Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 23, 1966, p. 1

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what i will bate to until thursday said an angry ratepayer as he clan ked a garbage can on the floor of the council chamber lion- day cpcil davidson 10 albert st was soon soothed by the mayor who said it had already been decided to have twice weekly collection as in former years the three month summer schedule will cost taxpayers an extra 200 to 340 a week as an extra packer and help will be needed pickups will be made on mondays tuesdays thursdays and fridays and collection days are indicated in an advertisement elsewhere in this issue of the herald merchant sol sherman dies suddenly in city sol sherman proprietor oi jackson s bargain centra 01 main street north died sud denly t the branson hospital toronto on monday br sherman a business man here for eight years took suddenly ill while attending a wedding in the dty on sunday first associated with his uncle the late sol sherman in the store he later operated the business himself four years ago be purchased a building once bousing a restaurant from the date estate and nude ma jor improvements adding second door for merchandise display mr sherman lived in the dty at 21 almore avenue he leaves his wife fjka children sam and sharon and a broth er abraham funeral service was held on tuesday at the park memorial chapel and in terment was in bathurst lawn cemetery protest double charge for museum admission many people are objecting to a double charge they have to pay if they want to visit the county museum halton region conservation authority was told this week william coulter reeve of nas sagaweya twp asked the auth ority to give a grant of 500 to the museum so it could stop its 25c admission charge the halton museum in kelso conservation area and anyone entering the park is required to pay a 75c admission charge the authority agreed to eon- aider the request governorgeneral vanier oovbtnor general georges p vanier and madame vomer approach the saluting base on the brampton fair grounds sunday at the start of the lome scots trooping of the color ceremony georgetownbased c coy acted as the governor generals escort during the ceremony mrs jessie lavr dies struck down by motor car mrs jessie lawr 00 was struck and killed by a car at 10 pjn monday night on coun ty road no 11 in belfountain mrs lawr was out for an evening stroll when the acci dent happened she was the aunt of shel lawr 27 ewing sl and archie lawr balhna fad and sister in law of mrs matt lawr 52 main st s the ear driven by susan parker 20 lynch ed- bramp ton a nurse at peel memorial hospital went out of control after the accident crashing in to the wall of a nearby house mrs lawr was thrown from the roadway to the lawn of a bouse occupied by mr and mrs tom galloway people rushed from their homes to give the injured wo man first aid but she was dead before the ambulance which arrived within ten mm ales could get her to orange- ville hospital the car driver and two other occupants aurora aquino and consulabon taduram both of 20 lynch rd technicians at peel memorial hospital were taken to hospital with minor injuries and later released mrs lawr well known in the area had farmed with her hus band archie in belfountain where she lived all her life she leaves sons bill n oak ville and douglas in london ontario maple highway apts gets planning board nod a proposed apartment on the maple ave highway cor ncr has been approved by georgetown planning board the board informed council monday that it favours the building which would be con structed by odonco construc tion the letter was filed without comment by councillors credit to canada vanier praises reg esquesing got free bridge mayor wants equal favour a proposed overhead rail way bridge on mountainview road quashed in a council vote recently is back in the picture again mayor gibbons told council monday that be has found the bridge at glen williams was paid 80 by the highways de partment and 20 by the county and there was no cost to esquesing township at all tm after a similar deal he said the mayor said he had con tacted the county and that i cost of 108000 would do the job in place of the estimated 3155 000 cr harrison said that reeve hunter has also been in touch with the county you dldn t seem interested in bridge so we went ahead as ratepayers he told the ma yor the reeve has spent a lot of time on this if we can save ratepayers two or three hundred thousand dollars i don t care who gets the credit said the mayor cr hyde said he appreciates the efforts of both men reeve hunter said the prob lem is more involved than the mayor indicates there is more traffic over this bndge than the glen he said and it would be more costly water safety program draws only 21 children only 21 school children came out to learn more about wateij safety and life saving at the red cross water safety film show in the legion