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Ads That Pay Yon place an ad The Herald Classified pages by honing til Buying or selling The Herald where yon will find ttie results GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District PrintingPublishing The Herald bat served George town and district as and fur over a century ottering the best In fine printing and news coverage Stood Clan Mall Relatred Number ami THE GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY AUGUST 2fl Return Gunranleed IT year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cm JUST MONKEYING AROUND One the star attractions at Pet Pourri In Moore Park Plaza is George A monkey from the Amazon area he Is a continual source of entertainment for adults and children who visit the pet shop Approval In Principle For Hospital Subdivision Council approved in principle a plan of subdivision for the land owned by Nell Investments adjacent to the hospital Monday night This land does not include the controversial ownowned land on Princess Ann Drive and the cedar swamp behind It The land approved Is the origin proposal covering only the land owned by Nell In vestments before any negotiations to buy the town owned portion began Cr Em Hyde said the Plan Board had recommended this plan years ago as he em phasized this was the original plan submitted before Nell In vestments became involved in town land The Involvement In townowned land was at the town s request he commented He suggested the plan had become an embarrassment since it been kicked around so long The motion stated the plan would then be submitted to the Department of Municipal Af fairs and it approved sub division agreement would be negotiated Cr Phil questioned the use a small triangle of land on Mary Street and suggested the past subdivision should be reviewed Perhaps there are other things we want developers to do now that we dido t think In past agreements he remarked Cr Joan Smith contended the Industrial Confmlsslon is con about subdivisions being allowed without compensating Industrial land Something should be worked out In lieu of Industrial land she suggested Cr Hyde claimed all these points Including the triangle of land on Mary Street would be negotiated In the agreement without which no development could take place The motion was passed by a unanimous vote with Reeve Morrow and Donna Denlson and Ernie Sykes absent from the meeting Earlier In the evening a letter from the Department of Municipal Affairs said the Ontario Water Resources Commission has no objection to this subdivision since they feel the sewage plant could handle it effectively Councillors Accident Insurance Insurance tor members of Georgetown council if Injured on town business was at Monday night meeting Funeral expenses were In creased from to total disability from a week to a week partial disability from a week to a week and medical expenses from to The increases were conditional upon the premium costs not exceeding a total of a year for the nine members Parks Board Statement Explains Ice Charges Want Sign Policy Council Delays Tire Store Decision Differences opinion about the long range policy for com signs resulted In the withdrawal of two motions one approving the Canadian Tire signs and one for Camilla Dcvel on Guelph street bet ween Edward and Bruce wood by council on Monday J W of Canadian Tire Building Department asked council for permission to erect two pylon signs a 10 xlS Ilium in a ted sign on Guelph and a Illuminated one on Mountalnvlew Road He admitted the by law allows only one sign but contended frontage on two roads changes the situation Harry Levy pointed out here Is a study underway which could change the town a policy on all signs replied these are standard Canadian Tire signs which could be used elsewhere He said he hopes to have the store open In eight weeks We don allow any our stores to open without signs he remarked Do you mean without signs or without pylon signs asked Cr Phil Slddall Without signs replied Hardlson as he stated if there had to be a choice the company would prefer the sign an Street During the debate on this sign and the Camilla sign which followed Cr Em Hyde con tended that were expected in commercial areas and suggested If the business men feel It is good for their business it should be their decision Cr Joan Smith claimed there can be so many signs that they all lose their effectiveness She said she would like all sign permits held up till a policy is set end up with signs com signs and the streets looking like gasoline alley said Cr Phil Slddall everywhere there arc no signs the businesses themselves spruce up he ad Deputy reeve Art Speight reminded council Brampton was doing away with overhead signs Youcan now spot a store from a long way away he commented He suggested In justice to the merchants there should be a policy Could we Issue a sign permit tor a specified time he asked We could say we ore going to discontinue signs at the end of three years and Issue permits to expire at that time When asked if he would with draw the motions Cr Hyde said he would hold them for a couple weeks If a decision on signs would be made soon He urged the Retail Merchants Association be consulted before any decision la reached Ask Gray Coach to Restore Main St Route Council will ask Gray Coach Lines to come back to Main Street By unanimous vole Monday they backed a motion asking the bus line to return the route to Main Street and If possible reestablish a bus agency downtown Cr Em Hyde pointed out a great many older people live in he area surrounding downtown It Is a long walk for them out to the highway he remarked He emphasized the pr mary concern Is the route change but admitted a bus agency would also be an advantage Deputy reeve Art Speight said he had received many calls complaining of the hilly walk to the highway Mayor Bill Smith contended the town Is large enough to have three agencies We need the Moore Park one as well he commented When you sec the large number of people who gather on Main Street to take the 915 bus you realize It Is more sensible to have a stop here rather than the highway he added Tree Casualty Violent Storm Despite the violent storms last week end firemen wero only a tree struck by lightning at the 10th line d side road The tree had some time before the firemen were called early Saturday morning Credit Valleys Budget Esflmafe Is Members of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority proved 1972 budget of SI 213 at their regular meeting on August 18 From this total