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georgetown herald i the home newspaper for georgetown and district ifca maram 1m71m7 canada 1u71h7 mtmdmi m taripil cfan mag foat office dpt ottawa and far payment af p o in cmh o onf ihuraday jun 8th 1967 5 00 pr yr slngl copy pnc tan canta hat popping cheque find bodies of drowned couple council ratepayer at odds rule pay bill or water cut drama flared briefly at recently he was informed by my answer is that the bylaw mondays council meeting when the water department that un must be enforced and will be mayor gibbons adjourned the less j back billing of 17 00 tsihe said meeting called a police constable paid his water service would operate ble and threatened to eject albe disconnected he paid pair discovered in credit riyer identified as mr mrs g david by terry hrly ion the second victim alio with georgetown couple and no response coroner dr j h v oiiu win j their unborn child drowned in chamberlain dccfared them else can council credjt rw flt ho ottcr bmh dcad paper mill dam on river 4 50 but refused to extra pay iqgetowns centennial committee chairman william smith s silk hat pops off with the help of halton mla george kerr as he and mayor joseph gibbons accept a cheque for 10 000 the cheque a grant from the ontario dept of agriculture to istsi with the purchase of cedarvale community centre was turned over to the town i in a presentation ceremony there the cedarvale purchase qualified for the grant from the agricultural and horticultural societies branch of the department lice chief suspended ouncil asks opc probe lowe acting chief pending opc hearing at a special council mcctin i friday evening council request ed the ontario police commis sion to conduct an investigation into the conduct and perform nee of police chief rov halcv hding outcome of the invesli i cation the chief has been sus pended with pa monday with three council i lors opposing inspector hnrley lowe was appointed acting po lice chief the vole carried i s3 with the mayor and or young emmcrson francis and ballentinc supporting it and eeeve hunter deputy reeve speight and tr harrison in opposition r smith was not present at the meeting the investigation was rcquc t cd bv chief halcv in january whtn in a letter to counc 1 he said his ability as chief atimm istrator has been questioned by council on numerous octa ions m the pa i two years nd hould be danfied t thi same time he asked that q il ificalions of all police officers be examined at the same time as to their capabilities of be coming chief executive officers cnaware that counc 1 had made their move on rndav resident james mccaig 37 ma pie ave w urged that the town haze a police commission and take police matters out of politics i he criticised a salary raise which put an inspector in a high cr bracket than the chief and said the public is confused at conflicting statements made bv councillors when this was dis cussed in council a week ago the chief requested an in icsligation in january isn t he entitled in be found guilty mniecnt he asked nothcr resident r sccord 30 shelley st also urged a po- 1 ce commission to get awty irom what he termed petty oolitics lolice chairman jim young remarked that it would be easi cr to sit back and do nothing hut that his duty is to solve difficulties on the force and he had hoped this could be dona without the unpleasantness of an investigation it s bad form to discuss this any further while an investig ation is m process said mayor gibbons br nging the discussion to a close bers of sl john a church stewarttown asked esquesing council holiday night for helpl in restoring the old stewart town cemetery the cemetery i lies at the top or the hill be hind the orange hall connely inquest jury recommends electric gates or cn trestle a fiveman inquest jurv fri i day night absolved the ere v of the cn train which struck and lulled kenneth john connely 14 on the trestle east of cor getown may 13 of any blame made three recommendations i when thev returned after del b crating testimony for over an hour the jurv rosliwm william trawler lass hiiiiot jack- puckering and foreman steve emmcrson recommended 1 that a 25 mile per hour i peed limit be applied to all trains crossing the trestle 2 that proper fencing be cr ctcd from the first abutment jo the ends of the trc tic at both i cads and clcctncalh operated gates be in tailed at each end to allow trams to pass through 3 as thi is the ccond fa itility of this kind on the same trestle within the past four or cve years we suggest that the i shove recommenbaltons be put bto effect immediately thev exonerated engineer i john mcmonaglc and conduetnr charles stevenson mcmonagle a cn engineer for 16 years told the inq icst tn an intercom radio and after he was in the cab ot the die el learning one of the boys had locomotive hauling a 03 car been hit told the cn dispatcher train at about 42 miles per continued on pag 17 hour when he was approichin the trestle from