Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 29, 1985, p. 1

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Truth unveiled See News GREAT CANADIAN PARTICIPACTION CHALLENGE Wednesday May 29 198535 SEE PAGES CI Adjustments to CF shocked artgry See Family Bl the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY MAY 1985 Friandty Hit BRAKES ALIGNMENT ffti TIRES 87316056 ABOUT THE HILLS Distress Centre walk rhcros a historic June led by Caun John McDonald through Georgetown picturesque Glen Williams The IB kilometer walk will raise money for he North Hat I on Distress Centre It starts at from Knox Presbyteri an Church and ends at the Glen Williams Town in concert The Cantante Singers will bo presenting some light lyrical springtime music Sunday June at the cultural centre They hate enticed new singers this year and the member many new pieces to perform The choir will be performing many popular tunes Including songs made famous by such artists as Barry Monllow Barbara Streisand and Irene Cara Tickets arc available at Oxbow Books Georgetown Fabrics or by phoning The concert starts at pm and tickets will bo available at the door The cost is for adults and for students and seniors to study sliding The town is willing to put up to towards a slope stabilization study by Ltd for properties on Metcalfe Court The homes fronting on Metcalfe are sliding slowly Into the Metcalfe ravine end the Credit Valley Conservation Authority has hired to do the necessary technical work Homes at to Metcalfe Court are of foe ted as are those from to Metcalfe Court The most serious slope movement Is at Metcalfe car winner A Georgetown resident has become a Super auto winner In the February bonus draw Leon La r of Gibbons Place won an Cutlass Supreme The cars are part of a special promotion featuring Canadian- produced automobiles as bonus prizes in both the January and February draws The draws also featured regular prizes of million and and thousands of other prizes The cor will be presented to the winner within the next Tew weeks Super is a joint undertaking of all ten Canadian provinces acting through the Interpro- vlncial Lottery Corporation We need houses If there was more housing available in Georgetown youd find more industries interested in selling up shop in the town BramptonGeorge town MP John told The Herald The biggest complaint Mr McDermid Is hearing from Industry has to do with housing Industries are complaining their staff have trouble finding homes in Georgetown With development in housing you might find industries more interested in Georgetown Mr McDermid said I would certainly encourage the town fathers to bring new housing on stream Members of the industrial sector have complained their staff have to live In Milton or Brampton because they cant find housing in Georgetown although they work in Georgetown and like the community he said They need housing now Mr McDermid said Georgetown south More land identified as industrial Herald Staff Georgetown South acres have been Iden tified for industrial use To me those plans are changing the exist log nature of George town Were bedroom town a community of neighbors Peter Wool of Eden Place said last week during a public meeting for the George town South and West Secondary Plans The plans look at expanding the current boundaries of the town to make homes for 14850 people Mr Wool voiced to such an allo cation lor industry Consultant Peter Walker said the lions by the Secondary Plans arent anything new lhat they were in the towns Official Plan which was adopted by council In October and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Feb 1985 Are we going to have big trucks going up Road with on Mountain Arent they going to a lot of ho arils demanded Rita Thomson a Tenth Line resident Town engineer Bob Austin said a transpor tation study on the roads is to be made public mid June and It has looked at Industrial traff ic on Mountainview Road The study was undertaken its a support document to the Official Plan and the Secondary Plans Roger of Irwin Crescent suggest ed councillors defer adopting the Secondary Plan until the results of the traffic analysis In the transportation study arc When staff report back his committee general committee it will be about a month from now and well know Ihe transportation stud by then Coun Harry Levy said The public Is to write their comments on the Georgetown West and South Secondary Plans and submit them the town by May Town staff will be pre paring a report based on oral comments during last weeks public meet mg and any written submissions they receive for he June 17 general committee meeting Right now there is between and 10 acr es of serviced industrial land in Georgetown The Secondary Plans designate acres from Line Tenth Line north of in Georgetown South for serviced Industrial There is no industrial land designated in Georgetown West The towns recently approved Official Plan designated acres of Industrial land The proposed Georgetown Secondary Plans increase the acreage In line with the rural indu strial needs study by the region Fence solution eases worries for parents By ANE Herald staff Things should be a lot quieter in the village of Limehouse now Auto Wreckers owner Fred Tolten has agreed to move the fence around his wrecking yard opposite Public School back to making walking safer for schoolchildren Mayor Miller said clerk admini strator Ken Richardson both talked with Mr and received his support to move the fence another two or three feet in on his properly Regional staff have said theyll put a stop sign on Fifth Line North for vehicles going onto Regional Road 43 there As well theyll be mov- Veteran retraces steps to war days in Europe Hera Id Staff It was a whirlwind tour of Europe for Doris and Pat Chamberlain but it was well worth it The Mill Street Georgetown residents took a 17 day lour commemorating the anniversa ry of the liberation of The Netherlands and Italy by the Canadian armed forces in 1945 I came back In from Europe Even the beaches are different 1 couldnt even recognize the beaches any more Mr Chamber lain a member of the Royal Canadian Legion said The couple spent four days In London England on their own before joining the European tour which lasted til May It was still cool over there Mr Chamber lain said His wife with bad cold shes trying to shake off still and Doris Chamberlain from their trip to Europe Their first day in London it snowed Their heating is nothing like ours Mrs Chamberlain laughed They dont have much The tour took them to Antwerp in Belgium In The Netherlands Paris Dieppe and Caen In France From Antwerp the