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yr 4 k a 5 j j4 that pay 1iljw wlptear an ad in the lxaiuin tfcionina t778mv buying or mhna the hevald is where yaw win find wmnhtim ii t printing- publishing thai the home newspaper for georgetown and district immm hi fllim prtnhhq im smphci cbn maa raobtand number was ratam p ouarentoo j georgetown ontario thursday december 18th 1969 v- 750 per yaar single copy we fif cents if the benefits of iking ageless m i ol kvva iyi kl mliilb i9h kw 36 vgl ksssslsy seven man board hv if 30 fee includes georgetown council mem bers will now be paid 30 per day for attendance at special meetings as well as committee of the whole or council meetings in addition this will apply for meetings attended in 1969 upon sub- v mission to the treasurer members will be allowed to structure attend a maximum of three conventions a year with tra velling expenses and con vention registration fees paid and an expense allow ance of 40 a day thehhree motions passed unanimously monday night with no comment blackout new doctor j santa glaus shows up for 437th donation j what could be a better gift during this christmas season than the gift of life santa claus took time out from his hectic schedule last week to give a gift of life at the georgetown blood donor clinic in hojy cross auditorium attend ing the ageless elf as he makes his donation are ann gray of the georgetown red cross branch dairy princess lorene archekin who was another special guest and nurse iris dyett if was the 4837th blood donation for the old fellow who now has more needle marks on his arm than a yorkville flower child metakcy valid school board not sold on concept of new education reservations over the value anything of the new education were expressed by halton board of education last week and a re port by a special committee failed to adequately defend the concepts the evaluation committee of the innovations council pres ented its report to the board for the second time but even some of its members agreed that it was not very valid the report on use of open- concept schools continous pro gress and cooperative teaching was one and one half years in the making 1 when it was originally pres ented to the board last summer it was set aside for study no action no action was taken on th report last week either board chairman fred arn-i- tage told the committee tht the report would be used to assist in formulation of future educational policy after several board members expressed misgivings about the value of the new education concepts robert wright com mittee chairman said the prog ram required more study he recommended continua tion of the committee to con duct additional study he said to do an adequate job the committee must have better tools and the help of highly skilled individuals meagre liberty pease board member said the results of the study were meagre and questioned what grounds the committee had for basing its opinions and recommendations pease said the new cduca hon must provide better re sults or he would not support such a program he said he was conmccd thai if the teacher is gooot the results arc good the results depend more on the teacher than the program he said there may be a dan ger in the staff not meeting the demands of the program and by instituting the concepts on a wide scale concern other board members expres sed concern about the type of reporting system which could be used in continuous progress schools the work load for tea chers whether there would still be a spirit of competition among students and if discip line would be lacking wright told the board it must decide whether it wants a school system using opencon cept schools continuous pro gress and coopentivc teach ing the report was prepared on information gathered frbm hal- ton schools now using the three new concepts teachers par- cnts and students were asked j for opinions nonscientific the committee referred to the report as a nonscientific analysis of what has been ac complished in the areas of con tinuous progress and coopera tive teaching in the new schools and a collection of rec ommendations vital to imple mentation of these innovations in traditionally designed schools the report found the open plan school appears to meet the social emotional and academic needs of the majority of stu dents whose needs can not be met by such schools one of the major recommen dations in the report was for establishment of an inservice program for benefit of teach ers who will teach in tradition al schools as well as in open- concept schools flexibility in school design is essential for continuous pro gress programs the report dicates womens council to help poverty study the regular meeting of the local council of women was held on december 5 in the committee room of the halton peel trust building mrs floria nodwcll was in the chair there was discussion on a report received from the nat ional council on the current study of poverty in canada and a review of the work of the senate committee to ex plore this subject in all its ra mifications local councils ac rosaf canada have been assign ed various aspects of the sub ject and asked to report their findings to national council for presentation to the federal government mrs dick reported for econ omics and submitted a study guide for local councils on such matters as taxation as re lated to national and interna tional trade national resourc es and industries and a fuller recognition of the economic and social contribution of the home maker rights of children mrs a tt sutherland repor- special project for the year is a study of the human rights of children a summary of these has been prepared and formed the basis of the report mrs buck reported for radio and television her report cov ering an evaluation of current programs for children and cer tain suggested improvements in timing educational content and general setup mrs walsh gave the report for the red cross outlining the very cohrprehensive current activities of the local branch which reach into every area of community life in addition there is the red cross contin uous and outstanding contribu tion to world need wherever found tree slaughter mrjnieuwhof gave the safe ty report which introduced a proposal to conduct safety pro jects in every- community and spoke of the opportunity affor ded in this field for community service mrs nodwell reported on conservation which was mainly that the board may not gain ted for education since the concerned with the unnecessary slaughter of trees on our high ways the brovtowar cdufictt has prepared a resolution to be sent to the ontario vernment requesting that the department of highways be asked to spare trees wherever possible and that a curb be put on reckless destruction of trees frequently featured in highway widening and extension mrs r h jones was tea hostess for the afternoon a sale of baking and small articl es was a feature of the mect- inff feeder line an overloaded was the cause of a 20 minute hydro