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By Marley and Lauretta Mills i91o Hurrah The birds and sidewalks ore back In town it sidewalks arc carefully wrapped In ice and snow and awiy or Die winter It reminds me of my Ford car which was up II removed and the garage locked until spring Here Die elderly without transportation have two options either hibernate during the cold weather or risk life and limb in tin art mountainclimbing over the mounds of snow the banks arc made higher by unthinking car owners who shovel the accumulation from driveways onto the sidewalk birds fare better I li liasn hi them have their own transportation south Thank goodness it spring A group called the Friends in Deed to help the handicapped has been active In Acton or some lime They meet in the Bennett School library in Act the last Tuesday of each month at 30 p These meetings offer fellowship inspiration and support to those who may otherwise eel forgotten by the community Their activities include card playing speakers films craft demonstrations and visits from similar groups Icrgus If anyone in the Georgetown area is interested transportation can be arranged by appointment with the For further information call Ann For those interested In furthering their education Waterloo University is offering two courses In the Georgetown Library Mondays beg nnmg April from Social Problems Sociology Is and Tuesdays April from p The United Stales Since 186S WHATS A By Third Grader A grandmother Is a lady who has no children of her own She likes other people little girls and boys A grandfather Is a man grandmother lie goes for walks with the boys and they about fishing and stuff like Grandmothers don have to do anything except bo there They play hard or run It Is enough If they us lo market where the pretend horse is and have a lot of dimes ready Orif they lake us for walks theyneicr say Hurry up Usually grandmothers arc fat but not too fat to tic your shoes They wear glasses and funny underwear They can lake their teeth and gums off They don to be smart only answer questions like Why isn God married and How come dogs chase eats don I talk baby talk like visitors do because it Is hard to understand When they read to us don skip or mind if It Is Die same story over again should try to have a The Canadian Union Branch Saturday night Hi eorgctown head qua rtrri presided over the Initiation of 30 new member a Honored lor to the right dedicated mrmberrtrlyn Hubble iber or members and err Branch president Harold veil as the special certificate of merit and the community were tiealed left to Pipe Band Major George New members join Legion Club secretary Barbara branch treasurer Frank Nicholson who received a Life tar Hub chairman Ontario transportation and communication minister Jim Snow la Hornby rrsldcntl Mayor Pete and President Not Cord McLaughlin Ioy Norton and Maude The evening Initiation Sight proceedings marked an Important step In the branch history when members daughters vine welcomed to the for he first lime Herald photo by Hire Id Trial continues Saturday night the tor Rest Initiation the Branch has approximately new numbers were initiated into the Branch This was followed immediately by the Honors and Awards ceremonies ComndL Frank Nicholson Received a life award and certificates of were awarded fie honor able James Snow Peter Pom Bubbles Waltcs Barb and George The Sonic will Ik entertain Continued Mr Stunt explained but a seconddegree ton would make the guilty parly eligible for parole otter years In pris Man slaughter sentences vary wide ly from life in prison to probation Mr Stunt said Mr was charged because it is believed he sit the hotel fire to Improve his inane position While no one be Mr Gibbons death to be 1 he was a murder just as much as who is shot or slabbod he said The arsonist should take the consequences In hotel lire death r injury to residents should been seen a possible or even probable outcome the arson Mr said Charges wen laid against Mr McCryslal because It Is believed that hi helped Mr In the alleged arson Mr Stunt said the Crowns first task had been to prove the hotel fire was arson not an accident Through testimony from numerous volunteer firelight Ihe Crown proved the existence of at least four fires in the building Aug IS Once arson was the Crown had lo prove moluc or the crime Mr Stunt said In Mr s case the was gel rid of the hotel mortgages and himself with an empty lot on which he could build a new facility such as another In the two years after ho purchased the hotel Mr curt had only been paying interest on his mortgages Mr Stunt said When Mr tried to refinance ihem he had scramble lo find someone to accept them Although Mr den led how low his Income was the hotel Mr Stunt said the fact his shareholder loan account was dropping about month tells Its own story He borrow SCO from his real estate friend Tony and the loan was due August The Acton bank wain 1 Ins pay cheques even 111 had a lint of credit witii branch His and 1 cost him re each monlh Dian In earned and he si ill hud living expenses on lop of that en the Ontario Liquor Licence Hoard suspended his lounge licenti or IS dayi and cut off his main source of was a man in a boat with a five inch hole and three inch Mr Stunt He keep it up to motive the liad to prove Mr Mer the opportunity to set hotel fires Mr Stunt said That proof was by and a nursing employee both of whom saw Mr and his car at the hotel alter liaunf wilh his friend Frank The way that lhat could liappen was if Mr Mercuri then returned to the hotel in dlrccl contradiction of his statements to the police Mr said He described Mr testimony as contrived and tailored to extricate himself from on onerous situation He intended to deceive us family Mr sold Mr Stunt described Mr a follower lasily led easy going who believed he had no alt mat Ivc when Mr asked or his help In Ihe fire He owed Mr his personal existence Slunt said He was indebted to Mr Mercuri and I the sense or will power to say no Mr Mercuri knew Mr Crystal had a weekness and Used as he used others In his charge to the jury Justice Osborne warned members not become invol In Diemoral of whether of the attorney general should make deals with Informers We re not here to pass judgment on paying or not paying or deiling or not dealing with police Start your evening of TV entertainment with Cable Presenting community nights a week Tuesday to Friday Call us for details al LINOS MEATS EASTER LAMBS GOATS Order 2 LAMB Side Red Brand BABY BEEF 8776201