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reserve for working capi tal and any balance above that will go towards a fund for the development of industrial land crern hyde finance chair man explained that the reserve working capital fund was start ed in i960 and should be rea ching 80000 or 70000 now he pointed out that the work- ang capital fund reduces the current borrowing immensely thus reducing the interest rates current borrowing costs ap proximately a cnill every year he addauvand it s not uneom were t wivmi imthii irmiml- ivrsbrhw f vs x i7mt4 ftl 4 this party pflaptifyi the mayor replied that the surplus 8000 could be used to reduce the tax rate also cr harrison reminded coun cil that the town has to borrow till taxes come in which costs money a working capital fund reduces this cost cr hyde also pointed that the amount available to be set aside for industrial develop ment would not be known till tbe decision of the department of highways on the- subsidy was cleared up but thought it could be substantial attendance awards given baptist church scholars several members of lint baptiitcuaqy school magician clown santa enthral party attenders last saturday afternoon the legion hall was filled to cap acity with children and their parents to enjoy the annual standard products local 876 christmas party the program started with mr bon anderson master of cere- m w the children and their parents l this was followed by christ mas carols led by bobo the clown accompanied at the pi ano by mr jim bundle next on the program was mr magic who delighted the audience with his tricks of ma gic which included rope tricks steel rings- money tricks and various disappearing acts the boys and girls tak ing part with mr magic are still punled as to where the things came from highlighting the afternoon was the arrival of santa claus who gave each child a gift and bobo the clown banded out bags of fruit and candy k vote of thanks was extend ed to the begun for the use of the hall also to the st john ambulance members by mr an mapleguelph island flasher flattened again in accident cars and trucks bumped erasssd sideswiped and crump led to the tune of 2660 on georgetown streets during the past week over four hundred dollars in property damage resulted tues day when a car driven by gra ham ferguson 2 bairstow cits skidded wide on the curve at the comer of mill and water streets and struck a parked truck belonging to the beaver lumber co tbe truck was par ked in front of the lumber firms office dard and abutment at the map lcguclph intersection late mon day night dec 12 he was tak en to hospital by pc b don aldson his car was eastbound on guelph st when it ran over the centre of the traffic island damage to the car was 1500 a personal injury came another 195 was added to the total friday dec 9 when cars driven by clare francis 35 shelley st and hllward frits er 24 delrex blvd came gcthcr at the guelph stdelrex blvd corner francis was driv- out in west on guelph and fraser was northbound on delrex and in the process of making a left turn car fliprt hornby of a collision between a bicycle and car on back st at noon saturday brian hastings age 7 of 12 churchill cres was riding south down a hill when his bike hit the back of a car ft operated by camel moriarity wolran brcaks back 21 hale dr police said the morifflty car was leavins thcl a f downtown parking lot when the h herback in a accident liippened car acodehtat hornby friday tbe boy suffered a bump on to hospital in a passerbys car his forehead and was taken to dr ca thompsons office be fore being taken home two brampton drivers were involved in a rear end crash on guelph st near the delrex blvd corner saturday night according to police mark dun- ijtacbjk was slowing to make right turn when robert- s crumbs car collided with the back end total damage here was 550 jack stanley wright 40 hale dc wcetred cuts to his face and lost several teeth when ii car ran down a flasher atan- the housewifelouise wood land was a passenger in a car driven by her busband james woodland which swerved off the road and flipped over in a ditch about 3000 damage was done to the car it was towed away by garnerhowden of hornby mr woodland to his face and eon scott age 6 also in the car was unbort investigating was constable william joyce o the north haltoaopp police say they do not know how the accident hap pened jno other car was in volved at cttfstmsj concerts for juni or and senior grades recently receiving seals for their di plomas as well as gift books were gail thompson allan emmerson debbie mccosh mark- buttrey lawrence peck brian livingstone scott uving- stone paul thompson keith peck tommy robson keith robson bruce peck cindy em merson linda peck mary jane emmerson peggy taylor joy emmerson ellen emmerson rn mccosh tim norton and cathy buttrey the awards were for attend ing 46 or more sundays senior intermediate and jun ior classes held their christmas party friday evening dec 8 and primary kindergarten and cradle roll held their getto gether saturday afternoon dec 10 after the santa claus par ade the churchs pastor rev l e wilton told the juniors of how christmas is observed in india where he spent many years in the mission field a program of recitations and car ols concluded with lunch senior grades hada carol sing and film with lunch by the a4uut bible class both affairs were highlighted by visits from a gift laden santa maybe- an alligator the gift for the man who luur everything still got you tizzy a local hardware store may have the solution thats if your problem friend has a place in which to keep an alligator richardsons crest hardware on main st s has a baby al ligator in its window this week and although the unu sual pet has attracted lots of attention to date mody has felt enough affection for the little guy to give him a home oh if you decide this r is the pet for you je prepar ed to have facilities for a fourteen footer for he next 75 years usher n