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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Georgetown Ontario RICHARD CAMERON GEORGETOWN HERALD OCTOBER COMMUNITY APPEAL Required In Georgetown READERS FORUM The Herald received an unusual telephone call late last week It came from a senior citizen who called to complain about the campaign for funds being con ducted by Georgetown YM As a senior citizen and retired he said he has found that he can t afford to donate this year He said he tried to explain this to a can vasser but was treated with a curtness that hurt him con siderably Why he asked can t a person be allowed to refuse a campaign request with dignity He said senior folk are submitted to a stream of requests for donations but most pensions with today rising cost of living don leave much money for amenities in eluding donations We assured the caller that his incident was an isolated one but his comments prompted this thought could Georgetown use a community or united appeal for funds The idea probably has been considered it often Is in many communities when door todoor visitations become numerous The chore is to get such an appeal organized In some locales a united ap peal is suffering from the doldrums It Is scalded by critics ignored by donors deplored by some participating agencies but ft carries on For no one yet has been able to deny that a united appeal 1b people helping people There are successful appeals and there are unsuccessful appeals Each community determines an appeal s viability In Georgetown the time seems to be at hand when such a com munity appeal can be considered It reduces the number of financial campaigns and a concerned citizenry can watch their dollars benefiting many agencies some of which might be hard put for funds Streets Not Throughways Georgetown has a large sub division population brought on by the town great pace of growth in the last decade Many things are of concern to these residents but one that is gaining in prominence is traffic In the space of one month town council has been the recipient of three petitions about stop signs It seems some residents are at odds about the merits of stop signs at intersections to break traffic flow and keep it at controlled speeds Some residents want some of the signs removed chiefly along one boulevard that is a major subdivision thoroughfare Still others favor retention of the signs to control traffic Stop signs of course are not a perfect answer to traffic safety They can be disobeyed and often are But they do have a subduing effect on drivers who tend to speed along residential streets as though they were on highways It s difficult to argue that stop signs should be removed strictly on the basis of traffic flow in a suburb It probably would make most sense to sign all intersections but that might cause conditions to go too far the other way slowing traffic to a snail pace Town council is right in calling for a review of its signing at in But whatever it decides it won t please somebody It should keep in mind though a fact cited by Reeve Ric Morrow at an earlier debate about stop signs There are highways for speeding traffic from one point to another Residential streets are not meant to be throughways World Needs A Food Bank Every week almost 1 people are being added to the worlds population at a time when people even in affluent nations are experiencing food shortages The countries that can afford to pay high prices for grain and other vital foods are adding to their stockpiles while the poor nations are going hungry It is one of the ironies of our age that Soviet Russia not only by far the largest of the worlds nations but one that hails in all its propaganda helped push up the price of global food Last year s Soviet grain purchases of about million tons would have been enough to provide a subsistence diet for some million people for an entire year But the Soviet Union like most of the richer nations was greedy and thought not about the needs of the poor This is a most short sighted policy of course Unless the rich and powerful do a great deal more for the poor and the weak there will never be genuine understanding among the nations The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has emphasized the need for a world food bank that would lend or give grain to needy people during times of scarcity The Idea has the backing of various UN agencies and of other important world organizations including International Bank for Recon and Development Nothing be more disastrous than perpetuating the impression that people in some of the very poor countries have namely that the citizens of the richer nations are indifferent to world hunger Backing including financial support food gifts and technical advice would dispel the notion that we in the have countries just don care The creation of a world food bank and indeed the establishment of some form of international food policy are vital needs at a time when global populations continue to grow at too rapid a rate Canada with its vast wheatlands should give every assistance to the world food bank plan ECHOES FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO The town had recently purchased Ihe old post office for conversion to municipal use and 10 years ago this week gave final approval for the sale of the existing municipal building There was a price tag of 32 put on the building Officials of Upper Canada College asked thai children and hunters keep off their site at Norval highway hill The College was worried that the mix of children playing and hunters shooting could prove Approximately people viewed a one- man exhibition of paintings by Paul Buchanan at House Sol over he weekend The Herald noted that the show should Mrs Marie Paris was elected president of the fourth Georgetown auxiliary scouts and cubs Other officers were Mrs Joyce Nix Mrs Hill Mrs Edna Ferguson Mrs R Daniels Mrs J Shorten and Mrs Carmen Kidd YEARS AGO As part of ihe celebration marking the year of establishment of Knox Presbyterian Church supper was served to more than 300 persona at the church There were IB huge turkeys prepared which works out to almost 17 meals per bird Kid hockey was the objective of a set up by Branch 130 Canadian Getting the organization under way for the season was chairman Bud James and an executive