Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), September 23, 1971, p. 1

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GRC Guarantees Kid Hockey With or Without Legion sponsorship of hockey thla year Is In doubt but tbe continued existence of kid hockey Is guaranteed by the Georgetown Parks and Recre ation Committee regardless of the outcome Following a stormy session where representatives of the Legion walked out of the council meeting Monday night four members of the Parks and Recreation Committee during an adjournment of the council meeting passed a motion from the Recreation Committee advising the Legion that If no communication was received by them from the Legion by Friday September 24 to the effect they would continue to operate the hockey according to the rates set by the Recreation Committee they would assume the answer was negative and the Parks and Recreation Committee would operate minor hockey Norm Ward Legion president told council they had gone back to the Parks and Recreation Committee as they were advised to do by council and were told by chairman Ivan Crabtree that only per boy separated the figures of the Legion and the Committee We were willing to go for this he added He told council the Legion last year charged per boy plus for Insurance He explained they did not have an insurance policy but kept the money apart to cover any In Juries When I asked if it would be then said Mr Ward Ivan asked If would be all right to which we agreed We understood this would be the figure and now we Set a letter refusing our offer stated We never mode the proposal we accepted the Recreation Committee proposal Reading from the letter he said the payment for Ice time be per boy any Ice time over 10H hours a week be charged at per hour and Ice time before be so per hour Doug ward pointed out they anticipated an enrollment of boys at each would be under the original offer it would be he remarked You asked us to go back and it seems we got a worse offer after we dld He concluded by asking If they had the right to correct any statement or figures during the discussion by council The mayor replied that under the terms of the procedural by law council would not debate with delegations He asked directly if the Legion intended to participate In hockey BIG BUDGET Ward replied that they t answer till they knew how things stand One councillor suggested council may moke a grant If no agreement was reached and the difference is The mayor pointed out this bad never been approved by council or committee Cr Em Hyde said he did not suggest subsidising the hockey programme As far as Im concerned the Parks and Recreation Committee have a tremendous budget this year and It should be more than adequate to provide our boya with hockey I m the gentleman who made the statement that the hockey should be subsidized Deputy reeve Art Speight retorted I m disappointed the Parks and Recreation Committee with their large budget con cover the I don t believe the rate payers would criticize us If we granted the two he added WALKOUT Donna Denlson told council that the Ice cost report proved that the average cost of Ice was per hour while the maximum hourly rate paid by any town group was per hour and most groups paid per hour No wonder the budget request for the arena In 1071 was she added Going to a large blackboard erected in the council chamber he began to show figures of cost per group per boy and costs by the town At this point the four member Legion ion walked out with Doug Ward saying What the use of staying when we can even dispute the figures that are being produced According to the figures the town paid S3 823 or percent of kid hockey costs during 197071 and would pay if there were no increase during mi or percent of the cost Under the terms of the original Increase the straight IIS per hour with back for each boy enrolled the town share would drop to or 3D percent Under Die proposal where the charge would be SO before am the town share would be or 8 percent of the cost She stated it was Important that the ratepayers knew tbey paid percent of the cost last year the seemed to have paid 31 percent and the Legion seemed to have paid about percent It would appear that a moderate increase in costs to the participants would meet the requirements but the Recreation Committee cannot dictate policy to any voluntary group she stated Continuing she said the Recreation Committee Is prepared to assume the and continuation of the house league hockey programme If it must In order to guarantee house league hockey Continued on Page GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Ads That Pay You can place an ad In The Heralds Clssslfled pages by phoning Buying or selling The Herald Is where you will find the results you want Second Class Mall Registered Number Return Postage Guaranteed THURSDAY SEPTEMBER PrintingPublishing The Georgetown Herald has served Georgetown and district at Printers and Publisher tor over a century offering the best In fine printing and news coverage per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents Visit Industry Strikers Commission Talking The strike by the Georgetown Local of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers against the Georgetown Hydro Commission may be settled by the time you rend this or the may be farther