Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 16, 1969, p. 1

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fclftrdkfcojjpjeow frrenf but lhefifeavy snowfattdyrmg these pi jvladsen on loader and ivan kaminskey jo the tr town streets cjay3j ffledtrtogsjdoyyrvfor georgetowns work depart- jpebrtrisejt tolfbjrowndthe clock here egan fcttake away jphe rrfcfte of the thousands of loads trucked from new council plans study firumac report then compare a move by reeve hunter to other tojfee what amounts and compare other agreements with developers was termed a good idea but a bit premature by the majority of council wednesday night the reeve suggested they meet with chinguacousy eoun- jland compare the proposed bruiriac agreement with the chinguacousy bramalea agree ment or the toronto town ship agreements cr hie morrow was enthus- eoncessions other ies are receiving municipality gr ernie hyde first claimed it was premature urging coun cil to go over their own report in detail before going elsewhere wed look somewhat foolish if we didnt tatowtrar o rep when we went out of town he said all agreed they should meet in committee and devote as iastic especially stressing that i long as necessary to thebrumac teach part of the agreement report before going further should be compared with an- 1 afield parking authority wants james street meiers back a request from the parking authority to have the parking meters reinstalled on jairtesrnd suggested tt was councils street was turned over to the responsibility to put them back administration committee wed nesday night the cost would be absorbed by the parking authority cr e hyde contended the posts were cut off far too short both reeve w hunter and mayor emmerson claimed they tn amwr in a qnpgtlnn frnrp cr harry levy mayor em merson explained there had been an agreement between the authority and sidmac the owner of the land under which the taxes oh that land were re funded since the town received if revenue from the meters when the authority was con sidered defunct by some the agreement was terminated and the meters removed said the mayor now that the author ity is functional again they want the town forces to rein- ill them added the mayor be removed and were shocked when they found the posts cut f the administration committee will investigate the matter georgdtownborn has 101st birthday john h graham celebrated his 101st birthday sunday and told visitors he couldnt see well enough to write or read but my appetite is good mr graham born in georgetown said ho still likes to watch hoc key and football on television 5000 loot in robbery delrex smoke shop feed the birds its during winters like this one that birds of a feather all starve together feed them but not harmful breadcrumbs tree which killed him and was removing a huge limb when the trunk lurched back on top of lum police said the accident hap pened at about 430 he leaves a son mitchell parents olive and charlie of terra cotta brothers gordon of belfountain barry of little pike bay george and joe of terra cotta and a sister vicky mrs fred haines of norval burial will be in glen will iams cemetery friday follow ing a- service at the harold c mcclure funeral home esqueshttfreeve succeeds hunter winning three man race disappear surmize eagle culprit ed osborne a farmer on the 8th line north of georgetown has started to look skyward for the answer to mysterious disap pearances of pets and small livestock from his property a year ago two small dogs suddenly disappeared and a couple of faithful micers have also vanished without a trace though they never wandered far from home last week buster a small manchester terrier wa let out of the farmhouse for a run de spite his past history of being a homesticker and never leav ing the yard this time he dis appeared continued on page 18 bomb scared holidayers delayed 6tlours at tampa thieves descended through a georgetown family the ceiling to make a mr and haul from delrex smoke shop ooo and mia john underhill six year old daughter beth of 82 main street s were part of in the georgetown market onj p load of passengers the weekend most of the loot t which according to a man ar- was post office property stamps rested by miami police would money orders and some cash proprietor henry harris told the herald his shop was likely entered after one since the manager of beamish store in the same block worked that late and reported hearing noth ing suspicious tracks on the roof of the block of stores lead from a point at the reafof the cana dian imperial bank of com merce to an air shaft over the smoke shop the thieves enter thought only the lmiirtiid thitea aofe breaking through a hanging celling they apparently used a ladder to reachthe roof and make the descent and getaway at the shop a filing cabinet which mr harris bought after a breakin about eight months ago pried open be blown out of the air before reaching canada sunday the man a north bay resid ent was picked up by the pol ice after passengers in the mi ami air terminal reported he had been bothering the travel lers mrs underhill told the herald he had asked v waiting to board the plane if they would take him aboard as a member of their family shortly after the flight loft miami he told police he had slipped a bomb aboard in a piece w luggage which would explode en route ft u s p which includes a sub post officer 2 f learned that some thing was wrong when the pil ot announced he had been ad vised to land at tnc nearest was i airport because of a technical difficulty the stores loss was a small amount of cash and some wat ches lighters and other small items which could be stuffed into pockets mr harris discovered the store ransacked when he open ed at nine saturday morning as we approached the land ing strip my husband looked out the window and called my their luggage- for any item which didnt belong and ar