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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), December 31, 1969, p. 1

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ads that pay lit you eon placa n ad in hm x- hrrd classified psm by jftoning 8772201 buying or mws tho herald it -wh- yhjjfi tho results you f h printing publishing torn the home newspaper for georgetown and district host in ty cevorago second class mail registered number 0943 return posufjo guaranteed georgetown ontario december 34 ft 1969 7 so per year single copy price standard products man dies in crash 0 a standard prducts em ployee- died in a single car crash on the 7th line of esque sing just south of ballinafad tuesday december 23 edward woynarski 36 of rr r 2 acton who has been at standard products georgetown plant since august of 1961 was oh his way home from work when the accident hap pened he was in charge of ov- en operators at sp i l no one witnessed the crash but from appearances his small car wandered onto the should er ot the road slammed into a small bridge abutment sheer ed off two mail boxes and-flip- ped end over end coming to rest against a grove of cedars two children constable hicks of the north halton opp detachment was dispatched to investigate own shortly after 630 pm the dead man was alone in the car he leaves a wife verna and two children carol- ann and kenneth hi mother mrs jos eph woynamki of wishart sas katchewan and several broth ers and sisters a funeral mass- was conduct ed in st josephs church in acton saturday morning and interment was in st josephs cemetery there five others hurt five other people were hurt in automobile accidents near on the 5th line of esquesing christmas eve david pross of rjt 1 limehouse was one dpf- verand david edwin oafer of port credit was the other when two cars collided heavily caus ing injury to four pross suffered bruised legs ogier head cuts jacqueline ogier age l years face cuts and another passenger in the same car catherine- button age 65 head injuries they were treated at georgetown hos pital 2100 damage constable ormsby of the north halton opp placed the damage at 1200 to the pross car and 900 to the ogier car saturday gertrude edith carlson of rr 1 streetsville suffered abrasions to her head and left hand in a single car ac cident on the 9th line of es quesing north of glen williams there was 200 damage to her car and 50 to a fence bor dering the road stranded miles from nowhere gall from sahara desert reaches georgetown ham expect whiting to join public accounts group rud whiting halton mp is expected to be appointed to the powerful public accounts committee after the house of commons returns from its christmas holiday break in mid january whiting who was elected as liberal mp for halton riding in the 1968 general election would l z be a government representative on the allparty accounts com mittee headed by tory mp al fred hales of guelph the committee members are known as the watchdogs of public spending the accounts committee un der hales direction has be come one of the most powerful and active commons commit tees in ottawa the main job of the committee is to probe into government spending and waste exposed scandal it was the accounts commit tee which earlier this year ex posed the bonaventure scandat and also the writeoff of 80 million tax duties owed ot tawa by several canadian auto companies one main project planned by the accounts com mittee in 1970 is an investiga tion into the operation of cbc from the vast reaches of the sahara desert ham operator jim schofield 10 pauline st received and answered ap ur gent call on boxing day cn8pi was calling any can adian amateur radio- station it was answered by ve3dlw much to mr sthofields sur prise was a man named rup ert calling from a portable transmitter powered by a gas oline- generator in his volks wagen parked in the middle of the sahara desert broken crankshaft he had come across three couples stranded in the desert with a broken crankshaft in one of their two cars for 10 days only the adequate supply of food and water they had with them for the long journey al lowed them to surwwe the or deal nevertheless the couple sent cheery via rupert saying they had spent a most interesting aad vinilsml christmas with the arabs and joked about bavins a christmas tree in the desert the grateful parents visited the schofields that nay after noon bringing some christmas cheer to mark the occasion- since jim had scheduled an other call to rupert the next day he passed on the parents good wishes bit unpleasant this time he talked to the just before he found them a linesays soninlaw mike who camel caravan had rescued said the landrover was fixed them he asked mr schofield i and ready to go well be glad to call mr ernest linesay of to get out of here its a bit on- m anbafr j m avav i s fh ii i m sis 1 i wsm w i 6 wbeskeigar v t i would welcome a chance to serve on the accounts com mittee said whiting who ad mits a personal admiration for the work of committee chair man hales toronto to tell them his daugh ter fair and soninlaw mike were safe despite the fact they hadnt heard from them some time adequate food pleasant said mike in the understatement of the year another call to rupert is ior scheduled for january 2 if j conditions are favourable now fast friends he plans to travel with the three couples part of without this call it would the way on their long trip to have been at least a month or cape town south africa they more till the parents heard had already found england jy o i i since they were a three weeks and europe before starting on early in 1968 whiting spokc drjvc from civihza the mlictd j in the commons about the need j to control government waste and to pay strict attention to spending most active whiting is currently a mem ber of the commons regional development committee he was elected as liberal imp after the retirement of dr ftarry harley as halton repres entative while serving in ot tawa as a liberal mp harley was one of the most active com mittee chairmen and he headed federal probes into the cost of drugs drug safety abortionl laws and birth control regulat ions harley retired as an mp prior to the last general election write0ff 155810 in