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Hike Wardens Salary 3500 Hilton Falls Flat 3000 for Councillors Hkers The Warden of Coun ty received pay hike at County Council Tues day afternoon Ilia salary was upped from to ef January 1st Frank an Acton veterinarian Is warden this year The motion was passed with out discussion but had been at length In the committee County councillors also c in for a change in pay Their present pay of per meet ins will be changed to a flat a year stipend This will be an increase of roughly for some councillors and no Increase for others Since some committees meet more frequently than others the aunt councillors receive pends upon which committees Ihey sit WARDEN FRANK OAKFS PAY Reeve Morrow George town stated he backed the flat salary because he felt it stop the juggling for membership on certain committees He again criticized the present committee system and asked for a review The Georgetown reeve a motion which would dock from a councillor for every meeting missed peaking lor people such myself who knew when they took office they would n t be able to attend every meeting I don wont to look as If I taking advantage he stated MISS THREE Reeve A pointed out that Is paid when they have a vacation and felt the same principle should ap ply at county council Following this Reeve Morrow amended his motion to allow three missed meetings a year without the penalty The motion was defeated and the a year salary with oat any deductions for tecum was approved SAFETY TIP Traffic becomes much more dangerous after midnight says Ontario Safety League The period between midnight and sees less than per cent of all traffic but more than per cent of all Main St Now County Controlled With the acceptance of the Roads needs Study report at County Council day the County took over miles throughout Halton The town roads affected were Road all the way through town Main Street from Maple Avenue through town to Guelph Street River from Mountainview down to the old paper mill and Maple Avenue from No past the to Reeve Ric Morrow supported the road study but wanted the council to note that future changes on Main Street such as a pedestrian mall might be made and asked thorn to keep in mind there may even be possibility of returning Main Street to the town Warden Frank stated this would be in line with the policy proposed far the future of updating road matters ery year rather than having road studies every five years Points such as this will be reviewed each year he added The reconstruction of Moun this spring is dent on final approval at a budget mooting next week estimate of is still in the proposed county road budget which has been pared several times Milton was dissatisfied with the takeover of Main Street which has just been rebuilt and the return of Bronte Street to the town This street needs reconstruction according to Reeve Percy Barr contended the county should assume the debentures for Main St or take over te Street In all fairness county council can t assume deben tures for work already done commented Reeve A of K Hopper of Duncan Hop per and Associates who pre pared the Need Study Report sold the report was the result of two yean Of work and forecast a population of in in Present population is 1 SB He estimated tho assess ment would rise 200 million dol tars in the same time Veto Bid to Slash Wardens Dinner 1000 Jailed 6 Months for Dangerous Driving A Georgetown man convicted of dangerous driving in connect ion with an accident at Cemetery In which one died July was sentenced last week to six months definite and 12 months indeterminate in reformatory The conviction was registered the previous week by Judge William and the was remanded in custody for presentence report The accident also sent tl five occupants of the car hospital with serious injuries DRIVER DAZED The car failed to make a turn on the at the town line ran Into a guard mil tore through chain link fence hit a tree and bounced into a sec tree in a cemetery near The accused was also injured and found after the mishap wandering dazed in the cry A bid by Georgetown Reeve Ric Morrow and Burlington Reeve Dave Coons to slash the allowance for the annual Hal ton county warden dinner from to was defeated at County Council Tuesday after noon Only Reeve A Masson of Oakville and deputy reeve H McMillan of Nassagoweya sup ported them in the move The cut recommenda came from the finance committee hut was overruled by council The limit is the same as last year but the actual coat was FREELOADERS Earlier at the committee meeting Reeve Morrow stated there were too many freeloa at the dinner and It be limited to their wives and depart heads The Georgetown reeves fort to reduce convention costs and limit the attendance at convention also were futile He as a member of the finance committee had recommended a ceiling of for on convention expenses but amended the report to bring it back up to its present limit LIMIT ATTENDANCE His motion to limit attendance at any one convention to two members passed in commit tee