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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 21, 1966, p. 1

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that being asleep at wheel was worse than those georgetown residents who get their kicks by standing on street corners and door ways in large flocks leaning against parking meters and holding up the walls of the downtown busi ness blocks for hours on end are haying their way of life disturbed since georgetown adopted loitering bylaw a couple of weeks ago some so charges have been laid nnderit by ge- orgetown police the strength of the bylaw will be tested when the charged appear in county court wednes day july 27th curt card a couple spending their summer in the cottage country sent this invitation to their friends in the city wish you could drive up busy water- skiing swimming and need a few dull moments drinking and driving j person who is asleep has n control over a motor vehicle he said damage is 500 in 2 friday accidents an estimated 500 in prop erty damage was done in acd- denta investigated by george town police friday at noon cart operated by al ice k pokluda rr 4 george town and boas- earl walsh br 1 georgetown came together at the corner of water and back streets the pokluda 1866 dodge was travelling east on back st and the 1965 font driven by walsh was north bound oi water according to police parking plan envisage behindstore car lots agreement near proposed aparfment on the highway two readings of a bylaw pc dave bell placed prop erty damage at 240 at 1150 at night a 1955 dodge driven by henry bou- clair rr 2 erin and a 1963 pontiac driven by gordon wm terry rr 2 norval collided at the corner of main and guelph streets mr terry was stopped main st n and about to make a right turn on guelph st when the collision occurred damage topped the 275 mark pc william koeslag i investigated lydranf charge writeoff tparks debate in council v bickering and recriminations llvlasted nearly an hour i touched off at council iday night when william j main street south deed the writing off of wat- hydrant charges against local firms the same situation exists at l georgetown district hospi- george kennedy school hftorgetown district high land boly cross school they to should be since you have set a rfent- 1 cr e hyde stated anyone i is informed on the matter the writeoffs of hydrant t would see the charges ridiculous ifb is the same s if the town e a fire hydrant in your ait door then said you had mayor he will see that there is a fee set out for any hyd rant on private property its a case olthree of many squeak ing wheels getting the attent ion its a case of discriminat ion and favouritism claimed the mayor jumping to his feet speight challenged theres eight members who decided it was time to right this injustice it waj no favour or discrimin ation taking his turn cr hyde said i felt mr cumpsty did not understand the situation but anyone who poses an argu ment like yours doesnt under stand the situation either mr mayor i dont like to see mr speight get so ruffled i dont think its good for him began pay for it because it was on mayor gibbons in my opinion ite property added cr there was a consideration giv- r tm sure if mr cumpsty en here that should not have iderstood he would not make been given by any stretch of rash statements the imagination these firms refused to pay fred harrison opined the hydrants from the bet il w mayors duty to and i couldnt blame explained eight it was an injustice i only just thing to do was t wilte them off if mr speight will exam attend and stay at committee meetings where theres noone there to give him any public ity you speak with one tong ue in committee and another when delegations are present harrison concluded by say- the bylaw retorted the tag i would appreciate your attending committee meetings and giving us leadership we find you bard to follow thats why its hard to lead retorted the mayor since you cant follow committee meet ings are like old ladies quilt ing bees claimed the mayor and council is where the bus iness is done well weve spent fortyfive minutes now in an old ladies quilting- bee remarked cr hyde there eight members who agree youre hard to fol low its the old story every body out of step but our john nie mr cumpstys second com plaint about the state of main st s didnt provoke so much controversy mr cumpsty clai med that two years ago he had been promised curbs and gut ters and they still werent there there are two catch basins to which the water would have to run uphill he claimed the whole town had deteriorated roads sidewalks and even posts along the road the reeve agreed he would ike to see all these done but pointed out bis road budget had been cut and he just has not the money he pointed out that the sidewalk budget for the whole town was less than 4000 authorizing the mayor clerkmo execute an agreement with odorlco pullen and poll- uti builders of a proposed ap artment building were given a council monday night the third reading was deferx cr e hydes request so that the agreement could be studi ed more closely the proposed apartment site on maple ave consists of a lit tle over two acres behind arm strongs garage the arm strong house od the corner of maple and guelph is included in the deal but the garage is not the armstrong garage will continue to operate as it has in the past all entrances and exits from the apartment building will be on maple ave so it will n t in terfere with highway traffic hezoning for the fifty six suite apartment building has been recommended by the planning board the agreement read to coun cil but which will be studied in detail in committee sets out all the conditions to which tie builder must conform hunters jlen seek win game scheduled tomorrow fastball fans will bo in glen park in large numbers tomor row night to watch a confront ation that will have all the in gredients of a playoff game two intercounty fastball league rivals georgetown hunters and glen williams both of them seeking to put to gether a healthy win streak will meet head on with mom entum provided by recent wins over acton and hillsburgh georgetown hunters trounc ed acton 46 tuesday night and handled hillsburgh 72 friday wins number three and four of their first season in the intercounty circuit glen sparked by some spec tacular defensive play by jim willie mays frank of late