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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 26, 1973, p. 1

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GEORGETOWN The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District llfRAID THURSDAY APR Pottage Guaranteed per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents PROVINCIAL FUNDS MEAN REDUCTION IN TOWN MILL RATE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS HOCKEY CLUB HONOURS VETERAN TRAINER Vetei Haider trainer Jack Harrison was honoured by the hockey club at their year end banquet Saturday night when the club unveiled a trophy named for him The Jack Harrison Trophy will be presented annually to a Raiders player or executive members for outstanding contributions to club With Mr and Mrs Harrison here is the first recipient Bloke Inglis Ingiis who came out of retirement to urn in one of his best seasons as a Raider player Is holding Zorge Town House Project One Reading From Approval An agreement between town of Georgetown and Construction for construction of units was given first and second readings Tuesday by town council but third reading was post to allow council mem to study agreement reached with the firm and the zoning board Councillor Phil Siddall said that residents of the area which is near senior citizens apartments w the plans Although Councillor Ernie Hyde said that he did not want to see the project delayed he did not think it should be given final approval without council hiving the to study the agreement Councillor Roy Booth said hat he believed the need for rapidity was to allow an early start Mayor Bill Smith said Hyde was normal and agreed to it pointing out hat with two readings we re acknowledging the principle and I satisfied with that First Aid Fire Fighters Defend Title Next Month the shield that The trophy itself being held by Jack Harrison will have a plate added each year bearing the name of the receiver Towns Will Talk Region Tomorrow Mayor Bill Smith and officials of Acton and will meet Friday wilh officials of the provincial treasury to discuss his area position under regional government Mayor Smith old town council Tuesday night that hey had met with the provincial officials last week and outlined what we feel our position will be under regional govern The mayor said that the of idols indented they realized our position Administration Finance including education Ambulance Property and protection Sanitation and waste removal Hoods Recreation Police depart TOTAL nutNuts Taxation Hydro water other schools Provincial subsidies Municipal subsidies Grants In lieu of taxes Licences and Other revenue Recreation Surplus TOTAL 429 147 100 46B25 191 000 Public School Supporters Will Pay Mills Less Discuss McLaughlin Land For Recreation Complex Although no decisions have been made by town council regarding a proposed recreation com ex various aspects of the proposal were raised in council Tuesday night after a presentation by Ron Winters regarding land south of Silver Creek owned by McLaughlin interests Mayor Bill Smith emphasized that he presentation to council was made with the complete understanding that only land for a recreation complex was being d and that if the town did decide to purchase the site there would be no discussion of other residential development The mayor said thai with the budget cleared the proposal for a recreation complex must now take a top priority MARKS No decisions regarding he site or type of facility were made during the meeting and members of council raised a wide range of as peels which they ihey felt must be decided In the overall of recreation complex Councillor Bill Hunter said that it must be decided whether he facility is to be paid for only by Georgetown and Councillor Hoy Booth said he was prepared to recommend that It Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department will defend heir tide as 34 learns compete In the Provincial Open Aid Championship Competitions conducted by St John Am bulancc May at Moss Park Armoury in Toronto The Georgetown team of Tom Doug Ha r ley and Bob Hyde in early April won the Trophy which is given in another first aid competition sponsored by the fire office Now they will go on defend heir championship in Saint John Ambulance competition being last year winners Last year Hud Hyde was in he com petition Instead of his brother Hob A new trophy will be awarded to winning team any category scoring the highest number of points in com petition by Si John Ambulance The trophy has been donated by Mrs Morgan head of the volunteer women groups in the Si John Am Brigade in Ontario The trophy is to be known as the Morgan Trophy in memory of her husband Teams in Senior In termediale and Junior categories will be required lo provide the correct first aid or three problems Fifty casualty will apply make up to lOH so that the problems will present realistic n juries he teams Seventy wo judges will assess the teams per on each problem and the Judges will be assigned to a new earn for each problem In addition lo teams from the volunteer members of the St John Ambulance Brigade cams are entered from in the Armed Forces the Deportment of Natural Resources the mining in dustrj The Canadian Pacific Railway the Ski Patrol Ihc Girl Guides and the Fire fighters UAW Local 876 Votes to Strike Standard Products Icol United Auto Workers representing the wage corners at Standard Products Georgetown voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to empower their negotiating