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I EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOBERT the Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Since BRIAN Agent Mutual Life of Canada Life is a Mutual affair or 8774515 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1981 FIRA ruling bumps 28 residents from jobs IrwinDorsey Ltd closes doors Dec A TIME FOR CONTEMPLATION DERI Herald Staff Writer Twenty eight Georgetown ana residents were old day to start looking for another job Irwin Ltd a lead textbook publisher In Georgetown since 1967 Is to be closed by its parent firm Dow Jones Company of Delaware Irwin president Dick Willis told The Herald this week tint the federal govern men certificate came Thurs diy in response to the firm Oct application to file for dissolution Facing little hope of Internal transfer the Street d the day they II lose their Jobs by Dee Severance pay should be worked out by Nov 20 Dissolution comes six years after Irwin started wrangling with the federal government Foreign Invest Review Agency FIRA RED CROSS Blood Donor Clinic Monday at Holy Cross Church Woman guilty in assault deal A Georgetown woman was found guilty common assault and given a discharge and six months probation last Wednesday morning in Mil ton Provincial Court Betty Conaghan was charged originally with assaulting police while resisting arrest Mrs told The Herald last week a deal was ma do with regional police by which she withdrew her own charge of assault against Constable Brian if the police would reduce her charge to common assault Mrs Conaghan said she agreed to Ihc bargain on the condition that the Dec incident will remain on Const record ibly affecting his promotions and raises on the force Const said Mon day after consulting his lawyer he plans to proceed civilly against Mrs Conaghin He declined to give further details acknowledging only that his plans were prompted by last which was called In to gate Dow Jones take over of the Georgetown subs I diary from Its original owner also an American company Developed to guard an business against excessive foreign Investment decided Dow Jones 1975 take over of the Richard Irwin company of Illinois should not include the Irwin sub sidiary Dow Jones challenged ruling unsuccessfully theGovernor in Council In practice the federal government upheld decision finally the Supreme Court of Canada refused Dow Jones permission to It was just two hard posl lions Mr Willis commented The parent company decision to close was a that both sides were degrees out of phase with each had ruled that Dow must divest itself of the Irwin operation or else sell part of it to Canadian invest Company officials considered employee profit sharing and profit reinvest mcnl in Canada as possible solutions but neither proved practical Mr Willis told The Herald last month It was unlikely firm office and warehouse workers seven salesmen could raise money to buy into the operation Dow Jones has said that what took place between two companies outside Canada should have no bearing on Irwin Dorsey in Canada Mr Willis said particularly when the sale or merger in the would have brought many financial benefits to our operation A last minute Sept message from FIRA suggested there may be ways of the closure Mr but Dow Jones never wanted to sell the business and decided on dissolution as the only Attempts to locate an established Canadian publish with whom to form a third company unsuccessful he added We could live with that compromise Mr Willis explained Unfortunately every Canadian Dow Jones spoke to wasn interest in that kind of plan They were Interested in buying us out and we wcren t interested in selling out Although Irwin Dorsey profits make up only a small portion of Dow Jones revenu Mr Willis said it was considered successful enough that FIRA may have been overly concerned Mr Willis sold Dow pursued the Issue of Irwin fate for six years as a matter of principle The case Is a benchmark Tor foreign publishers In Canada he sold for the first lime challenging FIRAs ruling against trans actions that occur extra territorially There were Remembrance Day throughout Hills calling on residents to briefly pause and reflect upon the sacrifice many have made In numerous world conflicts Acton were led the Acton Band above left and wreaths were laid at the Trinity Church Mill Street Meanwhile and Georgetown Herald photos by STORY MORE PHOTOS PAGE Law refutes concerns over Croatian cemeter bid Farmers want land preserved Residents and lawyers con linued to debate Monday night whether Halton Hills council should permit the Creation Centre in Nerval to landscape part of Its 150acre property as cemetery Speaking before the towns general committee meeting opponents argued that prime agricultural land should not be used for recreational purposes other than A letter from the provinces ministry of food and agriculture nlies that the Croatian Centre at the northwest comer of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Sideroad Five rests on good growing soil In fact the facility which already rents out much of its property for agricultural use Is surrounded by farms ing the of good agricultural land cemetery and cultural centre from Its own agricultural ad visory committee Meanwhile the advisory committee organization in Peel region has not supported the use of part of the property as a cemetery a Nerval farmer for years told committee members that the country may face a critical shortage of good growing land unless urban type developments stop en crunching an agricultural land As the nation product ion of domestic food crops drops he warned our costs of Importing staples will rise considerably But Toronto lawyer William Whileacre in his second ap pearance before the commit tec on behalf of the Croatian applicant who want to build a cemetery said that while the agricultural ministry recoil Downtown studies applauded council wary about costs By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Members of the Acton and Georgetown Business Areas may anxious for town council to act on the recommendations In ihc now completed study of the downtown cores but Hills planning director Mario has indicated that there still a long way to before the study SAME OLD SAGADANCE Although the venue might hive Indicated otherwise rock group Saga launched Us latest attempt at Canadian Thursdaynight at