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The Herald Home Newspaper of Hills A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St South Georgetown Ontario 16 Mill Street Acton Ontario RICHARD CAMERON Page THE HERALD Wednesday August 1974 HELPING HAND We Dont Want To Bite It Mr Snow is correct when he says it may not be clear that increases financial assistance has been made available to the new region and the member municipalities through Increases in unconditional provincial transfer payments Such increases are not as readily in view to public and leaders alike because they are not above and beyond specific monies set aside for startup costs In other its easier to recognize a bill for what its worth than a pile of bills But the benefit can be the same The province of course already provides monies for such regular programs in municipalities as roads libraries conservation authorities and education Regional government has not been cheap although a remarkable level of restraint seems to have been practised In Halton by the municipal leaders Enlarged areas of administration while they may be deemed to be advisable are costly and the province knows this from past experiences If we dont give the province full credit for its assistance its not because we are ungrateful ot totally ignorant its because we can experience first hand the costs and problems involved and we expect as gratuitous assistance as possible for something not entirely of our own making The province of Ontario is making available quite large sums of money to the region of but it hasnt been getting the credit which it might be led to expect is due In fact not all regional leaders might be fully aware of just what sums the province is making available Jim Snow Halton Easts own provincial member and minister of government services has provided an outline of Just what assistance is available His outline is contained in a letter carried elsewhere on this page from A Dick deputy minister of the ministry of treasury economics and intergovernmental affairs to regional chairman Allan His quite true of course that the province is spending a lot of money to assist the regional operation This is not only a nice gesture but also a required one because it was the province that ruled ar bitrarily that regional government was required The province Mr Snow points out has made a startup grant to Halton in the amount of or per capita This compares with startup grants of per capita for the Region of Durham and per capita for the Region of Hamilton- Farm Labor Shortages Todays large farms frequently require workers experienced in specialized farm operations Finding suitable help for these farms remains an important problem Ontario as reflected in the Help Wanted section of nearly every Ontario newspaper The agricultural manpower services of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Is involved in an intensive search both local and abroad to meet the demands for qualified farm workers Operating under an agreement between the Canada Department of Manpower and Immigration and OMAF the service focussed its attention until recently on the needs of Ontarios dairy farms with some requests being filled for beef swine poultry and sheep workers The present supply situation for experienced qualified and willing livestock herdsmen nursery- and orchardmen is extremely tight The scarcity of dairy herdsmen in Ontario as well as the need for other livestock herdsmen is aggravating the situation If recruitment cannot fill the ranks then perhaps the time has come in Ontario to consider courses of training for farm workers What Does Summer Mean Summer is a special time for all of us For the city dweller its hot pavement cool drinks and vacation time For the farmer it is a time of work of hoping for rain or hoping the rain will stop For children it Is the very essence of childhood For one group of Canadians it is a time of crisis Every summer the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service runs short of blood The normal needs go on and there is usually an Increase in the accident rate this demand for blood and blood products increases For the volunteers of Red Cross who recruit donors summer is a time of bruised telephonedialing fingers as they step up their efforts Summer is a time when a great many people leave home they move to cottages they go on camping trips motor trips boat trips and airplane trips Sometimes they simply go to a neighbors backyard pool There is no one home to answer the telephone when the blood donor recruitment volunteer calls Please share the Joys of summer Before you leave home drop in at your local blood clinic and make a donation It will take only a half an hour of your time This small effort on your part can help as many as five people back to health Blood donors love life ECHOES FROM THE PAST YEARS AGO Grade graduate May Evans helped stamp new textbooks for Grades and 10 at Georgetown High School The books were to be provided free under new regulations of the provincial department of education Tim Charlton accountant at the downtown Georgetown branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was transferred to Ayr He had served in Georgetown for a year Partners George and Bud Curtis of PartNers Milk Saloon Introduced the three- quart Jug of milk to Georgetown Threequart jugs of homogenized milk sold for cents while two per cent milk went for cents per Jug Robert liny breezed through Class Two races In perfect fashion at the North Halton Kart Club meeting at in the feature race be beat out champ Mrs Chartene MacCormack Yellow Jackets Motorcycle Club sponsored annual hill climbing competition but one club member John Mllcbam bed in flrstplace He captured the cc in Cyclists from as far afield as Hamilton and St Catharines competed A borne and home match between Georgetown and North Halton golf clubs and Judged a stroke basis ended In a win for Norm Jim Linton of North led tba field win a low gross It YEAN AGO Georgetown council decided against plans to Highway through the town because of the nasty cost Involved Council was that it would fc Series of office promotions at Georgetown Provincial Paper Ltd saw Ray named office manager and Trevor Williams named senior stores clerk Another provincial police officer would be added to the Georgetown detachment council was told but the annual cost was about to from to Mayor Jack Armstrong said the matter was one of adequate police protection for the com munity and he said he did not think costs were excessive Womens Institute meeting was held at the home of Mrs Re Id and Mrs Craig Held showed movies of a trip to Mexico Theme of the meeting was home economics Jack Thompson son of Archdeacon and Mrs O Thompson of Georgetown was named manager of an Ottawa radio station 30 YEARS AGO What might have turned out to be a serious fire was averted at the home of Mr and Mrs Corey Herrington when the family departed for the Lions Club Street Carnival Corey Junior returned to the house for something and discovered a fire on an electric stove burner Damage was limited to a basket of clothing Cartoons by Joe Stamp on display In The window drew much local Interest Joe was a native of Georgetown and was recently returned from frontline action with the Canadian forces in Italy Council In Acton decided to proceed with purchase of a new pump for the water system after listened to by superintendent Charles Wilson of the public utilities commission He advised Installation of a new pump A Tragedy Waiting To Happen READERS FORUM Sirs Re the proposed development of the Unlicensed motor vehicle playground at the rear of the Georgetown Market place This weed covered filthy dump Is A Tragedy waiting to happen Anyone who has crossed the area after plaza closing after dark knows that action Is needed not next month or next year but now Coun Mike Armstrong doe not want to see any change In the area Its a wait of councils time What price is progress And the next elec tion Yours sincerely David Vance BILL SMILEY Supermarket Shopping Is Ghastly Experience Once upon a time really enjoyed shopping In supermarkets My wife hates shopping of any kind Most women I believe rather enjoy it especially for clothes She detests It Therefore hand me a list as long as a foot and off Id go to the supermarket Walking into that air- conditioning on a sweltering summer day was like going for a cool swim off a redhot beach Picking up your empty grocery cart was like getting Into a boat to go fishing or finding an empty cornucopia to fill STROLL Then there was the asant leisurely stroll the vast maze of goodies Past the vegetable counter where the contents were sprayed with water to make them look garden- fresh poking through the meat counter with the red light overhead to make the meat look fresher Along the frozenfood flection where I always some wild impulse buying like flddleheads or fresh shrimp In a gourmet sauce Into Ihe fruit section where Id snatch up a basket of apples that looked as though they came from the Garden of Eden and tasted like wet tissue Or grab a bag of oranges that looked as though theyd Just been plucked off a tree and had about as much Juice In them and a lot more seeds as a wizened little old lady of Pondering over the cheese counter and selecting a ripe forget ting the cheese slices which were on the llt ENCOUNTERS Then there were the delightful personal en counters The bowing and stepping back and smiling when you almost ran into a little old lady with her cart The making friends with sticky babies riding In the baskets The brief in terchange with a friend and the inevitable We must get together one of these days The polite and friendly clerks who would gallop a quarter- mile up and down the aisles to find you one small Item you couldnt locate And finally a pleasant chitchat with the cashier and the cheery willingness of the packers the boys who put your stuff in bags and then carried it to your car even in a blizzard refusing a Up once then taking it with thanks Those were the days But theyre gone Oh the same cruddy comes over the speakers The signs and banners are there more misleading then ever But by the price is NOT right service Is lousy and the old courtesy and leUmrellness is a thing of the past