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Opinion Page 30 years ago White mums and matching bows decorated the Knox Presbyterian Church for the marriage of Joan Marion to James Donald Payne The bride is the daughter of Paul and the grand daughter of Mrs A Coteman Rev Alex J Calder officiated at the wedding Prior to the ceremony Mrs Ken Ewen sang and was accompanied by Mrs Edgar Gowland the organist A Wolf Cub pack was formed in Terra when seven boys turn ed out for the initial meeting The group of seven will officially be known as the 1st Terra pack Mr Norman has been elected as the chairman and Mrs Arthur Von Zuben is the secretary The leadership of the pack is in the hands of Doug and Phyllis Frost who formerly led Sheridan and Clarkson packs Rebecca Sisler displayed her wood sculptures at the Georgetown annual exhibition of Arts and Crafts The public will also be entertained by spinning from Mrs AM Baxter weaving from Mrs A Early and Mrs Carney oil painting from Miss Dorothy Stone rug making from Mrs George Ironside petit point jewelry from Mrs CI and screen printing from Mrs Elizabeth Wilkes Hoey 15 years ago An unusual situation occurred as two sons of past Lion Club presidents became members at the same time Ken son of former president Joe neypenny Ed Lacey son of former president Ron join ed the club Cathy and Deborah Wilson operated the raffle booth and sold tickets to help buy a childs wheelchair at the Red Cross Societys Rummage and Bake Sale Jo Seaton and Fay Clancey were at the sale to help contribute to the cause The Candystripers at Georgetown and Memorial Hospital was honored at Restaurant by the Optimist Club of Georgetown They were honored for their contribution to the com munity in the form of volunteer services Karen Smith was one of the honored ladies Among the Halton ffistory from our files other girls honored were Debbie Chamberlain and Michel Kirley 10 years ago The Georgetown Geminis Junior B hockey team was among the community organizations to res pond to the Kinsmen Clubs challenge to other service clubs to donate a bucket of blood at the Georgetown Red Cross blood donor clinic Mike McMenemy was one of the hockey players to res pond to the challenge The clinic collected units of blood The Herald announced the win ners of its Carrier of the Year awards Penny Bydevaate and Bil ly Gordon received plaques handed out by the Herald circulation manager Marie Shadbolt and Jo Lister of McDonalds 5 years ago Palette and Pencil Club member Ruth and her husband Tom exhibited their collections of Ruths oil paintings and Toms photography The Halton Hills Library and Cultural Centre was the set for the display For the Army Cadets are standing out in the cold weather selling poppies be assured that people have survived the fundrais- campaign you are working on Five years ago Dave Nicholson John Epitropou Darren Hodskins and Dave Hodge all did their part to honor Remembrance Day by selling poppies The Georgetown Distnct High School marketing club recently began to carry out their activities for this semester The activities are being supervised by the presi dent Peter Rasanen the vice president Rogers the treasurer Graham Shepherd the secretary Shelly Braisby and the reporter Anita Webb They are en couraging all students to get in volved Hitchhikers are left out in the cold Donna Kell Theyre beginning to look like pathetic waifs who from lack of choice must pull their thumbs out of warm and comfortable pockets to get from one side of town to the other Theyre hitchhikers and many of them would choose to be peacefully riding a bus across Highway 7 each morning Maybe they would have more time to sip the morning coffee maybe they could get up later knowing thgy have a definite ride to work Lets face it Not everyone has money a car or a licence I have seen young girls under the age of 16 thumbing on a dark rainy night I picked them up for fear that so meone less wellintentioned might A war veteran on the bridge at summoned me as I went past a month ago and said he would give me some money to drive him to town He said he wasnt no piker but that it was impossible for him to get around THE HERALD Wednesday November 8 1989- Page LETTERS Abortion destroys another human being reader says Dear Sir I would like to make a comment concerning the abortion issue I am always amazed at those people who advocate prochoice on this issue These people say that it is the womans body and that she should be able to decide what to do with it The sad part is it is not her body that is being destroyed but that of another human being If this same person was mutilating her own body in any other fashion or making an at tempt to take their own life not on ly would they be stopped from con tinuing if possible but they would also be apprehended under the Mental Health Act and taken for a psychiatric assessment as these actions indicate definite mental instability We have all kinds of laws in this country which put restrictions on what people can and cant do They do not have a free choice of doing whatever they wish and if they should choose to contravene these restrictions then there are conse quences for their actions In our country our government has deemed capital punishment to be uncivilized and protects the sanctity of human life of even our most hardened and dangerous criminals And yet our govern ment is condoning the murdering of innocent preboms In my opinion women dont have the option of killing their children after they are bom if they should so choose therefore why