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but unaware that rosslake opera tor joe ross had already drop- ped plans for a flying school on his r- 3- georgetown lay out some 20 area residents packed esquesing council cham ber monday night to protest councils token approval of the school and more in the absence of zoning a bylaw ban ning airstrips in the township lawyer colin mason of cooksville who said he repres ented 140 petitioners 95 per cent of the residents- of the area within ah eight mile radius of the proposed light plane air twrtrtdutsaesinothciripef notcampatible with the use of itioners objected to the ross adjoining land and i ask coun- scheme on the grounds that it would depreciate properties and create a nuisance and noise he said the department- of transport has not yet granted mr ross a license only per mission for a feasibility study and that council jitill has the authority to stop the airport by bylaw 1 these people are concerned abouf an increase in road traf fic and a decrease in land value restrictions on buildings near the approaches and limited land use in the vicinity said mr mason an airport here is cil to consider a bylaw to pre vent the airstrip which is only legal because there is no zoning bylaw mr mason claimed that their issuing of a permit to mr ross to build a hangar was token approval of the airstrip we didnt give mr ross per mission for aa airport only to build a building said deputy reeve tom hill permission to operate an airport cap come from the department of trans port only he can build a dozen hang ars but he still needs to get the v07t okay iffcevir george currie stated esquesing township clerk k c lindsay told the delegation he contacted guelph township tojflnd out what was done there when guelph airport was prop osed and was informed by his counterpart there that the town ship had no say in the matter and that it was entirely up to the department of transport mr mason maintained dot is interested solely in the safety aspect of a new airport application and that it is up to the local council to consider the feelings of the residents he suggested air traffic would be heavy because of the reput ation of helmut scheidfiauer the chief aerobauucal engineer now with central airways who would erate a light plane ser vicing area at the rosslake air strip and because of the closing of toronto island airport the airstrip would only be used by planes of about 2500 pounds or less and their eng ines are not very large about 120130 hp assured or jcen marshall youd scaroely know it was there when mr mason added the petitioners arc worried about the future growth of the air port cr marshall countered in arguing why the location isnt if a man can make a dollar why not said reeve currie you say your concerned about the traffic but if it was to be a golf course youd be all for it even though it would create more traffic dr ew brown of rr 3 ge orgetown a member of the del egation took up their case from there there is a dual author ity involved here he said the dept of transport re the lic ensing of the airport and the township te zoning we feel council was too hasty in issuing the permit for a hangar youre making a radical change in land suitable for an airport you jstl ue wiich could jjejenjbarrassihg outlined yourself why isnt roonj for expansion there l your planning board you arc our elected officials and we hope -you- represent us as well as you represented mr ross norman bird a long time res ident of the area was another member of the delegation to speak ive been there as long as any person there are a lot of new people in the area now and we get along wejl i would like to think i can put my con fidence more in esquesing coun cil than the dept of transport well be governed by the department of transport deci sion reiterated the reeve we have no authority to stop joe ross jlc debafceendedwith coun cil and the delegation- agreeing to discuss the proposal further at a planning board meeting march 19 to which halton mp rud whiting may be invited at anesquesing council mee ting two weeks ago council as sured mr ross they would not delay issuing of a building per mit for a hangar on his prop erty at that time he explained his plan for the airport in full and introduced council to mr scheidhauer an aircraft main tenance engineer- juergen mit- tleberg and flying instructor chris samson who was to oper ate the school in a letter elsewhere in this issue mr ross says he has since decided to abandon the school end of it because of neighbours objections ads that pay you can placa an ad in tka h herald- classified pages by phoning 8772201 buying or wiling the herald is where you will find the results you want the home newspaper tor georgetown and qi strict printing publishing the gecrgefown herald has served georgetown ana district m printers and publishers for over a century offering the best in fine printing and new coverage authorized as second class mail post office dept ottawa and for payment georgetown ontario thursday march 6th 1969 500 per year single copy price ten cents towns industrial land alm gone endorse mer plan allow industrial commission presses new north end apartmentsfor action in letter to council council on monday approved cr em hyde stated the land the application of aler invest was already zoned for apart- more is becoming more acute every month according to the georgetown industrial commis sion the motion authorized the sol- icitor to rezone the property to allow the apartments georgetown is almost fresh out of townowned industrial ments to build a fo7tylx suite men ttinthe amendment await- land to offer prospective indus- apartment building on lnd ing omb approval and had been trles a ed for acqmnng behind the rest home at 104 zoned that way on the rccom- main street north the building mendation of planning board will front on carruthers road i but under the present plan the new