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d that pay you can place an ad in the heraldv classified paste by gtiontng e773201 buying or printing publishing the georgetown herald hat served georgetown and district as printer end publishers fer salting the herald is where you wmi findth results you went the home newspaper for georgetown and district i over a century offering the best in fine printing and news coverage authorised as second tons mail post office dap ottawa and for payment georgetown ontario tkursdaytfebroary 13th 1969 500 per year single copy price ton cent politicians comments when asked their opinions of the regional government prop osal combining helton and peel recently unveiled by minister of planning and development jlekeough various poli ticians replied as follows l i i cr donna denison ge it looks like it will op erate somewhat similar to the borough system in metro tor onto cr ric morrow georgetown the general idea is excellent it should have been proposed and ome into effect years ago with minor boundary changes it should be beneficial to every one concerned marlene makes it martens hume of stewarttown public school accepts the legion trophy from georgetowns branch 120 president buster hale after winning the halton inspectorate no 1 public speaking final in stewarttown story and more pictures inside ratepayers assist hospital hear about civic matters deputy reeve tom hill of esquesmg im not in agree ment with the township losing ten bottom lots i think halton should be left in a region of its own and peel in a region of its own i cr w smith georgetown reeve george corrle of esj my comment is no comment on quesing i havent studied it the whoie thjng enough to comment to the press i cr em hyde georgetown i think area no 4 georgetown russell miller councillor of acton and part of eesing esqueiing it looks like we i should chopped at no i have to have it and it seems sideroad but that highway 401 workable should be the boundary i reeve w hunter georgetown tne a no 5 created for if it works anything uke the muton f j not new school board well be there at al furthe the brampton is in is twice as large as ours population should not be the only consideration in re- many presentation since our area is long grossly underrepresented fin- go j ally the higher tier of govern ment must be directly elected red cross campaign chairman refuse payment of 131000 for february to new school board bankrupt cr harry levy georgetown there will be many discussions but in the run the proposal will through name hugh powell library chairman a wellorganized civic nightrgovernment pays twothirds of will probably be a yearly event the estimated million and a half for halton hills ratepayers as- dollar expenditure the county sociattoh 6000 a bed but here -ag- ain the rest of the money must the meeting last wednesday l from donauo he in the high school cafeteria said heard explanations of several municipal services by spokes- colin blight who represents men for these groups and end- halton hills on a new town safe- ed with a question and answer i ty committee explained what we can do our best an a safety committee but remember the public are the real vigilan tes he concluded tom massena speaking forj the volunteer ambulance assoc iation made an urgent plea for more recruits j period to councillors who atten ded the ratepayers showed their civic spirit when president david berry presented a cheque that group is doing with parti cular emphasis on the problem of open ditches and excavations in new subdivisions while municipal authorities part proceeds from a fashion j will do all in their power to show to hospital administrator fred whittaker mr whitaker described the hospital to the audience ex plaining that while operating ensure safety he said a parent also has an obligation to train his children not to play in dan gerous areas he mentioned that it is illegal to carry or dischar- be loaded rifles in town and costs are paid by the govern- some are not com ment capital equipment has to with this be locally financed and such donations provide many neces sary things he spoke of a 31bed addition on ths drawing board held op for a time by a government freeze on construction the the committee is investigat ing the possibility of a joint phone number for fire police and ambulance emergency calls he said this is available from bell canada but has been little used in ontario he sketched the gvas his tory from its start in 1957 with a 51 chev sedandelivery to the present two vehicles one of them a 67 cadillac equipped with every lifesaving device possible the service has covered 75000 miles and made 2500 runs in its 12 year history a proud record for the volunteer unpaid force of public spirited men beautifying our homes as well as the community is the aim of the horticultural society said herbert j herder as he explained how this active group serves the community in a public way the society will continue its plantings in continued on page 18 at a meeting of the george town library board tuesday night hugh poweuws elected chairman for the coming- year mrs dora sutherland was re elected treasurer and librarian miss marjorie nazcr was elect ed secretary the board is appointed by three bodies the public school board the separate school board and the town council- two mem bers are appointed by the sep arate school board three by the public school board and three by the town the members this year are mrs dora sutherland and mi chael foot separate school ap pointees mrs alice mintern howard allen and murray hen ley public school appointees and hugh powell and mrs anne currie town appointees one town appointment is still to be filled if plans materialize as hoped a touring puppet shew will be presented at the library one morning during the winter hoi idays it may be necessary to open the library thursday morning the traditional library closing day if so it will be open only for the puppet show win five year fiuy michael foot the georgetown branch of the canadian red cross society announced this week the 1969 campaign for funds in march will have as its chairman mich ael foot born and educated in eng land mr foot is a graduate of the university of london in el ectrical engineering he came to canada two years ago and became a georgetown resident one year ago he is employed by northern