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r cancer fund campaign blitz monday april 14 the georgetown herald fourtkn pages georgetown out wednesday april 9th 195s first section expect monday goahead for 582 new homes in delrex council votes 5- 4 for extra building ratification of permission for some 582 housing units to be built on land in the delrex area of town is expected next monday when an amendment to a bylaw which committed the town to a 1954 agreement with delrex comes before council for okay lite bylaw amendment was or dered after a 54 council vote monday approving it which im plies that the houses have ma jority council approval the amendment is necessary because building on the land at the pres ent time is not permitted in the agreement because tf delrex s failure to maintain a 40 indus trialcommercial ratio as agreed in 1954 tor such permission delrex has offered to guarantee the town the same revenue as would accrue were the 40 ratio in effect a sum of 147 000 would either be paid by the com pany or be received from indus try which might locate here ac- xording to the agreement being signed during the next three years the houses themselves would pro duce an estimated tax revenue of 221000 at existing tax rates ac cording to a brief presented to council last week by harold bair stow delrex general manager decision came after an earnest two hours of debate ionda as on the previous monday the council chamber was filled with ratepayers to hear discussion on one of the most important ques tions which a town council has faced in many years a sykesmcgilvray motion to accept the delrex proposal was supported by mayor armstrong reeve sargent and cr gunn in opposition were deffuty reeve gray and councillors harrison hyde and elliott the motion contained the proviso that indus- trial assessment outside the del rex subdivision is not to be taken into account wtyen computing the yearly amount due under the agreement a previous motion by hyde and harrison that the proposal not be dealt with until council obtained opinion from a solicitor and the municipal board on the financial picture and legality of altering the 1954 agreement was defeated a recorded vote was not called for on this and the motion was jost 53 with deputy reeve gray supporting the movers cr harrison opened the even ings debate when he questioned the proposal on the grounds that it did not alter a previous delrex request other than to provide a guarantee of more revenue for three ears he sta ed his op position to a large number of semidetached houses in one area of town it will look like some of the housing i saw in england in war time he said if the semi de tached houses were scattered ovcrj a wider locality it might be a different question he expressed concern about providing schools for a large in crease in population when schools are over capacity now in town wc don t want to be like a jackrabbit who travels in leaps and bounds and eventually finds be has nowhere to land was his way of paraphrasing what he thinks can happen in georgetown cr hyde questioned whether council could do anything cop ftrary to the original agreement this was negotiated by the 1954 council and the municipal board he said and the town hired a distinguished lawyer to safeguard its interests a public hearing was held to bear objections and the bylaw subsequently passed was a legal document recommend ed by the board cr hyde argu ed that any contrary action should also have municipal board sanc tion and another public bearing georgetowns prime need as presented in 1954 was for indus trial land he said we have that in abundance now cr elliott suggested as a spec tator s w on- had said earlier that council make no decision but have a plebiscite of ratepayers the public pays the taxes and elects us was his opinion an this ap- hapanee tonight raiders seek another championship important question like should have the taxpayers proval before wo act i think this is a good pro posal said cr sykes as he out lined his reasons for voting in favour cr sykes said it would benefit merchants to have another 500 bouses that it would be bound to bring more commercial assess ment either in new businesses or extensions of existing ones school costs have become a tremendous municipal burden he said but it is reasonable to assume that the future will bring assistance from a higher government he pointed out that if delrex operations were to stop the town might be in a critical position there would be a 23 000 yearly loss in taxes if delrex land were to revert to farm assessment georgetown presently faces an other million dollars in debenture debt for a sewage disposal plant which must be erected whether the town agrees or not he said if this debt is loaded on our present population it might mean a 10-mill- tax rise we are des perately in need of more people to spread this debt a bit thinner was bis opinion i feel there is a lot of senti ment against this proposal which will paj us taes on industry which doesn t exist he said if i was an industrialist and heard an average georgetown citizen talk i wouldnt think of locating here its a disgrace he continu ed i council is often blamed for not getting schools fast enough but it s not council that s slow he said its the school board which is an elected body given the re sponsibility of school affairs if this plan goes ahead i sug gest the get on their toes and provide the schools needed this is a good proposal and with build ing activity we have a chance of getting industrial development with a dead town we haven t he concluded cr hyde