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n THE HERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Scents 400 jobs on the line if paper tariff passes Fine Papers Ltd GEORGETOWN M THIS PAPER MILL may be forced to close If the federal government accept a mentation to remove a protective tariff on fine papers Bill Hunter elected to Caledon Council William Hunter a Terra area fanner whose father la a former Hal ton County Warden was chosen by Caledon council this rooming to alt on Caledon town council and Peel regional council to replace John who was recently named mayor of the municipality Mr Clarkson was chosen mayor on Jon to replace Ivor McMullln who resigned with a year left in his term to accept the ap pointment as chairman of the Niagara Escarpment Commission The newlyappointed Councillor William Hunter has been involved In farm Organizations and activities and I a former Junior Farmer president He will serve the remainder of 1970 Municipal elections are scheduled for December of this year Defeated In their bid for the vacant council seat were Bannister a Bolton lawyer who Uvea in the town Caledon ward and owns land In Chlnguncousy and Frances Brown a Terra Colta resident who has been active in community volunteer work Both Mrs Brown and Mr Bannister stood un successfully for for council seats In the 1973 municipal election Heavy container breaks loose crashes into cab TRAFFIC ON GUELPH STREET was diverted for two hours Thursday evening while tow truck crews attempted to unanag a container that slipped Its moorings on a tractor trailer flatbed The accident curred on Guelph Street just east of the Mill Street lights Driver the truck Cor of Acton told the Herald that he was not travelling more than when the light changed to red forcing him to come to a stop The next thing he knew the container which contained load weighing many thousands of pounds had moved from the the flatbed approximately feet forward and Into the back of the cab Mr a driver with Tyler Transport was not injured but the cab was damaged to the extent of several thousands of do liars Three tow rucks were needed to pull the container back Police meanwhile were diverting westbound traffic on Guc down Maple Avenue to Main Street by George Reporter Two Georgetown paper companies the town two major employers may be forced to fold If the government follows a recommendation ttte Economic Council of Canada At stake are almost WO that add about million annually to the local economy from the payrolls of Provincial Paper Ltd and Fine Papers companies that began operations in Georgetown in 1906 and respectively The threatening recommendation is a removal of a protective tariff on papers products the two plants produce exclusively The tariff puts a duty of 12W to is percent on paper imported from the United States whose markets on the average are 10 times the site of Canadian ones Says Jack Crlchton manager of the Domtar plant It Just allows us to be com compete The two men each of whom can look out his office window and see the others are facing the some problem They have been watching Imports of American paper rise to 15 percent from percent of the total Canadian market In fine papers since 1967 In 1974 the chunk S Imports tore out or the Canadian market was worth A strike that has closed paper mills across the country for up to six months has not put local workers on picket line because employees of the two mills belong to another union which Is not on strike In such a situation business ought to be booming The mills should be going 24 hours a day seven days a week to supply strike- starved consumers and Crlchton both reported that they were on a regular five day week Today cons tonnage is ported from the States says Echoing him ChrlchWn says he has noticed Increased activity in mIIs In the Northern States Both men said the same thing but in different words when asked How come American mills hove faster wider machines in a market where each machine would run different grades of paper for as long as week or more Mills here sometimes change the grade a machines runs three times a day The second Item and Crlchton each mentioned was the cost of labour Statistics released by the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association state that the wage rate received by a labourer In a Canadian mill ranges from to MM an hour In the United States the range Is from 3 68 to an hour The machines which put gloss on paper destined to become beer lables company reports etc must themselves be Imported from the United Stales and are subject to import duties collected by the Canadian government Duty must be paid on each nut and bolt we Import to maintain the equipment says Crlchton To combat the situation each mill has made certain the different levels of govern are aware Letters have been sent to MP Frank MPP Julian Reed and Mayor Tom Hill of Hills The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce has also registered Its objection to the removal of the tariff by notifying the different levels of government Should any significant across reduction of the tariff occur the Candian Pulp and Paper Association estimates that or mills in Canada would shut down eliminating about lobs It would cause great disruption in the I dont know where Id go Workers fear for jobs Workers at the Abltibl and Domtar mills were unanimous In condemning the removal or reduction of the tariff which la safeguarding their jobs When appraised of what removal of the tariff might mean to their livelihood this Is what some of them said Isabel Beaumont has worked la years at I don t like the Idea Jack Kemahcad has worked at for years He said Do I like the Idea Not loo much I like to work Ron Corbelt has Never worked anywhere else Corbett has spent years at Chad wick has worked two Years at Domtar It would be a big disappointment a big let down Robert Clark has worked at Domtar for three years I don know where I Co Work crews are handling heavy snow within budget Although Hills Is not through Its budget for snow this winter under what some are claiming is the heaviest snowfall In decades town engineer Robert Austin an lei pa tea no Increase in the budget for snow removal next winter The new year budget Is not set yet he told the Herald last week and I m not an tic pa ting Increasing the snow budget The budget for removal this year is Under the onslaught of snow storms battering Halton Hills and putting a heavy load on snow crews engineer Austin any a crews hove worked normal days and nights as needed The snow s not hampering the works department We re here to plow the snow and we re doing It Carnegie Class almost filled will begin soon A dote and time have been set for the Preview Night for the Dale Carnegie Course The date a Monday February and the time s Teresa Holland who Is organising his the second Dale Carnegie training course In Halton Hills presented in conjunction with the Herald notes that there are