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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WALTER Publisher Pagci GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY MAR 1973 EDITORIAL COMMENT Fitting Tribute That two dinner sittings were necessary to accommodate those wishing to pay their respects to Ernest tells the story Retiring as business manager at Georgetown district high school Mr evening in his honour at North Halton Golf Club The response was terrific The former board member has been much more than a school employee since he joined the staff And although his years of service were not lengthy the dedication and extra effort he put into the job his rapport with staff and students was of lifetime scope Mr got his own education the hard way Short on formal school training he is a truly educated man through his own efforts His facility with the spoken and written word has been exemplified time and time again in his public appearances He is always able to say just the right thing in the right way He possesses a nigh sense of values and unlike many of his years there is no generation gap in contacts with youngsters Befitting a man who will never cease to learn one of his retirement projects is a study of Louis I never had enough time for reading he says May he be blessed with time in abundance in the years ahead Merchandising Healthy Life Merchandising particularly in the hardware line must be a healthy life The Herald had a visit last week from a former Main Street merchant who at age is still enjoying life in his home com munity of Wiarton A E left town in selling his business to the late Jim Richardson His successor also enjoyed a long and active life and was on duty in the store until close to his own birthday Mr Cordingley purhcased the Graham Clements hardware business and operated it until his sale to Mr Richardson He then went to where he was in a similar business for several years He was active in community affairs when he lived here par ticularly in the merchants association of that day Life has treated him well He has his driver licence and operates his own car in By coincidence readers of the Sugar Spice column may have noticed his mention in that column a few weeks ago Columnist Bill Smiley once editor of the Wiarton Echo devoted one of his columns to reminiscences centering around incidents which involved Mr Scarcity of Merchants Attending the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the minority of merchants in at tendance was noticeable The Chamber in existence for many years is an established organization in the community But it suffers from minimum support from that segment which should be its most active members No one can benefit more directly from an active Chamber than a merchant In many towns the Chamber is slanted too much towards this and tends to become a merchants group In Georgetown industrial support has always been good and if one were to augment this with better support from businessmen we would have an organization second to none We realize that many mer chants particularly those with smaller personalized operations have limited time and limited energy But we urge that everyone in business give at least token support to the Chamber of Com merce Directors normally hold noon luncheon meetings the first and third Wednesdays at North Golf Club Members are welcome to bring pertinent business by message or in person to these meetings OPINIONS OF OTHERS Shirking Our Responsibilities The lack of respect shown officials of our sporting con testa should be of major concern all members of this society Players coaches managers parents spec ators and executive of all major sports increasing show of disrespect for the men appointed handle these games is of great concern to me and it should be to all of you Without an official to arbitrate Ihe rules of a game it becomes no contest and yet these men are loo often In my contacts with most of these sports I have never mcl a dishonest official but cannot say the same for some players coaches or parents I have met The impression left on young boy in his formative stages or one or those mentioned livid with rage screaming and cursing about a decision of which inmost cases he knows very little cannot help but be detrimental to the building of the boy and his respect or disrespect for authority the law itself I would like to quote from an article on minor hockey be fully written by Cardinal McGulgan lhal would apply to ail sports The philosophy of some directors seems to be winning is not only the most important matter it is that milters S I WIlI f i in re MIL GUARD GREETING ECHOES AGO A WAS formed to coordinate plans for Georgetown part in celebrating Canada birthday MEAT PRICES IN 19G3 taken from an ad of that year read as follows pork loin rib portion cents per pound tenderloin half loin cents per pound pork sausages cents per pound ground chuck cents per pound sliced pork liver cents per pound pork kidneys cents per pound side bacon cents per pound wieners B9 per two pound package rib roast cents per pound cold cuts 59 cents per pound Polish sausage cents per pound and sirloin or wing steak or wing roast cents per pound COUNCIL CUT its mill rate by one percent at the budget meeting but were some representatives notably Reeve John from Georgetown who would have liked lo sec a reduction at least twite is large The rate was set at 35 mills for gcneril rate and 4 mills for roads making a total ST mills The mill rate for roads is unchanged from the year before WITH