pointed out that geor getown has a 27 industrial ratio while delrex only has 18 and is not holding up their end in this respect i don t think wc can do an thing to stop delrex said cr mcgdvray wc would have to stop all building in town if wc do and we won t attract industry h calling a halt to construction it might sour anything that might be on tap you can t run a mill with water that s gone over the dam and we still need more momy to balance costs delrt needs georgetown and georgetown needs diirc f wi ait ti i nlinui to maintain the lax rate we now enjoy the lowest in the countj new homos will profit business jn the town and indirect affect all our citizens wc vc been budding houses but can t get industry remarked cr hyde it doesn t seem to be a valid argument that more hotise building will get it i would say he farther off balance our ratio gets the more it might discourage future industrial location agreeing with sykes and mc guvray cr gunn expressed his feeling that the town must pro gress i feel the value of new in dustry is somewhat overrated he said it helps the tax burden to some degree but there are lia bilities too cr gunn said he thinks the agreement fair although he would prefer that the town be safeguard ed for five years rather than three reduction of the indus trial ratio to 34 might be more in line with the picture too he thought cr gray said that cooperation of all must be used to solve the problem it s a long term investment we are making he said and though the immediate profit might be high it mightn t be in the long run the steps of progress have to be r he said and he is not in favour of allowing 500 new homes without some concessions georgetown raiders will defend their int a championship star ling tonight against the napanee comets in napanee the second game of the oha int a finals will be played in georgetown saturday night april 12th at 8 30 the comets are regarded as a very strong int a club they kno cked oft the bowmanville oronq combines 4 games to 1 in their semi finals which ended monday at the same time there are del rex residents who helped to build the area and they don t want to see their taxes rise either we can t go backwards the future can be limited or broad ened by what we decide im not saying at the moment whether i support the proposal or not he concluded cr hyde asked for a review of ratio statistics and mayor arm strong quoted figures of 56 re sidcnlial in 1952 which reached a high of 74 in 1956 and drop ped last ear to 71 the figures speak for them helves cr hyde remarked in 1954 georgetown was m a healthy position according to the experts jvow we re not new building will bring the residential percentage to 91 said cr harrison cr svkes has summed up the question well said reeve sar gent if older town residents those paid by new house owners they wouldn t feel so bad the municipal board would look at figures and figures tell the story older residents just have to compare their tax bills over the past few years and they tell a story too answered cr hyde cr elliott pointed out that council had been told earlier in the cventng by auditor h a lever that a debenture debt over 25 of assessment is dangerous and the present debt is 26 3 credit facilities are dangerously near the breaking point he said there s been a lot of talk about stopping delrex building said cr harrison but i don t think thats in any of our minds it is more a question of how much night in napanee in a surprise upset the combines were picked to go all the way often upsetting the american team that represcn ted their county in the world championships at oslo last month in an exhibition game they defea ted the americans 7 to 3 napanee aire led by playing coach les douglas former team mate of bob goldhams when both were with the detroit red wings another outstanding forward is larry keigan who will be remem btred as the star centre of the kingston army team that were de feated by the raiders a few years ago the raiders are in fine shape and free of injuries while nap anee is considered a high scoring outfit the raiders also do well in this department in the last series with windsor theynotched 32 goals in three games they were led in this senti by the high scoring line of dave irons junior beaumont jamie cunningham who amassed a total of 26 point both beaum onl and irons netting 9 each the hnc of bud vare ron dixon and blake lnjjis wire not far behind eouectine 20 points bill bingham also came into his own putting 4 goals 1 he raiders arc no strangers to the oh finals beinj there six times in the last twelve ears rollowint is a run down of their past record since the last war 19467 finalists int a lost to brentford redman 4 to 1 spared mt tax bills s snhip urns natrl h nmv hmiuv alman r r boating marfcham million- alr 4 to 2 19489 finalist int b lost to sundridga beavers 4 to 3 194950 int b champions defeat in sundridga 4 to 0 19567 won int a championship beating thisonburg pan- dries 4 to 2 the remaining dates for this series will be drawn up this jgpek end norval again champs junior farmer hockey ror the third car in succession norval junior t armers captured the milton millinj to cup when the v ousted ialtrmo mondaj in to allow them to build at one tht finul game of the plajoffs pal time and whether we can afford emu had won orti ldine and tht to grow by such leaps and bounds u j n- hjtl lud once to the- series reeve sargent said he didn t lo forced it to us five game limit think the situation as bad as pic- j1 took a 2 loui lead in the tured the building is spread tirst period und ihere was litll over