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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 27, 1977, p. 17

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THE HERALD April 1B77 Page 17 New executive for HaltonBurlington Tories A new executive was elected at the annual meeting for the Burlington Progressive Conservative riding lion at the Hornby Towers Golf and Country Club Friday Eric Gudgeon of George town is the new presldtiil replacing Fran Haines John Burlington is first vice president Robert Reed second vicepresident Irene Saunders Hornby sec retary and Dunn George town treasurer Eric Gudgeon bald exe cutive is useless without help and support from people at the grass roots level I hope If we have an elect ion in June we dont get embroiled in politics and lose sight of the main problem facing Canadian economic pro blems he said Past President Fran Balnea said the association needs to be prepared and ready i an elect ion is held in June which involves everyone working to gether Secretary Irene Saunders stated the balance on hand is and Terry In charge of finance committee said Weve a long way to go to complete the campaign and although several events have been held the profits were modest Present at the meeting was the Transportation Minister James Snow who commented that Treasurer Darcy McKcough did not present a goody budget but a down-to- earth workable budget There is no room for reduct- Gray prepared for hustings iieorgo Progressive Conservative candidate for Burlington has been wailing and days to carry the Tory banner to the polls in the next provincial election and he doesnt think he has long to wait In fact only about one month Wc have reached a critical point in the history of our present Ontario government Mr Gray said at the annual meeting in Hornby The people returned a only government in 1975 with Conservative 38 and Liberal members Few people expected the minority to last as long as It has 1 give credit to Hill Davis and our party for making this government as effective as it has been he said I believe however that we arc an end to the effectiveness of the present government Mr Gray con tinued In his nomination speech one year ago Mr Gray expressed concern about the vast deficit in the of trade costing Canada jobs and driving up the numbers of the Ballinafad news Fern a break En the competition at Stable Sunday Cafedon horse show Ely FLUE DRYDEN Herald correspondent The fourth of monthly horseshows took place April at the Jo mars Stables second line west in Caledon with a special Puissance Champion Trophy given to end this This show was to be held outdoors and due to rainy weather was moved to the Indoor area This of course did not dampen the spirits of the 145 and six Puissance entries Although honourable mention is made only to the tops in each category everyone competing must be commended for their hard work and effort Even though they didn come through this lime theres always the The Special Puissance category was a scries of Jumps by a process of elimination when a horse made a refusal or knockdown Highest Jump taken five feet three in The results arc Champion Hunter with 10 points Tammi owned and ridden by Lon Reserve Hunter Champion with eight points Jomars Happer Hoofer owned by Stable ridden by Kent Champion Jumper with 15 points Jomars Frosty Morn owned by the Stable ridden by Mary Reserved Jumper with six points Jomars Resolution ridden by Sue High Point pony of the day with 17 points Bambi owned and ridden by Lisa Maun High Point horse of the day with points Question owned and ridden by Ted Woods For this show the Puissance Champion Frosty Morn ridden by Mary Combining the points of all the shows for winter schooling scries the following are Ihc Grand Champion Horses Questionnaire with 60 points whos owner is a very proud Ted Woods Reserve Champion Horse points Jomars Resolution ridden by Sue Grand Champion Pony points Bambi owned and ridden by Lisa Maunder Reserve Champion Pony with points Show and Tell owned and ridden by Karen ftelph The Grand By SMITH fipondenl Silverwood Li chouse and Branches of the Joint hostesses for the residents of Manor ently whose birthday fell in There were honored guests who happened to be born in April Limehouse and had arranged for a scrum lunch including two nicely decorated birthday cakes Each gift received a charge of the program Mrs president called on the following Mr and Mrs McEnery and Jesse McEncrj played some snappy music which made many of the old timers do some foot tapping to keep time to the familiar old time pieces church choir always a delight to listen to favored with two selections Mrs Grace McEnery gave a reading Mrs Lille played a medley of old Mrs Alma Sinclair and sang a Paul Schwartz who the choir sang proved to be an enjoyable evening for the many who filled the centre as well as for those who planned the party Mrs Marshall and Mrs Smith accompanied Mrs to the Erin April Wednesday of last meeting besides the guest speaker who spoke on the making of a compost heap there was a penny sale of As part of education week Brisbane school had an Open House last Wednesday and the juniors a concert enjoyable evening There was a large crowd and a very good concert as it was amusing to see the j formnnce of the tiny tots Sorry to see Mr and Mrs and family move from our They are returning to Newfoundland where they previously The dance sponsored by the Hall board was well attended on Saturday nifihl The music was good and all had Mrs Norman and son Kevin of Catharines spent Sunday visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Smith Still grow as more new homes are under construction the town unemployed My concern was endorsed by the closing of the plant in Georgetown he said The unemployment rate of people in the age bracket is approaching per Premier Davis stated in an address to Empire Club in Toronto thai Quebec wants political independence while maintaining an economic union the rest of Canada Such a concept was impos sible Mr Gray received Ihrec phone calls from people he had previously not heard from who said they agreed completely with the Premiers stand The situation in Quebec will continue to boil and ferment and it is going to require attention and ability in order to maintain confederation Mr id The time is approaching fast when if the Ontario opposi tion parties do not cause the government fall Mr Davis should in the interests of Can ada go to the people of Ontario and ask for a majority man date in order to provide strong opposition to the Liberal gov- in Ottawa and provide a strong Conservative government to deal with the socialist leaning govern of Quebec he said We have the opportunity here in Burlington to i this riding to the of the house he said The was only lost by voles At that time the galtup polls didnt show the per cent popularity in Ontario that now enjoy ho said ion in taxes and the budget has met with favorable Mr Snow said A vote was to be held Tues day yesterday for extending rent control legislation until December 1978 when wage and price controls sched uled lo terminate Rent con trols are offensive but shouldnt be removed until there is more rental units and housing available he said No decision has been made yet for on election date when the time comes the Progressive Conservative Party wants locome back with a majority government Mr Snow said A majority gover nment would improve the rate of unemployment and slack economy In 1975 wc lost sev eral ridings by a small major- ily but if the association works together promoting George Gray it should have a favor able result lie said Bill Kemplmg MP for Hal lonWentworth agreed that minority government is not good for the people or for the country Ontario is the battleground for the next election he said The PC only have scats from a possible in Ontario Its important have a good win in all municipalities Mr said Minority government creat es pressure and makes it diffi cult to get legislation passed the budget is excellent and will the economy Davis has been bold bring ing In tough legislation during a difficult period and PC members should be proud of the way he has handled his cabinet he said Frank Wilson Mr Grays campaign manager set a deadline for June have everything prepared for an election may look dumb if were prepared and here isnt an election would be worse if there was an election and we werent ready Mr Wilson said Exposure is the main ingred ient and George is getting out and shaking hands Mr son said Mr Wilson called for cooperation assistance from PC members to distri brochures and work on signs so it will be possible to rescue this riding from Ihe Liberals Candidate George Gray ana lyzcd what Progressive Con stands for A Conservative is a person who believes in free enterprise and that each person can embark on Ihelr own and lake advantage of benefits in our society he said With this right the person is accorded the right to fail and the opport unity for success Conservatives believe In work ethics and the concept that every person should be prepared to earn their own living he added On the other hand the Conservative concept 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