Chamberlains visited beck cemetery In nearby Holland and the Bergen Op Zoom cemetery The cemeteries were really well cared for flowers In all the graves It was really impressive Mrs Chamberlain said There were services at all the cemeteries conducted in English for the benefit of the Canadians on ihe bus tour I found a couple of names from my regiment at one of the cemeteries just by luck Mr Chamberlain said They had wound up in graveyards not even close to where hey were killed I found a chap who used to go around with my before he went over the war vet said The highlight of the entire trip was the one and a half hour long parade in The Netherlands which was attended by Princess Marguerite of The Netherlands and by thousands war veterans Including Mr Chamberlain who marched through the city The Dutch guide on our bus had been a prisoner during the war He had quite a few sad memories Mrs Chamberlain said I think Ihe majority of the Dutch people had sad memories It was really the anniversary of their liberation so they were rejoicing all over again You could tell their appreciation was genuine because on the day or the parade they would coma and shake your hand she said The Dutch sure welcomed the Canadians back They were out in tens of thousands just lining the streets giving tho marchers flowers The Chamberlains were glad they took trip back even though as Mr Chamberlain put it It pui a lump in their throat at times Liberal Don Knight signs the register after May for new representative of In at a mem her of the Legislature by The coming weeks will decide not the Clerk of the Ontario Assembly Mr Knight will hove the opportunity to sit with the right The ceremony took place Parly la power photo by Rosemary Clno ing the road north feel at that intersection and resurfacing Mayor Mil ler said The bill for this work will be he said Last week white lines were painted across the main street cutting through the village and school crossing signs erected lo alert motor ists of children in the Until the end of school year a school crossing guard will help Limehouse students across the road after school Mr Miller sold lie said hed also con tacted the gravel opera tion near the school and received reassurance gravel ruck drivers would be advised be extra careful in the schools vicinily These solutions came about alter a delegation complained of unsafe conditions for school children who walked home and needed lo cross Fifth Line for kids who smoke Students In high school in mojor Gen ii ires throughout Ontario are witnessing for lliem- selves the dramatic and Immediate effects which ft smoking has on the human body Through the use of the Lung Associati- biomonlloring prc- students utilize biofeedback equipment to demonstrate immediate changes in the carbon monoxide level heart rote hand tremor and skin rufure caused by relte smoking Says Margaret You muns of the lung elation region We believe that about the Imme- dlote harm from will be more Illness S that may occur many years in the future In most coses says Ms smoking immediately Increases the level of carbon mono- In the blood increases heart rote Increases hand tremor and lowers skin Says Cof president Budget good for firms y Herald Staff The incentives for small businesses ore going to be a plus for Hills Mayor Miller said commenting on Thurs days federal budget There arc good incen tives for small business which is something lhat Hills can capi talize on the Mayor told The Herald this Small manufacturers and entrepreneurs will benefit from these incen tives he said Theyll be encouraged lo expand which will create more I feel job creation is the most important because when I talk to young people thats the thing upsets them They want to be able to go to work and provide for themselves When they go Job hunting theres nothing for them out there Major Miller sold The federal govern ment Is allocating million next year for employment training and job creation MILLER I wasnt really dls- I didnt think It was that bad a budget Mayor Miller said It always bothers me when cigarettes liquor and gas go up because theyre three things that I buy and the majority of Canadians do too he chuckled Mayor Miller said the budget package has some good things and some bad things but lhat overall It had something there for everyone Brampton George town MP John McDerm id said he Ihought it was a realistic budget his party brought out It recognizes there arc no quick fixes but that the real solution is better management of government with spend ing cuts and lax increas es Mr McDermidsaid People have told us heres loo much govern ment by cutting bock were managing our funds and showing the way were prepared a government lo make some sacrifices The government is getting rid of crown cor porations that dont operate In the public interest and is reducing the public service by WALL OF MEMORIES about 15000 through attrition Every ministry except for national defence and welfare will be spending less next year Mr said If we dont pull in our horns now and reduce our spending spiral you just cant keep doing it he said The governments 10- year plan reduce the deficit wont hurt the economic recovery the country Is now experi encing Mr McDermid said The national debt is to be cut by billion by 1990 he said Very few of his con stituents have called him up lo complain about budget the MP said Those who were upset with misunderstood It he said The small business people especially have been very very pleased with It They feel it will help them expand and create new Jobs Mr McDermid said Georgetown Chamber of Commerce president Dave a small businessman agreed The Tories believe in and Im wilting as a taxpayer of the country to give this budget a try Mr said Theyve got five years to try anything they want because we gave Ihcm a majority The Part of he fun of anniversary celebrations arc looking back at the good old days Here Jean back a leather In 1BSK at George Kennedy gates at student class pictures from that era with Stephanie a teacher at Ihe school In the early 70s community has to be very delighted with the budget he said Theyve left capital gains to larger more successful businesses Its a hell of a shot In the Mr was referring to the lax free capital gains for Canadian Investors He Finance Minister Michael Wilson certain ly has not betrayed the P C philosophy Mr declared Ha Hon board of edu cation chairman Betty Fisher said shes still in a questioning period about the federal budget She said shes most concerned about the effect the budget may have on senior citizens Continued on Page A3

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