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georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district canada 18671967 the heram 1m71t7 authorized as second class malt post office dapl ottawa and for paymonl of postage in cah georgetown ontario thursday october 26th 1967 5 00 per year single copy prion tan centi pre halloween ritual queries which group in charge of police quarters docs the construction of the new police station come under the jurisdiction of council or tne board of police commjs sioncrs cr j m young raised the question at council monday night he claimed it was the responsibility of the commis s on to house the police and ind the legal right to acquire space munr toscph gibbons a member ot the police commis sion was doubtful but felt pro perty would come under council control since there would be a construction by liw ind debent lire by hw involved hovrvcr he promised to find out for th next meeting public libraries in the sc ian will be to joint meeting want licencing bylaw already have mayor says a letter from the chamber of commerce to council sugges tins the adoption of a licensing by law drew sarcastic comment from major joseph gibbons on monday education trends outlined in speech to ossff group thomas campbell assistant i a number of important resol to the deputy minister of edu utions were discussed and pass cation spoke to members of cd at the meeting north halton branch osstf i poms at their annual meeting last wcdncsdiy at north halton golf and country club he spoke on trends in education pupils go pumpkin pickin irket next best thing to a pumpkin patch for a pumpkin pick in bee is caruso s fru t on main street in the eyes of several harrison public school kindergarten types wl c went looking for potential jack o lanterns this week here enrico caruso help he h kewley through the door with one of the chosen jacks as kathenne agg ss watcher the kindergarten classes of miss jill runham turned the pumkins into grinning and s owl ing jack o lanterns yesterday and today the retiring president m t ramautarsingh of the george i town bltit was dinner chairman pnd expressed his appreciation i for hiving the opportunity to strip is president for the year hl ins thanked by mrs m i owvs who presented him with a j i 1 1 is i token of apprccia hon up 958 georgetowns population is 12623 georgetown s population rose by 958 during the year accor ding to figures just released by the assessment department as of september 30 it stood at 12 623 compared to 11 665 at this time last year total taxable assessment rose bv 3 664 729 in 20301117 of that 13 294 550 is residential assessment making the ratio approximately 6535 the population census shows the age spread by wards thusly seventy years of age and over ward one 165 ward two 190 ward three 52 queens park stalls on approval for school mr m richardson exert i ncs from the provincial offitc nf the ontario rcderatior ind sp ke of some of ihc excit developments which will illcngc teichcrs in thcxoming ir at ihe business macmng reports were presented by the future of the s 80 000 p on professional devel addition to the riunnial irnt bv mr glmcrson on school mi be in doubt it wis lakefield workshop and by disclosed at council mnd iv mmautarsmgh on the reception night in i letter frnm imvn foi new teichcrs solicitor frederick ilclsiri mr ftichardsnn installed the he staled the ontirio mum nw executive mr p martin cipal board is loilhc to approve dik clon president mrs m the amount since it woiil i pit pnwvs milton lt vice president georgetown expenditure sixty to 6 years of age ward one ward three 73 k twenty to 59 years of age ward one 1 762 ward tvce 2 550 173 w ard two 1 m2 ward two teen age ward on 406 v ard two 290 vt ard three ward two 710 ward two 280 wird under age five ward one three 685 for the complete town the figures read this wa seent and over 407 sixty to sixty nine 418 twenty to fiftv nine 6 154 teens 1366 five to twelve 2 933 under five 1345 trailing by 161 skuce may ask for recount with the armed forces vote tall to be counted jim snow pc is leading second place ro bin slruce u by 161 with the count subject to both the arm ed forces vote and the official count on october 31 skuce has indicatd that if after the armed forces vote he la still close to first place he will probably ask for a re count returning officer thcr- was some speculation on wednesday that some ballots had been counted which werr- improper marked allan mas ton halton fast returning offi cer paid tlat an ballot would be accepted which was marked to show a clear prefer nee for any candidate whether the ballot was marked witi an x or a check mark terry kcnndv one nf mr skuce s campaign workers said yesterdaj that i iberal head polli gill 1 4 advanc polls m 35 fsqucsin 60 georgetown 77 milton 85 oakviur north of 5 hw 08 oakvillc north of q f 662 161 oajrvillc west of 16 m cr 2740 is8 oaknlle east of 16 mi cr 652 36 61 78 90 laz 182 1034 561 265 quarters in toronto would check to see if such ballots were i ally acceptable