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a georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district tba herald 1m71m7 canada 11671967 atrthorhad a sound class mab poll offko dopt ottawa and for paymant of postasa in cash georgetown ontario thursday may 18th 1967 5 00 per yaar singlo copy price- tan cants would put footbridge under trestle with the recent tragic accid cnt in mind council passed a motion to hive the engineer investigate the cost of a foot bridge over the credit river near the railway trestle cr roy ballentine pointed out that youngsters go into that area as it is one o the nearest points in which firearms such as bb guns etc can be fired the cnr and the conserva tion authority will be consult ed on the possibility cr fred harrison claimed the town did not own the land and was outside the town limits biking to expo visit the herald when dave muscat john cresswcll and brim bolt get to expo one thing s for sure they won t want to rent bikes the threesome dropped into the herald to tell the story of their unusual project they re riding bikes to montreal the trio all university of western ontario students started out from their hometown fit thomas and are spending the nights and rainy days in far mers barns none of them bare any biey ding experience and they in fact just bought the gear bikes two days before starting their tno they are cooking their own meals at roadside thee nop to bicycle the dis tance to expo in ten days spend a few days there and then hitch a ride home in time for gradu ation ceremonies at the traiver airy office efficient do not disturb a bylaw to appoint mrs- florence bell as acting treas urer of the town was defeated but at the same council meeting monday night a motion was pas sed to prepare another bylaw to appoint her treasurer most of the objections to the acting treasurer by law were based on the word acting with most councillors feeling it should either be deputy treas urer or treasurer all ageed with mayor gibbons who said everything wis run ning most efficiently now and should not be disturbed retired policeman to teach driving at high school struck by train scout is killed crossing trestle georgetown witnesses kenny connely loses dash approve public protest fr life chum jumps to safety boys racad for life over this cn trestle east of town credit lodge commended or plans for georgetown temple the last two monthly meet tags have been busy ones for members of credit lodge last week may 10th a past masters night was held hon outing the lodge s past masters guest of honour was w m george lawrence who headed the lodge in 1017 he received his 50 years past masters jew et and his ptn for being a mem ber for 60 years the evening was an enjoyable one with re fresbroents served at the end last month on april 12th the regular yearly inspection by the district deputy grand master look place with an excel lent attendance the district deputy rt wor bro w sem pie commended the lodc on their performance and also paid tribute to their efforts to build a masonic temple in george town he also made a stirring plea for helo in the campaign to give relief for india number of disui i ksed grand lodge members were present irwin noble recentl appoin led a member of rand chap ter r jji is still firs or ah cad with the financial campaign prior to building the new lodge quarters it is understood that the lodge is anxious to tct the campaign finished so that a he ginning can be made on the building as 1967 is the con tcnnial of credit lodge thc wish to be established in their new quarters for the extensive ceremonies that will mark this important miles one a local industrial t sim pe n rice is master of crtdit lodge this wdr extend parking meter area the park iif b u as- am endld tt kihzo mclirs on main street siith from knox clmrth i in to armstrong s hornby woman killed when car rams bridge mcl taylor presiding mimst er of the georgetown congreg ation of jehovah s witnesses reported yesterdav that the 70 members assembled for the weekly ministry school session at the kingdom hall rr 1 georgetown unanimously ap proved a p ihlic protest of the pro ee il on of lehovah a vil nesscs jn portugal the expression of the congre gation follewed a report on rcc ont developments in porludl in an appeal of the witnesses to the supreme court of that land mr taylor told the locil congregation that the supreme court of portugal had on feb ruary 22 this year upheld tho conviction or forty nine i ortu gucse witnesses arrested in june of 19b5 for attending a bible mcclin ihoy make up ire adult membership of ijo corgrtgalion police invaded a private home there and hr ke up religious services y u will be shocked he told the local youp to hear that these christians were charted by the plenary court of lisbon with being guilty of a crime agjinst the security of the stati fcven m rc shocking the congregation was told will be the results for the families in volved thirty five of those con victed arc women who will be taken awiy from their fanul os two of the women arc expect ant mothers their bab es ifi bo born in prison terms of from one and a half months have been set for thirty nine of those convicted ten were given suspended sent s all forty nine were fined from 47 to 170 and must pay court costs of 35 each the hope was expressed that public a arencis of iil treat menl of a minority religious group in portugal might yet bring relief to the witnesses there former chairman wh carr resigns high school bd okay apts over stores an amendment to the zoning in h wis passed permitting the second and third storeys of a buildif in a commercial are mcanin apartments over stores to be used as dwelling its the minimum insuriixo office oi church unr w bo lhrcc huim sq street for a distance of 132 ft mrs bertha grexton of horn by was killed saturday while teaching her daughter how to drive police said the car crashed into a bridge abutment on the base line in esquesing twp as mrs grexton and two daughters were on their way home mrs grexton who died instan tly was pinned in the car when the forceof the impact drove the wheel back into the car kathy grexton 18 suffered a fractured jaw and multiple lacerations and susan lynn ted scott students taking the dmer training course being introduc ed at the georgetown district high school in the fall will get their instruction from a former georgetown police officer ted scott 41 shelley st one of the first officers to join the georgetown police department when it was formed in 1856 mi hired bv the high school board monday as dmer training ins tructor his duties to start september mr scott who retired from police work list year will take an ontario department of transport course in preputios for the job halton farmers to march on ottawa at least one bus