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t k no drag say red badges twp seeks legal opinion j thirty ratepayers adorned with red badges saying no drag crowded esquesing court- cil chamber monday night lea ding no doubt as to their posi tion on the proposed drag strip on the son matthews farm be tween the 5th and 611 line f north of highway 7 rj swaysie lawyer for pet er bowman the oranber of the petition protesting the drag strip stated his client did not wantta drag strip next door to his property he claimed that the recent holding bylaw made it clear that the drag strip could onlybe permissible if the land had been used far such a purpose before the passing of the bylaw control tower an application for a build ing permit for a control tower on the property to be r consid ered that night should not be issued continued mr swaysie it is my firm opinion that the holding- bylaw clearly prevents the land being used as a drag strip he concluded wj sopinka appearing for carl bristow owner of the property on which the drag strip would be built maintain ed it was obvious the drag strip could have gone through if the freezing bylaw had not been passed he pointed tot that no building permit pas need stated everybody had to submit ed for a drag atrip and clalmea plans before they got a build- further that mr bristow hid relied on and compiled with all existing bylaws of the munici pality at the time he started and spent money on the proj ect he claimed that the building permit for a control tower was in conjunction with the drag strip just ass a building permit already obtained for a garage was part of the project he re minded council that bis client could proceed with andrag strip without a permit for anooserv- ation tower mrs c goldie wearing one of the redvno drag badges ing permit and no plana t or a drag strip or even an applicat ion had been submitted no right if somebody buyb a piece of land said deputy reeve tom hill council has no right to ask them what theyre going to do with it he remarked before this holding bylaw was passed as long as none of our bylaws was broken you could build what you want he reminded the group that mr bristow had already been issued a per mit for a 1440 square foot gar age on the property were not objecting to a garage replied mr swaysie were objecting to a drag strip anybody can come and get a permit for a garage com mented reeve george currle people were coming here and asking what was happening on the matthews farm as if we should know i could do what i like if i sell my farm nobody can stop me until i come for a building permit he added r j swaysie stated the plan ning act says it becomes ef fective on the day of passing and contended the land was not a drag strip on the day of pass ing i submit there were no plans no approvals and war ned against proceeding hoots from gallery w j soplnkas statement that his client was not secretly was greeted with hoots of de rision from the gallery despite the accompaniment he repeat ed that all bylaws were comp lied with when he began cons truction he reminded the rate payers that they knew the township was not zoned when they bought here in answer to a question from the audience clerk delmar french stated the land was alll owned by mr bristow the fifty acres in question last week was in the name of his lawyer as a trustee explained the clerk what did the township law yer say a voice from the gal lery asked reeve george carrie replied the solicitor says you people had better take action instead of the council if you want to restrain some development on neighbouring property another ratepayer mm coles described the proposed track as a menace comparable to an earthquake a distressing dis astrous innovation which vio lates the sacred rights of priv ate and public ownership will seek advice after some discussion with the building inspector reeve george currle announced that the atter of the building per mit for the control tower would be held until they received the township lawyers advice dont worry youll all ba notified of the meeting the reeve reassured the group as he pointed to each lawyer and the audience if we let one of you know he said to the rate payers youll all know in few minutes ads that pay you can placa an ad in h haratda classified pages by phoning 8772201 buying or wiling tha herald is whin you will find tha results you 4 want georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing tha georgetown herald has served georgetown and district a printer and publisher for over a century offering that best in fin printing and newt coverage second class mail registered number 0943 return postage guaranteed georgetown ontario thursday december 4th 1969 750 per year single copy price fifteen cents 107 march point biafra plight in civil war despite wind and blowing mark the national day of mour- snow 107 marchers walked from i ning for biafra georgetown market to moore i students clergy and mem- park blaza thursday night tol bers of various churches in f town carried placards telling the world hunger hurts does pet care pierre elliott trudeau revive can- nirelief and a particularly tou ching one with a picture of a starving baby saying its our baby too while the march was organ ized to call attention to the plight of the biafrans further action is planned to raise mon ey for canairelief form letters to be