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The Herald Second Front The fullsize paper reaching more than 12600 homes in Hills Fire department settles in THE HERALD Wednesday July Page MAJORETTES RETURN WITH TROPHIES FROM NEW YORK Georgetown Majorettes competed for three days la the World Youth Festival held In Falls New York on the weekend Anna Marie Stone back left won first place for flag baton second for parade solo third in ad Janet Doyle placed first In visitor novice solo Kim Marcil placed third in advance solo Brenda Hyde an Important member of the dance routine Stone placed first In visitors ALASKA PIPELINE solo first in military second In basic strut second In novice TStrut third In Intermediate solo Diane Smith and Diane Doyle were also valuable members of the dance routine Absent from the picture was Cathy Ryan The group enjoyed the trip and the competition but were a bit tired on Monday The girl mothers accompanied them on the trip Five years wrangling over pipeline waste of time money Biggs By GEORGE EVASHUK Herald writer a year marked by the Hills Ore department has reached a relatively stable period says Fire Chief Mick Holmes A year ago Hills had two full time fire chiefs Mick Holmes In Area 1 that Included Acton and Ken who resigned as chief of Area that included Georgetown Today Holmes Is fire chief of the entire town with a deputy chief and an informa tion officer full time There are volunteers in the Area brigade and In Area The change has resulted In the fire department becoming a little more professional Chief Holmes old The Herald in a recent interview And that means there is a growing emphasis on fire prevention and getting at the fire before It happens You can do it as a volun he sold Fully per cent of the department work Is fire prevention whereas at one time you were Just there to put out the fires he said Larry Brassard a former volunteer firefighter in Area was hired late last year as a fire Information officer the chief said His Job is mostly fire prevention and he runs Inspections makes recom mendations to Industry bus and residences and talks to groups of school children social and business clubs on fire prevention There Is no nay proving the effectiveness of a talk on fire prevention Chief Holmes said but talks should hold the amount of fires down People are more aware of fire ha Even If we stop only one fire It one less fire Any increase in the number of fires in recent years is housing and papula growth he said The position of deputy fire chief is a new one Chief Holmes said It Is occupied by Robert Hyde of Georgetown also former volunteer In the brigade It is hard to define his actual duties Chief Holmes said Hell do a little of everything Hes there when The deputy chief main Job is operation of the brigades although his involvement In the administration of depart is growing Chief Holmes said he can sooner get at the pie of applications to build subdivisions that are on his desk now with Hyde a arrival But somebody has to be educated to he ways and means of administration Chief Holmes said Referring o his eventual retirement only good sense to have a trained man ready ho added Any change In the number a of volunteer firefighters is not contemplated with he present population of he town the chief said The response of the volunteers to a fire about three four minutes couldn be much Improved upon by paid firefighters he said One change hat has taken place In Area is the phasing out of a fireball on Trafalgar Road All the fire equipment is now kept at the Maple Avenue formerly he worka department Should any great growth occur in either or Georgetown as with some large subdivisions being con a substation may be required Chief Holmes said The fiveyear forecast of the department needs Includes more sophisticated and ad vanced equip men but If funds aren available you learn to do The five years of wrangling over the proposed Alaska pipe line was a waste of tunc and money and may well be an example to private Industry atop bidding on government sponsored projects in future a former provincial deputy minister warned Monday Speaking to the Brampton Rotary Club Everett Biggs said the federal government had spent an enormous sum of money studied and discussed the issue for five years and received hundreds of thous ends of pages of evidence and then limited parliamentary de bate on such a vitally Impor tant matter to only two days The private sector has been encouraged to spend Immense sums of money on environ mental engineering social and economic examinations he said but most of this his proven to have little or no re to the direction of the decision that finally mcrged An agricultural live for Peel County at one time Mr Biggs spent 10 years as a deputy minister first In agriculture and later with the ministry of the environment On his retirement April 1 be announced his candidacy for the Progressive Conservative nomination for the new federal riding of Brampton -George- Mr Biggs said he Is not against the regulatory pro cess He simply feels that there Is too much of It and warns that it can be Incrcd Present governments o have difficulty in making decisions he said First reactions seem to be to make another law or regulation or form a committee or commis of inquiry The results are an evergrowing interfer ence In private enterprise Individual freedom and axes Hearings are necessary to assess the acceptability of a commercial proposal he ad mitted then added that they must be so planned hat the necessary Information is brought out without wasting the resources of the applying company or the taxpayer Unless the private sector can Judge whether the process will take three months or three years and an application will coat or million they will not be prepared to enter the Jungle of regulatory Impre cision he warned The results of that can be that the potentially useful projects will die with the po tentially damaging said Mr Limehouse news HORRA 70 off trail riders at first picnic The recently formed Hallon Off Road Riders Assoc a HORRA held its first annual picnic over the weekend The affair was hosted by member Roman Lash at his farm near Milton Almost members and friends turned out for the and evening event which naturally featured a lot of riding over the specially marked areas Trail riders had a choice of easy and difficult trails while those Interested in mo tocross riding had a special track prepared for their use riders and Movie display In For Hills moviegoers a trip to Stone Road Mall In Guclph this week from today Wednesday to Saturday may provide a great deal of entertainment Movies will be shown at different times throughout the week and there will be a display of authentic movie posters reels and films and an old time ARC projector and spotlight riders having a rest