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may ask demolition firm to blast channel through glen ice jam tbe ice iui and pejulble a flotkiif at glen william wa tha topic under discission or lnfct tha wtpjc evening at i council toectinf night captain don henry of a tor onto flan i underwater oeav toutkui men stated be had ben up to the glep to look evcf the situation and eld well take ot the ke- jam for jed rm ft knanoe kpecial- tat who has heed blowugcjfa jasn for flitb yeart- ue uu it nt too close to the gauges tor maating since he uses a substance that blow down lnto the jim sot upward he claimed he eould make a channel right down through the middle ol the nv er quoting price of 300 he siid tf we doit blew it you doot pay iu arty and wonoered who would be liable if blasting damaged ihenoaatf in the vicinity mr boy mcmillan chalrmaq of the credit valley conserva- tod authority explained that be we meeting with the de partment land and koresu following captain henry to try to tlarify the utuatua oiler eeve g leslie pointed we were told after tha flood oat hat they didnt know in la the cied four yaa ego vhoe reeponaiboity it waa that it wm fco hibrs4afy trytag to establish lafeamuf orguiuatiod reapon- tnai at the rnojnent lie tej tajblbty bow we are told the thai the township had bo aujejso brtly operate lq a rf thority to- so on privater jnwp- leatrypb councillor w unban wood- rred if there would be enough wser iy wash the ice away even if it were blasted councillor ft lawaou felt the health unit should huo have home authority since he had beard ther were 23 wcjbf coo laminated mr barker also ot the cre dit valley authority explain ed that b had eomtaitled the authority on hi own to put a uilldgxcr in tut chriauna day i was lucky itwai a anal job jhe added wilfrid leslie felt that could be done again aince the water i ahaliow at that point and there would be no danger of damage by blaaliug- summing up rrev g lyfci- mept o land and forest the oixt day then meet wjtb the authority again the fotowuftg day fend invited the rnecobcrs of council lo join then th jam prrrotly worrying be emphauid we have to the coaaervaboa authority k gel authority to do something uing council and the clea cut howevt- 1 eant leave the wjuainj reaidcol te the vlcin- lowthip responsible for dam qccurrvd lo bud january it ae to hou surely we can waa c when ke cake coo to ome geiwrijt uij u beoj u the credit get sumthlug dne- branch few hundred yard south of the village west wlr mcmillan pyonu4 to bridge hince then atce4iqg im the minuter of the depart- u flow have bckj the jam up around a aocond bend and the level of the locked ice ha risen until u u now even with the top of the river bank acormal rain would have had diaastnu effect a week ago when the jam wu froserl right to the river bed leaving no epace for aubeurface flow extensive melting and run off at that time would haye left the river course at a byi4 above tiw gven wat bridge and caud flooding h ukely aome of the loe chunk would have broken w with the flooding waters and dona aer- lous property damage to neigh bouring home however since then the wa ter ha washed through under the ice and there 1 a current the halloo county health unit ha issued warniogj to res ideota in the vicinity of ihe ri ver where flooding hae ocriur red to boil their well water m- fore using u a4 that pay ye tea ta w uh o i pia ay t rnoi wnr tw hru b wlwaa vul htw mm oh m georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing auwij aa ttcj cud mill rj cwtu dl oh uj ur mr mla 1- uli o onww t1nnuy vjmwy 4lh 19u ttlln m tusu copy am ym cuita steau locomotive draws fans jmtr jonw photo rah birds reception committee for iron horse a urge reception eommkts fnoat of then armed with cam era greeted ghost froct lb ynat when u sieem vseomotrve one of tha last in exiaunce la thl country pulled a train of axcursionut through hare itit w cars puffed into tha local yard at about three oclock and stood oh the uiln una near haiti st while onlooker inspected the link with th fust from tha main st brltfga urday tha steam 40lon 4m tyjve u believed to be on of tha largest to pas through georgetown the steam engine and four patten- retain two add five in parks board appointments coundl retained two past member of the board of park management and added five new men including two ouncuwt when 13 appoint batrit were mada on monday tha board was created to administer the arena when tha town acquired tha building pome year ago until now th4 board has been composed of six members appointed si ieroately for syr terms last week council passed a new by law calling for one year appointments and a 7 namber board of which at least two must be councillors there hsve been indication aince the yearend that some councillors were intent on s shakeup in the board there ha been open criticism by aome and spirited defence by other of a bank loan backed by members of the board which was made to pay for building renovations ihe loan ha tinea been repaid appointment made monday were ivan crabtree and jack gudgeon from the present board fred maveal herb robinson gua kantui and councillors bill smith and jim young the appointment were op poaed in a m vote by reeve elliott deputy iteeve hunter and ct power i stressing that he has noth lug agslwcr any of appoint ajipoint said he the deputy reeve could too trouble if council become involved in arena mans cement cr powers ech