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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown 3Z6 Ontario GARNET COWSILL Publisher and General Manager ROWNFY 2201 J STEVEN FOREMAN Advertising Manager Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday September IMS One less voice We lost one school board trustee in Halton Hills but critics have been strangely silent on this issue Through a complicated system of representation based on farm and residential assessment both Burlington and Georgetown lost a trustee to represent their area Town council voted Aug 26 to uphold the new boundary changes The move affects Burlington to a much lesser extend tint it does Halton Hills Before the change Burlington had seven school trustees while we had three plus a shared separate school trustee with Milton With only representatives for Halton Hills under the new system our region cant hope to have a strong voice at the school board level Compared to the amount of representatives at the regional level of municipal politics Halton Hills looks even more like a mouse beside an elephant At Halton Region Burlington has nine represen while Halton Hills has five that doesn include former Mayor Pete Pomeroy who is regional chairman Not only will Halton Hills be losing a trustee but we will also be losing the school board chairman Betty Fisher who represents Georgetown The fiesty trustee earned a position of influence as chairman It s fine to say that trustees don always look at con cerns from a regional perspective because most issues af feet the entire educational system But we re wondering whats going to happen when an important regional issue affects Hills like the upcoming consolidation study which is expected to close schools Will Burlington or Oakville support us How loud can 2 trustees roar Do you know enough about drug abuse Herald Special Parents do you know enough about drug abuse to discuss ft with your children this area all loo often the child knows more than the parent I ifinal suggesting that your child Is In imminent danger of becoming a drug You never need to know the symptoms of drug abuse But know edge never hurts In this particular area it as an insurance policy The new Drug Abuse Committee Office at 164 Guelph can supply you with pamphlets books films and other resource materials Having this Information does not Imply that you don trust your children It just means that you arc able to enter Intelligently into conversation on the subject For anyone with a deeper Interest in the problem you information regarding speakers for any age group school programs rehabilitation programs and Youth Support Groups The office Is open Monday to Wednesday 1 to pm and to 12 noon If your need la for Immediate emergency counselling outside of these hours phone the Contact Centre 877 1211 Although the Official Grand Open of iheoffice Is Monday Sept 16 at is already functioning You do not have to wait for the opening to drop in But do drop In for the opening and Open House which follows Drug abuse does not just affect the Individual For every drug user there are dozens of people whose lives are damaged by it Families can be destroyed by the behavior of one member Drug abuse leaves in its wake divorce suicide murder crlmi records and deal roved hones If you saw a tornado bearing down on your home you would do all In your power to save your loved ones from the ravages The ravages of drug abuse can sometimes be prevented by a knowledgeable concerned parent David Moore of Scotch Block articles have recounted the Vermont background of some of Esquesing early settlers the McNabs McLarens Crosses and Hies Another early Vermont fam ly settle in were the Moorcs was bom In I he north of Ireland of Scotch parent age though he received his schooling in Edinburgh He married Agnes by whom he would have ten children In 1727 the young family sailed to Boston they spent a year at Concord Massachusetts moving on two years later to what is now Pembroke New Hampshire and James claimed that his family was the second to settle there and built the first framed house In 1732 the Suncook proprietors voted to build a log meeting house and six years later called the Ileverend Aaron a minster to the town Moore was one of the staunch Presbyterian leaders who objected that Whillemore refused to give them any satisfactory account of the articles of his faith that he would not Join with the Presbyterians and that he held that the Church of Scotland was not agreeable to scripture James was a leader of the Presbyterian cause He was known as Deacon Moore and sometimes preached But the Presbyterians of were not numerous enough to out vi the Congregationalism Only in did they form a separate Presbyterian church and two years later I hey won exemption from supporting the During the revolutionary years neither congregation had a regular minister and following It they swallowed pride and Joined forces to re a minister together One of James sons was In rn In 1734 By the late 17503 or early nets he and his brother James had crossed to the west side of the Merrimack river to settle on the lolsof Bow New Hampshire Tradition suggests that one of the family moves probably Emphralm his son David was prompted partly by a disagreement with the minister at the place he left Again the Moo res were pioneers and the were both petitioners for the first Bow town meeting which was held in During revolution wuh Washington s army at the of White Plains Ills son James was a drummer at the battle of Bunker Hill he would only have been about eleven years old at the time Another son David moved to Vermont with one or more of his brothers to farm Alter his marriage in 1793 to Janet Ross he made his home at Hornet about eight miles away Most of their fifteen children were born there and baptized in the Associate Reform congregation in Bamct David and Janet moved to in 1B19 bringing ten of their children with them and settling on lot concession 5 According family tradition when Janet died in 1830 she was buried In Boston churchyard in a hollowed log