Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 19, 1968, p. 1

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manhunt still seeks last of four escapees far tfca submnf death of ja and the other awaiting trial eat am aimed robbery char ge were all back in jail mon day still at large is a 22 year old robbery ampect whom the police aider danjceroos tfce escape by the four pri on took place at 8 pm sun day and during the breakouts two guards lawrence king and cpl george hilton were beaten hilton was treated for face cuts at milton boapttal while king an elderly guard is in satisfactory condition after treatment for severe head and face cuts after beating the guards the four escapees took hiltons car keys and made their getaway an opp constable david hal- liday gave chase to a 401 inter change near oampoelvillc where the wanted car atalled when the four jumped out and started running halllday fired rifle shots over their heads and managed u tako two of them at gunpoint the oher two fled through a heavy bush the captured pair were re turned to the llalton jalluijdcr apccial guard and manhunt was started for the two still at large the suspect picked op here last month was caught at 2b30 am monday as he attempt ed to flee the campbellviue ar ea in a car stolen from farm house police said the farmer heard his car being started and called north halton opp who ifl turn sounded the alarm- cons table david oroisby caught the fleeing car at a cur ve in hwy 401 and rammed into it sendtogit off the road ormsby jumped from hu cruis er and took the driver at gun point there was no attempt to resist arrest psmexfrom several southern onurioulstriets plus two truck ing dogsre still combing for the fourth meanwhile the department of corrections services at queens park has ordered an inquiry in to the jail break a spokesman said yesterday an inspector has been sent to the jail to gather information about the break and hi report will be given to deputy minister leo hackel one question hell be seek ing an answer to is why one of the escapee was allowed to keep crutch in his cell he broke his leg hi a- motorcycle accident last year but did not need a crutch when he appear ed in court thia year the inquiry will be che sec ond this year involving hal tons county jail the earlier inquiry had been conducted fol lowing criticisms of the jail and a fight between prisoners it was following that inquiry of last spring that queens park announced a renovation prog ram would be undertaken and that eventually the centuryold building would be replaced by a new regional detention centra ads hut pay tfc taaram w ajkere the home newspaper tor georgetown and district printing publishing the ce herald haa aervad caerpetowirt and district m printers and publfstwrs lor ever a century offerina mia bast in fine printing and newe cawaraosv maav post offka dept ottawa aid for payment of postage in cash georoetown 0nt thursday saptomba i9h 19m 500 par year sangk copy rrcet tan cassia election hoopla t tv steam 7v pixie posies society member doug cole discovers a first place 1 on his entry in the uhipur miniature class at the societys flower show in legion branch 120 mudoonutn saturday gray coach wont go for bus backups gray coach lines has turned thumbs down on a compromise bus route g suggested by cr w held on emmerson two weeks ago the councillors suggestion that tho firm consider retaining the present depot on james st but use tho old main st routing did not find favour in a letter read monday to council a gray coach official pointed out that to back buses into jara street to relurflto main would be a safety haxard as veil as an inconvenience to drivers cr emmcrsons suggest 0 was made in an attempt o ap pose charles street residents who have objected to a bus route in a residential area plan hew life for old park teachers aunt killed in monday train wreck main street bridge job goes to abc a brampton firm armstrong brothers construction has been awarded the contract for build ing the ncurrjjverhcad railway bridge on main street north the 304057 bid by arrns- troatfr-thouifli-a- hlrhrr thin- brick firm is interested in townships water plan avter mc william rpra- ting milloa pressed brick p before t bbw deputy reeve tom hill reiarked dl aloaday night u mtora soanol the caauaay s wot interested to the ro0ovtd to bring water knlo that area of the townup hilton lletxhu ind ryru sec- th have been suenki frtni a ie tfc iliac the wells are tiifatr dry cr pol- fotedl esqueiiaj and xti- weya ioustly decided to hnn valer to thede rctidcuu- the oriuxa scfaafrtrie seant huyuaz wter front mill on ilo- bvr mr- 5lcwiuias urjed council to drill thhr ba ell an coopcraticn with xifcac- vey yffl it mould be chea per in the loi- rua ard giv them cooirul tver tvir 011 water supj- u bolu doku t lhiv iid jfye becve atl ui lw i tstr of the raar no miir bow c t it 