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georgetown herald a thomson newspapers limited publication serving tha communities of georgetown glen williams norval llmahouta hornby stawtrttown fiallinafad ashgrova ferra colli thursday may 18th 1961 editorial comment miss the musical festival report of music festivals involving children in georgetown rural areas and m in neighbouring towns mokes us think of j the days when this was a town highlight j a few years ago georgetown drop- ped out of the county festival partly be- j cause for years we had dominated the prize j hst and partly because of the staff work involved in preparing the youngsters for he competition it is too bad because experience gain- ed by entering a festival fs invaluable to a f young parson who values a musical duca tion many of the youngsters we have heard in the past are now soloists with 1 unsung heroes of the press church choirs at least one later joined the leslie bell singers and one in the mendelssphn choir others have been successful as teachers but even more im portanl a number ot people have ncher lives through eiioyment of their own mus ical talents at home a county festival is too large scale an event today perhaps but locally we see no reason why there could not be a town festival taking in the five public and the separate school and the high school ellent ptoiect for a thei it would be an e ice club lo spouse nselves to organn in a ftcmr suvy ib dtfteovttr how oufe l6istatr kap fit rr wa rcveaiei that swimmin appato t bcnhlbfcfikavfi mlntgter hotes mp ubtal paul maktth or for the schools we don i often give the bouquets vvhich are so much deserved to those peo m pie who faithfully supply us with tha bits s of news from surrounding communities whichjve the weekly paper its local char- 2 acter and without whose news columns ihe 5 paper would be the poorer ha this week two ladies have offered to 2 increase our district news coverage by help 6 ing in this department mrs cecil barth will jj be writing items which will appear under the glen whiams heading mrs aubrey grant will be doing a similar ob for stew- rttown there are others who have given so freely of their time and talents for a num ber of years in reporting the district news olde benton of of rvice is mrs arthur aho finds time in a i pom nehouse busy life lo serve tha community there is mrs john bellboddy who reports for ash f grove mrs ed robertson for hornby mrs john black ballinafad mrs clare wilson t silver wood no to inenl on many other ladies who are considerate enough from time to t me to send news items of inter est ir ough not on a regular bs s it is our intention to still further spread district coverage tnis year to other parts of the georgetown trad ng area wriicn we do not cover as well as we snould meanwhile we hope that the work of the ladies is appreciated equally m the r home commun t es as it is by rne herald editor l staff exftrnal af fairs minister gr6cn 15 ah apvocatcof u0t4 walks ecoitbin feth6f0rm6 muse mmseue auk pwesou thinks fit nmuesomeofos 4y6 rffemjs te at au w cttfng ottawa exercises theres something musing in my lit this spring v bean feeling rettleti and unfulfilled lately and didnt jcnow what was the matter but ive reah ed what it it im lonely for my old house since we moved here last september we ve liveu in a rented plate d while it n good houc hasn 1 the char acler nf the old place there s iiothinjt falling down or hcav ng or torn up hvcrvthmg is as neat t irli- and uninspiring as the exterior of a shoe box other years about this time of year id be excitedly plan ning all sorts of repairs una- vatiant and improvtmtntr as i walked around my haggard half acre one tha first fever of the trout mason hat abated i d make a tour ot inspection usually on a iunny saturday in may the- first id eh depend ik the ruts ir bv the controversial corner ns on what kind of a winter wed had these ere v asses ran from a few inches deep to more than a fool i d impure thfir depth with a prat tie ed est shake n head jdmirniill at the skill of the itk itrntr in hittmi the mft sjk1 in ihe id vn nd niutur a ft how jum h about a ukl mi uf fill and some gra- new look for main street stirrings in the senate i am quite sure that whatever splash in s column creates on the surface of local affairs not rhe si ghtest ripple ever reacnes ihe lofty halls and venerable personages of tne can ad an senate m must be a mere coincidence that so shortly ader my c t sm of the senate the two m ihon dollar club herald may ih edon this norma i y somnolent body has spru ig lo i fe the act on nov be ng taken by the upper house further err phas es ne arb rary po ver held by