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Ads That Pay You can place an ad la The Heralds pages by phoning Boring or citing The Herald la where Sad the remits want GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Printing Publishing The Georgetown Herald erred Georgetown and district u Printer and Publishers far Second CUta Mall Number 0943 Georgetown Herald Thursday April Return Postage Guaranteed 50 par yaar Single Copy Cant Wire Cutter Candidate For lowest Human Calling her many friends rose Canada and around thai world via her ham radio equip ment la a major source of sure for Mrs Ron of Drive Mrs Mend- ham la confined to a wheelchair and her hours sending and re ceiving ham radio messages has become a big part of her life Its a pleasure that has missing this week and will bably be raising for most of next week Last Thursday night body crept Into the yard with a pair of wire cut ten and clipped off three an tennae wire strung between two SO foot masts and the feed into the Mendham house Lots Will Stay Vacant Until Official Plan An offer of Constnv to purchase townowned land on Main Street and Victoria was turned down by committee of council Thursday night The offer was for va cant lots created when Main Street north bridge was rebuilt and the road widened The committee felt nothing should be done with the land until the new official plan Is completed GOOD BUILDING LOT Reeve Morrow suggest- 1 another townowned lot on Shelley Street should be sold apparently it is a perfectly good building lot from which we receive no taxes be re marked Property chairman Smith will Investigate No Traffic Lights For Norval Comer The intersection of Highway 7 and the Town Line In the middle of rant the installation of traffic lights according to the De partment of Highways In a let ter to Council The DOH said a recent sur vey there Indicated the volume of traffic was only per cent of what they consider neces sary to quality for lights The Departments ret that parking banned for feet on the high way In both directions from the corner and 100 feet on the Town Line in both directions found no favour with council Clerk Del French was ted to write the express ing the council view such parking bans would ence store owners near the in tersection and their customers THREE DAYS LEFT TO COLLECT GLASS If you haven yet taken your returnable bottles and jars to one of the four collection points during Concerned Citizens of Georgetown week long bottle drive you still have three days to do so Gloss collected by CCOG will be melted down and recycled Tho projects purpose Is to cut down on the amounts of garbage being disposed of and eliminate glass lit ter Any glass except blue glass and opaque glass will be accepted at Saunders vice BP Georgetown British Cars and Moore Pork Texaco Above Mrs Mar garet Harding of Main Street South pines the last battle in collection of disposable bottles and jars which filled four garbage bags Opposed to Speed Limit Change From to The speed limit on the re1 reconstructed section of Highway 7 between George town and Acton will likely be raised to miles per ho irl from miles per hour for at least a three month troll per soon It will be done over the ob jections of Esqueslng Township council who have filed to the speed limit hike A letter from the Depart ment of Highways read at Council Monday sold per cent of the drivers arc already travelling at miles per hour and limit would not increase hazard since highway is designed for a peed of miles per hour The DOH asked in the letter to be advised If the Township had any objection to the trial Reeve Tom Hill said have already filed objection and I can see no reason for changing our opinion now The rest of council was in un- Nursery Moms Discuss Art After Tour The Maple Nursery School Auxiliary held their April meeting at Gallery House After viewing the very in teresting current exhibition of sculpture by Andreas and paintings by Kuy per the ladles were able to browse among the works in the gallerys permanent Mrs Sommer of Gallery Sol led an animated discussion on modern art with particular re ference to those by Miss Kuyp- The next meeting will be an Open House held In school rooms at on Wednes day May 13 Wednesday nights meeting of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority Into tear of laughter when the subject of a missing privy from the Lime house Conservation Area tuned upon the agenda Considered by Donald Web ster of he Royal Ontario Mus eum a classic piece of early Canadians the privy was lo cated In a wrecking yard near Georgetown Tbe wrecker had been removing some old build tags from the Area for the An Puns flew thick fait around the table the first county seat New Arena Floor New Park In Recreation Plans The Georgetown Recreation Parks Department will be und ertaking new and pro grams for 1971 following Is a list of some of the projects that will bo under token this year Recreation Brochure In order