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The Herald Home Newspaper of Hills Second Mall Registered WEDNESDAY OCTOBER ltt Return Postage Guaranteed per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents AT NORVAL Davis may have last word on school Nerval residents may be facing their last chance to have ithe communitys public school reopened when they meet with Premier Bill Davis on Oct Premier Davis has agreed to meet with representatives of the ratepayers group at Queens Park to discuss the possibility of reopening the school either in January of next September The school which has playgrounds bordering the Credit River was closed by the Board of Education this Pall prior to the first day of school The Board felt that It la better to bus the children to other schools In the Georgetown area It has been boarded up and theres an awesome feeling of vacancy about It said Norval spokesman Hugh McFarlane TONIGHT who added that the ratepayers are meeting Saturday to discuss their position However Thursday the Halton Board of Education was Informed by trustee Ernest Bodnar that the board la proceeding with the requirements to sell the building and are accepting bids from other government agencies the separate school board or the area municipality A letter from a member of Womens Institute concerning the future of the Bell Cairn on the school site started the discussion on the future of the school building and lands Trustee Bodnar Indicated that If the property and building is sold to the municipality or government agency the bell calm mav remain on the site If not the board will have earlier to move it We were going to move It to Jim singleton director of a safe location but some education added that the bell la thought this was a sinister In no immediate danger of move he said So we had the being stolen because of bell welded to the frame work precautions the board took and there it sits for now Halton Hills reps lead way in attendance Probe talks dump Where in will the garbage be dumped for the next Georgetown Pollution Probe will discuss the subject tonight at a p in room of the Georgetown and District High School A meeting was held in Sep tember between the Region conservation groups to discuss Vie Joint approach which might be taken In reply to the MacLaren Report Ron Reld attended for Probe and reported the proposal to landfill 300 acres near Ashgrove is not very attractive to local residents Another Probe member attended a Garbage Coalition meeting In Port Hope at which a future project was discussed It was concluded mat the most important matter needing attention in the coming months was public education to reduce garbage and political pressure A small group of volunteers consented to contact public officials to urge better handling of waste and John Mit chell attended an Engineering conference In on energy availability finance sources and conversion methods The speakers with one exception did not mention conservation of energy The main thrust was the ways and means to bring to market sufficient resources so that presentand projected trends of profligate energy can continue Probe also reports that the Halton Region works Depart ment still Intend to Install the leachate pumping facility before winter Georgetown Works Department are anxious to fit collection equipment to the old dump and run piping round to the planned A litter stop fence Is still planned for the foot of the new dump to prevent materials from going Into the river A report in last week Herald regarding the attendance record of our town represen at the region was a bit off the mark As an almost immediate response to stories of this nature which appeared in a number of regional newspapers copies of the at tendance records of the regional councillors have been made available to the press After reviewing the lists of meetings attended by our representatives it appears they ve set a Stirling example for the other municipalities in the Region Mayor Tom Hill and coun G W McKenile lead Hills reps In attendance at council meetings The pair have missed two meetings each between Oct ie and Oct when there were meetings Two other councillors Coxe and Ernie Sykes missed only three meetings while Morrow was absent at four At the committee meetings attendance is not terrific but by the standards set by other Regional councillors Hills representatives are again above par Councillor who Is the only member originally on Hills reps attend If a matter about the town Is discussed has missed nine of the scheduled meetings Morrow has offered an excellent example to his ad ministration and finance committee as the chairman He has missed only three of their meetings listed a record only bettered by Milton Mayor Anne On the Public Works com mittee the winning member is Councillor Sykes who has missed six of the meetings However two of these were In November of before the region officially started The community services committee has two listed members Mayor Tom Hill and Councillor Coxe Councillor has missed only one of the 12 meetings held by the committee equaling the attendance of the committee chairman David Coons SCHOOL CROSSINGS Adult guards until students ready Adult crossing guards should be on duty In Georgetown until the student patrols are ready to take on the Job Thats the latest suggestion made in the towns crossing guard dilemma This recommendation was put to Halton mils council following a meeting last week of parents and Sergeant Peter Bromley Safety Officer for Regional Police The meeting was hold to Introduce the School Safety Program to parents who ex pressed concern for the l Gerry driver of the A Iff ft told to tiqht a days work at a sj Where to dump the garbage is big question mediate safety of the children who must cross busy streets to school Earlier this year Sgt Bromley conducted surveys in Georgetown to determine the need for adult crossing guards and safety patrols Council then assessed the recommendations made in his report and agreed to the plan outlined In the report A serious shortage of crossing guards followed The report suggested that school safety patrols take over from adult guards In some areas of the town Councillors Mike Armstrong and Harry Levy were present at the meeting with parents but week to express the views held by council on the matter and to make the recommendations to council Finances are available for the crossing guards added Councillor Levy when asked If money was the reason for the reduction In the number of guards Had school safety patrols been ready planned when school began there would have been no problem said Sgt Bromley Downtown is treating A mammoth Halloween arty Is planned by the Downtown Business Association Thur sday October The main street wilt be closed off to traffic and decorated