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On national team Joanne spikes herself a spot See Sports CI ON GUARD FOR THEE national anthem to be sung Megan Malcolmson 7 was one of the many ac tive children who came to Ballinafad and Glen Williams to celebrate Canada Day For photos stones see pages Bi and A Students honor roll the HERALD Home Newspaper of Haiton Hills Established 866 WEDNESDAY JULY 1985 ABOUT THE HILLS Count Dracula sends to High school students involved in a product on of Count earlier this year are splitting their profits between two charities Teacher said the original plan was to donate the profits to African Relief through Ihc Red Cross After the recent tornadoes the students ore now sending to the tornado fund through radio station CHUM in Toronto and giving to Africa Courtesy Guelph Mercury Mill grant provides jobs Flour Milling of Aclon Is getting federal aid o expand its mi King operation erect a new building and purchase machinery The project is expected new Jobs the mill The company Is receiving a payable contribution from the government be applied to the estimated cost of this expansion Two companies also received grants for expansions creating a total of new MPPs office set The constituency office for Haiton Burling Don Knight is now located at 153 Main Sireel East in Milton Just east or the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce This is a new location for the MPPs office was previously located on Montgomery Lane The telephone number remains unchanged at I am very pleased to have the constituency office on he Main Street Wc now have a torefront operation which is both highly visible and accessible to constituent said Mr Knight Heather Smith constituency assistant Mr Knight said be done in the office and there is a backlog of orders for supplies because of the number of new members at Queens we do plan to have official office opening In he meantime its business as usual with ice hours lo p Monday to Friday Flags at half mast Out of respect for the passengers who died in last month Air India crash all federal buildings including the Georgetown post office put Canadian flag at half mast last Wednesday Breastfeeding skills La League meetings are available for women Interested In learning about breastfeeding The art of breastfeeding and overcoming difficulties will be treated Monday at 8 at Helton in For further information call or Tightfisted health care Moneys tight at Georgetown Memorial Hospital especially this year hospital board chairman Ken Langdon warned Thursday night Mr Langdon said the general health care constraints were even more critical than in past years at Georgetown Hospital We may ration reduce or cut some services already offered he said at the hospitals meeting Just one more week The Georgetown Memorial Hospitals annual report should be out in another week hospital administrator Fred Morris reassured guests at the annual meeting Thursday evening Apologizing for the delay Mr Morris said We just couldnt get he material to the printers fast enough Nevertheless the hospitals auditor verbal ly gave the news of a 000 deficit in the 1984 hospital budget Anne St arret or Starr and Starrett explained that its only a deficit on paper In fad the cosh dollar may not actually be short hat bul is for book purposes she said Financial arrangements that were requir during the building of Bennett Centre caused us to record it In this manner Mr Morris added Books for Grand Valley The place to lake all your unread boxed books and those you are bored with Is the Canada Employment Centre for Students at James St in Georgetown Student employment centres across Toronto are collecting books in cooperation wilh Yore Courier Services of Shcl bourne lo restore ihc Grand Valley Public Library Books have been dropped off at the Canada Employment Centre for Students singe last Friday and will be collected until this July The hours of the centre are to Wc are willing lo make special arrange ments lo pick books up if they can get them here said Jo Anne Lockart Ihe supervisor of the Canada Employ Centre for Students Plans are underway to set up a temporary library In Grand Valley said Ms Lock art Thcold library was better than Ihe one in and as far as I know here was nothing saved There is no library left The plan lo involve student employment centres belongs to Brampton Management Coordinalor and former Grand Valley resident Packer Itsufantasllcoppor lunity to help and wc would appreciate anyone wanting to help sort books or whatever said Ms See News A3 tmit BRAKES ALIGNMENT TIRES 87316056 Tenyear old drowns in Credit River Herald Staff The Credit look another life that of Jason Leonard who drowned Saturday cost Churchill Bridge off Highway 7 in Norval Jason wan swimming with two other boys nine and 10 who saw him sink under a regional police report sold Jason was only of Eric and Leonard of Willow Park in Burial services were performed by Waller of Norval United Church a friend of Jason ycsUrdoy Tuesday morning He was- buried at in It nasal 1 lhat moved a call of missing Soon after police Georgetown of the Hilts Fire Department and divers