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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 19, 1967, p. 1

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georgetown herald the home newspapetfor georgetown and district canada 1n71967 thi harald 1m71h7 avrimfaaml m sacowd ciim mill fast offic dvpt ottawa and for payment of posttg in caih georgetown ontario thursday october 19th 1967 500 per year single copy price ten cent 3sdr both halton ridings elect conservatives reverse stand board gives free ice time bank loan will pay for school portables a by law authorizing esques ing lownship council to bor row 14 936 from the canadian imperial bank of commerce was read a second and third times at monday night s council meet ing the borrowing was made at the township area school boards request and will be us ed lo pay for the construction of two portable classrooms at pineview public schol on the 7th line the ontario municip al board has approved the und ertaking equal the loan is repayable in three years a dispute about free ice time for the saturday morning lc gion sponsored kid hockey lea gue ended amicably this week when the board of parks man agement advised council thit there would be no charges made for the 1967 68 season the board had set a s5 00 pc- hour time fee recently which the legion had protested in a strongly worded letter and del egalion to council tories snow edges grits sluice kerr gets overwhelming support between acting they wait a lbt iqordon p1nson vho plays ihe title role in the tv series quenhn durgens mp chats with veterarj character actor paul kligman between scenes in downtown georgetown where they have been working in an mstal ment lo be seen m 1968 in the story geor getown is durgens home town of moose falls georgetown states case w esquesing arenagrant n thing mi tm do to li- hot will e ipprru i cd tumid drputv reevt spu in could have found an ol ilve brarch i would have brought it with me georgetown deputy reeve arthur ispeull told esqucmn councillors as hi led a delegation of georgetown eouncit nto the laquism jchainbrs mondiv mht georgetown council idjo irn ted their own mectin car hi tteet with esquesing and dis cass a opic that has been a fa tmirite talking point tor jem he possibility of having ls icjuesing shoulders share some of the georgetown memorial arcra load monday night s talk i anted the first lime town and township officials have put leir opinions to each other i the result was a promise bv eftqucsiilg to give considcral ion to the matter at a later date were here to diacuss thi i possibility of you assisting us jrith our arena and since it aws from all over the low n iaihip when 1 sav our arena 1 don t mejn its just george towns explained the corr town depulv reeve he saul the arenas bu n i reached the point where it quires more money than go ibtgetown feels it can put into it nd since it serves surrounding communities of norval glen williams stewarttow n rind limehouse he said he frl tin nght sec f tohe o situation wilh an annual ppanl the arenas budfeu totjiud t 48 000 last vcar of which sr 000 apprnximateh wji contr ti i filed b the town of george town to v n cr v hcldon i m mersnn explained m answrrwo ib question h tuvnshin counc 1 for james goodie t thi whole matter of arena finarcrs came to a head a few weeks aj who i arena board anf logum inch 120 could no agree on j committee ment for ice time used tnjsarl wheels h n georgetown hov i ilkntinc iddid h d tin bet george tiw n should put fence around hie town in sj mnh p kids cant pla in thi jrena it drew a sharp rcntim from rsqucsings tom hill it s a good in rv that 2 few georgetown ten iuve ind inv hockcj plavers cd con he hot i k mln smoothing rufflcil fc ithcrs lucvi leslie explained lo the uiililloi jitnrs since tsquising didn t h d tin l hut i full council the subject in t be put off until ill memb trs ire present councillor hill hid the it t word hoacvtr if we product a grint woud we be illovved rpprr enta ie on the arena 1 didn t botd he boomed m the dir i o in cctinn of the delegation they ouhln t nodded n unison concerned by kids on bridge trestle a local couple were shocked on sunday when driving over the white bridge on main st noith to see a couple of voung sters running along the top of the guard rail i woke up that night the ladv told the herald thinking i what would have happened i thev slipped cither death on the railway tracks below or tin i der the wheels of the busy traf fie over the bridge she asked the herald to pass on lo parents the dangers of nstalments over thre children playing in ihe bndgp 1 area council in turn asked the board to reconsider its stand the letter to council from parks boird said that the boaid is assuming that if any deficit exists at the year end it will be covered in the town budget film qucntin durgens episode here georgetown is moose falls for cbc television series downtown georgetown was a soundstagc for 12 hours friday as the canadian broadcasting corporation borrowed our small town flavour for their success ful drama scncsqnenim buifical than thafchsa malt4wi citizens band no more but plan junior edition all good things must come lliorns of victoria square as in an end anrf tne georgetown bindmastcr and are currently citizens band is no cci plum making arrangements gens mp a crew and performers work cd under producerdirector john trent from dawn to dusk in the man blrcct business sec tion putting on colour film some of the exterior action which will be part of an upcom ing instalment a time jor hymns and brandy the urlikcly title belongs to an unlikely storyline for the usually straight faced durgens show it departs from the lo offer viewers a helping of tongue in check humour based on durgens reluctant role as a champion of the wets in a hq uor vote in his home town ol moose falls a change ol pace the cbc calls it the cbc feels it a typecast ing in choosing georgetown as the mythical moose rails but actually the reason for george town s selection k more pract close to toronto in a previous episode rcquir ng scenes from durgens home town filming was done in mrat ford bul its distince jiom the cbc studios