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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager BOB Advertising Manager PHONE Second Mitt Registered Number page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday February ItM One man s junk The issue of wrecking yards in Halton Hills is not a new one for council to grap ple with But it is a serious one for residents of this fine community who see the sprawling acres of junked automobiles and household appliances detracting from the appeal of their neigh borhoods and of the area in general There is no doubt that wreckers yards are necessary in a society which pays such obeisance to the automobile We have to have some place to get rid of those cars and trucks when they have served their useful purpose At the same time we should remembr that we live in one of the most scenic areas of southern Ontario a part of the province still free from ban sprawl and pollution and we trust from the crime and violence that of ten are associated with larger centres We live a pastoral kind of existence here yet can commute easily by road or on the efficient GO trains into the city in less than an hour All most residents want to see is the wreckers yar ds enclosed by high fences that keep their goods out of sight to those passing by Council has a dilemma on its bands in that inmost cases the wreckers were tijye v an existing use in official Should the person already in a neighborhood be forced to change his to conform with wishes of those who moved in later That is the dilemma in many cases Up the road in the same type of situation exists There is a wrecking yard just one block off the main street Broadway The owner has been in court numerous times over the past years and has been warned fined and told to improve his property to the community standards bylaw requirements His persistent refusal has gone on for 10 years in a series of court battles that has cost the taxpayers lots of money For a while he took away some of the scrap One winter a man body was found huddled in one of the old cars He had crept in for shelter and frozen to death Still the battle rages and still the junkyard stays on Council in Halton Hills might learn from this scenario that if they want to keep the people happy and improve the look of the area they had better make sure their bylaws have teeth in them to deal with the and that they insist bylaw enforcement of ficers deal with the recalcitrant wreckers to the limits of the laws At the same time they must realize that wrecking is a legitimate business and a necessary one and should to clean up their act pacify the neighbors and maintain their business ties with the community Not an easy task We wish them well Queens ALL THE NICE GIRLS LIKE A SAILOR The whole world loves a sailor run at thi John Elliott Theatre and these Ihrcc elegant young ladles Is a strong force in the life of appear to be no except on The three and many Georgetown arc members of the cast of New Girl and area residents are Involved in currently enjoying a productions like this one each season Smoking kills 500 Canadians every week says association Dear sir The article Mothers smoking harmful to kids Jan IB gives useful Information on the health hazards associated with tobacco use but the real story associated with Weedless Wednesday and the National NonSmoking Week Because of the magnitude of the health problem involved please per us the opportunity to comment Smoking will kill close to Canadians this year over per week no less torn apart and anguished because their loved ones died In a terminal cancer ward than on a rain slick h More Canadians will die at the hands of the tobacco Industry in the next IB months than were killed during the entire Second World War What should be done Consider this example In a major Canadian urban area of million a supposed ly antismoking health agency tly claimed to have serviced smokers in Its smoking cessation clinics during a oneyear period Assuming the most optimistic of success rales reported in medical literature about people managed to quit smoking Yet during Ills estimated that 17 new smokers Joined the market in that same urban area One epidemiologist d this Is like bailing the boat while someone else drills holes In the bottom Therealstoryisthls to a health problem of this magnitude must be much more than weak kneed ng Wednesdays and safe controversial health education gns All of these Citizens forum Sides seeking her twin Who really cares how our GG lives Dear Sir I am trying to twin sisters who have been separated for more than years and would be most grateful if you would make their story public Eliza on whose behalf I am working and Harriet Flynn were born Aug 1st ItfOl In Hexham Northumberland England to Doro thy Ann wife of John a plasterer Shortly after birth Eliza was adopted privately Harriet and her mother came lo Canada round about 1913 Eliza who still lives in Hexham is very anxious to find her long lost twin Through research In the It has been established that the last news or Harriet occurred in 1S53 when she was reported to be living in Toronto with her husband and three Idren two boys and a Unfortunately there Is no record of Harriet husband s last name It seems likely that Harriet and her mother may well have settled ally n the eastern provinces The ladles have an older half brother Billy McGarity who ii known to have worked for in the early 1930s If Harriet or her children recognize themselves from this outline or if anyone else has information about Harriet and her family please write to me at 14 Gertrude Place Toronto M4J 1K3 Julie Ottawa Report By Stewart For the next couple of week If you read the right publications and listen to the right radio you will be treated to wide and varied assessments of the reign of Gov Gen Ed and his wife Lily It happens every tune we change governors genera Looking back through facing newspapers we find that the term of