Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 4, 1976, p. 2

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Wednesday August Work crews respond quickly despite holiday weekend SATURDAY TORNADO sheared off the St The remains of the veranda a veranda of the Harding home 10 front of the house Service repairmen on the scene Immediately following unexpected tor which swept through George own Saturday The combined efforts of the police hydro commission Bell Canada the town a works department and Hal Ion Cable Systems soon cleared up the debris of fallen wires shot tared glass and uprooted trees The 10foot wide twister funnel left In wake damages estimated by police between ICO and Being a long weekend men on holidays we did the beat we could Mayor Tom Hill who assisted police by contacting members of the works depart Georgetown Hydro foreman George Harrington said about to Hills homes were without power One home in the Elizabeth Street area in Georgetown had no hydro for hours he said Poles were lorn down trees landed on diem it took us hours and hours but all those out of power were hooked up that night Harrington said Employees from hydro commissions in Brampton and supplemented the Georgetown staff to complete temporary repairs the fallen lines All LIMBS Four men from Ontario Hydro arrived with a truck equipped with a foot high atrial remove trees and branches leaning against the high tension line on Market Street In Georgetown among other Harrington said no damages to private property were caused by toppled hydro wires yet it will cost hydro about 1 to replace each of the three poles destroyed and to rent ore various new connections Bell Canada on the other hand got off relatively easy said Brampton public of lain manager Bill Barnes All of in Georgetown are buried explained Barnes He about dn wires down which I necessarily mean that telephones were in ope rational Everything was restored back to nor immediately adding that at the time or the Interview Monday no complaints about disruption of service had been received Barnes said only one telephone pole needed replacing Ha Hon Hills works superintendent Prank More tic said he was extremely surprised when the police phoned him at home Satruday afternoon Inform him of the tornado Morette who lives in the Prince Charles Drive Drive area said It was just raining up here He rounded up eight works department employees clear the debris from urban roads to allow traffic to pass through About large trees were moved out of the street loader he said This week the works department has been cutting into firewood the trees blown down by the tornado Morette said the wood will be available free from depots at James and Charles Streets and Morris Street near Chapel Street school The brush he explained will be used for land fill sites OH- DUTY Offduty policemen Joined others en shift for a manpower of attending the post tornado scene Over the weekend one officer was detailed to patrol the Main Street area for security purposes since some of the stores were only temporarily boarded up after windows were shattered John sold the forcewas very Impressed with the way the towns works department hydro commissions Bell Canda and Coble Systemson a day off did a fantastic job cleaning up Police also thank Hailon resident David Alexander who they say left his car donned a vest and for five hours directed traffic away from live hydro line at Edith and Park Streets Alexander volunteer service freed a police officer from that duty police say Ken lluikema Georgetown fire chief said no fires were caused by the freak twister Helton Cables Systems were unavailable press lime Maple trees dying of old age BARRICADES are up on Street near knocked askew Maui Street A tree was felled the garage tree up rooted all Town refuses bid after it arrives late Trees like people sometime die of old age Education officer for the Site bylaws ready opposition expected A sealed tender on the Georgetown Memorial Arena reconstruction project was returned unsealed to the contractor last week after it arrived five minutes past deadline Council refused to accept the tender supporting a precedent it set wo weeks ago upholding its tendering bylaw The late tender is the to come before council in three weeks The first brought by Coon Harry Levy was made on a tender for town work vehicles If you accept one tender lite then what Syke late Mayor Tom Hill asked council Coun El ported the have established a tendering bylaw and we could not It tender Coun Harry Levy concurred adding the previous late tender established a principle Site this that in the la Usee lenders people late George Mailhy said Possibly we should extend the to one clock then lei Hum be five mmules for the three areas of Ha I ton Hills have been tabled by planning board or further study The action was last after own planner distributed the copies to council members The three bylaws will in Lorporate changes m planning polity which allows the town tonlrol of such matters as tenting landscaping and similar municipality processing these bylaws sure there will be a opposition to them from developers Mr VindHti said Credit Valley Conservation Authority ICVCAl George Roberts temporarily si information officer said maple trees between 150 and years old arc dying throughout the area His advice is to transplant trees now to replace the old Irees which in falling saplings from the edge of the farm woodlols the protective boughs of existing i nous had If a vouna tree has already exposure sun shine it will more readily to transplanting in the open Roberts said Hi mentioned private nurseries as an alternative source of young trees and advises people to the ministry ol natural for information their between Mill after Saturday lornado Pictured above is Board continues to hold stick over head of developer program of seedlings to plant or more of land supplying Hills planning board refused to let go of the big stick it holds over the of Meadows At last Tuesday planning board meeting developer Ben asked the board lo reconsider its hold up of his proposed jmindment to Count go held Hill resigns cemetery post up grounds that up be ceded up Ttiev principle NEC cant buy land opposes unsevered lots proposid hud The not I land of the McMuilin was on a story in The two weeks ago in which it ported jm that Done Imu i 105 on tin on the Ninth his request for permit