mese appo nied r members ti e hog cl a ri u democrat c mam er b wn th tney ooa n ir s po ver a id me urgert need for mimed ate reform an buy aught 1 dnnkirik b either this then i d mosey around to the back and check the clothesline the old lady used to give me quite a bit of trouble over that about four ttmei each spring thed haul me into the back yard wave hysterically at all ih the fine sturdy upright clothes- leighbourt and pomt speech leu with rag bugar and spice by bill smiley if and every spring it wa a foot higher then the meftlet and spruce started brewing up thaoogh the cedar and it was so pretty i just let it go tt must be twenty feet high by now but if i- wanted to thin it ill bet t could get mm good timber out of there next part of my annual in- sppctlpn was the cellar id go down there rvady for anything and thats just what id find in it anything from a bever pond to potatoes right out of th cellar floor i used to pick up a shave move some uhes from here to there then get absorbed in rcstuffing the bro ken window witlj a burlap mck and final head upstairs mum bling if a fellow coirid just ret somebody lo take those ashes out of there there were doxeni of little jobs to plan painting the trim putting up that sec tion of fence the kids knocked down three halloweens back j putting new panes in the term windows tearing down the lea- ky drain pipes each of them took careful accurate figuring on time involved and money for materials anrl vou know i misa 11 thai there s something about that uod old spring tour of inspection that is wtal and sat- ifving it just makes you snt to zi r ghi at things and plan them afier ear of planning ih s uar i fee like a gentle man farmer without a farm i mir gi around to doing any n rhoo jrirx around the ld plarr bj n i sa it myself thrre ah nothing wrong with plai the mail bao preliminary work is now underway for conversion of georgetown s mam street into a more attractive thoroughfare tko work entails relocating certain essential ser vices prior to the big ob of resurfacing and laying new sidewalks later this sum mer present plans still in the formative stage call for one maor change it is planned to move the street light ing standards into the middle of the street creating a boulevard effect with one way traffic on each side and parallel parking on both sides thus eliminating the present angle parking on the west side of the street sidewalks and roadway will be resurveyed to cut down the present high curbs side walks may be slightly narrowed to allow as much as possible travel surface for cars one problem to overcome will be the fact that in the boulevard there will only be one traff c ai e ctcn vay it s quire customary ai presei delivery trucks to double park wn a n street stores and m s not be allowed in tn new pla i it sible that restr cted del ery stat or s n gni be sei up e tner at curbs de or m me centre boulevard certainly t s ould be neces sary at ine downiov n bs stop but cou icil s con de il i a a i ar rangement can be worked ot v i en will bring a minimum of trouble to tne street the boulevard street w ii cer a nly be more beaut ful man tne prese n half and half system n wn c i cars a d trucks ut at odd angles from ine west side of the street and better i gni ng w ll result from the centre p a too there ar def ne he poss b hi es for it ore afract ve decora ing dur ng ire chr st i as season aid a other festive times loo the district at a glance brampton a trail of burnt matches and paper was left after a break in at the gne- talir schixi brampton iat wee leading police to two suspect- who hie been charged w ith breaking aod entrrmc mahciom damage and iheft of a cr the culprit left the school a shamble walkerton parents thank sponsors of tourney walkerton ont ivoeklv newspaper u please in your ntwspaper thank all the good people if georgetown who wer responsible for the bantam hocke tnurnament m your town to those in charge and n the good people who billeted nijr boi and provided such them all week want to thank ou the bovi re er enthusiastic about r r std and those who ar 11 onns enough to be bant- aiti next ear are already looking forward to isiting you acain it was a real treat and hnlidax for them and again to al who were responsible in any va wo sa a sincere thank m we do hope the wera not on their wort behaviour piront- of ihe walkerton bantam hockey team georgetown herald published by thornton nawipapart limited cjcorgetown ontario waltar c biahn managing editor garfield l mcgilvray duclion superintendent office staff llarle aileen bradlcj rditnr accountant mel bcaltv advertising manager plant staff m lark dave ha mm baskersille mvles gilon bob macarthur