niw ykar whistles sirens and church bells win sound in georgetown to usher in the centennial year local 876 the chairwoman mrs elizabeth mcneilly assist ed by biu weir mike scfauuz mrs maxine pembleton ron anderson mrs edna turnbull mrs jean xayman and al shcard brother well known as fiddling performer a wellknown old tyme fid dler who had appeared on cbc shows george cye crawford 37 died suddenly in toronto general hospital on december 13 mr crawford who lived in powassan was a brother of mrs sandy mcdonald main street south heleaves his wife and two children and several brothers and sisters leaving for preston resigns post on board in submitting his resignation from cedarvale communit centre board rev ian flem ing thanked council for the privilege of serving and prais ed the other members for their services he predicted a bright future for cedarvale cr smith a member of the board expressed regret saying it is unfortunate both for the board and the town that rev fleming is leaving mr fleming begins a new pastorate in preston the first of the year seek dairy princess as miss georgetown judge di one of the few instances of the letter offering her serv hearty and immediate agree ment at council meetings council unanimously agreed to invite miss dolly anne ed monds ontario dairy princess to the fall fair and perhaps to be judge at a miss george town contest later in the year holiday tree bonfire planned for jan 14 a giant bonfire to launch the centennial year and to get rid of discarded christmas trees win be held january 14th in the held adjoining the plaza the lions club are behind the idea to see the centennial year in but felt the 1st day of the year would be too soon since most people stul have their trees up cr harrison said the town garbage men would coopeate by dumping the trees at this spot the ceremony will he super vised by the fire dept to pre vent accidents this party was made possible by the recreation committee ijd ctemiial pajrfc council decided to extend the rinks to george kennedy school park school and ontario street its going to give the town forces a lot more work meuted cr smith the biaming of the ervoir at orangevule wul cost no more than the annual per capita levy a letter from the credit valley conservation authority reassured council tuesday night it is the intent ion of the authority to finance the project over four years out of the annual levy high school carollers aid hospital cancer carollers are strolling the street of georgetown and sur rounding villages this week adding their own special touch to the growing christmas mosphere in many cases singer are blending their voices at doorsteps and on front verandahs on behalf of worthy causes the georgetown district high school choir wandered the kennedy public school area in the towns east end tuesday night and their carol ling raised 85 for the george town and district memorial hospital and the cancer soc iety the money la being donat ed in memory of a recent choir member david hall who died in the early part of this year phoney bank inspectors bilk woman oh450 a georgetown resident has been bilked out of 1450 by the old 4ank inspector game police informed the her ald yesterday pc w oakley who is hand ling the investigation said the fraud was worked auecesafury here friday against a 57 year old woman whose- name withheld police said one of the men phoned his victim posing as a bank inspector he asked her cooperation in attempting to catch eomeon who bad been tampering with bar she was to withdraw 1450 from her account and hand it over to another inspector who would ideitlfy himself on the street with a code the amount withdrawn specified by the cauer and not ber total savangshalf way home after handing over the money the woman snspected she had bees taken and phoned the cat police department polios have asked the her- aldv cooperation in warning others it anyone calls posing a bank inspector notify poi se enmediately ices came from a group helping to promote centennial celebrat ions there was not a dissenting voice and each councillor vol unteered to take this duty into ma committee but the mayor reminded itheni that the letter had been addressed to him presentation from church before moving to mitchell members of the congregation of knox presbyterian church gathered in the church bau fol lowing a recent sunday morn ing service to bid an official farewell to mr and mrs ted penning 30 park ave mr and mrs fennlng and chfl- dren mark and moral are mov ing to mitchell next week he was transferred to the strat ford branch of standard prod- acts this fall where lie has u j posittobf controller sir hbirtjjp -jj- the say creation of would strangle opposition to the pluokettrbe- port in its present form was the opinion expressed at george town council tuesday night by every councillor with the dead line for submissions december 31st council decided to write w a spooner minister of municipal affairs explaining that tbe report is soh under con sideration but generally coun cil u opposed to the report at the mayors suggestion e eryone was asked to give their opinions from which a submis sion win be drawn up deputyreave j young the more opposition that is heard the more changes we can effect rd rather see the boun dary between the areas be hwy 401 then brampton and brama- lea would be in the northern municipality and we need the assessment plunkett suggests industrial and commercial dev elopment be discouraged in the north so au the assessn would be left in the south xjp f tbtiinbttb andlbiermed- iat church i wm b cromar spoke tot tb august spltxer for the board of management and william geg- gle for the christian education committee an- attache case was presented vrith the good wish es of the church people for happiness in his new borne mrs penning who la a cgtt leader and a member of knox ladies auxiliary had earlier been honoured with presenta tions from these groups brampton woman wins lodge christmas cake mrs grace ellis 