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Georgetown deserves a place in history plane deserves a place in Canai tlon history a man says Also known as a the first prototype in Canada was developed in Georgetown and tested In I960 by former employees of A E Howe Ltd The Georgetown Gyroplane called the Avian be ten dur log nights but a lack or flnanc log and market Interest warrant producing the air car on a large scale A man Is hoping to have an Avian model made In Georgetown placed in the Ottawa Aviation Museum Ken Is a member of the Toronto Club and he is building a gyroplane in his the past four years he has been researching the development of the gyroplane built by Georgetown Avian Industries Ltd I plan to contact the Ottawa aviation museum to see if they are interested or will support the project in any way he says In the meantime Mr is collecting Information on the Georgetown gyroplane colled the Avian Although searching through old newspaper microfilms he also hoping to contact people In the area who might have been associated with the project The gyroplane is part airplane part helicopter and port autogyro As writer Roy Shields explains To understand what Avion designers are up to one has to go back to 1920 when a Spanish engineer de la Cierva first began experimenting with the autogyro Stated simply lift on wingless autogyro is ac companied by having a rotor above the airframe spun by the force of air passing over its blades This occurs as the aircraft Is pulled or pushed along In flight by the thrust from a conventional engine and propeller Air spins the free wheeling rotor blades Just as wind turns a windmill After two years and more than spent on research the 17 former employees successfully tested their prototype in In the spring of the first gyroplane crashed during taxylng Ily the end of 1963 over 300 hours of flying had been done on the gyro At one point Avian had over orders for the and the company wanted to produce In their first production year However Avian to find financing for their craft company The Canadian and American military authorities viewed test flights of the Avian gyroplane At the time the machine would have been priced between and See for additional story SPORTS 8632030 Lifetime Service Guarantee Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19 1986 alhir SI r iHidi OPEN SUNDAYS tit rll Ihi Or In Santa comes to Acton Santa will be coming home far Christmas in Acton this year on Nov The Acton Firefighters Association Is preparing Its annual Santa parade with the theme Coming Home AFA Chairman David Ford said thus far three bands and seven floats have confirmed their participation in the parade which will begin along Acton Boulevard continue down St towards Main St and end near the old Acton Free Press building The will be entering its own float this year Mr Ford said Industrial loans Don Knight MPP for Burlington announced this week Information regarding loans and loan guarantees made by the On tario Development Corporation during the last fiscal year The Hills area will receive some which it is estimated will create appro said Mr Knight Five firms in the municipality have benefitted from these loans and guarantees these loans and loan guarantees will help to stimulate Industrial growth economic development and employment op portunities in the Hills area Mr Knight said Citzenship class If you re interested In citizenship the Oakville Multicultural offers them free can Register for the four week program by colling 842 Applications Canadian citizenship are being by appointment only at the Multicultural Council of between 9 a m and 3 p Nov 19 and Dec and call 2488 early to book your appointment Teachers needed The Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Department requires In starting In January for following upcoming winter pro grams fitness aquatics leader ship camp ski bua supervisor In people should pick up an application form from the Recrea tlon and Parks Department office James Street Georgetown or at the Acton Arena Call for more details Chamber sign repairs The elements haven been kind to the business directory sign on the comer of Guelph and Sinclair Streets In Georgetown The Georgetown Chamber voted Thursday to have the sign taken down repainted and installed about 200 feet from the corner The sign needs a new coat of paint Chamber president Marg Tanas called the sign an embar Guest missionaries The Georgetown Christian and Missionary Alliance Church will be holding lis annual missionary con from Nov to Nov Members and will hear from two of the many missionaries In the field Miss Lois Betsey and Rev Bruce Edwards Anyone wishing more information should or new clients The CNIB Halton Peel a district office of the Canadian National In for the Blind is pleased to show appreciation to Its many volunteers Board members and IB Appreciation Night will place Nov from at the Credit Valley Hospital In Mlssissauga The evening will feature special presentations for outstanding vice entertainment by blind and visually impaired a display of aids and When the office in Misslssauga eoed in 1979 there were known to the agency By raid August I960 this number had grown to over 1200 By the end of 1988 it is predicted that over 300 new clients will approach the for service The volunteers who provide driv tag friendly visits reading ad and financial support will bo honored at this special Sleepytime and Michael Having a mid sleep a The school had a pa jam a party with Itobertsoi Utile easier Nov 12 students of the theme Day and Night been here Neath Ihe Hornby Coop School are left to right Meyer PLAYING WITH FIRE Changes required to improve safety of Regional museum The Region Museum Is playing with fire literally According to an architect hired to took at expanding the museum building a lot of work needs to be done to bring the existing building to Fire Code regulations In a letter to the museum Christopher expresses strong concern over the existing safety conditions at the bam which is the main building of the museum I feel it is a professional tlon on my part to Inform you at this early date of substantial deficiencies with respect to this structure which may place the Region In position of severe liability Mr Borgal writes The building lacks adequate fire exits As well there is no proper exit hardware on the emergency exit doors There t adequate exit identification lights and emergency lights Of most concern the fact there is no fire separation space between the existing furnace and the rest of the building Indeed the furnace room also doubles as a staff room Acquired years ago the furnace is most likely on its last legs and If failure occurred in the heat ex changer or other equipment the results could be dlsaaterous Mr warns As for the monthly spraying of in to control the busy carpenter ants in the buildings frame this spraying could have harmful health effects the architect