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p wv wwwu ads that pay ves can plan an ad 8 in tha harawa clarified pagas by ftnoninfl i772201 guying or vmng th htram it whare i u will find tha results you 1 irant georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district printing publishing tha gacroafown heram hap sarvad gaorsatown and dtstrut printars and publishers far evar a century e the bast in ana printing and covaraga sacerid class man registered number 4943 return postage guaranteed georgetown ontario december 11th 1969 750 per year single copy price fifteen cents- council faces of 36 and 69 will be among warden s treasures tl u t- for indianaoljsctype cars 2 v2 million mosport style raceway planned propose 260 homes for kidney farm subdivision a 260 lot subdivision on lots 28 and 27 on the kidney farm at silvercreek met with solid opposition from reeve currie at esquesing council monday night the remainder of the council were willing to talk it over but would give no answer at least until they had consult ed with the planning board planning board is now studying the submission and has sent maps of the proposed subdivi sion to the halton county board of education department of highways and various other boards reeve george currie con tended that john axler of ax ler and palmer real estate should have sought approval from the halton county health unit before coming to council he then had a letter from the 0mb read aloud which stated they could not recommend ap proval of the subdivision unless it was in accordance with an official plan which would show how community services would be maintained unused reservoir john axler contended that he must have councils approv al before it would be worth his while to start processing it through all the various depart ments how would you supply wa ter demanded the reeve by a central well with pipes to each lot replied mr axler continued on back page neighbours concerned about noise and wild wild weekends a 2 million dollar raceway with seating for 20000 people and open wheel or grand inter national stock- car racing on a 1 mile track was the long awaited plan unveiled by e a goodman at esquesing coun- cil monday night before a gallery of 40 ratepayers the raceway between the 3rd and 4th lines just north of highway 401 would be used primarily for three or four ma- santas fan club packs parade route 1 jr si lie kjfc h jvik warden george currie hosted the annual wardens dinner in georgetown thursday night with him here is his wife mrs doris currie in a toast to the past ward ens 14 of whom were present reeve frank oakes of acton pointed out how much work as councillors deputyreeve and reeves had been done by these for the second time in his 43 years in politics george currie was the host of the ani itaui wardens dinner in the branch 120 legion hall thurs day night last time he served as warden of halton county was in 1936 a gift from county council i j both events was pres- ltnted by tom hill deputy reeve of esquesing the gifts were large framed photographs of the county councils of 1936 and 1969 the warden was also presented with the traditional gavel which he claimed he ne ver had to use during the cn- itire year mrs currie received a bouquet of roses doubts dispelled john t armstrong acting chairman of the dinner and dance held in the legion hall introduced the head tables and l various speakers hi proposing the toast to the warden reeve- rw f hunter recalled his long service to es quesing and halton and admit ted there had been some doubts that a man close to 39 could do the job he emphasiz ed the doubts dispcllcdquick- ly he capped it all by taking on another job in may he got married said reeve hunter without calling on council for help i can see when regional government comes in and es quesing is annexed by george town youre looking f r a job retorted the warden in his re ply to the toast he went on to introduce his family and his wifes family he thanked his own esquesing council for the extra work demanded of them when their reeve is warden time and effort judge alan b sprague in his toast to county council lauded their great expenditure of time and effort on behalf of the county and termed it the sum total of democracy in ac tion he praised the halton county administration staff for their efficiency and willingness to help reeve austan lcdwith of milton responded to the toast to county council men before they could be war den he mentioned the impact on their private lives with so much time spent away from home and the understanding needed by their wives maybe next year i don t know why i was chosen to respond to the toast to past wardens confessed reeve alan day of oakville i ve never even been a war den he hinted that he ex pecteri to be next year however and went on to introduce the past wardens at the dinner in cluding four past wardens from georgetown harold cleave stan allen doug sargent and w f hunter the evening closed with