Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 27, 1969, p. 1

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government the to reconsider plans for a new a recreational complex on the iti5nilion jollar profession al sports palace on a site in central halton that would put this province on the sporting map of north america the super sports complex would be designed to accommo date major league baseball football hockey basketball track and field events grand prix racing and olympic comp etitions the sports complex is propo sed for a site that is south of hwy 401 and north of the nro- posed hwy 403 east of hwy 25 probably in the aroa of omagb a hamlet which during 1867 was being considered as the site for a municipal airport project that has since been tur ned down by public opposition the massive sporting centre would be financed by th pro vince and would serve the reg ion that includes hamilton kit chenerwaterloo and metro to ronto when presenting his proposal for the sports palace to the pro vincial legislature halton east mp james snow said there u serious need in ontario for such s facility and he said it should not be constructed within the boundaries of metro toronto canadian national exhibition in toronto in favor of putting- its planning and resources behind the halton sports complex immediate need in the concen trated part of ontario is o sports complex that would boast multipurpose facilities facil- ite9taettmmolito baseball football hockey basketball and horsi and dog races a vast con vention centre and among oth er things facilities adequate to cater to olympics snow told the legislature dur ing a two hour address it is my firm belief that we should embask on a study of the com- te 1968 petitive sports situation in on- j snmv ponded lhe leeisia tano a study which would ture tha in 1968 premier gude us as to specific needs j john rob u proposed a nyw and requirements it has always been my firm belief that our i continued on page 5 follows chairman cedarvale secretary submits resignation last weeks letter of resigna- ments during the last two years tion from e g richardson names have been put forward chairman of the cedarvale com- in committee and everyone had munity centre board was fol a chance to vote in a secret hal lowed by a similar letter from lot he contended the change william graham secretary of had been made in an effort to theooard to council on monday avoid discussing personalities i in open council it really is the letter stated due to the fair hc conc tack of consideration by coun cil for members of the cedarj cr em hyde agreed the sys vale board i find it nccessaryumft was democratic but won to tender my resignation as rforcd if council had unwitting- secretary he went on to wish ly done an injustice to the the new board members success people who had been serving in their endeavours oh boards he suggested the mayor steamer emmerson outlined the system of appoint- springs here and bills seeking baseball grant its a sure sign of spring die minor sports as he consid- when i come to council said ercd the financial and manpow- bill richmond georgetown j er problem to be serious basehall president monday i an additional team georgetown georgettes the was method of appointments could stand revision cr donna dcnison heartily crdorscd cr hydes views and reminded council of a belated motion of thanks to retiring board members passed a few weeks ago at that time the clerk was authorized to send letters jot thanks to all members whose terms had expired we apologized both by motion and letter and sent our thanks even if it was late added last year and are hoping- challenged cr ric morrow for some financial support hc went on he pointed out that this is the only adult team ask ing for aid since the intermed iate mens is self sustaining night as he presented the as sociations report and budget for the year he reminded council that the baseball association had re ceived a grant of 750 from the town last year for which they were most grateful at the end of the year we ended up a total of 260 boys played in 600 in the red he stated the various leagues last year this makes a total loss of over he reported including tyke a thousand dollars in the time pcewee bantam midget juv- we have been operating said enile and junior clubs the baseball president i in summing up he forecast a north halton opp offlc- he advocated the hiring of a deficit of 1206 if there should crs patrolled 13200 miles of town athletics director to bani be no town grant roads last week these people arent big enough to accept our apology when we admit we made a mistake i think its pretty small he commented council accepted both resig nations by motion and instruct ed the clerk that the usital courtesy be paid to them to principal post a georgetown district high tees will not however be in school vice principal neil any of the schools losing their turnbull was one of three vice principals of secondary schools in the county appointed princip als by the halton county board of education it was announced this week principals to assistant superin tendents offices the other vice stepping up are w f burns vice principal of burlington central high school and ra sharratt vice principal of north park collegiate in aabnday night blaze two families lost all their possessions and three business places were wiped out in a fire that destroyed cv motors principals j wallys auto body and tandem the appointees will fill posi tions left vacant by current principals recently made assist- the appointments were ap- ant superintendents of educat- proved after a committee of the ion whole held to clarify for board trustees the recommendations of placement of the new appoinl the selection committee tire at the corner of guelph and mountainview road mon day night mr and mrs bryan hancock and seven month daughter di ane and mr and mrs eric hancock tenants of the two ap artments fled the fire with no thing but the clothes they were wearing even one of the wom ens purses went up in the flames hyde morrow press for school separate tax bill two separate tax bills one town add house plan will 96 norval homes emil zuber who operates the firms venchiarutti and vench- 1 partly in chinguacousy and par club riviera at norval has sub- larutti and the firm of john tly in esquesing xnitted written application to ma who designed the club riv- esquesing township council lera and has won many nation- instructed townsmp roads are setting out the taxes for educ ation alone and another for general taxation were again ad vocated by crs ern hyde and ric morrow monday night the discussion was sparked by a letter from the halton county board of education ask ing an extension of the dead line for the