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ads that pay yew cm plan an ad in i muiim th herald je wear georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing the qea rwalew heram has trkt as printer and pubttshera slnca 1167 offering the beat ml fina printing and new i o out thursday evening march 17th 1966 500 par year singh copy price tan can spring almost sprung more discussions on union of churches a second meeting ot congreg auons of the anglican and unit ed churches was held on sunday evening when st johns host to members of st georges angucan and st andrews uni ted the meeting followed a siinl 1st one earlier this year at st georges after an evening service in which the junior and senior choirs and the three ministers participated a meeting held in the church hall ernest torgrave was chairman and tevian fleming rev kelvin johnston and rev john mcmul kin served as a panel to answer questions relevant to the pro posed union the church ladies served re freshments after an informative discussion further meetings art planned fur the future herts more evidence the saps running sheuey bond and jean cuhue watch the bucket slowly fill with sap from a tap- pod maple on the glen williams property of mr and mrs p macdonald more evidence supporting the rampant rumour that old man winter is losing his grip georgetown mum on ideas for government review juim i i i there will be no george been sent to mr plunkett and fc presented to thomas j lit is unlike any of the other ftnmntt during th two weeks three of bearing which wqi open in the qounty administration buu- ding on the base line near milton tuesday march moo fourteen communities with- 1b the counties of bahon and ilare scheduled to present briefs giving their proposals and views on the peelbalton local government review h neither georgetown nor esquesing township will voice opinions of local interest will be the brief to be presented by s b mclaughlin associates limited mr mclaughlin is the president of the metropolitan halton de velopment company which pur chased the georgetown holdings of the delrex developments co ltd earlier this year mr mclaughlin made his views on the future of halton and feel counties known as reception at cbinguacousy country club in february when he told officals representing dumdpalities in both counties be favours the counties remain ing an entity he said he fear ed their being swallowed by bordering metropllitan areas if acton town council has rec- ntw that halton count remain a basic unit without jot nlng peel as one unit of gov the acton brief took a swipe at oakvilles brief which recom mended a super city between hamilton and toronto with single municipal council the acton brief recommends that halton county government be disbanded to be replaced by a metro type government with reduced local councils the county metro would be compo sed of the mayors and town ship reeves of the seven muni dpalities involved with furth er representation based on pop- ministers choose fleming as cedarvale board rep fourth nominee to the cedar vale community centre board was recommended to council on monday by georgetown minist erial association they proposed rev ian fleming ststbeirtionp inee council has still not beard from the four service clubs which had been asked to sub mit one name as a board mem ber last week al brewer mrs a sutherland and chris walker were named by the y red cross and horticultural society councillors bui smith and wheldon emmerson have been chosen as council reps more revenue now add extra meter a loading zone on north main street will cease to exist when a parking meter is placed there soon the zone in front of bun ger cleaners was originally created to allow trucks to park while loading but there has been criticism in council about allowing this in one location and that the public is using this as a free parking area the afternoons town township reeves protest european tour county council votes 3000 council briefs council on monday endorsed sending a member of the police department to police college at aylraer for a six week training course which commences in ap ril other items of business inclu ded calling of tenders for supply ing clothing and boots for the police force closing of an unopened road allowance pennington cresc to accommodate building plans for a second rc separate school in east georgetown purchase of five london bri dges in a continuing program of adding to playground equip ment in the park and school playgrounds advice that donald m clark is taking court action against the town and armstrong broth ers construction as the result of an accident at the maple saf ety island red cross adds 2275 one night fund blitz mondays door to door hlitx by the georgetow red cross canvassers netted 2278 about tbjs a last years onenight canvass with industrial and commer cial receipts added to this total i can see the final figure being in the neighbourhood of 3500 campaign chairman john bell amy told the herald the delrex market centre btnch of tite imperial bank of commerce was the receiving