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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WAITER C BIEHN Page HERALD THURSDAY APRIL 1973 EDITORIAL COMMENT A Sensible Suggestion Georgetowns regional government proposal suggesting changes in the initial boundaries suggested by the government is eminently sensible in most aspects Georgetown has recognized that Nassagaweya Township is not oriented towards Georgetown and that if the township Is to cease to exist part should be included with Wellington County and part with a new Milton area Pressure to have North Haltons boundaries extend farther south to Highway is also an improvement and should be Slight boundary alternations so that Terra Cotta and Bailinaf ad would be in the northern area is also important to residents there These villages look on Georgetown and Acton as their major urban centres and residents would benefit from this change We are still opposed to lumping Georgetown and Acton into one municipal area But the die seems irrevocably cast There have been no major protests from politicians or public in either of the towns There is an apathy to local loyalty which might have changed the pattern here An area administration combining two towns eight miles apart will be unwieldy and uneconomic in our view We would take issue with Georgetowns idea of a 17 member area council That is six or eight too many Too many cooks spoil the broth is a truism in municipal government The present nine member council is plenty to handle municipal business Lei Managers Manage The argument that because Georgetown councillors spend many nights now on municipal affairs has been advanced as a reason for increasing the area councils size The manner in which council operates today would bear this out We are still in the small town stage where councillors take an intimate interest in the smallest detail But we have advanced one step where it is difficult to discuss all new business and make decisions at the council meebng where these come up More and more every bit of new business small and large is referred to committee With the result that a growing number of committee meetings become necessary While it is true that many items must have committee Alarming Trend The continuing trend to more and more pay for elected municipal politicians should be a matter for alarm We will never have a return to the days of service for free nor should we have But the money paid for part time service is far out of range The situation has been com pounded by senior governments And it has logically spread downwards Municipally our council members receive yearly a portion of this tax free The reeve discussion many could be decided without ever coming before council at all Georgetown has a competent well paid municipal staff It isn t necessary for council to deal with every request to fix a pot hole decide on location of an ad sign or arrange details of a remembrance day parade Surrendering autonomy is not easy for councillors But seeking such office they tend to be forceful people who want a say in everything But if they are to cut their hours down to size they must rely more heavily on full time municipal employees for the day to day operation of town business There should be no need for many of the hours of leg work now indulged in by councillors and deputy as members of county council pick up an extra No part time job no matter how well performed can justify a week let alone no matter how hard a councillor works There can be only two solutions Councillors must either relinquish their tight control over every minute detail of municipal business Or we must go the whole route and make the office of councillor a full time position with a salary commensurate with the job In the Mall Bag Thanks Was Short by One Main SI Dear Mr Editor Last week thanked organizations and individuals or their help in catering meals for young players competing In the International bantam hockey tournament Unfortunately omitted the name one group Women League Needless to say their assistance was appreciated Sorry Tor the oversight Jessie Hayes Chief Caterer Bruce Trail Popular Ihe growing mem in the Toronto branch of the Bruce Trail Club which takes care the rail through the Georgetown vicinity an expanded hiking program is planned this spring Two hlles are scheduled for most weekends and three on holiday weekends To qualify for their end to end badge hikers must walk the entire miles of this section In one day One of most decisive Union victories was scored New Mexico a victory that saved Colorado California and par Western states and territories from Confederate occupation CAVEMANS CASTLE AT LIMEHOUSE ECHOES AN INCRbSE of in tax irrears showing taxes outstanding at the end was noted in the yearly auditor report submitted to council April 1st 1963 by Walter Pope Half ihe collectibles were for and the balance were a year or more In WITH candidates on the ballot voters 10 to the polls April choose their representative at Ottawa The number of candidates llic most in county history would ensure i heavy vote Pour represent major political Sandy Hist Progressive Conservative and a former member of Ellis Iullerion New Democrat