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owner council blast bank for lipping mortgage payments thl worofftown hiraid trumoay april u in pact a action to tth canadian lro panfc qt cotnippf in the mortgage payment to cover culler payments ol 4aaei not only raised the pay- ntu for homeowners but jaed their in in turn the telephones of all members of council started ringing the natter came up for discussion at mondays council meeting i imagine the rest of you got as many calls as 1 did began cdun w smith the thing that tiled the people was they knew the taxes bad not gone up he explained that by the towns moving up the tax hilling date k jrom hay to march this year the bank of commerce had only ten months advance taxes in stead of twelve coun smith then read the no tice be had received from the bank as follows your local tax office issued their tax bills this year payable on or before the hfith day march and we provided payment ac cordingly this is two months earlier than they were demand ed in 1985 with the result that you contributed only ten 10 instilments towards payment of your 1966 taxes rather than the usual twelve the mult is a shortage iq the tax account eflui ivalent to two monthly tax in stalments in order to provide for the liquidation of this hort- age and fu provision for your 1967 tax bfll payable next march it has been necessary to increase your tax payment rate temporarily o the figure fhown on the enclosed paymepj sched ule- barring any change in ta payment date or mill rate in 1967 it should be possible for us to adjust your rate down to a more normal figure next april vfe draw your attention to the fact that your new schedule be comes effective with the instal ment due 1st may and your payments should therefore be made accordingly what i waht to know is can transport upsets dump eighteen tons of paper eighteen tons of paper was dumped when a transport upset at the corner of the 7th line of eajuesing and no 7 hwy mon day night mcculioughs cor ner the paper raw stock from the domtar mill at st cathar ines was bound for processing t the georgetown domtar mill the driver ronald herbert burse of virgil ontario was treated in georgetown and dis trict memorial hospital for mi nor injunes- an estimated 6 000 damage was done to the vehicle owned by gibson cartage of st cath tines damage was also done to trees and lawn the property of elmer fendley e ft- 1 georgetown- georgetown firelighters stood by in case the scattered stock ig nited the trucks battery caught fire and was extinguish ed by police before firemen ar tived the driver was unfamiliar with the run from st cathar ines and was coming to george- three injured s car plunges embankment three georgetown men were treated for cuts and scrapes thursday night after the car they were riding in plunged off the brink of a steep embank merit near the old georgetown dynamo into a tangle of trees police said the 1000 pontile driven by donation doiron 80 raylawn cresc was travelling north on sinclair seventytwo feet of skid marks crossed arm strong ave and ended at the brink of the sixty foot bluff trees cradled the car 25 feet from the top doiron was treated for a lac erated forehead scrapes and bruises to his body jacque le- breton 80 raylawn cresc for lacerations and concussion an dre laroque 118 raylawn cres for injuries to his back and right leg an estimated 1000 damage was done to the car the accident happened at 8 pm town via acton instead of the normal route the paper was returned to the st catharines mill for sal vage response was generous to unitarian appeal from brief four paragraph story in the herald telling of mrs bruce hardings allowing her home to be used as a depot for used clothing for the unit arian service committee a front porch and a basement full of clothing resulted evidently readers have been touched by the plight of the starving and freeing children all over the world and have dug into the baekf their closets even to the extent of a fur coat thursday april 21st mrs carl kaufman chairman of the kitchener waterloo unitarian service committee wilt explain the work of the committee and show films of conditions in countries all over the world where starvation disease and death prevail to local guests at mrs hardings home 70 main st south with the brat batch of cloth ing on its way for distribution the empty basement awaits more kind donors arsenic and old lace next theatre production the georgetown uttle tbeat res closing production for this season arsenic and old lace begins its three night run april 21st 22nd and 23rd in the high school auditorium the well known murder com edy which has appeared on stages in most cities of the world movies and the late show uses most of the acting mem bers of the local theatre group plus some new faces with this production betty fisher makes her debut as a director while the cast features mary goebel des nichol wright smith ron hill pat barkhouse fine ming gord hunt chris fisher ed burman freda grittam jim bundle