Washrooms are inadequate for the number of people who visit or work at the Museum and keeping the up per floors above degrees Is not and cannot be done Mr He has noted a ft in the west foundation wall which may indicate movement In the structure because of seismic activity caused by the blasts at the nearby quarry There is also damage to part of the chimney and falling stones from the roof as a result As the Fire Code provisions are the most stringent we advise that you contact your local fire depart representative to determine what courses are open to you to relieve the Region from potential liabilities This should be done im mediately Mr urges The Region s Chief Ad mlnlstrative Officer John Fleming has Ihe Museum Curator to meet with a representative of the Milton Fire Department to figure out how much work will have to be done to permit continued public use of the building If it decided to limit access to the museum it would mean public tunc lions booked in the museum like Christmas parties will have to be cancelled Already students are booked for the museum Christmas Education Program Curator wants as little disruption of the school program as It s taken I and his staff several years to build up teacher support of the museum program Numbers speak out Teenagers need homes It does not take a mathematical genius to calculate that has failed to house its homeless The numbers speak for themselves Two years ago social vice agencies documented 1 re quests far shelter However only requests were met finding commodatlon In and 190 be ing transported outside the Region what Is also painfully obvious Is that most of those who requested shelter were youths persons under 25 single and with no dependents Between March 1 and August 1 or 1986 Adolescent Support Ser vices received 145 requests for shelter All of these requests came from youths and per cent were made by students There arc many myths about the homeless explains Mark of the HASS Room and Board Housing Network the two most common being that homeless people do not want to work and that they are carefree hobos who like their lot in life But nothing could be further from the truth A survey of Toronto a homeless revealed that more than per cent had worked within the last year and a higher percentage wanted to one day own their own house In add I many had been victims of faml ly breakdown and on Increasing number had found themselves disatf vantaged by larger socioeconomic trends The same characteristics describe homeless As Mr explains most youths do not choose over family life they choose to live on the street out of default not having a healthy family life In the first place As well youth employment has since about 1981 risen dramatically Increasing the need for low cost tlon at a time when the housing supp ly has fallen As a result we are seeing a variety of adolescents who are in need housing some with backgrounds of sexual physical or emotional abuse and others who are Just feeling the pinches of unemploy and a low vacancy rate In their attempt to address the housing crisis HASS has developed a Room and Board Housing Network for youths Each boarder is assigned a qualified worker to help develop essential life skills while landlordsladles receive the benefit of having their boarders screened and are given on going support by both the agency and other Housing Network landlordsladles Public response to the program has been good with homes being made available In both Georgetown and Acton but there Is still a desperate need for more commodatlon Anyone interested in helping youth is asked to call at collect Courtesy Adolescent Support Services Over Sheldons remarks War zone at council Council broke out I ito a war zone Monday as members lashed out at Coun Pam Sheldon for her remarks to newspapers last week She was criticized for voicing her disappointment about a closeddoor vote choosing an architect to design thenewtownhall I had certainly hoped we wouldnt get a barrage In the newspapers about this Coun Betty Fisher charged We inlerv eight very fine architects The decisions were made In a manner without nepotism favoritism and were handled with conscience and thought Fisher said In a fl2 recorded vote CA Ventln Architects of Simcoe was chosen over Sankey Partnership Architects of Acton Norm Elliott who voted with Coun Sheldon the contract to Ventin defended the right for councillors to speak their mind The press knew there was piness the press obviously con other minority Don go back and tell anyone on council they don have a to sent he said But that not the point d Fisher Private words taken out of a private session were discussed she said Coun Bowman felt It was wrong for Coun Sheldon to soy the dccisionbycojncilwas hasty I don t like things like this In the paper I don t like It when people take council In vain she added angrily The town complex Is a public pro ject using public funds and Inform a lion should be available to the public Coun Sheldon said She told fellow councillors she stood by her remarks of last week and made it known she t take kindly to threats III put you on notice not going to muzzle me because 1 have an opinion she said I m accoun table to the taxpayers not to the other 12 members around this table Coun Marilyn said she was shocked with what she read in paper last Wednesday She said she was Impressed with the council procedure and felt the pro cess was democratic Maybe some of Ihe councillors wanted to get home but after 11 hours the decision was not hasty Coun Bowman said I am sick and tired of this grand standing Just to get a few extra votes she added Coun Rick remarked about the irony of Remembrance Day Just past and the soldiers who fought for freedom and freedom of speech This is democracy and this is 1986 he said If council feels the press Is ting a story then they should take heir up with that newspaper he said said she wished to see on end to this despicable tirade referring to last week story The newspaper article Coun Johnston said made council dee look frivolous 1 was ap palled she said Councillors from in camera or closeddoor sessions are leaking in formation Coun Johnston said not talking to the press I come out looking 1 ke a Jerk because I following the process she said One person talked to her but get any information Then that person went to two other and was able to get the in formation Stop for Glen An engineer report recom mends that a stop sign be placed at the intersection Tweed and Mountain Streets in Glen Williams Also yield signs at the Interact lions of Tweed and Glen Crescent and Tweed I and Forster Street ore necessary to improve traffic safety the report Indicates The report was made after con were raised about the safety of children In the area Mad hatters Lakeside Chapter of the Joey left and baisar held at the Acton Legion themselves with a Saturday afternoon Mexican hat big enough for two These youngsters were at the