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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 1, 1959, p. 9

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the georgetown herald ft authoring sacond cls m poit offica dpt ottawa georgetown out wednesday apmt lit 1959 second section what council did employment registration shows 413 local exavros statistics compiled by georgt- v town employment service were re vealed to council at their march 23 meeting by kelvin c brown one of group of exavro men who had volunteered to assist in clas sifying unemployed residents and making this information available to potential employers mr brown said 415 of a total of 440 registered with the service are georgetown residents the balance living in surrounding rural areas it is difficult to keep figures ac curate he said because when a man pbtains employment be does not always notify the service un mediately he estimates that 25 per cent of this totaj have become employ ed and said that 12 to 18 people are weekly being placed m new positions questioned as to whether he big walkin side doors volkswagen volkswagen canada ltd main guelph st motors 87 main street north thought many exavroites are thin king of pulling up stakes and leaving the district mr brown said a small percentage is doing so but he feels the majority are hoping to find employment close enough to keep their homes here he personal j knows of only three families who have moved so far j he said but he knows of several who will be moving to the united states some time in the future whether there will be a mass movement of people depends on the future industrial situation in the district he said there is ind ication that speculators have been approaching people looking for good buys in houses but most home owners have quite a stake in their property and are not going to be panicked into losing their equity chapel street pupils entertain at manor ofl wednesday evening march 25th sixteen pupils of grades 7 and 8 of chapel street school had an entirely difftrent experience that gave them all a great deal or pleasure the along with their principal mr val stein bruce mackeson hazen allen bob pink erton mr and mrs vcrn mc cumber and mrs james evans their accompanist and kenneth harrison their inusical director travelled to halton centennial ma nor where thc entertained the residents with a musical evening the program for the evening consisted of the happ wander er santa lucia cockles and musselb b the pupils mrs lv ans and mr harrison plajed a pia no duet of tea for two barbara evans and bobbj mccumber sang the vocal duet come sweet del ight the wedding of the pain ted doll was the second selection of the piano duet team bobbj mccumber s solo was the knights song and the choir concluded the program with let us with a gladsome mind and the battle ii mn of the republic miss mu ncl thompson secretary at the home and a former resident o georgetown thanked the george town guests for the great pleasure thej had given the residents the guests were sened rtfrtshments bj the manor staff lv c are at our service with printing tr 7 2201 georgetown abounds in championship teams this year one of them is this group of bantai ail stars who took top honours in a 4 town tournament recently in acton left to right kneeling 6b kemshead aaac korzack assistant captain jack gudgeon assistant captatn wayne dixon glenn cooper standing coach fred harrison bill campbell wayne riddall murray marchment captain jim mcniven terry lane john adams doug qua nbury ken morrow john scott doug vivian and manager jack gudgeon photo by r m turkmgton what council did malton situation wont affect plans for sewage disposal plant georgetown s new sewage dis i about milton and believed at posal plant got the goahead signal that time it might be calamitous on march 23rd whin council met with brian 1 armour of the ontario wattr resources commission and mr dutton of the proctor red for the town if tax collections were to drop substantially if i were a council lor hire i would want to rcsurvev fern engineering firm which is the situation he said it s been designing the ntw plant a revelation to me that george the meeting came after a letter town stands on its own feet des from the ontario municipal board pe malton if the emplovment asking if council wished to recon figures 1 have heard hen tonight sidtr going ahead with the plant iwtn carried in the citv papers it in view of tht avro lavoffs coun i would do a lot of good i didn t cil was umnimous in deciding that realize either that vour houses the plant is nettled whither arc mi and that vour taxes arc giorgctow n grows lamer or not assurt d dt spite uncmplov ment and that malton has not had anv questioned bv cr hvde mr particularh large adverse rffect hulton said the first stage of tht posal plant will handle un tht scheme i r ind harris i length about the itliquatt s w it l tow n hi in r i ul ilton siihi tt u pi nit ail 1 spokt at omi ntttl for mort disposal i 2 000 in pop s first liarikd ma i qu n x n 1 ht t lima mtuli t fflm nt i- ik iru iri it d a hi pi inv is tit ii million an t a half gallons daih lit es imattd current intake were ill itlr to be included at wo 000 gallon it is hird to cor n litt popu ition figures to the size of pi inl h said ixcmso indus in il rfquiri nu nls van wwh h in 1 i nt w intlustrv could ihrow i in initio tompiuh out of tem this v ear even though the disposal plant will not bt comple ted and avoid paving interest on interest was referred to councils finance committee to decide speaking finals tonight at city education meet more than 30 of ontarios most skilful young speakers are pre paring to charm away any notion that they should be seen and not beard theyre the cream of the junior orators across the province com- petitora in the public speaking contest during the ontario edu