electric at brama- lea as an electronic engineer an unsuccessful candidate in the recent municipal elections mr foot is a newly appointed representative for the separate school board on the george town library board cupids kids santa claus has his legion of elves but dan cupid with no army to call his own has to enlistthe help of kindergarten types todo his hanjdiwork above carmen lorosso and tara bludd take great care in fashioning tokens- of their affections to surprisefnom and dad tdmorrow they are pupils in mrs frank leaves kindergarten class at chapel street public school v council briefs an offer of purchase from eden mills enterprises presen ted by dodokin and sopinka for 166 acres on princess ann drive was turned over to com mittee at mondays council meeting the land is on the same side as the hospital and would-re- quire a right of way near the hospital entrance at present a right of way to the land goes through the hospital property the price offered is three thou sand dollars an acre murray dickenson mayor of north bay issued a challenge to mayor steamer emmerson to take part in a snowmobile race during north bays winter carnival with the mayor absent from the meeting no action was taken o i a letter from the halton county separate school board asked the town to consider buil ding sidewalks on maple ave between chrlcs and main st cr smith explained that this would be done if maple ave is reconstructed council approved a motion to prepare a bylaw selling lots fl 9 and 10 on the town owned industrial area to wm mcnally the terms and restrictions will be set out in the bylaw a rink called in at the last minute to fill a cancellation took full advantage of the twist of fate to capture the five year filly bonspiel at north halton curling club friday the ririk7slcipped by dot simpson of sherwood park was hastily added to the comp etition thursday night through a telephone call after a rink dropped out the simpson rink amassed 30 vi points to take the late morning draw and the trophy the early draw winner was the north halton rink of vivien kruger which had 29 points another north halton rink skipped by marjory allan with third in the early draw with 21 points excouncillor wife mark diamond wedding a couple who have spent all their married life in george town celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on sunday mr and mrs james costigan 55 john st- e were visited by a number of friends and relat ives during the day to wish them further years of health and happiness an extra treat were telephone calls from son ray in summitvillc ohio and a grandson alex in pittsburgh pa an employee of abitibi prov incial paper ltd for 37 years when he retired several years ago mr costigan as a ward 2 representative on georgetown council in the early forties georgetown council delivered a jolt to the balfon county board of education monday night when they refused to pay the february requisition of 131000 reeve william hunter acting mayor for the night since mayor emmerson was at a hyd ro meeting in the city pointed out this would make a total of 150000 asked from georgetown for the first two months of the year cr ric morrow charged the demands without notice would destroy any planning and ask ed for a representative of the board to explain their requisi tions if we knew what the projected costs are over the year we would know what we are doing he commented i think theyre on their own and can demand what they want remarked the acting mayor that may be true retorted cr morrow but as long as we sit here and accept nothing will be done if we let them know we wont accept it may- bo theyll let us know what they are planning cr harry levy claimed it was impossible to set a budget with large amounts suddenly demanded with no prior notice they are increasing every month and they tell us noth ing he concluded cr banna denison branded the board a bureaucracy in the process of being built they have given us no satis faction she stated despite the fact we paid the first install ment in good faith cr william smith agreed with the previous speakers commenting tm opposed to paying anything until i know where theyre going cr ern hyde contended the objections should go to the minister of education and the minister of municipal affairs we should know how the am ounts we are being asked for compare with the amounts paid out during the same period last year then we will know on what grounds to voice our ob jections he maintained cr sandy mackenzie wonder ed how the other municipalities hit head on in club lane i neither driver was hurt when cars hit in a lane on north hal ton golf club property monday north halton opp reported 700 damage to a car driven by margaret helson of rr 2 geor getown and 300 damage fo a car driven by alan beency also of r r 2 constable terry devine in vestigated the collision which happened at about 3 pjn 1 were reacting do we have any support or are we a voice crying in the wilderness he asked cr morrow urged the unani mous defeat of the motion to pay the bill claiming it was one sure way of bringing it to immediate attention of the board of education this wju show how dissatisfied we are clearer than anything we can do he remarked deputy reeve art speight claimed it was a legitimate charge and should be paid des- pite the fact he considered their spending should- be curb ed cr ern hyde also sought the defeat of the motion so we can start the pot boiling were his words if the board of education is going to put our mill rate way out of line iu use the only weapon ive got now my voice to oppose it till 1970 he chal lenged cr denison stressed that she was not opposed to improving education and facilities which she felt the new board would do but only opposed the meth od cr levy too emphasized it was the methods he opposed the vote showed all but de puty reeve speight opposed to paying the 131000 requisition- for february tctiuncil ajso decided to ask for a representative from the board to attend a committee meeting if were going to ask lets go for the top and ask for the chairman commented cr hyde mayor wheldon emmerson welcomes the aax aaidget hockey team captain during tne opening ceremony of the george town midget hockey tournamemjfriday besidelrtm is tournament chairman earl neil the georgetownplayer facing tfie camera is tricountys midget scoring champion juri kudrasovs