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H Fotwt Ealata Ltd EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS J H Newspaper of Halton Hills Since 1866 WEDNESDAY JUNE DOWNTOWN GEORG No need to roam lis right here at home All stops and service j you Triors are 1 good reasons shop Downtown Georgetown FREEPARKINGi Auditors sort out re s fiscal mess No surprises this time as books set straight WELCOME TO COSMOPOLITAN HALTON HILLS There were amusement rides soccer games dancing singing all kinds of fun at or St Anthony celebration held last weekend at Nerval Croatian Centre above of was orient at lea it a folk groups taking part In the activities which alio featured a parachute jump Saturday afternoon by members of the Parachute School fireworks and or course great food The Feast is celebrated by many ethnic people originating from souths en I Europe A few mites northwest Scots were congregating at the Georgetown Fairgrounds for the annual Highland Games another family thriller the traditional tossing of caber hammer throw highland dancing and a dog demon trail on More photo inside Herald photo by Chris About the Hills Unlike last year financial statements which eventually showed Halton region finishing the fiscal year with deficit this years auditor s report to the finance and administration committee offers no surprises Submitted by Wagner and Mac Adorn of Hills and Cheney Glenn and Gray don statements show hat the region spent for general administration transportation services roads and road repair health and social services as well as recreation and cultural services planning and development and other Hems Ratepayers In paid through regional axes Residents also another million through regional sewer and water rates the provincial government grants covered another million of the total and other sources of revenue Interest rotes on some accounts for Instance added just over million to regions total spending account In 1980 But the 1979 deficit caused largely by rising interest rates on borrowed money Inflation effects on road construe and decreased govern fund for the Manor senior res day care centres was left undiscovered until the lori I nib their report in July llnd it been revealed earlier Ihe amount might have been covered by the Incoming i960 budget rather than incurred as a deficit In the 190 the sanitary sewer account deficit rose lo over from the previous year 451 Although the total deficit at the end of 1960 could have amounted to 1 million a surplus in the region water services account trimmed the shortfall to 458 In a catch up budget presented to council April the and anticipated inflationary costs on for and reserves used to cover pari of Ihe 1978- operating budget were partially reple nished Hi lis Mayor Pete Pomcroy was joined by other committee members to praise auditing representatives Gordon Glenn and Graeme Goebelle or their efforts in preparing this year audit Regional treasurer Gerry who assumed his duties in April acknowledged that the auditors took on a considerable amount of the work preparing the 1980 financial statements because the treasury department had been left without a full time head since August i960 Among the reasons for the lateness in last year of the audit were and sluggish data processing as well as an over worked and understaffed treasury staff A number of solutions tn the problem have recently been offered by a management study conducted at the region and accepted by council Y amalgamates with larger Toronto group Watch Tower opens this week The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Canadian Branch opens it massive Watch Tower complex this week and members of the public are Invited to tour the facilities tomorrow Thursday between and Under construction on Highway opposite Georgetown Moore Park subdivision for the past three years the complex includes a printing plant which will prepare the Jehovah Witnesses periodicals the Watch Tower and Awakel for internal distribution Residents living near the complex will be receiving special invitations to tomorrow open house while the media area dignitaries will be touring the site today Hospitals annual The annual meeting of the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Association will be held in the hospital cafeteria at p June Honorable life members and numbers arc urged to attend Refreshments will be Unkind obstacles The physically handicapped also have he privilege of using the town sidewalks Del rex Boulevard resident J G Albert writes in a letter to municipal reps but homeowner should considerate of this fact Mr Albert suggested Monday that councillors Imagine themselves as handicap ped individuals strolling along the street during a summer evening suddenly and awkwardly dodging cars parked over the sidewalk or risking getting drenched by a nearby lawn sprinkler Although Mr Albert wonders aloud whether the own still has a bylaw regulating sidewalk obstructions a note from town staff assures that the matter has been presented to the town bylaw enforcement officer The livin is easy Well even town councillors like make the best of their summer evenings So starting in July they ve trimmed the number of times 11 meet over the next two months to discuss the town business Council and general committee meetings have been combined for sessions July Aug and 17 On July reps will sit down for a council planning board meeting while the next planning board session will be held Aug IB Few building starts Construction began on a total of three dwellings In Halton Hills during the first quarter of 1931 Statistics Canada has reported At the same time the federal fact finding agency said work was completed on 19 dwellings in the community During the some period last year there were starts and eight completions Statistics Canada said work was still under way on homes at the end of March Board wants teachers free will hire lunch supervisors The Board of tion has approved paid super vision for pupils during lunch hours at a cost of per school year Elementary schools will be able to hire personnel this September to supervise the children during lunch hours freeing teachers and pals for other duties Under the new guidelines set down by the Ontario Ministry of Education each child has the right to stay in school for lunch whether they live two mites or two blocks from the school Subsequently the number of children remaining In school during lunch hours has Increased substantially At board meeting Thurs day night various trustees endorsed the program saying the board no longer has a choice in implementing it The need is there they said and it won go away At an earlier meeting members of the Parents and Teachers Association from Glenview Public School sub mitted a report asking the board to look Into In their school over half the children remain for lunch Teachers were averaging 105 minutes per week supervising the children lime they felt could be better used In extra activities or their own lunch hours Teachers Ihey said need a break In their day in order that they can come back to their afternoon classes more refreshed There should be time for leochers lo super vise extracurricular activities during lunch hours since it the only chance most students get to participate In these activities Teachers and students alike would benefit from a paid supervision program the group argued The board agreed and pass the motion for the