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thtjacton free press acton ontario thufistfoy uav layt ism tulips in canada and hollandevery spring a 2ssquaremile stretch between lisse ancthaaf tern in the netherlands bursts into brrtliant color so gorgeous its beauty surpasses the fanciest imagina tion from its superb and massive tulip fields like this- right near lisse holland exports more than three million bulbs each year to canada 52500000 dutch bulbs valued at more than 1250000 and more are coming this year so plentiful are dutch tulips becoming in canada they are almost as symbolic of this coun try as of holland atreadyottawawith justification claims the title of canadas tulip capital and times its midaaay tulip festival to coincide with the tulips peak 6f magnificence verna rousseau is pictured beside a vast border of dutch tulips at the foot of the peace tower on ottawas parliament hill photos by aaalak ottawa delrex pledges aid georgetown rate with delrex developments guar anteeing a minimum of 45000 in tax revenues this year george towns 1955 tax rate almost held its ownwith 1954 council struck a rate of 49 mills when the budget meeting was held it is an increase of 4 rnius from 1954 idelrex pledged in a letter that if tax revenue on subdivision property does not reach 45000 the c will make a grant to bring the towns income up to this figure totalrev uv bey o 176600 with this 45000 included with estimated expenditures of 398000 this leaves 221500 which must come from taxpayers to bal ance georgetowns budget- the pre sent town assessment is 4520735 mayor jack armstrong expressed his pleasure that georgetown can boast a low tax rate with brampton likely 96 mills acton 70 and milton 50 it is really remarkable that we can hold the line at 40 mills and we rave del rex to thank for it said tlie mayor lack 60 acres lose industry j bronte could have had an indust ry covering 60 acres if it had the land but after scanning a letter from the hamilton industrial com mission saying the applicant want ed a waterfront site to which would run a railroad spur and needed 50 acres at least village fathers shook their heads sorrow fully we havent that much land at least not at present said reeve thomas mihward he said later that the commission told him the company would employ a large launch new school traf safety patrols provincial and local safety edu cational lawenforcement and poli tical officials were on hartf friday morning for the inauguration of the first school safety patrol to be esta blished in the oakville-trafajgar- area the new patrol is bcin institu- ted at uinbrook public scttlool tra falgar township where 24 boys and girls who have completed exten sive training in traffic safety will be awarded their badges and belts the entire population cf school approximately 300 students and teachers took part in outdown ceremonies at which linbrook principal prank hughes acted as master of ceremonies many parents attended constable al terrell director of safety for the township of trafal gar and fred oliver chief of the township police solicited the sup port of parents in making the new safetyptograrnj effective he also presented badges to the patrol of ficers trafalgar accepts sewage plant bid a bid of 28233105 tendered by ontario construction company for the building of township sewage disposal plant was accepted by trafalgar counci tuesday of last week j it is expected the plant will be competed in 32 weeks a 114 engi- near john power says it should be in good working order by the end cf november five other bids were received spartan contracting co 4345958- 66 halton paving co 30155092 james kemp construction co 30287478 schwinge corastrultion co 323j0j806 and the pcarre construction co 33992477 building started on new firm construction has started on a new- addition to the georgetown indus trial scene varian associates of canada ltd subsidiary of a california electronic company is building a onestorey 10000 fot floor space factory on property at the mountainview rd river drive corner which was pur chased from alex maclaren varian expects to be in produc tion by early fall in this its first plant in canada at least four ex ecutives are planning to move to town including wesley carnahan who will be general manager head office of the company is in palo alto california the buitdtng wffie of modern design finished in buff in an 1- shape there is possibility that the floor space will be increased by an ddition at a later date gordon s adamson toronto is architect 15 less brampton 55 rate likely 66 mills bramptons 1955 tax- rate is likely to be 63 mills this rate was tenta tively agreed to by council after a five hour meeting last week there is the possibility of onehalf mill- being added to the rate dependent upon acceptance or refusal by the municipal board of the brampton district high school board request to have 26500 in capital expendi tures included in their 1955 levy all budgets but those of the high school and the works committee have been