the west when cloflll ic n ml at inn he saw the boss on the bridge is oikolatloll from about z iqurtcr mile dis p lincolnshire lance he said he pulled on thi whistle nnd jelled to hs mile wallers of weber dr is i tn put the air brake n cmrr ency which applies the brakes n ail wheels from diccl io 1 009 r cher because horse double uj was his name earned this money fori air w without even rumf nmg he was scratched from a i arc in the uncolnshire sweep- s akes but mr walters had al h ready had his ticket drawn he the race was run in march testified they ran right past bui mr walters just reccivedj lhe water barrel platrorms one h money this week ol the boys disappeared from ll mcc to have but i dont mj view as the trim rolled up p 0 do anything in particu- bchmd them bout ten feet larjulh il says lucky jun eibooso he said the lira ii vi is on full and the loll in ng i kept blowing the whi and the bovs kept running from the end the front of the two car collision engine hi the other boy near shopping plaza he said the dcsel was abo t v c oou pp 22 railway car lengths past the b grglown market plaza east end of the trestle when t rndav c i operated bv irank sutton kit came to a full stop t i hrner and mrs helen ruth steicnon was rid ng in the gould onal caboose said be thought nor boli jts were easrbound and haps some cars had uncoupled sidrswipod where the double cordon reio bruce coluns bus haie when he saw the brakes go into d line narrows intover part of the collection of msignias dun emergency application he said one sgl louth uid damage ntxt week the museum open to the publ he checked with the engineer i hi i jun 11th to 17rh ratepayer who refused to be sil exit the move followed a length speech by harrison wood 28 bairstow crescent mr wood i council then quoted a section produced a bottle of discoloured from a water act in which he uk it was at this stage that the tuesday in a tragic drama that mayor called the police when apparently nobod witnessed mr wood refused to he silent dead are ccrild dai id and i will draw against the brit and kept interrupting the next his wife aldia mane of ontario sh north america act ho told delegation t mrs david was expect her first child later m the mctling a mot terry hay of moultrcy cres discovered the woman s body a few minutes before 7 o clock he had drnen over the rive dr bridge while taking his bro ther dwayne to eor golf and countiv club at that i inn 5iin orf t m their hndir- were milled from time dwavnc had mentioned he wer whoh he e had comlclamscuna s psh ta f b h dm lhuht ho nouccd schng from a up in his homo he for puluns noxious malcnals 7 1 minlv mmulc aoarl the o flialing in ihe aler bclo the said he had complained to n the ualer supply and can be s haslltv mmulc aparl inc o ucesled terrv check years ago about div water hdehareed lh this as an ohcncc berns on ih account ow man vas noalme ace don dam and su terry check mater chairman arthur ing which must be paid twice been refused recompense for clothing ruined in a wash ing by the towns insurance speight explained that the new 11 hlflhwav flirvp firm and had fnallv been removal plant wh not be nigilway ultfe granted the minimum flat rate ln openrtm for a few weeks hilling of s4 50 which is given but thal iron m lhe waler to householders with this prob- juppl an act of god rath david james prcssnood jull jun cr than an act of man two cyclists injured gainst a loe near a natural spillwa when police and fire men arrned at 7 uo pm his way back mr wood differed with coun ell about the duration of the billing he had been told bv al councillor he said that this would apply until the dirtv wa terry told the henld he look a ood look from the her bodv wa earned to a grn bridge noticed it was a body lei beach on the north side of and stopped the car jack muck the river bj gcoigctovin con art of charles st happened on r v a a stable john glass and police the scene at about the satne- tej lh0 ume lr the when cooler weather comes j tion together they went to a n u n james mclean 181 mainstr bv frcmcn wlh an narby house t no pocc tnhalator unit got no response council plans o hush the mains n james maint- he said as a final solution to sfered multiple concussion cleaning up iron deposits in the bru a abrasions when the water supplv motorcycle thc were riding problem was overcome cnt council has granted this for two months only bv i motorcycle thc were missd the curve at tie north mr end of main st thursday meanwhile he has refused to allow the meter reader to enter his home ropes and basket stretchers police firemen and some or were used to lift the bodies up the gathering crowd started thc 20 fl bank to searching the area m hip wad hearse which was summoned af both were on a harlcy dam ers and downstream for a sec tcr an ambulance arrived jind seek township aid in restoration of cemetery wood that ho had made dispara ring remarks about the rate son moic c ycslstered to ond body because ot j pair ot left they ucrc