to inform the of Georgetown what activities are available to them two brochures will be distributed this year one in June and second in September This bro chure will include nil programs being handled by the ion and Parks Department with other opportunities in order that realistic approach town Approximately of the net budget will be spent in giving assistance to various groups in the town Sommer Playground Summer playground program will be expanded this year from four weeks to six weeks of op eration in addition to this a third ground is being added at the Joseph Gibbons School to moke a total of three grounds for the season Teen Programs For the first time George- town will be offering an eight week program for tbe teenagers of the town This program will centre out of the Georgetown District High School and will be I open for teens 12 years of age and over Tbe program will be supervised by three qualified adult leaders In the fail a part time leader will be hired to work out of Ce darvale This persons respon sibility will be to develop a teen program on the weekends I in conjunction with the existing The Georgetown Memorial Arena A new floor will be installed in the arena this year This will deviate tho problem of broken pipes that now exist In add Ion it will provide George town with one of the best rot ler skating surfaces in the area Swimming Pool Major repairs will take place at the swimming pool this year in form of installing a new system tho build ing of a room to house the and tho pool itself be ing cleaned professionally ovoid algae build up Parks Regular maintenance will toko place In following parks Victoria Park Remembrance Packaging Seeds For May Campaign A new executive was elected at monthly meeting of Georgetown Auxiliary for the Mentally Retarded at the home of Mrs Marion Coullghan 1 Mrs Humphreys president Mrs vice- pres dent Mrs Lorraine lock secretary Mrs Karcnl Harrison treasurer They take over in September New members are welcome to join the organization and can by colling Mrs Mitchell at Members with the help of teens have been busy packag tog seeds which will be left at each home during the Flowers of Hope canvass the first week In May can be taken to the develop- 1 of all park properties Park Development of CorruLbersI Rood Pork will begin year by filling top dressing and seeding area Park A second soccer field will be developed this year by top dressing and seeding area Rinks One outside rink location will added this year in the Moore Park area to bring the total number rink locations four for the 1971 season Schools Recreation Department will bo doing joint development with County School Assessment la used to deter mine school board and J pal taxes GEORGETOWN Assesors from the Peel office in Brampton have begun reassessment work In Georgetown and ore expected to begin in Acton this week When the assessors finish work In these two north towns they will move on to Mil Da read the rules on tho back ton Next and of the outside ureas of of your sponsor sheet townships will be certain schools in Georgetown Do try to be through checkpoint reassessed Park John Street Park Mary Street Park Kinsmen a Park Cedarvale Park James Park The Fairgrounds Park Development Pork plans will be drawn up of many of the to parka Esquesing Brings Down Hold The Line Budget Decide To Sit On It Missing Outhouse A Case for Privy Council found an telephone book In tbe privy with a few page missing sure It Eaton catalogue Members agreed that If was this valuable It should preserved and voted to loan lt to Black Creek Pioneer lage Russell Cooper manager of the Village requested anyone knowing the of the door to please contact him Hell replace and even Install a new door to take Us place A M Hap Port Credit summed tho whole thing up by remarking This should really be handled by the Privy Conn ell THOUSANDS IN OXFAM ARMY Record Number of Marchers Will File Through Saturday With cooperation from thai weatherman tbe Oxfam walk should be a huge success Lit crally thousands of sponsor sheets have been snatched up In Georgetown by enthusiastic walkers To help them on their way Georgetown Transportation Co will provide buses at a re cost of 30c for a one way trip to and from Brampton Buses will leave plaza at 30 and 30 a Extra buses will be as needed BRING LUNCH Snacks and drinks will be at aomo of tbe chock- points but each walker Is ad vised to bring bis own light lunch and pocket money A contribution of a loaf sandwiches from interested vol would be very wel come These may be delivered to one of the following churches on Saturday May I between and am St Johns Unit ed Church St Andrews Unit Church St George Angll can Church St Alban Angli can Church Glen Williams United Church DO S AND Some do s and donts for a successful 28 miles Do wear comfortable shoes NOT loose Do bring a couple of Do wear or carry a jacket Do bring a change of socks Don t carry a heavy knapsack Dont spread litter