Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 19, 1959, p. 7

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boost credit forks as site ontario provincial park troth hope that a provincial park miy yet be incited it the borks of the credit areji is inspired by current efforts of ihc credit valley conacrva lion authority with the co operation of bill davis mpp for eocl at its october imect ing at tht terra cotla head quarters the authority under took several pmitivc steps to wards this goal in accordance with a ruolu tion by the authority approv ing petition to the legisla lurefor a private bill to pre serve the area at the forks for the public use davidson and davidson solicitors submitted details 0 the steps necessary and a proposed resolution provid ppportunlty it wjs pointed out that even though the application might not be successful it would pro vide an opportunitj for author ily inerflbcrs and otjiers to place before tho legislature the vital necessity of immed late action to preserve the area subsequently last wednes da hon w m nickle mini ster of planning- and develop ment some of jus senior staff and members of the authority toured tht projects- of the wat ershid at a dinner meeting at terra cotta inn mr nickle y splcialh mentioned the area at iht porks of the credit with the need lo take effective measures to safeguard the beaut and natural resources of the valley and the caled n area particular notably the forks of credit belfountaln terra cotta area mr davis mpp and the fol lowing authority members par ticipiled in the tbur chairman a m greenawaj a e bran t w lassford w m curry a dunn r k harrison a maclarcn r k mcmillan a s mendell r r parker j w pawlcj c sinclair r speck a wheeler e m white elm er wright ted sutter that the minister of planning and development 1 keen about the credit porks park is no surprise to veteran conscrvat lonlsls the exhaustive credit valley report which mr nick les department published in 1038 contains a comprehensive chapter on the subject of the credit forks area in pact it reads this chap ter advocates the tmmed iatc- establishment of a 54 630 acre multiple use conservation area at the forks of he credit other aspects of the program are dwarfed bythe magnitude of this project h in ontarhr htartland approximately 1 181 people or about 38 percent ol the total population of ontario reside within a 49mlle radius of the forks of the credit rir about 8s per aent these people live in densely populated areas and aredes pcrately in need 6f convenient ly located and spaciously de signed regional parks in the open countryside no provincial park centrally located with jespect to the main axis o ontario s urban population as this re creation area would be aigon quin park has only 8 per cent of the provincial population within a 100 mile radius of the administrative centre of the park and hence this area too far distant for day trips from urban centres in southern ontario in addition it should be noted that pjrt of thus ptrk would front on a twomile stretch of highway 10 and would certainly be used by american tourists on their an nual trip to the ontario north land dry it costly much potential parkland is being purchased for private estates and as the report points out the greater the de lay in establishing a park the greater difficulties will be en countered while undeveloped or in partial agricultural use the land lr frequently used by picnickers and others tn search of outdoors recreation once converted to private estates the land becomes no tropes sing territory proponents of a provincial park at the forks see many advantages to urban dwellers throughout the whole of south ern ontario generally and to residents of peel in particular future generations would be assured of a vast natural play ground on their doorsteps complet with foresls and treaais opponent of the park ude s o m private property owners who feel a coney is land atmosphere and the pos slble loss of tnelr own property to the public demain offic tals say these fears are un founded that the park would be as well supervised as aleun quin park and that lifumc leases would be arrangcdwilh existing property owners halloween party for halfon manor residents by muriel thompson a erv enjoyable halloween parh that br ulht a lift to the heart of everyone present was held in the dining room of the manor on wednesday night nov 4th the party was held under the auspices ol the hobby class lrj s lock le and mrs s allen were in charge of the party and were assisted by mrs r p cooke the duunj room presented a festive appearance with its decorations of witches heads black cats and pumpkins about sixty residents attended tho partv the parade of those tn costume came early in the evening and prircs were award ed as follows first prizes were awarded to miss e hannant and mr g finnigan second prize miss harnett metcalfe and mr j begley third prize mrs m smythe and miss m thompson the game of musl cal parcel which followed the parade was won by mr george murray in a quiz game be tween the men and the