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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 27, 1984, p. 1

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EASYSELL SSI WORD TON UP WORD HOUSEHOLDER AD RUN UP TO 8 WEEKSONLY Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 IISl Trustee says Decision could help build school on to fund the separate that the Davis decision Herald Staff school system help speed up new Hallon Separate Mrs catholic second School Board trustee a high school or flr school in the Irene expects Roman Catholic students Hills area and calls it the major growth and will be built in the next priority after the expansion at the second level with the Hills area in the near completion of Loyola future Although no Separate School In Oak no government definite site has been lie which was started agreed on Mrs ABOUT THE HILLS ley thinks the school would be located in the north Milton area and be easily accessible to dents in Hie Acton Georgetown district The school still has to be planned for and ministry funding also has be taken into consideration however positive feeling towards the project Cardinal is the closest Roman Catholic secondary school in the Hills area and Mrs approximately students from the area attend there She cites overcrowd as a problem at Card Lcger which has prompted the renting of Hem school from the Peel of Education A number of our grads will be to thai school Mrs said When asked about the problems arising from public funding for Roman Catholic second schools Mrs Mc said sure there will be some but I think of them will be of With the switch to government funding Mrs feels the Roman Catholic schools will be able to offer more Milne will run Former BramptonGeorgetown Liberal MP Ross Milne announced Tuesday he 11 run for his party nomination Mr Milne was elected to the House of Commons in 1974 but was defeated by Tory John in and 1980 He Is currently the Manager of Environmental Affairs with Trans Canada Pipelines A ididate selection meeting is scheduled for July 10 at Central Peel Secondary School It is expected that others will run for the nomination includ a newcomer Kevin Coehlo and possibly Ed Smith and Jim from the riding association Riding association president Rick announced he would retire his position and act as Mr Milne campaign manager Canada Day residents arc making Canada Day a special one by organizing a series of events Sunday July I at the School playground there will be an outdoor church service starting at 2 p Everyone Is asked to bring a lawn chair After the service afternoon tea and displays will bo available at the Limehouse Memorial Hall At p you can watch the high spirited baseball prowess of the Limehouse Bantam Boys and the Midget Girls Cold drinks will be on sole both days Come out and enjoy yourselves bring your friends and remember we re celebrating together Garbage boom When the garbage collectors start grumbling that their loads are getting heavier it the first sign of an economic upturn Burlington Councillor Ann made the observation last week that when the garbage pickup Increases In a community it indicates business is booming More garbage is one of the positive economic signs and it the situation In Burlington now according to the director of public works Firm wants 61 lots Instead or townhouses on the fields behind the Loblaws plaza on Mounts in view Road and Sinclair Avenue in Georgetown the town is being asked to allow zoning for single family lots and a church Marport Corporation Limited Calvert Dale Homes made the request reducing the proposed density on the block Construction Is scheduled for Oct and a public meeting is tentatively scheduled for Aug to amend the zoning bylaw and draft plan of subdivision Detective promoted Ron Piers of Deirex Blvd Georgetown was recently promoted to the rank of detective inspector In the Ontario Provincial Police piers joined the OPP In and was posted to Chatham where he served lHj years He received a promotion to corporal In 1977 and was transferred to the Snel grove detachment In 1979 Mr Piers the Torontobased antl rackets branch which Is con with largescale fraud investigations with the tank of live sergeant and he earned his latest promo tion in May The rank of Inspector Is considered an level and holders of this designation receive a Queens Commission from the lieutenant Governor of Ontario Birthday swim Two for the price of On Canada Birthday the Acton Lions Pool the Dick Licala Pool and the Georgetown Swimming Pool with be having special birthday swims Call after for times and more details Acton Pool 3140 Georgetown Pool Dick Pool It was like a circus without confining teat Mala Street la downtown Georgetown was transformed Into a mall of happy faces exhibits old time shows last Thursday Friday and Saturday The Great Arthur seen here In the picture to the left performed three times dally for curious onlookers while and his merry cohorts above made people smile wherever they went Herald photos GREAT ARTHUR Herald Staff The Great Arthur is the name affectionately given to Georgetown guest tightrope walker Arthur by a gregarious master of ceremonies Bettyanne Wells lead However the Great Arthur his real name He came to town carefully disguised in a 1680 style costume Arthur usually inn lions outfit complete with a pound lion head that reduces his vision by per cent King Arthur the lion and his wife arc veterans of circus type shows which they have been a part of for years Many his wife were doingahlghwlre act for a Disney Productions road show in costumes Arthur decided to strike out on his own so he invented his own costumed character King Arthur Arthur was born in Vienna Austria family that has roots going back six generations In show business His grandmother a circus in Austria Arthur travelled around Europe with a family act During an interview he pulled out a 1898 picture of his great uncle In a picture with Barnum and Bailey It helps in show business if you can do a variety of acts he said In Georgetown the performer entertained for Hes actually a king residents downtown three limes a day for fee of about 1 BOO Arthur came to America 20 years ago because In his field there was no opportunity to advance He met Goldic who emigrated from Germany in a circus while she was a trapeze performer He worked for the