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yv wn pumtm by- tfmmnson newspapers urnhed 22malrtst south georgetown ontario wc wmth publisher page 4 thursday december lltff 1969 editorial comment sensible approach councils decision fo engage a concul- tantfhm to advise on future organization of the town staff was a sensible one perhaps as some councillors said they didnt tell them anything that hasnt already been suggested by present end past coun cillors but it gives a better basis for dis cussion to have a report to discuss change to suit councils majority opinion end use as a guideline for the future certainly the tirrie ist coming when there must be an overall jnan in charge of e growing municipal staff whether he be called town clerk manager or as the firm suggests chief administrative officer is on ly a matter of title the fact is that as in eny other business there must be a man ager to coordinate the various functions a municipality is handicapped in es tablishing such a position because unlike private business it is subject to decisions of a council yhich is only assured of a two year stint in office and the very nature of municipal politicians who seek and hold office through the good graces of the elec torate is such that they are loathe to deleg ate authority and to not interfere in staff functions but it is not impossible larger muni cipalities like sarnia and windsor have systems which have worked effectively given the right type of councilllors and it would appear that at present we have a ma jority of such a system suh as the stev enson kellogg firm has set up could work it is now up to council to examine the suggestions carefully weigh the pros and cons of the recommendations then when a master plan is ironed out and costs ex amined decided what the town can afford and proceed accordingly v we had our troubles last week was not a happy one for the herald theres hardly a week goes by that the weekly issue doesnt have a small error or rwo a wrong phone number in a classi fied ad misspelling of a name a line of type out of place these are the normal ha7- ards of our business ifs another thing again when five pic tures are missing five big gobs of white space and no way of explaining it until a week later it happened like this our pictures are reproduced from pos- fttves on a thin plastic then attached to the metal printing plate for tthe final printing both plastics and printing are done at the brampfon times another branch of tthe thomson firm i pictures are sent for processing in two or three shipments by bus or delivered- in person last wednesday night as the paper was ready to print it was discovered that one shipment had gone astray with nei ther pictures nor plastics available the only thing to do was to go ahead with the printing and anticipate thursdays tele phone onslaught it came the herald office spent a busy two days explaining our problem to the people who called that it was our first issue at the new 15c price didnt make it any eas ier one wag with tongue in cheek phon ed to say we liked your 10c issues better we hope it doesnt happen again printing a prpethy remote control is not the perfect way we try our best but if we goof please it hurts us too addition fo the community the fine new parish hall officially op ened by the sacre coeur congregation on saturday is a welcome addition to a grow ing community not only will it serve thmembers of that church but it will be available we understand for dances wedding parties end other such purposes at the discretion of the parish it is modern in every respect with one of the latest plastic type flooring kit chen stage and washrooms parishioners and their parish priest father andre simard can be justifiably proud of this addition to their church facil ities it replaces the parish hall in the old church basement which had limited seating capacity and suffered from a low ceiling and inadequate facilities the church is fortunate too in having a large parking area adjoining the hall which makes its use attractive for parties and dances we congratulate the church people on their effort and wish them well in their future activities the district at a glance watch those walls acton an engineering report on acton arenas structural stability has concluded that foundations on the east end west walls show signs of sett ling the report says the ar ena south wall la in very poor shape and should be reb uilt or temporarily shored be fore winter it attributes most of the structural decay to poor control of drainage and conden sation a portion of the roof and seating is supported b7 the south wall clban up rivir hockwood jtockwood pollu tion endeavorltu raised 100 towards their their project to clean up the lfal river swimming area for the bock- wood children next summer when they held a swingading in the village twentytwo hall exhibit included everything from oriental art to rug mak ing there was even a coffee house and slot car racing ev ents for the largo crowd man killid children hurt bejpountatn a man was killed and family including two children ware taken to hos pital as the result of a single car accident near belfounuin wednesday dec 8 paul thom as lemieux 21 of kb 1 hal ton was pronounced dead at the scene hs was driving the car which left the road and crashed into trees two other adults and children ages one and three were hospitalized paint shop razed ittutojtf over 800 gallons of paint and 2000 wrth of glass was lest when a oreuevelled a shop snd rased part of a bouse on deny road mjar mil ton hospital last monday wil liam koski and his wife who had both fallen asleep watching tv awoke to discover the ad joining shop ablaxe he called axemen and the couple fled the house after scooping up aome personal belongings among them wedding license locate training centre brampton a staff training centre for the whole of ont ario will be located in bramp ton by the ontario department of correctional services on land formerly occupied by the brampton flying club plans are also being made to move the departmeats alex g brown memorial clinic to the site from mimlco the town of brampton has been trying to obtain the land for recreation al and park purposes since the flying club moved to a new air field near victoria fight brick plant cheltenham canada bricks plans for a new plant near