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vi liixhat pay yaw can placa an ad in tit i haramv claaahm awges by fconl 177mok buying ar f ijn tha herald ta whtr wu will find the rwsuha yau printing publishing tka oaa haram haa the home newspaper for geor and district too iktaffarfcaj ha aatf a tetharbad is santal claaa mall pam ofllca dapt ottawa and far parmant a a in caah oaoii out thvnday rabtwary 3fd 1966 l00 par yaw singh copy prica tan carta martin road honours april centenarian gjeorgetownv oldest resident will be honoured in a new street name martin road has been chos- en as the name of a street which will be opened in ppr- tion of thelbelreic industrial a- lea to service a number of sinall industrial lots in the northeast section the street is named after joe martin who will mark his 100 birthday on april 1st mr martin father of mrs george glassford 9 union st and mrs john t armstrong 23 parkview blvd is a patient in georgetown hospital at present after an operation on a broken hip order flasher lights for highway islands as a safety measure at the maple ave highway crossing council on monday ordered fblsher ughtfl whftb will be in stalled on the mltchighway is- three more buyers acquire land in industrial area with sale of land to three separate buyers council on monday disposed of 8 more acres of the industrial park acquired last fall from delrex developments the land purchased at 100 an acre has a current selling price of 1000 an acre endorsed monday were sales of 2 acres to andrew murray motors five acres to h boeh- mer co and almost an acre too p const the latter firm was also given an option on a similar amount of land ad- i- joining its purchase in dealing with the o p j sale cr ern hyde told council that he wanted all members to realise that a letter from wil liam schenk jr read earlier ttrcduncil dealt with the same parcel of land the land joins a new factory being built by mr schenk to house his knitting business council decided that the o p offer was more attractive as a building will be constructed this year signs of spring reg williams of stewarttown is the first urreport the annual sign of spring mr williams tells us that he saw a crow this week some time before the birds normally appear lands cost is 400 v crs ballentine and hyde op posed- the purchase not be cause the flashers are not need ed but because further safety measures are being considered and they consider it uneconomic to introduce these one at a time- possibility of traffic lights and a warning flasher at the in tersection is being considered reappoint six add two councillors to commissiorr betty ann tripp is tiny talent performer another georgetown young- ter will be seen on the channel 11 program tiny talent time soon betty ann tripp 11 year old daughter of mr and mrs ralph tripp 22 park ave was in the stations studios monday take part in a show taped then for showing in two weeks it will be aired on sunday feb 13 at 430 betty ann sang lifes bal cony at the taping she is a pupil of mrs robert allen 47 king street east vtusjwt- the 1066 industrial commis sion was appointed by council on monday serving on this years group will be six of last years seven members plus two council mem bers t reappointed to the commis sion are alex bleckwell con- nell smith sam penrice james linton william mcnally and roy wilson councillors roy ballentine and ern hyde com plete the 8man commission malcolm freeman who re signed to seek the position of reeve in the december elections was the seventh member last year council reached a stalemate two weeks ago over the quest ion of the number of councillors who would be members and none of the proposals submit ted had a majority support mondays proposal was oppos ed by deputy reeve young and cr smith cr hyde said there had never been any question of not realiz ing that all commission mem bers had done an excellent job last year but he stressed that with the town owning industrial land it is imperative to have some councillors as members to provide liason cr ballentine who has con sistently opposed having coun cillors on the commission said he could understand mr hydes concern but i hope we will not be expected to make public names of industries with which we are dealing be said seek uniformity in district schools principals from is public schools met at georgetowns harrison lehool wednesday afternoon and continued dis- i on a guidebook for teachers this is aimed at bringing more uniformity in students tests and report cards in the inspectorate of o g mcdowell which includes schools in geor getown esqttesi a nassa- gaweya wednesday was the third workshop and at the final meeting of the year in may results will be compiled and finalized harrison principal hazen al len is chairman of the group this year and park principal william french is secretary snow delightful experience for visiting mexican boy while the snow and cold may be a source of annoyance- and discomfort to most of us to one thirteenyearold mexican boy presently visiting in geor getown it is a wonder and a delight tomas aja pronounced aha has been visiting with w t craig reids of chipper court since november 25th on his arrival he was extremely disap pointed to find no snow how- january has made up for it and he has delighted in filing- m ve i the reid children ia as- ha is- known in grade six of harri son