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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontario RICHARD CAMERON Publisher Page IFRALD THURSDAY AUG 1973 PROVINCIAL PARKS Crack Down Welcome A determined crackdown on Lawbreakers and rowdies in On provincial parks was an nouncea recently by Leo Bernier minister of natural resources The action stemmed from increasing incidents of rowdyism vandalism and other breaches of park regulatios Noting that both parks staff and the Ontario Provincial Police Intend strong action Mr Bernier commented provincial parks system is the finest in the world and we will not tolerate misuse of park facilities by irresponsible persons All park visitors and campers are entitled to an en outdoor experience without harassment Thi new get tough policy is designed to protect park property and reduce incidents of vandalism and rowdyism particularly drug and drinking situations which have increased In recent years causing considerable in convenience and loss of sleep for family campers In addition to hiring extra staff for both day and night patrols Increased assistance will be Provided by the Ontario Provincial Several parks are already patrolled by OPP vehicles equipped with special radios for speedier communication with parks staff In others police detachments operate from seasonal bases within the parks and are on 24 hour duty Several other methods and techniques are also being in this year to ensure the well being of campers Resulting from these new policies a marked improvement has been noted On a recent weekend of 104 parks reported normal traffic with no problems It must be encouraging to local camping families to know that the trend toward rowdyism in provincial parks is being met head on and that the ministry of natural resources will take the necessary action to ensure that everyone visiting Ontarios provincial parks will have an enjoyable camping expenence More Daylight Leisure Benjamin Franklin about wrote whimsically that man would enjoy himself more and spend less on fuel if he had more daylight hours in the evening and fewer in the morning More than years later that suggestion for daylight saving time was promoted actively by British builder William In 1907 he argued that more could be ac during evening daylight hours than in the early morning when man only rises to get ready for work His ideas were remembered when the First World War dawned Britain and the United States both adopted daylight saving time ostensibly to conserve valuable fuel for wartime production in stead of wasting it on lighting The same pattern was followed in World War The U S for the duration stuck with a one hour advance of clocks but Britain conserving fuel more than ever went for a twohour advance Daylight saving time no longer is tied into wartime usage Now it s more a matter of leisure In many countries it is adopted during summer months to give more daylight hours for recreational pursuits after working hours It seems most of us don t mind going to work in the dark put we hate to have fun in the dark If this is so then there is a case to be made for continued daylight saving time 12 months of the year Especially during long Canadian winters an extra hour or two of daylight would be nice to have around in early evenings Think about it as you enjoy long summer days Litter Containers Hurt Anti litter campaigns sometimes seem to add to the litter they re supposed to reduce In Ontario the ministry of natural resources is cooperating with the ministry of the en vironment which is distributing a million white plastic litter bags to all provincial industry and tourism travel information centres and field offices major regional tourist bureau and service stations on heavilytravelled highways Each bag is printed a message The Pollution Fighter Use it Keep Ontario beautiful The ministry also is distributing the bags to every driver entering the east and west gates of Algonquin Provincial Park Some persons will use the bags and dispose of them properly Many others wont Some of theanti litter bags will endup as pieces of litter themselves ironically often filled with litter they re meant to contain but disposed of improperly The trouble with light litter bags is that they are too easily disposable by tossing them litter ana all out of a car window OPP litter bags given out at shows of all sorts have turned up as litter They re often scattered about at the shows where they re distributed Disposal facilities to curb Utter have to be made available of course But there be a re assessment of the role of some of these facilities Introducing Utter bags for the sake of some con to litter control sounds fine but how practical is if Most motorists use their car floors as trash cans and dump the debris when they see fit They may not require litter bags so much as they require education about proper disposal A full litter bag tossed on a roadside is as unsightly as the litter it contains BILL SMILEY Only Memory Of Investment Idle notes for a hot Bum day Columnist Richard a modern Cassandra who Is never happier than when he Is crying disaster prophesies with some glee the wiping out of the American dollar and with it the Canadian owing to inflation He says to put your money in a Swisa bank In Swiss francs Question what money Because of lhat same In Elation ties talking about ninety per cent of Canadians are lucky make ends meet let clone have anything to invest Needham also says he believe in stocks and Nor do 1 When I was young and foolish just out of the service and had a couple of ihousand dollars in back pay I was twice bitten Now I ihriee shy Both investments were based on red hot tips One thousand shares of a real dog colled goldmine which turned out to be moose pasture rose three cents in a week and I was counting my paper money ana congratulating myself