A THE HERALD ttcdnesday September Shrewd marketing not geniuses key to enjoyable bargains reader says GIVING GENEROUSLY TbeloBKUaeaptiUrtedatterSp as doners arrived aitb Acton Hall roll Tberevere IMdooon at la the Mill Street and pints blood were collected It Al pint Mood and be be bad to wait aa long he did Monday night to give blood None Dorothy Turner kept an eye on Acton donor Nonet the turnout of people bad been than they been eipectlng Herald photo J To the editor of The Herald Each month consumer protection agenda All a basket with the most common items of grocer Then they report the increase in price to Ihe consumer This does not slow down the process of rising costs In contrast it prepares us for the next price increase We Ihen accept the idea that food prices rise con tinually Unless they make a mistake and buy the food at a store where prices are lower we will probably remain convinced Indefin itely that food prices must rise The situation in home entertainment equipment is quite different If the baskets were filled each month with TV and stereo a decrease would be reported I made a price comparison between now and seven yean ago and surprised myself If you took the most common items of home entertain ment in a well equipped home you would find a list of major items something like this a inch color TV a inch color TV a stereo tuner an amp of IS watts a direct drive turntable and speakers This represent alive basket would cost about at todays competitive prices This would be the total of average discounted pric es about 15 per cent below manufacturer suggested list prices Now find the nearest equivalent items in the 197576 price lists and you would total the Items at about S3 156 Discounted at Media to get glimpse of tours Members of the Hal ton and area will get a review Sept of the ind of bus tours through north Haiton that tourists may be enjoying in the future North Tourism Association executive Jo Lister and Cin dy Lindsay of the Ontario Agricultural Museum in Milton will make a pitch at the next Tour Convention accord to the Association presenting a proposed tour itinerary of north attractions Toronto media as well as local have been invited to tour the area Sept prior to the official open of the Artisans Crafts Mall in Acton a Olde Hide House by deputy tourism minister John Mr ngcr is spring for the bus which will carry re porters and photograph Hornbya hamlet Plan talks continue Contused from page A3 residents has asked coun cil to consider Hornby for hamlet status under the plan a move which would allow larger scale there RURAL CLUSTER Mr Walker told council that Hornby should re main classified a rural cluster under the new plan arguing that consid ering Hornby small sua hamlet status would be premature Raising concerns echoed by other developers with land holdings south Silver Creek in George town Mascan Corporation suggested the town amend Its official plan allow new housing development to get underway as soon as possible Mascan formerly Focal Properties maintains that there is enough sew age capacity remaining in the Georgetown sewage treatment plant to allow development to begin in the area recently Included In Georgetown redesign ed urban area While the official plan states that the town should watt until the plant has been expanded to handle wastes from a community of people says It could take as long six years for the expan to be designed by engineers and approved by the province a ministry POLICY FAILS Glen Williams resident John Minns continued efforts to have the plan changed regarding polk for hydro corridors He is concerned that policies outlined in the plan fail to protect the town from arbitrary rulings of the provincial government seeking to establish utility corridors In Haiton Hills CHURCH DIRECTORY This Weekend attend the Church of your Choice GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE CHURCH PASTOR CALL IT a Sunday School Evening Serves Prayer mo en MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH EtfwtoaketchH EVEHY SUNDAY am Fvn Bible School 1am PttacrtiiYj Worship Prays bis Study Youth Boys L Nursery Adurt Ladies Morons Senior HOLY CROSS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH PASTDS Dan ASST PASTOR FstbttCw IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH CAROLE STREET PASTOR JfcLDncfcimr School am around north during the afternoon Lunch will be by Chudlelgh Apple Farm south of Acton and a reception follows comp- 1 of the H House and its Jack Tanners Table restaurant As well as the urn I and Chud lelgh the tour will take in Assoc Hon mem bus like Mitt on Heritage Inn and County Radial Railway Pine Valley in Nerval the Georgetown Motor Inn and Scheiders Reliable Sweets In Rockwood Continuing to push north as a potent ial tourist attraction the Association is publishing a 12page directory com plete with centrefold map for mass distrlbut on throughout and Peel Oct the same IS per cent for true comparison this cal at The DECREASE in todays price a little more than per cent after seven years The span of seven years is mutely the time it takes to wages and prices at an 11 per cent inflation rate Compare then a minus per cent for TV and stereo against plus 100 per cent for other items Is there a secret shared by geniuses in the ic world There is no secret since It occurs year after year and no genius is required Many respectable economists writing artlcl today are on the same theme productivity This vital productivity in the marketing of TV and stereo Is apparent at all levels from drawing board to delivery to the home Most surprising are Canadian speakers with improved quality costing much less The basket of food idea Is not a true Indication of what we can do It is a barometer of what we can be made to accept the unacceptable inflation We can be made to accept the idea that inflation cannot be beaten while seeing It beaten If only In of the marketplace There seems to be a changing tney should if there may attitude among people I be a simple answer to see every day They are Inflation There has to be beginning to wonder as ft in TV and stereo trade ore not geniuses They are the other guys Earl Ryder Ryder Its Time To Come Out WORK THAT BODY an aerobic dance fitness program designed to improve your muscle tone fitness level Wed Sept 1582 and registration T Sept at Community Centre 7 Evening Classes Morning Classes Evening Modified Men awed Evening B30 30 Mon at Gordon Atom Wed Cost 2dtat perwk tot weeks Tues Thurs Mornings 15 to 15 Cost 45 fa week OVER PR OGHAM Thurs Momfngi 30 11 Coil- 2 classes tot 10 Thurs Evenings 15to8 15or to 9 Gordon Arena Cost- iciest tor weeks For Further Information LAURIE BURNS attar General Motors Andrew Murray ChevOlds ANNOUNCE GIANT PRICE REDUCTIONS Effective to September 22nd 1 982 on Selected Models ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS LIMITED 33 Mountainview Georgetown 8776944