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Georgetown Herald A of Home Company limited Main Street Georgetown Ontario WAITER C BIEHN Publliher Page IRC TOWN lit BALD THURSDAY J 1972 EDITORIAL COMMENT Optimistic Town Georgetown has never lacked op timists but only the past few weeks have we acquired those with a capital 0 Officially organized in January members of the newly formed Op timist Club of Georgetown are looking forward to their charter night for the Howard Johnston at in April The club has had an auspicious start with charter members And membership is still open to other men who might wish to join An international organization one of the club main aim is work with boys Georgetown will be one of over clubs in Canada and the States starting from a club in Louisville Kentucky in 1919 Objects of the club according to a bulletin issued by headquarters are to promote an active interest in good government and civic affairs to promote patriotism and work for international accord and friendship among all people to aid and en courage the development of youth One of the first projects undertaken is an oratorical contest in which young people have already enrolled And the club is also considering helping with the administration workload of the Big Brothers in Georgetown which ties into its work We wish the Optimists a long and successful career as they join other civic minded men and women who as members of service clubs make an important contribution to community life Reasons For Giving Best known perhaps through sponsorship of blood donor clinics the Georgetown and District Red Cross branch is involved in many other public services This week as a prelude to a cam paign for funds a circular was issued which details ways in which the Red Cross serves the community Almost too well known to repeat the Society collects blood which is made available free through hospitals in Canada When one receives blood at Georgetown hospital it may well be that this is from a local donor But regardless someone in need benefits from your anonymous gift If fire or flood damages a home clothing food for three days is available A loan cupboard provides a hospital bed crutches or wheelchair free if i Hockey Resurgence Hockey in Georgetown which filled the arena to overflowing in days when the town was much smaller has had its and downs in recent seasons It s seldom that one has had to arrive at the arena an hour before game time to be assured of a seat But this season there has been steadily mounting interest as the North Haiton Raiders icing one of the best balanced teamsfor many a year continues to give fans their money worth in action Now in the playoffs the Raiders would draw even better crowds And could be we II again see a waiting line up down to the highway and around the corner as happened many a time in the forties and fifties Older sports fans will recall the days when the visiting Acton Tanners would pack the arena for a fire marshal nightmare Those days there was a much smaller lobby needed Swimming instruction is given by Red Cross instructors at district swimming areas Friendly visits arc made to shut ins and senior citizens A group of volunteers sew in their homes sup plying articles for distribution if disaster strikes Yearly courses in home nursing are taught by qualified personnel A new service is now available but in this case a charge is made When able Red Cross place a trained for hours or more a day while a mother is ill or the case of a chronically ill senior citizen One of the above would be reason enough to justify a donation to the annual fund campaign Add them all together and donation should be a must where as many as possible of the fans would jam between periods to sample hot dogs and hamburgers or just jostle swapping opinions of the night s play Then there was the year when playoff tickets were sold on a reserved seat basis and were sold out an hour after they first went on sale leaving many faithful fans on the outside That was as close to a not as we ve ever had in our years in Georgetown The older generation still fondly recalls the days when without ar ice here late season playoffs were shifted to other centres Gait for one and special trains took hundreds to the game If the train left at 5 p m the whole town closed down We could fill a book with stories of those specials Long after we ve forgotten who won the game sidelights are fresh in memory Trees And Shrubs IceDamaged Tlic rain and lee of this past week has caused many damaged trees and shrubs Repairs to this damage should he made as soon as ij feasible to work at it split branches are on open Invitation to disease organisms to enter he tree and could cause further damage and deterioration All broken branches should be removed and the wounds covered with a tree dressing a sharp saw or ng hears and make straight clean cuts at all mes TttOSTAftS The removal of large branches should be done In two stages Tl first cut should be made about six Inches from the trunk the tree Cut about through the branch from the top and make the final cut from the bottom but about one lull Inch closer to the trunk Once the branch is off the remaining stub can be removed close to tht trunk without danger of stripping off the bark Apply wound Ireuini the job is done Trees the tops broken off should sawn off straight to remove the jagged end and wound dressing applied to the cut Die shupc of the tree will be ilcd for a while but vigorous trees will soon fill out and the damaged area will not