I Member in the previous house and Irving Wilson Social Credit Henry Timmins Is running as an independent CHANGE IN Georgetown s dog control program was public Monday April 1st when Hyde explained that Cecil Robertson had en up the position and the town has engaged Hay Norton to act in his capacity Mr Norton hid been working with Mr Robertson for several months The town was renting a truck and was using Mr Robertson dog pound in Glen Williams The was under control of the local police who would notify Mr Norton complaints twice daily At the time Mr Norton was also serving on a part time basis with billing town for his services was reported that Humane Society was up dog control duties later lhal and council thought It would be possible to have the three North Ilalton towns combine on a system IL extend water service to a portion of the subdivision for llrothers when the survey plan was approved ind the have installed streets The firm was contracting to build a minimum of ten houses on the property behind Nor mondv Boulevard ind had asked town for i guarantee of water service when this was done IT WAS TUHNID over to the police com in i It a request from the Public School Board lhat some action Mould be taken to deal with the problem of dogs around the school Already teachers and a child hive been bitten and Ihe school board wis con timed iln it APPROVAl was given by council to suggestions of Harold Cleave that if and when some of his land behind Hay was subdivided the town would supply the necessary services when a the building of a certain number of houses was received Similar approval was liven by council to a possible subdivision on owned by Tom on Street I- OUR GRASS fires required Ihe services of fire the week of COUNCIL the annual Fire Brigade at SUM and increased Ihe chiefs salary to and salaries of deputy chief and driver each to LOtL citizens eommiltee was collaborating wtlh the officer commanding the Lome Scots reserve unit In in endeavour to bring the unit up to strength While Georgetown and district have given liberally to the armed forces wos believed there are still a large number of men for the reserve army C company had at lhat lime a complement of men hut many more were needed to bring the unit up lo its required strength J- I are Instructions given concerning the new sugar nitons of In jour new ration book you will find a page on which to till your application for sugar for preserving Before jou ill it out read Ihe Canning Guide a circular which Is being sent through the mail to every household in the country This will help you make plication correctly It Is of the greatest lm that all housewives should plan now flow much sugar they will need and send In their ipphcation so lhat arrangements can be made to bring this sugar into Canada The policy of the jdminlstrat on is to encourage housewives lo preserve all surplus summer of home grown fruit us it matures There will be no sugar allowed for canning until the official opening of canning season which June 1st This means cannot gel extra sugar to preserve Imported fresh or dried fruits such as oranges or grapefruit which are on the market prior to that date dive jour application for canning to the IJcal at the New Municipal Building i MONTHS prior to a ige verse wis written and printed in the Georgetown Herald in the first six months of eompalgn 4 lbs of salvage fat was turned in from which wis made lbs of High In the next six months a total of lbs of fal w is collected more lhan double he of he first six months thus from i population of ibout we had sent In enough fat to make lbs of High Explosives Housewives had sure packed a wallop for Hitler In the Mall Bag Will Attempt to Organize Pollution ProbeGeorgetown Nick a photography student of former Herald photographer THE BLACKSMITH SHOP recent Black Pioneer Village photo this Interesting picture In blacksmith shop Georgetown The Editor The Georgetown Herald Dear Sir There in nucleus if people who in keen to ihe ilion in en vlronmininlisl group for the II sufficient response be found it is hoped that the eould become Pollution Liming support and resources in the form f literature films experienced researchers lecturers With this in mind wehave planned i meeting in he Church on IB and wiuldwekonu all hose who miv be intcrislid In this leniuie in making this urn to llic residents throiiLil the I igcs of The Herald Ik mnsl BILL SMILEY What I Did on My Winter Break Good old unpredictable Canadian weather No sooner bad 1 popped into muil my last column ex tolling the marvellous open winter and the joy of spring actually arriving on time than we were hit by the worst storm of the year howling wind and a fool of snow Oh well it gave those sybarites who fled our bracing clime for the decadent tropics a chance to rub it in lo us stay at homes when returned from winter break tanned and fit looking This winter break bll is becoming more exotic every year It used to be called taster holidays much fun The skiing and fishing and golfing started and the weather was usually rolten But in these affluent times people to winging off in all directions tracking down the sun or snow or whatever their pleasure is Distance and money seem