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feheREPALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills TH HIRAID In A Division Canadian Newspapers Company Limited IUMjiiiM Smith 1 if I HOI I Second Mi I Number Consider alternate plans for transit use It s unfortunate that a study of bus service options for within the Georgetown area recently discussed by town council did not include other more feasible transit options The study looked at a plan that would see one and sometimes two buses operating in town on a route from the downtown area to the corner of and Gatry The buses would operate every half hour during peak periods while one bus would service on a reduced level during other times The plan would cost proximately 113 per year before support from riders and other Georgetown groups is con against the cost The plan sounds neither financially sound nor likely to meet the transit needs of Georgetown residents The bus route descnbed by the ministry of transportation survey does not include any service to the Moore Park subdivision It does not thoroughly serve the town but instead provides token transit access to local bus users Con sidenng the huge annual costs of the service as outlined in the ministry s study a substantial would be necessary to support the system and to nelp keep bus fares reasonable We doubt the descnbed bus service would attrack significant And we doubt that the town would be able to keep costs low considering the services likely Certainly a community the size of Georgetown has a need for local transit The need for transit in Georgetown is especially pronounced during the day con trary to patterns in larger urban areas Our senior citizens would be Council correct on Acton hall stand We have to chuckle at the logic put forward by some council members recently in opposition to supplying funds for renovating the Acton Town hall In initially opposing funding for the renovations although he later changed his mind Councillor Roy Booth argued that since Acton councillors have cried in the past that more downtown parking is needed it would be better to demolish the fine old building and turn it into a parking lot He further argued that the many community activities that would probably take place in the newly renovated hall would attract even more thus contributing to the parking problem Sounds a little ludicrous to us By our thinking if a renovated Acton town hall Is going to attract people wishing to take part in activities in the building that s an argument in favor of its renovation not against Using Booth logic the town could solve many Halton Hills parkins problems by simply Letter to the editor greatly by transit service during the day for visiting shopping and the independence mobility gives The same goes for spouses in a one or no car family When one member of the family heads off with the car the one at home often feels stranded But the transit system under study will neither serve the town nor the community What is needed is a serious study that does look at real alternatives for a Georgetown transit One possibility that deserves serious consideration Is a share a ride service The share a ride system is operating successfully in many Ontario communities and is sanctioned and partialis subsidized by the Onto no government The plan is similar to the dial a bus system but oes not have the startup costs of t at type of plan Under the share a ride system users pay a low flat rate for taxi Riders call the cab company 30 to minutes before they need a ride They explain their destination and the cab collects other riders headed in the same general direction before arriving at the home of the original caller of the plan say that many users of the share a ride plan would not otherwise use taxis so the cab companies are not deprived of revenue Share a ride taxis generally carry three to four riders and at from 35 to cents the Elan Is not expensive to run cer i inly less expensive than the ambitious bus system discussed at last week council meeting The share a ride plan is a reasonable one just one of many feasible options open to council They should all be considered and the town should not spend much more time discussing the overly ambitious bus transit system for Georgetown Support station To the editor of The Herald I feel It is essential that we get behind CFNV in Brampton In its current campaign to stay within Its current format or more properly lock of format This Is truly a cultural oasis in desert of American and British material which consumed whole In its decadent formated pre packaged top40 style urge all in our community regardless of musical taste to get behind thia movement to save one of the few avenues or the local talent thai Is so abundant In this area and indeed in the rest of Canada Yours truly Charles Bradley closing down arena the Memorial arena and forgetting about the proposed Georgetown cultural centre At the same time Booth s argument that the town hall would better serve Acton as a parking lot is equally absurd We shudder to think of how the councillor would approach a commission on the proposed LACAC His cavalier disregard for local heritage is a little unnerving Still the voices of reason prevailed and even councillor Booth was won over to supporting the halls preservation We re sure many heaved a long sign of relief knowing that the old town hall is on its way to again serving as a focal point for their community Considering the likely ex penditure of over million on a cultural centre in Georgetown council showed good sense in agreeing to allocate the for the Acton renovations Despite ward two councillor Pat Patterson argument that rural residents should not pay tax dollars to facility the renovated town hall will meet a real need in Hills northern community Certainly for the price the Acton community centre is a real bargain Of course the job is still not complete Council is counting on the to help