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ITSHEREI GOLF SCIROCCO BA2 MOTORS SECTION IIKHAI IJ IBM Pane I For 30 Years We Have Delivered Armenian Boys offer annual student award Herald Staff sheltered at Park in the 1920s have raised fund or an annual award to be given to a Georgetown District High School student at commencement services The Georgetown Armenian Boys Association organised in 1068 has set up the award to make sure the Georgetown Boys will be remembered or many years to At a lunch meeting Friday with principal Barb Singleton Albert of the Association said the award mil be known us the Georgetown Armenian Boys Citizenship Award Tlie student council and teaching staff will pick the winner each year To be eligible the student must be in Grade 12 or 13 with high scholastic marks and must be a leader in citizenship activities at Who ore the Georgetown Hearing tests There will be a free hearing the Georgetown Motor Inn May 12 14 from io No itment is necessary The testing is being sponsored by Mini Aid Laboratories Inc For more in formationn call l Homeless talk Change is the topic of a meeting hosted by the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton The date is May for the and the location is the United Hall 1031 Barton Street East from a to meeting will address the problems of the homeless and develop strategics for change meet the needs For more informa tion call Lupus film May the Lupus Society of Hamilton will be presenting i special video film called A Brighter Tomorrow The location Is St Josephs Hospital in Hamilton at There will be a question period fallowing the film If you would like to attend call or during office hours La meeting The La League of Georgetown welcomes all women Interested in breastfeeding In formation Babies are always welcome Our next meeting will be held at 42 Cr Georgetown on Tuesday May lu ai For more information call Recreation talk There will be a talk about Recreation Services for the Learn Disabled June I at 30 p m at the Lord Elgin High School in Burl igton Speaking will be representatives from the Department of tion Milton Burlington and Oakville All arc welcome more Information call Parking approval and J Insurance of Nerval has received approval from the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to put down fill for parking lot at its Street of The parking lot is in the of the Credit River They were a group of about Armenian lads and a handful of girls brought to Canada between 1923 and 1927 They came from orphanages in he Near East survivors of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire in and the final deportation and exile following the Greco war of 1921 Left homeless orphans many of these youngsters were gathered Into com pounds and orphanages to be cared for by the The Lord Mayor Fund London the Near East Relief Association of New York find other Juin table groups In Canada headlines told the sad plight of these starving Arme nians and The Armenian Association of Canada was soon formed to bring Armenian or phans to Canada The federal government even It was to Georgetowns Ccdarvale Park then called the Bradley farm these were brought They learned the Canadian lifestyle and how Io farm at A plaque was erected to their memory in IDS at the site when the Boys celebrated their anniversary at a reunion picnic in the park Today the Boys want to lake a fur thtr step to be renumbered Putting up the historic plaque is not enough I think this will be my last pro Albert said He secretary treasurer of the Georgetown Armenian Boys Association and lies now years old He was 15 when he came to Georgetown in 192G principal Barb Singleton said the award will leach her students of their com Im delighted whin any member of the community or an organization wishes to donate an We have many youngsters who deserve the recognition she said So far the Association has SI in a trust fund and Mr Iapazian hopes to increase the amount to to make the award self support In n cut y He said he sent a letter April to the surviving Georgetown Boys who number about r telling them about the award and asking them for dona lions As of May he had received in contributions The idea to establish an award at the high school earne from long tune friends of Mr Helen and of Toronto There will be i permanent plaque at the high on which the names of the award winner will be engraved year Along with a the winning student will receive a commemorative scroll Mr intends to make the first presentation at the fait October Bounce bounce for Heart Month About residents of Hills have been busy improving not only their own hearts but the hearts of others as they participate the Georgetown Spa and Fitness Bounce for Heart campaign May Is designated Heart Mfilh so the Georgetown firm decided to organize a fundraiser with its regular clients The participants are asked to obtain sponsors for a threehour witcr session during which lime the participants- may have a fiveminute break half hour Its a very physically demanding session said An leader of the The fundraiser which is first for the Georgetown Spa and Fitness lias raised a total of about range in ages from The activity has been wonder fu enjoy Anloincttesald Hon Voyage A long null boa I left sailboat for