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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 1, 1967, p. 8

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jury recommends better bridges base line signs a hornby woman dld oi a nytpnd wu minutes after a coapactrcor driven 1y her dau- icntu alansed into a bridge t the tha baa line near taw oodm coronera jury found bertha grtxton 40 was trap ped between the dash and- the riffct door of the wrecked car said constable robert burke of the north halton opp detach meat the door had to be pried open to release her lbs grexton was still alive shortly alter the accident the constable testified bat coroner dr graham owen reading a medical rfcport told the jury injured woman was dead on ar rival at oskviue trafalgar memorial hospital susan lynn grexton 16 said she was driving her mother and younger sister home from hilton on the afternoon of may 13 waftchlnt horses i was watching horses in a field to the right of the road aid miss grexton suddenly toy mother screamed and grabbed for the wheel miss grexton saldteeasint feel the car go off the road be fore striking the bridge abut ment her speed bsfore the ac cident had been 90 mh but he slowed to see the horses there were no other cars in front or behind her parents car and no oncoming traffic hiss grexton testified she was learnerdriver and had renew ed her first 90day permit the day of the accident james death 13 of hornby was the only eyewitness he aid he was sitting in a friends car some distance from the bridge i saw this white car and it looked as if it was going into the bridge said death the car was going over the white una onto the north side of the zoad when it was about twenty feet away it suddenly swerved into the south aide of the bridge coroner owen said deaths awidence wis consistent with what police had found at the death scene which the jury visited before the inquest pro per constable burke stressed the absence of skid marks and said the car ended up at a 4fi degree angle to the bridge the alight damage to the abutment la mute testimony to ike terrible impact that can re mit from a speed of 45 to 50 apb said crown attorney pe ter mcwduama in his sranmat- ion to the jury i suggest the bwtorunt should be protected by apsaxdrajos even if he is care- earlier mr mcwiluams ques tioned jack corbett a county loads engineer with eight years experience in dufferin county i coining to halton last mr corbett said the death bridge was only 20 feet 3 inches wide curb to curb it had been fenttt in 1038 when such nar row widths were acceptable ac cording to traffic conditions then prevailing farther questioning revealed that shoulders on the base line are only four feet wide all the way from milton to hornby exactly half of todays minimum standard width tb jury returning after an hours deliberation made two aula recom that halton county mined lately inital narrow bridge signs on the base una bridges that halton county works department bring the three bridges up to present day de partment of highways require ments in view of heavy base xine traffic youth council planning further forum in fall dear sir in san francisco washington and even toronto iove ins and be ins are a common sight tune in turn on and drop out is the password what does ell this mean and what bearing does it have on georgetowns young people well it means that youth is getting mote in volved and becoming more con cerned with whats going on ab out them they are confronted by many problems and solutions are needed badly georgetown has- these problems too not so much race riots and social un rest with hippies and tripping out on lsi but problems about sex and morals alcohol and the relationship between oneself and society the only way to solve these problems is by discussing them openly and freely with other young people and then taking action of some sort and thus the purpose ol the youth forum to discuss the problems that are confront ing the teenager today our very first youth forum held a little over seven weeks ago was an immediate success those who attended thoroughly enjoyed it and asked for more of them because of this dem and a youth council has been formed the councils executive was elected and consists of five members chosen from the coun cil itself since this executive group changes every couple of months everyone has a chance to become involved the council at the present time is drawing op plans for another youth fo rum to be held this coming september so if you have any views that you want to share on changes on society the new morality alcohol drugs politics or any thing join the council and let us know we are a young or ganisation just starting but with great potential if you are interested in belonging and want to find out more contact our publicity man dave har- ley at 8t72389 or our public relations richard desylva 877- 4670 remember this youth coun cil was created by the young