new program Along with the go- ahead though was encourage ment from ho board to the schools already operating some lunch program of their own It said that those who can manage with volunteers during lunch hours should continue to do so Instead of seeking help Funds Tor the program msy be difficult to find but most of the trustees felt It would be advisable to operate under a deficit budget for Ihc first year Trustee Bill Herd disagreed likening the proposal having a car but not being able to afford to buy gas It would be irresponsible he said to approve the program if the funds there Trustee Florence chairman of the committee that looked Into the matter said that they should perhaps work deficit budget for 1981 until the 1S33 budget Is approved The board failed to approve a motion calling for existing lunch facilities in many of the schools to be Improved At the moment about five out of nine schools In the Georgetown area have students eating on gym floors Miss Meares said It depends upon the communl ty Most parents don mind If their children sit on the floors she said The board mended hat students eat in the existing areas since the cost would be too great to build new lunch facilities Hungry thieves Two Georgetown eateries were broken Into last Wednesday Thieves broke Into the Georgetown Open Kitchen Restaurant stealing approximately in cash and cigarettes Entry to the Street diner was gained by wlndowin he front door Howie a Dining Lounge on Mill Street was also broken into that night with Si in cash being taken There appeared to be no indication of In a move designed to improve and increase programs the Georgetown will fully mate with the larger Toronto- based Central Ontario Lake shore in October BO per cent of he local p voted Thursday in favor of the decision mously endorsed by the b board of Well be able lo operate much better quality programs with the larger resources to draw from recent appointed executive diree tor John Wood old The Herald Monday Last year the local ion began operating with agree ment the proposed amalgamation for the first lime In a letter to Georgetown members board president Joanna Dobbins explained that the Georgetown office net assets will be invested for future major emergencies or capital development in the Georgetown area otherwise financing will be pooled with Although board of direc tars will now be in Toronto local citizens will form the Georgetown a advisory committee striking budgets for community operation operating programs and selecting executive remain In its Andrew a Church Mounlainvlew Road South location The boarder directors feels this is a very positive and exciting move Mrs Dobbins continues In her letter join together a dynamic organization in preparation for coping with the 80s and 90s Meanwhile the local association affiliation with the remains intact Mr and the George town international work in Lima Peru will continue Within Halton region only Milton and Georgetown are associated with the COLY operates while Burlington is linked with he larger ton association Oilier COLY associated Include Metro politan Toronto York region and Bolton Pickering Ajax and parts of Peel region Town okays 44 new homes for east Acton Town council has endorsed a planning board recommenda tion allowing Acton s p Investments Ltd to construct semidetached homes on that community Churchill Street North Although not all of the almost six acres or land propo sed for the development falls within the Acton urban boundary the company would begin building between he Bo vis subdivision and local curling arena on the west side of road While Civiero and other developers properties beyond or bordering the boundary await Ihc outcome of an urban area study town officials have declined to allow development along the community fringes unlil Acton sewage handling caps city is determined The remainder of the development proposed by Civiero Invest would Involve the north eastern section of Ihe proper During council a meeting Monday 18 conditions were attached to the agree ment drafted before build can go ahead with the project Among the items list were the usual requirement of developers to contribute land for parkland or cosh Instead help reconstruct the stretch of Churchill Road North between the develop ment and he north end of the subdivision and build a sidewalk between the proposed development and McDonald Boulevard Founders descendant 97 is our Citizen Barbara Elizabeth dyTost a lifelong resident of Ihc community her great grandfather founded will be honored this weekend as Georgetown Pioneer Clti of he Year Tor 1981 The eldest living of George Kennedy Mrs Tost Is also believed to be Georgetown oldest nativebom resident Although ill health will prevent her from accepting Ihe special Pioneer Days award created last year by The Herald her daughter Nan Wheeler is expected attend the p atlon on Main Street day to receive a commemo rative plaque on her mother behalf The Queen Street resident to the award second reel of what is now an annually presented award sponsored by The Herald Colonel John Barber descen dant of the community s Indus Ida I pioneer Barber brothers was the first reclpl cut last summer Barbara Kennedy was born Aug 1884 In her parents home on the present site of tin post office at Maple Avenue and Guelph Street Her parents were William Cyrus Kennedy and Frances Her grandfather John Kennedy was one of nine children of George Kennedy and his wife Elizabeth Dcdford She attended school in Georgetown at Chapel Street Public School then spent two years working as a clerk In her father grocery store W C Kennedy on Mill Street The store was located at the present location of the laundromat next to the McGibbon Hotel In addition to tending the her fa also spent a great deal of time travelling to the fall fairs each year with a horse learn and wagon selling candy and popcorn John Barber proud descendant of the pioneering Barber brothers who gave Georgetown Its Industrial heritage was community first Pioneer of the Year last June Seen here In unveiling the histories marker which stands out tide the paper mill above Glen Willi mi Col Barber still helps run the downtown travel and injur nee agency he cofounded Pioneer Citizen of the Year for 1M1 Barbara Tost great granddaughter of the community s winder George Kennedy Barbara Kennedy ed Albert Tost Sept Mr Tost was bom In Stewart town but moved to Georgetown upon his marriage He worked as machinist carpenter and millwright and was coowner or Kentner and Tost Lumber Company on the Credit River beforeseUingtheflrm which then became Georgetown Lumber Company Mr and Mrs Tost raised eleven children during their 33year marriage In the Queen Street home where she still resides today They had the house built them selves in the late 1020s after tearing down an older home on the property Seven of Mrs Tost children are still with her today having presented her with 13 grandchildren and is great grandchildren most of whom still reside In the Georgetown area A few grandchildren have moved to Alberta and some live in northern Ontario Another lifelong resident of Georgetown who is a likely candidate for the Pioneer Citizen honor is Mrs Tosl younger sister Frances Wilson who along with Mrs Wheeler provided The Herald with some back Year Barbara Toil right Is here enjoying a ground Information about me len yeara ago her friend the late In Harding left and her abler ion Wilson