should they be allowed to kill them before they are born Respectfully submitted JR Rutherford Georgetown WRITE US A LETTER The Herald wants to hear from If an opinion vou want lo or a comment make us a letter or drop h the office address is St Out Ml letters must be signed Please include address and telephone number lor The Herald the right to edit letters due to space or Remember when If you do remember this scene of Main Street In Georgetown around the turn of the century then youve seen a lot of changes over the years Norton and BUI McDonald will be on hand at Knox Presbyterian Church at pm tonight Wednes day to discuss the changes to the town over the years with the historical society Forget drugs lets go hunting A young boy coming home from work Friday night shivered in the cold walking along Highway when I picked him up and drove him to his home a kilometre or two away And then there was the man Monday morning at 6 am who had to get to Road from to make It to work on time Its dark and cold at am in November Im saving up to get my car fix ed the man said He indicated that he would prefer a bus service to the hitchhike express service There have been brutal stones about hitchhikers There was a young girl in the United States whose arms were hacked off by a man on a road somewhere off the beaten track The girl had been left for dead when a couple passing by spotted her saving her life When I was in Europe in my teens my friends and I hitchhiked through Holland and Germany Its a fairly safe thing to do we thought While you do meet some interesting people and the majori ty of people do have good inten tions that doesnt account for everybody Theres little that can be done for the person who chooses to hit chhike rather than taking public transportation but this is not the majority of people Give the people of Halton Hills some form of bus service soon Before some unassuming hit chhiker gets into more trouble than just being late for work News item Rock star Ted Nugent has just come up with a stunningly original solution to the drug problem Nugent who is reportedly an avid hunter claims that kids could be turned away from drugs if we just turned them on to hunting in stead And wait It gets better Nugent adds If Elvis Presley would have just got his hands bloody up to the elbows once twice a year hed be with us today Well This is the point at which we pause to wonder whether Ted has been playing his headphones a little too loudly But lets resist the urge to be snide After all this Is a serious issue All of us fully endorse Teds belief that drugs are a scourge In deed some of us have been known to raise a pint in toast to this senti ment Beer of course is not a drug at all It is a medicinal beverage whose invaluable function is to help us relax unwind and resist the urge to go jogging Still I have a few qualms about Teds proposal Just for starters Ive never been a great fan of hun ting Granted there are good arguments in its favor Without hunting we are the deer population would grow too large and many would die anyway Obviously we cant have deer dying of natural causes And hun ting seems the only solution since it would be much too complicated to teach them all to smoke cigaret tes Its also undeniable that shouldering your gun and tramp ing about in the great outdoors is good for your health At least until the hunter in the next clearing mistakes you for a moose On the other hand its a bit startling to hear the virtues of hun ting being extolled by a rock star of all people Youd expect hunting to be en dorsed by the sort of musician who wears a Stetson and sings songs to the accompani ment of steel guitars and the occa sional yodel This only stands to reason Spend all day in the studio listening to steel guitars and yodelling and youre going to yeam to rush out and shoot SOMETHING Now its true that rock star Oz- zie Osboume once thrilled an au dience by biting the head off a live bat But this doesnt quite qualify as hunting Or even as orthodox wildlife management Anyway Ted Nugent is all in favor of hunting According to Ted this is Gods will In Genesis He said All mov ing things that liveth shall be meat for you God Himself says Ted whack em and stack em Actually I checked my own copy of the Bible and couldnt find anything resembling this alleged quote from Genesis On the other hand my copy is also missing the passage which urges us to send cash or certified cheques to Jimmy Swaggart so possibly its Just a faulty edition And naturally Im unqualified to speculate whether God ever said whack em and stack em to Ted Nugent This sounds slightly odd Then again Ive never believed that God was the one who told Jim Bakker that saving souls was an excellent way to get rich and meet girls either In any case one targe mystery remains Ted doesnjt specify just why hunting is the ideal antidote to druguse I mean think about it Why not stamp collecting or golf The closest Ted comes to giving us a hint is his assertion that quote Hunting is the coolest thing you can do Well its certainly true that stamp collecting is not particularly cool Indeed from a rock stars perspective a stamp collector might be said to be so unhip that its a wonder his bum stays on Sorry Ive been aching to use that line since I heard it in Grade Six But as for Teds assertion that hunting is the worlds coolest ac tivity well perhaps we just have to take his word for it Say no to drugs Say bam to Bambis mother Hmm Somehow it lacks the ring of genuine conviction Perhaps sound better if Nan cy Reagan said it