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may ask demolition firm to blast channel through glen ice jam the loojam and poaaibje i ahoodloi at glen wullama u i- thf topic under discussion for almjoat the whole evening at eaguealng council meeting moodny night captain don henry of a tor onto firjn of underwater denv i outlon men stated be had ben up to the glen to look over ibe situation and ssid welt take out the ice jam for you im a marine special- 1st who baa been blow to lc tou for fifteen ai he fait it hot loo cioee to um houses for blasting since he uses a substance that blow down into the jam not upwards- he rial mod ly aoulh make a channel rtghr down through the middle of the riv er quoting a price 0 300 ha said 1 wj dont blow it you dent jay ui following captain henry offer reeve g leslie pointed out that they dido t know whose iespon blluy it wi and were trying to establish that at the moment ju elf that tha township bad no su tttowly to go on private prop erty and wondered who would heritable if bwing damaged the house in the vicinity mr roy mcmillan chairman of the credit valley conserva tion authority explained that he wsj meeting with the de partment of land and forests to try to clarify the situation we were told alter the flood lag in the clen four year go that it wsj fn emergency measure organization respond sibility now we ire uld the emovortly operstej iti a cat- ktvtropb councillor w llnham wood exedlftiextaoujdbe enough water to wash the ice awsy even if it were blasted councillor r lawson felt the health unit should also have aotne authority since he had heard there were 22 wejij contaminated mr barker also of tb cre dit valley authority explain ed thai be had comsiltted the authority ui his own to put a bulldozer in on christmas day u vti lucky hwu small job he added wilfrid leehktrett that could be done again since the water u shallow at that point and there would be bo danger of damage by blasting summing up reeve g le be emphasized we have to get authority to do something fast howevsr i tant leav the township responsible for dam age to house aurely can come tp sutae agreement to get bocnetning door mr mcmillan pmmiaed to sw the mlnisw of the depart sweat of leads ad foreec the next day taw aaect with taw authority sftasa 4w fbofrtaiaur day and invited taw aa renli 1 1 w cxmindj in join tw iaas breweatly werryiauf the coaservataoei a fcc- qneoal eovaci sad the cleej ity occurred in was created kkca ace locked at a head ha use oetftt branch a lew vemli ad south w the volaaws bndaw hnwee tew aeecdiajj itm 4 second bend aad the level of the locked ice ban risen until it uj bow even with the top of the river bank a normal rain woujd have bad disastrous effects a week aaw wbes the jam was froten right to the rivcf bed leaving se apace for eubeurface flow extensive melting and run off at that time would have wft the rivers coarse at bedrf the glesi west bridge flooding it likely aoene of the ice chunks jrowld nave brokest away with the flooding waters and done ser ious property damage to neigh bouring homes however since then the wa ter has washed through under the ice and there ii a current again the haltoo county health unit has issued warnings to res idents in the vicinity of the ri ver where flooding has occur- red u boil their wu wtr be fore using it ads that pay yaw cast plaaa aa mi wttw haws oaaatnm e ay bawfaaa tc 7ttol bvrvs eelllks tfc u4 la wkr lf ww final hx nwim m i georgetown herald the home newspaper tor georgetown and district printing publishing tk i ii h has iirf c lwp and dive- rid m rruun j rawwt um printing ftnj n auhil u cuu mill r ortli bl oh4 wva f ll lh ujl wgoon offhru tkuy mr 1mu 4od put yj slaola copy mci ym steam locomotive draws fans peter jonm rholo rail birds reception commihee for iron horse a large reception cetdtnittse 1 4 broat of them armed with canv aras greeted cboet frop tha past when a eteaai locomotive one oi tha last id existence to this country pulled a train of excursion uu through here sat unlay tha ateam engine a 340tdn 81 type u beueved to be one of th largest to nasi through georgetown the steam engine and four pauen- ger car puffed into the local yard at about three oclock and atood on the main line near main st while onlookers inspected the link with the past from the main st bridge retain two add five in parks board appointments council retained two put member of the board of i parka management and added a five new men including two councillors when idas appoint menta were made on monday tha board waa created to administer the arena when the town acquired the building some yean ago until now tha hoard has been composed of tlx member appointed al ternttcly for 3 year lermi last week council paiacd a new by law calling for one year appointment and a 7 namber board of which at least two must be councillors there have been indications alnce the yearend thai aome councillors were intent on a shakeup in the board there ha been open criticism by aome ami spirited defence by others of a bank loan backed i by members of the board which waa made to pay for building renovstionu the loan has alnce been repaid appointments made monday were ivan crib tree and jack gudgeon from the present board fred maveal herb i robinson qui fantus and councillors bill smith and jim young 1 the appointments