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georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district iu hrld 1u71m7 canada 1u71m7 authority ti second class mail post office oapt ottawa and for paymant of pottago in cask georgetown ontario may 11th 1967 5 00 per year single copy price- ten cent smoke flames and lots of water a georgetown volunteer firefighter it almost engulfed by dense smoke as he leaves the apartment building at 41 main st n when was completely gutted by fire eariy friday morning the solid canopy overhead is buckled by the intense heat georgetown hydro worked in coopera tron with the firefighters here a fireman directs a stream of water through an upper storey window from the bucket on the georgetown hydro commission s cherry picier truck firefighters responded to the 5 30 am alarm in minutes and were at the scene all day seventeen flee burning building in night clothes four a i ihs and thirteen chil dren es ped in their night clo thes monicnl heforo fire gut ted a1ti stnrcv apartment block at 45 mam st n rridiy tnoniuu the hundred jcar old stiuct was in a scmidcm dished state prior t the blaze the tart of a ueimdition project that won 1 iriiiinll eliminate the entire building from the downtown scene the loss was not insured hazed were two vacant and two occupied ipartments and two icant business quarters in the front of the building the residents fled into the street shortly before 5 30 alt er one of the adults discovered flames and alerted the other oc- ttipahls in an upstairs apart- t tbejr took bciter in the police station aero s the road while firemen battled the in fernn georgetown red cross s dis- i aster committee under chair man mrs mary simpson r n later provided all 17 with street clothes they have since found ac commodation in a prince char les dr apartment and a glen williams farm house almost all tbeir entire pos sesions furniture and clothing went up in smoke the children range in age from 9 months to early teens ihev escaped unhurt r ire thief erv in lewis whose department worked at the scone for over 12 hours said yesterdav thatlhe extent of the damage m intfury hid not been estimated assisi school postponed in a brief statement issued tuesday ben boyle chairman of the separate school board announced that the building of st francu of assist school has been postponed no dalenfor the construction of the school has been set the 233567 contract had been awarded to whitney con struction or brampton for a school with eight standard classrooms work and storage rooms and a large general pur pose room with stage and pros cenium arch the site of the school is on pennington crescent running off moutainview road adress rushed to hospital play cancelled an emergency appendectomy on the star of the little thcat res- production bonavenlure has forced the cancellation of the play which was scheduled to start a four night run wed nesday may 10th yesterday mrs betty fisher was rush ed to hospital tuesday the day before opening night a tentative date in midjune has been set for the production according ovjlirectot chris fisher he said he suspects the source of the blaze was electri cal smoked as billowing out of the front and rear of the build ing when firefighters arrived an hour later the fire was at its height and flames were licking through the roof while a large crowd watched smoke continued to pour from the charred interior long after firefighters had doused the last flame it would have been much worse if it hadn t been for tbe two aerial trucks made avail able to us by the hydro chief lewis told the herald originally the creelman knitting machine company the building vvas later used by several smaller industries and tore at vanouj timet it hit jt- c market will be shopping mall over 200 glen homes metropolitan halton planning to get mail delivery additional 55000 square feet do rlo door mail delivery to 240 homes ind businesses in glen williams will start is soon as 80 per cent of the pitrans instal mail boxes it v as an nounicd tuesday 1 v dr harry harlcj m p for hallofl in elci the new herald dr h irley said thai tie honourable jean pierre tote postmaster general has authorized the extensr n of mail carrier service frcm gcrgc town notices will be distr buted lo the patrons memed inform ing them of the requirements lo be met in the way of mail receiving facilities toncurrent with ihc pr vi sion of the letter carrier ser vice tilt men williams lost of ficc 1 caled in wheelers den inl slire will he closed and replaced bj a sub post office which will prnvidc all the usual ficilities for the innsiitwn f i ost il busin ss says the re lease thp 240 points to receive door todo r delivery are locat ed in the f mewing streets alexander back st beaver st rcdit st brin m guilph st karen drive main st mountain st i irk st prince st ravine st tweedle st slrei t no 1 and street no 2 in addition gr irp mill box sc vice by letter carrier will be provided to ten families rcsid ing on itvine st cuelph st and no 3 street baltimore aircoil moving operation to georgetown the dclrex market centre now known as the georgetown market will shortly more than rouble its size according to bruce mclaughlin president of metropolitan halton dcvcl opments ihc present shopping area toers 45 000 square foct and the plans call for an additional 55 000 square feet preliminary agreements have been signed with several new tenants including a food store and another bank architects are hopingto con struct an enclosed mall cast of the present shopping area 1124 taken in eleven thefts says police report baltimore aircoil canada ltd manufacturers of cooling systems with plants in mary land california and bramp ton hid their offer of purchase gheenab h m accepted by council