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georgetown herald the home newspaper for georgetown and district lka harald 1m7 1m7 caib nana f authorfwd at sacond clata mill fott offlw dapt ottawa and for dayman of pottao in tath oaoroatawn ontario thursday novomhor 30lfi 1967 ts 00 par yaw sno copy prlco ton carta everybody loves a parade ons participant want ho ho ho all the way propose 600000 trunk to overcome sewer problem a proposed new trunk sewer will cost around 600 000 ac cording to consulting engineers ph lips and roberts the sewer wijl run along the valley of thccrcdit river near the existing sewer but will be above ihc bighwater mark prevent infiltration from the mer the present sewer is bringing water to the disposal plant im necessarily since river water is entering the sewer and convers ely sewage could be entering the river the present sewer laid in 1947 by scottjackson construc tion co ucn the first sewage disposal plant wsa built is full of roots and running over ca pacity which causes backing up in cellars during heavy rain storm says frank morcttc works superintendent a proposal to extend the trunk sewer from elm street to ontario nd ann street ha been included in the estimates the best is always last in the annual georgetown lions santa claus parade and here the plly old elf greets h s wait ing fans with a wava and friendly ho ho that even the jolly green giant cant duplicate mrs bob burns wins wj centennial quilt mrs bob burns held the win ning ticket on the centennial lady quilt created by george town women s institute as a money raising project this year the draw was made at the an nual euchre party in stewart town hall earlier this month eighteen tables of players at tended with prizes won by lad ics mrs clare switter mrs ed ythe ditchfteld and ethel agnew consolation men campbell sinclair david dcwar mario li gare consolation harding price won the door prize mba degree at mcmaster robert hess a graduate of georgetown district high school robert hess has received his mba master of business arfmfnistra tion degree from mcmastcr un iversity hamilton son of mr and mrs r hess terra colta he received his ba from acadia university while serving with the rcaf he is race is on esquesing township voters will choose reeve councillors school trustees monday engineer not coming towns loss mayor this is georgetown s loss and north bays gam remark ed mayor joseph gibbons mon day as a letter was read from the newly hired engineer turn ing down the position morlcy daiter uno wag to the i esqucsin township with two veteran politicians incumbent george leslie and george cur ne aiming for the reeves chair george curne served as deputy reeve for the past year both for reeve is rn in in a packed stcwarttown hall went to tom hill as deputy reeve he has served on council for the past year have started here in january candidates have hcldvlmost cv explained ttwhe has been of erv po office in municipal g a county politics over the yeirs fertd the position of city ineer for the newly amalgam ated city of north bay leslie eight years four as coun cllor and four as deputy reeve four for school board employed with the business re i ul p ll we would have saved thous the lone acclamation at mon robert lawsoi ands of dollars in consultant days nomination meeting held yean on council and wilfrid fees with this man was the major s opinion he estimates that georgetown has spent 300 000 on consult i ants since 1964 although not all of this came directly from four experienced men pres tvith three vacancies and four sent councillors james goodlcti lames entered for the school and c f pat patterson and i board an election is assured past council members robert candidates for school board are lawson and wilfrid leslie willjihc three sitting members dr vie for the three vacant seats c a thompson chester early on council and a lloyd fisher plus a new comer to the field jim france has served two of rr 4 georgetown mr fran seach department of ford of canada oakville 6 new policemen brings strength of force to 16 ce has lived m the area for five years since coming from oak ville in addition to voting for the vinous candidates voters will be aked their opinion on the tun year term for council and sclool board their asks land jte turn down plan to ban advertising bills a bylaw which would have banned posting of advertising bills and placards on any prop- 1 ery owned by public utilities was turned down last week in a 53 council vote the bylaw set a maximum fine of 300 for offenders til admit i was one of the worst offenders at election time i was putting up campaign bills anywhere 2 could reach said mayor gibbons in supporting the move he said bills are left up for weeks and create an unsightly condition in town arguing that he would favour a clause allowing certain org anizations like the fall fair scr vice clubs and little theatre to post bills cf roy ballentine