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Georgetown Herald A Division of Horn Newspaper Company Umlltd Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WALTER C Publisher Page HERALD THUHiDAY JAN 1972 EDITORIAL COMMENT Too Much Photography While realizing the need for secrecy in municipal business at times we wonder if Georgetown s council might not be overdoing the in camera committee meetings this year In the past three weeks there have been at least three such meetings from which the press was barred The Herald has never been one to make a big issue of this and we are sure there was good reason that each of these meetings be confined to council members only But we hope this isn t going to be the rule this year Since Mayor Gibbons days when most matters were thoroughly debated in open council there has been a change In procedure For council meetings today tend to be fairly cut and dried a number of motions presented and passed with little comment either from those who support or oppose the matter at hand This is because preliminary debate has been done at a com mittee meeting and unless an oppo nent wants to stress his opposition he tends to keep silent For this reason for the past couple of years the Herald has made a point of reporting com mittee meetings as well with the result that the public has been much better Informed about municipal business through our news columns We feel we have done a reason able job of reporting and have never gone out of our way to reveal news which might reflect on an individual nor hamper council in making a decision on a controvers ial question With the exception of discussions on municipal staff problems and union negotiations which should be in camera we believe that the Herald reporters should sit in on other deliberations and that they possess equal judgment to that of councillors in not disseminating news which would be detrimental to the public Interest Without this background it makes a reporters task much more difficult in in forming the public about municipal matters Misplaced Sentiment Discussion in council about naming a park after the parents who donated their young son s heart to Mayor Speck for a successful transplant is a case where sentiment took the place of The family gift was a precious one like previous ones which have worked modern miracles for the lucky recipients But this action does not justify such recognition in history just because the recipient happened to be a prominent politic tan If the municipality wishes to honour the family a small plaque in the municipal building might be more fitting We are alt guilty at times of letting a dramatic event stir us to action but should the same thing happen more quietly we overlook it The death of Pierre victim of the FLQ kidnappers is a case in point Had Mr Laporte died less dramatically we doubt that his picture would have appeared on a Canadian stamp last year Or had he been a less prominent citizen there would be slight chance that John Doe would have been remembered so prominently Valentine Memories A Mail Bag letter suggesting that exchange of Valentines in school classes is not in the original spirit of the day and could be better replaced by a donation to the Heart Fund has a point And yet this is one of childhood special times and we should hate to see it fade altogether The wnter argues that where a Valentine should have a special meaning the idea is a farce when each child gives one to every other in the class and gets one in return But perhaps this is preferable to our day when the popular youngsters got the majority and others only one or two Childhood has its heartbreaks and for some the Valentine box was the first indication that all are not equal It must have been a blow particularly to the girls in the class A boy can swallow his heartache much better Later the same held true In the school dances It s much more obvious when a girl isn asked to dance than when a boy gets a refusal He can pretend that he dldn t really want to dance anyway A girl must sit there trying not to show her feelings But to get back to Valentine day it was a very special one when we were in elementary school First was the decision about who was to make the container Not being the artistic type we never were in the running But there were hurt feelings to start with for teacher had to make a final decision When the day itself arrived there was a terrific air of excitement in the classroom as envelopes were carefully deposited in the huge box There were two varieties the homemade ones some elaborate depending on the artistic ability of the designer the ones were much more attractive than today s cutouts resplendent with lace and ribbon popout hearts Next came the choice of who was to hand them out usually one boy and one girl who would then be subject to some razzing as teacher s pets for the next day or two Distribution began and looking back it was a lesson in life which we all must learn Popularity was soon established as