Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 21, 1966, p. 9

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hikers age 4 to 74 tramp trail in georgetownlimehouse area some people u they had their way would be born with wheels instead of less the quote is one of a dolen similar outbursts irom george rimmer of burlington a mem ber of the bruce trail club a man who loves his hiking and a man dedicated to enjoying the outdoors himself even tt the rest of the world wapta to ride on wheels george an16 others took up their favorite sport just recent ly on an organized spring hike along a four mtle stretch of the bruce trail in die limehouse area the toronto bruce trail club organized the event and decided to explore a littleused section of their trail between the fourth and seventh lines esquesing township twlct four miles because it was only a four mile stretch and the normal or ginned hike is around eight miles in length they retraced their steps and walked it both ways landowner problems west of the fourth line and east of the seventh line highway 7 this point caused the only breaks m the 20 7 mile section of the bruce trail for which the toronto club is responsible anyone using the trail between the third and fourth lines and between the seventhand eighth lines must walk on the roads because landowners haye not granted permission forttttrail to cross their farms east ofnhe seventh line a quarry has pur chased rock rights and bikers are asked to stay off the proper ty because the firm cannot he responsible for injuries caused hikers by blasting the toronto club maintains the trail between five sideroad at kelso and the terra cotta conservation area except for those two portions its all bush and field walking litest gear the recent hike began at the georgetown plaza at 10 am where carloads of hikers assem bled ready to start the trek through the open land most wore special hiking boots heavy jackets and warm clothing and carried such paraphernalia as knapsacks full of lunch and a hot beverage knives binoculars and bruce trail guidebooks and maps but organizers point out you don t need all that special equipment to walk the trail the cars drove to the fourth line and the 17 hikers spilled out into the crisp fresh air they ranged in age from about four to about 74 and included four women 12 men and a child some brought speciallycarved walking sticks and one man carried a light aluminum cane it was 10 45 when they left the embarkation poirt and precisely noon they stumbled into a lovely clearing to find an ideal soot to sit for lunch midway between the fifth and sixth lines following a half hour lunch break they were off again and the seventh line de stmation was reached about 1 30 pm back to can four who wanted to be home early had parked their cars at the seventh line and they de parted for home from there the others turned around and walked down the same trail ar riving back to their cars at 3 15 sights along the trail includ ed a maple sugar shack where where experts in the crowd ex plained the syrup boiling pro cess a pretty waterfall on creek- tbat flows beside the trail near the seventh line and the spotting of several colourful birds which the birdwatchers immediately identified the hikers were mostly mem bers of the toronto club and well known to one another but they quickly made friends with some visitors and guests some of whom were making their first distance hike and thorough ly enjoyed it ho lilod it one member was milton s on ly bruce trail addict john bev crley of the base line road john was encouraged to try hik ing one fine spring day two years ago when he joined tor onto club hike from speyside to kelso he loved it joined the club and bas been hiking near ly every weekend since either in organized parties or by him self the kelso to terra cotta see tion of the trail is one of the most scenic and most popular ambulance calls during the two w period of april 3 to april 1 the geor getown volunteer ambulance service answered three tails wednesday april 6th 12 00 p m a routine run from georgetown to georgeown hospital taken by j hooper and walter thompson thursday april 7th 1 15 pm a routine run from georgetown to sunnybrook hospital toronto taken by jim jenkins and trevor williams monday april 11th 1025 pm an emergency call ambulance not required taken by cec davidson and doug peck pun to hike read this first here are some points to note if you are considering any hik ing on the bruce trail the trail passes almost en urely through private land and it baa been made possible only through the enthusiasm and trust of the landowners with out cost please treat the prop erty as though it were your own do not litter light fires pick flowers or hack bark off trees water is often scarce so you should carry a beverage with you dont hike the trail alone if you sprain an ankle it could mean a long painful wait its better to hike in a party with cars located at each end or the section you want to walk tbat way you can drive to your de parture point walk to the des tination and dnve back to pick up your car don t smoke while you are walking sit down while you smoke and make sure your ash es are dead out before proceed ing stiles have been erected for crossing fences use them don t open gates or climb under fences no hunting on the trail please keep dogs on leash when in farmland do not obstruct driveways or roadways when parking your car trail markers constitute white blazes about two inches wide by six inches deep spaced at frequent intervals on trees at the right side