santa tuu wanted the bylaw rephrased to c a -ll- ik i saiuraav marching with the mhitary flavour to the f prec si on of toy soldiers the senators drum corps lend a colorful process on l fcvtf was subsidized by the govern with the hiring of six new all six began his s14 000 salary would policemen last week the geor november 27 have saved the town a great jgetown police force was constables deal he said i only hope our brought to a total strength oi advertising produces another sixteen including the acting thursday november 30th prospect who looks as good chief itodaj the selection committee set up bv the ontario police in this day and age the people i the appointments wcic made commifc on wlu inlervlc the in charge houid be congratul by the boarc of police commis- five app choscn frtnn the ated he said sioners upot the recommend l numbcr of f0 ation of acting chief harley the t of georgetown kc lindsay explained that lnwe polcc chicf rhc ineni are the township has a large reserve the slx now policemen are be held at the thundcrbird f j from on john street from r3 to r4 dennls allan of angus ontario hotel in bampton to allow construction of an dp- john icr scarborough rn art men t a request to council i old vanclicf toronto alfrea mrs dennis a brnvn was monday from fred maveat was barrett guelph robert mcka appointed secretary of the po i the inlenm statement allowed turned over to the planning mornstown ontario and james hec commission and douglas j a surplus of 1651 but the john street rezoned asking council to r land chairman fcr the evening k duties c lndsaj gave a brief rundown pmbationary of mcritn sta an 1 alert member of the audience drew the crowd s attention to an entry bank loans nil itncy car draw and in effect earn themclves without pay- ing interest charges board for study 1 powell st catharines i latimer their solicitor bright weather 40 units make gay santa claus parade the sun shone the wind died the close to ideal weather that has accompanied the down and parents and children made the sponsoring lions look in recent vears rime out of thcr cars lininj ilkc r hiant strategists this vcar fir the first time the the parade or foih units he parade route to welcome mmcd san g rcccptlon 1ilo long travelled from sinclair b welcome and esc rts to town november in an attempt to acnuc cast of georgetown dodge some m the foul weather market jz22r5icouncil declines rezone joked cr bill smith but he ad mitted cr ballentine had a poinl chairman warned this was only a forecast and might not be there at the end ofthe year reeve george leslie all the candidates spoke brie fly with reeve george leslie being the first speaker he con fined himself almost exclus vejy io county matters mention ng the martin house home for the aged he told the audience the adinimstrai on of justice would f the hinds of thl courlv and be han odowmownthertthc owi c bv he province star of the show stepped down ilc ilstcd don on coun to greet a throng of beaming tv fc m fc mention da cherry st for apartment cr young also sidd with them a sign advertising a coun cil candidate surely isn t un sightly he said a litte colour adds to dec tions opined cr bob francis the mayor said that such am endments would make the by law useless if it s too severe ways amend it later can al he said reeve hunter and cr emmer son were the only supporters with the mayor with five other council members opposed to the by law deputy reeve speight was absent from the meeting through illness i fourteen hurt in rural mishaps north hilton detachment of the ontario provincial police reported this week fourteen people have been injured four auhy in nine personal in jury accidents in their district since november 10th property damage totalled 9010 revision court members get increase in rates halton countj court of rcu sion members got a raise in pay last week when county council upped the amount from twenty five dollars a daj to twenty dol lars a session this means twen ty dollars for a morning ses sion and twenty dollais for an afternoon session in addition meals and travel expenses are paid reec h i nton of acton al one opposed the motion chim ing it was oo much he suggest cd thirty dol t a day whether there was one or two sessions deputy reeve frank rogers of burlington pointed out the court of revision sat for twenty five consecutive davs it isn t everybody that could lake twen ty five consecutive das away from their jobs he went on it has to be someone who is retir cd or owns their own business georgcto n s representative on the court of revision is john t armstrong locate two extra sources to augment town water two possible sources of addi tionat georgetown water have been found by hydrology con snltants ltd a firm engage 1 by the town for exploratory work jj nunan of that firm out lined two plans to council mon day ond clown rmhng small fry supplv an extra 920 gallons tier minute would cost 3o 000 both