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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 5, 1969, p. 1

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ads that pay iev can place alt ad in th heralds classified pages by phoning 8773201 buying or tiling tha herald is where will find the results you the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing the gemye herald has served ga and district as printers end publishers for over a te offer in the best in fine ptinliii an coverage second class mail registered number 943 return postage guaranteed georgetown ontario thursday june 5th 1969 500 per year single copy prices tea cents ii 1 w i life- bbbbbbbbbbby f aaleabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblsbc i j iii eep vourrowh launch beautif ication fire siren to succumb to modern keepers a 7 council housht the beepers monday flight despite the ob jections of cr ern hyde who termed them toys the beepers a radio alert system which will be carried by every fireman will do away with the present fire alarm sys tem the cost of the new sys tem will be s5901 with 3000 paid immediately and the rem ainder paid on the anniversary of the sale if the firemen cant hear the fire alarm we should enlist fire men from glen williams norv al and surrounding area they can hear it commented cr km hyde deputy reeve art speight fire chairman reminded council they have been used successful ly in chinguaeousy and burling ton we cant hear the fire alarm on shelley street he contend ed then we should be invest ing in hearing aids retorted cr hyde the vote was 51 with crs mackenzie and smith and reeve hunter absent oxfam total 50000 contributions flow in cleaning up is in councillor sandy mackenzie chairman of sewers and sanitation initiates ones of the good looking new waste cans being placed throughout the town as part of councils emphasis on beautification an allout attack on litter will be launched sat urday june 14th when litter chase day sends an army of pickers across the town various organization will form teams in the tidyup tourney envisages trees banners as downtown shopping inducement oxfam walk collection hit the 50000 mark this week this represents 50 per cent of the target oxfam president john nash said the money is coming in very fast wo are optimistic we will raise si 00 000 the money is being channelled to oxfam through the royal bank bram pton nash said plans are underway to organize another collection day at one of the church halls i he couldnt make any compar ison between the brampton mark and the national average because as in brampton and in other towns not all ihe money lias been collected major cause of the delay is the increased number of spoil sors unlike last year many walkers were sponsored by as many as 20 different people this year making collection a time- consuming process ideas for a facelifting of the downtown business area were sketched at a meeting called by the chamber of commerce on monday paul martel a toronto archi tect outlined a plan on which be has been engaged in peter borough in which merchants are cooperating in harmonizing store fronts and the city in removing overhead wiring where possible and standardiz ing street signs he first showed before and after movies of magdalen street in norwich england where a large scale renovation has put dollars in the pockets of mer- leychadts and gained worldwide publicity all at a nominal cost of six thousand pounds mr martel then showed col oured slides of dowtilown bull dings and scenes followed with i sketches of how these could be changed he explained that a stranger with architects train ing can see beauty in an old building by visualizing what it could look like with minor alt erations when the owner has grown so used to it that he fails to see its possibilities he stressed that he was not suggesting any specifics but that if his services are desired he would lay out a master plan for the downtown shopping dis trict queried on cost he said that the initial plan for peter borough had cost 2500 and city council had footed the cost of this alteration of buildings is of course the responsibility of individual owners he said gcorgctow n is fort unate in having large parking areas available at several down town locations the present lar gest lot should be surfaced when possible he said and at the least should be marked out so it can accommodate a maxi mum numhor of cars rather than heller skelter arrange ment which now exists i among hts ideas trees plan ted down main streets centre islands bright paint and banners in the walkway from the parking lot running along silvers store elimination of overhead signs harmon izing colour schemes of adjoin ing stores in norwich the slogan was if i douht throw it out he said introducing the speaker san dy mackenzie said he was speak ing with three hats as a down town merchant a councillor and chamber of commerce member he warned that merchants must fight ihe logics of an older shopping area if business is good why change if busin ess is bad cant afford it the consumer is king and queen he said and with huge shopping plazas on our doorstep there is going to be an era of unprecedented competition and merchants cant sit by and ex- pect to survive without upilat ing business wherever possible the meeting elected a commit tee of ernie sykes charlie rimes tracey barrager and sandy mackenzie to stinh mr martcls ideas with mr sykrs as pro tern chairman becomes scout badge secretary georgetown district scout committee is losing their badge secretary terry glover w ho is leaving town his place will be taken by albert potter of 25 sargent road any scout or cub requiring badges should get in touch with the committees badge secret ary claim trucks hazardous in village cn overpass kive limchouse residents rep resenting 50 petitioners attend ed monday nights usquesing council meeting to make council aware of the hazardous situation in that village which has them load limit he enforced george morrison speaking fur the petitioners urged coun cil to um their influence in hating speed limits and thr load limit on ihe i imehouse bridge over the h tracks en forced before a serious acrid ent occurs the residents are concerned about heavy trucks speeding through the village even when children are walking or playing near the roadside and thunder- in over the it overpass with loads in excess of ihe 10 toil limit cn inspectors slopped a few trucks one day but the op1 are not touching them said mr morrison he said the trucks are caus ing considerable apprehension to a large number of linkhouse residents kiucsing council agreed to write to the cnr urging the load limit be enforced iatcr in the meeting after ihe delegation had left reeve george currie posed the quest ion to roads superintendenl bud snow its lip to the opp to fine them i certainly cant said snow as far as the bridge goes the township should re