amount will be spent on Con Areas for washroom building and gatehouse at Bel fountain camping area water supply and roads river improvements pavilion maintenance building and lands caping at Mcadowvale washroom change house and beach at Monora renovations to the staff building and pavilion Improvements at Terra general development at Orange and tree planting across the valley The budget also includes lies for acquisition of Niagara Escarpment Lands FLOOD CONTROL Flood Control projecta will claim of budget These include Cooks vllle Creek channel improvement Mains Creek Diversion Orangevlllc Reservoir Waterfront Plan Mlsslssauga Sector drainage project mapping from Forks Credit to Orangevllle general channel Improvements and acquisition of Credit Valley lands in Based on an estimated 1371 assessment should only mean mills on taxes of the IS con tr routing municipalities for Con purposes The Recreation and Parks department has compiled a report explaining its decision to boost Ice rental fees at the this season The board move has drawn fire particularly from officials the Canadian Legion which sponsors Saturday kid hockey and has Intimated that it will not subsidize the program if costs increase Explaining how the decision was arrived at the report says In view of the recent publicity given to the decision of the Rec reation Committee on the matter of Ice time rates for the arena it seems prudent at this time to make public the details which support this action and to apprise everyone with the resulting implications of It HOURS 336 GROUP Legion Hockey Tyke Hockey Rep Hockey tig Skating The figures are approximate id are based on the hours allocated tor each group during the past season They include all hours attributable to the groups whether paid for by the groups proper or by Individuals and coaches connected with them Tournaments and like special events are excluded The total deficit is therefore more or less In deciding upon the priorities In the overall recreation programme the Committee has had to consider if a deficit representing one eighth of lis total budget should be continued It must be borne in mind that the budget referred to is intended for parks recreation and unity centres and therefore In the Fair Grounds Swimming Pool Arena Winter Uses Arena Summer Uses Outdoor Rinks Playing Fields Boll Diamonds Playgrounds Youth Programmes Park Develop and Park Maintenance In Its examination rather than make an arbitrary decision the Committee attempted to determine the effects of a change in Ice time rates ana met at length with the executive of all the groups Involved so to make them aware of the subject and to encourage their participation After a lot of consideration the new rates were unanimously adopted The prime and nonprime time Autumns Coming and the Corn is Ripe A sure forecaster of autumn coming is when com ripens In On BraggSmllh and Paul Skinner assist with preparations In the pic tario and corn roasts are one of our most popular events in late ture below while Morris and Alice munch on August North Halton Golf Country Club disposed of some of the some of the delicious cobs Mrs Tracy Barrage r right serves the seasons crop when some 150 attended a com and weiner roast hungrycrowdlnthcotherplcture Friday night The outdoors affair was followed with a dance Janls Adams Photography The arena has a capacity of about usable ice hours which cost in the area of to provide The costs included are for the winter season portions only of salaries utilities ad ministration and maintenance and exclude charges for capital works and improvements of which some worth will be done this year The average cost per usable hour Is therefore Four main groups use the Arena at rates which are sub stantially less than this amount and the average paid by these groups the hours used by them the participants served the cost torate deficits and the deficit per participant figures arc estimated as follows SERVES DEFICIT EACH GOO 4050 170 S3 130 4 33 950 designations were dropped and as a result the and rates were both amended to which at first glance appears to be a very con Increase In all the articles that have appeared in the Herald the grant of per participant that will be granted to each group has not been mentioned It should be noted that along with the 115 per hour Ihe Recreation Parks Community Centres Committee will be giving a grant of per participant to each of the groups The prime purpose of the per participant remission is to encourage the groups whose programmes provide benefits to the larger number of residents and to provide an incentive for maximized use of the facility Continued on Page Halton Farmers to Benefit from Reviled Aisessment A new provincial farm assess ment scale based on soil quality productivity and location rather than market value Is expected to reduce individual farm assess in Peel and Halton counties by an average 35 percent For assessment purposes the area has been divided into three rones Farmers in the north will pay least and those In the south the most under the new formula THE FORMULA R K Webb solicitor for the assessment branch of the Department of Municipal Af fairs sold this week the formula to be applied to all farms in Peel and will place a maximum value of on a perfect acre in the south and a maximum of per acre in the north Webb used as an example farmland on Burnhamthorpe Road now assessed at an acre that would now be valued at only an acre OMB DECISION He said the new scale is the result of an Ontario Municipal Board decision in April 1970 which reduced the market value assessment of an acre on a farm owned by former Chlng uacousy Reeve Cyril Clark to a productivity value of an acre The decision was upheld by Ihe Court of Appeals That was the ease which set the precedent Webb said Robert Beech Peel assessment commissioner said the province will no longer bear the cost of fighting the appeals and advised Misslssaugo Council that II will have to pay If the appeals there continue to be contested Beech said he expects other farmers to appeal when they learn of the new scale At present the Halton Peel assessment office is carrying out a re assessment program in county Ihe arm areas of North Halton 36 Degrees Record Low Tuesday temperature reading of degrees was a record low for August in thia district Roger Smith who records temperatures for the meteor service says this beat the days previous low set in by one degree August a record low tern was set In when a degree reading was recorded The weekend a storm brought S3 inches of rainfall