on my shrewdness Seriously considered becoming a speculator and getting rich fast THIS SUMMER KEEP ONTARIO BEAUTIFUL READERS FORUM It Was The Thrill Of A Lifetime ECHOES FROM THE PAST 10 1 IRS The population of Georgetown has dropped lo its lowest point of Ihe vear caused not any sudden plague other than annual vacation ever The exodus is on most of the local in dustnes on vacation The familiar stone post office building on Mill Street will become Georgetown a municipal building if the town offer of made night at council meeting is accepted The offer matched the highest bid rccened Crown Assets Corporation for the building The decision had to he mode immcdiatelv since Aug was the date for an offer A chiding letter from and District Labor incil criticized council Monday night for merely filing lis resolution demanding a mandatory hour work week in Ontario rather than endorsing it in The municipal board will be asked to approve a debenture for new sidewalk construction in Georgetown Last night council gave first and second reading to a which will authorize the issue of debentures for feet of new sidewalk Victoria Street lictona Avenue Park Avenue and Queen Market and Hater streets Cost of the sidewalks is estimated at 111 Vi The bylaw is drawn up under the Local Improvement Act but entire cost of the project will be paid by the Own and tin individual assessments will it against property owners All walks planned will replace old pa which had deteriorated While rj dm the bylaw two an be bylaw mm and At of Norton the mil hi lo paint wind across Highway 7 for crossing to Chapel Street School dm hundred dollars was voted to the in brig fur i of to I hi loiivinlmn in Tin rold last Notification shore of county iohIs this will In in with a four per cinl discount foi In December Budget for is HI II- special bus us well as number of private cars eonvejod a large number f aircraft employees and their friends to the plant at on night together with the machinists union hod arranged an open house night in celebration of the Lancaster bomber finished the new plant ll was estimated over seven thousand guests were present one political rnllv in Georgetown prior to election dav seems probable but that is what happened In this ilcction The liberals held a rally In the theatre Monday evening It party meeting thai have seen so ladies turn nut lo listen political speakers said The Herald The horse was means of transportation missing when men of Lome Scots reserve went lo camp at Niogarann the Lake on July IB Carrying full pack and In high spirits they boarded buses at Georgetown for Brampton where they Joined the units from Peel and and were a royal send off at the Station Sir you want letters kay you for it and enclosed is a copy of a letter I back in June but never posted for twi reasons A in my mail and delay in phntofilm of a very important event in my life invitation by the lieutenant governor of Ontario Macdonnld to attend the lieutenant yivernur suite at Queen Park Well now What a surprise and the was how to get there But I would somehow The dale was June and since son William would arrive from Van on June was sure an escort We travelled by bus lo University Avenue Thai was easy Now came Ihe hard part the walk lo Queen Pork We rested outside the Planetarium where little tables under brightly colored umbrellas where one con buy cooling drinks or coffee Then it to Queens Park liter few more brief stops In no lime guests were arriving and soon the long corridor was filled Then the doors opened to lieutenant governor suite and were ushered in and announced one by one to Mr Maidunald and the charming lady by his side his daughter Next it was down richly to the receipt in rooms Suddenly it seemed I was transported cloud nine All around those rooms hung portraits of mm of renown each in its own gilded frame Oh how I wish I could have lingered there and have learned thing of the history of those paintings Turning lo the left wua a restful looking settee on which could ana partake of coffee or tea poured by the stuff from the most silver tea and toffee pots I have ever seen Suiidwitlus little cakes were passed around and I met some very interesting As always I hud taken my camera with mi and decided to gel Mime snaps of that setting At the fool of tin stairs I had asked in uniform Could I take your nil lure The answer Oh in not Important I think lit may have been wanting mi to my snaps for Mime thing which came later I minglid with Ihe guests looking for chance to snap a picture never dreaming hoi I would be allowed take the photo of thi Telephone Ml RICHARD Publisher GARFIELD McGlLVRAY Production Manager TERRY HARLEY News Editor Advertising Manager A1LEEN BRADLEY Accountant Anne William Arnotl Valerie Caruso David Hastings Mylcs John McClcmcnts Joan Davis Morg Nelson VTION Mr and Mr Fyrc Telephone I had two shots One of that beautifully set table with its silver one of an elderly lady resting on that lovely settee each time careful to lurn my film and Insert another flash bulb So fur so cood Then I spotted the lieutenant governor Up went camera Oh if I could only get a real picture Suddenly the guests seemed to melt away and I was face to face with the lieutenant It was now or never Could I please may I take vour Waste Disposal Sir kudosed is a copy of a letter that has been for warded lo our provincial MPP for the attention of our premier We are concerned about the seriousness of Ihe gar disposal situation and refer to brief to James from Ihe garbage coalition of Pollution Probe believe that it is urgent thai the province lake mcdlati steps on the following three matters relating to waste disposal 1 Prevent long term arrangements for Dumping is on en vironmcntnlly unacceptable of disposing of garbage Increase facilities in oil urban centres for recycling Useful material Is wasted every