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Merchants salesmanship is put to the test A former downtown store owner himself Mayor Pete Pomeroy examines the crisis facing Hills businessmen Herald Slaff Before Pelt I ior of Hills hi was a downtown Georgetown selling out of the which is now under new and known North ill it not prising In heir him dis cuss the nation iritis and pirticu its on small lonicrnid with the in lax revenue other town benefits looking at erosion of small as way of life Perhaps more forceful emphasized his M Pomeroy will laniily depend on the imagination of in to shop I we slump business like fashion mid to manage thai way ml survive what WnlO i slump art similar in those of Lynn lUmird chairman of the flu RIDING THE RECESSION A Special Herald Report SECOND IN A SERIES liki his ImpmLRititl Area BIAt Hilton region rcitir Milt survival in the businessmen in it ti sell lhe area as told Tin Ilirald rettiitlj viry Tlu people in tht fuluri of who mmutfid in a Alton Ily short term hi ex hi dmls I look for a full for about four or fivi as the slump ripples through and Major hi supports improvements Hills two s mill it it will bring immidule rilnf to downlown holding ltlr own higher ad costs and rising in trying plan on i long term there is a slow Joint the town tin and Georgetown to plan tht rivilahiation of lie dnvt cores It would be wrong to simply pull a blanket over Now the time to do hi planning There are two major reasms lie Is dent it the downtown arias can One snow greater part pat i on from town I on redevelopment pi ins the to fund stud of the to assess their respective futures And this town helped secure I onus from the for projects which will be carried out is a result of some of findings PI OWNERS Major also hut plan own -877-5213- FOBERT RbbI Estate Ltd EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS- the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY JUNE 1982 muffler king 3 Mountainview N 8770151 At Speedy You re a Somebody Two weeks til Guelph St resurfacin Bounce no more road repairs on way ii emus Herald Staff Writer Relief is in sight for motorists tin d of bom jarring ride Street between and Avenue Phase of the giant four phase recon strut lion project will be tomplelid in JuK town menl told The Herald Monday Willi hi last coal of to be laid in about weiks began ytnr to widen roid turn lams at tainview ind the Hills Shopping Plata motorists grumbled about construe caused bottlenecks nnd slow tips last and west along Street Triffic lights and left turn lanes have also been added at the Simlair inter section in the million of the project town engineer ltd explained thire is some reme dial work which must be on id North South ihe before the last Coot of is laid Traffic il iij ItOtid will inconve- nuncid is construction crews re excavate a sec lion of the road near the station and not her the Scotia Dink to rcphce material wlmh during the spring linn Hut he work should be finished couple of weeks he said and motor isls will be gliding along a firm Fresh surface of pavemEm Meanwhile region tins additional con strut lion plans for Road South at date near the mirketphte In a project half of which Is paid for by the province transportation and communications mini slry lights will be installed at accident Intersection and turning lanes added During tht latest phise in Guelph on handled general For Mar Paving Ltd of Mil he region was responsible for and walermain work at the Mountainview Road inter section The underground work partofwhichinclud installing new storm lowers paid for by the town was completed by Vol Dal Construction Ltd of traffic on ing Mountainview had negotiate a bottleneck caused by a temporary traffic light standard v Into the street last fall and winter New standards were installed this spring and pro blem removed by Guild Electric or Toronto SUItw ilks were recently Installed on both sides or Sir it I in the con area allowing pidchinans walk to Gordon Arena to iilhir of the shopping The sidewalks were included in the Phase costs per cent of is being for by he transportation ministry Thtn art two more phases left in the Street project Tentatively scheduled to be completed toward the end of more fruition Is planned between the vacant store and Boulevard widen ing the for an extra tr the lnlM ta lhe lovm lor kid me park and department were painting clown to chase away lhe day blues Kraut left and Hope were among on Main GREASEPAINT CHASES OFF THOSE RAINY DAY BLUES leorRetOHnforlhecommunlty Pioneer Days celebrations See page for stories and lols more photos Hern Id by Dave Another hydro line for Just conjecture mayor says PIONEER HIDEOUT KceplnRdry on the Main of was no easy feat Saturday at the Pioneer Day so seeking refuge under a trailer seemed like a sensible solution Lee and Andy By 10 a Ihe rain had enveloped the open airmail In the downtown area forcing cancellation