Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 12, 1969, p. 1

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ads that pay yea can nlaca an ad in the harahr classhlad pages by boning 1772301 buying or tiling tha harald is where will find hm results you want georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing the georgetown herald haa served georgetown and district as printers and publishers for over a century offering the best in fine printing and newt coverage second class mail registered number 0943 return postage guaranteed georgetown ontario thursday june 12th 1969 500 per year single copy price ten cents water plentiful says commission no water restrictions are an- v this summer accord ing to the chairman of the wat er commission roy ballentmei with the rehabilitation of no 3 well just completed the town how has 2500000 daily cap acity the newest well no 5 on nncess ann drive has been test pumped at a million gal lons per day and will he const meted as soon as omb approv al is received all preliminary work has completed by proctor and fern and the equipment ordered holstein calf dies but save farm barn it qne holstein calf died but eral others in adoining stalls were shepherded to safety in a flash fire at the surodana farm of howard tarzwell on the 8th lane of esquesing south of no 10sideroad saturday quick action by a hired hand ho noticed smoke filtering from the building was mainly responsible for saving it he emptied a co 2 extinguisher on the flames and the threat was fori the most part dead when georgetow n fire trucks arrived oments after being summon georgetown firefighters finish edthe job by dousing smoulder ing boards in the loft jbamage was limited to a small area jhaen i first took a look i thought the whole thing was gone mr tirzw ell commented the smoke was so thick i couldnt see more than a few feet inside the building he said sharp tax hike for twp taxpayers despite reassessment esque 6ing township taxpayers will face aubstantial tax jump thisj year at their last regular meoting esquesing council set the rate at 59 02 mills residential and 6175 mius commercial and in i dustrial with variances in each of the three fire areas street lighting will also make it more expensive for glen williams i norval and stewarttown resi dents a ratepayer with a 5000 assessment on his home will pay from 50 to 60 more in taxes this year which will be partially offset by the provinc ial residential tax reduction which amounts to 3283 in the acton are area 32 48 in the milton fire area and 33 78 ml the georgetown fire area farmers will be hit hardest i by the tax hike wbichesques ing officials blame on the rising cost of education a typical farm of 100 acres with a 13 525 assessment faces an increase of 270 in this year s taxes a figure over which councillors have no con trol i in the tax breakdown the county has been slated for 5 56 mills from al farm residential industrial and commercial properties for current town ship purposes 8 36 will be levi ed on farm and residential pro perty tnd u 13 mills on mdus trial and commercial land with the new county school board school taxes are lumped into single levies for public schools farm and residential levy is 26 84 mills and the industrial and commercial tax is 29 82 mills for secondary schools 1826 mills will be levied on farms and residential property and 20 28 on industrial and commercial esquesing fire area no 1 in need of a new fire truck gets the highest levy of the three fire areas with a mill rate of 3 54 mills acton fire area no 2 has- a levy of 1 8 mills while milton fire area has 1 15 mills for street lighting residents of glen williams will pay an extra 122 mills norval 120 mills and stewarttown 2 50 mills competing teams will chase litter in saturday cleanup view school sketch plans sketch plans of the school proposed for moore park and the addition to centennial sen ior school also m georgetown will be inspected at tonights meeting of the halton county board of education in oak- villc car hits house firemen stand by georgetown firefighters were called to standby when a car collided wath a house on crjit street in glen williams mor flay night the car an edsel in tren by uxjd nolan ot toronto flattened a fence and bushe and crossed the lawr at th home of godfrey christensen stopping just short of a gas meter the accident was investigated dy constable pfnnce of the north halton opp ho placed damage to the front of the car at 75 the accident happened at 10 17 p m it was the second aciden o vestigatcd by ortn hilton opp ewithm the gcorgton ditr l this week sunday afternoon a car dr v en by gerard carriere of r r 2 acton left hignway 7 near the 5th lane of equeing re tilting in 1000 damage parade teen togs above karen mounstevcn linda stuttard phylls barber sandy mcbean yvonne holloway sheila jeffrey and collettc warburton model some of the fash ions they paraded for a large audience at a simplicity patterns fashion show sponsored by the ladies of knox church last week the girls are all home economics students at gcore town high school cuts shoulder injury as motorcycle car crash the chase is on all day sat urday with trash and litter the hunted and local service clubs organizations and scouts being the hunters the various clubs will form teams and compete by