pggnt for bhtx night funds and some staff worked until after 11 oclock accepting funds from area captains pq firm wont commit to future building plans a look at the weather high 43 48 i wed 10 tlrars ii fh 28 11 sat 34 13 sun 42 14 hon they did not stand a a third jj wtro precipitation 5 snow a fourth submission from a i weeks high 50 low 17 balton county municipality has alias f c scott public notice hydrant flushing will be cammed out in the fouowing alteas from march 14th to 18th thursday march 17 park district cleaveholma subdivison ann st ontario st john st victoria crete etc friday march 18 king st qoeen st durham st osrrander blvd union st murdock st albert st inis nonce is pwobshed lo alert citizens in the designated areas at hydrant flushing sometimes caus a dtaturbanca in their water supply town of georgetown dance proceeds to help adult retarded workshop an unfortunate part about the annual ides of march dance is that it has the blustery ides of march weather to contend with despite the elements a very good crowd attended the dance sponsored by the georgetown ladies auxiliary for the ment ally retarded in the riviera norval friday night johnny hood and bis orches tra supplied the dance music and the canadian suburbanalres of the georgetown chapter of barbershop singers harmonized on some of the oldies during a dance intermission there were prizes as well as entertainment doug beattie ted gorth and mrs sandra greig won pairs of hockey tick ets which were raffled and door prizes were won by dennis sheppard and bill clark bob kanerva president of the north halton association for the mentally retarded drew the winning tickets eleven spot prize were also given away during the evening net proceeds from the dance willl go toward a retarded ad ults workshop to be opened at hornby april 4 georgetown hungry for indu strial lcations for several years is in the unusual position of having an industry insisting on locating here and council dem urring on the terms a quebec firm wai ready to locate a month ago as a result of negotiations with last years industrial commission the land was included in a larger area on which council had negotiat ed with another ann and which subsequently was optioned by this firm council then discussed an alt ernativa location with the que bec firm monday a letter was received from a solicitor r the firm which said it feels there is a valid claim to the or iginal lots but would be satis fied to purchase lots 4454 in lieu of this but industrial chairman era hyde explained there is still a stumbling block the firm will give no commitment to erect other than 26 000 sq feet of warehouse on the ten acres it wishes to buy they suggested this would only be a start but are reluct ant to give any assurance about future building plans he said this letter infers we have a le gal responsibility to sell this land without any agreement but jve discussed this with the town solicitor and we have perfect right to insist on a cer tain land coverage he said tbeir employment was prac tically nil said mayor gibbons gives nod to heating pun the board of parks manage ment which administers the georgetown memorial arena tuesday night approved final plans to instal heat in the seat ing area arena manager donald gosl ing said approximately 30 can- edian general electric infra red 5 kilowatt heaters will be installed the board has been discuss- ing heat for some tune but the capacity of a transformer ont aide the arena has been a snag for threeman continental trip tuesday afternoon halton county council voted sixteen to twelve to foot the bill for three members possibly two county councillors and a department head to go to europe in sept ember at a total cost of 3000 iri presenting the motion de puty reeve frank rogers of burlington pointed out that the cost of ontario municipal association european tour had been included in the budget the amount allowed would be 750 per man plus an out of pocket allowance of 250 per man said the deputy reeve we spend a lot of money on conven uons and associations that occur every year said deputy reeve rogers while this one comes along only every 2 or 3 years i don t think the county will accept responsibility if welfare is needed one last stumbling block ti construction of an apartment for senior citizens planned by the kinsmen club was overcome monday an agreement was signed be tween town and township coun cils in which georgetown guar antees responsibility for resid ents other than those whose last previous residence address was esquesing this was necessary because although the land is owned by the town it is contained within esquesings boundaries the building site fronts hyde park drive across from park public school how many hunter queried reeve a night watchman i sup pose maybe two or three men said the mayor the proposal will be further discussed in committee by council benefit to the tune of 3000 commented deputy reeve allen day of oakviue we can waste enough money in canada and the united states without going to europe be added reeve hunter of georgetown