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Florists a FLORAL NEEDS Mill St the ncRAL Home of Halton Hills WEDNESDAY DECEMBER li AND I WANT IT THIS BIG SANTA Four yearold Craig of Windsor Road appears mesmerized by the man in the large while beard and red velvet suit following his arrival In Georgetown Saturday More than people are estimated to have turned out to see the Lions Santa Parade wind Its way from Moore Park Plaza down Main Street to Maple Avenue along Street to its end at the Georgetown Market Centre More pictures on Page 13 And the crusty old gent tells all in an exclusive interview with The Herald on page 4 Santas Mailbox makes its first appearance In The Herald This week on Page SWEEPS ACTON AND ESQUESING POOR LOSER portrayed by Porter gets the Georgetown Little Theatre In this down on bended knee to beg for his lire during emotional exchange Chief John Minns left emotional comedy scene from the George- refuses to budge from his decision to seek a town production of the The new creative dinner from the young Indian locally scored musical premieres brave Looking on at the rear is Brave Paul tonight at the Howard public McGrath auditorium and is the second In a Herald Photo cries of plays being produced this Mason by Tom Hill tops polls beats Levy by 000 A traditional rural vole com with uncertain but critl Acton area support combl Monday to spell victory for Incumbent Mayor Tom In his bid for reelection Mayor Hill defeated first- time contender Harry Levy by 1073 votes as he swept the polls In and Acton Unofficial results show Mayor Hill with votes and Harry Levy with 4332 Early results didnt reveal the trend until about m as anxious Hill supporters mil led about campaign offices In the Georgetown Market Place 5A Mr Levy however said his efficient returning indicated early that a rift 5 had developed and by 10 he predicted the 1000 vote margin as he conceded defeat The rift first showed about votes and as the rural polls were tabulated this gradually Increased 1000 and at one point based on a radio broad cast widened to 1400 votes Mr Hill polled 11B0 votes in Acton to take the ward by votes over his rival His sweep of the 17 polls in Ward showed landslide victory as he top ped it with 1925 voles Mr Levy came out a poor second With votes But voting in Ward split as Mr Hill captured 12 of IB polls and a slim margin of 103 votes over Mr Levy Ward voting pattern was all Levy as 13 of the 14 polls showed strong support for the challenger Doth men tied In Mr Levy totalled while Mayor Hill recorded 9 Mayor Hill hod expected Ward former Esquesing Township where he had been elected its last reeve pnor to regional government would return heavily in his favor Campaign worker Don Sen said early in the evening that Ward 1 and Ward would be critical No one in the organization had expected the split in the Ward 3 returns Wo were well satisfied with the voting in Word 3 and in Acton Mayor Hill comment following his victory We were damn pleased with the vote In Word and very pleased with the voting In Ward He said he expected Ward to concentrate heavily In sup port of Mr Levy since he had represented the ward as town councillor for the past three years and as a five year veter on of the former Georgetown council Earlier Monday Mr Levy he needed a heavy voter turnout In the urban areas In Wards and 4 Georgetown committee chairman and a comptroller and general man ager a firm with annual sales of 12 million said he will be available for any position council may consider him cap able of serving on as a citizen 1 think that the future of this town is based on Its fiscal and A His turnout was partly sue cess full as early poll reports showed as much as percent of the electorate voted by at some polls in the urban I did not expect It to be any different in Ward Mr Levy commented late Monday after results were known but I had hoped it would be better Mr Levy obviously disap pointed and tired at the end said Acton played the critical factor in his detent He said comments he had received during the campaign Indicated people In Ward I were dissatisfied with the service of their represcntn lives They the people of Acton see the town of Hills Hills sees the region he said slowly They arc at the other end of Hills and gel things done last He speculated that voters may sec him as a man representing the urban area of Georgetown and would be less likely to give them support than a rural man Its difficult Mr Levy a former finance 499 donors The Gift of Life was given at a very successful Lions and Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic Monday with smooth flaw ing operation of donors Who filled blood packs and colds were the main reason for rejects Last year donors came out and were rejected Marilyn Sunnucks and her telephone committee again were busy contacting register donors which contributed to the success of the clinic along with service clubs help If LEV Regional council recently decided to promote to industrial dei elopers a re It assumed from municipal industrial Ions about two years ago to per cent Haiti Hill and land use planning he said Fiscal planning Is the most important because unless town council keeps control on finances we are heading for a period when we could get into financial trouble Proposals for the addition to the municipal offic es on the Seventh Line were very much defeated by the electorate Monday he said pointing to the defeat of Coun Hyde in Word who maintained his support of the proposal through a writs of a II Candida tee meetings The greatest challenge fac ing the new council Mr Levy said will be Its controls on the proposed new facilities several candidates endorse during campaign talks These Include library cultural and recreation faculties Hills with exception of a library project has not had to carry any debentures for the past three years of regional government and the previous five yean It to going to take a lot of financial constraint and finan cial wisdom Mr Levy pre dicted estimated town plan Mario Vendltti and with the closing of and reduction of staff about 300 will be unemployed Fears that Hills will gradually evolve into a dormi lory community arc not shared by Mr Vendltti however He feels increased residential dc velopmcnt combined with pro motion wilt he catalyst for industry and commerce A larger population hopeful ly will expand the local skilled labor market thus enhancing Hit attractiveness of to developers seeking factory and store locations Mr explained A rrgloiul official who re quested anonymity doesnt agree He snld the reverse is true Jobs lure people Its i chicken and egg