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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 31, 1968, p. 1

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tfwjtwswrrv boo watch kk black cats and witches tonight imiocics to ew shop- pine bag set 1 hobos be witches the downs and those inevitable visitors which dont resemble anything in particular but sprat a lot of time doing the bes they could with an id fitting falsa face and the rag hag this is halloween an even inc of excitement for the small ones exhaustion for parents a maybe some brushes with law for those who wont recoil nijrts the line between pranks and malicious damage when they cross it later tonight some makeup will become tearsmeared because of some broken cookies or because the bottom of paper bag couldnt stand up to a mttend a half of dragging along the sidewalk some vengeful students will re- pest history for the eleventy deventhme and make n un successful assault on the high school which of court will be well guarded and lit up like a broadway opening night and some teen will take soap in hand for the first tune m sev eral weeks for mahy of tsheinj and leavo psyrhadehc lifebuoy acribblings all oror merchants store windows it should all add up o a fun night but it wasnt ahrays that way luilqen once wt a time of terror and the costumes children will wear tonight re flect the fear of another age the druids an order of priests in ancient gaul and bri tain believed that on halloween ghosts spirts witches and ej- ves came out to harm people they thought the cat was oae- red and beuerved cats once had been human beings but were changed as punishment for enl deeds the order had an rhimn festital called samhaln meaning summers end it was an occas ion for feasting on all foods which had been grown during the summer and for this rea son the custom of using pump kins and cornstalks s hallowe en decoraooas came about since november x is ah saints dayv the evening before it wascalled halloween which means hallowed evening the old pagan customs were combin ed into tho halloween festival ads that pay yaw tan placav an ad in mm haralab classified pas by all i ulna 77jmt buying or ulna tha harald b shar ysjat will find tha rasulta yj want georgetown herald j7ie home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing tna aa rrtatara and fohlbhara far ana la fkaa pi l and m authoriza as ssoond clan mail post offkar bapt ottawa and for payment of poataga in cash q out thoraday odaoar 3 is ims 5x0 par yaawi ttagla cufrf amaai tan casw engineering firm buys 92 acre highway site ivmald fraser of brumac developments announced to council thursday nijrht that the 92 remaining acres of lndu- irlsl land in plan 617 had been sold to inchjicon engineering utnltl this is the land along the highway from general tircroo- fing to armstrong ave biducon engineering lid is a consulting engineering orgamic atloo specializing in the design development and construction of industrial buildings to client specifications with head omco in don mills and affiliates in montreal hamilton vancouver buffalo akron ohio and cojum bus ohio they must build one hundred thousand square feet wdhm two years and the remainder within five iears the total in d us trial square footage uill then be one quarter million square feet according to donald traser the building must cove at least 20- of the lo area ahead of schedule hornby bypass opens this week cleaning firm for municipal garage council on monday hired gunning maintenance co of dowsvicw to clean the nei municipal harare on maple vo tast for a trial period of three months i the contractor allan gund wj who lives ut s byron st t in town will supply ail labour tracrials and equipment the hornby by pass opens hu week six months ahead of schedule and about 59000 below the original estimated co the b pass runrunc north from the ba lino road to the seventh line of esqueslug two was scheduled for completion next june favourable weather speeded progress eountv eng meer d j corbett said this week i or the next fiur to six months until motorist ba- como accmlomed to stopping at base line road there will be a four way slop at the in tersection corbett said it usually tikes four to six mouths for motorists to become accustomed to new route the sop signs on trafal gar 1oad will be removrd ar ound next april mnd only traffic on base line hood will he re quired to stop at the intersect ion before the bypass was built trafalgar road formed a t junction and northbound traffic had to stop before proceeding east or west on base line hoad traffic on base line bosd could proceed through the- intersec tion without topping armstrong brothers of bram pton completed tho project for 2u1 000 well below the estim ate of 300000 corbett said land purchases construction engineering and relocation of services will make the final cost around 300000 u which the countys share will bo about 31b30oc the new bypass meant that northbound traffic on trafalgar new recreation education centre for maple avenue baptists 1 iptrawijiu vujp5hwipp lait week two 15 x 50 buil dings were moved from brama lea to georgetown down h l driveway beside maple v baptist church and on to a pre pared foundation where they were joined together to become a recreation and educaional centre the open sides of the build ing disclosed hanging drapes a pulpit rug covered dais stacks of chairs washrooms and fully equipped kitchen the portable building will become the centre of youn peoples activities sundays it will be a sunday school ani weekdays a meeting place for the aixty pioneer girls and tht forty service brigade bojs both of these clubs are intcrdc nomination the former bramalea baptist church was used here until their new permanent church was completed after veral year here it may be mocd again to another community eventually maple avenue baptist church plans o build a permanent auditorium larger than the one hundred capacity f this portable structure the building has already been designated as a polling station and its rooms already divided by ceiling to floor drapes will serve the purpose admirably wotfcmtm kwopsn for arrival of poriabu church by bvluttft cu slab t x uv m 3 4 aftaat ttxrraa tfm aawewl bah of ka buluiatf who position road will w lotnar have to go wrat a hornby and than north on tns ith unc tbe atop alga at hornby is to bo removed two other- section of ttafaliar road mr listed for reconstruc tion la tao near- future corbett said jueerutirseeriritt wk la al ready bio done onslvi mile kectsoo south of the dcurnquln inunecuou he said plans will also proceed in the near fut ure on the section front low er base lino hoad to hluhway 401 brumac town consultants will huddle unicefsheluutwill help worlds children not all ute coblins that make the rounds tamsht will be atar sweet tresis some the onei carrying the oranee and blacl