Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 12, 1969, p. 17

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1 et vaking y project f halton east mpp twflntyniae eager youngsters between the ages of our and eleven have been learning the art of puppet nuking for the last eight weeks the ten week course sponsored by t 3 ymca is taught by two grade 10 stu dents deail motter and tony iceers in st georges- church basement the puppets atart out as bot tles used as a form then cov ered with paper mache when the paper mache is dry the bot tle is removed then they are carefully painted to assume whatever character the creator sees the last step is the dress ing of the puppets also done by the children its a messy business with sticky paper mache and paint all over and frequently child ren to match however they are proud of their handmade hand puppets they plan to present a private show for parents at the close of the course in two weeks time the children will write and produce the show young puppet makers start their projects at outset of ys school v i pupils are so proud of heir fimshed characters they plan to show them off to parents in a puppet show haltonmp irudlwhiting ireports jl ffrom and to industrial plant and fac tories this week the hon mr benson minister of finance introduced his second budget of this session of parliament it has been described as an anti- inflation budget with an expec ted surplus of 250 million dol- jars there are no changes tnl are now very large me corporation or personal incqtt fr cha although the 3 per cent rents et k nd an- temporary surtax on corpora- j nth related to airports and ion arj personal income tax f fa is extended to the end of next tha p co charges for these costs will be in y i tituted along with a tax on air substantial changes were j line tickets- announced in tariff reductions increased expenditures on the construction equipment operation and maintenance of airports and related airport fac everyone can help while organizations arc busy cleaning up public property sat urday in the mayors anti litter campaign each of us can do our part on our own properties make this a day to put a bit of extra effort in getting rid of any unsightly muss on our lawns and boulevards and make it a point not to throw paper wrappers and hot tics on the newly cleaned streets jim snow reports business has been proceeding steadily in the legislature thii week with the departmental es timates of the dept of labour under consideration which were completed on thursday evening on wednesday afternoon final committee approval was given to the bill before the hous calling for the carrying out of a vote by farmers within the province on the setting up of the general farm organization i expect that the third reading and royal assent will be given to this bill within the next dav or two and that this vote will be carried out in late june the result of this province widf vote will then decide whether a general farm organization is to be established on thursday morning certain changes in the cabinet were an nounced by the prime minister and needless to say i was very happy indeed to see my col league mr george kerr mpp from haltbn west receive thp appointment to the cabinet as minister of energy and resour ces management i would like to congratulate george on receiving this ap pointment which i am sure ho will carry out most competent- jy i was advised early in the week by hon george gommi- minister of highways tha tend ers have been called for con tract no 6993 which includes grading drainage granular bas and paving on hwy 401 this contract is really for the ra paving of 69 miles of a see- i tion of the eastbound lane of the highway west of hwy 10 i as has been reported in the press recently i have made rep resentations to the hon mr george gomme minister of i highways regarding the re- 1 port of his department on the i go transit system released re i cently 1 urged the minister o consider the implementation of improved service to the wes terly end of lakeshore go route j including the bronte and bur- 1 lington station and also brought to his attention the rapid dev elopment and expected develop- 1 ment in the north end of my i riding and the changes this de- 1 velopmcnt can have oa the pro- posed use of extensions of a gq transit line to milton and geor getown i am able to advise that in creased service will be implem ented on the lakeshore go route to burlington and bronte stations in the near future next week a team of cvr and go transit engineers will do a sur vey of the present trackage fa cilities in this area to determine to what extent additional serv ice can be made available some changes will be required to track and signals in this area and it is quite probable that new station facilities or enlarged station facilities will be requi red both at burlington and at bronte with additional parking i facilities this increased service is being necessitated by chang es in the use pattern of the sys tem over the past two yean since it has gone lata operation and since the original surveys were made i assure you i will be keep ing in constant contact with the minister and his dept regard ing this and will report any new developments both on the -lake- shore system and on the possi bility of a system to the north areas growing sport refreshments will be available on the park site during the day student council president plan cedarvale sale to clear furniture the cedarvale community centre is holding an open house and furniture auction on saturday june 21st when the cedarvale school was bought by the town of george town in 1967 many pieces of classroom and bedroom furni ture were found stored in the building now that the centre is increasingly in demand by many groups as the ideal meet ing place it is necessary that this furniture be cleared out included in the sale items are bedding and possibly some an tique pieces ward brownridge will be doing the gavelling at the sale some of the groups which use cedarvale as their headquarters will be participating in the days activities the georgetown minor soccer association will be demonstrating how the game should be played on their new soccer field the air cadets will show off their squadron skills as well as their model airplane craftmanship and the george- town judo society are arrang ing a demonstration of this fast the georgetown herald thursday june 12hi 1969 page 1 a filled by acclamation brenda crane was acclaimed secretary and john riley social director these five positions complete the executive of the student council with each class elect ing its own representative disposal chance saturday is your chance to dispose of things which cannot ordinarily be put out with the garbage see ad elsewhere in this issue for what to do on litter chase day when a special garbage pick up has been arranged ian gosling grade 12 was elected president of george town district high school stud ent council last week topping four other running mates the unsuccessful candidates were jim freeman simon perrotl arlene crawford and tim brotherton the vice presidents chair was sought by patti wright and tim brotherton with tim be ing elected t irene hawes and john paris fought it out for the position of treasurer with irene hawes the winner both the secretarys position and the social directors were attention parents of preschoolers june 14th and june 21st enrollment for nursery school claw starting september 2nd 1969 full day program transportation available for information and appointment call mrs e c regent 8779939 happy day government licensed nursery school june 5 12 shamrock studios wedding portraits child studies passports photos etc colour and black and white 49 rexway drive 8773978 ladies love the government undertook to reduce tariffs on a wide range of raw materials semiprocessed products on components and final manufactured and consu mer goods these tariff reduc tions were planned in stages with the final implementation to be completed in the next 2i years the minister announced full implementation would take place immediately instead or waiting the 2ycars these re ductions should be of import ance to consumers although the main effect will be to reduce producers costs if these tariffs cuts have a serious effect on any buincss in halton i would ap preciate knowing about it the capital cn for tax purposes is be deferred for two years on new commercial buildings in major centres of ontario al berta and british columbia these deferments apply to com munities with a population of 60000 or more as of the ism census this would not apply to any form of housing indus- trial buildingsiutilities or public institutions some holdingback of commercial building in these centres will case the pressure of demand upon construction supplies and services and should help to divert more funds and resources to- essential housing schools and municipal works changes were also art nounced in tourist exemptions effective 1st january 1970 it will be possible to have a s25 exemption after an absence jf 48 hours 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