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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 21, 1967, p. 1

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bands barkers and baking floats floss and flamenco dancers georgetowns 121st fair should topple attendance records with l little cooperation from tha weatner man the 121st adl uon of the georgetown fair this weekend will likely set a new ltigh in the attendance depart vent this being the confederation centennial year fair the annual success will have some new wrinkles and the interest gen crated by advance puoltcity on the new features is unprccvd anted emphasis li being placed on the opening day friday in an ef fort to convert it to a truely two day show the new look in dudes entertainment in front of the grand stand from eight oclock on st which various lo cal music groups will share tiic spot light most of the saturday hoopla will be stirred up by a mam moth parade boasting more than fifty units which wilt en ter the fair grounds and pass in front of the bleachers and grandstand around 2 10 it will cover a three mile route from the assembly point on sinclair avenue where it starts at 1 octock when it reachm thr fair grounds- mayor joseph gibbons will officially declare the fair open esqucsing reeve george leslie dr harry harlcy mp and georgo kerr mpp will also speak from the review stand fair board president keith webb will handle introductions and mister fall ynir vincc mountford will keep thr prog ram moving as master of ccrcm onles prizes will be awarded for ben original and best reproduc tions of costumes in the crowd and for best couple in ccntcn mal costume a grand livestock show ex btbit hall brimming with hand work baking and flower com mercial exhibits and many many other attractions will add the irresistible magnetism of the fair horse jumping hurdles go ing through their pace with western riders and pulling rac ing sulkies will draw a bis num bcr of spectators but if your looking for participation take a few swings at a car smash or try for a genuine cupic doll and such at one of the games of skill a popular one with the sportsmen will be esso s hockey caravan featuring a puck shooting contest the perennial show stealer for the kneehigh crowd and in fact all ages is the midway and thfc year the fair board has a new one in the star broadway aggregation itll be a collage of familiar noise and familiar odours mnd maybe some not so familiar bands barkers bawling cat tle and home baked bread floats fancy dresses flamenco dancers and candy floss and best of all your friends will be there georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district tllji 1ioiw haram 147la7 anthofizad as sacond class mail post offica dapt ottawa and for paymanl of postapa in caih gaorgetown ontano thursday saptambar 21st 1967 5 00 par yaar singl copy priok tan cants wandas dad all shook up home delivery is promised for almost everything these days but one thing earl pink bey 47 ewing street dd not expect was home delivery ef his newborn daughter this is just what happened wednesday morning september 13 at a quarter to eight in the morning the baby arrived with very little warning leaving fa the earl to cope with the situ uon as best he could wanda mane weighing five pounds fourteen ouncas was de livered by her surprised father later dr alan thminsan ar rived and mother and baby were taken to hospital this is the fifvh baby f r thp pinkneys who hae two guts and three bos wife dorothv described her husband as well shook up after the delivery cars damaged by accident and hitrun cars driven by barbara pan- icemn of 36 mill st and mary kirkwood of erin coll ded at the corner of water and mill st sunday resulting in 225 damage constable foot of the george town police department said hiss pankemn was northbound en water st and miss ffirkwood eastbound on mil st when they bit an apparent hit and run ac cident did s2c0 damage ear belonging to george nirse of 14 stevens cres- tueday september 12 while it was par ked at george own bowl on uountainvicw rd nurse entered h s car c the bowling alley nd droc avay unaware that his vehi1 had been damaged until he tr d hi high beams after urr tz ith on slreelsville rd he go out inspected the front of his cei and discovered the damag- l jason meld handing investigation down hill derby fear wells dry find line break three injured is toll water tower saved town in town traffic accidents serious trouble says foreman a mntonst a b cclc and a two jear old boy hurt in reccnl accidents invest igated bv georgetown police the motors douglas v j of h car rtruck ra thompson rr 1 mallon ss eastbound on guelph st rider estimated 20 w lerov bovd untz of 85 ra lawn resc was bicking out of his driveway saturddy when the i car left the pa south jim coasts the most centennial comm1ttb chairman will ism sm th presents five centennial s ever dollars to jim res after the coaster cert driver rode hs ng to ihe champ onhip of the centennial soop box derby race on maple avenue hill saturday ght carts took part in th race day when h ment on tb said it travelled 0 fc t ditch before tutting an cniba lj ment thomp on wni treitcd in georgetown h sp tal fir a cut on his forehead an t i chest n jurv damage to hi llbl 11 is mob le was placed at si ih bj cpl jason field paul gibson hale dr suffered a fracti red was moore