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a georgetown herald i the home newspaper for georgetown and district 0 7t haram 1k717 canada 11471967 avthorimd n second clan mill post office dopt ottawa and fer paymant of postayo in cath georgetown ontario thursday april 37th 1967 5 00 par yoar single copy price ten cent quarter century as priest 3 fcws three mill hike in georgetown taxes councillors heap praise on finance chairman w emmerson silver jubilee for father zeno children surround father zeno deroo of holy cross parish at his silver jubilee in the church sunday was offered by six priests in concelebration a first in georgetown see story page 2 hope youth forum may be semi annual feature store break- in opp investigates bad cheques passed at norval a sign at the cedar spring motel silvercrcek broken by juveniles and a bad cheque pas sed at norval were local incid ents in a list of 44 general oc currencea investigated by the north halton detachment of the opp during the past week these include 1 armed robbery where 2 per sons hired a taxi in hamilton and drove into nassagaweya twp where the driver was rob bed and the taxi stolen this in vesication is continuing 1 robbery with violence in nas sagaweya twp involving 3 per high mass sons from guelph who have been arrested and charged i 1 fraud involving the passing of a bad cheque at norval a three mill tax hike was of ficially adopted by council on monday night over the objec tions of the may r and cr jim young reeve bill hunter was absent on a hausc assessed at 4 500 this means an increase of 13 50 f the mill rate now stands at 7846 residential and farm and 66 27 industnal and commercial for public schocl supporters for 1967 the break down is as follows resid 1 indus l arm be comm mills mills creases there has been an increase of only 50 000 in gen eral spending since 1962 clai med the finance chairman in addition the general debenture debt is declining but the deb enture debt for education is o ing up rapidly cr robert francis who last week criticized the procedure in adopting the budget stated he still felt the procedure could be unproved then added the present finance chairman done the best job i have ever seen in the years i ve been council public school rate 21 co high school rate 19 93 general rate 30 89 county rate 5 95 total consoli d public sc rate 78 46 it was the most interesting and worthwhile youth orgaiza- uon meeting i ever attended it was very beneficial and in the next session i will encourage all my friends to attend so they may also benefit i only hope you hold another yoath forum in the near future- mom peo ple should have turned out i thoroughly enjoyed it so said the young people who at tended the youth forum at knox presbyterian church last saturday sixty four teenagers and ab out a dozen adults registered for the all day forum sponsored by the georgetown junior cham her of commerce mayor joseph gibbons and jaycee president ai teeter welcomed the partici pants who listened discussed end contributed to the panel discussions on the subjects of alcohol sex and teenage 1 ponsibuity and rights the morning speaker mr garth toombs of alcoholism and drug addiction research foundation told the members that there were over 100000 alcoholics in ontario but at least ene third of the adult population say no to alcohol completely several were surprised to learn that too much alcohol can actually cause death after a noon meal provided by the ladies of knox church mr eb lilbe guidance coun selor of brampton high school outlined the place and respon wbilities which youth have but pleaded for greater rights for the young members of society the movie phoebe was shown which in a moving and forceful manner showed the inward struggle of a pregnant high school girl this was followed by further liscussion and an ad dress by dr ken allen chair man of the sex education and information council of canada a panel discussion closed the day a full one which will long be remembered by all who at tended should be organized and more of all those interested in discus teenagers should be informed sing a future youth forum per was one comment so on mon haps from this may come a per day may 1 at 7 30 at knox mancnt semi annual meeting of church there will be mooting youth in georgetown county levy and 48 in ihe en eral rate the gtncral nte is the only one over which council high festival honors for mezzo sandra greig mrs sandra greig won the onto she is a dental wjs capps memorial roscbowl with hex husband i on her first entry in the peel greig in georgetown music festival last week sen lor vocal winner mrs greig she was fir m x was chosen from all senior sing tor mezzosoprano jny age on ers who won gold medals in tuesday nigl t a il is classes soprano mezzosoprano ij0ls elliott also of georjc tenor and contralto ltun wri fl st m t vocal solo class for fcirls under 14 and a mezzosoprano irs greig milrce armstrong georgetown won