trying to make the area assigned to them the cleanest in town frank morette works superintendent will assign the areas when the groups assemble at the works garage on maple avenue t at nync n clock in the morninj at pnsstime the rotarv club the kinsmen tht i ions the scouts chamber nf commerce jaycecs lire department and the legion have all signified their intention lo participate there are a few more to heir from five judges r sandy mai kcnzie walter biehn allstair day habits sutherland mrs anne currie and mayor steamer emmcrson will have to decide on the win ncrs the winning team will rtc eive s50 and the second place winner 25 in addition the winning team will receive a trophy appropriate for the occasion th works superintendent asks residents w llh trash too ballinafad 4h club girls entertain with program for institute mrs slessoraites was conven er for the w i meeting on june 4 h was held in the com munitv centre mrs jesse mc big to be picked up in normal fnorv presldpnt ope the meeting with the w i ode and prayer of man stewart she girhige pick up to call 877 6983 until 3 pm saturday aft ernoon however it must be out on the curl in front of the house they dnn t plan to wrcs tie it out of the bnsement the judges will start their tour at three in the afternoon the rrnyor whose idea it whs is hoping some of the good work will spill over into every welcomed the many 4 h home same as last year s provincial winner irene keir included m the motion was that their w l give all future winners of this award a gift the motion was also carried that a sum of mon ey be allowed the committee to purchase a marker for provid- a young motorcyclist was in jured in a collision at the in tersection of mountainview rd and guelph street thursday david johnson age 20 of 51 raylawn crescent was taken to hospital by ambulance and trca ted there for cuts to his left wrist and face and dislocated left shoulder he was riding eastward on guelph street when his motor cycle collided with a station wagon driven by elizabeth goldup of 31 queen street which was crossing from moun tamview road north constable earl andress esti mated damage at 175 to the station wagon and 75 to the motorcycle carol r mcmurray 26 of 55 joycelyn crescent suffered bruises to the right side of her face in an accident monday police said she a as driving on pennington crescent when her car hit a manhole protnid ing several inches above the surface of the road damage to the car was 800 constable tom thompson handled the investigation cars driven by margaret el len pope of 97 maple avenue w and eugene morden of 30 norton crescent were involved in an accident thursday on norton crescent according to police the pope car was backing out of drive- wav when it struck the morden car which had just backed from a driveway on the opposite side of the road a hundred and twenty five dollars damage was done to the pope car according to constable e andress allconcrete home new experiment in building guides see pioneer life a verv education il tup to the black crei k onse rvation area including pioneer village was enjoyed saturdiy lune 7 by 50 guides and brownies from georgetown and lime house area leaders in chirgc were mrs knoespel mrs krug er and miss grace griham i north halton golf club celebrates completion of 18 hole course an experimental house at the corner of edward and bron streets has ciught the eve of many a passtr h with its tin usual construction the house is btini built by central concrete ltd as in experiment it is new tpr of construction of pre stressed concrete with outside and tn side dividing walls ifl rnide of concrete the inner dividing wills are of light weight block and will be covered with sheet rock at tached by a special adhesive there is no mortar used in either exterior or interior walls here also a special glue is used mrs slessoraites then took over the meeting she said she hid enjoyed working with the girls as assistant leader mrs plouffe was also an assistant with mrs buchanan as leader in the latest club cottons may be smart mrs buchanan was then asked to say a few words on behalf of the group she said there were 26 taking this last club she knew of more who were eager to take the next one so she thought it advisable to make two clubs the girls then put on the pro gram which they did on achieve ment div frances mclean was the exterior blocks have the commentator for the display faces ground to a tcrrazo like and anc snow was the spoke finish then stained and polish sman for the group taking part ed this ls the final exterior in the fashion parade mrs gi finish making girls and their mothers ence cemetery a committee was appointed to look after arrangements for brisbane grade 8 graduation school banquet the w i will not meet in july but a meeting in- the form of a picnic will bo held in august meeting closed with o canada the main floor is also a pre stressed concrete slab giving a concrete celling to the base ment with no joists nd no pillars miss donna shortil a bride- to be of saturday has been hon oured with many bridal show ers a recent one was a miscel laneous shower arranged by mrs dorothy allen of acton and held at her home there still another prominent far mer in the community has sold his farm mr and mrs elwood snow have purchased a farm near mount forest sorry to be