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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WALTER C BIEHN Pago GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY JAN 19 EDITORIAL COMMENT No All Unhappy When writing an editorial it is common to concentrate on the subject chosen without giving other sides of the picture We have been taken to task for a December editorial entitled Not So Happy Year which we dwelt on the tougher aspects of being a Georgetown businessman We mentioned the drastic turnover in businesses many of them long established which occurred last year pointing out that high rents speedy transport ation and increased competition are factors affecting Georgetown On the brighter side there have been openings as well to give strength to the argument that while Georgetown business is undergoing difficult times it is not all one sided Firestone Store opened In one plaza Homestead Furniture was The Main Point The matter of On Ltd and the Workmens Compensation Board has been relegated to history The company which is developing a large commercial project in Toronto borrowed million from the Compensation Board which then agreed to a lease arrangement for quarters in the proposed building The then made a donation to the Progressive Cons ervative party It has also borrowed million from the CNR pension fund An investigation by the At torney Generals department found there was nothing cnminal in the company party donation This judgment we must accept But to our mind an even more important question is the loaning of trust funds to a private company And this is something which politicians and press have largely ignored It could bear careful study Any surplus in Workmens Compensation assets particularly has been contributed by em Heading for Broadway one of many locating In another plaza sparked by a large addition when Zellers opened a major retail outlet in Georgetown And downtown while there were few brand new businesses there was a general shifting of locations and Brightening of store interiors to attract shoppers We did end our editorial with this observation It Is still possible to operate a successful store here but it takes even more hard work and Ingenuity to continue making a reasonable profit retain present trade and add new customers A merchant who is a director of the Retail Merchants Association of Canada has other observations in a mail bag letter in this issue These are well worth the at tention of all Georgetown businessmen as a new year to be used for what is considered one of the best accident insurance systems in the world An employer is required to pay a yearly assessment based on the accident rate in his branch of in dustry And he and his employees are protected if accidents happen By lending such trust funds to a private company this money could disappear should the project be unsuccessful And we the tax payers would have to make good the loan The CNR pension fund is in a somewhat similar position It has been built up by contrib utions from employees and management And management in a publicly owned company is you and me Again if the Fidinam venture were to fail Canadian taxpayers would have to foot a million bill We should assume that such trust funds have maximum protection and that they should only be invested in giltedged securities Fidinam would hardly fit into this category SKIERs WINTER WONDERLAND ECHOES Too much turkey and one has a stomach ache Too much pornography and Yonge Street can fade Toronto new mayor David is concerned that what has been a colourful addition to the city entertainment is turning into the same shabby mishmash which has ruined New Yorks Broadway for residents and tourists It is hard to draw the line A city entertainment strip must offer something for most people and needs some spice OCONNORS OTTAWA But the plentitude of blue movies massage parlours and strip joints in Torontos downtown area is too much We hope Mayor Crombie will continue his pressure to keep things in check despite the vocal opposition of a few powerful columnists of the Pierre school As Mr has explained he is loathe to legislate Instead he has asked for a voluntary curb on a spreading cancer which will eventually give Toronto a massive stomach ache 10 YE- Ralepiycrs who wished to address Georgetown council would now be subject to the formality of making a prior request stating the subject matter of their business Monday January 14 council voted on the new procedure which was moved by councillors Don Powers Jim r Tiny explained I hat It would aid council in arriving at speedier decisions as well as keeping speakers on the subject of visit Twtntv two Georgetown Industries produced ioods valued in 19jJ according to figures Just released by the 1 edition of the Canada Year Book The latest f Inures though three behind show the owns Industries I and had an annual payroll of 129 Figures on other Hall on municipalities show Milton with manufacturing establish ments employees and produce goods