Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 13, 1966, p. 1

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mr ingles he nminded council that the e w bjlss fihn is continually check log that comer to correct the timing v reeve w hunter stated that he agreed with mr ingles and said i want people to know that this matter comes under the police committee not the roads so they dont call me oh il coun hyde stated that in his opinion there should be a few seconds advanced green so that vehicles going up the hill and turning left on water street would be able to get out of the way the matter will be considered further a vote short new warden couna7 debates legality iparks bd one mil grant a letter to council from don kling secretary of the board lif parks requesting the one mill grant they havebeen re- iceiving for some years sparked disc on the subject mayor j gibbons thought luere was no obligation on the bart of th town to grant one mill he stated that fa was gett log too high conn e harrison admitted tatone mill grant was authoru led by plebiscite but wondered if the people who voted on it had any idea how high a mill coun smith thought he had checked on this before and found that the grant had to be given but was willing to re- check coun hyde also felt the one mill grant was mandatory and suggested the board of parks scope should be enlarged per haps to cover the newly acquir ed cedarvale property plan storm sewer for subdivision erosion presenting a motion to e monday to have w h prepare plans and costs r ft storm sewer extension of feet from terry court to councillor fred ion explained to council r night that a large area i drained on to the property robert lane eroding the ta a depth of fifteen feet i an twenty feet wide t the outfauof the present rer he wenteii apart the erosion i sanitary r being uncovered cus- breakage and occasionally r sewage is befog spilled into i river this problem was created years ago he stated then one council added more water from sargent road area then another added water from edward st all councillors were of the opinion the situation should be rectified but were concerned about the high cost we know the problem is there commented councillor era hyde but it shouldn ttbe a burden on one yearsi it should be done in stages we would be rectifying something done years ago continued coun hyde if it is a six year old problem surely we can take half that long to fix it the motion to obtain plans and costs passed raiders place six on south end dream team jbx players from the geor- raiders and five from the milton merchants do- iminate the junior c central i southern allstar team released this week three players were selected simcoe blades and 2 leach from the pans mounties brantford chiefs and dundas merchants the game between ahrtar teams from southern i league will be played jetown memorial arena wednesday january 26 selected from the league lead ling raiders were defencemen iwayne riddall and rod press- iwood centre bill dwyer right winger mike cummins and left doug selby and paul appearing in the game for the second place milton u chants will be goalie frank imarchioii defenseman bill cur lie centres joe hore and craig and right winger roger mg picks from the fifth place sim eoeblades include defenseman jim mclnally right winger bob kowalsky and left winger doug macaulay the pans mounties will be represented by goalie john raycraft and defenseman john the brantford chiefs will ifiend centre eric pass and left northern sections of them2 w j j md dm i leame will be olaved l merchants will be represented i league will de played in defencemen uurie wuuaml and right winger pete aussem the team will be coached by georgetown raider bench neral gerry inghs the makeup of the northern allstar team had not been alized at press time the northern team will be drawn from new hamburg han over hespeler elmlra and orangeviue the georgetown team select ed their all stars by player ballot council makes appointments to boards and commissions a number of appointments civic boards were made at georgetown councils first bust t meeting last wednesday 1966 members of the board of parks management which ope- the municipal arena are i cratftree herb robinson jack godgeoiv fred mavealv gut fantux and councillors jim yontg and bill smith jmek licata was named to a term onthe cemetery 3ude kentner was appoint led for 3 years to the planning kbartf bob francis who retirad councillor tins year to an unexpired syear term 1 when ian cass resigned earnd and or era given to ed malison ed wiener and hem helfant downtown business changes hands georgetown reeve loses to acton rep on second ballot tb testing starts here next month all citizens of halton county will be eligible for the tuber culiq testing and xray survey nf the halton count culosis and health association scheduled to start february 1 plans for a thorough house to- house canvass of a 11 communi ties in the county have been prepared by the committee in charge of the survey which is appealing for the full cooperat ion of the public general chairman of the com mlttee is rev myles estabrooks pastor of turner chapel a m e church members are as follows vice chairman of districts a h gregg vice chairman of pub lic relations h g scaife vice chairman of train ng h c hardwick vice chairman of la bor g g heym vice chairman of professions rev g d watt vice chairman of allied agencies mrs r 0 rinearson medical advisor dr a f bull moh this is the first mass survey to be conducted by the associa uon