in metro nccessil ating overnight accommodition for the people involved ruled it out this time curious onlookeii wire few a filming started in early morning on the knox presbvlcr lan church lawn at the corner of main and chutlh streets but the numbers grew as the locit ions switched to the middle of the downtown section the laic morning hours saw the crew working on difficult toshoot scenes in the commerce bank garners goodlet block and at the mill street intersec1 tion in late afternoon well known cameraman harry mak ins was training his lens feordonpmsori title roleiayei and veteran character actor paul kligman in front of the mcgihbon hotel converted the rails hotel for the day kligmin plajs a local politicj il bns budd knapp is also in t is the locil newspaper editor and paul harding makes guest appearance halton east was one of ihe exciting ridings monday ev ening as election returns came in a seesaw contest was indica ted and the evening ended with the progressive conserva tives retaining their seal at queers park by a scant 102 votes jim snow pc candidate in fli newly created rtdmg polied 98vo robin skuce liberal 9708 and william gil lies ndp 6388 in georgelown it was snow 1306 skuce 1219 and gil lies 1034 and in esquesingsnow 813 skuce 552 and gil lies 382 mr snow will join a parliament in which premier ro berts government will have 69 seats the liberals 28 and ndp 20 the results showed a sharp trend in p c popularity from 1963 when george kerr won handily with a majority of 6400 over liberal owen mullin mr gillies was also ndp candidate that year and increased his voting strength by 7200 on monday in the new halton west nding george kerr wa retur ned to parliament for a second term almost doubling 1h vote accorded ted macdonstd ndp with jack lush ubtral trailing by another thousand votes remaining outside scquc will be shot sometime ncxt week inferior filming is going on in a studio in lakcview as for when locahles will sc their town on the tv screen even the cbc isn t sure all they can say is that it will bcl used sometime in late 1968 andl may even kick off the 196869 reason jim snow won tight r with llbtral opponent george kerr lft liberal ndp candldatts far behind lions santa claus parade is on saturday november 25th the shoppers gee entertainment afbr five jcii which time the band to k top honours al the innal r xhihition finished ccond his been ihnu h 1 canadnn it furred i k ti perst spokt old the dment ould i ni brciuse of pltns a to form a junior he band committee h ied the services of strument5 tor the juniors practice limes have been set for thursday evenings between i 7 10 and 9 or 9 30 but the i plice h is not been decided on j 1art tits will be notified about fit first practice short is r ild nv nc still inlcrcsted in hav limp m their boy or girl learn to r d r phv in inslrumml should con hion tail david hastings 877 97bg or en chdo stewart 877 4475 any ev john enn december target date- for mountainview bridge m still growing new high school addition corvrtown s bureomn hi li school is i out to sprul moth cr wing t a high hcol boird meeting mrndav the pia nm as instructed ti motion on an lcgiin sponsored salhrdav 1 adi itton to he reati or school the new mount idge lo he taking mir december and rlirr mad chaumin uh told council mon lornmg hockey league saij emracfon tthe figure of 1000 was ought out when esqucsing feeeve george leslie quizzed the elegation for tacts and figures how many lsqucsing children b using the ar facilities re- ttt mi mr much assist sou after he queried j- were just asking sou to give 1 your idea on what u fair opening in september 19b9 the ne v space will go on the eaa side of the building and s i mainh on the former jack tost cr sm th nd the project had been thne weeks behind schpd air but the contractor n cat thing up and barring hold up in delicrv of materials will have the bridge open before hnslmis the bidgc is a main arlcr esquesing wont endorse education cost plebiscite an allempt by the county town to enlist esquesing coun cils support in their fight to have the provincial government assume the total cost of educat ion fell flat in the esqucsing council chamber monday in a icter copies of which were sent to local governments all over ontario milton council aked esquesing to sec things their way and place a question on the next ballot seeking op inions on who should pay the education tab the milun request lablcd ed ucation cosls an unreasonable enllv acquired b oer the cnr traels to george and t cotta oder industrial area glen williams and terra the huh school through expf pnation the planning committee i made up of chairman irnest bodnsr board chairman fc 11 mccaig nd matt todi of the ted gorth and donald law j board s advisory ocational son of the board and james commission rubbernecking popular pastime friday a funny thing happened on the way to the supermarket there was this bunch of people standing around in front of some of the stores some of them had beards and some of the men were in heavy makeup there were bright lights and a camera on a little ruck and cables and this man who looked like a symphony orchestra conductor whose rrtusici had walked out that s the story no doubt many local bread winners were served witth the evemgn meal fnday focal point for all the attention downlown friday was a cbc crew filming scenes for an upcoming instalment of the quei durgens mp series burden on the municiphhtlos it advocated dumping all expenses in the lap of queen s park and suggested this come ibout thiough a campai bj the com munities esqi c ins s curl rcph will bay ihcv do not approve the quest ion to be put to ballot even it council members feel the prov incial government should as- sumc full education costs i don t think a ballot la the right way of going about it reeve george leslie comment ed it s asking for the impossible to ask the province to bear 100 per cent of the cost said dep uty reeve george cume a question like this should be on a provincial election bal v not a municipal ballot any waj added cr jamei goodld las the council turned thumb down

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