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ads that pay tail place an edjln ffm w clesslfleri panes by f 4772201 buying er the haratd wnare win find the results you georgetown ffilrald the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing the feoraatwm herald hea served georgetown and district as printers and publishers stnot 1147 offering the best tn fine printing and news coveniea aa second cuaa matt part office dept ottawa and for payment of postage in cash o yjalown ontario thursday january 3th 1967 5 jm per year single copy price ten cenlt hoisting centennial symbol pfaayok joseph gibbons and councillor william smith chairman of council s centen i committee inspect the canadian centennial flag gust pr or to the ra sing of the flag lover the towns municipal building sunday the ceremony took place after council at ijthdeo a new year s day church service in st george s angi can church the flag rais ng llftm the first of a long list of observances and events planned here to mark the cen- ftonary three to hospital after collision on 7 highway vboi merttobrinarora ofrbnsaed smallwood 21 lug at oontainmew rd george- and edward carroll and itteatgelogan both ol rexdale i injured in an automobile i occident on no 7 highway iftorth of mcculioughs corner thursday tliey were taken to george rtoira and district memorial ittospital after cars driven by ibrandford and carroll collided atone cres georgetown to the extent of 225 xigkweataer north halton opp constable i t pennce estimated total pro- jan lperty damage at over 2 000 opp officers investigated two accidents on the george- i outskirts later thursday ht cars operated by maur jce bodgers rr 2 george own rand glendon scott iimehouse collided on no 15 sideroad strwarttown resulting in i 150 damage dec 28 dec 29 doc 30 dec 31 jan 1 jan 2 h l sn sun 31 21 10 4 5 40 25 tr average 33 9 22 1 totals 6 5 21 snowfall 6 5 mean temp 28 0 4 above norm hours of sunshine 21 33 per cent ol possible warmest 40 degs tuesday slippery road causes beaver lumber accident a slippery road was blamed for an accident at the corner of mill and water streets new year s day which damaged two cars and a lumber shed a 1956 ford driven by arth ur keith hall 59 byron st re ceived 850 damage and a 1964 comet driven by ross lawren ce butler acton received 5300 damage ninety dollars dam age was done to the shed according to police the east hound hall car skidded on the slippery mill st surface into the butler car the hall vehicle continued on striking a shed owned by beaver lumber co police report new year quiet in town nobody from here spent new years day tn the halton coun coldest 15 degs wedncsdayj jail ccl at mllton fcon monday an ace dent op- site norval cemetery damag t cars operated by ant a 1 webb of upper canada toronto and david dominion weather office fore icest gift inspector harley lowe told the herald that on duty po ice 20 found new years eve and the degs for georgetown small hours of new years day below normal precipitation i very qhict m cast for january normal temperatures make centennial year a banner oncmayor urges a eall to all citizens and or ganizations to me the cent enftial year a banner one was issued by mayor gibbons at die inaugural meeting of council tuesday night he stressed ihe impossibility of council alone making a suc cess of it but maintained that the leadership of cf william smith and the programme al ready outlined would insure a fitting celebration he recalled changes and ad dltlons made during the past year in the police department and space needed for the police and all municipal business in the coming year this will be my last public reference to the famous or in famous water storage tank he remarked he described the tank as an annual needless reckless expenditure of 20000 for twenty years possibly we would have been better off fin ancially to have supplied cbam pagne instead of water he jok ed he predicted that george townwould survive and prevail despite the plunkctt report we will concentrate on keep ing a stabilized tax rate mak ing georgetown not only i plbcewhere people want to live but can afford to live he foresaw the completion of the hountainvlew bridge this year and explained the cost sharing between the cnr the transport board and county council in conclusion he paraphrased one of the late president ken nedys well known statements don t ask what your town can do for you but what you can do for your town the oath of office was admln- strated by clerk c g benham while the devotional period was conducted by rev t n young and father otger de g i aiming at february start local history could be fine centennial project in georgetown rev collin todd guest speak er at the mayors inaugural dinner tuesday night in knox hall urged every municipality in canada to write their local history as a centennial project the contributions of the reeves councillors mayors fire chiefs and all municipal offici als summed up in a history would show a combined cent lack of accommodation problem will reverse commuter flow a place he could make a fort unc with the moral decay he ment found there his fortune turn ed bitter to the taste in con trast said mr toddabrahi imh between february 15th and 20th the giant general fire- proofmg plant on highway 7 is expected to start operations according to general manager ws craig the exact date de pends on the delivery of equip- strong rugged hvidual ury of thrilling public service he maintained where do we f challenged while most of the executive has been hired applications are being encouraged for other wanted justice honour and 0 we have had a wonder freedom and turned his face in f response from the george- that direction thus founding town people said mr craig a race of people who have pro foe vast majority of whom dated many of the great minds w like to work in town of history rather than spend their time in conclusion mr todd pom commuung ted nut that the fate of canada at the end of the next hundred he stressed that though this meat per employee of any me would with only one american being hired at the moinent the office staff is working out of the met ropohtan halton develop ments office but hope to mpve into their own offices february 15th the lack of rental accommo dation in town is posing a pro blem resulting in a commuting problem in reverse people are driving from toronto to gear getown some have already purchased homes but many would like to rent at least for a while since tie company lsprob- ably making the largest invest from here the group years depcnhcv largcty on the- first canadian subsidiary lalwjjrkiniplant what is canada or george which way we are facing now town going to be like during the next 100 years he stressed