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georgetown herald i the home newspaper for georgetown and district tha harald 18671967 canada 1147- 1h authorized as 5ecoml clan mall post offlco dpt ottawa and for oaymenl of pottaga in cash georgetown ontario thursday december 28th 167 9 5 00 per year singh copy price- tan cant name bud lowe chief of police expect halton county film good publicity for region 25th came early for some lucky small types santa paid early visits here several limes last week when he distributed packages to wide eyed children by the hun dreds at group children s parties throughout the town here he s the cenlre of attention as he gives away gifts at a party of youngsters of e w bliss at the legion hall saturday afternoon a hundred and five children enoyed a sing along cake ice cream and milk the antics of a couple of clowns and best of all st nicks generosity last county council meeting for two reeves two deputies four municipal reprcscntnives that i voted for the three year recently defeated in their term in oakville he said bt hometown elections made their lausc il means i have to put mv final appeaiance in haltun self on ihc shelf for three vcan county council last week i bui there arc scleral mem bers of county council who have leaving council arc two reeves c back aflcr sume om a defeated by their deputy reeves term or uu an1 l to bt rcvc herbert merry of oak back snon in sonu cipacll ville and reeve george leslie nc sj j of tsqucsing township and i two deputy reeves who were warden torm unsuccessful in similar bids to car train accident otitis two young milton students a chi mm hie ticis m cha r wo tragedv d cjrtnin i moiilh 18 unseat their s nor partners deputy reeve i- rank rogers of burlington and deputy kctvt yc 1 charles mencjy of milton lueve merry singled out for special men ihe meeting also marked o end of william coulters nty warden the nassaaweya reeve told council he has not written i formal report of his cars act lilies but could at least id them he had attcntk 1 3j2 prtrdi jjinn i lit s lfi wert dpiiinn hnstm i rifts ilon thi old camphcllwilc roid 5th sidmitd 1squcsinj it 4 55 p m vim 1 1 whin their cir wis struck hr d nl h jfiun fn ht j ist i t of hihwar 1i p 1 c d the cir tn in only an unhghtcrl warning cn officials it was almost completely darkl at the time of the accident but cn officials said he train was equipped with a powerful head j light and sounds its horn at ev cry road trossng the accident ramc less than four lays after a coroners jury completed its probe into anoth rr cir train crash in the area month earlier ntin ciahy as those he attended arden won were reeve merry for hisi fiunngthe ear j not ability to raise the morale of any meeting he attcnflect and deputy reeve mencfy for his work in revamping count per onnel policy replying to the tribute reeve merry said he would nuss his work on the county level even more than he will miss his oak ville outies he said one of the few disip pointmcnts dunn his ttrm was councils failure to set up i county assessment commission cr system this will make it ex tremcly difficult to set next years null rate because of dit rcnt assessment standards among the seven county munic and im rather sorry now ipalitics he said floodlights wind up at psychadelic freak outs members of teen music group or their friends for psychedelic lighting chief lowe nd the youths picked up ranged in age from i 12 to 18 ho said in some cases officers were able to catch the snatchers on the spot in other cases thev followed up leads to i r the culprits higher hydro rate in 68 an increase in hydro rates in the coming year was predicted by georgetown hydro manager graham farnell the rales nave not changed since july 199 he pointed out iver wonder what the ou door lights snatchers do with their boot well according l georgetown police chief bud lone the fate of the stolen goods vanes young pilferers cairv a sup ply of the bulbs in their poci ets and use them as grenades in neighbourhood brush wars tecni concentrate on spot light which usually wind up augmenting the floodlights in creating psychadelic effects at dances thais the motives behinj the rash of light snatching that accompanied the holiday season this year according to the doz ea apprehended and charged by georgetown police chief lowe said that while at the beginning of the year his department had more sue- 168 ontario hydro will in cess in catching up with ih- crraso the cost of power to th light snatchers ikis ear than geared own hydro the increase eer before it was also a rir or part of j will then be pissed when the department rceiw i on to the consumer ed more complaints about theftjl than ever before thp arrotmtof the increase will be determined bv a ratr he attributed this to the sud ktudv asked for b the local 4fta interest tn floodlights by hydro veil in west on the sidi roid i he err on the trim i through freiht hi idm smith from rrrfclov n to mrd burl in ion s ii 1 tht did not see the nr ipproich the c ssing bu thin ii oirti i it wis not tail d ii the ir ks tosed clear t lit imp tt if the trim into ihf cars pissciifer side threw the two tctns clear and tossed j the car down the cinder track j embankment like a broken toy it wis bent almost double when milton oronu ir sci ind two ambulanlfh ir rived it r 1ho wood bnv vva- de id of multiple injuries ind m s 1 hip- w is uiiconsciou inu barely line she died en n uli to hospital despite con i inuous efforts hv trie acind er mbitl nice ciew to keep her alive the pa r both students t mil tin district high school wire ridint in the wood fimily car micfnel who was drum pi i cd i n lh school 1 aski tbill tcim ind wis described hy