that included Marshall Timbers Harvey Garvin Tom Beckett Roy Ward Frank and King who promised to get scores The Herald for publication Berg Georgetown High School graduate was awarded a second bursary in relation to his further studies in Ihe chemical engineering course at the University of Toronto A General Electric Co representative was meeting with town officials about locations for traffic lights which were being discussed by council 30 YEARS AGO Miss Charlotte McCullough gave a talk on first aid at a meeting of Ihe Mrs T was hostess Mrs N Stark dealt with a motto of Take care of hour health it wilt last you a lifetime The Doris Hulls Orchestra was booked for the masquerade Ha Howe en Dance in the Georgetown Arena It was sponsored by the Punch Press War Workers and Ihey were charging 35 cents admission to help raise funds A full page advertisement asked the question What are you doing to SPEED THE VICTORY The victory loan advertisement was sponsored by local merchants S Chapman a Beauty Salon Tyers Milk Products The Empire Lunch Kirbys Specialty Shop Cleaners HedleySnaw Bradley Bros Brill and Co CJ Buck MacCormacks Drug Stores H J Slenko Silver Store Richardson Hardware Smiths Shoe Store The Budget Groceteria A Robb a Drug Store and Long FULL SPEED AHEAD BILL SMILEY HorseDrawn Vehicles Yesterday Recollection In a nostalgic mood today I been thinking that with onslaught of Speed Age many of our fine old Canadian traditions have fallen by the wayside died on the vine or simply lain down and curled up their One of the first to go of course was the blacksmith It hurls me to face the truth that most people today under thirty have never known the sensory joys of a blacksmith shop At this time of year small boys used to squeeze through the ramshackle door and edgeas close as they could the fire freezing their bums and roasting their cheeks There was a fine acrid stench of manure and ched hooves There was the leaping flame as the bellows blew There was he ringing clang as the smith beat out the whitehot metal between hammer and anvil and the satisfying hiss when the hot metal was plunged Into the cold water At a certain age most male kids would have settled happily for the life of a blacksmith a free soul who spent his days doing the most fascinating work In the The decline of the smithy of course was brought about by the gradual phasing out or Cost Of Fires Is Staggering Fires cost the Canadian economy more than thousand per day in direct losses in 1970 according to figures Just released by the Insurance Bureau of Canada The IBC is the organization which represents the major general insurance com in Canada Although here has been a significant drop in the number of fires during Ihe past decade from nearly in 1961 to some 68 in 1970 total properly damage as well as loss of life continue to increase Even more alarming than this direct loss which ap proaches million per year Is the indirect loss due to the loss of production and unemployment resulting from fires This has been con estimated by Ihe Dominion Fire Com mlssioner to be five times as great a staggering economic loss to ihe nation of nearly million per day The 1970 figures show thai approximately per cent of aft reported fires and more thanBS per cent of fire deaths occurred in residential properly while the leading cause of fire remained the same as has been the case for many years smoking and smokers carelessness which accounted for about 30 per cent of the total In the same year persons died in fires In eluding children Bible Verse Tl Spirit itself witness with spirit thai wo are the children of Romans 16 faaivailon is not determined on a and see basis IX nside every man knows now whether or not He knows the Cool Weather they were more out us hurt rJI the CATCHING HOBS t wonder how many kids of this generation have ever spent a winter Saturday catching bobs This was our term for jump ng n Ihe back of farmer sleighs All day long farmers came and went to and from town And all day long we hopped on behind a load of gram left lhalloadfora load of supplies going he other way picked up a sleigh piled with logs for the return trip and shivered with delighted fear as the farmers shouted as us and even sometimes flourished their whips in our direction As we grew a little older about we graduated to catching on he wing of a cutter This was more daring and more dangerous because they could really fly the runner was much smaller and the farmer could turn around and belt you one the ear of them of course were pretty decent I know now that worried about us getting hurt fall than they were about the extra weight their horses had to pull Then there were the but cutters These con of a sort of box with runners beneath and a step at the back for the driver lo stand on The horses were not plugs but real road runners thai went like bat out of hell They were every bit as exciting as a Roman chariot the envy of every boy in fur caps reins in one hand whip in the other they tore through the towns like furies Ana I wonder how many boys have played hockey nil day on a frozen river when a hard shot the goalie missed might slide for a quarter of a mite We never had to worry about ice time or changing lines We could play until we were pooped then sit by the bonfire until rested and have another go And there were always twenty or thirty playing at once so everybody got a whack the Some great stick came out of that era Think of the depths which we hove sunk The smithy with its lights and shadows its reds and blacks Its earthy smells its sense of life has been replaced by the garage a sterile thing with Its cement floor its reek of gas and oil and its unspoken assurance that this is gonna cost plenty buddy swift and light as a bird no longer skims the snow It has been replaced by a stinking snarling skidding beast lhat only modem man could abide the snowmobile No more meat cutters careening J I or tiers one runner delivering in any weather iw we clod like zombies through the supermarket to moronic piped In music and pick up the odourless an tiscplic ccllophaned packages the great gods minion or Safeway have assigned to us and carry Ihem numbly to curs three blocks away Our kids have get up at am to play hockey and if they re not real killers get about Tour minutes ice time Ah those were days I haven even