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ads that pay you cm place an ad in the htfllfi ctasatfud pates by ffhenlne wmtdl buylitfl or eelnfiab tht herald t where you will find the results yeu tie home newspaper tor georgetown and district printing publishiri the oaetttown herald j itrvtd ooorgelown and dbl trfct as printers and publuhartu sine 1167 offarlns the bast mf rhhim rfrfimrdclammp ottawa and for payment ef postag in cash georgetown on fabnuary 24 1966 500 par year slngla copy pries tan carta alva allen pupils pass music exams music results of tho pupils of mrs alva allen who tried the midwinter examination set by the royal conservatory of mu sic in toronto grade iv piano eric hansen honours grade n piano ev elyn allen anna wilcox hon ours grade i piano margaret armstrong janet bailey laurie golden theresa thompson ho nours mary wilcox first class honours a georgetown man cst ronald frank webster died in this toronto township police cruiser friday when it was hit by a truck on the dundas highway near dixie road quebec firm would buy ten acres for factory at least two industries have chosen georgetown as a site for new factories ibut whether a quebec firm which had been dealing with last years industrial commiss ion will locate is a question mark at present the difficulty is that ere tract of town- owned indus trial lnd promised to the firm i ay the commififtiod js included r jb l acreage which eoun- leu on monday agreed to sell to another mdustry william mcnauy of last years commission told council he had presented the quebec firms of fer for purchase of lots 64 65 iijart wednesday only to be told that it could not be accepted it puts the commission in an awkwazttvposuion he said co- mpany omctafarhsdvibited town three times they were brought hereby the ontario dept of trade and industry and when l phoned the news to the dep- artment they werent too hap py slipped his mind until the pur chase offer came last week theres no doubt in my mind that we can find suitable land for them he said cr hyde said negotiations would begin tuesday morning mr mcnally said be under stands that two other lots might be available but stressed that unless the firm can buy ten ac res they are not interested this is a large firm with triple a rating and their dir ectors have approved the pur chase he said 1 know anoth er large firm is pending and i hope we can accommodate both of them he told council that by dos sing todd rd as planned under ground services worth sixty to seventy thousand dollars would have to be replaced have you made any effort to have the large firm locate elsewhere be asked would not it be more sensible to have them locate on a 50 acre site in moore park he said he was not speaking for the commission but as a private citizen and as one mem ber of the 1065 commission cr era hyde who is coun dls industrial chairman said he had known nothing about the second industry until last wed nesday they have been contacted about other prope he said and w nave tal to rectify this dnixup thats just what tve been saying said cr fred harrison we should have council repre- bentatjon on the commission and this couldnt happen deputy reeve young said the reeve crs ballentine smith and himself had discos aed the- tots in question with x industrial commission in tjecember and were aware that rfc proposal might be upcoming although there was no firm com mitment nor had a name been jbentionjd mayor gibbons explained that mcn had mentioned the industry to him in december faot in the pressure of negotiat- tdf with the larger firm it had asks elimination of king street ditches a king street resident harry hayward asked council mon day to consider improvements to the street which he says is a main traffic artery curbs and gutters are badly needed he said to eliminate dit ches which are overgrown with weeds and which trap water af- ter e rain when traffic was routed along che street last fall during highway improve ments the road surface w badly damaged he said he was told by road chairman wm f hunter that his request will be taken into consideration when the 1966 road program is discussed but he warned that his budget has been slashed in councils economy budget ai bis budget of 125000 cannot cover all the things which should be done he has a serious complaint and its worth consideration said deputy reeve young i agree mayor gibbons told mr hayward the reeve has a tight budget but he has intima ted that something will be star ted on your street interest waning but will keep special commercial another year plan sep board to supervise cedarvale commercial special will re main as one of the courses off ered at georgetown district high school for one more term at least interest in the once popular course has waned to the point where principal donald turner can find no more than 8 students in the school of over a thousand who will take it next year this course is a good one but im wondering if the board is prepared to continue it con sidering the declining interest and the cost of operating it mr turner commented at i high school board meeting mon february 14 td hate to close the door on commercial special said chair man donld lawson itsjieen a wonderful outlet for girls who realize almost too late that