Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 1, 1979, p. 1

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Home Newspaper of Hills The big piper with bit first mora thin 13 homes ip Hilton Hills L Sympathy prompts action Brian People Trips to the are one of those necessary evils that many people postpone until they t avoid it any more talks about what a patient puts dentist through and how he uses to deal with patient problems Paget Scuba Trek There a whole differ perspective to be through looking at the surface of a body of water from underneath The Hal ton Scuba Trek is a club made up or scuba enthusiasts Pages Show The Ontario All can Show was held at the Georgetown Fairgrounds Siturday with horses from all over competing for a long list of prizes It takes i lot of work to prepare a horse for such a show and the photopnphs tell the story Paget Gemini name coach The Junior Georgetown Gemini have named their He is Tom Daley who las pin for the Georgetown Hinders for the past three seasons will be assisted by Chris Milne a former Gem and last year a Haider See Sports Week Going to Sweden While North Halton res have been busy giving home hospitality to overseas scouts a Canad boy was off to Sweden to attend a jamboree lliere Kevin El wood his trip and would tike to go back again Rome day Page Hospital helpers This year the Candyst at Georgetown and District Memorial tal celebrate their 15th anniversary JlFCfccC Mr staff writer The formation of jet another private group to sponsor the Imlgration of a family of I Chinese refugees bears witness tins week to the com continuing interest and concern for the plight of Vietnim Boat People A grant who himself adopted is Ins new home years ago is among the hers of Group Two a self titled fathering of area residents who pledged funds lost week at the home of Gerry and Louise Cunningham in Glen Williams Ik Soon Geh a Hong Kong native joined ten other con residents while mem of the Georgetown rescue committee a chapter of Opcr Lifeline explained the procedure for adopting a refugee family The members of Group Two cheered ns the count was made of available funds and the minimum sponsor AFTERNOON TROT Tummy Star shows off her paces In the fine harness class at the Ontario Ml Horse show which wan held Saturday afternoon at the Georgetown ilrgrounds The show Featured over 0 classes of competition and horseowners first in tills tllrrald photo by Taylor MOUSEY writer In its continuing efforts to attract new industry region is about to take inven of its labor force and available skills through one of the most ambitious surveys to be undertaken by any muni the region director of business development an last week Hill Marshall outlined plans for the survey at a press conference in last week where officials un veiled a questionnaire which will reach some Ha I Ion households Mr told reporters thai the provincial govern is ihast the scope of labor survey If the undertaking is successful though if it leist per cent of those polled respond other rcgioml munieipilities in be expected Using number ng code the survey isks res idents to list Iheir type of occupation place ind length of employment type of dwelling level occupation skills and age and sex Unemployed residents are isk to explain why they are not working what jobs they have held previously whether they have any horn skills The survey is part of a comprehensive Economic Staging which the rtfmn lively through its bus mess depirt hopes to attract mire industry and correspondingly more Attracting new business in vestmenls to will help to reduce the property tax burden for residents and will provide jobs closer to home reducing eommut in as well refloml chair mm Unfits explained Many and who are interested in localing here have asked us whit kind of labor profes sioml skills ire in tie same time we to the type of Settlement reached on teachers contract The board of Hon has reached a tentative settlement in tions ith the Element Teachers Association However the board said at a press conference Thursday morning that details of the settlement would not be made until the proposal has ratified by the teachers and the board In early The negotiations for the second year of a twoyear contract dealt only with he teachers wage scale Teach era received a six per cent salary Increase In the first ycarof benefits included contributions by the board of per cent towards and i dental plan The contract is in its first year features an increase of 818 per cent over the costs for tm year and if a salary increase of five per cent is assumed for the 137980 year the increase will be the teachers negotiating com mittee said he feels the settle ment is air He refused to speculate whether or not the teachers would ratify the pro posal saying that ho did not wish to influence the voting in Mr Iheeirher misunderstanding between the twin ind ii g committees winch result ed in eharfes thil teachers bo ird representatives had out on negotiations were based on a set of We were downstairs discus sing the offer and they wereupstairs lhad said it the table that I would lake the back to the committee for discussion and report back to he board but before we knew it the building the night It was a misunderstanding about what was said at the ing table industries will provide suilable jib opportunities people litre With differentcolored delected to Hal ton s four area municipalities lie surveys will be mailed selected pistol wilks through out the A test indicited it will take resi dents between five and 15 minutes to the tionnairc postage paid stamp ensures that there will be no cost to respondents Mr Marshall presented the survey as one of the most valuable tools the regit n will have in Its ongoing efforts to new industry effectively with neighboring Peel region MUST Since Toronto firms tend to visit Peel first as a jiosslble location for new inches of offices in their for out sites Mr Marshall id milted region averages new industries each year Further lo the west iveragcs only new manu facluring industries a year he said although that figure compares favorably with new assessment in the Guelph Kit Cambridge area In the interest of attracting