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BALES ill Lifetime Service Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY JULY OPEN 1010 DAYS fc Its Worth the Drive to plans step flown Burlington Dun Knitbt will not seek in tin pro this fill The he has enjoy his constituency duties it obvious to him thai something is missing during his linn is i I I been in business fir some time now Knitht the Monday In dtosiins I felt I was mikinj mi mugful ioii tribulionslnlhe community I tlidn feel that was pirt of function is a libenl link tun Other the problem Mr but few tie iltuitlnl Mr Knirhl is muting with the North me 1 il executive to discuss i peissi successor He said hi knows of no one at tin moment hut he thinks I hi itiim v ill few problems finding a candidate think find people Jump ing jit Hit ihinte Mr said Halton Burlington his twin Liberal for the past 12 Mire dur Since the I ibtr lis ire ixtcled to form a in the tin in riding would a eh nice of winning the said Mr Knight said however 1 1 fears large government in power lends to minim link benchers it compounds tee lmjs of discontent he aided I think Hit scent lundti Prime Minister Brian shows us of the problems large Mr Knight said Cheers to you GDHS I jnd aid Mends The front Juflc Harlan tlaicl and High School reunion was Duck almost people rrglBlrrrd lay Harlow lliUO1912 Hire former chums Herald Swept away in the waves of emotion it in between hi ink ind tin monies if lit Georictiwn District School trite Reunion were in elanci of event to students buzzing and the it mosphcrc t lectnfymg Former Rebels returned to old stomping grounds where thty took tun it the hoops once again in a basket Close on Hit of basketball time those who couldn over lit to is ils til in ill intent The Ye in it pi writ tin Jim BrmiiJilin wis hit wilh ivtryoni who it Thompson who in Iht now i loii din On resident said Tin show was Hats off to per son who J I just felt like win in I I s Until Norma Thompson and fntnd Hetty nee Grant who in pupils of formtr leather More net I s She s juil Hi Shi h eh hit sud lei art who m lott is now a resident of and her frit Susan nee who in he 60s signed in their decade books they reflected on the reunion I m seeing woplt we haven seen for years sure It was worth amine from Its phenomenal Bitty Wink often seen with kids in two paraded on and down hulls of the school to remtmbtr if it was or had in or Ted wis busy rlieiv ind rtgislrantl land June was kept registering the thousands in lien dime An walk and a on and lire in Hit felon lUcpt former pupils eyes fixed on which have taken throughout lints Kill rtiitniil as the person ivMo tht for mi ill from and jibtxms wis Hi Irhst in Dob and Hill the list of ex students who died during the two World and Koriin lonflttt while lone Paul saluted the fallen soldier have told and retold re a lot of n urns a lot of familiar rices i lot of fiefs Mr that seen this weekend are the people had mi important impact on our lues art people that us tht know ledge and us the mil us so that we o out and be what wiuld become Mr said Capital budget meeting Council at odds on Acton f irehall plan The Acton firt station is nude quale and needs to be replaced but funds for new si i may be slow in Hills Bill ingham fire underwriters Purveyed Acton st and rmeil iht station The underwriters recommended three depot with lit largt enough to provide Chief The workint am of st Is but suit JJownstnirs is nuts and bolts of the fire is in efficient ind number times wove had to mint trucks out at other trucks Ingham rut is rtpl itrd mil it is not at t I limn at Hit lime lilt thru I ij station louses hit Fin fighters must trucks to jU water tanker to rural fires si Chief wis ling secure funds fm sti tion Mondays mil meeting but the project on hold for another of a study by towtiptinntrs Hit fire Chief had re quested KB for il fees in 1081 for land at in 10S9 for completion the station in 1990 ouneillors denied the funds for dt signing tin defer red the Innd funding til Hills Buss Miller said the station should nut hive become in idcijuatt est because il a as ten and the towns has relatively st iblt slltt 1J74 Maybe we should look at it insttad on money irresponsibly as apptnrs the did ytvirs aeo Mayor Miller A conscious decision Mis made with the best informal lemUv ihle Hit time of tin eitcision to expand tin irs The mayor for buying lind lie from feirecnsts in Sometimes lie In put up with something a little infirior if i afford it the lyor said not being questioned but just when and where the funds will be il located is In doubt I m wonder ing is this not the time insttad of it we should not he pushing them the id she of the propose new station My God if we keep leivmg everything in then why don t we go ill end and le everything as it is Hie m said of it tempt to cut some in tax levies out of 1WS capital ixptn or lattr we got to the thought we htrt to tut budget back If there Hung 1 how am 1 to pay fixes Mayur Miller To lose sithl of fact that we need I I think is is responsible as mayor feels nisi loo high Is irresponsi court Sheldon replied Norm limit said Ihi fin station llkilv would not be in 1989 I personally that the fire station in Acton is in a lousy location at Itnwtr Avenue he said duel Cunningham said the fire department is attempting to lire fighters off the ick of tmiks To do so it reuuin lulling in adding a section thus the truck sever But current station handle fire truck will sit slid ountillor Norm I- Ihott ques the idi of hiring an design i si be fori finding out where the tioulstoinilogei hup some difliule ideas as to where that should ge the Chief hi could not the location il would the value of had The hire snd the is lookint pun new in viral irs at cost But tin door whs iri mi irrow now and in when out lit said lie retjuest for lorcphci tin ovtrhcid dtxrs tin Georgetown Local post carriers back to business as usual Look who 1938 lookj here Barbara In ncc her Hit of those who had signed up In heir decade r High School reunion Saturday The dec at be a popular place for old friends la relive their Photo Though Hills postal workers arc relieved about being bock to work they are still awaiting details of the tentative settlement from the Letter Carriers Union of Canada national office I only know what 1 seen in the newspapers What I ve seen In the news papers looks good said Local President Ron A tentative agreement was reached July