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Determined North Halton Hydro Line Protesters Win Commitment The determined people of North look on Ontario Hydro Friday night and won a com ml men I from government commissioned environmental planning consultants and Hydro officials to consider an alter route which would keep a KV electric power corridor off heir territory The nearly hostile residents were ail ending one in a of open planning meetings Bruce How lett Bill is holding In the com munities through which Ihe proposed routes would pass lo canvass public opinion about which or four proposed routes they prefer Residents of North l having any of it E en before Ihej walked Into Ihe Acton high School auditorium to inspect color maps of ihe proposed routes they knew they t like the alternatives the planning consultants were offering All alternatives except for one since abandoned by BtH because Hydro con them would be an unacceptable security risk lore through iheir land People crowded around the maps which showed routes passing through heir tola John Schneider Acton led the offensive refusing to everybody was willing lo study his alternative a route which would bypass the controversial Georgetown link in favor of a route which he proposed could follow Highway The route would avoid densely populated areas affecting many fewer people than the Georgetown route NO far as people of Georgetown and Acton are concerned the Ihrce choices that are left arc nothing but a eon job they re no choice at all he said in rejecting the Bill proposals His arguments were supported by frequent nut bursts of applause from his fellow citizens Planner Bruce agreed the proposal seemed feasible so did BUI architect Tom Sparling and Hydro of Ken and Art representing Hydro transportation and distribution department maintained lhat It would be impossible determine whether the route could be diverted in meet a line from Bruce Nuclear generating station until a stud about the route the Brute power line could lake is com pleted the proposal must he checked nut en and with the people of he said He concede however that three double circuit tower lines along Highway wore a possibility Hut accepting Guelph proposal as a possibility enough Mi Schneider pointed nut How could people indicate their reference for his alternative asked of the planners who helped draw up route iniip distributed at ihc open planning meetings the audience write new in reply to the about which system ihev preferred Mi Schneider rejected that suggestion didwoiomc here Just In Id Me tan i thai wire Hie hi i unci idid evening vv is just a lorn once n I hi rth him up with Mi thai hi would in proposal new alternative people future pin planning meetings and if it appeared necessary add a note to the questionnaires explaining that option whether power onld mi I i in the provinces pi bill Mr Ills wire caught in a bind wanted to is soon as possible no liter end of the vtar end of August the target date for submission if his report thi tin commission recommend a corridor route to provincial of the clonal the rtiparlinint Ircasury and advised the uidtcncc thai the government would be releasing further details on the only this fall and would Ihen be con public hearings before deciding its form loo late i considered by Mr mill and the provincial government are a little out of phase he con iludid Kit It resident insisted lhat belt would be a logical location from the stand point of minimum disruption audience members questioned whether the corridor was necessary to serve Ontario needs suggesting it might be built to ixport power to United Stales Hydro denied Ihc suggestion I wonder why need all this conglomeration Arc we not selling power to the United Slates Hydro denied ihe suggestion I wonder why we need all this conglomeration Are we not selling power to the United asked Halton Warden Anne MacArthur in a forceful attack on hydro Here are such a few people in such a beautiful land and we re cluttering it up with hydro towers she said Ken said only sells surplus power to Ihc United States make a profit for people of Ontario These hydro lines are not for the United States he told the audience As Tor cluttering the country side Mr said shares Mra MaeArlhur concern about it Mrs and another woman in the audience also maintained that European public utilities manage to avoid using hydro towers Mr said lhat wasn t the case and later quoted from the interim report of the Solandt Commission in which Mr discounted as substantiated similar made during commission public hearings last year GEORGETOWN HERALD Second Mill Registered Number The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District MimnoUMltRUD JLI 12 I per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cenli POLICE BLOTTER charged men from this wick theft of two licence and attached them to an unlicensed tar n in form itinn to Georgetown polite Sundiv miming a Sundi i shopping lart was through window of and left in hole hacked Ins car into Mac Milk in Moon I ark pin nihl loosening in wall binding Iht window have a disinption it iar driver who lift i goof assault Hi in irning plan s I lici invtsljcitine the run lawn on dumping of lutsidetht vi if whin lot kid thi chained police ish ihtquis dncsd mchl lit hid Ins by lonl Ian driving in Fight To Keep