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lUiiKmlxTwhen Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 18A6 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario GARNET Publisher and General Advertising Manager Phone SECTION January Save the fair Don t let our Georgetown Fall Fair die This is a plea to the people town who might be able to lend a hand and save the fair The annual agricultural show has evolved into a fun weekend where there s something to do for all ages In a letter to the editor this week the executive has an the fair could be cancelled if not enough help is soon found Volunteers are hard to come by Volunteers with time on their hands are even more rare Work has to be spread around and more people are going to have to get involved in the fair A tradition of years would be laid to rest if helpers t found We be the first one to admit it if the fair was obsolete backward attended by few and appreciated by none But that t the case The fair has a good hard working ex ecutive that forward thinking But they can do it themselves year after year Why should the fair be saved It part of our rural heritage here in Hills We started as a farming and it important to pass down that link with nature to our children As adults we need to appreciate the care work and pride that farmers have for their profession The fair brings residents together It an annual event a family day appreciated by many Exhibits at the fair ex pose us to a variety of animals products and people we wouldn see every day It a learning experience a time to be with friends and enjoy the fall season The fall fair is a tradition worth preserving All thats needed to keep it going is some involvement from the com munity The time was now The time was now to put tht wheels in motion Wisely Chamber members voted to forge ahead and open an office town The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce has made some tough decisions in recent but probably none so dif ficult Members are gambling thai the time is right to hire a full time staff person and an office that s visible to the public As one member put it either you re moving ahead or you re falling behind But there reason to be optimistic about the Chambers investment Georgetown will be growing soon once the proved Enterac development gels underway By opening an office in a strategic location in town there will be more visits by people and business entrepreneurs from out of town More businesses from Georgetown will feel there is a need to join the Chamber once an office and general manager is hired There will be more projects and special events and duties that can be by a general manager Tourism is becoming more important to businesses in north Halton having a Chamber office more people will be encouraged to travel and visit the number of restaurants and stores we have in Halton Hills Like true business entrepreneurs Chamber members are willing to take a risk that their venture will be sue cessful Thats a good attitude to have No one profits from staying stagnant or advancing ton conservatively Butting out on sight Here a limit back down memory litiir lo 1333 when employ of Georgetown Coated Paper gathered f an photo lie any been here are back row Ml to right Jock Cox Amy Irene Villi Mr Kelly McMillan Florence Marion Mr Hoy Dunham Mrs Rub Con nely Martha Graham third row I Mr Jack Hughs I- rank dykes Jim Ted Clarence Walter Jack Graham Gladys Toil Lily Mr Roe Bertha Cyril ran I ford Mr Godfrfj Joe matron Bob Dennis Mr Jack Foul Flora Graham Mr Near Minnie Mr J ttallrrs Hani Jack Ritchie Firestone fourth row Bill JJmmy Wiseman Prank Wood Itrnry row Bob Mrs Mi Cumber Br don Tom Jack Orel fill Ion Ross Thompson Tom Robinson Jim John Boyle I Jim Jack Harrison Bert Young Rill lie Jack I- ok Harry Hoy Norton Jim Dickinson on Mr Tuft Jim Graham Joe front Emerson Mr Photo submitted by Mrs Milton Fiddler Distance Charlie Looking decidely sleazy Did the superb public relations machine that Is the Liberal govern here suddenly slip a gear with the reappointment of Ken Keyes as SolicitorGeneral Not only was the event Ineptly handled the decision itself was highly questionable And because it was such a doubtful move the media conspiracy In how it was done Remember that resigned as SolicitorGeneral Dec 3 after the Ontario Provincial Police laid charges against him for drinking alcohol Illegally on a police boat while conducting a water lour for a Scotland Yard guest Four days after the boat Keyes announced a crackdown against drinking on boats Keyes eventually pleaded guilty to the minor liquor offence on Dec 15 and paid fine Then on Jan Premier David Peterson dec tied had fercd enough for his Indiscretion and reappointed him as Solicitor General Because the actual swearing In was done In Hamilton home of Lieut Lincoln Alexander and an only after the fact the media a rat Secret ceremony is how much of Ihe media characterized it Nor swearingsin bring out the trumpets And the Liberal that the lack of publicity Tor this par Ocular appointment was because it was routine boggles the mind The government then compounded lis credibility problem by im mediately releasing a letter of sup port for Keyes from John Bales president of People To