Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 21, 1970, p. 1

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Ads That Pay You can place an ad in hi C Unified by phoning Buying or wiling The Herald It whir you will And you GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Printing Publishing Tha Gtorgetown Herald ha Georgetown and District Printer and Publishers far a the In fin printing and overage Second Ctau Registered Number 0943 Return Pottage Guaranteed Georgetown Ontario Thursday May 50 per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents Report No Injuries in Four Holiday Accidents DRURY LIGHTS UP WHITE PAPER DARKNESS Royal Bank Georgetown branch manager George chats treasury board president Bud Drury as he I up during his vis here last week to address Chamber of Commerce dinner Ha spoke on finance minister J Ben- eon White Paper on Tax Reform Local Choristers Minister Had Roles in Ottawa Fete Georgetown had its own peel at part In the weekend festivities in Ottawa when the Canadian Dutch commit nit presented a handsome organ to tha National Centre It part of a Canada wide Operajlon Thank You Canada acknowledging the part of Canadian service men in liberating Holland from German occupation in The gift was purchased with money donated by Dutch Canadians in Ions and sale of a spec ally developed tulip In communities like Geor thousands of the tulips were given to become lasting tribute Rev VandenPol mm liter of the Christian Refor med Church was vice c man of the national or and arranged a church on Sunday in the capital Participating were ministers of the prot Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths including a wartime chaplain who bur he first Canadian sold icr in Dutch soil during war Afterwards Mr Vandcn Pol helped la a huge mem wreath at the national war memorial Twelve members of the Christian Reformed were included in a macl choir which sang at a prog ram in the arts centre Sun day evening Tom Mr and Mrs Bert Mrs A Schoutcn Sr Dick Poot Mrs Pete Abel Frank Andy Mr and Mrs Jack Mrs John and Rudy Many other district people of Dutch birth went to Otta wa to attend the les At a Saturday night din in the at Mr and Mrs Van were guests there were many person including Finance Minister Benson General Netherlands am Th Bot and Mr Hosier slate secretary for foreign affairs The Royal Is band performed there and also at the Sunday concert Ambassador Bot was host at a Monday luncheon Objects to Georgetown Dumping Raw Sewage Sewage from Georgetown plant was dumped on a acre field in Lot on the top of the mountain at the north end of the line dep uty reeve Tom Hill told sing council Tuesday night lie pointed out that the by law calls for the immediate cohering of any such dumping The plant is owned and by the Ontario Water Re sources Commission and they should know better said the deputy reeve SMELL BAD Continuing the deputy reeve aid he understood the digest In the plant had to be cleaned out so the raw was dumped The smell so bad the men at the quarry had to go home he added lie claimed the residents were raid of of the r wells there is only a thin of soil the lain Clerk Delmar French pointed out that a permit had to be ob tained from the health unit stating where and when the dumping is to be done Then the ground must be cultivated within a few hours The clerk was instructed to send the OYVRC a copy of the bylaw and a protest against such dumping R C Board Teachers Deadlocked on Salaries Contract talks between the County Catholic School Board and its teachers and principals have broken off with both aides far apart on alary demands Original demands by the teachers were for a 28 per cent hike Dr Braida chairman of the trustees negotiation committee said if the original demands had been met it would have increased education costs by 450000 or another 10 mills on the separate school lax rale CUT DEMANDS said the board has offered a contract package that represents a per cent in crease while reduced dejnands by the teachers amount to 13 to per cent increase in wages and fringe benefits Bralda said with talks broken off it is possible both the On tano Separate School Trustees Council and the Ontario Teachers Federation will enter the negotiations I feel the we have offered arc cqultabli and within reason salt SALARY LEVELS The boards offer is as lows or the various levels Level 1 to in five years Level to in eight years Level 3 to 10200 in years Level 4 to 11 in years Level to 11000 Level to The oiler to principals For A school under the new pay schedule would be to Bschool with be and students 500 to Cschool with over students to WIDE APART said the increase to principals would represent salary raise while total package offered teachers amounts to per cent said along differ over salary the trustees and teachers arc also apart on fringe benefits par ticularly the payment of and medical insurance costs accused the teachers of nit picking during con tract talks and he also noted that three of the teachers four spokesmen are principals In the Catholic school system This makes it very difficult he laid TWENTY SCHOOLS The board operates schools in said the hoard offered what it can afford and he noted that order to hold the mill rate this year it was necessary to cut 141 off the spending estimates This still left the separate school mill rate I mills high than that of the public school system Miles For Millions Money Day Saturday Is collection day for all the Miles for Millions walkers who were sponsored In tho May march out of Brampton Some volunteers will be accepting the money from am to at the Metro Building on Street and Ccdarvalc Commu Centre on Main Street South