Georgetown High School one only two high schools for by the Ob He- baled band as warm far a world lour Brandishing a new album Worlds Apart number four a battery of pec la I effect including dry ice fog and enough decibels to keep the wolves away Saga was a I pedal treat far Georgetown young people The band played Masiey Hall In Toronto Saturday night and continues onto the US where they do Indeed enjoy superstar statu Herald photos by Harold an agreement In principle from council to proposals made in the six month study prepared by Walker Wright Young Associates a Toronto municipal planning firm Along with pointing out that Georgetown and Acton bias will have entirely different economic futures the study has suggested ways In which council can bolster the areas m j to policies become part of the do business has proposed town a official plan extensive physical changes He lold merchants ensuring that they remain the residents and members of Ihe heart of their respective planning board lost Tuesday communities that policies concerning the Suggesting that the re downtown cores will to be commendations for both thoroughly reviewed and then be phased in over a period of go through a scries of public years Peter Walker meetings before they become lodged that his firm estimated part of the official plan which what council might spend for Is currently being polished by proposed changes but dc- special council task force to give ho figure at the In the meantime Mr Vend meeting Ill said town staff will look for However Mr Walker said town the must form partnership if the recommendations are to work The BIAs should net be expected to carry the major portion of the capital expend proposed he indicating that planning for the downtown cores should be reflected in owns 1982 budget if possible Bath Lynn Barnard chair man of the Georgetown and Paul an Acton member and part of the study steering committee praised the consulting firm and Its advisors for their Mr and Acton businessman Ted Tyler urged council to begin budget ing for downtown redevelop ment Immediately I compliment tho consult ants for a workable and very attractive plan Mr said The tall Is In our court We support Ihis study and I think the consultants have done a very good job far us Mrs Barnard said As business people we need to offer a lot more to the people and make the downtown area the 1 of our community Once recommendations have been added to the town s Continued on page AS games the property as being situated on good agricultural land they also note that Its use as a cemetery docs net mean a significant toss of farm land Referring to comments made last week when a large delegation of residents neigh boring the Croatian Centre appeared before council Mr said that it is unlike ly that there would be more than one funeral service a week in Ihe proposed cry not be the long and traffic clogging funeral processions parked along Winston Church ill Boulevard or Sideroad Five anticipated by the centre neighbors There is already plenty of parking on the Croatian Centre itself he said and told committee that the cemetery plans call for parking for 312 About plots arc planned for the cemetery which will take up about five acres of the entire property Mr Whileacre argued that other groups have made use of the centre including the Peel Halton Soccer Association which was allowed to host soccer pitches loent at the centre The explosion which raid ems claim frightened livestock June 13 was caused by the sudden combustion of gasoline on a mound trash left over from the Croatian Feast of St Francis that weekend Mr said assuring committee members that pol Ice and the fire departments were called and decided that the problem was under rol Although theCroations using their Hills property report directly to Rome rather than to the local Hamilton Roman Catholic diocese they arc Roman Catholics he stressed Roman Catholics and other residents will be allowed to use the cemetery although it is antlcipaled that most of the plots will be purchased by people of Croatian descent Residents interested In commenting on the application allowing the cemetery to be built must present their submissions to the town office on Trafalgar Road by Friday Within the next month town planners will present their report to council offering recommendations on Ihc proposal WINNING COMBINATION John Street mishaps prompt radar patrols regional police have apparently assured Mayor Pete that they will begin regular radar patrols along John Street in George town near the Mountain view Road North Intersection following two recent traffic accidents involving young children John Street resident Graham Ferguson who stood before Monday night general committee meeting to appeal for radar patrols and for the residential street In the older part of the community waa told that police would try and keep a careful check on speeders In the area But Mr Ferguson second request- the construction of sidewalks along John Street car be guaranteed until town has set Its 1902 budget Mayor added The towns public works depart has been asked to report on costs on Installing pedestrian walkways A witness to an accident in which his neighbor a daughter was struck by a car curlier this year Mr Ferguson said the Incident tends to stick In his mind and he argued that resident must concern them selves with traffic problem In the area Two weeks ago six year old Charlie Snook was truck on Mountalnvlew Road north of John Street while waiting for a school bus Had it not been for cars travelling too fast Mr maintained the accidents may hove been prevented He asked council not only to have radar patrols increased In tho area but also to order maximum speed limit signs for John Street There are plana to establish two housing developments below John Street near ho Intersection with Mountain view Road he noted antic that there will bo more children playing in the area In the future Georgetown District High School a cross country Rebels dominated their fourth consecutive OF3AA meet Saturday Boyd Con Area near Bramp ton The senior boys team left li again number one in Ontario member are Glen Brit on Dave Griffith Wheeler and Doug Smith white Eric llopklni above of the midget boy finished second In his division another astounding feat for gritty Rebel The Herald will carry a full report on the meet In Friday Weekend Herald photo by Harold Brunch