his snd was later moved to the Log Cabin that was located on Mill Street where the en trance to the police parking lot now exists An active golfer and curler at the North Halton Golf and in try Club Mr Evans was also a member of St Johns United Church a member of the session the official board and a trustee of the Church James Evans is survived by his wife June a former teacher in Georgetown and daughters Mary Mrs Don MacLennan and Barbara Mrs John Brown now both of Owen Sound and two sisters Ruth of Georgetown and Margaret Mrs of Services were at St Johns United Church with interment following at Greenwood Cemetery 8776525 No Job loo Big Or Too Small carpel In homo Ala LTD Armchair plans force resignation Armchair planning by the region of Halton was listed by a former member of the Land Division Com ml as one of the reasons he resigned from group J A Montgomery former member of the committee representing Hills explained In a September letter to Mayor Tom Hill that I had hoped that my summer recess would have pacified my frustrations with the region Will sell site All is going well in the planning of new regional headquarters Chairman of Allan told regional council Wednesday that the owners of the property on which the building to planned to be built have agreed to accept the regions offer of per acre The only question remaining is whether the region wants the entire lSacre parcel or Just to acres Mr Masson noted but that will be decided shortly The site is located just north of the Queen Elizabeth High way between the Bronte Crek Provincial Park and the new provincial sports complex and the Land Division Com but such was not to be The first meeting rctumwlth armchair plan nlng from the region with blind land freeze attitudes from the Niagara Escarpment Commission with passing Judgement on applicants for the and honesty of their requeststriggered the whole pattern and re established my old feeling of being on a merry go round that I can do nothing about Regional council without Serving Canadians since 1906 Come in and help us celebrate Westinghouse Portable 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