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the HERALD of HrftonHteStace A Division Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager PHONE DAVID BEATT1E Advertising Manager nasi Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Mirth a its Old town hall tear it down Since December when town council finally decided to abandon its own plans to restore Actons historic old town hall there has been an un its restoration ran out of steam when the financial mountain turned out to be too high to climb The failure of the restoration imu an deriving suspicion among some committee as fiscally understandable vors that an alternative plan was at as it was has had predictable effects hand on town council It Is interpreted as Council moved to put the lack of public support among Ac- hall up for sale publicly thus trying tomans some of whom prolonged the again to save It demolition a towns interest in the project by that would understandably shake some correctly citing Actons need for a cen- faith in this edd tral visible community focus amalgamation we call Hatton Hills Regionalization they pointed out So it seemed safe to surmise that removed all the trappings of self- a private buyer Was waiting In the government at the local level Actons wings The pieces started falling into new town hall turned out to be the place in the last two months A price municipal headquarters eight miles hasnt been set for the sale but the away that formerly served timing and terms are under con- alone Its hard to read actual public Then Monday night clerk- support for the town halls restoration administrator Ken Richardson con- There is a viable pocket of resistance firmed that not one prospective buyer to demolition motivated by emotional has come forward Suddenly all of but very rational concerns about losing councils deliberations make no sense the old towns identity On their behalf whatsoever We were pleasantly we express hope that the communitys amazed that someone seemed committee can come up prepared to buy the dilapidated and with something to replace that sense of muchmaligned old building now it belonging Opposition mentality still confounds Conservative MPs turns out there Is no such person Once a thriving community gathering place with as many unof ficial functions as there were formal civic needs met the old town hall has Alas the restoration itself Is a lost cause and thus too Is any suggestion that the building can be sold and preserved It is now too far gone and should be demolished to make rested uncomfortably at Willow and room for Actons future Any per- these past two years condem- efforts by Actons council ncd and boarded up The admirable representatives to salvage a doomed citizens movement to raise funds for situation are sheer folly By Stewart MacLeod Letter from the editor Paid Dorsey Laissezfaire Georgttowu theres a voice to Wat crying out for your salvation Jim Barrett hardworking community catatyit who took family Into the wilds of Alberta last summer balance of political power had finally Ml Ontario abort t what be bean from eat boosted toe Optimist Club of Georgetown and InadverlenUy stirred up a controversy and a half when be launched the Utile Mlaa Hill competition for three to fiveyear old girl the Georgetown tall fair of Since moving out west Jlma been keeping In touch with Georgetown by phoning old friends and neighbors and by reading coptea of The Herald mailed to him You can Imagine how seasons news struck him Utile Mlaa Helton HUi kissed off In second year due to a lack of volunteer orgs niters at tlw fall fair the fair Itself In Jeopardy after Us yean because of minimal public support and Interest and the other proud gem In Klma community service a coordlnat tag liaison council for towns dubs yet to M heard from Jim phoned me last week to try and find out Jul what been happening to all the projects hed But what can an old cynic Ilka myself was an extraordinary He others to action and didnt mind at all If soma fellow townsfolk never appreciated his Intentions sDd efforts Georgetown has Its fair share of community workers and volunteers willing to contribute their lime and effort for worthy causes At The Herald were more than happy to give these people the coverage they want but for the most part they are not Involved In news stories The annual Red Cross campaign Tor example deserves much coverage but la after all a perennial promotional event of Utile news value Along comes someone like Jim Barrett with a bold new Ides for the fall Initial proposal we fell newsworthy enough our eventually stated editorial opposition notwithstanding but the controversy it touched off immediately was something else again The service club liaison Intended to keep our clubs and lodges up to date on each others activities thus avoiding duplication of services or conflicting events was a good Idea that t taken off Jim had already accepted the demise of his Little Miss competition an Idea hed transplanted from his native New Brunswick but bearing that the fall fair Itself is on shaky ground was quits a shock for him I have only sympathy Jim but no suggest Ions As editor of a serving or so readers but receiving precious little feedback from them I am painfully aware of our communitys attitude which many active and frustrated cltliens blame on our bedroom community status That most would shrug shoulders the Imminent demise of their longeslsbtished fall fair does not surprise me And yes agree with you that the end of the fair should not reflect negatively upon those who vo struggled these past few years to keep It interesting and lively Ottawa Bureau of The Herald I had a rather Interesting late- night phone from a Conservative MP who perhaps suffering from severe insomnia had been reading one of these columns about the opposition mentality among Tories That quote had come from Party Leader Joe Clark who In a yearend interview was talking about his own difficulties He said