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SAVE BIG on Name Brand Furnishings at WHOLESALE PRICES Ontario Chesterfield Wholesalers 1 Auto Mall 519 7634477 LIGHTING GEORGETOWN 245GuelphSt 4168732996 Distracted driver A Georgetown woman managed to crawl out of this wreck of a car after it rolled on the Line south of Sideroad Friday afternoon Driver of the car Tricia was distracted when a wasp entered her car and she collided with a telephone pole tipping the 1986 Plymouth Horizon over Firelighters were called to extricate the woman but she had managed to crawl out on her own and was taken to Georgetown District Memorial Hospital and treated for minor injuries Herald photo Water conservation policy in effect Halton Hills residents who con travene the Regions water con servation policy will face a max imum fine of according to a Halton Region press release The same fine will apply to all residents throughout the Region who ignore the policy According to the release which was authored by Regional Engineer Vince Suffoletta effec tive immediately people living in houses with odd numbered municipal addresses will only be permitted to water their lawns on oddnumbered calendar days People living in houses with even numbered municipal addresses will be to water their lawns one evennumbered calen dar days policy only affects those homeowners serviced with municipal water said Mr Suf foletta As well the water restriction policy applies to commercial and industrial properties all municipalowned property and golf courses on municipal water service he said Halton Region Public Works staff will be enforcing the water restriction policy said Mr Suf foletta The program does not apply to the following car washing and flower garden and tree watering by hand water uses via hand held spray nozzles and placed sodding within the required maintenance period said Mr Suffoletta He explained water conserva tion initiatives will assist greatly in reducing peak demands for water and thereby delay the need for water plant expansion reser voir construction and reduce some operating costs The program is being taken as a precautionary step in order to maintain the levels in reservoirs in Halton in case reserves are needed for a major fire or an operating emergency said Mr Suffoletta OBITUARY HaraldJ Newman A veteran of two World Wars and wellknown painter Harald J Newman died at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto Thursday the day he turned A former resident of Ballinafad Mr Newman was wellknown in the area not only as a painter but as a man who took part in his community be it teaching painting or serving as the Director of Recreation in Georgetown in the 1950s and the curator of the Halton County Museum from to Mr Newman was christened Frederic John Newman at birth in in Montreal He studied at University in Montreal and received a PhD in psychology from Cambridge He served as a volunteer late in World War I At an early age he became in terested in painting For that reason he attended the London Polytechnic School as well as the Ecole Beaux in Paris where he lived in a small studio in Mont- mart re Ha Newman as he was called by his friends came to Toronto in the late20s There he met the painter Fred Brigden who became his teacher and sket ching companion Some of these sketches along with his landscape paintings and portraits are on display in the Art Gallery of the Halton Hills Cultural Centre on Church Street in Georgetown The exhibition called Paintings from Six Decades opened June and will run until July 6 Aside from painting Mr Newman joined archeological and historical research teams in the South Seas and North America and wrote papers about his field work Mr Newman was also a Scout Master and for many years the secretary of the Dufferin School Old Boys Association and Domi nion Geneologist for the United Empire Loyalists Association He became a member of the Ex ecutive of the Toronto Board of Trade In he received recognition from Toronto City Council for his part in organizing the Toronto Centennial Celebrations Mr Newman served in World War II and was discharged in with a war injury He became Personnel Manager of Rogers Majestic a Phillips Company engaged in war work In 1945 he moved to Ballinafad with his wife and his stepdaughter Rosemary In the late forties he became the Direc tor of Recreation for the Town of Georgetown Continued on Page 18 fined By BEN DUMMETT The Herald resident Douglas Draper was fined at a Milton Court hearing last Thurs day in connection with the con struction of a house on Sideroad 17 south of Acton said Bob Town Bylaw Enforce ment Officer during an interview following the hearing Mr said the fine was issued because Mr Draper faile to correct all of the 34 building deficiencies within a reasonable about of time found by Town Building Inspector John Holmes during a final inspection of the house in January At the time of the hearing there still existed several building defi ciencies he said At the time of Mr Holmes in spection said Mr Mr Draper was issued an order to correct the deficiencies for thwith When the Town issues an order that says forthwith the work is to be done immediately not a year later said Mr The deficiencies included the Improper Installation of a fireplace floor Joyce and flashing he said These were some of the major problems said Mr Ustrzycki He said Mr Draper was ordered to correct the deficiencies forthwith because the house was occupied When peoples safety is jeopar dized by an unfinished house the Town becomes very concerned he said At the hearing Mr Ustrzycki didnt specify what the fine should be but we did ask the court for a substantial amount because of the length of time he said We could see it was turning in to a cat and mouse game he ad ded Mr Ustrzycki explained Mr Holmes carried out 15 inspections following the January inspection and yet Mr Draper refused to make all of the corrections There is no reason the general taxpayer should be paying Town staff to carry out this many in spections he said Mr Draper couldnt be reached for comment at press time However Mr said the Campbellville man tried to argue before the court that the charges should be dismissed because the Town charged the wrong person He argued he was only an employee of the corporation that constructed the house Therefore the corporation should be charg ed for not correcting the deficien cies This argument was rejected because the corporation is under his mothers name said Mr The court also rejected Mr Drapers argument that the Town had issued an occupancy permit in connection with the bouse Mr said the Town had no record of the permit being issued As well Mr Draper couldnt produce his copy of the permit for the court Towns sincerity under fire By BEN DUMMETT The Herald The Towns sincerity in fighting the Acton dump proposal is being questioned by Georgetown resident Paul Young a member of local en vironmental group Protect Our Water Environmental Resources POWER During an interview last Thurs day Mr Young questioned why ttie Town Isnt taking legal action against or its parent company the original owners of the proposed dump site location The dump is being proposed for the Acton quarry located south of Acton by Reclamations Systems In corporated According to an agreement signed between the Town and during the early 70s the quarry company agreed to reroute the Third Line through the quarry once all quar rying activity had been com pleted To begin quarry opera tions on the property the Third Line had to be redirected around the site The agreement indicates In dusmin would rebuild the Third Line so it would travel down one side of the quarry and then up the other side Mr Young said if the Town really wanted to stop the dump proposal then it should force In- Continued on Page Eagle workers strike The Eagle Dominion Company in Acton has been put under pressure by its workers who are striking for higher wages Since Friday an undetermined number of the companys workers were picketing outside the company building on McDonald Blvd in Acton A com pany spokesperson said the workers are divided since many employees are crossing the picket line Eagle Dominion finishes leather products for use by other manufacturers and employs 75 people who belong to the United Food and Commercial Union a Halton Regional Police report stated The company informed police about the strike because last time there was a strike at the plant vandalism occurred An Inside Look SECTION A 2 Community Council 3 Business Editorial Peoples Forum 1013 Opinion 11 Community In Focus 11 Political Forum Money Ma tiers 16 Legion Lines 17 Arts and Ideas 18 Entertainment Classified 2024 SECTION Sports 1B6B NorvilNews7B SUPPLEMENT PIONEER DAYS