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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 7, 1968, p. 1

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ads that pay van can plaea an ad in tha harahra claaamaav aawa- by nanbaj atmttl btiylna ar aalllnc tha haram i wnara yaw will lad tha taauha ye the home newspaper for georgetown arid district printing publishing tha c n harald haa sarvad gaai and district as jmntata and- pualtahars far avar a cantwy afraring mia basr in fn printing and nawa covaraoa authwfaad a sacond claaa mah part offkn of ottawa and for payanant mf poataga in cash gaorgatown ont thjirsday till 19m 500 par yaarj flagla copy prloa tan c seven member planning board appointed by township council the first planning board in the history of esquesing was appointed at monday nights council meeting having been informed by the department of municipal affairs that es quesing was designated a plan ning area back in 1953 council was then free to appoint the board the seven man board will consistent reford gardhouie and fred nurse for three year terms jack pemherton and fred kelson for two year enn and sam penrlce for onri year the two representatives from council are reeve george cur- rie and cr bob lawson the length of term assigned to each member was settled by picking the names from a hat the first two to be hree year members the second two to be two year members and the last to be one year member a request from tom chudle- igh highway 23 to build a bunkbouae for itinerant work era was okayed by council des pite the fact it was sixteen sg feet under regulation mr chudleigh pointed out the bunkhouse bad wale sew age showers sink bathioom and kitchen and would house only three men during the ap ple seasons me had already rerslvcv ap proval from the canada man power service who looks after providing the seasonal workers from other areas mostly from the west indies according to the agreement with tho govern ment the bunkhouse can only be used by farm workers nineteen application were ttceived for the position or clerktypist in the municipal of fice all the applications were opened in public ami turned over to a commit ice for select ion grann were made to the varl ous fair boards two hundred dollars to esquesing fair board two hundred dollars to acton fair board and fifty dollars to milton board i building permits viluej at 228005 were issued during october building inspector t mclean told council all the the building was residential mission asked esqucsmu to write georgetown saylm the most feasible way to service the glen is through georgetown and tho same evening council asked the owrc to setup a provinc tally owned system in the glon council made no comment to boobytrapped apples in halloween treats at least four boobytrapped apples turned up in the collec tion bags of georgetown trick or trcatcrs last week georgetown police said one contained a razor blade anoth- the request for an eiidorsation er had been loaded with need of the service through george- lies nd the other two conceal town abd later passl tin foll straight pins the doctored lowing motion that the owhc be reques ted to prepare a proposal for esquesing for the construction of sewage and water supply in glen williams as a provincial owned project including a rate on a usage basis to meet all the costs involved under a apples were shelledout in the carole street and dale gate neighbourhoods and the ex treme east end of own anyone who would do such a tbing has to be mentally un balanced chief harley lowe commented when questioned about the incidents fortun- provlnclal programme they lately none of the youngsters also asked a draft of an appro- who received the apples were priate agreement i seriously cut ho said outside of tho booby- trapped apples this years 1ui- loween was comparatively qui et in town there were some egg and tomato salads on a few cars and houses next morning but the malicious damage which marred other spook nights was negligible chief lowe said he wasnt surprised weve got a pretty good group of teens here he said butjust in case some of them decided to choose halloween night to change their image still police officers were on duty and had tho assistance of flre- men and works department em ployees in keeping an eye on public buildings warden hosts dignitaries at legion hall dinner the first citizen of halton counly warden william f hunter reeve of georgetown hosted the traditional wardens dinner in the branch 123 le gion bay frifay nigh a his year office draws to a close oa hand were many cf the political figures in the county including all of county council judges members of parliament and georgetown council john t armstrong acting as toazmuter introduced the head table guests mayor j gibbons- reeve and mm alan pay of oakville reeve anil mr w coulter nassgtweya judge and mrs alan b spra- gue esquesing reeve george currie mrs w hulls rev and mrs kelvin johnston deputy reeve and pirs arthur speight georgetown deputy reev aus tin ledwith and mrs led with of milton mrs john t arm strong and warden bill hunter and his wife i in a gay jovial atmosphere with many political jakes jim snow mpt for halloa east george kerr mpp for halt west and rud whiting mp for halton were made known to the guests the two wardens