day under the present unsatisfactory disposal practices Implement a public education program in schools and elsewhere promote awareness of garbage problems Citizens learn that everyday wastefulness causes disposal difficulties Would you please what action is now being considered by the provincial on the serious mailers above Thank you Mr and Mrs It Hansen photo Hi Jave assent and posed with the lovely lady by his side wife of a general Mrs Someone whispered now him Tills I did and to my surprise he Could I hove one of those snaps No it two one for the lady What happened next was really Ihe bombshell The who did the whispering knew I wanted a picture of the brigadier general and signaled I suppose then suggested that I stand beside him This I did and Oh What a lovely photo I lost no time in gelling thai film into mall But the film company iot my mixed up so I had to order Then somewhere along the line my mislaid and I had to wail a month Bui all is well ends well My photos ore delivered and I a pictorial memory of if most exciting ivints of my life Beautiful scenes beautiful music and pictures hove a very emotional effect on me That visit to Queens Pork was a once in a lifetime affair Now I know your readers will wonder How did I ever eel that invitation Well simple The lieutenant governor is an honorary of the Monarchist cogue of Canada and as a member received the in through him TOO Oil I But the second tip was too to pass up It came from friend who was not only an ex and therefore lo be rusted but a stockbroker and therefore on the inside He was sinking every nickel he could raise into another gold slock There really was a mine this time So 1 went for 1 shares at cents Like the other this stock Immediately went up a few cents no doubt due heavy plungers like me Then it began to slide slowly and gracefully When it was close to to shareholders of a reorganization of the company it would now be called and wc would one share of Elder for each eight shares of possessed This was a little pointing but it was better than a goose egg Each year come glowing company reports of the great future for the stock The reports were all wc got Then came another an Ider was going to amalgamate with Peel and the outlook was roses all the way Again there was a juggling of shares I wound up with twelve shares Not bad when I started with a mere 1000 But hold Peel Elder tualty did stagger through and Is now a respectable stock If the term Is not automatically contradictory My twelve shares are now worth almost as much as the original 1 In years am down only about HO Except for thai 1 shares of which vc written off to experience That a pretty dang financial career If you ask me You thought this story was going lo have a sad ending t you This all seems to have very little bearing on anything but it does When the finally decide to go to England the dollar is steadily slipping and prices in Europe are rapidly In creasing Result the trip costs a lot more lhan we figured on Somehow there is a parallel there to my In the stock market Why docs anybody want to travel anyway groaned my wife as she con templaled the horrors of getting ready Id much rather stay at home Her trouble is that she a woman could throw a sweater shirts socks and underwear In a bag and be off without a backward look She says But the house is filthy and goes into an orgy of vacuuming and scrubbing The place looked all right to me on WD OS What am 1 going to wear Whal shall we do with the cat How can 1 be ready in time Whal if it rains all the time going to mow lawn And on and on I answer Just wear your swim suit Then if It rains you be all set be ready in time for your own funeral and you I know lo wear We put Ihe cat on the back lawn and she can graze it like a sheep Like any wife she truly appreciates dcrstanding and help like this However all these things car be ironed out It the financial aspect that bad After spending a small fortune getting ready to go I think wc have enough left for a one way ticket We 11 get home somehow have a rich niece in England If she doesn kick through with the home fares and I Ihink she would with alacrity after wed visited her for a few weeks we might have to swim 1 should have stayed in the stock market and bled to death slowly with dignity Indian Name Original Sir 1 am amazed at the lock of originality shown in the suggestion of names for the new regional areas lam also mystified about some of the reasons given This continent is supposedly starved of culture and Americans and Canadians Import or copy castles bridges names etc from uropc In an effort to acquire not realising hat a culture is developed little can be imported Traditions are imported and most Canadians and Americans frown on newcomers who wish to retain their languages and do things way they did in the old country Yet do have a here as old as or lhan any in fcuropeiur Indian culture People in whom I have met envy us our poetic Indian names such as Nassogaweya Esquesing Mlssissauga etc etc They are also fosclnnted by the Iron si at Ions Unique names such as Hon Medicine Hat Thunder Bay Cope Chin and Oompah really send them yet some of us would try lo common place names like Milton Acton and Georgetown in preference to adopting existing township names even though and are in abundance throughout the our west we have the new region of Cambridge and the postal designation of alt Preston and is Gait Cambridge Preston Cambridge and Cambridge If we adopt names such as Milton Acton or Georgetown address could conceivably be Rock wood Milton A person living in Milton would be in Milton Milton and so on The names choose will be with us or a long long tune Let s have a com petition for this excellent cause Let the business com munlly unions and other organizations put a few dollars into a kitty and give a substantial prize lo the best three