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adstliatpay f i jf- yea ih m the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing the gecrgetown herald has served g and olrtrkt as printers and publishers far over a century offer fane the bait in fine printing and nawa coverage number roms return postage guaranteed georgetown ontario thursday july 31st 1969 500 par year single copy price tan cant developers 1 aid in rainstorm devetopen accustomed to words of cnudr inn in coan- efl chambers would been heartened to hear 3jyor steam- er euiin words of praise foe their help in com- batting the flooding after mon days heavy rainstorm -bh- winters and associates i akan and peff construction eredl- their men and equip- meat to the town and pot them ai the disposal of town snperl intendeat frank marette words of praise for the townj supauit and his men fi who wa throughout the day i i and night were also spoken by the major mountainview l to get lights many a weary motorist will lie relieved to learn there will be traffic lights installed at the corner of guelph st and moun- tanwiew boad bf radar nisht eonnei was in- j i formed that the depl of trans- 1 port had approved the lights and would pay the normal subsidy on their installation the actual time cf install- 1 ban is not yet known r roads in damaging e in hit run accident an accident on armstrong avenue in georgetowns indus trial v did 400 to the cars involved constable charlie harrison investigated the accident and placed damage at 2500 a car being driven northbound by jaclcson wyman of brampton i operated by ted dubblestein of and j50 to one being backed port credit was not damaged out of a driveway by alan lut- constable arnold vanclief in- gendorff of 130 main street s vestigated i iv the pushed forward mounting curb before coming to rest a rear end collision last wednesday night at the corner of guelph and water streets did 100 damage to a car op erated by allan lawrence porte of acton the other car i32 million paid by collision happened at 120 pm tuesday a hit and run accident re- l4 2 inmmo tav ported saturday to police did nal0n ntome id 200 damage to a car owned by to income tax paid by hal- anrthony francis hurley of 33 ton residents has soared by ewing street it was parked on 5 877000 in one year the south side of ewing street facing east when struck in the two hour downpour too much for towns ditches and sewers iit wasnt fortydays and forty dresser and a freezer- were am- nights but the torrent which long the long list of water da- dropped something like three inches of water on georgetown and district monday afternoon put residents ed the mood for ark building the unusually heavy down pour resulted in flash flooding in some areas of town where storm sewers and natural ground absorption couldnt handle it town works superintendent frank morette told the herald his department had over two hundred calls from people ask ing for aid in pumping water from basements and mopping up maged items the water reached a depth of three feet in the basement bed rooms of 2 daughters and mrs scarboroughs father john hicks before subsiding their f urnace hot water heater wa shing machine and dryer were all left inoperative the georgetown branch of the red gros6 supplied cloth ing for the girls whose belong ings were in the downstairs dresser they spent monday night at friends homes the flood water was six feet deep in a low lying property on maple avenue near guelph the federal tax departments rear the driver of the second annual green book howshal- uiolontribuq byconstnlc car didnt stick around first place winners at music festival buss banter k r z george town was an outstanding win ner at the canadian music lea- i a gne festival at the royal york hotel toronto last week he wen first place for solo and second for duet in the in termediate plectrum guitar class scoring 91 points for his first place win i street dance for sidewalk sale lakeside cottages thars what these delrex boulevard homes were for a couple of hours monday when the flood reached its peak to in- spect the results i constable henry ademas re port said the hurley car was ton residents paid 32255000 in 1967 latest year for which figures are available committed for trial non- capital murder georgetown will hire plumbing inspector after much debate about municipalities sharing the cost of a plumbing inspector george town has decided to go it alone breakdown according to the 1966 green book ha i ton county people paid 26378000 into federal and provincial coffers the number of residents lion companies flooding was most obvious at the intersections of weber and delrex chelvin and delrex rexway and delrex on moun tainview north maple avenue at guelph and on fagan drive where muddy lakes up to five 1 feet deep caused traffic tieups ha ton earning over 20000 a j some cars and trucks were year has also increased 659i a u u trapped by the fast rising water in 1967 compared with 495 the l k i and abandoned and one foreign v ye i car drifted away from its park ing spot on delrex and had to he said his entire staff was street where the tops of willow on the job moments after the i trees were all that was visible downpour started and at one when- the clouds finally ran point had 12 pumps operating 1 dry some of them rented and at the eastern edge of the property maple avenue baptist churchs downstairs floor was in to trial for the noncapital mur der of his father robert white after hearing testimony in a preliminary hearing in halton county court judge james council okayed the holding ofjn