still a few openings remaining Tor the course preview but they re going quickly We certainly encourage anyone who is Interested at all to call us for more In formation as soon as possible fortunately there are only a limited number of seats available Response to the course has been good Mrs Holland commented but anyone In terested would be well advised to give her a call at The Preview Night will be held at the Lions Club hall The evening will feature a memory training presentation refreshmenta and a door prize Therclsnocharge Chief asks you to clear snow away from hydrants If you happen to have a fire hydrant close to your home or property Fire Chief Ken Is asking that you take a few extra swings with a shovel and clear the snow from it After all the house you save moy be your The large amount of snow these past two weeks has definitely presented a problem to Georgetown volunteer firefighters In fin ding the hydrants In a hurry Thus for it t resulted In a serious situation but CI warns that the time It could take firemen to find and then clear a burled hydrant could be the critical minutes in their fight to save a home lives our employees says Crlchton adding that with their speclallied jobs they would find difficulty gelling other employment We re definitely concerned says pointing out that the closest mill which could take workers Is In St Catharines But If the tariff Is reduced who knows haw many of their people will be laid off American Imports are huge even with the to We certainly need all the pressure we can put on says Crichton Each man realizes that should the tariff be removed there would be only mills left none of which could look forward to clear sailing Domtar Abitibi situation potentially serious MP Philbrook MP for described the removal of the pro tec ve tariff on fine papers as potentially serious In a telephone Interview with the Herald Mid that the Economic Council Canada recommendation was not official government policy yet and that the report was not binding on the government He said the finance com mlttee of which he is a member had scheduled public hearings on the proposed removal of the tariff before last Christmas but that they had been indefinitely post He could not say when the matter would be brought up again The removal of the protective tariff won happen overnight MP said A decision on the matter would be several years away at least It a little premature Myra has worked IB years at and said ft doesnt sound very good The mill been good to me John Ingtls has worked 31 years at Abltlbi It not too good I would not like it not Gail Hayes has worked at 14 years and she summed It up In one word ABITIBI Provincial Papers Ltd began operation In Georgetown years ago Will It remain open In five years Barber and Fletcher capture Canadian Novice Championships Kris Barber of Glen Williams and his skating partner Patty Fletcher of Scar borough last week captured Dance Pairs crown at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships held In London Ontario Kris Is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Barber Park Street Glen Williams The young pair performed so well In the Canadian championships all seven of he judges viewing the 12 competing pairs from across Canada judged Kris and Patty first Their average mark Kris recalls was about high mark for Novice skaters Kris and Patty who skate out of the Upper Canada Figure Skating Club in Toronto under the coaching of professionals Roy and Sue had to skate three compulsory dance programs during com We were more confident than last year commented Kris but It going to be a lot harder next year Last year they finished sixth In Novice competitions But next year they graduate to the Junior level which provldesa much suffer brand of competition While the Junior and Senior skaters progress on to international competitions the Canadians round out a very successful season of competition for the Novice pair which began with the sectionals held In Georgetown last month Although the competitions are completed they are however stated by the Canadian Figure Skating Association to present a few exhibition performances including one this weekend in Quebec City Council wants study before allowing 500kV line here Hills council has added its voice to the growing chorus of protestors objecting to the construction of the Bradley Georgetown Hydro transmission line After hearing a presentation made to them Monday night by Walter Scott Georgetown town council supported a resolution which will bo forwarded to the minister of energy Dennis Tim ell objecting to any further work on the section of the line that cuts through Hills until an Independent study of alt alternatives for transmission routes been carried out Mr Scott told the councillors that con trary to Ontario Hydro statements hydro lines over farm property have many detrimental affects both or the nearby resident and perhaps for all of Halton Hills The transmission lines he said could affect the operations of the new Cable Systems TV tower under construction In How much affect it will have is proportionate to where the towers are located In relation to the pickup point for the TV signals Mr Scott said Interference to AM and FM radios In a broad area around he hydro corridor would be significantly Increased he continued HAM radios located within the Immediate area would not work at all Police radios would also be totally cut off within a close radius of the tower lino Mr Scott who was representing the Concerned Group who hove been lending the fight against the V lines construction continued that the line definitely can throw off an electrical discharge He told of visiting an area in Klelnbcrg where the only In Ontario is located Getting out of his car he touched a piece of metal and received a tremendous shock which left his arm numb for number Anyone who has a heart pacer he claimed could be In serious trouble should ho stop beneath a 500ltV line ir ihey re Just passing under It I don t imagine It would have that much or an affect but If they stopped beneath It they could be in serious trouble Besides the problems created by the electrical discharge Mr Scott also pointed out that the towers would have a great Impact on the Niagara Escarpment visually After nil It as high as a six storey building This corridor affects not only the pcopja in the immediate area It but in the entire area of Hills Councillor Lea Duby commented All we re really asking from Ontario Hydro with our resolution is a guarantee that regardless of where the lino goes It will not have the affects we ve been told about tonight upon any community The lone councillor objecting to the resolution was Councillor Hyde who stated wo should be very concerned with putting stumbling blocks In front of let a coll it progress We be In one helluva mess without power JEAN seen here wielding a snow shove says snow shoveling is very good exercise She got an hour exercise last drift