Earl Alexander ended with the view that be had brought a touch of friendly informality to Hall Gov Gen the first Canadianborn Governor General he also bad a rather sillylooking formal uniform made for himself with his Interests in arts and culture had In a common viewpoint left an indelible imprint on Hall The Vaniern were loved by every one Tor just about every reason including the fact they were virtually Impossible to dislike Roland Michener brought a certain lest to Kail which In the view of the assessors would somehow remain forever With the Illness interfered and the assessments were pretty well limited to tributes for courage But with the Schreyers there are at sorts of views being offered PEOPLE PLACE There are soma who bave written and will write in the future that Ed is basically boring that he leaves no particular legacy Others were impressed by his travels the fact that over the last five year tie spent BOO days away from Rldeau Hall Everyone Is impressed by his vivacious wife who In the opinion of some should have been General They turned Hall Into a regular home said one reviewer on CBC radio pointing to the fact that the Schreyer cUdreo even climbed over be furniture In toe mansion Author Farley for one talked about how comfortable and Informal it was at Hall under the en And some Ottawa people talked about how HaH been changed from a forbidding institution Into a people place It would be no trouble for roe to list other things the did than their varied predecessors But the more I think of the more convinced I am about the Irrelevancy of such an exercise And this is not to suggest any disrespect for the Schrey or the office of Governor General It Just that beyond a handful of their friends I can see how the lives or anyone have been changed or will be changed by the manner in which governors general and their families live at Hall The moment Sauve takes over as our new Governor General It will be an entirely new game All the personal friends of the Schreyers who have been telling us about the marvel informality of Government House will presumably cease to visit and will be replaced by friends of the Sauves who will perhaps talk about the delightful elegance of the place under the new occupants Perhaps formal ballroom dances will replace skating parties or other Informalities at the great estate and who knows a whole new section of Ottawa population might suddenly find themselves on the receiving end of invitations But before we spend too much time assessing the performance of outgoing governors general or predicting the lifestyles of Incoming governors general it worth wondering whether this periodic exercise Is really worth the effort Admittedly the youthful with many active journalists and writers among their friends hate received a great deal of publicity over their family informality but what percentage of Canada population has been even remotely affected by this Or Is likely to be Or carry it a step further name one viceregal not counting Lord interventions of whose effects go beyond normal formal or social circles Or try and pick one Governor General who might have been influenced by the lifestyle of his predecessor It great when we have a Queen representative who Is loved admired respected etc But barring disasters their socalled lifestyle Imprints lend to be fleeting If not Irrelevant The Herald welcomes letters to the editor It of utmost that nil parts of he let ter are dearly legible Letters must be signed and include the telephone number and address of the sender long letters may have to be edited due to space constraints Letters may be dropped off at The Herald or mailed to Guelph St Georgetown Red Cross thanks you Dear S r The Blood Donor Clinic Commit tee would like to sincerely thank all donors who supported Monday clinic sponsored by the Opt mist Club The Optimist help with dlstnbut Ion of the setting up clinic loading equipment and general lance at the clinic is appreciated Thanks to who was on call the nursing staff nursery help and drivers volunteers and volunteeni the clergy John 0111 of Cable Systems Hills Hydro for special efforts with promotional banners the radio stations Mr AlUmasandMr of the Dairy Queen for donation of the use of their electric sign and their orange Jucio and cups Mr Donnelly of Loblaws for Mr Ferguson of Mac Milk The Catholic Women s League for kitchen help ami everyone who gave heir assistance lo this clinic Special thanks to Jean Barton Catherine Voting and their telephone committee Judy nursing Peggy publicity and to convenor of this clinic Flo Street Thompson CHalrpersons Georgetown and District Branch Canadian Red Cross Society Student seeks aid Dear Sir I am doing a research project on the subject of adoption and would appreciate hearing from your read who have sought or are now searching for their families I would also appreciate THE WAY W W from adoptive and real families and their personal feelings in this subject They can write me at Box Georgetown Donald Georgetown efforts place the responsibility for the smoking problem on the Individual the Industry blame the victim strategy Unfortunately health and government health dep artments promote It more effectively than the industry Itself The blame the victim strategy includes the industry line that involves freedom of choice and It the responsibility of each dual pilch Those who use this line and stress the responsibility of each to stop smoking imply that per cent of the adult population Is Irresponsible After all they are still smoking The annual kick the habit ignores the fact that smoking is an individual addiction which from a disease perspective in epidemic liy drug addict ion means that for many freedom of choice and individual responsibility And It is ludicrous to treat an epidemic by relying upon appeals to good judgment Is there a real freedom of choice as the Industry suggests Not really Should responsible adults give 15yearold