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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 2, 1976, p. 2

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THE June 1070 Council indefinitely delays Mary wood Pioneer Day committee hoping for biggest yet enjoy the square An application by Mount Carmcl Construction to build more homes as an extension to the Mary wood Meadows subdivision has been put to the side Tor an unspecified period Commenting only that he wished to have the plans tabled for further consideration Councillor Morrow at last weeks subsidiary planning board meeting presented a motion that Mount Carmeli request for an amendment to the Georgetown Official Plan shelve the plans for the time be tabled bang Earlier in the meeting Stan Following a comment by J representing the Councillor Dick that he 1 would like to consider the ramifications of the amend menl councillors voted to hosts its first Festival of the Arts Georgetown District High School will drawing and painting band Improvisation have something to interest everyone this mime and one act plays In addition there will Sunday from to as it hosts Its first be demonstrations of pottery making and of he Arts mask making The afternoon festivities will highlight Everyone Is welcome to attend the free student work in the areas of folk singing afternoon of entertainment MARKET Saturday scene of this soccer exhibition Ian Huffman has just scored a goal against Jeff Looking on with in crest because she supplied he ball is fans aster Sheila Huffman Homeowners Association had outlined once again some of the continuing problems lhat Mary wood residents have been experiencing in their new Jackson urged council to hold up approving an extension to the present subdivision until the town could show they mean business in controlling development of not only the Marynood area but any other new subdivisions through more stringent development agreements The addition to Morywood will move the housing sub division closer to the hospital and medical centre he said creating more dust and noise problems both for the medical centres and the existing homeowners Its starting to affect peoples health he warned Town planner Mario Vendittl pointed out that the lime factor is proving to be the big problem in making the developer meet the terms of his agreement with the town Because the development is a high income homes arc not selling quickly thus delaying developer from finalizing nil aspects of the subdivision such as sod ding and grading We would have hoped the builder would have been more cooperative but no matter how tight our agreement Is If the builder wants to delay or rtol be as lonscientious as other builders no agreement is going stop from hap penlng commented a I lor Hie Morrow There certainly has been less than good cooperation on behalf of the builder of this subdivision everyone dancing Tickets will be available from participating stores for the raffle of a colour TV A complete Itinerary for Pioneer Days June will appear In the Herald In the near future Pioneer Days 76 Is going to be bigger and better than ever before according to Charles Crimes of the Towne Sewing Centre who has Joined forces with Betty Anne Smith of By store George of Gcorgctowi Decorating Jim of Hobbles and Crafts and Ralph of Fletchers Family Shoe Store organize this years version of the annual event Different community groups have contacted Crimes ex pressing a desire to par On your bookshelf at home is there a copy of a book I Chose What were looking for he Prison or a copy of The explained are exhibits which Complete Guide to Winning show how things were done 100 poker If there is and It 13 one years ago of the overdue books from the It is expected that local Hills Library In will prepare Georgetown the library wants displays in accordance with back was reprcscncd at he sod planner Vendltll and Mayor Tom HID turning ceremony by councillors and whos with environment minister Including from left Councillor Pat George Kerr McKcnzle Councillor Dick town Major moment in town Bring back history as sewage plant the books given official start his theme and both the polk and fire departments win participate as usual Plans are on the drawing board for the rest of the program yet incomplete Scheduled to intertaln are the Georgetown Majorettes and Drum Corps pipe bands and the Brampton Townsman barbershoppers chorus In conjunction with the Best Dressed Pet contest for kids Paul Moran of Scarborough will present guidelines for raining dogs be given by local and StewarHown plan shelved A plan for a housing sub division near has been dropped Pilutti who had earlier presented the plans for the 47 a subdivision old the I own 9 planning board Ins week that the owners of the property have decided sell he land for use as farmland Food store objects to new Guelph Street plaza An objection ha been filed against a proposed shopping plaza immediately to the east Iho Gordon Arena parking lot even before plans for have been officially received by council Walter Murray a lawyer attempted to present dents objections to the plans at last weeks subsidiary planning hoard meeting Because however he had not asked beforehand to appear before the board he was allowed to make only a brief statement in which he claimed that he hod been having obtaining information about he proposal from the ana never will Murray said towns staff