quest the cnr to improve it he said legally the township shouldnt even take their own truck over the bridge loaded i have no dispute with the petitioners said the reeve i followed one truck one day and he didnt slow down at all cross ing that bridge r armstrong of industrium quarries which operates from the former acton limestone quarries site with trucks travel- continued un back page i award allan teeter high jaycees honour the highest honour possible for a jaycee is to be named to a senatorship on saturday at the presidents ball allan teeter was present- ed with this by president david kentner mr teeter is a past president and past district vice president he is the second in the geor getown club to be so honoured joining conncll smith in the select circle of 300000 jaycees in the world he is the s985th senator since this was initiated in 1951 prior to the dance at george town gulf and country club where the general store prov ided the music incoming presi dent peter hughes entertained at a cocktail party at his home after the dance president kent ner and his wife entertained club members and visiting jay- cee officials initiate action for land for widening looking some distance ahead council hired k a mitchell ltd to arrange for the acquiring of any land necessary in the recon struction of mam st s im for this commented cr krn hyde as long as we leave them alone to lo it with no in terference mayor kmmersnn concurred saying last year during the main st expropriations too many people got into the act cr javy pointed out this could take a considerable length of time to negotiate so felt it was advisable to start right away mayor emmerson reminded council of the problem of no approvals from the department of highways we have receiv ed no approval fur the 1069 road program maple avenue or this project he concluded cedarvale surplus plan auction sale council has authorized sale by auction of some of the contents of cedarvale community centre the auction sale will be com bined with an open house and held june 21 cr donna jjenison stated she hopes to have groups that use the centre put on a show to let the public know what each group does she pointed out a great deal of it was bedroom furniture which was only in the way and taking up space cr harry levy asked that a list of the contents for sale he- given the welfare officer in case he can find a use for something before it goes on sale june 21st viii be proclaimed cedarvale community centre hay clean up competition first shot in war on untidiness slritnrhnv juno 14 ic fhe elnnhf a lri nnwr vftiiim lv saturday june 14 is the clean up day in town the day mayor wheldon emmerson has prd- claimed litter chase day hoping to combine fun and cleanliness the mayor has ask ed the barbershoppers to sine a few songs at various locations all the service clubs the horticultural society the leg ion the ambulance corps the fire department the jaycees the chamber of commerce have been asked to form teams to clean the town the chase will start from the town works yard on maple ave east at 9 am where town works superintendent frank morette will assign each team an area and give them plastic garbage bags the town works forces with the packer typ garbage trucks and volunteers with ordinary trucks provided by the town will pick up the bags left by the teams at the curb as they clean their assigned area helping the cause along will be a large power vacuum clean er donated for the day by the g h wood co a trophy and cash will be awarded the team whose area is deemed to be the cleanest a call to 8776983 that day wil help residents to get rid of any junk too large or unwieldy for ordinary pickup ashgrove boy in last scout ceremony an ashgrove scout john nurse has the distinction of be ing the last scout from this district to be made a queens scout john son of mr and mrs harvey nurse received his queens scout certificate from air vice marshall james b harvey deputy chief scout for canada at the port credit secondary school in mississauga mav 10 under a new program instit uted in 1968 this award can only be received through the venturer section of scouting from now on and will be known as the queens venturer award john is a member of the first ashgrove troop decoration ceremony remembers odd fellows and legionnaires a parade outdoor service and laying of wreaths marked the decoratun day service held sunday as a joint effort of the royal canadian legion and the independent order of odd fel lows the parade under the guidan ce of parade marshal david bowman led off from the post office on maple ave moved along guclph to durham up durham to king then to green wood cemetery taking part in ihe parade were the independent order of odd fellows orion lodge 109 verdun rehckah lodge 184 le gion branch 120 the legion ladies auxiliary the george town fire department the air cadets and branch 120 legion pipe band rev k c johnston padre branch 120 conducted the ser vice of hymns psalms prayer and address following the joint service the two groups conducted simul taneous services at their ins pect ive plots here wreaths were laid by the oddfellows and re- bekahs and the legion fifteen year old john wilcox played the last post and reveille the aradc then regrouped and marched back to the assem bly point mcnally gets contract high school addition mcnally construction co ount is the grading of the new was awarded the tender for the recreation area addition to the georgetown high school at last weeks meet- the addition includes a large ing of the halton county board- cafelorium a library new kit- of education the tender sub- chen area and 17 classrooms milted was for 1289016 the game company the lowest tend erer had originally submitted a tender of 1445000 but was esked to review it when the board pointed out this was over the budget the amount was reduced by 159084 by deleting from the project a retractible stage and extensive stage lighting vinyl 1n had real savct this county tile in corridors on the second some money trustee w j floor waa substituted for ter- prestncr commented in cong- raxo and carpeting was deleted tulatlng the administration from the guidance area committee for bringing the or- iginal cost of the school from included in the tender am- 4600 per pupil place to 2940 the project was originally planned by the local board be fore the establishment of the county board but changes were made to design the addition to accommodate 510 pupils rather ttlrfft the original 350 this is one place administra verdun rebekati lodge flag bearer march through the greenwood cemetery gates legionnaire john beattie beside cairn erected in greenwood cemetery in centennial year by the royal canadian legion 3ranch 120 the legion ladies auxiliary the independent ofder of odd fellows orion lodge 109 and verdun rebe- kih lodge 184 flags flanked the cairn for sundays service

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