be noticeable If art n doubt or tannol do vinrk call local They arc trained and equipped to do this work safely and properly WINTER OLYMPICS Wonders Why Not Local Volunteer Normandy of the Herald Dear As a taxpayer and tub to your paper for am ting to protest the decision of our council in the hiring or our new re Chief seems to me that wc lave qualified men In Georgetown who could fill this position Or arc they only enough to serve us as volunteers Most of these men have or years of to com Just because man has better marks in an it I moan he is the man have never had any complaints n any of our past ire so why did council have logo out of to to re one which they are willing to pay 111 plus yearly It sure smells to high heaven to me In closing let say that I have connection in any way shape r form with the I- ire Department I just feel that got a raw deal Thank Yours truly J Bradley Hopes Fluoride Advocates Read Overexposure Story 1 1 Itcxway Drive r the I Herald Overexposure Possible Says of I- Urged Tins was the of an article in the Globe and Mall Wednesday The article stated that the BEJEWELLED WILLOW Money dorm grow on trees as everyone knows Research Council has tailed for concerted scientific if the effects of fluorides Those us who pinly declared skepticism if fluoridation received abuse both wr and verbal II the who were so adept at rudeness sarcasm read the article It study been done i ulIi is the would have vtrtd t If any would I ke to read the are welcome to Yours truly mpson WINTER GUTTER indyconied treei were everywhere after reeling rain BILL SMILEY Picket Lines at The Front Door Its only a matter of time In the past general on Joe Nobody you and I have suffered from every con type of strike that warped little human mind can conceive You name it from dock wallopers to doctors from technicians to teachers everybody seems had a whack at trying to strangle a few more bucks or privileges out of the Innocent by slander That you and I citing sour about the whole nonsense Somehow I can fathom either the economics of the ethics of a man who Is worth on hour and In getting demanding that he be 14 and another fringe benefits Strikes are annoying frustrating and usually pointless intlosednvs Tic gels a raise and it lakes him two get back ere he was The en plover merely raises or taxes The rest of us in two painful neck and the pocket book But that s all common knowledge and beside the point One if these fine days the most potent work force in the country is going realize what a powerful weapon is the strike and hit the picket line When it does well look back with nostalgia and longing I the good old days when strike merely meant vou I lake trip or there was shortage of sanitary napkins or some similar calamity was thrust upon us That will be the day the housewives of the country inflamed by Women Lib dull husbands and rotten kids walk the doors demanding ore money belter working conditions and fringe benefits Thai that will llic present vasl tie due to strikes tooK lix That will be a day that might signal the end of civilization as know it I m not kidding and I definitely not exaggerating If the housewives of this nation withdrew such elementary Items as cooking and cleaning sex and sewing from our lives Ihe whole foundation of our society would collapse Not immediately of course For perhaps two days husbands would chortle Shell soon come around She knows when she has a good thing And kids would roar with laughter Is your old lady on this strike kick loo It a riot But she won t last She needs us After a week the com would change tone Husbands What the hell Is wrong with that crazy woman I ve given her the best years of my life And kids Look f she doesn come back in for rouble I oven hod a decent meal or a clean pair of socks for days And Dad is getting nasty Wants me to do he dishes and garbage like hut In wo weeks the bystanders would be on their knees And the garbage would be up to their knees Husbands Listen kid You go out and tell your other that I II give her eight no ten dollars a month to blow on herself Sky the limit Kids Listen Dad this is all your fault We need that woman even if she is only our mother All our full dune ana in full of In a month the and the mental institutions would be overflowing The takehome chicken Joints and the delicatessens would be booming but the super markets would be heading for bankruptcy family axe murders would be so common they wouldn even rate two inches on Page 3B There s only one thing that will prevent this catastrophe As all know house are extreme individualists They can t even agree on the texture of toilet paper Haw could they agree on such delicate matters as fringe benefits Some would Wan cents to sew on a but ion others would settle for a quarter And if they did form a on it would take them twelve years lo draw up the constitution and everyone would want to be president Si relax you neglectful husbands and demanding k ds We re probably safe But give the whole ided a long deep though FUN FOB CHARITY evening at the arena will have a double purpose to raise funds for the Mentally Retarded Association while provid an evening of en Personnel of CKCO Radio and TV Kitchener are lending their talents in a hockey game with Leg on and Kinsmen With door prizes and many extras BUSINESS DIRECTORY OPTOMETRIST Brown RO OPTOMETRIST R Hamilton R South Building Please present Health Insurance Card INCOME TAX RETURNS BOOKKEEPING SERVICES KENNETH BURGESS 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