were op posed in i 63 vote by reeve elliott deputy reeve hunter and cr powers stressing that he has noth- 4ng against any oi the appoint ees tha deputy reeve said he could see trouble if council becomes involved in arena management cr powers ech oed his sentiments it no different than our re cent appointment to the con- eervatlon authority said cr j smith when we replaced 11 former appointee with a councillor tha deputy reeve cr smjlh aald he had du- cussed the matter with former arena board members bob ii xane dlclr tlcata and clarence r mr king had indicated preferred ha decline anoth- appolntment after aerving the liflajrdjut erimr- llcata had submitted his res good job some of the mem ignauon in a letter read tolbers have been there lor 15 or council that night the sixth 16 y and we can use some member waa arthur scott new blood no ones feelings should be ward 3 has s representative hurt by the change said cr for the first lime he noted smith the board has done a i georgetowns share is 578 county assessment in figures given to halton county by county assessor j ford rogers it was shown that the assessment for halton county now stands at 274104 335 an increase of 3078310 according to these llturei georgetown s assessment in creased 71400 in the pat year and now stands at 15 861086 in apportioning the county rate the following percentage will be paid by the seven mun icipalities in ihe county oakvillc burlington georgetoun enqueuing milton acton nassagawcya 44 36 38 71 5 78 3 06 3 27 2 05 1m lions honorary memberships to two for community work a rare honour wai bestowed on two local men recently hen nev kelvin johnston o st andrew united church and john t ajanilronc were presented with nonorary mem bershlps in the georcetown lions club dr aunthompijon member ship ehtleman presented the membership certificates in rec ognition of servrce done for the community honorary memberships are given raroly with thclist on elyen locally going to bob foldklm ex niil star at the same meeting in the banquet room of stans rest aurant hush diamond was in troduced into- the club and bod johnsonransferred from theaturus lions- club while accepting the honorary membership john 1 arm strong in bis capacity u chair man of the geortfetotrn hospi tal board alao accepted a cheque from the liona club for 2500 as par of their pledge to the hospitaj 4way stop mooted dangerous comer a 4 way stop at the danger ous main and maple intersec tion is being sought by two councillors reeva john elliott and cr on towers proposed this in 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 action should be tifc- cut bofore a fata occurs at present main is a through street and maple a stop stop lights are the best solution said cr jim young maybe when our new stop lights wtrutalled on malrj st by eagle filgnakjwe oan use tha drosenj- ones there experiment may solve mills waste problem maclaren continues on conservation authority georgetown councils sug estlon that alea maclarm be named an honorary member of credit valley conservation authority has been adopted on monday council waa in formed by the cvca lhat atcb action has been taken mr maclaren will continue as member of the committee on land use and reforeitation mr marlaren who had np- resented eorimown on the group since its inception until this year has been one of the most ardent advocatea of con aervatlon in this district a former county councillor when he waa georgetown a reeve he was one of the init ul orgsnizers of cvca which concerns itaelf with the credit valley watershed altx uaclaitim council still debates 6000 planning budget a u 000 budget for the could offset stir budret in- whats going on last atumay tetany etuaeas warfe easting vntjuirtttg fry at it odd atnortwfrt1 ft obcts whirh w being kij onto trucks on main st a few gucrir vnre are the tfuulrt of the slur taring reaodelud has there bvn an accident was there a lire are these items for sale no it was not aa amdvbt or a clearance sale of any kind but simply the george town little tbeatre moving to new aadquartsrr ilaviag been forced to vacate their storage and rehearsal space due to expansion oi the owner s base- bvent they had finally found a new hour thanks to local bukinetxioa and were ia the procesa of transferring the var ions props scettevy he which have been accumulated over the year we hope they cob overcoeu this added obstacle bi the pre paration of their festival en try tbe liula hut to be rau aih provincial domtar papermills working with owrc in testing action initiated at mondays council meeting may mean an end to the multicoloured cre dit branch through town and to pollution of the stream in the north end of town for some time the ontario water kesourcet commission has uen working with council and management of the two paper mills on the problem and according to r ll will fit spokesman for 4 owhc men who visited council monday a aolution ia in sight after explaining a trial test ta which pre treated waste from provincial psper ltd will enter the town s aewage system for a month council enthusiastically endorsed il there will be no charge for towns planning board request ed last week came to the mo tion stage monday at council but it was lster withdrawn un til a board meeting this thurs day the extra 5500 would moitly be used for a planning consultant which the