Valentines began to pile up on some desks while others were clear We can remember any occasion when every youngster t get at least a couple But there must have been a few tears quietly shed later One highlight we remember in Graded Al one of the bigger boys had a crush on Gretta There must have been advance warning for she turned up that day dressed to the teeth end with her first high heels Her name was called and Gretta teetered forward to receive not a paper Valentine but a large heart shaped box of chocolates Turning Back TImo IN TIM MAIL BAd- Benefit front HJgh Rise Minimal Moore Park Crea George Out The Editor The Georgetown Herald I Mob St South Georgetown Ont I Dear Sir The layout in the recent issue of trie Herald proposing a fifteen story a part men I building in the Main North and Carruthcrs area was to say the least a shock I do hope this plan will not be into I effect there or In any part of Georgetown Our fire department of which we can be duly proud is presently strained A high rise would require additional fire i fighters and sophisticated equipment the of which would be idle hopefully most of the lime Joseph Gibbons school and Chapel St school would m sure have to be enlarged to commodate the Increase registration Sewage facilities would have to be increased The Incinerator in such building Would dump tons of ash dust and pollution on our relatively smog free local environment the prices of houses In the area could do nothing but decrease with this 150 foot gargoyle glaring down on them It may be argued that the town would benefit from the additional buying power of 170 more families sitting on top of the hill afraid the benefits would be Inlmal It takes the average home owner moving into a new area or subdivision one or two years to relinquish their previous shopping habits and settle in By this time they have formed local ties with the schools library churches and local merchants The transient apartment dweller average apt leasees one year not even enough time to wear out a good pair of shoes I therefore implore you the council and the citizens of Georgetown not to let this hap pen moved here to get away from the traffic smog and ugly hlgh rise strewn sky line as I sure many others did Don let spoil ft by allowing It to follow us out here Yours truly E Booth Horsing Around In the Snow IN Tilt MAIL BAG Need For Competitions Sake Street Dear Mr Editor and ligcr for the denturists In their fight to be recognized as Titters of dentures for the public We certainly need Ihelr competition to the dentistry who for far too long levied unconscionable charges on Ihe public requiring services I trust that oar federal and provincial representatives to their respective sec that the denturists will be enabled to practice legally It would save the badly overcharged public millions of dollars a on this Item alone A Peters lorn Scott Regimental Band BILL SMILEY Memories of The Jalna Books A lot or people would give eye for some free publicity In this column for they re selling In fact I have a large case of mounted eye which I haven I bothered returning For once I make ex In this case It a plug for a television series I not much of a TV hound Most of the content is aimed at Ihe year old mentality and this Is an insult to a bright I2eorold Three BBC scries however ere well done enough to interest me They were The Wives of Henry VIII Ihis year andTherorsytcSaga In each case had superb en tertainment without the violence iff colour Jokes and utter inanity character mown and avidly followed shows I might odd reason they appealed to me was that Ihcy were not to be significant inertly good drama remember saying to my during Ihe span of ihe Forsyte family he novels make a wonderful series She agreed whereupon I put a nick in doorpost 1 do this every time she agrees with There arc three nicks there Of course only had this house for ten years Now have It A Canadian series produced by the which can turn out first class stuff when the creative people manage to wiggle out from under the meaty far from green thumbs of the administrators The scries Maio la Roche creator of the novels will never be with Shakespeare or Dickens But she was an ex ml craftswoman with a shrewd knowledge of reading public able to blend roman tlclsm and realism into a mixture that had a universal appeal was the same old Practically unknown in Canada she submitted her novel Jalna to a contest and won the Atlantic Monthly prlic of 1 believe for best novel of the ycor She had Found a rich vein of Like Ian Fleming who wrote the James Bond nonsense and that character who chums out the Carry on stun she mined her lode to the depths extracting every last nugget cen panning for grains toward the end Don t mistake me she was a far better writer Ihe others mentioned The novels deal with a large extremely complex family the teoaks living on a big farm near Lake Ontario and it covers several generations Our pioneer ancestors were about as much like the as Trudeau is And Is about a rural 