a 3 year period and growth l uf he uutc nn as the i is limited to a certain number of fll lire tn ihe second and t dwellings p l- third pali rmo s had lets not knock the school won onc wmi d the team binrd he said they have done and arc doing a capable job and moc just as fast as the it pt of education permits past experience his b t n spread ocr threq years and wc re not well off said cr llwlt thr more years and ye can bt t as bad off what financiall aihicc need said cr sikcs referring to a report made 0 auditor lever several months am at the towns shinning scoring lijht for the win request he said mr lever csti nen he notched the hat trick plus mated the town would have a one and added a couple of assists 5000 yearly defipit if the house p to lead the nerval victor dave park public school georgetowns fourth georgetown s fourth public school will be known simply as the park public school the name was decided on last wednesday when the local school board held their regular monthly meeting at harrison school the new building had been re ferred to as park school ever since it was first proposed how ever it was not until last week that the board made the name official a toronto and welland firm q lostracco and son was awarded the construction contract on the school at an earlier meeting and the initial work on the new struc ture has been scheduled for the middle of this month the resignations of four teach ers mrs jack thompson mrs g haslem mrs phybis campbell and william byng were accepted by the board and the vacancies were immediately filled when the board hired mrs j bellanger mrs william cromar sandra fox and margery barr the principal of harrison public school harold henry told the board that the experimental sun curtains being used in the school have proved successful in elimtna ting glare from the chalk boards the curtains are being used throughout the entire school georgetown horticultural socie- 1 has combined with the carctak ing staff of harrison public school and will be conducting a landscap ing campaign at the school where plans have been made to proceed with txt ensue shrubbery prog ram jim costigan who for the past tar hat been the caretaker at harrison public school will be lea ingthe position in the middle of this month mr costigan told the board through mr henry on wednesday night that his health doe not permit his staying on ellin berg completing a ten month trai mng course at the clarkson refin ery of british american oil co elling berg has been transferred to bjls calgary refinery ms a chemical engineer son of mr and mrs viking berg lunehouse he is a graduate of georgetown high school and received his b sc degree at the university of toronto in 1957 mr berg his wife and son elling jr made the trip west by plane to their new home combines are winners tost memorial trophy in a free scoring game satur da combines copped the shec- n tost memorial trophy with an 118 victory over smith and stone the playoff series went the five game limitfor the evenly match ed teams combines put on the power play in the first period with a 4 goal splurge before ss scored and were never bested from that point on although ss were still game trjing as the game ended and outscored the winners 31 in the final period baxter haines and ritchie were 2 goal men for combines vuh tucker pries george hzard and maeoormack sharing the other goals b hall scored thrice for ss orgc webster had a pair ind mossop and king singles pun cancer blitz monday fund drive next monday canvassers for north halton cancer society will be calling at local homes in a blitz campaign designed to raise georgetown s share of the 4500 which the sociel is seeking in this part of the county to carry on its work for the next oar iocall the campaign is headed by jim carne as chairman anolh cr georgetown resident ernie al cott serves as campaign manager for the whole north halton area since its- inception the north halton society which has a work room in milton has been particu laxly active in assisting those af dieted with the disease and in carrying on promotional work and publicity for the functions of the society final details of the blitz will be arranged tonight at a meeting in the arena rose room which will be attended bj officials and can vassers 3000 damage when car hits hydro pole cars driven by robert exard 36 byron street and jamil doyle 141 prince charles drive collided at the intersection of windsor drive and prince charles drive thurs- dayv april 3rd at 7 30 pan mr doyle was driving down prince charles and mr exard was coming up windsor and they met at the intersection total damage to both vehicles was 1600 600 to the doyle car and 1 000 to the eiard car p c whit son was the investigating officer- no injuries were suffered a car driven by alfred ray mond william 21 water street which was proceeding west on highway no 7 went out of control at the guelph and queen intersec tion on tuesday morning april 8th at 4 ajn and ran into a hydro pole snapping h off at the not torn and also about twelve feet up it came to rest on top of mr wil llams car it was between 930 and 10 am before the hydro could release the car telephone service in the east guelph street area was interrupted for some time 4intu repairs could be made total damage is estimated to be 3 000 to hydro pole bell tele phone lines and the car p c whitson investigated the accident mr william suffereda cut on the forehead and chin firemen were called to the scene to stand by in case a fire resulted head office promotion for exlocal banker mr al cameron a member of the staff of the