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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WAITER C Publisher Page TOWN HERALD THURSDAY FEB EDITORIAL COMMENT Planning is Paramount inauguration of GO train service to Toronto puts an even heavier burden on Georgetown and Esquesing in planning the future of what is to be one municipality next year One has only to travel the GO train route in the south to realize the pattern which emerges As one approaches urban centres single family dwellings tend to become fewer town houses appear then apartments then high rises Despite our districts designation as a slow growth area the demand for housing for city commuters will sharply in crease The two present municipal councils must study the trend closely cooperate in their plan rung to ensure that this growth is orderly There are areas which are suited to town houses others into which high rise apartments fit and some which should be reserved for detached dwellings The growth can lead also to new shopping plazas and study of commercial areas is important bringing as they do questions of sewer and water facilities and traffic patterns Industrial growth can also be on the horizon The larger Georgetown and grow the more skills are available among inhabitants and the more inclined industries are to eye a location here Planning is a paramount function for Georgetown and Esquesing councils in their dying days The GO puts a heavy load on the shoulders of municipal coun Whos Fooling Who Looks like Mayor has put it over again for Montreal Despite threats by the federal government that it will not back the Olympics financially the plan to issue special stamps and coins for sale to Montreal at under par prices is an indirect subsidy Forecasts of the revenue to be derived from these sales and from a proposed lottery are optimistic to say the least and the end result us easy to forecast It will end like Expo Huge deficits for which the federal government in one way or another must pick up the tab An alternative promoted by Halton s federal M Terry 0 Connor among others would be to scatter some of the Olympics in other parts of Canada We already have facilities for some sports in other cities and there could be huge savings in construction costs for things which must be built in Montreal It boils down then to whether Canadian taxpayers are willing to pour millions of dollars into one city or whether benefits are going to be spread a bit to others Whatever happens we are daydreaming if we expect that Montreal will foot the bill as Mayor Drapeau insists What Went Wrong As parent of a yearold a news item in last week Herald was possibly sadder for us than for some readers It told the end of the story of a womans body found five months ago in this area Positive identification was made after months of painstaking searching that the young lady age was originally from British Columbia and came east via Saskatoon She had been shot in the head OCONNORS OTTAWA The in the House of Commons on the size structure and lirmi of reference of the Pood and Prices was noleable for a number of reasons other than m maiden speech con Although it seems to some to have dragged on interminably it was do riant most Members of Ihc House including Government that the committee be so stituted to give it the best chance of something worthwhile There have been public Do something and Slop the bickering Hut if the public analyses the long futile history of these lommitttes and Royal Commissions it will realize that to succeed where the others have failed we simply must it differently his time Charges were made by the Opposition Parlies that the Commission was a Govern menl stalling tactic designed to relieve some of the political heat on them over Inflation In turn the Government charged the Opposition Parties by suggesting so many amendments were simply flexing their new found parliamentary muscles in order to embarrass the Government However what ultimately resulted makes Ihc point I was stating In my column of two weeks that con census legislation forced by minority government parliaments can be quite satisfactory The Committee as finally constituted without the Senate better reflects the distribution of the Parties in House of Commons and with lime limits and more definite terms of Is much better equipped than If the very general Govern motion had passed as proposed Such would probably have been the result if we had had a majority government situation of the major irlics en something tcccptal to the finil draft of Ihp motion passed Ml three von and lost votis on the and sub If is termed obstruction at my hat tHHTll However a still We wondered what heartache she may have caused her parents what led her to wander what company she was keeping to end her young life in such a sordid way We thought back to the days when our youngsters were growing up The dreams we had for their future some worries along the way We wondered if her parents had those same dreams and what happened along the way to turn dreams into nightmares receiving mail and com ments urging our Party and the other Opposition Party to operate with the lovernmcnt and its programs Surely slblc use of parliamentary voting strength as was the case during this lengthy debate results in the best of worlds for the majority of political