taken to oak- paver mayor gibbons said he gcore jutchie according tol man s shoes and socks seen on vill for a post mortem had said that no special favours lhe shnre bm thc dmd scr anotner thev mere trillmg east on ans blue bedroom slippers the highway from acton when the driicr mclean was unable to negotiate the curve the bike ran over a fence and tumbled on a lawn both driver and pas senger were thrown off police constable henry van a delegation of eleven mem j grant and you people fix it up dersluis placed damage to the this has been done with aband j vehicle at 20 the accident oned cemeteries in other parts happened at 5 15 p m of the township th briggs acting as spokes man for the group claimed the cemetery was in a sorry state and the health department l ix it is declared a neglected school dropplg cemetery the onus is on thelr-jp- i nihp mltc township to do it idded dep- aeis lottie jcoxs utj reeve george curne t jg q in reply to a question on the thp dcp of national estimated cost canon j e dcfcnc hat notified the geor vil in maxwe reminded counclof dnltkl school sisted on some ton he ad he difficulty ouettngmaehin board that thev will make a fm cry up to thc top or the hill a invwil0 check of cadct land but has no money to and he hrh invohcd corps equipment sometime this maintain it we would like to at the suggestion of the de- soon te cadets tak work witllcouncil in ficttingputv reeve a committee of thc summer training have re i the dcad were not identified for almost two hours after their onlookers lining the bridge discovery they had no identi- railing suddenly started direct i hcation with them and only ing searchers to a white form their car parked near the dam on the bottom of thc pool near gave investigating officer con- where thc woman s body had stable carman wright of th been floating north halton opp a lead one of the men jim james from appearances david had waded into water up to his been wading got into difficult- shoulders ducked beneath thejies in one of the deep holes surface and came up with a that pock the bottom of the man s body pool his wife had gone to his aid and both drowned in tha mrs david was fullv clothed rescue attempt their bodies except for her slippers hcrj had apparently been m thc wa husband was weannj blue tcr f over an nour shorts or trunks and a white tee shirt a funeral will be held trtday at 10 o clock at sacre coeur ro tiremcn tried thc mhalalor man catholic church something done he added reeve george leslie pointed out that the township may be asked to take over a cemetery if the owner is financially able to maintain it ah we are asked to do is fence it said the reeve but it would much better if we gave you a turned recently high school church members and a commit tee of council will look over the cemetery and trv to arrive at a board notified the defence de- cost of erecting a cairn and partment that they no longer cleaning up the area otsh to spmr the corp c company of the lome scots the rccio reminded thc groupl militia regiment have indicated that an old roadway goes up be- thci will keep it alive hind the orange hall which the high school has sponsor they could use ed the corps for about 40 years laud council mcnally for industry cooperation a happy future in george town is anticipated by baltim ore aircoil ltd which has pur chased land in the town s cast industrial park for a planned 34 500 square foot factors monday a letter was read war museum opens next week from thc firm thanking council for their cooperation as well as william mcnally who ex changed the land wanted by the firm for two other town- owned industrial lots the firm is planning to move its brampton operation hero with a stalt of fifty when the plant opens next january the firm with other plants in mary land and california manufact urcrs cooling systems parish picnic concludes with evesong service an evensong service conduct cd bv the rev eric mills con eluded thc annual parish pic nic of st georges anglican church on sunday at eden mills during the afternoon there was swimming and a number of eames and races one novelty was a patch race for senior members of the parish mrs tom van sickler proved to bo the best seamstress ai she e ed a patch on tom parry s j irousc an mr p raced lover tho finish line in first place mvsteiv woman mrs jack king was corrcctli identified by ricki chaplin and eva middle- ton won the hidden spot pnw- race winners were girls 67 men i zavitz karen johnston bovs 67 chris barber danny ihcr girls 8- joicc cres wick tammi king boys 89 ronnie mill michael borland girls 1011 leslev ailing i in- dy king boys 1011 philip noble donnie kwles girls 12 j 14 elizabeth calling nancy pim bovs 12 14 ricky chap- and presidentelect dave bowman of the canadian legion branch 120 lookl tomm eies girls 15 and ng cataloguing of items which will be on display at the war museum there laro ewlcs angela mills ic is one of the many ways the legion is marking national veterans week j