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would put all georgetown recreation under one board the georgetown district civ 1c group mot at cedarvale may 17 and hoard ivan crabtree and oon gosling of the parks board ron hill of the planning board jim warren of cedar- vale and john bellamy of the library boaid speak of the work of their boards and their budgets the desirability of coordin ating all recreational activities in the town was discussed and mr crabtrc- mentioned that proposals for such a board under consideration however uch a board quired a minimum support of a 2 mill rate from tho town under ontario statute and this was considerably more than the parks and cedarvale boards re ceived at the moment mr hit said the official plan for the town was under revision and an amended plan might be ready for approval next year the amended plan would cover developments in the areas not now covered b agreements be tween the town and the devel opers but it could not alter these exiting agreements the de ficiency of suitaole recrea i ion areas in del rex was discus books and half- the space rec ommended ior a town of our site by the canadian library association with the planning boards population estimate of 15 000 in 1970 and 19 000 1975 an extension of the build ing ana a sharp increase in the book stock would soon be ur gently required councillor young suggested that the development of arena cedarvale library and parks were all obviously desir able but cost money without s clear expression of dissatisfact ion from the town with tht services it was getting council tended to hold the mill rate several members suggested that when everything else was cost ing more it was only reason able to expect taxes to increase as well if they did not the quality of the town services would inevitably deteriorate mr young agreed and acknow ledged that he had not had a to proceed could spell the end to separate school system father francois germain priest of sacred heart parish has refused to distribute a but letin issued by the roman ca tholic separate school board stating that it does not con form to realijar in a reply to the board fath sed and some doubt was ex er germain saio he rfefuse to pressed whether hld those ar distribute the bulletin because cas zoned as public open space in bis opinion it dissimilates had in fact in convenient pub- the true reason for rejecting lie aecs ho project mr warren said the town the news letter sent out to grant to cedanale sbooo this alt holv cross school support year was enough to cover bare ers said the board went ahead maintenance costs hut provid with the project obtained a ed nothing for devclopmenl he site and had an architect draw expressed the hope that service up plans after being advised in a clubs and other organizations meeting with department of might be interested in raising education officials that thoj separate school system in ge orgetown forever the letter states the cancellation will mean placing more children in the existing classrooms for the year 1968 and possibly 1969 this does not mean we have abandoned plans to build an other school we certainly in tend to do this the bulletin slates but only after we have balanced our budget it sajs that the action is the only alternative to having no catholic school in georgetown funds to as ist in the develop ment of the prop rty and sug gestcd that a stud of both the recreational facilities and re quirements of the town would be of value mr bellamy outlined the growth of the library since 1960 under the direction of mr dave bowman the property chairman a leacij program of building renovation had exten dd the usable area of the lib rary from 750 to 3 500 sq even so the georgetown lib rary still had less than half the would be getting greater grants the letter signed by chair man william boyle stated that costs also increased and view of the budget indicated the proposed second separate school st francis of assisi school could not be afforded at this time the board feels that to go ahead with the new school in the east end of town the i-p- arate school system would stand a very good chance of going into bankruptcy which would mean the end of the sugar and spice by bill smiley child drownings adults at fault the 1986 drowning itatlstics published recently by the red cross ahow that at least 170 children under 12 years of age drowned because they had no adult supervision lack of adult supervision in with a work force of approxlmjthe water is like a five year old single complaint about condlt ons under which municipal em nloyces worked mr young said that there was no pension scheme for employees and that atcly 60 he thought such cheme should be introduced there was general agreement on this point hardie concluded the meeting by thanking the spea kers and urging members to take appropriate action on any matter which they felt strongly o be in the best interests of he town he reiterated the ln- crest of the group in attracting new members concerned with the future development of the town and asked all members to make a serious effort to recruit interested people the georgetown herald thursday may 35th 1967 page 3 loose with a car on a super highway a child isnt aware of what hes up against in the water he doesnt know the dangers of broken glass debris and holes on the bottom he doesn t know how to escape from water cur rent weeds and mud hes not conditioned to think of safety wwle hes having fun parents are sometimes confident of their children s ab ilities and believe they can leave them to take care of themselves in any situation the above statistics prove that this is a false confidence sup ervise children eomtantly may 28 to june 3 is red cross water safety week in ca nadn seven complete leader patrol the red cross leader patrol course under tho direction of water safety chairman mrs betty lou bowden with instru etion by cliff johnson has sev en graduates rick landry brenda julliott linda cappcrauld marilyn em merson andrea chaplin nigel