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READERS FORUM HighPriced Commission Seen As Costly Unanswer SPREADING THE BLACK BLANKET BILL SMILEY Heres To The Pubs Theyre Wonderful I promised be no more columns about England This one wont be but It will be about people we met there Half the Tun of travelling is taking one of those tours where you go everywhere with the same forty or so people and are stuck with them for three or four weeks and dont meet anyone fresh for example while we were in London I round It to stroll down to the for a pint while my wife was muddling around in the room worrying about washing her hair or something For several days we formed a congenial group there A farflung group There was old Jack from South Africa with one aluminum arm and one ditto leg Hed whack his artificial leg with his can to emphasize a point There was Ron an Australian dealer in stamps There was a Highland Scot There was an Irish bar- lender And there was your blueeyed boy from Canada English Yanks and Canadians were excluded Other Canadians that is TOLERANCE and there was an easy tolerance that I noticed during the war when there might be bodies of ten different nations on one squadron I didnt go after Jack about apartheid or Ron about Australian treatment of aborigines and nobody went alter about our Eskimos The Irishman and the Scot were a bit hostile but only about the English Rather we talked about the Important things In life heating bills about a QUEENS PARK year in S A and less- in Sydney housing costs about the same everywhere wives about the same everywhere rotten kids ditto income tax ditto Not very enlightening youll say but comfortable easy conversation with no strain or stridency Then our wives would arrive and the commonwealth conference would break Up until next day at noon FUR PEOPLE We met dozens of In teresting people like this easily and amiably The pub is the great leveller In Canada people In a bar sit their own light little groups at a table a waiter serves them and they are like an island no contact with anybody else Or if they are alone they sit at the bar and glower into the mirror or into their drink gloomily In Britain its just the opposite If youre at a table you fetch your own drinks and anyone is liable to sit down with you Very casual First thing you know youre chatting Next thing you know youre bosom chums Example One night after a show we went into a pub for a drink and a pie Three people sat down at out table chattering in what sounded like Ger man It was Dutch A girl newly married and living in London and her parents first lime in England spoke a little English mother had a big smile OLD FRIENDS In five minutes we were chatting away like old friends Father fetched his wife a gin Come back looking ruefully into his threequarters of an ounce Said Here dey just vet de Cant See Eddie As Liberal Boss byDONOHEARN Queens Park Bureau Of The Herald TORONTOIt would be wonderful Just think of some of the things we might see if Eddie Sargent won the Liberal leadership and then became premier- Mr Speaker kicked out of the house regularly As he has kicked out Eddie regularly over the years Some of Ihe most colorful language a parliament any parliament has ever seen Sample Sargent quotere Treasurer John White Hes the only bull I know of who carries his own china shop Bigger and better bars Trie Black Knight lounge in Eddies Downtowner Motel In Owen Sound Is one of the provinces biggest and reportedly one most profitable Chicken In every pot every Sunday Except in home riding of GrayBruce There lt would be a roast In every oven Ontario being advertised by iky writers over London New York Berlin and MuskMee Wis With Eddie one of the countrys great natural promoter Ontario would be publicised as no other hu ever before MdJn Chins to up of Ontario legislators The Imperial Oil hockey picture promotion of a Tew years ago was an Eddie brainwave Two voles for everybody and perhaps three for mothers Votes cost nothing and motherhood is still a pretty popular political Idea HES We wont see of course Eddie Sargent has as much chance of winning the Liberal leadership as this writer has of becoming Robert Stanflelds mistress He will make a lol of statements gel around the province spend a good many dollars which will be multiplied many limes Into free publicity and end up with perhaps a hundred voles or less But still Eddie Is welcome In this contest First of all because he Is not a fool it is Just part of his act to come across as one from time to time And secondly because whatever less praiseworthy he might be he is fresh He Is fresher than anyone And being fresh he Is going Liberals need it if to iho life vitality freshness And Eddie Is the freshest thing that hag been around provincial politics for years- he laadedlca ted Liberal bottom of dc gloss In Holland and he held up thumb and forefinger about Tour inches apart we parted in half an hour but only after the girl Insisted wc come and see Tier In London and gave us address and phone number It couldnt happen here Our watering establishments are built for masochlsts or people who have good night vision and can see in the dark Theyre not for com panionship and friendliness Example were having lunch In a pub In North Wales at the bar Four brawny dirty Welshmen came in and started hooting and hollering at a tremen dous volume teasing the barmaid downing pints and drowning out any attempt at conversation My old lady who is not noted for her prudence modesty or reserve turned around and snapped Shut up Their Jaws