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Ads That Pay You can place ad In The Herald a Classified by phoning Baying or selling The Herald It where Ton will find the reiolU yon want GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Printing Publishing The Georgetown Herald served Georgetown and district as Printers and Publisher tar over a century offering the best In fine printing and sews coverage Second Clau Mall Ragliterad Numbar 0943 Georgetown Ontario Thursday April 1971 Return Postage Guaranteed SO par year Slngla Copy Fifteen Cant WILL BE COSTLY Phosphorous Removal Will Up Sewage Treatment Cost Not only is Georgetown fac ing an addition lo Its sewage disposal plant but a new government edict will add another 000 capital cost and an Increase in operating expenses by as much as SO per cent So three representatives of the Ontario Water Resources Commission told council last Thursday when they discussed the proposal The expansion has been on the drawing boards for some time A Clarlc A J Forsyth and G A Mlssingham per stressed that the town Is now nt Its absolute ultimate for sewage intake No construction can be allow until an extension is under way But of equal importance is a government decree that removal must also bo Installed by at the latest NO MORE SUBDIVISIONS We don comment on any further subdivisions in town with the existing was the way phra Bed It The present plant was design for a 15 population they Bald and last year it operated under its one and half million dally capacity for only three months The July overage show ed 1 gallons as an example And during a bad rain storm one day million gallons was the record proposes to double the system and bring fluent to a quality where it can be dischar into Silver Creek and the Credit River TO SERVE The new system would serve a population of council was told taking ex pans ion Into account with a population Surprisingly says that t Is not industry which scale phosphorous pollu tion in the Great Lakes The bulk comes from municipal se wage waste They were told three and a half pounds per person is the phosphorous discharge per year today compared with less than half that amount a few years ago PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL They stressed that to add a phosphorous removal unit when expansion takes place will be less costly than to do this later And your new plant is need ed yesterday said one spokes Mr Forsyth explained that financing could be done either Research Plus Help Now Cancer Groups Two Aims Concern for the cancer pat lent Is the basis for all the acti of the Canadian Cancer Society according to Monty Hyde president of the town Unit of tho Society In our projected figures for said Mr Hyde more than half of the Societys en tire budget will bo spent on re search The purpose of research of course is to find more tive methods of treatment to attack cancer at the level of the cell to find out what caus es It and how to Interfere with the process TWO OBJECTIVES Ultimately however Hyde continued research is going to benefit the cancer patient of today as well as patients of the future In addition he pointed out Canadian Cancer Society will spend more than a million dollars on cancer education which has two objectives to tell people how to prevent can cor and to convince them that any unusual symptoms should be reported to a doctor as quick ly as possible because the earl treatment is started the better the chances of curt GIFT Mr Hyde explained that the Society will spend almost one million dollars on direct to cancer patients These take many forms he said from relatively small comforts such as flowers and gifts to patients in hospital to providing such necessities as drugs housekeeping services home nursing care free trans porta to clinics cancer dressings and prostheses A contribution to the Society said Mr Hyde Is therefore lOOj per cent a gift to help people I the present OWRC plan where the town repays a loan over years then owns the plant or under a year gov eminent plan where tho town pays a yearly charge based on alienage There is some small advantage In the latter ho said though essentially cost is rough ly tho same He likened this to buying a car In the first in stance or leasing one in the second TWO YEAR WAIT Because of a backlog of ap plications it would be three years before the government plan could be initiated be said And even with financing it would be two years after the goahead was given before a new plant would be operating He said it would be possible to stort under the OWRC and switch to government plan later Operating costs for phosphor removal arc hard to osti mate council was told Some municipalities will be aided whore costs become excessive but It Is impassible to pin this down present Essentially all towns are in the same boat and must com ply with the order Collision Victim