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SECTION A TOE HERALD Wednesday Scarborough Former Coun Roy Ballentlne witnessed Voluueer Ambulance Service when then mayor of the milestone outside the old GVAB garage on James Georgetown Joseph Gibbons banded over the keys to a Street now the recreation department office new Cadillac ambulance to former se vice chief Dan photo Latest equipment at GVAS open house An ambulance that can carry up to ten stretcher patients at a time will be driving In to Georgetown Sunday Called the Metro Bus because of Its size ambulance Is usually used during disaster times Also arriving In town helicopter called Bandage One The air ambulance will be lanmnR at the Georgetown District Memorial Hosp Both ambulances will be open or touring as part of the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service anniversary open house Everyone welcome to drop by at the hall on the corner of Chapel and Guelph Streets Come dunk free in free coffee and look a displays and demonstrations of ambulance service The open house Is from noon to Sunday Striving to aid those in need local service reflects on changes A black hearse would come to get you back in late 1950s In the 1960s It was a long cadillac Today the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service has a Ford and Dodge In its garage on the comer of and Chapel Streets Run from the McClure- Jones Funeral Home on Edllh Street until 1957 the aame that was used for funerals was put Into action for When the funeral bus got too busy the town bought their own hearse from the funeral borne for The band hears was painted white and flash ers were put on it It was used to take people re quiring hospital care to the Guelph Hospital as there was no Georgetown Memorial Hospital then The ambulance service has come a long way over the years Servicing to calls a year In It bandies that many calls In three weeks now The service funded by he ministry of health since 1970 has two paid start during the day and trained volunteers available in tbe evenings Calls for an ambulance ring to the Brampton central dispatch which handles Brampton Hal ton Hills and Bolton A Mrs Oliver and her band used to dispatch police ambulance and Are services until the calls became too much with the growing populat Ion Besides changing veh icles over the years the has also moved a couple of tunes Original ly volunteer service Mike of Brampton radio patient Information into the ambulance service dispatch Located hi Brampton he dispatch deals with calls throughout Hills Brampton and Bolton Mike has been a volunteer with the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service for years now During the day he works as dispatcher at the Brampton office Herald photo operated out of garage on Cross Street overlook he downtown core Later they established headquarters on James Street adjacent to Rem Park where the recreation depart meat Is now located From James Street the service moved to their current Guelph and Cha pel Streets location Birthday bash like you never seen As hard as It is to believe tbe John Elliott Theatre will be one year old during the first week of November and to commemorate the occasion the town recreation and parka department ia sponsor two amateur nights Nov and Nov Who knows it might be the first step into a career which will lead to a gala pert at Roy Thomson Hall You has e until Oct to get your act together and an cation Tilled in Each performance will last about minutes and there be singing and dancing a little comedy and maybe a bit of drama Applications are available at James St in Georgetown or Mill St in Acton the town recreation department office or you can pick them up at the clerks office on Trafalgar Road tbe Main Street finance department office In Georgetown the cultural centre and Georgetown Nell Music and G and S Tele la ion They should be returned to the department For more Information call extension G2 Indecent act A man in his mid driving a twodoor grey vehicle exposed himself to two 12 year old girls before driving away He had stopped the girls Wednesday about p to ask them for directions before the indecent act as regional police called it took place The suspect was described as wearing mechanics overalls having black hair and being clean shaven Ho stopped the girla on the corner of Drive and Delrex Boulevard In Georgetown Schoolyard assault Two school children playing In the Centennial Public School playground on Georgetown Boulevard were indecently assaulted Saturday afternoon The two girls and years old were approached by a man to years old with shoulder length curly blonde hair wearing a dark blue shirt and blue pants Barn burns An old ham behind the Village Manor Rest Home on Acton a Main Street North burned down Monday night about 10 40 regional police officer was In the area when he heard an explosion and saw flames shooting into the air The fire Is under investigation by police and the fire office Arson has not been ruled out yet An 16year old Acton man was arrested at the scene and charged with obstructing police He will be appearing in court Oct 4 Grant received regions social services department breathed a huge sigh of relief last week when the Ontario government approved a grant to prevent cutbacks In the region daycare service Some 380 disadvantaged Halton children would have