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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 12, 1979, p. 23

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THFHEHALD September Sponsors hold meeting to share information The Hills branch of Operation Lifeline the organ assisting sponsors of Vietnamese refugees Is hold lug an information meeting Thursday evening to It t people know where everything stands regarding donations and pro grams to help the refugees adapt to Canada The meeting will be he la St John United Church on Guelph Street and will begin at be passing along any Informs tion he received In discussions when Istry of Immigration officials as to when Georgetown or might expect their fami lies to arrive The Hills branch is also trying to put together a language program to assist the refugees In learning English and one of the working to gel the program set up will be talking about it Al Rye who Is In charge of gathering furniture for the refugees will the list of donations received and what is still needed spokesman for the Georgetown said the branch is a ware house where furniture is being stored until such time is the refugee families arrive Were ready certainly as ready as we can be without knowing who were getting whether or not will be any children that kind of thing Mrs Slid Joanna Dobbin for one of the groups in Georgetown is organizing a Vietnamese dlnnntr for at St Church in Glen Williams Tile limner will be or the purpose of raising money for the refugees About tin or eleven groups have signed sponsor papers Mrs said Were quite pleased she said Our was and were getting there Bruce member of a private or group in Ac ton said her at the Churches for Boat Peo ple are a good response from tin community group arc still looking for people to even re looking for even temporary so that if know a family is coming in a short period of time we will have at hast temporary pi ice for them to Mrs Bruce Were hoping people who have spice in homes will come forward and r it to the refugees temper only The spice should be available in month or so because tint when will be needed The groups are still accepting Mrs an invonc wish to donate clothing or lure can contact John at 1433 or Steve Orms lij who is working with Ihe Acion Churches for Boat pie HAD OFI- EttS Mrs Bruce said they hue had offers from people to help supply Oriental food for to help ease of adjustment to Cans She wild men one person has told her major adjustment they had lo make wis in diet The groups are hoping pie with an Oriental back ground will be willing lo ssiit refugee families in adjust to and ask thai anyone who would be interest in helping out contact them luc had a fair re sponse already from people who will be helping out whin the come Mrs Bruce slid Its to sec people being so Resident complains about road says town ignores problems Town engineer Bob Austin has responded to an angry letter from a resident with a mixture of assurances that problems will be resolved and queries about the circumstances on which the resident based some of Ins complaints Advised by Mr Austin that all of the problems noted Gillespie of Stevens Crcsccnl are either iw action by the town that his already been scheduled or are being referred appro authorities last Tuesday night lo for ward a copy of the engineer report lo the resident A six year resident of Ste vens Mr Gillespie expressed disdain in his letter over the disrcgird of general road maintenance in a residential area If charge of road he why should ere have to point out problems Mr Gillespie lack of curbs along Stevens and asked that grivcl be spread to cover ruts that have at least three deep The approach from city property lo my driveway is so low my car scrapes coming in and out he wrote The from Stevens to Weber Is a disgrace has been broken and it just full of mud when It Anolhcr lctwcen Stevens and George Kennedy public school his soil lift on cither side he continued leiving conditions that threat en the walkw slurs Mr Gillespie by re questing that Ihe town sand along the ilkwijslocut down on during inter months In his response Mr Austin tint mnjor tiering work wis list il though some deficient re in the ire i of Mr Gillespie home Those are scheduled for re pilr as of an onjomg he Begirding the from Stevens to Weber Drive I tike to it Mr Austin Although the iy lit is lonejludm illy he slid then is no of settlement mil I iparl The sodded sides of ire in repair for mosl he added but tin tin Webor Drive is become w urn private irs which ire next to it ind possible on top of it no tun the last inspection of the fence at the Siemens end his been broken Mr Austin reported tencinf the bound if the block idjacent lo the one rtsi dent I so the mud problem As Stevens is in the e budget mil storm sewer will be mi through this block do think it is economic illy w perform works on laid this Austin chimed that the problem evident alone ilkw between Stevens Kennedy school has been to Ihe mention of the Hilton Board of Tow n staff hop to correct the problem through its agreement the he Council present is Town supports industrial park near Hornby Ins thrown some weight behind proposil to develop indu I its Hornby by indieiting Us sup port for pi in to Ihltm ion Hit pi id referied the prop sal by Developments the phnning depirtment for port but in reviewing the inn I light lEunnl volid to let the illy knov Dry industries such is and would be looted Just north of Highway 401 and south of Stceles Avenue west of Hornby Hoy Booth tint the planning re on that Haiti itdi to the con isted an amend it ret He s ml a mighty boom the hood of John Volkswgn files Into the air for ending to Ihe car chase filmed week for no Honest Thief The took near the mill dam In Glen The intendment ipnrnvetl by council isks the region to expedite its consideration of the proposil that Hilton Hills is generally in favor of Ihe plan barring in environmental and engineer problems which might Miyor igrtid the intendment wis i gooil reiteriting his pre vious comments tint Inciting dry industry in it area m ikes iense The may ir pointed out that for the Marksol proposal is con Undent upon the region for Milton s newly approved industrial pirk to the south We re ill one in the region when it comes to industry lie commented Friends give surprise party The Members ind friends of Rev and Mrs Ed Mitchell of Miplc Ave Church gave i surprise parly at the church with r 40 persons from llev Mitchells former rite in ind well over from Georgetown including i mock wedding and school days got one in the mood for a fun evening and gifts were pre sentetl to the couple by the church and friends The church has grown consider ably since Rev and Mrs Mitchell took it over last Sep and further rapid growth is anticipated in ihe coming year culminating wilh the anniversary of Maple Avenue Baptist Church The church was formerly named Grice Baptist Church and as Sunday School in home op John Street in Georgetown The fellowship times and the dinners Maple Ave church have gotten a reputition with always a good lurnout and the pastnrs versary was another instance of his or 4531111 Stephen P Limited Realtor Street Georgetown Ontario Tom Cooper F R I John Caton Norm Sinclair Guthrie Shortill Silly Reed Sandra Nairn 1300 Robin Fischer Eleanor Howard Coring Don McMillan Wendy Snxtj Rob Allison 4072

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