losing suffh a fine family from the neighbourhood and hope they come back to visit often ven gave the motto and mrs r b kirkwood gave the current fvents mrs smith gave a report on th district annu il that concluded the program the guests were invited downstairs for refreshments members then met agun for the business part of the meet ing it was announced that the architect hopes to build sheila foster of ballmafadhad and to ruthhrlenv maisonettes of this material and received provincial honours m brur and jonn poo wno wer fecls he can sell them for co wc 4 married on saturday rev kel- making clubs so the motion ym johnson pcrormc the the house has 1 135 feet of floor space squire friends from ireland were visitors with mr and mrs john hancock and family on satur day we extend congratulations 20 000 per unit some in town he may build wa gift pissed that she receive a from the institute the i jlt 7 aaaaaaaanbalbk st john depiction display realistic of brigade work fbr 3rf5f an objective long talked ab- ut and anticipated has been reached at north halton golf and country club where 18 hol es are iow in play to celebrate the end of the three year project converting the course from nine to f8 holes a special day of competi tion for members has been r north halton golf and country club on mapla avanue i ranged for sunday which wllljdence in 1014 by the late j a include a full day of golf a willoughby of real estate fame the layout a used as a country home and private courso where he entertained friends until an explosion in aclon last week injured four persons ind a car crash sent two hoys and a man lo hospital with serious injuries careless camping was blamed for a third mishap involving a teenager and his father i the accident victims all hos pital cases were treated bv st john ambulince brigades of the halton peel corps i the realistic explosion car smash and camping accident were staged for demonstration purposes in acton arena at the annual inspection of the st h am brigade halt on pec break for lunch and a dance and buffet in the evening an official opening when the traditional ribbon will be cut 1954 at that time it was known by club president bill mcnallyjas cedar crest will be held later in the season in 1954 a local group purchas originally built and laid out a a nrat hole eours and rest ed the property andfounded the present golf club using the wil loughby residence as club house in 1960 the georgetown curling club which had been amalgamated with the golf dub operating at the memorial arena and as a result a new club house incorporating a curling rink was built the old wil loughby house wa- demolished work on the 18 hole project started in 1963 orps 1 for the first time in its 12 year history acton st john ambulance division hosted the colorful event attended jy brig ades from oakvillc brampton milton port credit burlington i acton is combined with geor i gctown acton citizens band played background music for the open ing parade march past nispcc tlon of ranks and vehicles inspecting officer c s sim mons area commissioner cen tral ontario area took the gen eral salute from officers of the seven divisions on parade before dismissing the 200 st john ambulance members com missioner simmons congratula ted them on their excellent per formance he was equally im pressed by the corps wonderful spirit of camaraderie evident throughout the program halton peel corps superin tendent j r wilson of oak ville combined the roles of pa rade marshal and emcee it took about 30 pairs of strong st john ambulance arms to pysh a wrecked red convertible into the rink to set the stage for the first demon stration first aid to three crish victims acton and milton divisions gave first aid after removing the driver and hls two young passengers from the glass- strewn wreck the se with the ceremony at his home in geor getown the brides family were present also a cousin and her husband mr and mrs les drysdale a reception followed at the terra cotta inn mr and mrs richard shortill and miss lillian shortill atten ded the wedding in union church on friday evening may 10 of miss margaret wegg and st john ambulance first aiders mp dcnnls k and thc rec and also thc chilling realism of c following in the church thc faked accidents hall winnifred smith st john ambulance making a screaming exit with its load of hospital cases burlington and oakvillc com hined went to the aid of thc careless campers a boy who chopped his foot with an axc and father who fell on a broken beer bottle in the chain re action mishap the arena was blacked out to set the atmosphe for the ex plosion i lashes and bangs punc tuated thc darkness when thc lights went on spectators bog gled at a grim disaster scene four bodies prone in the deb ris brampton and port credit brigades teamed tip to treat the injured all stretcher cases invited to thc floor to watch thc firs aid demonstrations the public was impressed and said lo by the efficiency of the goodbye ie cub david oarr one of the contestants pie eating contest at the district cuborec at centennial park saturday displays his style as he attacks one of the texas tarts the pie eating contest was one of a long list of events and competitions which made it a full day for the 250 cubs and their leaders

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