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rawnamfaois ocomttown ont gptewn favours return to three sthool districts in the opiiuwot georgetown esuacu every consideration should be given to dissolving the present jnorth halton high school district and replacing it with three dis tricts which would centre wound the towns of georgetown hilton and acton a motion to this ef fect was passed at the town coun cii meeting monday after dis cussion with townvqepreseqtatives on tile high school board and if will be i the towns recommend ation to a consultative committee which studying the high school i setup in the county the committeehas called a pub- tic meeting in hilton on may 14 and mayor armstrong and reeve sargent were named to represent the town vlt is anticipated that other councillors will also be there as well as the school board at the same time georgetown council showed interest in having the county float a debenture issue which wul provide funds for school additions at georgetown and actonanda new school at hilton ernest forgrave was spokesman for the board mem bers present fred hasterman james geodlet and thomas niven and explained that recently it had been learned that where a school district comprises the majority of municipalities in a county the county council is obliged to issue debentures in north heltons ease five of the nine county muni- dpauttes form the board he es timated there might be a saving as high as 260000 for a con templated million dollar bond is sue as the county can command a lower interest rate and better market price when selling bonds sale of the bonds in this way would not affect any future dis solution of the district he stress ed as the new districts would then take over their share of debt council endorsed a re- which is also being pre- thhi week to councils in j milton ksquesmg and wv act year plans call for demolition of the old part of geor getown school replacing it with 12 rooms and a gymnasium and stage which would also be used as a cafeteria acton will have 5 more rooms and a gym and hil ton a new 12 room school with gym this to form the basis of the future hilton school the present building to be used for junior grades at present costs are estimated at 430000 for george town 415000 for milton and 5200000 for acton with a 75 government grant applying to all expenditure except the gyms georgetown will have a 700 en rollment five years from now mr forgrave said the three towns ate hi a minority ontario group which do not have school gyms and the dept of education has given verbal assurance that should grants become available on this construction in thcnext few years the towns would get aretroac- nve grant original plans to demolish geor getown school this summer have been delayed and there is a pos sibility that the building will have to stand another year to accommo date a hilton overflow in septem ber he said citing this as one of the reasons a cumbersome district should be broken into smaller areas mayor armstrong reviewed georgetowns position forced for economic reasons to join an area in 1948 which it did not want to a change in grant regulations makes it possible for a snu area to receive the same govern meat grants removing this barrier he said school board members mention ed other reasons that a district comprising georgetown and a portion of esqueslng would work better the boafd is get ting cumbersome both 4njumibwi of members and in problems off three schools- which must heowl cussed they said it is ammrif for one school to operate the way it wants to also mr forgrave cited the fact that georgetown wants to teach shop work and home economics while recently a majority of the board had voted to drop this in future in favour ol a district vocational school which fie termed a costly castle in the air acton georgetown wins all seven classes at music festival georgetown made a clean sweep in the north halton music festival for urban schools last week at the festival held in the auditor ium of the robert little school acton on may 1st georgetown captured seven firsts in the seven festival classes as well as four seconds and two thirds adjudica tor was frank holton who is dir ector of music for the brentford public schools in the class for senior choirs wrigglesworth harrison and chapel schools finished in that or der in a class which also includ ed two acton entries glen wil liams and hilton chapel placed first in junior choir with wrigglesworth second in a large class which featured entries from all the eligible schools the same schools took top prises for their boys choirs harris was the only local entry in the boys esttemble for chang ed voices and scored first in a frentry class the chapel tripple trio was fol lowed by miltons bruce st school and georgetown wrigglesworth top entries jn a triple duet for grades 5 arid 6 were wriggles worth chapei and actons robert little school chapel also won first place in the duet class fol lowed by two milton entries bruce st and -holy- rosary in two other classes restricted to smaller schools norval had the junior choir and campbellviue the best senior choir i roman catholics plan separate- school here at a recent assembly of ro man catholic householders a res olution was approved to estab lish a separate school in george town and to elect a hoard of trustees held in the parish hall of holy cross church on april 28th the meeting was very well attended and plans to form a school board were supported by a large jority of those present acting