valued at has 19 industries with employees and an annual payroll of The selling value of factory shipment Is Acton lists ID industries producing goods valued at 1B7 and employing of the Acton industries was X The year 1j2 ended with a glutted market The closing days of the saw the yards of Canada literally deluged with hogs Hog producers were making a real effort to get Iheir hogs on the market before the cent floor went into effect on January I 1953 Whole milk shippers found their markets In a similar surplus position Once during the Christmas season the shippers received instructions from their respective distributors to hold back their shipments from two to fUe days Four of the larger Toronto dairies advised those who had not been shipping at least lbs daily during the past three months that their product would not be required 1 local shippers representing some tans their dairy tl milk would not be accepted I mi Union School I rsqucsing and No where children In the Lotto and Onion districts received their primary education burned to the round early morning January J 19 I of the fire hod not been determined at the time The towns of won Iheir appeal to have their share of the Count tax levy reduced In I In a written judgement Robinson tut assessments in both towns by more OKI for county purposes and increased the assessments in Nelson Trafalgar Townships b almost he same amount The assessments eif six other municipalities In he county will remain unchanged It was Hit first appeal of equalized assessment in On larlo and the first appeal of assessment in MIS AGO Georgetown council made a resolution to compose a committee with reprcsen totlve from the Public School Board he High School Hoard Board of Health and the council to with a committee from the Town of Milton for the purpose of establishing a Public Health Nursing Service in Ihc above mentioned municipalities The council also resolved to reimburse said committee with the necessary amount of money up to OKI per year to cover Georgetown share of expenses in connection with sold Nursing Service The night constable asked council for a salary boost and council one further and adjusted salaries of other town cm ploy Salaries affected were night con stable J 1 per annum elerk and treasurer The fire had the following wages set chief 75 per innum deputy chief truck driver and caretaker per annum Council decided to offer the old fire truck for sale tjve a 00 grant to the Salvation Army The hurly burly of debates in the House of Commons vith the motions amend ments rejections catcalls and the Speaker often wasted efforts to keep order might appear to the casual observer to be nothing but chaotic nonsense Like a well played football game the game played in the Commons chamber is the culmination of much plan ning tactical manoeuvring strategy and second guessing The players have been chosen after a rigorous training camp called an election coaches arc wily old professionals aware of their own players as well as their opponents abilities But here the comparison ends Thegomelsnot ployed for the personal satisfaction of the players or the viewing pleasure of the onlookers II is undertaken in deadly earnest the ultimate aim and usually the result being laws which reflect the wishes of the majority of Canadians It has been argued recently that the Opposition Party should adopt a conciliatory stance a cooperative at tltude which will get some legislation passed and avoid another election It might well be urged also of the government to pacify the opposition to the some end VIFW POINT In my view if either side fell into such folly thinking the system simply would not work The parliamentary process Is based on the ad system in which two or three or divergent are promoted In the most effective manner BACK TIME available to the proponents The apparent chaos of manoeuvring taking place in the House is really this process of the Parties trying to most effectively present their cases With a majority govern one view always prevails In a minority situation consensus results or the Government is defeated In order for the views of the majority of Canadians to be recognized under a minority govern the Parties must fight to a consensus conclusion To agree or cooperate would be to artificially create a majority situation where none exists It would amount to a betrayal of the v ishes of the voters who voted for minority status Consider the cose of one football team operating with the other a phony and unnatural result FIGHT This is not to say lhat all parties must lock horns on every Issue Many procedural matters and even some substantive legislation receives all party consent a recent example the resolution censuring the bombing of North Viet Nam But on matters of principle it is in all our Interests to fight vigorously Over the years some of our best legislation has been achieved in this manner If you have a problem idea comment criticism or If you simply wish to get in touch with please stop by or