HOSED DOWN The vegetables are still hosed down but now the customer is being hosed as well Fifty cents for a head of lettuce We now walk past the meat counter with eyes averted until we come to the section and snatch up half a pound The frozen food depart ment is enough to freeze the blood In fruit raspberries at a pint bananas hat look beautiful at ten cents each and rot overnight And on and on Cheese must be made of angels milk Service You might as well be in the Sahara looking for an oasis as In a supermarket looking for a clerk There seems to be a big cutback on staff Hit lor we door with a full shopping cart a busy Friday or Saturday afternoon and two of the five or six checkout counters will be closed You can stand in line for half an hour The cheery boys who used to do the packing are almost non existent and youre lucky if they put the groceries in your cart let alone take it to your car The cashiers are as friendly as computers SUPER SPECIAL Inside the store dont turn your back on that sweet little old lady you once exchanged smiles and apologies with Shell run you down from behind with sixty pounds of groceries trying to beat you to that superspecial on aged turnips Dont try to make friends with that cute kid riding in the basket Hell probably throw a halfempty pop can at you or sling a naifeaten chocolate bar onto your clean shirt Oh dear reader we are being manipulated by the you that free parking those full- page or doublepage ad vertisements all that fancy packaging It is you and It la I fellowsucker I always knew I was being taken in a supermarket But It used to be sort of fun Now its a nightmare Bible Thought Verily verily I say unto you he that bearelh my word and belleveth on Him that sent me hath everlasting life John In a moment of time man is given the privilege of deciding where he is going to live forever Now is the time Today is the day of Salvation VIEWPOINT CNE Is Still Considered Greatest Show On Earth Heres a great big boo to all the spoilsports who pick on the negative aspects of the Being a nativeborn I naturally take to The Ex like a duck takes to water The nostalgia alone is enough to draw one back year after year Though the days of coming home loaded with bag upon bag of all sorts of goodies are long gone and sure to remain ever in the past I still enjoy every bit of really big show Where else could you pay the small sum of a and watch a panorama of the world go by At the Ex you can sit on a bench anywhere and watch a continuous show of people dressed in everything imaginable under the sun in a constant array of changing color and costume Jimmy ConkUn son of the late Paddy who ran the midway since the Ex opened in 1023 has banned the sideshow freaks this year My most vivid memory of the sideshow la that of a child I sneaked In and saw a colored lady who had half of an undeveloped twin protruding from her ab domen I forget what she was billed as but I remember checking each night for months to come to make sure the same terrible twist of fate didnt happen to me Thats one of the possible effects Ihe freak shows can have on small children Glad to see them go This years Ex is the annual exhibition and they must be doing something right because the annual draw is more than three million visitors a year One of the most common criticisms of the is that Its too commercial In the words of alderman its plastlcky Well even I cant argue with that but perhaps part of the attraction ia artificial effect the knowledge that Its all unreal a big sham In todays world we are harassed into believing the untruths of the ad men My youngest child seven years of age Is constantly asking If this or that on TV is real Sometimes even for adults its pretty hard to tell the real wars from the makebelieve the monsters for the evening news mass murders the obvious lies on To Tell the Truth from the real ones on political broadcasts Perhaps thats what makes the Ex great you know when it lights up at night the effect Is very make- believe and temporary like he gypsy she Is It will all be gone in a couple of weeks The food has never been particularly great we usually go home with queasy stomachs probably the result of greasy French fries onion rings and pizza that refuses to lie at rest Even Region Has Assistance From Provincial Money though I know from past experience the food over priced and under par I cant resist the dozens of different wonderful that come at you froir everywhera LONG TRUDGES We trudge through all the buildings and though Its true you see a lot of the same things over and over each year there Is something different to catch the eye Last year my family was delighted with the dancing waters in the horticulture building Here water fountains of many different colors danced in rhythm to soft and gentle music Speaking of music the Is a great place to rest the feet and sit and listen we do each year out of necessity We can never tell which will give out first our money or our feet Either way we usually put In an hour or two at the Bandshell Where else but at the Ex with todays prices could you Bee the variety of attractions available for the dollar