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GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District Second Claw Mall Number Return Postage Guaranteed THURSDAY APRIL IT per year Single Copy Price Cents Esquesing Residents Will Pay A Little More in Taxes Sprinkler System Troubles ratepayers will pay a little more in taxes this year it was revealed last week when council approved the budget Geo re- a rea r iden will have the smallest increase from 14 an increase mills The commercial and industrial role rose only nulls in his area The farm and residential rate in the Acton fire area is up from to an increase of I mills while the commercial and industrial rate in this area went up so mills Milton fire area farm and residential rate shows the biggest hike from to an increase of mills Com and industrial rales in Ihe area rose mills SAW For Ihe first time all three areas will have the same mill rate except for the hamlets with street lighting The three dif rates for fire protection have been abolished ana lire protection will be covered in general taxation The three areas wilt still be serviced from the three neighbouring towns but they will pay the same for fire protection through general taxation similar to roads or any other township service The portion of the mill rate controlled by Esquesing rose residential and commercial but this now includes the fire area mill rates which previously were listed separately The county rale rose mill while the costs for elementary education dropped 33 in the public school system and the separate school system The rate for secondary schools only mills except Heights the street lights an Just being in stalled for the first Reeve Tom Hill ajor road improvement plans council has in mind to account for the slight mill rate increase Council added one mill to the roads budget bridge We on the Sixth I new culvert to install on Ihe Third Line as well the reeve pointed We also doing to tontinut our program of paving streets in hamlets is as Hill said a stretch the Fifth me near I from conservation area north to the location of the Twins Woodwork shop will he paved this year Continued Page wire to ifu Hints in tw whin trouble in system hi tl tin in icti Urn mi i indijam on sprinkler sjslun mill in i blue Unit Inui in in fni I flhf lei Street is by firemen Monday if Km in ThirtyEight Units Money Provided for Second Senior Citizen Apartments The Honourable James Snow MPP for bast ind Minister of Services for Ontario announced this week that approval has been git en by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation for a loan to the Ontario Housing Corporation in amount of to assist In Ihe construction of one bedroom Senior Cilnens apart ments in Georgetown This new development will be built by Construction Company Limited of Georgetown at a total cost of The building will be located at the southwest corner of Sargenl Road and It is expected thai construction will start immediately upon final approval of Ihe change required by council Hilt NT The loan is provided under the National Housing or a term of years with interest at seven percent ft will cover percent of the of The province through OHC will provide Ihe remaining per cent MP Hud Whiting told The The federal government will bear one half of operating losses while will bear ptrccnl and the percent Thi is the second senior housing project be constructed in Georgetown and will supplement the existing building winch contains units computed some two ago The number of senior citizens apartments in the own will now be units Attend Premier Mrs Mima Brown and Mrs Inez Wallers attended Ihe Canadian premier concert performance of the world renowned basso profundo Ivan at Hill in Toronto Mondav evening Tax Rate Unchanged But No R Help Mile Route Oxfam Walk Starts From Georgetown Tins year for the first time since the start of the Brampton Georgetown area Miles for walks Georgetown walkers will heir irek here 2d milt course has been mapped with Georgetown and area walkers to stort from Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church on Maple Avenue and Brampton and district walkers heading out from the Brampton On walk day Saturday May G those starting from Georgetown will walk 4 miles lo Alloa school then three miles to miles to a Brampton area checkpoint 4 miles to II Cross drinks Drinks wilt provided at ill checkpoints hut walkers will have lo carry their own food Pre registrations ire bunt held at Georgetown office Brampton and on Thursday Walkers that ire register start without in the starting points on walk da Saturday May will he collection day with sponsors money lo be laken to the same places as pre registration Although mill rale and total ixcs assessed on Georgetown homes remains the same for taxpayers will be faced with an extra The government has dropped a rebate system which allowed most households a kickback last year The rebate was passed on lo of rented homes and apartments A tax rate of mills residential and 15 industrial commercial was adopted Monday Rates for Roman Bomb Disposal Experts Called to High School A bomb discovered In Georgetown high school morning proved to be a fake when dismantled by a bomb 350 Soggy Sailors Swept Along By Swiftest Credit Current Thousands lined the banks of Credit River from the Line in Glen Williams lo the ind of the seven mile stretch in to watch the rai Boat race held in ihe fastest flowing waier since the race began four vcars ago hundred and five crafts of various shapes sues and weird construction ventured down swollen river amaleur sailors aboard Few escaped a soaking but man flipped the cold water A trail if rafts rubber dinghies I pieces wood floated down then ihe afternoon The paper mill dam again provided thrills for the Hikers but chill for a totitcsiant wasreall up tin without a Barry f Milton his paddle above dam and was drifting low He had to hauled at the bridge Bill Smith and crew of a raft after dumping were marooned for two and half hour- n an island before being rescued one of the patrolling safety bo its iw voung men were rescued from a log jam after Javcees boat down looking for any stragglers The had to off rtpc I pes shipwreck jn island Glen Williams an Ihe irowd had dispersed tabs resident in irta taking in stranjstrs ul I ave Id and rescue f voung who fell to the river while watching the race rial has also been pn Five a which