done without daycare this year because of a shortfall in the regional budget The province is already financing another 103 daycare positions Artisans Mall Ontario deputy tourism minister John Laschin will officially open the Artisans Crafts Mall at Hide House Sept Similar In concept to the complex In Toronto the mall will provide Hide House visitors with the opportunity to watch professional artisans at work They 11 be leathercrafling weaving sculpting and woodworking alongside a resident crafts gallery and a show gallery that opens with the Ontario Crafts Council permanent collection Hats off to Lori It was academy awards night at Canada Wonderland Sept and year old Kentner walked off with the most congenial hostess prize beating hostesses at the five theatres on the park The Grade 13 Georgetown District High School student was presented with a glass dragon on a marble base for being such a good usher at the International Showcase theatre Since school began Lori has been working weekends at the park It was her first summer working at Canada Wonderland ftp ANNOUNCEMENT DR EDWARD ORTHODONTIST s relocating his Stewarttown Practice to 116 ST At Maple Ave Georgetown on Tuesday Sept REVISED OFFICE HOURS GEORGETOWN IISQualphSt 100 tun pun Than- 12J0pjn MILTON Tfc 2M50nLSt Mon100fMn 1230 School of rrlocblltna IS NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER CLASSES Limited Enrol Visual Wardrobe Co- ordinal Skin Care D el and on Exercise Ha Core Ei Make up Speech We Are Proud To Say We Trained For Further Information With No Obligation Call Barbara Young after 6pm Registered With the Private Vocational School J Over 1 graduates recommend Young Drivers of Canada centres coast to coast Or ve a ages Cou fee s lax deduct by trie You co standard cars Enqu about ruuranceprem to vale uct on F p up at home on by the Ontario Safety League You only earn tod once dot NEXT COURSE STARTS WEDNESDAY SEPT 22nd Wednesday Thursday Evenings 6 30 9 30 m 16 Mountainvtew Rd S Georgetown 8770751 Acton drownin probed Jury presents its findings from page Ai an hour and a half before returning with ten recommendations to prevent repetition of tbe tragedy JURY ADVISES That one additional person be employed to patrol the park area lo ensure that park properly not being abused That picnic tables be fastened In such manner so that tley cannot be That standard life- saving equipment be installed in the beach area That the willow tree located at the eastern end of the beach be trimmed to a minimum height of ten feet above he water level That the fence be extended a minimum of ten feet past the buoy line preferably chain link ana that an appropriate warning sign be perm attached to the fence to indicate danger That the buoy line be attached to the fence at the existing post that Is at substantially water edge That rules and regulations of the area be attached permanently to the life guard chair That a set of rules and regulations be form specifically for out door open swimming areas That search proce dures be revamped to assume that the missing person is In the water until proved otherwise 10 That proper adult supervision be strongly encouraged In any manner possible POOLS ONLY Maria Dimic Nicks mother told The Herald she feels the lake should be closed off entirely for swimming with public swimming only In the pools Andy Stewart lawyer for the Patey family suggested the swimming area is Inherently dangerous because of the dropoff and asked the Jury to consider closing it Are two lives worth a swimming area he asked Mr said he was satisfied with all but last recommendation made by the jury He said it was pointing the finger a Ittle too hard at the parents As far as I con cemed I sent ray kid down with a capable babysitter She got two courses In lifeguarding Mrs declared Can parents be the same way talking to each other or to a neighbor I don blame the at all a responsible young However Coroner Mac intosh thought differently There Is absolutely no substitute for the minute- by minute second by second adult care of a child and forced to confess it was lacking here for both boys at some time Macintosh con cluded before sending the jury off to their delibera YOUNG BROTHER Brent had been at the beach ffi the care of 13year old Maria who was aJso looking after her young brother and She was by friend Wade IS and met two older boys Terry Corkum and John Cox at the lake Nick had gone to the lake with his brother Paul 10 and a friend Jake Ram When Jake mother wanted to return home at Jake said Nick want to leave tbe water then seemed to agree and moved toward shore Jake turned to collect their towels and when be looked again moments later Nick had disappeared Town lawyer Tom Anderson commended the actions of bystanders and recreation department staff during the tragedy Const Walter testified that attempts to revive the two boys by lifeguards fire and ambulance staff were excellent I couldn t offer any assistance They were doing an excellent Job be said Spectacles are not all created equal Georgetown Optical equalled fo Eyewear Any All lenses guaranteed again at breakage EVE EXAMINATIONS ARRANGED- CALL Georgetown Optical COMPLETE OPTICAL SERVICE Georgetown Market Place no Burma quality WHEN YOU THINK SUMMER THINK JUG CITY The Convenience Food Store that has it when you need it Sealtest 2 MILK 1 3 Bag Campbells tomato soup