auditorium on saturday june 11 where were the others mr art stamp and mr bus ter hale of the legion gave their time freely to show the films the jimmy cricket car toon tm no fool in water was especially enjoyed again by the children georgetown commu n i y pool supervisor robert godley and his staff demon strated reaching assists and different methods of artificial respiration crown attorney wants seatbelts in all cars halton crown attorney peter k mcwhilams said last week that it is high time seat belts were installed in all ears i find it starting in 1966 that a car of ajry make is not equip ped with safety belts he told a coroners jury in burlington the halton crown attorney said that of the 28 people who died last year in motor vehicle accidents in the county 20 were thrown from automobiles he said the remaining eight were in accidents in which the car struck a train or a bridge and probably would have died with or without seat belts mr mcwuliams stated that he has ivan keeping traffic sta tistics in halton for the last five years g there are too many deaths on the highways he said not ing that there were 40 road deaths in halton in 1965 com pared with 28 in 1034 there have been 11 so far this year this is a very serious mat ter ho said he said that the majority of the people who died in halton last year were thrown out of a car and could have lived i they were kept in their cars by a seat belt census had good reception expect finish this week need 3000 booster pump for silvercreek water with deputy reeve jim young and mayor gibbons op posing the plan council okay ed a 3 000 water booster pump to service out of town consumers in the silvercreek district on monday water chairman arthur speight explained that it is possible the booster will not be needed but he wanted thority to have it installed should pressure be too low on the line with the new water tower in operation deputy reeve young said the council has a responslbili ty to township consumers but an even greater one to town taxpayers he would okay the pump if water rates were boosted from their present triple rates he said cr ert hyde argued that in future georgetown might wan to use the silvercreek line o bring water from a potential out of town source if it were closed he said the town would lose its easement rights that s a selfish reason for the pump but a good one he said mr speight said there is a water source on quarry pro perty owned by joe prucyk which could be a future source for the town and said it could be difficult to deal with pro perty owners if the town cut their water supply now for a matter of 3000 he pointed out that 14 scr vices in the township pay 1512 yearly in water bills which would pay for the boo- hell drivers show draws 2500 nets 500 for kin drivers leaving georgetown park friday night handled their vehicles with a degree of extra caution visions of what can happen when cars collide still fresh in then- minds for two hours the sound of collapsing metal the crunch of car bodies and the roar of racing engines occupied the attention of 2500 spectators whoo flocked to the park to watch an exhibition of thrill driving by the imperial hell drivers the show was brought to town by the georgetown kinsmen who stand to profit by about 500 when their nights take is tabulated trevor hoores headed a com mittee in charge of the pro ject ken milne handled pub licity harry levy was treas urer and jackie kent ne kin- ette representative committee was in charge of concessions bleachers were arranged on both sides of the track oppos ite the grandstand and the daredevil drivers did their stunt piloting surrounded by onlookers georgetown scouts helped control parking and the geor getown volunteer ambulance service stood by two unscheduled mishaps ad ded to the thrillspill depart ment a late model valiant was rolled on is roof when the driver took a ramp at too high a speed a flying colli sion also became more specta cular than it was supposed to be when the car almost over shot its target and landed heavily on its roof in both cases the driver escaped un injured the georgetown show was just the third this season for the imperial helldrivers they staged two shows in quebec but another show and practi ces since then were rained out a kinsmen spokesman said its likely theyll return next year ster pump in two years supporting the pump cr fred harrison stressed that al though be is a resident in that district be does not book into the town line asking if the expenditure is in the budget mayor gibbons was told that it had been in eluded in the capital cost of the new water tower tm not too concerned about getting into trouble if we bad to stop the line said the mayor the residents would understand there s no -gree- ment that we are duty bound to supply water and we could spend 3000 to better advan tage this reminds me of the western cattle barons who drew a fence around a water supply remarked cr emmnrson there are people