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Pages SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday January IBM Town braces as bad winter arrives Snow There been of It in and thai polling a strain on the town a public Works start and the department winter maintenance budget Snow crews keep kilometers of roads In Hills clear snow sometimes working around clock lo open major arteries and connecting routes Here driver rnle Corbet and Danny plow the Eighth line north or Wlldwood Road Herald photo By CHRIS Herald staff writer Unlike the ski Indust ry a bad winter for the town public works department la one in which there a lot of snow And as public works superintendent Frank Moretle acknowledges with a roll of his eyes Halton Hills Is having a bad winter As of Dec weather had already taken a sizeable chunk out of what was left of the 1963 winter maintenance budge There was re maining for road salt and the allotment for sanding was already overspent by Spend it in he most efficient manner Mr Morelle said is the message behind the town winter polity which endorsed fast year by council Striving for efficiency please every body he noted Res Id often call when they fee he clearing of their had road has been unduly delayed GUIDELINES The policy Is a guide line on how and in what priority the of roads under Hills Illy are cleared As a rule of thumb usually gets underway after two Inches of snow has fal len on major arteries and trucks atari clear Important routes wlen three inches of snow has We try to do it so thai no mailer where you live you re close to an open road although the Isn t cleared yet Mr Moretle explained Major routes through subdivisions like Georgetown Boulevard which feed a number of am a Her are among he first to get done There arc a number of roads In Hills which are cleared by Halton region a public works department and the province ministry of transportation and communications Highways and leading Into and Georgetown TWO MAN PLOWS There are 13 plow routes Mr said and each truck plowtakestwomen one at the wheel and the other working the wing the large Plus we have three graders clearing snow with one man apiece A heavy snowfall like the one which dumped about 13 meters of snow on Hills last Wednesday puts extra strain not only on the town a wlnler main tenance budget but on the public works depart ments member staff Getting the worst clear away may require men working from 7 am lo or 11 We lose men that might normally be on snow crew duty to ill or they may be required to collect gar or work at the cemetery Mr Morette explained That can substantially reduce the level of service and may mean il takes us longer to clear less Important routes There the added pro blem he pointed out of delays caused by machine breakdowns which arc bound lo happen as the workload increases STRUCK MANHOLE During lost Friday interview with The Herald a couple of pieces of snow clearing equipment were being repaired by town mechanics One plow had been removed from the truck after It struck a manhole and was bent out of shape the other needed to have a weld repaired and parts replaced The town may go through a score of metal plow shoes and blades which wear out under heavy usage II costs about an hour to keep a twoman on the road and that much alone for the hourly operation of a grader excluding the cost of a driver The town also owns three and has a number of two way mounted on the backs of the snowplows SANDING POLICY According the winter maintenance policy roads are only entirely sanded If there Is a severe Ice storm otherwise sanding is limiled to hazardous stretches of roads such as hills curves and Intersections Salting is to the lown paved roads since it contributes to the soilness of gravel and dirt roads during the spring thaw Mr Morette explained Sand is pickled at a rate of one tonne of sail per tonnes of sand he said We do this so that the sand won freeze on the road Salt has a detrimental effect on dirt roads It turns idem into mush the HERALD Features Rhoda Geggie A cheery smile behind the cart ByANlPEDEHIAN Herald staff writer Some things Just rent the same any more but Geg smile is just as cheering and welcome even after years The Georgetown woman is the face be hind the gift shop cart every other Friday at the Georgetown la Hospital and her smile has been cheering patients for a good score and more years Active with the Women Auxiliary since she moved to Georgetown In late 1969 Mrs Geggtehaan t stop- Jed pitching In and add the human touch to the hospital care pat tents receive I enjoy going around the hospital and Just tort of visiting as go Mrs Geggie said I think the patients enjoy It There are a lot of people In there who don t get visitors In the afternoon and I always felt they were really pleased to see me the older ones particular ly On the Auxiliary even before the hospital was built she has continued to be an active member working on he looking after the knitting for the gift shop and doing some promot ional work as well FIRST CART When we first start out we had a man moke us our first cart II was a big wooden thing I could hardly see over the top of It Mrs laughed 1 was heavy to push and one timelremembcrlhada lovely collision with a girl coming with a tray of drinks She was later teased about having to get a driving licence to opera le the cart safely When the auxiliary had the money a new cart was purchased the one that a used now Mrs said The cart rolls about with a selection of most everything that a sold In the gift shop