from the Peel regional police force were starching for the boy in the Credit River At m Ihc body of Jason Leonard was found by Peel divers in 15 fell of water near v here the boy had enter id wnlcr He was to Ihe George town Memorial Hospital where he was at 07 m Donald in is the for the case and has not released any motion about the circumstances of the death or whether an inquest will be held Into Ihe tragedy Jason seemed lo be an outgoing Utile boy He made friends very Everyone liked him said Rev Ridley He came here five years ago Our house Is the firs across the bridge from park He would jus drop by He was that kind of kid Al George Kennedy Public School where Jason just completed Grade 4 he was known as a nice well manner extremely polite boy said school Grace Harrison He was always with a bunch of kids He was a downright good kid Even the janitor at George Kennedy knew Jason said Mrs son When he learned of Jason death his reactl You n that big helpful blonde kid Mrs Harrison said The mother of a friend of Jasons said he was very polile and always wanting help people He came by every morning and brought flowers she said According to tuicher Valerie Hits year was a big one for Jason This year he was really blooming overall He was coming into his own Mrs Harrison said This Is one the last photos taken of Jason It was taken nigh I hr received an award from George Kenned Public School Tor designing their In card on the school computer Photo Train kills Acton man Herald Steve K Clarkson 25 of 120 Mill Si in Acton was struck and killed by a VIA Rati tram at 10 Monday nighl The death otturred on Sixth Line norlh of Limehouse Travelling cast bound the train was due to arrive in Georgetown 10 30 from London Ontario where it depart it m The tram hit a man who was Inter identified as Steven Identification was found in a car near the colli sum site Mr Clarkson was wearing a Jogging The train was a ihrce- rail dieset carrying passengers It was held up for two hours because of the collision said a VIA official After being painted Motile Cairns S let her sister Arlene decided It would be nice to do some painting or their own They walked over lo the Glen Williams town hall where outside the building children were offered the chance to paint for tree II was all pari of the Canada Day celebrations Monday sponsored by Gten Williams town hall board Herald photo Reconstruction for Maple Ave Maple Avenue is going to gel spruced up this summer for Regional councillors arc expected to accept the tender of Materials and Construe lion Limited today Wed for the recon of Maple Avenue from Street lo east of Mountain view Road The contract Includes sidewalk construction curbs and gutters and Premier presents Kay with lifetime membership storm sower li on Hoi mix asphalt will be put on the existing The road has been identified In the regions Road Needs Study as being deficient in si rue ral adequacy width drainage and fact thai it requires high maintenance Of three tenders received lhat from Materials was lowest has done satisfactory work for the region in the past The work is expected to be completed by Sept his fall The cost is being the town Apartment Development regional lax levy and a Mini of Transportation and Communications subsidy Herald Staff For Kay and her family kitchen con versatlons Inevitably turn to politics Afler marrying her husband Jock in Mrs Lawson became part of a political family An ardent Liberal supporter Mr Lawson soon converted his wife and shes been It ever since The yearold resident received a lifetime membership from the Liberal Parly of Ontario in a reception last Wednesday In Oak Mrs Lawson was pre with a special plaque by Liberal leader David Peterson who was signed in as Ontario s new premier the same Two others from ihc riding Lester Whiting the father of former MP and George town resident Hud Whit and Grace McKay received plaques A number of special guests showed up ihe a plate dinner which doubled as a Libe ral raiser lor the provincial Oakvillc riding Making the trip down from Georgetown and Acton were Bill Mandcr son Barb Louise and Peter lion Ross el Gord Dowe Casey and Jackie Bos and Mrs s daughter Carol Born in Cheltenham Mrs there until she was 17 years old when she and her parents moved to the Georgetown area Retiring arena manager remembers when Rink rats used to be paid each Herald Staff Though Don Gosling has probably been around Memorial Arena more than any hockey mom or dad he doesnt call himself a hockey fan The likeable arena manager for the Town of Hills celebrated his retirement last week with friends fellow workers and family joining together to mark Ihc occasion Mr Gosling has spent years managing duties a I lown hockey as well as supervising activities the Dick Licatn and four community An avid golfer and football fan Mr Gosling always enjoyed going to Memorial Arena to Don was a celebrity last week when party was held In hit honor to congratulate him years working to help manage our arena unit community centre watch the Georgetown Raiders on Friday nights He never expected he would be working there on a full lime basis watching hockey careers