Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 10, 1966, p. 3

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sots night out v sons rally for feast would designate county museum as agricultural ljw the traditional haggis was piped in at a banquet held 1 by camp caledonia no 214 sons of scotland friday jan 28rh piper marvin allen is flanked by william mcbairy georgetown who carriectthe haggis arid jimmy thompson of toronto who gave the address camp caledonia was formed in georgetown about two years ago they held their roast beef dinner with all the trimmings in acton legion hall j left are camp treasurer mrs jock calder chaplain joekcalder georgetown chief mrs tom hutchison geor getown rudolph spielvogel end recording secretary mrs vpiekogel acton over 1 35 attended the social function open house this spring lesidents see cedarvale an open house at cedarvale i school property will be plan- lied this spring cr bill smith suggested this jto council monday 1 now that we own the prop- i erty residents should have an i opportunity to see what we have purchased as pur centennial project he said a total of 100000 in insur ance was placed on the build ings and contents by council following the purchase from the united church the property includes a large building which was used as a school for girls a farmhouse and cottage and a large quantity of furnishings wants safety checks compulsory or cars ttere should be compulsory nitty checks for all carttwft more years of age halton george kerr said at the i opening of the 1966 session of i the ontario legislature j in the speech from the throne ijyeutenanmjoyeraor earl rowe ald that compulsory motor ve hide inspection points introduc- jm in 1965 would operate at 80 locations this year j mr kerr said said this increase lof eight check points was an nt idea there should be legislation to make safety becks of all vehicles more than wo years old compulsory he lid lift rowe said that the motor tide explosion in ontario in i past 20 years has quad rupled the number of cars i n i to a total of 2500000 iusy highway as a consequence of this plosive growth in road trans lation there has been a cor- mnding increase in traffic tdents he said the de ment of transport has de- loped a j vigorous program 1 at persuading the motor- tto improve his driving habits 1 attitudes f he said the compulsory checks 1 the endorsation of the high 1 driver instruction by the rents of education a nd rt were two parts of the mr kerr said much of the le- i to be introduced at the don which was opened tues- r would be of direct interest it halton ridng mhy colfefat hesajd community colleges j tion would be of interest halton as would legislation j with regional govern- t studies mr kerr said wage laws were important to halton which has a huge labour population said legislation to standardize ambulance services throughout ontario would be passed at the current session mr kerr said any jump the provincial sales tax from three to five per cent to cover the sharply increasing cost of edu would have to come from the budget committee mr kerr said the redistrib ution of electoral boundaries which was mentioned in the throne speech would also affect halton my riding will be split in two mr kerr said he said increased grants hospitals on a perbed basis will benefit halton hospitals skillings win bowling honours couples club mr and mrs a skilling were the top bowlers at a st andrew couples club monthly bowling night jan 22 attended by ten couples after bowling the couples met at the st andrews manse for a social hour mr and mrs w burt conducted devotions and mr and mrs skilling con ducted the business part of the meeting refreshments were served by the executive concrete gravel building sand road grave fill and top sou stone work tom haines gun williams tr 73302 the possibility of tile halton county museum being designa ted the provincial agricultural museum came closer to reality when it was revealed at hal ton county council last week utattheiontartosteim ftan uque preservers association bad consented to becoming part although a separate part of the halton county museum lester whiting pointed out that the minister of agriculture had stated that only by working in conjunction with the steam preservers association could halton county museum be dee- itfcd the provincial agricul tural museum the proposal calls for the purchase of the archie ser vice farm adjoining the kelso conservation area and abut ting hwy 401 the conserva tion authority at present has an option on the whole farm of 143 acres including buildings for 70000 the option expires in april the present agreement would see the museum board continue to operate the present county museum while the steam pres ervers would operate their own building which is planned to be b o si ac of-4he-ar- chie service farm the sixty acres would include parking fa cilities welcome service this week hi neighbour wel come service visited in the h mes of six new arrivals to georgetown mrs laura dit- trich is the visiting hostess we arehappy to welcome these newcomers and hope they will make many friends in our com munity mr and mrs j c marsh are living at 50 sargent road they moved here from toronto mr marsh is retired from the ko dak company and their children are all grown up mr and mrs a morrow came here from brandon manitoba and are living at 27 weber dr mr morrow is recently retired from the army and is now working for masson mo tors they have one son aged 15 mr and mrs a sineh are living at 45 main st apt 6 they have two children 6 and 7 years and came here from delhi india mr singh is a teacher at holy cross school mr r lincoln is a machinist with douglas aircraft he is living at 35 albert st apt 3 and came here from new tor onto mr and mrs a macdonatd moved to town from hillsburgh where mr macdonald was the postmaster he is retired now and they are living at 22 eliz abeth st there is one daughter at home and she works in brampton bank mr and mrs w hiuier have four children ranging in age from 6 to 11 years