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better time to bring family together Christmas is a time to follow the Holy Familys example and begin planning family activities for the year to come Many have time on their bands over Christmas After lilting to and office of various kinds I dud many have as much as two weeks off Entertaining is tional but why not use your time together as a family Hikes are beautiful now that we have snow Cross country and downhill skiing are getting good and skating Is an excellent form of and f This year why not ex tend the tune you have as a family Try something new over the holidays Set aside a couple of hours and try to every one schedule into tune slot Use this time to plan family activities for a whole year Once every one is sat down it may be espec ially for those families that seldom take the time to be together Once the Doll is rolling though the family may resent even the ringing of the phone that might disturb this time Mirks are open hikers campers and skiers Winter camp ing when your properly equipped is an exhilarat ing experience Spnng is always a time when the outdoors beck even the ingrained indoor enthusiast Plan ning now will make this time even more eventful Contact the various gov ernment especi ally the ministry of natur al resources for their various spring programs Summer may seem a long way off now with snow Just arriving on the scene but with proper planning with the family now It can be the best one ever With a family we rifle for the good of others Yet with careful thought all can enjoy the vacation if planned now My Wife and I have vacation already plan ned and as my daughters are already grown we have to always plan for them The tune was not far past when vaca tions were organised around them always in advance and with them suggest and vno plan With all the excellent times available to the a family get together could be held anytime even a fall color tour or camping trip Why not nave each member of the family plan one of the long weekends and all plan next Christmas Weve come full circle and still havent exhaust ed the many opportunities for a family gettogether even dads convention could be used as a high light of the year 877 5213- a FOBERT fUrfEstatalnc EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS- i Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 THURSDAY DECEMBER FORD SALES LTD 8776928 BEST DEAL to A CAPITAL DEAL Hill joins CVCA Newly elected Esqucslng Coun Tom Hill was appointed by fellow council members Monday night as Halton Hills representative on the Credit Valley Conservation Authority unseating incumbent Georgetown Coun Marilyn Serjeantson Mayor Pete was elected to represent town concerns on the CVCA In other internal elections councillors returned Coun Buss Miller to Ihe Halton Region Conservation Authority He will be joined by Acton local Ross Knechtel who replaces Sheldon Trophy for tourney Town council has dipped into the town till to help out a local hockey tournament Council Monday night agreed to pay for a keeper trophy to be given away during the 17th Annual Georgetown Midget Hockey Tournament Jan 4 to NEC choices Hills regional councillors Miller and Dave Whiting as well as Miltons Bill Johnson have been selected by the regions planning and public works committee as candidates for the Niagara Escarpment Commission seat vacated by retired Roy Booth Their names will be sent to Lome Henderson provincial secretary for resources development and the province will eventually choose one In order to complete his term on the commission which ends next Aug 30 Mr Booth would have to be appointed by regional council as its employee we will go Baptist Church will bold a carol service Christmas Eve at pm Everyone is welcome to share the blessed news of the season and tne nostalgia of the old carols Charged in incident A old Acton man was fined in Milton provincial court bee for his part in a disturbance July outside a Mill Street restaurant Kevin Slater was charged with obstructing police Murder hearing Terry of Georgetown was remanded in custody last week on a charge of first degree murder in the death of his brother in law Aug Charged along with his brother Larry also of Georgetown Mr Toris will again appear in Brampton provincial court Jan 10 to set a date for a preliminary hearing Also charged In the snooting death of Anthony at Bramptons Vega Steakhouse are Lawrence Stocking and Brenda Lee Poulin both of Brampton Their preliminary hearing is set to begin March 1 Only one landfill now left in re New deal sought on waste transfer Firm sold new Ben Case celebrating 92nd Yule ByANlPEDERIAN Herald Ben Case has never yet caught Santa but Santas always dropped by That means Santas made deliveries to Mr Case and never been spotted whipping up the chimney Mr Case turned Dec Christmas wed al ways get up early in the morning or In the middle of the night to see If Santa Claus had arrived Mr Case of re calls We never caught Santa bu we always found out hed come Continued on page At Inlo thi lit inn room memories or on papei Christmas spirit Ben Case of has plants In his Indows The it year old resident was Interviewed by The Herald for his lit muses past and inspired he submit led some of bis remembrances Recollections By BEN CASE Herald Special Back in the Gay Nineties Santtr Claus was as much a real person to the young folks as be Is today but in a country village conditions were altogether different than they are today There was no electricity telephones radio or TV and transportat ion was entirely by horse and buggy or cutter Christmas presents meant books and probably hand sleigh or spring skates and indoor games such as a board or Parches dominos or a flip game There would be plenty of warm clothing such as a pair of heavy stockings no long pants then for boys hand knitted mitts and sweaters Christmas meant a family gathering with the usual turkey and a well laden table Afterwards be skating on the mill pond or on a pond in a field if conditions were right Otherwise be on the river hill with a run of at least a quarter mile on a road smoothed over by farm bobsleighs going to and from the village or the chopping mill run by water power Every two or three years we took a long ride by horse and cutter to my father borne in the south Althoughtherewercnohillsoricewenadlots