investment further west then Peel Mr Marshall said Hal on hopes to offer land at prices a little bit more com as well as better living conditions than those found in Peel There no question that has better status In terms of living conditions Mr we been more selective we ve never been inter created In following Peels example of rapid growth I Continued on Page Private sponsors across the province hove thus far agreed to bring more than 1 IndoChinese refugees to Ontario federal immigration minister Ron Atkcy this week In his weekly report on refugee sponsorship Mr Atkcy said some private benefactors have joined in groups to finance the immigration of the socalled Boat People to the province Across Canada some sponsors hive signed papers to bring refugees to the notion At the same time the province of Ontario has pledged to match Assistance funds raised by he Canadian Red Cross in this province aware that the contribution could rise high as federal government program which could sec jO immigrate to Canada by the end of is to be fie i red up so that the Boat People ore irriving here at a rate of a month tripled from the government original limititions revived by historians ship requirement was already cleared Mr and Mrs Cunn Ingham also offered lodging for the famdy at no Initial cart in the basement apartment of their home Similarly clothing and food for the refugees appears read available through Group Two members Ihem selves Job offers arc invited IIAVh Group Two is confident of the support of the community a whole Laurent Thlbault another member commented One of the key things is to mike these people feel come They will need oil the help we can give them to overcome the language and cultural barriers Any other residents interest in contributing directly to the efforts of Group Two welcome Mr it or Operation Life line Georgetown represenln lives bo inside The Operation Lifeline chapter meanwhile is its efforts to round up sponsors donors for the refugees in the hopes of bring nig Vietnimcse families to Georgetown At press time several remain in the mimry ind tentative stages as immigration forms are filled out and other arrangements mide The number of refugee iponsored thus far by irea residents thus remains at five The congregations of four area churches for process Region to poll workers in ambitious Rejected twice by town council the Icil Society his taken the initiative in forming its own heritage idvisorj commit tec to take inventory of buildings and sites in Hills worthy of officio design as being historically or architecturally significant A meeting it the Glen Will home of Rev Society president last Wed iy saw members delcg ited to prcpire lists of possible sites throughout town liking inventory of note worthy buildings and places is considered the first step tow designating them by law is being significant to the com and thus protecting them igainst any Ward town councillor John ild Society member told The this week that those to certain September to notes ind eompile the inventory Thin although no schedule is been set the advisory shorter list of local sites which the Society considers worthy of the community UP TO COUNCIL The decision rests with town council as to the designation of i selected site Site approval by council leads to the prcpar ion of a formal bylaw to Inch neighboring given at a time period to All proposed designations 1 first be advertised in local so that concerned will be alerted There ire also provisions for on procedure once the designation is approved by council Council rejected proposals for the formation of similar advisory group twice during consecutive terms fearing the Imposition of new legislation to curb the rights of property owners Appeals by McDonald and Rev Ruggle filled to change council the difference Architecture Advisory Continued on Page of jointly raising sponsorship fund and recruiting help for one family Members of St John s United Knox Lime house and Glen Williams churches are reportedly eager to finalize their sponsorship Tic Incorrectly re ported last week that all Continued on Page three Local vacationer meets his idol Jim I of George town encountered an ted surprise ind a life fulfilling honor during his recent ay in England when he and his wife met Lord Mounlbaltcn a man Mr trance has admired since his youth Itwasthethnllofmyhfe Mr trance said about his meeting ind brief visit with the 79yeirold grandson of Queen Victoria My wife and I are over the The meeting took phec it the White Horse Hotel In southern where the raneeswere guests and during their holiday On the morning of July they Ic mned that Louis Earl Mount batten was to attend a Rotary Club luncheon In the hotel that Excited it the prospect of seeing a man he calls his Idol Mr b ranee decided to post pone a planned drive to Scot land and Lord The home newspap er explained in on article headlined Canadian Veteran Meets His Idol that Mr France sought the help of Its staff in arranging with the lord Calling himself a great and citing his six service in the Canadian Mr Prince exp ressed his desire to shake Lord ten hand FAOI1Y AGREED Lord Mount batten readily agreed to the meeting cording lo the Advert shook Hi Mr and Mrs ranee by the hand and chatted miking rcforenc to his own numerous visits to Toronto Lord Mom tbiltcn conversed with tin Frances for several minutes before inviting them to visit his home Special arrangements were made for the visit while the Earl attended lunch Mountbatlen began an military career as the young aidedecamp to Prince of Wales He was a Navy mt during World War a director of military raids upon Dieppe and Norway during World War Two As head of Allied Southeast Command during the late years of second war Lord Mount batten troops liberated Burma and in the years that followed the Earl served as Viceroy and Governor General lo India during a period which witnessed the creation of the stale of Pakistan WAITING FOR SUPPER English Scant leader Res Holland and three of hi attorn Impatiently for their upper to cook at a roait Saturday night The Hannah family of the Birth line entertained the and their English

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