fell The barmaid silently applauded BIG I thought one them was going to wipe her off the stool with a backhander He was only a little guy- about six- two and 220 pounds That coat me four fast pints while I babbled that she was only kidding and was really a delightful charming girl at heart Twenty minutes later they were complaining that wid missed the great Eisteddfod in Llangollen an annual competition of choirs from nil over the world held right there Because the bus service was slow one of l hem packed us into his van and drove us twenty miles to Wrexham a fortymile round trip for him It may sound like a glorified pubcrawl It wasnt There are BOO pubs in Greater London and we- most of them But If want to meet people no Fall Driving Needs Safety The smell of fall is In the air Leaves will soon be turning the Ontario count ryside into a riot of brilliant color And cooler evenings make for plea Ban I driving The addition at roadside fruit and vegetable stands can make a pleasant country drive a profitable one for the budget conscious shopper Fresh cut flowers are still available and soon apples Mill be In abundance Frequently me stands are located close paved roadway Oflen they are nothing more man flatbed trucks pulled onto the shoulder of the road In some cases the driver will come upon a roadside stand unexpectedly By all means take ad vantage of fresh produce offered but keep in mind highway safely the Ontario Safety League Never brake suddenly in front of an unexpected stand A short walk back to the stand Is belter than becoming a hazard to other drivers If you are intent on shopping watch for the farmers signs indicating a roadside stand and slow down off Ihe highway In front of Ihe Remember your in tentions other drivers cannot read your mind warns the Ontario Safety League Sir On Sept 19 the press reported the appointment of a chairman for the new provincial Niagara Escarp ment Commission with headquarters to be set up in Georgetown The Globe and Malt reported that the other commission members to be paid Its a day plus expenses wit be appointed after regional elections Oct 1 Half of the members will be named by the counties and regions along the escarp ment and the rest by the province Let us hope that half of the members are proven to be conservationists so that some consideration Is given to preservation of the escarpment for the en joyment and recreation of people now and In he The expenditure of a day per member seems unreasonable and unjustified to say the least Does the province not know thai here are dedicated conservationists in and out of citizens en vironmental sports and naturalists organizations who would be more than willing to serve on such a commission pay By paying such high fees as proposed we are not certain to get sincere people concerned about preser vation or proper management of the escarpment lands Snowmobiler Is Irked By Blind Condemnation Sir 1 am a In a very few weeks expect to be bombarded editorially almost weekly as If I were public enemy number one 1 challenge those persons who will write in to listen to the muffled cars and motorcycles which assault our eardrums every sum mer evening land without a legislated 11 pm curfew I also suggest that perhaps they come to Main Street across from Cedar- vale Park and watch the teens and preteens driving their on public roads and In the park strictly to snowmobiles without the benefit of licence plates and helmets and doubtless without Insurance Perhaps the en vironmentalists and have some argument 1 personally wilt gladly listen to one of them who has traded his palace on wheels on a a lion economy car as I rive and has disposed of his p outboard motor which I never had 1 contend that we snowmobilcrs do less damage either of the above and 1 suggest that our near future critics spend some time looking into Iheir mirrors before taking pen in hand and blindly con demning Georgetown First Day For School Prompts Pupil Poetry Sir l am a young girl hoping to be a writer or a poet when I I like to do both My friends think I can write but I dont know have written a small book If you want to call it that and gave it to my teacher She liked it I would like your opinion on this poem I have written Thank you very much Sincerely Lisa Bonnon Georgetown S I hope you enjoy it as much as I liked writing THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Its the first day of school and as nervous as could be And you really dont look bad as far as you can sec But youre mother comes up and with a smile says to you dont think your shirt Is straight and Ihcrcs some dirt on your left shoe And after thats all done and youre mom gives her okay You grab your lunch and run trying not to be lale on Ihe first day And the day wears on from math to history Until ihe bell rings and youre gone by the of three money used to pay members of the commission could and should be better used to implement some of the recommendations of the studyto buy or lease large parts of escarpment lands Yours truly Helen Hansen Norval Nancy Cotta Robert Hansen Norval Pet Dropoff Is Protested most despicable women I have ever seen We live in the country and she drove up in a big shiny blue car opened Ihe door and dropped off a big gray cat Winter is coming and the animal will starve or freeze to death We cant take it In because our daughter is allergic lo cats even if could catch it We paid the humane society In Oakvllle to dispose of our cats even though it almost broke the childrens hearts lo do 1 couldnt get Ihe licence number or would have reported