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Flashing Blades Flashy Costumes Dazzle Skating Show Audiences Georgetown Figure Skating Club 17th ice carnival served up historic vignettes In living colour Saturday and Sunday Capacity audiences witnessed Noah and His Ark Cave Men a Roman Due Child Labour a Mlnuette Belles of the Ball the Civil War a Minstrel Show the Wild Wild West Diamond LI I Chattanooga Choo the 20s with Gangsters and Flappers Zoot Zooters Sesame Street Broadway Beattlemanle the Moon Landing and The Eve of Destruction The history lessons recessed for performances by nationally pairs Linda Tasker and Allen Carson and Debbie and John and the first runner up Canadian Senior Ladles Diane Hall GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Second Clan Mall Registered Number Return Postage Guaranteed GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY FEBRUARY per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents Garthdale Still Stalled On Proposed Condominium A proposed condominium at the Mountain view and River Drive comer got no further Monday at a meeting of council genera committee Harry Malcolm son solicitor for developer Murray Gruson asked the committee to initiate action which would lead to Garthdale Investments sub a site plan for the project He explained that the project has been underway for two years has been twice approved by the town a planning board and council gave It approval In principle last fall Since then an access road leading onto Mounlalnvtew has been secured as council requested he said I baffled We seem to be going over the some ground and not getting anywhere he commented The Planning Board has recommended that council change the 12 acre property from low density to medium density as the developer has requested Cr Joan Smith said the Ontario Water Resources Commission has indicated it will not accept reioning until the town sewage treatment plant is enlarged This affect our thinking on the proposal Hyde make our decision and if the OWRC tells the Department of Municipal Affairs ft cant be done that he But it gives the right to go ahead at a later date Smith said that next month council is going to be studying a rezonlng map and this part of the town will be under discussion I can t agree to going ahead this one parcel until we have settled the broader over all picture she said Hyderemlnded her that the Planning Board has given much to the question and has come up with a recommendation He sold council should give one reading to a bylaw and then have the developer submit a site plan agreement for con Donna said that If council gave first reading to a by law while It would have no legal obligation It would Imply a responsibility to proceed This is a landlocked area and proper development could be a credit to the town was Deputy Reeve Speight opinion A recommendation was then voted to have the plan approved a by law prepared to amend the official then a site plan agreement be negotiated The vote was 2 with Cra Smith and Denlson opposing Hyde and the deputy reeve Cr Hyde Indicated that he would submit the proposal to the next council meeting for coun consideration Small Business Pressure Group is Bullochs Aim Full of overkill was a term frequently used by a Chamber of Commerce speaker last week John Bulloch a Toronto businessman and former Ryerson lecturer criticized Canada new tax laws In a hard hitting talk particularly aimed at small businessmen He says they have much to Tear in the new legislation and urged them to join his Canadian Federation of Independent Businessmen Mr Bulloch became a government critic when he formed the Canadian Council for Fair Taxation while the government white paper was In the news His new organization started from a mall bag letter he wrote to the Globe Mail he says and now embraces over 10 members of them in the Yukon He was Introduced by a college classmate Roy Wilson at a dinner meeting at North Golf Country Club He is excited about some changes in the federal cabinet he bald particularly John Turner as finance minister Business knows on their side he said He can only make friends In this He said the tax law is a far cry from the ideas in the white paper but needs simplification He is particularly critical of internal clauses Firms like Ferguson will leave the country unless It is changed he prophesied He termed the partnership clauses a nightmare If a partner dies the survivor is assessed on capital gain and may well have to sell to pay the taxes he said He termed federal sales ax iniquitous the government collecting 12 percent and the paying percent Why docs it take a 580 page book to collect a simple 12 per cent tax he asked He said there is a host of lobbyists in Ottawa trying for sales tax exemptions He attacked the new Com petition Act and said this alone justifies he existence of his organization A clause says that advertising is misleading if It confuses a credulous man credulous means a man who will believe anything he said And Tor this a little store displaying this merchandise is equally liable with j for a fine up to a mill on dollars or a year in Jail Such foolish wording is drawing attention away from the good parts of the bill he said ind draws attention from important sections which will help small business He is crit of Unemployment Insurance legislation as not founded on sound principles He forecast a deficit or to million dollars in the fund a year from now He is he said that members of parliament have an almost Impossible job and thai small businessmen are too busy with their own and community to get involved in government The answer he said is an organization such as his In Ottawa today the pressures for are from big business and I ig labour he said Our idea is to have a pressure group representing small business And them re members we have the more powerful our pressure can be Chamber president was dinner chairman and Introduced table guests who included Reeve Tom Hill of ik one of his first local since becoming Ontario minister of public works Alex gave a financial report and Sandy Mackenzie read minutes of the hit meeting Mr Bulloch was thanked presented with a by Terry Baines Dogs at Large Problem Patrols are Increased Ways of combating an creased incidence of dogs ning at large