in four years school pupils win he examined this month and a survey of employees of industries will be conducted in february hutch racks the cue after 18 years a familiar downtown businessman harold hutch hutchinson right has called opponent in this photo is john ferguson oneliard halt aiud mom st south his pool oppoent in this photo is john ferguson one of the new owners of the business wnich officially changed hands monday mr and mrs ferguson mr and mrs archie pollock and mr and mrs john haines are the new owners the transaction included the billiard hall the lunch counter which mrs hutch nson had operated since it was added f ve years ago a barbershop and an upstairs apartment the sale was handled by fobert real estate all of the new owners are georgetown res dents seek building plan dates before selling town land while the first and second readings of a by law authoriz ing the sale of town owned lots 66 and 67 to john and leslie simonyi were passed the third reading was deferred monday night at council meeting bt the request or coun e t hyde coun ern hyde backed up by the mayor and coun fred har nson wanted the third reading deferred until council could as certain the approximate start rag and finishing dates and sue of the new rolling specialties plant addition mayor joseph gibbons sug gested that plans should be submitted with any offer of purchase on the town owned industrial land so that the amount of land to be covered by buildings and probable as sessment could be learned coun hajiispn did not neces sarily demand plans but insist ed on a commitment of some sort stating the size and type of building if you let land go without knowing whats going on it you need your head read he remarked i dont want to put any stumbling block in the way of industry began coun hyde but i feel we have shown good faith by giving two readings to the by law and i don t thing it is unreasonable to as the size and completion date of any building he wonderedwhat commencement of construction means and suggested it could mean just a hole in the ground with no set completion date- coun deputy reeve j young warn ed that diplomacy should be shown this man who has been in business locally for some time and is now expanding coun harrison emphasized that be was not applying this suggestion to any one man but 40 any buyer of town owned land in this day and age we have to trust industry maintained coun roy ballentine i read this mans letter to industrial commission in which he stated his plans he reminded council that the land cant be resold except back to the town he also told council that mr simo nyi was presently in europe looking for help for his new plant nobody asked northern ele ctric what they planned to do when they bought land in brampton he commented t hyde and arthur speight for a year mr kentner and mr francis received similar terms on the committee of adjustment win noble was also appointed for a 3year term john bellimy was reappoint ed to the library board for 3- years reeve win hunter and alex blackwell wall represent the town on credit val oonse vatian authority for the year three-4ear- ajjpointmentsto coun steamer emmerson uasstnt sam jfrx was not produced atonal meet n think its time we went along with industry he concluded again coun hyde repeated he had no opposition to this deal or any other but simply felt council should enow whats going on the third reading was defer red and a letter will be sent to simonyi brothers asking ap proximate starting and com pie t ion dates plus sue and type of building in accordance with a request of coun harrison the same treatment was given to a by law authorizing the sale of townowned land to andrew hurray two readings were g ven but the third was deferred unt i council knows starling and mm pleting dates and type of con b traction cedarvale superintendent weds at pentiction bc a former georgetown resid ent jurs phyllis stobie was married recently in penticton bc mrs stobie was associated with the cedarvale school for girls here in town for some years and on its closing mov ed to toronto to work with the children aid society she was married to mr james a campbell of 761 winnipeg street penticton b x on de bar letter be produced but il cember 28th 1965 the mar riage wafperformed ray juither sche by the correction reporting on a meeting of the ontario secondaryschool teach ers federation in last week s herald the herad erred in na ming thetbree delegates to the assembly delegates f rom georgetown district high school were mich ael petcschak and paul lei president and secretary of dis- domtar firm acquires plastic package plant domtar limited has acquired plasticpackaging products ltd a pioneer in the extruding and thermoforming of plastic pack ages used for food products plastic packaging products now employs about 40 persons in its plant of 30 000 square feet inthe montreal suburb of st laurent a substantial port ion of its output is exported to the united states the plant will be operated by dmtar packaging limited one of the six operating com panles in the domtar organlza tion the acquisition of the st laurent plant means that dom tar has extended its base in plastic packaging from blow moulding and injection mould mg to thermoforming and ex trusion domtar packaging with plants in six provinces is canada s largest producer of corrugated containers and is a major sup plier of paper bags of all types folding cartons and fibre cajis reeve herb hinton of acton was electedwarden of halton county tuesday afternoon a year s tie