twp taxes esquesing councillors wrote off taxes worth si 558 10 when thcymctas a court of rcvis ion recetftlv arrears amounting to 85 04 were also written off duriig the morning session refunds were authorized on 1969 taxci to the amount of 101393 large items on the tax write off was the reassessment of credit valley conservation authority property which re i uccd the amount by 86332 young people sing carols at hospital throe more groups of young sters have turned over money raised through carolling to the georgetown district memor ial hospital wendy bouskill and heidi arts carolled in their del rex blvd neighbourhood rhonda clow delia gaskill laitfrie clow gail deforest and linda gaskill carolled iivumehouse beverley sharon and alison smith and vickie and kathy gilliam made up the third group a story on carollers in last weeks herald was in error in stating 9th georgetown cub pack carolled for the hospital it should have said 0th george town brownies 740 property damage in three car collisions glens sunday win means second place i glen williams moved into sole possession of second place in the georgetown industrial hockey league sunday with a convincing 6 2 win over their rivals r b imuk centre in the first of two league contests in trie other game first place norval thumped tail end north was halton 7 2 i glen williams opened up a 50 lead on the milkmen- before engleby scored spoiling the shutout bid hickcy assisted on that one and tylrr notchec h bs other goal from young and boudrcaii an estimated s740 in proper ty damage resulted from three auto collisions on georgetown streets during the past week a carl driven by george stor ey of 7 academy road and one operated by jim graham of r r 1 limehouse collided in the downtown area acc for s350 damage tuesday de cember 23 policc said the storey car leaving the curb on main st east of mill and the grah am car was travelling alonj main street when they hit most of the damage was done to the storey car stalled the old year m pic tures january top fcfr georgetowns water department spinsroff to become a separate commission as the towns first water cornmissioners take office top rinhi mrs russell smith of limehouse holds little daughter cheryl ann the first baby of 1969 at georgetown anddistrict memorial hospital being born new years morning middle left a thriving new organization for local youth georgetown air cadets receive their charter at georgetown irtnouryr holding it are george moir pf the ontario branch of air cadets and bus hale president of the sponsoring legion branch j 20 middle right j most talkecl about story early in the new year was the new halton school administration salaries education administrator jim singleton atjhe too of the ladder received 31 500 bottom left georgetown interest in bia fra relief flights intensified as two local men roland sparling and dennis hughes joined the crew of canadas first canairelief plane bottom right javeleran merrrber of the georgetown fire department jack cunningham is elected fire chief i a late four goals kills ix allstars a four goal splurge enabled north york juvenile allstars to snatch victory away from tri- county juvenile allstars in a game played in hespelfcr arena sunday tricounty had a 74 lead un til north- yorkcamc on with a rush to capture an 87 win teams represented from tri- connty were brampton burl ington chissuacousy guelph hespclcr oakvillc preston and streetsville four georgetown juveniles goalie bob ncjl steve waters hugh williams and marty fowler were chosen as allstars but didnt play hat trick cooper scored three goals for the winners the others off thg sticks of g and b webster and llaines cooper also picked up two assists it appearrd an upset might be- in the making in the norval norlh halton clash vyhen norm halton scored first but tha was their output until the end of the third period norval blasted home three goals in the first period one in the second and three in the third bennett triple bennett led the winners with three goals cunningham press- wood monckton and riddall got the others henderson and mcniven fir ed the north halton goals both from rcid this sundays schedule his norval and gleri williams pai red off and ngrth halton pit ted against ii b milk centre three town midgets on dream team three georgetown midgets were in the lineup when tri county midget allstars bowed 92 to north york midget all- stars at aurora arena friday representing the georgetown team were goalie gord willi ams glenn robinson andal- ex ovcnden williams snared the gojl with oafcvilles keith mills included in the 10 penalties called were two five minute majors for fighting in the third period a new ontario minor hockey association rules ban ishes players who fight in the third period from the rest of the game don jarvie of georgetown president of the tricounty minor hockey association pre sented ihe trophy to hie win ners at the end of the gamc a christmas eve accident on mountainview road ar the john street corner involved cars driven by james stewart of 65 john street e and william john hancock rff 13 confeder ation street glen williams the hancock car was stalled in the southbound lane of mountainvieu- when hit by the stewart car which received s209 damage the stalled car suf fered no damage- monday afternoon anthony john lisanti of toronto was backing his car up on slain street when a car driven by herbert clayjon sanl of erin struck it from behind police placed damage in this one l 100 to lisanti and 80 to saul santa went behind bars with cheer sinta claus anybody didnt miss tr on his rounds christmas evhc even stopped at the j centuryold halton county jail and left bags of candies nuts and apples for the pris oners the jail inmates sa down to a festive christmas din ner liie most everybody else its an annual event at the jail and prisoners entered into the spirit of it said jail governor ijarrence barber the jail guards did the honours serving the prison ers their turkey and christ mas pudding the candies and apples were distributed after dinner the jails dining hall was- decked with trees and bells and the usual variety of christmas decorations about 20 prisoners sat dovw to the dinner vt z

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