support the endeavor responding to fundraising campaign already in progress We suspect that Acton fundraisers will have a little more luck drumming up dollars for the town renovations now that residents are sure town council is willing to a financial commitment of its own Let hope this new found enthusiasm for the grand old building materializes in the form of donated dollars from Acton citizens Including members of the business and industrial Election not underexplained voters had a deluge of detail Ottawa leaden have too much time to their policies more impcrfeclions and beg more TOO BUSY We ii I know I am swimming against the tide here but I can t accept this theory that the boredom of the current election campaign is due to underexplained poll cles and a dearth of detail Instead I think the current election campaign has become a bore because of an overexplanation of policies amid a genera deluge of detail In fact I have never seen so many devastating details a a mere election campaign Perhaps it because this particular effectively began more than a year and most sales gimmicks had been presented before Prime Minister Trudeau pulled the plug on April In previous all the election promises and platitudes hit us for the first time in the final eight weeks before the vole Hi lime per has been set aside or has been stated and restated over the previous months We now have loo much time to study policies look for imperfections and ask questions And that means our political press in previous cam i gns used to be so busy churning out new promises and programs that there was no I me to get bogged down with little details Prime Minister could announce an llion on program which he did In 1974 we didn have time to worry about implementation dates and incidental details like that We were too busy checking the other to see how the New Democrats were doing in their on corporate welfare bums or how Tories were going to implement the third stage of their proposed price and wage controls There was a new platform plank be hammered Into place every day it seem We didn even have time to think about a television debate between the leaders But this time with so much expensive me to kill between even a changed nuance we have begun the greatest contradiction hunt In Canadian history If a politic an just adds one pregnant pause to a prevous speech then Is obviously a whole new emphasis to the When Prime Minister went Maple Leaf Gardens and said his would unilaterally patriate the constitution he was repenting a yearold statement and that was the highlight In the speech so we heard all about the number of free tickets given out for he event number of popcorn salesmen details about the worm up rock stars and even an estimate an the number of successive days Trudeau had worn the same suit LYING FLUFF The next nay the biggest news was that an engine failed on Tory leader Joe Clark airplane And we heard how he Jokingly blamed a Toronto Sun reporter for bring the bad luck and how In turn Sun reporter blamed Ihe Toronto Star reporters It was heavy si iff And speaking about newspapers can you recall any other campaign in we took such an ab ding interest In which parties major papers would support When the Toronto Star decided to throw its lot in with New Democrats the CBC decided his should be the leadoff item on Its national newscast You would think the Martians had landed The Star publisher was even about how he intended to vote personally And no one can complain about any shortage of economic statistics this time around No comparison has been left untouched as various parties tell us we hove the fastest growing labor force In any malaria free country or the slowest growing tannery trade in any partially metric state If there is one thing we don need it additional growth Indicators In fact I would be to cite any other details we do need this time round What we do need is less time dwell on the details we already have Sense of marking time hangs over the legislature Queen Bureau TORONTO There a curious sense of marking time hanging over the legislalure these days Not that all the acton In the daily political drama t playing their parts They are and some of them quite well Its like the words and cos umis for good theatre are there but he spark that makes for great performances Is missing Partly it probably a result of the which taxes the off the provincial stage until May But down deep it appears to be more thai The Tories appear happy confident even cocky as hough hey are in control or the House As In fact they are The opposition are spinning their wheels going nowhere Which strange when you consider the number of good Issues they ham mered he government In past weeks NOP RIGHT The New Democratic Party have a solid issue In their claim hat doctors opting out of and health care budget restraints are going to wreck i It partly nonsense of course sin care budgets are Increasing being cut back But here Is perception that medicare is hurting and people will react very lively to that leader Michael Cossldy goes so far as to say the Conservatives are creating the kind of anger that gets government thrown out of office The Liberals too have a believable issue in their continual assaults on Ontario Hydro particularly In the wake of the Three Island nuclear accident in the United States DAVIS TO GOT And both opposition parties have rightly raked the Tories over he coals for their almost total failure to rain he In dustrial work force we need in his In he electorate felt about bim the way hey do about Pierre No longer And If Davis can translate that change into votes Tor a majority Tory ad ministration he 11 likely do lust that the public in terms hostility I towards the government If anything the Conservatives seem more confident than at any time since the 1971 election MUCH CHANGE One might suspect In fact hat IT the current opposition malaise continues Premier Bill Davis might well be looking