as chairman harold fobert 82 rex- way drive outlined the consider able amount of organizational work preceeding the meeting and described the approved system of nomination and election a eral discussion of the separate school question and its applica tion to a rapidly-growing- c fiala hospital night pinned for may 24th oridnattr planned or hay lth gala night fat the pcspooed new georgetown hospital will be held in the park on saturday hay 14th the evening was planned at a meeting of the hospital atsortatkm on april 39th an entertaining evening has been arranged and a special guest artist will be mbs irene brett prominent tv and stage singer who is a friend of local resident mr muriel ad ams mayor jack a will emcee the stage show and talent will also include the vickie lay dancers the boys band and girls pipe band tickets are also being aaw on a raffle for a portable tv at electric trypan and garden mrtmcne and the draw will take place that night at the ine a report was gjtwn of aeocnre and dance held d to t w hjp contebsatajl jh the evenings munity produced the conclusions that such a resolution was overdue and that the necessary steps should be undertaken at once to organize a legallyconstituted body to deal with the problem elected by ballot to serve as trustees following the prescribed municipal and provincial notifica tions were neil guerin 10 sargent rd gerard wilcox 142 guelph st john plgnatell 3 bard lane rueben neale 15 henry st wil liam prfngle 44 byron st and robert c mcdermott 36 edith st mr mcdermott will be chair man and mr guerin secretary- treasurer i new staff members at both town banks the local branch of the canadian bank of commerce now has s staff of sixteen the two most recent ad ditions to the staff are local girls gloria boyd 31 normandy blvd and gail thompson 11 durham st gail is a sister to june thomp son who has been a member of the bank personnel for some time now at the royal bank the new staf fers include ed dowling bx-streets- ville who has been here for a lit tle over a month as has the new est member betty lucas of glen williams the number employed at the royal now stands at nine completing the royal bank staff are manager dick miller george hieluc james parsons shirley burtmary higgins mrs ken jubb and dint kalsbeek tinder manager don wingrove at the commerce are lee king bob burke mrs fred helson mrs pjw band mrs jessie wucoxv mt jtum hi c bl j mar undsay mrs william t dawrej grant caseley and neil benton blindness no handicap when right job chosen field supervisor wesley stanley told 60 present at the annual din ner of the halton advisory board of the canadian national institute for the blind that halton has 44 registered blind the dinner at tended by representatives of var ious organisations in halton was held in st pauls united church milton in bis report the field supervis or reviewed that 16 had received eye service four local service three- home tending one pre school child had been given train ing four had received sales seven library service two were gainfully employed and four had been a lowed supplemental assistance the supervisor recommended planning for the annual picnic for the blind of halton and peel the date was set for june 18 at apple by college oakville guest speaker of the evening l g williamson national director of employment for the cnib was introduced by g e elliott mr williamson reviewed the work of his department organized in 1918 he outlined the training provided for the blind and the work of securing suitable jobs if you can place a blind person suit ably oh a job blindness is not a barrier detailing the types of training available for the blind the nation- al director recalled navigational training basket work training of dictaphone typists field secretarial work business management and household maintenance improve ment mr williamson also outlined the recent addition of a farm counsel or to the staff to assist blind farm people to make their operations more profitable following thei dinner served by the mr and mrs club of st pauls halton chairman g f thompson welcomed those present he noted cnib campaigns would be starting in milton acton and georgetown ort may 5 the treasurers report submitted by h kelson revealed revenue of 975960 campaigns in the year had resulted in county grant 500 oakville trafalgar bronte good neighbor fund 4000 burlington 1579 georgetown glen wil liams 955 milton 1355 acton 702 avro aircraft employees welfare fund 239 orenda air craft employees welfare fund 105 k y dick concluded the even ing with expressions of thanks to the church catering group and speaker m gfqge the- music festival last week of urban public schools which was held in act arnong the winners was this triple trio from chapel st school seared left to right yvpjirh5irt rtaatber arnold sylvialellis- standing andrew oeboer leonard taylor jac queline shepherd mary jean tucker pamela turnbull paul marko all are grade 8 students in principal vol stejns class georgetown gets award for fatalityfree year giorsetown has been honoured by the canadian hifuay safety conference with a special -cita- tion award for the distinction or having completed 1067 with out one fatal traffic accident the conference this year is being held in edmonton alberta from mon day hay 5th until thli evening eleven other towns in ontario were awarded the citation for elasa three which includes dues and towns with population bs en m00 and iolooo ajaa souid parti port bopthorold and whitby an tk other towns mrs siom k