1 nuiit urara joj ldltoa has ixinited tiut anea lo hljyoo salloox a d- j t blomr a dirttur of itoa brick tud his coov jwny could uot pirtiile if that vzre the total uaoaot for the whole area it would tw- ioolhirdy t eapaad vnhoul snore wairr h coeoarntcj does this mctul r auht lnr into the waier buuess j ed cr- ral ipaturuut- no direct ajker ii eiin ht ctuilicu proobiwxl to cne itiltng brick a copy af the en- dbners rtiort on the rr vaiuhle in the ara- cr bob lktos ittxicd tlie wxtrf coensmittre of both cousi cils the two rrr- and lo flapuly rch should ajt the ovkc exactly what i wrmio alblr then kswet locihar as couacib- t 1 t tra oam- 1im it puty clerk delmar french cr bob lawsons suujiestioi of astins a representative oft theowitc to come to a meet ing and explain what should be dooe and how the project would be financed was adopted bvcouncjir zz hiere is only one and she said it could be worse rtr- plicd t ledwidhe encidecrini estimates was low est of eiuht tenders received for the job when completed six houses will be gone from the landscape the town having acquired these for tho bridle approach two street entrances to the hijb- way arc also being closed victoria ave and duflerin iload chairman bui smith said he was told the reason for the higher quotes was partly be cause tho government has aban doned its winter works subsidy program and partly because th job will now stretch into 1d69 and contractors are hesitant to accent johs at this ycarn wago and material estimates nerval car let slight opposition us rcuiit- erd to a proposed used car lal in nprval between the pros bylexian church and kirkcraftj ton ledwidye who intends tfi eitabish the business asked ifi there ulrt any obstacles j we cant sop you unless you mean to operate a wreck- in yard commented itceve george currie i mr leduido assured council he had no such intentiun i cr lt patterson asked if the neighbours had expressed any opinion id like to roservmy opin ion this is a quiet little vil lage stated cr patterson crs w leslie and patterson will look over the situ and re port back to council shllrtwork council instructed tomlinson and associates to call tenderu for work on tho first 5000 feet of tho 3th line frutn the base line northwards llnbi palling dead elm tree limbs falling j on the urd line presbyterian cemetery have made it difficult to cut urass said a letter from eva chisholm secretary of the scotch block womens institute in akinji for council help in re moving the trees no action was taken on the matter decline chamber bid for talk on brumac toun clerk c g uenhami came up with the proper word ajonday when council discussed a request from the chamber of commerce to hjve the mayor or his representative explain the towns position in the urumac requesj for land release at 1 forthcumim dinner meetinc as council flouiwiercu in wor ding a letter declining the inv- itiiicn mr henham brouuhl re lief when he iujajested the let ter say the request was pre- toature as mayer gbbons explained itil tetter know ourselves council they onw likr b iur- tawr actitm to sene glra wi- ifarais wiih a swas dt4ji ylabs astui imsfil acree t take joint actios wtih ori- uhftt were ioinjilieloie we try to t hi the chamber v have hid very little du- cuiion so far agreed cr bob krincis 4- would be folly to ilucuas it publicly the mayor said onuncll is cot yet xrady to ait 6w1 with the brumac firm v there is maj ority srefnnt as to what to aak in carhapja for releasing a lame tract of land for devel opment in the southwest end oft town i i council at mondays meeting has just passed payment of ac counts totillinw fl350 for a re port by consultants gticestlnh what the town should receive in exchanue for the land re lease possibility of arraninc a meetintf tuesday september jl was discussed with councillors to lie informed later if arrange ments are made relatives frontstate help celebrate 80th birthday on saturday september 14 an afternoon party was held at tbersidfinceofmrshorort hughes 20 durham street a lonjitime georgetown resident the occasion was her 80th birthday and approximately iw people attended many of her old friends in the area paid a visit as well as several out-of- town guests these included her sisters mrs marjmrct leber ocala flo rida mrs c matthews arid mr matthews detroit michigan her brother mr c gribben and mrs gribben toronto nephews t gouuh ocala w gouyh cleveland ohio w thompwin and mrs thompson brockville niecea mrs w hutton prescott and mrs p collins bramalea and their husbands and mr and mrs s martin mr and mrs mw brown mr and mrs t anderson toronto mr and mrs a duncan aiiincourt and miss b bradbury guclph the aunt of a georgetown district ilitih school teacher mrs george cavamuih was killed and his mother mm nel lie brruti was injured when a canadian national railway pas senger train speeding from sarnia to toronto with 82 per sons