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Empty Glass Bottles Make for Full Treasury Three Ions no deposit no return bottles and a large quantity other glass Is missing from basements and garage In east Georgetown and homes this week following a bottle drive by 2nd Brownies Saturday Knocking on hundreds ot doors and lugging boxes and bags of the glass refuse to the rcW to be transported centres paid or the Pack In Thais how much Dominion Glass In paid tor the glass which would otherwise have ended up on the dump Now It will be recycled The collection centres were at the home Chelvln Drive and at the home of Brown Owl Mrs Neuman on the Town Line south of It was a good drive but not as successful as the first two Mrs Neuman told The Herald But it was successful enough to keep the entire Pack five leaders and several parents busy from early morning through mosf of the day GEORGETOWN HERALD The Nome Newspaper For Georgetown and District Mall Registered Number Return Pottage Guaranteed GUHlGtTOHN IIHUIl JVLIII 1971 per year Single Copy Price CcnU Select Committees at Last Council Inaugural meeting We will have to work hard cooperatively and establish priorities he told the new council It Is a normal human trait to resist change and we will have some unpopular decisions to make in the coming months lie expects regional govern men to be in force later this year or early in I Queen a Park will be m iking an on January Serving with Miyor Smith this year are Itic Morrow Deputy Reeve Ernest Ward 1 councillors Roy Booth and Hyde Ward 2 councillors Michael Armstrong Hunter and Ward councillors Harry Levy and Phil Slddall I CHANGES Some committee changes have been made year to even the work load the mayor said and council accepted his recommendations committees first named chairman second vice chairman are mancc Morrow Arm strong Booth Works Hyde Arm Reeve Hie Morrow resented lowers to Mrs Smith mother of Mayor Hill Smith at the Inaugural dinner at North Hal ton Golf and Country tub Mrs Smith is a north Toronto resident strong Morrow General Hyde Hunter Levy Legislation Booth Hunter Levy Regional Government Levy Morrow Booth Regular council meetings will be on the first and third Mondays each month except for January when the first meeting la scheduled tonight finance and General com meet Jonuary then the fourth Monday each month The Regional committee will meet as necessary Rev Kelvin Johnston of St Andrew United Church on invocation prior to the start of the council meeting PROMOTE- Councillors and other guests adjourned to North Hal ton Golf Country Club later for dinner at which Paul Armstrong was chairman Mr Armstrong reviewed the town history under a scries of three of whom were present John Armstrong Hyde and Douglas Sargent Replying to a toast to council by John Armstrong Mayor Smith said that while far fields look greener Georgetown grass is green and can be greener If each person tries to make his town a little belter Promote don condemn was his advice lowers were presented to the mayors wile by Deputy reeve and to his mother by Reeve Morrow Smoke Answered Alarms in 72 Last year the Georgetown Volunteer tire answered calls in George town and in Township lor a totol of calls The before J culls were nude in eorgetowii and Win squesing Township December 72 claims seven the above mentioned calls tun caused by negligence three miintcnance and two other resulting in in estimated damage of four were building fires two accidents one other December had six five in Georgetown and five Georgetown Raiders ire doing some mid rebuilding See picture on Iage Christian Reformed Minister Leaving Surprise Revolt Fails to Reverse Warden Vote Newt Comes Jan Regional Countdown Days Till R Day IthV A J rgeto Ulan mid mlnlMi indent will I his si this Sunday lln indent il his wife four of his ehilelron Genld I will move next lo where he will lie minister at longer but sin thin of the Harriet is i in student will In ird here Kit indent hen hie irs from the Church it sue Ihisi I nor thai lit is it Simla ind Albert Hie ilnrii li is from will under Hit in denlol s I miss iwmIovii My five re present the longest lime I spent in my charge he told llcril The indeiilols live I Court MICTION Georgetown will hive another local election this ye ir The long awaited an of what shape will take under regional government will be made at a public in Hamilton on Tuesday The date of he an wis released last Wtdncsday by the Ministry of Pre usury and tn mental Ufa Irs The meeting will also reveal the regional future of municipalities in Peel Went worth Hamilton Treasurer Charles Mc said he is sending individual invitations lo local officials to attend the evening in Mohawk college The proposals culminate an extensive review by the lovcmment of representations from municipalities in the area of Metro Will said hla parliamentary assistant Arthur K will the proposals representatives Individual in the coming months before any final decisions arc made The big mark for the niton communities Is r or not they will lose Burlington There is a possibility hat It will be taken from and lumped with Hamilton Both Hamilton and Went worth favour having Burlington In their region but residents have Indicated by ballot that they prefer to stand with County officials argue that without the county would suffer a serious economic setback When the regional setup takes effect Georgetown will disappear as a municipality and become part of the new regional Esquesing Body Will Keep Eye on Hydro Route Plans Reeve Anne Me of Nassagaweya weathered a threatened upset afternoon and was officially elected of county confirming thounofflcl al election December In the two woy race with Reeve flic Morrow of George own won by two vote margin for and for Morrow The surprise revolt against the unofficial election two weeks ago was headed by Reeve Morrow who found support from his nominators Reeve Tom Hill of and deputy reeve I Marks of ecton and Itecvc McKcnne of deputy reeve Sykes of George town and Reeve Al Mnsson Morrow s own vote was the sixth Mrs was nominated by Burlington reeve and her own deputy J Watson Tom Hill refused lo on of Reeve Morrow us has been the custom in the past while