gunding and diannc pantlmg completed the leader patrol course successfully may 14 the leader patrol course is not to be confused with the wa tcr safety teaching corps which was organized by mrs bowden georgetown pubuc unary centennial project georgetown library is offering prizes to the value rf 100 for stroics and reminiscences of georgetown and district a first prize of 50 will be awarded to the best entry of 2000 words or more and other prizes will be awarded at the judges discretion brief anecdotes will be eligible for 5 prizes the intent of this competition is to secure material on the history of georgetown which may otherwise be lost all en tries will become the property of the library board and wtu be available for reference in the library publication of selected entries will be considered if this eeems appropriate it is hoped that the competition will attract stories of early georgetown based on family traditions as well as first band experiences of more recent date entries will be judged by a panel of judges selected by the library board and should be submitted to tile librarian not later than 1st october 1967 t we get letters xhcn ou wnte a column he goes on ma trie had to like this jou set seme reacbe studied and written off in tion if ou didn t it wouldn t swcltenngly hot june days with be worth writing because itairconditioning nowhere wouldn t be worth reading a recent column has produc ed reaction it dealt with tie load we heap on teen age kids rcncrallj and con amed a list of what m lgear old specif call has to do in the next few weeks two 1c lers ar ncd r then a third the fir t was from k d of owen sound your column is not up to our usual standard not quite so frank it mif c ave been if you had turned the x ray on yourself as well as on the en tics of the joung pecle of to day whoeer ihcj ma be critics k d meet l i tajlor of toronto vdmitlmg that he has met a few decent teen acr wnte nn summer vac ations in a nmill town hr adds but not so in t s bx cirj a crcat mam of thr teen 9 herr are h r b n polite immoral bores to be shun ned and avoided hcrcer pos sible k d says any sana person i would know your daughter i trying to do too much result of having two overambitious parents each of you cant ing to realm in each of your children your own ambitions salfish i d say now wait a minute aerc k d you can sa what you like about mj wife but b gorrv you re all wrong about me all i want is for m daughter to atop driving her mother nuts pass her school ear if possible get married preferably by el optnent 1 11 spring for a fifty foot ladder in lieu of a 1 000 wedding hac about fie kids anl get as much fun out of them as e have out of ours back to mr tajlor he docs rt blame the parents but the kids they have it too soft says thej hae more advantages than we hsd but lack initiative and drive and he lists about 30 things he was doing while in high school come on le be sensible sure vou did tiom biit how man others of your ase did there was darn little initiate dnc during the de pression still docs old boy in most plac cs and furthermore it s about three times more difficult than the matnc you and 1 passed and the universities demand standards far higher for admis slon back to k d bet your moth- ed would have had more sense she didnt have time ed note whose fault is it that your daughter and others want to do so nch in and out of school yours and others like you what kind of training ad vice guidance have you given her apart from strive strive strive and achieve achieve achieve k d you are hereby invited to gnc my daughter some of that stuff but don i blamt mc it jou emerge from the con ference hloody and bruised there s more of the samr from k d ind a lot of it good sense it ends baloney to yur sex lsd and drinks mere red herrings to drag in land show how up to date you really are not stuffy at all ho ho well hoho to jou kj you have been reading too many ar tides about punk parents and not enough about punk kids if you think dnnk and drugs and sex arc red herrings in relation to teenagers oud better pull your head out of the sandpile there you are one corres pondent says it s the parents fault the other says it s the kids theyre both wrong and both right and then came the third let tcr balm to tortured nerves it was from an old friend edith rudell of london ont she u not exactly an amateur com mentator six boys and a 2lrl 1 quote i will frame it the column and amen the fantas tic amount of time and energy and nervous tension expended by my group is not possible to describe furious anyway exhausts me just being an on looker so bless you bill for putting the thoughts mto words limehouse news we are pleased that mrs os burn and mrs uoyd mcenery are botlh well enough to be home from guelph hospital fol lowing operations also mrs findlay is home following treatment in hospital georgetown we wish better health for her mr and mrs norman mcdow ell of brandon manitoba are visiting cousins the lawsons 4th 1 ine mrs mcdowell in town and mrs osburn limebouse mr and mrs russell ross and family of toronto visited the lawsons en sundaj misses hcanor karn and ma j roy lou brown spent a few dajs at expo last weekend i congratulations to misses bet ty ann brown and carole law who rcccnllj graduated i from iakeshore teachers col lege betty ann to teach in geor getown and carole in esques ing c ngratulalions to mr frank anthony who received his asso ciatc diploma in agriculture at guelph university last week and bless jou dear heart and bless x d and le bedding plants cemetery pans nd window boxes filled good selection dose bushes hybrid teas and climbort grass and garden seed shrubs trees fertilizers peat moss insecticides weed killers lawn ornaments patio planters patio stones sidewalk subs curb for driveways webbs greenhouses vt milt south of normal dial 8658158 household furnishing clearing -house- sale save now oft a wide selection of sealy mattresses and box springs from 33 to 58 every 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