Mr Vcnditll families move to Hills even If the breadwinner is employed in one of the large nearby centres because it is quiet less houses arc cheaper and taxes are lower Yet he added Ihe cost of commuting lo work Is too steep for middle income people who desire employment in their homo community The opining of new plazas Pot seized couple charged A Toronto couple has been charged with possession of 15 pounds of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking following an arrest by Wednesday on 10 said a material believed to be marijuana was found In Ihe back scat of the vehicle Charged are Richard Milne and rendu Wads- Both were placed in custody pending a bail hearing In Burlington Monday Milne is also charged with dangerous driving In con nection with a chase In which the car he was driving ended In a BOXSCORE MAYOR WARD REGIONAL Pat McKenzie Peter Marks WARD 3 REGIONAL Roy Booth Waller Pete WARD REGIONAL Miller AREA George Maltby Pat Patterson WARD 4 REGIONAL Morrow acclaimed AREA Mike Armstrong Peter Morris SCHOOL BOARDS PUBLIC Bert Hinton words land Don Long wards and 4 Region to promote finally Haltons industrial viability now under construction and expansion of industry along Armstrong Avenue will help fill the latter need he believes The ideal situation is for Georgetown to be self lent with a healthy industrial tax base in town employment rate in town shopping and a variety of housing This said Mr Vendltti is his long range goal How to accomplish this Is another matter he admitted Taking the example of an enclosed shopping mall Mr Vendltti sold within or years the population of Georgetown will probably war rent one while now many shoppers radiate to and Brampton You have lo create a de mand first he said pointing out that McDonald Restaur ant decided to open a George town outlet only because the trend is towards growth A recent report by the department speculates that by 1981 Georgetowns pop ulation Will Jump from 18 to while Acton may grow by about 1000 These figures are based on Internal papula lion multiplication only ex cluding tic here Mr Venditti believes on in creased work force combined with the availability of land for industrialization municipal services gas and electric plus Hills close proximity to Highway the airport and the railway line are elements lucrative to In dustrlal developers those who cannot afford a house and senior citizens acc omodations Learning a lesson from Mil ton which went overboard on lopment Mr Venditti said ideally a town should have a balance of Industry housing commerce recreation and ser vices Aggregate mining NEC engineers report says Underground mining of aggregates is feasible in Cen Ontario a recently re leased report of the Niagara Escarpment Commission The page report prepared by Acres Consulting Services of Niagara Falls says aggre gates could be mined under Toronto and along the Niagara Escarpment with after uses such as offices and Ing space Commission chairman Ivor ordered the report during discussions of the mas ter land use study underway for the NEC area The engineering report states the escarpment is a natural environ men which now provides about per cent of Ontarios aggregate requirements Aggregates con be mined from depths of feet below said furhc- studies should Toronto Our mandate is lo preserve the Niagara Escarpment as a continuous natural environ ment so we are Interested in any feasible alternatives that would avoid disruption of the land and surface environment Mr Mc and profit said Central Ontario is report recommends the with aggregate for the provincial government pro- lake into count all items which itlect the coat and sel ling aggregate not and operating cos I but such items as fl- and Interest charges larketing with a pilot project to assess the combined mining and space utilization concept Underground aggregate ml would be marginally com with surface supplies If no value Is placed on the mlnedout space he report states But as surface sup plies are depleted under ground mining will become Increasingly competitive It Tanner executive Acres Consulting Former publisher sleeps sweeps Ward 3 polls posting signs throughout tho I- Walter Biehn an unexpected sleeper who capitalized on his well known local reputa tion emerged as Ward area councillor in his first try at a political Beat A long time editorpublisher of the Georgetown Herald Mr claimed about 1320 sup porters out of a possible mate of 4000 Proprietor of North Sports Pete earned the other Word seat with some 1400 votes A campaign which Included offering free coffee at the Santo par ade during which children spo rted promotion signs helped compensate tor Mr lack of key electioneering Mr played It low key and opted against the tradition of posting signs throughout I Mr Pomeroy expressed doubt concerning the need for a new municipal complex until Tacts are known supported recreational and cultural deve lopment and pushed for Identity next years but prices will rise as near market deposits become depleted Although new sources of aggregate could be developed outside Central Ontario the report said this would result in longer haul dlstancca and ever rising prices or aggre gates at market locations Mr Tanner added that full environmental and socio economic factors would have to be studied before proceed ing on this concept of aggro- gate production Limestone deposits in south central Ontario could be mined near market areas In a fa shion acceptable to planning authorities transportation coats could be stabilised or even reduced the report Underground mining has Mr said he really been proved economically fea- dldnt have a platform In the past being on inc other aide of the fence report ing Mr laid following the election It la too easy to be critical in IS states in the United States and In Britain and other Euwwn countries The moat notable la the Kansas City pro ject which employ peo ple In manufacturing and warehousing occupying TO mll- lion cubic feet of million from by council Speculation ISO million tons that Mr Hyde WALTER Speculation frank admiss ion of support for the proposed municipal complex led to fall In public popula rity As one Hyde supporter put it Sometimes it just doesnt pay to be honest Mr Hyde had about votes Local real estate agent Dan a newcomer to the political scene also faced de feat but edged Mr Hyde by about 100 votes of aggregate The NECporti that ware housing and storage areas could be created at costa substantially leas then surface apace Detailed market would dictate what uses result from production areas These might Include vdults sewage and water treatment plant and parking