Reeve Murks said Morrow had asked for the opportunity to serve as warden and he should be the chance In nominating Mrs Ihur Reeve Preston said she had the necessary experience and was the senior member of council In Ihe tense atmosphere Reeve Morrow said he stood there with mixed emotions but said he fell compelled to force the issue to a vole He claimed he had three or four calls from ratepayers asking how a full time school teacher can serve as warden One ratepayer said he was paying taxes to run County School Hoard who pay the teachers and demanded to know how we were justified in paying another to a person who should be able to give a full two or three days a week to the job but won be able to Morrow asked who would suffer the school children the county or the taxpayer Morrow repeatedly said he had Ihe greatest respect for Mrs McArthur and was at tacking the policy which did not give equal opportunity to all to run for any office Looking over it the Hon George Kerr who was in the gallery Reeve Morrow suggested there be legislation reimbursing em pi oyer s so anyone could run for any office without affecting their financial position This does not exist now he added TWO DAYS Morrow pointed out last year warden found it necessary to spend wo full days a week on the job and reminded council this year the task would be more onerous Morrow concluded by saying Continued on Page 12 Spectacular Stranger was Likely Parrot A lot of winter birds in Li chouse arc nursing an inferiority complex this week Hayes Ltmchouse told The Herald that the sparrows wrens and chickadees and all the other regulars his bird feeder were overwhelmed Friday morning by a spectacular stranger a parrot It must have been a parrot hi told The Herald It had all bright plumage of a tropical bird but was much bigger than a budgie The overdressed visitor likely escaped from a house or pet shop in the district not made January decided to advertise the number of openings on the boards lu give citizens a chance to apply if they would like to serve on any of Only louncll members were it Wednesday s meeting Re eve Tom Hill lo the Credit Conservation Deputy lleevc Lcn leiitc to the Region Const Authority Wilfrid Deputy Reeve oxc and Reeve Tom Hill tire Area Cr and Reeve Tom Hill to Acton I- ire Area Dick to the Milton Fire Area George Mallhy to Community Hall George lo Ball inn fad Community Hall HYDRO ROUTF a rccom mendation from Planning Board council will also ad for concerned citizens probably a committee of three investigate and research the proposed hydro route through the township and keep council informed The committee members would attend meetings and hearings on the hydro route to keep the residents aware of plans Three Pets Die in 7000 House Fire Two dogs a canary dead and an estimated dim damage aro the result of fire home of Mr and Mrs Henry Hale College Street lanuary at m smoke damage was done to ihe whole house and fire damage to floor under the living room The floor will have to tie replaced ire Chief Ken the fire probably started from gas vapours from a snowmobile being fixed in the basement afternoon Januiry car fire at 10 Water Street was quickly ex by the owner before firemen arrived Thursday afternoon at clock fire in an electrical outlet in a barn the I and No Id called firemen to the scene Quick action put it out before the hay all round was ignited Children playing in a shack on Street In Glen Williams arc thought to have started a fire which the Inside of he small one room building It had been vacant for about a year The fire was reported at four clock afternoon Priestner Succeeds Bodnar As School Bd Chairman Milium school represent line in the llnlton of will pre over the hoard meetings I He is it the hoards in ess in I night Georgetown trustee I Heeled ilce ind To the Nasi Watson He defeated Two Ixn rosier in a secret ballot nominated I for Ineslner ran for hoard in I i lost out to Douglas Wood Tin issue of sihoil representative board chairman blocked Iriestncr s election it that lime h linn in of the board In irtt and in id cohesive unit of ill emphasischangcd as it must lo ile mis of tin county during people problems cost Ins term I under Dour Classroom Excellence Should Be Aim Bodnar Be Ihei Mayor till Smith em hit two best girls wire art M Mm Kathleen The mother wu dinner Monday night separate high schools in separate sphool electors have been given Iwo representatives on the public Itoarel liny can vole only on school issues Erlcsincr was of finance In IU72 and is a former vicechairman of the board He has worked on several board committees An engineer he Is the father of five children and Is a Burlington resident I have a very large pair of shoes to fill Irleslner com Mr Armltage first t trustee on Ihe Million Hoard of I rnesl outlined some of the highlights of his vcur as chairman and offered some directives at the boards inaugural meeting Thursday ltodnar declined to seek a second term and Is succeeded by Irleslner tabling of the priorities ind expenditures committee which had a great deal of public input and consumed many hours of work was our most important move recently said It Illustrated the boards conviction that the formative wars of a child life from kindergarten to grade three are the most Important ones are going to spend over a million dollars over the next four years to a primary program and to train our teachers to handle that program In we ought to dedicate ourselves lo establishing ex In the We can have the facilities but if don have Ihe teachers than re Just not the best hoard In iew of provincial ceilings on spending will have to control costs Were going to lo resist efforts to reduce the pupil teacher rilio In When regional government comes into effect we will have to look building a new central office assuming this board remains intact We must make Ihe public more aware of what were doing he said We re Just not getting our message across We nave to get the press to put the emphasis more on the truly Important Issues nol just Ihe newsworthy ones The press jealously protects Its freedom but it tends to forget that freedom comes responsibility and the press seems to be falling down In that respect THIS MAMS