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TALKRADIO Paul WEDNESDAY APRIL Home Newspaper of Hills TWO PAGES The paper reaching mow than hornet In Hill AM JCQlrLINF LES FRANCAIS AVERAGE INCREASE FROM 12 TO 20 Taxes rise 75 per cent Hilton Hills has approved i per cent Us 1977 opcr Hint budget which will result In tax to lotil residents varying rum on average isstsscd duellings Hilled is a rel lively pat budget the in expenditure reflects ilmost a 200 increase in level roid project spending for this year budget of 497GB8I is an increase from the level of Town residents will be responsible Tor of the operating while the rem under will come from provincial gnnts sundry revenues The percent ije increase of rales in he four taxation ireas ire Georgetown Acton per cent or and Si ID respetlivcly r ivtrac assessed homes ine 15 13 per cent or Touti Hay King set the average assess menl rites as Georgetown 90 iriK ax costs in each of the four areas based on issessmcnl in Acton 178 Georgetown I 13 and tax tost will evcniuilli include the still to be confirmed region it the iverage 28 increase in education isic council tried to establish when they rev mud this ist ill was to try provide the same sen ice not to exceed eight percent and to stabilize he nit revenue for future Mr Kine said provides lor only one additional town staff member he already approved development control officer earlier had defeated a bid to remove the from the budget Annual salary is expected lo be about per year The increase In taxes for are not caused by increiscd costs but from Ihe reduced transi SENIORS CREDIT HAS A CATCH Council has approved a tax break for senior Ilut there a catch In order to quality a senior must be a resident of Hills for the past five years be the old age pension supplement and make application for the tax credit In addition all taxes In arrears must be paid prior lo any at of an application The tax credit applies only to tingle family dwellings used as a primary by seniors and Is allowable under provincial Residents Assistance Act grants relating to his area plus the that Esques remaining surplus of was against that ana mill rate in Mr King explained Special charges In urban areas and garbage collection indicate a significant percentage but these were offset by a surplus In 1976 he said Also affecting the increase are higher electrical utility Special area charges for and Georgetown will cost while lighting In some areas of Ing wilt cost Miller said the budget has been offset by a bout a surplus in This year a budgeted surplus of or is sought He said general government costs have risen only ind his finance committee worked recently for more than eight hours trimming from parks jnd recrcitlon budget which he was quick to point out is still higher level than last year and for renovations to the old Georgetown library which are redundant following recent approval of he Works committee did make from its budget he said Treasurer King said the increase in roads projects comes from a higher level of ministry of transportation and communications subsidies These subsidies which run about per cent of the project costs arc 710 up from 599 year Normally Mr King said municipalities budget up lo the limit set by the ministry subsidies The first teacher Raiders seek town support at new French school ground hlvlor of the for matiiin of a trench In lis institution and the individuals who have helped form It This week comments presented from and couple with a long lion with the association and In vol ved In formation of a trench lantuje school in Itoth have a warded Ihe Merit Franco- for their efforts With Herald We opened Sept fill IJfiO with 31 students J lequelint Prime first icher of tin renin Cross School Getrielown told The recent interview I was ehuted mlo the could ik trench thought it w is hopeless hive classes in but by were iking French on the streets fly Ihe end of first there wen JJ students in Grades 1 to five line left in in French she s now opening her fourth there were J students in Kinder to Or de But h it was difficult pernd of transitu she Those w re pulled out of English el she said Imagine Gride or five students tike of their in We hid I start al lie For the first three or our weeks v is in the Holy Cros foyer a very fortahle well eel port she said Textbooks written in French the sehool hid overcome w is getting students to the sc Till whole credit goes to Miss St Jem line siid Shi organized Iran for school il most a fleet before I bus was In the left Ihe school to open another mi it bee line r five room leldillon is I in It at the rear of Holy Cross school II current en is Iherc ire ind i The has been st die 120 