oed hi sentiment it no different than our xe cent appointment to the con authority aald cr v smith when we replaced a former appobitce with a councillor tb deputy reeve cr smith said 3i had dis cussed the matter with former t arena board member boh lane dick ucata and clarence jttng mr king bad indicated the preferred to decline anoih jt appointment after serving tha board ib year mr ueata had lubmitted his res ignetlon in a letter read to council that night the sixth member wa arthur scott no one feeling should be hurt hythb chinge aaldcr smith the hoard ha done a good job somf of the mem hers have been there for 15 or 10 yaars and wa can use some new blood ward 3 has a representitlve for the first time he noted georgetowns share is 578 county assessment in figures given to halton county by county assessor j ford uoger it was shown that the assessment for halton county now i lands st j274 104 333 an increase of 3 078 sib according to these figures georgetown s sxcssment in creased 71400 in the put year and now itsnils at 13 8616flfl in apportioning the county rate the following percentages will be paid by the seven mun iclpalitics in the county oskvimc burlington georgetown ktqueiunb milton acton nassaeawcya 44 30 31171 3 78 3u1 327 2 05 1m lions honorary memberships to two for community work a rue honour was wstowcd on two local men recently nhen ilev kelvin johniton o st andrew untied church and john t armitrons were prewnted with honor m benhlpi in the georgetown uon a club dr alan thompionmembcr- alilp chairman presented the taamberahlp mrtmcllcttirtcc octlltloh of aervlee done tor the comtliunlty honorary membenhlpi are given rarely with the last one given locally going to bob coidbim ex nhl aur at uielamq meeting in the banquet room of stans reat aurant hugh diamond waa in treduced into th club and han johiuan traniferred front the angua ijona club while icrtp tiny the honorary tnembenhlp john t arm atroog lnhla capacity aa chair man of the georgetown hospi tal board also accepted a checjue irom the lions club far s2 500 as part of pledge to the hospital their 4way stop mooted dangerous corner a 4 way stop at the danger ous main and maple intersec linn l bein sought by two councillors itecvt john elliott and cr don powers proposed this in a motion at mondays council meeting which was later with drawn for study by the police committee cr powers point ed to a recent serious accident and said aetlon- should be takv en before a fatality occurs at present ualn la a through street and maple a stop stop lights are the best solution said cr jim young maybe when our new atop lights are installed on msljj st by eigle signals we can use tlia present ones there experiment may solve mills waste problem maclaren continues on conservation authority georgetown council tug gestion that alex maclanm be umd an honorary member of creuit valley consmrsllon authority has been adopted on monday council wa in formed by the cvca that such action has been liken mr msctsren will continue ai a member of tha committee on land use and reforestation mr marlsren who had rep- nttad georgetown on the group since its inception untjl this year has been one of the moat ardent advocates of con aervatlon in thla district a former county councillor whrn be was georgetown s reeve he was one of the init is i orgsniier of cvca which concerns itself with tha credit valley watershed jukx maclafealn council still debates 6000 planning budget a laooo budget for theteould offset any budget in crease for the planning board whats going on lul saturday many ciliuns were raiting enquiring eye at ar odd auarunent of object which were helng loidfd onto trucks on main st a few guene were are the insider of the store i being remodelled hai there been an accident was tiiere s fire are uieie items for sale no it wu not an accident or a clearance isle of any kind but iirnply the george town little thrslre moving to new headquarters sing been forced to vsrste their itorsje snd rehearsal inace due to eipanion of the owner i base merit they hsil finally fount new home thanki to iocs builnessmen and were in the process of trsmferrinf the vsr tout propi scenery etc which hive been accumulated over lb years w hope they con overcome this added obstacle la the pre paration of their festival ia try tha uttia hut to b preaanted iteh 25th town s plsnning board requeit ed last week cam to the mo tion stage monday at council but it wa later withdrawn un til a hoard meeting thl thurs- dsy the extra 5 500 would moitly be used for a planning consultant which the board is recommending mayor gibbons said he had ulked just that day with board chairman claude kent ner and hid bwn told a 4 000 budget might be adequate i can t support thla motion tonight and would like to hear what 1 said thursday be said queried by cr francis if he would endorse a 14 000 bud net the mayor replied i mljiht after meeting with tha board but he refused to be tied to any promise of approval cr francis said if a consul tnt could show where ind how high rise apartments could be built in town it we don t nets i a w oo0 fee for that advice it could be on a per diem basi said cr power reeve elliott expressed con cern about the increase the police committee might be adding four men to the force and possibly be looking for new quarters how are we going to hold expenditures with all this he said you re budget conscious here but purchase of cedar vale