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iredits pollution pouuqon in the credit river rttefata ot which nurthrough oeorfttown gun wuuams mortal and stewarttown in this jtm has been declining over lb past 10 years according to th credit valley conservation rity field officer stan anttorlv mt white revealed the de- ereue while commenting on utanenu ttylng canada will oda equal the united states in the indescribable pollution of livers leading into the great lakes thecredlt has been undergo ing tests or the oast year now and all samples ire sent to the ontario water resources com mission for analyzing te owrc is vitally interest ed in assisting municipalities to reduce the pollution in rivers fie said tve heard it said uiit when the credit is compared to the don elver it is quite pure mr whit admitted though hat this wasn t much of a comparison incriase flow he spoke of work being done now o increase the flow of the credit during the summer fiooths we are getting the engineering studies done now lor the ormngeville reservoir fee commented iff- white said pollution is it lb worst during late august and early september when the riv erflow is at a minimum some of the pollution was blamed on the overflow of do- ib sewage and septic and tile beds not being maintained over aid years manufacturing tame in for a heavy shore of the bume stan white dairies are one- possible source he said and also gas btauons apparently gas stat ions right on the river bank will drain oil into the river but various industries have taken quite intensive steps to improve the condition he said creeps up pollution creeps up on you mr white said and there are probably sections of the credit where the quallrfms not as good as pure water but it has the ability to cleanse itself he said that oxygen and sun light dilute the sewage so its not harmful to fish mr white pointed out that there have been times on the river when the bacteria count was so high that the health in spector wouldnt permit swim ming but he felt the testing being done now will give an indicat ion of just what is happening in the river this is better than speculating he said lets play bridge by bill 30 ats to switch into one of his minor suits in case he ran into trou ble there as well many local duplicate bridge players attended the tricounty bridge loarnament in guelph the local bridge club was well represented at the section al tournament held in guelph last weekend this is the 4th year for the tri county tour- nament which operates under a sanction from the american contract bridge league atten dance records were shattered in an events t cannot give the actual i obtained by all the play- en but i mil indicate in some twtkntheywtaeabove av erage above average in dupli cate bridge means that a pair was better than at leas one half the total number ot play- friday night was the mixed pairs with 21 tables m pairs in competition duke wilson and maa margery mackenzie of georgetown had an above av erage game while your col- onanist and his wife didnt fare aa wejl mr and mrs clayton i barbour of brin also played the mixed pairs and were just on the average score bob rem- i of acton partnered with best result in a hand played 26 different times we were defending and i sat east dealer west north south vulnerable north s k 7 4 h 3 d a k 10 9 c k 10 8 5 3 west s5 ha k 1 0 4 dq j 4 2 c j 97 2 east s a q j 9 2 h l 9 7 2 d 8 7 c q 4 south s 10 8 6 3 hj 8 7 5 d 5 3 west 1 h pass pass north dble pass pass east redble dble south 1 s pass norths double is called takeout double and it requests partner to bid his best suit which unfortunately for him was also my best suit i guess that north was afraid west got off to the excellent lead of spade five three rounds of trump lef declarer in poor shape he tried to ruff a club on which east discarded a dia mond so he didnt even make two diamond tricks in all took only five tricks two spades two clubs and one dia mond i wonder what result could have been better than that since eastwest cannot even make game on their cards bridge winners 1st pair bill barbour and brian hamilton 2nd pair bill hamilton and bill coats 3rd pair mrs olive overland and mrs lois barbour hospital news by let clark ah well march is always a windy blustering month isnt it something weve neglected to mention in the past few weeks was the- very successful evening held for ladles groups it the hospital earlier this month this was a continuation of the public relations program started last year to acquaint local organizations with the way departments are function ing industrial head were en tertained and service clubs al so visited the hospital and had a chance to see the various operations and view equipment however we must say that the turnout of- ladies groups exceeded all expectations and was certainly a credit to uip three ladies who organized it miss ruth evans mrs elsie hamilton and mrs joyce hew- aon we believe everyone had an enjoyable evening and left the hospital with a much clear er insight into the functioning of the various departments various equipment was ex plained to the ladies present and dr c alan thompson and dr allstair macintosh explain ed and demonstrated the opera tion of some of the newly ac quired equipment including the heart station mrs hamilton gave a history of the building mrs joyce hewson a summary of the auxiliary work and ruth evans acted as chairman u clark welcomed the ladies on behalf of the board and con ducted a question period a surprisingly large number of