no object I know people who flew Colorado for skiing flew Barbados for bikini watching flew to Jamaica for rum flew to Cornwall for Cornish ben flew to Pans for fries And now students are getting Into the act From our high alone three different groups went soaring off to Greece Germany and trance for the week holiday They are accompanied by teachers who have the Job of planning the trip collecting ihe money and trying lo keep their charges from knocking down the Acropolis or straying into i brothel by mistake Preventing young pulchritude from being pinched in the is not my idea of a fun trip for J teacher Nor am I thrilled at the thought of stopping strapping young male students from becoming addled in Athens lr maudlin in Munich However it every leach to his own taste my eollengius who have tried such a jaunt during winter me lhat the whole thine is a breeze thai there s no more confusion w is on Titanic just before she went down No nutter Its wonderful for the kids How they learn lhat foreign cabbies w liters jxirlirs in even and surlier thin those it other experience leach them foreign food is not only pretty ex pensive but often awful ind that nothing in the lo touch in honest inndian Inmhurfcir Where eould they a better loursc in driver dun lion on he blood soaked of I iris Twi student of mine look mi nth off the winter flew ill the w ly to llu v t if ford to in he big hotels so they just the natives ltd They id time They wi re during Ihi entire stay bow could ihi bin ill thit by in school like alt w conformists Ah it just jealousy kids I know hoys hid a wonderful lime he Lals in recce the llivina the jwulesof Pins If I went wife even if I t I don know whether could throw ogle any mi re had any practice in told in the first place and saved all that money that girls are the prettiest in the world and that from your home town ire the prettiest in I ask only one thing You can bore me for hours telling me about your trip You can put me to sleep with your coloured slides You can owe me to tears by showing me the genuine gimcracks you picked up for a song But plcose please don ask me what I did on my winter break holiday All right then if you re adamant I tell I shovelled a foot of snow off the sidewalk I put out the garbage I spent a pretty exotic half hour at the library I helped my wife vacuum and clean up the house as she t wont to leave a dirty house In case someone broke In while we were Oh yes wewntaway We didn go to the Barbados as we planned But we went all the way south city My wife went shopping It would hove been cheaper to go the Barbados And while she was out battling our way toward the poor house I just sol back in the luxury of our hotel room and had myself a of time marking exam papers Then we came home and fed the cat The whole thing is an experience I shall never forget It was so much fun 1 m already planning next year winter break THE DISTRICT AT A GLANCE Seek Poor Road Solutions ACTON Although the condition of streets In Acton and Highway between Acton and Rock wood Is outside of the Jurisdiction of Acton Planning Board the subject cropped up at the boards meeting Thursday March when member Dave Muckle quizzed mayor about possible solutions the poor road conditions Mr one stretch of road on Elmore Drive in subdivision was dangerous for drivers doing miles an hour Then he shifted his attack referring to the condition of between and Rock wood The mayor acknowledged there were problems in both areas but felt there was little could be done with roads in subdivision but patching The roads in the subdivision have never been hard topped with asphalt because grants were not available Debate Regional Boundaries phases of regional government in Peel was approved by a majority of councillors a week ago Tuesday Regional government to be established In Peel on January I 1974 will dissolve the county present municipalities into three local governments central regional council representatives on county council Mayor Hazel McCallion and Reeve Robert Weybe strong opponents of their town amalgamation with and Port Credit In a southern area maintained their attack on provincial boundary and representation proposals during a heated exchange with Misslssnuea councillors The debate was opened when Reeve Louis Parsons moved that the proposal on regional representation be approved The proposals for representation on regional council arc for 10 councillors from the southern area six from central area and five from northern Peel plus a chairman to be appointed for the first term Medical Centre The proposed medical centre in has been promised by the Wellington county medical coop if a matching amount can be raised through personal donations from residents in this area Over is held now in trust at the Royal Bank in A site next to the pumping station near the subdivision has been favoured by the medical centre com Plans for the centre were shown to public meeting licldMarch20 at ihe township municipal offices Proposed is a times aluminum trim air conditioning ind room far three medical suites with the possibility of a fourth Chairman Rob Ralston reported that a doctor is to come on August if the facilities are ready Have Work Ethic