committee lo call a strike if they feel is necessary to bring about contract settlement Gerry Klatt a member of the FINGER LICKING GOOD during their Georgetown Cuba Malcolm Mad cod left Andrew Eraser and Mark Edwards dip fingers into a collecting bucket to sugar bush See Scouting Around potc section negotiating com told The Herald that ihc vote conducted in the Legion 120 auditorium produced a against result He said that about per cent of the Local membership attended the meeting Negotiations between Standard Products Limited and Ihe Local have been going on since January 10 Klatt said May 8 has been set as the date of a conciliation hearing Klatt told The Herald thai the incentive plan is ihe major stumbling block he present lime We haven t even touched on salaries said Change Driving Habits as Well Sunday April marks Ihc day when clocks will spring forward one hour around the Daylight Saving Time also marks beginning of what should be a period of special alertness on the part of the nation motorists Throughout ihe first few days of the changeover the Hamilton Automobile Club drivers make It A habit to reduce speed and in crease following distances during he morning and evening rush hours Odd Fellows Draw Winners Three people were prize winners in a lucky draw April 16 sponsored by the Odd Valentine was first wilh ticket I 120 Mounlalnview Road was second with ticket 1240 and Herb Churchill rcscent was third with ticket Thumbs Down on Request To Create Double House council gave little Someday a big developer will roads into property he encouragement lo Bill come in and you II say yes staled of Glen Williams last but you say no to the little Deputy Reeve Len Coxe when he asked to convert fellow McGowan charged stated there would be no a residence into wo apart denied the charge and problem wilh a one family repeated his statement dint he dwelling agreed He said he wanted to moke Irtes treat everyone the McGowan said that was no two family units out of a same use since he wanted to give his building he lived five years children a plate to live instead ago The building originally of renting basement apart was a concrete block plant pointed out he had own ore doing owned by Mr and owned ihe property and the at present converted a house building for years Other As he left Ihe chamber Dick contended people beside me have building said he could rent the apartments and duplexes were permits and there even building as a business prohibited in the township March Off Williams in 1971 pointed Win at Ottawa township They are not Georgetown Majorettes won Parliament Buildings and Cr and they ihe Eastern Ontario Junior Ottawa certainly don come here for Championship in 01 The championship was held permission Saturday Forty corps Air force Base and INSIST NT were entered in the the group in the Holiday trying to do Ihc right sections of each thing McGowan shot back Councillor Phil Siddall said he supported a centralized site for the people of Georgetown And Councillor Ernie Hyde said that council could not shut its eyes to the fact that will be part of regional government next year Mayor Smith painted out that the Board of Education would be given an opportunity to present its views as would those with parcels of land offer for sate Four Suffer Serious Injury in Auto Crash different I bring up I can do The land is not worth a damn for anything except houses Itowitt maintained he Iried to be consistent and refused everyone who wanted to break the by laws flections There on ihe trip They left Saturday at a and returned early Monday The group toured Thais charge of expedition and was assisted by Miss Mary gins irom stone Five corps mothers also Do long fcp Surprise Party Held For Former Mayor I Im fit ASF Georgetown Naturalists Probe Snowmobile Hobos Camping Club plus any other volunteers will invade Hungry Hollow Saturday in a clean up project Four Georgetown yo ths were taken to hospital after an accident at No 17 and No ID Highway Saturday night Paul Yates 18 of Henry Street is in Peel Memorial Hospital with a broken back He was operated on Monday Craig Shipway Georgetown is in the same hospital with broken ribs and multiple and bruises David of Victoria Street suffered a broken leg but is now out of hospital Stewart Leslie 17 of BO Moin Street North was transferred to Toronto General Hospital with chest injuries and a fractured jaw At press time he was reported progressing well AT THAI- IIGHT Peter Murchison of a passenger in the other car was also taken to hospital with minor injuries Snclgrovc police said a eg Chev driven by Karen 17 of Islington collided with a Mercury driven by Stewart Leslie a traffic light in Miss escaped Although expenditures for the town of Georgetown in will exceed Ihose of 1972 increased provincial grants allowed town council to strike a mill rate for tic school supporters sday night of I mills less lhan last year The mill rate for public school supporters for residential and farm assessment was set at in budget presented to council by Reeve flic Morrow chair man of he finance committee The Industrial and commercial rate Is mills Separate school supporters will have a rale of mills for residential and farm as boss with an industrial and commercial rate of mills The budget which provides for a surplus of in the year operations calls for expenditures of 727 with matching revenue Last year public school supporters paid a mill rate of mills for residential and farm and mills for in and commercial Separate school supporters in paid