Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 27, 1969, p. 1

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4 fe- that pay lf an ad in tw mnirt classified pages by pnonlna 8772301 buying or itlng the htrald iswhara yo will find the results yotis the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing the gwirtw hwim has as phwfr awl sathahara fair i csfitof gpffvamtaiif ww bf in ffiim pfinttab mid newt ft if second class mail registered number 0943 ratom postage guaranteed georgetown ontario thursday november 27th 1969 500 par yean 9agte copy pricei tew ceaat aaonsy hunters oh mecco spree a smash and grab robbery at john boughton jewellers in the downtown business section net t t about 400 in merchandise according lp the owner 5 john boughton told hie her- aid a quantity of jings and watches were scooped up after a cement block was tossed through the show window lite bit was made at about a half hour past- thursday mid night smashing tne window setoff alarms at the store and in the police departmnt office a breakin at murrays esso servicestation on highway 7 near the towns eastern limits at 1 an thursday pr educed less than 30 in cash andrew murray motors on imountainview road were also hitrthe same night a window was broken but nothing was discovered missing r an attempt was also made to break into prestons lucky dol lar store- in glen williams ear ly sunday morning the front door was broken at about 3 am but the store was not en tered in proposals commencement rebels destroyed diplomas workman replaces show window at john boughton jewellers target for a smash and grab raid friday rebels wne put down the education system and the est ablishment got put down themselves last week by the members of the halton county board of education statements at the board mee ting arose out of a recent commencement ceremony at aldershot high school one youth among the 250 receiving graduation diplomas set fire to his parchment on stage and two others later in the prog ram ripped theirs up in front of the audience the same night a mathem atics department head robert wigle had lecturr the audi ence on the shortcomings of the present educational sys tem and suggested- the board of education needed to take a long close look at itself as for mr wigle he has been invited to present his views to the board and senior staff trustee w j priestner said he was concerned about the three trouble makers he said he felt students who dont res pect tqejr diplomas should be denied them trustee j h price who had presented the diplomas at al dershot said the student who burned his certificate was booed and jeered by his class mates and two students later apologized for the actions of th protesters holy cross pupils best win quiz for book week holy cross school emerged the winner of the elementary schools grade 6 quiz program 4 when the finals were held in the library friday thequiz was one of the ways the library decided to mark young canada book week the holy cross team of mary aerts walter pointer and stephen brunt amassed a to tal of 32s points the second place team george kennedy school with jens jeissler dav id cropper and jane weed- mark chalked up 215 points and the third place chapel st team of david henderson ste phen bates and lynne partrid ge made up 185 points the winners received 10 and the two runnersup 5 for their school the money was donated by the georgetown high school staff the preliminary competitions were held monday tuesday and wednesday with harrison ver sus kennedy wrigglcsworth a- gainst chapel and park ag ainst holy cross the park school team con sisted of stephen hooton mi chael borland and lia boom the wrigglesworth team were giselle vincent darrel street and kevin fisher while the harrison team was made up of andrew macdonald bill mag nuson and valerie stephens the questions were drawn up by howard allan principal of centennial school who along with erie balkind acted as judge on alternate nights ed- ard hassett english teacher at the high school was the mod erator hrst holy cross teem of stephen brunt walter pointer and mary aerts second george kennedy team of jens jeissler david cropper and jane weedmark third chapel street team of lynne- partridge david henderson and stephen bates high school teacher killed in car crash an automobile accident on mississauga road near derry road friday night took the life of a georgeton man thirtyone year old forrest donald young of 8 baylor crescent was pro nounced dead on arrival at south peel hospital no one else was injured mr young a high school teacher was southbound on mississauga road in a 1966 convertible when in collision with a 1963 model car driven by clinton edwardctark 217 ajax which was making a turn tha accident happened at about 11 pm police said the young ear was a complete loss with exten sive damage to the front end of the other vehicle mr young was head of the physical education department at westway high school in et- obicoke he was married to the former carol ann morton and had one daughter elizabeth age four months he also leaves his foster fa ther and uncle stan thompson and sisters mrs anthony alton mqmieo and mrs a milbradt 1 vancouver b c funeral service was at the ridley funeral home in new toronto peace march tonight an ontario wide national day of mourning for biafra will be marked locally by a peace march from the delrex plaza to moore park plaza thursday evening nov 27 the march with the back ing of a number of district churches will begin at 730 and is open to anyone who feels the biafran situation should be dramatized among other groups all ov er ontario noting the day of mourning will be universities and various private organiz ations delegation presents petition to block sixth line speed strip esquesing township may be- mr bristow stated he was the owner and planned a drag strip using ordinary ears morrow scans county fees cr ric morrow of george town will be free to peruse the committee and convent- ion fees of georgeton reeve w f hunter and deputy reeve art speight halton county council decided last week cr morrow wrote the county clerk administrator skin for the information he in turn turned it over to the personnel committee i have made it quite clear he should have the informa tion stated reeve hunter deputy reeve speight took a similar position saying anytime someone wants in formation about my expens es they are welcome break for seniors just a reminder to senior citizens planning to travel by air citizens of 65 years of age or over may travel anywhere in canada for half price tra vel agencies have details come a njecca for amusement seekers if all proposals con fronting council become- realit ies in addition to the proposed race track allegedly for