extension of ewing st needs to be rezoncd vice chairman alex black- reeve wm hnter contended well told the herald this week that the motion rezoned it for that inducon an industrial dev- anyone whether or not the land elopment and building firm cr wm smith challenged the changed hands which bought over 90 acres in wording of the motion although- the industrial park last year agreeing with the intent he after some discussion it was has tnrc large parcels left butj wanted only the plan shown by dccided o add the words the towns own industrial land aler investment approved and above to apply to the applicat- there has shrunk to approxim- wondcred if by rezoning it could of aler investments only aey four acres mxttf nol e motion was passed this way said ce f the four zt hc ypc huncr sttab eotparkfantand apartmen 1 the rest all on armstrong ave is split up i i if an industry came to us looking for 10 acres wed have j to send them to inducon we have nothing of any size avail- able mr blackwell said i side with humane society council wants pets saved snow queens court kim fisher is surrounded by finalists at the georgetown district high schools snow queen pageant wfiere she was crowned snow queen friday night the selecting of snow queen was a highlight of the schools first annual winterfest carnival sheridan offering government course cr donna denison informed council monday night that sheridan college is offering a course in municipal government every wednesday night for six weeks the course presented in co operation with the ontario con ference on local government and the dept of municipal af fairs hopes to inform the pub lic about municipal government and particularly to inform new ly elected officials about prob lems they will face in the fut ure i in local government how the municipal corporation operates functions and special services i of the municipality local rboards and commissions mun- 1 icipal assessments ami the fut- i urc of local government some of the councillors ex pressed interest in amending but wondered if they could find the time mayor emmerson quipped we sure could use some help abitibi down two topics are covered each j abitibi paper company limit- night including history of local j rc net earnings for 1918 government forms and struc- o 11028197 a decrease of ture of local government in j per ccnl ontario the role of the province five year capital forecast council on monday approved a five year capital forecast totalling 6750000 from 1969 till 1973 mayor steamer emmerson pointed out it was largely guesswork with little chance of everything being approved by the ontario municipal board the forecast was broken down this way 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 water commna50000 200000 200000 200000 200000 hydro cora 225000 200000 200000 200000 250000 hospital 350000 san sewers 215000 100000 850000 100000 100000 john st lift station 70000 roads 435000 450000 450000 450000 450000 storm sewers 30000 5o0c3 50000 50000 50000 fire dept 85000 police comm 100003 c arena 1 comm centre 160000 apply to bell for dial 911 an emergency telephone number of hrce digits 911 should be in operation in town within two years council up on the recommendation of the municipal safety committee took the first step toward that end monday night when they made application to the bell telephone for the emergency number colin blight chairman of the safety committee told council ire police and ambulance would be reached by the one lumber the only cost to mic town said the chairman would be an installation fee of s55 and a monthly rental fee of 50 the coirtmittee also urged the hirirg of a full time safety in spector to enforce the construc tion safety act the trench excavation protection act and and municipal bylaws governing public safety the committer also advised the speed limit on no 7 hwy should be left as is until traf fic lights are installed at var ious intersections later in the evening a letter from th- board of police com missioners confirmed the opin ion of the safety committee they too felt no change should be made until trat lights are installed totals 1340000 1610000 1750000 1000000 1050000 extension to plant as per brumac report new firetruck and addition to present building new police quarters cr w smith questioned the police quarters expenditure in light of forthcoming regional government which takes in policiic buildinggutted cv plans garage rebuilding a request from cv mot ors for a building permit to rebuild the garage burned out in last weeks fire was turned over to thi planning commit- tee at the suggestion of cr w smith at mondays council meeting town engineer gordon fancy pointed out in a letter that the lot could not comply with the regulations as it was only 103 feet dep and the regulations demand a 75 foot setback on the highway the garage was there before any zoning regul ations were enforced and ex isted as a nonconforming lot the crvjlrtcor recommended the issuing of a permit to allnw the owner to rebuild as fast as possible cr smith claimed it was more than an engineers prob lem and he wanted to make sure the issuing of a permit was legal in a situation like this the planning committee will discuss it at their march 13th meeting georgetown couple on newlywed game thursday morning today at 1130 in the morning a young dclrcx boulevard couple jim and carol thrower appeared on toronto television the show the canadian ver sion of the newly- wed game was taped 4lwo weeks ago at channel 0 studios but was shown this morning the thrower were the win ners and ended up with a new sewing machine and approxim ately three hundred dollars worth of linens and bedding raiders thistles playing friday georgetown intermediate b raiders open a best of sev en playoff set with fergus thistles here tomorrow night fresh from a convincing vic tory over the powerful lucan aggregation in the fiml game of the schedule raiders play