black ruled there is suffic a street dance friday night jt evidence for the youth to august 15 in conjunction with j on to trial in the ontario fr cie do merchants three supreme court at the fall as- ft dayadek sale 1 aires trial date has not been the street dance win be heldset- cn main street between church phillip white is accused of and mtu streets from 8 in the shooting his father may 4 with evening till one oclock while a 22 rifle following an argum- the sidewalk sale win run from lent at their georgetown home thursday angust 14 tin saturj white senior an employee of i w day angust ie the ford plant in bramalea eighteen year old phillipldied in toronto genera hos- hospital had difficulty in match- 1 p white of georgetown was sent pltal may 23 the result of a ing the required blood type a september bullet wound in the stomach when only eight pints were left moving little bethany hill now healthy 3 mos when little bethany margar et hill was born in georgetown hospital on april 16 she wei- george- i s only one pound twelve ounces and a few days ater she had lost four and a half of those precious ounces on july 16th bethany arriv ed home at limehousc with her parents carl and fiwen a heal thy threemonths oki who now i weighs almost 6 lbs and her parents credit the i god care she received in hos- pita for her almost miraculous isnrvival until she reached 3j pounds whrtwi3 a r u s 3re nadc a euvakc fcedinr was used by bylav to hear ted lawrence 4 from work i found ten inches cd c i vh v v vt rvn n r k r i means of a tube through her sneoey street tell of his base- of sewage in my basement he the mayor stated he had nose and the youth is being defended by well known lawyer arthur maloney of toronto prosecuting is halton crown i attorney douglas latimer giving testimony were eric balkind a neighbour who said he heard an a the white backyard just before the shooting he and william mc donald another neighbour took the wounded man to town sc district memorial hos pital georgetown surgeon dr bruce duff told the hearing the the number earning between n to d land serious flooding occurred in an estimated 20 homes in the east end of town worse off when it was all over the home 1967 there were 4577 per- f m h m decided it was too risky and council on monday decided sons in halton who reported in mciucn- transferrcd the patient to tor- to advertise for an inspector comes urlder 1000 halton county announced it would no longer carry out and s20o00 annually re- inspections after mained j ft from 3161 to 3199 onto general hospital ian of 19 fagan drive where the force of the water pushed i i a i ii il the ax department says 35 j a window and filled the base- and seven thousand dollars and 610 uxable rcturns wcre fiied a car allowance of 500 offering a salary of between six sewage in i ratepayers basement irate want damages oiu taxaoie returns wcre niea to first floor level crack- in halton for 1967 and total in- jg the cellar floor and walk describing the situation comc reported was 224839000 mrs mclauchlan who was in reeve w hunter stated nas- of this 194789000 was der- j the basement when the window sngaweya and esquesing saidiived fromwagcs and salaries broke told the herald the wa- no they wouldnt share the cost when all returns including tc rose so fast she barely made of a joint plumbing inspector taxable and nontaxable are in- upstairs anl acton intimated they would i eluded there wcre 42277 from a chesterfield suite which hop on the train if they likel halton and total income was was among the items suffering the look if not theyll stay out 230445000 water damage was so heavy after submerging it had to be chopped up into pieces with an axe to be removed cupboards and winter clothes in storage were also ruined by the water and mud at the home of mr and mrs dan scarborough 4 weber dr council warred the procedure when i was called mon- i to sewage as the result of days severe rainstorm he apologized to council if j rain he asked if so i have no there was a bad odour hanging desire to stay here around ban tve been cleaning i he claimed a sewer installed my hasrwn of sewage until on shelley street last summer now he explained nose and it was awo an every v lnis witn lhe works two hours job in the nursery are going to be subjected to this superintendent and he felt it then the switch wafc itiade to a every time we have a heavy would be necessary to bring in bottle a television camera to seo what bethany has a sister mir- was wrong in the line iam 6 and brother graham 3 a kltcr from roger cole 44 duncan drive was in the same vein was supposed to alleviate the situation but this was not a question of storm sewers it was sanitary sewers caused this be emphasized mr lawrence stated he did company and his lawyer not know the extent of the da mage to the basement furnit ure and personal belongings as yet but intended to present the bill to the town mr lawrenre stressed he wanted to remain in town braver lumber gets highway site okay council approved the rezon- ing of a portion of no 7 high way moulay night which will enable beaver lumber company to move to their new site next to the sunoco station near sin clair avcnne the amended zoning bylaw had the area along the highway wnp he had moved after vis designated high density apart- itin with the levack hockey ments but with the building of le3r and found it very attract sunoco and at p before thei ivc but he could not if this high density zoning was official was l0 rccu after every rain the planning board decided it fa should be c2 commercial the mayor explained it