with corn stalks and pumpkins hay wagons and bales of hay Merchants and their staffwill dress for the and hand out treats to little goblins A loud speaker system will provide music and announce red hot specials from the chocolate stands pumpkin pie Double service provided Dunbar and Miriam snapped The other two booths apple doer booths arid by these Acton Brownies Alexander worked so hard brownies selling possibly a beer garden last Saturday at a they were In two places at cookies and cakes are Lisa prizes will be awarded to the Halloween Bazaar Tracy once when this picture was and Debbie Watson best dressed man and woman and to the best dressed staff members CHRIS Marilyn Crescent Joins the volunteer fire department at open house Its on each Thursday evening at until the end of the month to give the public a chance to see the equip ment used to fight fire and talk to the members of the department to get more information on fire safety It happens every year during Fire Prevention Month Police probe tampering with mailboxes Milton OPP are Investigating a rash of vandalism which has affected mailboxes throughout the former Township of Halton Hills councillors were complaining during a meeting Monday night that the vandals struck three times last week knocking over and destroying mailboxes In Glen Williams and the surrounding area Some mailboxes councillors claimed had been tampered with twice in one week Where to dump the garbage Its a problem for big city people and Its becoming Just as big a one for folks miles away from the city Ashgrove lust a little to the south of Georgetown Is in the garbage limelight these days because of a dump proposal in its neighborhood And have been told by those who make it buslness to keep an eye on dumps In thewrongplace to beware Ashgrove residents were warned to start making a noise or else face the of thousands of tons of garbage dumped on their doorsteps The warning came from Bill Johnson a member of the Group United Against Rural Dumping GUARD who spoke to about 30 residents on Thanksgiving Day Its up to you people to start making a noise now or else face the consequences of having thousands of tons of garbage dumped in your backyards he said The residents attended a meeting to discuss the report on solid waste management for Halton compiled by James MacLaren Ltd environmental consulanta The report recommends two sites located In Ashgrove as landfill sites for the future Both sites are east of the Fifth Line and east of the Sixth Line on lots 12 and 13 between IS and Mr Johnson told the group to prepare to fight the recommendation now and to make as much noise about it as possible 38 recommends that the garbage from the South will be dumped on you people he said The former Township of will become the garbage dump for and youve got a lot at stake Mr Johnson said there are a number of errors on the map which accompanies the recommendations and report He added that water courses are missing from the map well as the entire community of He accused planners of omission by design The initial maps did show the community but these new ones dont He added that a landfill site In would have runoff water and ground water leading Into the Middle Creek which flows to Lake Ontario Residents were also told that Interested groups In Halton are preparing a brief as a critique to the report on landfill sites It doesnt matter where It goes in Halton we should be concerned he said They propose to use acres as a site for years and I believe that In years theyll look for another site John Mitchell of Pollution Probe Georgetown told the meeting residents should to collect data on the water courses land soil types and depth of wells as material to fight recommendations One resident noted that moat of the wells in the area are only 10 feet deep He said they are spring fed and usually lay between feet and a mere two fee t In the area Mr Mitchell added that landfill would never be a good neighbor for the residents and there may be possibilities of well pollution In the area Its difficult to predict the extent of any water pollution be added But200aCTeaUaneUuvalaigeUndilllBite He told the residents that the MacLaren Group predict a total of tons of garbage per year to be dumped In the site by IMS and with each year These figures are not correct because they have used lower growth rales than what are generally used to in Canada he said We believe that the half million ton will be dumped by 1890 On top of this Mr Mitchell said residents will the rest of the costs This cost will come from the regional tax payers including residents of Mr MltcbeUaUorecommendedthatthegroupholdalarge public meeting in Stewarttown Public School when tbey have collected their Information and invited members of the MacLaren Group to explain why they chose as the dump site Three area councillors Dick Howitt Rum Miller and attended the meeting to assist residents Howitt suggested that the group prepare a brief and present it to the Halton Hills You should get the area councils support and en dorsement first he said We have to remind Burlington of tb TURN TO PAGE Former mayor dead of heart attack Armstrong one of this towns most popular mayors died Wednesday evening at the age of at Georgetown Memorial Hospital of a heart attack Mr Armstrong was the mayor from To una Armstrong as he was known to friends was actively involved In the expansion of Georgetown especially with the development In the housing project and plaza was started under Mr Armstrongs supervision Mr Armstrong spent his whole life In Georgetown He was born May 1913 and attended Chapel Street Public School which was recently closed and Georgetown and District High School Collegiate commuting by train each day to Guelph After Gueipb Mr Armstrong did a variety of work during the depression and In the war after ailing the army medical he played trumpet In a dance band called llodernalrea He men payee After the war Armstrong opened a general Insurance business at bis home and became an agent for Mutual Ufa Insurance Company The business was carried on from home until 1KB when It moved to Its present location at 134 Main Street South At the time it was the largest general In surance business In Georgetown It is now operated by Paul Armstrong one of his Mr Armstrong was also Involved in many community programs and associations He was past president of the Lions Club a past master of the Masons a member of the Oddfellows and Orange Lodge and also past president of me Georgetown Ridden teem Mr Armstrong was also active In St Georges Church In Georgetown where be was both peoples warden and rectors warden Politically Armstrong was a Tory Hewasprestdentof the Halton Conservative Association in im 73 He la survived three ton councillor and Edna nee Martin a predeceased him