Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 28, 1966, p. 1

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ads tint pay t can place am 4 1a 1 iwamawj hfmml ftvyint r ealwam tlwa httvm n where printing publixbu the home newspaper for georgetown and district served flnaocajsrewn flad trkt m printers and t since 1167 ofhrina the i fine printing and i i tirn malt pea office dapfc oll a f w of pas to c h g ontario april 28th 1966 500 par yean singh copy ftfcas taw large crowd took imaginary flight cpa and agency host over 500 at travel night admixing a model of one of canadian pacific airlines modern jets are murray henley left of the barber- henley travel agency travel nite emcee ennio vitafinzi fomner cpa stewardess kay simons bob atkinson assistant sales devlopment director for cpa and john r barber of the agency barberhenley and the airline hosted a travel nite in the holy cross auditorium last wednesday attended by a capacity crowd of over 500 travel bug hits over 500 view cpa films stage show was cut to tighten up what could nave been too jong a show jeffrey hiram and gilbert zulu kauhi played their own ukelele accompaniment for songs in bothenglish and haw aiian and accompanied grace ful mae beimes as she perform ed a number of traditional hulu dances the show was cosponsored by georgetown cpa agents bar ber ae henley travel agency climax was drawing of ten winners by hiss simons each received a cpa world globe their entries with those from 24 other centres where the trav el show plays will compete for the grand prize which will be drawn in june georgetown winners are mrs keith barber 9 king st e veronica birr 142 maple ave e john vandermcer rr 1 limehouse robert jones 6 or chard blvd mrs paul barber 1 william st mrs edison yea- 1 don 22 king st e tom clap- ham rr 1 georgetown harold c mcclure 83 maple avew mrs robert jones 6 orchard blvd and mrs william mcnally 22 market st m attractive brochures were giv en tp each person attending the show with travel folders illust rating a variety of trips avail able colourful travel posters decorated the auditorium there was an exhibit of dolls dressed wirg demonstration by kay in national costumes of count- simons former airline steward- ries visited and a large model ess and now a travel represents- jetliner which illustrated the tin with the firm her number luxury of todays travel flights two district people could be afa at trip to a faroff country later this year as guests of can adian pacific airlines they hove one chance in 250 of being the lucky winner in a travel contest which featured last weeks travel night in the audi- tormm of holy cross church hie contest winner gets two roundtrip tickets plus 500 cash to any cpa destination of feis choice litis include practi cally any part of the world ex cept africa ten local winners were chos en from a contest entry box the end of a program which seat over 500 people home af flicted with travelitis cpa style and no wonder they saw travel film detailing tourist at tractions in hong kong another care glimpses of european cities where one can planehop make the most of a vacation tour and a series of slides showing cities and countries i by cpa all were in col- between films a hawaiian trio played and danced the mu se of the islands ennio vita- finn of cpas head office staff was emcee and rg bob at kinson of the sales development de was technical dir ector one disappointment locally was the omission of an advertised a look at the weather max tuesday april 19 53 wednesday april 20 70 thursday april 21 63 friday april 22 55 saturday april 23 48 sunday april 24 57 monday april 25 58 tueday april 26 33 precipitation 92 rain trace of snow max 70 min 26 director defends expo expense in talk to jaycees the wonders of expo 67 were shown to jaycees their wi- ves and guests last tuesday night at a dinner meeting in north halton golf and country club seventyfour governments in the world have signed to parti- cipate ontario regional direc- tor of expo a rowanlegg told the group and between seven hundred and fity and eight hun dred canadian industries estimates ranging from ten million to forty five million viators have been quoted said mr rowanlegg with 42 per cent expected to be canadian and 54 per cent american the remainder from all over the world the ontario expo director de fended the 325000000 cost and the latest estimated deficit of 82000000 the visitors must stay in hotels buy food buy gifts so while the actual expo may show a deficit can ada as a whole will benefit he reminded the audience of the many scoffers who claimed the ice would wash the island site sway its thei and it is one third larger than the new york worlds flrv the theme of canadas birth day fair is man and his world broken down into man the pro vider han the producer man the creator and man in the community the speaker emphasized that the price of the ticket entitles the visitor to enter all buildings and to ride the automatic train he claimed the meals were reas onable with the maximum for a full meal being 500 we ex pect