begun on the ml vital of all winter equipment the puck consisting frozen horse lb cool weather now upon us and ice and snow just the corner the fall season with us in more ways than one The slippery conditions fostered by cold weather snow and ice the risk of on farm injuries caused by falls says n Brown of Ihe Farm Safety Surprisingly falls are a third of all farm njuries in the United States and are a serious threat to life and limb at any time of year A high proportion of such accidents can be prevented with a little extra care caul on is Ihe best weapon against accidental falls Illness undue haste fatigue emotional upset effects of alcohol or drugs all make a fall more likely potentially hazardous chores when any of these condit ons prevail Falls occur most frequently in cluttered work quarters on slip pery surfaces caused by ice snow mud water or oil slicks and where flooring is broken and on rickety lad lessen Ihe chances of Tailing under these con dltions keep all stairs well lighted good repair do not carry a vision blocking load schedule regular clean work areas and always set ladders on a firm footing A good rule of thumb for ladders is to place the base of the ladder one foot nut from a building for every four feet of height Church Is Force For Good When It Real Answers Sir I read In your valued paper last week that the Maple Avenue Baptist Church in Georgetown is lo erect an addition to present building to seal more than persons in the auditorium take care of an even number of Sunday school pupils This at a cost of 000 and all sub scribed for at the present time Why For some time past now It has been Ihe custom of many churches of many denominations lo curtail faurt day evening services to find their Sunday schools losing the attendances at their schools and entirely eliminating the midweek prayer meetings Some have found too thai in order to have a reasonable attendance at a morning service It was necessary to amalgamate with other churches during the vacation periods With the Indulgence In mostly and merely social activities many churches have fauna their congregations diminishing the vanishing point Yet here is a church whose Sunday school Is so over crowded it finds It necessary lo rent additional In nearby buildings to Stop Sign Crisis Readers Concern Sir Stop I am writing this letter in hope of adding some light to the stop sign crisis emerging as the result of Illegally placed 3 way stop signs and Flamingo Ct The ministry or transportation and communications has not approved the town bylaw setting out stop signs Let me lira say the crisis does notarise out of the concern for the safety of children The residents of Chelvin Dr and Flamingo Ct most assuredly share the common concern of child safety However it would appear hat there is a Terence of opinion with regards lo measures required to maintain safety Some residents seem to be saying stop signs ensure safety for their children These people feel that without stop signs at Chelvin and Flamingo the street is unsafe for their children to play near Others are sympathetic with their concern but feel lhat the slop signs arc unnecessary to ensure a safe street What it iisue 1 would suggest that there are two issues The first deals with the Installation of the signs at that particular 3 way intersection The signs have been placed without roper authorization Ct contains nine houses Do houses establish a need for a stop sign Also many residents feel thai the installation of these signs was done with little con of Ihe- majority of resIdentsoirChelvin Dr second issue deals with the enforcement of these signs by police department Some residents want the signs enforced even though the matter has not received the due attention of the present town council and the ministry of transportation and communications- Other residents ignore the signs At present Chelvin Dr Is not properly marked for stop signs These people feel Ihe signs should be removed until officially approved As a resident of Dr I feel that Ihe in of these signs was illconceived The street is and was safe It is not a collector road Traffic on the street will not increase as all Ihe lots are filled To ensure the safety of the children we the residents of Chelvin Dr should encourage our play In areas other than the street supervise our children when Ihey play in in potentially dangerous areas and apeak personally with drivers who exceed he h limit If we carry out our adult responsibilities we will not hove to fear for the safely of our children I do feel lhat is Important lhat the elected officials of our municipal government both examine the facts and statistics and also represent the majority of the residents of the streets concerned to arrive at a responsible decision All residents should be happy with the results of a thorough and responsible study It would be regretful If the people of this area become embittered at each brandish live lizards and carry pots con talning cobras during the an nual serpent festival in Shlrata India when the rites end the participants release both snakes and lizards unharmed other as a result of in sufficient study and con side rati on Allan Wilson Georgetown accommodate overflow Here la a church which still holds two services as well as Sunday school every Sunday It does not close Its Sunday school down In the summer and in addition to the weekly prayer meeting its doors are open with different activities practicallyeveryrdghtof the week Here Is a church whose many interests are well their Uvea for the highest and best way of life Here a church where auction sales fancy teas dances and bingo are out positively Why Because in these last days people are questioning what the church Is doing to provide Ihe real answers to llfes obi ems and how they can sincerely met Only a church which meets these requisites can and wilt continue to be a force for good In this world Ed A Peters Georgetown Reorganization Announced By Environment Ministry COLLEGES Enrolments Are Said Up Full lime enrolment at Ontario colleges of applied arts and technology is up 10 percent and university enrolment Increased by three percent according to preliminary figures released toda by Jack minister of colleges and Preliminary lull time enrolment figures for the colleges of applied arts and I ethnology show an