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Improvement Enrichment Not Politics Aim of CCOG Concerned Cltheos of Georgetown stirred op en ough concern among tbo to attract over one hun dred people to tint pub lic meeting In auditorium lost week Ron acting chair man stressed apolitical of tho group stated their aims were improve ment and enrichment of tho Wearing badges identifying them concerned citizens are Ann Tnpp them are Stan and Helen Corns Ft and Deborah Caruso Behind environment through participation He that six com had been set up all phases of interest and asked anyone with on in terest in a specific committee to speak to the committee A The committees arc roads and downtown with James Kerr heading it a tree com with Doug Cole in choree a and committee with Firth a toun development commit let with chairman Roger Frost an historical commit tec with Mrs Ruth and a pollution committee headed by John Browne Jim Kerr commented For anyone who goes into the labyrinths of concrete in Tor onto every day Georgetown is a gem but we wont be able to keep it that way less we value it and arc will to take action He cited his concerns as the Main Street road widen ing the proposed type of construction on all other roads easier access to that Information the publicising of such information and the enhancement of the down town area NATURAL PARK James Firth principal of Visual Arts College chairman of the parks and recreation committee Stated the objective was to retain present park land and acquire more He particularly mentioned tho land between Street and Holy Cross school which at one time had been known as Wilbur Lake It would bo a tremendous asset if it were cleared of all the old automobiles and junk and acquired by the town ho remarked His committee also strong urged the town owned land on Princess Anne at least six acres of it be as prime site for a park NERVE CENTRE Roger Frost hcadinfl the town development committee said they had devoted all their time so far to the prop osed Development They advocated tho table land be designated a neigh bourhood centre with stores recreational facilities and schools By combining them the coats of parking and util itlcs would be reduced but more important would create a nerve centre for the com Frost questioned the wis of erecting high rise ap artments on highest ground and suggested they be on tho slopes where they could be partially screened by trees and would blend In to the rural surroundings He maintained that Hungry Hoi low should be set aside as a regional park with walking trails marked All services should be un derground he continued and a garbage disposal site ed SAVE THE TREES Doug Cole chairman of the Tree Committee pointed out that preservative must be applied to trees when the limbs trimmed or the tree will die In a few years lie contended larger trees bo required from de velopers both for shade pur poses and better chance of survival Mrs Ruth of the historical committee was not present but Ron in her place asked for cryone s cooperation In ga thering the towns history Knowing the history and roots of a town help give a sense of Identity he com mented Dave speaking for John Browne chairman of the pollution committee said the committee has chosen to investigate specific areas within the community to det ermine who la polluting the environment and to deter mine their willingness to cease that pollution Warren Wright impres sive movie the Many Faces of Hungry Hollow with a sin gularly appropriate sound track showed the beauty of the area and the desecration in some spots Printing Publishing Herald has served Georgetown and district as Printers and Publisher tor over a century ottering the best la tine printing and news coverage GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Ads That Pay You can place an ad Herald Classified pages by phoning Baring selling The Herald you will find the remits Second Class Mill Number 0943 Georgetown Ontario Thursday March 1971 Return Postage Guaranteed per year Single Copy Cents No Sizeable Development Until Sewage Treatment Plant Expands The sewage plait most be before any develop meat can take place la town Or Ernie Sykes told at a committee meeting last Thursday night Reporting en a meeting with the Cr said only one plan the one for dollar tertiary treatment plant which could serve a population be developed Works Frank MoreOe explained that he tint phase of the trunk sanitary se wer project bad reduced infil tration of water from Silver Creek and the second phase would It more The sec phase Is being held up until the expropriation el the property on Jo ho Street for an easement Is said Mr Morette MISSING MONTH FIND MANS BODY LUMBERYARD CORNER Cr pointed out thi plant could be I Insured either either through debenture through a Provincial tin one lag scheme Cr Hyde suggested