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works of eighteen artists at palette and pencil show eighteen artists showed 85 of their works at the third annu al georgetown palette and pen cil club art exhibit at north halton country club clubhouse two nights last week club president mrs elaine crawford was hostess both tuesday anl wednesday even- iags when large numbers turn ed out to view the work of the club which had its roots in a prank black art class tjdc show included oils waiercolors pastels charcoal and pencil drawings the palette and pencil clubj meets every wednesday evening i in the halton and peertrust fc savings building saturday theyll host a work shop of the central ontario art association in norval where member artists will sketch the norval scenery halton statistics 42 under 20 show ulation nearly 42 per cent of hal ton county residents are un der age 20 this is among the findings of a report prepared by hal ton assessor robert beach and presented to county coun cil total county population rose by 8079 or five per cent in 1968 the year the report is based on population as o september 1968 was 169731 breakdown aged three and under in the county 4158 aged four 4317 aged five 8560 aged six and seven 8853 aged eight and nin 5172 aged ten to four teen 3223 aged fifteen and 11039 aged 1619 years the most populous age bracket in halton is 20 to 59 85469 persons i in the 60 to 64 bracket there are 3864 persons and 3315 in the 65 to 69 group in the 70 and over group there are 5085 persons tons residents live in institu tions largest town in the county is burlington with 75930 per sons followed by oakviue with 54983 georgetown is next with 14523 esquesing with 8605 and milton with 6422 acton has 4604 and nassagaweya 3041 page 9 the georgetown hs7al0 thursday june 5 1969 draper dobie co ltd members the toronto stock exchange stock and bond brokers your nearest branch office phone brampton or mai ton and toronto 4595222 t 6773757 no toll charge from georgetown and vicinity successful investors traders know draper dobie david r chappie wm e beatry there are 10642 persons approximately 1623 of hal ballinafad cattle pigs consumed in district barn fire p with this oil at the palette and pencil clubs recent exhibition is the artist dodi scu settle rc salary dispute after threatening walkout mass resignation of the coun tys roman catholic teachers was averted last thursday night when th teachers and halton county separate school board settled their 1e39 salary dis pute three members of the ontario enuliii lati0iv teachers as- sociation representing the tea chers and three directors of the onlario sparate school trus tees alienation representing the bard reuchd an agree ment viriy atr midnight th new salaries are slightly higher than those of the boards original offer which was rejec ted by the countys 320 catholic teachers several weeks ago threatening to resign en bai the teachers hal then voted to tirn ever negotiations to provincial representatives pay schedule the 1c39 salary schedule is level v 52006800 level 2 5603 s33c0 level 3 6000- 900 level 4 s670011000 level 5 7 1001 1400 and level unchanged 6 7700512000 principals at schools with under 300 pupils will gel 1250014000 13000s1 5000 with 30o499 pupils and 13500- 16000 at schools with over 500 pupils the halton board also agreed to pay 50 per cent of the teach ers hospital and sickness bene fits the boards original ofter had ranged from a starting ret of i 520056700 at levl t to s7rj0 11800 at level 6 the teachers had asked for 54007400 at level c and 77c01 2000 at level 6 ofore negotiations brcke down a few weeks ago thursday night the teachers returned with a counter demand i of 520072co at level 1 and 770012100 at level 6 they also asked salaries that were about s200 lower than thei original demands at level 2 3 and 4 levels 5 and 6 remained i 1 they had rejected the hoards original offer because they felt salarics utlud tiiem if not competitive with thoie- paid hal- tons public school teachers or even those of teachers in the separate srhoc system else- a here in ortirn i atu comparable pay the tearhers had said they were justified in asking fr comparable or at least compet itive salaries because we navel to pay or the same services in the same county too i leno braida chairman of the boards salar ikgolialing com mittee said he believed both j sides had reached a fair and reasonable settlement fair to both the teachers and the board the hoard realii llt tea chers sh uld be f s i 1 paid but not ovcrpud he said braida maintained separate school salaries are lower than those of the halton public board because many catholic teachers in halton are younger and less experienced than the majority of public school teachers read the classifieds every week for best buys the community was shocked this past week to hear of the disastrous fire in the neighbour- i hood the barn on the farm of grenfell