completed- in all pro bability there will be a further -r- duction in the budget of the works committee although it is not expec ted to be large enough to alter ihe miilrale i assessment in brampton for 1955 is 11576154 an increase of better than 1000000 over the 1954figure of 10559184 the 1954 tax rate for brampton was 62 mills stat farm mutual announces new rates on auto insurance igina traf algar named new planning area trafalgar has been named a sub sidiary planning area and town ship council last week named a hoodley chairman of an eightman trafalgar planning board graham hall frank stark n l small murray inkster councillors martin crutche and fred near and r g ware will serve on the board with mr hoodley a department of planning and development letter said that the trafalgar planning board could undertake matters of municipality eonccr and wa givenfull author ity of the planning act councillor martin crutcher said that township planning would first go to council then to the new sub sidiary trafalgar planning board and finally to the oakville-trafal- prrbronte planning board the board was instructed by council to meet as soon as possible bronte council expressed the op inion that it wasnt satisfied with the authority givevi to trafalgar and would consequently take it up in a committee meeting four in running for oakville post the 30 odd applications for the position of town manager of oak ville have been winnowed down to four whose qualifications seem to rreet the bill the committee consisting of dejliyrecve savin councillor da vis and councillor card met and did the pruning mr davis says the committee plan- to go to niagara fall chat ham and sarnia this week to see how thee municipalities town manager systems operate and that it will then interview the reduced list of applicants continue on own to establish force georgetown council has refused to cooperate ill n game have end have not with the attorney generals department about pro vincial policing a letter from the opp commis sioner said that an original decision to piill provincials out of towns over 2000 has been reversed at the same meeting a letter of acceptance- was received- from roy haley east york georgetowns pew police chief who begins his duties june 1st as well as letters mom three unsuccessful applicants who- would take positions on th force before these applications were opened said the mayor i had the town clerk contact the commis sioner as i had heard rumours of a changc we were told that there- was no question of leaving the ofpj in towns of 3500 or over council decided it would be un fair to the new chief to change plans now and that a department which changes its mind once can do so again the new chief will be consulted about the possibility of engaging the men applying for posi tions as constables startling new findings alter opinions on alcohols effect j do you know ibat most of the icuiub we hove about alcohol and to effect on the human body ore in accurate v- theio ore mniii uf theitartljng new findings of runenrchem alcohol is not 11 atlmulunl it is a diiprosnttht drug 11 doua not dumogo dlmclly in tertill jbody cell a roguuir drinker clop not hove a grudtor tolerance to alcohol than n nondrlnkor neither exerclne coffee nor olh- er jlriigs con sel up uiemberlfii prqcelw v why ha alcohol the reputation of being u vtimulant if it u not the nnnwet is thul most per- bons when miner do nut behove in an uninhibited way alcohol grad ually paralyses the central nervouh system tending to affect first the oute layers of the brain which uct us out- social and moral watch dogs the effect bb to releaaeien- dencies to behave in uninhibited fashion on the surfuce such be haviour appears tu be that oi o hlimulated person ah more alcohol is taken deeper brain areus are put out of after inhibitions go muscular con trols speech walking ability to react to traffic aignals and no on eventually if the deepest centres of the bruin can he paralysed the heart und breathing stop and the drinker dies physicians now believe that the worst damage is done to the drink er as 11 total person r than to hut bruin cells or heart or lungs alcohol in concentrations below 15 per cent does not seem to injure individual cells and only those of the mouth throat and stomach are -eomdoitnltejtconefttratt- ion in fact death commonly fol lows a bloodalcohol level of six to sevententh of one per cent why then do some persons be come noticeably drunk on one or two drinks while others confirm ed and steady drinkers behave- quite normally and acceptably after a halifdozen whiskies one explanation lies in thefact that the steady drinker has learn ed to adjust to the quantity of al cohol in his blood the regular drinker is like the sailo who can walk a pitching deck on- whioh the landlubber cannot remain upright whether accustomed to alcohol or not two men of the same size who drink the same amount will have the same proportion of alcohol in their blood and will be 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