each of you to spend 710 at expo and youll get a lot for your money at the conclusion of his re marks he showed slides of expo the six months long fair which will start in april 1967 says school water developers job a capital expense of several thousand dollars was forecast by water chairman arthur speigtit monday when council receiv a request from the public school board to provide water service for georgetowns sixth public school which is under construction on delrex blv mr speight said he believes the subdivision owner is respon sible for the water service and will be checking on this dennison eyes town land make proposalthis week deadline nears no decision yet on pringle land option decision on whether a large industry will locate as planned in georgetown binges on what happens during the remaining days of this week an option on a 35 acre indus trial tract in the name of tor onto solicitor rj pringle ex pires on saturday the well- known but publicly unnamed company had planned a 250000 o it plant employing 250 peo ple with possibility of an even- tual plant four ti cs this size the original option expired on march 23 was renewed for still interested in a george- 1 of a proposed agreement with town location as a factory site the firm it was reported that dennison manufacturing co isi dennison would build an initial now eyeing a ten acre property 25000 to 30000 square feet in the georgetown industrial factory space with progressive park the land owned by the 25000 sq ft- additions in tour town has a 1000 an acre price tag last week council met in camera with company general manager mr mcdougall at mondays council meeting councillors were handed a draft stages industrial chairman era hyde said be would call a committee meeting later this week it hoped to have a concrete offer ready for the firm by the week end the dennison firm has also been considering a location the 7th line near 17 sideroad three weeks ago through a sol icitor they asked if town water service could be extended there if a plant were built council calls for updating on cost survey on widening span the mountainview bridge ov er the cnr tracks will have pri ority as georgetowns next ma jor public works project monday council voted 63 to update a cost survey for widen ing the dangerous bridge a main artery to several town fac tories and a connecting link be tween glen williams and a nor thern section of town with the bulk of the community the daraas smith engineer ing firm has recommended that this be done ahead of a propos ed widening of the main st ov erpass a traffic count has show ed almost as much traffic and a larger share of local traffic using this bridge while deputy reeve received some support young in his halton peel trust will have downtown office halton and peel trust and savings company is planning to open a georgetown branch later this year the firm with head office in oakville has purchased a main street property from the chris tian reformed church exten sive remodelling of the building is in the planning stage e manning founder and president of the trust firm told the herald that complete trust facilities will be offered at the georgetown branch when it op ens he hopes to recruit a large proportion of tus staff locally originally the terminal station for the old toronto suburban radial line the building next housed georgetown dairy op erated in turn by e b tyers riley brethour and irwin no ble when mr noble built his new dairy on the highway it was sold to the christian refor med congregation for their church a new church is planned on the 8th line near the christian school which opened last fall the firm with head office in drummondville quebec manuj factures crepe paper shipping tags gift wrapping paper mark ing tape gummed labels and paper napkins smile college years have been de scribed as the only vacation boy gets between his mother and his wife trio makes friends claim that the bridge should be shelved in favour of permanent improve mentto a number town strefconly mayor gib bons and w hyde voted with him in opposing the bridge he said thousands of dollars could be saved in yearly main tenance costs with such a pro gram youve forgotten the delega tions when the cnr crossing was closed said cr harrison who pointed out childrens lives are endangered every day using the present bridge cr smith said a pedestrian crossing would be possible with out the expense of a complete new bridge how many people using the bridge are georgetown resid ents he asked it would be a minority were faced with a major road program in town and it cant be delayed forever mayor gibbons said he agrees that a road building program should be considered and pedestrian crossing over the railway tracks is possible at an other location the cost of the bridge is al ready 30 over estimates in 1962 said road chairman reeve hunter if we dont build now well sit back and do nothing where are we going to get the money to pave all georgetowiftj streets where are you going to the money for the bridge ed the mayor it will cost the town i and it