women residents the women won hands over a flurry of excite- menfoccurred at this moment due to the entrance of mr stan allen the superintendent dressed in a costume that woujd hdre done justice to beau brummel himself a number of bingo games were played with prizes going to m s laura smith mrs maud smilh mrs m forbes mrs m shdw miss jean menzies mr w hughes and eddie dowdle the winners of the costume prizes and mr allen had their group pictures taken mr nor man viggers one of the resld ents entertained with a num ber played on the bones a delicious lunch of tea sand wiches ice cream and cake brought this very enjoyable party to a close much gratitude is due to mrs lockie mr and mrs allen for this vry warding iiuuowl en party a church service that was very suitable to remembrance day sunday was conducted sundiy nov 8 by rev e ors- born minister of knox presby tenan church milton having drawn the attention of his con gtcgation to the fact that many remembrance day services were being held throughout the length andbreadth of canada on this day mr osborn empha sized the fact that such ser vices serve not only to honour our war dead but also to draw attention to the causes of wars and to the best methods of pre venting them describing the atheistic philosophies that oau sed the two world wars mr orsborn said that we must spread the teachings of jesus in our present generation so that the next generation will not want to bring a third world war into existence mrs george newell came as the very cap able accompanist for the hymns in the absence of mrs lockie mrs gosling is new twp health nurse mrs shirley gosling is the new nurie now working in es quesing township with the north halton health unit mrs gosllne was graduate 1 from toronto western hospital and took her public health train ing at tho school of nursing university of toronto she is at prev nt residing in milton where her husband rom s ling is a teacher in milton high school mrs gosling took over tht worjt from the former nurse miss betty phelan who is now with the ontario society for crippled children miss 1hilan has just returned from new york where she has been taking further studies in the work of crippled chjldren merry menagerm by walt dftiwy holy cross ladies hold successful euchre and bake sale the ladles of holy cross church spon ored a successful bridge euchre and bake sale in holy cross sch ml last friday evening mrs fd peters had 10 6 and tho shirt atudt in gfeouine anthracite high score for bridge with miss mabel chave receiving the con solution prize mr r diuhfield ind mr rae st jean were high and low respectively for ihc men in the game of euchie with mrs peter drenlcrs and mrs lloyd boyd high and low for the ladles miss thcrese st jean won the lone hand prize the ladies ser ved a lunch to- conclude a plea sant evening mrs john pigna tell mrs george mundy and mrs walter magdyere the conveners of the affair thiv oiowotrrown hrald thursday novnbr 1 scotch bakery 4miuitrut en location only ladh- in this cooler waather treat yourself by ordering your baked goods from us quality ti tops as is the delicious taste of our bakery treat c loaf cake- pate nut loaf cake no sidelines strictiy baked goods we do not solicit door to door our en premises serve the whole oeorgetown arj cakes made to order for wodfjingi birthday parties etc w next to canadian loglon r phone tr 73481 civil defence groups join practice scheme two halton civil defence or ganizalions jo ned forces last week for a practice scheme to gii thi men training and ex penenee should the need ovet- arue they were the opp sponsorc i en 1 deft nee aujcili ar police and tht county spons red halttn cml defence orldni7ation the cou it organi7at on thr uh tht cooperation pf co- nrdinttor a cdr bruce mc grefor provided the head quarter radio and three port able ra 1 os while the o p p sp nsc rod groi p performed tht scheme tho commandee red the no 15 sidcroad bet vccn brookville and stewart town for he exercise sponsfr ed h the actt n and eorgc t un lr ups under sergeant anlcll of aclon field headquarters were set up at brookulle an- stewart t un and a third group oprr a ed at the spevside corner t each group men were given a sgnmtnts t corr and each n m investigated and made a full report back to the ser scant or corporal m charge ftigning a disaster the men were sent to investigate imag nary shootings motor vehicle accidents stolen cars suspici ous characters who turned out to be sab teurs and looters ere given instructions to re route traffic around fal len bridges and blocked roads ars owned by the particip ants were designated as tow trucks and ambulances to pro vide more scope to the project the highlight of the after noon came at the close of the project when a convoy of cars was sent from one nd of the sideroad to the other via radio communication the groups each ined to confuse their rivals by ordering amb ulances lo speed ahead and rerouting the convoy around confusing country roads sgl bob barber of george town 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