HangUp have a hang up about the work ethic Senator David Croll former the Senate Committee on Poverty slid a week Tuesday night I don believe and there is no evidence that people who ore poor have less desire work than you ind I The was addressing the annual general mectint of Peel Community Service at Ihe Civic Cenlre He said the work ethic has changed and is a constant source of healed arguments and deep prejudices You have to understand the man were about he said He is rebuffed and loses confidence in himself his ability and lack of confidence welfare in acceptable alternative Nothing succeeds like future Senator Croll said it should be a vital to rid the scourge of poverty from land Phase Two Flood Control Mil TON I two of Milton Hood Control Program will get soon Fast M Jim Snow announced recently rant in the amount of had been awarded to Conservation Authority for detailed land studies for phase two of the flood control project The survey will establish how much lind will be required and whal lands will be by the project The study is expected be completed in two r three months and following that land will be acquired for the project No land for phase Iwo has been acquired yet However detailed engineering is well underway Manager Murry Stephen said March Who Will Pay for Parkland stands to lose some 155 acres of parkland to Milton under the proposed regional government and Mayor Harry Barrett wonders who going to pay for it Barrett said at a special meeting a week ago of the town council committee of the whole that the proposed region raised questions that have gone unanswered by the provincial is the only municipality which will be drastically by these proposals he said To be able to comment on Ihe plan put forward by Toronto we have to know what boundaries will be I called Jim Snow Last minister of government services this morning to find out where Ihe grccnbell to north of the town was going to be located He said they t been able make a decision by the 15th of March us We had been promised and thought they In announcement ready until some time In April predated Our short term alms would Ihe Naturalists Club and the Snowmobile Club In Together cleanup sweep through ii NASSAU Nassagaweya must stay together In a regional government setup for County agreed unanimously when they met to draft their brief The is a reaction to provincial proposals released January in that proposal the township was divided Reeve Mrs Anne noted the brief called for all of Nassagaweya south of lot ipproximatcly Slderoad being included in the Central unit with Milton That takes in all of with the exception of I- den Mills which had expressed some interest in to Wellington she indicated Mrs said she was confident and could work amicably together We don want to be divided and a petition taken in shows percent of the township people feel that way through Hungry Hollow in lute April Support of GUARD in their efforts to prevent Indusmin Quarries becoming a massive landfill site It should be home in mind thai Georgetown water supply is not immune lo around pollution when a factor as large as a multimillion ton garbage dump is started right on bedrock It could take to percolate five miles but the damage would still be Irreversible Attempts to introduce voluntary recycling centres in town with or without the assistance of the Town Long term alms would include a Attempts in llason with any interested local clubs to maintain and Improve he quality of life in Ihe area b Making known to as many people as possible via lectures films ihe future problems and changes which must come about in the control of waste In the largest sense in society apparently geared for ever faster depletion of Irreplaceable resources without thought for I morrow Pamela Mitchell John Mitchell School Budget Million MISSISSAUGAThc Peel Roman Catholic separate school board approved a 1973 operating budget or more lhan million The board also approved In principal a 1974 capital building program of million reduced from Its original of a ministry of education grant crackdown The 1973 budget represents a percent increase over last years Grants received from the ministry were lower than expected however due to the ministry introduction of a slip In its grant structure The ministry announced two months ago due to declining enrolment in most Ontario educational systems it would base Its grants on 1972 enrolment figures Investigate Torturing Charge VILLt A worker with department of highways is expected to be charged under the criminal code March for allegedly torturing and killing raccoons with a club and a chain saw while working on a bush and tree clearing winter works program on Highway 10 three miles north of here An investigation conducted by inspector Dick Perry of the Ontario Humane Society In has revealed that the worker allegedly clubbed one racoon and while it was still alive threw it in the fire The worker is further alleged to have clubbed another raccoon and it with a chain saw The raccoons were found In a bush by the workers while clearing was going on Chief Inspector Wallace at the head office of Ihe Humane Society In Toronto said he had received at least calls regarding the in