Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 13, 1988, p. 7

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member Elaine Bertram up and reitoring betide an old tombstone In a gale has been coniimcted In the the Pauls Cemetery In chain link fence later this spring The committee will begin cleaning Heritage Wind whistles through the jack pines while dried leaves dance across the forgotten gravestones of St Paul Anglican Cemetery Though unattended graves behind the Hlllcrest Cemetery in have been left or many years to natures care a move has been made to clean up and restore the historical burial ground The local architectural conserve Hon advisory committee LA CAD plans to restore and possible designate the site as a historical pro perty Two committee members visited St Paul a Cemetery in August 1987 and found the plot nestled in a comer of to be overrun with weeds and brush and many tombstones have fallen or been pushed over Grass partially covers many of the tombstones while weeds are with many of the larger St Paul s Cemetery which is tied to St Paul Anglican Church in Nor val stopped being used in the 1920s although member Elaine Bertrand said the committee docs not know all of the details She hopes that through the restoration and delving into the history of the plot many questions will be answered chairman Monty Hyde said provincial legislation requires the burial grounds to be maintained by the municipality This particular cemetery had been in disuse since Ihe turn of the century and had fallen Into a state of dlsrepairdecadesago he said group cleans up lost burial site St Paul Anglican Church In Nor cannot be repaired has not been val tried to get Esqueslng council lo decided yet the chairman said One lake over the care of the cemetery route may be to build a cairn or wall since the church afford to enclosure hold the stones funditsupkeep Mrs would Ike to get Today Ihe committee is looking at he history behind the families a Joint obligation between buried the cemetery municipality church to look lwo beneath after the cemetery the weeds who hovt prominent wants restore the histories cemetery to some semblance of On n Irish man named Thomas what It was rather lhan Just clean It Thompson who died April 1866 at up Mr Hyde sold He estimates the involved with process of locating the tombstones to many European take a couple of years swing his sword in numerous In the spring a gate will be erected many against Napoleon In with a chain fence to allow access to Corunna Toulouse the cemetery which Mr Hyde St Sebastian and assumes began at the bottom of the Waterloo hill and worked its waj upwards Robert Watson who died May When the cemetery became full it contributed for years to the was no longer used Norval community Once the gate is in a work crew which was organized In from Maplehurst Correctional In- 19 on member committee Is ready to come in and clean nine members are from the up the mess community and two members are Then the tombstones are to be councillors located and a map drawn lo find LACAC advises and assists where the tombstones were original mun council on matters ly located relating to the conservation of LACAC knows of 30 tombstones buildings of historic or architectural and church records register value imatclyllOdeaths Anyone with information on the Although at this point the commit history rf to tin tee has no idea as to how many P Cemetery or with any tombstones they may find the knowledge of the cemetery can get church list gives them some idea with Elaine Bertrand at Mr Hyde said or Monty Hyde at or Restoration depends on what the by calling the committee finds Some tombstones may be covered ground and located a few Inches below the while others clearly cannot be salvaged Mr Hyde said What is done with the tombstones THE H Wednesday April 11 1M Page Spring fling Bishop Reding Parents Associa tion would like to remind everyone of their Spring Fling Dance being held April 30 at Holy Cross Church Hall Maple Avenue Georgetown Tickets arc each This include a midnight lunch and a chance to win a weekend escape for two Pro ceeds from this event ore for a scholarship fund For tickets con- tart Sent to hospital Two were sent to hospital follow ing a 5 accident April 3 on Trafalgar Road and the 10th Sideroad Jacqueline of Halton Hills and James Corbet of Hills wen sent to the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital A white Plymouth driven by a 43yearold Halton Hills woman was on the 10th and failed to stop for a stop sign at Trafalgar Rood The Plymouth was struck by a black Chevrolet driven by a 53- yearold Hills man The Plymouth then slid sideways into a house The Chevrolet which was northbound on Trafalgar Road struck the Plymouth then spun 270 degrees clockwise and collided with a grey Chevrolet driven by a 64yearold Erin man The grey Chevrolet was northbound on Trafalgar Road Open house Discover the difference at the Georgetown District Christian School on Trafalgar Road north of Maple Avenue There will be an open house April at the school from 1 3pm and In the evening 9 More money for hearings irks Council Regional councillors seemed to be in some about having to enhance the budget for the con hearings deciding on a new dump by another 3 million April The per cent increase means will now spend about S3 million on the hearings which arc scheduled to finish In September Burlington Mayor Bird was adamantly opposed to spending the money He chastized other councillors for approving the funds to be transfer red from other accounts Everybody else wants to pass over this item and not take a deep breath on It but I con swallow It said Mayor Bird Issues still to be discussed at the hearings include hydrology the ma issue throughout the process waste quantities design and opera traffic property values economics bird hazards planning biophysical considerations social impact and planning Councillor Keith Bird said all these issues were approved by the Region so we vc run up the cost ourselves Whenever more evidence Is in in opposition to the dump in Burlington Helton must pay con more money to defend Its Conservation nets million Thirty eight conservation authorities across Ontario will receive a total of 4 million in fun ding in 1988 Natural Resources Minister Vincent has an nounced The funding will be used by the conservation authorities to under take various water management conservation and recreation pro jects within their watersheds that up to million will be used to develop a new family or plastic materials to be used in injection moulding and other applications This will be carried out by Linamar Machine Ltd of Guelph in collaboration with the Ontario Research Foundation and Atomic Energy of Canada Finally a series of seven seminars examining the Toed sector social and economic role Ontario has been planned as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the On tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food The centennial Policy Series sponsored by economic and policy coordination branch will be held In and Toronto don know how we re going to get off this merry goround said Coun Bird Burlington Coun Joan Little said there is no choice Do we stop the hearings In mid stream I don like the dollar signs any more than anybody else but we re there What doyoudonexf she said Keith Bird also complained about the length of some issues under discussion He cited the extended evidence presented on bird hazards at the potential dump as one reason hearings are taking so long But Milton Mayor Gordon defended the Issue Bird hazards is an important Issue because it has to do with safely in aviation be said INOVA OPTICIANS Centre St Georgetown On a more businessoriented note Monte Kwinter Minister of In Trade and Technology recently announced that five in dustrial research projects will soon be under way as a result of in 3 million in grant assistance made available by the Premier Council Technology Fund These projects are part of the Pro vincial Government s plan to develop long term economic strategies and to provide advice about future economic and in 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