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station shrinking changes this week as work men remove the express of fice and canopy from the west end of the building the prosperous here but willing the shape of georgetown i jiil f ifli canadian national railway held vtheft bays whiting station is undergoing drastic even a prosperous constituen cy such as marton has its pock ets of poverty which are of graveconcern rud whiting l- halton said in the commons quarters going under the thursday wreckinq bar had not been used for several years a number of historic old way bills have been uncovered du rinq the work dating back to the turn of the century at left is one dated july 25th 1914 the shipper is rex theatre georgetown which was located in what is now the odd fellows hall on mar ket street speaking during debate on the establishment of a new depart ment of regional economic x pahsion whiting said his riding would not be directly involved with the department but such pockets of poverty as do exist in halton exist throughout the whole country and these should be of concern to the govern ment j i in f 1 n rh r tsanteisht lets play bridge by bill coats if you have a choice of two finesses and you can only take one which one should you take j tba answer to this should be i apparent from the rest of the cards which one will do you the most good if it wins or lo- sea this interesting hand came up a few weeks ago ot the ac ton bridge club east dealt with neither side vulnerable north s jc j 10 i h a d a c a west 5 q 6 5 4 2 tl 8 dk 7 2 jc s 7 6 5 east s a 7 h k 3 2 d 10 8 6 c k q j 4 2 north dbie dble 4 h south s 8 3 i hj 8 7 6 5 d 5 4 3 i c 10 8 3 suggested bidding bast south west u c pass 1 s j2 c pass pass pass 2 h pass 111 pass opening jead 5 of clubs nobody was more surprised than south to find himself in fame with just one high card joint in his hand both of fforths doubles were for take lit the first time south did ot have to bid since east kept file bidding open but the sc- nd he had to speak up i declarer had to win the op- filing lead in dummy his plan was simple get the trump out o he could get to the heart ace pnd lead the queen east won nd led a club which dummy juflcd a low heart was led to souths hand and now the jnoment of truth had arrived should declarer take the spade finesse or the diamond finesse h the question can best be an gered by looking at different questions which finesse is the best assuming either one will work and which one docs the jcast harm if it fails lets look t diamonds first if the finesse works declarer will have to get to his hand to repeat the fin- iesse he could still lose two spades a club and a trump if kj diamond finesse fails he ght set up an extra trick if jlhc suit is evenly divided or jk the ten falls if the spade finesse works and east has the aco then de clarer can ruff spades to take the diamond finesse if the fin- jesse fails then declarer can not up two spade tricks and dis- jcard two of his diamonds a successful diamond finesse jwill not let declarer try the spade finesse but a successful t spade will still let declarer try the diamond finesse hence de clarer tried the spade and worked out as predicted all the north trafalgar euchre club held their weekly euchre party on saturday night march 22nd there were eleven tab les of euchre in play with the prizes going to nora kranstz mrs ralph featherston tom bousficld and wilbort nix lu cky draws were won by mrs helen mcpherson and ernie acton bridge club mondays martin consolation prizes were winners 1st cam sinclair won by mrs lena rcid and joe jack coats 2nd betty ashley ellis bob dixon 3rd dick prustj mike lorusso frank muliin tom warnes bridge club with directors duke wilson and bill coals in cleveland competing in a tournament there last week bob dickson handled the directing chores at georgetown duplicate bridge club at their tuesday play the legion auditorium there were 15 tables of players north south winners 1st mike lorusso dick prust 2nd clayton barbour j coats 3rd mr and mrs walter bichn 4th fred allen joe maurer 5th mrs elizabeth mccrea mrs sue sullivan east west winners 1st mrs kay harmer mrs vi nay- lor 2nd mr and mrs neil pattullo 3rd tom warnes frank muliin 4th mrs anne pritchard mrs wallace thom pson 5th fred kerr bob dick son hornby hornby actionettes hold demonstration the seventh meeting of the hornby actionettes was htld recently at the homo of mrs william mcpherson the meet ing was opened with the 4h pledge followed by the roll call why 1 chose my material which was answered by the eight members presen each member demonstrated the pro per way to modal clothes the girls spent the remainder the evening working on their dresses the next meeting wil be held at the home of mrs jim mckay the hornby kotton kutics met on thursday morn ing march 19th at the north trafalgar recreation centre the meeting opened with the 4h pledge the roll call dem onstrate good sitting or stand- ign posture the leaders dem onstrated on how to put a zip per in properly the remain der of the day was spent wor king on their dresses 9 mem bers were present t the recreation committee of the boyne community centre held a euchre at the centre on friday evening marqh 21st there were fifteen tables of euchre in play with the prizes going to mrs archie galbraith mrs hilford colling harvey dunn and helen ford the lu cky draws were won by mrs oilln beaty mrs jack thome edgar ellonton and colin mar- rhall mrs norman cramp was the hostess for the march meeting of st stephens anglican church guild held on tuesday evening march 18th mrs jim plan the president welcomed the spvcn members to the meet ing which was opened with the guild prayer minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary mrs bob cookson mrs geoffrey drewbrook was in charge of an easter reading which cross is yours pro grams wore distributed to the members present and some were left at the church for those who were absent green and white streamers shamrocks and little green elves decorated eden united church on monday evening march 17 for talent night the church was filled to capacity and the loud applause of the people sure proved what a real success it was