head of chapel home school mrs w sloan- of 36 hewson crescent was elected president of the chapel street home and school association on hay 5th when the association held their meeting at the school mrs fred tucker 93 main st n and beg brbomhead 14 victoria crete share the vice presidency mrs al currie 18 ettsabetfc sl is again corresponding secre tary mrs henrylrehant 11 ar ietta sl is lecntusg secretary and the treasurer is mrs gordon king w chuvghfll crescent members of th exec in 18 morris sl and mrs j turnbull 46 main st n j mcbryde 7 eliz abeth sl airs russ mcclure 3 temple road and mrs murray moloy 22 wesleyan st w jackson of the horticultural society spoke to the members and encouraged a junior horticultural society in connection with the school the winning chapel sl school choirs were guests at the meeting and sang the selections that copped the gold medals for them at the recent music festival at acton the winners of a competition to design a crest for the school lorne cofcll and bobby mccumbcr were on hand to receive cash awards presented by the associa tion deacon and teacher at belfounuin baptist a deacon of the belfountam baptist church and teacher or the bible class for many years wil liam george mcmaster died in duf- ferin area hospital orangeville on saturday may srd after an illness of almost three months mr mcmaster born the son of the late bobert and mary jane mc master was in his seventyeighth year and lived all his life in cale- don township he is survived by three sisters and a brother mrs thomas coburn daisy 31 king sl e georgetown mrat sam brock mary and mrs bert laugh- ton lily of beltouatain and jack of caledon township mrs mexv iwy jb glen williams u a niece and jack and norman coburn of georgetown are nephews rev w butler of orton conduc ted the funeral service in the bel- fountain baptist church on mon day may 5th at z30 pm stewart scott archie lawr donald mcar- thur roy trimble gordon cor- bett and harold cameron were the pallbearers interment was in blairs cemetery music medallists and orators entertain at terra cotta club monday evening mr and mrs herb dolson were hosts to the terra cotta farmers club for their regular meeting roll call was answered with benefits of a hobby mrs fraser macdonald read a poem rural symphony following with a paper we each have a fort to hold in the joint meeting a number of- the peel county festival win ncrs delighted everyone with their music joan mcdonald sang a solo and shelly lyons gave a piano so lo unda and shari lou leslie fa voured with a duet all had won medals at the festival gary mcnally gave the speech on soap operas with which he won the peel county public speak ing contest for his age group and irene hunter gave the recitation with which she won a cup in the school competition mrs lewis of brampton sang two solos and mrs art mekane gave a reading how to get ahead mrs owens mc donald thanked the hosts and ev eryone who had made it such an enjoyable meeting mrs wilfrid leslie and mrs fraser macdonald were in charge of the program for the evening transport driver was wellknown locally a direct winters transport driv er well known locally james a hunter age 38 of 171 eramosarbd died suddenly at us home on sun day lapril xtth mr hunter was the regular direct winters driver arai b o a a cousin mi albert craig lives in town at jo cknrca 8t- be was bora in graauaa town- shin the ana of che late mr aid bill wilson appointed delrex publicity man d m w bill wilson has been appointed director of public rela tions for dclrex developments ltd and associated companies for the past four years he has been man aging director of the national warm air heating and air condi tioning association and prior to that was fuel oil controller for trinidad leaseholds son of the late harold b wil son a justice of the peace in belle ville mr wilson was born in reading berkshire eng where his parents married while his fa ther was serving overseas in the first war during his own service overseas as paymaster of no canadian general hospital wilson also married an english bride and they have four children carole anne suzctte robert wil liam and penelope mr wilson attended school in belleville getting an accountancy degree from ontario business col lege later taking advanced acoun- ung courses with lasalle exten sion college chicago ihe is the grandson of a united church min ister the late rev w d p wil son of belleville while a resid ent of north burnaby bc he was secretary of the kiwanis club for four years trafalgar fire chief well known locally freeman bray 68 wellknown by members of the local fire depart ment in bis capacity as trafalgar fire chief died at his home in he had been chief of no 1 bri gade since 1832 he leaves his wife and one daughter mrs j p hunter and served ov erseas with the canadian army in world war il in 1948 he married the former beatrice richmond a daughter nancy is oneand a half years old while another daughter catherine predeceased her father recently the funeral aervuwwas held at the april 30th at 00 ovtoek wtthraterntent in lawn ce goejph mr hmv jter was a m of knox pres- what council did ask water or sewer service for ann street representing a group of ten property owners on ann street james h lyons interviewed coun cil monday to see if either water or sewer service can be installed on the street mr lyons explained that faoild- ing permits on the street are be ing held up because the county health unit will not condone a less area than 19000 square feet which