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Home Newspaper of Hula A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St South Georgetown Ontario WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFP Publisher BILL JOHNSTON Editor PHONE Sceond Class Mat Registered Remember Sept 8 next time If theres any lack of campaign spirit in this election Its not for wont ot trying by the three candidates Theyve been here there and everywhere wearing themselves and their organizations thin trying to cover all this new riding in a par ticular short time Let give these three gentlemen credit theyre showing us what true hand shaking baby Kissing main streeting doorknocking back slapping campaigning is all about So why is there such an apparent lack of Interest in this vitally im portant and totally interesting election for the new Member of the Provincial Parliament representing Halton Burlington If It wasnt for the candidates and their stalwart organizers we wouldnt be having much of an election at all The talk on the street corner seems to be more about whose going to win at Orangeville this week rather than whose going to win at Queens Park But unfortunately thats politics A game everyone likes to take potshots at but one which few want to play Voter apathy Isnt anything new It happens every election be It federal provincial or municipal We thought this one might be different We thought that there was enough interest in the way this province has been running to get people up in arms either for or against the incumbents Regional government the education system even the hint of a scandal or two anyone out there remember the Ontario Hydro building affair now thats the stuff lively elections are made of But it seems those cries of Shame Shame levelled at Queens Park and all it stood for have been drowned out by the roar of almost total silence on the part of Joe Citizen Equally those who approved of Queens Parks moves to Improve our educational and governmental systems are rather silent If youre among the complacent group that have decided that this election doesnt Involve them we can only hope that you recall your Inactivity on February 1975 everytime you contemplate taking a slap at Queens Park during the next few years Well say it now and next week also Consider the men and what they have to Bay about the issues Weigh that and then get out and vote A golden opportunity to hear and tee your three candidates will come tomorrow Thursday at 8 In the evening as the Georgetown Joyce host an All Candidate Night at GDHS wee He TO FOR TO DRACO Viewpoint- Dont carry dummies around Toronto at 4 am By Gerry Time again for potpourri a regular feature of this column where we take a sometimes serious sometimes whimsical tongue Incheck look at this world around us Our first item comes to us from Van where Russell James McKay tried to impress two young women with his Apparently they were standing- it a bus stop as the women were admiring a Houston display In a store window Our foolish hero In a moment of stupidity proceeded to kick his foot right through the window to get the blouse to please the ladles Unfortunately the blouse had to be used as a bandage to hold the badly cut foot as the foolish young man was on his way first to the hospital then to the jallhouse So much for fu for most dishonourable servant Away to Detroit now where the Image makers arc definitely having their problems Thieves broke Into the public Information department and stole along with two filing cabinets and records of a city Tshirt sale The Tshirts had the I of Detroit dotted with a red heart as part of a promotion to present the city as a good place to live Next well take a trip out west where an Edmonton man has a new slant on wife beating The man appearing In court for beating his wife produced a handwritten letter signed by his wife giving him permission to strap her if she ever lost her senses Judge Ed Stack found the man guilty all the same but gave him a conditional discharge It would appear that the wife first showed evidence of losing her senses when she pureed to sign that note Just goes to show you that like the lawyers always tell us some people will sign anything Away Hollywood now where It Is told that the delightful drunk on the Dean Martin show Foster Brooks has this message for everyone Mr Brooks is a teetotaler that a right he touch a drop Just like his father before him Now that s what I call acting If you re planning a vacation out Nevada way the following items might be of Interest The first Is from Reno where a fellow put a quarter into a slot machine and out popped The next Item comes from Vegas where a housewife started playing at am nickel slot machines Meanwhile If you re going to try your luck with the notorious one armed bandits think of all the quarters and nickels It took to make up those two jackpots Just fill your suitcase up with change and away you go Try to figure out how many nickels It took for the housewife who played from 30 m till about noon Maybe you had better take two suitcases of change Here an Interesting item to shake up a few people In the popular drug companies It seems that results in recent tests at the University of California have shown that one In three people is allergic to mouthwash It can produce ulceration and bald spots on Ihelongue and sloughing off of tissue Now even though your breath might be kissing sweet you might be feeling too darn comfortable to kiss anyone So much for that tingling feeling Away to Metro now where police were said to have become suspicious of a man walking down the street at 15 a m carrying a store mannequin complete with a fur coat Sounds suspicious to me all right A quick check revealeda local furrier had his window smashed and our mannequincarrying friend was arrested and charged The moral here is it best not to walk down the street at 4 IS a m with a stare dummy wearing a fur coat It just might arouse suspicion Can you believe It Off to jolly old England now where a 35- yearold pilot upset the small resort town of Bognor Regis Apparently after a lovers quarrel the pilot buzzed the town for three hours threatening to crash his plane into his girlfriends house The police evacuated many families while our derringdo pilot play fled Boron Curses foiled again however as all good t hinge must come to an end and our pilot eventually landed and was naturally arrested So much for the course of true love which issaldtonever run smoothly I wonder what might have happened If he drove a bulldozer for a living From Butte Montana home of Evel the motorcycle daredevil comes this revelation tells us that he will jump again this October Instead of 13 buses which he rightly decided was an unlucky number he will jump 14 He calls himself a professional life riskcr but to anyone that has followed his unusual career professional bonebreaker mightbeclosertothelruth If you can admire nothing more about the many you hove to give It to him for sheer muleheaded Well be watching on the of October Here to you Our last item la about the number one movie across North America Jaws eight weeks the Canadian gross so far has reached million That right millions I m amazed that Inflation starvation world nuclear annihilation done enough to score people tight out of their skins That s why Jaws is such a success its a real shocker That what 1 call Irony Till next week