dan- cing including square dancing called by ron harris present deputyreeve and now reeve- elect of milton dinner dance marks opening of new church parish hall with mayor wheldan emmer- son cutting the ribbon and fa ther w murphy blessing the new building panshoners of sa ere coeur roman catholic church celebrated completion i of their new parish hall on saturday father murphy who is pas tor of the canadian martyrs church hamilton represented bishop j f ryan and express ed the bishops regret that he had bean forced to cancel his scheduled visit the fine new 80 x 55 build ing at the rear of tfiecnurch contains a large auditorium with stage washrooms kitchen cloakrooms and some small meeting rooms the sacre coeur congregation primarily french canadian occupies the church vacated when holy cross built its new church on maple ave e the adjoining rectory was the former home of the buck family make it live joining mayor emmcrson a ming head table guests who spoke was rud whiting hal ton mp father murphy and the rector father andre simard here is the new building to which you have devoted your energy said father simard the structure is there now it is up to you to make it a living thing he said the building will have many uses from bingo games to teen dances and as a gymnasium for basketball and badminton it will also be av ailable for private rental for dinners and dances gave time he introduced francis landry a key man in the construction gave special thanks to leon larocque and claude david who had devoted much of their spare time to the erection of the ball and to the many mem bers of the parish who had gi ven of their time to help keep cost down he especially than ked those who had lent money interest free to help build the hall and he thanked the com mittee of mrs a lachancc lou mcrcier and ed hayes who were in charge of the opening dinner dance roger primeau acted as mas ter of ceremonies for the even ing which concluded with dan cing to the gay notes among the head table guests were mr and mrs lucien chambcrland she is regional president of the federation of french canadian women and miss therese st john of notre dame de beauregard farm vis iting priests included ft l arscnault of notre dame ham ilton fr j m prevost of st philippes burlington and fr marchand of sacre coeur toronto carol service proceeds 125 to biafra relief over 125 will be sent to canairelief proceeds from a carol service in knox presby terian church sunday evening georgetown youth choir numbering some 85 young ele mentary and high- school stud ents presented the concert directed by kenneth r har rison the choir was formed in june and has been rehearsing this fall it comprises grades five to eight with some high school grade 9 and 10 students canairelief flies supplies of food and drugs into biafra which is involved in a civil war with nigqria bugs among tho books georgetown public library has bugs among its books but its not a matter for an ex terminator several cases of insects are currently on exhibition there through the courtesy of ron michaels of 53 duncan drive who is president of the ontario branch of the michigan enty- mological society the mounted moths butter flies beetles and spiders are just a fraction of rons vast collection of insects from all over the globe the exhibition also includes some pictures of birds and but terflies they will be on display for at least another week this georgetown kinsmen club dragon snaked along the parade route without so much as distressing a single damsel it was udged best float and best behaved serpent in the parade a twisting dragon with doz ens of human feet and huge papier machc head won the lions club trophy for best en try in saturdays santa claus parade it was the brainchild of the kinsmen club lastf but certainly tiot teaif tmhwn of the hour the judges mayor wheldon emmcrson john t armstrong ond ray whitmce chose the at tractive firefly entered by the georgetown fireflies cam ping club for the herald tro phy the frenchcanadian as sociation for the hydro award and georgetown oolf country clubs snow white and the dwarfs for the chamber of commerce award awkward squad the georgettes a newly for med group of majorettes were chosen for the barber 4 hen ley trophy south district guides won the john t arm strong award and the legion imps as toy soldiers or was it the awkward squad took home the jim snow trophy knights of colur bus with their peace on earth theme were awarded the barrager cleaners trophy the rosslake resort plane and horses won jtho armstrong insurance tro phy 4000 bags so huge was this years crowd of spectators that despite four thousands bags of candy san tas helpers ran out before all the little tots could be taken care of this year for the flrst time distribution was made al ong tho parade route instead of centralizing this downtown besides the winners parade entries included floats from credit valley oafcs jaycoes mentally retarded association norval shell