A CAST of local models Brills Spring fashion was presented for two nights at the Legion auditorium last week March 10 19j3 with a full bouse both nights The Legion A sponsored the show and proceeds of over would go to the Britain Holland flood relief fund MRS PATTERSON director of the Farm branch of Ihe Ontario Department of Agriculture gave an analysis of the dairy situation based on herds The average cost of producing milk for twelve month period indicated was per while the average price received by the producers during the same period was When all costs or feed Interest on in vestment depreciation and other expenses other than labour were deducted It gave a return of cents per hour on the average Although our idea or ports is not mailers not whether you win or lose but how you play the game Yet how our boys ore taught to play the game determines Ihe contribution character which is an alleged reason for organized for Men who teach boys to win at any cost betray Ihe trust of Ihe parents of our country and of God A youthful hockey player s attitude towards the referee is a reflection of his attitude towards authority A teen aged boy who curses a referee simply must be taught to respect Ihe authority of the man with the whistle Juvenile delinquency on ice should be no more tolerable than on the street Mutilation if innocent boys in alleys evokes prolonged protests from decent citizens mutilation on the ice is often encouraged by these same citizens Assault on the streets of our cities brings to the culprit a jail sentence or a heavy fine assault on the ice brings but a penalu stood in our hockey rinks listened to mature coach scream and rave at a veer ildbke the point you idiot and I haie watched national league placrs who mike their Hung at the make the same mistakes and I get nauseated when I realize this type of thing is going on under the name of sports We as a professional recreation must assist the mans man responsible plajcrs coaches executives and parents to educate these people and iherebv con tribute to the right process of a becoming a man Free Press Economist OCONNORS OTTAWA lofs of Robins I DONT THINK YOUVE QUITE GOT IT Several residents colled reporting rul n firs signs tin season It was reported a few weeks ago that the kid of James Cross hod allegedly sent a telegram from Cuba to Canadian government requesting permission lo return lo Canada There were some conditions attached to such a return conditions by Ihe kidnappers of course A subsequent negotiating telephone conversation took place between their leader Jacques and a High Official with Ihe govern ment Hello Jacques here Oh yes Jacques How s the weather in Havana inquired the High Official The weather s not bad but it this working in the cane fields that gets you Sometimes up lo eight hours day Real work I not used to it having been a terrorist all my Hie You to come back eh asked H Not so fast think we should talk about it first Can assure us that we will be treated like any other Canadians We have rights know Well of course this is a democracy free and proud began Good I think a L I grant do something creative maybe Just think would be nice Tor a start And perhaps an Opportunities for Youth grant for the kids get back on our feet and we won be able to collect Unemployment insurance for at least eight weeks The grants should get us over this initial period Well said HO thai stem loo re ins urn ipen all ni And he went on we will need a place to stay since the police tare apart the apartment we were sharing with Jim Cross Haw about a public housing unit nothing fancy Tour bedrooms will be enough The Montreal Welfare Department could pick up the cost You drive a hard bargain said II O but I suppose if we spread the cost around among the three levels of government Right Now you re talking The Provincial government could pitch In with some cultural exchange and travel grants We could use a tour of Canada after all this hard work down here could tell Canadians how good they have it under Ihe present system TIRING Then It all settled 1 take care of things from this end offered hopefully One more thing said Jacques That an awful long and tiring flight from Havana to Montr cat Do you think you could us first class accommodations If have a problem Idea comment criticism or if you simply wish to get In touch with me please stop by Lakcshore Last Oakiil Winter Break BILL SMILEY Things That Build My Blood Pressure calm inclusion labour In ihe dairy herd While this hourly return for labour docs not compare too favourably with that paid to labour in in dustry the picture would not be too bad if all operators of dairy herds received that figure per hour for their labour fort una the two operators with low net returns received a minus figure of 9 cents per hour MARCH IS the town advertised in The Herald for tenders for the wrecking of the old town hall and cleaning up of the site A SIX ROOM FRAME house was advertised In 1953 The house has a stone foundation three piece bathroom Gunroom Insulated coal healing heavy wiring asphalt roofing The price was YEARS AGO RED CROSS drive rolling up to its objective of by March 17 1943 Subscriptions amounted to Thccampalgn closed Saturday March and the executive hoped to reach their objective at that time THE ATTENDANCE AT THE public school was once more back to normal after a rather serious epidemic of colds and influenza The percentage attendance Tor February was down to although this would appear low ycl it was reasonably good compared to the county average for the