dees nhayel one service or jthe other awatotj the lots are in the 10000 foot class he said 1 left to the fpunie works eoumitt cil to investigate and recommend a solution to council bernard casseu a representa tive of east georgetown rate payers asked about sidewalks and roads in that neighborhood and what action council is taking about erecting street signs all arc under consideration he was told by road chairman walter gray cr fred harrison aroused the ire of deputy reeve walter gray when he questioned an 800 bill for gravel which appeared in the monthly road accounts cr harrison quoted the de puty reeve as saying recently that no money had been spent on del- rex roads and said be had check ed and could find no gravel on any of the roads in the old town so assumed the gravel must be in delrex i cant tell you where all the gravel goes without rhaxkirg on the invoices said mr gray 1 said we werent spending much money on delrex roads but we have taken over some roads and primed and chipped them mc- intyre crescent and dclrex blvd are two i think dclrex fixed roads which they tore up when new houses were being built and were paying for them said cr harri son from now on ill produce an itemnized statement when i pres ent my accounts answered the deputy reeve any gravel that weve put on has certainly been on roads weve taken over cr harrison said gravel been put on roads which were chipped last year and when resi dents complained about dust the town had been assured by a delrex official the roads would be fixed they have been fixed he said but at the towns expe i think youll find a lot of this gravel was used in sunbeam hgta said cr meguvray we passed a 900 account for that gravel two weeks ago i cr harrison estrkt sale and use of fireworks regulations for sale and use of fireworks in georgetown were passed at mondays council ineet- henedorth tt t illegal to sell fireworks except during the week preceding the victoria day cele bration and uinotiry to people 16 and over it is a illega to discharge fire works except on victoria day special pernijssion can be given for public displays such as the one planned for the park on may 24th with the fire chief empowered as permit issuer c adoption of the regulations fol lowed a plea by fire chief jack harlow at last mondays meeting which dovetailed with a sugges tion made a few weeks previous by cr alfred sykes the fire jchief mentioned the boxy theatre liftreand the prevalence of fire crackers at a hockey game later that day as reasons for control and said the county fire prevention bureau will later recommend a uniform bylaw which it will ask all municipalities to pass i hope council realizes my opposition to decreasing the tax rate 2 mills this year was iusti- fied said cr ern hyde as be opposed passing of debenture by laws to provide tunds for storm sewers in thattinrttoii of town cr hyoeawtran storm sewerabutiwonbowadinopejf and keeping last year taxv rate would have saved the town a considerable sum of money bp lwas the lone opponent as third readings were given to boi fng bylaws for 3100 for a storm sewer on john fit from victoria to college 3600 for one on guelph st from durham to del rex and the u100swanek sew- two recommendations of geor getown planning board were left with councils town planning mittee for consideration the board recommended that i no committee of adjustment has yet been set up because the toning bylaw is not yet law jcounj cil should deal with the questw of auowing a im permit for a bylaw u provide slmyooo the new parte a request from cedarvaw school to have debris left on the property at the time of the maple ave extension removed was dealt with and the town works staff will comply with m the navy league was given per- mission to bold a tag day on june 6 and 7 and the green acre scouts permission to hold a cub- aree in the park on june 7th weather permitting otherwise on june 14th hunters association to aid in safety program a delegation from the george town anglers and hunters associ ation were in milton on may 1st where they attended a special mee ting called by the halton sports ttiansclub to familiarize anglers and hunters and rifle and pistol clubs throughout the county with a program now being organized by the depl of lands and forests whereby each club may have mem bers qualified as instructors the clubs will be authorized and requested to conduct a short course on the safe handling of fire arms this course is laid down by ihe depl of lands and forests primarily for the benefit and safe ty of young hunters it is expected that the program will be in operation by the fall and as soon as training facilities are adequate all hunters applying for their first license must present a certificate issued by a qualified in structor that they have successful ly completed the course a representative of the depl of lands and forests was present at the meeting to explain the pro gram and slides were shown to illustrate the training program those attending were informed that seventy one hunters have been fatally wounded in hunting accidents during the past four years by esublishing the safety program and g instructions mandatory for all new hunters it is expected the annual toll will be re duced considerably in years to come and as a result make hunting a safer sporl mnwegates from the george- wn anglers a hunters association comprised don hancock jack puckering don powers mike mar ko and albert whitney tje animal victoria day fire works display a joint effort of legio smay sh ik