for past five veirs Id Ihe Herald in in interview in is ltd January It wis a matter of id ipting to i difficult situ lion she slid bit the hi III shircd recess wiih Ihe others in the seelion she took her in si iff and a good developed between Tom Filz Simmons I then of Holy Cross School and my self Students it were immersed in trench except of fir sludy which began in ride J and ind silence which by 196J was taught in French She the French part of the sehix I was at with any French ind Ihe at pir with my English Vie give them Iheir own verbal I igi culture Jacqueline After when the students id to enter the English stream it Holy Cross or at Georgetown district school they only ike Grade and It exams in F rench language but did not lu study it like their Anglophone eJassmates It was good in their years to speak F rench and thai group seemed to appreciate both pirenls must le Frineo pin I few of the students ire from Anglophone families bill they must in siid enlry is not recom mended past Grade parents now realize benefit if their children ikine two and thi sell yets miny inquiries from parents Norm in said They their children finish I renin they won I le lliy ire the sum mil English conversation it Grade read ing Grade J ind by the of i the pupils covered the s m Hen is F schools the sehKil is administer by tin hive religious studies which there is no lion she we don ike them inge their I indulge Ho mm we try hive is my other eulluril in Frinih lenh them For the first seven or years it rapidly is kept on thriving After a period ending about two yeirs igo the is some more he said Now there are about 150 les with 500 persons The objectives of the issoci ire cultural in order Itoger said the sehool got erwiv the issociatlon formed i F rimh parish at on in Georgetown in June I960 A few yeirs later a community hill wis built behind the church When the first formed there wis only one oiler form 1 1 organization r in ire i it million sud Hilt informed Soci il ailivll is lorn roisls skiih Georgetown llnders fued the of hockey scison when minicmtnt before town council Hilton Hills dihyed i dcusion on whether it will provide a j00 guarantee to stagi Cup plonships of A supcrm ley in imd i is reiuiredbv hi madian Amateur to provide ex to the visiting earn from Canada und tu pay the expenses i the series Tin it is used on ginrinlie per game in the best if five pi scries which if Haiders win Ihe astern up final in New Ihis wiekend will In in J If tht in three or four towns potential share of any illow the cam to be In a position stile how any potential profits may be used Under pist president Dave Kmlnir told council he had eight businessmen si cured in Hi said he hoped gtr the Ihe Ihin rides pun Ik Bob brought the mcmlM rs in Ihe i irly years hi s when the wis ibout two old ll eintiet with Fcekntion It Club il mainly in souihtcnIrilOnlno but issoc ad led nulled of course istdionlicl hi Fr topi onis in pronnii illy it It sud Tin ml but does not i funds ivnlihle In guirantti the serus He that its unlikely loss would result bill if ire poor dllrllif the tht guurnnlors could stand is much as 1 tic Haulers propositi a me po nl plin In n for council Ihe urn over lo ill iniorm s iniluding profits from Us booster club lo hi own igrei Ink own all funds jin Adding that any town would be imploycd following priv guarantees Mr Kentncr said this money from the tow il would be used to meet any potentlcl loss situation Mr Hooper said Kitchener pttwee team recently receiver for I an American and last the Eastern inndian Championship was givtn a grant Mayor Tom Hill however ihil council would In with lax monev ind if wt lost going In somebody on our Tit illerson who without to dechn i conflict on the if of AHA mil Ontario Hockey Ward I Peter Marks prefacing his comments saying he does not wanl his remarks lo reflect that he doesn support Ihe suggestion called for a tabling motion lo the reaction of the people He said it would be better spend money at the minor sports level particularly since some hardworking minor sports executive groups almost folded year In Aclon because of increased approved by council A proposal by Walter that council could ly delay Ihe installation of lighting il a new soccer pitch being constructed this year at a cost of about was not on temporary He said he believes soccer groups mighl be en helping In Mr Hooper explained lhal the withdrawal of a team in a previous scries had hurl the local club since only one game had been played The attendance for Ihe gome was a capacity The most learn could expect to make might be 4 per game Coun said prepared to support guarantee on Ihe basis of the team using only local players and