they cant make it to university i would like to see it kept for at least another term to see if this is just a slump in interest or if the enrolment sags furth er trustee edwin hall said if the course were eliminated students wishing to take it could do so at another high school at the local boards exp ense a motion to continue to offer commercial special passed un animously students wont be able to find seclusion in vacant classrooms from now on at mondays board meeting trustees instruct ed their business administrator ernest forgrave to see that all inside locks on classroom doors are eliminated the step came after princip al donald turner informed the board that some students are a- voiding supervised spare per iods in the schools cafeteria by slipping into a vacant classroom and locking the door mr turn er said that teachers who try the door assume there is a class inside the georgetown high school may soon be a ham radio stat ion the board has okayed a request for permission to apply to the department of transport for a license to operate the ham station mr ej rye is the tea cher who made the application for his electronics club the only expense to the school will be an antenna and cost of installation warn children to stay away from streams the georgetown chapter of the canadian red cross socie ty has issued a warning to par ents to keep their children away from streams and rivers in the vicinity this time of year when ice is getting weak to support their weight a possible tragedy was aver ted recently when a smith and stone worker robert freestone 35 ann st pulled 7 year old james dickenson from the ri ver at the bottom of ewing st hill when he discovered him floundering in the ley water mrs connie nieuwhof the chairman of the red cross wa ter safety committee said this is the most likely time of year for a drowning because young sters are not aware of danger of thawing ice and swollen ri vers set 3500 as target for red cross blitz unnamed company options thirtyfive acres tuesday the georgetown chapter of the canadian red cross society hopes to raise 3500 in their upcoming blitz the target fig ure was set at a canvass offici als meeting monday night the campaign will be cond ucted as usual during march which is red cross month canada a local official said canvass ers are still being enlisted by mrs fran grady and mrs at pritchard for the local blitz police constable ron webster accident victim a toronto township police man was killed and two men in jured friday when a truck col lided with a police cruiser on the dundas highway near dixie road constable ronald frank web ster 37 of 9 norton crescent georgetown was on routine pa trol when the tractortrailer skidded into the path of his car the truck driver told police he was westbound on the highways passing lane when a car pul led into his path and stopped he applied the brakes and skid ded into thejwth of the police uiser a town resident or eight years constable webster joined the toronto township force 3 years ago he formerly was employed with litton systems and at avro and for two years served with the royal canadian mounted police bom in brantford he had lived at oshawa newmarket and thistletown as a youth he leaves his wife edna cha- piel two children susan and rlcki his parents mr and mrs alex webster of rexdale and brothers duane of newmarket and danny of weston full police honours were ac corded constable webster at the funeral service on monday in st johns united church with policemen from many cen- a 7member board to operate the towns new cedarvale com munity centre will soon be na med by council monday council decided that it would accept nominees from five designated groups and add two councillors bill smith and wheldon emmerson are coun cils choice it was cr smiths suggestion to have the board represent as large a segment of residents as possible by this method a no minee has been asked from each of the ministerial association red cross ymywca and hor ticultural society jthe lions kinsmen rotary and legion are asked to combine on one nominee doorbells ringing alert residents to tb clinic miller brothers high producers get certificates miller brothers rbi geor getown recived a bronze med al certificate of honor for their dual purpose shorthorn cow silverholm betty at the annual meeting of the dualpurpose shorthorn association recently the cow was the high produc ing 4 year old in canada in 1965 with 11454 lbs milk and 440 lbs fat in 305 days they also received a silver medal certificate for maple ledge betty ann which produ ced 43113 lbs lbs and 1717 lbs fat in 5 consecutive 305 day lactation doorbells rang today in hun dreds of halton county homes to alert residents that only ten days remain before the start of the countys mass tuberculosis survey over 200 volunteers be- gain a bouse to house canvass to remind everyone of the im portance of having a tubercu lin test the 200 volunteers are part of the overall canvassing of more than 10000 persons who will be visiting all county homes during the next five tres attending to pay their re spects rev ian fleming con ducted the service and inter ment was in greenwood ceme tery 40 year old institute has 24 presidents secretaries au are either past presidents or past secretaries