teachers in friends is one of the most pltisint polite bos it milton 11 gh leaves preti he is syrvncd h his p rents mr and jmrt william wood o olprio street south milton arul oic siscvi aeo 14 rrrnda leaves hr parents m and mrs mel phelps of mip- lv ood crescent milton ind t sisters and a brother ml joun er both funenls were held wrdresdjv from mckcrsie fu ncial home to everprcen cem eter the road on which the 1 o ec killed takes a slight hump at the crossinq but the jsibil l is good for 1 miles each along thp track police saia the crossing ii protected scarborough gets job ambulance inspector the chief of georgetown s olunteer ambulance bngado din scarborough has been made an inspector of amtul ancc crews for the department of heillh s fmcrgency services branch cnder the new ocrnment licensing plan for ambulances inspectors are being employed to make sure vehicles and the men that staff them arc up to standard and to tencrally im prove emergency services chief scarborough will assist in tnching a course to profes soml ambulance personnel at i imp boden in januaiy since there arc only five such in peclors in the province the new job involves extensive iravcllirv guitar accompanies cubs for party carol singing th georgetown cubs a and b packs united for a christ dit lartv at holy cross wed nesdav december 20 cubs alain pcllctier and john boissonealt of b pack sang th french carol dans cet etablo md neil walsh on guitar ac compamod the cubs in group carol singing the bos sang jingle bells to summon sinta and the jolly old elf rest onded by appearing and presenting each cub and leader with a gift refreshments were served by mrs i peters and mrs h di amond who also made up bacs of nndies tor the cuurto take home 1eidcrs were miss nn an hoekelen miss janice walsh mrs jean davis mr and mrs ross colter and simon porrott five months from now jou may be asking your neifjibuui for his autograph a film called hilton counfy the man nd the bov which features many halton residents on the job or in leisuro aclivit ics will premiere in may with all the hoopla of a hollywood opening the fi m is the nrjur pro ject of the llalion countv in dustrial committee formed n 19ci to promote the flow of in dustrj to the arei scenery done it a report tn count j coun cil this week hamilton s rub ert j mevcr productions a firm specializing in producing films on contract for commerce and industrs said all scenes that mjy be included m thi film arc now photographed all that remains the report said is the writing and auth ori7ation of the script cditin the work print andpltinj in background mtislc ah urban areas in halton arc represented in the film b their industrial activities townships and usburban areas are reprcs enlcd by landscapes and special attraction features although onlyjnlf the divs sircc may 1st were sunnv and a fifth of these were hd7 the producer reported we were in the right place at lite njhl time to film blossoms fruit picking gram harvesting tall colours snow on th trees sum mer outings on water ind n parks and a n imber of fjrtu nitc shos of blue herons and buffalo eleven year member of force i promoted to senior office saturday morning at a spec when council advertised for local band 1 ial meeting the board of pol local bands wer also film lce commissioners appointed ed and the acton choralicrs polcc chief harley taped for some of the back oe chief pf the georgetown ground music this will add pr department f mmeasurably to the total im may have on t the producer said fee ho m he he j7 sjslfs ludience addin applicants two weeks later hrought a delegation of all off duty georgetown police officers cr ticmng the ad and promoting inspector lowe for the job we re behind inspector lowa police association president jason our men prior to joining the u mld addressing c0xin further to the films iorcc hp nad bccn employed by si he said are sever a pruato detective agencv in j1 recent news events unforc j toronto the unanimous show of sup- seen at the beginning of produc i p prompted council to re- tmn which have been included now hcad5 51xteen raan word the advertisement makinj in ihe finished product these f and h thc mo ycars inspector lowe eligible to ap- mclude regional government of service of any member piy inncxatmns and cdulation pro thc chief s position has been selecting a chief was the nvb vacant since the department s first job faced by the three the prod uicr told council first chief constable roy haley man police commission appoln- rxpo his taught filmmakers aesigncd august 3rd citing ill ted a month and a half after film not using new muiltscrcen health ichief haleys resignation techniques will have little aud j icnce impact unless it has somcj unitpie charm or creativity or the pace and concentration of a iv commercial our visit to expo assured us thit the halton film will be i turkeys toys groceries make it merry christmas i man crucmindcd citizens in step with the coming styles nmbincd for behmd and trends and possibly one of thc cry few privately sponsored films released in 1068 to be so he said avid 1nttrst he reported avid lrlerest in the project among halton resi dents he met while filming m ny wanted to know when where and how they could sec the film and whether it would be on television one or two contacted him later to find out if thc film turned out oh countv officials expect to or dec 10 prints of the film at first these will be shown ar ound the area distributed to industrial conferences and lib nrics and entered in several film fesl vals christmas cheer last week the idea originated several vears ago at the lions club when members decided to pool their efforts with other clubs to brighten the holidays for