Reduce lm paired Driving Everywhere PRIDE Queens Park Derek Nelson The cannot afford lo lose men of Keyes calibre over a minor Incident Bates wrote Originally Dates said he was shocked at Keyes actions It was now because been driving And that true What did do was use an OPP craft as a floating diner and on duty officers as waiters which isn illegal but colls into question the man s judgment Even worse for the Grits was lheir sametime release of the Botes let and the claim its arrival was co incidence Swallowing that is difficult Even if it were true that having the letter handy planned somebody should have realized how contrived its release would look and sat on it It will be interesting to sec if Bales runs for the Liberals In the next elec tion But aside from the bad taste left in media mouths by the mechanics of Ihe appointment a formal protest about the lack notice was made by the Queen Park Press Gallery to Peterson office there is a more fundamental effect of the reappoint If being charged with this par offence is serious enough in the first place that Keyes had to resign what kind of should conviction draw Apparently In Peterson eyes additional days off the Job Is enough Why then have Keyes resign In the first place Both the opposition Conservatives and New Democrats sec return to that particular post as simply wrong was ble in the Legislature for the OPP and his the OPP in a li offence discredited the ad ministration of justice In their eyes should not have gone back to the same Job Beyond that though one has to wonder about the spinoff effect of the whole episode Image Is a tricky Ihing in politics Often it la more a matter of percep tion than substance And Its source is not one event or one group It is an amalgamation that in eludes what is really happening how that reality Is perceived and transmitted by the media and how the public interprets what It reads and hears On this one the Grits look decided ly si Editor notebook Smokers beware There an f being mounted icross Canada during National Smoking Week Already smokers may have been asked to butt out on sight Once air filters were enough I til not anymore Much like the gas attacks on trencher during the First World War second hind smoke is now proven to be a killer The health council is everywhere Don douse their cigarettes until you can Etc the yellow nicotine on their inters said one enforcer While the smokers revolt eon smokers hide But there no use Militant smokers arc everywhere In the businesses places of public assembly hospitals Iiusls Everywhere Employees art being urn In any fellow staff seen smoking on theorem Though police arc conditioning nervous prisoner in weekly cessation clinics Governments arc considering new legislation preventing smokers from voting MoMfmoncy Is urged light smokers underground as The Weeds The 1 1 les conl In the meantime here highlights of what has been done for Halton during nonsmoking week which finishes up today Oh Yes by the way It Wednesday so don be caught with any cigarettes in your pocket purse today WHATS HAPPENING IN Hundreds of buslnescs In Ballon have received National Week which will promote the awareness of and second hand smoke promotional packages gone to local communities id ire be displayed in libraries idr ire ides hospitals Week Posters of Wednesday secondhand smoke in being displayed in all lht Memorial Hospital Hospital Milton Hospital Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital and Joseph Memorial Hospital irt in a year long cam with the Health Departments Public lit ilth Nurses give all new millers a congratulatory cord tufa lions You have mile your contribution to Canada s next feneration urge you rfo do vour mike it a generation of smokers The four hospitals will be presented the first child ban during Notional Non smoking Week with a T shirt that states 1st Generation of The mother will receive a T shirt that Jul VOUT OpiTllOn states Hand Smoke Hurts A School Smoking Committee is being set up Jo develop comprehensive plan address prevention of smoking In Hilton schools Representatives from Public and Separate School Hoards the Halton Lung Assoein lion the Heart and Stroke Founda Cancer Society the Addle lion Research Foundation the Vic tori in Order of Nurses and Ihe Health Department will be working together on Smoking Cessation Clinics span Citizens forum 10 days committee submits aid brief probably ends up in some official pocket They tend to be mon rusting of NGO s Government Organizations such as churches and the whose representatives speak here from time to time We would support an Increased percentage of C1DA funds going to providing such groups arc carefully monitored as to the com of their goals with those of autonomy as a result i CUM support concerned about the The attached was recently sent to Parliamentary Committee chaired by MP William For more on Canada ail policy attend a public event I at St Andrew United Church sponsored by churches of local Ten Days for World Develop ment committee native Eileen McAuley will show slides of a recent vi3it to Philip Her lopic will be Hunger fir Hunger for Change Our Committee represents id local churches with congregations total Ing well over people In Georgetown and area