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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Ontario RICHARD CAMERON Publisher c GEORGETOWN HERALD Thursday October J HALLOWEEN Lets End The Treating With the cost of living as high as it is 1973 would be a good year to call a halt to the widespread custom of Halloween treating You know the custom Children get dolled up in a kaleidoscope of dress and color and whisk about the streets banging on doors and looking for handouts Most of us comply And because the days of those little houses out back are gone kids have more time to think about treating and less about tricking But cost is only one thing to consider Halloween falls at the darkening time of the year where days arc shorter and weather is apt to be than ideal Masked children are a hazard to motorists and to themselves And every year some of them fall prey to those persons with sick minds who try to discourage treating b resorting to doctored goodies such as straight pins in apples Every Halloween children are urged to be careful watch out for traffic check the candy and such before eating and get home at a reasonable hour This year parents why not support the idea of house parties or school parties If some Halloween custom must be observed could we not limit it to the campaign for funds Then at least children are learning to be useful to work to help others Treating on Halloween just teaches them to be greedy Garbage Energy Answer It is an ironic fact of life that most garbage requires energy to iroduce and of ten to dispose of but ittle garbage in return is used to produce energy Garbage was in the news again last week in Georgetown and where the talk is about sanitary we wonder what is so sanitary about a place where garbage is buried landfill sites and their use Landfill sites simply are places where garbage is placed whether it is shredded compacted or just plain dumped with or without materials removed Georgetown is preparing to develop a new dumping site that will overlook the Credit River It could become a necessary spot for dumping of garbage from many other points within the new regional municipality But that is not the point The point is why can garbage be put to work to produce could make the matter a provincial problem because garbage goes beyond municipal borders although municipalities being left to dial with it It might even be a federal problem but the British North America Act is rather vague about it Simply stated if it is known that incinerated garbage has caloric value then hat alone should be enough impetus to start the cogs whirring to bring about plants that can use garbage to generate steam for heating and electricity for lighting Garbage available in North America must exceed any known oil deposits of the Middle alone in terms of power potential Who says there is an energy crisis Excitement Of The Shoot Mistaken targets are usually associated with the use of high rifles and the hunting of larger game The Ontario Safety League reminds duck hunters that their record is far from clean in this regard There was the case of a canoeist who had to use paddles to shield himself as he was repeatedly pelted with bird shot by a pair of duck hunters in spite of his warning shouts another instance a man was blasted out of a blind by a fellow hunter in the excitement of the shoot The Ontario Safety League claims the answer to avoiding such absurd and unnecessary accidents lies in the mind of the man holding the gun Never let the excitement of the hunt distort your judgment and jeopardize a human life Follow strictly the rules of safe shooting sit close together in a blind shoot your own birds and never shoot from a powered boat unless it is securely anchored in a blind ECHOES FROM THE PAST Georgetown Utile Theatre introduced the community to Harvey the invisible rabbit during its fall presentation Ron Hill was east In the role of El wood Harvey companion and the only man who could see him Downtown parking plans In Georgetown were left up in ihe air following an On Municipal Board hearing where half the merchants opposed scheme and J McCorkindale op posed the scheme Mr Man dcrson speaking for the properly owners The town was saving money Mayor Hyde declared because it did not have resort borrowing expenses from March lo October He pul the saving aboul In terms of past borrowings Instructors A Roberts and Blair Arm strong look a group of high school cadets out for a shoot and the cadets banged away at targets located at the former Anglers and Hunters property on the side road Ha I ton Manor Women Auxiliary provided a bus and senior citizens who wanted to enjoy Tali colors were feu red about the country The bus was donated by M Poole and a stop at farm of Mr and Mrs Ernie Wilson provided a pause for refreshments A better access road to Terra Cofta Conservation Area is needed Georgetown deputy reeve Hunter told council He suggested an unopened portion of ihe Chlnguacousy town line could be developed provide die access McKay daughter of television performer Cliff McKay was Injured in a tumble from a horse at the Georgetown Fall fair The horse she was riding in Junior jumping stumbled at a fence and rolled over on her Her Injuries were not serious YEARS AGO Jean Mackenzie gave an entertaining account of her trip abroad for the Coronation in London England when she spoke to the Local Council of Women Pictures maps and postcards highlighted her talk Leslie Clark again was chosen to head the Progressive Conservative Association of Georgetown at the annual meeting and election of officers Farm was the scene of a wedding when Margaret Cutrte married Clayton Dick The afternoon