month A DONATION Or was received by The Herald War Victim s Fund this week which represented proceeds of a lucky draw conducted by the Glen Community Club The members were appreciative of the good work of Mrs Lows who mode and donated the cushion top which was won by Miss SOME MEAT PRICES at a local Georgetown market Maple Leaf Pork Sausages cents per pound Schneider Skinless Wciners pound Mealed Back Bacon ccnls per pound and cooked ham 59 cents per pound Schools will clow next week for Winter Break This replaced the Paster Mick vacation few In Ontario In the Mail Bag Protest Packing with Garbage Sample Georgetown Mr Vice President of Ltd Lakcshore Blvd Toronto Dear Sir On Saturday March 10 a group of concerned Georgetown area residents went to your local store with the intention of making known to the manager feelings about the packaging philosophy used by your company While forgathering in the car park we were approached by the manager and a police officer who informed us that if we to deposit your in the store we would be charged with petty trespass This being the case wc discussed Ihe matter stood Your manager was polite patient and corn as befits a good company servant It became us that packaging philosophies are decisions made at head office and thus now direct our criticisms to you directly It is our erst an dine hat despite the frequent disclaimers made it is primarily you the owners that call the shots as far as packaging are concerned Specifically we feel that you show a lack of to the community by a Over use of plastics and other degradoblc materials Your refusal lo in stigate a comprehensive returnable bottle scheme the only bottle return that do endorse is your own rand Could lhal be a marketing gimmick or arc you really concerned about the solid waste problem you impose on society Itcdundant wrapping of many fruits and The prime objectives of oil your packaging decisions should be a j To minimise the quantity used Assure lhal glass containers can be recycled intact and re used Metal cans should all be acceptable for re melting without sorting i cut out the aluminum One trip packaging should be degradablc or giving off no more noxious gases than carbon dioxide and water vapour Please find attached a represent alive sample of the garbage which we could not return to your store for fear of petty trespass Yours sincerely Pamela John Mitchell The Herald The following people wish lo be with this protest and Rarbarn Cocks How and Honey Corn foot Bob mil Helen Hansen Him mint Mil Huh Jim lerlc the little things in life the almost dally irritants that keep me in such a naming rage that I can almost hear my great uncle Mountain Jack Thomson the wildest tempered man in the entire Ottawa Valley about ninety years ago whisper That my boy One of the old stock Give cm hell William I have ridden or flown Into the valley of death and come out with nothing twitching except my sphincter muscles 1 have landed an aircraft with a fused bomb dangling from one wing climbed out lo face the Tire truck and the ambulance and managed a quiet You re making a lot of noise with those sirens chaps Hard on the nerves you know before fainting When I was shot down and crashed in a plowed field in Holland my first though was Dammit I won t be able to keep my date with Tita tonight was in Antwerp several hundred miles away A logical and When I was beaten up for an attempted escape I rail against anyone in eluding the beaters I lay there quietly in the boxcar hands and feet wired together licked my wounds and said to myself Serves you right you nit for trying to be a hero You wcrcn cut out Whin our tram rode Ihroufji the German night and right into a major bombing raid on Leipzig I looked down on my grovelling screaming Si raying calling for mother prisoners and though coolly There but for the grace of God and the fact that I can get out of this luggage rack where I was testing would be I Sedate poised Paralyzed That was in war time of course and a man had to keep a stiff upper not to mention nether lip But life since has brought the same sort of thing Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned somebody said Oh yes it hath Try this Tell your wife you be home for dinner at six Arrive home at 3 with a couple of cronies you vc invited for a late snack Nuh she wont mind Come on what re you scared of your wife A woman scorned com to a woman waiting is Ike a Boy Scout troop compared to a panzer division all agree then that I ve faced the worst without flinching without becoming hysterical wllh fear or rage What can cope with is the dally degradations The insults to intelligence The utter stupidity of bureaucrats and the malicious heckling of inanimate objects I afraid I lose every vestige of sang poise reason Item As though it knew exactly what 1 was writing about typewriter just broke a ribbon And I just broke my typewriter After using the name of the Lord the typewriter company and various other deities in vain I beat the thing with my bare hands All I got was ink up to my wrists and a laconic snide remark from my wife in the next room that shed already had her hair curled thank you Item They re cutting down the trees The stupid bureaucrats May they roast in eternal Dames And why ore they cutting down the trees So they can widen the roads for more stinking rotten cars Item They meaning the mindless bureaucracy are renumbering all the ad dresses in town were and now we re or or something I don even know where I live any more Of all the flaming ridiculous useless idiotic