stock cars between the 3rd and 4th line south of no 5 sideroad mentioned previously another proposal for a dragstrip on the 6th line came up monday night then later in the evening drivein theatre was suggested by another group they said they had no particular location in mind the promoter of the race track did not appear sending word his plans were not ready no part a large delegation opposing the drag strip on the 6th line on the matthews and gilmore farms made it clear they wan ted no part of it peter bow man presented a petition with 30 signatures saying just that mr bowman listed all the particulars of the sale claim ing be knew the price paid and naming carl bristo a a a lengthy discus- front man sion on who owned what part followed with bowman claim ing he had been at the registry office to check referring to the holding by law passed at a special meeting tuesday night which in effect freezes land at its present use mr bowman asked if it would stop the drag strip he pointed out there were expensive new homes in the area ranging from 25000 to 50000 this drag strip would be sitting on my back door he contended bill carr the surveyor for the property introduced carl bristow as the owner of 150 acres on the matthews and gil more farms no speculator in answer to a question from reeve currie mr bristow pointed out there would be as little noise as possible since they intended to bank earth ar ound to absorb the noise tm no speculator or front man ha stated im the owner in reply to- another question asking why he hadnt come to council sooner mr carr re plied that the project in no way violated any local bylaw when it was started to anoth er question from the audience he pointed out that the building permit amounted to 8000 and was for a garage this is the first time any body has come here to tell us anything about the matthews property or that they were contemplating a drag strip commented reeve george cur- rie it should be made dear said cr ken marshall that these people were under no best sheep shearer international award wilson winner l a georgetown man bill wil son of main st s has recapt ured the international sheep shearing championship for canada wilson won the title at the royal agricultural winter fair in toronto where he has com peted in sheep shearing for eight years he has never plac ed out of the money the championship has been held by americans since 1963 there were 12 canadians and three americans including the defending champion in this years competition for his accomplishment bill was presented with the sun- beavrtrophy which will remain in the trophy case at the col iseum plus a replica bill and his father clare have been well known for their sheep clipping prowess in this county for many years he was one of several hal ton county competitors to be successful at the royal john nurse member of the halton 4h field crop club won 1st prize in the 4h corn class for the second consecut ive year in the vegetable classes jam cs cunningham and t j brownridge shared mary hon ours mr cunningham won the citron pie pumpkin and golden hubbard classes and placed 2nd in field pumpkins t j brown ridge won in butternut squash was 2nd in golden hubbard 3rd in pepper squash and pie pumpkin and 4th in the citron class all livestock classes were very large this year with ex tremel good competition in holsteins claude picket won the- get of sire class was 2nd and 5th in the aged cow class and 5th in the 2 year old class bert stewart had the re serve grand champion bull and the 12th prize yearling which sold in the sale of stars for 1800 the scotsdale herd of s g bennett continued to dominate the shorthorn section winning the premier breeder and ex hibitor banners scotsdale had the grand champion cow and calf reserve senior champion bull junior and reserve jun ior champion bull with this junior champion going to be reserve grand champion clarence peacock and allan patterson and son took many prizes in the dualpurpose shorthorn classes b h bull sons won the premier breeder banner in the jersey section they also had 2nd in breeders herd and the top female in the jersey sale of stars 1800 don mccaig sold the 2nd high individual at 1050 ken ella and son hornby placed 3rd in the junior year ling and breeders herd 4th in senior yearling in milk 4th and 5th in the 4 year old class the 4 year old rock ella com mando laura was the highest placed canadian cow in the class winning the schulman tro phy along with the earl kitch en trophy for the cow with the highest production j h willmott sons won the w s mcmullcn memorial trophy for top placing in the interbreed registered steer class willmotts also placed well in te breeding angus class in the guernsey section hal ton was represented by dr kunicas falgarbrook farm en tries and those of l s picker ing sons colour tv prize- in sales contest clare francis operator of the macs milk store in moore park plaza can now watch colour television in his spare time mr francis learned last week that in a six week pro motion contest he was top dealer his reward a 19 philips tv obligation to come to council under the bylaw they dont need to marshall shouldnt be allow ed to say retorted sfir bow man since hes selling his land for a race track if this is quashed his would be too ha added the reeve and council decid ed the matter should be turned over to the township solicitor for his advice drivein theatre following the noisy discus sion on the drag strip a quiet presentation by hark shaw of page real estate and david axeler of premier operating introduced the drivein thea tre proposal he emphasized that they had bought no land and simply wanted an indication of coun cils opinion on the matter he pointed out the advantage of drivein theatres in the tavinf of baby sitter expenses tm not- interested in baby sitters commented reeve cur rie david axeler listed some of the regulations fovernin driveins he pointed put they must be on a secondary road with egress and access away from traffic they must also have a large buffer zone and enough land to make sore any lineaipdoes not leaveesrs- on the road a drivein theatre usually occupies around 6 acres we have 20 at the 9th line theatre plus another to as a buffer zone he asked for a committment from council to let them ex plore the matter further id like you to come back again when things cool off re plied the reeve it was left at that new herald price 15c pefe cbpy 730 yearly by mail with increased costs in all phases of publication the herald has found it ttecessaryto establish a new price single copies beginning with next weeks dec ember 4th issue will be 15c mail subscription rates effective immediately ere now 75t yearly vfr

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