of games in the house with other cousins There we played parlor games such as blind mans bluff and others whose names I ve forgotten Then carpet ball a form of bowling In the long hall and afterwards perhaps an amateur concert and a sing song at the old family organ While we had to make up most of our own fun with hand made toys believe the youngsters of that era had Just as enjoyable a Christmas as the young folk of today with all their mechanized toys and modern Inventions However I may be Just a little bit prejudiced By CHRIS AAGAARD Herald SlaffWrlter Faced with a garbage crisis as the regions landfill site clos es this month Hills wants the province to allow a private waste disposal company to ex a garbage trans station on George towns Armstrong Road Avenue The expansion of the lite located between the and Moldmaster properties In George towns industrial area Is keen as an emergency solution to the towns growing garbage disposal problem Leferink Dis posals Ltd with support from the town and the region awaiting a deci from the ministry of environment on a propos al to establish a fuli- transfer station at the site The region had hoped the fullservice station would be in use in Jan uary night the town supports expanding the present facility for six months allowing the company to bring in a larger garbage compactor to cram the towns trash Into manage able yard loads If no solution Is found while the town awaits a decision on the vice station it will have lo haul Its trash to the regions only remaining landfill site In Burlington A public works depart ment report to council in October said the town doesnt have enough man power to haul the garbage to Burlington and still collect the refuse In on average eight hour shift At a transfer station trash is compacted and then transported to land fill site on trucks better suited to highway If the emergency ion Is endorsed quickly by ministry the town will begin purchasing compacting and trans ling services from Lefer ink ItwillcosttlGpertonof waste delivered for pro cessing at the station and an additional per ton tipping fee at the Burlington dump Halton region while supporting the towns pos wont share the costs of its operation Set up in when the old garbage dump on Armstrong Avenue the transfer station has modeled largely rural residents sparing them a long trip to the or Burlington Residents have been leaving trash in special containers and the region has paid Leferink for the container facilitys opera tion has also been operating a garbage compactor at the site for its private naulage bus and the region says that both the container facilities and the tor have been managed in an environmentally safe manner Every month about 1441 cars drive to the transfer station to drop Continued on page Aio Town considers special plan for lands that are ready to go is horn Head start for some developers Twelve senior management employees of Georgetowns Smith Stone became the business owners yesterday Wednesday following a month of negotiations The new company to be called Smith and Stone 1W toe was purchased for several million exact amount not bring disclosed by former general manager and now new president Stan Took You can wish us luck be said in a telephone Interview yesterday In this day and age its a big undertaking Owned by Canada and Canadian General Electric the new company is now too per cent Canadian and Independent of any corporate No changes are anticipated with the transfer in ownership Mr Tooke said It business usual Im assuming the economy doesnt get any worse be said More export win be sought to the said Smith and Stone produces electrical goods By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Not wan tins to see the towns official plan lose momentum council is ready considering a sec plan for develop ments proposed inside the newly expanded urban boundary A planning report ac cepted by council Monday night suggests that the cost of the secondary plan should be paid by the developero with major landhol dings notably In the area southeast of Georgetown The report estimated that the secondary plan would cost around and recommended that Walker Wright Young Associates Ltd the Tor onto consulting firm which prepared the new town official plan be hired to do the more intricate work demanded in the secondary plan About acres of developable land is in the secondary planning area and the planning depart has suggested that study costs to the develop ers be appropriated at The town official plan is currently being review ed by the provincial min istry of housing and mun icipal affairs the final step in the approval pro cess It has been accepted Disputes with the parts of the plan launched by Individuals or developers may yet be heard before the Ontario Municipal While the landowners would pay for the second plan the report also recommends that the study be managed through Its own consult ants considering the background the Walker firm has with the town planning process A steer committee of town staff and councillors would direct the second ary plan development Council is expected to appoint members to the steering committee short ly Town staff nave also been asked to meet with counterparts in the prov inces transportation and communications ministry to request a traffic study as part of the secondary planning process The ministry has said a per cent subsidy for a traffic study Is available and the planning report has recommended that the town set aside for the study when It the 1963 budget Exact terms of refer ence for the secondary plan will be drafted by the planning director Ian Keith reviewed by the steering committee and eventually sent to council for approval The secondary plan will have to address the availability of water and sewage dispos al needed for the area bow storm water will be drained from the area a basic outline of de velopment in the second ary plan territory population density and boning mix envision ed land uses sites requiring special treatment servicing and staging of the developments in the area a traffic study BACK FROM PERU A a very stressful and emotions trip for left and Irene Fairies The two Georgetown women spent I days la Peru visiting ran among the poor of Unas barrios or shanty lawns Theyll be presenting a report of their finding to members of the Georgetown seen Herald photo