Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 22, 1978, p. 4

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Home Newspaper of Hills I ik lit A Division Canadian lompjny him Main St South Georgetown I 1M I I HOI I I 1 I I Numb Booth tries to force the library issue We are tlistuibcd made b Ward Three Regional Councillor Booth the after last week municipal elections regarding the Georgetown librarv In a postelection interview with Ihe Herald Conn Booth said he will recommend that the town not pass the board budget until some decision ib made relating the controversial facility Booth went on to the board has proven itself completely irresponsible virtue of its failure to do am thing at all this problem no one would dispute that the surrounding the Georgetown librarv has been dragging on long enough we would guess that even libra r board members would agree with this sentiment However just because the issue has been with us for too long not mean that council should now force the board s and and pressure them into making a decision Before making his and exasperated statements Booth should have investigated the Mate of the library hoard deliberations The librarv board is in the process of defining the goals and purpose of the librarv this sound a little it a process well worth the effort How can the board determine whether they need renovations or a new building or the size and shape of until the purpose of the is clearly defined A providing space for children s theatre workshops will itiffinnl one that spa just rt book deposit i At that same time as the librarv horn is Irving to define its goals a new element has been introduced to the qua turn with the recent election a town council and a new think optimistical perhaps that the new ideas and input from the new should help speed up the lesolution of the issue Hills elect has also pledged to a role in the of the issue and even suggested that he take the council seat on the librarv board Considering the importance of the librarv issue think he must take over the council librarv hoard seat we are again hopeful that the direct input will also help spi the resolution of llus di aw out t Hills Chief I ibranan that the self process should be wrapped up sometime in the spring think that the board is least entitled until then to try and resolve the Georgetown issue We also think the new council and niavoi art entitled to make their input the dispute a con frontation approach is taken the council theirhand blocking the budget And let it if Booth thought the board budget should be he mention it during his ic election campaign It seems that would have been a good time to solicit voter response to his si heme GO bus needed in downtown Georgetowns Business Im Area Board of are correct in their ef forts to have the GO buses re routed back through the towns downtown The recent GO decision to drop the downtown route in favour of a longer stop at the towns shopping mall is just one more regressive step that directs people away from Georgetowns downtown If a major bus route ignores a town downtown core it helps reinforce an attitude among local people to also ignore the downtown A healthv downtown is vital to Stephen Lewis will be missed showed his human side Queens Park Report In last campaign 1967 look per In Hit prior in l1 ISpcr cent Thus look three irles to raise just old TCP look tuck in nil Lewis does Ilivc is a style r for never Ik thrm intern pen I scary fled mi iM lit projected in to become Invuble 1975and 1977 r it really made much difference In volirs who 11 support the of it is another question Still 1tiws won I be in the Ikisluuri more We all lose because of Letter to the the unique character ot anv town local have His declared their determination to en sure that Georgetown and shoppers ire provided an in and downtown area Ihe government has given main municipalities grants ami in loans to help them preserve their Mm downtown areas Although neither Georgetown nor Acton weie given gov funding for this purpose At least the provincial govern iiiin i ment the Georgetown In downtown not pulling their govtinmcnt bus line out of the downtown core Junior B hockey leaves a bad taste ll ll lu llll 1 in tin ini or supKirl for tin It us mvlglityeir to his it ll til lIlUllll ill IttlK mv son With tin to Ihe mil us In his mm iitKiiinilHr in In lirs tin Amu I si l till something to Canadas flybynight government Nannygate and Warren Allmand Langs s Bermuda 1- or the price of admission he was givenn puck a Rood sent at centre Ice and we flown to seen game of Junior It he good hockey turned out to be Ho more a disgusting display tit tripping elbowing and just about every minutes hi watched a six side hockey for the other niiiiutei one of the teams was a man short sometimes mostly top it all a red erupted illir end of period players going out wi to pick a fight not to mention fin tins who would hive loved to have been in tin middle of ill Needles that was enough or me in the out I my son what he thought of Hi a rubbish he replied VAewere off flow true So Ken if Gemini are looking for ml ili in up their net Sign me A Novice Hockey tan Hill Innei Ottawa III II 1 Hi III hills the HERALD i Utlllv is his isoinng Report irlv hi it h1 p luii ill llusnir iki Ii By Stewart llnsl in lit rmuil nil 1 ASMU Mill II Willi Ill III IS Mil llll iniiimnuil mspnrt Mmislir sin iiMisnl mil ill Hit Hi Hill WILLIAMEVDOKMOFF MacLeod HI i liiiiln Hi ink itl in run it mil isilitidiiieidinls inn lliu II- it mhi Oil In llrrild irisjmri idli Ismh lli i Hi W In itl hi is p In i In pi nil nil Phone 877 rillitrixnuisivi inlKriuu l IS Olll llllll In iiiii In i dudging 1 didn 1 trtiiiil irly r rm tin It Ji mil it v is until i i i ill to judgi or some jifcettM alleged justifie did 1 is siiiii nil it tthuh us link in Hi it on Mis piss or i I thick tiniicotinttri MP ho 1 ilxi il Ml- humid right is i Ml tin k ins or iL5S1L wis in lather Iiimi inks flm Hun il hi Mi ilx rjl Mis ire iriinmiru lull Al In Itukvnniiihtifl