keep on smiling Queens Park Comment One of the best provincial elections ever By Don O Queen Park Bureau The Herald TORONTO At the half way mark would say that this Is one of the best election campaigns we have had in the Not probably In of any great contribution to our public affairs or the solving of their problems But from the standpoint of public Interest and in It should rank high For one thing there are three more evenlymatched leaders than we have seen for some time Davis Nixon and Lewis ore Years Ago The premier perhaps I have the outstanding qualities of leadership and the public faith that his immediate predecessors were able to engender but he does have leadership capacity and this as outstanding as it was In the and Frost days this means he Is closer to his competitors and the race Is all that more Interesting Box Nixon is a much lmprovedleideroverlOTl He Is now in to fight not to be nice and this has been showing In have been giving him And the new Stephen Lewis with his reserved campaign and nice guy family man Image also has more appeal GOOD FIGHTS Then there are more close and colorful local fights than usual Such as with the flamboyant Mel against Incumbent Phil Given Sudbury with Bud Germa Elmer Soph a and MayofFabbro Cornwall with Father Vllleneuvc against Incumbent George Samls all the Ottawa seats Wclland and others There are for a change Issues that are of interest to at least large sectors of the public Education regional government of farm Income being Just three of them TV FACTOR Then television promises to play a bigger part than it has In the past For the first time it could be really effective in promoting interest Between the leaders debates and free time telecasts it should draw some big audiences and the actual shows should not be as dull as they have been Finally and perhaps most important or all there Is the very sizable uncertainty Normally at this stage in an election you haven pretty good Idea in general terms at least of how It will turn out But not this time How strong is the Davis feeling Is the public being convinced by Nixon or does it still feci thot he personally leadership quality Is the Lewis lowkey campaign winning him votes I think It Is safe to say that there probably are more decided voters In this election at this point than any In recent The best political Issue that has been brought up in this campaign almost certainly has been Bob Nixon s pledge to get bock to the basics In education This Is an Impression that can be taken not only from one own reaction but from comment by voters Personalty I know that when I talk election with people this Is the first topic that Is put forward with most of them People art disillusioned with their children coming out of elementary and secondary school not belngableto spell or do simple mathematics And what makes the point politically powerful Is that it is close to home and Is a concern of the whole spectrum of the community from the working man to the millionaire Tf At III- It Nixon has some potent ammunition Perhaps the most potent comes from teachers through a recent survey by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation It reportedly found that percent of the teachers vcyed felt student work habits had deteriorated over the past five years Some percent felt that the ministry guidelines for teachers wore too vague And percent believe students should be required to take certain basic courses THh Education Minister Tom Wells has made a rebuttal His major point was a claim that Nixon would spend million more a year on education Then he goes Into statistics Our high schools he says now enrol BO percent of IS to year olds while back in the It was just percent University enrolment has tripled In the past 10 years The ministry insists on basic skills being stressed etc But Nixon In turn knocks these down For one thing there Is nothing In the liberal policy statement which would proof ably increase education spending Then the leader poinrtfbut that in 1870 percent of nil students entering high school dropped out by grade and 62 percent by grade 13 Three years later these percentages had increased percent and percent he says He claims that students llkcfl their parents are losing dene in their system There are certainly In wop for same debate on just wrier we stand on education But It is likely to have impact on parents and ploy era who see our emerging from the system able to spell hi Enrollment in schools increases to 7219 From the of the Herald YEARS AGO Two Georgetown sisters were prize winners at the Canadian National Exhibition this year Sharon and Andrea Wilson won first prize in the baby show The twins ore the daughters of Mr and Mrs Roger Wilson of Fnludon Drive Marty Wheeler of Glen Williams will be a featured soloist with the Bernard Clark Concert Band on tober at Massey Kail Marty will be performing a trombone concerto Marty started his musical career with the Georgetown Citizens Band under the direction of Art A garden party at the home of Mr and Mrs George Ironside Georgetown honoured Ben Case well known and local historian The party held by the Women In was to show their ap preciation of the work Ben Case did In researching the History of County The overall enrollment fur Georgetown area schools for this year total an in crease from lost year total of 0875 Georgetown District High School registrations were up about a hundred to with another SO expected via Ninety nine students in stead of the anticipated turned up on opening day of the new Georgetown District Christian School located on the Seventh Line Principal of the now school Is Mr George Pelrusma students the Georgetown District High School topped a 75 student enrollment from last September brining the total enrolment to ap proximately 1050 In most coses the enrollment In the schools has gone up from last years Approximately Elizabeth Davidson one of record number students the top of the jlnu In In Georgetown District High Georgetown mis week Public School has been awarded a schools in town have enrolled Governor Scholarship from Mc Master University totalling Miss Davidson daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Davidson of 5 Parkview Blvd will enroll In the university next week Mrs Margaret Drive received a cheque from Kraft Foods after coming In first in the Canada wide contest sponsored by the company Mrs submitted three last lines In the complete the jingle conk However she is not sure which one earned her the prize Street will be Georgetown s first one way strict when amendments to the traffic bylaw become law Creadon of a one way street on St and on the block Of Market St between and Young St Is one of the several amendments which were okayed by town council this week Guard a prize Irish Setter owned by Mr and Mrs SS RR2 Georgetown walked away with another prize this week Guard was chosen as the best Canadian bred sporting dog the dog show at the Canadian National Exhibition Guard scored three firsts and two reserve wins In the show a new Georgetown branch of the Canadian Cancer Society The new branch was formed and elections of officers took place In the municipal building Ronald A Mc field officer of the Ontario divisions conducted the Installation of officers A low net score of carded I by Mr and Mrs Graham I earned them the I Langdon Trophy and the North I couples handicap I championship