signed and sent to the member of par liament are in many of the churches right now masked intruder when billiard hall operator ab williams arrived home shortly before 11 oclock wed nesday november 18 he got a surprise reception standing in the shadows near the front door was a man masked and armed who stepped out to confront him as he arrived williams was able to bang his foot against the door which caused the wouldbeholdup man to take flight manager in plan for new municipal setup candies along route is santa parade new idea santa arrives saturday tri umphantly bringing up the rear of the lions club santa claus parade he would like all the child ren to know the candies will not be handed out downtown the candies will be given out by santas helpers dressed in white bulky sweaters white leotards and red miniskirts along the parade route santa asks all children to stay back on the sidewalk and wait for his belpers to come to you please dont push for ward well get to everyone eight years old and younger says the red suited traveller it is hoped the older children will take note and make way for the little ones fortyeight floats are lined up for the occasion somewhere near the post of fice judges jack armstrong don barrager and mayor stea mer emmerson will watch the passing parade and make their decision the parade leaves armstrong avenue at 130 sharp proceeds along guelph st to main and goes south on main through the downtown business section to tall juniors language no separate halton in mckeough s mind a y darcy mckeough ontarios minister of municipal affairs ruled out halton as a separate community and made it plain he hasnt relinquished his orig inal idea of a haltonpeel re gion when he spoke at a rot arians dinner in milton last week- nixing the halton county council proposal for a separate halton region he said im not willing to enact only those re forms that preserve the exist ing structure of county govern ment two reformed counties is not a good enough solution in my opinion mckeough said with or without he told the large audience he still sees- merit in creating a haltonpeel region with or without the town of burlington the steele commission recom mended that burlington leave halton county to join a metro- hamilton regional area i think haltonpeel would be an enduring region oven with out burlington he said halton county without bur lington docs not represent an effective regional unit said mckeough reaction unfavourable he ruled out the plunkctt re port recommendations for an urban community across the southern ends of halton and peel and a rural community across the northern sections of the two counties because the reaction from local municipal ities was overwhelmingly un favourable mckeough said that if muni cipalities in halton and peel counties want to run their own destiny the had better talk about a haltonpeel region or toronto will do it for them cillors from throughout the county attended the dinner sing to save the starving with proceeds to be donat ed to biafra relief several church choirs in the district will combine for a concert next wednesday the combined choirs with soloists will perform in st johns united church at 8 p ra it is one of several fund raising projects designed to send food to this wartorn african country seek private bill to disband parks board the ontario legislature will be asked to pass a private bill to disband georgetowns board of parks management which has operated the arena since the forties either this or a vote ef the electors is necessary because the board was established after such a vote it is planned to replace this and other boards with one which will have control over all forms of recreation in town next year in mondays council vote cr exn hyde was the sole op ponent to the idea parents to talk juniors language todays much talked about generation gap may be nothing new in most peases of life but when a parent gets into helping junior with his homework its something else again new trends in teaching ma thematics have parents school ed in the more traditional me thods stymied to help the problem princ ipal peter oprica had an idea which lie has put into practice he offered monday night in struction and to date some twenty parents have taken ed vantage of this and ai going back to school to keep pace with their youngsters consultants report would make sweeping change in councils role marshall fails in bid as miltons deputy reeve esquesing councillor ken marshall failed in his bid to become miltons deputy reve in the municipal election in the county town monday last week he said he would deal with the question of serving on two councils at the same time when he came to it milton voters solved his prob lem monday when they elected percy barr deputy reeve by 1070 votes to marshalls 720 at an esquesing council meeting last week township resident william lawson charg ed marshall had broken faith with the electors of esquesing by accepting the nomination to run for office in milton cr marshall- is in the mid dle of a two year term as es quesing councillor mayor brian best was reel ected defeating incumbent reeve austan lcdwlth and de puty reeve ron harris defeated incumbent councillor colin smillie for the reeves chair former mayor syd childs topped the poll far the six council scats others elected to council were charles fay art mclan- son gordon krantz