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TOW MOFIIMQ SIMM ran I brochure a trip 13 rnJCKnkiLJ Home Newspaper of Halton Hills MARCH 1919 The big paper with the big circulation read fitst by everyone I Reaching more than homes in Hatton Kills This Week Dispute continues A of the Georgetown Chamber of division the George town Business ami Association held Friday failed reach a compromise In the groups ongoing dispute over the Association fu direction and lonshlp with Chamb er Special committees have been established however deal with the Page I J Candidates campaigning though Prime Minister Pierre Trudoiu has to set a dale for the nation next general election candidates for all lhree major in Ihe Bramp ton Georgetown riding time ihcir respective well under- Page Emergency numbers regional council continues to urge ad ministration committee fully investigate Ihe feasibility of implement a threedigit emerge telephone number by which all residents could immediately act any of the regions special Page II Reluctant mayor Former Georgetown mayor Wheldon honored last week by his fellow admits in in Indepth interview with Herald reporter Maggie Hannah that he was somewhat reluctant at first enter Ihe three way mayoralty race which saw him become the community civic leader Pages Raiders win first The Georgetown Raiders have entered iheir with an easy a semi final over Fort Erie Friday Max Webster concert Max Webster one of Canada foremost rock groups drew a capacity crowd to Way Jay Club Sunday where they outdid themselves in duplicating the success of their first appearance here last year Photo and story can be found inside Page Hydro rates may be cut in rural area in of region will pay cheaper power new proposal to restructure tin region ircis support it Qui in Park siutlj report released this 15 member e recommends Jin IHW is ihe start up dale for I hi restructuring and requests government grants to help the eosls hi program committee chaired by SENIORS ST PATRICKS DANCE Helen and were among those who and and partook of a danced up a I celebrate SI Patrick Day at una rock shaped cake baked of the staff members S i V I Herald photo by Noble and his sons Tony and Monte provided the music for the J Raftis mayors will investigate proposed regional United Way Hilton regional chairman Juik will meet of ihe regions four area municipalities o discuss of establishing a Way thai would coordinate fund raising and administrative for all health and social service org inizalions in region on a suggestion by Mayor Holy Bird regional council last Wednes da endorsed move limed maximizing fund raising and fund iltncitlon efforts through a single umbrella org Mr agreed In arrange a meeting with may Harry Barrett of Don Gordon of Milton and Pete of Hills According to Mayor Bird fund raising standards have been established thai a municipality sue of region should be able raise million per year in public don ions and pal grants for such purposes Current per capita see that reduced by almost a million dollars he said Major Bird suggested thai a region wide United Way mini ion limited capacity groups serve and Burlington could enable miny health ind service groups greatly increase the of public donations The discussion took place following council s inn of 1979 granl requesls submitted by different heal ih and social service linns and institutions across Council ultimately proved 2D grams totalling Following submissions by organizations endorsed a list of grant applications approved ihe weik before by Its health and minor revisions Final appeals for grant increases by the Viclonan Order of Nurses and Ihe Salvalion Army mother committee recommended total of Local organizations benefit ting from councils approval include ihe Community Services Centre which has been allocated ihc North Association for the Mentally Retarded which will receive the region wide Helping Hands winch will receive and Milton House Incorporated in which Ihc region has granl id The based Youth Services Network which has been granted S3 as a new programme is one of several groups involved whose work extends Into north t hers include the Multiple Society the Can Institute for Blind the Hilton Ale ohotism and Drug Addiction Project IM and St John Ambulance Association Councillors Carol Gooding of and Waller of Burlington who jointly chaired the lengthy and meeting where individual sub Flood disaster unlikely in Hills area The only way Hills be hit with a flood ted the London Ontario area Friday is if a slorm of the magnitude Hurricane Hazel hit the area according to a local conservation area person Joan Rollings of the Valley Conservation Authority which serves Hills told The Herald lhal the Credil River generally runs through is made up of deep gullies while the area surrounding the Thames River in Dover Town ship is primarily flat ICE BUILD UP The flooding the Thames River was mainly caused bee of ice build up at the mouth of the where it enters Lake St Clair Ma Rollings said that the mouth of the Credit is one of the Tint parts of the to breakup The Credit is now free of ice from to Lake arm she said The only areas along Credit River cause local i authorities con Williams Mead and Churchvillo All three areas are relatively flat In last weeks mild weather caused the serious concern and Friday lhree staff members were carefully monitoring Ihe the Glen Williams area watching for potential flood ing RIVER RISING The was rising week and there was even some talk of blasting the fee said Ms Rollings However the cold snap that hi l Saturday ended immediate concern about flooding In Glen Williams There is traditionally a buildup of ice up from the Paper Mill dam in Glen Williams each apring When Ihc ice buildup becomes so si nous that flooding threat ens CVCA staff dynamite the Ms Rollings said that in learn