her But would know her again Please keep telling people to take Iheir unwanted animals to the humane society Bcrnice Whalcy Norval For Life 1 look upon a head so fair With highlights of a halo and I whisper Thank you God I look a pair of eyes That mirror color from the skies and I whisper Thank you God I look Into a little face So sweet and trusting full of grace and I whisper Thank you God I take two Utile hands in mine They curl and with my own entwine and I whisper Thank you God last to you this thought I give taken from this child the right lo live I would whisper Forgive God The loss would be my own It in Kroezen Editors Very good Ilis OCONNORS OTTAWA The government has recently announced a renewal for of Its sometimes disastrous always controversial Local Incentives Program or LIP I have always agreed with the theory that LIP or OFY type programs should be carried out by government In Its to create a favorable atmosphere for Ihe operation of a free enterprise system the government should be concerned about pockets of unemployment and should take steps to alleviate these situations One way chosen by present government of providing temporary assistance to high unem ployment areas Is the term make- work program such as LIP and OFY The with this approach Ihe past have been related to the administration of Ihe program which placed emphasis only on the fact that an applicant was unemployed Sometimes little or no attention was given to the use to which the funds were lo be put social value lo be derived by Ihe or whether project would be carried as indicated In the ap plication The translation of a basically sound I henry into practice was an abomination Well this year are told things are going to be dif ferent The criteria for awarding grants will include the benefit to accrue to the community as well as the unemployment situation Further applicants who their projects to cam on after their LIP grant has been spent must Indicate a definite commitment from some source other than LIP to cover continuing needs This requirement will ax old a frequent situation in the past where successful and communityacceptable programs were created and then suddenly cut off for lack of continuing funding The government had created a good thing and then failed lo carry it through Perhaps in novation la creation of citizens advisory groups in the various federal ridings across the country The members of Ihe committee ore chosen by local MP and the groups purpose will be to examine applications for grants create priori lies and generally screen projects for public ac ceptability The advisory group which I recently chose includes following people from around the riding- Ron Woods ad ministrator Milton hospital Peter Marks councillor Acton Harry Barrett mayor Doug Colllson recreation director Georgetown Mrs Linda Clipsham swimming and day camp organizer Georgetown Mrs Valeric OHnra program treasurer for Helping Hands Mrs Peggy Palmer County director for Addiction Research Foundation Oak- Miss Bca Clendenning national director for Ex periment in International Living Oakvllle KenGolok president and District Labor Council Hopefully with citizen input and tighter administration our tax money will spent this If hove a problem Idea comment criticism or if want to get in touch with me please con tact through Fran or stop by my riding office at 326 Road East Oak 1HjiiirH2iit CAMERON Publisher GARFIELD Production Manager TERRY HARLEY News Editor FRANK Advertising Manager Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Street Sooth Georgetown Ontario RICHARD CAMERON Publisher Page TftE GEORGETOWN HERALD Thursday Oct ESQUESING OUT Its Hills Halton Hills Welcome to Hills Halton Hills Thats the greeting that could be applied to visitors to he new regional municipality of Halton HiTls Monday Tom Hill a region native climbed from his present post as reeve of Township to become the first mayor of the enlarged municipality under regional government The election did not produce too many surprises The voters generally went with experience and in all but very few instances remained with the persons who had served them before Georgetowns Mayor Bill Smith who had campaigned for the post of mayor of Halton Hills placed a very close second to mayorelect Hill A larger turnout of voters in Georgetown might have swung things tne Smith way although the Hill campaign did make substantial inroads into Smith territory Now that the election is out of the way the task of preparing for the official change to regional government begins is due to arrive Jan I Its rolling around as fast as the election did barely three months distant By going with experience the voters seem to have assured themselves that the transition will be as peaceful and as smooth as possible Or so they hope There will be problems to contend with the magnitude of the change assures that But the men elected to serve should be able to react to meet these problems head on If regional government is going to be suc cessful then our elected leaders are going to have to display a unity of wisdom of the likes of Solomon and occasionally the patience of Job The Game of the Name The name sounds a cross between a cemetery and a country club but Monday the voters in Georgetown and Acton decided in majority to name their new part of the region Hills The selection of a winner was more than votes more popular than the runnerup hills while it was the popular choice is a name that is firobably destined to remain in in a sort of obscurity born of taste but not of function Just