for an Issue with which to go to the people this fall He did say a year ago that he Intended tosencoutafullterm meaning until But If the scent a majority they re just liable to junk that kind promise The Davis Image las undergone a remarkable transformation in the space of four years fiBSHMRSCB WILLIAM blither General Manager MICHAEL Ed lor LARRYN MARTIN Sa Manager Phone Halton s History our files MERCHANT THIRTY YEARS AGO Anumberof local merchants met for dinner in House last Wednesday to discuss plans for forming a Retail Mer chants Association in own Deputy Reeve James Goodlet acted as chairman for the meeting and after dinner an informal discussion took place with of those present airing heir views on what could be accomplished by such an organization The Federal Department of Health has made a large grant o the Halton County Health Unit This grant will allow the health unit to Institute an extensive dental public health program The federal funds will cover the entire cost of his project The program will be entirely preventive character and treatment will not be provided Each school child In he county will be examined each year and recommendations for treatment will be made Last week the temperature started off to be well in the 80 and then we had a cooler offer At least we can say we have had the dust laid a little bit this week with two or three sprinkles They could hardly be called rains as total of 30 Inches for the week was not much more than a good shower NEW GEORGETOWN FACTORY TWFNTY YEARS AGO Georgetown will have a new industry which expects be in production within the next two months A signed lease was received this morning by Developments following negotiations for location as a new highway factory beside Tool Co empty since it was built by the company last year Bruce Brown son of Mr and Mrs J Brown Norval hod an in experience last Friday when he found a balloon with a letter attached on his father farm about six miles from town The letter states that It came from V 1 one of the balloons sent aloft by Delhi balloon club It was requested thai the finder return the V with answers as to where it was found how much gas was left It the balloon and when it was found The tetter enclosed stomps to cover postage for returning the balloon and letter Optimism that the Credit should befit swim in this summer generally In most areas is voiced by It Parker of Acton chairman he s Flood and Pollution Control Advisory Board Mr Porker said hat on the basis of last year pollution tests the river should bo fit for swimming Now that spring flooding is at on end tests will again be carried out on a regular basis by the CVCA in cooperation with the Ontario Water Resources Commission and Health of the participating counties of Peel Wellington and A river of gold from const to coast will greet 1960 the Golden Jubilee year or Girl Guiding in Canada next spring with thousands of golden tulips planted by Guide companies and Brownie packs In their own communities it has been on nounced by a Canadian headquarters In Toronto Planned to mark the 50th an niversary the will be planted In front of the buildings where Guides and Brownies meet and larger gardens are planned for public parks in larger cities As a memento of the visit to Town of GovernorGeneral Vincent Massey a picture of His Excellency will hang In he town municipal building Shortly after his visit last week Mayor Armstrong received an autographed photo In the mail which suggested that the town might wish this placed In a public spot so would remember the visit which Mr Massey made In the name of the Queen MASS RESIGNATION DISCUSSED TEN YEARS AGO The county Catholic teachers ore contemplating mass resignation f the Separate School Board remains adamant on ita salary offer About 180 of the county Catholic teachers voted Thursday night In favor rejecting the board offer and turned over salary negotiations to the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association The teachers claim the salaries are not competitive with of public school teachers In the county or with teachers in the separate school system elsewhere in Ontario Rattlesnakes have been discovered In Limehouse Saturday Jim Ireland killed two MasMssauga rattlers with a rake near his home at the south end of the village after one of them had frightened the Ireland children and a playmate Linda Hale while they were playing Linda s father Frank who has seen Massassaugas before positively titled he snakes They measured and inches long One had a large rattle at the end of Its tall while the others rattle was Just developing A housing development planned to add 167 new homes In the village of Hillaburgh got underway yesterday when went to work on the former Currle property Georgetown A Carney Real Estate firm is exclusive sales agent for he subdivision and an Initial houses will be built by Tall Oaks Con A Georgetown firm Enterprises Ltd is the developer GROWING GARBAGE CRISIS ONE YEAR AGO Hal too regional council has acted Irresponsibly toward the growing garbage crisis in the region says regional chairman Morrow Mr Morrow dejected and disappointed made the charge after Wednesday a meeting when council voted 128 not to allow drilling on possible landfill site In Oak and Burlington The action could have been used to relieve pressure on existing sites which have recently had dumping bans Imposed on Industrial and commercial haulers A Georgetown lawyer would like to see Canadians carry legal fees Insurance In manner similar to hospital Insurance but she does not feel Ontario could afford such a scheme No one would be happier than the lawyers the province took care of our bills McMillan of Kelson Babes BeUeghem and Steele People are to talk about what a laywer fees axe and cUscuMloa money seems rather tacky when people come with a problem It seems at J1 youre worried about la bow he can pay for services not the problem be wants you to sort out for him