anj their wives from neighbouring coun ties of wellington and peel mr and mrs k 11 frisk and mr and mrs ew martin res pectively also attended j mayor gibbons welcomed tnc guests on behalf of the town spoke of the honour of having the warden come from george town he cited many of the good qualities of the two con servative members of parlia- ment present concluding but its too bad such fine men arc tories shouts of laughter from the liberals present greet cd this remark reeve george currie propar- ed the toast to the warden pointing out wartlenship has become a big job he recalled lie was present when warden hill hunter was first asked to run for council i told him he might as well hell get into trouble whether he does or he doesnt quipped the esquesing reeve warden bill hunter in his response thanked the members of county council for electing him warden and for their co operation throughout the year he particularly thanked the county staff for their willing cdoperatlon with him and hi own office staff for taking ovtr when he was occupied with county business in toasting county council judge alan b sprague claim continued on page h turned around a motor vehicle accident re port in last weeks herald was in error in stating that the car operated by warren rodgcrs of rjt 2 was hit from behind by that driven by kenneth a baker of terra cotta the ac count reversed the circum stances it was in fact the ba ker car that was struck from behind and knocked into a wo man wheeling her child in a stroller a protest against a deer hun ting season in esqueslnz from brian bond of the 10th line brought the cryptic comment theres no deer hunting sea son in esquesing ths year to j whats he worrying about from the reeve a a conflict of opinion over sew age and water service to glen williams were evident at mond ays meeting of esquesing coun cil when a let tor from the ontario water resources com- leaf fires contributing to pollution only one georgetown repres entative cr john hole was on hand when georgetown hosted the urban board meeting last wtiek two acton members and five milton members attended the meeting three department of health omclslslold the board all burn ing at dump and even of leav es must stop s part of the drive to prevent air pollution they pointed out any burning must be approved by the prov incial inspector in discussing ways of com batting tho problem the mem- bets suggested a joint inclner- would leave the problem of col lecting the leaves still unsolved another point raised at the meeting was the high cost of transposing garbage to one central incinerator pine georgetown us the land fill system and hu pro vided for a site for some yeais ahead it is pot a pressing prob lem here the disposal of trees with dutch ehn disease which the continued on page 16 lehind wakoin and mts w1umm huntcr from left mrs hugh hunter hugh hun- tef mr arid mrs william hunter jr and mrs lrno wbeloi mayor reeve apprehensive about brumac land release expect seniors apartments for 1969 occupancy tenders wljr be jjaucd soon for the construction of senior citizens apartments near park public school ai a george town kinsmen club meeting monday clgbt at stans restaur ant kin bui unhucks reported hat he bid been advised by the ontario housing corporat ion that plans were proceeding end the corporation expects shortly to call for tenders he said it is hoped the low rental apartments would ho ready faroccupancy lnlqgp kin bill hcwftt also mido a report stating plans are pro ceeding well for uic annual stag dinner on november 15 and kin 4iwh powell advised that over 1000 christmas trees had been ordered these two major fund raising projects have become traditional with the georgetown kinsmen and it appears they will be success ful again this year the president dean taylor welcomed ed box paul leycs and fred hancock as prospect ive members and ken g ribbons and bon thompson as guests a club halloween party was attended by over 30 it was re ported by kin paul evans ha said further social events are being planned at the start of the meeting dave mcleod led o canada and george miehm the kin song doug ditch field was sgt at arms and ron roberts fines chairman gary alton lightened the evening as joker and ai murphy was the mystery man new sorority members inducted ten new roerobers were in ducted in the georgetown chap ter of beta sigma phi at a mee ting at the home of mrs m pen nock flamingo court oct 22nd a timely gift of ritual kit wsa received from the delta xi chapter in brampton and open ed prior to tho ceremony inducted were mary ellen bridge diane schofield lor raine morwick vickl owen donna mull in iris usher cyn thia partridge terry richards joan mcdonald and norma car lisle with tueve hunter intimat ing that he thinks a consult- ants recommendations for re sidential building land release to brumac do not give george town enough and mayor gib bons with ruffled feelings af ter an exchange of words with a consultant at a meeting two weeks ago it seems doubtful if any immediate decision is in the offing on the quustion following a request from the brumac firm this spring to allow large scale building on land originally owned by del- rex developments council en gaged municipal planning con sultants to recommend what the town should receive their report