We have been active for several years pro moling public education on Third World development We are pleased to respond briefly to certain tions raised In the Discussion Paper WHAT CONDITIONS S1IOUI Wt ATTACH TO OUR AID Bilntcrinl aid should go only governments which are striving for and whose develop policies Include provision for debt repayments to the North exceed nelpmgineirpoorcstcJtiicns oan received this known for their year the now of money and abuse if human rlghls should not is to be Ihe rich countries not although The economies or the Soulh then skewed towards cash Ih si lIIVT Tin present level of 80 our aid lied to buying Canadian goods and services should lie drastically reduced This view Is supported by Council of Canada the mi nil in of Churches and Urge of curling In Hie 19Bj poll Tied aid lends large scale In project that do not help the poorest dependency on Canadian food spare parts and that suit Canada more than they may help receiving nation Several of our Third World have em point IN pit who attend our are suspicious of where d goes particularly bilateral aid It towards food for domestic would encourage forgivcncsi a reduction of such debt SHOULD WE Canadians are generous have shown this with personal dona to support Third World proJ jeets and in the poll It would be quite In li with Cana wishes to pursue an aid target of of within a very few years Walter Ridley United Church Bill Wlckett United Church Margaret Holy Cross van Goch Knox Presbyterian Si Andrew United Ridley Norval United Henriette Thompson St George Anglican Church Janet DuvaT Si John United Georgetown and Williams Georgetown Ten Days or World Development committee What do you remrmlier most if your high school at if former students at reunion Fondest memories of All must prcrcglster with the Lung Association at March April l COUNTDOWN CLINIC GEORGETOWN at John theatre REYNOLDS I would have to pm Cost remember Being in Halloa is sponsored by Smokln and got the swim wis only one high Health This Council Is of Sbw he school In town s die Cancer Society the Heart and got to know Stroke Foundation the Lung 0I and lho uU Ingjyivju mind in English class the social really Not much about days m sand SHARON HALE It was fun I Ilk my high school I ANNE WOODS Tho swim team the swim Miss Harrison team We were Gorman KAREN SMITH champions for Because I two years and all I found it so easy- eve did was the because I could butterfly speak German 30 years ago Paul Beer was buried Id Greenwood Cemetery in Georgetown He was the vice- president of Beardmore and Com Limited in Acton and the managing director of the Leather in Aurora Adah Coventry celebrated her birthday She was bom in her parents home on the Third Line Wesl Chinguacousy moved to Stewart when years old and then to Georgetown about fifty years ago Sandy Best was picked to replace the late Sybil Bennett as federal Progressive Conservative candidate In He was chosen by vatlves who gathered at the Milton Town Hall 15 years ago The new president of the North Association for the Mentally Retarded Is William Treahy of Georgetown The first vice president is Joyce Barton and the second vice president is Jake Kuiken Georgetown people voted in of selling liquor In local dining rooms and cocktail bars Only 17 per cent of ihe voters turned out but almost 90 per cent of them were lm favor of the change breeders chose Jim Reld of Georgetown as their president when they met in Hornby He succeeds Arnold Fish of Oakvtlle Winners of the Noble for curling were Doric Cox Bobbie Phillips Jinny Mackenzie and Ann Audrey made the presentation 10 years ago The Georgetown Raiders defeated the DunnvuTe Mudcats ville brought only 13 players to the game Two of them were goalies Bob and Hat trick Pat Moloney had three goals each The Georgetown wrestling Rebels showed their talent in a Waterloo- Oxford tournament featuring teams At 90 lbs Frank Meidzinskl was first Other firsts went to Bill Davis at 96 lbs Rick at IDS lbs and veteran Steve Turner The Rebels finished first The GTTA changed their name to the Trinity Music Teachers Associa tion The change was made at their first meeting In 1977 which was held In the home of Richardson 5 years ago Jerry Trudcll is the new general manager of Hills Hydro He succeeds Graham who will retire Mr Trudell has worked for Trafalgar Township Oakville and Two Hills students mention In the 1961 fire prevention poster design lion They are Michelle Perry of Robert Little School and Peter Arm strong of School A Georgetown ballerina studying at the Dance School In Belleville has been invited to audi Hon for the National Ballet of Canada In June Valerie Brown 17 said Ihe artistic director of Ihe company Alexander Grant saw her dance and became in terested WRITE US A LETTER What do you think about what Is happening In Hills In this province scrou the nation and around the world We are tn teres led In your opinion The Herald Invites Its reader to express their opinion through our forum section All tetters must be signed and In clude an address Your phone number should be listed In order for us to verify the signature Please keep your letter brief and to toe I point The maximum length MO Bend your letter to The Herald Street Georgetown On