6 market street brampton was the lucky ticket holder when the noble grand of verdun bebekah lod ge drew her number fat the cp and t fund christmas cake draw mrs walsh made the draw at the regular lodge meeting on tuesday december 20th x free son j 0 04 1 0 0 1 0 trice 0 die h l 7 wed 55 44 8 tours 63 m frt 55 35 10 sat 35 27 11 sun 25 11 mon 35 22 7 is toes 34 15 8 average high for the week 44 average lew 33 average temp 39 14 above normal rain 192 inches snow 7 ins hours of sunshine 17 27 per cent of possible thursday dec 8 was the warmest dec day in weather records in southern ontario hewn dae htflh low rain snow sun 14 wed 30 21 isthurs 37 28 mm 38 30 17 sat 42 34- ib sun 40 116 tr 19 mon 20 3 tr 20 tries 23 18 3 average high 326 average low 204 average tearp 285 normal for period predpitatioa j rain as far as education is con cerned the high school board would agree with the 401 boun dary line since they wanted in the sunshine cl3 hoars 3s per cent of possible high for week 42 sat low monday- itawrzavdur ott56etier go- trnsneht with the repreaentat- itepbmng elected agrarding to population in georgetowns case we would have three there is no planning for fut ure growth in plunketts report no regional parks no subdivis ions control no public housing no parking authority without the future growth wed soon be back to the ratio we had just when were approaching the 0040 tm also opposed to one plan ning board for the whole area the people who live in an area are the ones who should plan it the mill rate suggested by plunkett looks good tat in the future ours would go higher with no more industry i agree the administration of justice and the registry office should be under the province as plunkett says since rt is out of our control anyway the- mayor commended dep uty reeve young for his ob vious study of the report dep uty reeve young was a mem ber of the county council com mittee to jtudy the report j cr w emmerson this is tbe first time it has been- discussed but in read ing it i feel we are being sac rificed in the northern end just when we are on the brink of expansion we are being chop ped down and our municipality is coming out second best cr f harrlaon t cant see how plunkett sr- rived at this imaginary line run ning along steeles avenue it sudddenly jogs to include brampton ond bramalea in the southern municipality and lea ves milton in the north com pletely surrounded by the pro posed mlssissauga the boun dary line looks like a dogs leg the north would be at the mer cy of the south in getting water fdom lake ontario if necessary if the report goes through georgetown would be strangled and unable to expand cr r aalknttn tm m agreement with the deputyreeve -wed- be- the poor relatives m the north with the populamoi m is proposed in ptunketts report w couldnt aforn to give the different cour- see at the high school now av aoable either here or hi bramp ton people in small comsumv- ttes would lose all contact wtta government but perhaps gcqr- 05 super cities georgetown getown wouldnt fare too haovw ly w would be taxing loccf councils away from the people and if we had tto wait for the provincial and federal govern meats the people would notm get the same services if plan kett is trying to give the lams i taxes to au then people in tbtt j rural areas would want libraries and police ambulance fire pro lection and there would not be enough assessment to support71 perhaps the 401 toundaryt line would work out better tjk pi cr a speight- j t must congratulate the de 3i puty reeve on his report with which x agree id like to point r out that much of this inform hon was compiled before geof- getown started to expand tbiij data is outdated tm opposed m to the report since wed be the st poor relations in the north au cr em hvov 1 the plunkett report la doingi away with municipal goverfkl meat there would be no el 1 ections in esquesing nassaga weya acton georgetown orjl anywhere else only elections fof j jbja osebix government the tax rate might be 1 oyer alt but not for us we pay one flat rate then on top of that wed have to pay for serl vices or they would be more vm properly called local improve menu then plunkett suggests we should 1 remain rural because we baya not developed but we have nowjp that we are in a position where 7 weve reached the 0040 ratio and were going to lose it uncal less industrial development car j ties on but with the report it will be stopped no large scale developments will be per- milted as far as education goes- public schools should be sop ported locally and high schools by the province the admuus tration of justice should also bea under the province since wa have no control anyway if this is done no george i3 town no mayor of georgetown j were guinea pigs they are wuvj ling to throw away our historxi7 and we should have pride in onrmjjjj history this northern municipality wul be poor and wiu require government subsidy plimkjeitjsjj creating another ruhr valley where all the industry was cenj trauzed this would be moretf vulnerable than the ruhr val- ley since its a smaller area in england they are undoing their mistakes of centralhrlngg industry in the middle but here they would be creating its we are going to have to crel ate public supports by public meetings aft municipalities should have limit to which they eanj grow perhaps 30000 after that they just become cumbersome they are going tocreate a mon- 1 we should plan regionally but govern locally mayor joe gibbons r 1 1 dont concur with everyi thing said i dont believe lt wul go through as it is i prey diet the cost of education 1 be assumed by the province since h is getting just too much for the municipalities to bear i think there would be 1 benefit to georgetown atnee 1 would be the mg toad in amau puddle i am not 1 bag a bit about the futon georgetown it is not all 1 there have been annexations a amalgamations all over who opposed georgetown a bow benefitting thks is trend wen have to make best of it