that because the Conservatives have been out of power so much you can develop an on mentality and there la some of that among of our people It made sense to me The party Is so used to being on the attack and criticizing those In power that some of the ammunition Is bound to strike the wrong large And It seems likely that Clark and other Tory leaders before him have been vidlms of this opposi tion mentality he talked about Anyway when the phone rang la to at night and this MPaald he wanted to discuss the column 1 braced myself for the Inevitable blast Why else would he call at that hour GOES FURTHER But no he wasn I In that frame of mind He had he said been thinking about this opposition mentality and not only was his leader absolutely accurate so far as he went but he could have said a great deal more It a not Just a question of mentality said this worried MP The fact is there are too many of our members who actually dont want to see us In government Obviously he shall remain nameless but hes no dummy and didnt make It Into Job Clarks cabinet In 1379 I suspect be was a serious candidate He strongly supports his leader And now late at night and alone In his office he was working up a full head of steam When were talking about opposition mentality he said were hist beating around the bush What were really dealing with bare Is a sizable group of Conservatives who dont want the party to form a government I am not talking shout young upandcoming MPs I am talking about those who know that they will not be Invited In to a Tory cabinet Natural ly they admit It but do you seriously think they would rather sit on the government backbenches than in opposition He thought that many of them who tried It back In 1979 like It very much Alter years of opposition freedom they were suddenly silenced on government side And Instead of going home on weekends to attack the government and Ottawa they were suddenly forced to defend things like high interest rales higher taxes and funny things like moving embassies governments You guys don write anything about MPs who defend govemmenta wrote anything about a government backbencher anything in Parliament I couldnt come up with an answer to that so caller raced on relentlessly You can have a lot of fun as an opposition MP but show me a Liberal backbencher who is having fun defending inflation high Interest rates and high unemployment And who likes to be humiliated by being passed over for a cabinet Job Thats something that cant happen to an opposition MP If every Tory MP were determin ed to see another Tory government be said we would be too busy to quibble about Joe Clarks leadership That he said Is our real problem And with that he hung up News media dinosaurs roam convention By Derek Nelson pahtfc all this Rags the Quern Park of The Herald If anyone ever wants to know how a dinosaur feels he or she should be a print reporter at a modern political leadership convention That might seem a Utile strong since newspapers yet extinct But at the very least we print types are In the whooping crane class of endangered species Both the Liberal and conventions here made the point Television was everything Want to hear the speeches of the candidates In leisure Instead of In a stuffy overcrowded hall TV was tbe answer Want to ask a politician In the convention a question Some TV type would likely be there doing It for you already Hope to get a candid opinion of what happening from a political analyst of one another He or she la probably already sitting beside some anchorman on the Tube And what about politician who dont belong to the party that choosing the new leader They are up there too In one tittle booth or other giving us words of wisdom MEDIA ROOM A common sight at a politi conve now to sew print reporters sitting in a around a television set In media room for at least a portion of the events The last figures I obtained Indicat ed registered media people were at the NDP convention although some of those were observers slipping In under false guise since the NOP does not have a provision for guests at Its conventions and about at the Liberal shindig Print and radio reporters combin ed t come cloae to the numbers there from television And for the tint time In my experience cable television really came Into own Cable coverage while a bit dull at times was thorough and continuous Television has immediacy You are there part of whatever a happen ing Even delegates seemed to take their cues from commentators on the Tube WHY LISTEN When you have before you In living color why listen to a And print has even less direct contact with Mind you print still does have a couple functions Print tends to set agenda for television for It la mainly print reporters who go on the road with the politicians In leadership campaigns who sense moods and watch perform ances Print too analyzes the results in a sense that television never But television la the primary medium We are all captives of its glittering eye NOT FAIR Still recognizing Its primacy there are troubling to Its One Is relatively minor although It has become a major topic of lion among media types themselves On the convention floor tbe competition and crush of TV people la becoming so thick and dangerous that someone Is going to get hurt one of these days At liberal convention one was battered so badly as to be visibly But there la a mora Important concern Television Is not a reflective medium Being first Is everything Polities la treated even worse than by print as a hone race It was no accident that at the NDP convention cameras were turned off for much of the policy debate The stuff wasnt enough It wasnt entertainment And that a worry THIRTY YEARS ten gallons of chocol ate milk of pistes of sandwiches numerous cakes made with boys In mind generous servings of JeUo several boats of Dixie cups of ice cream and favors filled with candy dlssppeared In a very businesslike fashion when almost ISO members of Johns