that no country stands still and pointed to the progress made in canada over the past hundred years from the days of the pioneers till now he likened abraham and lot immigrants to the valley of jordan to any immigrants to canada he illustrated lots finding the city of sodom as jim evans public schools administrator introduced the one time pastor of st john s united church and deputy reeve art spe ght thanked him mr todd is now minister of a united church in rexdale of an american firm this is encourage any able people to an entirely canadian operation apply mr craig explained reeve hunter is running for county warden post john master of ceremonies for the evening miss jean lee said grace and reeve w f hunter thanked the church ladies for dinner smoke damage to house early new years blaze georgetown s reeve william tf hunter u one of three possi blc successors to acton reeve hh hinton as warden of hal ton county the others are reeve william coulter of nas sagancva township and reeve austin ledwith of milton the election of the warden will take place january 10 county council endorse petition to pave sideroad twp inaugural the inaugural meeting of es questng council tuesday after noon followed the pattern of all inaugural meetings with a swearing in ceremony conduct ed by the clerk kc lindsay followed by a brief devotional period led by rev fn young of knox and lamehouse pres byterian churches also in the tradition appoint mentsavere made for the year edmund harrop and delmar french were appointed to the halton county planning board cr tom hill to the balunafad community hall board and de puty reeve george cume and james carney to the horn by parks board cr tom hill and deputy reeve g cume were appointed advises parents dispose of raggedy ann dolls georgetown fire chief erwin lewu has asked the herald to relay a warning to georgetown totftvctcdrtvahey andhalten dlstrlct nsltletlxa who mgy cif christmas mother and child ijottowftovyns only christmas day baby was kevin andrew hunter born to mr pand mr william hunter of delnjx blvd the infant seen here with- h s mom was born at9am he tits a four year oldmrtr camilla and two year old brother scott region conservation authority respectively mrs alex orr of acton and miss hilda earle rr 1 geot getown were appointed to the board of the sunshine school for the retarded council endorsed a petition of the ratepayers that no 5 sideroad from highway no 23 to cbinguacousy boundary be taken over by the county as a county road and paved as it is everywhere else but in esques ing this petition had already been presented to the county by ratepayers but the county insisted on the resolution com ing from the township not from the ratepayers a letter of appreciation will be sent to the principal of l ton high school for the donat ions sent from the pupils for inclusion in christmas welfare hampers which were distribut ed throughout the township reeve george leslie stressed the importance of having a meeting with georgetown re garding the fire protection costs since we made the g recment in 1953 the areas of stewarttown lamehouse etc have doubled in size so i can understand georgetown want ing more money but not 40 more clerk kc undsfy in reply to a question from new ecu citlor j goodlet explained that esquesing supplied and maintained a truck and paid 2500 a year stand by time which includes twenty calls all calls above twenty are fifty dollars each cr goodlet emphasized the urgency of settling the matter a meeting will be arranged right away whoever wins faces a tough f a cigarette ember which of heava the phinkm i dropped into the upholstery of t ori onal government a chesterfield caused j5 halton and peel counties years day fire at the home of mr and mrs v rutledge 174 guelph st implemented this year and the blaze was doused by fire under the plan the county men shortly after the alarm council would be abolished was turned in at 7 20 a m but modification of it stands a good chance of being have explosive polish raggedy ann type dolls in their homes the faces of the dolls are made of nitrocellulose part of the gun powder family and flare up tf brought close to in tense heat the dolls vary in size most are about 12 inches they are dressed in peasant dress with red yellow or blur braided hair they went on sale jost be fore christmas for 97 cents a british make which is safe is identical except for a mar ing on the foot the british dolls have ad sutton and sons import style 555 england marked on the foot the pol ish dolls just have made in poland some 1 200 of the dolls were sold m the toronto area hut- as far as can be determined none have been sold by geor getown stores chief lewis advises parents to dispose of the dangerous dolls by burning them in an in cinerator amoke damage ran the estim so it could well be that the ated loss to 500 the chester field a rug floor tile ind walls- was included in the list of damaged items three people were injured the rutledges poured water i m a rtar end collision on map- on a spot in the chesterfield le ae e new years eve where the cigarette ash had reeve william hunter next warden will have to pre side over the phasing out of halton county council disappeared before retiring convinced it was out the woke in the early morning hours to find the house filled with smoke tuesday night firefighters were called to douse a burning car on guelph st opposite the delrex market centre damage in thiii one was confined to mo tor wires driver passenger hurt in collision er a cut nose they were trea ted at georgetown and district memorial hospital georgetown pc henry van dersluis placed the property damage at 500 to the bright car and 10 to reynolds c police said cars operated by gary thomas bnggs rr 2 georgetown and robert james reynolds phoenuc arizona were east bound when the bnggs car a 1958 volkswagen struck the back end of rey nolds 1963 ford reynolds suffered whiplash bnggs received head injuries and c soper acton a passeng smile ad in rural paper farmer age 38 wishes to meet woman about 30 who owns tractor please enclose picture of tract born 1159 31 fatalities during 1966 thirtyone auto fatalities were registered in halton county during 1968 the figure appears about average with yearly highway deaths in the county ranging anywhere from 2 to 40 little bruce just made it mrs virginia hulme holds newborn son bruce andrew who became georgetown- centennial new year baby when he came into the world at georgetown and district memorial hospital at 11 59 pm on new years day bruces timing earned him a 50 government bond pur up by the town as a centeonial gift to the f rst baby bom to georgetown parents he is also the first child for mr and mrs franc s hulme who irvw t 32 park avenue