agreed with deputy reeve day but suggested if anyone was go ing only their fare be paid and the member himself pay the rest both deputy reeves r parker of acton and w hoey of nass- tigaweya felt three men were too many and that the same information could be brought back by one man in reply deputy reeve rogers countered that one man couldn t possibly cover everything and suggested two councillors and perhaps the clerk adnunistrat or take part in the three and a half week tour of england den mark sweden norway and the netherlands who is going to decide who goes queried deputy reeve a led with esquesing reeve george les lie challenged deputy reeve rogers saying you were the first one to tear down the pro posed budget and insisted on trying to keep the null rate this is the best place i can think of to save three thousand doll- your road committee spend between 2000 and 3000 each year on the good roads conven tion retorted deputy rogers the motion finally passed with reeve w hunter reeve g leslie deputy reeve r par ker deputy reeve a day and deputy reeve w hoey oppos ing the measure georgetowns deputy reeve j young was away at the plunkett needs study hearing in bramp ton with miltons deputy reeve charles menefy just two north halton coun cillors wilfrid leslie deputy reeve of esquesing and will iam coulter reeve of nassaga- weya favoured the m would put police in james st prefab home social personal mr and mrs sid silver have returned from a vacation m florida which they spent at se bring and st petersburg en rbute home they stopped in montreal to visit with son arth ur his wife and new baby gra ndson a new idea for a police office location is in the planning stage on monday council called tenders for a prefab building which would be erected on town owned property at the corner of james st and churchill cresc across from memorial park doundl has abandoned its temporary location in the ced arvale farmhouse fearing this might endanger centennial gov ernment grantssreceived when the property was acquired the town cr wheldon emmerson who proposed the new plan for pol ice chairman jim young who was absent at mondays meeting to tougher competition has tenants for proposed new stores a new 2 store business block will soon be underway an north main street at james st sam mackenzie and sid sil ver who purchased- the old white rose service station pro perty and cleared the former building from the site earji this year intend to start build ing almost immediately monday they discussed with town council an exchange of huh which will straighten out a property line between the land and the adjoining munici pal building and were assured that council would cooperate it was explained that commit three larger transformers ments nave been made with will replace the present one be- tenants for occupancy there fore work on hanging the beat- will be parking tor ears in cluded in the banding plana schools proud of their silvertongued talkers fauey hbfant of howard wnyglesworth public school georgetown and pamela norton of glen williams public school were winner and runner up respectively in the inspectorate final of the ontario school trustees end ratepayers association public speaking contest final her friday ten school wens raprewrrteotsi thocontesj said it is hoped to get a tender for erection of the building in the 12500 range it would be planned only as a temporary location and the buil ding would be designed so it could eventually be sold as a residence its not a new idea explain ed mayor gibbons tollce dep artments in other localities are using bouses as headquarters and the local hydro has done the same thing in town for sub station cr fred harrison was a crit- ic and refused to vote for the tender call council has already had ex perience with an underground watercourse in the area he said and it could be costly to erect a building on the lot as an alternative he suggest- old sewage disposal plant property on main st s cr arthur speight said cost of servicing would be prohibit ive for this cr bill smith said it is his hope that the town will decide to build a complete new munic ipal building- which would in clude police and court facilit ies he proposes this at the corn er of maple ave and the high way in front of dominion seed house a 10 acre site there would be right in the centre of town have ample parking and serve the towns future needs he said it would be nice to keep our municipal building hereil is but we are fast outgrowing it and can never build an addit ion to serve future require ments he said i crs hyde and ballcnune concurred in the james st idea saying it would be a reasonable expenditure and a good locat ion reeve hunter expressed crit icism for asking for a 500 re port from a consulting firm de ciding on cedarvale and now this i opposed hiring the orm too said cr emmerson they recommended cedarvale as the best jnove but now we cant go there the james st location was also mentioned as a possibility said cr smith but they agreed with me that soil teste would have to b taken tint- said cr harrison