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TTi Home Newspaper of Hills Page Till- January 1380 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Hi 1711j Unlaw Publisher IM I DORM- BOB Advertising Manager 201 Second Clan Mill Res itcred Number Province was shortsighted While it s premature to breathe a collective sigh of relief at this point we share the feelings of Impending release which directors of the Children s Aid Society must now be experiencing A ministry of health decision is expected shortly concerning a special committee report released last week which con eluded that the relatively large workload and the relatively low servicing costs associated with the Halton society warrant special funding attention from the province The importance of the com mittee findings cannot be under estimated facing an enormous increase its caseload and con cutbacks in programme funding because of Ontario much touted financial constraints the CAS launched a courageous and righteous struggle for ad funds early last year During the course of the province failure to meet the society financial needs and its apparent lack of sympathy over the critical situation at hand could only be interpreted as a ministry failure to fully appreciate tht work of such community services Elsewhere regional societies were encountering public criticism because of unfortunate problems which arose is specific cases Halton CAS got a kick in the butt in spite of ib clean record and uninterrupted high standards of service The work of any Children s Aid Society in making sure our youngsters and teenagers are receiving the care derstandmg which is rightfully theirs is yet another instance of public service being provided to a community which rarely shows sufficient gratitude I inancing problems are all too common during the current recession particularly among community organizations and health services and because economic hardship is something we re all confronting on a daily basis these causes are frequently allotted a low priority when it comes to public assistance It s without a doubt one of the great tragedies of our times It s also one of the great ironies of our day when the local Children s Aid Society was forced to lev the bulk of its ad ministrative efforts during the International Year of the Child to simply making ends meet CAS directors had some fine schemes in mind late in for new in programmes which held much promise for people with special problems for the most part no doubt those ideas ire on a shelf in some storage closet So we join the CAS in awaiting the all important ministry decision on an in vestigative report which points to the third highest caseload and the lowest per capita cost in Ontario and concludes that the Halton CAS deserves better most We agree more If its recommendations are accepted at Queen s Park the report could provide the society with roughly which it did not have before reducing its final deficit to That should putsmiles on some of the youthful faces left downcast during Meanwhile in the nation capital civil servants go about their jobs as if nothing were happening government wise tacking yet another seven per cent increase onto each and every MP s salary and thus propagating the sense of injustice shared by newspaper readers everywhere While it not entirely fair to criticize the annual pay hike granted automatically to Ottawa in light of financial bestowed by the provincial government upon many deserving recipients Ottawa and Queen s Park are inextricably interwoven when it comes to furthering the conspiracy of the expanding paycheque Again this year we are so incensed over the automatic salary increase for MP s that we suggest it should become a true election issue between now and February 18 rather than being cast aside by promise ridden candidates as a issue beyond their personal control Certainly energy and economics are far more pressing issues deserving of the politicians and voters attention but small items like an annual seven per cent hike tied to an indexed pension play a devastatingly large role in the overall scheme of things Jitterbugs Our congratulations and best wishes to Jake Disco and Dining Lounge for its commendable forts thus far in organizing the charity dance slated for this weekend Businessmen professional people and service groups have banded together to support the massive threeday fund raising event which will see dozens of dancers donating their time energy and shoe leather in the interest of providing Georgetown Memorial Hospital with a heart monitor a rather expensive piece of equipment of great assistance to physicians engaged in pre natal care A far cry from the crowded commercial yowiah yowzah dance marathons of the Depression Jake s dance promises to bring together many com munity minded and fun loving swingers toetappers fox trotters and maybe even the occasional devotee of the jitter bug craze Should be quite a show and one which some proud parents can one day recall for the benefit of their children whose development during the all important pre natal stage perhaps derived enormous benefit from some kid who cut a rug for charity Trudeaus return to lead Grits was most difficult decision MPs wage hike is election issue Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod III i 1 know how 1iirrc inllv pit as he lure IK jjhrc of lights strumitis down on him I Ml i nation Jil hid r indwiukllcidthe