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the HERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1MB Home Newspaper of Halton Hills NO GLOOM IN GEORGETOWN Single Copy Cents Businesses here foresee as a year of growth FIRST BABY JUST THREE HOURS OLD little Miss Hughes Georgetown Memorial Hospital a first baby of 1975 wain up to smiling or the camera Her mom Julie however tired after her labor of love managed to let her pride shine through The baby as yet unnamed daughter of Julie and Larry Hughes Edward St arrived at January Band weighed in at Bibs The name was supposed to be Chad Everett because we were expecting a boy explained Mrs Hughes but we 11 keep her Dad was unavailable for comment Where we are 1975 la now eight days old and economic forecasters continue to paint a gloomy pic ture of general unemployment and a recession in the coming year But here in Hills spokesmen for a number of Georgetown Industrie- outlook for the local n The major United States automobile manufacturers have announced that 1975 will not be a one with further layoffs and limited production Chrysler the hardest hit of all the manufacturers have Implemented heir layoff schedule early because of slump in new car sales and the surplus of 1974 models One Georgetown company that is closely connected with the auto manufacturers Standard Products of Guelph Street producers of window assemblies Jack Hamilton the company indicated that it la difficult to predict what the year holds for Canadians Our production was below that of 1973 said Mr Hamilton Part of the slump cornea from the energy crisis combined with he other causes of inflation Paper Mills Georgetown branch located on Street produces coated paper products for various applications At present there have been several reductions in plant personnel to compensate for the slow down In the paper market We hope to be In full production again by the end of the first quarter said manager George The previous year 1974 was an excellent During that period the plant was running at full production without the usual seasonal layoff Two other local Industries are also dependent on paper producers for their One such company Is that produces stickon labels used In the food Industry for Identification and pricing of meats and other items The other company looks forward to 1975 as a period of expansion and growth for the threeyearold Georgetown enterprise We re on the map In fact we re on our imp The Hills engineering depart street maps for both Georgetown and Acton which will soon be made available for a price to anyone In terested in finding out where they are at The price for the new maps waa ten tatively decided upon by the town finance and personnel committee at its meeting Monday night The pups will be sold to anyone wishing one for per map Charitable organizations and local service clubs however can have their first map free The cost of the maps clerkadministrator Doug told the committee was IS cents for Acton and cents for Georgetown The Georgetown map Mr roughly Indicated about twice the site of the Acton map The committee decided on the round price in order to make It easier for town personnel to handle the sales as well as to cover any additional costs which might be necessary such as mailing them to outside Interested parties Mr explained that approximately half of the present Inquiries made to his office concerning street Don the blades maps of the towns came from outside the municipality The committee also decided that should the Regional Police request a map of me town they would have to pay It Just the same as anyone else The region pointed out Mr requires Halton Hills to pay for any regional maps How about councillors councillor Pat Jokingly asked Well replied people are eating we Gage Stationery another Georgetown Industry expects 1979 to be a good year with less Inflation than during In months some prices doubled for paper and related products that we use In the manufacture of our goods said Bruce Mclntyre controller for the local firm Because of the sudden large Increase In the cost of raw materials the added cost bad to be passed on to the consumer The past year was an exceptional one for Gage according to Mr Mclntyre The company introduced several new products together with new marketing ideas to further increase sales Pot Canadians I think we can expect to see a levelling off of prices with very few increases There will be nothing like the past year he added Tom of Economy Forma Limited anticipates further growth In his company as well We will not be expanding our facilities but rather our production into heavier con struction said Mr He also predicted that his company won t be hit by unemployment and will actively be by business is uncertain as yet During times of recession and economic change governments boost the construction industry by encouraging winter works programs and pouring money into low cost mortgages and bousing starts The first few months look bleak added Mr Zorge would take at least four to sue months before the affects could be felt Prices have begun to level off in the Industry further commented Mr Zorge and now salesmen are out working to sell their products Mr also felt that many people are stockpiling products and materials In order to avoid paying future high prices Panic buying and the associated stockpiling made ft easy for a people to move products and force the prices up when new stock was available Now there is no money for these people to do It with Sales have returned to normal and prices have levelled off