a rateof mills for residential and farm and 15 mills for industrial and com merclal On a house assessed at which would have a retail value of approximately public school supporters would pay less taxes than In The 1973 assessment for for general purposes is 364 in presenting the budget Reeve Morrow noted major areas where additional funds would be spent In the fields of recreation and public works Under public works these include reconstruciion of Prince Charles from to Del rex at a cost of Street No from Main o Maple at a cost of Ray Lawn storm sewer cost provision for a two inch asphalt overlay on secondary roads totalling 000 Ap proximately five miles be decided by the works com and council next month the town will purchase a new garbage packer new back hoe and two new trucks amounts for construction and maintenance of sidewalks has been increased allocation of for preparation of new dump site volunteers ore to be added to the current 30man volunteer fire department The volunteers are paid on ROAD The road budget calls for expenditures or compared to expenditures In 1972 of 350 The recreation department budget will see expenditures of 932 compared to ex last year of As well as the regular operations of the arena swimming pool parks com centre and recreation programs Reeve Morrow outlined additional projects which will be undertaken this upgrading of the lighting at the arena sand blasting of the poo and provision of a new deck additional playground equipment at Fairgrounds Ccdarvalc Joseph Gibbons Park Park Delrex and Greystonc and Centennial School two tennis courts to be built at Moore Park and one at Joseph Gibbons Park a play area with playground equipment will be developed at the park in Moore Park the lighted Softball diamond at the Fairgrounds will be fenced a program coordinator wilt be hired to assist wilh recreation prog mo and community groups additional trees will be planted at Joseph Gibbons Park Park and and the park at Moore Park coaching clinics will be held for hockey additional maintenance of school grounds will be done where playing fields exist two projects which were to have been done last year will be completed in 1973 These are the sodding of the park in Moore Park and the con struct ion of change rooms and washroom facilities at the Fairgrounds Grant Structure Changes Eased Tough Job Smith Miss True Davidson he outspoken former mayor of foal York known for her flamboyant hots and quick repartee celebrated her 72nd birthday April 19 at a Daffodil Luncheon held by he United Church Women of Church Miss Davidson the guest speaker was surprised by the birthday cake since she had been In January Just a few days before the luncheon the United Church Women discovered it was her birthday Choosing Life Begins Today her topic he guesl speaker said she was an Activity In later life depends on he fullness of life and Ihc interest in new things She recalled her years in politics and her 12 as a mayor of East York She rellred from that position last year At present she writes a bl weekly column for the Toronlo Sun and has been asked to wrile a book about senior She said she was looking forward a new career at years old Old should be a lime or Joy ana reflection luimucnted Slit minted out It was a time with no Although he exact amount of provincial subsidies and grants arc not yet known in reply lo Councillor Emit Reeve Morrow said a basis or in creased grants of was used in preparing Ihe budget Councillor Phil Siddall said thai it was his understanding the estimate would be conservative and Reeve Morrow said that if it does prove to be higher then various items in Ihc budget could be increased The reeve expressed to ihc town staff for the ihey provided in preparing this years budget Mayor Bill Smith Incongrat all committees for putting together a good budget said that we all realize lhat we hod a tough Job until recent changes in the grant lure Mayor Smith said the change in the grant structure has allowed the municipality to do certain things it wanted to do PASS- HON The reduction in the mill rote In effect passes on the ratepayers of Georgetown those benefits lhat the govern passed on to us Mayor Smith said Cr Siddall mentioned that it was important that council sees thai an uptodate fully report in the middle of year in order to know how estimates are progressing Reeve Morrow said that some recommendations would be made at the next finance meeling regarding this and Mayor Smith agreed that it is important that the jobs planned for this year are proceeded with especially wilh regional government slated for next year responsibilities and the freedom to do anything She stressed lhat health was given to people lo accomplish what Ihey wanted not to save She reminded the audience she had suffered a heart attack during on election campaign and was elected white confined to a hospital bed Miss Davidson holder of a MA and honorary D lived In in her younger days before moving to East York Following Ihc luncheon chaired by Barbara Snow wife of Hon Jim Snow ihe Milton Senior Citizens Or with Mrs Louella Potter at Ihe piano Ron Harris Steve House and Tom Bradley on violins Mrs Howard on guitar and Bob Luklng at drums entertained Mrs Tom acted as master of ceremonies Miss Davidson talked to the orchestra about her upcoming bonk on senior Other entertainment wns offered by Howard Willson and Ron and Kris Klusmeuj- of United Church Mrs Mildred Walked In speaker unguis thanked by Mm J M

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