ceremony George Muckirt and II Harris won in a shooting match staged Georgetown Anglers and Hunters Association Successful turnout for Ihc shoot prompted group lot a November match In 1953 a new General refrigerator could be purchased for nine cubic feet but six light bulbs were only cents The anniversary he founding of Women s Auxlliarv of Church of Enghnd In Georgetown was observed with a banquet among head table guests wire charier members Mrs Minnie and Mrs Neil Hunter I Hull reported in The Herald thai colder were arriving with Octobers last days low reading Oct iiwisi2 while the low Oct degrees below freezing tour sons of Mr Mr Sydney MacKcnzie Guciph were nerving Canadian Mr Force Bruce was in air crew Ian was a flight instructor Larry was in for air crew and jual past into ground crew Christmas parcels for seven men serving in Canadian armed fortes were on their way overseas weighing in at nine and a half pounds each A measuring parly was held home of Mrs raise funds purchase Items for the parcels tl Herald said he had had several reports about frost almost a week earlier than in the year previous Rainfall was slight but the temperature in a seven day period never got above degrees A war theme pervaded many of the Raid Wardens Sky Troopers Sea Haiders and Assignment In Brittany For relief there was also a Roy Rogers Him called Heart of the Golden West Word was received in Georgetown of Ihe of Lieu I Alan Mac Dona Id he rank of captain he enlisted in Sep tember of l HO going overseas in Urban Traffic Problems Need Mobility Answers Its fun talking about rockets and turbo trains but glamorous novelties going to solve our urban traffic problems This observation by television producer Boynton Is the theme of London Lire a new special In The Human Journey series scheduled for telecast Oct Entitled Getting Around the hour long program notes that 80 per cent of all trips taken by people are less than five miles Those trips are ITS EASY WHEN YOU GET THE HANG OF IT Accident Demon Lurks About During Halloween Festivity The Druids had a celebration around beginning of November as ihc Vigiat of god of dead It was believed lhat summoned from ihc bodies animals ihe spirits of those who had died w ihe last year The black cat deemed sacred Druids was believed lohavc once been hum altered as punishment for Us evil deeds It was a time when Ihe traditional witch rode Ihc Combines Need Repairs During OffSeason Most of the wear and tear combine equipment turs during the season The or months combines stand idle may mute serious deterioration advises Hal Wright secrctar manager Machinery Hoard Ontario Ministry of rood little care exercised when combine are put into iff so is on storage will of life to tin quip mini Hi gin by Ihc combine inside with high w iter pressure or compressed before putting machinery into this Youth Travel Idea Studied From the Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA ricom mendilion of the Town of Georgetown concerning provision if continuing it for In veiling Ihruugh is tonsidircd by Ihe federal government This was revealed in response to a question placid piper Terry Hilton He the my pirns to comply with I tic risoluli the Georgetown inunul The resolulion develop mint if i program provide continuing facilities f r he ind needs of ravelling youth with the and financial of gov 1 1 Faulkner re provision facilities travelling vouth wis subject of a review his and in process was being Georgetown Forest Fires Number 1535 The Canadian Service if forest fires affecting 1 MK acres of line land during the nth if August The figures or tin corresponding period last were 1 ami acres figures for month of August during past decade Canada are fires affecting out in res The report brings the season imal of forest int In Canada beginning in April I loGltiU acres Corresponding flguns fur season were in and 1261001 acres These statistic complied monthly by hire Research institute of Canadian rnrculry cleaning husks and dust remain absorbing moisture encouraging To prevent aging all belts Ihe combine be loosened If Ihc combine is he stored oulside bells should be removed and afler ihcy been cleansed or oil and II isalwavsa wise move to reduce lension before removing or replacing belts Otherwise could result to Ihe cording when belts ire forced over pulleys or sheaves If combines ire allowed to on fully inflated tires while In storage lire wills can become crocked and weakened To avoid this jack up the combine and it on blocks Then reduce Ihe tire air pressure I of chains the engine and other moving should receive special mention Chains should be cleaned and coated with a heavy oil Grease fillings should be regrcasod to force moisture and discourage rusl formation The engine should be run long enough to warm oil Slop the engine and drain the Crank ease ml so that all the purities removed Fill new oil replace the ml filter The tooling system should tie drained and flushed Hi ill it wilh in freeze Mil inn If the cooling rust flakes form inside the engine plugging next season After with an antifreeze run the engine for a minutes to mix ihe thoroughly and to one oil throughout the ell nine Is skies on her broomstick fur II wis widely believed I ha I many women sold their souls devil Great fires were lit toward off evil demons People danced and sang Man wearing grotesque masks leaped over and through the flames wild gyritions seemingly possessed disembodied spirits Must of Druid demons long since v anlshed and we can rest assured that the ghosts and we en counter will be complete harmless Hut there still be spirit lift lurking the Accident Demi There isnimigic potion to ward iff his menace Hut with i