19th century Canada as was in the barbaric dark ages But this is part of the charm They re escape novels in Ihe best sense of the word Yet Ihe author creates characters are not only attractive but memorable And the lovehate relationships within ihe family are believable because ihcy fam liar I predict a run on the novels If the TV series is any good Regardless real They arc available in most public llbrar A little incident during the war proved to me that despite regionalism the novels have International appeal It was about May 2nd 1045 The Russians had just liberated our prison camp They were pretty drunk and disorderly still ng May 1st one of their big holidays and they let us out for the evening Next day Ihey locked us all up again But wc had one glorious spring evening of freedom 1 set off for town near the camp with Mis Jorgcnson a huge Nor who spoke German We watched the Russians still pouring into the town a motley and colourful crew I remember a huge Cossack looking type with vast moustaches riding a stallion Slung over one shoulder was a machine pistol Dangling from his saddle was a balala On his other shoulder perched a tiny monkey So help me we drifted into town watched the Yonks picking up German girls or trying to We saw a big house set back among the trees Went up and knocked out of curiosity A frightened old woman finally opened Ihe door a crack Nils spoke gently to her In German She scuttled away After a few moments a stately while haired lady with poise appeared and imperiously demanded what we wanted Nils said we were just visiting told her we were POW a Norwegian and a Canadian She turned tome and in stilted but grammatical English asked eagerly You know of Jalna I confessed that I didn know them personally bul we had a vely conversation about Ren old uncles Finch and the other characters followed by a cup of ersatz coffee Just a 1 We but one I II never forget All this free publicity should gratify CBC But warn them that series is rotten I shall lacar them scorch them fry them and bo them in their own oil THE DISTRICT AT A GLANCE SnoBrrrFot Coming Up ORANGEVlLLtHundrcds of discarded Christmas trees are awaiting the spark on Friday February at Orangcville These are the trees discarded from family and apart picked up by the Works Department They will be set ablaze by Mayor Victor Largo to signify the of the weekend festivities Owners Want Annexation MILTON During a council meeting last week Milton councillors received request from owners of acres south west and cast of the town to be annexed lo Milton All lands are in and the present owners cited better services and a desire to be part of the Milton community Planning Now for Birthday ACTON Acton 1974 centennial moy be a long way off but for Jack Carpenter and his centennial commission it helps to receive municipal approval cvenif Itlsonlyinprlnclpal Carpenter and Ted Tyler appeared before Acton council last week and received seal of approval There are no official centennial projects yet but ideas Include a parking lot new town hall enclosed swimming poo and completing Ihe community centre Take It or Leave It ROCKWOODDlctotorlal could have been a nutshell conclusion at last week s special meeting regarding the Rock wood post office under construction except for Ihe presence of South Wellington MP Hales The meeting was called by Township council to discuss with Public Works Department representative Sid Samuels the new building on which the council slapped a stop work order Its resemblance to a small barn has led to controversy Mr Samuels said the Is gone when government must be reflected in monumental buildings He said the trend today is to factory type buildings Mr Hales said he was 1 disgusted and would do everything he could to cooperate with the people of No Union for Elora is backing off from the Idea of an eventual union with Fergus It was decided to notify Wellington County thai Is quite satisfied with the present situation It has indicated it would prefer that Nlchol and West be joined to Fergus left on Us own The second situation is IN THE MAIL BAG I Helping Heart Beat A Real Valentine Moore Park Crese Dear Sir I wonder how many parents feel as I do that Valentine Day has lost Its meaning I can remember when a Valentine sent to a loved one had a wealth of meaning but when my children trot off to school with sixty Valentines and haul approximately the same amount home again at night the whole Idea becomes a farce Our hospital desperately needs a new heart machine and a service club here in Georgetown is at the moment attempting to raise necessary fundi Valentine Day have a new meaning if the children donated some pennies towards the fund Hearts are a symbol of Valentines Day but helping a heart to continue beating is fir more important than a picture on a card Mrs Jean Wakefield DID YOU The berries and fruits of On tario provide mix and match says the Ontario Pork Institute Favourites are spiced pears mixed 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