objections to the new That angered Mayor Tom plaia he said were bused on lull who replied that because present plans for the plaza s the plans for the plaza had not construction and not on its been approved by council they future use yet available for Town planner Mario Vendittl equally Mr upset by councillor that IjDblawi were objecting to the new because it included a major new food store outlet in it M client has never taken a stand in opposition to normal competition Never It doesn play the zoning war game plans for the plaza had been circulated among all town departments only one objection had beer zed Itec Gray had to me combined use of the parking lot entrance with the plazas However Mr Vendittl added hat they were trying to limit the number of entrances onto Highway 7 In the area of the Market Plaza and the new arena a combined en trance was the only way to do that Planning board passed a resolution approving an amendment to the towns zoning bylaw which would allow commercial use of property Once approved by council plans for the plaza will be circulated lo landowners wilhin feet of the property including to Church Immanuei Lutheran Church Worship Service GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE CHURCH Main St Pastor Pcler Ralph Evening Worship Majorettes compete in provincials Two members of he Gcorgeown Majorette and Drum Corps travelled lo recently lo par the On ST GEORGES CHURCH ft Gallagher A ST Eucharist Family Eucharlil Choral Euchami HALTON HILLS PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY Trafalgar Rd And No Highway Rev J Friescn ST JOHNS UNITED CHURCH OF GEORGETOWN AMD GLEN WILLIAMS Rev Mr Date Wood SERVICES OF WORSHIP a 11 am Georgetown Sunday School far all ages at both Nursery Championships In very stiff competition Shechan of Georgetown placed four in the Advanced competitions and Kim Marcel finished fifth in he Strut One of the next events on the Majorette and Drum Corps calendar is the annual recital which will be held on Canada stars in new film Get your free tickets the premiere of the Mormon film Care billed as I panoramic view of the in provinces of Canada and her people President of the Church of the Iiller Day Samls in Canada Tanner Handy who composed the muMe and Miss Teen Canada Diana Lynn Mac ire a few of Ihe who will be in at of 1974 Donald of the June is he new Eloblcoke which scats Overflow crowds will be able view Ihe film on closed circuit TVs at Churchs Toronto Make Centre For good seats be there before the pm showing For tickets coll or Toronto Mission Queen Street East Brampton the idea bothers you of paying the overdue fines on books In your house that belong to the library or lo say it in another way belong to all of us you dont have to worry From June 1 yesterday to Saturday June the library ha3 declared Amnesty Week It means you can take the book back without having to pay the fine which is a maximum of for adults and for kids books Should you be too to face the library staff with mat or mload of overdue books therell be a box at the door where you can drop them off In past years patrons faced with this have also left the books on the steps on he coat rack or pushed them through the mail slot And its not only books Somewhere out there theres a record of the Complete Waltzes of Frederic Chopin the library wants back in addition to Neil Youngs album Harvest and a Img playing record in the Sound of Nature Series Thrushes Wrens and Mucking Birds of North America Librarian Betsy Cornwell in an interview that value of overdue books his year is SI poined out that it was a fairly sizable percentage of the budgeted annually for pur chase of books This figure represents only books library knows have gone out she said Some go out Illicitly she said and the number will be discovered later thlsycar after the library completes an in The cost of pursuing overdue books is like a geometric progression It snowballs and creates extra work for the staff about 15 hours per week If books were relumed on time we could probably buy two or more film projectors or a haltfl dozen 16 films or 300 more books or records And one more thing Whoever borrowed the book Emergency War Surgery In direct years that have gone Into its planning and approval the official sod turning ceremonies marking the start of con structlon of Georgetowns sewage treatment plant small one foot slice of Halton on the regions works staff lulls Kerr then hopped aboard were on hand for both the sod a large bulldozer to take a turning and a luncheon much more Impressive cut beforehand at North Officials became a bit Golf and Country Club concerned when Kerr as he A group vlce- machine into reverse president of Special Projects brief and began backing towards Henderson general Wednescay Town and regional gathered at the site of the construction adjacent lo the existing plant on the Ninth Line to see environment minister George Kerr with a little help from Chairman Allan Mnsson Hills Mayor Tom and Councillor Dick turn over the first sod to mark he construction start of the large aeration tanks was heard lo ask Where the brakes A short distance away were signs of the nearly two months of work that have already been carried out by Comstock In ternational the construction company doing the work addition Not satisfied manager of the Civil Division and Ronald Barton project controller of the Civil Division represented Comstock On hand