llllte lime review basic safety rules a of common sense a definite immunity can be mastered to his spell Si remember 1 I costumes trimmed with reflector tape ire easily seen by motorists tor safety carry flashlight as well I Masks can slip ind vision Design and paint vour own face A cold cream base ensures removal Costumes should be shorl enough not to trip children and preferably be flame resistant Very young children should be accompanied by an adult i Older children should Trick Treat in groups slicking i familiar neigh wise to have an agreement between parents and children on boundaries and time be home It best lo call on one- side of street then the other Crisscrossing the street Is dangerous Cross only intersections or crosswalks Children should not go Inside houses or apart Treats should be home before eating any There is still the odd case of blades etc being in treats Don take a chance Drivers should be especially alert In case one small ghost forgets lo be careful precisely Ihe ones that are the problem points out Raising the overall level or mobility is what we need in our cities he said This Is ihc main conclusion drawn from a look at what has led to our traffic problems what alternatives there are and where we will go from here The program uses a study of commuters living In Bay Ridges Pickering Township Go trains dial a bus and automobile trips are checked statistically Among the OCONNORS OTTAWA As was wont lo say during the election campaign last a Member of Parliament must represent not only his home riding constituents but also all the people of Canada That is his function in tackling national as well as local problems and solutions In national as well as local This broader function has taken me to Vancouver twice the lasl two weeks These included speaking and studj and sessions generally lllcmpts lo un Western problems and discuss solutions Perhaps mosl frequently expressed complaint in the West is thai of Eastern imination of the West met its destiny It is a vogue thing usually poorly articulated differs from person to person Some feel the meaning Street power linkers mandarins men have no iinik Western This i id if il Has whoitandw iter for benefit if inufuilurcrs they say f fir the severe problem however ijflicling all 1 the Western tommy is ming mi is low and wheat tie if forest product prices are ill mi highs I don I wish impression that Westerners ire chronic They are from it They ire a hospitable expansive people proud of their inngnititoni selling optimistic develop men I if I heir provinces Ihev waul to control l feel they ire controlling their future Perhaps feeling of ilienatiin is related to the politic I situilion Govern ment representation of the West In Ottawa his been reduced to a s guard a of only seven 1 ibcrols West of Trying to Instill a sense of Old Man Waiting The seconds pass like hours The seem like days The sound of silence hangs so heavy As my lonely vigil weights Waiting at Ihe window Watching at Ihe door Yearning torn friendly voice A hand to hold once more arc gone forever I im so alone the waiting endless waiting I- or death to lake me home concern is difficult but not impossible A personal Incident illustrates this point 1 ap peared an the Jack Webster radio talk show during which listeners phone in to question and wrangle with the guest of the day Jack himself a gruff profane obstreperous Scotsman usually lakes the side of Ihe caller in an altout effort to rattle and demoralize his guest One woman called to outline her views thai Eastern politicians don t care about us only our oil timber and occasionally our mountains for a ski holiday pointed out that and many other Eastern politicians were there that day in British Columbia not Tor any of her reasons but to listen stand and communicate with the people of You know you have a point she said Come back again I think 1 will If you have a problem idea comment criticism or if you simply wish to get in touch withmc please stop by my Hiding office at Rd Oakville phone I- ran at moDiuiy QUEEN SPARK NDP Government Kissing Cousins Interesting conclusions is fact that car commuters enjoy a of en capsulation and a privacy lhat Is found only in their cars or bathrooms Despite many frustrating traffic Jams between home and work per cent of car commuters in study said driving is still fun The importance of studying transportation problems Is underlined by fact lhat more than one fifth of all money spent on urban activity Is on Iran cation This Is defined as the movement of people and goods In one study Toronto is compared with Cleveland In terms of flexibility in proving existing Iran systems In Cleveland with 57 separate small cities having their own little departments planning something big Is Impossible There is little borrowing power in such a fragmented system By contrast Toronto will have a new monorail or comparable transit system within few years as a result of only a few major authorities initialing it says that Toronto has the best transportation system In North America and possibly In the world He studied systems in several countries for this special His interest In Iran sportation is broad and penetrating He dismisses colorful a I rears and personal rapid transit systems depicted In Getting Around as very interesting to look at but not practical for today He says major cities must concentrate on Im proving access for their motorists and riders This Is accomplished he says by spreading the traffic load geographically rather than leaving it concentrated He used as an example Toronto subway entrance that absorbed Queens Park em ployees within 15 minutes every day The staggering of employees quilting