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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1B66 A of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Georgetown L7G Ontario PAIL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager BOB HOURS Advertising Manager PHONE KOI Pat SECTION A Tile November Another sign of the times The likelinood that regional police will soon be using a point system to assign priorities to incoming com plaints is yet another example of how our societys rank and file workers are forced to make do in he absence of adequate government assistance Our provincial and municipal governments must be fully aware however that for every dollar refused our health and social service by some as justification to steal and in extreme cases to harm others But for our durable moral sense we might be hard pressed to argue with that logic As in most problems facing society today we believe the final answer lies not in fighting crime but in preventing it Determining the cause of criminal tendencies at the source kneed not be a com plicated tedious task for cies another dollar should by psychoanalysts A little sound rights be spent on policing grounding for young adults in Sociologists agree that in hard the modern science of economic times a decline in government assistance to the public usually foretells a rise in crime Who can blame Halton police Chief James Harding for openly endorsing a priority point system when his force is understaffed How else are they going to effectively com bat crime Using whatever is within our means to do the best we can at our jobs and at home is more and more becoming a way of life in North America Alas all too many people mostly the young take this rationale one step too far The governments failure more correctly its continuing refusal to adequately meet the needs of the public is ting that is raising a kid to cope with the new worlds challenges and anxieties should ultimately boil down to a concise and effective high school course Teaching youngsters the true nature of parenthood at a young cntical age even before theyre really responsible enough for the job might catch them at a time when they can still use the perspective of childhood That delicate could be all thats necessary Instead to the disservice of us all the government not only fails in its mandate to maintain economic stability it fails to provide the support programs we 11 all need as we continue struggling in our personal lives Questional town decision While we appreciate town council taking a big step for ward this week toward its long time goal of consolidating its disparate municipal offices the timing of the latest move and the financial concern voiced by Coun Marilyn Serjeantson leave us a little worried Here are some of the questions that come to mind regarding council decision Monday to put a deposit on 30 acres of Maple Avenue Land opposite the North Halton Golf and Country Club Why Georgetown Why a new site less than a kilometre from the old site What hap pens to the old site since it ap pears the works yard on Trafalgar wont be moving How much is town prepared to spend on the site On con struction of the centre Could that money better be used to assist citizens struggling to make ends meet What are the real benefits of consolidating administrative planning ana finance offices Why were council members stressing the close proximity of the hospital as a sort of added bonus Why should an outgoing council make such a far reaching decision Given the right answers to these and other questions we wouldnt begrudge council and its employees a brand new complex Clearly though the answers depend on future con siderations still a long way off We just hope the new councU has some answers ready to justify the action of its predecessor Exstudents tribute to late principal Left positive mark on a generation To Ibe editor of The Herald I saddened to see recent notice In your paper of the death of John Lambert John the principal of Georgetown High School during my attendance there In the There are many In the Geo town area who wen taught by J and will him with some fondness and not a trepidation J be was Mr Lara to his face was an figure to that of our way through adolescent A targe man heavy glasses abort mus tache somewhat rumpled suit he commanded and got the respect of his students During Latin and English taught to the upp er levels we had an mate contact with the man and his subjects Those were years of small classes in the old school There was char to that school but 1 expect John appreciated getting a proper office when the new extension was built I and others made our first acquaint with him In his small office not much bigger than a cupboard near the back door of that old building John had a large interest in football It was his great pleasure when our team which he managed we dtd in leading our local league But we must have sorely tried his pat ience on those many shuts when our shortage of ability showed through In my lost year we had great trouble raov the bail forward a difficulty not imposed on our opposition haven heard but I hope John had better teams after John encouraged us to go on with our education after high school