except cigarettes In he early days they used to sell cigarettes and it was a hot seller Thai product was taken off the cart after a hospital fire due to careless smoking We carry baby out fits dolls toys writing paper slat ionery candy chips gum toothbrushes and creams Mrs named off Candy bars are now the hot sellers and In the maternity wing a new mom may buy birth announcement cards a baby outfit or a stuffed toy for the child at home LOST I remember one of the first times taking the cart around with Lena Johnson and I figure out the plan of the hospital Somebody had told us It was built on an and we were trying to find that Mrs laugh Hard to believe we could get loat In it Us been with the help of dedicated workers like Mrs Geggie that the Auxiliary has been able to serve the unity to the extent it has If you re in the look for Mrs behind it her smile An Acton man was defrauded out of by a Zorra Township man from Embro Ontario The IByear old man has been charged with fraud after giving out a cheque that boun An offduty Peel re gional police officer fol lowed an impaired driv from Brampton after spoiling erratic driving In Georgetown the officer alerted regional police Visitors are nice when you re In the hospital and Gladys Robtnion of Georgetown was pleased to see Rhoda Geggie oat and about with her Georgetown Memorial Hospital Auxiliary cart A volunteer with the auxiliary for years Mrs Geggie Is a regular In the hospital corridors Herald photo Car stolen Ready to head home after a New Year Eve I party at the Acton Sit Bull Tavern an Acton man reported his car stolen The vehicle was later found In a snow bank on Main Street South I Safe beats thieves An to enter the safe at the Acton Hills Hydro building on Alice Street proved unsuccessful Thursday The thief broke a window causing damage to get In Tape deck ditched An unlocked car left in a ditch had a Maranti Solid Gold deck worth W00 stolen J born the back seat Dec The car had been left est of Fifth Line A malicious false alarm brought George town firefighters out of their warm beds at 1 a Dec The false alarm wont off at the Cedar Springs Motel There was a fire at a Maple Avenue home Thursday at 3 m Firefighters re ported no damage and no injuries Peace Council speaker Guesl speaker at the January meeting of the Brampton and area council will be Dave Monic from the He will bring a f lm entitled war without winners which was pro duced by the centre for defence information Washington C and features the viewpoints of a group or rcl red military and former CIA The meeting Is at 30 Wednesday Jan 11 The Annex Cird nal School corner of Guest and Mary Streets In Bramp ton Everyone welcome For more informal on Theres a lot of interest in Mutual Lifes RRSP Ncfees no charges Competitive rates Great income options ret Save with confidence with Mutual Life BRIAN lOMountamriswRd S te 206 fUl Mutual Life of Canada STARS ON ICE The Christmas holidays are traditionally the time when family can spend lime together Here dads Dave Bell left and Ken Key help out with their yotmgster as lacy learn toskate at the Gordon arena last Monday Ryan Bell was on skates Tor the second time ever Matthew Key is 3 yean old Herald photo Queens sculpture here at By Herald staff writer A bust of the Queen cast in Georgetown Is bound for the Confeder Centre in Chariot The bronze work by Toronto sculpturlst John Reynolds was commissioned by foods tore magnate Frank So ber In memory of his wife and donated to the Centre where It will stand In Ihe Great Hall Mr Reynolds a mem of the Royal Society of British Sculpturtsts was granted a sitting with the Queen last sura He spent several weeks In England using about 200pounds of clay lo model a onequarter life size bust Although Mr has commonly British he told The Herald in a recent Interview that pleased with the work Georgetown Art cast Inc has done with the Queen portrait I much prefer work ing at he said ve been dealing with a lot of very enthusiastic people working In a most careful way It was my first ap pearance the Royal Court he said and it was not disagreeable either Mr Reynolds said the Queen wore her navel cape adorned with the Order of Canada Our con versa lion was Just normal conver be said I found myself complete ly ease with her I Mr Reynolds was granted five sittings a fourweek period which began July The sittings were held In the Yellow Drawing Room or Buckingham Palace and would usually begin at 1 30 p m ending at 30pm JOHN REYNOLDS was expected to greet her as Your Majesty and bow slightly The second reference was ma am Mr Reynold son was also helping during the sittings The Queen treated him in a sort of mother ly way Mr Reynold recalled Rolf s about the same age as Prince Andrew When he was contact to do the work Mr Reynolds said be had some doubts about his ability lo do It Another well known work of his Is a bust of Norman Bethune a copy of which stands York University Belhune College Several years ago Ihe original thenexternal affairs minister Donald Jamie- son several years to China But I back It was a learning experience If I had another chance I probably do it belter But he hopes that his sculpture of the Queen has captured what he believes good portrait ure should be the facial code which not only Identifies the person but also reveals the essential quality of person In Ihe Confederation Centre people will mediately realize who it Is because It not only looks like her but sym bollzes her Camera stolen A parked van in 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