viewpoints If you have a problem idea comment criticism or if you simply wish to get m ouch with me please stop by or call my Riding office at lG I toad bast nderin the dividing of a territory into voting district so as to give an unfair advantage to a par ticular political party ECHOES WHOS AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF In the Mall Bag Horrified It Wasnt the Bard Hew son Crescent Dear Mr ditor Late on Thursday evening as I was walking I long Main South I was rather surprised lo see a ghostly figure in trying to gain entry to the Herald office He seemed very agitated tofd mi that he had irying contact all evening He then plortd me to Live message which went something like this my stomach fairly turns Ior thou hast mix it mi up with Hums That poor ited Thai Hard of Won sire That flowb serene and grand Through ngland ercen land on its banks stands town To winch mi thought I d renown The Hard of is the fellow Who wrote mongst other things Othello Ham lit and don I forget Poor Romeo and Juliet No word of haggis was pennd Avon Hard thou thine head In shame For using Will Shakespeare name The ghost then into the Hotel where he was last seen calling for flagon of Yours very truly BILL SMILEY About Zombies Teeth And Black Feet Some random shots and shafts this week Today we were missing some 40D students from 1410 at school That about double for this time of year It the flu I ve never seen so many kids and tciehers dragging they were not long for this world Croaking sweating dull lray in colour they arc like so many zombie Why don allstiy in bed Well Bed is boring unless you arc engaged in sleeping or some other pleasurable Dental Health Week is upon us and I can the thai he cruel monlh Fibnnry is the logical time or it I have considered dentists as honorable but mortal inemichslncel kid As a teenager when my teeth the consistency of every visit was a Hie experience Crawl the chair wishing the would ive a heart or something before you did dutch the arms in a death grip Open the moulh prepire to- render up soul Mutter is he asked stupid questions what grade jou were in this year it 1 tuelc to the man in the white coat didn change in service Just before I is shipped overseas bad fillings in one afternoon Nil anaesthetic The imniac who did me filled about six then stuffed my chicks with cotton and went into the next room for ternoon tea I could hear the teaspoons inkling and the heartless swine exchanging jests with the nurse I lay there quivering like a trout just pulled out of the It not so bad with the new painless drills Out there much to work on anymore piece off a tooth go to the dentist and whine you just but Id that up one more time Doc II rather like handing a man a single brick and asking him construct a rise with it However young Jane Almond of Meaford thinks dentists arc pretty fine fellows She has won a prize plaque from them Tor a chosen the best for Health Week Jane designed poster in Grade and she snow only twelve And come to think or it dentists deserve a decent living ind some recognition They ire far more interested In saving your teeth than pulling them any man who spends a lot of time looking into mouths like mine can t be all bad And an Ontario reader who hails from Wrexham North Wiles wrote after I men that own in a recent column I spent a dreary there during the war J Jones wants to know If I wish any old contacts looked up or have any anecdotes for the Wrexham Please Mr Jones am a GOING ON HERE win tin ie THE DISTRICT AT A Protest Mobile Home Park HI TTONV I petition signed residents wis presented to planning board Monday night Jamurj Pi objecting to proposed mobile home park on Lot north of village The application for a mobile home park was ide by Developments Tor a 400 unit park The land is partly in the residential zone partly in the In Hope Establish Medical Centre Mil I medical centre in may become a re illtv if a committee formed night is successful They will investigate prints a possible site and the availability of doctors Fight vears he Community Centre a house in the village searched in vain Tor two to find doctor Tins with the help of the Potato Festival promoters and other interested residents the project Is off to Search for More Water wilt budget SI too for test drilling this year and if tests are successful an estimated will be required or nil development The for an additional source of w iter lor the town looks fnourable following report to council from iroulcv iter I who made i just ioiilhiltoHii so had the ipproval of the tonus engineers Not Running Trip Raffle lit to Leonard vice principal if school a group of people have been do ii selling riffle liekets i proposed England and I arii during the t- aster No raffle is being rui si id Mr II is not being run by Central Peel s oil inthls Die eel dot snot permit raffles to support the Building Plant Mil inn I til Durostone itrtK In It font plant on a llu of in the Allianie tor i- mil it die minims tens tutiiit ixpuision 10 YEARS AGO The possibility of appealing a judges decision reducing assessment on vacant building land owned by two development firms was discussed by council on Monday February 7 Assessment on Developments and Moore Park land was set at per foot frontage by the judge the week of February 1st Originally land had been assessed at and