III nto tilt IK Hut helm id him when lit sndhc has nisi Hit single most difficult with it Just ask John Crosbie who added a whole new meaning and range to the Chretien Crunch ostensibly in the interest of the Canadian economy with dire warnings for consumers to tighten their belts even further or else load up the dory ready for when the whole ship goes down With a twinkle in his eye the finance minister predicted disaster for all unless we batten down the hatches but he knew even the Tory backbenchers would be com fortable with their plus per year and the skipper Joe could somehow make do with his 84 The indexed pension of course is the real stinger defended by some as a fitting reward for those who have served their country s Parliament with honor and in tegnty attacked by others as legalized theft The situation faced by Donald McDonald tormer Liberal finance chief has been raised as one alarming example retired from politics at Big Mac stands to see his annual pension rise from annually to per year if he manages to reach Some future for the people in charge of a nation who own future economically and politically is one big question mark ruins mj off i in ill his would of ilion merally wed the effects of four agonized uridine He would rihiblcclh for moments announce tint I will rvi mill ill my with all my minutes later he would pe his caucus for his predicament Tdec- litre tit wis anniunud Tuesday it 1 was tin former resist Hie draft mi nl mil stick his decision mm iMiintrcil wiihhs children Sure his departure would have i relied some such as Retting some constitution- I kins lo hold i leadership convention within month these difficulties win nit insurmountable so lonj is it leadership convention w till isv enough to hold i meeting i new and I full Mr lo think Jus for their support then i in wild his oniinil phii It s not is though hi faces a inlirv flu is not in the best of it is rejected people en months the personal I is in the the rebuilding ccsshisn iiiu policies the bank itti uul is bulging id lip flight are not tripping over i i looking for nominations Why isk would Mr Trudeau want to through Lhe horrors of a winter with so many dubious actors filing him draft movement not haw been that irrisistabti It took caucus all ly to decide it unanimously supported its And as for lhe parly national it hid little choice o concur the litem line serious rift drift movements can be inter re ill as standing ovations given as gome presents Tilt caucus contains for lack of i bettor expression a generous assort drill HI MINTS Mr Irildiauwouldknowtlus He would know it the controversial torpedoing of tin list week had thrown the i iberils into an unmerciful and lliat tie intern il over leadership was still And he must reihzi that tricks of disunity appear at any Tin of argument brought to bear on In m must have been immense I he is held responsible for tin defe it of government and was told pi the full price Perhaps he was genuinely moved the argument that he owed this to his country Perhaps he feels it s Ins patriotic duly to defeat a Tory government winch he says has been doing terrible things for I don I know But 1 did believe him when he my strongest dream was to leave politics ind raise my family in Montreal At this surprising mind news conference Mr Trudeau tried to look bouncy and enthusiastic as he announced it we will carry to every corner of until the message of Tory failure He he was looking forward lo the battle somehow I got the Idea that if he heed weeks vote again he might have done differently One clue lo this was his comment that I t re one of the answers to the disarray would be to draft me Without knowing his inner feelings or pn judging tie coming campaign I did experience i surge of sympathy for the Whit a difference from his preelection new conference of 1968 when no one doubted his breezy nonchalance I im anxious to get into the campaign lit then It should be fun Needless clashes in Legislature may indicate spring election Queens Park Of The Herald scenting the air iruund here n ijhl for smelling a sprint Proof I mind you ind a lot of igimsl just such course but i Ins li House v is testy this fill with much needless disagree nil ind clashes II is as though place was wnruu on the members In there was a shrill edge to n i of Opposition Leader Stuart Smith ins reactions during the sitting The of being able Premier Davis x it irnuir for lhe post ycir appears Smith On iniri which was the major policy faced could not find way to Flank Davis so as make premier look bad on the topic covered all the ingles not i arguing price rises that hurt the Ontario economy but also demanding a ri vision by Ottawa and Alberta of oil revenue flows Neither Smith nor leader Michael for lhat matter was ever able to irn out a distinct ind separate position In in the premier And Smith s todosoappeir to hue a Davis mean streak as Hit has often gone after Smllh the rithir than his policies during iUislion period annoyance with Smith cant contribute to the premier latent desire to hold an election so he can riiliiin Iht government denied mi in 197 ind 1977 1SSI I He h is promised no until which would be iht of a normal four year term But no one believes he would hold tuck prior to then if he could find an issui Hurt rub Could he failure one this spring out of the issociation referendum in Quebec and need for Ontario speak It is not ley real n of possibility SMITH one