school where be has been a student uvea on a large farm twenty five miles from mexico city and it is indeed large there are 000 cows to be milked necessitating a large number of farm hands mr craig reid who sells cattle to mexico met tomas family about fourteen years ago and has visited them fre quently since last year to nus cousin- was a guest of the reids while two other cousins are presently visiting in ottawa and toronto tomas will fly direct to mex ico city to rejoin his seven bro thers and sisters for whom he has bought many presents if he manages to shake the cold be has picked up he will leave for home this week he has also picked up a fair amount of english while the reids have picked up some spanish if everything goes as planned by this weekend tomas will be sitting in sundrenched mexico telling about the beautiful white snow up in canada and the lu cky people who live with it winter licences due name dog tax collector milton rarker was reappoin ted as collector of dog taxes by council on monday mr harker will be in charge of fees which are due in mid- february for owners of dogs in georgetown a suggestion at the meeting by joseph kirley assistant dog controller that his department handle sale of tags was discus sed at the meeting council expressed some interest and hinted al the possibility that later in the year the tags might also be sold in this way but took no action on mr kirleys request furniture joins list of georgetown products a look at the weather january high low 26 wed 12 9 13 0 28 fri 12 s 29 sat 13 1 30 sun 13 1 31 mon 21 10 february 1 tues 23 16 high for january 55 jan 1 low for january 15 jan 12 precipitation for january 2017 snow with a brisk wind whipping snow with gale force a ground breaking ceremony introduced georgetowns newest firm gen eral fireproofing to a group of civic officials and industry re presentatives thursday- morn ing the stormy day delayed the arrival of the hon stanley randall ontarios minister e c o np mica and development who was to have helped push the plunger for a dynamite blast in his place deputy- reeve w hunter assisted com pany president john a saund ers and mayor joseph gibbons an initial force of 75 to 100 will work in tfie 150000 sq ft plant which will be built on a 43 acre site fronting no 7 high way when it is completed this fall but the company largest u s producer of office furniture is confident that staff and plant size will soon expand at a dinner which followed at north halton golf count ry club a gait man wm s craig who will be georgetown manager was introduced accompanying mr saunders to the ceremony were top com pany officials and members of the board of directors from youngstown ohio herbert c williamson jr gf vice presi dent in charge of divisions and subsidiaries was chairman he said his firm chose georgetown because of its proximity to tor onto the available labour sup ply and land suitability super city would have georgetown as its hub dynamite blast breaks ground general hrroohng company president john a saunders left and the hon stanley randall ontarios minister of economics and development a dynamite charge broke ground at the site of general fireproofing co mpany plant in georgetowns industrial park thursday a super city extending as far west as aldershot east to port credit and north to orangeville with georgetown at its geogra phical centre is the recommen dation in a report which has been accepted in principle as oakvilles brief to thomas plun- kett regional government stu dy commissioner for halton and peel counties all muni cipal councils county councils conservation authorities boards and commissions in the munlci- palitiea in the area would be scrapped the city would have a popu lation of about 250000 at its birth and a fat equalized as- of 524752375 the necessity of betting up such a regional unit and arran gements for financing it are contained in the 25 page re port which will be sent to tho- as plunkett the brief says a single reg ional unit comparable in slxe to the logical region for metro toronto is necessary in order to avoid the fusion of toronto and hamilton government would be by single municipal council consis ting of a mayor and ten elected councillors elected onthe ward system with 10 wards each com prising about 25000 people huge agricultural tracts mr r who arrived- in time for his dinner address wel- gf to canada and pointed out that the building boom calls for more and better office furniture in toronto alone a skyrock eting market should provide i you withlimitless sales opport unities in 1965 ontario build- ing permits averaged 20 percent above 1964 saying that ontario has the highest canadian retail sales and 40 of canadas personal income he boasted that ontar io is the worlds champion of high living we in ontario own more per capita than even the uj5 he said while operations here will first be on a modest scale mr saunders said in a speech that within three years it is planned to make georgetown a fully in tegrated manufacturing facility he said it could parallel a plant innorth carolina started in 1963 which today employs 400 gf products will be mar keted throughout canada and probably be exported also to other commonwealth nations mayor gibbons extended a ci vic welcome to gf expressing the towns pleasure in having the first canadian branch of an important us firm locate here