first and second honors at and bill brush milton won the the davenport festival in tor class for mixed duet any age 80 27 a- 1 investigation into the passing gets 25 in loot m high school rate 23 in the approximately 25 was taken x ma damage invcstiga from a cash register m a break tmn where an outdoor sign at in and theft at a corner gcorc cedar springs motel on no 7 town grocery store late friday highway was broken by stones i has control nght or early saturday morning lhr0 by juvc f the robbery covered for bufu imance chairman steamer lro n merson explained that the an ton police dept mpmd four mill increase was i erratic driver removed from cut to three because the uncon tmr highway and charged ditional government grant was i upped 1 50 per capita z juveniles missing and bothl later located he stated this budget would police said a window was included the fire truck and isunt smashed and a lock forced with 5 premises found insecure at the ambulance the important harry a pry bar m while adding his congratula lions to the finance chairman deputy reeve arthur speight contended that the mill rate in crease should have been left all the proposed four mill rise t provide for contingencies however he stated he woulti not oppose the budget cr william smith staled steamer has done a tremens dous job even if i m not com pletcly satisfied with the allot cation of the money he won dcred how the maj 15th ta collection date would affect th homeowners who pay theif mortgage and taxes at tha banks ihe only big increases are in welfare and ambulancejr and i support the new ambul ance wholeheartedly b walker cleave an employee of raw sons grocery 7 king st when he arrived for work at 830 m tiwtdrcakm occur red sometime between then and 9 15 friday night the store is operated by mrs 2 liquor seizures resulting in e rawson 1 caroline st 3 pcp bemr charred undcr constable john glass is hand t liquor control act linj the mvcstigateion busy season ahead for georgetown girl pipers the gcorgctwn girls pipe anyone interested in joining band has had its election and i the band should phone 8774805 is now preparing fjr a busy or 8774849 centennial season the ejections resulted with woolrc turn firo fallc marilyn mackenzie named pres s iw0 rire l3iis dent linda rudigcr secretary both caused dv grass pattv burns trpasiirr and patty burns treasurer and becky cooper property chair upcoming engagements georgetown firefighters dous ed grass fires number seven in and number eight of the season elude april 30 clarksmi cen tonnial parade may 13 burlinj ton community parade may 22 township of toronto cenlen nial parade june 11 george town graveside decoration scr vice june 17 kitchener pipe band tattoo june 24 glen wil hams july 1 brampton mower festival parade august 2o gait kinsmen club parade sep tember 1 smithville fall rair september 3 black creek pion ccr village hil drum major is mrs r icr and pipe major mrs i think that more of these hulmc larger railway share for mountain bridge the cnr will contribute 10 per cent more toward the con struction of the mountainview rd bridge than originally esti mated a letter from damas and smith informed council monday night the amount is upped from 20000 to 22 000 the engineering firm hopes to advertise for bids in mid kay and start construction in madjune they warned that lab our oosti might force the price op this week monday niht i ba bush on the 8th lino south of ton n was discovered by a pass mg fireman and snuffed out by brigade members brfore becom ing serious riss behind a hydro station en mountainview ltd at sargent rd was in flames briefly tues- da afternoon before firemen checked the blaze tiro chief lrwin lewis said he suspected the volatile com binalion of children and match es for the monday alarm vweataer wed 12 tburs 13 fri 14 cr william smith stated he hat 15 didnt like the sound of rising sun lfi labour cost but reminded coun j7 cil the grants would increase ini 1s proportion wed 19 thurs 20 fri 21 later in the meeting a motion sat 22 was passed to install 16 wa sun 23 ter mam under the bridge for mon 24 future use deputy reese ar itucs 25 thur speight pointed out it would be much cheaper to doi average h 52 while construction waa in pro- total r 82 42 19 12 48 30 1 54 41 07 0 72 40 t 69 38 i 54 41 34 0 43 37 2 53 35 12 5 33 12 45 39 10 0 59 17 31 6 43 33 1 44 31 4 50 25 13 5 l 34 3 s 83 5 hi gross 46 per cent of poss tornado damage to motel in missouri the severe tornados in the slates last week damaged prop erty of a former georgetown man thing is the increased cost of education said the f mince chairman between the high school and the public schools for the maintenance and debtm iturc debt there is an increase other occurrences were of a 0 87 000 he pointed out that in the past few years the but cr jim young also comtnen ded cr hjnmcrson s efforts but 24 10 1 attacked a 1 000 amount set jjs iide in administration budget 22 15 for conventions i