rumor about lhe liberals Smith wis thinking of forcing a lonfrontation over environ mental rights in spring Thai or similar approach such as opposing Darlington nuclear power would likely draw support for dumping the appear terribly worried What Ihcy call the collapse of medicare of budget and doctors billing above rites is scoring them political points across province Ihcy believe Add lo a much improved perform an by in the House where he now restrains his tendency to smart alec cracks and one can I see the ducking an election either the federal campaign of course all arc off for now a provincial election in in possible WILLIAM General Manager Managing Phone 2201 mm Haltons History From our files THlim inns Harold Cleave in his inaugural address to forecast a policy of strict in town affairs and said that the I ill million dollar budget put i debt of percent on assessed value of properly lhat we should pause in the if expenditures that have recently been and put our house in order rman a former town council lor is of first motor licence issued by the licence bureau which opened here the first of the year Mr Drown his of the local allocation huh runs up to Strictly speaking this is nol the first licence issued in or years ago it was the custom for an to be opened one di nth year by the Ontario Motor li ague for lhe sale of licences Quite a sudden drop in the temperature we had on Saturday The thermometer reading of 18 below zero on morning showed lhe coldest for ibis and was a drop of degrees the previous Sunday The seven inclns of snow we had looks more nil will it last dint if Ihi board of directors of the and District Memorial Hat Association recently announced the launching of a fund to raise roughly million for a new hospital in Georgetown In addition to grants anticipated from federal provincial and county govern which are expected lo total 000 The board hopes to raise from public sources 1 Wen Milium is homeless as result of i flash fire lhat completely tutted two room house near outskirts i i tow Ousted by the and Mrs rn Thompson their children The small oil space which was blamed Tor lhe exploded iftcrnoon while Mrs Tlimpsin wis it home with her Iwo children and lit finilirsilisfymg click of toll dine rock i sound long I m the ears of local inrlers was revived hen list weekend when lhe North Hilton ind Club opened The highest lolmiit of cards i piss ugh the local post off si mi were handled during tht recent m rush by local staffers Iwtnty tight were added to Hit regular staff of 17 to share the work Irom llu Heralds classified columns This five room modern bungalow has a kitchen with of cupboard space I room picture window four piece bath three bedrooms full basement oil heated Aluminum storms ind screens close to factories Now vacant One easy mortgage on bock Full price Tf- MIS ACoA Georgetown Trans porlation Company school bus was hit from behind by a fully loaded 15ton gravel truck Friday causing an anxious moment for 16 school children in ape from thirteen The accident occurred is the Georgetown bus which had just deposited six children on side of Highway south of Caledon began moving slowly It ravelled about 30 feet its lights still flashing when It was hit On a 13 to 1 vote Reeve Alan Day of Oak lie became the warden of County afternoon with Deputy Reeve Ted Tyler of Acton receiving lhe solitary vote Garfield Brown clerk administrator acting as chairman of lhe election reminded council that in any the coming of regional government would moke this lhe last election for warden The first warden was elected In IBS The stork bypassed Georgetown for the first five days of New Year It I January lhat he arrived and Mrs Wayne M Main Street South CI EN WATER The Ontario Water Resources Com mission has announced the contract has been awarded to Hart and Son or Falls for tcsl drilling for waler system lo serve Glen Williams area Design reports for a complete water supply and distribution system for the Glen well as a sewage collection system were ordered by the OWRC last May Georgetown Is a for lhe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation again but this time without the folksy pseudonym of Moose Falls A CBC camera crew has been filmingand several actors have been emoting through the town for lhe week and will continue until about Tuesday when the film drama they re working on entitled Postcard u in the can Ontario Municipal Board has heard more than 16 witnesses during seven days of lealimony lhe Gordon Alcolt Arena in Georgetown Into Ontario Hydros proposed hydro corridor through Hills and all sides are expected to conclude their cases at today session of the hearings Town council has abolished its recrca Hon advisory committee five years of opera lion that witnessed stormy con members and councillors The decision was made a closeddoor session of council In which appointments were made to four local boards and committees Dire warnings from staff members about the future of the Niagara Escarp ment have prompted lhe Niagara menl Commission NEC to delay a decision on a proposal that would see the NEC planning control area reduced by more thai onesixth of Its present Mayor Harry Barrett was elected chairman of the Regional Police Commission Thursday Mayor Barren has been acting chairman the of Burlington lawyer William flppoinlmefit at lhe end of October Glenn Magnuson a provincial appointee from Georgetown appointed vicechairman