although for reasons never knew he would hare had us all go to If he could John was one of those very special people a teacher a man who left an indelible and positive mark on a generation of people in our community We were privileged to have him Laurie Reed Gaborone Botswana Normally of Milton WHAT A Party leaders on the tube will they speak to us again By Stewart MacLeod I- rom Ihe Ottawa Bureau of The Herald Now that vc hove hod time to digest Prime Minister threeport televised sermon on the economy and have hnd an opportunity to listen the rebuttals by Tory cjarkandNew Democratic b Ed Broadbent perhaps we should all join hands and give thanks that this sorry spectacle Is nearly over The word nearly is used because it snot entirely over Clark as a result still has time in the bank to use against original statement Broad bent used his remaining seven minutes on Wednesday evening But Tory Leader at last reports was still pondering what the Liberal convention in Ottawa before making up his mind You see the whole messy business is nothing more than a massive display of tree time political broadcasting and after listening to more than per cent of it I think It safe to assume that we could have survived nicely without any of the leaders disrupting our normal viewing patterns BOTCHED It to be sincerely hoped that we don get any repeat performances It was botched from beginning when Prime Minister Trudeau decided he needed three telecasts on success ive days to get the message across to Canadians that they must work and trust each other if the country is back on the path to prosperity Why this message required three days of concentration remains somewhat of a mystery bul the mere request turned an otherwise routine telecast a monster The opposition parties screamed murder has plunged into he midst of fray and soon had the corporation a president Pierre Jun holding a news conference to defend himself while the Tones and New Democrats were demanding his resignation end result was hat the opposition parlies were given minutes between them to reply to the prime minister three tele casts and furthermore they could bank their lime for a couple of weeks they didn have to reply actual telecasts they could wait until something better came along before taking advantage of primetime television With he qualified exception of who responded to rather promptly and positively it difficult to find any personalities to praise In this irogic comedy should not have asked for three separate telecasts his material simply worth it One half hour program perhaps even IS minutes would have been just fine But having rcquesled his time heprimeminister should still have been allowed to speak to the country Without the CBC offering equal time to he opposition leaders The prime minister of Canada some rights beyond those accorded lo leaders of po Itieal parties regardless of what parly is In power After all we are not In a campaign debate And we don need any help from opposition leaders in deciding whether the prime minister Is abusing these rights with his serialized monettes Furthermore if we did need such help it should have come immediately not several weeks down the road in the form of partisan speeches that had virtually no relationship to the original telecast What so worrisome about lhi3 continuing electronic circus is that It may by example discourage future prime ministers from talking to he people of Canada And this would be a pity THIRTY YEARS AGOThe inter- county livestock judging competition held last Thursday prior to the opening of he Royal Winter Fair brought together teams of three young men each from as many countries Their task consisted of judging ten different rings of as many different breeds of livestock and giving oral reasons for their respective The Jeffrey Bull Memorial Trophy em of championship went to the Durham County team coached by veteran agricultural representative Ed Summers The team composed of Alex Buchanan of Moffat John Picket of Hornby and Earl Wilson of Nerval placed fifth They were coach ed by Art Bennett TWENTY YEARS AGO Georgetown council will consider buying a John Street property on which a landowner Is hamstrung by provisions of the soning bylaw which precludes any building permit being issued Owner George appeared at Mon day council meeting seeking a Ion Mr Turnbuir whose property is at the John and McNabb Streets comer explained that he originally purchased the land in not for speculation but for the building of a business premise for his son Later another building was acquired Meanwhile the town bylaw was passed and the land for conservation Mr who Is not a town resident said be had received no notification of the change Only recently when there was a potential buyer did be discover the restrictive clauses he said TEN YEARS side walks will be kept free of snow this winter CouncU voted Monday purchase three snow clearing mach ines The price from Farmers Supply Brampton was the lowest tender received Couns Ernest credited town engineer Eric Willis for the project project which Mayor Smith termed a tremendous step the fUrl area community to inaugurate this The mayor added hat he machines would be useful In the park In summertime They can