could begin dynamiting Glen Williams ice within an hour if there was fear of flooding Ms lhal CVCA staff hope for maple syrup to reduce the possib ility of flooding Mild during the day which allows ihe ice lo melt slowly followed by frost at night reducing the possibility of too much thawing is the safest spring weather she CVCA staff members will continue to closely monitor the ice buildup on the In the Glen Williams area unlit the is flowing free The authority may still be forced to dynamite the ice later in the spring Hill of Milton lias lmn examining possible mini ilicrmlivcs for regit which is currently si rved by six different munici pal utilities as well is Ontario Itvtlro itself Tor the past two Rural consumers including tin lio homes and businesses in Milton and Hills ill it ire serviced directly by arm Hydro to benefit most from the proposed re slrueiuring according to Mr Itouwv since the provincial Hilton s urban consumers meanwhile will like pay Mr snd The eommiltee suggests in its report be mull in hi existing Hills boundaries five years after me rest of has been rcslructur id Until then it is recom mended two separate Two Actonians charged after drug robbery n the by each urbanization were heard informed council that grant applications were ipproved or reduced accord to three basic factors consideration in each case they reported were the organization level of vice and access to funding sources region s own budget restraint program Army has an rime ind financial Gooding and bee Us regular fund raising drives in and Burling ton ire well supported committee decided to reduce Us- grant request from to SI Council rejected the com miiiee recommendation however after Major Jick of Ihc Salvation Army say there is no other source for funding for his and projects of which are suffering em rmous financial deficits Major told council that he is and shcoked by Hie s decision and wondered where he would find funds tie ihe Army efforts on behalf mothers and del iniiueni people An imcndment to the com ricninmenrimons prepared In Coun f Hills authorizing ftir Army nalS wonsupport rim a majinl f council members The is will ing lo venture into areas where no other social organizations will go Milton Ma or Gordon and appeals only to region for funds whereas groups willapply both Ihc region and area municipal Hies inviting double ion for town citizens Oikulle Coun Laurie Man pointed that the Salva Hon Army goes way beyond the call of duty in its work and contended that there is no better way spend the region money than as a to such helpful A similar revision adding ooo to a grant for the VON also won council support following another last minute appeal by VON officials Two Acton people have been charged wilh breaking and entering and possession of en property following the of a number of drugs from Aen n Pharmacy morning of March The sound of breaking glass alerted Regional police officers In the area and arrest was made neor scene of crime The second arrest lowed soon afterwards Twoor three bottles of mild tranquil and cough containing respiratory scats which could be danger if taken in large quantities in Ihe crime develop Thursday evening however whin a number of juveniles look some of the stolen pills under mistaken impression were taking benzedrine wound up in the hands of the police and local doctors and hospitals said Re gional police Roy Taylor The officers thought id i bid night Thursday he said but the pills surfaced Friday morning on a bus lo General Brock high school m I understand about a dozen kids wound up in Joseph Brant hospital for check and were released but a couple of girls spent the night In Milton hospital to be on the safe side Two older juveniles will pear in court on charges of committing on act of juvenile delinquency over possession of property These youth apparent knew about the drugs and passed them out the others Supt Taylor said They were trying the known and hopefully they have had a had Ihey II leave alone after this he said Charged with breaking and entering and possession of sto len properly as a result of the original crime arc Robinson of Main Street and Murray Tumbull Acton Their court appearance is scheduled for April 2 in Milton louldi to maintain respective servicing a and Ontario Hydro should rvieethebulkof Ihe rurajire2 recommends he areas now served by Ihe and Burlington utilities should be reduced in size la conform with municipal boundaries Milton however would be most affected Ihe proposed changes its being enlarged be current limitations in the urban area to include all of the rural Millon area and a strip of Hilts Overall committees proposals would see serviced five different ties each one directed a four member commission the mayors of the correspond municipalities sitting as members Employ of he various would be jobprolec lion where transfers might be necessary Although on page two Tennis clubhouse agreement signed An governing the construction of a club house for Ihe Gordon Tennis Association has been recommended lor approval by own general commit ee A draft and of financing the project were sanctioned by the com mi lie Monday night as was Ihc forwarded of a bylaw lo council that will formalize the between Ihe town Ihi Tennis Association According to agreement clubhouse will be con structed at the west end of the existing four tennis courts be hind Gordon Memorial Aren on Highway The Association itself will provide the largest single portion of funds needed or the project totalling A 738 Win iano grant itv Centres grant and i worth of donated labor will make up remainder Upon completion club house will become town owned for general public use Association members will look after its doily mamten CENTENNIAL SCffiNCE FAIR Kary Jours left Sttuaclu awl their friend the between he brain Ike respiratory at the MkUle