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Your Morning Smile the HERALD FEBRUARY Home Newspaper of Hills mi lhe paper reaching more than homes m GO service disrupted by derailment An mi National freight train mile cast of the Georgetown closed both CN lines and GO Transit Cause for derailment of five cars the third to eighth or a cor Irani pulled three locomotives is still under it ion There were no injuries The train was proceeding from in Yard in Toronto at Highway and to Windsor I iccidtnl 1 1 iv lift wis at the scent early Fridays i representative lit hoped the lint 1 til Friday The I down GO Transit Georgetown in Ton Service happened a tittle later said GO spokesman Jo I of our locomotives would have been Irapped in Georgetown As we were ibk lo reroute through Brampton In of train service buses were used carry GO Transit customers to from Georgetown Many passengers elected to continue to drive to work or the Brampton The derailment GO to run only the second train at in ind fourth Iriin it i a spokes m in for imdnn lay tost of to the Ih if dcr in in I- will nut too Iki d i Iciu tht track remained I few tipped Thtciuseofllf nils still unknown it is under investigitjnti the Can in Transport ion and ition it Service on tht ronto Windsor line was rerouted around ind two of the our GO trims from Georgetown to Tironlo were rcpliccd with buses Clearing of lumtir debris was tompltled ui m GO ns were running norm illy for rush hour In ait inform Tom Henry ling or rush hi but the first trim was itt mil he wis ibout minutes Looking caul from lhe Maple Avenue Overpass MISSES THREE MEETINGS Trustee Long loses seat Skipping meetings of board of to attend to business dealings has cost trustee I of George his op the boiril In telephone interview Mi t ducalion Director merson lavender said in opinion on the matter i id en received from the ministry which was Mr has lo hi st the is in the position of hi 0 someone Mr dt Mid tin reappoint Mr it il til mi Mir t ittir ml tint tin Mr Morion is still to in with Mr Linens still iC lilt longmCih fir i an woman I during the s publn question ptriod Thursd revelled a section of the ldut the trustee who ibsents himself without being authorized by solution m tht minutes from ihrct consecutive meetings of the lhereb his beat Mr m meetings and 16 attenutd the in cling He in Ittv Morton Mr long hid told him advance that hi d be in durui I inn and brum on bus ness he should resign Mr Morton said he idvised it was not nrcessarj in tht short hiil following stritl would lead to in for the if Mr was shortly municipal issue Is the Ontario tducation had to do with small board of testation ago that mtl inly about onct a month Mr Mr tin mil represents Wards and Georgetown i lor this indie he that taken by board the time ol Iht third constcullvc re until he read aloud section of the Act which hi interpreted mtan Mr not surprised Wow Raiders drop Yugoslavs See pages and for details Daley scores Town seeks ministry aid for Metcalfe ravine erosion Hilton Hills should ministry of my funds in ivoilibk to used for Mettilfi oun Mike litre sjoing to in runoff said an it It is i flood if so tan fiQt iddttionil money rim ministry authority would to plead for thi mom Ik pt in tht re sol I on by council showing support of the notion would ml Pit Credit Villi isdoinj study of rivmenow and that Iht runoff flood re not lo get two grants oun Us member he nuked authority to speed up reports from staff on the ravine and ilso Paper Mill Dam on the expected that would be cutting from its 9 budget any funds for Mctcnlft Council passed solution not to cut units for the ravine from Its 1Q7H budget If wetan obtain funds lets find out now Armstrong said said the budget needs be approved at Richmond Hill and someone from the Hilton police seeking who saw what mm have been a hit on Inv oh a 14 year old evening mid police to hear from who Ihr which look place between Saturday on near McDonalds They would alio like to hear from the man who stopped to to far certain lhal was a cote of the leaving cene saw Incl doit and the girl cant re member whit huppenrd piece of Ice thro up by Information Ihe police have Ihr girt was crossing when the happened She remembers crossing street but her recollect Ion I- of lying In Ihe roadway with a man bending over her asking her how she fell She was Injured on the side of her The girl I remember out ilOiough there is an ippeal period There is no question leaves of for Mr Long could pissed by Mr Morion said Tht board may soon adopt the practice of the Hilton Roman Catholic school which his a resolution for absent trustees is port of the normal agenda and thus not likely to unwary Mr Morton indicated Attempts by The Herald to reach Mr Long for comment hive failed Picked Up In Passing Mr an ill the Ixiard ceiving a