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Georgetown Herald A of Ham Nwppirt Company limit Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WAITER C MINN Publisher THURSDAY APRIL 2nd EDITORIAL COMMENT Wrong Reasons While them may be for a yearly increase in the salary of Hal ton County warden the reasons advanced by one proponent do not stand the logic test Last week the county endorsed the raise turning down an original pro posal which would have added 1500 The new salary will be The ustif leaf ion with which we disa gree is that the position is so onerous that It can only bo held at present by a self- employed or retired person If this be so then we fail sec whet difference is going to make any aspirants to office Surely a man who holds any reipon Afterthoughts It has became increasingly common In ell levels of government for successful asp ranis to have second thoughts about Job once ensconced In office The job which looked so the tot which a candidate was willing to make almost any sacrifice suddenly hat a higher pay tag attached It has happened in national and prov incial governing bod at wall as In coun ty and local municipal groups Locally the arguments have differed We have heard councillors reduce their council service to an hourly basis and com pare the pay unfavourably with jobs In in dustry We have heard how many expenses are Involved in attending public dinners buying lucky draw tickets etc We have heard that it is impossible to persuade good men to run for office at whatever is the current rata of pay have heard about the extra time involved outs de com mittee and council meetings We dont say that any councillor consciously a grabber and embarks on a career for the money Involved We do fay that once he receives mora Watch the Dollars One of tasks of Georgetowns new Recreation Commission will be to pro vide maximum of facilities at a minimum of cost new committee replacing the for mer boards which had Jurisdiction over tha arena pool and Cedarvale community Centra will have jurisdiction over these and public parks as well It is a logical development and one which should bring greater benefit to town by coordination of all recreational fac ilities under one control body But It will have a dngar too In cut ting cloth to fit In not on any major plans until the new operation consolidates and has a chance view recreation In a broad sense Eventually the ring of a full time position In public life would not abandon his working career for the to serve one term at Helton chief live officer So regardless of the salary established the position is still open only to a limited field The fact that the present warden does not want an increase would make it seem more sensible for county council if they feel a higher salary is justified to vote tints to start in The public might well think that ih is the old army game again an increase to a reluctant warden and at a later dale an increase to the rest of the Mors who have been so free with the taxpayers money than token payment becomes diffici to and private No matter what ones income it is not easy to give up a yearly remuneration of or more part of which is tax exempt With government encouragement the has spread The salary tot for rcg ional school board trustees had an inflat fonary effect on council salaries Regional government is almost certain to establish a new bureaucracy of government We readily admit that the days of pub lic service for the prestige and satisfaction derived It gone Dill think that a sensible comorom ise can reached a token payment ex pentes when incurred plus prestige can get as good a slate of civic cand dates any amount of dollars If not than the sooner we follow tha ancient Greeks and establish a ruling class from teenage for c life better If we are going to pay full Wt expect our tax dollars to go to qualified personnel who intend make public service the carreer I THI MAIL Not Satisfied 3 Way Stop Not the Answer A LIFT FOB ALL recreation director may be is much to be done before this new commute has already had a of conferences and more plan In which representatives of organizations have traded ideas What must be watched is that the does not become imbued w idea of providing too much Organized recreation has its place life but it can become fetish Dollart are not the answer to give young people a healthy happy life Thar it still much to be said for the ball game the shinny jama on an outs rink If youngsters want a tennis court they can help to prepare It There can be enough time summer daylight hours for minor sports lighting playing fields ELIMINATE MISUNDERSTANDINGS School Bus Drivers Police Clear the Air at Seminar Police local and rial sometimes have mis understandings with school bus drivers School bus some times have misunderstand with police School bus driven In the area had their oppor tunity to clear the air on most or their problems at a seminar organized through the Board of Educat Ion and the Ontario Depart ment of Transport DRIVERS The meeting held at White Oaks Secondary School was attended by more than 125 drivers both in the employ of the hoo board and pri vate contractors They heard talk and engaged In discus sions on a wide range of topics from aid to of controlling students while they on the buses Working on the theme In our hands the bus drivers officials and police in attendance met C director of safety education for tin On tario Department of Trans port PANELS The first aid lecture was given and panels through out the day included rcpres- of Department of Transport Ontario ial Police County School Board and police A new passenger school bus from the board was on the for visitors to the seminar to Wow the latest in school bus equipment Legal Aid Rep Joins Tour of Institutions Paul Armstrong a George town insurance agent sen ted the County Aid Area Committee on a tour of the Federal Pen Ilentiary Service Institutions at Kingston Ontario The tour wis conducted over a period of three days Included detailed visits to various Institutions in the Kingston area such as Kingston Penitentiary which ton Institution which is a medium security Industrial Institution at Joy a few miles north of Kingston the prison for wo men it Kingston the worth Institution which Is now medium security tutlon at north of Brighton The tour also Included vis its to the Ontario Regions Directors headquarters for la a maximum security Instil the Canadian Penitentiary at Kingston Collins Services located at Kingston Bay Penitentiary which is also to the Correctional medium security Institution SUIT Training College at at Collins Bay near Kings Kingston A KITTEN FOR EASTER ought to do think about Latter much too lo be tunc of rebirth and re But can I rcillv he wept by a filling of birth new life whin thtre is still tool of on the and wind cuts to the mar I Rot home for lunch from s Saturday and was chatting with my wife in the living room boring her with the I had almost made Pip was sitting on the best chair in the room She acting In