some of our less fortunate residents with a financial assist from thc town welfare office this has grown and today the kinsmen rotanans and legionnaires are all part of the organization walter gray a former coun cillor and deputy reeve as well as a lions club member heads up the organization it receive donations from a number oc private sources and this year thc kinette club did a yeoman job ol repairing toys which were added to thc supplies ol canned goods candies turkeys and grocery supplies the boy scouts assisted in sorting and packing public and separate school children and some church groups contributed to the supplies the result forty well filled hampers were distributed la district homes which otherwise might have had a slim christ- membership growing chamber has ambitious 1968 program robert serena ihairman of the halton county planning as sociation made the suggestion in his annual report to council points need tor planning board for north halton halton norlicrn townships third area need in area planning board m association s mun con sinulir to those air adv open cprn next year will be to set up ig in oakville and burlington a tnm planning area for the county council wu told last c with a board that can week work with the oakvillo and burlington boards to correlate planning in thc northern part of halton the halton countj planning socialion is a voluntary or this i a particularly erne i ganiation composed o reprcs- ial time lor hilton he sud cntatives from each of thc coun ot only do we have to control tv s seven municipalities the development of residcntiil tnp asro problem at businesse- areas from agricultural land prescnl 1s hat it has no official but we also have to deal with m the county and no chairman jim warren of the he problems of trarsition to con with councils he said jcivic group says his committee regional ftovernnunt but tt con to try to ev planning concepts that arc good for the county as a whole nrdmalion in ls northern sqc i for h lions and a lack of an overall mlics countv planning concept jiy midnight phone calls there is jcilousy bctweci ij- all dj municipalities competition for ufc m uau new industries and unwilling there arc times when a fcl ness amini municipalities to low docsn t mind being wakened take positive action on thc hous from a sound sleep bv a mid mi crisis he said thc muni night telephone call bud var cipalities have more control over e 58 windsor rd didn t housing than even the province mind a bit fridav night when georgetown s chamber of commerce revived this fall after a period of inactivity has bij plans for tho new year n executive headed by lr win noble as chairman has been busy discussing plans while a membership drive in progress is meeting with excel lent results in enlisting mem bers for thc group a retail committee headed by bob gougeon is explaining to merchants thc importarfcc of united action to keep town bus iness perking and the need fo cooperative projects to meet petition from out of om will be attempting to provide a recreation commissoo which would make a survey of what is available and what is deeded in this field then develop spec ific projects n industrial committee has william imcnaliy as chairman and the chamber feels that it could provide a service to pot ential industries and commercial establishments u the town no longer has an industrial com mission ihe chambers social commit tee is headed hy jim jones who is planning a formal dance in january and an industrial ap preciation banquet in febru ary a bonspiel and a gole tournament are also in the dis cussion stage he said the county s main prob lem is i irek of planning and it is here that action should north halton golf and country he taken lub manager nick carter phon ed to tell him he had just won serena said the dstinc ion be an s90q comir tween urban and rural develop ment is not is clear cut as it thp kt lhp p ln needed dra sponsored by thc claims patronage for town road maintained by county georgetown is receiving pat i we are opening a four una ronage from the county roads bridge on mountainview road committee at the expense of i next week and before too long the other six halton communit we expect this link will become ic acton reeve herbert hin a major highway he said tor charged m county council last week i rul f he countv maintains i what should be a municipal reeve hinton said a piece of road it bhould do the same for oakville and burlington road between highway 7 and esquesing s ninth line is main tained in lop condition by the county roads departmenu reeve hinton said nd that will cost us many mills on the tax rate used to be and study i immediately to show how the club transition from open land to mr carter pulled the winning v geogctown ilseh he said residential development can be ickct at a wine and cheese ths p of patronage accomplished smoothh i pirtv for members he wis as on roads that x cannot condone sisted by terry bainrs a d if we dnii a ine through cc or replying to the charge geor oakville ard burlington abou the colour tv was installed gctovvn deputv reeve a r two or three miles north of nrt dav at thc home of the speight said georgetown was highway i he said then we w njier who had even more pre only looking to th future in nickel n not as good as s have an irea in immediate need christmas visitors than he ex hiving he halfmile section ddlar but it goes to churcb of overall planning peeled maintained a connecting link more often this is a municipal road and f ire t air to hould be mainamed as sucn in halton he said we must stick to oar pot icy rults regarding connecting links the same rules should apply for every municipality i with no exceptions not as good