Sunday School attended annual dinner Friday Following the dinner entertainment was provided by the Rhythrncttea who are rapidly gaining popularity Georgetown was featured on the radio program Patriarchs and Papers last Wednesday a ISminute program heard on show related highlights of the Heralds history and paid tribute to Georgetown oldest llxen Anna Nielsen ST Founded In IMS by Isaac Hunter the Herald was a large oldfashioned paper of four pages set by hand until IBM when linotype was added and the paperconvertedtoelghtpagesofsmallerslze Now an average Issue Is ten or II pages and Miss Rose and two of her female students have been going to Toronto Wednesday evenings to attend dancing lessons at the Arthur Murraydancestudloa The are learning bow to do the Charleston so II any adult happen to enter Georgetown High School at noon hour be will sec a group of kicking up their heels In main hall TWENTY YEARS was appointed secretary treasurer of Georgetown Hydro Commission at a meeting of tbe commission Tuesday A veteran member of tho three- man Commission he will succeed Mrs Olive who is retiring this month Blasting residents who shovel snow back on the roads after they have been plowed by town workmen Coun Fred Harrison moved for a bylaw which would penalise people who do this 1 realise driveways are blocked when we plow lbs roads but thats no reason tor people to undo our work and block up the roads again Mr Harrison said Georgetown Industrial Commission received official endorsement by UK town council Monday to form the group and agreed to the Chambers request for allocation of a grant for year With 13 other municipalities Georgetown la embarking on a series of five discussions on regional planning under the guidance of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority Mayor Sargent explained to council that three counties three towns snd eight townships are Involved TEN YEARS Master Feeds mill in was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning but the store was left untouched Firemen answered the call at J 10 a m and fought the blase noon By SO a they had it under control but smouldering grain erupting Into flames sporadical ly kept firemen at the scene A large stock of grain feed fertiliser lost Cause of the fire Is unknown and no damage estimate has been made yet This is tho third time fire has destroyed a mill on this site since the flour mill was built there In 1M7 by William Clay and James Young They bought the land from John Stewart after whom the village Is Georgetown deputy reeve Art Speight and Esquesing deputy reeve Russell Miller welcomed Ken at an Introduction night In the Georgetown council chamber Thursday Mr Bulkema has been hired as Georgetowns first full time firs chief sad will start his duties In April The deputy reeves represent their respective communities fire committees Junior Rebels crowned East Hslton junior high school basketball champions Friday move on to face Lord Nelson High of Burlington tomorrow for the All The Junior Rebels won their league honors by downing Milton Junior Mustangs In the second game of their total point series A addition will be made to George towns Holy Cross school before September County Separate School Board this week approved plana Tor the addition which will Include a general purpose room boys and girts change rooms with showers a storeroom teachers work room and a seminar room The general purpose room will be used as gymnasium Included In the charge will be the renovation of two existing classrooms into a new library ONE YEAR Credit Valley ConservaUon Authority has given goahead for construc tion of an addition to Glen Williams Public School The authority bad originally refused permission for the Hslton board of education to add a general purpose room to school because the addition would lie within flood plain Since original decision however CVCA staff have met with the architect and plans have been drawn up to floodproof the addition Count arrived In Georgetown Friday at Sacre Coeur Hall The Georgetown Utile Theatres performance tickled and chilled audienc es Most people are familiar with legend of tbe mysterious Count from Transylvania who has power to turn Into a bat and feeds on human blood turning his victims Into vampires The play written by Ted Tiller differs somewhat from the original version by Stoker Ita action takes place entirely In an asylum for insane Directed by Neville the play uses special features excellent This past weekend Central Region held their second qualifying gymnastics meet In Burlington and the Hills Jills made Ibeir presence known In big way In the Tyro B division Gall Cook brought borne gold medal winning the all round competition Gall had an excellent beam routine placing second with a score of came second on the vault scoring JO fifth on floor with an OS and sixth on uneven bars with ana 19 The senior girls volleyball team won Uw Halton volleyball championships for the first time defeating White Oaks at General Brock High School three games to one last Friday night Last years senior girls volleyball team only made U to quarterfinals as they were before The senior girls now advance to PedHalton championships which will be bald at Georgetown Friday POETS CORNER Not Wanted Where are we going end when we get Town after lawn place after place Tab la a case ear to there Is Canadian will setter A land of plenty nothing to spare shame Yen may search and travel May I a car 1 see IfserpsMkUae kswwtww tabs fair miles do tee rests Be the ark It a ft Then- staph ways the Deri la May became more wise bat weald cart rslber stay borne Weald Bias a If Man Be many greedy gays salaries tea high He gel up In the morning with Ideas was bright pear brothers wring great them eel With ear plans sad there tight yea get a raise ism la want AM new Its a we drat raise prices weaM rsp drees of a Jafc fair pay street hi rah there la so Nat waste and to wear or to By Albert Breaks sal RRlActaa