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Georgetown Herald A Division of Hams Newspapers Company limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontflr WALTER B1EHN Publisher THURSDAY JANUARY EDITORIAL COMMENT This is a Clique If some of Georgetown newer res dents or older ones for that mailer have the idea that Georgetown municipal has been conducted by a clique as one I member last week forget it We II ought lie thought that older pari of town res to keep control among the natives had long since evaporated possible that a decade ago when Georgetown ed rap and members were mostly from the older sections of the cipality board appoint nicnls to be weighted to people they knew something about and newer res ignored for a year or two That this has cha iged is quite in a list of ng members of various boards which appeared in the January issue of the Herald At that time Mayor Bill Smith told the Herald about councils new policy of the public know what lions would be vacant a asking those interested in serv ng to make the i known Seventeen men and women whose were were noted in the I si Review ng our of these could be termed Georgetown natives four moved to own ten to twenty years ago and nine are relative newcomers the past four or f years Hardly an old Georgetown clique Store Hours a Dilemma The ail store hours by law is presently be to meet circularized for the present by law and results will be con to a council meeting on Thursday Council plans to final a new by law at Its February meet ng The ng by law first came into be frig al the requesl of a merchant Until then each merchant was independ and while most adhered to certain closing hours there was a lack of ity which a maOnty felt was not good for or the shopping publ c After the birth pangs some of wh were bitter the present f days and two nights weekly seemed to favour and the system was successful for some years Then came plazas in other which had no such by laws And local stores departed from the without Remember When Th history of English language that of liv organ and cer tamly every age has had own slang much of which over the years has come to be accepted as proper usage has there ever been a lime when the language has been shaken up in the way that has thee past few years has Us amusing sde and we are indebted to some unknown grammatical purist for the following w contribution in rhyme Remember when big in the hips And a trip involved travel in cats planes and ship When pot was a vessel for cook things And hooked was what rug may have been When acid etched metal instead of mans Son merchants fi compel on they must now revise their thinking Others particularly the one man type of operation are loathe see a change which can t them to their bus for per We relish be n councils position for whatever happens there be critic sm The easiest way would be lo throw out the by law altogether and let arils police their own affairs But for the sake of the merchant and the general public it is better to have some system where everyone knows where they re at merchants now an or speak for them and I to a v someth ng l good si cone out of the and the town will have a new by law sal shoppers and ers Seek More Separate School Supporters Tlie County Separ ate School Board will con duct a campaign to gain more aisessment In Georgetown finance chairman Michael has told the board total assessment Income from Georgetown Is operating expenses arc with provincial govern grants paying per cent or 221 lie hoard therefore pais of the total which that Georgetown as income is short of the Georgetown school costs OLD DEBT Lcno Braids says the board will have to conduct a campaign to more school supporters We must try to get Roman without children In the system to support the sep arate schools in their taxes The hoard has also learned the old Georgetown board of more that SI is costing the hoard a in Inter I pajment Separate French School Goal of District Group Georgetown separate school supporters I given up their fight for a separate school for French peakins students of Esqucsing Town ship last week asked the new separate school board if it would again consider building the school The ratepayers had asked for the school two years hut study the project VERY DISAPPOINTED were disappointed at that lime when it was an that another school was being built in Georgetown said Construction of the new St of Assist will start this FRENCH ground cover normally with Chan grass When groovy meant fi nels and hollows I And were I ke robins and swallows j When meant marriage of two hand in hand And ere used loner ones land When was a substance real fluffy like And broad came from baker and not from the mint When roll a bun and rock was a stone And hang up was you d Hie phone Its crazy man crazyBui English is not our I fe style is starting roll iia said later there 175 in the Georgetown area In mixed school there loo much exposure to tnglish The children don I speak French en 1 said FrenchCanadian currently attend liol In school and are taught i both trench and English One day they 11 be taught say math In French mother in English But they t speak trench outside of conducted In French recess at Scout meetings they speak Enjji h CONSIDER IT urged the board to consider building a separate for the French No action wis taken by the board on the matter sail the hoard would consider it Reprinted fro Is jour present car battery make up time by speeding both going to be effective in whi can lead to collisions weather Starting difficulty vclopi irritation in drivers Minor hockey is a family often followed by efforts to January The measure of a driver say the Ontario Safety not how well he how well he doc dn but Only recently has public con mounted about the threat of pollution One facet of the problem which is not widely realized Is that litter presents a iridic hazard many accidents are directly attributable news pipers bottles cans other litter left on roadways TURNING BACK TIME BARBER MILL WAS GEORGETOWNS ANCHOR This historical picture taken past the turn of the century shows lha Barber Paper Mill on the Credit River at River Drive once Georgetown s major Industry Wonderful Machine But Need Some Sense Evan a winter cannot but affected whan we hit en of thai perfect winter Today is one of them Snap ping twelve degrees Sun gnn rung down like an old yellow lecher as fresh snow lifts blue white pleading as cold and blue as Mr Benson heart Ugly fallen down fane in back yard hat vanished until spring Picnic a loaf of whit braid riling Big sprue by the garage holdi with dig ilry In sagging bio green tha big lump of haavy white cotton In the country evergreens are startling black clumps of contrast Ancient rail fences with jaunty snowcapped posts their erratic charm thru the bluish drifts So do the snow Skier whit down Ilka guilt for scraps And snowmobile grunt and bellow about lik bull in chin There I knew something would spoil it Don worry go Into a diatribe about the things I consider them beneath