travels n land and pain lied Hit and helped 1 wet sailors where hanks in steeper Jim Si I P and Minister f Public rks was the official starter for the race but was fh TV jmit vent with in cameraman fcomj d wn the rivtr in i can in all hi The set up a recover sjstcm all the us paddles cameras ind which fished f the river me who I as I is asked tn write The dance I eld night in was a roaring success wiihi ichsail r topping other in talts if rough water and kings in charge of the race wtre chairman fishburn Paul Atkinson Din Lb I Dave fcarr lltevc m Hill if Esquesing did on the boat ract Hit Id Ins council that the thr at the Line What if been a fire in ihe upper pari the Glen he asked He said ne can block iff roads wiUoui permission and the had never asked anyone disposal crew in Georgetown park The device discovered in the cast wing of the a janitor shortly after Bam was described as a good imitation Its components included a steel cylinder wires batteries and ad a small box attached Georgetown Police called in an bomb disposal unit from The transported it to the centre of the fairgrounds before going to rk It was the third bomb scare the school On iwo othtr scare calls during school hours emptied the build Police also investigated a bomb scare General proofing last year Bomb scare perpetrators in conviction receive up to years imprisonment Adam Recreation Committee is researching this It is possible that which the own has In reserve accounts could Initiate this project he said The budget hod little comment at the meeting other than from Em Hyde who voted his opposition He said the surplus should not go Into the general budget By so doing he said council Is In frivolous expenditures a tree foremen for instance which Catholic separate school sup- once started are hard to curb porters is an extra 2 mills in each case Helping to keep a stable rate Is Sill surplus Half of this came about when in road subsidies was not in eluded In revenue when com piling last year budget Reeve Morrow council s finance chairman in his budget speech made particular mention of the good work of town Peterson He Id Mr Peterson hod earned the town by Investing excess cash on hand in short term notes Council anticipates spending million this year witfi of this to bo raised in Major Had we not had this extra we would have pared Instead we re going to blow the works he complained The should have been put in a capital account expenditures and the town could still get with no increase in tax rate is his opinion NECESSARY THINGS Cr Phil disagreed He said the gives council an opportunity to do some necessary things which other wise might not get done It will benefit residents who paid It in taxes last year he said which Is roper And he denied that any is planned A good budget was Mayor R Smith comment He said It will give next year Charles Park Weber and council a boost with projects Duncan for paving storm drains completed which they might and curbs The highway from faced lam to Maple and Queen Street MONEY will have asphalt resurfacing A Sound and practical tree planting program on commented Deputy Reeve boulevards will be continued Speight He mentioned that the Parks have a heavy emphasis efforts of Morrow and himself at in the budget county council in having Reeve Morrow said six men Mountainview named a county will be hired for maintenance of rood has saved a lot of money parks trees and rinks too Development work Is planned on A improvement Gibrx Park in the east end and project is costing Georgetown Park in Moore Park he said TfSSISIIGHTS second Cedar vale soccer field with bleachers and lights I for Gibbons Park tennis courts are planned And washrooms and change rooms will be built at the J fairground Reeve Morrow said Improved lighting a new I speaker system and roof repairs are in the budget for the arena A fund is the start of lights I for the park hardball field with to be added each year I Five school playgrounds a teen summer program and a parttime worker for a teen program at starting in the fill arc other budget Items RESEARCHING The reeve said that many Saturday May 13 be designated citizens are promoting a new- Carnation for the George recr facility and the d Carnation Taggers Will Be Calling Approval from council v a passed and a letter of notif icat ioi received ilerk Benhum giving councils proval that and ict Memorial Hospital Women Taggers will be downtown Georgetown all streets within the town limits with the exception of the i industrial area Canvassers will also be at all the plazas and where necessary permission has been obtained from store lagers to allow canvassers to their facilities as set out individually Carnation Day chairman is Mrs A Dean Persons interested assisting this project cither b making carnations or as captains or as taggers contac her Proceeds from Carnation Day supports the work of the in Georgetown hospital NOT A Remember a bicycle s a not a toy Hide safely Wrong Lost a mother gained a brother and a promotion all in the same day was Ernest experience due to an unfortunate error in last weeks Herald The usually careful Herald from a notice in a daily paper without checking with Mr reporting the death of Mrs Mary Bodnar of Toronto mentioned another son and referred to Mr as Misslssauga town engineer We are pleased to report that his mother Mrs Frances Bodnar is olive and well In St Catherines Mr is an only son and is deputy engineer for The Toronto woman was no relation to him The Winners this is the way the Crazy Boat Race came out I comic class race Gordon Moore of Brampton winner in a contraption I rubber rafts and boatsWinner King City in a rubber boat something like a kayak boatsnfall types Roy Johnson Georgetown in a plywood boat CI D motorized boats Ellis and crew two man canoes Ed Van Den Hock and Rick West of Terra tta I professional canoes and kayaks Toronto The winner of the funniest looking boat was another group of they were the Whitby The boat looked something like a shark and was made from part of a plane BANNER 1 Alex Virag Ed Bryan Turner man a raft its third tnp Mayor Bill Smith and crew on The Captains table Rafts ride the muddy Credit Barry Hamilton thumbsaridcashisboaiUkesonwater ft was easier on dry land fi Dan and Peter Don Boyd Marty Ji and Ron Richardson Women Lib 9 Kick power 10 Centennial School staffers Mike Jim Atkinson Wavne Jim Hall and Dave tl Whitby land shark