When the Antlburghcr congregation was begun in the joined with their Vermont neighbours in supporting It CORNER SNOT RIGHT The morning not right at the bus stop the dog at the fire plug God Where the blazes arc you C DICKSON Beeton Ten year rule of thumb TORONTO The consensus among media and other observers is that the Ontario I under David Peters unless they do something really dumb are In power for at least two more elections Ten years Is he rule of thumb So why then would anyone want to run for leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party doomed to opposition for all that lime BIG IGI1TS The Liberals have said they would da a lot L ttlc of it has happened yet And when it does there will be considerable controversy generated Peterson has yet to prove himself In crisis management probably the key list of leadership If he does the Tones are dead Beyond the three Tories already named the of contestants becomes mon problematic The two main restraints a candidate are his or her ego how will 1 look if I fare poorly and money it Is tougher to ralsi cash when you re simply running io Ih number two bui being good follower and a doubtful leader seats as they In the last election the have made it clear that he L are their favorites And the Liberal have made it clear they have no problems with implementing most policies in order lo keep it at party happy surprisingly rnay actually be more dales for Tory leader th lime than last Ambitious Northerner Alan Pope first 111 row his hat into the ring He likely in start with a solid block of rcfi anal delegates who back him as a f son And Dennis Timbrel who placed third In last race and who some me I could have won the provincial election for the Tones last is In for another run Ttu question mark Is Larry Gross man who ran a surprisingly close second to rank Miller last time Some observers such as my Press Gallery colleague Orland French say Gross man wanted to be premier rather than leidcr and with ihat position out of reach he retire to thccorporatclcgal world instead It so Hut most people expect Grossman to try again mply because politics Is never a sure thing and Peterson Is far from unbeatable The Liberal honey moon is more a consequence of the slow pace of government than anything The man who might Inherit Roy McMurtry substantial block of support if he decides to seek the job is Bob probably the most inlcllec tual of the current crop of senior Conservatives He II pull the socalled Red Tory vote Belle Stephenson is rumored to be considering campaigning The most loyal of the Miller loyalists the pity is she I run last time She d give the contest zip The Niagara Peninsula s Phil who held his Lincoln seat when many saw it Tailing the Liberals is another definite posslbili And then there are stories about outsiders like David joining the fracas Those can be discounted right now The next PC leader sits In the current Legislature One real story THIRTY YEARS AGOA record breaking in building permits was issued in August exceeding the previous high of July So far in building permits total 130 The Georgetown N and Gs are waiting to advance one step further In their quest for provincial lacrosse championship They will be playing either Hunts le or Whitby in the next round County medical officer Dr A Bull reported five cases of polio None of these discovered had the polio vaccine Three young adult victims were from Burlington and two were from Milton The Legion darts team brought a sliver team trophy home for finishing second at the CNE Branch 120 members were Ken DeRose captain Joe Stamp lorry Bottoms Alex Korzack Earl Hornby Cord Jamies on Lorusso and Dave Bowman After winning the Class band competition at the the Lorne Scots will be appearing In on amassed band concert at the bandstand Bands from Toronto Hamilton Brampton and St Catharines will also be playing FIFTEEN YEARS schools arc responsible for a decline In enrollment in seven schools The overall enrollment for Georgetown schools is up based on the first day figures of The last day of the past term statistic was students Historian Ben Case was honored at a party of the SUverwood Women s Institute for researching the Tweeds History of County The honor was also for his service to the community during the many years he has lived here Han Wagners German Band will be performing at the Georgetown Lions Club s third annual Bavarian Beer Garden Bob and Corey will also be performing at the Memorl arena event Bennett of Georgetown won breeder and premier exhibitor herd honors at the CNE Other victories came In bull class reserve senior and grand class and a second was won In the two year bull class Marty Wheeler of Glen Williams is the featured soloist of the Benard II Clark Concert Band at Massey Hall In Toronto The trombone player will be performing a concerto by Rimski Korsakof JOHNM Lutheran Church There have been some good good old standard oat opera wit found a Chi- image in the phone book just apt the ultimate theme f TnTeaRSAGOSo tar in 1975 town i from a movie and said the preacher may not good rule model for seminary students llul as good as it was I honestly had to soy that it was simply a variation on the theme of High Noon with Gary Cooper Then I read a column where George Hill compared it to Shane with Alan Ladd Thai Just makes the point Maybe all good are variations on thai single theme Tin ultimate theme Is one hero giving a bunch of other people There may be several heroes who toko turns But basically one guy docs what no one have done to save the grout Anil heroes are not worth conside ring They are only In antistories They arc he opposite of the theme andlhcoDDositeofgood And comedies Department plans to form a sties club lo satisfy the need tor a competitive gymnastics team All those who try out must be years old The Georgetown Merchants had of curs He season In three years with a rising record year the team The biggest difference between Christ and he images Is that Jesus story is real and true He really did come and save us who could not save ourselves He did make the