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georgetown herald db 0 the home newspaper for georgetown and district i tha harald 1m71m7 canada 1u71967 authortzad at svcomf cuss mail post office dapt ottawa and for payment of postaga fai cash georgetown ortt thursday february 9th 1967 s 00 par year single copy price- tan cwim first aid in the space age first aid as practiced by the st john ambulance brigade isn t being left behind in the stampede of progress tfi s inflatable arm splint demonstrated by linda van wyck and ken thompson of georgetown raised the eyebrows of some onlookers at a scout par ents nite in holy cross auditorium last week t was one of several new methods in emer gency treatment exhibited at the st john display deny wimpey request to cut building lots council has accepted the plan ning board recommendations not to cut down the site of the lots in the area owned by wim pey homes 3ie lots are sixty feet at present but wimpey homes had asked that some be cut to fifty in an effort to avoid any re- currence of lost subsidies road chairman william smith town engineer nick kirewskle and treasurer a c hcbride will meet with mr h newington of the department of highways to have all available subsidies and methods of application ex plained in detail before cm barking on the mountainview rd bridge project claude kentner and walter gray were appointed to the halton county planning assoc lation as georgetown s represen tatives for 1067 buys industrial lots plans factory building council accepted an offer from win hcnally construct ion lo buy lots 58 and 59 in the industrial area at a price of 4850 according to the offer he plans to erect a building no less than 24 000 square feel v it is being built on spec commented reeve wm hunter crash kills youth on way to game bishop officiates at induction of rector the rev d eric mills was in the church s department of mis ducted as rector of st georges anglican church when bishop w e bagnall officiated at a cer emony at the sunday morning church service mr mills became rector in december succeeding the rev d john mcmulkin who is now at the church of st john the ev angelist hamilton the rev d w anthony rur al dean mr travis broadbent diocesan registrar also took part in the service while the keys lo the church were pres ented to the new rector by ir win noble people s warden sions following the service a coffee hour was held in the parish hall when church members and friends from a number of other parishes expressed good wishes to the rector and his family five on staff of christian school the addition of mr a dc boer brings to five the num bcr of teachers on the staff of the georgetown and district christian school the staff includes miss a baker teaching grades 1 and 2a miss a westman teaching 2b the revd d j woeller who and 3 miss i antonites teach was rector at orangeville when ing grade 4 mr a deboer mills was a parishoneri grades 5 and 6 and principal there preached the sermon he i mr george petrusma teaching is now director of personnel ml grades 7 and 8 pk- 4st2 ty this apparent casualty isnt one at all but a very i fe i ke dummy playing the role here of a shock vict m as ken thompson of the st john br gade goes through the mot ons of start ng mouth to mouth resuscita t on using a plast c interoral device though a georgetown st john d v s on folded a few weeks ago the commun ty is st h be ng serviced from acton branch headquarters four boards seeking higher 1967 grants thc arcjill up tremendous 1 commented the major as council discusse f thn requisit s of various boards on mon day night the requests from four boards total s56 500 he added comparing lst vrars roq it sitions to th s jears requests reec hunter showed last year the librarv received s14 331 or si 25 per capita this year the wint ro i 23 000 or s2 per cap n the comet er board reque t has risen from f w0 to vt 000 while the planning bnrd has risen from 4 000 lo s500 the boar t ot tirk management wants their till mill which ccamonalli in the past has been cut down t the momen a m ii is approx maiclj 16 000 the arena has considerable reenue staled the manr and the should plan anj fur the capital expenditure over five years instead of two years as thc plan the cierk was instructed tfi gather all the nformation on the history ot the- grant to the cr wm smith explained there was a group in town in tcrcitcd in making this their centennial project perhaps we can work it out with them said cr smith as he suggested a representative of the group should be asked to the next i committee meeting portable bandstand is senior citizen sunday sought for concerts changed to may date the georgetown c lizens band has repeated a rcqjcsl made last jcar for a 5 hundred dollar grant to build a portable band stand and asked council to consider it in their budget i the band stand would be us cd not onlj by the local group but by usiting hands to tbe exceedingly cold weather and icy conditions council decided monay night to change senior citizens sunday from february 12th to may 14 originally the senior citizens were to go or be taken to thurch then down to cedar vale for refreshments instead this will be done in mav bliss seeks eight acres property for warehouse an offer from e w bliss co to buy eight acres in the to n pwned industrial area was turn cd over to committee for mid bj council monday night a price of 8 217 was offered for lots 62 and s3 on which bliss plans to build engineering and warehousing space if the area is not built upon within twenty four months the land would rc- vcttto t ujwu upon the re turn of the purchase price reeve wm hunter stated he wo m like to see bliss have it since it shows an interest in the town hut he would prefer them to state how many square feel thpy intend to build crs wm sm th and james youn arced suggesting some one from bliss attend the com ullttce ibeeurig eliminate dangerous daily walk for north side public schoolers seven others injured when cars collide at silvercreek corner halton hills are planning recreation area in valley the houses presently under construction on rosefield and chelvm dr mark the ginning of the riling up of the area between delrex blvd and the norval camp of the west end ymca eventually a young glen williams man was killed and seven others injured in an automobile acci dent saturday evening on high way 7 abel stnedes 19 who was driving lost his life in the crash siebe vandermeer is hospitaliz ed with a broken shoulder and george kocslag with a bruised leg the driver of the other car involved mrs ellen sheppard or 12 vimy street acton ts also still in hospital with fac- hundred and u abc wno mov will rnvpr ninety four houses will cover tq tne glen year ag0 wth the area known as plan 720 paxents mr and mrs h metropolitan halton homes men smcdcs