Walkers I bring their and their white sheets if they still have them Certificates for walkers who completed the route will be given out these collection depots on the same day Hikers who went all the way should bring their check stubs with them when they claim a Hwy Camping Site Gets GoAhead council gave the go ahead to the proposed cam ping area on the east side of Highway just south of No They told Bruce Pat terson of Camp Inns of Can he would be Issued the building permit for the wash rooms laundry snack bar and lounge immediately The 150 camp site trailer camp will be an overnight camp only operating only ing the summer months Even tually it will include a ure golf course and a swim pool The sites will have water and hydro hookups and dumping tanks will be avail able for trailers with toilet fa Milton council has reed to accept the sewage from the camp if it is trucked to the towns disposal plant Will Compete in Deaf Track Meet A distr girl who attends the Ontario School for the Deaf Milton will be among the competitors an inter national track meet Lynn Schwab RBI is one of a number of athletes from the school who will he on the Mil m team when they host stud from deaf schools Belleville Ron and Hint Michigan S S UAW No Closer LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD MEETING FIZZLES THURSDAY School Massed Choirs Planned Annual Event The music festival presented Tuesday Wednesday Thursday by tha county board of education Is to be come a permanent annual George assistant of creative arts aid that the festival was a tremendous success and drew large audiences FABULOUS It gives the students a tre mendous opportunity for pert with a large group he The results have been fabulous far beyond our ex The students who wanted to lake part In the festival were reqlred to make applications and nearly all were accepted We plan to continue the festival said It wilt go right uphill w start our rehearsals a earlier next year We may have the festival Iwo nights in each area VOICES The program was presented at Milton High School on Tues day night the Gordon E Per due high school Wednesday night and Burlington Central high school Thursday night The allcounty choir of voices was conducted by Stew art Buchanan and Melbourne Evans musical consultants and Ihe concert band was under the direction of George Soloists were Maureen Moore Jill Karen Anderson Marl lyn Lyons and Robert vocalists John Chong pianist Miss Dorothy Powell was Drivers and passengers es caped injury in four separate reportable accidents ated by Georgetown police on the weekend Be port able Involve damage of over Seven hundred dollars was the estimated damage in a twi car collision at the intersection of Guelph Street and Sinclair Sunday afternoon Police said a car driven by Helen Kirk of Duncan eastbound on Guelph St when in collision with a car operated by Martin of Elgin St The Martin car crossing Street at Sinclair Avenue Just after midnight Saturn day police investigated a single car accident on Road near Armstrong Avenue in which a car operated by Douglas McDonald of Union Street left the road crossed a ditch and hit a fence on side Damage was put at to the car and to the fence There were two collisions Friday John Riley of Rex way Drive was driving a car which struck the rear end of a car driven by John Clarence of Prince Charles Drive at the Shelley Street corner Estimates were to the Riley car to the vehicle Stanley of Glen hams was making a left turn off Park Street and Donkcrsloot of Acton was travelling north on Main Street when their cars collided Friday night Damage here was and respectively A massing of UAW Local pi at an Ontario St entrance to Smith and Stone Limited entrance of a rental truck Tuesday morning But after a conference between police dais and the truck entered and left the property without troublo Pickets massed at he western entrance to the strike bound plant shortly before noon when word spread that the truck waff on its way It sat outside the gate while Chief and Sgt George Louth advised of tha drivers right to take the vehicle inside The truck passed through the lines and exited again about minutes later without incident After the truck was allowed through some half dozen worn en strikers made a spontaneous march through the downtown area carrying placard protest ing the police department a ac tion In escorting the One of the placards read Georgetown Police Unfair an other on Strike Against S S No Police Protection Local union preside Harry said a policy to keep the number of en duty to a minimum to create a bargaining atmosphere be maintained because accord Oaks Triple Robs Giants Of Opening Game Win Georgetown Giants lost a squeaker to Oaks In their first test of the 1070 Hal ton County Senior Baseball league Monday night in Oak And it was blood which made the differ Rookie left fielder Brown cracked a long triple that drove in Brian with the lying and Tim Black another rookie with the run In the bottom of the inning And Wayne Kreklewich a rookie left hinder turn in an impressive perform for Oaks taking over for veteran starter Ric Fleury in the second inning Giants were slated to open their schedule at home last Wednesday but wet weather cancelled their plans Giants had their best chance to take a big lead on the Oaks in the second inning when a tuple of walks and single by Wayne filled the bases Another walk forced one run across hut the next two batters struck out to end inning After that Giants got just four more hits though they did threaten to break out A triple by Earl Burt and a double by Gregg Stoddart put Giants ah cad in the fifth Mike Tost started for George town and was lifted in the sec for Bcrnie