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3gf sm v a canadian confederation l georgetown herald i the home newspaper for georgetown and district 1r herald 1147 196 authorized a second cm mail pon ofroa dapf ottawa and for payment of postago in caril georgetown ontario thurtday june 29th 1967 3 00 per year single copy price ton cent expect avian autogyro in production soon following an eight year re search and work on minibud jets several former av roc canada ltd employees arc now on the last lap to produce can das only flying autogyro a plane almost forgotten in aero nautical arces the work is be ing done at the avian aircraft plant on armstrong ave geor jetown the plane officially dubbed the avian i 180 flies with both pitors and a rearmounted pro peller it can fly as slow as jo mph cnuseat 100 a reach 120 although the prototype has been clocked at 147 mph measuring at 16 feet in length the stubby autogyro provides seals for two but can be adap ted for three if required nor mal cruising range is 400 miles easy to fly according to avian aircraft j ltd manufacturers of the auto gyro the plane is modestly priced easy to fly and can land almost anywhere a spokesman said the avian 2 180 is easy to handle and can be flown by any fixed wing pi i lot a helicopter pilots liccncaj is not necessary t the company expects to pro duce the craft shortly as it is close to getting its sixth pro totype licensed in both canada and the us final pepartment of transport tests are scheduled for september 116 ordr the company has received 116 orders the first of which will be filled next vear celling price or each autogyio will be around 20 000 the craft his dual purposes for civilian as well as mil itary use the autogyros high continued on bock pago proclaim monday public holiday with saturday the official dominion day holiday an ex ira holiday was proclaimed monday by council monday july 3rd was named a public hohda the province had already de slgnatcd monday as a holiday while at the same lime announ cing that government operated liquor stores would be open that da locally the civic holiday will have little effect on merchant most of whom are normally closed on mondays anyway year old boy is fourth to drown apartment wont boost school pop saturdays act their nwn mlrs village bells and village belles whm mrs j murray and halton s member of parliament dr harry harley flank a stone v eairn topped with the old norval school bell mrs murray unveiled the earn ma cerem ony saturday that highlighted norval 5 centennial celebrations she is the pres dent of the norval women s institute wh ch undertook the preserving of the bell as a centen nial proiect dr harley spoke on the history of the bell and the w i be e3- fft t x no major disruption in class rooms is expected at wrigglrv worth school because cf the new fifty six suite apartment unit being built at the corner industries which are closed f maple and guelph or run on reduced staff and a large proportion of thcc had already decided to give cm ployees the monday holiday or arrange for an extra day off on the friday wins first year prize for st josehps nurses classes nrntornm are anticipated 1 i 1 mrs bna beaumont gives one more nng to the old glen will rami school bell she rang so many timet when she was principal of the village school mrs beaumont now retired and living in toronto returned to the glen saturday to dnve1 the bell and ca rn at a ceremony which followed a parade we do not anticipate great many children from toe apartment house commented planning chairman chris wal ker we can always absorb some children unless of course they all happened lo be of the same age which is unlikely he a georgetown girl was an added award winner this year at the i the public school board hopes school of nursing at st jos to be able to cope with the ephs hospital guelph maureen smith who his com plcted her first ear at the school won the alumnae award for general jprofic 1 ency in her first year bourse she is the daughter of mr and mrs roy smith 21 elgin street two georgetown nurses were members of the graduating class and received their diplomas at tho recent graduation gail situation this car without anv rajor building no applicants still seek assessment head rurther adcrlising for an assessment comnrnmoncr for georgetown was ordered mon day by council tragedy ends village celebrations tommy robitaille drowns at norval the child was allowed out to 30m his father who was sitting in a chair at the front of the trailer while the mother put the finishing touches to the supper they planned to eat out doors when she brought out the supper a few minutes later si discoercd the child was rj with his father something in or near the riv er must have drawn his attent ion and he toddled in that dir tragedv ended the centennial activities at norval about will be held in the supper time on sunday evening hnitnoportablsj whe an a ert i t year old tommy robitaille only child of mr and mrs john ro bftaillc who live in a trailer at willow park was drowned in the swollen muddy waters of the west branch of the credit river m the search some in boats bub the very muddy water made it difficult the fast flowing creek joins the credit river about 200 yards further on the tiny boy was swept down the creek and on down the credit