monday night the deal was made possible through the cooperation of w f mcnally who owned th adjacent lots 58 and 59 balu more aircoil wanted more than funnel meter money into town treasury even a townappointed board has to pay its bills to the town as the parking authority will find out after council s action monday night since the parking authority owed the town 1 475 council decided that as of now and continuing until the amount is paid the money from the park ing meters will be credited to the towns account rather than turned over to the parking au thority as it has up until now the mayor explained that parking authority was supposed to pay half the police cadet salary and rt has never been done he claimed they also ow ed for audit fees for three years cr jim young argued there must be a reason and urged council to get together with them however the motion pas sed 5 to 4 with deputy reeve speight crs francis smith and young opposing they have run out of spate the ijrm plans to be in opcrilion by january 68 with a staff of fifty lo start the first li ing project will uu feet two lots and asked if these two were available mr mcnally a greed to sell to baltimore air cc 1 at the same price he bought them from the town lots 62 and 63 instead it was iultc i gesture on mcnally s part commented cr emmcrson council accepted baltimore aircoil s jiffcr of 54 735 for lots 60 and fit a total of 4 7 acres and w 1 mcnally s offer of 8- j17 for lots t2 and l3 a lirtil of 82 acres ihis oflcr is condi tional on everything bring clear ed with the mcnally baltimore aircoil sale cr trcd harrison told eoun cil the whole brampton plant will be movid up here since r harmon rated the fn class but r ballrntii eorrec led him ind rated class triple six thefts of amounts over s50 and five thefts of amounts under 50 were investigated by georgetown police department in april according to a stalisti- e il jeport on the departments iperalion in april just rcjeab- cd the report said the value of property stolen totalled si 124 a total of s3 957 00 in fines was imposed in the report pel tod 2058 50 under the highway traffic ct 715 under the nmina code 280 under the i lquor control act and s104 under the municipal bylaws there weic 302 tags issued foi pirking violations number of charges laid total j4 500 1 an a 10 there were also 5 summonses served md 9i complaints investigated mage resulted in one personal injury there were 21 premises found insecure in routine checks and 13 regular unoccupied house checks mile i travelled by cruiser totalled 8 842 in april ah collins resigns from works dept council regretfully ace opt ed the resignation of alf col lins from the works force mon day in his letter of resignation mr collins thanked the creswit and past coucils for the r coop eration during his twenty yean with he town his resignation friday may 12th is effective it in council vrtcd to crcjit him reportable motor vehicle with the balance of his pay till dents and one non report the end of tho year half ill ble under 100 property da be paid in 1967 and half in 1968 william french resigns as principal of senior school reshuffle barbershop closing hrs two rcidings were riven to a by law covcrninc the closing hours or barbershops the bar bcrshops will remain closed thursday mht but open nday till nine and close on saturdays at fiw the third reading was deferr ed at cr billentinc g request has permit for one apartment refused others following the recommendat ion of the planning board coun cil refused howard catons app lication for two more apart ment buildings on river drive he already has a permit for one the planning board pointed out the school facilities in the area were already crowded and al a distance they claimed the school board does not plan another school in the area they also stated the site docs not confirm td the new official plan in conclusion they cited the police chiefs statement that a traffic problem would be creat ed in the area cr bob francis stated the idea is to stop spot retoning and to give council control the principal m t mrjr t svn s onh senior publ c school willi un trench ins r ined mr r renin wli i princi pal at 1 ark publit si hoi i for two years bef re shiflin to centennial seheiil at tbe stirt cf the currt nl ti rm ti nderid iis resignation it a inn it wn public schiul llxrd inciting wcdnisday he will lake a jk h n with the iakesh re incliirs i ol lege if r lhn prmcipil al park school will replace mr trench at cnteninal v tin the same niict i ml icciptcd the resignation of milhtr member of the cen cnnnl school stalt j hn lenz who ti msferred to the senior h ol from wrifcglesworth hool mi is terminating his four jr in georgetown public i i system to accept a a hni psilion in lsqucting mrs inn mackison and don d cri w ill be transferred i thi centennial school staff nm iillur georgetown schools september at rheir request nother transfer will see mrs kinzic joining the george- henncdv school in september the board hired six teachers and granted permanent con tracts to seven otners now teaching here at the same meeting hired were mrs mar garet pcrrott mrs winnifred longstrect mrs frances hun ter mrs norma smith thomai hunter and angus elliott mrs sandra morrow mist jcanctte smith mrs mqri brooks mrs dorothy moffat miss june cunnlngton mrs judith wcstbrooke and howard b alianwcregrantcd jc ent contracts- high school inspection been the site of a candy comp any fish and chip stores rest aurint barber shop photo stu- pluncetoreeeunthalfand t0 cadet ma bm adcodc during high school cadet inspection oeremonies in th georgetown armoory mwy ipstrxjnunt company ellen sockley wai named best girj cadet lorne scots c company georgetown commanding officer captain frank ching premrrti the ett boy cedet