would tap the present wa ter source but would not inter fere with the present gallnnie secured from the tow n s deep wells he said lie also recommended rehab ilitating no 3 well at an esti mated cost of 2 000 bll hirdman nd 4- fid jtod we fvoume wh ft s tfsts 0al uu the p lions per minute another toiposil e re oning to allow construct ion of an apartment building on cherry st was turned down by council monday on a 62 vote the apartment planned on land owned by rrn hyde had been recommended to counc i bv the planning board when the board made its de eision a poll of residents within 400 ft of the proposed apart mrnt had been taken with 6 objclinj since then council had received a petition signed b 31 district residents and cv eral pconal objections at council metinqs monday bruce harlev prcs entcd additional names which ne said brought the objections to over 50 of the neighbour hooc in the evening s corrcs pondence eight people submit ted letters stating they were withdrawing the r names fyov the petition r rov ballentine statinp the case- for reroning monday rxpliin d that the planum eoird had been advised by con ultants that allowing an apart ment would still keep popnlat ion dcnsit within the town s retiuiremcut that there would be no parking problem and the tnwn would benefit bv an esntn ated 2 000 jearly in taxes lr jim oung said that with over half the residents object in and with adjoining land wh ch could also becomthe site for future apartments erun cil must listen to ratepayers is it has done on other occasions hen reioninc was requested cr sirith wanted council to resubmit the request to the plnnnini board for further studv wh should we burden them vntn something which in the last analvsis e have toecide ourselves aid major tlibbons ile d council is in a better po sition than any consulting firm to decide the proper action voungstcrs and distribute bags of favours tight floats were awarded trophies and shields a very authentic bcve ley hillbillies entry earned best float acknow lodgement for the radicals car club credit river boat co s snowmobile entourage was awarded the birbcr henley trophv as best commercial lntrj tiiinbev and pok ev entered h the t w bliss companj wa best induslml floit and took the chamber of commerce tropnv best social entry an winner of the eor 3ctoun ilriild trophv v i jay cee s old timi stcdm loconntive and best lr vale er ry vas clarence carrv s ponv and cart ind r dor it von the hvdro ahied special awards went to the georgetown brownies toad stool john t armstrong aw ardl trench canadian associa tion s winter cirnival james robertson award and north hilton assoc ation for the mon tall j retard s gilt van lion boh clark award musical and marching units taking part included guuph ro iliircs georgetown girls pipe ban 1 bramalea i ions maj oreltes lome scots i ipe band senators drum corps and tol our g lard and rrampinn op m sis majorettes hit etiolate was available downtown through the courtesy of the ontario milk hiunda ion i and ccorgctow n and steens da nes i a 1 ck tin which coincide j with thi naradt offered a doll dresid in dollar bills as well as turkns and ch ckens georsc nici r wrn the ma n prue other winners were don wilson cla ite kentner helen crabtrcci d thornton and j gilchmi of gehrsetown mrs robertson twic g hcmnaton and ch e mcdonald f 1imchiusc bob lucas of glen williams ndw robinson of gueiph mg the gur bridge at a cost ot 100oo0 tnis vear it is not com pleted ana will cov more next vear the pre cnsincring alone for the hornby diversion cost 54 000 said the reeve with con struction starting next year an other lo300 went to construct ion on th 25 highway and tha 15th sidcroad he evplained that esqucslng dit not have a centennial proj ect of its own because the coun cil two vears ago voted to hand over the r grant to the county o help with th countv mus purrthc grant at the time was s6 hoo or a dollar a head the population has since increased deputy reeve george currie dcputv reeve giorge curne cla med halton county was uni que ip thit the acreage was the smallrm but the assessment the largest in thi county we hae inc largest town in ontario and that ii birlington vvih 72000 poiulntion he pointed out that oakville nri burlington conlri hulc 10 if th county cosk so at onitv c unctl wc cant tread too hard on the rcpresen tativ s of the o ith the deputv reive forecist the ac will fill and wx 11 have re- rional rfvirnment prettv soon i jnd mavbe well have no more gatherings like this in the old township hall he told of his work on the co nt onildren s aid commit tec wh ch he admitted was much more important that he had thought he brieflv ran over the expen ditures which totalled tl38 0t7 then dramatically he raised his arms and stated i m going to run for reeve he had been nominated for both reeve and dcputv and up to this point had not revealed which position he intended to seek continued on page 16