and a half admission price For my money its the people that go the lights at night the smells and sounds and the constant changing scene as you sit and watch the world parade before you that makes It great All in all with com mercialism and its plastic nature considered I think the CNE still remains the orMteal shnw on aeputy minister Ontario Ministry of Treasury Economics and Intergovernmental affairs to regional chairman Allan Masson It outlines the scope of provincial assistance to the region Dear Mr The treasurer has asked me to reply to your request for special assistance with the startup coats of the region of Halton He was Impressed with the restraint the regional council has shown In containing the Impact of its spending this year and he asked me to convey his congratulations on this to you In your brief you outlined the matters of moat concern to the regional council and the area municipalities and these have been borne very much In mind In arriving at the total amount of the provincial contribution The government will be asked to make available to the regional municipality of Halton this year to help with the startup costs of the new structure This will be in addition to the increase in unconditional grants this year of million and the estimated which will be available to the area municipalities In 1S74 to phaseui changes In the in cidence of taxation Over a of five years this Iter grant will provide million and the enrichment of the per capita grant is a permanent feature of the transfer payments to restructured local govern ment It Is not the Intention of the ministry to interfere in the Internal affairs of the region or the area municipalities by prescribing a specific utilization of the special assistance monies This is something that we would normally consider the Regional Council better qualified to do with their more intimate knowledge of the region and Its problems Your wish was for at least a partial allocation of the provincial contribution and we suggest the following for your consideration- AREA MUNICIPALITIES Contribution toward shortterm interest costs caused by unavoidable delays In tax-billing- to be allocated to the area municipalities on the basis of the general regional 300000 Contribution toward startup coats in the Town of Milton 150000 and the Town of Halton Hills 1150000 REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY Contribution towards the development of regional ser vices and the associated In addition the Province wiU contribute one- third of the increased capital coat caused by delays on the Bronte Creek and Milton sewer projects at an estimated cost to the province of I Total Provincial ContribuUon A series of meetings will now be arranged between staff of the Ministry and each area municipality to discuss the transitional grants the transitional mill rate ad justments and the ad- New Locale For Office Ministry of the en vironment staff responsible for the environmental protection of Central Ontario have moved to the Blue Cross Building Drive at Don Mills and Environment Ontarios regional Director Paul Cock- burn announced The move to the Don Mills area was to provide a separa headquarters from which we can serve the Central Region of the province said Mr Cockbum The regional office Is responsible for the in dustrial municipal and private abatement activities technical support utility operations water resources and air quality assessment planning and approval unctions and administration in central Ontario Assistance Is provided by district offices In Barrle Peterborough and Toronto and by sub- offices in and Hunts to protect the surpluses and deficits of the former municipalities as required by the legislation for the taxpayers who gave rise to them These meetings will be held as soon a possible in order that the tax billing process Is not delayed any longer than necessary In summary the total Increase In provincial grants in the Region of Halton this year over comparable grants In 1973 la million made up as follows Increased per capita and general support grants to the regional municipality Estimated transitional grants to area municipalities Special assistance to the regional and area municipalities for development regional services and startup costs There are further financial benefits at the area municipal level through me adoption of as the base year for grants under the property tax stabilization act and the use of a seven per cent rate for the general support grant calculation Until area budgets are established the value of this cannot be determined but it should help with the problems of this first year of restructure It is my hope that the area councils will show the same restraint in their spending as has been displayed by the regional council I hope the steps the government has taken will enable you to meet the demands of this vital region without Imposing any hard ship on the taxpayers of the Region I wish you every success in your endeavors Store Ad TShirts Are Found Offensive cant help but anyone truly looked at the ad before it went to press for surely if he bad would have felt some doubts about