submission of bud gets until march 15 they point ed out that the provincial grants still unknown making it for approval to build u single aland north american awards superintendent bud snow to impossible for them to strike a family dwellings in the forn of for his originality tuwn houses on land adju the riviera property mr suilio venchiarutti is a i georgetown high school grad- monday feb 17 council ap- uate of thc thirties and a proved his application pending former silvercreek resident approval from halton county health unit and the ontario water resaurces commission continued or page 11 mr zuber told the herald afterwards that the 14 town houses constitute the first phase of a project that will add dwellings to the village in town houses and apartments they will be situated on a piece of wooded ravine proper ty which affords a view of the credit river and some of the most picturesque scenery in this part of the province the development will have its own sewage treatment plant i want to emphasize that this property is not being planned as a mass residential develop ment because of its unique lo- j cation on the heavily wooded xi slope on the west side of the 1 credit river it is being engin eered to utilize the natural set ting and view to the fullest mr zuber said the access road will meetl adamsan street a few hundred feet south of norvals main intersection at the same meeting esquesj ing council- i i weve been working on this for the past three years mr withdrew opposition to zuber told the herald con chinguacousy councils propos- struction will be spread over at al to close an unused portion of least a five year period with the ton line north of tvtraj the initial phase being built cotta when chinguacousy first ths summer sought to close the road two months ago esquesing xegsie- the project is being develop- ed objection however since ed as a prestige development that time councillors have in- with planning and engineering spected the allowance and clian- by two renowned architectural ged their minds the road is trustees want tax break a resolutiqn aimed at the amendment of the income tax act to exempt a part of the honorariums paid school trustees from taxation will be submitted to the ontario sep arate school trustees assoc iation by the halton county separate school board the resolution moved by trustee michael noonan was passed by the board at last weeks meeting it points out that the canadian school trustees association has made representations to the federal government request ing thauelected school trust ees be granted the same priv ileges as municipal council lors with respect to the ex emption it notes that the fe deral government has not as yet taken action on the mat ter budget or allocate costs to each municipality cr hyde urged the town to strike their budget regardless of the board of education and send out their own bill without the board of education costs on it reeve w hunter claimed it would create too much work and expense for the treasurers department cr william smith opposed thc two bill plan claiming coun- j cil is responsible tothe people i and should try to cut back on various items if the education budget comes in higher than expected if we put but two tax bills and we can hold the line i maintained cr ric morrow j people are going to realize council is trying to do a fairj job persisting in his idea cr ern hyde termed the halton county board of education davis big monster we al ways end up cutting for education and it is usually the roads he remarked the discussion ended by de ciding to ask the treasurer mrs bell to give her opinion on the two tax bill system cv motors who had just recently moved there and were operating two businesses one on the opposite corner of mount ainview road and guelph lost all their equipment machinery two brand new cars and a cus tomers car their books were saved by firemen playing hoses continu ously on the corner where they were told the books were stor ed v rasmussen of c v motors has nothing but praise for the firemen wallys auto body owned by wally zuber was burned out completely but mr zuber man aged to get threee cars out of his shop tandem tire owned by a mr shannon lost a stock of tires but saved many that were piled outside the building is owned by george flannigan both hancock families are staying with families in town and provided with food cloth ing and bedding by the local red cross the flames discovered by mr zuber who was working in his part of the building spread rapidly creating such a specta cular blaze that motorists on highway 7 slowing to take a look created a temporary traf fic snarl tom mcglashen rjl i ge orgetown and another passer by used a tow truck on the lot to pull a number of cars away from the garage before firemen arrived i just a gag snowmobile much ado about a skidoo could well be the title to the series of complaints received by the mayor and council about the mayors snowmobile in the great snowmobile race no virginia the town did not buy the mayor a snowmobile and yes virginia there would be a santa clsus the day you can buy one for the magnificent sum of two dollars and twenty- five cents evidently some citizens did not realize that the whole snowmobile bylaw was a joke and thought this time council had really flipped and bought the mayor a snowmobile say it isnt so pleaded cr n hyde to the herald tm tired of explaining well it isnt so in fact the mayor will be borrowing not only a snowmobile hut a suit to wear in the race mayor murray dickenson of north bay phoned mayor em merson telling him he was on the front page of the north bay paper the nugget with the bylaw reproduced in tvifv a letter from park school pupils wishing him success in the race will help speed mayor emmerson across the frozen wastes of lake nippissing adams photography off in cloud of steam georgetowns mayor wheldon stearner emmerson gives a wave before roaring off in a cloud of srjow or steam in a practice for the north bay snow derby which is open to the mayors and reeves of ontario mayor fmmerson leaves tomorrow for weekend snowmobile races in response to a challenge issued by north bay mayor murray anderson two skating trophies for debbie lounds debbie lounds 13 a member of georgetown and pakville fi gure skating clubs took two trophies in the prenovice ladies division of competitions at the oakville club feb 16 she was first in figures- and first in free style six other fig ure skating clubs took part in in competitions debbie has been skating as a club member for just three years buzzard stan norton of acton says the mystery bird blamed for the loss of pets in the georgetown area may be a turkey buzzard r-

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