nearly 10 ye recently for the at Sound around the world in li John and been llir Family catches the wave after ten years of work Herald Staff A familiar landmark on Street has disap peared Tlie J6fool long sailboat which spent years in the is finally sitting John and and their two children watched recently as cranes dunked their handmade boat into the waters at the Owen Sound Manna We were all madly excited when we saw it in the water With all those cranes was kind of scary Mrs said We were very glad it sink ami said We were very glad it si all dry the seacocks whitli is a good sign seacock is a valve controlling water through a vessel shull Building their own sailboat has inured for more than I spar t yet Janet 14 and Mark 11 will go with them They hope to have the boat ready for sailing during their summer holidays before it goes into dry dock in Were so it wont be a big adjustment Mrs says of the sailing life In fact the can be compared to a trailer she said Even it will have a frceer so enough food can be stored fur longer cruises The hull of the bout was made in Ontario in The fumily used to drive there on weikendsand watch it being built After the hull was built Mr wilh the help of frit nils began working on it A shipwright helped with the woodworking two years ago I done in awful lot of sanding and varnishing Mrs said Tlie boat has mahogany and winters and parts ilutlered their w project carried on Although the is sitting in it still not complete one thing it needs a stripe along water line and lis name painted on Why is the boat to be called Mr bury is original from Australia and the term mi ins wanderer and vagabond A song popular during the war years Waltzing Mathilda has several about a and the trouble he gels into The sailboat still needs its rigging lis mast Is lying un the ground waiting to be niched up Mrs describes the as a floating apartment comfortable for living in It of those long and and uncomfortable racing boats she jus large oat of It has ji auxiliary motor a dine i four berths galley with lots of cupboards ailed Inkers i boat lingo and a chart table when ment and maps are kept and erred to Were planning to go with it Mrs Her husband plans to take re irement from computer company he works for in is they find that kind of on the market when they started looking A second they didn have enough monev to buy a made Mrs said They run about I i for boat the size of good Ihing about a boat is it depreciate like i car she chuckled s weren interested in sailing when they got married It was on a camping holiday when they saw a sail boat going by that their interest was sparked John and Karla are members of the Georgetown Power and Sail Squadron and give boating safely and I wnuldn entourage anybody else to start a project Ihis sue it takes too long Mrs If sou re going to retire you would be old and before got in sail You would never git to As well there s not a great deal of saving in building boat yourself she nd the boat in the driveway the have to give frjends more directions In find their on Street They cm just the house big in the driveway Back to 1911 Back for 1987 ijyTninHaiiiuiilarsiiigti The Anniversary of Georgetown High School was held mi September lsl and 2nd 1911 An enthusiastic Georgetown Herald columnist reported on September 1911 No better spot in Ontario could be found for such a gather the beautiful grounds looked charming The minutes of Mnrth 24 lull showed The High School Board of Trustees and four students mil consider the question of celebrating the Anniversary of the opening of Georgetown High School by holding a reunion In addition to above Ex Reeve and Principal Miller of the public school attended the in Ilia meeting Mr imp- bell was appointed chairman and Principal the secretary Many attendance spoke en of having a reunion and it was moved by Mr Grant and seconded by Mr Arnold that reunion be held This was unanimously reunion committee con sisted of the high school board Mis high si a I Real Bradley and Mav langan car Adams and Millar The chairman was and the was imalH It was dee iiled that a feature of the was to unveil a trass plaque in honour of late o Tin Board for twe community showing unstinted efforts and unselfish vices these two citizens had given to the cause of education This plaque now hangs the front foyer Thanks to Arm strong whn found i and restored it its place of pro The Program Sept 1st Hill I 1 tfl lion I Hi III Reception J HI 5 TO Social Intercourse and Games JO Banqui on the Girls Recreation Grounds i lncessinn to the Armouries He i Wai Sheriff Teenager captures speaking crown By BRIAN Mad Herald Staff A Georgetown student topped the Held in the Lions Club International Effective Speaking Contest held in Quebec May Charlie Gibbs a Grade 12 student at Georgetown High School beat out 11 other competitors from Ontario and Quebec to win top prize in the public speaking ton- test This was his fourth attempt the contest the first time Charlie got Into finals Charlie believes his speech on the meaning of life spoken without notes gave him the edge over his competitors To make it to the finals Charlie first had to win three previous levels He won he local Georgetown level on March followed the regional level and the district com petition