apart than ever The Herald learned at press time that the second meeting since the strike began August l had been scheduled for the committee room In he Georgetown municipal building las night The first meeting ended with the 13 strikers and the Com mission no closer Arbitrate Police Salaries One of the services financed by sale of Christ mas seals is a of clinics Tor testing breathing being sponsored by Ha It on Respiratory Disease Association September 14 the first in series of visits to Georgetown Industries took place when a Test for Breathing Defects mobile unit visited Varlan Associates plant The association hopes to extend this later into clinics for the general public as well If breathing irregularities are detected the person tested Is advised to see his doctor for further diagnosis and treatment Members of the county association representing Georgetown and are Keith Barber William Kinrade and Mrs Ed San ford Above technician Sheila Brown tests Mike Siwec of Varion Adorns Photography Lights Installed But Strike Delays Hookup Installation of an Illumination system for the playing field has been completed unlikely that the lights will be operation before the end of the current soccer season The snag is the current between 13 employees members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Georgetown Hydro Commission Until it is settled there will be no hookup NOT URGENT At an executive meeting of the Georgetown Kinsmen Club at the home of club president Don Puckering Monday the com in charge of the soccer lights reported the lights in stalled but no headway in getting them hooked up The ttee said that as far they could ascertain hookup Is not considered as urgent and will Just have to wait its normal turn A Kinsmen club spokesman said The club will consider this a major failure In the community efforts this year due to events out of its control Fluoride Coming Despte a majority in December favour addition of fluoride to Georgetown water supply nothing has yet been done to implement this But there are plans according to Mayor Sm Queried by Cr at a recent meet the mayor said that fluoride will be Incorporated when No water well Is tapped into the system this fall The new well is in the Princess Anne area Voters favoured fluoride to 1700 in the December A nine month long salary dispute between the Georgetown police and the Georgetown Police Commission went to Board of Arbitration Friday in an effort to settle the matter The Board of Arbitration consisted of chairman R Ged Police Commission Donald Police Association appointee Sid Brown who Is president of the Police Association of Ontario Police Commission lawyer Terry and Dennis administrator of the Police Association of Ontario Within days the Board of lasted Mi Arbitration must hand down a challenge decision Residents Die in Plane Car Crashes Explains Walkout Dear Sirs As President of Branch 120 Royal Canadian Legion I feel I owe the people of this community an explanation of the action of the delegation from the Branch at the meeting of September 20th We have been In negotiation with the Parks Recreation Committee for some two months and after meetings with this Committee It was felt by both sides we had reached an impasse due to the fact that they were tied a budget Accordingly we asked Town Council to receive a delegation from Branch 120 and after presenting our brief and a short discussion by some members of Council we were asked to meet with the Parks Recreation Committee to try to reach an agreement After the ensuing meeting an unacceptable offer was made by letter and we again asked to be received by Council After again explaining our position I asked Mayor Smith If we could challenge figures etc quoted during the ensuing discussion The Mayor ruled that we could not any further disc by us would have to be at a Committee meeting later At this stage Councillor Denison rose with an obviously well prepared statement to be Illustrated on a blackboard placed there in advance of the meeting It should be explained here that Councillor had not had the courtesy to be in attendance at any meeting to hear the Legion brief so must have been quoting figures second hand We felt that we could not stay to listen to this person carve us up without any chance of reply and accordingly left the meeting Notwithstanding this rece ptlon we of Branch 120 are with Council or any Committee thereof to try to provide the boys of this town on opportunity to play hockey as they have over the past years at a reasonable cost Ward President Branch Royal Canadian Legion Plans Complete for 125th Fall Fair school children free With good weather the fair board certain of another successful fair It is the one big a I traction of the year Don miss it With enquiries for fall fair in forma Hon and prize lists at a fever pitch It augers well for the big show on Friday and Satin- day October 1 and This is the 125th annual affair and each succeeding year seems to bring more interest and more tors to the event The fair will be officially opened at p on Saturday by Frank Oakes of County A big parade to the park of provincial and municipal will be headed by the Georgetown G Pipe Bond the Citizens Brass Band the Georgetown and Majorettes Also in the parade will be Miss Mary Furrow Queen Miss Pat Murray Acton Dairy Queen and the Furrow