children a free dom or choice involving a drug dependency that will cut on average five years from their life expectancl and cost these children in today dollars over the period of their shortened lifetime And yet 12 Is the age at which most smokers become regular tobacco users The answer has to be a massive shift of responsibility from the ind vidua to the industry that creates the problem and to govern menu which I idiy by There must be a deemphasis on campaigns which deal with smoking after the habit is started tertiary prevention and Upon curative medical research to cure folks after tobacco diseases hit At the World Conference on Smoking and Health In Winnipeg there was a near consensus among delegates which was expressed by United States Federal Trade Com Michael He said at the tobacco problem Is percent political and only 10 per cent medical Primary prevention ves politics Thus the answer Ilea in medical advocacy a widespread and angry demand for a legislative response o the tobacco Industry The lung cancer and heart organizations Canada wide must call Tor bans on tobacco advertising They must support clean indoor sir legislation ana nut their human and financial resources behind drives to reach these objectives Legislators and health professio nals who knowingly and negligently refuse to reject the snails pace campaign mounted to date on the smoking Issue must share culpability with the Industry for those weekly deaths Garfield Mahood Executive Director smokers Rights Association Toronto WORKERS AT THE GLEN WOOLLEN MILLS This group of men women and children mode up the workforce at the Woollen Mills In Georgetown In days our history The picture la from the flies of the Historical Society which Is looking for Information about the date of the picture the workers and oil information thai vill help them round out their f to on thin aspect of early district I project Is part of the of Ontario bicentennial If y lp please tall us at or contact thu historical society lis numbers By Derek Nelson Good luck on Senate TORONTO From Attorney General Roy McMurlry opening sentence It was qui lo clear that as far as Senate reform Is concerned On tar Is on hold After discussion with the co- chairman of the federal govern menl Senate reform committee Senator Gildas and former cabinet minister Paul Cosgrove McMurty said their Ideas merit serious attention That means we 11 wait and see what happens elsewhere The MolgatCosgrove committee recommended an elected Senate of members weighted towards rep resentation from the smaller Ontariowoudhave24members The senators would be elected like MPs are now and serve a nineyear single term They would only have the power to delay House of Commons legislation except where language matters were concerned where a veto would exist But these proposals the polite smiles between and his two federal colleagues aside are miles ahead of Ontario current position VOTE McMurlry himself likes the Idea of an elected Senate but he nates the Ontario cabinet Is quite divided on the issue Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Tom Wells tor example supports making the Senate Into a House of the Provinces with memb ers directly appointed by provincial governments And there ore other schemes around involving variations of both the elected and appointed Senates Ideas and even a variety combmat ions The result is that Ontario has no official position on Senate reform beyond favoring t in principle and agreeing with the concept or the Senate as a voice for regionalism in Canada plained why in a recent A body representing the pro vine would be able to help shape federal legislation that directly affected vital interests Such a body would encourage federal Incial negotiations and the reaching of compromises He worried that an elected Senate would be dominated by party politics and thus fall in its proposed function of representing the regions INSTITUTION There another clement too which WoUsdidn l mention Provinc appointments to the Senate would be a marvellous patronage vehicle forprovlncial governments who lack the high profile resting place for party war horses that Ottawa tly enjoys and abuses But even it the provinces would agree lo give up thai privilege and have Senate elections there Is derable dispute over whether there should be singlemember or proportional representation and when the dale of elections should be fixed In short there is no consensus Worse there is no concerted effort by any of the major players except Alberta and British Columb ia to put the pot will into Senate reform that Ihey for Instance expended on bringing the constitution to Canada And the lack by Ontario Quebec and the federal government makes Senate reform unlikely Above everything else to achieve Senate reform requires seven provinces with more than half the population plus the federal government s agreement Since no one wants to isolate Quebec again that means the three main governments involved pretty much hove to agree Good luck Poetry Corner Georgetown THE CHILDREN S SAVIOR Matthow 19 13 IS The fathers and the mothers brought Their Idren to the Lord A word a touch a prayer sought A blessing they implored But Christ disciples barred the way And then began to scold He time for children play Return when they old The children though they seemed so good So simple every face Were sinners from the start and stood In need of Jesus Jesus though without a Bin And ever undcf lied In every other had been Like them a little Child Admit ho lambs he Shepherd said The children I receive For suh My blood will soon be shed And blessed babes believe A Christian faith is not mature Developed human thought But trusting infants rest secure In faith that God has wrought To them a blessing I Impart and want to touch The little hand and head and heart My realm belongs to such The Lord embraced the children prayed And breathed a loving sigh And though Ho would have gladly stayed