service vorval rangers guides figure skat ing club 4th c orgetown cubs 8th scouts high school ebho riding club rotary club dai ry queen dog n suds and zeta alpha s rity santa the star georgetown gjrls pipe band was joined by such visiting groups as burlington boys and girls band bramalea drum majorettes corps guelph rcac band brampton drum corps and senators drum corps there were horses from dis trict riding stables clowns and high school cheerleaders air cadets and firemen and the lions santa float as usual was the climax lyn mclaren was parade chairman with gob collier in charge of ticket sales pat vance and dick succee floats ray harlow bands don barrag cr judging and eric hooton finances good will wilfred gray 259 delrcx blvd won the doll dressed in dollar bills in the lucky draw winners of turkeys and chic kens were l reid rr 2 erika stevens g d ridley 15 weber dr stan oconnor 9 cherry st walter gray 6 church st mrs coftcy 133 raylawn deb- bie imaccormack 30 maple w kay ledwidgc 27 byron and don schenk 87 mountainvicw n as a goodwill gesture the lions will be broadcasting hoi iday music starting tonight from a touring car in various sections of town the club wishes to acknow ledge further donors who assis ted in the large advertisement in last weeks herald l m brown optometrist bill han cock motor repair hawes and nelson wfbbs greenhouses and lome garvin snow flood pupjls get days holiday monday was an unexpected holiday for 7 of the grade 9 classes at the high school when melting snow collected on the roof of the unfinished addition ran down on the connecting building and part of the school r tha water seeped into three classrooms and the cafeteria tuesday lunches were eaten in the gym balcony and the front lobby but the classrooms were useable jor events a year plus several smaller races according to el a goodman the nunm would be 25 racing days a year he pointed out that tha major events require two days warm up with each warm up lasting about two hours there would be some straight line events popularly known as drag racing which would be open to anyone amateur or professional with no entrant feerinvolved fast grape vinh mr goodman admitted there would be noise for the eight homes in the area there will be noise 20 or 25 days a year he went on to point out they planned to spend tens of thousands of dollars in land scaping the area to muffle tha noise as much as possible ha reminded the group all these 1 cars have mufflers we would hava preferred to talk to these individuals ad jacent to the area privately but the grape vine was faster than we were he stated we still want to meet them and come lo some arrangement far their protection and would b happy to do so right after this meeting said tha lawyer referring to a mention of pol lution from the cars the lawyer remarked i reject that idea right out of hand these cars burn cleaner gas than others and there would only be at tha most 18 cars at a time racing like mosport he went on the describe tha location as the best in tha province with easy access to 401 highway 25 north and south and other roads coming from different directions hr goodman concluded by point ing out it is a desirable typa of assessment with very little servicing we even haye our own firetruck in answer to a question front deputy reeve tom hhl beg booth now manager and part owner of edmonton internat ional speedway stated tha highest number of cars started in one race was 24 and last year the average was 17 he added that the canam race covers 200 miles and lasts ab out two hours to another ques tion he said indianapolis typa cars are used in these races ha compared this operation to in dianapolis or mosport he added that the city of ed monton and the province of al berta list a speedway as an at traction on their brochures and endorse it as a safety fac tor in general driving whooping it up were not interested in what theyre doing in alberta ret- orted the reeve we want to know what it will do to those people on the 4th line thank god for summer cot tages was the comment of r v henry a nearby resident when he was told the racesus ually run from may till sept ember its not the noise level of 17 cars were worried about it is the 20000 people whoop ing it up for the weekend ha commented to a direct question from w lawson on the effect of land values in the area mr good man replied at first they will go down but after the raceway stabilizes they will go up again this is what happened in ed monton drive 70 miles we need this badly said eric edie right now we hava to drive 70 miles to the nearest drag strip we have high per formance cars that we have to drive on the road he stated everybody knows about tha problem of street racing in tha area this might stop it he contended if this race track saves one life it would be worth it he maintained where do you live deman ded the reeve in stewarttown replied mr edie you cant hear it anyway retorted the reeve continued on back paja 4