rived at toronto international airport six hours late attention to the scene on the runway mrs underbill said there were fire trucks rescue units and other emergency equipment even fbi vehicles and some of the trucks were manned by men in asbestos suits mrs underhill said the veh icles moved along beside the plane as it touched down as the plane rolled to a stop the pilot advised passengers to hurry off and carry their child ren to speed up the evacuation they were ordered to get be hind the trucks in case of an explosion aboard the aircraft two men in asbestos suits boarded the plane and threw the luggage off mrs under hill said one piece they ran with and threw in a ditch she said tho passengers re mained calm during the whole ordeal and seemed iribro con cerned about having had their meal interrupted they were kept in tampa for two hours during which time they were asked to look through hope licenced bicycles help recover stolen ones lw jivl stolen bicycles may be more easily recovered in future as a result of councils okaying voluntary registration of bicyc les wednesday night and in- vostigating the possibility of a licensing bylaw the licencing was recommen ded by thcpolice comfirjlssion whose letter stateel it was af ready in operation in most sur rounding communities there were one hundred arid thirtyfive bicycles reported stolen in town in 1967 accord ing to a letter from the police chief with ninety recovered and fortyfive outstanding he claimed with the records avail able with licensing it would be much easier to keep track of the more than one thousand bi cycles now in town reeve w hunter contended the cost of the license plates should be tho total cost since many families have three and four bicycles georgeview merchants say snow pi ies motorist hdzard vfmm commission georgetowns first water corrjrolstlon held its inaugural meeting tuesday january 7 from left are members winston smifji chairmarv roy bellentine nd rnycr vwreldon ernrnerson wednesday night council re ceived a petition signed by all the merchants in tho george- view shopping area on guelph strectjrotcstlng the piles of snowon the boulevarafterm- ing it a hazard to motorists at tempting toenter the highway names on the petition includ ed barragcr laundromat fob- crt rpal estate davidson drugs iga r t b confectionery georgevlew restauran c auto supply fashion trend hairstyling and blue valley meat market tho petition noted that the downtown parking area lot was cleared of snow mayor eminerson pointed that the downtown parkinglot was thcxespdnsibu4tyof lhe parking authority somojnow is piled there by the department of highway ploughs and some by the rrier chants themselves the mayor salds it was decided tn have the works superintendent look s in to it f5r the underhills it was the conclusion of a holiday in the south which included a cruise to nassau and frceport j last thing my husband said before boarding- the plane was maybe well bo highjacked to cuba and get a couple more days of sunshine mrs un derhill said vetefalfii politician george currje capped his fprtythree years in municipal politics by being elected warden of the county at tuesday afternoons halton county council meeting he is the only reeve since 1930 to serve as warden twice the last time was in 1936 it is seven years since esqueaing had a warden when the late wilfrid bird held the position anddied in office in an unusual three man race reeve currie won out by only one vote 7 to 6 alan day of oakville and austan ledwith of milton were the other two cop tenders the milton reeve to out in the first ballot and the oakville reeve on the second 2 there was no north and south splltonthis vote- but most reeves and deputies of the same municipality voted differently in his brief nomination speech wflrdcn currie reminded coun cil of his long years of experi ence in politics and stated es- quesing was in line for the wardenship there are seven municipali ties in the county and it is seven years since esquesing itadjlhe wardenship alan day claimed this year would be one of the most im- hong kong flu none in county not one case of hong kong flu has been reported in halton county according to medical officer of health dr lai stew art- i have had no reports of any thing bearing the label hong kong flu said the moh as he pointed out it required fair ly sophisticated tests to know which strain of flttis which he admitted there was a fafr amount of flu around but claimed that was normal for this- time of year george currie portant the county ever had to face the minister made it clear regional government is coming he stressed quoting minister darcy mckeough the oakville reeve read no mun icipality will have a veto over the forming of regional govern- ment but we want their will- ing participation and opinions reeve day claimed it would be to the advantage of the county to take the initiative in conclusion he commented that he would not be an expen sive wardenni be like warden bill hunter who didnt cost the county very much in a part ing shot he added i wont even- go to california this was a reference to reeve hunters trip to receive the award for the-haltonxountyfilin- reeve austan ledwith con tended the habit orxining turns for the wardenship was- not the best basis for election thebest-man- should be elect ed he added he painted out that milton was in the middle of the cquntyand could not be branded north or south two new faces appeared at this the first meeting of the 1969 council mrs anna mc- arthur reeve of nassagaweya and e tyler deputy reeveof acton ivtw flrt7r- r4 y f3 t h v gj gjaasaafo 34 ti- no age umit theres no ago limit to having fun on the local slopes as odults and children alike make the best of winter weather mclachlan and son kevin get set to slipdowrva cedarvao hill snowblenketted hers mrs j- r v v i-

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