cheltenham will be violently opposed says d s buxton whose home is about 1000 yards from the proposed site he said villagers are ready to sign a petition against such a plant going in the rural area once the plans already approv ed by the township planning board come before council in january the company wants xoning changed to industrial from agricultural to allow con struction of the new plant on a 254 acre site ms well that endswt carbof abd stick our economy fewer farms diversity for canadian agriculture haltarimp rudlwhiting reports from two weeks as a parllamen tary observer representing canada at the 24th session of the general assembly of the united nations has confirmed for me what most canadians should know namely that cana da enjoys an excellent reputat ion at the united nations ha ving met all the personnel at the permanent canadian mis sion in new york i can fully appreciate why wo are held in such high regard we have re presenting us people of excep tional calibre who have the res pect of the member nations there were five members of parliament and two senators acting as parliamentary obser vers the liberals and conser vatives each had three members and there was one creditiste every morning we received brieflngl three out of five mor nlngs we attended the delegates meeting of the canadian mis don where canadian delegates to the respective committees re ported to the members of the canadian mission as a whole we were also given indi vidual briefings by these rep resentatives who sit on these committees these briefings gave us a short history of the business of the committee prior to the 24th session and then the business which had been conducted thus far at the 24th session by this particular com mittee following which we re ceived an up to date resume of the present business being con ducted these briefings were as educational and as informative as it was possible fo make them there are six permanent committees and a special politi cal committee after these briefings we then attended the committee meeting of our choice at the united nations we sat with permanent canadian represent atives or being present in the committee hall in addition to this many of us took advantage of the three meetings of the full session of the general as sembly to listen in on the as semblys business by frank flaherty few sectors of the cana dian economy have under gone more change in the last half century than agricul ture the fanners share of the national income has dropped his way of life has changed thanks to big ger ard better machinery and hotter farming methods many enjoy belter uvea many farmers fail to gain a good living from fanning the more able aggressive and more fortunate of these supplement their farm in come with full or parttime employment off the farm a good number have given up and gone into other occupa tions mary remain trapped on farms which yield les in come for more labor year by year as they grow older this is the nub of the problem of agricultural ad justment with which most go vernments are now concern ed early this year the fed eral government set up a task force on agriculture which produced some volu minous reports and has still to finalize its recommenda- tions- outlook assessed the problem rated high place on the agenda of this weeks agricultural outlook conference an annual sem inar at which provincial and federal goverment officials farm associations and busin esses catering to farmers as sess business prospects for the year ahead a federal analysis ended with the prediction that sales f agricultral products over the next ten years will yield competitive returns for the resources employed for only 130000 farms while there would still be 315000 farms by 1980 that say the experts is the nub of the problem of agricultural ad justment for the shortrun future up to now governments nave tried to help farmers by boosting prices through tariff protection where fea sible through state market ing agencies through sub sidies low interest loans and other devices the task force is on rec ord with proposals for redu cing the number of fanners especially those on poorer lands by gov land purchase and measures to subsidize exodus from the business of agriculture this is such a drastic change from traditional canadian policy that it is slow in gaining act ceptance yet an exodus is already in progress the number of farm operators is going down the size of farms is going up many farms are going out of busi ness either because they are added to other farms or abandoned shifts chiefly to east up to now the actual shift of land out of farming was occurring chiefly in eastern canada it resulted from greater efficiency on farms which enabled fewer farm workers to supply larger markets now there are war nings of shrinking markets especially for grain products bad news for the prairie area and its traditional wheat exports a federal agricultural de partment economist l f furnlss told the meeting production of food and feed grains is rising in many parts of the world while the demand per capita for bread grains especially wheat is dropping this could mean the grain ex ports grcatests prop to ca nadian farming in the past may turn into a weakness the answer to that situa tion is seen in greater pro duct diversification on prai rie farms and a tailoring of output wre in terms of the market demand of the north american consumer from here on that consu mer will buy beef and pork canadian farmers can get his trade if they produce more coarse grains to feed increasing numbers of cat tle and hogs and american farms and feedlots the rehabilitation founda tion for the disabled abiuty fund runs sheltered work shops throughout ontario to train physically handicapped adults to do useful work the business in our house of commons is conducted in two languages whereas at the un there are five official lang uages to say nothing of the many unofficial languages pre valent there it is interesting to note that there are presently one hundred and twenty six countries represented at the united nations arid one can see the hurdles that must he over come if business is to be con ducted one of the highlights of my visit was to hear former prime minister lester pearson address the second committee in connection with the report of his mission entitled part ners in