develop at all levels He remembers NHL referee Bryan Lewis as a high school student who used o organize his peers to help cut down the Ice scrapers It was a tedious job required before modern iceflooding equipment was Introduced In his earlier days In England Mr Gosling remtmbcrs seeing a lot of hockey played there so when he came to Canada in 1957 there was no adjust menl to our national sports pastime Don Gosling was born In a small town about IS miles south of Bristol In England His father was the station master on tho Great Western Railway A country boy at heart Mr Gosling won an award for the cleanest and best milker at age nine at a local agricultural show At age 16 he did an apprenticeship West land Aircraft as a general machinist During World War he was in the Home Guard As an equipment assistant after the war he was sent to Egypt Israel and Iraq with the Royal Air Force Although working in the aircraft industry for years it wasnt until 1957 when Mr Gosling emigrated to Canada that he actually got lo fly In an airplane Hack then it took IS hours for a flight from London lo Montreal Mr Gosling was lured to Canada wilh promises of work in Ma I ton on Canada a jet aircraft the Avro Arrow He moved to Georgetown shortly after arriving in Canada and for months he worked for the firm Ho calls Arrow one of ihe most famous Everyone thought highly of Ills job was In the final assembly putting the wings and tall unit of the aircraft In 1061 Bob Lane asked Mr Gosling to help out as arena manager Back ihcn It was just like running a business he said His duties included calling monthly board meetings of ho parks management committee making up Ihe payroll and paying the bills In the summer It was a mailer of looking after the swimming pool and supervising summer The or Iff Inn floor of Memorial Arena was dirt so in the be used for other activities he said Mr Gosling has seen some major improve ments and renovations in the Memorial arena In he arrived the manager the arena seals wooden supports and the floor were replaced The cedar posts had tapered to nothing from rolling and the floor was replaced by cement In a new ice plant was constructed and new pipes allowed for an Improved ice surface Before the iceresurfacing machine come along the arena staff and the rink rats would have to flood the Ice manually Mr Gosling remembers The rink rats were paid cents for cleaning ihe Ice and now the young helpers are paid minimum wage he said When ice was flooded manually It took people flood he rink and five people to scrape away the Ice The manual flooding worked well but it was a lot of work scraping away the accumulated layers unwanted Ice he said The highlight of his career as an arena manager tame in 1971 when Mr Gosling served as the president of the Ontario Arenas Association He travelled extensively wilh his duties meeting his peers and holding meetings and conventions Active In the community Mr Gosling was president of Ihc Georgetown Lions Club In and before that was president of the Georgetown Agricultural Society He is currently a member in good standing of the Chapter of the Freemasons In retirement Mr Gosling will enjoy his golfing photography and the company of a grandchild His wife Joyce and he could possibly travel lo within the next year or so but plans haven been finalized Meanwhile the former arena manager Is set pursue some close- up photography with his new mm camera lens given to him as a retirement present At his retirement dinner were dignitaries such as Mayor Miller Regional Chairman Pomcroy Ihe Chamber of Commerce and In lives of many sporting groups In lown In 1946 Mrs married and moved to a farm on the Fourth Line West near She taught school for years the last 10 at Spcyside Public School on Highway After retiring from teaching in 1974 Mrs Lawson was able spend more time dabbling In politics Ever since she marri husband Jack Kay became involved with the Liberal party Her husband was the area chairman of the North Liberals and she helped him In his duties Until the time of his death in 1982 Mr was thechairman for Ihe North Liberals Jack was active on the federal Liberal scene attending both the conventions where Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau were selected as leaders of Iheir party For her part Mrs has been the director of special for many years and In the last provincial elec tion she was the chair man for the North area for Grits Mrs Lawsons only daughter Carol is also heavily involved work Ing for Liberal party Carol is an executive member of the Haiton Liberal Riding Associa tion How docs Mrs Lawson explain her long time involvement When you gel into It It gels into your blood she said I just seemed to grow into It after 1 was married because Jack was Invol ved Mrs hopes to continue to work Tor Ihe Liberal party In Ihe yearstneome Ive met a lot of good friends along the way You feel as if youve accompli shed something she During past 39 years as a political observer Mrs says Ihc highlights for her have always been when the candidate she was supporting won The ones you win arc Ihe ones that stand she said She felt Ihc reccnl on page Al