Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 6, 1971, p. 6

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Lake Erie Film is Sad Pollution Commentary NOISE FROM THE CHEEP SEATS Blackstock and Tim Hancock watch attentively newborn chicks let acquainted with their brothers and sisters tinder the warm rays of the Incubator Light Lyn and Tim are kindergarten pupils at Joseph Gibbons Public School on Crescent whew the chicks were batched from eggs la the classroom Establishing Homemaker Service Toole Years of Effort by locals The Georgetown Branch of ill at home or in the hospital or the Canadian Red Cross Society in other emergencies has tried for many years to es tablish a Homemaker Service and has finally succeeded The service permits the bread winner to continue working as sured that the family life will be maintained as normally as possible to provide home as sistance to senior citizens to give assistance to the chronical 111 to give service regardless of race nationality religious be liefs political opinion or income FEE STRUCTURE Fees for this service are char- si however they are based on the family a ability to pay Where the family can pay only part or none of the fee financial assistance may be obtained Nurses Services Act The is a paid parttime employee of the branch She is carefully select ed for her mature and stable personality and her good health Tbe while on duty wears a Red Cross smock and cap Her responsibilities Include care of children planning and cooking meals light laundry light housekeeping and simple bedside care under the direc tion of a doctor or nurse MAY ONLY 30 A 00 BRAMPTON ARENA Benefit Flower City Klwsnli Tickets at Paint Wallpaper Main St ore Main fit N UBS BRANDS services are now available In all of North Halton thanks to efforts of the George town Red Cross Branch which were recently asked by Halton County Family and Social Ser vices to also take in Acton Milton and A grant bos been given by the county A Georgetown nurse Mrs Brands of Hole Drive has been selected as port time supervisor to look after the Homemaker Service in Helton STATE PURPOSE The purpose of the Red Cross Service Is to competent women to go Into homes on a daily basis to coral for tbe family while mother LIMEHOUSE Mr and Mrs Charles of Wetland and their granddauH Jennifer of I falo visited with the Patterson week ago The Pattersons attended family gathering lost Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs J Henry Midland when their granddaughter Tonya Henry celebrated ber Ant birth day Other relatives present ware Mrs Smith and Mr and Mrs Utile Hutchinson and sod Jim of Weston and Mr and Mrs Henry of Acton Family Sunday be obser ved at Presbyterian next Bandar when the School children win part io World Famous RIDING HANNEFORDS WORLDS GREATEST CIRCUS TALENT At the April C 0 mee ting at Wrlgglesworth School Carl Schenk supervisor of the biology department of the lab oratories division of the Ontario Water Resources Commission described many different func tions of the The responsibility of the OW is to supervise the water re sources of the whole province to create equitable distribution as well as the abatement and control of water pollution The provincial government delegat es to the OWRC authority mil ESQUESING BRIEFS council mously turned down a request by George Thomas of Cooks- ville for a building permit to erect a house on land on the west half of Lot IS Concession land had been approved for separation by the Planning Board In it has only foot frontage They also decided to write Transport telling them tho township had a by law prohibiting trailers except construction crews or during emergencies such as fires Kinley has trailer parked on their property which they claim is used weekends by a night watchman Unusual words of praise came from Peter Bowman per council critic when be told Road Superintendent Bud Snow the Line has never been in better shape Council authorized the payment of to tbe Grand River Conservation Authority as one third of the township for 1971 A letter from the Waste Management Branch of the provincial government told of an inspection of tbe proposed sanitary land fill site at Milton Brick property It said the area was largo and deep with great amount of earth available for land fill and fairly easy access They also said they would give their final word soon Council unanimously op posed tbe private bin proposed by Oakvllle and Burlington to change the representation County Council paid 231 for the upkeep of Horn by Community Park which is In but snared by gutting Buil inspector Tom McLean reported to council thai worth of building per had been issued during lions of dollars annually to lend municipalities on low interest basis for the provision of pro per sewage plants and adequate water supply end he sold this Commission is unique in this respect As pollution control agency the OWRCs division of laborat ories take samples for chemical bacteriological and biological analysis where Industrial and municipal effluents enter waters TWO DECADES He warned that Ontario did not have unlimited supplies of water and that Unless we make some drastic changes within the next two decades we may be well down the path annihilation Evidence of tbe life and death situation became vividly appar ent in the movie presentation Erie Report an award win ning film produced by TV stat ion In London A tour taken In August around Lake Erie covering a thousand miles of its shoreline showed an almost lifeless lake suffocating by decomposing sludge soda ash lime metal and oil wastes pouring out from the industries and cities which lino the tributaries and snores of the lake DEATH THROES Twenty five years Erie was a healthy lake but now In Its death throes tho movie re vealed miles of deserted algae coated ghost beaches while at Cleveland Park a plastic curtain could be seen walling off a section for bathing made safe only by the addition chlorine Tbe movie concluded by ask ing whether such a situation could ever be baited and things would be necessary it said money time and the will of the people Following the movie Mr Schenk sold he will offer as the second half of his twopart pre sentation to take place May some Ideas about how the plan to set up areas for direct involvement by the peo ple PEOPLE TO DECIDE Describing the wider implies of such a scheme which would include soil conservation he concluded There would be little point in cleaning up Indus trial wastes when farming hab its ore contributing to erosion This is a democratization scheme for people of the area decide what it Is they want for the Credit River he conclud Jim Snows Survey Get Good Response East MPP Jim Snow sold this week early returns are encouraging in a public opinion poll he is conducting throughout the riding Snow recently sent out 2S forms carrying questions of current interest them to every home owner business and postal box holder In tbe riding returns ere being summarized separately for Milton and George town and Snow expects to make results public within a few weeks One of the key questions deals with regional government ask Ing first if the respondent fa vours the Idea at all and then whether he would prefer a Hat ton only or a region Another question asks it government should extend tup- port of separate schools all way to Grade Snow asks if the province should take a more effective role in rent wage and price control Minister without Port folio also asks if bottles should be banned or tax ed the voting and drinking age should be lowered to or 19 if the respondent would pay higher income taxes in order to lower present hospital and OH J SD premiums and if tbe prov ince should support legalized marijuana Snow said he he will publish the results of his survey once they ore compiled Was Lacrosse Player in Brampton Streetsville John HUlyord and one of Mlssisaauga died suddenly In Thomas Young Mlsstssauga Mlssissauga hospital on April Mr Nixon was born in Chins township Lino East Funeral service was conduct ed by Rev In Eden United Church with interment in Brampton Cemetery Pall son of Thomas and Hannah Ni bearers were John Hamilton He attended Nortonville public and Brampton high schools He played lacrosse with Brampton Intermediates in 1924 end Streetsville Thistles in He married Violet Cowton in 1920 and they farmed on the Line West Toronto Town ship until retirement He was elder of Eden United Church He leaves his wife four sons Bruce of Thomas at home Bill and aid Brampton brothers bert and Harold and a sister Mrs Louise Switier Brampton ten grandchildren Mrs John Young Mrs Run- Bell Revie Inglewood Gail Car- John Jane and Jennifer John Joe Ferguson Joe Lyons Jack Wylie and Jim May Honorary pallbearers were Mason Lloyd Mar shall Jim Hamilton Anderson May and Cecil JIMS Steering Service lED Brake Wheel Alignment Wheel Balancing 121 PARK Clan Williams a eg 1st Anniversary In Canada EXCELLENCE SINCE ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS Portable TVs 12995 MM Portable TVs TAJANA THE EDDYS Aerial Thrillers THE THREE MY YOLANDA HANS HERMANN THE COLOUR TV 26 CONSOLE Magnavox 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