Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 20, 1969, p. 14

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of moore push for school building now a georgetown resident claim ed to halton board of education last week that chapel st pub lic school is unsafe and that school buses are overcrowded while making a plea to speed up the building of a schoot in the moore park subdivision ken elliot said over 300 per sons in the area signed a pet ition requesting the school be built he said there are 233 children in the subdivision who will be attending elementary schools in the fall at present the children arc at tending elementary school from the subdivision are either buss ed to park school or walk to chapel street school concerning transport of stu- the georgetown herald thursday ma4ch20 1w page 14 hire assistant for building inspection a toronto man frank kitson was hired as assistant building inspector and zoning administ- rator by council on monday dents to park school elliot said the bus that brings the mr kitson who has experien- children from school in the wilh ln low of oakvillc will receive a s7000 salary and book mckeough chamber speech roger gets the runaround most businessmen dont appreciate getting the run- around from their customers but one of georgetowns newest roger gadd thrives on it roger operates the delivery boy service which has been a familiar part of local traf fic since early february the radiodispatched van has been employed for just about ev ery kind of pickup and delivery imaginable since then serving both commercial business and the general public in handling prescription drugs baked goods newspapers take out foods groceries and parcels too bulky for shoppers to carry home almost every day the general public come up with a new use for the unique service and rogers smilebroadens as the list grows must pare budgets reeve hunter warns with georgetowns tax rale mr hunter who is finance soon to be struck council will chairman said it is difficult to be sharpening their pencils in an i forecast the tax rate yet as attempt to come up with a tax the budget for schools a large bill which wont be too hard on part of the rate has been held property owners tip the provincial government has not yet announced its grant there will have to he loll structure of paring of the estimates we have to date or theres going to be a substantial increase wasj however he hopes to finalize reeve wm f hunters- warnj the rest of the budget a a com ing at council meeting monday mittee meeting next week dogs poisoned opp investigates two dogs have been poison ed in glen williams within a day of each other both dogs lived on confederation st right across the road- from each other a veterinarian in bramp ton diagnosed thr one dog whose life was saved as a vic tim of strychnine poisoning the other dog died before he said sagging ceilings at the 100 year old chapel street school alarmed parents who vis ited the school although elliot has not been to the school him self he said some parents told him they would not walk through it director of education j w singleton said the board would immediately look into the mat ter afternoon has had as many as 73 students on it which creates discipline problems he admit ted that 73 was not the standard number on the bus secretary of business and fin ance bruce lindey said two huses are used in the area to transport 138 children to school but about 20 kindergarten pup ils come home at noon hpur elliot also complained he didnt like the bus letting all the children off at moore park shopping plaza and wanted them let off in the subdivision im concerned about children being trained to hang around shopping centres the building of a school in the subdivision is planned for 1970 in the boards five year capital works budget chairman kred armitagc said since it is already march there is no hope that a school could be ready by september he said the board would consider all sides of the transportation situation past presidents officiate at kinette anniversary 98 nassagaweya residents want to retain their entity r minister of municipal affairs i darcy mckeough was presented j with a petition signed by 98s of the residents of nassagaweya i protesting the form of regional i government proposed for nas sagaweya in thr ministers pro posal so lloyd chisholm one of the originators of the petit ion told halton county councill gail collett georgetown kinetics marked their 10th anniversary at their march meeting which was chair ed by the 196364 past presid ent donna moores charter pre sident eva middlcton led the kinette song and mona milne the 196566 past president said the kinette grace the 196768 past president rosine levy was sergeant at arms following dinner each past president cut thebirthriay rake made by the 196465 past presid- 700 car allowance in the new position as assistant to walter pacholok who is recuperating from a serious illness at present he was one of five men inter viewed from twelve applicat ions for the position advertised a month ago cr erri hyde voting against the appointment said none of the applicants had the qualific ations cited in 4hc newspaper advertisement and wanted a committee meeting for discus sion before the appointment was finalized none of them could have had the qualifications said reeve hunter or we would be paying twelve or fourteen thousand dollars in salary other councillors were satis- tied to take the recommenda tion of the town engineer and said they could see no reason for further delay the engineers office is swamped with a backlog of 150 building permit applications and the longer we delay the worse it gets said cr harry levy we have already discussed this at one committee meeting and this ls the recommendation burlington vital to halton s economy politicians argue burlington seems to le the wishbone in the ontario gov ernments plan to create two new regional governments in this part of the province sitting dead in the centre it could tw included in the 