of tha ashgove wi and all received pins at an anniversary dinner last week seated from leftare mrs w cleave mrs m bird mrs f harbottle mr r hepburn mrs r cunningham mrs j carney mrs c b dick mrs clayton wilson standing from left mrs j bellboddy mrs j bird mrs f ruddall mrs w brownridge mrs a 4- ruddell mrs w bird mrs c austin mrs c hunter mrs r alexander mrs w stringer mrs f wilson mrs cecil wilson mrs h-tjorse- mrs h bird mrs f thompson and mrs v archer see story on pago 2 georgetown will have a new industry with a potential of 2000 employees and floor space of a million square feet n agreement was signed with an unnamed firm in the early hours of tuesday morning for sale of some 35 industrial acres owned by the town 1000 an acre extra acreage is being purchased from metro politan halton development co the agreement which is to be consummated in 30 days requi res the town to obtain an acre of land from canadian national railways which the firm requi res and to close a large port ion of todd road construction on an initial 250000 square feet of factory would begin within a year and be completed within 18 months itfixemployment would be about 250 the news broke at a council meeting just after midnight when the town solicitor fred helson and bruce mclaughlin president of the development firm arrived at the meeting they had been in touch by phone with a company repres entative ironing out last min ute changes in the agreement which council has accepted the sale is technically made to a toronto solicitor gx prin- gle to ensure secrecy until the deal is finalized the sale encompasses lots 56 to 65 part of todd road and part of block c in the delrex industrial subdivision and the property adjoins that recently acquired by general fireproof- ing for a new factory a large industry with great growth potential mr mclau ghlin termed the firm he aid that- he believes tuil- ding will come much earlier than the stipulated year and that an investigation team from the firm is leaving soon to study production lines in england italy and the tls in an all out effort to reach the surveys goal of tube testing all available county res idents canvassers have donated numerous hours of their time to the project they will go from door to door to remind persons that they are entitled to a free tuberculin test answer any questions that they may have about the survey and to tell everyone where their near est clinic will be held rev m estabrooks general chairman of the survey has suggested that persons not de lay in getting their tests in order to avoid any last minute rush that may develop no one who cares for ms or her own health and that of his family can afford to neglect this opportunity be said this county is paying a high price for tuberculosis a disease that can be cured and prevented tfltrough the cooperation of everyone in the county we can find the source of tuberculosis infection and check its spread would build apartments at mountainview corner two forty six suite apart ment buildings would be con structed at the mountainview- higbway corner if the town would agree to rexoning the armstrong property council was informed on monday letter from the planning board said the parties interes ted in buying the property had been informed the board was not prepared to recommend zo ning changes to council re- zoning from r3 to r4 and a small portion to c2 was asked the board is concerned about the population density which the apartments would bring cr hyde toldcouncil thats double the number of suites they would recom mend for that acreage ha said offer town 1000 for kinsmen apartment land folk singers compete in eastwood festival on saturday february 19th nine enthusiastic folk singers from georgetown district high school attended a folk festi val at eastwood collegiate a well organized event with ten schools competing in the after noon session and the top three taking part in a very good pro gram in the evening that feat ured- professional talent first place went to kitchener- waterloo collegiate institute a group of three girls and a boy two very talented girls from central vocational insti tute kitchener were second and a group called tour just men and just one woman were third the group from geor getown were commended on ac companiment and tone quality bqtjosrmarks because of choice of song and audience appeal kith new songs and more ex perience the group is bat three weeks old much better per formance is expected next year the evening performance fea tured th balladeires with the intellectual heather and scott an apartment building for i senior citizens planned by the kinsmen club is almost al rea- lity a 255 acre site in esquesing township owned by the town is desired by the club it has 346 feet frontage on hyde park drive and the kinsmen have of fered the town 1000 while approval of the project was expressed by several coun cillors monday it was decided to discuss the purchase offer in committee before giving the club its answer next monday a look at the weather wednesday feb 16 35 thursday feb 17 18 fridays feb 18 13 saturday feb 19 6 sunday feb 20 15 monday feb 21 19 tuesday feb 22 31 max for the week 35 min for the week 10 precipitation snow 3 and the kg and gave many ideas for the group to work on