people for the youg people on ly your support will make it a real success watch the paper for further information con cerning our next youth coun cil meeting sponsored by the georgetown jaycees rick desylva and dave harley bridge club eleven tables of duplicate bridge played at the legion on tuesday evening northsouth winners were w hamilton l bertasson w coats w wandel r prust l keir mrs helen hyde and her son monty hyde eastwest r raymond j zaraha mrs w thompson mrs w wilson mrs helen at kinson cam sinclair w bar bour and h frost bridge players keep the date of june 13th in mind that night the club will play in the stewart- town township hall adams photography weddings passports general photography custom hnijhino 40 prince charles drive ofomrown 8773923 street parade cairn to mark centennial in glen the buimlng we then returned home it was a marvellous and ed ucational day altogether and im sure you would agree if you had gone a giant street parade of floats bands and all the tri- mlngs will kick off glen wil liam centennial celebration saturday june 3 the parade will form up at harrys auto on the north side of the village at 1 oclock and proceed to the glen williams public school for a dedication and unveiling of a centennial cairn there thar will also be presentat ions of awards to the winners of a centennial essay contest the villages centennial com mittee headed by don sargent is hoping the children will play a urge part is the parade and have ottered prises for best de corated bikes tricycleaand doll carriages in the procession a ball game at the glen pars 286000 townships share of public school budget last week esquesing school board asked the township for 283537 for the years budget this is only the townships share the total budget is 617 893 f which approximately 334356 will be provided by provincial grants the board also accepted the tender of a j mccarthy and l zanatta at 398343 for the addition to the stewarttown school in addition the archit ects fees will amount to 21- 128 and the furniture and equ ipment to 4800 a federal sales tax rebate of 16207 will be returned the resignation of mrs bines of speyside school wss accepted with regret sales ability wins lad trip to expo being a good salesman has paid off for young brian stock fish of 4fi norton crescent the tely carrier is at expo today as a reward from his employers for adding most new customers during a tely carrier contest brian left yesterday for mon treal and will return saturday his achievement was also worth a tape recorder a tely representative said brian has won many similar contents in his several years aa a carrier boy attend convention of assessors in hamilton mr and mrs aw benton and mr stephen saxe attend ed the annual convention of the association of assessing officers of ontario held in the royal connaught hotel in ha milton this week communion services will be held sunday june 4 at 948 am at umehouse presbyterian church mr and mrs john warren and family of charlton visited mr and mrs s kirkpatrick and mr bob warren a week ago mr and mrs s quinton of meaford and mr and mrs john quinton and robbie of george town visited mr and mrs bert benton on sunday the umehouse wx ladles catered with a hot roast beef dinner to some sixty staff and friends from georgetown and district memorial hospital one evening last week will follow the ceremony at the school park school pupils visit royal museum pupils of grade 0 at park public school on hyde park dr recently toured the royal on tario museum and other points of interest in toronto the fol lowing le an account of the trip by one of the pupils dcnise beynolda a trip to toronto it was a lovely hut chilly morning hay 23rd when we piled onto the schoolbus with our lunches and cameras we were off to toronto we sang all the way to the royal ontario museum our first stop we clambered out of the bus and entered the museum the mar vellously marbled and cemented hall left us spellbound as we climbed the stairs we saw a magnificent totem pole start ing on the main floor and end ing on the top floor we enter ed a small room holding prec ious art objects some were more than 1000 years old then we entered a room displaying sea objects going into the prehistoric ztxxa we noticed the skeletons of many great dinosaurs we then went to another section of the museum to see some stuf fed animals we next pounded down the stairs to the base ment where we saw all sorts of things belonging to the west coast indians also we saw the section modesty to mod we then went out into the fresh air and had lunch in the bus next we went to the top of the canadian imperial bank of commerce where we acquired an excellent view view of the city from all directions back to the city hall we went where we awaited the guide and went for a tour of th1 0i0r4ct0wn htralo thursday juh1 lt 1m halton peel manager how ontario official at the annual meeting of the ontario division of the trust