load of far mers from halton county will take part in a proposed march before the government build logs in ottawa wednesday may 24th fireworks monday all roads will lead to the park monday evening at dusk to see be giant fireworks display atosurrtoseou grexton 17 the driver treated for mm r injuries mrs grexton was the sith north halton person to d e on the roads so far this vcar the last to d e on the road were bruce kelnnn 11 and john rud 20 both o m iton their car smashed ml a load ed gravel truck oi the bjsc line road a the ninll i me intersection pril 3 fourth line three others d ed in srpar tc collisions in february one a station wagon train accident on the fourth line neir ui which gord n i crn thompson 44 of limchmi c del nslant ly after being thro n fr m his vehiejc larhcr mel sn c c 18 of glen wiliams lee in tie m tant victim of a hrid on col hsion on the s her i reek etne hirhwov 7 near gcnrgcl six other people were badly hurt in the era h and on james street from the corner of mam st beside the bank do n to tl c harbor shop deputv reeve rthur speight claimed i lot of citizens would le ca ighl hen the bv tiw goes into citce t pirticuhrlv on james street here num hdvc as pirke i with ut putting money in the meters up till now monday night in a paeke 1 stewarttown hall the farmers voted to back the ontario fed erttioo of agriculture the on tano farmers imin and rt union catbolique dcs cultivat campbell ears de quebec m a igoug far his car as i mer protesl j headon collision ith another i on a snowefnered nassaawcval first death first to die n the rna 1 1 norlh hallon this vcar ivcar old i nn baker of rr 3 feet thi applies i commercial areas west of maple ve and south of the cntt tracks in the older part of town another amendment legalized the sepiration of lots 20 and 31 on pirk street which had two dwellings on one lot erected years before a zoning bylaw bill carr william h bill cair rcxway dr has informed the georgetown district high school board he has resigned as the public id il board s representative mr carr a land survevor said in a letter in the high school board mondav that the pressure of business has made it imperative that he give up his position with the board mr carr is a pa t chairman of tho high school ho ird and was chairman of the building committee evervonc enjoyed working with bill he contributed lot commented high school board chairman ted gorth kenneth john connely was buried in the scout uniform he used to wear so proudly light scouts were pallbearers eight cubs carried flowers and fifty scouts and cubs stood as a a guard of honour at the fun era of their popular mate kenny 14 of 39 normandy blvd lost a footrace with a freight train after being trapped on the iron bridge a 1000 foot loot canadian national railways trestle ncr the credit river on georgetown s eastern limits saturday morning he was killed instantly when hit from behind by the 93 car tram just a couple of yards from a point where he could have leaped to safety jack slufko also 14 of 17 on tario st kenny s buddy since the age of 5 jumped out of the path of castbotmd train to a grassy embankment ontario provincial police said the boys were half way along the 200 ft high trestle when they realized the train was bear ing down on them they spnn ted for the east side kenny kept shouting keep running keep running whenev er i slowed down for him tc catch up said jack slufko 1 turned around and s3w him get hit just as i was jumping said the accident happened about 8 30 in the morning while the bos were starting out on a hike they were carrying wien crs and beans and canned pea ches they decided to heii across the trestle to look for a bow ind arrow kenny had left be hind while hiking in the area a couple of weeks earlier on hearing of the tragedy normandv blvd residents chip ped in with monev to buy a tro phy which will be awarded for either boy scouts or minor ho- ekev achievement kenny was active in both scouts and hock cy and also loved hiking and fishing nonnandy blvd children also pooled their ruckles dimes and quarters to send flowers and add to the trophy fund a graduate of howard wrig- glesworth public school kenny entered grade 9 at georgetown and district high school in sep tember he was looking forward to a new life m the resort town kenny conneiy of victoria harbour where con nely s arc purchasing a busin ess and had been making plans to operate a small scale fishing bait shop there surviving are his parents mr and mrs frank connely two brothers tom and neil and two sisters judy and lynn rev kelvin johnston conduc ted the funeral service at st andrews united ohurch and interment was in greenwood cemetery pallbearers were ross elliott brian maedonald bruce carbwrighl ashley rolfe bill hiuicr danny engleby doug getty and gordon hill and fiercer bear s were stephen buck john vcitch ohn hn- derson teddy darcie bryon haddock steven kitchener pai rick cumings and allan lawr the farmers are protesting the whole long range govern merit agrienltaral policy both in the past and present the dairy policy in particular has raised the farmers ire damage 450 in rexway collision a rear end collision on rex way dr near mackenzie dr did 450 damage to cars oper ated b raymond burrows 17 hale dr and john david so- ward 15 carole st wednesday georgetown police taid so ward was southbound on rcx way and stopped at no 76 to let a passenger off when tho burrows car hit t from behind con table larl ndrcss plac ed damage at 300 to the bur rows lo rambler and 150 to si ward s l4 pontiac the ac cident happened at 1227 p m all collins receives gift from town staff the tifl ot the georjclo it munf lpal office presentee re tiring pubic works consul la it alf cell ns with a gift at the office miv l mr collins had been with the town works force for t venty cirs road in earh february i on wednesdav a coroners jury will probe the death of phillip charlton 53 of john street milton the diabetic who disappeared and v ecks faterl six thousand ontario farmers was discovered dead in a frozenicecil davidson left dom and 10000 from quebec are ex snowbank near the deadend f lhe georgetown horticultural society during a tour fr day seed and miscellany s vjodimj pected to call attention to their walkers line west of milton 7 j r u gntvancea next wednesday early april orders are filled and shipped in h s department some 79 qardrn fni aathrd fnr tfc gardeners tour dominion seed i on seed house ass slant general manager expla ns the opera on of the company s seed a look at the weather may 10 16 1967 h l r sun mav 10 53 37 t 5 mav 11 40 36 jo 0 hm 12 55 11 q 12 may 13 6 2b 0 13 mat 14 62 34 02 10 mav 15 60 36 0 7 may 16 59 32 0 25 mean temp v max 55 7 av mm 33 a mean 44 6 8 degrcecs below normal long range forecast warmer mn normal may 15 jom 15