the new town engineer be ashed familiarize himself wilh the situation and ask the to come back for another meeting Council In committee a greed to this suggestion Award Tender St Francis School Opens in September County Roman Ca tholic Separate School Board has given approval to constitution of St Francis of Assist Elementary School In Georgetown Total cost of the project will be The board accepted a low Under of or per square foot for construc tion Initial enrolment in the school will be children from kindergarten to grade six Five classrooms may la ter be added to the school St Francis of Assist Is scheduled to open September 1971 SINGLE STORY This Is a new elementary school of Iff so ft design ed by Michael Architect of Hamilton tcr EuU and Elliott Ltd are the Mechanical and Electrl cal consultants Whitney Construction of Brampton submitted the low tender The single storey building will be of brick and block construction with steel roof and joists OPEN AREAS There will be acoustic lay in tile ceilings throughout except in the general purp ose room carpeting on floors of teaching area and In tho library resource centre tar floors and vinyl as tile on floors in other The roof mounted heating and handling system In cludes air cooling Cable TV outlets will be provided lor all areas The design features eight open teaching areas in two rectangular shaped rooms with a wet area in each room for such activities as painting and other art work DEMOUNTABLE A large separate room Is provided for music lessons and oral Instructions and a smaller separate room Is pro vided for seminar purposes The kindergarten room is located next to the open tea area A demountable Would Build Townhouses on Road A plan to build town- houses on the land near the old bottling works on Mountainview Road was presented to commit tee of council last Thursday night Samuel Black of Economy Construction asked council send a letter to Ontario Housing Corporation stating there a need or such bousing in town INDICATE Em Hyde said the plan hod never been approved si Mr Black suggested but only the principle of town bousing had been approved He said cess on both River Drive and Mountainview had been recom mended when the subject came to council lost year Both Harry Levy and Reeve Morrow said they felt a letter to HC would indic ate the town was giving its Messing to tbo project Council decided the matter should go to Planning Board be fore back to Would Boost Land Price to Cr Joan Smith wants council to raise its asking price for townowned industrial land to an acre from the present She told a committee meet- Ing Monday that there is only acres left in the Industrial park purchased from Metropol Itan Developments some years ago The land was ac quired for an acre with the town allowing the firm to proceed with bouse building on land Which had been frozen by a residential industrial ratio The committee agreed that land price should be reviewed and will ask the the Industrial Commission to suggest an ask ing price wall panel permits Integra lion with the next level of learning as soon as the pupils have advanced sufficiently to participate in some of the work The general purpose room is centrally located and has both change and washrooms close by for minimum from classes walking up and down corridors library resource centre is lo cated between the two open teaching areas TIil body of a Georgetown mining for almost month discovered in the snow in a lumber yard on the south side of James iftcrnoon Robert Martin of Churchill had been missing since the end of George Wilson a Mackenzie I umber employee found the body shortly before clock when he went to remote corner of the yard to tet some material ON FFNCF Mr Martin was completely covered by snow except for one leg which on barbed wire running along the lop of Hie lumber yard The fence runs close to an on the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service side A number ore stocked four feet ide the fence From appearances Mr Mar tin was cutting throufch the property fell over I embankment and a struck his head on the skids he fell the five feet to the AUTOPSY Results of conduct ed in Memorial Hospital Contractor Without Portfolio SNOW APPOINTED TO DAVIS CABINET Store Hours Meters Vary Tbe new five and ten cents meters now Installed on Mala Street have operating boon marked on them which are la conflict with the new store hours or even the old store hoars meters are marked In op eration from nine a to till but the stores can open tram nine am tin nine ROBERT MARTIN in Brampton were not available at press lime however it ap pears Mr Martin froze to death being knocked uncon scious Mr Martin who was a mem her of the Smith Stone Ltd Year Club leaves his wife Margaret and a son Danny Funeral service was Saturday afternoon at the Harold Mc Funeral Home