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ratepayer queries financing of proposed fire deparment brandishing a copy of tbe hilton canadian champion which contained i report of township nominations ken mar shall of rr 5 milton appeared at a regular meeting of eequea- ine council recently with quest ions about statement be read in the newspaper h was ac convpanicd by bill lawson a neighbour mr marshall addressed his question to cr pat patterson in particular asking verificat ion of the statements recorded in the newspaper which said the new fire area would be fin anced from lot separation non- cy tlii money is collected from i tbe whole township sajd mr marshall asking if it is right to take money from the fund to service one section of the town ship would you rather have that or equalized assessment quired cr patterson i thought we had equalized assessment said mr marshall mr patterson replied in the negative at this point deputy reeve george currie interrupted to say he wouldn t have anyone nt here and listen to argu merits like that people in that area pay tie denture for the muton fire area now theyll have to turn around and pay it again said the deputy reeve there are other ways of do ing it remarked township clerk k c lindsay who out lined anotn r proposal for bor rowing money for the george town fire area the question still stands reiterated mr marshall is it right to take taxes from the ihall who wasnt quite finish whole township to finance for with his objections to tho pro one section posod esqucslng brigade many different ways of rats ing the money are available ar gued cr patterson the money is lying in a capital reserve fund he atatcd the main por tion of it collected in the geor getown area id have to sec figures be fore 1 a free with you there answered the delegate quietly lie said he personally had con tributed 600 to the fund and it was quite possible his neigh bours hadj more is it legal he asked my understanding when it was taken from me the money was going to be used to build extra schools we changed our minds about that said reeve george leslie because of government grants mr marshall again questioned the legality of the practice but was reassured by mr lindsay it isnt fair ho repeated we ended up with better schools made the township a better place to live my argu ment 13 the o raised the price of the bond the clerk reminded counct the capital reserve fund had been used to buy land and pay debentures on the township of fice building you can do it for the office building said the deputy reve but its unfair to use the whole township to pay for fire protection in one area it was just mr pattersons opinion of how we should fi nance it remarked cr jim guodlet i see your point conceded the reeve addressing mr mar milton has one of tho best volunterr firo brigades in the province he stated one value of a brigade is how fast it is going to get to a fire a brigade here would bo no use to me he emphasized 1 hope tile idea doesnt spread the questioner also wanted to know why the township roprescntat ivc on the georgetown area board didnt bring back the budget from georgetown we sjwnt four months ar gulng with georgetown over costs then thoy said that s t cr tom hill deputy reeve elcrt agreed they had us ucr a barrel they said we paid 45 per cent of tho hudset and that would be it comparing costs in the three township areas mr marshall said perhaps the unit cost a square mile would be tho same if thi georgetown brigade was serving a large area the chiton area is larger name five men honorary members of legion branch o seeing you all with jour by ralph hiwm small fry on thursday even at the executive meeting s when santa visits he which took place at the branch branch lnidentilly all chil on tuesday evening dec 12thdrens gifts mut be pitked up five persons were taken into latcr thdn saturday dec 30 the branch as honorry mem i midday bers for 1963 thomas sykes prc jcan locknur charles hennessey harold eag les friend garbutt and ron aid lincoln at this same meet ing tho usual donation was made to the welfare fund chairman waiter gray the fund which was organized sev exal years ago a used to make hire that no one in georgetown finds christmas a lonely em pty meaningless day the branch cooperates with the town and the four service clubs in this christmas effort president bowman will be look ing for cars and volunteers iia weekend to help pack hampers and dciver them the fellows from 120 did well for themselves last weekend at brampton where they proved they were champs by return ing to town with zone curling trophy the winners were harv chappel skip doug ellis vice sfcip dune moneypenny sec ond pat chamberlain lesd third place was also taken by a 120 team skipped by ken nash su young vice skip j sig urdson second and trev wil liams lead the election of officers was hld last thursday following the ladies auxiliary meeting tne incoming executive are as follows president jean lock w shes for us to convoy to mem bers of the ladies auxiliary a very merry christmas and happy new year most of us i how painfully empty life when away from loved ones and with these thoughts in mind nould wih our readers a happy and peaceful christmas and that vou will share it with those you love we hope the small fry will leave you sleeping at least until dawn and that santa is good to you stated the deputy reeve costs he claimed were worked out on assessment if this had been done in the georgetown area costs would have been jfiooo instead of 13000 the firo marshal suggested georgetown have another truck anvway said cr goodlet ours would end up in the snow striken me if i lived around here id be worried continued mr marshall tho fire trucks here but where are jour firemen please keep on the jood side of the milton brig atle mr marshall was reassured by cpuncil there were plenty of firemen available within a few miiutcs of the proposed fire hpl he was also told the firo marshall recommended the township have a brigade of sf their own jj it kind of made me rear on my hind legs when i read tho jjf report said mr marshall i iio questioned the costs out lined by cr patterson at the j f meeting and was promptly rc- assured no decision had beeji made on the hall yet then i gather the re isn t right said mr marahi councillors avoided tho question but mr hill said the report should say tenders for the new hall wouldn t be open cd until dec 8th mr marshall and mr lawson left with councils assurance fi nancing for the new hall and cost wore not yet decided th1 olmsirown n1rald thursday dic hat if 67 page 0 seek practical answers is advice to teachers peter optica and jack ardis of georgetown were among 700 teachers trustees and educafo- nal officials from across onta rio wtw heard ontarios deputy minister of education warn they should seek out practical answers and avoid the obtuse at the annual meeting of the on tario educational research council in toronto last week dr j r mccarthy said that unless educational research has a practical meaning to teach era and to the public it will lose its value and will lose the support of public funds halton farmers eligible for forestry assistance halton count farmers may now receive assistance from the woodlands improvement act this act permits the ont ario department of lands and forests to enter into agree ments with the woodlot owners for tree planting and woodlot i improvement work this act came into force in 1966 with counties gradually incorporated under it as per sonnel and time permitted hal ton farmers may now take part hurst 1st vice m rnojd 2nd and t0 date eight hve donc m vice h dumper financial sec retary m harlej recording cccrtary v collins treasurer a capprauld executive com tnittcc b emond a- mccart nc r timpson g stoddart preston sgt at arms m hale sick convener b lorusso euch p and sports g stoddard ban quct conveners a nicholson the farmer contacts the districl forester ontario dept of lands and forests hespelcr a forester will inspect the foicst property with the landowner to discuss the management requir ed the owner must pay the cost of any trees planted and prot coburn entertainment ect the area against livestock m hale and w telford pianist fire and insects for the 15year b louth i period the ontario dept of lands and forests plants the the branch annual turkey lre cuus jnd thlnj dart shoot was a terrific success thfi woo turkeys were taken home by g gordon d capperauld c valantinc l ijcgers b porter a hilts j murphy l bojd l bottoms s tipton b collins r vckenzie we were unable n be there hut bernice threw tlarts for us but could not get lucky however we understand he walls were bulging and ev eryone had a good time a vote of thanks 1o bruce mccartney and harry bottoms who ran a woll organized evening president david bowman wishes all branch members the best of everything for christ mas those new years tickets arc going fast it you wish one we would advise you to pick them op soon cord king is looking forward adams 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