Ihe support local council has given the minor hockey system building a winning team for the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce President George Gray said his group is adamant promoting the name of Georgetown and Hills far and wide and believes that any loss that accrues will not be that great Both Mr Hooper and Mr Kenlner said the delay will not affect the play of the team during its next series in New Brunswick Any individual wishing to support the team can do so by calling Mr Hooper at or Mr Kentner at layoff Mr in Vn very set the it is sut I ito I imi up with Ihi idi i mvolvt is is intt raclion of Ihe by the mtopliints I pro nils d for hosting tin 11 irdy up suits In commit any funds held by Ihe club following I In of liter to nuntil is told the money would mired in the form of i but Ihi for Hills would look i lillh if we I host hi n I tvin if it does run flu risk of hard sukir iluil is proudly supper I for many and has in hockey Ihe in nun mulit trying to rpndt in their culture mil Impute try to mike hem aw they ire lucky I she said We don downpl ly one for other We encourage I ind don discourige lo for in an ire i like Georgetown It is an Fnglish itmosphere is been prm cole for two She her in Sudbury I luhbt il French schools in Mississiugi and Toronto hi fore principal hen French of Gtoreitowii w is started in by Miss Theresa St Jem Id who both inv issed door to door Ho gerlnmeiu president for years told The in a were families must hi lb very F rt neh I imily visit the tarn iv it Holy Cross School in February least once and many or tht Anglo phones for the first time list I facilities for F rancophone teiniLtrsin summer J now there Ins Strike possible at plant United Auto Workers union employees at the Georgetown Smith and Stone I Id will be laid for a one week period effective immediately A spokesman for the union s mi I results from a slow elee wiring devices ind 14 employees will lie pi iced on indefinite effective April most rettnl layoff lows layoff two weeks ago of tight Thi which had i lot of workers end of in nc il wiring devices such as switches ind plugs DRAW HERE MAY 26 Hills visl i six week r pr gram for iges to II During tht other minlhs thi ivi hotkey mil in he idults left nit of linger pointed On the rosier of my if Ihe ore ns in own French names in id The point kigl J suit is we wen ited Our f imili wire not here so we 11111 of 1 big irmly jusl mi if ml lure irntd 1 l I from At ins lluy parliupaled in tvtry Ihinj She pirns in a Insii ry of Ihe French in urea Both if them ire tularin born would not move lo if lint Continued on Iage 1 I inn willun three I itk W like resident of Hi Unite I Sleel Workers local re pi stilling the tmpl si ildi 1 tic m J in r of strike contract Wlienlht company proposils were brought lo Ihe membership at nieelmg they wert turned down ind strike volt A issui in negotla lions Is cos livuie lys ed with he old contract ind il is ml to nnew it The inding tint It ben if Hit Iht some il s in wigi Iso siek changes 1 ye glasses and ird re the Ministry of I ibor should arrive ipproxim I Ik nuelinf with 1111 A legil slnke tin be in l d after rtporl filhd Ihi with sti is 111 ringed from I In Jit tin hour lion of the 111 lot draw will be heIdol the Genrgi town Memorial May fi II 11 commit lee Monday by costs fir the presentation Mike the would about to provide sealing by in and other minor Thr decision on he pre of the lottery for the past two months has In draw from lo mark the re oprntne ol following Ions paid In pari li II Hills Is first iboul iJOOiitarlncummuii llirs In open jrrn early in I37G by I ibor Jubilant Raiders following defeat of Val DOr Town rejects board offer to purchase Chapel school Hills his rejected offer by the Hilton board of education for purchase of Chapel school rejeeled the offer despite the please of Council lurs Hoy Booth Wnltcr lhal the action is fool luuii 1 hi suggested that the building and about two ires of would be for the town even if the building is demolished board education origin illy offered the school last summer to the town but nofundswercnvallnblc proposed pure hi price of 125 An extension allow nig for closing sale on June was approved last fall by the board Council his recommended to he Ixnnl it It consider a of property behind SI John s United Church the elders Hie pro perty hid originally been turn over lo the town by the church membership prior lo the creation of district and county boards of education Mayor Tom Hill commented that council had given the church assurances that If the low purchased Ihe school pro perty a return of properly would take plice Councillors Booth and Marilyn Scrjennlson opposed Hie move