who was charged with the loss caught Popiel with Excelsiors Georgetown Jan has to play lacrosse with thi Brampton Excelsi if t Ontario Lacrosse AsociatiPis Senior A He last year with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Professional La League and it j a season with of the Eastern Professional Hockey League Canoe Flips Rover Scout is Drowned A Milton Rover Scout drown ed Sunday afternoon in Flat Rock Lake on the ver when the canoe In which he was paddling with another youth capsized Paul Sclisim 19 was one of six members of the Milton Ro vers who were on a weekend canoe trip The youth companion managed to swim to shore is the son of Mr and Mrs Sclisioi NO LIFE BELTS According to Martin Iran district commissioner the boys were not wearing life belts at the time of the mishap as required by Scout regulations said he did not understand why the two canoe ists were not wearing life bells He said that Scouts are requtr to wear the safety devices when in canoes whether they can swim or not Every canoe must be thoroughly tested and inspected before the boys take it out he explained Constable J R Dean of the Bala detachment of the OPP in charge of the investigation said efforts to recover the body have been hampered by the swiftness of the current and the temperature of the water which is still very cold DIABETICS ORGAN The Canadian District tic Assoc la to in has formed a branch in County At a recent meeting In Oakville falgar Memorial Hospital a branch was to Georgetown Milton Acton and Oak ville and a temporary executive was elected Anyone Interested in meeting May are to call Mrs A Hankins of Milton Rides arranged Strikers Protest Police Action After Truck Crosses Picket Line to him management had refused to negotiate even after picketing was cut back A meeting called for last Thursday at the Labour Relat ions Board In Toronto never came about although for both sides were in building Dewhuril said a un ton committee waited in a room from am until after 3 pm when the negotiator told thera the company hid no new pro posal Smith and Stone manager Tom Crcaghan said yesterday that while no progress was made Thursday it is not the end of attempts at negotiation We will meet again at the dls- of the chief conciliator he told the Herald The strike Is approaching end of its third month Wag earners went on strike against the company at midnight March when their extended con tract expired said at that time the union will not work without a contract and has since claimed the company last offer before the contract expired was far from satisfact ory Director of personnel Bruce Anderson termed the three yea package offer a maximum position Children Nuisance Create Havoc at New School Site Children using the partially constructed Joseph Gibbons school site for playground have become an expensive mil according to one the men on the Job Its the same thing after every weekend he told The Herald Windows are broken In the construction shacks caps are taken off pipes and stones dropped inside stones are dropped through roof vents and scaffolding Is ripped ap art sail police have made re checks of the site but the young vandals seem to have a sixth sense about when to stay away So far flat stones inside the pipes have cost me in plumbing inspections alone he said He said a favourite game with the youngsters who play there is to roll car tires up and down on the roof They also have been writing with mark ing pens on the finished block Why do the parents let their children use the school FIREWORKS ATTRACT HUGE CROWD for a playground when Its is the construction he queried And it not just this site I was on the Centennial school addition job and it was the same thing there What was probably the largest crowd ever to and aaah their way through a local fireworks show turn up at the fairgrounds Monday night to crane their necks at Georgetown fiery contribution to the Victoria day festivities The sky high spectacular was financed Jointly by the town and Canadian Legion Branch The awed audience perfect weather ions and were so appreciative of the dazzling display they even took their hands from their cars to applaud the best of the bursts Bob Lane Heads Commerce Chamber as New President Bob Lane became president of Georgetown Chamber of Commerce when members held their annual meeting last week The election followed a talk by Hon C M Bud treasury board chairman Mr had been slated to speak at an earlier meeting but was stranded at Ottawa airport in an air despatched dispute With Mr Lane on the new executive arc George past president Graeme 1st vice president Ray 2nd vice president Sandy Mackenzie secretary treasurer directors Dick Licata Alex Jack Hamilton and Charles Crimes Mr Drury was introduced by Fred and thanked by Bill Father Gerald Craig said grace and George was chairman for the meeting Dinner music was pro vided on the organ by Paul Barber Set Many Duties for New Clerk Treasurer Georgetown a future clerk treasurer will have many functions to fulfil Council last week gave two readings to a bylaw out lining the duties of the still tobe selected man The sen lor post is Being established following a recommendation from the Stevenson consultant firm which veyed the towns needs last year As chief officer the clerk treasurer full all set out for the job In the Municipal Act He will select and recom mend personnel to council recommend policies and prepare bylaws He will provide monthly financial reports and budget comparisons He will be personnel officer assist in such matters as Ion negotiations attend all council meetings and such committee meetings as wishes him to

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