Was Former Town Resident Wayne died in hospital on April fl a half hours a car be was driving was Involved in a collision at Lake- shore Road and Third Line Wayne only child of John and Mamie MacMaster Drive Oakville was a Grade 12 student at High School The MacMnsters were getown residents sit years ago at 18 Wcsleyan Street A classmate Kevin Rogers and a former classmate Gor don Collins passengers in the car Wayne was driving were Injured Driver of the other car and a passenger escaped injury The MacMaster car was de molished and the three youths thrown from the ear by the pact Funeral service took place on April at the Russell Fun Home with inter In Trafalgar Lawn Cemct cry Salaries Stumbling Block Arbitration for Police Contract negotiations between the Georgetown Police at on and the town police com mission have stalled and will now to arbitration The Police Association bar gaining for the 18 man force submitted a seven point brief to the commission In October The commission and Police As sedation negotiators have had four meetings on their differ enccs the main one of which is salaries since January SALARIES MAIN ITEM Two weeks ago the Associo sent a letter to the commis sion asking that the matter go to arbitration The last police contract agreed upon in 1969 when the wage for a first class constab le became The tion is asking that the pay be brought closer to that of other departments in the area which Norval Ratepayers Pick Apart Boards School Death Sentence ratepayers waged an other round in their battle to keep school open Thurs day night when a six man dele gation made up of Peter Hughes Dick Marshall Wray Youmans Norman Guthrie Julian Reed and Bob Crawford made an hour long presentation to the County Board of ion The detailed brief offered and solutions present ing drawings charts and re ports in their efforts to refute the board s reasons for the closing of the school in June Included in the plans were an extension to the present school and the restore of the old school one room to be used as a historical re source centre and modern day library and other as a kinder Each of the speakers attemp ted to refute one of the reasons given by the Board for the pro posed closing SEWAGE SYSTEM INADEQUATE In answer to the charge that the sewage system was inade quate for expansion and not too desirable even for the present school Norman prod uced a lengthy report from the public health inspector Nell who examined the tile bed on March saying the system bad been well maintain and the soli was satisfactory for subsurface sewage He produced charts and slides showing the school at double its present rated capacity and the acquisition of the ad joining property would more than serve the purpose SITE TOO SMALL Questioning the board state ment that the site was I 2 acres too small to meet the require ments and in addition wai landlocked poi out the adjacent land could be bought but so far the owner had not been approached by the board Continued on Page the case for public school Julian Reed left Ray Dick Bob Crawford Hughes tod Norm Guthrie give first class constables In tho neighbourhood of RANK STRUCTURE The matter of rank structure is also one of the points con toined In tho police submission They feel they should have the right to bargain for ranks not already In existence such as Staff Sergeant and Inspector should such appointments be Motor Accidents Send Persons To Hospital Four people were taken to hospital as the result of auto mobile accidents here Thurs day and Friday Norman Thompson of Vic Street and David Charles Ward of Albert Street pas scngers in a ear driven by William Wilson of R 3 Geor were taken to hospital in a Georgetown police cruiser alter the car hit a hydro pole on Duncan Friday night Thx police report said Thomp son buffered scalp lacerations and a possible concussion Ward received a scraped right should ir and sore back The Wilson car a Aca was a total write off after it hit the hydro pole in front of Duncan Drive Estimated damage was to the car and to the pole and the front lawn INJURED HEAD LEG Geoffrey 11 Church Street taken to hospital in the GVAS ambulance following one of two smashes Thursday night He was the driver of a which was a write off after it collided at the corner of Guclph and Sinclair with the back of a Pontine driven by David Smith of tyre Crescent The Smith car stopped behind a stopped 1970 Valiant driven by Pet Acton was bounced ah cad into the back of the car Police put the damage to Smith and car and respectively suffered injuries to bis head and right leg DUMP AND BRUISE In the other three car crash at the corner of Guelph and Maple Donna Lindsay of Hew son Crescent received a bruised right knee and a bump on the head and was taken to hospital in the police cruiser She westbound on In a 1962 Volkswagen A Ponllac driven by was north bound on Maple and a