Its worthiness to be printed If not downright Indignation In a day and age when parents are trying to Instill a semblance of morals In their children In a basically sex- laden world its a shame that an ad such as this from AJ Place has to appear for our young people to leer I would also Like to state that I have frequented this store but once and once was enough In an effort to buy two Tshirts for my boys I went through as much pornography on the front of shirts as one could ever hope to find on a newsstand Isnt it unfortunate that our young people who have enough problems by themselves have to be Inflicted with such nonsense by adults who should know better and who by all rights of common decency should be setting an example of that same decency rather than degradation I must admit that a former favorable opinion of The Herald right now has been rather tainted in my mind Surely you must agree with me that any store having to use advertisements of This kind has very little going for It If this Is the only way It can attract business Hopefully you will print this letter as one not received from a person who flies off the handle on socalled crusades but rather aa one received from a person who is desperately concerned for the future of her five youngsters and on behalf of concerned parents in Georgetown and Acton who truly feels that something must be said Mrs Marilyn Hutchison RR 3 Acton Problems Of The Young Are Not From TShirts Sir I was very pleased to receive a copy of Mrs Marilyn Hutchisons letter which Is to appear in The Herald I would like to thank her though for selecting our store above all others In the area between Guelph and Toronto There are many many stores that carry the same shirts but we need the free publicity and Income If she did not like our ad vertisement In last weeks paper she has every right to voice a complaint But when she attacks our morals over some funny cartoons then that Is a very different story We do not make the T- we only stock items that many persons complain that they have to drive out of town to purchase I have counted ail the shirts we have There are about designs of funny cartoons which she calls pornography If she hadnt QUEENS PARK reading them she would have noticed that we have a long rack with about Tshirts with Walt Disney characters and other I would like to say that If all pornography on the newsstands is like the T- shlrts then magazines must be pretty dull I guess she didnt have time to look at our patches theyre much more Interesting As far as adults setting examples are concerned I like to wear skirts and blouses but Im square and people will still ask for Jeans and Tshirts I agree that young people have enough problems but their Problems did not start with shirts nor will their problems end by removing T- We have been advertising in town for almost eight continued on page Robert Macau I ay Is Guiding Board of Peterborough Nor thumberland victoria Simcoe the District Municipality of the Provisional County of Haliburton the regional of York Peel and Durham and the municipality of Metroplltan Toronto The new phone number for the Central Ontario regional office and the Toronto Queens Park Bureau Ot The Herald TORONTO Lord but Its good to see him back Bob Macaulay was almost without question the most brilliant cabinet minister we have had her In a couple of decades and probably in the whole 30 years of Con servative rule He hasnt figured much on the provincial scene since retiring In ISM Just the occasional appearance before a government board or house committee Moat of his time has been spent on his very flourishing and lucrative law practice But for the past seven months he has been in the public eye again He has been counsel to the Ontario Energy Board and has been guiding the Board through bearings first Ontario Hydros expansion plana and latterly on Its application for rate in creases And in the process he has subjected Hydro to the moat cutting examination It has ever undergone and that Includes last years Moog hearings He hat in effect charged the operation of the utility has oldfashioned ultraconservative cloitd shop and lneffidant And he has been to make his charges ring true Macaulay was uniquely able to do this because when a member be spent a term as second vicechairman of the Hydro Commission And he did boatrocking in those days also He was infuriated with the smut and general ditregan politicians and the public be found at the Commission and made his opinions felt as only be can NEEDS SCRUTINY In fact he began to inject some public consciousness Into the Commission But when he left this began to fade away and the peoples public utility again started to become a tight empire It therefore Is doubly reassuring to see Macaulay not only In the public eye and doing public service but also prodding this public- body which more than any other sector of our public administration probably needs prodding Hydro Is a huge cor- ration one of the biggest In country Aa a public corporation using public money and vary much integrated into the economic of the It constant and public It hant Man Bt with way canto aonttwlp