Swimmer Alive Is Unsuccessful spud iluist tht if tin Imnnlusidhy point wis thirst d with attempted Sutherland IS the son of Mrs Robert Preston Inielyn us was pronounced diad Toronto General Hospital at am Monday following a drowning accident Sunday afternoon the quarry in Waterfall STRAWBERRY DELIGHT Herald Photo John and his wife make themselves com enable under the old oak tree on Ihe lawn of the home at a Union Church strawberry social Balancing the strawberries and ice cream seems no problem for the couple who were pari of a large number of persons who back year after year to attend the social Reallocate Drainage Funds To Roads and Tennis Court p The originally fc scheduled for engineering and drainage of the new landfill site on Armstrong Avenue will be reallocated to roads and lighting of the tennis courts to be built in he Moore Park area if a finance committee recommendation made day night is adopted by council The expense was included in this year s budget by the town but may be assumed by Hallon county to be turned over to Ihe regional government in January In the event this move by Reeve flic Morrow fails the town has applied to the Ontario Municipal Board lo debenture thccost which wouldbeshared by the region Morrow chairman of the finance committee suggested be allocated to works and to the lighting of Ihe Moore Park tennis courts An additional would be kept to cover haulage of to out of town sites if it becomes necessary a previous meeting Conn Phil said he was con about the lack of action on building the two new Courts in Moore Park and the ad ditional court at Joseph Gib Levy a member of the recreation committee said there had been no delay and the work would be done as Two men wen with treating a Salurdav night after a on Main Street Police and charged a man with of Saturday Two are Hurt In Collision A headon collision Sunday morning a Georgetown woman and a Weston man lo Toronto General Hospital with injuries Martha suffered severe kg injuries whin she was pinned In her car A tow hid be to pull the front if her car away in order in her from the wreckage Weston had his hip crushed when he loo is pinned in his car Mild and Constable managed to scat of and htm victims were taken number taps siikn nun tars in tarlv ittimptid lirnk and enlir w is tui wjnhousi it ilicinus vandal or an irdent pulled ill flowers oui of on NEAR ACTON Stottish flit hint on I it sappund Widiusdav mplaiiils it iiinnmi thi irl Widnisdjv tore polite owned Tim was from a span the king ih Jul ivirtd ronto July inli is bun ihirid with the theft Nine Are Hurt In 2Car Crash lo Toronto and ambulance m Nine s were injured in Iwn vehicle accident west of Highway near Acton golf club Sun do afternoon A half ion truck carrying si i en people and driven It inert Murra If UK 1 was in collision with a tar Calc of on the wisl of Highway the in the tsqiicsing Line around Is p Murray was admitted to General Hospital with fnclures to his hose ind wrist hospital spokesman said he a passenger in Ihc via old rendu if rm admitted with a fractured arc in satisfaclory tlthir triatid for bruises minor lacerations and rilcasid wire Jeff Kibble IB of Brad Martin 16 of Wilson Michitl of Township and ink and pissmgir in his vchicli Gale of wen also ind from General Hospital had i estimate of dam ike to either vehicle land several limes and kept alive by machines until that time The drowning victim was reportedly pulled out by two brothers who found him lying on the bottom He was given external heart massage by two unidentified Toronto nurses They also applied a resuscilaior kept on the premises by playground owner Joseph who bought it last year after it was recommended at an inquest into a drowning in Ihe same place There have been several drownings in the same quarry in recent years Georgetown ire m en arrived a larger was applied and Sutherland was taken to Georgetown hospital then to Toronto General Hospital by local ambulance Investigating officer wan Constable Jordan North OPP and attending Dr Alex Arthur Johnson Heads Campaign DOGGONE PROBLEM The most popular spot at the Georgetown Market Centre sale was easily won by two nineweekold St Bernard puppies In a cart owner Jim Crossman thought It would be a good place to try to sell them because the mother r of nine lie said keeping St Bernard can be a bit Acquire Land For Addition I at Ins bought a of lownowned industrial land in present plant lunul approved sale I ist wcik The land 1 1 feci w fill in tkpth was sold or MM in condition thai the iddilinn to the plant be built within The nidi turn will hi build on land now wued Hie iimpany and pirllv ihc I Hit town hock the land it tin if dots to build the addition within the three Mir Unit limit dun said pronertv sold tin town is Youth Hostels Are Supported General committee of council Monday hacked stand by Thunder calling on the federal government lo vouth hostels for travelling people The Thunder llav stated thai the federal was travel cross the but nianj places had facilities for housing Phil said he would idea provided proper associations were Ihc aim nol makeshift arrangements Hostel associations open lo overtone not Just voutn the same as in Britain and Europe should be jeclivi said imiii-iiij-iKi-vruii- Georgetown and District High made an irror compiling a list of the Ontario