was cmploved ltd are building twenty seven i th coplandchatterson ltd in house at the moment on rose i brampton their oldest child field drive and roydeo place i he also leaves brothers bill the seven different models are teddy and jimmy he was active electrically heated and range in price from 23 100 to 25 100 alcan and skopit are also building in the area the whole area taken over by metropolitan halton devel opments ltd is being advertis the young peoples society of the christian reformed church his funeral service wednesday was the first event in the new church on the 7th line which is to have its offic ial opening friday night the three en route to ed as halton hills with the em aucn a hockey gams brochures listing schools hop ping facilities churches and recreaion areas a hen the accident occurred a trial solution to the prob lem of young school children having to walk a hazardous route from one far flung cc er of the wrigglesworth public school area appears to be wor king satisfactorily the situation which has ex isted for years reached athead in december when a delegation representing parents of school children in the mountainview rd north john st river dr vicinity approached the geor getown public school board to underline the threats of serious injuryorworse that exist along the route to school on the north side of the canadian national railways bridge while treacherous enough in the spring and fall because of lack of sidewalks this part of the route to school becomes an extreme hazard in winter when piles of snow leave the hiking pupils no choice but to walk on the road mountainview rd n is a main traffic artery during rush hours the public school trustees gave a sympathetic listen to the lat est plea and on jan 20 a two run bus service from that area picking up before 9 and depos ring after 4 was inaugurated about forty three wriggles worth public school pupils use the new service it will likely terminate in spring when walk ing conditions improve work in mill to raise expo funds community spirit is still very much alive in glen williams through the combined efforts of beaumont knitting co ltd principal ralph mckeown and fifteen grade eight eight stud ents these students will be able to spend three days at expo m may it works this way the pupil who said they would like to and would be able to take ad vantage of the three day pack age deal costing 45 including everything but meals and rides on the amusements were given the chance to work at beau mont knitting milts after school as each pupil earns fifty do lars he or she has to stop work ing to give the next one a chance to earn the required money principal mckeotfn feels this is a fair system since only the students who will benefit will do the work instead of all wor king to send a few other esquesing schools are now trying to work out a simil ar system but all are not lucky enough to have beaumont mills in iftelf village discuss renting office space ih sidmac building ontario provincial police said smedcs was northbound on p the highway in a 1952 corvair and mrs sheppard was travel 1955 dodg clubs over the objections of cr jim young apjlboy ballentine council voted to have the prop erty committee meet with sam mackenzie and std silver to dis cuss leasing office space in the sidmac building next to the municipal building cr w smith pointed out the crowded conditions in the pol the engineer s office i think we should discuss renting space in this building for a while we may eventually need a whole municipal complex he felt the costs of renting should be in vestigated in addition to two golf and country arena and swimming pool they south list a proposed valley club sneppard w this valley club is planned ently skidded on the slushy along the banks of the credit surface at the silvercreek down hungry hollow and uirve u ftrpw tenders were in- tor a police society mj arch pard car were treated at ge- station which when completed clubs ice skating tnnis lawn orgetown and district memorial bowling skiing and riding hospital and released clarence golf is also in the future plans sheppird suffered a m i chin murray rody received a plan 720 consisting of l qn hls ncad wapw lots is expected to be complet sheppanl jaw injuries the ed in a years time i qtnla camcr head lacerations would give the engineer that space so he saw no immediate need cr ballentine stated committee should not be tied commented cr the collision occurred at ab out 7 35 p m and was invest ice office thefrontoffice nd4-doy- this proj ezr thcr v l north muon dcuchmet of before building a police station right now stated the mayor this adjacent property with when interest rates are o all the ataff close together high ivs worth a try to find would be a much handier ar out the cost of renting two additions new public school in planning stage the ripples created by geor getown s new boom in home construction are starting to break on the town s public school system wednesday night board mem ben john mi n tern and edwin wilson met with council s fin ance committee and delivered the message a 136 600 four room plus library addition re quired at george kennedy pub lic school and 357200 seven rooms plus general purpose room addition at the ccntcn nial senior school which open ed in september the resurgence of house building in the extreme east end has necessitated the board s measure to provide the addition al teaching space by the start of next term an estimated seenty seven new homes have gone up in developments in the east end since the summer activity just starting to get under way at the opposite end of town is likely to bring about the start on georgetown s sev onth public school wimpey park public school on hyde park dr can absorb the school age children from the first for ty or so homes to be occupied in that subdivision but a com plete new school will be the re sult as the area becomes settled a pocket of residences on ann st and vacant property in the ontario st area will influ ence the board in choosing location the opp 14 10 2 10 fedkmh 1 wed 2 thurs 3 fn 4 sat 5 sun 6 mon 7 tues average high 23 3 average low 4 mean temperature lla 8 below normal total snow 8 inches total hours of sua 29h 421 percent of possible monday feb 6 was the coldest february afternoon since 1934 and the coldest day here since jan 16 1965 when the high was 3 plan church opening friday a fine new church lo serve the christian rcfortnd congre gation will be dedicated friday future building in town will construction are already resha be the subject of a meeting benighl ping the contours of the moore itween school officials and the farm at the eastern limits planning board to be arranged where they have applied to b the board s business admin d i pe build 300 houses listrator tation has been exten- the 7 30 p m service