companies association of can ada john s beatty was elect ed chairman mr beatty is general manager of halton 4 peel trust savings company at the meeting it was report ed that assets under administ ration by canadian trust com panies at the end of i960 ex ceeded 17480000000 show ing an increase during the year of 1303000000 44 percent of county residents are under 20 over 44 per cent of the popu lation- in halton is under 20 years of age county council learned in an assessment re port presented by county as sessor robert beech tuesday the report on county popu lation also noted that there were approximately 4000 child ren of each age age in the 112 year old categories with 3000 in the 1219 age groupings of the countys 150727 pop ulation 11908 are aged 1 to 3 and 4863 are 70 and over in the 20 to 59 group there 73354 for compute insurance service upi health annuities of our james l young 10 shelley street 177445 the greatwest life assurance company its time tor a troublefree tore if you own a cheap powermower now you probably know ah about expensive repair ms and miserable iimirn saturdays youre probably ready lor a troublefree toro cora an in and see onal for fast action hiltipu iimn sftrvici consult member of thi brampton real estate board new whirlwind by toro see your nearest toro dealer kirkw00d hardware norval ontario the georgetown herald and cooperating merchants centennial quiz ww 67 1 131 8871367 special unit table cloths 54x34- 54 x 71 19c i 59c sh0prite 5c to 100 store 9 main street n clue no 1 fibber claw plymouth chrysler valiant faroo trucks body and fender work maveal motors i sales and service 1361 olmtph street no 7 hwy 1776969 refrigerated fur storage barragers cleaners dyers main st gualph st portable tv ideal for summer tava it everywhere wigo h53e- main street north evelyn i 1ue shoppe i valley 7 main n 8774831 i meat market 148cmec8776ml wear a smile and i rarbkui swcial jantzen sportswear chicken uos ipc short slack shell out op off1c1 suppliis youll find all your needs at georgetown stationery office supplies a main ureal i 8tm4s1 forfathervoay uioham pips pipe hacks imported tobaccos delrex smoke shop dtuixcrnti robert gougeon household purnishino i 14 main street south quality furniture i by- kroehler skiar etc i harding carpets i ctoe ne8 cantr cash prize 10 each week if antry accompanied by salts slips from one of the tdvtr- liaars in this feature 500 if no sales slip enclosed each week for the next 13 weeks the herald and cooper tlna merchants will offer its readers a chance to win a s 1000 cash priie to win contestants must answer the centennial quli question correctly a different quit question will appear each week clues dues to the correct answer will appear in the advertisements below look tor them before submitting your answer this weeks quiz question an assassins bullet ended the life of this father of confederation in 1868 what was his name sec clues in ads contest rules 1 sales slips lo be eligible must be from one of the firms participating in this featurf 2 all entries must be brought or mailed to the herald and must be on the official entry coupon which ap pears below 3 binploytes of the herald arc not eligible 4 entries for each weeks contest must be in the herald office by 5 pm on the following monday they will be placed in the contest box when received 5 tne first correct answer drawn from the contest box will be judged the winner and will bo announced in space indicated below 8the decision of the judges will be final in all aspects of the contest 7 u there is no winner one week the 500 prize will be added to the following weeks contest jntry coupon 1 name i address my answer is winners name winner for may ishs mrs norma smith 16 steveni cntk new shipment just recetveoi blue mountain pottery barbers jewellery and gifts main nerth 1774411 be sum to ask for sales slip georgetown california new white potatoes i 10 lb bag 69c i specials bathing suits 4 to 6x 189 up 8 to 14 298 ladies 898 up large selection of shorts jacksons ladies wear 28 main st n gs television georgetown market centre complete color tv sales service girl short sets sizes 4 to 1 2 also ladies short sets delrex fashions delrex centre i 8779441 i holmes i 5c to 100 store 1 11 main st n i summer purses i mastic patents- plastic calf soft straws basket straws etc i 298 and 391 t0wne sewing centre 26 main n 8774331 sewing machines and reperrsto ah makes see our wide range of fabrics clue no i initial t d canadas finest red brand blade ccc i roasts j jib i superior food market main street north georgetown cycle sports l water street 177sot geervetewn or bicycle sales service sports equipment and trophies club dlaeounu available dott jakvir f park confectionery 11 main strtmt wh jug milk groceries maeavtnai avnelraiv3ubl optn evut night towels bath or gueat site odd uses stripe tionx or plain spcll ctauvk 49c garners

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