m dignity I ban them if I had the power They re a wandarful for trappers and who to gat before Soma of the kldi at our school who on Islands way out In bay on things catch school hut drive for minutes to school than raturn journey In tha You can knock that And they re fine for recrea loo if theyre used with me sense But there the rub As a cabinet minister re- narked reccntlj on the subject You can legislate against And some of the mot people I know own snowmobiles Not you gentle reader not 1 You go flying an hours And you to past a fairly stiff last nowadays to gat a car licence But it seems that any nyurn kid or adult who can get one of the THINGS started and stopped Is free to go out and commit mayhem or suicide I soma kid along it full throttle on an Icy road or trying to pat a car right I thuddar And whan I middleaged people attempting climb and lumps and crossing thin that an Intelligent ape would shy at I my idly It vry third par ion you ha twitted or a rained shoulder Then there are the gangs The only difference between a motorcycle gang and a snow mobile gang la the speed and the time of year Both likely to be half stoned an both are prone lo and Indifferent to the feelings of others only on thing mora boring and annoying than abuses of And thai Is constant conversation about them at practically gathering of people anywhere In midwinter Boring It enough to make the mind boggle One used to go to a party and have a party One used to curl and sit around afterwards discussing the game One Used to sit in the teachers staff room with a group of fair ly intelligent people and talk about cabbages and kings and scaling wax and things Now all you la a mat of carburetors and track and end fait of most of th latter gaining In aach Interminable repetition I know why I eat lunch in the staff room any more But Id rather ait in the cafeteria with noisy students than sit in he room with twelve or four bellowing a each other each trying lo the others story I fold you I wasnt fralng to writ a diatribe And morning Clasia want welt My wifes In a decant mood And my daugh got and on two And it was a beautiful day before that lining turned into a black cloud In the summer drivers axe liable to forget that bridges can treacherous in cold weather The Ontario Safely League motorics to remember in the months ahead that damp ment can become dee coated when it crosses a bridge Georgetown Herald A of Horn News pa pen Com piny Limited Georgetown Ontario Production Superintendent Frank Mullln Advertising News Editor Accountant Terry Bradley Valerie Caruso Anne Currie Leslie Clark Dave Hastings Myles John Brian NEWS ECHOES From of and 30 Years Ago THE DISTRICT AT A GLANCE MO AROUND INGLEWOOD SIfrJ may soon bo placed on several Chin Township roads warning to drive carefully around people riding horses Council has asked the Country Club and Caledon Pony Club for information on what roads are most uaed by horse riden with a view to post signs urging drivers to watch for horses and riders WONDIRINe WHATS NEXT MOVE TERRA Residents of Terra are annojed at the number of ton trucks thundering through their village and the Tern and District Conservation Committee is at a loss what to do about the problem A gravel pit operation north of the village is threatening the scenic area and its sur roundings says committee chairman John AID FOR CHELTENHAM PARK CHELTENHAM The recently bought acre Chelten Sum park was given approved park status by the province last week It means the province will contribute up to for the buying and development of the park Near Cheltenham the Credit River It was bought for Plan in eludes camping hiking trails and winter rccrention FIRE STATION AT VICTORIA VICTORIA Chinguacousy fire department is planning to establish a fire station In Victoria and has Issued a call to arms to local men to man the facility A minimum of vol from the Victoria area is needed The station would be equipped with one pumper truck and related equipment- Snelgrove fire department located six miles from Victoria is manned by volunteers TRAPS FOR A recent decision by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to ban on their property at OrangevlUc reservoir has brought strong objections from here Reports of deadly traps set for snow mobllers in the acre area prompted the CVCA executive committee lo declare the ban snowmobile club president Larry said he is quite shocked by the tun BAN HANDBILLS ON CARS BRAMPTON A bylaw setting out regulations for park ing in municipal lots was approved by Brampton council last week despite objection to one clause by Reeve Nance Honvood I dont like the idea of banning handbills and on care in the lots said the Reeve Nothing annoys me more than someone sticking on my private property Cr Hugh WANT STOPLIGHT A petition to traffic signals installed at the intersection of and Highway 10 has been urged by 324 residents in the Snelgiwc area Chinguacousy council has decided to as the of Highways to study traffic problems at the intersection to find out if the signals arc need LABOUR MANAGEMENT COOPERATE ACTON The Acton plant of Building Products of Canada has been cited for its forward looking Labour Management Consultation Committee by a publication called Teamwork in Industry Published by the LabourManagement Branch of the of Labour the publication devoted a page from four page January issue to an article on the UK at in Principals in the article are for mer plant manager J Arnold and Norman Elliott president of Local United Rubber Cork Linoleum and Plastic Wor kers of America BUSINESS DIRECTORY Wallace Thompson 3rd Small Claims Court County of Halton A CammUilonti LC Ontario Land Surveyor Duncan Geo roe town Residence Chances for a road from Lino of into the new Georgetown hospital dimmed a little after Es council meeting Monday assist ant district municipal engineer for the Dept of High ways wondered if was really a need for the road unco is an approach to the hospital from the opposite side He said the cost to the Township would be high Edwin Wilson was named chairman of Georgetown Pub lic School Board for ihe time when thi officers wore elected at tho boards inaugural last Wednesday Georgetown Junior Chamber of Commerce officially be came a member of the Canadian Chamber of C01 Friday National vice president Gino presented charter to local president Bob Burke through a charter night in the Legion Hall Jtrn Martin of Normandy Boulevard was electee dent of Georgetown Recreation Commission at a last night at liie For president Alex was honorary pros ident John Malcolm is first vice A Baxter treasurer and Mrs Joe commission is currently advertising for a replace ment for recreation director Rev J Self who moved lo Midland 1941 Fire destroyed a barn on the William Hunter farm at Terra early Sunday evening The fire gained con siderable headway before it was discovered by Mrs Hunter She was alone at time as her husband In hospital A bucket brigade was formed by neigh bours 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