in the three week old dispute which saw rotating strikes In cities throughout Canada The workers arc asking mo for guidance and I can tell them anything Mr Ritchie sold Everybody seems to be a Utile bit happy about It he added He sold there is often a time lag before he information can get printed up and circulated with all the details of the agreement Georgetown postal workers have no big problems with manage because no strikebreakers were used in the one day local walkout June IB Mr Ritchie said Local 272 union president In ton Lloyd echoed Mr Ritchie sentiments don think anybody really gains from a postal strike he said Unlike tension stemming from picket line violence In some major cities Acton five member post office had no problems during their one day walkout June 19 Mr Small wood said Reunion 87 Quite simpl amazing They came from all over the world From Australia India West many Scotland Austria New Mcx ice California South Africa New Zealand the Caribbean Iceland and from all over Canada ten pro vinces and two territories and made new ones Throughout the weekend sounds of surprise were followed by laughter ana then by long Involved lion And there were almost of them The sounds of the Georgetown District High School Centennial rcu rang through the halts resonated through old classrooms and bounced through the gym for three days It impossible to determine which was the most successful The decade rooms where long chats old photos acid memorabilia often entertained former students wine and cheese party on Friday night In the the Saturday barbecue or the massive outdoor dance which close to people Saturday night in the parking lot at the pool entrance Centennial vice chairperson Tom Itamautarsingh said it best It was fun for me not only to talk to former students but them their names Many were surprised when I addressed them by their first and last names I was greatly impressed with the orderliness the joys the ecstasies and the manner in which students teachtrs and friends reminisced about their past eventful Committee chairman Tom Beer reflected on the wetkind events as he his wife Penny dismantled Ihe alumni art show at the lulls Library Cultural Centre early Monday morning I met millions of former pupils They came up and 1 saw their names on name tags and I saw their faces and once they started talking remembered who they were he said They all seem to have found their niche in life They ail seem to be doing a job lint they were satisfied with Just about all or them were happily married with families While the decade room setm sparsely occupied during the three event rooms became more and more packed as one stroll ed through the 70s 60s 50s and finally to the through By far the biggest contingent tame from the and 1960s though Die and proved to be surprisingly well Everyone enjoyed themselves so much they want to leave Mr Beer said of each night gala get together There were a lot of older people who thought that this was the most wonderful thing they ever had he added Perhaps mosl electrifying and the mosl rewarding was the Frl day night wine and cheese parly They even know there was wine and cheese available They were too busy talking to each other We finally had to turn the lights out them out he said With close to 3 people at ten ding the reunion logistics of organizing the activities were ex ten but everything went off without a hitch said Mr Beer Everyone was pleased I had a lot of people come up to me and say thank you very much The thing that impressed them was that everything wentsmoothly he said The hit of fie opening ceremonies Saturday momlng was Florence Luke a former teacher at the high school from 1930 to 1962 Many of who spoke at opening ceremonies remembered Miss Luke from their High School days Region Chiirmnn Pete a former pupil of Miss Luke said The education that was fostered here Is now spread throughout world and Hit world is a belter people like Miss Luke Centennial Committee Secretary Williams hid a few nil tales about her days as pupil In Miss Miss Luke is not very tall and she was writing things down on the blackboard and then came this Iarry who I can see Is here today and he wrote way up high and Miss Luke could never get up there to correct his mistakes she recalled Other digninrles who brought their greetings to reluming students the opening ceremonies were Mayor Miller whos grand father attended in the late Mayor Miller carried on the tradition by graduating In the and his daughters attended Brampton Georgetown MP John brought greetings from Prime Minister Brian The word is spreading rather rapidly what a great party is going on in Georgetown Mr sold MPP Don Knight also greeted onlookers As you look around at the former students you ve noted ve been successful beyond dreams or perhaps you Just overheard them telling their former classmates Mr Knight chuckled Jim Kelly was presented with a brick from old Georgetown High school he had his name and the year on yean ago during the centennial union weekend I Georgetown high teacher Jennie- found brick 1 years ago when shr scorching through the- tricks he had saved from the- old high school I can I believe It Kelly Initial reaction Herald Photo A brick by any other name home lime shortly before young Georgetown High School student went off to join the air force In the Second World War he scratched his name and the year on a brick of the old Georgetown District High School On Saturday some years later Jim Kelly reclaimed that brick he scratch name on in earnest almost five decades ago Jessie Glynn retired Georgetown High School teacher took ad vantage of an offer to claim some bricks from the building before they were bulldozed into the ground In 1959 About years ago I was looking through the pile and up pops this brick that Jim Kelly that was fantastic Glynn sold Though Mrs Glynn had met the young air force officer she knew his name Jim Kelly had narrowly escaped death when his plane was shot down during the war He managed to pull the rip chard just in time to parachute to safety before his plane plunged to the ground The story is famous in Georgetown Mrs Glynn said Jim was ecstatic at receiving a psecc of his own nostalgia believe It he said The next thing I thought Is that a wonderful thing to do because I t even know Mrs Glynn Mr Kelly said future of the brick is still up In the I don t want to be hasty but I certainly will never lose It Mr Kelly said