11am- iltonwentworth metropolis or in the haltonrerl region georgetown chamber of com merce has secured the ontario minister of municipal affairs darcy mckeough to speak at their annual dinner may 7 c of c president miehm told the herald the min ister will address the dinner at north halton golf club on re gional government and a quest ion period will follow halton mpp jim snow will also speak dealing with his pro posal for a sports complex for oie region bantam hockey continued from page 1 as for who will wrap their hockey gloves around the grand championship trophy saturday night its still anybodys guess localpundits are holding their opinions until they get a look at more of the a clubs some of george havc sti to play their first round at press time only burlington- and kitchener had progressed burlington by bouncing detroit 154 in their two meetings and kitchener by bumping the tor onto young nationals 116 another american entry port huron fell before wood- thc chambers nominating stock 12a in b series actian commttee irwn noble dck ha5 aho seen brampton i top richmond hill 95 and gait eliminate chatham 95 two c teams milton licata and sandy mackenzie will present a slate for election at this meeting it is expected over 100 guests will attend do or die friday for hockey raiders and newmarket are beginning to develop thoughts- of a division title after knocking out two contenders each milton swamp- ed grimsby 151 and then pres ton 82 while newmsrkcl roll ed over streetsville 186 and georgetown intermediates go edged chinguacousy 108 into fergus tomorrow night with their hockey life on the line leamington is also on the c series win path knocking out tillsonburg 94 and taking lies- they trail the best of seven p s in heir wednesday intermediate b quarter finals- morning test georgetown pro- with fergus thistles three k by the narrowest of games to two margins with a decision over lindsay determined by shots on fergus moved into position goal in overtime they were 33 where they can capture the ser- in goals scored at the end of ies with one more win tuesday two games night in milton when they dou- bled up the locals 63 fn the otner c s ka kasing made their long trek the game was moved from worthwhile by squeezing by georgetowns home ice because west ferris 76 of the weeklong international bantam hockey here erin and levack are making tournament strong bids in d series erin beat copetown 126 and kings ton lakeshore 53 and levack after a first round bye trounc ed listowel 102 essex has won their second round game at press time over don vorton paul robinson and terry lane scored for rai ders in a losing cause for the balance of the play offs playingcoach gerry inglis exeter 81 with their second will direct his club from behind meeting to come after belting- the bench hell have to direct belmont 102 in other d series them to a victory friday to matches acton rolled over force the seventh game backaylmer 8 7 and amherstburg anyone could be rallr dog owners in glen will iams are understandably dis turbed and have called the opi who are investiaating workshop for retarded gp explained to kinsmen tted in grit fire i arc industries is the new gary alton anil his co chair name for what has been knnwnlman don puckering asked until now as hope workshop members to cooperate on fili al hornby members of the filling the kingro fertilizer kinsmen club were told at their sale by the end of march early ttleetttfg monday at staris response has been good and riv restaurant liveries will begin on march 29 harry isham director of the project dealing with retarded virc presidents hugh powell children and adults was guest and fred harrison shared the speaker showed a film of the chair for vice presidents nigh work being done there the and appropriate st patricks new name which stands for entertainment was provided af adult rehabilitation is hoped ler the meeting by the future to be established on a provinc executives frank bryant uas iji basis for other similar pro- sergcantatarms and bob col a small apartment at the rear of the home of mr and mrs lames caldwell 3r edith street was gutted by tire eaily friday evening firemen confined the hlir to the apartment and extingu ished it so ruick thit there uas no smoke damage in the house proper inil hn nu thr 1 p 1 r i m r n tenant ho v a ntit a h me hrn thr firr 1 rk on list personal eft cfs firmcn tim itrl am m at 2 500 thr lire was hr he ed to start from an oil s tovc n the apartment jects president dean taylor presen ted a plaque to george bourn for his work as chairman of the girls softball league harry levy reported on the internat ional bantam hockey tournam ent taking place this week and said early results indicate keen competition at all levels lelt and bill hewitt led in sing ing o canada and the kin song rick ill u as officially wel corned as a club member and ics foster a transfer from the cobourg club two guests atten ded john white and lohn rich a member of the round table club of witham england cars collide damage minor the lurk of the irish with maurice mclean n allen road and garland meccham of acton on st patricks dav their cars received an estimat ed s250 damage when tbev col lided at the intersection of ma government i tuesday afternoon he came to county council to explain nassagaweya s position and to present a copy of the brief submitted to the minister he stated 1107 names were collected in five days we dont want our township broken up in pieces we want to be rural he emphasized he maintained the residents i were frightened of being at tached to a municipality with a large debt and of being taxed j for sewers water street lights etc when they themselves did not have them the brief urged the retention of county government in hal i ton and opposed amalgamation with peel the retention of nas sagaweya as a municipal unit two tier system of county gov ernment the election rather than the appointment of the head of county council repre sentation by area assessment and population