also went down to defeat at the council meeting The Council ruled that the number attending would be left to the discretion of council Halton County Grants ORGANIZATION Mutual Aid Fire Grant Sheltered Workshops Salvation Army CNID St John Ambulance Navy League of Canada John Howard Society Canadian Mental Health Muscular Dystrophy Ass a Red Cross Georgetown Royal Botanical Garden Lome Scots Regiment Agriculture Representative Junior Extension 4H Plowmen Association Soil and Crop Imp Farm Safety Council Agricultural Society Acton Fair Board Georgetown Agricultural Sod Totals 000 1500 Hows Your Hearing Chicago III A free offer of special interest to those who hear but do not understand wards has been announced by A replica of the small est aid ever made will be given absolutely free to any one answering this advertise ment Try it to see how it is worn in the privacy of your own home without cost or obligation of any kind It yours to keep free It weighs less than a third of an ounce and it all at car level In one unit No wires lead from body to head These models arc free si suggest you write for yours now Again we repeat there is no cost and certainly no Write to Dept Be tone Electronics Corp Victoria Chicago 111 JIMS Steering Service Si Brak Sarvlca Alignment Balancing 121 PARK STREET William c newest addition to the county parks system Hilton Falls will be left In its natural stole prcscred for pic and hikers Slated for development with In the next several the Hilton Falls dam project will not be available for vater rcatlon as Is the lake Kelso Dam Region Con general ma Murray Stephen TOO STRONG There is a sharp drop on all sides of the proposed site he said and the flow of water will be too powerful for water We are not excluding the site for picnickers hiking or nature studies It is the policy ton Falls in its natural state Stephen maintained DAM SITF Water from the Sixteen and Twelve Mile Creeks will be dl verted Into the north dam site during the spring when melting snow makes off greater It will be stored In he Hilton reservoir to be let out gradually in the flow Kelso Lake one of the first flood control reservoirs built in north is used mainly for water sports such as swim and boating YEAR ROUND Year round recreation have sprung up on three sides of Kelso lake offering of the authority to leave Hll such things as water skiing summer hiking horseback rid ing and swimming In the two pools The big Kelso conservation playground Is located north west of Milton while Hilton Falls is near Campbcltvllle north Hilton has been described as the most picturesque natural areas in County It has a natural foils area and at one point it was owned by a large quarrying operation MINERAL RIGHTS Conservationists managed to gain the area from the giant Corporation of Mont real which held mineral and quarrying rights to all land surrounding Hilton Falls The Region conserve ion moved to gain THE GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY MARCH PAGE 3 control of Hilton Falls which is port of the Niagara Escarp ment after being urged to prot ect the nature area by several public groups and newspapers LIKE KELSO The dom to be built at Hilton will bo much like the floodcon trol dam at Kelso which Is backed up by an acre man- made lake The Kelso dam was the first such major project undertaken by Haltan conserve CONCRETE GRAVEL BUILDING SAND ROAD GRAVEL FILL and TOP SOIL BUD HAINES Glen William 877 Unemployment Aid Only Sounds Good Morrow It good but there is nothing to it Reeve Mor row told a council committee meeting last week He was discussing the fed era governments offer loan 17 million to Ontario for new projects an aid to tin employment Mr Morrow said that for the town to borrow money at was only half of one percent under the current interest rate And Instead of dealing with the Ontario government for al such a loan would create more red tape with a federal department to deal with also DOES NOT APPLY At the same meeting Cr Donna said that the outright 00 per capita grant for winter works projects docs not to Georgetown It Is reserved for counties Metro municipalities and towns in northern Ontario But If the county were not using its allocation we could apply for Georgetown shore through county council said Mayor Smith DID YOU KNOW Baffin Boy was named after the explorer William Baffin ITS JUST DOWN THE HILL FOR ALL YOUR GIFT FLORAL NEEDS WERE HERE Juit a Few Stops East of Main St What your dollars do As told by Denis Lapalme who was once a crippled child kA jjUofl Jv i it 5 Cheque out child Mm Support foster Seak Famishing Main St S Blue Valley Meats Guelph 877181 Comfl Furniture DeBoer Movers Storage Mail Or Take Your PINK ENVELOPE to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce MAIN ST GEORGETOWN This Appeal Is Made Possible By The Following Public Spirited Firms THE EASTER SEAL CAMPAIGN IS SPONSORED IN BY THE ROTARY CIAW OF DELREX Smoke Shop GEORGETOWN MARKET Bouwmans Auto Electric TRUCK CENTRE Water Street Sounders 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