took hillsburgh 124 monday and acton 143 last tuesday whatever fridays outcome the loser will have another shot at the winner tuesday night would use land sale money for parklands a motion to have monies re- ing the idea at this point sug- allied from the sale of town gested that the budget includ- owncd residential land set side for acquiring park land was amended twice and then vithdrawn by council monday deputy reeve j young felt tha the town had park land but it needed development rather than going out and buying more expensive land lets develop what we have councillor f harrison ag reed where its all sullies wc could use sanitary land fill ed an amount expected from the sale of town land and could create a deficit if it did not go into revenue reeve w hunter and cr ballentine amended the mot- ioi to read that a special ac count be set up for any am ount over and above the a-n- ount budgeted for cr hyde stated he would op pose he motion since he felt il required more study especially now when when shad been presented on he there are no buildings near at this point cr a speight amended the motion to red money go to the develon- iient of land rather than acquisition spur of the moment the mover and seconder pccvp hunter and cr ballen tine agreed to withdraw iu lh have it discussed at a commit- tee meeting this week at which the auditor will be in cr e hyde while not oppss1 attendance major step expands paves and adds entrance to downtown lot laawbeei one of the largest free park ing areas for a commercial ar ea other than a composite shopping plaxa is boasted downtown georgetown for some time cooperation of land owners in the business block on the east side of main st north has provided park ing for downtown shoppers engineer to prepare police building plans the town engineer was au thorized to prepare addition al plans and specifications and advertise for tenders for the new police building an estimate of 16000 has been given as the cost of the building which will be er ected on a town owned lot at james and churchill ores- across from georgetown me morial park a motion to have a debent- ure bylaw in the amount of 20000 to cover any extra furniture sewer hookups etc was withdewn until the tenders are received 4800 miles by cycle policemans vacation a vacation trip of 4800 miles fa lwo weeks isnt particularly newsworthy unless you bap- sn to make it on a motorcycle thats what georgetown pol- ice constable dan martin and his wife did the martins left july 2nd and rode their motor cycle to the calgary stampede they returned home sunday july 17th charge youth wrote obscenities on wall a youth in his late teens has been apprehended by george town police and charged with writing obscenities in a public place police picked up the youth monday after obscene remarks were discovered on the walls of the brewers retail store in the delrex market centre the writer apray paint used a can of the landfadbeen gradui improved butuntil last week it could not be classified as id eal for shoppers now the complete area has been extended and paved extra entrance established from main street and space made available for an estimat ed one thousand cars spearheading the project has been georgetown parking au thority a councilappointed board with hery helfant as chairman and members ed wiener and ed malison acquisition of a business block from john cordaro by the adjoining property owner sid silver has made their plan a reality major part of the land being used is owned by mr silver dick licata georgetown hyd ro commission and the mc- gibbon hotel the owners bave leased their land to the park ing authority on a dollar-a- year basis when the new sur- ta hoped to mhrk off traffic strips for traf fic control bat in its first week of use it has been noted that the public is setting up its own uniform system of park- their cars and the land is be ing used to its maximum ex tent the former entrances are still in use from guelph mill and back streets the entire area is well lighted and attrac tive the new main st entrance has had the cooperation of hal- tonpeel trust co new owners of the former christian refor med church with the firm al lowing a rightofway beside and behind its property this is the first of a parking prcam which will eventually envisage similar areas behind all four sections of main st already the authority has plans in the making for i 30 car space behind stores on the cast side of main st south 21 sign petition seek truck traffic relief in presenting a petition sign ed by wniyon residents of the edward margaret street area to council monday night james baillie stated i would iikc you to know that my wife and i are not the sole complai- ners in the district the letter claimed that transport trucks thundered up and down at any hour of llo day and night and were increasing in number and size every day it went on to say that sleep was being disturbed and traffic was a hazard the letter concluded with a plea for the same consideration as other ratepayers in a resident ial area not all was complaint how ever at the beginning of his remarks mr baillie commend ed the police on the prompt action on a complaint by his wife the previous week regar ding noice and speeding on ed ward street iv lwfigijkfsa if you intend to camp dar ing your vacation remember to choose a site sufficiently el evated to permit a quick run off of rain water stay clear of dead trees which may come down in a high wind a look at the weather july mu imn 13 wed 89 14 thurs 79 15 fri 77 16 sal 85 17 sun 87 18 mon 91 19 tues 77 68 62 55 51 50 60 60 high 91 low 50 no precipitation alicu f c scott an estimajde 190 students in the georgetown area are still i melting summer work according to figures from the branch of i nation employment service serving this district however n- still baring difficulty finding enough nutore hoys to i openings for summer jobs r e mckenxle employment feapervisor said strong boys from grade 11 through university i are much in demand students who are younger and not as i strong have more of a problem in getting placed here three georgetown students toll on tht jobs that have replaced their jji wn pchooig oat change as good as a rest say students on summer jobs bmm memaaarr orach it wmitowa mb uny pachaick ond 10 wmi lumll ira urpmran m unowhm orad 10 wthi dx camlraclim

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