school is going to cost a lot more than this quipped deputy reeve hunter to the reeve mr hunter ha opposed purchase of thrse baol proper ty as a centennial project provincial domtar papermiils working with 0wrc in testing artiou initiated at monday council meeting may mean an end to the multicolourd cre dlt branch through town and to pollution of the stream in the north end of town for some time the ontario water resource commission h been working with council snd management of the two paper mills on the problem and according to r h utllest spokesmsn for 4 owrc men who visited council monday a solution is in sight i after explaining a trial test in which pre trestrd waste from provinrisl paper ltd will enter the town s aewsfie system for a month council enthusiastically endorsed il there will be no chare for kmnvaaylayimg standard product limited snd the bargsintng committee of local 979 of the united auto workers hsve started renegotls ting a new contract th local rejected a contract offer at a meeting last week the tet but a yearly cost of four to five thousand dollar was mtiittoikd by 11 orler another visitor if provinrisl and domthr use uie system in future payment details will be dis cussed with the mills following results of the tesl it wu stressed that the system which operates at some 50 of capac ity now will itlll be adequate increased sawage would am ount to another 10 it is est msted queried on whether the pre sent settling beds at domtar would be eliminated mr mill est said not necessarily so a the mill would hsve to pre- treat waste in some fashion before it enters the system esquesing school board votes 40 meeting fee the esquesing school board voted to accept the maximum pay for which they are eligible wo per member per month at a meeting laat week tha amount of the honorarium is based on ihe attendance in the township schools in 1064 hope traffic study to solve crossing problem a trarflc study aimed al providing a solution to a traffic problem created when the cnr station croailng was closed last year will soon be under way mondsy council named a smsn technical coordinating comfrttttee which will make a survey of all town traffic art cries town engineer william carr is chairman and member ire police chief roy haley plan ning hoard chairman claude kentner ed malison and county engineer roy smith the w0 doesnt include a travelling allowance which tha esquesing board has also ac cepted with additions at the glen and stewsrttown almost com pleted still more apace will be needed by fall the board feel at least one more room al limehouse and pinrvlew 1 envisioned inspector w mc dowell felt one classroom- and one general purpose room which could be used as a classroom when necessary would be the most economical in the long run hikers find council reps seek water dispute solution in an attempt to iron out a problem with a local industry deputy reeve hunter and cr george hewson were empow ered mondsy to discus with arthur klee and report hack to councfl next week mr klee hi refused to pay a hydrant charge for fire pro tection imposed last year claiming the hydrant ha been on the property year before his delta craft firm located nrc7nd-thmv- propertlc on river drive meanwhile vhen council threatened to tut thtr wafer supply to the building unless the account u settled mr klee wrote council requesting several week notice no he an arrange for hi own mis ply mayor gibbons argue that other water user are aaaetsed the charge and that everyone must be treated equally last week mr kike aubmltt- ona of the biggest problem of all rural school board transportation took up a fair share of the meeting children waiting out in tha cold when busse were late dur ing the recent cold spell prom pled the vicechairman russell miller to point out that it waa up to the bus company to maka sure their buses would start in cold weather by putting heat er in them council could put more sand on the flat roads too w added chairman mrs shirley armstrong discipline on the busses was again discussed mr k nleol of the school planning and building re search division of the depart ment of education will talk to the combined esquesing and nassagaweya school llosrds at a special meetins feb 15th on any proposed building projects and the procedure involved s i peter jooe photo snowbound bruce trail can be rough 1st oiokctctown scouts tackled the bruee trail north of georgetown saturday in an irerwhlch tteeg hills anddeep gullies make the most picturesque in summer but deep snow makes tough hiking in midwinter the hikers 1s of them were recruited by scouts dennis wright and glenn braomhaed who organised the trek scoutmaster dave hastings and queens scouts dave shrubsole and dave blhey headed the pack they ed a bill to the town for 11800 picked up the trail where it crosses the 10th line north of glen williams and made their for accommodating two ubllcjvy west- some 6f the scouts took advantage of the opportunity lo try their campflre hydrants oa his property and cooking toils when the parly camped at the end of the hike a look at the weather jan high low st wed 28 thurs 3b1m 30 sat m 6un fb 1 uon a tue 21 ib 1 15 so is s 20 it t ltt preclp for jsn i 73 11 1 rsln snovr irish for january 52 jsn 8th- low lo below jsn loth iilgh for january 1064 is low 10 preclp i 1006 alt sstronomer says tbst in the centre of the sun the tem perature is 18 million degree r hes probably guessing ti i s