skuce said he would probably ask for at least a recount of these ballots ortona barracks because ortona barracks is located here the armed forces vote is quite significant in a close election in the 1963 fed eral election the armed forces vole was the deciding factor in dt harry harlcy s close win the vote fiis year will not be as large as in 1963 because ortona is not as active or heav ily staffed since unification or the forces started even rrt bcr of the armed forces left 1o serve at their present loca tion is eligible to vote general review below is a general break down on how tv hal ton ka t riding voted mr masson sai todav a poll bv poll hreakdou would not be readv until liter next week reiected snow ballots 32 658 1219 985 813 1306 928 it was round up time tuesday noon at ewing and hewson cor er as three ponies gambolled across lawns sidewalks and roads smith stone employees on the way home for lunch were more than a little surprised to have to stop for horses on the road chapel street school children joined in the chase and caught two of the three returning them to the pasture by ihe i creek where they normall brought graze a third one took off bv it self and disappeared from view the ponies arc owned by clarence carey of academy ltd ibovi quntn hit r t ipt mr cr steamer f mmer n anec chairman c a med i hd ev er given hi 11 i qll t 1 the to vn the nh hi figures 1 ve ever hi ir i out s the five ve ir fori i capita expenditu s pit pi by the council lis rlf lie m tamed this wis prtllv p an otis figurr to i ve is q since t was onl in r mil four 1 five vcirs in the flit ber re takin 1 n fart hi r lion r fmmcrson sii 1 wanted to talk t n the out munic pil boird iru rott rnn 2nd n t mr divid meikin linn 3rd ire president tan georgetown tec ndp planning monthly municipal news letter the ndp party will issue a nthly newsletter centred on ilcipal affairs it was reveal i council monday night whertvjvm cumpsty asked coun was permissible for any one to itttend the meetings take not it certxjnh is permissible we v had a hawkers and peddlers bylaw for years he said cr hoy ballentini pointed out this particular by law was one the reeve had been advoc ating reeve w hunter was ab sent from the meeting tlie chamber nf commerce are not organized themselves yet crmmentcd the mayor and they arc directing council they are a good organization he continued they have come ind gone i don t know how many times in this town maybe things like this are the reason they come and go he went on to congratulate the chamber on its intelligence claiming it had taken council three months to digest chinguicoiisy by law and the chamber of commerce under stood it right away despite a little sarcasm im truly glad to sec the chamber back in operation he conclud cd gibbons plan presented the establishment of town libraries m school buildings was advocated by mayor joseph gibbons monday night at the council meeting his suggestion came after the reading of a letter from marjonc nazer secretary of the library board asking a meeting with council to discuss an extension to the present ii brary or the building of anoth er library in another part of town i hesitate to make sugges tions to the library board the mayor began but we spend hundreds of thousands of dol lars on schools which stand empty two or three months of the year wfey can we not set tip municipal libraries in part of the schools the mayor pointed out that the patrons of i library are sel dom rowdy or abusive and ur ged the matter be presented to the library board the clerk was asked to set up the meeting members 25 years two iode women get pins two members of countess of strathmore chapter iode were honoured at the october meet ing when they were presented with their 25 year pins these emblems for continu ous and loyal service to the chapter were received by mrs john t armstrong and mrs a w gilmer fflllnfll rriff mrs keith barber 9 king st iuumvil diiicrj e was hostess and m the absen council voted to give the ce of the regent 2nd vice reg georgetown baseball associat c mrs stan wright presided ion 200 toward their recreation programme a letter from park public this is n hundred dollars school expressed appreciation for the iode historical centen less than last ear said cr w smith o canadian legion branch 120 invited council to participate in the november 5 remembrance day parade o the right turn lane at main and maple will he permanently paved instead of tarred and replied themaor anvone chipped as originally planned nmc inhere to listen or the hydro pole will stay where tike notes ils nur busineslit is but an ishnd built around wc ire handlma he concluded it nial portfolio of coloured prints which had been presented to the school mrs r ballantlne secretary for services at homt and abroad thanked members for their contribution of knit ted goods especially vests which will be distributed to eskimo children it was agreed that the chapter would contribute to the purchase of an x ray machine for use in korea the annual valentine dancs will