thought 34 07 set a precedent by aboishing 5 95 convention funds in m police budget he commented he cnt tcized also the increase to the library board from 14 331 to 16 000 last year they had a surplus of 6 500 which they are now spending wi 16 000 they arc up to the i the mayor repeated earhd 22 000 they asked he conten statements saing that the re ded he doubled the ned of tent um of the present mill rat a second garbage packer say wduld nave heen the greatc ing there s 15 000 we could publicity or the town tin save v budget could hae been held if cr tut harrison defended s cl the purchase ot a second gar hc pfewkl disappointment bage packer on the grounds that the rental is applied to the purchase price until the town has bought it 20 000 in the sanitation department bjd gel was never used last jear but was used instead to bail out other depatment he remarked minor nature during this period two esc orls were supplied for lenten nial caravans travelling in mil ton detachment area its and a trailer was destroyed in the subsequent fire the motor ourt is operated at the itockway motor codrtiby don hutchinson son of mr at osage beach missouri light and mrs harold hutchinson ning struck one of the motel unj 12 edith street general rate had not risen this year u was up almost half a mill he attributed the rise to salary hikes in the works and police departments plus 25 000 for the town s share of the new mountainview road bndgc or emmerson admitted ihe various boards commissions and committees did not rec eive what they had asked for but they were given small in tory flag bearer jim snow at esquesing meeting mr and mrs jim snow r r 2 georgetown talk with esquesing councillor tom h hand mrs hill at the annual meet ng of the esquesing progreisive conservative asso- ciaton in stewaruown hell thursday night jim snow will carry the pc colour tn the next provincial election mr htll is ttio esquesing assoctehon president everybodj is complimenting the finance chairman and righ tlj so began the mayor but nobody has complimented me o having the wisdom to appoint him finance chairman in th i first place it ihe lirran board s hicrcas and claimed ihcre were girls ia ihe tmn o ice with salaries 30 00 less than the librarian cr roy ballenlire compli cnted the finance chairman on the job he had done it was nice to sit with a finance chair man who would listen to other committee chairmen s ideas he added c- ballcntinc ex plained he had originally been opposed to the second garbage packer until he realizm that the present one would be paid up in july and the second one would begin payments in aug he felt hat the projected increase in the number of homes this year warranted the pureh ase he claimed that he assess ment from the houses now un der construction and from in dustnes just getting started would hae held the mill rate at the 86 level if public money were handled in the wav we d like to handle our own money i the mill rate could have been hold the same as last year concluded we could have held the mill rate if 70 000 in subsidies had not gone down the dram re torted cr robert francis the bvlaw to set the mill rate passed 62 with cr young and the major opposed reeve hunter was away an4 unable to attend the meeting high school board moves to acquire tost property a 25 acres deficiency in ge the tost ian 1 is the onlv solu ogetown high school property lion noted by the department of ed ucation two years ago will bei a was made in july erased 1 a move to expropriate and in member th a parcel of land to the cast o board s decis to expropriate the school is successful made in 0clolwr the the high school board made it olidlums buwcm public this week lhat their sol hoard and mr tost for the re- icilors dale bennett latimer maining pjrtil started in 1962 and baines are proceeding loj sale of the land was dis usscd expropriate the last piece of a tcc m 19bfi without an agree- farm owned by jack tost 72 nicnt reached guelph street the parcel mea m sures 28 acres tllc lv inll u anulhct construction project in two or a board spokesman said the three mar an i it th- cxpropri current building project made ale is successful will extend tha it imperative that the high shool eastward onto the new school add to its property and land georgetown esquesing settle on fire agreement cr jim young announced monday night that the controv stal fire agreement issue be tween georgetown and euqucs ing had finally been sctllcd esquesing had agreed to pav 4i of the town s 23 975 bud i get for the fire department which would make esquesing s share 13 145 this agreement is a fourteen and a half month agreement dating back to october 11th louise migue winner hamilton talent show louise miguc daughter ot mr and mrs chares migur rr 2 gcorgctow n w as second piace winner in a varictj talent show in harm ton on the week- end louise a hoh cross separata chool pupil is 12 sears old and plas piano hc is a pupil of mrs mornsoa of brampton