ultimate sacrifice of His life in d he impossible lr from the dead There are other differences The ampSee us merely stows no clearly Georgetown scientists earned group Jesus Is only per reel Hero achievement award mm National me only complete Savior S S1S So for a change why turn away Scientists Marie milalions and pay attention tor to real true There is no development drama the truth about fLlfSS But ihe original is best Letters to the Editor used on a NASA research satellite Board of Education trustee Bel ty Fisher has decided to run against incumbent Barry Shepherd for the Georgetown seat She is currently the trustee for Priceless gift ruined Support by complicated illness Acton reunion Dear After a death memon es are supposed to be priceless gift for the family Not so in my case My memorlesare of the past fivesix struggling years of a young man my son in absolute confusion frustration and utter unhapplness A man who as a teen was Into health physical Illness sports and with a potentially reliable future when lowly and painfully It became only too obvious that there was some thing very disturbing and wrong about him He was suddenly behaving in a bizarre manner and we were Increasingly becoming afraid for him as well as afraid of him In our confusion and Ignorance ho was treated a bom in ably making matters worse We finally after more lhan a year had to accept he diagnosis that he was a schizophrenic He never knew that hit him and never did under stand the disease Was this not supposed to be any of his business It took me years to leam of this very com plicated illness and It seems that people still only have opinions but no solutions other than to keep these people on heavy medications that prevent them from func Honing properly As a result they live very unhappy threatened and frightening lives He woke up every day believing he was In constant danger and suffered almost every waking moment feeling unwanted and a burden Pity sympathy is not enough This was increasingly impossible to live with It is cruel and heart breaking for both patient and their families These people are not mentally retard they are terrified and little wonder We don t laugh at the pain of a cancer patient the coma or a diabetic the legs of a spinal Injury victim the seizure of epileptic But we do laugh at the symptoms of schizophre nia The delusions and hallucinations caused by dopamine dysfunction are a source of to us In his hopelessness he took his own lire and in such a horrific manner I feel certain he believed this to be his ultimate gift for us because he was always genuinely a very loving and caring person whose struggle should not have been in vain This Is a disease that can hit anyone It goes straight to the brain and caused him to believe that he was actually in danger and suffered the terror each of us suffers in unrelenting danger Hopefully knowing that with understand ing will come empathy and care for others Lois Richardson Help the distressed Dear Sir Imagine yourself in a lime of distress when you feel your nerves will break if you cannot talk to someone Then picture the frustration you will experience when you contact the local stress Centre and receive a taped recorded message that there la no volunteer available to answer your coll The situation is a real I ly at present as the North Distress Centre desperately needs more volunteers to answer the phone to callers In crisis who require an understand lng and non judgmental attitude To operate a hour a day service requires many devoted Individuals with a listen ear and a caring heart Our volunteers are lng their best but they cannot do it alone They need your Pleas apply for the fall training course commencing Tuesday Oct Enquiries can be directed to the centre at 1211 for more infor mation and an tlon form Yours sincerely Publicity Director Amount in error tlon in an entertaining way Kids On The Block Is looking for people willing Dear Sir Georgetown Globe Productions was very pleased send a dona to Kids On The Block recently The amount of the donation was rather the amount reported to you In error We feel that the use of puppets lo teach children about the disabled Is an excellent formal which will capture their Benny Macleod If you are interested at Sincerely President Georgetown Globe Productions For several months now a group of interested people have been ling to try to arrange a social event for the many people of Acton and District who have at one time attended Acton Continuation School I would like to clarify any doubts or The group we are trying to put toge ther attended the Old Stone School from 1928 to 1954 But we leave out the group who attended high school in Acton previous to this Stone School We have also Included the people of Acton and District who attended the oldold atone school behind the old Acton Public School This in our records goes back to about 1907 or at least we have gone back that for not sure what existed before that time In Acton but we presume that there would not be a living soul who would be able to attend a reunion before that time You can well imagine that we have had a fairly big Job on our hands We have photocopies all the old registers We have hat groups of people searching each year of the registers for location of exstudents and teachers Commit tees have been formed to look after finance food accommodation lions and many other related activities I feel very optimistic that we will put together a good weekend for Ihe ex students of Acton Continuation School One of ihe problems that we have bad to deal with has been money The finance commit lee has already had to float a 000 loan and probably that won t even be enough since postage costs and hall rental just to mention two things Is fairly steep For those interested in seeing this as a success reunion we are appealing for a donation toward the costs In preparation Any donations may be lent to our secretary Mr Mac Sprawl or Mrs Alma Bralda Queen St Thank you for your Interest and support In this project Yours sincerely Co-chairperson- Helen Ralph McKeown