vera macdonald ron hunt it is hoped that the president of the western ontario drama league nora winter wilt be in the audience for the saturday night performance the georgetown little theat re are considering holding a summer school during may and june consisting of weekly lec tures and films covering all phases of stage work anyone interested should contact ron hill at 82 dalrex blvd north mtunafad this be done by the canadian imntrw bank pf commerce he demanded hi reminded council that consideration was being given to setting the tax date back to january 1st iq 1967 if we did this those with mort gages with this bank would hftye skyrocketing mortgages the lengthy meuon moved by conn smith and seconded by coun hyds stated that the treasurer and the finance com miuee meet with the mortgage department of the canadian imperial bank of commerce to determine the necessity and vol fdlty of the increase in mort gage payments for the yew 1966 pn those homes whose mort gages are held by the said bank and furthermore that the treas urer and finance committee determine at the same meeting what effect the proposed sug gestion of jan 1st due date for taxes would have on those mortgages r held by the said bank coun -b- hyde questioned the banks operation jf we do not have success in the meeting with the bank we should go to both governments and further if necessary he emphasised the people receive no interest on their money and the bank gets the tax discount theres millions of dollars gain for the bank by using other peoples money concluded cr hyde the motion was passed unani mously highway chase fine brampton youth 125 people in county court thurs day heard how a georgetown police cruiser was almost forc ed off the road in a 70 m p h chase on guelph st february 24 georgetown constable harry liberty said during the chase the other car involved was crossing the centre line back and forth in front of him he said at one point he was dnv ing east on the westbound lane as a result a brampton youth was accused of driving while impaired he pleaded not guilty constable liberty told the court that the accused had al- moit forced the cruiser off the road he said later the accused stag gered as ha walked and his breath smelled strongly of al cohol he said to me he had too much to drink he added georgetown deputy police chief robert wilson said while in the police office the accused repeated he had too much to drink the accused told the court that his car was incapable of reaching 70 m p h he admitted he bad said he had too much to drink and added hut i dont feel that my ability was impair ed magistrate james black fined him 125 or 30 days town would exchange property with domtar an old town owned road matthews street which runs through the domtar mill prop erty may be traded for 66 feet of domtar property on mount- ainview road if a deal suggest ed by council is accepted by the mill the mill has asked to have the old road officially elosed and deeded to them in mohan ge the town has requested the 66 on mountalnvlew which reeve w hunter stated the town would need if a new bridge was going to be built a copy of the motion will be sent to the mul dads prove superior take lads in hockey on wednesday evening of last week the apt arena wm the scene of a hockey game which was far away from stan ley cup category of hoefcay put provided a lot of fun for both flayers and spectators some of the former hallinalad team of a few years ago got together to challenge the present genar- ation of hockey hopefuls to i game dupein hedougal wm the coach of the youngitera and lloyd marshall for the old sters the lineups were as follows bon brow reg french gord frjcker pave c enery eddie melody chh neil son don heartbur disk shoruu floyd 8f6 snow and the second team george bates bill black firry brown allan and murray janv iespn clare snow brian sin clair bill smith boss mplean danny shoruu morley shoruu brian wood david swindle- hurst and jim sanderson nei ther team had been together for too many praptlcea but it was a lot of fun and the final score was well anyway the dads won 72 better luck next time boys prior to the game the scouts bad the rink for an hour of ioe sports including a game of broomball the ballinafad charming chicks met at the home of pam and nancy snow on march 26 they discussed different party ideas formal and informal in vitations and proper introduc tions mrs jamieson showed different types of table cen tres the group also held a meeting on april 2nd at the home of cathy french they discussed party refreshment and menus cup cakes were made and they were shown how to decorate them mrs james tarawell of far- gus visited over easter week end with her father mr tom mack and mr em rogers mr and mrs george bates sr of london visited on barter sunday with the family at the manse mr and mrs don smith and family who are spending the easter holiday week with rela lives in the orangeville dis trict visited with former fnends in the community and attended service of