time helped to reduce peaK loads at this station Boynton said that a master plan for traffic flow is needed by big cities In order to achieve high levels of Park Bureau Of The raid Some people gulped a while ago to see suddenly become a public kissing cousin of the government leader Stephen In a press interview nut with some about the Davis Not it all bad not at all bid in fact underneath really quite good was gist f it So this all about What is politics coming to N much Really or change I This is jusl a siluallon you gel into when arc three parties rather than two lis a cit fight three Praising the government was one of the leader wavs of spilling the Liberals in the same interview lie threw hooks at the grits Pretty well day in house see some of Nut praising govern there is a touch of that Hut barracking 1 be r a Is and playing Ihem As low party on the pole can see the Liberals as the first step up and so they get the most virile attack And Ihough pals on the back for the government may seem a way to attack actually il is on at lack as far as the Liberals are concerned For by saying Ihe govern is good and the Liberals are bad in the same statement stresses for anybody who wants to believe it the gap between Ihem How much this has meant in the low estate of the Liberals is hard say But whatever thats the way politics Is being played His own Image of course also would be on the leader mind when he went In for puffery Since before the last election Stephen has been trying to erase that picture of a bitter scold the public had of him And quite properly for be was In his public presence he Is much more the man of reason Privately also And rather than a scold he is now a scoffer This has been a conscious effort And how better to build a picture of a reasonable man than to see merit in one of your enemies BILL SMILEY The Bird Gets Too Slow A Burn Offer me a ticket to any in the world any letnbir Home Pans Rio Tahiti and Id Him flal could nol be on his globe a finer plate lube in October than October has gulden with ihc foliage flung across the land In such magnificence It s as though the Creator were chuckling I am far from dead Iry to match this vour punv genius art remarkable I mil enough or a sweater usually calm Perfect for a roll around the side stretls of a small with the smell of burning leaves in I lie soft air and of orange flame as pokes up his fire law burn haves hut taws were not made for small towns and are ignored And why WIS All hunting leaves in alt Hit small towns of anada I tin as one hour five per of the highways in Canada with aboul a million stinking tars belching their bad breath Bui October has something for everyone The is happy lie can squat in a blind until he almost crippled or lurch through a swamp until he s almost on his last lurch He see nothing ire than a few late and lazv crows or the starling heading south but by George he feels when he gets home and tracks mud all over the house and tears into lhat peanut sandwich his irate wife has left out for him of tourse will go after par and prowl along an old bush comfort The mosl intelligent hunters will sit down in the sun lean against Ihc bole of a tree a perfectly relaxed nap and go home wllh a good and a clear con science hit like October flog themselves out of bed In order to hit water at dawn one them has a lurking hunch lhat this morning he going hit lhat big rainbov And he can stand there shivering In Ihe misty morning happy In the knowledge lhat none of the nuisance anglers of Opening will be fouling his line scaring the fish Tney re all home In bed or the sports fan October Is the zenith of the year He might see almost nothing of his family for a monih he s as happy as an idiot with an Ice cream cone sitting in front of boob lube wildly switching channels as he tries to club house sandwich height of the football season the beginning of the hockey season and the World Series October is Thanksgiving By some piece of uncanny good tuck or good Judgment it usually turns out lo be a beautiful weekend and this vcars was nigh perfect In parts It a grand occasion Tor dosing up cottage or getting together with family for a gorge of turkey and punkin pie or just getting out Into the country and counting he things you have to be thankful for This year we had our daughter and her husband for the holiday She insisted on cooking the entire Thanksgiving dinner And she insisted on using her method which is known as slow roasting This method keeps all the good of the turkey In and when its finished Its so tender It just falls off the bones End of quote You cook It for hours and hours at about degrees Instead of the usual 325 or so Many a turkey I cooked in the normal fashion and they always come out golden meat falling off the nones I said Carry on kid My wife bit her lip her tongue and her fingernails but kept silent Every hour or so she t stand and would sneak out while Kim wasnt In the kitchen and have a look The just lay then like a big dead bird It pretty obvious that the only process that was setting In was rigor mortis TOUGH BIRD But no Interference modern methods The grand moment arrived after cooking a ninepound bird radically a midget for nine ours Her husband can t carve so I did the honors 1 like my Bleaks rare but I can say I m wild for rare turkey I almost sprained my wrist on my first slice wllh the car ving knife Meat falling oft the bones I had to tear If off with pliers But It waa a great dinner The stuffing was well and truly stuffed the canned were exceptionally and the white wine was bang on There was only one catch The kids had to get their bus right after dinner was looked at each other and went to doing the MS