blackout which left large section of the town with out electric power early mon- day night the entire district served by the cross street substation went black at 525 it included most of the west end of town street lights also went out in some other parts of eastern sections experienced a very brief blackout lasting about a minute as power was restored council gives two readings to community recreation bylaw a 25 clause bylaw setting up a community program of recrea tion was given two readings by council monday night the third reading was delayed to give members a chance to pur sue it thoroughly the bylaw authorizes a sev en member committee to be known as the georgetown rec reation parks and community centres committee to direct manage and control the arena the swimming pool and cedar- vale centennial community centre the committee will consist of two members of council and five resdents of the town ap- discharges would be subject to correcting the trouble was simply a matter of transferring to another feeder but since the failure came after the line crews regular hours few ex tra minutes elapsed beforafhe troubleshooting was completed personals please the herald will be calling for news of your holiday visits and visitors wc want to include your news in our next few issues of the paper if you have any other type of holiday news be sure and sec the herald gets it phone 877- 2201 ss staff christmas party smith stone limiteds an nual staff christmas party was attended by 80 guests at geor getown golf 4 country club friday night the stan court combo play ed for dancing and spot prizes were won by mr and mrs pet er sims mr and mrs frank cleave and mr and mrs trev or stratton door prizes went to mr mrs frank cleave mr mrs don parker and mr mrs john narey doug sargent and gob col lier wore in charge of arrange ments or j david hocan dr j david hogan is a new member of georgetowns med ical fraternity he has opened an office at 2 young street hv the- renovated building which formerly hous ed the snowhite laundromat dr hogan a toronto native is a 1963 graduate of the univ ersity of toronto his earlier education was at st michaels college school arid later st michaels college where he re ceived his bachelor of arts de gree in 1959 y he interned at st michaels hospital then spent three years with the rcaf overseas in france and west germany following his job with the airforce he went to honolulu where he took postgraduate work in internal medicine at j queens medical centre and i for t pas year he was a and resident anaesthetist at toron to western hospital dr hogan his wife who is the former josephine hashem of sydney n s and their 16 month old daughter leslie anne are irving in bramalea at present and pointed by council council members will be appointed for a one year term and non-coun- cti members for a two year term except for initial appoint ments when the noncouncil members will be appointed for a one year term to ensure con tinuity as the appointments change act as advisors committees area recreation may be appointed to operafedis trict programs with the main georgetown committee provid ing the services subcommit tees may also be appointed to act as advisors the seven member george town committee must submit a yearly statement of its finan cial affairs to the municipal treasurer and a budget for the coming year by february 1st the budget estimates will be separated into three categories recreation committee general program parks operation and maintenance and community centre operation and mainten ance council will set up a bank account known as the recreat ion committee account with the books and accounts being kept by the town treasurer this committee can set fees for participating or admittance to any community program and may solicit or receive gifts for recreation purposes- may also recommend to coun cil the purchase or disposal of park lands the committee can recom mend the hiring or firing of a recreational director but coun cil has the final authority on- both the committee however may appoint and discharge re creation workers park employ ees facilities managers other staff members jbey will also be responsible for assigning the duties and responsibilities of employees and volunteers should a recreation director be hired these appointments and hiring and firing all recreational centres parks playgrounds etc now and in the future will be main tained and managed by the recreation committee they eldest youngsrers dine come ye children mrs dora petch left pins a corsage on mrs lillian alcott at the rfetary clubs senior citizens dinner irt knox church hall last week ladies in the silver thread crowd received flowers as they entered the hall come all ye children says the scroll in ihe background his recommendation a public relations program is planned to keep the publio informed of the recreation op portunities in the area reeve w hunter questioned fthe advisability of passing the bylaw while the private bill to disband the three boards is still pending held up cr donna denlson stated in the solicitors opinion it was perfectly legal at the suggestion of cr smith the third reading was held ever only cr era hyde opposed the two readings of the byjaw following this bylaw anotb er by law to rescind all prev ious bylaws setting up the three boards board of parks swimming pool and cedarvale was given two readings over cr hydes objections the third reading was held up because most members said they felt the private bill dis banding the three boards night not come up for some time leaving them with no one in control since the new commit- tee would not ba appointed till next year santa is lions hospital cheer everybodys favourite hip pie will find time to drop in at georgetown district memoral hospital saturday saqta claus who wore his hair on the long side sport ed a beard and was known for his pot long before the- current unwashed crop earn on the scene will be spread ing a little love around the hospital at the invitation of the georgetown lions club patients will receive gifts from the merry- old gent who makes an annual habit of cheering those who have to spend this time of year away from their families st andrews has own laugh in the v may have their gotd- le hahn but st andrews at their christmas party on dec 10 were entertained by henry gibson in the person of mrs rita munro the evenings entertainment was provided by members of the ucw assisted by girls from the junior unity bin mary ashlee and mrs munro provid ed a fifteen minute review which put everyone in a happy frame of mind following the modern nativity play presented by mrs pat bell mrs florence skilling miss patti bums miss jacky clark and miss diane emerson a group of about 60 exchang ed gifts gave an offering fo the nigeriablafra fund and finish ed off the evening with a christmas buffet holiday papers readers please note the nest two issues of the herald being in holiday weeks will ba issued 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