a rather peculiar fi her legs in all directions remarked on it wife a reed ind went over to look it her Too late The water or whatever had hurst all over the brocaded upholstery Childbride though Pips worked and licked and until tha Infants heart began to beat Ian t 11 remarkable how a cat will clean up the entire meas leaving her offspring sleek and shining And It small rig how a mere chick of kitten by the act of giving birth turns into a complacent smug mother nursing by the hour with her motor going on all cylinders We wart dill oh tad si she and hid a glimmer of that feeling grandparents must whin the first grandchild arrive What really shook though wsi my wilts Normally If anyone drops so much as crumb a bit of ash or a drop of coffee en pre cious furniture sll halt lorn And there s her good with treat stain on It and h tosses It oft as Sir Would you please this letter sent Georgetown council in your Mall Bag col Park Avenue Dear Sin Your recent decision to piemen t a three way stop streot at Charles and Church Streets must I think be viewed as of the most ludicrous decisions that council his made to date In the face of report and recommendations on He protection for school children and In the presence of a tragic fatality at the above intersect Ion you hive chosen to ate in Intersection which in no way any relation to the traffic patterns involving Park school A casual observer general ares would conscious of the fact that there are two accesses to Park school namely Park Street itself Anne and person choose use Church Street they would still have to tske the ultimate option of ending their path of travel ther on Park or Princess Anne If it has not occurred to you Church Street docs not go across Charles Street It ends there end provides no cct access to the school at all Breaking a traffic pattern it that point Is of no value to any child attending Park school It Is Incomprehensible to me how you cm ignore the realities of situation Having done so however to then this three way atop In hope of solving that problem appears to reflect decision which either borders on plcte Indifference or gross stupidity It may hive escaped some of you that you public officials having reposed In you a public trust situation which his been brought before your tcntlon Is not petty It la of some consequence a child his been killed it that Intersection You cannot discharge your duty by simply tossing a coin In the air and picking an inter section at random In hopes that the presence of sign will satisfy the people who concerned about those Intense tionJ Your failure to acquire two crossing guards it Park and Charles and Princess Anne and Charles Is nothing less than gross negligence The pendlture Involved Is some- thing on the order of annually per crossing guard Surely that Is not in extraord expense Just lo protect the lives of children Yours very truly Georgetown Herald A Division of Home Company Limited Georgetown Ontario Walter Biahn Publisher Production Superintendent Advertising Manager Frank Mullln News Editor Accountant Terry Bradley Valerie Caruso Anne Currie Reporter Leslie Clark Dave Hastings John George Young BUSINESS DIRECTORY W H CAR Professional Engl titer Consulting Engineer Ontario Survivor Office Home She became all and Sometimes Eattir In and tlful Sometimes its In April and tht horrible l With know how is up and deposited and was heating milk and any than I on blanket bingo lucking in the kitten and lift know how to fix loon a kitten soma ins it on her hand to look knobs how to got outboard mo thing tiny the inevita accident tor going what to do whon woman IN THH MAIL BAG wee pi or how to play I lm nut I like It I the sickdolh and attics ling the Good triday when tin pubs are closed And thin is a jy triumph In the Easier Sunday hymns that can he surpassed I think even by tho Christmas L Land Surveyor Duncan Residence REPAIR SERVICE Service Centra JOHN B0UGHT0N JEWELLERS Certified Watchmakers Main Si J Eaitsr Is also days that keeps fro of of tlnet Instinct brings out the wayward fallen the sinners and collection It bait year Yoi meat old church friends you haven I And wont for snothi This year we were sent Manifest it Ion No it wasnt from the of National although it pretty good at providing such things Wt had a birth In the family id were privileged to witness the an which must convince hardened cynic that God in see sparrow fall Our kitten hid a baby This may seem a contradiction In terms but she Is a hire cent she mnmged to pro with grent yowling one tiny kitten I think cats hid piim but ihe did Now I havent any use for est I but I was fascinated by the procedure he was pregnant of course lady cat lust llkt lady omen are rather predict able about the exact day or weak of great mom She hid to at a trifle odd Us true prowling tho looking for the most In convenient possible ploco to lay her eggs We caught her twice In the fireplace casing the Joint But I thought It was at least a week away was so spry Whin we put her out sht would tap nimbly onto a window sill ind tit there glaring malevot intly at friendly tomcats come o visit or alternately at us through Wants Water Kept Pure Dont Add Fluoride Weber Drue Dear Sir He f of our supply Con we Justify the cost of fluoridation Do c nied fluoride in our In our bathtubs In our wishing machines To wash our cars- water our gardens scrub the floors etc Only a very small mount of water consumed amount by the very limited age bracket that may possibly derive small benefits from this addition we be sure Fluoride Is safe It saddens me lo read in To papers the apparent Jub ilation because after years of people are not In the streets How many have died from Ingesting DDT in the past twenty ye in without these authorities know ledje Do you want jour children Ingesting Fluoride a known poison banned in some tries for the first twenty years of their lives Thews are when an damage can bo irreversible Can we Justify harm to minority It Is a fact carefully omitted thit people th kidney prob lems are damaged by fluoride we accept the premise of medication In our water sup ply We are entitled to a pure Anything now added to our water is to purify it Fluoride is the first added to medicate people This is a dangerous precedent Fluoride no place In any public water supply Sincerely Mrs Joan D0DD CLINIC OF CHIROPRACTIC Gutlph St B77 Appointment Necessary BUSY BEAVER BORN Annual Spring In Fire Groups Plans Inspector Peter Campbell of Oakvllle tire report on a recent fire prcv officers conference at the March mooting of County tire Prevention He attended the Ontario Municipal Prevention Association conference at Windsor March to as a Bureau delegate and he learned much from the speeches and discussions at the three day conference Hazards of contamination of pesticide warehouses fire training in secondary schools inspections of equipment In hospitals fire loadings of buildings and proposed changes In the Labor regulations were among 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