Belfield By Pass Savings Credit to Dr William R Smith
Dr William R Smith, road chairman, credited with saving Georgetown a large capital debt on Belfield freeway plans. Highways officials will pay 90 percent of the bill rather than 75 percent, reducing the town share by about four million dollars for 1925. Firefighters battled two grass fires as spring arrived on March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Smith
Council
Georgetown
Department of Highways
Belfield
Red Cross drive tops target in Georgetown campaign
Michael Foot, chair of the Georgetown Red Cross branch, said the annual drive is over the top with 1200 dollars raised toward a 4000 dollar goal. The canvass began March 10 in rural areas and a town blitz night followed on March 17. About 300 canvassers and 20 area captains took part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Foot
Georgetown
Red Cross
Bodner Questions Value of Open Concept Schools
Gearzetoun's representative to Hatton County Board of Education Ernie Bodner questioned open concept schools at Thursday night’s board meeting. He cited Paul ine Johnson school in Oakville where teachers allegedly hoarded filing cabinets for privacy. D S Lawless said vision barriers were ordered but stored as teachers reportedly rejected them. Bodner asked about data processing for Georgetown students and was told it would be available if transportation can be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon McDonald
Harris Floral
Mill Street
Sharon
The
Herald
Esthera
Benny
Gearzetoun
Hatton County
Pauline Johnson School
Oakville
D. S. Lawless
Bodnar
Georgetown
Halton Officials Clash Over Esquesing Line Budget Move
Halton Region Conservation Authority representatives faced violent opposition from Esquesing council Monday as they proposed the 1969 budget and an extra 2505 for special projects. Reeve Currie criticized per capita funding and watershed splits, while Deputy Reeve Hill questioned land purchases. Authority reps defended finances as efficient, asking to close the third line, which councillors rejected, leaving funding unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Region Conservation Authority
Esquesing Council
George Currie
Halton Region Authority
Credit Valley Authority
Halton
Credit Valley
Oakville
Nassagawega
Puslinch
Milton
Esquesing
West Flamborough
East Flamborough
Waterdown
Jeeve Hill
Wright
Halton Region
Esquesing approves 720000 in building permits in February and March
Building inspector Tom McLean reported to Esquesing council that $720,100 in permits were issued in February and March. Most were for residential development, with notable items including a $370,000 Pineview school addition, a $5,000 airplane hangar for Joe Ross, and a $2 wrecking expense for Ashgrove Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McLean
Esquesing Council
Joe Ross
Pineview School
Ashgrove Church
Oxfam Walkers Route Through Georgetown This Year
Oxfam Walk organizers reveal a revised 30 mile Georgetown route starting at St Marys Roman Catholic Church Brampton. Participants traverse Queen Street Huttonville Norval Georgetown Wildwood Glen Williams Union Church and Kennedy Road with entry forms coming to Georgetown. In 1950s totals Brampton Georgetown walkers raised about 80000 for world hunger with national turnout in hundreds of thousands. The event takes place Saturday May 3 with sponsor options and family group participation urged.
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Georgetown
Mountainview Road
Glen Williams
Guelph Street
Town
Wildwood
St. Mary's
Brampton
Queen Street
Huttonville
Norval
Union Church
No. 17 Sideroad
Snelgrove
Chinguacousy
Kennedy Road
Queen St
Hornby
Esquesing council cuts land separations per year rule
Esquesing council reduced the number of land separations allowed under the bylaw by half at Monday's meeting. Separations per hundred acres drop from four to two and per 75 acres or less from three to one, with the annual limit still one per case. The change follows Planning Board recommendations and a bylaw vote will finalize the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquesing Council
Georgetown Recreation Committee reviews survey on facilities
Fifth meeting of the Georgetown Recreation Committee discusses a community recreation survey. Residents indicate indoor swimming, tennis and ice skating as top facility needs. About half support higher taxes for specific projects, with plans for Joseph Gibbons Memorial Park improvements and future committee sessions noted.