former bank of montreal in georgetown and now with the branch in newmarket has received a promotion to head of fice in monteral his position will be that of assistant superintendent of theontario division his wife the former helen brown lived on charles street with her aunt miss evelyn brown in the borne now occupied by the misses holes worth mr and mrs cameron have two sons donald and john from georgetown mr cameron was moved to renfrew thence to huntingdon quebec kincardine meaford and to newmarket he will be assuming his new duties very shortly contractors suppliers endorse improvementplan f rsl i tint i f hllli in- tin str s to f vi lj m 1 nut i t ik eiu htd i to i jnd llure ut f tht outi nu js thi mill in thi stcund and a pir in thi third ijlirmo in t p i od w i ih ton i whin thi tored tht r onlv tio emls if the mi i ah j ii illus rtuni ont n ktn stansliurv s pass urd i ntr from don vivnn the second i apt a in itoss cunningham was a 64th anniversary mr and mrs charles frecston- t mnli road celebrated their f4ih uidd n annivipsan thi wik tht couple hat bun di r m i wn residmts sinrt tmigritin fi m lnlland man jears ago building were allowed delrex has offered 147000inycfiree years be said so there would be no worries on that score i realize the delrex develop ment hasn t been satisfactory to the municipality and i dont think it has been to them either be continued pointing out that the government money clamp had put a big obstacle in their way indications now are that more money will be released and in dustrial growth in canada will increase i have faith that we 11 get some of that industry be said mr lever reported on the delrex brief not on the town as a whole said cr hyde they re offering us a little bag of candies for giving them something extra tve purposely refrained from talking until councillors have all had their say said mayor arm strong as he stated his reasons for voting in favour of the delrex proposal because i dont want to be accused of trying to sway i in bik fagei leslie had two and three bill don aldson and fred barnes were scor ers and in the assist department bill richardson earl wilson hugh and dave cunningham got their na mes on the scoreboard penalties were at a minimum norval getting four trips to the bin and palermo five the win was norval s fourth in five years members of this years winning team are j d cameron don tim bcrs goal ken heams don smith dave cunningham dune robinson bill wilson defence fred barnes earl wilson bill donaldson ross cunningham bill richardson geo smith dave lesie hugh cunning ham bruce van vliet cilff mcdon atd forwards jamie cunningham a forward star with the in termed late raiders coached the team daylight saving time da light savin time has been adopted in georgetown and will come into effect on april 27th it will terminate october 26th the same period as it is in effect in toronto operation home improvement combined effort of contractors i subcontractors and suppliers to i stimulate use of home improve- ment loans has becnokayed by a large percentage of local business men at a meeting at north halton golf club last week an executive was formed and plans made for an extensive publicity campaign designed to acquaint district resi dents with the fact that money can be borrowed from banks for such purposes the group feels that although such loans have been aailable for some time householders arc not too familiar u ith procedure maximum loans of 4 000 arc available from banks at a maximum of 6 interest for la wide anet of maintenance improxement and additions to homes under the plan operation home improvement hopes to encourage such borrow ing to stimulate business in the construction trade improvement of local houses would make geor getown a more attractive town lloyd g denby i loyd g denby bell telephone manager for brampton and vicin ity recently celebrated his 21st anniversary with the company mr denby who began his tele phone career in windsor also ser ved with the bell in london and at toronto area headquarters prior to hrs bramptoirrappointment in january 1956 now well known in the common il he is president of the busin ess industrial association vicc- presidrnt or the chamber of com merce and director of the rotary club of brampton he is also an active supporter of tbevtctonan order of purses and would have indirect benefits to all residents it is felt witb- the increased activity which a pro- gram of improvement would bring alan mcdonald of the alexan der murray co firm which has been helping promote rimilr plans m a number of municipali tics explained to the meeting that the plan has the endorsement of the federal department of labour and central mortgage housing corporation locally the cham ber of commerce is aiding with promotion and it has also receiv ed endorsement of the town coun cil william mcnally was elected chairman james h lyons secre tary norton nelson treasurer and sam mackenzie advertising chair man jack cnchton chamber of commerce president was present to pledge support of this group and don wingrove bank of com merce manager explained to those present how home improvement loans made through the banks are arranged proclamation as instructed by the town council in a motion passed on april 7th i ma pleased to proclaim the week of april 13th to 19th chamber of commerce week in georgetown the chamber of commerce is a potent force for com munity good and an organization which works dosely with the council in promoting the town i commend its work to the citizens and wish the cham ber a successful year of achievement john t armstrong mayor