turned by thl rhi NFC is not of printing development permits in aid Severances ire ruled on by the Land Division Committee had for two ptrmiLs he no have with an offer to iy tn as was story NfrC is formed fair of the first to with my I didn I think thi the board Hums said hi mid be between mil WOO for the manuscript I lit hopes In earn enough moniy through tht sale i this book to maintain the of grounds iimirt micling lately publicity is killing mi told Ihe board hi had done everything to fulfil the subdivision Hi said work on tkaring up llicpark Mori on ltd con suiting redraftc grades had act approached by the Come to punch ST GEORGES CHURCH Anglican Rev B A STB Sunday Choral EuChorl IMMANUEl LUTHERAN CHURCH r Road Cora Rev Harold R Patter Sunday a Worth lp Service of tho Lutheran Hour GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE CHURCH Main St Pastor Pettr Ralph Sunday I S am Sunday School am Worship pm Evening Worship Everyone Wflkome Corn church HALT0N HILLS PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY Sunday a 11 am Morning Evening Service Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study nun Willi ims Hoard his first mteting Widnesday night to and budget In allendance wire bo ird members Ross Giles chairman a new position Violet Haines secretary treasurer and Alf Allen director Unable to attend were newcomers board directors Witcrs Una Wheeler Tht minute Una volunteered we appointed direclors said Mrs Haines adding that mwspaper only two responses Hut wt gave everyone the opportunity forward she lies slid how the Glen Willnms Cemetery Hoard has changed since its establish mini in Back then began Giles il used to be a I ig thing be the cemetery board policemen reeves big everybody who v somebody wanted to be on Times have changed he the cemetery board bis survived as a group interested volunteers special service the public I d hale to see it put inlo the Iliads of said Mrs IMIIKIVl timUNDS Anyone who wanls to come in and fix up a plot in a special my or people who nan tome to us she explained Basically the board is for maintenance of the grounds which runs up an annual bill of about I most it for grass cutting it meeting is he installation of a arm fence one side of tin properly ireclionof a nurblt Migrated with with CNH had resulted in the being on CNR property thus increasing the asking for lo be reconsidered Not see no to fulfilling the sulxh vision out iimmv Amendment would change the of a four acre triangular parcel of angle family homes I would also permit Hie lots Noy charged planning board that by delaying the amendment are taking awiy my best time to do I m being held up a unreasonably he said Hyde told lint the engineering depart would not finish examining consulting engineers report until this week Hyde suggested a micting on the slic where lll explained We arc wielding a big slick Hyde said Now is oily lime we tin wield it We should meet on the and come up with in ironclad agreement Hyde said If wi can 1 II be tickled pink to support the Booth who moted to rt commend to approve the in principle lhat might have an pur ing pi il rural to urban and Meadows winch would result in dealing with two different companies effectively removing At Friday mornings meeting at the site of the park at Mary and Henry Streets the members of the planning board present and the owns engineers that he was willing to renegotiate to bring park back the state It had been when it was traded to him Although said the park had no grass when he got it he was willing at his own ex seed it o conform to a report still to be prepared by town engineer Robert Austin Austin report which will slate final grades and elevations of the park still needs councils approval said I m going to comply of my own free will not because you re holding a big stick over me I ve done things to improve Ihe sub division at my own expense that are not in the subdivision agreement After meellng Ihe street the councillors and retired office to discuss the details of the parks condition draw winners Congratulations to July Lion Club lottery winners Don Gosling David McNally Ralph Tritcs all of Hills Charles Cibulka of Oak ville and Richard Smith of Toronto Area nurse heads for Texas because of hospital cutback local nursing by hospitals tiros has a pillion with i hospil il in Tex is applied to Canadian from coast to toast Mary Jane of Hut with government our tan lo hire titty really need more staff Bilkntint said rcprtsen California Texas and other hospitals visited George College which she attended to recruit new slaff Tin just crying for nurses she slid one third of her class landed jobs in States while only one out of who did ward work at Toronto Hospital was hired thin are m ployed DM In Ontario there were grads this year but ihoulHU Jobs she added If Toronto General was hiring was sure Ihty would haw chosen new staff from student nurses win trained ihirt she aid General llki her hospitals Is ltp on student Half the course is spent doing hospital work with seven or eight girls each tending four patients in one They bring in staff nurses because Ihcy knew we going to be there she s first choice would not hit been work at General because she said Us too large and personal Preferring employment at a smaller hospital near her hometown said she would rather work at Peel Memorial Hospital In or General shes bound for SI Hospital in Beaumont Texas Because this hospital is the sue she prefers and because some of her school friends are also hired there travelling hundreds of miles away from home to work won I be choice While attending and district high school she worked as a can and lhat time mode up her mind to become a I like working with people she said She said she prefers to work in surgical ward where she can watch the progress of a recovery It gives her a good feeling when a person is well enough to return a year experience said she might try to or get a Job In Canada IUCKY 1 was lucky to get a Job at all said When she in the nursing two years ago said number of nursing graduates was about equal he number of Jobs available At lhat lime she never expected the Imbalance in market facing her now All problems aside docs not regret her Mary daughter of Mr of 42 graduated as Nurse July Hall Toronto a Texas and Mrs Roy a Registered it Convocation She has In Beaumont

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