of the trail both ways where two blazes appear one on top of th other a change in direction is indicat ed diamondshaped metal bruce trail markers are posted on stiles and along the trail foot weary wanderer george rimmer stops to rest atop a boulder beside a water fall during a recent bruce trail hike in the georgetown limehouse district march hospital activities almost parallel to 7965 georgetown and district mem orial hospitals operation in march almost paralleled that of march 1065 statistically a report just released by the hospital re veals the average number of pat ients per day for harch 66 was 55 identical to that of march 1965 and the months were also similar in the percentage of beds occupied 82 percenl total days of care which is ar rived at by taking the number of days of care given each pat lent during the month and total ing them was 1 704 for last month just one less than march 65 figure the months were also very much alike in the daily average number of newborn in hospital 73 m march 66 and 6 0 in march 65 and average length of stay for newborn 8 dayb during march 66 and 70 days during march 65 other statistics are not similar there were 33 babies born in the hospital last month compared to 29 in march 66 bringing to 89 the number of births there this year two deaths in hospital during march bring to 5 the total num ber of deaths to date this year compared to 5 deaths in march alone of 65 the widest variance occurs in the number of emergency visits last month the hospital handled 133 emergencies compared to 266 during march of 63 major operations last month totalled 7 there were 18 dur ing the same period last year seek 12 staffers for halton health unit at least 12 staff members are needed to relieve the chronic shortage of personnel at the halton county health unit branch of which is located in georgetown if we can t get additional staff by june we won t have much chance this year report cd the director of nursing for the unit grace j leavey we are facing a chronic shortage especially in the pub lie nursing area she said the annual report for 1965 shows four vacancies in the pub lic health nurse category vac ancles for two sanitary inspect ors two dental hygiemsts one ull time and one part time medical officer of health one registered nurse and one regist ered nurse s assistant septic tank pumping weeping til tranchina gravel fill halton sanitation services ren and bill mccowan 177 9255 tf warden wants cut in county mail bulletins warden h h hlnton is ty lg to get the county to cut down on the amount of paper it uses his first attempt received a temporary set back he tried to reduce the number of people on a mailing list for a weed control newsletter from 41 to 11 but thursday county counci s agricultural committee whlh authorizes the newsletter dead ed to retain the old mailing list until mr hinton applies to the committee those the warden deleted from the list were mayors reeves members of parliament chambers of commerce organu ations district and local wed inspectors municipal works de partments john bradshaw a hortlculturahst and henry stan ley the county agricultural rep resenlative i agree there is far too much paper going out of this office but is this the kind of thing we want to stop staled william hoey deputy reeve of nassaga weya township mr hintons contention is that most of the newspapers re print the newsletters and any body that wants to read them can read them in the papers in 1065 a total of jtt cancer research projects were support ed by the canadian cancer soc iety in canadian universities research institutes wnchesntvektastf actibt than those eatenby hikers while oh the trail ths foursome taking tune out for a bits of lunch agrees wholeheartedly there were 1 7 hikers in the group that trekked the trail in the georgetown area recently guaranteed investment certificates 6 interest for 1 s years amounts from 100 100000 interest paid half yearly by theqae laveston include iikotanct ceeapanies societies mncipalrhes estates legal for trast fends your local trust company halton peel trust savings c0mpant 28 mam street n brampton 252 main sheet milton daylight saving time to comply with a resolution passed by the municipal council march 26th 1966 i therefore declare daylight saving time in georgetown from 2 00 a m sunday april 34 ending at 2 a m sunday oct 30 1966 joseph gibbons mayor thi cioroitown hrrald thursday april 21 1n4 7st robert r hamilton optometrist ofhcf hours daily carretal bldg 1 1 6 mountalnview road for appointment 77197i caution this is the season when people are out cleaning their yards and burning the winters accumulation of dry grass leaves and bits of paper please keep these fires to a controllable size and always stay close to the fire until you are certain it is completely extinguished for information on disposal of combustible materials phone your fire department georgetown citizens band bandsmen wanted cornets clarinets trombones ml horns baritones basses contact clyde stewart 8774475 dave hastings s779766 practical monday evening 730 pjn in hm arena rosa room attention car buyers save money on the exact chevrolet or oldsmobile youve been looking for during in full swing now have a field day look over the chevrolet olds- mobiles epics and fine ok used cars our selections at its greatest right now discuss a trade in allowance for your present car we firmly beueve you wont better it anywhere whats more we can promise on- the spotdelivery on virtually any model we want 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