Chcv driven by Gerald Ham of Byron Street was stopped on Maple at Guclph when accident happened The property damage split as to the Lindsay car and each to the and Hammond cars GEORGETOWN JR BOWLERS WIN CANADIAN CROWN Set Registration Day For Oxfam Walkers Wednesdoy April has been set as pre registration day for Georgetown walkers In the annual Miles for Mil lions march which will pass through here again this year Saturday May 1 Is Walk Day and April is pre regis ration day with being accepted at Holy Cross Auditorium from and at the office from 7 to pm SPONSOR SHEETS Sponsor sheets will be trlbutcd at school for stud eats and the library Her aid office Coble TV office and office for adults The greatest number walkers has been school students and the walk committee is on the usual enthusiastic re sponse from Georgetown teens MORE ADULTS Representing the high on the committee ore Dean Smith Geoffrey Pant lull Kevin Tow end Liz Catlini and Catling Officials are hoping that more adults will join their and at least it to the Georgetown check joint at Holy Cross Church a distance of 10 9 miles from the start TRANSPORTATION A major problem being fa by the walk committee transportation from to the star ting point in Brampton Fair rounds on the morning of the walk and back again Implementation of that plan may hinge on the of volunteer drivers available Don would like to hear from any one Interested in volunteer Georgetown Junior boys bowling team has won the junior bowling team championship In Vancouver Scoring details were not ail able as The Herald went to press but it Is known the team from Georgetown Bowl rcpres Southern Ontario at the Canadian Bowling Cham pionshlps finished atop the heap when the ended Tuesday night The team is composed of David Stephen Foster Slee Burns Rick and Chris Burke Tho other team from George town made up of Nancy Nurse Sylvia Diane Marsh all Diane and Sherry Everett took third place hon ours In the Bantam Girls ision The Canadian Championships started April 11 and continued through the 12th and 13th The youngsters taking port in the championships as representatives for tho or territory were oil that re mained of a registration of after local zone and pro vincial rolloffs George and Joan Archibald coached tho Georgetown Expands Business With Nursery Stock A lawn and tree service in Terra started a few ago by Bob has expanded this year into a com mercial nursery business Mr has added shrubs fertilizer and garden supplies to his business which he calls Credit Valley Lawn and Tree Service which is located just west of Terra Cotto Inn PERCENT TURN SUBMARINE Brave Rivers Chilly Waters At Jaycee Crazy Boat Race The Crazy Boat Race was the biggest success its five year history Saturday when entrants braved tho Credit River Lost year tries were received Acton took top spot In tho mayor s challenge race with Acton councillors Peter Marks and Norman Elliott beating out Mayor Bill Smith dressed in his best nautical fin his first mate also dressed for boating Cr Phil Siddall and s Deputy Reeve Rus sell Miller and crew Harry The township sailors were dressed for warmth and braved the river In a rubber dinghy WINNERS Winners in the comic boat class were Norman Jones and Joy Peppier in the rubber boat class and D Turn- bull in nil type class Roy John and Gary Galloway and In the two man canoe class father and son team Bruce and Cliff Shaw crossed the finish line first Hans won profes Georgetown Mayor BUI Smith and Councillor Phil Siddall canoe and war canoe relaxed and ready before taking on the mighty Credit In class far the second year in a their seaworthy vessel The Sieve row CAPN BILLY AND CREW PERCENT FINISHED More than of the entrants finished the seven mile course which started at Line bridge east of Glen Williams and finished In Crowds lined every bridge and embankment along the way cheering on the contestants The race went airly smooth ly despite a log jam behind the Credit Valley Bottling Works which narrowed the river down to six feet wide CAME LONG WAY The race Is attracting wide spread attention with particip ants coming from North Bay Sudbury Listowel Whitby AJ ax and Scarboro In fact 60 were from out of town The old school was turned into a hospitality room by the Rovers as a place for the wet chilled sailors to change and get a hot drink and a hot dog MANY A STORY At night the Nerval Rovers also held a dance In St Albans church hall Glen Williams where many a story of the days fun was exchanged Don and Bill Jennings were of the Jay cccs yearly crazy boat race fljvKn The Three Men In Tab of nursery rhyme fame were among the crazy crews who manned crazy boats for the down the Credit Saturday Here the Butcher Baker and CandlesUck Maker wonder 11 they wouldnt bare bees have stayed landlubbers as the current spins them aloaf the between Williams and la toe annual Crazy Boat Race