un1csjf halloween boxes will be just ax happy bear a few pennies drop into their collec lion they know that five cents in their unlctf box will buy vaccine to protect five childrer front uberculosu for every additional penny atwber child m one of the 117 countries in which unicef operated list yeir will receive the protect ion hundreds of georgetown and district children received their iwkjer collection boxes last week plus literature explaining bbw they can help combat lur vstion illness and ignorance around ihe world theyve learned hi it lie cm arrange hree years treatment for a child wilh leprosy if tlieir dass or group can brlntf in 30 hey can equip a mother and child care centre where thou sands of children may be treat ed of yaws a disease that lea ves uely open sores bo shell out for he sake of those less fortunate five georgetown men elevated to p trig a total of oh including five from georgetown were resist erd recently by the council of the association of professional luxtneejrs of ontario thq new metnbers are now accorded the riiht touse the initials v en after their name in any enum eerinli work they undertake the 2000 member amo serves as the licensing body for the engineering profession in ontaro and also seeks to in form the general public regard lng the role played by the professional engineer in cana mew members from george town are kobert l cliusham lei chelvin drive dennis han cock be moore park crescent james v liodley 7 roydon place johi t martin 81 joyce lyn crescent and gary w thornton u lewis sl assessment depl returning to main st toe town wilt rent 7s0 square feet of osvee space in the woodrex btnldinr across the street from the present muni dpal building at wast decided monday night at council the assessing department wilt move there from tbeir present location in the melropolran development building at guelph and mounuinvicw rental for the main street of see space will be 220 a month council briefs council was informed the joint mertini o town consult ants and brunuc consul tans arranged for thursday oct 31 and uas asked to hive town engineer gordon fancy attend council authorised the bud geted tfrant of 250 o the ge orgetown figure ajunti club a copy of a letter from the owrc to delucrait warned against dumpini any refuse in o the river and reminded delta era ft only clean fill could ba used to build up the banl to prevent flooding a letter from a toronto lau yed asked council two perplex inc iucarions when do you plan to annex the 10th line of lsquedlotf and wfiero does the hcluelcl freeway ifo throuch the area tho clerk was to rrly they knew nothing about either query council boualr wreath from the toppy fund and also do nated 50 y people on channel 13 two geotletown vmca yvc workers will pear on m hiomiiii interview tv show to iiorrow to talk aboir y world service ttev walter ludley and mm marilyn ottaway will bo yue on the kclaiiw cole show aired at 11 so wer kicheners channel 13 they am nitnibe f tha georgetown v s world service committee mm in helping to arrari cacnlv al of nations which will bo pre sented in he lthltchool aud ttorlum novctmbcr 9 tn pro gram will include displays and coitunjes from various are4 of the globe as well as ethnic bonjts nd dances its time our engineers started talking to each other mclaughlin we cant operate in a vac- uum said bruce ofclaushlio to council tlnarwuy ntw hs time our engineer started talk in to each other after an hour and a halts discussion council came to the same conclusion and directed the batteries of high priced con sultants ranged on each side of the room to get together the solicitors engineers txlatraers financial and municipal consult ants for the town nd for the developer will report their 301 w findings on the proposed release of the land- across the river to council only reeve w f hunter op posed the idea claiming the town had lured clendinmtt jarrett and storey to give them advice and it was councils dutyto decide on that basis alone reduce debt before launching into his for mal proposal to th town bruce mclaughlin suggested the town needs a new eewage plan a new high school library fad i ities recreational facilities and ft larger labour pool lie claimed tabe release al the land on tha conditions set out would reduce the capital debt we do not want to penalnw existing resiev ents or to burden the incoxniruf residents he added the proposal specifically stat ed there would be no develop ment without the approval ot the ontario warfrr resources commission ltr in the meet ing the developer sugced this he put in the form of a bylaw the company will make tha necessary extension to the sew age treatment plan at a cost of 5350 000 with np costs to be financed ly the town no developmerxkt would be permitted until the approval of the new ccunty board of educ ation was obtained the developer will post sec urity of 5275000 to provide in terim protection to the town against any tax loss fron this development which will be re- continued on pe 2 bailey bridge will serve traffic on main street n mother child knocked down by rammed car a young housewife and her two year old son were injured when struck by a car while walking on cuelph street in front of the hiji school thurs day vim sandra wilson of 11 normandy bwd suffered a bruised lower back and son ltodnv received scraped to his nose upper up and lift aide of hit face in the accident ey were rested in honpual jand released police said warren e hod gers of itlt j georgetown was driving eu on guclph street and about to make a right turn into ihe high schtfl driveway when sruck from behind by a cmr driven by kirnneth a hal bounced the hodgcrs cor into mr wiimjh and tipped the stroller ihe was wheeling dumping the child the acctan occurred during the noon hour imaco to tho cars was placed at 323 within fclx weeks a bailey bridge will bpan the railway tracks near where the alain street bridge uhite bridge how stands as one of the fasi important sjeps in the coastructiod of tha new four lane bridge a tem porary bailey bridge will b built on the oait tide of th prestn bridge ttu ent ude was chosen so thit most school children from tin north end attending ciiapel street school will not liave to cross he high way the bailey brjdue wlm havs a pedestrian sidewalk with a j guard rail separating it from ok one lane uf traffic at eich end of the bridge stopj lights will control the traffic t prs titiua four houses i are already demolished but before the whole construction job is finished proper lr u the way from guelph and iuln street corner up to kennedy i street will be affected in soma way some demolhhed y- km oi aattj treeoi bordering hat part of tha street will be decbroyed a pew pennies a few pennies for unicef in tonights shehout will me a better life for one of tn world poor children

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