increase wneiner or not lie Knows me Lord Today you can hate blessed assurance by believing d what Hi actually says Him C5V lhal to me I will In no n wise cast out province have been tran to Ihe colleges this from hospital schools nursing Total full time post secondary enrolment at the colleges Including nursing students li now so or per cent above last years 863 in adult training and apprenticeship programs Is up one per cent lol6 103 compared with last year s IS Full time enrolment at Ontario universities has Increased by this year for an estimated total of This three per cent rise compares with last year enrolment Increase of one per cent Undergraduate enrolment is up to and the number of graduate students this year has increased by lo 13 305 The university figures include graduate enrolment at Ihe Ontario Institute for Studies In Education and full time enrolment except for transferred diploma nursing students at Institute These preliminary figures may change slightly when final data on registration becomes available Ontario Ministry of Environment Is being reorganized to take a total environment approach environmental management in Ontario and to bring the service branches of the ministry closer the people they serve A task force has been working since November 1972 examining ihe role of the ministry and developing the new structure This examination has resulted In a definition of the scope of the ministry the over all protection of Ihe natural environment to prevent degradation caused by man activities said James Auld minister The reorganization In eludes a major decen into six regions and the establishment of six regional offices in Ihe north west the northeast Ihe southwest the westcentral region the central region and in the eastern region Mr said that In each of these regions respon sibility will be delegated tea regional director for en mental protection and assessment the region The operation of water and sewage treatment utilities will also be a regional responsibility The directors will report to an assistant deputy minister In charge of field operations At least district offices of the will draw on the regional office for direction and support services Provincial planning or environmental assessment and the establishment of standards and criteria Tor ambient air and water and for waste are grouped under another assistant deputy minister for environmental and assessment said ONE BRANCH He added that all ap provals now granted by various branches within Ihe ministry will be brought within the sphere of one branch The ministry utility functions the development and construction respon for water and sewage treatment utilities will be reorganized to in QUEEN S PARK troduce a project management concept Mr Auld said A project co ordinator will be responsible for a new sewage or water treatment project from its Inception its opening He stressed the of these municipal utilities not only in terms of pollution control although they are a key part of pollution abatement and prevention in Ontario but also in terms of the essential role they play In serving new development and the ex panding population of the province The major service areas of utilities and laboratories have been grouped under another assistant deputy minister Mr Auld said A policy secretariat reporting to the deputy minister will deal with the analysts of ministry polidei and plans as well as focussing on Inter agreements Ike the Canada Ontario Agreement and the In Joint Com mission RESEARCH Mr added that the research programs now conducted by ministry staff in Internal facilities will continue under the reorganized structure In addition be mentioned that the ministry has Invested 000 in specific research projects to be conducted this year In universities and that these projects are under way in almost every university In Ontario This association wilh the universities Is valuable to us and we intend to continue with grants for specific research project Mr Auld outlined the goals the ministry plans to achieve with the new organization To ensure proper control over the emission of con tamlnants Into the natural environment for the purpose of achieving main talning predetermined standards of environmental quality To ensure that proposed programs projects policies and legislation in Ontario or affecting this province in corporate necessary environmental safeguards through involvement of this ministry in all aspects of provincial land use planning Tied To Jobless Works Program byDONOHEARN Queen Park Bureau Of The Herald TORONTO Treaiurer John While has announced lhat unless conditions drastically change there won t be a winter works program this year Employment he said was now at a level that the program wasn t needed and unless there was a drastic increase In unemployment it would be dead for this year It Is many years now since we haven t had a winter works program under which the province and the federal government have heavily subsidized special projects of local governments The programs were started in the 1990 s and have been with us continuously since that time They are now so customary that some municipalities probably will object to them being drawn Bui overall Mr White would seem to have taken a good step The employment situation In the province generally Is good In August figure was getting down toward three per cent and for Ontario that a pretty well full employment under any one of reckoning Then as Mr While pointed out In discussing hut an nouncement in ployment insurance there now is a vehicle available takes care of the bulk of legitimately unem ployed And while some good work was done under the winter program such as building of new local parks there It little question that because of the nature of the work and ihe force engaged in it the projects didnt represent full value SPECIAL PROBLEMS The Liberals did have a suggestion that there were areas In the province where unemployment was very high and that some special provision should be made for them This would seem to have considerable validity While rejected it however saying that there were other assistance programs to handle regional problem What lie probably had moat In mind was thai any special programs would prove very hard to handle If tome were getting werent would be protean So to hart now at all