along the route Do enjoy the day Scout House by p If you Intend to go ell the way Do take rides only from drivers in official vehicles Do ask you parents to stay at home if they ore not walking and wait for you to phone them Do maka after names of sponsors who have asked for rece pts Do collect your money within week after the walk and take it to tbe Cedarvale Community I Centre Room So May 15 a to 3 Continued on Page Township taxpay In the Georgetown High School will face a slight in crease in taxes this year while those In Milton and Acton High School areas will pay less than last year council Monday set the mill rote for residents In the Georgetown High School Proposed 1S70 Mill 1971 Mill Rate Rate Township Farm ft Residential 10 Com Industrial County Farm ft Residential 813 Com Industrial Public School Farm ft Residential Com Industrial 28 Separate School Farm Residential 84 23 Com Industrial Secondary School Acton Form Residential 1873 Com Industrial Milton Farm Residential Com Industrial 1BI0 Georgetown Farm Residential 30 18 Com Industrial Acton High School Area County Twp and school rates Farm ft Residential 5850 Com ft Industrial Milton High School Area County and school rates Farm Residential 32 Com Industrial 74 Georgetown High School Area County Twp and School rates Farm Residential Com ft Industrial Fire Areas Acton 153 Georgetown 40 Milton 140 147 Street Lights Glen Williams 150 181 area at residential and J65 commercial and industrial Increases of 138 and res pectively Residents of the villages Glen Williams Norval Stewart- town and win pay slightly more on their tax bills because of street lighting costs Here Is the budget In detail Increase Decrease Georgetown First on the List As Reassessment Gets Started Reassessment of properties In County 1 as begun The rcasscssrr t program being carried out by provincial regional assessment offices Is an Ontario wide move to stan dardize assessed property val THIS YEAR Regional assessment commis sioner Beach sold he ex all north Halton to be re assessed this year But he residents in these areas the old assessment on their homes will be used until the entire county Is TAKE OVER TASK The province assumed the task of assessment Jan 1 1970 taking It over from local muni cipalittes and counties The job of assessment con version was broken down Into districts with Peel and Halton composing one district under direction of Beach Reassessment last year Peel County caused many pro blems for Beach a department Board Wont Oppose Walk Info Miles for Millions promoters will be technically i free to distribute literature ex ploinlng activities of the Plan Parenthood group to Hal ton County separate school stu dents as a result of a separate school board decision last week NO FEAR None of the trustees suggest- 1 ed there was any fear Planned Parenthood advocates would actually use the motion to intro duce literature In the schools promoting birth control methods not approved by Roman CauVl The board made its decision in interests of consistency Earlier the board decided t allow distribution of literature by all groups connected with the schools VOTE However tho boards educa tion committee later mended that In other county separate schools Miles for Mil lions representatives be allow ed to distribute lit erature provided that no mat or Information on planned parenthood be given out The board by a vote ether and Julie Marshall In pioneer apparel inspect a curious looking iron thai to am Numerous urban and rural residents protested reassess ments and eventually some took their cases to courts of ap peal WON APPEAL Farmers as well as ethers living on large parcels of land complained loudest They claimed property values had risen too high under re assessment and as a result tax were too high to pay Cyril Clark a farmer from North Peel won his appeal which meant assessed value of his land was decreased by most per cent REBATES The provincial government has been sending fanners tax rebates in an effort to help them pay for higher taxes In curred with rise In assessments The Clark appeal is now be ing used as a test case In other bids for lower taxes Government reassessment Is the only fair way to find out If you are paying too much too little or the right amount of taxes in comparison to other property owners In the area If your taxes go up under the reassessment program it win mean you were previously un derassessed or local councils or school boards have li taxes NO OUCH More Fires But Less Damage in Says Report Georgetown lets la was about lest than tbe average ten here aw the last Ave years to the annual resect of the Ontario Fire Marshal The report Jut released show Georgetown Ore toss last year was IB fires Tbe average ton Inchtsrre has been average wanner el Area has been a that parted Georgetown and part at Township fire an la the Departments coverage ana The report tta and twe women died to flm Coanty UN men and worn w rmhn la Ores tats cant