were discussed at a council committee Monday The committee had asked Inspector Webb of the Ontario Humane Society o attend the meeting The Society took animal control here last fall He said that on Monday thi day of the meeting three vehicles had patrolled in loui and nine dogs were picked up It an acute situation they running in packs he said Mr Webb said that so far has been to give twi warnings to offenders and there have been no third offences yet in Visits to town ore on no set schedule making an clement of surprise He said animals taken to the shelter are kept five more than the legal limit then put up or adoption or destroyed if necessary He agreed with suggestions from committee members that a public r eh I ions campaign is needed to remind residents of rules applying to dogs and said his Society will fori formation the press I think people moving lure think they livinfirillu ton in acquire i I rcalizii it it lit ill wed loose said Cr Joan Smith Donna Den I son said some of the offenders in her pirk strict area come from the township Deputy Reeve Arthur Speight suggested a free rabies clinic be related with sole of dog tags He said the incidence of stray dogs is always higher month or to Christmas People acquire puppies for then Ion want to bu a licence and sometimes turn them loose The difficulty in dealing with Jogs running in parks is that by he time the Humane Societj is ilerledandgctso the logs have disappeared he said The committee decided to step publicilv making residents ware the by law the phone turner of the Society and the or licencing and on rolling dogs Clerks Ask For Grants A seminar of clerks and treasurers scheduled for October will cost according to a letter received by council Monday night The letter from the fount and Treasurers I mi rath Police Probe Results Likely Next Week Results of he preliminary investigation by the Ontario Police Commission into the Georgetown Police Department will not likely be made known this week However the report is expected to be in the hands of the Georgetown Police Commission sometime next week The investigation was reported urged by a group of citizens got underway January 25 Georgetown Police Commiss ion members Mayor Bill Smith Glenn Magnuson and Judge P Covers of Orangevlllc will meet tonight but will deal only with routine matters Ploughing Too Fast Complaints about speedy snowplough are few but council heard one Monday night when J Weir Acton in a letter to council said a fast travelling plough threw snow with such force the snow knocked a woman over Mr Weir said Mrs Coles a neighbour was standing at the bottom of her driveway on her own property when the passed and threw the snow in her direction Weir ended he letter by hoping the road superintendent Bud Snow would act on this com plaint Family Pet is Eighth Victim Dog Poisoner Should Be Critical In Private Two seemingly unrelated letters from the same man Bill Schreiber of Misslssauga Tree Farms were received by council Monday night In the first letter Schreiber apologized for falling to tell council he did not want to be reappointed to the Committee of Adjustment saying it meant too many nights away from his family In the second letter he stated he had read of council criticism of Committee of Adjustment He said the Committee is appointed by council and if they have a criticism It should be offered in private Such public criticism only lakes the job of the Committee of Adjustment more difficult the letter concluded Plan Needs Survey For Day Care Centre or A survey need children day care centre will be undertaken by a Georgetown women a club if a committee recommendation is accepted by council A report submitted by George towi Recreation Committee suggested thai It should first be established a need exists If so council should be asked to finance the percent required from a community the Ontario government foots the bolancel And it further suggested that Hoard of should be asked to have it located fin high school properly INTf STr Cr Donna Denlson who is a member of the University Women Club said her group would be interested in the survey organization She said the school board might be to a course exposing students to caring for children A social worker eh eves she said that this could help stem the rising number of broken homes some caused by Ihercsponsibilitlcs of parenthood by people unfamiliar with core of children There Is Indication thit a government grant up to percent might be available If this were done she said Cr Joan Smith tars a reaction to day core centrts who supplement the family in come in ther bonus for children working mothers ndind if a new building would be Why we use facilities such is church halls he asked municipality Tor a grant to cover he costs was asked for Burlington or Milton Georgetown ISO and Council took no action at the meeting said there is a definite trend in the cities particularly to have young children in a school situation under trained supervisors rather than In private homes which are excellent and others not Damage Minor Auto Accidents Ivan Darzlnsof Brampton and James Boston of It were the drivers of cars involved in an accident at the Guclph intersection Monday received damage and Volkswagen The same day Clifford Norton of Arietta Street had dairngc done to his 190 when it skidded off River Drive and hit a guard post Damage was put it to a 19 Hornet driven by Tost of Churchill Crescent and to a I9G8 Camaro driven by I- of Street when they were In a rear end collision Friday Thursday morning accident on Road North involved cars dnicn by David tear if Queen Street and David Thomas of a Street Police put damage at to Graham s 1971 to hear 1972 Damage was each to the two cars in a rear end collision J near ltd The drivers were John Hunter of IMS Mercury and Joad IJ Elizabeth Street in 19G4 Pontine The Georgetown Market en trance off Sinclair was the scene an accident Two hundred and fifty dollars damage was done to a 1970 Volkswagen driven by Mary Jean Bennett and ton Ford driven by Shirley M Jenkins Ml lhylnwn Stellar performances by national amateur guest skaters headlined Georgetown Figure Skating Clubs annual Ice carnival which played to three large audiences in the Memorial Arena Saturday and Sunday The cost comprised mainly of young