moronic expensive Steady old Man Remember the blood pressure HERALD BRADLEY Accountant Anne William Valeric Caruso David Hastings Myles John McCiements Joan Davis Joy VanDelinder CARRIER CIRCULATION Mr and Mrs Eyre Telephone Single copy 15c Mailed subscription yearly THE DISTRICT AT A GLANCE May Soon Have 36 Cabs Township residents may soon have two fleets of taxis with a total of 36 cabs at their disposal Township council last week approved granting a licence to serve the township the cab Oakvillc Taxi Company based In Oak villc and received a request from a Milton taxi firm with cars which also wants to obtain a township licence A committee of council will investigate the second request There is going to be lot of action in joked Reeve Anne thur She said she guessed the taxis wanted licences in the township now so they would have a head start when regional government comes into being and municipal boundary lines are juggled The township taxi licence fee is fid per ear Propose Apartment Units BRAMPTON Armbro Heights area residents got their first taste of what the development of their area will look like In a few years if what some called the threat of high rise in the area is not check Almost residents showed up at Centennial second school to hear Peel Elder explain the proposed ex the area west of Highway and south of Elgin Drive near Shoppers World One of the proposals explained by Peel Elder representative Don Brooks will bring an influx of people into the area from the proposed I apartment units to be built in the area The apartments said Mr Brooks are ex peeled to be started by this summer Asks Bank Robber for Cheque A bank robbery the first in Erin history was foiled a week ago Wednesday when a seemingly intoxicated man fled from the Royal Bank without getting a penny The courageous staff put him to rout Later that afternoon a suspect was picked up by the OPP in an hotel A resident of Cambridge formerly Preston he was charged with attempted robbery and later released on his own cognizance There will be a preliminary hearing later this month Sandy Marshall a teller dfdn believe the man when he demanded all her money at the counter She thought he was Joking when he said Give me the money Will you give the cheque she replied Fears Village Population Explosion third phase of the subdivision waits among other things the views of the and Suburban Planning Board before any start can be made At a regular meeting Monday council again met with the developers Glen and Victoria Wood to try to iron out their differences Michael go project engineer told council that the builder must have a continuous program of building to allow the home to be economical Tor the purchaser Council is hesitant to allow occupancy of the homes before 1974 because it fears the village may be unable to cope with such a population explosion At present the second phase of the subdivision has nearly homes under construction that J of the subdivision has ni will be occupied by the end of 1373 Service Clubs Group Dissolves of contributing something worthwhile to the town that had accompanied the formation of the Milton Com Service Clubs almost four years ago were shelved Wednesday at the group s meeting Half dozen members representing service clubs and other organizations agreed the original concept of he group had been lost and all voted In favour of disbanding Thchlstory of Milton Community Services Clubs Is one long series of and downs Vim vigor and vitality per mealed the air at the Inception and during the early meetings as representatives of over a dozen local organizations met to prepare cooperative projects and avoid duplication Discuss Domed Stadium Hit I- A officials have already made an unofficial proposal to the provincial government regarding a proposed million domed stadium in the township Shortly Robert Williams recreation director Don Gordon ana other township officials will meet with Premier William to find out whether the province will participate in the building of the Medium The proposal with detailed drawings of how the Stadium will look providing a capacity for 10 to a hockey arena with moveable bleachers that will provide space for soccer lacrosse and other games were handed over by recreation director Don Gordon to people close to the premier Garbage Collection on Mill Rate collection rates In Orangeville will be added lo the general mill rate Reeve Patterson said the town really had no choice He said there were too many commercial users having other pick and eventually the town would be faced with a straight domestic service This would be too costly he said Deputy reeve Thomson said he was against such amove He said the administrator R B Lackey had advised that a person with a property assessed at would still pay about per year for the service He said those with homes assessed at would pay twice rate and those with properties assessed at would pay one half the rate Township Survey Fizzles TERRA survey Being carried out in northern by members of the townships Ward 1 citizens committee has been dropped The survey was to determine the people in the area wished to stay with or Join the northern municipality under regional government Committee chairman Gordon Cation said ihe survey wiimt tarried out too well He added most people contacted wanted i ere be I ore making up their minds And those taking the survey could not provide this Other sources to the committee said the reaction was too mixed with many people not objecting to being thrown in with the northern municipality