game two back in fergus monday night and game three goes here wednesday the balance of the series has yet to be draft ed up raiders finished the sched ule with a 83 triumph over lucan hero friday night af terbowing 61 in lucan tue- sday february 25 with an 11 man team i i lucky baby 341 richer after draw a two months old baby boy is 341 richer this week because his dad bought a ticket on the georgetown juvenile hockey clubs weekly 5050 draw donald x prentice of bramp ton an employee of the tor ontodominion bank there said the money will go into a bank account for his son blaine the infant was the second winner in the draw whichis one of several juvenile club projects to raise money to send the team to a hockey jambqree on the west coast in april proceeds from the ticket sales are split half going to the draw winner and hajf toward the trip most recent businesses to give the project a helping hand fin ancially are armstrong insur ance mcnally construction rexway bp and wigo tv as well as raising funds through the draw dances and a euchre the juveniles plah paper drives on successive saturdays march 8 and z i the inducon land is choice i industrial property on guelph street between general firc- with only reeve wm hunt ers dissenting vote in opposit ion council monday night passed a motion petitioning the provincial government to with- p and armstrong ave draw bill 73 as requested by the ontario humane society i a letter sent to council ov- bill 73 is the controversial so the industrial bill which would compel hum- commas on stresses the urgen vj icy of the situation in the under- ane societies to hand over am- h lined final paragraph as poin ted out in the past the need for more industrial land is be- acutc each month ma is impounded more fortyeight hours not only to research institutions but also tries again for detour to animal dealers operating for coming more a profit to quote the humane especially for ndus winch society letter the letter from the humane society termed the bill in its present form an invasion of civ il rightsand a retrograde piece of legislation both cr ric morrow and depu ty reeve art speight thought the fortyeight hour titne limit a suggestion by cr em hyde was too short and should be maple avenue be used as an al- extended j lernative route to the main reeve wm hunter disagreed- slrcct bridre dctour vot he contended all dogs with tags down by council monday night on would present no problem he wanted since their owners could be con- tacted right away he also poin ted out that longer stays would involve more money require 10 or more acres the letter which summarizes the industrial commissions op eration during 1968 lists six firms baltimore aircoil park chemical clay equipment t d williamson goldup plastics and beaumont knitting as hav ing started production or decid ed to locate in georgetown dur ing the past 12 months it also reports boehmer readymix company are build- ing a new plant on armstrong avenue and mino millwork are building a new building on mountainview road it also asks for allowance in 1969 budget for improvement of roads in the industrial park and better weed control the commission spent a good portion of this year getting reorganized the town brochure was brought up to date and dis tributed to a various number of departments which are in a pos ition to help interested partiesj settle in georgetown ie trade and industry branch of the ontario government toronto real estate board and the canadian national railway the report states p siddall is chairman of the industrial commission mr blackwell vice chairman d cole secretary h douglas trea surer and the other members are past president wm mcnally h herder and cr ric morrow their west coast junket will include three games on vancou- ile panted the department of highways to erect signs at maple avenue and guelph st i and at the 7th line and high way 7 with directional arrows 1 showing an alternative route through town and drawing at- i tention to the construction ahead on the highway ver island against victoria kim- berley and a team from mel- again be berated the main ville saskatchewan plus two f street bridge detour blaming games on the mainland against j the human element to a lar- vancouver and burnaby i ge extent he claimed slow mo- if they want animals for research let them raise rabbits commented cr ern hyde l- midget group champs georgetown midgets who vypn the tricourtty midget hockey league championship are currently battling with ofillia midgets in omha play- lowns in the front row from left are j kud rasovs r fogal h williams j blair d unsworth j mcnally d ward g neil back row coach ron dixon m fowler r- inglis p fendley g foster b sargent d guest b davies b heppes g hennessey and manager barry brown hyde plan is vetoed ving trucks were one of the main causes of trouble and urg ed these be rerouted on to map le avenue as t pointed out last week and the week before and the week before that began cr smith the recommendation from both the dept of high ways and damas smith is that we do not do this said the road chairman he claimed the tqwn could bo liable in case of accident by diverting traffic fromatown road to a county road i plan to take direction irom the engineers we hired maintained cr smith thrs is getting to be a political foot ball he added deputy reeve art speight op posed the maple avenue routo claiming it would br dangerous for children since there is no sidewalk qn part of it and many- children walk to school along it theyre walking on the road north and south of main street bridge retorted cr hyde and where there is a sidewalk you cant find h far mud were building a bridge not baking a cake replied- cr smith if they clean up all the time theyll never get anything done only cr hydc mayor em mcr- son and uceve hunter voted lor the alternative route georgetown police investigat ed 243 complaints and laid 132 charges last month