will have to be debenti ed answered the reeve at 7a interest said tfc mayor cr harrison pointed out t the industries served by- thwfl bridge are taxpayers payments do not entail costs and out of town using it are indirect ors who shop in town and 1 maintain the commercial ea my its helping just aa m people to get to work in br alea as it is to get into geora town said cr hyde the bridge wont he bnotl this year or next year either all the rate were going said th reeve mayor gibbons said that present high interest rates bridge isnt important to consider at present cr harrison warned that js9 the highway bypasses geargs town in future there would net i be as high a percentage of fo eminent grants available to hehv pay costs of bridges census starts june 1st mundy commissioner here a month and then for an extra week i while most councillors were mum this week on the matter deputy reeve jim young men- tioned during a council discus- sion monday that the firm may have changed its plans its no secret the pringle deal has fallen through he said during a discussion on another industrial matter there is one bright spot if j this occurs the town will poc- ket the 5000 deposit cheque i which accompanied the option georgetown 7yearold triple peel medallist evelyn allen 7year old dau ghter of mr and mrs robert allen 47 king st e won two old medals and a bronze in competition at peel music fes tival she was awarded a gold me dal in the vocal class for girls wader 9 and a bronze medal in the class for girls under eight and in the solo for the naderb group she also won gold medal evelyn comes by her musical talent honestly her mother an accomplished musician is her piano teacher she takes ber singing lessons from thelma capos morrison arct lrsm of brampton george h mundy 21 stevens crescl has been appointed loc al commissioner for the census of population and farm census which begins june 1 across can ada he will administer the geor getown census district which takes in the entire town and a portion of esquesing township twentyfour sub districts will employ a staff of 24 census tak ers the census takers will call at every home in canada asking five questions the farm census will also be simple although more questions will be listed in addition all business estab lishments will be listed to dev elop a master list for the cen sus of merchandising which will be completed by mail after the end of the 1966 fiscal year one aspect of the census stres sed by mr mundy is the need for public cooperation he point- georgi mundy out that today in most ries a census is carried oat intervals to take stock of hun resources and to use as a bt for public and private truckers strike boosts business for cn express smile wife to irate husband 1 dont normally open your let ters dear but this one was marked private kids love south pacific ambassadors as popular with the youngsters in the audience as with the adults was this hawaiian trio at the canadian pacific airlines travel nite in the holy cross auditorium wediesday night april 20th jeff hiram gil zulu kauhi and mae beimes pose with some of the local youngsters who took the trip around the world on film things ate hectic at the freight office at the canadian national railways georgetown orfice and have been ever since the teamsters strike closed down the major carriers milton brookcr who was ex press agent here until a new cn slicy moved him to brampton it year has been shifted back to the georgtown shed and all local express is being handled out of the local shed again be cause of the tremendous crease in shipments the number of shipments has more than doubled since the truck strike mr brooker told the herald part time help has been faired but according to sta tion agent john elliott some shipments are still unavoidably detained we just cant keep up with them the swell in business meant extra trucks as well as extra personnel and the shifting of all milton freight handling to the georgetown shed has compound ed the problem rail traffic through town has also cfimbed because of the in- use of cn freight and trains are passing through tows daily and with one extra paaaaav ger express it has swollen that daily average number of train through here to 50 the new passenger train from toronto to london stops here at 410 there has also been a 317- passenger stop added to um schedule up until now this tor onto bound train has been pass ing through but not stopping bliss strike appears near settlement the dispute between the eagle signal division of the k w bliss co canada lul c getown and the united j workers appears closer to be- ing settled at press time company representatives met i with the negotiating committeo of the bliss division of t 878 uw tuesday and a i bershlp ineeting was called fat 4 oclock wi sting was t etfmday details of the tuesday aviuawai ing were not avaflabwa that herald went to pros the bliss union was i rompufcnry union for all company wage cwrnatt express threat extra freightlwtoee they walked oo tawir jotw

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