be used to haul gang gross cutters or to bule material to required places Deputy reeve Speight said he hopes the town will also consider clearing snow accumulated by road ploughing from senior citizens driveways when rcqulr ONE YEAR AGO A seasonal drop In the market for fine papers is being blamed for layoffs a Paper Company s Georgetown mill this week About of its 135 hourly paid employees were informed thai Inetr jobs were being Indefinitely suspended a week and a half ago Another were layoff Friday Plant manager George told Herald that ha mill management was unsure how long the layoffs will last and denied they have anything do with the company a future In Georgetown Dont call Smith a loser he made Grits the alternative Queens By Derek Nelson the Quern Park Barean of The Herald Old politicians don I fade away They disappear Instantly At least that appears to have been the fate of former Liberal leader Stuart Smith in he minds of most people at Queen Park When he is remembered it Is with a certain degree of hostility or a contemptuous snort sometimes some say mainly from his former fellow Liberal MPPs There Is a consensus that Smith was a loser that he brought no credibility or success to Ontario Liber s I disagree with True in politics he name of the game is farming he government and Smith never succeeded In his self pro claimed goal of displacing Bill Davis as premier of Ontario In he classic sense Smith was no winner here is a secondary goal in polities one the for example have pursued over he years some success In and much success in western Canada GOOD GOAL II is to become in the public mind THE alternative to the government is o become the pick of those at the ballot box who want change for eventually therefore you must win In sense I suspect Smith was a firstclass winner He has laid groundwork for the Liberals under new Leader David Peterson o possibly vault top spot Obviously such a victory Is less than assured Peterson could throw it away and Davis or a new leader like Dennis might pull he rug out from under Grits one way or another Club seeks Yule toy drive help The Klnctle Club of Georgetown annual Christmas toy drive is well underway with several local groups already busy collecting new and used toys for needy area children Employees of Varian Canada In Georgetown are among those realized this Christmas should see many more names added to he list of needy residents their own collection for toy drive and needless to say the would greatly appreciate other firms employees following suit If your group is collecting toys this year please contact he Klnettes so they can be certain there Is as good a response this year as there has been In the past Toys be dropped of anytime a the home of Moray Malcolmson Ray lawn Crea Georgetown or at tne office of Arthur Johnson and Associates on Street Please help Ihe Kinetics nuke every Halton child happy this Christmas Moreover the might come alive under heir new leader Bob and perform the usual split on the Tory vote although 1 doubt it Is too much the aloof Intellectual to appeal widely in this province In any case Grits will have heir chance three years from now if as seems accurate to me today people deep down inside arc tired of the Tories Not hostile just SMITH And if the Liberals do scratch out a minority Ihcy will owe a debt Stuart Smith Critics of the man refer lo his arrogance his Inability to understand Ontario or the common man and his failure with he party in terms of organ lion and finances Widely considered he cold inlell without humanity he sounded shrill and when on public view Shortly after becoming parly lead he was thrown unprepared into the maelstrom of Ihe 1717 lion at a time wlien his most distinguished attribute had been to acquire the dubious title of Flipflop In 1981 his campaign went wrong from the beginning and scored a compared to the Bo Derek 10 effort the Tories orchestrated under masterful leadership of a popular Bill Davis GOOD SUPPORT So with all those strikes against him how did Smith hold his own through two elections In terms of popular vote and seat count he did almost as well as Bob Nixon did in and Nixon had a virulent Davis running for him that year But it Is the contrail with the showing most glaring Under he charismatic Stephen Lewis in 1977 the lost five seats Under the dour Michael Cassldy in 1981 he parly lost 1Z more Smith lost seven but none to the while picking up wo from the Conservatives and four from the And that is polnl For hose who sought on alternative the Liberals became increasingly It Thai again all the odds was the Smith legacy POETS CORNER On Going Home Tomorrow I am going home Mixed feelings come at hat To leave this Place of and Joy make me feel so flat Bat sleep and food and borne routine Somas good to me at heart 1 tired I ve lived and laved I ready to depart God go with you all by Kevin Georgetown Violent Youth There was love once Bat now It gone Pleasant memories linger on Like dreams of water cod and Stranded in the desert heat All yon need love was Words raising down on shatter ed heads Songs of peace flood the past But bate ruled an the die was cast Gather U violence the thrill of of anger polling as nndcr Savons Save me By RICHARD WRUCE