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l vivien perry flower arrangement worth prize mbs vivien perry of harris floral 10 mam street n holds her flower arrange ment which won second prize in a contest sponsored by the united florists of canada the competition class was for designers with less than two years experience in a florist shop there were 25 entries in the contest when was held in conjunction with the ufc convention held recently at the inn on the parle toronto the design was of white snapdragons mauve sweet peas and deep purple starf lowers on a styrofoam base and complemented by a mauve box of dust ng powder vivien is the daughter of mr and mn r s perry 6 shelley st acton reeve demands county assessment chief acton reeve herbert hinton a fanner county warden last tuesday slammed halton coun offs equalized assessment meth ods and demanded the appoint dent of a county assessment commissioner id a motion seeking the new appointment reeve hinton the 1968 county warden said it a an tnahspuuble fact that a truly equalized assessment can not be realized without invok ins the county commissioner system he said 24 out of the 38 ont ano counties have assessment commissioners and added un equalised assessment m the county of halton creates uneq nal and therefore unfair tasa ttoa on the large majority of tbm taxpayers of the county eeve hinton whose remarks wcrecnticixed by other coon crilors said unequalized assess ment was unfair and created inequities m the taxation sys tem he asked council to approve the appointment of a county assessment commissioner und er section 93 a of the assess ment act he said councillors should base their decisions on the best interests of the county as a whole not on their respect lve municipalities and added it is time we either acted for the county or quit running esquesmg township deputy reeve george currie criticized reeve hinton s remarks he said the reeve had produced no evidence or facts to show that the county had not been served in a fair and honest way praise emo for efforts in huntings lost girl halton county council paid tribute to county emergency measures organization coord inatnr w b mcgregor at its meeting tuesday for the man ner in which he conducted the emo efforts during the mten aft search for marianne schu ett 10 believed abducted from her kilbride home several weeks ago said mr mcgregor in a re port on the search the res ponse by our volunteer person nel was excellent and commun cations and rescue personnel worked exceedingly long hours and proved beyond doubt that the training they have received can in a situation such as this pay dividends officials now have little hope of finding the little girl ahve according to reports the girl was last seen getting into a car thought to have been a renault at 4 30 p m april 27 she has not been seen or heard from since hornby news mr and mrs frank hall en joyed a very interesting tour o the parliament buddings in ot tawa on monday may 22 ruth and wilma mason spent a recent weekend in montreal whan they visited expo mends of frank peacock will be pleased to hear he is back home again following short stay in the joseph brant memorial hospital in burling ton the general meeting of the hornby united church women was held on wednesday even ing may 24 in the church base ment mrs james snow wcl corned the ladies to the meet ing which opened with prayer followed by a hymn the roll call word hope was answer ed by the 15 ladies attending mrs harold reed was in charge of the scripture reading and meditation a very informative centennial qua was given by mrs clifford wrigglesworth miss mildred reed who teaches school jn kitchener showed slides of spain and holland which were very interesting lunch was served by mrs roy wilson and mrs albert march ment pat barkhouse starring in little theatre play a convent hospital is the un usual setting for the little theatre s last production of the season bonaventure running for 4 nights may 31 june 13 in the high school auditorium due to flood conditions in the surrounding countryside the convent serves as a refuge for many stranded villagers and travellers among them a con victed muderess on the way to prison sister mary bonaventure role played by claudette col bert in a movie based on the play is taken by pat barkhouse who interests herself in the al ieged murderess sarat kara betty fisher eventually prov ing her innocent the real mur derer is revealed at the end of the suspense filled play making their debut are edna ferguson as sister josephine and lois richardson as a use others in the play directed r chris fisher are rose mc- cluskey as mother superior nancy hokroft as martha pen- drtdge freda grittani as the prison matron and linda tost as a nurse outnumbered by the women there are only three men in the play ron hill as dr jeffries fred phillips as a policeman and des nicbolls as willie a slow witted bandroan the newly elected executive for next season are president ron hill vice pres plays mary goebel vice pres publicity cathy hunt treasurer des nic- holls and secretary pat bark house pri nting of distinction statements letterheads envelopes wedding invitations georgetown herald ready for planting a bigger variety than ever of bedding plants also a variety of potted plants special pansies 5 boxes 1 george r brandford is mourrtifnview road north 1773034 visitors welcome forecasts halton assessment tops in ontario this y uerru mhtar ama cmirim method the electric mixer can be us ed in coolrisc baking for add ed convenience it speeds up the development of the dough thi moftovtown hitwli thursday juntt 1ft page b and is especially mpful totj be ginning yeast bakers the 1068 increase of s28684 8t7 in taxahl assessment indic ates an economic boom in hal ton county it b quite apparent that the county will again lead the other counties in assess ment total halton assessor robert beach told the county council tuesday in his annual report to coun d mr beach said the increase was 937 per cent of the total assessment total taxable assessment for 1968 is 334930085 tba 1965 figure was s06z50s last years population increase was 0749 or 88 per cent the aaaessmentjevel review took in over 4000 properties compared with 900 the previous year mr beach said the market values continued their rapid rise slightly dropping each mu nldpalltles percentage of as sessment to market value burlington a assessment rank ed the highest topping that of oakville by 2 121 730 taking in more business assessment und er changes in the act mr beach said the court of revision sat for 26 days last year and covered nearly 1 000 appeals about 240 appealswere forwarded to the county judgf early this year resulting in on ly minor adjustments he said total taxable assessment in oakville is 140905350 in bur ungton 143 027080 milton 10 142801 acton 7 439 748 georgetown 16 909323 esqu eslng 11633 463 and nassag aweya 4872320 seek action to curb county deer population whether or not halton coun tys deer will be given the pill something has to be done to curb their numbers even if an open deer shooting season na not been declared this year this is the decision of county council s agricultural committee which has been studying various odsof cuutiulllug uie w deer they have appealed to the department of lands and for ests in an effort to get an ans wer to the problem whos going to get the deer and who s going to give them the pill asked georgetown beeve william hunter at coun dl meeting tuesday burlington reeve gordon gal lagher thought provincial legis lation should he sought to en sure necessary control measures over the deer population committee chairman reeve george leslie esqueslng said an open deer season may be declared in halton for a short period if neighbouring counties adopted a similar project earlier this year coundl turn ed down a suggestion that a deer season be declared a week ago six oakville men were each fined a total of 115 for hunt ing and being in possession of hunted deer the committee reported to coundl that halton has the heaviest concentration of deer in ontario with 30 to 40 of them per square mile in areas that afford most ground cover members claim damage trees and shrubs by deer is on the increase and that 30 to vehicle aeddents a year were caused by deer they have already discussed chemical means of controlling the cycling of the does but the department of lands and for ests feels the idea is impractl cal now the department has the problem in its lap and has been asked to consider a study of controlling deer numbers upstairs museum room soon opened to public holiday weekend attendance at halton county s museum in kelso conservation area at mil ton heights showed an indica tion of the crowds that are ex pected during the summer al though the museum is open all year round attendance figures soar on fine weekends hundreds of tulips are now in bloom in the front of the re novated barn at the foot of the niagara escarpment extended exhibits in the mu 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