names suggested and have these names put on Ihe ballot William A Johnson Rock wood QUEENS PARK Algonquin Policy Seems Good Thing First On Accident Scene You re driving home when suddenly happens The car ahead seems to lose control Tires scream ft leaves the road and hits a tree Silence do you do when you are the first on the scene There arc no rules because crash Is different The Ontario Safety League offers the following facts to guide you Slop Immediately Park far enough away from crash scene lo protect It Turn off Ignition of damaged car Immediately down Ihe first approaching cars and ask the drivers to assist In warning traffic from both directions the victims Ad minister first aid if qualified Do not move seriously In people unless necessary Rescue experts estimate that per cent of the people injured In cars are pulled out by frantic rescuers and many are made worse or even killed If they are lying on the road leave them there and lake steps lo guard them from traffic Hall passing cars and send them in find telephones and call Ihe police Remember police say that if only one car is sent lisdrivermay go miles find no phone and give up 111- accident victims to be trapped when they are merely held by a foot twisted under a seal trawl in and gently release foot If the driver Is trapped between the steering wheel and his seat pressure can often be eased by releasing the seal and gently Inching Ihe seal back Don t attempt lift a car Thousands of people hurt all again because motorists trv to lift cars find can l and let ear fall back If you arc not skilled at first aid can render the following assistance while wailing for the ambulance over the injured keep them warm Loosen collars lies belts without tugging help them breathe easier Keep the victim side if he Is lying on his back Slow bleeding by pressing a folded pari of Ihe ilolh available the wounds Don I press on head wound the skull may be fractured Talk to the in Never tell them any ilsc has been killed r it badly hurt help is Rescue officers even hold their hands A firm handgrip In them courage Send someone to find boards on which trained first aiders can carry vie flat should the am not arrive locate a truck on which the victims can be carried flat if transportation is needed About me car in seven catches fire inn crash If fire doesn start right away It will rarelvslort afterword If vnu notice smoldering under the hood or dashboard don I panic Disconnect the bat tcry be careful not to let the hot win hit metal and cause sparks locate the fire and attack it with a fire ex dirt or a blanket Alien v telephone the police in report a traffic accident will usually ask the following basic questions location ore any Injuries is an ambulance required ynur nun i nod by DON 111- IRS Bureau Of The Herald the dispute over the future of Algonquin Park an argument which has been going on for more than years the govern ment has now come up with a policy which could seem lo adopt a political path right down the middle But no matter to what degree it may have been set by politics the decision on the new policy would appear to be a good thing In fact a reasonable one and probably the only practical one IVM The issue behind ihe controversy with various off shoots has been the extent lo which the pork should be used one extreme there have been those who would have it DEBATABLE Sir This refers to your editorial about litter called Attacking The Problem 19th It is debatable if disposal of derelict motor vehicles alter provincial regulations More pressing is the serious problem of disposal of Ihe new big stinking cars now operating on our roads These are the real polluters Instead of concerning themselves with proper disposal of derelict cars whatever lhat means the government give us alternatives to using the private car The derelict cars may be safely forgotten most of them will soon be overgrown with vegetation and nature will degrade them or better the material can be reclaimed and used again Yours truly Mrs Hansen Norval to Pollution Probe Bible Verse the Lord wisdom out of mouth knowledge and Proverb How long will we with ihe problem before we go Him for the answer Lean not to understanding kept as completely primitive In an absolutely row state with no cultivation at all and really of use only lo canoe trippers and sport fishermen At the other extreme have been those who see it as the last large tract of recreation land accessible to the provinces industrial heart land and who have felt it should have relatively in tensive use with easy access roads resorts and cottages Above all there has bent the continuing the quite heavy lumbering operations in the park PL IN Under the government policy the park will be retained as relative wilderness though not primitive Eventually existing cottages will be cleared out and lumber roads returned to a natural state but trails and campsites in the interior will be main lamed and developed and new camping parks will be created outside the perimeter Lumbering will continue but it will be earned on by a new Crown corporation Essentially what this is that intensive use will be the perimeter areas of the square mile park but interior will be main tamed in a natural state This policy recognizes that unlike Park in Northwestern Ontario which is lo be primitive Algonquin a few hours drive for millions of people In probably not be possible to keep the entire park as wilderness So the plan is lo let the fringes have some Intensive use but at the same time protect the core Which is a practical proach The government to logging Is a novel one but again an apparently practical one It rccogniiei that selective logging In Ihe park Is not bad Intact at least some leading conservationists The Important question it that ll be controlled And under a Crown corporation there should be the best possible control