be held and a committee was formed mrs stan wright mrs r bailantine mrs helen macdonald hiss jean macken zie and mrs keith barber there was a guest at the meeting front new zealand mrs c speirs who is i sister of mrs james linton an auction sale was held with miss jean mackenzie as auctioneer and the spirited bid ding added to the general funds mrs- kd wilson mrs earl lince mrs charles renwick and mrs win b hamilton assisted the hostess with lunch and mrs armstrong expressed thanks to mrs barber for her hospitality inflation hitting cost of baby sitter services students debate vietnam china admission to un institute members assist in traffic counts study twenlv nt r he vinous women s ins n fsqjrsing s in cirs tcrscclions in thp tow october 17 and ip countin sing cirs to hr rridiv morning after the op inm uromonie- at the model 1f un n the georgetown high sc h d the generil assemhlv vi enn rnrd with the admis mom nf red lhim to the u dele h ns opposed to this mo t tn promptly tried to prove it hit the committee report which hul heen submitted wa nvild ind dcbite wis wiged r ii morn n 1 i he committees ind their topics for this two diy asscm ihlj were committee i vietnam and mid fast w ir committi the s ii peacekeeping im african problem committee hi trade and tariffs anri population control fach committee consisted of one delegate per delegation so thit every country was reprcs cnlrd frida afternoon a set of resolutions on the first topic in each committee was present cd for discussion and voted up on in order that one could be chosen to present to the gener 1 assemblj the same wis done or t le second topics on sitnrd morning silurdiv iflcrnorn the gnneil assembly rmnaged to hrough four nf the six resolutions presented bv the committees the first one to transfer some ot the peace keeping dutvs from the sctur ily council t the general as srmbly was voted down a res olution to control world popul ation by means of aiding coun trici in birth control was pass ed one to cease the fighting in vietnam and bring the belliger cnts to the conference table wis passed this was a mile stone in the history of the un a tourth bill to separte sw africa from s africa and make it an independent nation was parsed many times during the scmbly the discussion became very heated but president tony meaulcy held a firm grip on order and the proceedings ran 3moothly gdhs represented the communist bloc onimlk it iv king trrs wh ttnual two div it ihc iiilnin itit in the pn inns i an i baby sitters like everyone else are feeling the cost of liv ing pinch and like everyone else they re combating it by up- ping their prices at least thats what one of them told the her ald this week the sitter a grade 10 high school student who asked her name be withheld said parents can expect to pay a minimum of 50 cents an hour before mid night and 75c an hour after midnight from now on admitting she couldnt speak for all georgetown babysitters she nevertheless claimed that classmates and many other high schoolers had agreed on the minimum rate some are getting this now and some are getting more but were making this announce ment in hopes of eliminating the lower rates which are still being paid by many parents she said she claimed many sit ters had discussed the rate with the parents for which they sit regularly and received a faif ourable reaction it ms pirl of a rcrts aulhnmrd bv ihe townshi conducted b inmlm in assoentes of burlintoi in the words of clerk h i ind sav its an attempt to get more icewav from the depir titnl nf h ghvavs which ihcv wont vr unless wc show the need ttr women were pud twrntv dollars a lav worv n from seven till eleven in the morning lid two till six in the ificr loon in i iditinn to counting cir the women had to report which dirtction thev were hewing to sho v the traffic flow firemen deputized for halloween duty acting chif harlev lve was authnri7ed bv council to engage as many firemen as he deemed necessan to help th- police force keep hallo ve en night a night of fun in the past ten firmen have georgetown high school students represented the communist bloc at the czech end cuban table foreground helped patrol wife strteta are nick shorten phil white bill eason eddie hill beard end cuban bush jacket and bert arnold some 6nhe giflsweh8et ting 35 cents an hour but tha way everything is going up in price we dont feel thats suf ficient anymore it even costs more now to eat at the school cafeteria she said she sid some of her girl friends are getting a straight 75 cents an hour for babysit ting and others are getting 50 cents an hour before midnight and double that after midnight and hopes parents paying these rates wouldn t see fit to reduce them we just want parents to know what ihe average babysit ter is getting paid it does away with the embarrassment ot a titter hiving to ask for mora or a parent laving to ask about r i unemployment above average unemployment in george town acton otbogerille brao pton area is tlightly hlgha than the national average ac cording to canada manpower