was the high density designation strictly a sanitary sewer system was wiped out from the north that was installed last year as east corner of lot 78 along to part of the redevelopment of llasson motors the main trunk sewer system i am very pleased with this 1 and was done under the super- action by the planning board vision of a consulting engineer he told of a split in the base ment floor and 8 of water all over he also said he had turn- injures hand in industrial accident an industrial accident at cd the matter over to his lnsur plastic ltd 86 to11 road last week sent 23 year i old jim campbell 27 victoria the mayor said he had ex- lo tormit0 general hos- planed the procedure to him in pita wilh injurics to his ri the afternoon nan the front office switch board ills grandmother mrs alex and the police switch board i brown with whom he lives were jammed with calls said says he is coming along well j the mayor it was just imposl but expects to be in hospital i sible to cope with all the callsj for another three or four weeks traffic delrex seaway this was the scene at several local intersections where cars and trucks were stalled in high water this one sputtered to a halt at the corner of chelvin drive and delrex blvd under three inches of water but damage was minor according to hev r c lohnes some 20 church members in a bucket brigade baled out the premises that night mud and gravel washed into the georgetown community swimming pool caused a two day shutdown the bowling green at the corner of william and edith streets became the grassy bottom of a small lake and a few basements in the ol der section of town suffered minor flooding but generally the storm was hardest felt in the east end ditches became turbulent ri vers causing a number of drive ways to wash out some rats and mice were found dead af terwards washed out of sewers some small bridges 09 the outskirts of town were awash momentarily as the district creeks and rivers swelled qui- ckly the credit rose 5 feet at about- 3 pm and swept away some lawn furniture from resi dences along its banks trail ers in willow park became is lands in thenuddy river which expanded its boundaries over a wide part of the valley for a couple of hours since the waters have goner- down flood victims have been totalling their repair bills and keeping one eye on the sky with the ground saturated it where water poured through j would take a much less severe the basement walls a bed ches- storm to create the same flood tcrfield and three other beds a conditions ma nursing degree for doris armstrong miss doris armstrong daughj was born in georgetown er- ter of mr and mrs fred arm- plained 1 received an e eel- strong mcnabb street was aw arded her ma in nursing edu cation this spring at johns hop kins university baltimore maryland miss armstrong who is dir ector of intensive care at the johns hopkins hospital balti more received her rn degree from brantforti general hospi tal and has studied extra-mur- ally for her ba and ma de grees asked about how she manag ed to achieve such an advanced educational status while working full time miss armstrong who said the mayor since we are short of vacant commercial land if there is anything faulty we have a bond to cover it he added anyone may submit a bill to the corporation he explained then the insurance company dangerous intersection wi nd out an adjuster if he decides there is liability on the the engineer wu be kcd rt of thc corporation thc l must pay he hastened to add if the town is not found consider improving jrous intersection the intersection of river drive and llontainview road council decided monday night bozd chairman wl smith sta ted this was simply a sug gestion car widening the sec tion just north cf the intersec tion in reply to a question from reeve hunter about low ering the road just below the fntersecuen thc- road chairman said it was a major job and would cost too much to do liable the taxpayer may still sue the town deputy reeve arthur speight a resident of shelley street maintained he had seen nothing like it in the ten years he had lived there wm mccartney raylawn crescent interjected it on raylawn have been getting sew age in our basements since tha apartments were built the kids loved it an east end swimming pool tha hard way lent basic education in george town high school the fifth form of high school counts in the us as a year of university i took s niany credits for the year i spent at the university of toronto so when i came to hopkins i was already on the way along with these credits i was granted 45 credits for my nursing training in brantfordi in 1957 i finished my b sc de gree at johns hopkins univer sity you need a total of 120 credits for a bachelor degree then i started three years ago to work on a masters in education and that takes 39 credits beyond the bachelors degree each course you pass you earn so many credits for a masters level you have to get at least a b grade or the credit doesnt count incidentally adding to the distinction of her degree is the fact that miss armstrong ach ieved all as plan underground hydro lines new subdivision overhead hydro lines will no longer b ilart of the scenery in new subdivisions if a hydro commission suggestion is ad opted by council the commission suggests that all wiring be laid under ground in new areas and a cost of 150 per lot for the ser vice be written into any npw subdivision agreements with developers this has already been done in many areas commented ift whcld fimmcraon at mondays council meeting the mafterwlll ba discussed in committee