breaking vote had to be cast there were three names plac ed in nomination reeve w j coulter of nasagaweya reeve when for the first time in msnyjh hinton of acton and reeve w hunter df georgetown the firstjound of voting re sulted in six votes for hinton three votes for coulter and five for hunter coulter was eliminated on the first vote georgetown s reeve w hun ter and acton s reeve h hinton 1 were tied with seven votes 1 ter the second round of 4 voting as a result reeve herb merry of oakvillc inaccordance the voting then proceeded to with the procedural byjuw which calls for the reeve of the municipality with the largest assessment to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie had to cast his- vote the vote went to reeve hinton of acton the voting for the warden ship is done in open council with each member standing for whom they are voting building permits totalled 816000 in town last year permits for a total of 816 245 00 worth of construction were issued in georgetown in latjeoe breakdown by months is as follows omce the second vote with the result ing 7 tie between reeve hun ter and reeve hinton judge alan b sprague who had earlier administered the oath of office to all councillors evvore in the new warden former warden herb merry presented the new warden h hinton with the warden s robe and chain of office saymg the troubles in the county are now yours warden hinton the owner of a 5c to a 1 store in acton is the 8th acton warden to serve since the first warden james young was elected in 1853 it has been eleven years since acton had a warden at which time j j stewart filled the january 44 818 february 13575 march nil april 97145 may 31115 june 255135 july 25 013 august 36 95t september 61535 october 165904 november 68 916 december 16139 figure this one it pays to remember that the faster you drive the sooner the ambulance will over take you everything comes to those who wait onthemsclves following the election of warden dr thomas duatan of grace anglican church muton gave the invocation halton county council con slats of warden h hinton of acton deputy reeve robert parker of acton reeve herb merry and deputy reeve alto day of oakville reeve gordon gallagher and deputy reeve frank rogers of burlington reeve george xeshe and- deputy reeve wilfrid leslie of eeques- tng reeve austen ledwith and deputy reeve charles menefy of milton and reeve w hunter and deputy reeve james young of georgetown promote carl schenk to owrc biology supervisor carl schenk 5 orchard btvd has been promoted to super visor of the biology branch pf the ontario water ressources commission a 1955 graduate of mcmastcr university and the ontario col lege of education he returned to his alma mater to teach at georgetown for one year a ear at richmond hill then joined the dept of land forests where he was district biologist at kenora and fish and wildlife supervisor of white river dis trict he joined the owrc in 1061 to work on problems associated with development of excessive growths of algae and aquatic vegetation coarse fish control and the elimination of other nuisance conditions in water his department also undertakes bio logical evaluations of pollution fish toxicity studies and studies pertaining to the tainting of fish flesh by certain types of industrial waste discharges order water tower goahead despite mayors objections i know i m a voice in the wilderness said mayor gibbons as he concluded a speech to council last wednesday rest firming his opposition to an overhead water tawer which received municipal board ap proval at the yearend the board had called a hearing after the mayor and a ratepayer ed peters had lodged protests against its erection powers tower as it had been named by the mayor after last year s water chairman don powers will be built on todd road despite his claim that things might be different this year with four new councillors the mayor found even less support the new water chairman art hur speight said council would be pound foolish if it delay ed the tower whentthe town is on theverge of a grestindust rial expansion 1 agree with the mayor that e do pot need it today laid but in two years it will tricvta and mrs john glynn i a nec and well save money in the long run by going ahesq now cr ern hyde said the mayor s contention that the town has been dangerously short of water at times is the very reason for the 500000 gallon storage ank the storage will avoid low water supply at peak periods and allow- a reserve supply to be accumulated for these he said but thhnsirt the end ho forecast our next move should be to look for a supply of in dustrtal water we could then use our present supply for household consumption it is not necessary that water be ab solutely pure for many indust rial uses rm more convinced than ever that the taxpayers consider this unnecessary and that we should look f6r a greater water supply before we start building a tower to hold it said the mayor the by law motion earned on an 81 vote while mayor gibbons argued that money should not have been spent on preliminary wotfcjtbr 9sundj the water tower and materials j should not havejeen orderett crs smith and harrison said a contract had been signed with horton steel and omb approval committed tha town to proceed a look at the weather january ma 1 saturoay 5 2 sunday 34 3 monday 3 4 tuesday 31 5 wedncsadjt 21 thursday 41 7 friday 21 8 saturday 14 39 29 20 27 20 22 21 12 7 7 i0msnday bam 17 snow fi maximum 55 minimum abcia f cscott

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