development it is a most comprehensive document dealing with the severe econo mic problems being faced by many of the countries of the world after spending two weeks as a parliamentary ob server at the united nations this hardly makes one an ex pert on that august body but it gave me a better understand ing of the complex problems that exist in international af fairs news echoes from the heralds ef 10 20 and 30 years ago i 195 provision of downtown parking facilities by the town with costs involved to be paid by businessmen and pro perty owners was included in a petition presented to council on monday speaking for georgetown busi nessmens association paul barber said the 65 signa tures on the petition represented over 90 per cent of the merchants cr ern hyde will assume georgetowns top munici pal post in january when he becomes the towns may or unopposed for office when a nomination meeting was held last night mr hyde accepted the position in a speech following close of nominations in wriggles- worth school euditorium the town is going to have to tighten its belt and have sausages instead of steaks he told the abdience saying the high taxes will re main that way for some time to come 1949 reeve george currie deputyreeve george leslie and councillors craig reid wilfrid bird and walter linham were all returned to office by acclamation at the esquev ing nomination meeting monday in stewarttown hall three other nominees r n brown c b swackhamer and william schenk did not allow their names to stand 1939 the annual commencement exercises of the georgetown high school were held on thursday evening in the gregory theatre highlighted by a varied program the major awards were won by harry williams of form v for general proficiency and miss betty speight for or atory miss theresa campbell was runnerup in oratory graduation diplomas were presented to edgar beeney franklin cleave helen devereaux ralph hansen mar tha isley george young and azolyn hayes the play tweedlet was the highlight of the entertainment program included in the cast were marjorie harris ja mes kelly ormle carter betty speight james em- merson joy ruddell marion reid roy peck and james cofell the play was directed by miss e penson the evening was underline supervision of principal j l lambert v why does a man stagger out to work when hes unable to do it properly is a threat to every one around him and is probab ly shortening b own life by three or four years this is trie sort of rationalis ing i was- doing this week when took not one hut two days sick leave that makes six days in ten years id been coughing uka a kan garoo with consumption bev trig my nose was like trying to stop niagara falls with klee nex i was dizzier than a bat t high neon i ached from stem to gudgeon and i couldnt de cutfnhich was aching mora its boring i know but the flu is always boring except when you have it yourself then its fascinating when you have i vou know that nobody has every been as ill as you especially those phonies on tv who stay in bed drink plenty of fluids and stuff themselves with aspirin my wife is a great comfort at such times she invariably says youre going to die with that chest cold and then she sits back and starts j counting on her fingers the i term insurance the life insur ance when she begins to look a bit nasty i realize i havent enough insurance to keep her in affluence thats about when she calls the doctor so 111 get better so i can take out some more insurance the doctor of course always settles everything he says hmmmm got the flu eh naturally rve got the flu or my wife wouldnt have called him if 1 had merely a broken leg shed probably set it herself but you can die with the flu and the doctor says take plenty of bed stay in aspirin and drink lots this always brightens me up and i pull out of the slump within a week provided i dont drink too much but theres a moral question involved with the flu should one go to church school or bu siness and hack sneeze cough and spit ail over the congrega tion the classroom or colleag ues the answer 1 think is an unequivocal yes provided we have the strength thats the way in which we can main- r aiyj w tain one of our few great oh canadian traditions the flu we have spread things in this country since oneer days flu and fertinxerj and we mustnt stop now spreading the flu is not without its merits provided it is done with tact and as witness on friday night we supposed to go to the au ball of the year you know sort tof thing five per cent the men want to go and it percent of the women irs chance fat- them to wear the wigs make the old man for a smashing new and discuss for the next wi whet ridiculous things th other women were wearing after wheezing and snei for about three days i wi ioojriog forward to it as oni might look forward to his own funeral so sick was lthat ev en the thought of having t shine my shoes made me feel faint that was bad enough but tomahovr wed been finessed into having an eftarthehejl party with 30 people ouzxllnt feodtfcand drinlc i didnt set how could get through it at ive yes virginia there is a san ta olaus to my delight and be horror my wife woke up fri day morning hacking and gasfl ing and as feverish as l fl spread her the flu she hunj on till afternoon hoping for l miracle recovery but then hat to throw in the towel and can eel everything that probably saved my lift and about 100 so the flu but cant be all bad georgetown herald published by thomson newspapers limited 4 georgetown ontario walter c blahn publisher garfield mccllvray production superintendent advertising manager frank mullin news editor accountant terry harley alleen bradle valerie caruso anne carrie beporter leslie clark dave hastlnl myles gilson john mcclement george young business directory lc millesse ontario land surveyor 65 duncan drive georgetown 8776275 residence repair ervue accutron service centra john b0ught0n jewellers certlfud watchmakers s main st n 8774313 c0rbett chiropractic clinic spinal xray service available by appointment 8776631 69 mill st old pott offlct a e r0bs0n registered physiotherapist massage heat treatments electrotherapy 56 rexway drive 1774670 w h cam professional engineer consulting engineer ontario land surveyor office 8773211 8773300 home optometrist l m brown r0 47 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