cational associations 99th annual convention at the king edward sheraton hotel toronto for the first time in the coo- tests 35year history the compe tition is open to secondary school students their finals are being held to night april h the elcm- entary schools competed last night the contest is sponsored by on tario hydro and the ontario school trustees and ratepayers association all the speakers are champions from previous district contests 13 regional semi finals in the elemen tary school division 10 in the secondary and all will talk on the benefits and applications of electricity in addition to prepared speech es five to seven minutes long there will be a contest in im promptu speaking where second ary school students have only halfan hour to study a chosen topic for a speech three to five minutes long the nine provincial winners will be chosen on a point system for their material style language and delivery ontario hjdro which has sup plied more than 50000 kits of background and reference materi al will also donate cups shields and cash prizes in the elemen tary contest 75 for first place 50 for second and 25 for third secondary prepared contest 100 75 and 50 and secondary im promptu contest 50 25 and 15 drinking to another man s health sn t going to improve your own ask for 0 invitations announcements informals accessories national the georgetown herald 22 main street south tr 7220 lit s 11 hi i tht h 1 tt t 1 t fa u ts r ir trt a rm nt s stt m lit 111- in tht n u r rtion ot ikl t ml if thi wer dd tl to tht pu nt tfispo al s ti m h w uid aui ij t tht vstt n even more mr 1nrniour explained that he had discussed the matter with the municipal board and it wasvfelt wist to h t the town know thjt if malton had a serious effect the ow rc would consider dela ing us plans referring to informa tion which he had heard presented by kelvin c brown about the number of locally unemployed people he said he was convinced that a job is not being imposed on georgetown beyond its financial capacity the bid for a trunk sewer was exceptionally jow he said and one which he was anx ious to accept of 9 bids for this ranging as high as 451 000 the tender of east end excavators had been accepted to do this part of the job for 155600 mr dulton explained that the new treatment plant is designed to service twice the present vol um of sewage what would happen if george town said it couldnt afford to proceed at present asked wayor armstrong we have two hats in the owrg answered mr larmour mine is financing and dr berry is health we have a commitment from the town to proceed and have author ixed the building of more houses because of this legally you arc committed to proceed but we are not a government body which would force you tn other words said the mayor in jocular vein e have the choice of deciding whether to proceed or not providing we say yes cr era hyde said there must have been some thought on the part of the owrc and municipal board to write to council in the first place and wondered if k wai giving them en easy wax out if the town wishes mr larmour explained that he had suggested the letter himself he bad read in the toronto papers lint skiu fn the cameo cut a short n smooth cap coif chicly styled joi easter martins beauty salon 8 cleaveholm drive tr 73932 lie co it in milt t uiltl im c irned in tht ti ill m ivor rmslroti4 w told in mr dutton tint this could not li tluie without pn tnatnunt li0t3l33qtdi3i3jkiideie3id3ol3kl 0000151 questions of whether the town wishes to start paving for the terra cotta sculptor displays carvings mrs rebecca sissler talented sculptor and wood carver was the guest speaker at the regular mee ting of georgetown arts and crafts on march 19th at the home of mrs a m nielsen 40 market street mrs sissler who now resides in terra cotta has studies in den mark as well as in toronto she displayed a number of her excel lent wood carvings the president mrs wallace thompson urged that members send their craft work to the handi craft display at stratford in con nection with the festival during the summer the next meeting will be held at the home of mrs elizabeth ho- ey who will give a talk on her work silk screen printing mrs muriel adams addressed the meeting on behalf of the worn ens hospital committee tea was served by the hostess and her assistants mrs cyril brandford mrs keith barber mrs h j newman and miss laura treble spring coming slowly but surely spring is com ing the odd mild day has dis posed of large quantities of snow and ice just the right way to avoid floods which could be disastrous were we to have one prolonged spell of balmy weather there is still a lot of the win ters accumulation to disappear yet and road chairman walter gray isnt looking his usual jovial self these days as he contemplates the scads of road work left in win ter wake it has been one of on roughest years on record for roads which are full of potholes moral responsibility for traffic safety during april religions leaders of all faiths throughout ontario will stress the moral aspects of the traffic accident problem they will be asking you aa a motorist or pedestrian to accept indv vidual responsibility for obeying the traffic laws and the rules of the road this personal appeal to the useranqour streets and highways is the bams of the moral responsibility campaign spon sored by the ontario department of transport it is receiving enthusiastic endorsement and active support from the ontario federation of agriculture and from local safety councils police departments service clubs womens groups and other community organisa tions you can help the moral responsibility campaign achieve snmiim by practising the golden rule of traffic safety drive and walk aa you would hare others drive and walk ontario mpartmb4t of transport morimstmumol

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