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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 5, 1966, p. 1

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picketed the plant a- round the clock the union had been negotiating with the com pany since november 3 their differences went to conciliation on january 17 and it was large ly through the efforts of the government conciliator mr w owsoiete picket sjgns ue discarded in e ditch near the j hcguire that the settlement plant entrance came about 48 years engineer smith retires eaoie signal wageearners reenter the guelph street plan after sixteen days of picketing idhs gets best delegation award at model u n assembly three georgetown high school stndenurepresentiiis the united kingdom in a hal- tonpeel united nations gener al assembly at oakville trafal gar high school on the week end were judged the assemblys best delegation roger smith speaker ricb- ard enright and tony mcauley received their award at the end of the assembly session satur day they spent the prior three days attempting to justify unit- ed kingdom policies with fre- i quest scrapes with delegates of countries with opposing ideas there were 35 delegations at the assembly the judge major ralph young vice president of the oakville branch of the united nations association gave honourable mention to the model un chair man peter sanderson oths robert saxe of georgetown high representing cambodia bernle langer oths cuba days admission of bed china who was also assembly director to the united nations albania and gerry campbell of brama- bramalea secondary school lea secondary school represent- said the work of the un in int- ing brazil eraational peace and security could not be effective until the making the awards on behalf of the oakville branch of the una mr aubrey edwards commended the students from all the schools on their partici pation in the annual assembly georgetowns delegations were cambodia robert saxe doug las stephens alex goudeketting andy spiece united kingdom roger smith tony mcauley richard enright and david buney acted as vice president of the assem bly rumania gordon layton les ley buresh and john riley malaysia donald young mark irwin and bill eason the model un assembly ran thursday friday and saturday major resolution was stur- question of chinese representa tion was settled the move was opposed by western countries who said thy considered it a threat to world peace but the albania resolu tion found enough support in europe and southeast asia win by a narrow margin the red chinese delegate was permitted to join the gen eral assembly session and the voting powers of nationalist china were withdrawn pens for pupils lynne hyde to be set director opera co beginning may 16th lynne hyde 14 cherry street will become a set director for the canadian opera co he has signed a contract for the upcom ing seasons presentations lynne gained his experience i by working with the georgetown little theatre as set designer the group won visual awards for under the sycamore tree and the little hut lynne de signed the stage sets for both it was through brian doherty adjudicator for the little theat res festival entry oh dad poor dad that the opportunity with the canadian opera co arose while not awarding this play a visual award mr doherty was impressed enough by the set tings to pave the way for an in terview with the opera co in addition to bis stage work mr hyde had an exhibition of his costume sketches for twelfth night shown at house sol two years ago he has been employed for the past seven years as survey tech- sddan with wh carr lynne music teachers meet plan welcome examiner the stuevnt teachers month ly fenim meeting was held jbome of the honorary pres ident mrs b scull rr l geor getown on april 16 mrs b champion president opened the meeting which was attendea a majority of the members with georgetown now being a school centre of trinity college practical examinations were held here the latter part of april plans were made at the meet ing for receiving thi examiner mr harold jonesma fto- l of london england follow ing other varied discussions the meeting was adjourned and the hostess served tea tarried and has a two year new school will take senior grades from kennedy harrison dj corbett of rorangeville was appointed county engineer at halton county council meet ing last week he will replace roy f smith who is retiring after serving 48 years with the county mr corbett has been county engineer for dufferin county for the last seven years and prior to that was assistant coun ty engineer in middlesex of the county jf rogers county assessor will retire the same time as roy f smith a new county assessor r beach was hired three months ago during the personnel and of fice administration committee meeting to discuss the hiring of an engineer deputy reeve f rogers moved that the applicants be referred to a per sonnel psychiatrist for rating the cost to be assumed by the another long term employee council the motion was lost red cross women to soo for 46th ontario annual the first major departure the entire enrolment at the from the present