derailed in heavy fog at oakville imonday mr hg nelson a machine rihop teacher has just started his first term as a member of the georgetown hi till cchool staff mrs cavanauh a london ontario resident wat walking down the aisle of a coach when serviceclub will approach council m on about project the train jumped the rails and overturned it plowed through a fence at a factory parking lot and crushed several automob iles mrs cavanaujjh was tossed out a door and under the wheels of the train hy the impact fire men and cnb workmen worked for several hours before they were able to fwc the body mrs brown the dead worn- 1 ans sister was one of seven others injured a georgetown lions club del egation will propose a plan to rejuvenate georgetown park at next weeks council meeting a lions spokesman ernie sykes told the herald tuesday that he and fellow lions don langton and ray harlow and club president jstan wade will seek councils assistance and co operation in a scheme to prov ide more facilities refurbish ex isting facilities and make the park usable to the most num ber of people the plan which would b implemented j a series of pro jects would add a tennis court prper parking lot new change rooms grandstand childrens playground a suitable playinj area for soccer rtsscr and football and improvements to the track earlier this year iho lions sought to create a park in th csst end of town but dropped the idea after discussion with council and brumac develop ments got nowhere mps earns that 18000 saury y program depends on 11000 canvass success with fingers crossed thei industrial chairman is wlu georgetown vmca have sot upmcnally special name chair- an extensive program rod of ac tivities for ihoyear cause of the crossed fingers is the upcoming fund raising campaignwith nn 11000 goal last year the campaiuj fell short of its objective achieving less than half only 3500 of an 0000 aim man is dr bruce duff and resi dential chairman mrs joan ag- fiis the youth program includes judo gym for all ages craftd and tumbling gray a club for hoys in grades 6 7 and 8 jun ior y teens for girls in the same age group and ski lessons day camp in the summer time is also included this yearthe deficit must be made up or some of the acti vities dropped i the adults are offered ladies keep fit badraintofi baskethalli julian reed of norval wil eolf iessons and neadtnr itni a brca october 1st the big reddl ential blitz night l it should be noted this ymca docs not participate in any com munity chest contributions sliu- py because such an organizat ion does not exist in town prolific pussycat a hath of seven kiltens woum be enough for many cau but not judy the prolific pussycat at the home of mr and mrs melin doan of 1lr 4 gcori town judy has just fiven birth 4oharthinllillrinlniithan a year for a totil of 16 off- sprint vrs rud whitimo halton mp exmi harry llarlcy and his successor hud whitine ttfereo its not all roses in editorial paj story asks why any permits if sewage overloaded joe hurst new clerk joe t hurst has been appoln ted to succeed jack sacgeaciuu as actons clerkadministrator he is married to a former geor getown girt nan hale and is well known here only answer to a lengthy list of queries contained in a letter read to council monday from stove emmerson 01 mountain- view jtoad came from cr jim young who said some wf the statements weie ambiguous and some untrue mr emmerson asked why the sewer disposal plant is 2q overtaxed if ft is why mount- ainview road south jiould be specified as an area where no i is and why an apartment 0411 would not apply to the whole toun how did we get into this mess and what wascouncll the town engineer and the ontario water resource commission dong asked the letter why are build ing nenmts still being issued and why is raw sewage being pumped at times from the john street pumphouse into on open ditch ou private property cr young sjtid infiltration from creeks is cusub the plant overload and when phasn 2 of a reconstruction plants completed next year it will re turn in its normal capacity it takes time he said ive cant just rush out and borrow 240000 for this job there is a lot of red tone to go through he refuted one juery about what hud happened to a 70000 loan for john street pumping iniprovemenis council was contidering this he said then asked the t-ngin- err to atudy this further as 70 000 wilt not take card of the iweessary addition to take care of plaunnl ajiarlments mountainvlew hes doing this now and 1 expect he will hav final plans soon ho said then well ap ply for a loan to build it j m strike up the band riacauds and banners gave goorgetown district high school student alocrlon a touch of us convcnlion rawle dazzle friday demonstrations followed political speeches nd appeals from candidates who spoke in turn front the auditorium stage

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