they arc living at 45 main st apt 8 they came here from barric mr hhlicr drives for boehmer readymix cement heat your home hn modem way vrtrh natural gas and smarts chinook automatic gat furnace cim illanf- burning dtpand- abla natural not with ihl olo- aatlc chinook ill ta bdanl haal fartabu winter twchmoofc ur mki moh by0h chinook r kaleindwi r h thompson hardware puimwng heating tt 72971 a uason group consisting of representatives of the conserva tion authority the museum board and the steam preserv era association would be es tablished the 6000 federal grant av ailable to provincial agricultu ral museums would be paid to the museum association for its sole use the designation pro vincial agricultural museum may only be applied to one mu seum in each province should the steam association build their own building they would receive all the revenue from that building in addition the revenue from the steam association show held annual ly in milton would be retained by the steam association mr- whjung alsoaantioaad the posslblity of a new county museum building to contain the whole museum complex in one area county council by adopting thr mlnutesof the museum board endorsed their action and backed their future efforts toward halton county museum being designated the provincial agricultural museum president proud of haltons record in fire prevention v we can feel proud of our countywide fire prevention ach ievements during 1965 re tiring president insp wes mil ler of oakville told members of the halton county fire preven tion bureau at their annual meeting held recently in mil ton unfortunately he noted it was hard to put down on paper the number of fires that were actuallyprevented because of the bureaus efforts we as members of five hal ton fire departments give vol untarily of our time in a coun tywide yearround united eff ort for the purpose af preven tion of fire the citizens o f this county can feel proud too for without such efforts fire losses could climb to a point where it could effect everyone through increased fire insur ance premiums he revealed inspector miller praised the firefighters who participated in the program during 1965 and expressed appreciation to the halton county council for financial support he noted the halton bureau won international acclaii its programs through a scrap- book of its activities compiled and entered in a competition with over 300 other canadian municipalities the 1065 entry was 144 pages in length and in cluded 50 photos and 200 press clippings on the bureaus work it was awarded a special rec ognition in the national fire protection associations comp etition besides the bureaus award member brigades in milton oakville and acton also ceived prizes in the ontario- wide section of the nfpa contest and the oakville brig ade won a prize in canadawide competition reviewing the past year mr miller noted over 1000 school childrens posters were entered in the bureaus annua fire poster con test cynthia lee of acton and daniel winslow o f oakville were named winners and were awarded trophies at a special banquet in their honor the previous years halton winner eva anisimowlcz o f oakville captured first prize in an allontario poster comp etition 15000 spring cleanup post ers were printed and distrib uted by the bureau plus 25000 newlydesigned restaurant place jnaisjearinjljdfedreenlion messages a blitz inspection program was carried out in acton and georgetown when teams ot lo cal firefighters annd insurance company representatives check ed stores and commercial buildings for fire hazards in september about 50 uni formed firefighters staged church parade to st pauls church in milton to draw atten tion to fire prevention week the christmas program in cluded distribution of 20000 christmas tree tags to tree sales lots throughout the county and the posting of a combination fire prevention poster and greeting card in churches and public buildings one of the highlights of expo exhibits will be a human cell magnified a million times for fast action multiple uct1k service consult a member of the brampton real estate board jaycees pay visit to northern electric the georgetown jaycee group had an interesting tour of the northers electric plant at bra- malea there were twenty members in the party conduct ed in two sections by mr hall and mr w wilson they were told that the com pany is expanding rapidly with buljding extensions already completed on the uueprints the manufacture of electrical switching equipment contrib utes an important part to the industry the use of crossbar switching equipment has made direct dialing possible elim inating connections by an oper ator in long distance telephon ing safety is stressed at the com pany and the jaycees saw a ehart which indicated an extr emely low accident rale tfiere is more than the eye sees in the assembling of tele phone wire cables different coloured wires are banded to gether to form the cable and selection is elaborately carried out on large surface boards finished cables are tested on machines covered with multiple bulbs which flash intermittent ly other departments in the plant produce metal compon ents and finishes for them the jaycees were shown a employees are served on a shift basis jaycee jottings the jaycees are holding a valentine dance at north hal ton golf club on feb 12 to which the public is invited by popular request the george the 4eorobtown herald thursday february 19 kadwell trio from kitchener will play tickets at 400 couple available from any jay cee member smhr a doctor in aulfnic waaloi terviewing a new patient if i find an operation necessary 7 he asked would you bar th 5 money to pay for itt list doc jreplied the patient it i didnt have the money would you find the operation neces sary wrth each dry cleaning order of 250b more this special offer good for one week only february 10 to 17 barragers cleaners i dyers conm j is main s b772279 only 18 days left to reduce your 1965 income tax registered retirement plans 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