classroom set up in the georgetown public school system will be made in september when the towns sixth public school opens as a senior publk school park public school principal william french who will principal of the new seven tooih school when it is completed ex plained how the new setup will operate to a hundred parents of senior grade pupils at george kennedy public school and har rison public school when they assembled in the howard wrlg- glesworth auditorium monday night four delegates from the ge- used during the winter orgetown and district branch attendedjlbe 46th annual meet tag if the ontario division of the canadian bed cross society in sauh ste marie on april 28 and 29 mrs dora sutherland mrs connie nieuwhof mrs mary simpson and mrs s walsh joined other branch del egates on a chartered bus for the trip one of the main concerns at the water safety workshop was the negligence of wearing lifejackets by adult as well as children before getting in i boat or going water skiing life- jackets should be examined for deterioration as there axe several inferior quality lifejackets on the mar ket a motion was made to sug gest to the department of tran sport not to let lifejackets be drought into canada without the departments approval a large number of people drown during the hunting and fishing seasons and the large majority of these would be still alive if they had made a habi of wearing a life jacket ge orgetown branch public rela tions officer mrs connie nieu whof said in a news release fol lowing the soo meeting she said to prevent drown ings all children should be taught swimming swimming should be part of the physical education program in the ele mentary schools she said for georgetown and district this would mean an indoor swim ming pool which could also be learning to swim should be looked on as necessary to child as learning to walk she staled in ontario 323 persons drown ed during 1965 a group of children display ing clothes made by the wom ens workshop of the sault ste marie red cross branch stole the show it included a space age style outfit along the lines of those to be worn by home- makers of the future a look at the weather hlah low april 27 wed 28 thurs 2 fri 30 sat 1 sun 48 30 2 hon 48 27 3 tues 44 27 precipitation for april snow 375 rain 109 max temp for april 70 mid temp for april 22 alicia f c scott junior farmers church service halton junior farmers held their annual church service in grace united church in milton sunday may l those assisting with the service were harold thompson president ruth ma son vice president joy how ard county director 7th line corner one of the worst says magistrate magistrate kenneth m lang- don of georgetown said monday that the intersection at the base line and the 7th line at hornby is one of the most dangerous intersections in the area he dismissed a charge of failing to yield the right of way brought against an elderly rr 1 hornby resident and suggest ed that something should be done to make the intersection safer he also sugested a reduced speed limit in the present 50 mph zone crown attorney peter k mcwllliams pointed out that there bad been a fatal ity at the intersection last year when a woman was killed and said that an inquest jury had recommended the visibility there should be improved by re moving a knoll to the west of the base line he said the visibility dis tance is 180 feet at 60 mph and allows a motorist only two seconds in which to stop mary southcott said in evid ence that the accuseds car had pulled out from the 7th line and that she had had to swerve off the road and hit a tree in order to avoid him north halton opp constable tom dube said the womans car tires bad left a long skid mark on the road surface as yet unnamed school will made up of grades 7 and 8 pu pils after september george kennedy and harrison public schools will embrace only grades kindergarten to 6 the new school will have a dual program which is a new system to georgetown mr french told the herald in the mornings the teachers will teach the core or basic subjects mathematics spelling litera ture and grammar in home room he said in the after noons the teachers will also re main in their home rooms but the classes will rotate from room to room to take the bal ance of their subjects art his tory science composition geo graphy music and physical 3d- ucation each afternoon will be made up of 37 minute periods with three minute break between periodi the beneficial aspect of this program is that the teachi can be more effective mr french explained he is more familiar with the subject be teaches during the afternoon and all the materials he needs are in his home room he said it incorporated the features of both the stationary and rotary sytems in that pop lis have a home room teacher who can keep an eye on their progress and still receive the special knowledge of a subject teacher in the afternoons intermediate and junior grade pupils at harrison and kenne dy schools will also benefit since it will mean the end of split grades eg grade 4 and s pupils in one room which were necessary because of crowded quarters georgetown public school