the mc for the evening was that jovial creature jack fries who kept the crowd in stitches with his humorous jok es in between acts the program consisted of readings skits duets recitations singing by both young and old the church choir and mens choir mrs harry lowdcn who was the convener deserves a lot of credit for the hours she spent preparing the program following the program fruit bread cookies and tea were served and a social hour en joyed mrs jim hamilton addition there were 4 theft in vestigations 1 breaking and entering 1 complaint of hunt ers 1 dog complaint 1 investi gation of malicious damage 1 prowler complaint 1 assault 2 premises found insecure 1 stolen car recovered for another police department and the re covery of other stolen property led to charges under the crim inal code being laid against 2 persons one lca investiga tion led to 1 person being char ged ten motor vehicle accidents were reported during this 7 day period eight were property damage only and the remaining 2 resulted in injuries to 4 per sons one accident was a hit and run while others were caused by careless driving improper turn unsafe movement from a parked position and a dog was killed when it ran into the path of a car total property damage amounted to 4450 seven char ges were laid as a result of in vestigation into these accidents opp report seven charged as crash cost 4450 during the week ending march 15 officers of the opp attached to north halton de tachment worked a total of 1044 3 hours and patrolled 12643 miles on area highways county and township roads ninetynine persons were charg ed for various offences under the highway traffic act and an additional 72 received warn ings for minor driving errors or for operating vehicles with faulty equipment proceedings in provincial judges court led to 91 convictions being register ed under the highway traffic act the liquor control act and the criminal code of can ada twenty three occurrences of a non traffic nature required investigation this week many were of a minor nature requir ing little investigative time in for a printing georgetown herald phone 8772201 he said the worst effect was in housing and he hoped the government would soon introd uce new legislation on housing to alleviate this problem in halton and throughout canada however according to dbs figures halton is one of the more affluent areas of the country and 1 know the people of halton will endorse any ef fort to upgrade the economic standards of those persons liv ing in parts of canada in need of assistance whiting said 4 we must recognize however that they will be sharing in the costs and together with the rest of canada will be vitally inter ested in the success of any program or agreement which is put into effect the halton mp said it would be valuable to have a detailed system of achievement evalua tion so that if a project showed signs of success it could be en couraged and pushed u it did not show reasonable progress it could be scrapped and money would not be wasted in flogging a dead horse he warned that miracles could not be expected from the new department and the objec tives would not be achieved ov ernight some of the proposed programs would take years to bear fruit and a large measure of patience understanding tact and diplomacy would be neces sary whiting noted that some re gions in canada had wage levels as much as 30 per cent below the national average and unemployment which at times doubles that of the more pros perous parts many previous at tempts had been made to shore up the economy of various re gions and millions of dollars had been spent under various plans projects and programs hut few had achieve any worthwhile re sults i not only did unemployment continue at a high rate in the it should not be a ease of shoring up industries in tub- marginal areas but rather gkv- ing assistance to industries tichhave a chance to succeed through the cooperation of this department the principle here is to bring people to industries this would involve the govern ment moving people from one thf jstoftobtown herald thursday march 27 1969 pagbvls community to another and re training thto this would ba money well spent for we- are dealing with human resources and these are the life blood of the country whiting said haritimes but there was an exodus of some 20000 people a year from that region this ag gravated the conditions by de creasing markets for the pro jects of the industries there and for those in agriculture gforg how il driving school learn to drive now in dual control cars at reasonable rates experienced and patient instructors ontario safety league standards tests arranged in georgetown or brampton ted barnes 2 mackenzie drive georgetown 8772887 free pickup for 1 20 day permits l forget waxing floor cleaners forever let us imtal stan s starlight seamless flooring operated by stan mieczaniec 30 balrstow ct georgetown ont phon 8776850 the magic spell of easter manifests itself in the flaming facets of our diamond collection each gem has been selected for the four qualities desired in perfect diamonds color quality cutting and design you can fulfil her fondest dreams this easter with this gift of gifts a diamond john boughton jewellers certified watchmakers 5 main street north 8774313 amusement rides rockoplane scrambler space age merrygoround next week at the march 31st to april 5th georgetown marketcentre childrens special i i i wednesday afternoon april 2 all rides 10c garners moving out sale ends this saturday this week brings to a close our occupancy of this location purchased in 1950 and stirs many memories of wholesome business associations many have expressed appreciation and good will which is very gratifying and at times even touching we do thank you and we sincerely appreciate your patronage reopening at new location tuesday april 1st wo shall further serve you under mr and mrs r lee in a new location at 26 main street south the lees will do their utmost to bo helpful in fabrics linens and draperies their efficiency coming from years of experience i in carpeting mr mike farts will assist capably for all needs many opening specials drop in next week at our new location net main st georgetown