in the town ship who are paying business taxes in town and we must remember they have put their own lines to their houses at considerable expense the motion passed with gib bons and young in opposition a look at the weather jutm wednesday 15 thursday 16 friday 17 saturday 18 sunday 19 monday 20 tuesday 21 maximum 81 governor general takes the salute at lome scots trooping of colour glowing praise of the effic iency of the lome scots regi ment was expressed by gover nor general georges p vanier when he took the salute at a trooping of the colour ceremony in brampton fair grounds sun day the ceremony was a highlight of the 4th annual brampton flo wer festival the regiment is a credit not only to the community but to the whole of canada it was a very very fine show he said in an address in which he de parted from his prepared speech he praised militiamen for the self sacrifice needed to participate in the peacetime ar my and spoke of the lome scots service in two world wars at the saluting base were honorary col john r barber georgetown hon lieut cot conn smythe and other dignita ries ltvcol b g hardie com mantled the regiment cant oi w arthurs was adjutant and guard commanders were earl lince georgetown j g miller major a v man and major g leonard a special attraction was a def tachment of 23 members of thai xx lancashire fusiliers howa from england especiallkfor t ceremony later regimental officers wub presented to governorgeneral and mrs vanier at a reception at the home of dr and mrs jv a faulkner and mr and mrs eromerson mckinney the regiment traces us hit tory to the peel battalion of infantry to september 14 1866 the census taking will be finished this week predicted george mundy census com missioner for the district the numerous call backs are the biggest hurdle for the enumer ators we re had complete o-op- eration from everyone said the commissioner with trouble reported anywhere the twenty enumerators are all local people mostly house wives one enumerator recounted an amusing incident where the door was grudgingly opened a bare inch after some explan eleven instructors staff swimming pool for summer classes eleven instructors will teach at the georgetown swimming pool this season under the leadership of chief instructor robert godley the following will teach the fine points of keeping afloat john golden chris sargent rick holmes john layman barbara panke- nin bev johnson ian gosling pat lince diane foser and ray fox the pool opened for the season on saturday june 18 with over two hundred child ren pouring through the gates ation the householder reveal ed that this was the third cat ler in the last five minutes the numerator had been fol lowing along the street behind two salesmen each with lengthy aggressive pitch increases in the local popu lation wib not be revealed un til the final tabulation of all the figures festival march the 4tb for girls pipe band when georgetown girls pipe band marched in the bramp ton flower festival parade on saturday they were mal their fourth public appearance this year the girls started the season with the hamilton boy scouts annual parade may 28 since then they have been featured in the lions club convention parade in london may 29 the cedarvale community park opening june 4 the flower festival and last night at the port credi lions carnival saturday they will be part of the burlington jaycees par ade in burlington and on sat urday july 0 theyre booked to march in the orange parade in shelburne the band currently includes eight pipers and eight drum- flower festival float boosts 1966 pantomime alt attention centred on georgetown float in the brampton flower festival par ade saturday when globe pro ductions pantomime float broke down just beyond th main and queen intersection entering into the spirit of the occasion spectators push ed the stricken car and float for a block before it could be sidelined after a ten minute repair job to the overheated car in the tradition of show business the float rejoined the parade the large book of fairy tales measuring eight feet by six dominated the float and tha characters from dick wbittlng aladdin and this years pantomime babes in tha woods sang and danced to the accordion accompaniment of ralph ursel all the way a long the route the costumed characters were tom darcie june gos n hunt joyce van leeuwen beursxwec enid ursel vera macdonald george mitchell and the harassed dri ver of the car ken mawle youngster in accident suffers bruised hip robert calder 95 sargent rd suffered only bruises to his right hip when he collided with a motorcycle while riding bit bicycle saturday afternoon the five year old son of mr anb mrs george calder wai treated by dr r engelbrecbl at georgetown hospital and re police said the boy was cross ing debex blvd from north ta south when struck by a 4s6t bridgestone motorcycle driver by mrs joan l ditchoew which was wwa

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