wright was totally destroyed in a short time sev eral head of cattle tied up in the stable and a great number of pigs perished in the blaze i i there wire eleven tables of euchre in play at the commun ity centre on thursday night the scout and cubs womens auxiliary sponsored the party winners at euchre were ladies edith colquhoun ami gladys robinson mens prizes went to paul wilson and bert price au drey wilson won the door prize there were tickets sold on two boxes of groceries winners were mrs livingstone of geor getown and mrs briggs of ballinafad real estate still continues to change hands in this area as well as other places mr george harris has sold his farm the new owner takes possession in the fall mr and mrs frank smith accompanied mr and mrs don lindsay and mr harding price to harriston on sunday where they attended the 50th wedding anniversary of mr and jack cooke the cookes lived for a number of years on the corner at the 7th line and no 27 sideroad before moving to liar riston mr and mrs william sand erson and sons moved from the village to their farm on the 8th line corner every success is wished for them in their new occupation on the century farm formerly owned by the hilts family mr and mrs fred hulls of bayfield spent thursday of last week visiting his sister and brother inlaw winnie and frank smith at tatlingstonc farm the annual meeting of the community centre was held on monday night may 26 very few people attended the meeting it was reported that the recreation committee had found it neces sary to disband however the present hall board will carry on and did come up with few ideas which they hope will pro mote interest there by helping with finances which must be met every month it ls up to each one in the community to stand behind the committees in charge of events show your interest by supporting them winnifred smith council briefs council accepted the resist nation of fred hue from the municipal safety committee monday night the mayor ex pressed his regret but stated mr hue had been in ill health recently june 1 is the anti raturs clinic day in georgetown the clinic will be held at the mun icipal works garage on maple avenue from 3 till 8 p m o council authorized the pre paration of a bylaw which would allow interim tax hilling in 1970 this means taxes could be paid in installments from the begin ning of the year rather thanl waiting till the budget is struck the intent is cut to down the borrowing of money until the taxes start coming in 1 council okayed the prep aration of a bylaw giving the building inspector and the en gineer authority to issue stop work orders when necessary -o- passed a motion to set up a three member committee to negotiate the lirumac applira tion the committer is as yet unnamed i 5 year investment certificates amounts from 100 to 100000 interest paid halfyearly by cheque or it can be deposited to your savings account legal investment for trust funds 7 for 3 4 years va for 1 2 years come in for further details to our office in georgetown 55 main street north john a edgar manager 8772266 local director john r barber orth halton advisory board john t armstrong chairman rcford iardhouse maurice beat michael idwith john ioy dr b d young lome skuce convenient office hours mon thuri 900 500 fridays til 600 halton peel trust affiliated with canada trust huron erie macs milk moore park plaza main street north operated farm crown deeded to ancestors member of one of esquesings oldest families wray herbert bessey 66 died on may 27 in georgetown hospital son of the late john and an nie taylor bessey he was born i on the 6th line farm given by the crown to his ancestors and j fanrcd there after his fathers death lie sold the farm last year because of illness and moved to georgetown to live at 291 del rex blvd j he attended school at the stone school anj was affiliated with first baptist church he was a member of north halton curling club he leaves his wife prairie bessey whom he married in 1941 a brother harry rr 2 georgetown and sisters mrs b morris gertrude and mrs h spcers pearl of toronto and mrs c smith mildred of kit chener he was predeceased by brothers franklin wilfred roy and robert rev l e wilton conducted the funeral service at the hat- old c mcclure funeral home ad interment was in green wood cemetery pallbearers were nephews robert bessey toronto and donald hunter streetsville paul job milton keith job scan and neil tost open house saturday june 21 1230 pm auction sale cedarvale community centre rings vaiyes clutch brake and tuneups free courtesy cars no down payments brampton engine rebuilders 250 queen st w brampton 4510636 or 6771632 meat dept beef special round or sirloin steak 19 lb red or blue brand beef mac pac beefburgers canada fancy winesap 5 apples for 39 j packed 2 lb per box macs economy tea b agsrqc pkg of 100s 01 ubbys tomato juice specials on sale from thursday june 5th to saturdayjune 7th