age 2 who wps ndig bis tnccle on the sidewalt the child was treated for a i ide pol ce bum nn th s1i of hk forehead and skinned right hand resubmits bill for car damage from potholes social speaker at first baptist county council nurses decide on labour contract the bitter twoyear dispute nurses selected b the a ociat counu tin l between halton county and usjion vtc have hid one nirlm public health nurses formally ibe contract provides for ihe with eel about a nitrur h ended friday when county settling of grievances claimed raid but thev were mlv prl council voted the nurses their dv both nurses and county if a mmary talks we didn l even first labour contract dispute cannot be settled by the begin to di cuss figures punctuating the dipute were various methods outlined in the j nai neither countv wtnt a walkout by the nurses last contract an arbitration board to 0in tne healih unit but summer a greylisting of the can be set up mav fa forced to bv the rict county by the nurses associat j other details spclltd o i n that provincial ronl li on the contract are sen onlv leive lartc health d strict w mid of absence for funerals jury lamer than the combined frant duty or pregnancy s ck pay to two smaller units holidays and vacations three i praiie unit weeks after seven earsl and but the e is no que lion that hours of work 35 ho irs per we would be rxtur off on our week addition to their regular danov scarborough lold council monday night he was 1b resubmitting a claim for dam c1 ages to his car since it was ueft ankle and cut to his back turned down b the insurance and head when knot ked from hi molorcvclc bv a tar at ih corner of rcw j dr and del i rex bld tur dav september 12 he was taken to hosp tal in a taxi police report said the dn ver of the ear was paul ricnard barlow of 21 gairej dr damage to the b kc amounted i companv thev the insurance companv suggested i deal utth the corporation so i am sub mitting mv hill for 68 amin said mr scarborough the insurance companv s respon sibil itj they re trying to e snorted the ayor as he went on to say he had asked for a written report tauii rmslfcleen rom tnr insurance companv town engineer 11cdop rccvc kirewskie resigns fu and stated it was the rcsponsib a major break in a water main off roscfield drive which went undetected from monday afternoon t 11 tuesday morning dropped the water level in the water tower and the reservoir to the danger point during the period 3o0 000 gallons above the record con sumption mere used alarm in the works depart ment reached its peak monday night when the cause was still unknown and it was thought the town wi- running out of water tucsdav morning arm trong brothers construction found the break no water was isible sin ce the break was underground and was runnig into a catch ba in all night the works depart ment were out aided b the police who turned oil hoses left jn mainly m newly sodded areas at the moment town foreman i- rank morette was telling coun cil of the predicament the fire siren sounded luckily it was a email fire at meadowglei groiv crs with only a pile of hay des troyed the ont thing that kept the town water supplv going was the water tower said mr mor ette tuesday loudspeakers were used to ask the townspeople to refrain from watering their lawns the cr sis is over said the own foreman ana we 11 be back to normal level by thurs day rkv murray mcleod rv muray mcleod cf tor nto bibe college will b the psachsr at first baptist churc in street x snday wln the congrefation clcb- rttss the izz h an ar the founding pi t cc lurch the resignation of halton medical officer of health dr archie bull and a refusal by the county to negotiate until the nurses association became a certified bargaining unit and lifted the greylisting but the greylisting was not lifted until two weeks ago when the nurses are to rcccie the contract as hammered out extra lime off for working oer in an allday meeting between time ca mileage uniforms al nurses county and labor do lowance and benefits like pen l partment conciliator judgp col lon hospitalization and me lie 1 in bennett i plans ttew contract 15 monthi under the new contract a the contract period is 1 public health nurse will earn months from oct 1 th s ycir between 5350 and 6 550 a re until the end of 1968 11 will u glstercd nurse between m 8001 automatically renew rd cich and 5 800 effective october 1 year unless the nurses indiratc on jan 1 the rates will be ey want it chingcd raised to between 5 617 50 and recvp autin ldw th f mil ton chairman of the com tv board of health tndaj denied earlier reports that the health unit was so weakened by the long dispute that it is forced to seek a merger with the peel town engineer kin v ikie submitted hs resignation to council moidn nighl thr res inat on w 11 nk eltiet srpl emtxr 2lh counnl nerenied h s re ifna tion i ih n r then i uh r ed 1he a iert ns n n en u neer the miinr rliuned the t n had spnt s175 00u on consult ins enincrrs fees s nn lm4 1 erhnp e hould pnv r ir ov n eniini er in re in i he abl to si r ii con iiltnt i conln ued i paje t will wind from three mile sursesteri smcliir route ihtv of the town to pa the claim since thev hid ncjjcctcd the road hcn cr jim oung told council the potholes were real bad and right n front of cr ballcntines house r ballcn t ne pointed out most of the real bad potholes were filled but