board chairman john miutern chaired the meeting trustees chris walker and reg mooney and george kennedy principal hazen allen were also there harrison principal logan mac- donald was unable to attend because of illness john inglis company was mystery firm not coming the john inglis company which optioned a 35 acre tract from the town in february will not be locating in georgetown a letter read to council mon day from toronto solicitor r l pringle explained that actually the option had not been exterf- like no doutb youve made a which had been sent to the town solicitor by mr pringle never in my municipal ex- perience have i missed a i addressed to me said mayor gibbons but i wont blame anyone else blame me if yon smile when the home economics teacher asked her pupil to name something beginning wth the son of councillor e hyde is letter it which the seeds to make mayonnaise she answered mother high school students see county council in action ocometovvn reeve wuiam huntek passes out halton cbunty pens to students of georgetown district high schools grade 9e who pwid a visit to the county council during a meeting injhe couny building tuesday april 26th they were accompanied by mr f coming of the gdhs leeching staff ded beyond its one month limit which expired on march 23rd town council had been un der the impression that its of fer to extend the option a month bad been accepted i have had no further word from my principals since my notice of termination on march 23rd mr pringle said with respect to arranging an exten- and renewal of the purch ase and sale agreement he said that while town solic itor fa helson had indicated to him that a 30 day extension would be agreeable to the town he had been unable to arrange an extension with brumac dev elopments the firm had also optioned adjoining land owned by this firm should the town have been under the impression that an extension of option existed mr pringle said his letter would constitute formal termination he thanked council for their cooperation it is always possible we may wish to discuss the matter ag ain he concluded depending on how company plans may proceed in future had inglis located here it planned a 250000 sq ft plant employing 250 people and tal ked of an eventual plant four times this size the firm with head office in toronto manufactures a variety of electrical appliances includ ing washers and dryers water heaters dishwashers and coinop dry cleaning machines it is as sociated with english electric which manufactures heavy in dustrial electrical equipment expiration of the option ma kes 35 townowned acres avail able for sale to other industries the land was acquired lastyear for 100 an acre from delrex developments in a deal which involved releasing other delrex lands for residential bulldhig sale price to inglis was 1000 an acre the town will keep a 5000 option payment at mondays council meeting cr fred harrison queried the whereabouts of the original pringle letter which was dated april 19th and apparently has been mislaid the registered letter addres sed to council in care of the mayor had been received from the pest office he said but ma yor gibbons bad denied ever seeing u at a committee meet ing last week cr hyde produced a copy full investigation if art i sug gest you pursue it further reeve hunter said he woum like the clerk to tell council next monday who signed for the letter it should have been in last weeks correspondence said cr hyde it came to the mun icipal office and was an impor tant letter for council he added that he does not think it was intentionally mis- laid keep on digging said the mayor you may bring up something of value to some councillors the letter was in the front office and we can form our own opinions said cr hyde dont stop here said the mayor this is a lame duck investigation so far cr harrison said he had ac complished what he wanted in having the letter read to coun cil tm satisfied now i dont need anyone to tell me to dig or stop digging he ad ded centennial trees snapped up by rural residents the demand tor halton coon- ty centennial trees outran the supply by approximately five hundred reeve hunter of ge orgetown told county council last week the centennial tree planting project to beautify ru ral areas was open to rural res idents of halton county at 50c per tree with one family limit ed to 25 trees- the actual price of the trees is 300 for red or sugar maple and 150 for white ash with- the county matching a 3000 grant from the government reeve w hunter explained that the fifty cent charge was made to make sure the owner would take care of them the offer was on the first come first served basis and the money for unfilled orders will be returned should the people whose orders could not be filled want trees at the original price of three dot- t lars and one firy theyll have to send their money in first and the county will order them he added jri reply to a question frosa deputy reeve f rogers reeve hunter explained that the trees were available only to rural residents sine the go grant was for rural purposea only

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