Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 29, 1973, p. 13

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GUARDS Flying Squad Will HERALD Support Other Gar Battles The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District Second Mali Reglitcrtd Number til urn Postage Guaranteed per year Single Copy Price Fifteen GHHUI TOWN I1HIAID THURSDAY MARCH SECOND help Salesmen Businessmen Farm Owners Individuals WE WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR TAX PROBLEMS NOW TflH HOURS 9 5 Fridays Saturdays ADDRESS SI Georgetown Ont 162 Broadway 941 Orangeville Onl YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COME AND HAVE A REAL FUN NIGHT AT THE HOPE BALL YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY AT THE Burgundy Club Norval FRIDAY MARCH 30 1973 dress optional bar Tickets available at canadian tire park variety macs milk MOD PER COUPLE Street Main St South Moore Park fayUIIMItKAMIMHIl The Group United Against Rural Dumping GUARD formed a few weeks ago and Township Its tension to include residents anywhere in Ontario v ho arc fighting against garbage disposal from Metro Toronto in their area Dill Johnson Hock wood and Casey Bos of Li chouse said in Interview Tuesday they had set up a flying so to speak which would rush members in two or three cars to any hearing and moral support to the residents there The two founder mem litre as first step they will be to Pickering where a hearing has been scheduled by the ministry of environment regarding garbage disposal from Metro in the area The group has warned that sued sites arc being looked at all the province I The roup was formed after It learned that Indusmln In 1squcsing Township had planned to use its 900 acre crushed stone quarry as a landfill site for dumping a million tons a year of metro garbage packed in bales quarry is between the Third and Fourth Line In about five miles west of Georgetown for the proved by ilnistry of mpany Pet Was Poisoner Victim Howes and her younger sister Tammy have only a collar and a doe dish now to remind lb em of their pet a bra dor Retriever one of the two 1 area dogs who fell victim to a poisoner March Dog owners in the vicinity fear it may be the start of another nth of poisonings on the pattern of those which killed a number of township dogs last year INTRODUCING Ready Pasted Dry Strippable Stain Resistant Scrubbable WALL COVERING IN STOCK NO WAITING Ready To Take Home 3 EASY STEPS FOR WALL COVERING SOAK Simply cut a length and fully immerse tor one minute in cold water in the water trough which is Free when you buy Encorette wall covering POSITION Pull up top end of length slowly and steadily allowing the roll to unwind in the water Simply slide the piece into position on the wall SMOOTH DOWN Smooth away from the middle with a damp brush to ensure that no air bubbles remain SUNWORTHY The YesYouCan Wall Covering AND SURPRISE Its Invitingly Affordable GEORGETOWN DECORATING CENTRE Main Street NI Originally Indusmin had planned a acre lake and a course for the rehabilitation quarry which was the township and natural resources Suddenly the decided to drop this idea use the site as landfill insteid At a public meeting it showed film describing how nicely this could be done This was in in Township Mr Johnson and Mr Boa present at the meeting decided this had to be fought and passing paper and pencils in the crowd collected names addresses and telephone numbers of 150 people who formed the nucleus of the GUARD The committee and its members are mainly worried bout water pollution Most of the llalton County water supply comes from underground streams fed by the inches of rainfall Hal ton receives each year Mr said the quarry is rocky and there was no way water could filter down to the earth It would run off on the sides going over the landfllled garbage and into the dcrground streams ven the company s assurance it would post a bond has not satisfied committee we prove the site polluted it And second a lawyer to fight the issue would be too expensive said Mr Johnson Mr Johnson explained that the company decision to change the rehabilitation plans for the quirry were mainly due to big money involved in garbage basin ess lie explained that for each ton of garbage the company got which itself meant an expenditure of over a year He added that also the trucks could take crushed stone to Toronto and bring back making the whole proposition well paying The committee has already received support from Greenwood the local of and the Both Township and Nassagawcya lownshlp have supported the committee GUARD wants to force politicians at Queens Park to consider recycling They refer to the firm Black Clawson Ohio which has devised method of recycling garbage and generating hydro and other fud from it GUARD would like the province to consider this It intends to propose that each of the regional governments of Peel and should establish recycling plants to take care of their own gar and perhaps a little from outside The Cortes is the governing body of Spain Mr and Mrs ire presented with their bedroom suite first prize in the HOW SUITE IT IS I Air draw by Boyd of the sponsoring committee Squadron Adams Photography and of in the Licenses Information Available at Series Of Bicycle Clinics eorgctown first bicycle licensing clinics will be held March April and it Georgelown District High School Constable Al McQueen of the Georgetown Police Department explained that these clinics arc for cyclists whose would like hem tested on their knowledge of road safety is in no way compulsory The clinics are sponsored by the Optimists and Mrs assisted by personnel from the Georgetown Police A Lroup of students from the high school have volun leered their services to help with lie clinics yclisls w tit not have bring their bicycles lo the clinics but the serial number model number and general description will be required The licensing and road safety tests will be conducted in the industrial shop A volunteer from North llalton Sports on Main Street South will attend the clinics to give information as to what would be required to make the bicycle in question mechanically safe All work and preparation involved in these clinics is voluntary It is in the spring that new licenses ore obtained for bicycles and this is an opportunity to attain the new licenses which arc required yearly The Georgetown Police Department stress that these clinics arc optional on these dates however licenses may be obtained a later date for those persons not wishing to participate in the clinics HIKE- On April theOptlmists and Mrs of Georgetown will hold a bicycle rodeo and the foremen clinics are a chance to get bicycles checked mechanically The rodeo being held by the Optimists will require that bicycles be mechanically sound FRONT END ALIGNMENT rig both front plus chuck balance brakes shock bounty and Toson Air Condi on no MOORE PARK PLAZA fife to n LIFETIME SUPREME BATTERY Guaranteed until you trade your carl -As- Three Little Sisters Sing For Institute The public relations meeting Ash grove Women s Institute wis held Tuesday March at Ihe lovely town home of Mr and Mrs Robert Alexander Drive with 111 women and 12 young attending In the absence of president Mrs lift Hunter first vice president Mrs J McNabb took the Secretary Mrs tailed the mil which was with One thine I would like the puhlic to know about I Members voted in favour of renewing the Children Aid membership of An in is received from I imehauseW I to their dessert luncheon in April Mrs Clayton Wilson reported for the flower committee Mrs hied Nurse for the Co Op banquet and a nominating committee was to prepare a slate of next years officers Program was in charge of Mrs W Bird and Mrs Nurse who called on Mrs John for the motto is the pathway to tolerance It contained some wonderful passages of thought Duels were sung by three little sisters Karen Dale and Beverly The latter two sang Bob White and Karen and Dale A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine go Down which delighted the audience very much Mrs Nurse gave several items on public relations saying this starts In Ihe home She rend a poem on y Edna Jacques spoke about homes flowers and music which are all soothing and relaxing said many an hour can be spent with a good With Mrs James Carney at the piano three or four Irish songs were sung then a contest on general intelligence test kept everyone guessing Mrs Robert Cunningham gave the courtesies and the meeting closed with a social hour Congratulations and our best wishes go to Mr and Mrs Ward who will celebrate their wedding anniversary April 10 May you have many more yean together Ward and Betty Mm

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