the bumps were still there deputv reeve art speight let ir the matter drop when he was l reassured a report from lhc in he surance company woild be de manded jim reas soap box wins saturdays derby seven contestants entered the centennial soap box derby sat urday starting from maple avenue and tjers the drivers roared and sometimes barely crawled down the steep hill to the water works at the bottom they rac ed in pairs in a process of clim mation till gary hyde and jim bea were the two finalists jim rea emerged the grand champion winning five silver centennial dollars runner up gary hyde won three silver dollars and each contestant won one crs jim young and w smith presented the wnnners with thcl prizes for grindst ind fair day parade i j6317iw for a public health nurse and between 5 040 and 6040 for a registered nurse in signing the contract the county recognized the associat ion as the bargaining agency for all its graduate and registered nures except the supervisors pfltc pdvmq proqrani and the office start n a 111 a al i negotiating or enforcing the bill allocdte nexl terms of the agreement i handled by a committee two year funds centennial lady quilt shown at fair by wi a centennial lad quilt pro- jucd by georgcto vn women t instiu e w 11 be displayed it the fall fe ths week enj the quih vjl b- csfered as a prize in a it y law and member u te stll- fc rej at th- fair hold g trir frt meelng of the faji ea on in knox church hall on sei 6 roembt3 heard mrs k lowe give st amiioir rex r en th- ia er boffilwi t ilmg o i pre- he gts paid for wi at he ella and the price be hat to pay hecat far the finished prod uct miss lxiena campbell held a question and answer sessioi that wps educational lunch w servei during a soc el haltiou tie insttule has held tv o more aternocn euchre pe us to raise money for then fi tennial pojrt lire a re- a guelph s was hostes for one wiji pr z n ners r tienv petchjmd m hay s rs e rjewboqse e in st was also ahostesi aj winners that day wre mn guy and aira a baluntioe the paving progrim annot n ced earlier this vcar w 11 not be completed this vrar road chairman william smith told council mondaj night hiiabcth street lleuson resccnt lw ing street and lclrcx blvd will not he done till 1988 but the money hy law covering them was passed at this week s meeting one base coat of permanent asphalt curbs and ru ten i 1 be applied on rexwa frau te highway to del ex k rg sl sarah street parkview blvd joseph st orchard b j ard cambll ga e from an ctimrd p te of 175 000 the co t h s r i n to 346 sb5 of which s1650j5 w 11 j f be paid in subsidy by the pro- vine or ginally scheduled to pro cecd from downtovvn parking ot to the fair rrounds ceorge towns fair daj parade will have a much longer route when it v inds through town saturday afternoon the parade boasting mo e than fiftv units floats marchers and bands will form ui on sinclair avenue just east ot corgetown market and proceed from there alon guelph st to main down mam to ch irch along church to charles into the fairgrounds at the park st entrance onto the race track past thp grand stand aid bleachers n the north side of the track and out the park s west gate onto hvde park dr where it will disband it will be the longest parade to be seen here in recent jcars prob ably bettered onlv b legendary onngemens parades of earlier da vs the pande is slated to move out from its issemblv polrt st lpm and v ill arrive in the park at about 2 30- police cdmmission says no report mayor joe gibbons dropped a bombshell at council monday night when he told council that they would be getting no re port from the ontario police commission he said he had talked to mr f j taylor of the police com mission and was told there would be no report under the arcum stances we ve been led down tha garden path by this police commission commented deputy reeve speight we were definitely told wa would get a report stated cr robert francis nothing more was said by tha surprised cokil fourth water well- is in the cards a motion to authorize hydro- logy consultants to bring in if fourth well at an estimate cost of 22 500 was witheld f a week by council onday so tha specifications could be made more precise water chairmin art speight explained that no 3 well would have to rebuilt later and prob ably no 2 well replaced to do a complete job and lest for new water supply said the deputy reeve will rua ab out 60000 however right now this will be only for a foirtb well monday blaze charge man with arson theft a meadowglen growers em ployce has been charged with arfon and theft following a fire at the company monday night the seventh there this year 7 the monday blaze destroyed a quantity of baled hay on a bank not far from where a largo barn was lcelled bv fire a few weeks ago firefighters were at the hay fire for two hours before they were satisfied it was completely doused i beciusc of a temporarv water 1 shortage the firemen refilled their pumper trucks from a stream crossing ontario street shulman lashes out a large crowd heard centre- vcrsial dr morton shulraa- or- mer chief coroner for t ilo and current ndp candida or high park attack air poi on the atlantic finance c- sa and th conservative anti lib era parties wednesday night in georgetown high school a report in aetail will appear ia the sept 2811 herald

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