board is recommending mayor gibbons said he had talked just that dsy with board chairman claude kent ner and had been told a 4000 budget might be adequate i cant support this motion tonight and would like to hear what la aaid thursday he said queried by cr francis if he would endorse a 4000 budget the mayor replied i might after meeting with the board but he refused to be tied to any promise of approval cr francla aaid if a consul tant could show where and how high rise apartments could be built in town it council reps to seek water dispute solution jn an attempt to iron aut a problem with a local industry deputy reeve hunter and cr george hewson were empow ered monday jo discuss with arthur klee and report back to council next week mr klee has refused to pay a hydrant charge for fire pro tection imposed last year claiming the hydrant hat been the property year before hlf delta craft firm located here and that it serves other properties on river drive meanwhile when council threatened to cut the water supply to the building unless the account u settled mr klee wrote council requesting severs 1 weeks notice ao he can arrange for his own sup ply mayor gibbons arguee that other water users are assessed the charge and that everyone must bo treated equally last week my klae submits ed a bill tthetown for 1800 for lrccommodauntftivow public hydrant on hu property crease for the planning board we dont need a u 000 fee for that advice it could be on a per diem basis said cr powers 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 youre budjtet conscious here but purchase of cedar vale school ia going to cost a lot more than this quipped deputy reeve jlunter to the reeve mr hunter haa opposed purchase of the school proper ty aa a centennial project kimrayttaytmg standard rvodacta limited aad the wgatrliig roaunittee of local st of lb united auto workers have started renegotia ling a nw contract tha local rejected a contract offer at a fiteeting last week the teat but a yearly cost of four to five thousand dollars waa moutioned by 11 iorter another visitor if provinclsl and domtkr use lite sybtful ltf future payment details will be dis cussed with the mills following results of the test it was stressed lhat the system which operates at aome 50 of capac ity now will it 111 be adequate interested sewage would am ount to another 10 it is esti mated queried on whether the pro stm settling beds st domtar would b eliminated mr mill- est said not neceuanly so aa the mul would have to pre- treat waste in some fashion before it enters the aystem esquesing school board votes 40 meeting fee the eaquesinf school board voted to accept the maximum pay for which they are eligible 40 per member per month at a meeting last week the amount of the honorarium is baaed on the attendance in the township acboolj in 1d04 hope traffic study to solve crossing problem a traffic study aimed at providing a solution to a traffic problem created when the cnr aiatlon crossing waa cloud i last year will aeon be under way monday council named a sman technical coordinating committee which will make survey of all town traffic art cries town engineer william carr ia chairman and members are police chief roy haley plan ning board chairman claude kentner ed malison and county engineer roy smith hikers find the 40 doesnt inelude a travelling allowance which tha esquesing board has also ac cepted with additiona at the glen and tewarttown almost com pleted still more apace will be needed by fall the board feels at least one mare room at llmehouse and pine view ia 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 roost economical in the long run one of the bicgest problems of all rural school boards transportation took up a fair share of the meeting children waiting out in the cold when buaaea were late dur ing the recent cold spell prom pted the vicechairman rpuell miller to point out that it waa up to the bua company to make sure their buses would start in cold weather by putting heat ers in them council could put more aand on the flat rpads too addod chairman mrs shirley armstrong discipline on the buues waa again discussed mr k nleol of the school planning and building rv search division of the depart ment of education will talk to the combined eequesjng and naaaagaweya school boards at a apeclal meeting feb 13th on any proposed buildinc projects and the procedure involved a look at the weather high law bruce rough- 1st ocoroctowh scqutj tailed thvbhxatrallnofttv of ceorgalown salurdy-tn-m- araa whlchlteefj hills and doep gullies males the moat pjcturaaaua in summer but deep snow makes rsuqh hiking in mldwlntar ths hikers 13 of them were recruited by scputt dennis wright and glenn braomhead who organized the trek gcoutmaster dave hastings emtdueens scouts dave shrubaola and dave blaney headed the pack vthoy picked up the trail where ltrosse the toth line north of glen williams and made their way west some of the scouli took advantage of the opportunity to try thefr campfire and cooking tesls when the party camped at the end of the hike 21 ib 7 ib 20 20 17 3 i 7 10 preclp for jan 173 rain 171 snow ittgh for january 82 jan 8th low18 below jan 16th high for january low 10 preclp i 1006 alt astronomer says that in the centre of tha aun the tero i peratpre is 15 million degree r hes probably guessing v f f