river which was also high with a swift cur rent following the heavy rains for about another 200 yards where he was found by george town deputy fire chief wilfred brcen caught among some tree branches at the back of john dunlop s property ab out an hour later neighbours and others at the scene assisted earlier this month c j hib mcdonald and frances layman bert resigned the po t to take chairman of the graduation a new appointment in peel cou ccremonv was a former george nt council advertised at the town resident dr hamish raf time with applications to be re- fan who is now chief of staff ceicd by june 26 none were at the hospital i received will investigate 0pc chairman tells council a requested investigation in accused him of nothing in writ to the conduct and performance ing said mr sccord the of police chief roy haley will be conducted by the ontario police commission chief asked for an investigation in january why this long de lay set 10600 maximum in teachers schedule a salaries schedule for tea chers in georgetown public schools effective september 1 of this j ear ranges from a mini mum of 4 600 in catcgorv iso 1 to a maximum of 10 600 in category no 6 additional allowance for the principal is 175 per teaching classroom and for the vice- pnncipal m5 per teaching diss room salarv schedule cat no 1 4 600 to 6 700 cat no 2 5 000 to 8 000 cat no 3 5 500 to 8800 cat o 4 6 100 to 9 700 cat no 5 6 400 to 10300 cat no 6 57 300 to 10 600 blood donor signs locally produced the clinic signs donors must liae noticed in front of holy cross roman catholic church on maple avenue where the jjnc blood clinic was held were made by robert mcclure of avian aircraft limited let tenng was by george storcj mrs weslej louth whose husband operates the trailer park said the boy was not the type to wander away from his home he had never done any thing like it before she said she said the robitailles dog was barking about the time the child wandered off but thia was not unusual on a sunday with the number of visitors in the park georgetown volunteer am bdlance chief said he worked on the youngster with oxygen and a rosuscitator in the ambul ance en route to hospital but without response he said tha vehicle was held up between the park and the hospital by dmers who would not leave the road to let it through the voungstcr was pronounc cd dead at the hospital by dr a e macintosh funeral service was held in espanola on tuesday june 27 with interment in the roman catholic cemctcrj the drowning was the fourth in the georgetown vicinity in june mr and mrs gerald dav id both age 22 drowned tues day june 6 in a pool at the base of the river drue dam at geoi getown s north cast limits and teresa vanzutven age 5 ot oakville drowned saturday june 17 at a privately owned recreation area near limehouse lofty in a letter read to council mr mccaig said personal an monday r p milligan q c imosity is at the root of the chairman of the commission trouble and chief haley is said there had been a delay be quite capable of doing his job cause of previous commitments i in his opinion mr milligan pointed out that no one n su pended in in council had erred in suspend dustrv wi hout a reason he ing the chief as this can be said if jou say he cannot han done only if he is charged with die a loman force then a an offence and suggested coun charge should be laid cil consult its solicitor in re eard lo this 1 ohons said council has requested in imestigitioni last week another commission and there is no ihoulit of la j member magistrate t graham ing an chirc told the herald lint as no charge had been laid there in nn 0 nlm lh ul cf 1s could be no hearing l 1 l e pnl c- au t lies but 1 hive a high re ird at mondays meeting two for him pcj onallv and know he residents frank socord and is held in high c teem in o n james mccaig reiterated their he said his chunclet is be displeasure with the wav coun ynnd rcprfuh cil has handled the pohce mat i he si d cminc 1 s concerned that the town has not bcin et you ve torn him apart yet ting the policing it rrn ros georgetown wont buy central school board georgetown s county council ad mi si strati on costs wo ild representatives were instructed mount and that cor clown to vote against a proposed ccn would lose autonomy with nnly trained school svstem when two members on a proposed 2 county council discusses this man board the high tchool later this week bnef said transportation arc cheaper and m re eis the counlv is dealing with a rankpd m an caiwc t direchon1 consultant committee renor w h brartrplori and rrania which would create one central cp thar nor school board for halton monti councl stuped bnej kcee hunter mid oalnlle from the local public end hism burlinbtonre alo inmt nchool boards includins tbeirl pi with oeorcetovm diprcawe wild the propol l n hat c ty council will faour a switch tha boards and council foci t to a central chool board cross tops churchs proiect new hamburg steeplejack michael creane secures a ten foot high gold crow in place atop first bapt st church steeple 130 feet above main street concluding a centennial proiect started by the church two months ago the ob niuded bracings inside the steeple resh ngl ng and the add t on of the alum n um cross the steeple a loca landmark is one of georgetown s h ghest pinnacles