held on the same day just were four categories in the competition and Charlie spoke inthc boy category Tht other three are English girl and French girl and boy categories Bach speaker gave a rehearsed and an impromptu speech in the first round and an evening con of the rehearsed speech and a different impromptu speech decid ed the lop three spaces Charlie believes he was with his two topics given him for his im promptu speeches In the morning speech he was informed he would have talk about Terry Fox and in the afternoon Charlie had to answer the usually rhetorical question do gentlemen prefer blondes Charlie particularly liked the sc impromptu speech as it gave him freedom to introduce some humor and wit into his speech I said they do prefer blondes I took the stereotypes of blondes red heads and brunettes and described I like the impromptu almost bet than the prepared speeches can be casual and use a lot of humor Charlie The second and third place com spoke on realilj versus mi arhe Entertainment Ex pupils Sept 2nd A M Walks to points of interest Visits lo manufacturing establishments I HI A Games in the Park Baud in attendance It was decided that a button and with the high colours of red white and black be ordered and that those who register may have appropriate mementos members were lo meet and welcome visitors provide billets and take charge of registrn Over 1000 letters of invitation sent out Pins cost fifteen cents and four hundred were ordered Pins served as sinns to the banquet gallery and other entertainments Special invitees were- Inspector Principals Mills Stewart Filial and Miss Dixon M A Editors of the Herald Free Press and i night Charlie had to make a mad dash for the mm from New He was there on a cultural with his The Lions arc incredibly generous Ihev paid for the whole weekend Charlie said really enjoyed it only wish that more people would get involved It a great way to gel invoked and more about our world The people you meet are really super too said been public speaking since Grade I find that at the high school level there s not much opportunity he added think that public speaking is as important or more so than knowing how to plav basketball because is certainly more relevant he said As the winner of the competition Charlie will make his speech on the meaning of life to the Lions Club con inSudburv on June Power of parenting continues his talk on the Power in on May at m at Holy Cross Church The focus this weck is on the adolescent as he discusses fatherdaughter and motherson relationships and the Importance of allowing children to grow and develop as individuals He also local clergy members of County Council Village Council school board Judge and Mrs and Mr and Mrs In ages frc Courtesy Alumni choir Twopart musical evening CHORAL CONCERT Mb making at me back Heather and Murk Duke The choir It being played up by Centennial Alumni Choir or it prlng concerts May J left to right rent Tracy Wk Mark John Elliott Theatre For ticket call or centre Stephanie Cindy Herald photo III AM PlDrlllAN Staff I he Alumni t is gearing up for its fifth annual eon cert to be held May and For tickets call the school at 09711 or I Jils at The part musical evenings will feature some imp music some spirituals jazz and easy to listen to tunes such as Bridge Over Troubl Waters by Simon Gar funklc The member choir was born out of the Centennial School choir Music teachers Paul and Lois started it up five years ago thought Id like an older com group to work with so we decided to start with the kids from The choir has really caught on with other young people who didnt graduate from Centennial wanting to join Numbers arc kept to and there arc itions to get in Hanging in age from 14 to the young people find the time to turn out for evening rehearsals each week take part in community eon certs such as the upcoming spring concert At Christmas time they milled on Mam Street and raised for children also put on a show at St Andrews United Church In September perform for the Hungry Hollow Hobos campers at the Milton Cam pgrounds We try to remain a real part of the community Mrs said To buy music for their spring young people held a hour dance and raised in November second half of that concert is a show called arranged by Mark an American It features music from the twenties thirties forties Theres music from Vaudeville days songs of silver screen the best of and band radio shows Youll meet everybody from Jim my Durante on at this concert The pieces have been choreographed Bnuighton who choreograph last years show American Pop and recently Stewortlown Senior School production of S Pinafore loan is helping some of costumes and nlnl s Industrial arts teacher Stan is helping make props for it Therell be six soloists in Ihe show three performing each night Mrs said theyre In be selected Because some members of the choir will be leaving this to go away college and university a medley of song choir has done over the past five years will alio make up this spring concert The choir has girls and six boys In It and most songs are done In three part soprano alto and tenor Mr has been music teacher Centennial for seven years Mrs was music teacher at Centennial for four years She is currently music leather Stew art town