the georgetown plant will be gfs seventh plantothers are- in youngstwn ohio sturgis mich charleston sc for est city nc san luis obispo cahf and ehieottville ny weather causes rash of accidents last week would be established within the municipality these to be given over permanently to agricul ture election of the councillors according to the brief would fee for a minimum of two years preferably three or four a single social and welfare agency for the proposed muni cipality would combine all social services including homes for ttie aged child wel fare and public health and all local boards of education and public utilities commissions would be abolished and repla ced by a sinfile board and five man elected puc for the entire area no smaller unit will balance the influences of metropolitan toronto and hamilton the brief slates tuberculosis xray unit visiting here february 28 a two car collision at the corner of guelph and durham st was the most serious of six motor vehicle accidents handled by georgetown police this past week poliee said a car driven by jack heppes 3 lane court was southbound on durham st and making a left turn onto guelph was in collision with a car oper ated by craig mcmullen 109 mill st acton saturday after noon georgetown police constable harry liberty placed the prop erty damage at 800 to heppes chevrolet and 400 to mcmul- lens 1963 valiant a passenger in the mcmullen car wilbert mcmullen r r 1 acton suffered the only injury a bump on his bead two vauxhalls collided at the main and mill st intersec tion tuesday afternoon result ing in 225 in property damage police said a 1960 vauxhall driven by marlene harley 27 park avenue was northbound on main when in collision with a 1965 vauxhall driven by wu lism briggs 70 prince charles drive the latter vehicle was southbound and making a left turn onto mill street cst william koeslag inves tigated this one and estimated property damage at 125 lo the harley car and 100 to the one operated by briggs glen williams and barbara june storch 74 river drive mrs storch was proceeding south on mountainview when in collision with the hill car which was entering mountain- view from a driveway 1962 plymouth suffer ed 300 damage and mrs storchs 1963 corvair 100 da mage according to cst wil liam koeslag who bandied this one a similar accident involving a car entering mountainview road from a private driveway occurred thursday jan 27th pc william bell said a 1966 chevrolet operated by william leroy lenden smith toronto was making a right turn from a private drive opposite meadow- glen growers onto mountain- view when in collision with a 1961 ford driven jiy theodoras van klink r r 4 georgetown the van klink car was south bound estimated damage here was 125 to the vanrlink farm and 50 to undcnsmiths earlier the same day pc henry vandersluis investigated an accident at the intersection of albert and murdock streets in which 225 damage was done to cars driven by george wayne riddall 142 rcrway dr and franklin fuller 72 king st a total of four xray technic ians six nurses and two units will be used- in halton county during the- proposed tuberculin test ah xray survey which will begin on feb 1st throughout the drive to find all the unknown cases of tuber culosis in halton county tub erculin testing clinics and mo ttle xray units will visit principal communitites- begin ning with norval georgetown and acton on feb 28th the staff and equipment is supplied by the ontario dept of health at the request b the halton county ttfberculojt as sociation the nurses for the survey have been specially trained for mils type of work and have riddall was moving north on albert st in a 1964 chev- two ramblers came together elle and fuller was tastbound been holding simhar clinics ll sccident monday after- over the province for the past at the corner of rexway four years the xray technic- drive and mountainview road uns are also carefully selected a 965 rambler driven by aome with as much as 20 years jeanne getty 21 shelley st experience in community mass wjs wes on guelph and survey work imaking a left lum onto rex- j l t c way drive when the car skid- rev m tstabrooks survejtjjg 96 rambler driv- en by mary louise hurley 33 ewing st the hurley car was rexway approaching the slop sign survey chairman said today that every person attending the clinics will receive a confidential report ol the test or xray th great majority will show clear and healthy lungs he said most cases discovered will be in the early stages when tuberculosis can be most quickly and easily cured he added te surveywill begin on feb ruary 28th snd will continue un til april 6th damage to the vehicles was about equal and totalled 150 according to the investigating officer pc r d martin damage estimate was 400 in a collision opposite 90 moun tainview road sunday involving can driven by thomas hill mecrackeh- on murdock in a 1961 chevro let riddalfs vehicle took the brunt of the damage about 150 worth the accident hap pened at noon social personal mr james mcqueen from ed monton alberta spent few days recently with his nieces hisses jean and margery mac kenzie 10 valleyview rd andrew murray sr proprie tor of andrew murray motors has returned from a vacation trip to california he travelled by plane and in los angeles visited former georgetown res idents mr and mrs fred sum- an and mr and mrs- william