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Military history page At the Royal page 24 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills lilt la The Way We Were part one Recollections of politics and policies The old Bennett House hotel stood on the present site of Main Streets Old Bank boutiques Georgetowns Park Lake now the James Street downtown In background left is the old high school With ins the in a weekly scries The Herald is cased lo introduce htnsivc entertaining and las year history and of int which led lo its founding The History of The Her has been compiled or us by Rev Richard or Down the Glen and oilier writings which offer residents in enthnlllng glimpse of their In tin initn which follows Rev examines the political ml social climate into which TV Herald and its immediate predecessors wtre Georgetown s first newspap er was a short In Journal called ihi Star published by i gentleman named I Jones Jones had come to George town from wherein 18o8 It was working for a firm of book and job printers J owl Co nor liny and Market Streets that time for the Toronto Globe a Reform Lib eral ncvsjiaper In Reform party sponsored the birth of the Hamilton Times It had pitronnge since most of the city ants sympathized with the Reform cause Still it had difficulty getting started and went through a number of editors and managers in Its infint ycirs Among these was Mr Jones who in IBGl was a eo owner of the Times It must been shortly afterwards that he came to Georgetown The Star a noting office was detached building on near the On pel Street school Here CW Young came as a lad and learned to stick type under Mr Jones tutelage Unlor tun a to ly no copies of the Star survive but it In the Reform platform of lis editor ItViVIvlI Young the George town correspondent for the inidian Champion In which had been founded 1961 successor to at tow n oldest paper the Jour nnl the Journal the were both Reform a Georgetown street papers became less vim So when the seerctarj of lleHiltonAUiiiice Bro il joined with Richard White who described is icticil man to start up The Milton Reformer in the paper lusted until they iliem elves to be The Only I- OHM Newspipcr published in the County of musl have boasted a lare population then for Ihe Reformer was regard idi in echo of the old only did the papers of tint the colors they ilso accused one another of political bias bo the Reformer one article How rv Newspapers sni and Cornell the Trust while The Sim a Conservative But as the the Champion changed the Milt tin One of the ereal l rounds w Scott Act by which of Hilton had voted itself dry A Presbyter minister took i boycotting charge to court claiming from the pulpit lint he been refused a Iioisl it every stable in his lectures whiskey Gr ice Church in Milton w is on the other side of tit feme when the townspeople of St Catharines wereoboul Hi Issue by local option under the Scott Act the reel or wrote to them claiming that had reaped no benefit from Its attempt to enforce temperance The Reformer reported he says a single drunkard Ins not been re claimed There is no danger of him ever reclaiming a druikan when he advocates the use of liquor thai has this effect then twisted the knife adding and he docs not forget to practice what he reaches SHOUT LIVED It was in this atmosphere that Hunter founded The Herald Georgetown in the The newspaper was precarious and ma papers were shortlived which through a succession of editors and Papers or least did not hesitate to proclaim their political They sought their ad and their customers throughout the length of the county in IBSa The Herald Ind local agents isfaruwnyns and Wellington Square Burlington and political sympathies often del which paper a person supported by advertising In or by reading But it was a changing situation the end the country local weeklies had become less few copies of The Herald from the 19th century betray no political hi is In the 1B68 list of agents for the paper however the only two whose political alle giance I have been able to Willi im in and WC in were both So if the paper had a bias first It would probably have been a Tory bias the end of the too the papers markets had become more localized Si it was the Herald in hie lBCft it soon became Herald In uncertain times The Herald defrocked Methodist minister takes the Georgetown Newcomers Club Moving to Georgetown Theyll make you feel at home By HANNAH staff writer The disorientation con fusion a stranger can In a new community leads to all sorts of problems including loneliness The Georgetown Newcomers Club would like to help new residents Ihis sense of isolation by providing them with Information and tun I lies la get acquainted with both the town and its citizens The group originated with the Georgetown in August and has since been taken over by the members themselves When ihey first suggested that we run the club ourselves we didn think it was spokesman Joan Rob- son told The Herald Now we see it is very possible They have the staff to look after everything and we can make our own arrangements wo find They 11 continue to provide the resources and well provide the manpower We all feel a need for this kind of club At present group is trying to reach out in two directions They wont new Georgetown residents to con t them if ihey ore interested group ore looking to community vice to help them set up information meet We don know what out there Mrs We hope there will be volunteers from the social legal and service or who will be willing to come to a meeting and tell as what the town has to offer This would be an opportunity for them make themselves known to us If they need volunteers we I be adverse hearing them say so We hope to introduce pic to what available and get them Involved in the as a community Cathy moved from Montreal lo Toronto then lo Georgetown in October 197B She round she was able to meet a few people through the Y and her neighbors because her two children were in school and she had the time lo go out She knew of clubs for ore in various other lies and looked for one she arrived in Georgetown I was surprised there one she said You have to get out and try to meet people or you can sit home forever The husbands and children never have any because they are out every day and con help meet people It the housewife at home especially with small children who feels and needs others in the same boat Carol Pearson has three en aged two lo six and with Mrs Weldnek We arrived from Campbell ford the first or and I didn I even meet my neighbors unlit spring when we could get out and work the yard she recalled Dons lives on the Ninth north of Glen and pointed out that even though you hive and the freedom from family tics it always fun going She from Montreal in December 1978 still felt when the club held its first meeting in August All my neighbors were so they time to keep me company she said and you do hive be cartful who you befriend Hartshorn said she had Ihe lime yet to get lonely when the club began She and her family had jusl arrived from Montreal Iwo weeks before but she went feeling if she I make the effort to get with the the community wouldn The people here are very very friendly and the people in the shops are friendly too but that keep the phone She and her husband came to Glen Williams in June Some of us were lucky Mrs Hartshorn siid Our the whole group of us up here from Montreal few of us ire nlhi MississaugT pick up the phone and call other We all knew each other vaguely but we werint re illy friendly until we rune up here We each if were really lonely one day others that lucky The ladies have a long list of possible activities but stress that they are still looking for community They intend lo have one activity each month For November it will be a day of curling at the North Hilton and Country club with instructors on hand to give beginners some They have gone bowling and may hold a sleigh ride during the winter so that the enure family can be included Vie realize thai some of Ihe newcomers may be women with young children so we arrange if it needed Mrs said We also know that some pes pie m ly trouble with IriiLsptrtntion w iry to thai for people too if call us Mrs if its just thai of walking into room full slni we be ibk whoa unless shy to ladies have no cutoff time as lo how long a resident has lived in town ind still considers himself some people in adjust fit a community in a matter if others may live Ihert for several years ive no friends We ire here for anyone no miller how long lie lias lived 1 rt as long as he feels like a newcomer Mrs As members feci more at home and cease lo be new they will slop back let newer members lake over the ladies said Anyone interested in joining the group which has about IB members at present may do so by contacting Joan 8770253 Hartshorn Dons Daley Carol rson 877 or Cathy w Idrick IB77 of the Club are retching oat all new of town who might like to join Ihem In gelling acquainted their new community They also hope CarolPearwo her David Daley rear left Joan and Cathy We are part or the club telephone committee who will welcome call from newcomer or community