timely questions were asked incidentally this was a most successful night and a number of future ones are being planned 2500 travelling budget overspent says auditor salton county councils 52900 limit- for entertaining guests and travelling on civic business has been substantially exceed ed for the year 1000 according to a 44page auditors report distributed to councillors list week auditor w h matthews did nolsaybyjrarjnuciithroun- ty exceeded the limit in his summation and the figure was not readily available kt scan ning the weighty document surpluswise the countys in good thane the auditor found a s7s47410 surplus after- 1965 ended 48500 of which came from the county roads depart ment the county operated a 2714 92410 business in 1065 the revenue and expenditure state ment indicates of this 1613- 989 came in county rates from the towns and townships that are part of the county the fe deral- government contributed 16561 and the provincial go vernment 753537 the- regis try office showed a profit of 85172 a surplus of 100079 from previous years was used to reduce the 1965 levy major expenditures included 200863 for general govern ment 202464 for protection persons and property 508937 for public works high ways and bridges 254551 for public welfare including manor nwntenance 576569 for debt charges 64910 for capital ex penditure and 125000 for health unit oakviue contributed 716032 to the county coffers in 1965 burlington 629767 george town 91628 esquesing town ship 58124 milton 51781 acton 41918 and nassagawe- ya township 24714 at the end of the year the county owed 5297249 in de benture charges these charges cover the manor county ministration building all four county hospitals and the three north halton high schools dur ing 1965 just 250378 was paid of the debenture debt total pass vocal exaas royal conservatory at recent midwinter ses sion of the music examinations held by the royal conservatory of music in toronto the fol lowing pupils from the studio of the mororrowm hihald thursday marcrt 11 paqk 0 b- harrison arct kenneth rmt wer f zl grade 10 singing joan beatyj 1st class honours grade 1 ttng log linda rea honours jimmy rea honours j enjoying the bonusbenefits of these royal contpletebanking services use this checklist as a helpful guide harrison pupils are kiwanis club winners pupils from the studio of kenneth r harrison arct rmt georgetown who were successful at 1966 toronto ki wanis festival were girls solo under 10 years linda rea 2nd under 11 years lois elliott 2nd under 12 years lois elliott 2nd soprano oratorio joan beat- ty 2nd soprano solo open joan bcaty 3rd soprano solo under 19 john beaty 2nd un der 20 joan beaty 2nd a question asked that night dealt with the availability of speakers about the hospital top- eration and we would stress here once again that anyone has only to ask and an appro priate speaker will be made available as to any question about the hospital we are sure any member of the board would be happy to answer as indeed would the adminstrator or de partment heads we are sure the writer is only to glad to help in this regard and will be happy to take the necessary time to answer any or all ques tions from anyone genuinely interested fai the welfare and operation of the hospital we note with satisfaction the letters of mr art speight and mr h earle regarding the treatment accorded them while in hospital we are sure the staff and department heads will take satisfaction in knowing their efforts are appreciated with the coming of spring we can once more look forward to the beauty of the flower beds in the hospital grounds this is a neverfailings urce of de light to patients and visitors alike mrs mary manning of eden hus and mrs r dickson play ing wilfc mrs smith both of krin were above average in a nine table non masters pairs game the same night saturday was the open pairs and local players showed very watt this event is run in two ettaionava qualifying round was in the afternoon with the final round in the evening a total of 109 pairs entered this lou bertaseon and harry frost ot milton came first in their section in the afternoon but were out of the money ii the evening your columnis playing with his father jack goats was second in their sec tion in the afternoon and held on to come out eighth overall in the evening mike loruseo and lloyd keir of georgetown were fourth their way in the af game bob reming ton and duke wdaon also tried the open pairs but did not qua lify in the evening there was a eonaobrtion game mrs gloria coats played with mrs mary in one section white l margery mackenzie and l ouve logan also of geor- put together an above arerage game in another conso- jaqon section in the team game on sunday 9ua area was represented by a team whueu jrpamfrers were bob baaaington duke wilson mhte loroseo and jam kahfl i do ot hare the results of sun days fame as i write this col- often good results are obtal- md on hands played at a low kvel her is one from jtte pan pairs game in which my fttber and i got the second cooperatives look to the future halton cooperative supplies merges with united cooperatives halton cooperative merges with united cooperatives of ontario to provide continued services to people in the mi i tongeorgetownerin area an overwhelming vole in favour of the merger by members at the annual meeting orrmarch 23 sets the stage for future growth of cooperative services and benefits in this area this is one of many such mergers considered 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