which detailed a wide range of requirements was met with a counter prop osal by brumac the two groups met a special council meeting october 2uh which ended with a decision to have consultants for both ddes get together on october 31st and report their joint finding t council reeve hunter oppos ed this plan at the lime still uninformed about what had taken iace at the octob er 31st meeting council dis cussed this on monday we should go easy was the reeves comment indicat ing that a similar situation is giving chinguacouay town ship on even better deal than that proposed by the consult ants onedsrejit say anything about this firm of financial ex perts or you et your nuckles rapped commented the may or i think they arc away off the lieam now and georgetown could quite easily be saddled with a huge capital debt the town has already paid close to 10000 for a report he said and instead of negotiiv- ting the consultants should lie sticking to their original re port cr john hole supported him in tliis view any deviation should be done by us not by- t lie consul tants he said- imayor gibbons was critical of the october 31st meeting be- ing held in toronto honour scholars tomorrow commenccmont exerclws will be held in georgetown distri high school tomorrow night guet speaker irt ho even ing presentations will lie jm porter president of sheridan college johanna gordon oue of ii student- wlw frjiml netted u fjn w bo valullctorian ontario scholars robert sheippard anthony mcauley jctianiia gordon mary hviuk-r- son landa dumper margaret neutol rosoantxi parry and herbert arnold will be among students honoured for outs tan ding acihjavntriits principal michuii j fur long and tho chairman of the high school board t ii van sick lor will also address the audience were not going to arrive at anything by having our consul tants huddle with brumac he said this council is going to be making tho decision and we might as well realize this now deputy reeve speight said council is losing sight of the fact that in the end the ontario municpal board will be the fi nal judge and rest assured they wont allow us to go a mil lion dollars in debt cr jim young agreed that the discussions should be in georgetown its strange that the report we paid 10000 for is hatfan inch thick and the brumac brief was three times that sine he remarked the only tiling i ap proved on the brumac report was the date elliott again candidate for georgetown mayoralty jurlj ellior former georgetown reeve nd deputy- reeve john elliott announced atjhsiictaya council meeting tluit he will he a ma yoralty candidate again this yctt he is the second man to make the announcement ward i councillor robert franciu told council recently that hu will also seek the mayors seat after eight yejm on council mr kltlott fought two close el ections for mayor president of out company and general managd of another he told the herald that he intends to take leave of abnonce from his position ks cnh atationmaster if elected im taking the mayor at his word that ho only wantod to be in council during centennial year ho told council monday people should have a choice and i wont be on any slate 1 am financing my campaign in dependently but if elected i will work with those ollmrs elected to- form a sound and stable government he drew a quick reply from mayor gibbons i dont know why youre mi impatient he told the candi date ive bcln telling you for five or nix yuars that when the time comes whn i leel im too old ill step aside the mayor said he cant wish mr elliott luck because they might he in the race to gether i dont knew if any rate payer can suy you gummsd it up when you wore a councillor iwu 1 1ili l llilil miij it kl me he contlnuad if any one had i wouldnt pass it on to you he said there are no doubt many election promises which hu candidate didnt or could not fulfil thats political life the mayor said he could see no reason for men taking coun ell tlnio to umi6uuce their el ection inter nm but ho doubt it g them free public ity tlioy desj a waterloo graduate carroll harwell carroll farnell daughter of mr and mrs graham famuli 10 albert street received her bachelor of arts degree from waterloo lutheran university at the recent fall convocation a graduate of georgetown district high school shu is at tending the ontario cokcgj of education toronto in prepara tion for a teaching career collision blame halloween egg an accident which resulted in 3g0 in property damage and a minor injury to a car pas senger was caused by an egg oct iii police said allallnvveen grenade hit the windshield or a car driven by john h graff neav the corner of guelph and queen streets causing tho driv er to be distracted long enough for the collision to occur the gruff car struck thu back end of cur operated by uonel t done of u a which- had 1 li jjiuu yualt inr trmqin clear before making a left turn slightly lujurwl was lorna peardon 11 of 71 norton cres who suffered a sprained ankle the only other motor accld- ejult in town during the wok happened late saturdoy hlgbt on ikdrcu blvd near lewis st john kbinpcr hi of hill norval suffered a wirj rltht knee when thu small car he was driving flipptd on its aid after rou ding a curve da mag i to the vehicle was placed to woo

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