inlo All r III linn is Ihe fence of high flying djinct urn tin IJiiuis do is Irv two In you tins jnrtunlir Hut in Ihe 1 pirllis in who Is our miinslir pi IS I mill d i ii inn Inn lii itiiiiu lux llYTtl iw2 rtVtiJ consumer wi In Hi mud llii npirKs Ihn lo attend Hie uiniitl muling of tin it Mill inn mil i king Ikidvnursilf cninp irisons lie i and irk Invlllute of jji And lo IIVMII SSVIIV ill Hi gel there he look govcrnmint With Hi Ml tin difuii inn lli it this MP ve me went some udes and thru In Ihuik 1 of hojie he friends UK 11 Inn minis indpirlnpsi 1 iinuld mikisii i Haltons History From Ihe Heralds files TRIBUTE THIRTY AGO The annual Georgetown nomination meeting will be held this Friday evening at in the public lihnry In addition the usual nominations for Council and for one of the Hydro Commission there will be first nominations for the new board of education which will office for he first time in January of Word Esquesing Town ship paid tribute to the men and women who had served in Canada armed forces lost night when ihey held an evening in their honor in the Community Hall at Funds had bet raised some time ago for the presentation but because there was no suilahlc public hall in the ward the event was postponed until new hall was opened I- rom October to a free mass chest ray survey was held In the rural areas of Last year this service was out in all towns and this year the same opportunity was offered to residents in rural areas There were climes in centres A total of people were x rayed sn TWKNTV AGO Stan Hall officiated at a ribbon cutting cere mony Friday evening to mark the official opening of the five room Public School The while ribbon held by two schoolgirls Janice Carter and Carol McClean was cut by Mr Hall following a speech in which he spoke of the progress of this area formerly served by a Utile red schoolhouse now abandoned for the completely modern structure on the Line which was built on part of ihe Herb farm A second United Church in Georgetown ill come inlo being on Sunday November when St Andrews United Church will inaugurate church services and Sunday School in a temporary location in Harrison public school The new congregation will be led by Mr Alexander who is at present studying for the ministry A total of was donated this year to the Poppy Fund campaign according to Mrs Tpomas Grieve who is chairman of the fund The money came from Tag Day receipts schools and a number of organiza tions and businesses On Nov 1B1B96 at the manse Thonns Bird and Sdrah McLean were by L Campbell Mr and Mrs Bird now reside a 48 Maple Avenue and on Tuesday years later celebrated their anniversary quietly at home Three points of action to combat rabies across County were taken Wed nesday when the agricultural committee of County Council authorized payment of in prize monej to organized clubs killing the largest number of foxes over a four month period increased the regular fox bounty from and laid plans for a publicity campaign to he public with the disease of rabies A watch emblematic of years service as a school leacher South Peel was presented to a local resident last week at a dinner Park School Miss Marie Barbour JohnStreel Ensl was honored by the board at the function CI TfV An overflow of attended the final session of Jehovah Witnesses circuit assembly in the Georgetown high school last weekend In addition to filling the auditorium hundreds were seated in thecafetcria wheresoundand closed circuit relayed the program An old landmark of the 10th Line was by fire Monday evening The old stone schoolhouse 15 or as many knew is Clay Hill was completely destroyed It had been closed since when the children of the community were taken taxi to the Glen school It had deteriorated until only the walls and roof remained of the build Many local residents attended from the yih and 10th 1 as well as Terra Cotia grant of to Credit Valley Conservation Authority for the rallon of a development plan for the Lime- house conservation area has been approved The firm of Canadian Mitchell Associates has been retained to make the study including the necessary mapping and preparation of a plan of development for the 190acre area south of village of A massive four volume report on education county has been complet The report was given final approval last week by county s Interim School Committee which prepared the report for the new Hoard of Education The regional board will be elected December 2 and when it tikes office In January will rcphce all boards operating in The Ailnrney Generals department Is expected shortly that lawyer Douglas V Latimer will be appointed as the new resident Crown Attorn ey for Counly CUTS WIRES ONE EAR AGO The contract for In has been awarded a ThornhlllfirmAccuconltd bidders Region Wednesday approved the firm lender in amount 328 436 but subject to the work being done in diys and receipt of the necessary approvals from the ministry of the environ ment Hilton Hills and the ministry of transportation and communication Hills council decided Monday that Iocnl Properties wont gel any sewage capacity which would allow the firm to build 1 homes south of Silver Creek Allocation of sewage capacity upon which oil industrial eommercial and residential lopniinl in Georgetown depends ted last week by the Ontario MunlcJ Board A 11111s works department escaped unhurt when a he was periling cut volt power line serving the Arena last Thursday morning Hoe Kent It ohms on protected by the grounding faclor of the machines tires according to works superintendent Frank hut he added Robinson was still lucky An application to change rural zoning to institutional lo permit an administrative complex being built north of Highway on trie west side Georgetown was referred to the planner for a report at last weeks meeting of the planning board The Jehovahs Witnesses hope to move their national headquarters from Its current location in Toronto to acres opposite Moore Park off Road

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