Ringling Brothers Circus for three years but now he is on his own and has travelled around the world entertaining thousands He had so much training hat balancing Is second nature Arthur maintains Arthur fell on his back two years ago on a concrete floor from 30 feet Before that incident he never had back problems he grins but miraculously he was up and performing in another week Arthur also fell once from a one finger stand and that required a tendon transplant ho said Balancing is something anyone can do If you want to do it badly enough It a something you can acquire with practice he said He once performed for Queen Elizabeth years ago and he counts that among his fondest memories as a performer Thecouplo travel 10 months of the year and make their home in Columbia New Jersey Canada Day in Halton Hills Section A A page a Pioneer Read about oar oUwL George Everyone Iff Section tfOOdrUhved fit United Church a sod In HtltM Section Mow I event at Ontario Track and Meld In on the weekend the A ttUMh final in the second annual Section It Canada Day In Glen Williams Saturday June 301 Above and beyond the flag waving there a host of entertaining events planned for the entire family You can be a patriotic person and start the lions early by participating break fast that starts at a at the ballpark By the music starts wltha band called the Personality Con Peter Allen and Friends At noon there a parade that starts from Glen Mill that continues along Main Street to the ballpark Also at noon until Is a tea room organized for senior cit The official cer emonies begin at la when special guest dig and local lei ana arc on hand to ical Society will be tour of the historic limes p m Also at this time BESTLFGS ihL Travelling Trunks Dads get their chance will be at the town hall for he best legs compel entertaining the child Itlon which starts a rcn make some speeches At 12 pm Gillian Serderlco will sing O Cat in both official languages Then at p m will give a speech to welcome French Canadians prior to the cake cutting The will per form their baton twirl ing In front of the stage while at Wheeler slot at the comer of Main and Mountain Streets there will be racing sites in Glen Williams at 1 while the chil can lino up their pets for a pet show The music begins again when Ken and Ralph up for some songs Meanwhile the kids will be anxiously wait the start of the obstacle race which Main Street that takes them across the Credit River a few Acton fireworks The Aclon Firefighters Association will present a fireworks display at Prospect Park In Acton on Monday night for Canada Day The free display will begin shortly after dusk and is made possible through the sponsorship if various businesses In the community Canada Day Canada Day In starts Saturday night with a street dance at at the Community Centre The family fun begins Sunday at 12 30 with a parade starting at Burnett field and ending at the Community Centre The events are being held at the Community Centre to emphasize to people the need to expand the facilities then The day will consist of footraces for the kids horseshoes and on Impromptu game of soccer for everyone around There will be lots of refreshments available courses not tea Jot Clc felt Mr Davis but technical was too vaue in his too she said proposal Mr Cleary has Already receiving two sons who attend partial public fund ng Cirdinal in art the Grade and and Is in the school wondering what strings system Beg this are attached with the fail they will rctt ve proposal funding equivalent to the At I was public schools In but now I am holding I 19BG fund for Crude don mind non Catholic will tome into effect and teachers but would like that pattern will be to see the religious remain in the Grade Georgetown resident Continued on page A3 Stalemate on Croatian vote By ricommenHeil there be Herald Staff agricultural irnpnet The neighbors to the study of the uses at the Social and Centre a Centre and the study and owners of the properly a traffic Impact study art to sit on pins and To be undertaken by the needles lor another owners of the property week the J Is of he studies A decision on whether would help town staff the first in the review expansion plans development of the for Croit an Centre acre property on With Dave Whit on Churchill Boulevard i absent during the and deroad can be Missions the 12 taken was deferred by members kept com councillors Monday up wilh voles night whenever any amend Although rcpresentn ments to the town plann lives of both factions department turned up at the general recommendations were council meeting in the moved town Chambers they Levy not left with the issue still the deferral to next unresolved week council meeting The Croatian Centre gives councillors a owners want to expand chince to mull over the current use of their past seven years of dis property to include an on the extension to the existing Centre mult purpose building Councillors were con for sports equipment the rooms change rooms dot obligated them office and washroom to development fucilitlcs i tennis court the Croatian Centre a garden equipment shed and to don support the tho existing barn for an recommendations art gallery because nobody has Neighbors oppose the proven lo me that there changes claiming it should be expansion would hove impact on They have not been able their agricultural opera to solve problems tion would mean loss of hit exist there agricultural linds already would increase trespass Sheldon si cause problem Mr Keith said he saw with storm water drain as a reductl age and raff on in scale of opera the area Hon at the Croatian MEETING A public meeting was I don t sec it as expansion of application by the Croa believe its a reduction in llan Centre to amend the Hit use of ihe site he Official Plan and zoning told councillors btaw lo permit these Finn supported the Monday night report saying the to councillors made best way to get any kind recommendations based of control over the Croa on the public meeting tian Centre is to have In his report director submit their of planning Ian Keith SCHOOLS OUT Spring clean up began on the first day of for Georgetown District High School twins Gsrry IS and his brother Glenn The two students cleaned out their lockers Thursday as packed It in for another year

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