with inter in Greenwood Cemetery HON ROBERT WELCH COMES TO DINNER Hon Robert Welch newly appointed Minister of Education chats with Reeve Tom Hill prior lo the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce dinner at North Halton Country Club lasl Thursday Welch was provincial secretary and Minister of Citizenship STUMP BURNS tree stump burning on Metcalfe Court Sunday after noon resulted In the only turbo nee of Georgetown fire fighters peace and quiet this week Jim Snow of Georgetown East was one of seven new faces named Monday to the Onta rio cabinet by Premier William Davis Snows promotion from the bock benches to mini ster without portfolio gives County two cabinet members George Kerr who represents West Is and resources minister Snow was first elected to Queens Park three and a half years ago and since taking his seat to represent the new riding of Halton East has served on several govern ment committees and is currently the- government spokes man on the Ontario Housing Corporation DRAFTED BUI ID NO CODE As a backbencher Snow gained notice when the legislature adopted a standardized building code bill he drafted During the leadership campaign Snow left a hospital bed to help William Davis campaign across Ontario I He was one of me first backbenchers To publicly declare support for Davis At the time he was in hos pital for an operation Esquesing Happy Would Trade Roads for Countys 3 Miles I council unanimous approved the recommends of the Halton County Needs Study which would see County take over miles of present township roads and return miles of present county roads to tho township Nearly half the mileage la on roads which form boundaries with either Peel or Wellington counties The switch Is urged in a roads need study report made by the roads committee and the of Highways with the help of a consulting company The final report alter com ments from the various roundel polities affected will be con sidered at the March county council meeting ABSORBED BY COUNTY The miles of road which may be absorbed Into the system are Nossagaweya boundary from Milton Heights to the tower Base line Ho from Highway to line The Line from 10 sldc to southern limits of getowu No Sldcroad to Line Esquesing Chinguacousy boundary from Highway North the 17 Brown line from Highway north and east to the Line No 22 from Highway to Limchouse Chinguacousy boundary from lot north to Erin boundary Esquesing Erin boundary from Esquesing Chinguacousy boundary west to Line at Ballinofad No ByLaw Yet for Snowmobiles It was erroneous reported In lost week Herald that coun cil hod given two of the three necessary readings to a by law regulating the use of snowmo biles la town A motion was passed author sing preparation of such A by law for presentation at future meeting OLD PLATES Georgetown police charged drivers Sunday with driving with expired license plates Two roads running to the gat I es of large quarries are among the routes which will revert to Esquesing Township These are the First Line from I No 3 from tbe Basel Line north and west to the Es- 1 queslng Nossagaweya bound The other Is the First Line from No sideroad to the entrance A section of the will also revert to the township should the report be adopted county council March Town Needs Fulltime Chief Second Fireball A full time paid fire chief a second south of Silver Creek an aerial pumper fire truck and an additional two bays with hose drying tower at the existing tire hall were some of the recommendations listed In a report unveiled at committee meeting lost Thurs day night The report was the result of a joint meeting with represent of Georgetown ing and the fire marshal a at flee ALL ELIGIBLE The report also went along with the firemen own sugges tion that all members of the force be eligible to apply for the position Alt applicants would have to pass a medical and a qualify examination set by the of fice of the Ontario Fire Marsh al suggestion that a eland Ing Joint committee of Esques ing and Georgetown be set up to review budgets and policy seemed to indicate does not intend to set up their own fire department Cr Hyde asked flatly not going to their own fireball Cr a member the fire subcommittee replies They would prefer an if it con be worked Cr Harry Levy doubted Ul wisdom of two fireballs deputy reeve Arthur the other member of the committee pointed out the I and fireball would be built after the development of til south side of Hungry How I and would be built in that an FAVOURS ONE In answer to a question frdfl Reeve Hie Morrow Cr Smith sold the tire km voured one joint department two separate ones The committee consisted deputy reeve A Speight i chairman and Cr P Georgetown deputy reeve I sell Miller and Cr Lea Cot Atkins and J IT Alexander of the Fire office also attended this mil The committee of will meat March 1Mb