charles johnson and william woods a referendum on liquor in restaurants was approved by more than four to one while establishment of cocktail lounges wasapproved by a lit tle over three to one dodokin heads nevi park parent school group a new parentschool organ ization has been formed at park public school purpose according to princi palpeter oprica is to provide liason and improve communi cations between parents and the school which their child ren attend an executive wis established a number of municipal cputffattrneetirig two weeks ago snd plans for a program and general meetings when needed are being devised heading the executive is ron dodokin with mrs j macdon- ald vice president and mrs j ibbitt secretary treasurer in addition there is a prog ram committee of nine men and women mrs dj belshaw mrs b enslen mrs norman britton mrs ge re id mrs roy switzer mrs m dodge mrs firth john felce and william malr a plan which would add two senior officials to the town staff and elevate one parttime posi tion to full time was accepted by georgetown council monday the report prepared by a management consultant firm stevenson kellogg ltd was ordered earlier this year by council it suggests a chief administ rative officer who would be res ponsible for all staff activities and approve all appointments next in line would be a town engineer a clerktreasurer a full time welfare administrator full time building inspector and nrchief and at a later date a recre ation director could ba added to the towns payroll sweeping change a deputy clerk and deputy treasurer would work directly under the clerktreasurer with the deputy treasurer heading a staff which would include an accountant tax clerk eashier and machine operator the engineer would adminis ter such personnel as works superintendent design techni cian and construction supervi sor the building inspector would have an assistant an a plumb ing inspector in his depart ment the new plan would make no change in the present fire de partment which would contin ue on a volunteer basis the consultants recommend a sweeping change in councils role it would place more em phasis on committeeofthe whole work divorce committee chairmen from staff jurisdict ion and rid council of much of its detail work waste of tu 1ey objection to accepting the report came monday from cr ern hyde who termed it a waste of 4000 i opposed this from the first he said they have cleverly put together what they believe to be the popular op inion of the majority of coun cillors i had hoped there would be separate notions dea ling with various aspects of the recommendations adopting the report leaves us free to implement recom mendations to the best dvant- age of council and staff said cr harry levy- in ten years there has been a transition from a rural to an urban community and municipal government has not kpt pate cr hyde argued that such radical changes as the report implies are the actions of con formists new conformist today we have a new type of conformist he said the ones with beards and lor and anyone who suggc t we have to change i is- conformlst this report i anything but bring a costly tsa increase and i oppose it 1 guess that makes me a non conformist reeve hunter said ha had opposed hiring the firm too and that tha findings were only things ba and other councillor have suggested in tha past but because this is so 1 cant vote against it he said he said he does not think a full time welfare officer is needed but if the government is going to pay full cost ef his salary the town will be dollars ahead he said if a conformist is ona whs looks at a report makes up hia own mind and then approves the report then im one said cr ric morrow the townv cant double or triple without changes been weak cr sandy mackenzie said tha town must have trained staff for certain jobs and it is ira possible to expect councillors to be so qualified council hag been weak on delegating res ponsibility spends too much time on day to day issues with out looking at long term proj ects the report fits well into regional government which will be here in 1071 he said while saying he did not fa vour everything in the report cr bill smith supported its adoption we are told costs will in crease he said perhaps this isnt as important as to spend and control properly this will guide us in spending money where it should be spent a place where this snd other councils have been at fault the vote carried 71 cr donna denison was not present at the meeting tough month for heavyfooted drivers georgetown police aid 271 charges 163 of them jnder the highway traffic act during trra month of october according to their monthly activiw- report sheet most of the j highway traffic act charges ara for spee ding sixtyone of the charges wer for bylaw infractions and 25 under the liquor control act twentyeight arrests wera made 14 under tha criminal code of canada and the rest under liquor control the de partment also issued 84 sum monses five breakins a total of 9626 in fines were imposed 3980 of it against drivers there were six thefts of over 50 19 under that amount five breakins two car thefts and 18 miscellaneous occurrences there were also six missing person investigations in all 300 complaints wera investigated six people were injured la the months 33 automobile so- cidents one of them fatally and is charges were laid as result