call my Riding office at Road Fast BILL SMILEY Here Are Some Laughs to Help You Launch by Smiley It was rather a gloomy end to 1972 with Ihe deaths of scrappy Hurry Truman and that fine Canadian Mike Pearson and the eternal shootings among the mad Irish and the earthquake In Nicaragua So let get off on the right foot for the next twelve months with something a little lighter Some columnists are enough to file of funny or unusual things that happened during the year so they a ready mode column just New The only or unusual thing around our place Is my filing system I just took a look at it eighteen inches high oil over my desk picked up my typewriter and moved to the dining room table There nobody here but us crumbs Whereby I decided to pass along thing that I consider amusing with the hope that you will too They re not original and are from he centuries Here Stephen describing encounter wilh a pirate ship The two ships were brought side by side They were than lashed tlghl together with bag string binder twine and laid between them In moment the pirates upon our deck rolling their eyes gnashing their teeth and filing their nails And is he relates the en suing carnage I noticed gigantic I el low bran i knotted towel and striking right and left our fellows until Bilge rushed him struck him flat across the mouth with banana skin That the humour of in Here example of the humour of of whith a master was Horry rah am Tr writing some of sour The upon our pond so That poor Mamma has We reach her from Ah mt my heart Lrows waiting Besides I wont to have some skating of his wis In tht drinking well which tht plumber built her Mini fell Vu must buy a filler Here s touch of the Id like to ask my friend llackstetter to please note Che denunciation of the is neccssiry pirl of the hygiene of older people and greatly he eulation of their blood I low from that great Thlsones entitled Song Of The Open iioid I think thit I shall A lovely as a tret unless the fall M A That typically American in theme and content but here a little couplet of his that Is symbolic and universal If you hear the scream of a panther Don anther I can resist one more Nash and If you haven read him buy a copy This is called Reflections On Ice Breaking Candy Is dandy But liquor Is quicker Then of course there the epigram a very brief witty observation Its master was Oscar Wilde who came to a bad end in more ways than one But our sample will be from titled On His Books When I am dead I hope it may be said His sins were scarlet but his books were read In the Mail Bag National Group Can Help that a nice example of the pun as well as saying In two lines something about the monstrous pride of the writer Here another by It called simply Epitaph On My Wife Here ties my wife Here lies she Halleluiah Then there is the limerick Some of the funniest and foulest verses in the language are found In this form But this Is simply clever or cleverly simple The bottle of perfume that Willie sent Was highly displeasing to Milllcent Her thanks were so cold They quarreled I in told Through that silly scent Willie sent Mlliiccnt The tine art of satire has fallen into lethargy these days except perhaps among political cartoonists where It Is often merely cruel rather than witty But the Roman satirist Martial wrote a verse that is just as modern as it was years ago The golden hair Fabulla wears Is hers Who can deny if She swears lis hers and true she swears tor I did see her buy It Many Canadians tend to take life very seriously 1 hope these samples ninety percent of which were taken from school texts will help dispell that preoccupation So Whether troubles arc kids or parents or old people or unrequited love remember have only one life And this is It Enjoy Hairing Georgetown firefighter spence contributes this picture to Heralds Turning ick Tune In ihe front mi GEORGETOWNS FIRE BRIGADE Pin I Middle row llirence Shepherd is Glvtn strung William Mmstrong Shi plu id Hoik Ruthin in Fred McCartney George Martin Jot Hall Allen frank ORG TOWN Dear Sir Established A number of merchants Telephone K77 have expressed concern over BIEHN Publisher entitled Not So Happy Year listed the business GAKHFLDMcGlLVKAY and turnovers Production Manager TLRRYHARLEY usual News Editor omitted The author failed to businesses were extremely Advertising Manager some of them expand to larger premises with others BRADLEY Accountant like ourselves still looking As a director of the Retail Anne Valerie icn fisting J lements Join Davis course concerned with JovceVonDchnder now surely be apparent that CARRIER ATION problems passed off in the Mr and Mrs Lyre downtown is dying and with Telephone remarks describing our shopping centre as a Singlecopy 15c declining area arc not Mailed subscription Continued on Page DUOI D1REC OPTOMETRIST TORY MASSEUR L Brown KARL J STREUTKER REG MAIN ST Rd For Appointments phone present Health For appoint ment insurance Card CHIROPRACTOR OPTOMETRIST 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