instead of by population alone the retention of local hydro commissions and the keeping of burlington in halton county the brief defended councils position ponting out that nas sagaweya has an official plan and wasn t i toning bylaw and new munici pal building both of which were encouraged and approved by the department of municipal affairs when they must have known of the plans for regional and if north halton politici ans havehheir way it will stay in halton municipal affairs darcy mckenughs ment of the halton amalgamation 10ft as a question mark minister announce- anri peel burlington pending a north halton music festival continues solo competitions children in the public schools of acton milton esquesing and nassagaweya are busy prepar- ing for the north halton music festival this year the festival is being held in three locations the primary and junior comp- eiitions will be held in the brookville public school on tuesday april 22 and the sen ior students will compete at stewarttown sr school on wednesday april 23 a concert of all winners is planned for the milton district high school on thursday evening april 24 the public is encouraged to at tend as many sessions as pos- sible there is no charge as well as the usual riple trio triple duet and choir clas- tes solos arc again being held solos were introduced as a centennial i special but interest and enthusiasm have mounted and each year more students welcome this opportunity to gain a little extra training and experience medals are given to the top three competitors and in the choir trio and duet classes cups shields and plaq ues arc presented mr john sidgwick a noted teacher and conductor from toronto will adjudicate the 1969 festival executive past president jack jteed ba principal at glen williams school president james zehr ba teacher at brookville vice president ray morrison pnnri pal bruce street school milton secretarytreasurer mrs b ben ton rr 4 acton trophy con vener mrs r frost rr 4 georgetown high water hazardous as the water level in local streams rises so docs the hazard to small children georgetown police depart ments traffic safety officer sgt jason field has asked the heralds assistance in advising parents in impress on their youngsters to slay away from the swollen waters pie anil guelph street at about 11 20 p m police said mclcan w as pro ceeding into the intersection when hit by the west bound i mecrham car georgetown con stable p robertson handled the investigation there were no injuries smile conductor now miss jump on quick the train is pulling out girl but i cant ao before ive kissed mamma goodbye conductor jump on miss ill see to that for you hornby it stated their debenture debt was negligible but contended it would not remain so if amalga mated with an urban municipal ity nassagaweya was one of the first townships to institute area school boards continued the brief and we deplore the fact we do not have a representat ive from nassagaweya on the county board county council turned the brief over to the regional gov ernment intermunicipal com mittee for study this commit tee has now been enlarged to include all the reeves instead of the four originally appointed a brief business session dealt with additional preparations for a rummage sale at the end of this month a number of members volunteered to help at the legion with meals on the first day of the bantam hockev tournament saturday presid ent noreen miehm presented eileen mcleod with a baby spoon the program took the form of each past president giving a few highlights fdom her year in the top office followed by a question and answer period for the benefit of the new members also at the head table was 196162 past president lnrna taylor guests included past member iena burns whose hus band is the kinsmen charter president and kin wife jeanj on monday georgetown mckay cmincil endorsed a brief to the the clubs april meeting will i commission which is being pre- be initiation and nomination pared by cr sandy mackenzie night i supporting the milton stand here sunday afternoon a good crowd watched the neutral ice affair partly because two georgetown players rick cole and bill currie are milton products goalie norm lock- hurst and doug richardson were standouts for the raiders took norwich 1 15 division finals make up satur day mornings schedules while grand championship semifin als feature the afternoons play the big game and awards pres entations climax the eight days of hopes and frustrations sat urday evening decision on the final geographi cal area which hamilton-went- worth will cover the steele vimmissinn is presently studying the latter iast week milton made a submission that it is imperative to keep burlington part of this region to share the cost of county services which would othcrefsr on too small a number of taxpayers correction th following item was incorrectly advertised last weeks herald it should have read lady patricia reg 84c hair spray oc beamish stores georgetown market centre double the enjoyment but half the cost for a limited time only well install your cable for this special price mr and mrs roy break are enjoying a months vacation in florida anniversary greetings to mr and mrs stan may who will cel ebrate their wedding anniver sary on tuesday march 25 mrs bob ross is enjoying a vacation in florida where she is visiting with friends and relat ives attention truckers remember ah truck plates expire march 31 only one week left to get truck plates depl of transport office 41 main street south 995 5oo is is our usual installation rate the amount you save by installing now for a short time you can hook up to cable tvs fine allchannel reception at 495 instead of the usual 995 rate when you sign up you pay 495 plus 450 for the first months rental a total of 945 but you must come in to our office soon to sign the agreement form between 830 am and 430 pm come in and sign up today cable tv 47 main street north 8775211 v i

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