for the ceremony while Don were a number of officials of represented the architectural both regional and local firm of Proctor and governments although no of the plant Georgetown councillors were Giving brief history of the present Representing plants development Mr Ken- Hills Mayor Hill and the importance of Councillors the expansion to Georgetown Miller Pal and The increase in handling town planner Mario Vendittl opacity to million gafl The mitlee were out in force headed by their chairman Jack and vicechairman Brown Councillors Bill the Mason Tom Sutherland and Mayor Anne Dumber of members he said per day will reach maximum limit or Silver reck That increase will open Georgetowns development to the point where another people may be housed THE WORKS were cut in force for the official start of con struction on Georgetown new sewage treatment plant expansion Members of the committee include from left Brown of Anne MacArthur of Milton Tom Sutherland of Burlington chairman Jack of Burlington Bill Mason of Dick of Hills and regional Chairman Allan Town offers to put lights in lots The present lighting in the municipal parking lots in Georgetown is inadequate especially in the alleyways leading to Main St treasurer of the parking authority Bob told the works committee Monday evening Municipal employees make use of he parking lot and there should be some contribution by the town to the lots Mr said Lighting is small contribution and makes the lots safer for pedestrians and easier for Ihe police lo patrol he said The parking authority docs not have funds pay for the authoritys sole revenue comes said from parking meters he said The parking authority does and this revenue is going not want to spend this money down every In 1975 the parking authority had income of IS plus interest for a total of and expenditures of far a deficit of Mr Gougeon said adding that he parking meters are not enforced He suggested that the narked to purchase a fourth parking lot downtown Councillor Joe Hurst com mended the parking authority for the remarkable job it has done without assistance from the town and said he would be in favour of spending the money for lighting If it finished with it the lights Mr told the library would like It back too works committee The parking Town looks to region for stand on industrial park parking authority should gel available in the street lighting percent of the parking ticket budget revenue Councillor Dick The interest of Is from moved to recommend to money left over from an council that the necessary assessment of merchants be token to have the some years ago which was lights installed and paid for up used purchase the present 10 a cost of 460 The motion parking lots Mr carried The towns subsidiary planning board will await the reactions of regional planners to proposed industrial park before committing itself to any further decisions system water services the area has already prompted regional planners to shelve a similar project The region he sold is opposed to a communal the project Itic plan calls lor the sub dividing of acres located on parts of Lots and in the former township of for use as both an industrial park and a golf club The land would be sub divided Into industrial lots Neither itself planning an industrial park in the same area nor Hills would be able to provide full service or he land Mr said Wed be wasting the pi 1 the of if development phaa Nor Shaw Developments first submitted idea to the board lost December The project allows for acres open land and acres that will lie occupied by an tost west hydro transmission line The lots will be allocated for light dry Industrial use Mr pointed out that the predominance on Class 1 and agricultural land at site presents the only main problem Otherwise he said liie area is highly accessible by road and rail meets pattern requirements and is well suited lo construction Nevertheless Mr volubility of sanitary ami beforehand that Milton Is prepared lo service the area Councillor Hie Morrow said An idenlKol wan turned down by the region because it is impossible lo control and police Ihe ser vicing of light industry Councillor Dick said he agreed lhat the board should first obtain a reaction from the region Maybe the region would go for something less than full services if Ihe project is scaled Councillor suggested Ihe complete restriction of the lots to light dry inuustnal uses and asked that special attention be given to the in sljllalion of buffers out of consideration for nearby homeowners He shootsHe wins the Lions Club hockey draw Allan Clark of may not have been a Montreal fan but wnen the red light lashed in winning Philadelphia three weeks ago the mark of the third pLriod Mr t lark had lo be worih Harrington Holders of other winning Toronto Harris ll to be the lakets in the final game all of John hnm share in the second Georif Alva Hill v Joseph Walts Help We Need You BE A RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR BRING A FRIEND MONDAY JUNE Holy Cross Church Auditorium MAPLE AVE E HEALTHY to and old BOYS will parental content EACH TIME donate arc to BLOOD and HELP THE RED CROSS OBTAIN A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF BLOOD NSPORTATION AND BABYSITTING at clinic to DONORS If n ride Is needed phono Mrs or Mrs Erica Thompson an On clinic day phone or 7SM a not of CLINIC DAY JUNE 7th 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