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Georgetown
Ernie Sykes
Lions Club
Joseph Gibbons
Delrex Blvd
Weber Drive
Two men charged with illegal deer hunting in Esquesing
Two men were remanded to April 16 after appearing in county court on three Game and Fisheries Act offences. They face charges of hunting deer during a closed season, hunting with shares, and possessing a deer obtained illegally in Esquesing township.
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Game and Fisheries Act
Conservation Office
Esquesing
Anglican priest takes helm of Hamilton Missions to Seamen
The Rev. John Rathbone, rector of Glen Williams and Norval churches, becomes director of the Missions to Seamen in Hamilton, taking up duties April 1 at the Wellington Street docks. He will lead 40 volunteers, while also serving as rector of St. George's, Hamilton. Rathbone, a Toronto native, studied at Trinity College and was ordained in 1958 after roles at St. Alban's Glen Williams St. Paul's Norval and St. Bartholomew's Hamilton.
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Qnce
Glen Williams
Norval
John Rathbone
Hamilton
Wellington Street Docks
Rathbone
St.George’s, Hannon
Toronto
Mr. Rathbone
Trinity College
St. Alban's
St. Paul's
Orangeville
Oldest Resident 103 Celebrates At Home
Joe Martin of 9 Union Street turned 103 on April 1 and remains alert while living with his daughter and son in law at Georgetown after farming in Caledon township. Relatives gathered, including the John T Armstrongs family, and he still enjoys short outdoor walks despite a hip fracture years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Martin
Union Street
Martin
Georgetown
Caledon Township
John T. Armstrong
Armstrong
Mr. Martin
George Glassford
Raiders Lose Series Tied After 95 Point Defeat
Georgetown Raiders lost their first advantage in the series to the Cheltenham Harvesters with a 95 point defeat on Tuesday. The series is tied 2-2 after the game in Bramalea, with game five held Wednesday and games six and seven set for Bramalea and Georgetown Memorial Arena respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Raiders
Cheltenham Harvesters
Bramalea
Georgetown Memorial Arena
Juveniles En Route To the West Coast
Georgetown's juvenile hockey team leaves Tuesday afternoon for Victoria British Columbia to play in an invitational tournament and visit Vancouver during their western trip. Fundraising included a 50 50 draw a dance and waste paper collections with help from individuals and businesses. The final draw awarded Kevin Stringer son of Mr and Mrs George Stringer 342 dollars. Donations came from Georgetown town Leson Women's Auxiliary Lions Club Bodmer Ready Mix and Georgetown Cycle Sport who donated three dozen hockey sticks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown CN Station
Georgetown
British Columbia
Bill Neil
Victoria
Vancouver
Kevin Stringer
George Stringer
Lesson Women’s Auxiliary
Lions Club
Bodmer Ready Mix
Georgetown Cycle & Sport
Rug Hookers Visit Vineland by Rittermere Studio
Georgetown Rug Hooking Guild organized a trip to Rittermere Studio in Vineland on Saturday. Thirty-two local women, guild members and new students, heard a history talk and viewed finished rugs, wall hangings, patterns, and new designs presented by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Rug Hooking Guild
Rittermere
Vineland
Ted Bowen
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Cancer Society
Ken Hopper
Hopper
Smith
Areca
Bodner
Tom Hill
Ken Marshall
Hilton Falls
Scotch Block Dam
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Alan Wright
Oxfam
Calgary
Gerry Hughes
Gerry
Three
Guelph
Roxway Drive
Jean Beckett
Ontario St
Bev Hunter
Lawrence Steenhuis
Maple Avenue
Rexway Drive
Earl Andress
Steenhuis
Beckett
Georgetown & District Memorial Hospital
David Presswood
Cherry Preet
Thomas Beckett
Ontario Street
Norman Ross Morton
Ronald Tansley
Morton
Georgetown Market
Tansley
Eastern Plaza
Pees
Planning Board
Georgetown Recreation Committee
Georgetown Recreation Commission
Halton and Peel Trust Co
M Tlucko
Girl Guides
M. Simpson
E. Sykes
G. Miehm
Chamber of Commerce
W. Anderson
Georgetown Baseball Ass‘n
P. Burroughs
Ym-Ywca
Glen
St. Mark's Orangeville
Raiders
Rug Hookers
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