complaint on Mr Morton s ild I- ducition tor nurson snd he ould hivi i legil in rprtLation for tht board is iiiurts for dealing witn own to meet Rav is behind unci I to rt quest the which has a used I to irj of resource- Iht at icit with the town lntt to widen to feet in the matter as well as hies with steep banks POLICE SEEK WITNESSES parents meet over area schools fate parents have committee to protest the twinning of their school with Joseph Gibbons school In Georgetown At a meeting In Community Hall Monday a group of more than GO parents listened their school trustee II Bert Hlnton explain that a proposal will be put before lhe board of education Thursday suggesting that one economy measure possible to cut costs In schools with dropping enrollment would be to twin the small school with another school and eliminate a salary The proposal suggests winning with Joseph Gibbons and with Robert Little school In Acton Mr said Board for the north area George Heaver told the group that twin proposal an attempt to keep the schools as a viable active unit in the community Mr contradicted him however and insisted lhal he sees the proposal as Ihc beginning of a situation to the one in Nerval which culminated in the closing of the Nerval school Generally twinning schools should be seen as a short term solution prior closing a school Mr quoted from main sent to h m for information at tomorrow night board meeting I don i ie Hit school will continue he Insisted because twinning only occurs In schools with declining enrollments Mr Heaver pointed out that naturally twinning is only used when a school enrollment drop below level where it seems practical pay the extra salary have a full time administrator in the school If there Is a figure at which It is no longer practical to em ploy a principal there must also be a figure at which that principal could be returned If the enrollment climbs again he said Board predictions for enrollment In see a decline the present students ISO in September arc expected to declining to 170 in However Continued on Page ID Photography 50 years service Jack Harrison trainer for the Georgetown Chrysler was awarded The Herald Portrait last week at a hockey heritage dinner The award is presented by The to dedication and service to the hotkey community complete of the ctrcmomes held in conjunction with the visit National Hockey team turn to page Lost and found The Herald offices on Main Street ore becoming the lot lost and found We have in want of the right owners licence plate one galosh about sue 10 one one I964datebook bub tap call at Herald offices or telephone Tax reduction Hilton Hills ratepayers who want to isle council for a reduction of taxes can do so between 30 lo p m on Marth 2d council decided Monday Hydro meeting meeting between Hills council Ontario Hydro to discuss associated with constructing a line through the town has been called for March it in chambers Pianist places first Robbie Beaumont 10 competed in the Music festival in Toronto last Weelnesday and wilktd away with top honors or the Under IB class He will be performing with the Georgetown Choral Society in thcirPotpoumo Melody at Knox Church Georgetown at m Saturday and Sunday Band seeks members Citizen Pind is looking for members The bind holdsaftw concerts and parades and has won many awards in competitions since its formation in An instructional program is offered where beginners can to read perform lor the price of the promise work at it ind most instruments are available on loan every Tuesday and the bond practices 8 and 10 pro each Wednesday in the Acton resident members are accepted Interested members can call bandmaster George Elliott Bower Ave Acton at between and Halton students high school graduates who took port In recent literacy tests at college did better proportionate ly than about 6S0 students who look the test of which over per failed Bruce Mather superintendent of the program told board of education Thursday that there were students In that lest and per cent of the group passed However Mr Mather added that really strong conclusions be drawn from these statistics Open house The grand opening of the Warehouse Armstrong Ave from 1 p through Basketball contest The Optimist Club of Georgetown Is presenting Annual Pass Dribble and Shoot day The show of basketball skills will be held at St Francis of School and all are welcome to attend For further information contact John Shaw or Johni 1819 Reapply for benefit Federal health and welfare officials urge that security pensioners presently receiving Income Supplements to reapply before March Some 350 applications have been mailed Out and only those recipients who reapply will continue to receive the supplement The federal government supplement Is available only to persons receiving Old Age Security pension