was reduced to by the appeal court The same court had reduced Moore Park assessment from to S3 Councillors themselves seemed to differ in opinion on what Impact the Judge decision would have on town Until 1962 assessment had been on an acreage basis According the proposal a I County Council from and Burlington February the voting power would be 17 in the south and 16 In North However Milton is on the verge of acquiring another vote which would make a lie and within years Georgetown will probably have another vote thus giving the north a one vote mjjorlty In the southern proposal there would be no additional representatives at County Council A letter from the school board pointed the need of more classrooms by September 1964 and said new school would be needed bet ween the present Harrison and Kennedy schools The board asked council a acquire the deed for a property earmarked for such a school Council said no A new I torn an Catholic Church would be built on Ihe same site as the Separate School father Ogter announced that year Approval of Bishop Ryan of Hamilton had been received but no starting date had been A community flood relief fund was started with a SIM donation from town council which has already reached a total of Citizens were shocked by the tragedy which has caused untold damage in England ffofland and parts of Belgium They are anxious to help rehabilitation work and council has taken the in setting up a fund which will operate on similar lines to Win nlpeg Hood Relief in 1950 Georgetown and Mayor joined the Ontario Moyors and Reeves Association on recommendation of Mayor J Armstrong who said he believed this organization of value to the provincial government to which it makes hall cither on the present Old Town Hall location or in a new location and also renovating the present building to provide accommodation for a second fire truck and an apartment for a caretaker Council also got into a discussion of the budget which lea to several discussions on possible Improvements In town that year Repairs to the retaining wall of the John Street Culvert paving of roads possibility of a bridge from Elm Street to the highway were among Items mentioned in the road depart It was expected that sidewalk repairs would be continued by the town employees and a carload of cement was to be bought for that purpose YEARS AGO February 1943 a by law was read and passed which provided for Ihe purchase and payment of property situated at the corner of Mill and Main Streets for municipal pur poses This is the property formerly occupied by the Bank of Montreal and the purchase price of SI includes all fillings and fix lures agreed upon The town will take possession on February The clerk was instructed to write Mr K Langdon telling him that on and after March first all taxes and water rates will be payable in new municipal buildings An announcement was made by the United States the week of February concerning the new border crossing regulation involving a relaxation In the United States regulation requiring every visitor to carry a passport It is reported that provisions will be made whereby a Canadian entering the United Stales for a 29day period or less may do so on a bordercrossing permit card without a passport The United States imposed the passport requirements in June but Canada had required In coming United Slates citizens to carry passports At the session County council held at Milton Tuesday February 1943 Gilbert and Itobertson moved that Ihe Minister of Highways be advised that during 1J42 the sum of had been expended on the county highway system and requested the statutory grant on thai amount i contacts would bo strictly out of the picture for anecdotes well You might mention night Ihcy cancelled night flying the abomination of fighter pilots because of fog We were so overjoyed both instructors and students that quite a celebration developed II began with hurling empty pint beer mugs at clock on Ihc mantel When we ran out of mugs and clock another game began This was an old RAF favour I The hero lakes off shoes and socks lies down an his back and blackens soles of his feet in the cold fireplace He then makes footprints up wall as high as he can reach He blackens feet again gets up on a chair and makes further footprints higher up Tins continues until he is held up to the ceiling by mates standing atop a table When It s finished it looks exactly as though someone has taken run at the wall gone right up it across he ceiling and down the other side It was hilarious We topped this off with a game of rugger in the mess And by the lime this ended it was a mess indeed For some reason the was not amused when he surveyed the mess in the morning Surly old coot It cost about twenty of us ten quid each to redecorate the officers mess Ah dear Nowadays call flagrant vandalism and sock Ihe taxpayer for the damages In those days it was high spirits and paid the shot ourselves Or Mr Jones you might mention that Wrexham had one of best hockey teams in were about eighty percent Canadian with several hockey players A calibre Our CO an had lived In Canada and loved the game wan every game except Ihe crucial last one Our goalie hit the ice with about twelve pints of bitter in him He was outstanding Fvery lime the opposing 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