said Mr producers of agricultural nutritional additives upcoming year Mr general manager does not predict the gloom others seem to have foreseen Inmont res utile manufacturers of sealants and caulking compounds see some uncertainty in the new year Sherman Rapaport plant manager says some arees of production will show an in crease while at the same time others will Indicate a slowdown The Georgetown company has been located here for the past is years and employs people For Smith and Stone of Georgetown 1974 was an unusual year according to company spokesman Tom In 1974 we experienced a raw materials shortage and then a Jump of 30 percent in cost of those materials A he said It was a good year for the company though Smith and Stone manufacture electrical wiring devices such as switches outlets Most of the products produced along these lines are for use In the construction of houses With housing starts down and a large Inventory from the previous year Mr found It difficult to predict an active year until the third and fourth quarters of He also added that he anticipates no major layoffs as do some Indus tries but also cannot see any extra hiring during the coming year To supplement the regular product line Smith and Stone will be In troducing a new product line of consumer- packaged wiring device Intended for home use The familiar symbol will appear on blister packages containing fuses switches outlets and many other electrical devices produced by the company This product line will help offset the decline in the housing Industry and provide a market for all of our products that might not ben if wo relied solely on the housing field for our work added Mr Creaghan Richard Hampton of Baltimore anticipates this year as a difficult one The company employs people In its Sinclair Avenue plant The year will hopefully as much or more business than We have Just completed a large addition to our plant and can foresee no layoffs during the year he said Curwood Packaging located on Arm strong Avenue produces flexible packaging soon Withe onset of colder weather the Hills Recreation Department began flooding of the public skating rinks loca least Kennedy Public School Harrison Public School Joseph Gibbons and the fairgrounds last Monday had to wait for cold weather about degree to put the base down for the rinks said Doug Coll lion recreation for the town of Halton Hills The weather prior to the holiday was too warm to permit flooding of rinks The forms for the ice had been set up before the first snow fall Lack of the free rinks did not stop people from skating during the Christmas holiday according to Mr On December 30 people attended the public skating session at the Georgetown Memorial Arena During the holiday about ISO people attended the dally open skating sessions Throughout the winter public skating is available at the arena Saturday at and Sunday at 30 Registration for ballet power skating and the learn to skate programs have been underway since Monday as part of the recreation departments winter activities program Three new heads for Esqueslng councillor Dick has Been named the new chairman of the town general administration committee taking over the task handled the first year by Councillor Roy Vicechairman of the committee for will be Acton Councillor Lea The new chairman of the public works committee will be Acton councillor Joe Hurst replacing 1974 chairman Len Councillor Harry Levy of Georgetown is the new head of the towns finance and per sonnet committee with councillor Rubs Miller assuming the vice chairman duties Councillor Pat McKenzle of Acton was the committees chairman during CATHY BOU8KILL and Joe Hurst discuss the agenda for Monday a works committee meeting Mr Hurst of its first stormy year of Acton will be the chairman of the committee for replacing councillor Lex Coxe who will still serve on the operations committee They got smashed on New Years Eve It was a smashing New Year Eve In Georgetown as some unknown persons went about flinging beer bottles through windows and car lights Several residents In the Delrex area reported headlights and toll lights had been smashed on care parked outside their A beer bottle was heaved through a window of Market Place Optical on Guelph Street Four Winds Art Shop and Joseph Gibbons School also reported broken win dows There ore no suspects Other than that police say it was an unusually quiet New Years Eve for Georgetown No accidents in District One were reported even though they report there was a lot more traffic than other years Regional police from other porta of report traffic was heavier over this New Year Eve but accidents were light Theres no business like snow business wonts to get out of The works deportment of the town no longer will be removing snow from public sidewalks unless they themselves put It there In previous years attempts were made to dear the miles of sidewalks within the municipality but with the lack of proper equipment and personnel the Job represented a task that the works department could not handle Most municipalities Rave the residents keep the frontage of their homes clear added Peter Morris town engineer Councillor Em Hyde inquired whether or not there was any legal foothold to make people clear sidewalks In front of their spection and sanding progran be instituted within the towns of Acton and Georgetown Concern was also expressed regarding the liability if Injuries should occur on town sidewalks If we ignore a problem area where it is uncommonly Icy than we can be accused of gross negligence said Coun