from riding In the hot humid weather relaxed in the cooler treeshaded picnic area riders and a large variety of motorcycles trail bikes en and bikes After the enjoyable bar supper Vintage motorcycle enthusiast and member A Johns ton of Georgetown added a new bike to the variety wlen he rode In on his Immaculate Superior HORRA is less than a year old but members have quite a full list of activities to work on Included are organizing an Tor the fall hosting a meeting of trail riders from alt over Ontario on Aug and attempting to establish designs ted riding areas in the region feels that special riding areas if established would help promote safe riding by the growing number of Juvenile riders in the region a president Dave Armstrong of Georgetown Indicates that membership Is growing steadily New members are welcome to enthusiasts of any type of off road riding are Invited to phone membership chairman Jack Pope at Acton Area Code if calling long distance By Mrs AW BENTON Herald correspondent Sorry last week column was missing but your correspondent spent nine days in hospital with ticker trouble With prescription drugs and obeying orders I hope to keep comfortable We extend sympathy to the McDonald family in the passing of brother Kenneth on Julys Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Fred Anthony on the arrival of a little daughter a week ago Mr and Mrs Glen Lumber and two little sons will be missed having purchased a home at Whitby and moved there on July IS Mr and Mrs Bill Henry Tanya and Todd of Yukon are visiting Joy parents Mr and Mrs A C Patterson The Patterson attended the Sinclair reunion at BaLUnafad on July 10 We extend sympathy to the family of the late Mrs Victor Harding of Guclph who passed away last week The Women s Institute met In Memorial Hall on July opening with How Do You Do Everybody the and the Pledge The Prea Mrs Booth read A Living Faith My favorite hobby and why was answered by 11 members and visitors Two girls modelled and Ballinafad news By WINIFRED SMITH Herald correspondent There was a good attendance at the Snow reunion on Sunday It was held at he home of Hon Jim Snow MPP at Those attending from were Bud and Evelyn Snow with some members of their family and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Marshall The young enjoyed swimming In the pool also a ball game The senior ladies were given a corsage to wear and the gents a Some people were present from as far away as Winnipeg and there was also a couple there from Michigan A picnic supper was enjoyed by all Recently a senior member of the Snow family Mrs was honored by members of her family Mrs Drouillard celebrated a special birthday on Canada Day July 1st The gathering was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Bud Snow who reside here Mrs is well known In this locality she and her former late husband Jack Snow farmed here for many years We extend best wishes to this GERALD VANDERBURGH INJURED Driver Gerald Vanderburgh of Georgetown Is la satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital after receiving soma surgery for facial Injuries following singlecar accident on Main Street North near Alexander Street Saturday afternoon Peel said the sports car be was driving went out of control after he turned on to Main Street from Market Street and smashed Into a hydro pole Vanderburgh suffered severe facial Injuries after he was thrown from the car A Richard Kalverda 30 of Bramp ton was treated at Pee Memorial Hospital for minor and released The car was described as a write off Dally Times Photo Special kids program Hills public library Georgetown branch is presenting a special program for children on Aug sponsored through the South Central Regional Library System This program Is In addition to the regular ones sponsored by each Individual library and funded through an Outreach grant from he ministry of culture and recreation The performances are by Theatre Max and magic by Captain Bill James Deputy Fire Chief Robert Hyde reviews plans with Fire Chief Mick Holme without Chief Holmes now spends his lime working at the municipal offices in Acton and George town spending as much time in each as Is required He does not favor the idea of a chief office in the firchall either of them unless the stations ore manned round he clock He gives credit to the fire department success to the volunteers who have tremen esprit de corns The department has a waiting list of men who want to be firefighters Chief Holmes said They do a great job in both towns Chief Holmes con eluded The town of Hills can be quite proud of both areas and it s done minimal cost described their leisure gar and showed their record books Mrs Booth and Mrs Davis presented birthday tumblers to each girl who had completed projects during he year one each to JulieAnn Clow Carolyn Booth Robin Angel Gwen Heather Mulder Jackie Stevens Heather McConachy Wendy Stevens and two each to Janis Angel and Sheila Anderson All convenors read Hems on their subject and Mrs M out den read current events prepared by Mrs Anderson Two were appointed to arrange Fall Fair displays Mrs Booth had the motto a change for the better in family living mentioning togetherness in household chores hobbles biking etc She advised us to take our own stand important Mrs Moulden brought up the destruction of foliage trees and plants when side roads are sprayed to kill weeds She moved to advise Council to use discretion in the future The closing song was I like to teach the world to sing alter which a plentiful variety lunch was provided by Mrs and Mrs Frank Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Snyder nee Scottt who were married in Hills Kingdom Hall on Saturday highly esteemed lady and continued good health She now resides In Georgetown with her daughter Miss Lydla Recent visitors with Mrs Aggie McEncry and A D McEnery were her nephew and niece Mr and Mrs Doug of Also spending a few days at the McEnery home are daughter Yvonne and son In law Harold Gorton with their family Carol Stephen and Timothy from Pembroke Mrs Ada Klrkwood was a guest at the Kretachman wedding held at Brampton on Saturday Mr and Mrs Leo Jamieson and Morion spent he weekend with son Alan and daughter in law and grandchildren in Cornwall Mr Don Brown was taken to the Guelph General Hospital on Monday Hope his stay will be a short one Mr and Mrs Art of Wyndotte visited ho Mar and other relatives In he community on Monday before returning home later In ho week 100s OF SHOPPERS AT SIDEWALK SALE Jean Belshaw of Georgetown prepares to week Mrs Belshaw wss one of many home a bicycle purchased at the of bargain hunting shoppers who at Georgetown Market a sidewalk sale last ended the annual event AND UP NEW HOMES IN HILLSBURGH SEE THEM THIS WEEKEND OR CALL JOHNSON CARNEY fe REALTOR GEORGETOWN