worship on sunday morning mr smith dropped in at the close of sunday school where he was the superintendent before mo ving to the sudbury district just before christmas driving charges bring fines for 3 in court a glen williams man was fin ed wo plus 18 costs or twelve days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge in court last week he was charged with careless driving after an accident in ge orgetown december 10 he agreed that his car hit a stop sign a checkerboard road sign and a hydro pole before coming to rest defense counsel douglas lati mer said the accused fell asleep at the wheel of his car as he was going into a sharp corner it was his first motoring of- feme at the same court two youthi charged with racing their cars on a georgetown street march 12 were each fined 90 with 1 costs or ten days in all magistrate james black told the youths you are not going to do it on the highway thas why we have a jot of peo ple in the courts both youths one from geor getown and one from downs- view both pleaded not guilty lw0 tt melon ts in the ctutcbm of homicidal maniac played by eric ming about to earn to me fellow dm nichol theyre rahaareing for arsenic and old lace the georgetown littht theatres last double tape days t callf in important r lor ettealteml aaay counting i agamplai ii ywir aaah raflatar lap total 1144 yad will racalva ai lit onua taooa full tap dava if iuat antthar rattan why wt say yao alwaya fat a llttli antact at i0a taki advahtaoi op douili tap dayi to i hicis dmctivi amu ii 14 15 it iav c white oranulatid sugar saw 34c rio rom coffee 41 75 new zealand spring lamb sale shert cut whale er kail lego lamb loin o lamb 29 front o lamb 295 65 wi tjbmvi thi r10ht to limit quantities savi lie roy au iathroom m g tissue 2x49- iavi he ktuooos m corn flakes 1 07 can no 1 grade pei aa potatoes rj ptoduci of usa can no 1 a tt celery 239 chinatown froon 1 variatlaa dinners -59- frozsn oranm drink m m f honey dew 24t ioa lucky shopper shirliy maumont 34 pilaca charloa drive 3374 georgetown iga 1500 trees will be part of haltons centennial helton county council is spen ding 4000 on young trees tbst it will make available to rural farm people at a nominal charge si part of the countys centen nlal project the countys committee on agriculture thursday agreed to order about 1500 trees red maple sugar maple and ash the trees will be from six to eight feet high they will cost the county ab out 13360 each but the county will make them available to rur al helton residents for so cents apiece if we charge something for them the people are more in clined to take cere of them stated reeve william hunter chairman of the agricultural committee limit this the trees are limited to 25 to a family application forms will appear in the county news papers this week people will have ten days in which to turn in their requests- trees will have to be planted 40 feet apart on the front parts of the properties the re strictions are placed to prevent people from making hedges out of the trees or planting them in obscure places on farms carr resigns post as georgetowns engineer the resignation of wh can al town engineer was acoepted with regret by council monday night mr carr wished to term lnate his employment on the present retainer basil but ex plained he would prefer to work tor the town on a consult ing bails the same as any other firm of engineers in his letter mr carr listed thst the issuing of permits sub mission of monthly reports to the department of highways and enquiries could be handled by the front office or by the general foreman any tpaelal periodic reports he was still willing to handle upon being so authorised by council he requested a change of terms of present employment permitting him to do consulting work for other firms without any appearance of conflict of in terest which i feel can be in ferred under present exlitlng terms on a retainer basis the letter concluded wanted salesman to mi p arm and industrial tractors machinery in ommitown aria xnllant opportunity apply in pmon at cedar springs motel 4 mites west o georgetown on hwy 7 room 3 monday apr ifth 2 r5 or 7 to 9pm f purchase offer for princess anne lot an offer from w barrett to purchase a lot on princosi anne drive was turned over to the property committee by council monday a price of one thousand dol lars was offered for the land consisting all of lot 7 and part of lots there was quite e lot of dis cussion of this land last year said the mayor and council felt a price should be set and land advertised reeve w hunter agreed say ing it was decided the land should be cleaned up to make the property more desirable be fore advertising the property committee will consider the offer and our selection is exceptionally large the diamond you give is a symbol of your love so of course you wan to give the best at boughton s very gem ii carefully chosen for fine cutting color and the quality that makes them fitting expressions 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