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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 12, 1966, p. 1

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look brighter along gnelph street recently due to the efforts of georgetown hydro commission from main st maple avenue all the incandes cent lights have been replaced with 400 watt mercury vapour lights the existing heads hive been converted and now sport fif teen foot elipucal aluminum brackets the twenty five new brackets already erected cost 4000 approximately thirty five more such lights will be erected with one on every pole from mountalnview bold to sinclair ave and on every ether pole from there to the town limits queen street and the john street subway have already been brightened by changing from incandescent to 175 watt mercury vapour in the first steps of a long range plan for the whole town while the hydro buys the fix tures the town pays for ihem through a fixed charge plus wattage charge which retires the debt in twenty years for the thrifty souls who won der why the street lights are on during daylight on fridays the commission explains this is routine check on burntout bait discuss smoking area for school students a smoking area for students jwas an idea that occupied dis cussion at a meeting of the ge orgetown district high school board monday night but not for long principal donald turner sparked a series of comments from the board members when asked opinions on an area where students could smoke before classes he said the suggestion originated with a staff commit tee headed by mr panl legge which is studying school rules and regulations mr turner said the members of the committee were split on the idea he said be could say points both for and against il under current regulations any student caught smoking in the high school property aofomaticallly suspended a large saving in insurance pre mium rata is the reason for the an board members dropped the discussion with no decision high school students who try to outwit the schools admhust- ntion have a losing streak go ing earlier this year some stu dents chartered their own bus- cs to night events and explain ed to parents it was a school function consequently when some of them arrived home af ter midnight their parents as sumed they had been supervis ed on the bus and didnt worry- that scheme ended abmpily when the principal notified the school board and they placed an sd in the herald enlighten ing the parent monday night the board took action to baffle another student tactic befor it snowballs ap parently the approach of the fin al examination period has prov ided a prime opportunity for some scholars to gain some un authorised holidays or study time the trick is to stay home and explain to parents that the school is allowing time off for preexam study while the grade u students are allowed a weak of study in advance of the finals this liberty is not ex tendm to students of grade is and under ernest forgrave the board business administrator was ad vised by the board llonday to advertise the fart issue permit for twincee addition building permita valued 71623 were issued during ap ril according to the town engin eering office only one permit for an 8000 addition to twincee lut built by o ft p canstruetion was for industrial building a look at the weather may 4 wed 5 than s swdaj 7 sat 8 sun mod 10 toft mrs jean dwyer to join staff at school for deaf one of the resignations cepted by the georgetown pub lic school board at a meeting in harrisoa public school wed nesday may 4 ma that of mrs jean dwyer who taught the first kindergarten class here in 1647 mrs dwyer then a member of the chapel st public school staff is currently teaching kp dass at the park public school on hyde park dr her resigna tion is effective the end of this mrs dwyer will be a member of the teaching staff at the ont ario school for the deaf s seni or school when it opens in sep tember the resignations of howard wrigglesworth public school staff member mrs june lens and william parke an auxili ary class teacher at chapel st also accepted a leave of absence covering september 1 to december 31st was granted harrison public school teacher mrs karen harr ison a brief threctday leave of absence was also granted miss carole lane of the harrison school she will represent ont ario at a national girl guide conference in newfoundland four more non-georgetown- residents made application at the board meeting to have their children enrolled in kindergart en prbkwry classes in george town schools in september business administrator james f evans was instructed to vise the parents that their hild will be admitted providing space is available and on payment of the nonresident fee in reply to a question on nonresident rolment mr evans said there has not been a year to date when the teaching space has been so taxed that the board has bad to reject an application from a nonresident he said the volume of nonresident applica tions this year is less than nor mat order police enforce no fireworks at park a strict ban on children let ting off their own fireworks in the park during the big hay 23 celebration has been ordered by town council cr bui smiths suggestion met general approval on mon day when he recalled that a child was seriously injured last year we cant afford to have ac cidents like this happen again he said the night jointly sponsored by council and the legion branch is designed to provide entertainment he said and the idea is defeated if fireworks are discharged in the crowd the police have been alerted to deal severely with offenders 1966 school tax bite creases by 50000 georgetowns public school and ugh school boards have struck their 1908 budgets the luhuc school board has asked uteasem to supply tth with the balance of thth jffift am to come from grants a ing the tow far tha tuwashlp of ata for tosc their total budget 3s 747634 of which approximately wmo00wil be supplied by grant last year the public school boardj budget totalled 631 703 of which 311717 was re quired- from the town this years figures however include ift tjloatts of a sixth school wnfch via open in september the high school board struck 3117 and the township for obvlmliws complete details of the bud gets will b published next week introduce kindergarten in esquesing a year from now 50 73 34 49 48 46 highfat tb week 72 low 2l precipitation trace of rain trace of snow alicia f c scott while kindergarten is in the offing for children in the area served by esquesing school ar ea it will be a year before classes get underway mrs ca grant secretary- treasurer reports a rash of en quiries from parents following 33 a herald news item last week 30 which told of the speystde 40 school addition including a kln- 21 dergarten room 29 28 while the school addition will 26 he ready for occupancy this september plans for the kind ergarten will not come into ef fect until a year later in sept ember 1967 mrs grant says at that time it is also planned to- have a kindergarten in one of the other esquesing schools so that all