of the early afternoon parade down Main Street However the engine whistled defiantly through out the morning rain sending its signal skywards until rain Mopped and the uppers returned The rain held for rest of the day turning Pioneer Days Into a spectacle of shopping bargains and old time exhibits Baby Jennifer doing fine after fourhour operation Jennifer Doyle the 20- month old Georgetown baby who hod a heart opera thai Thursday morn Is showing good signs of recovery at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Shes doing real good father Clarence Doyle Bald She running around now Following four hour operation Thursday ifer was put Into intensive car until Friday afternoon Since then she has been recovering in tho ward Its expected shell be home shortly perhaps Saturday Jennifer the youngest of ilx children of Clarence and Doris Doyle of Nor Boulevard had a growth inside her aorta making the artery narrow so that blood get through easily In another year after she rests and gets her strength back Jennifer will be returning to the hospital for open heart surgery No matter how bad we thought it was at the time we found out there arc a lot of children in worse condition with more comp lications Mrs Doyle said family doctor had said Jennifer had a heart murmur Then In Janu when Jennifer came down with a cold the doctor said her heart murmur sounded more pronounced and sent her for teats at the Toronto hospital The testing began in mid March and that a when we first knew she had to have the opera Ions Mrs Doyle said Into to I June IS for tests in preparation for her first operation Thursday at family was touched by the concern of children neighbors on their street The family was presented with a gift of raised through a bake and garage sale last week It started out Utile gifts for Jennifer and kind of mushroomed Mrs said I knew the neighbors were having a garage and bake sale But It really took me by but prise when they told me It was for Jennifer I had even contributed it I The money is going toward travel expenses enabling Ihe family visit Jennifer In the Toronto hospital Ontario Hydro may be looking it Hills for more transmission tower space in its bid to expand its circuit network extend ing from the Bruce nuclear power plant to southwestern regions of Ihe province In a decision reached Friday a eonsolldated hearings board rejected Hydro proposal to run a transmission corridor from the Bruce plant to London and a parallel line from London to Middle- port arguing that this would take hectares approximately I acres of prime farmland out of active agricultural Instiid it suggested that Hydro should run its corridor between Bruce and north of Barrle and add another circuit parallel one existing along Highway between Milton and London Meanwhile Mayor Pete who mel with Hydro chairman Hugh MacCaulay Tuesday morning another Hydro line running west to east through the towns southern boundary Is ail conjecture at this paint There Is no indication that another trans miss on line will be built in Kills In the fore seeable Tutu re Mayor sold Ho declined to comment further on the boards decision until he has reviewed a copy of the document adding that Mr s Hills visit was planned well in advance of Friday announcement The meeting included a helicopter trip over Hydro north south dor through Acton and queuing well as a number of projects in which Hydro lhe town share an inter est Hydro Laura has been handling community relations for rouleit will would cover a broad the utility while hearings Ontario band within which the have been held to discuss power network ntw may fall Hydros proposals for while the board has said of this route and Hydro must plan a route known is 1 would be she told The Herald Tues from plant held under day Ihnt Hydro Milton to Assessment Act guidihm be expected to begin itil at lust the late or spring of deter he London further d public hearings would launch an appeal Suspect in van returns to lure schoolchildren A mm trying to lure school children Into a brown van with on orange stripe was at It again this week In of Weber Drive regional police sold the driver showed up Monday at using as but Police noted this was the first time the suspicious character described as white with wearing dark sunglasses and a cowboy hot has shown up on a day other than Tuesdiy Schools have been warning children about getting into cars with strangers but police are worried pre school children less street wise will be tricked Anybody noticing the man or van arc asked to call Criminal Investigations Bureau detective Doug McMillan at extension CHARMED BY ANGELS Yvonne a Hills School of Dance John Theatre t help be charmed by returned to line LibraryCultural Centre Sunday night little angels like these Jumping and pirouetting for another routing presentation by children of various Herald photo by ages Who among the friends and fans in the