Scholars with percentages for publication in the Herald The school has sent word lhat Martin Lancaster percent not us previous reported Bike Car Crash Kills Teenagers collision near Mount forest took the livts f Milton lecmgers linn in Dud t Hull if Kinsliigh Sindra of SI 1iw Kimp of twin Si Hull and I- ivc win for Hull when the i rash occurred Ontario I rovmcial Point lis Mount said the crash tccurrcd it 12 a in fijust north f Iolice said ihc into drivers if iar driven Kemp on a Youth Hurt In Mishap Georgetown suffered iuts bruises a wrist after Ins motor cvlce collided head on with vehicle on the just line Wist thmguaiousv Township Sundav morning James IB was wist bound Sideroad at about 11 when he collided with a vehicli dm en I Jiquilh of Tirra who wis cast hound police said the wjs thrown car the impact but suffered a broken wrist and and bruises Hi wus it the Memorial Water Scholars riiree local teens Jane and Siotl Beckett of Georgetown Heat on of Glen Williams passed ihe Royal Life Hi ooze Medallion swimming examination at the liighwa Ktmp a viteran of was off dutj at the turn Hit crash hid with Sound dctathmtnl since SOLID SPUD rgctoi farm potato with rick Whatever he els won l taste virv but il will potato salad on ihe plate during picnic in wind n the Race For Mayor Phil tossed his hat into the North ring Monday whin he announced hi would run for mayor of Ihe northern area Phil said he had proven he could work well with in helping form the joint fire committee I have attended all meetings rcgionol government at Queen Park Milton or locally because of that and working with people Ihe area I feci I have the leader ship organizational and ad qualities necessary for mayor under Ihe niw system sold Coun Siddall He added thai he had con suited his employer before coming to a decision has represented Georgetown three for the post throe years Before serving on council he was a of industrial commission and while on council has been a member of the recreation committee and the planning board Hceve Tom Hill of ind William Hunter of Georgetown have already announced they will run for of he northern area Arthur Johnson president of Johnson Carney Ltd Real has been appointed to position of commercial and financial director for the 1973 Peel United Appeal Campaign He will be responsible for the if feet organization and direction of the campaign donations from all business establishments defined as financial com and national firms Mr Johnson has had plenty of experience In various fields having completed several educational courses after university with subjects ranging from sociology to real He maintains an in in the study of philosophy and psychology ana has par in seminars as a speaker and panelist Ho is currently engaged In Ihe Guelph University Alumni Association and has par in their fund raising campaign Mr Johnson is a past president of the Brampton Real Board and served on the legislative committee of the Ontario Real Estate Association in 1971 Big Trucks Prohibited From Driveway of Home thin oni ton le n dnvewaj The vt might in runs for half an hour residential before it off at mghl and decidtd last hour it is driven I passed in the till said the IN THE SWIM Smith said the i had rikinallv passed council and signed of the iim soph Gibbons but had to the muni Municipal Hoard for Town Engineer Hired To Serve Georgetown Petir Morris of was hired as town engineer at a f Sic a a unanimous vote if In iddilinn to his he Mil car Mi Morris will take up his duties bin He has boon town engineer in sinci Pi prior to that he was in engineering department 1 Scarborough for of Inivusitv f Toronto in Mr Morris complete his masters public ad degree the end vear The new engineer is vcars married with no children Hi was chosen from 19 op on the second time of idvertismg for an engineer The town has been without an engineer of its own since Eric Willis left for township of in March A consultant was hired una three a week Herald The cool green water is loo at Georgetown swimming inviting for this diver to pool last week It was a ignore as he took the plunge weltering hoi afternoon NEWS IN BRIEF at the Northern Electric plant in resumed Tuesday morning as striking plant workers belonging to United Electrical Workers reported Back to work Nearly I BOO members had been on strike for seven weeks until last week when ihe Local 531 signed an agreement with the company The strike Involved several hundred Georgetown and district residents THOUSAND dollars in property damage resulted from motor vehicle collisions investigated by North during the week of July 1 Nine mishaps resulted in injury to 19 persona Fifteen of the drivers involved have been summonsed to appear in provincial court North investigated general occurrences during the week SWIMMING pool was closed Monday and Tuosdav because of a broken pump bearing This made the water stagnant and would have lowered the chlorine count if the pool had bom open according to Anne Mac Dona Id assistant pool superv The pump was sent out for repairs and was tunc tinning Wednesday I- librarians descended on Georgetown Public yesterday as pari of a tour of libraries throughout the South Central Regional Library System which covers and part or Brant counties Capacity audiences tended both showings of summer films at the library Tuesdav