area children may have this increased facility the same time forgrave now administrator ernest forgrave who was hir ed by the georgetown high school board originally as sec retary and building superinten dent is now listed on the boards books as secretarytrea surer and business administra tor the position classification change was made at a board meeting monday night georgetown ratepayers frill be askedat the december elections for an opinion in replacing the ward voting system with elect ion of councillors by general vote an 81 vote monday ordered preparation of a plebiscite by law promoted by cr ern hyde who favours a return to elect ing 6 council members by gen eral vote mr hyde said a ward system is necessary only in large com munities and in his opinion vot ers will rule it out he said many people didnt understand the question when wards were reintroduced a few years ago and although the question car- gets bd will be ordained as united church minister attendance lags could mean end of urban board poor attendance may doom the tri tow urban board anoth- er year unless councillors in georgetown milton and acton attend more regularly georgetown deputy reeve jim young ufged- wal council lors to have at kasttwp attend the monthly ootgs an mon- we grant 300 to the board every year he said tcr7pc turns 19 to use free the end of the year should pay more attention to other meetings he admitted that be has been a defaulter and that the trouble is many council committee meet tings come on the same sight cr speight said he is impres sed with the board and would not want to see it fade as he feels a lot of useful information is exchanged between the three towns cr wheldon emmeraon re marked that he had been dis appointed recently when only two councillors turned up at a meeting of credit valley con servation authority when coun cil had agreed to question the authority on its plans for ge orgetown we spend 90c per capita there he remarked possibility of arranging a dif ferent meeting night was men tioned by reeve hunter later council discussed enter taining board members and their wives at a town tour and social night in june the cust om has been carried on for past few years centennial project governors t- seven member board to administrate cedarvale mx of tw new ovm iwumur omxtmlm boaid chris walker mrs dor sutherland cr whiism smith mrs jean runcfle rev ian flaming and allan brewer survey the proparty which fe their new responsibility during a meating some people get there by week that seven member is cr vvhadon emmaisun georgetown purchased the cadarvale property on main st r pull others by push south as centennial protect ried there bad been a very light vote cr bui smith was in sharp disagreement he said ward vot ing is the only way of assuring council representation from all parts of town crs speight and ballentine echoed his aenla ments only other councillor to conv meat was mayor gibbons if there is any disunity be tween parts of town a general vote might help overcome this he observed cr smith was the only vote registered against the plebiscite when the ballot was taken uv thomas forgravb completing his course at km manuel college bev thoma forgrave 14 union st received his bachelor of divinity degree last wednesday at a ceremony in convocation hall university of toronto he will be ordained a minister of the united church on june 1st at a service in kit- mr forgrave has been assign ed to the churchs alberta con ference and will be starting his ministry there in july he spent his summers as a student minis ter in that province and last fall married margaret andrews of thorsby alberta p gh georgetown district high school he attended the univer sity of toronto for a year later graduated with his ba degrear txbni university of western onv opaaai- balias been prominent in stay denf affairs as president of oat- ario bcglfln canadian unka of jl sentzlpor tb toast wb months ctnjng the fltoesa bevttay irwin he has been a plying as minister at nerval glen williams and home unit ed churches mr forgrave who is the son of mr ernest forgrave and the late mrs forgrave received a b plus average in his graduating year and won two awards the gc gifford prize for the stud ent in hamilton and tiondwi conferences showing the most zeal and efficiency in pastoral and personal evangelism and the toy wallace prize for sec ond in new testament studies 50 fine or time in jail if fireworks bylaw ignored under the strict town bylaw regarding fireworks only on victoria day itself can these squibs and roman candles spar kle even in your own backyard for a special event a regul- tbeliriy constituted organization may apply to the fire chief for a permit for a fireworks dis play on another day providing there is proper supervision children under sixteen can not buy firecrackers at all while the bigger kids adults may only boy them during the sev en days prior to the holiday storekeepers offering them for sale at other times than the se ven days prior to and including the holiday may be fined the penalty for breaking any of the provisions is a fine of not more than fifty dollars or if the fine is unpaid not more than twenty doe days in jail here are some dos and donta that may prevent a victoria day injury 1 remember that your young er children will always be fasc inated by fireworks and make a good raudience but they should not participate in the actual firing of the piece old er children should be taught to participate under adult sui vision d one person should be in charge of the display 3 with the single exception of sparklen no firework is des ed to be held la the hand when lighted 4 bead the printed instruct ions contained in each box- of fireworks and plantha order of firing in order to build up to the moat apartacular display- keep in hii that tha firing hrratkr should be clear of overhead ob structions trees or wiring 5 assemble buckets or boxes of sand or a wheelbarrow flued with earth to be used as your firing base 6 items such as roman candles and other long pieces should be buried at least halfway down in the sand in your container and set at a 10 degree angle from spectators 7 if containers of sand are not available dig holes in the ground deep enough to bury the firework piece halfway up the barrel stamp the ground firmly around each piece before firing 8 put a few gallons of water in a large container such as a metal garbage can for disposal of used firework pieces keep garden hose available to sprin- kle used fireworks 9 in the unlikely event that a piece does not go off d net at- tempt t ralifihf ft dispose of it in water 10 a glowing cigarette or cig ar makes a good substitute far punk as an igniter hold same arms length apply to the wick and stand dear immediately baines esquesing v solicitor ka township appointed terence barnes of dale bennett latimer and balnea law firm george as their aolkstor at a special meet- lag monday night mr tlntawa replacea thomas h van sfckler who left ads law practice recently to take a post- tion with tha 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