We can be expected to be responsible for snow or Icy spots within minutes of a snowfall said Mr Morris Councillor also noted that to sand all the sidewalks once in the towns would keep the department busy until the summer before hey could begin resanding Some sanding is automatically done other areas are done by request but always attempts are made to alleviate any problem areas as soon as possible furthered Mr Morris Helson QC A local lawyer and former Herald photographer was honored on the New Year by being appointed one of Her Majesty Counsel by the- provincial government Frederick Arthur firm of Balnea BeOegbem Steele received the honor for his community In volvement He has a keen Interest in politics and has devoted a good deal of his practice to municipal work Mr was chairman of Planning Board from time of its inception until the advent of regional government A native of Peterborough he lived a number of years as a farm boy near Paris Ontario and graduated from Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph In 1943 He worked for Baxter Laboratories In Acton and spent a number of years in the states before deciding to take up law Mr Helson came to Georgetown In with his bride Margaret Elizabeth Hoere and did a great deal of freelance photography for the Herald until his graduation from Osgood Hull Law School In After having been called to the bar besetupapartnerhlp for a short while then struck out on his own After a few years he joined partnership with Kenneth A Langdon who was recently made a Judge of the Provincial Court He has since amalgamated with Terence Balnea John Raymond L Steel and MIssJohanR McMillan Mr Helionand his members sorgo Anglican Church where both have He Is teres ted In art and loves to ski In fact be takes part of his vacation In winter to a no further the newspaper business he la still an avid camera fan mntnrlala men the on cheese meats and other foods Some of our clients are Canada Packers Kraft Foods and Loblaws said Don Anderson General Manager of the Georgetown plant Curwood Packaging bat been to operation since and employs over people During 1974 the company ex a percent growth In sales and la anticipating a so percent Increase during 1973 Mr Anderson also noted they are an ticipating a percent increase in staff over the year The year will be a competitive one added Mr Anderson with few escalating prices such as we experienced during Sales for the company exceeded million over the past year and In order to handle the Increased volume added equip ment will be Installed to further the capacity of production Jack Crichton of noted the year would be unpredictable and would be dependent on the economy I can t say bow the year will go Beware theyre not cops Regional Police are warning bu In be area to be wary of telephone solicitors Implying they are local Sgt John Barrett of the Halton depart ment noted a Torontobased company baa been businesses by phone asking them to sponsor an ad vertisement la a special Safety Guide to be published by them and In schools The fins then follows up the phone with in Invoice There may b nothing wrong with the publication and I have no doubt that the ads will appear commented Barrett tut we want people to know that ibis operation has nothing whatever to with the pile He said If you receive a phone coll or an invoice give a call right away Works budget delay The capital works budget for Halton HIDj came before the works committee Monday evening and rejected by Councillor Era Hyde The program outlined work to be done within the municipality of Hills the season Many of these area carry over from 1974 added Coandlkr I can concur with this There are many areas of the town needing attention that ore not on Una list said Coun Hyde Councillor Coxe and town engineer Peter Morris expressed concern hat if the projects were not planned and lenders applied for soon they would find themselves in the same situation as they did last year with a surplus of subsidy money and no projects to begin The subsidy surplus of was due to the fact that many of the projects planned and fundi allocated for were not able to be started before the onset of winter We should be for tenders now before the materials and the work force are gone noted Mr Morris A meeting scheduled between John Rhodes minister of transportation and communications was not held but a letter to the works department explained the position of the department regarding subsidy money The letter noted that subsidy money will only be available until December of the year for which It was Issued The will not be made available to carry over some of the projects had been hoped by council Mr Rhodes indicated that on additional could be available to further some of the projects A special meeting will be held shortly to determine some priorities to be Included In the capital works budget Following the meeting members of the committee visit the scene of some of these projects Budgets and proposals are revised throughout the year priorities change and we them added Coun Coxe wanted to get this works budget moving soon a Bposslble or we t be able to start many of these projects I can t see any reason for delaying added Coun Mike Armstrong Peter Morris explained that he carefully considered all streets and roads within Hills and those appearing on the proposal are the ones requiring the most attention It should be considered Indepth said Coun Hyde Some of the streets requiring work and sewers include Church Street Sargent Rood Drive Henry Street the Fifth Line the Tenth Line and Crescent