Queen Miss Cathy of Mountford will In the show and prom to bring a long some outstanding talent to entertain at the Judges stand There will be lots of refresh ment booths with their popcorn candy soft drinks and home- baking not to mention the Juicy hamburgers hot dog and trench fries The fair will actually get Friday evening when the hall will be open to browse around and the midway rides will be in full swing The Judging of the hall exhibits is done on Friday afternoon also with all exhibits placed before twelve noon If you are new In town and want to get into the swng of things phone the secret cry get a prize list and enter in one or more of the many classes The prize money is good and the satisfaction of being a part is else again Junior farmers are urged to enter the commercial calf competition where fine watches arc donated for showmanship as well as cash prizes Space is almost at a premium for commercial exhibits from new cars to tractors snowmobiles campers etc etc Unlike many fairs this year the admission price has not been changed with adult admission SI students and public Al Donaldson 36 Hcwson Crescent is off to British Columbia Saturday with the hopesofOntario riding on him to emerge the winner of the Canada straight truck championship In the truck rodeo September 11 he beat out all the regional winners In Ontario This a fruit stand but the customers are buying lemons Discontinued lines and stock which has been collecting dust were LEMONS PLUCKED BY HUNTERS assembled by downtown merchants for their first Lemon Days Sale on the municipal parking lot Friday Bargain hunters bought many of the items direct from the tables during the first part of the sale in afternoon The balance went by auction later The proceeds will be used for downtown improvements Meet the Candidates In October Georgetown voters will get a chance to question all the East candidates In the next provincial election at a Meet the Candidates Nite being organized by Georgetown Jaycees A spokesman told The Herald Tuesday he expects the to be in early October To date there are four In the running for the East seat ProgressiveConservative Jim Snow who is the sitting member and Minister Without Portfolio New Democrat Kenneth Gelok Liberal Robert Blake and In dependent Richard McGrath Ice Age Returns Doug Vivian of the arena stiff skating surface was ready early Sunday and the first public skating was later that same day There was also public skating Tuesday with a third session tonight The arena crew started Ice making operation at noon on Monday September Two Georgetown residents were killed in accidents on the weekend Gil Ruston 33 of Stevens Crescent died when the aeroplane he was piloting crashed and burned during an at Stratford Richard Cridland was killed when the car he was driving hit on abutment on High way between Dixie Rd and Highway 10 Mr was a Burlington businessman operating his own firm Mobile Homes He had been a pilot for 10 years and was flying a Mark 4 Harvard and was a member of a group of five Burlington pilots partic pa ting in the opening of a new runway at Festival City Air Park Saturday NOSEDIVE He failed to pull out of a nose dive when his plane pancaked and smashed wheelsdown on the field His body was found a few feet from the smouldering wreckage He leaves his wife Audrey Stanley his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Ruston children Todd Dean and Mellnda and six brothers Keith of Seafortb BUI of Alberts Neil of London John of Windsor Pat of St Paul sand Larry of Stratford Funeral service was conducted by Rev Norman Young In Knox Presbyterian Church on Tuesday with Interment later that day in Luc know ALONE Richard son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Cridland Duncan Drive was driving west on Highway when the occurred at Sunday morning He was alone in the car and is presumed to have gone to at the wheel He was a Georgetown District High school student last year and was employed In a WUlowdale printing plant Newsweb En terprise He had taken an active interest in the dropin centre at Cedarvale Bom In Toronto he had lived with his family at Richmond Hill Chatham and Brampton and moved to Georgetown two years ago He leaves his parents sister Donna Mrs Don Smith and brother Warren Home was conducted by Rev David Irwin of Brontford Six of his chums were pallbearers Ray Landry Noel Baxter Harold Crossley Randy White Steven Bailey and Andy In terment was in Greenwood Cemetery Buses Back The Gray Coach lines buses will return to Main Street Sep tember 29 council was informed Monday night The route will be down Maple Avenue and up Main Street There will be no ticket agency on Main Street Georgetown Trucker Seeks Canadian Driving Title become the champion Ontario driver of straight trucks For the last two years he has captured the Toronto championship and this year went on to win the Ontario championship In ad to driving the contenders are Judged on a written exam appearance and attitude plus their safety record Al has been driving for Express for years and has won many awards Including some Driver of the Month awards He is taking his wife along to enjoy the expense paid trip when he competes in the rodeo In Burnaby les earned through his ability to handle a straight truck

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