Georgetown club skaters presented Then Now When in matinees as well as Saturday evening Esquesing Council Briefs Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Humane Society are coordinating efforts In an at tempt to discover who is responsible for setting out poison which has already taken the lives of eight dogs in the Sixth Line area Last week North reported finding a shopping bag of ham burg containing quantities of strychnine In the area Later fried chicken livers loaded with strychnine were also round enough fill a shopping bag threequitters full Latest dog to die of poisoning Is the Del family pet dog Jock He vlved a poisoning January but was unable to live through a second dose last week Victims six and seven were two German shepherds found writhing in pain on the lawn behind the North Halton OPP headquarters Police feel the German Shepherds wandered from the northern part of the township and were not poisoned in the Milton area Residents of the 6th Line have organized patrols to keep an eye out for strange cars Some sit in their front rooms and observe cars as they go by The unusual part of the in el dents Is that the dog owners do not think anyone on the Sixth Line hates dogs The only family which docs not own a dog had plans to yet one before the poisonings started VICTIM The first victim was a dog belonging to Roy It was found dead on Jan The same day George Moore s dog came home having fits and seizures A trip to the vet saved a yearld part terrier That was a Thursday It was Saturday before poison was suspected The previous day dog belonging to Paul Wilson had died On the weekend the neighbors foundout two dogs were dead and one harmed Then poison was suspected Three more dogs died in the next week and one Then on Saturday Jan George Moore discovered a piece of meat that looked like a chicken or turkey heart on the road In Continued on page History Lessons Can Be Fun Presented in Carnival Style The program dramatized historic events from biblical times to the future with eye dazzling history lessons made even more spectacular by colourful costumes and props Star performer was Diane Hall of the Toronto Granite Club whose credentials include being a member of the Canadian world team in and first runner up behind Karen Magnussen In the A public meeting to discuss the I rood will be held March The only snag is the location council arc willing to let the county roads committee have their municipal council chamber but do not know if it is big enough At the some meeting Council authorized the Ontario Hydro to erect a street light in front of Mrs Madeline Smlthson house in Council authorized the solicitor to ask for on extension of he holding bylaw till December this year Council accepted Planning Board s recommendation to approve the new County works garage on Steele Avenue by the lino Planning Board also submitted a budget of or the year J Winter registered his opposition to any designation of T McGecs property as a quarry The Women Institute want lo sec the park at the junction of Highway and the line retained as a park and arc willing to help keep it as a park their letter Informed council Council extended the building permit of Brothers for lot one The permit had ex pi red but no building had been done The permit will now expire March ox bounties were collected by four men last month with Ed Robertson Hornby receiving for 1 foxes II Deforest of three foxes mill Ik forest if I nuthouse a id r Id f Cotta each for one fox Wrecking yard owners Fred Allen Leslie Rogers George Johnston and Art Brown were notified they hove to conform with the wrecking yard bylaw by April or their license will not be renewed One of the main requirements is a fence screening the yard A request from It McDonald to revert a house in Stewarttown formerly used as a business back to a business was turned over to committee McDonald Sainted out in his letter the site ad been used as a business for Place Second In Klondike Sled Race Georgetown District was well represented at an District Winter Camp Friday to Sunday on the Sixth Line south of 15 In all 179 Scouts and Leaders attended Local Leaders and Scouts were from 1st 2nd and Georgetown and 1st The major activity was a Klondike sled race over a course which Included six Klondike towns with an emergency or obstacle for each team to deal with Points awarded were in the form of gold nuggets 1st Georgetown s team places second A Toronto man convicted of breaking and entering into a number of Georgetown Janu was sentenced to seven years jail In Georgetown irimlnn tour I Tuesday 1971 Canadian Senior Ladles competition PAIRS Linda Tasker and Allen Carson of the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club were Central Ontario Senior Pairs Champions in 1971 are current Junior Pairs Champions and were third runners up in Canadian Senior Pairs 1972 From the same club are Debbie and John Dowding sister and brother of Georgetown club pro Rick They started training as a team in August of 1971 and this year won the Central Ontario Senior Dance Championship and place fifth of 12 in the Canadian Junior Dance Championships LEADS Leads In the historic sequences were skated by Bob Hall Patrick Shanks Kris Barber Laura Yerxa Linda Smith David Watson Sandra Haley Leslie and Debbie Sharon Watson Sharon Hewitt and Heather Moores were astronauts in a scene Pa til Walker Nancy Richardson and Nancy Hall played Sesame Folks and Diane Debbie Karen Tracy were Over seers And while he dldn t have lead billing little letter M who stole the scene in the Alphabet sequence In all three per nuances was Chad Hudson NEW SOUND ROOM The Georgetown club skaters were prepared for the show by professionals Rick Dowding GaU and Sharon Trevor Moores narrated the program from the club a new sound room In the south west comer of the arena The costumes lighting sound backdrop tickets program decoration and the various other necessities required many hands and for a small army of adult volunteers but the move able props particularly the pace crafts and planets In the shows late scenes had the audi flipping to the Carnival Credits section of their program to find the name Denny Shepherd opposite that assignment The club said to the guest skaters at the conclusion of matinee with gifts for each of them