as Cambridge has never been fully applied to the area of Gait Preston and Hespeler Halton Hills will never be widely accepted by Acton and Esquesing because its choice was decided by the larger population in Georgetown would have been a more logical name choice because it is part of the historical scene But all of this is water under the bridge isnt it A name has been picked Whatever reasons for the selection a large number of voters in the new municipality has spoken and Hills Is the winner Georgetown Acton and the host of smaller builtup areas that make up the new municipality will continue to remain There isnt going to be a great joining of the masses Postal addresses will continue to in corporate the little names and the people will never really forget where they live Hills is the appelation that will describe the region where we live Georgetown- Acton Glen Williams Stewarttown etc are still home Regional Police Notes Drivers Are Trained In Secondary Schools Back in I960 when the then Departments of Education and Transport began jointly to promote approved courses In driver Instruction In secondary schools there were only schools In On tario offering such a course Now there art schools offering students a chance to Icam to drive Teachers must be specially trained In a 3week driver education teacher preparation course held during the bummer and financially sponsored Jointly by Ihe Ontario Motor League and the Insurance Bureau of Canada In conjunction with the ministry of tran sportation and com munications who contribute administrative and teaching personnel The course has just been expended lo three weeks In length Instead of two A Canadian textbook Power Under Control last year replaced the American Sportsmanlike Driving and the curriculum guide manoeuvre sheets and test papers the ministry supplies nave all been keyed to new text who successfully completed a high school driver in struction course in this province taught by 1098 qualified driver instruction teachers With the completion of this summers teacher preparation courses held simultaneously in Toronto Ottawa Hamilton and London a lotal of 120 more teachers became qualified to instruct driver education in high schools which should improve ihe number of places opened to eligible students In driver education courses To date about per cent of eligible students arc ac cepted into courses a shortage of qualified teachers has been a major stumbling block to offering Ihe course to every student v ho wants lake It In this and every other province in Canada Bible Verse Bless the Lord my soul and forget not all his benefits all thine iniquities all thy disease find is all sufficient and what He has Is or all Hint afreets us and for God is no i persons Just now lei jour loose In the of this promise and behold the Regional Police Department is going to require a super chief of sorts Policing of the new region with its four municipalities is one of the matters that has to be settled as the deadline for inauguration draws near Regional government becomes effective Jan 1 Two special committees are at work preparing for the changes Already it has been decided that three districts will be established mainly associated with Georgetown Burlington and Oak Headquarters building will be located in Something that is bound to produce a few growing pains is the plan to have all police calls come in to one number at the headquarters building and then communicated to the relevant district An excited caller who reports a fight in front of a hotel on Main Street and then hangs up is going to be a problem What hotel What Main Street What community No doubt the committees are looking into communications equipment that includes fast tracing capabilities It will be required if police under regional government are going to keep tabs on things Public education will be equally important Just as people have been programmed to give names and addresses when reporting fire calls so too will that have to remain clam enough to give regional police all the information required to lend them speedy assistance This latter course of action will probably be a lot less expensive maintain that some sophisticated electronic equipment Regional administration is not without its hurdles ECHOES FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO Georgetown population increase was almost five per cent In the space or one year Assessment commissioner CJ Hlbbert reported to council that population of the town was up to George Kerr was new member for in the provincial legislature Posing happily Tor a Georgetown Herald photo was Doug Latimer president of the Georgetown Progressive Conservative Association Interior remodelling the arena was iwo weeks ahead of time as workmen raced lo complete task before the hockey season rolled around Arena manager Don Gosling was unable to say when Ihe ice would go in but Nov 1 remained the goal he was aiming at Bill Carney was elected president and Carroll vicepresident of the Georgetown High School Student Council Terrv Hoy was junior golf champion at Ihe Georgetown Golf and Country Club He defeated finalist Bob Kemshead two and one to win the crown Third anniversary of the opening of church on Mountainvlew Road was marked by members of St Pauls congregation Sludent pastor John Russell was serving the church while continuing his studies at University In Hamilton YEARS AGO Georgetown and Gs became the mediate Ontario lacrosse cham pions by defeating Dogera In an overtime thriller at the Georgetown Arena The home team blew a threegoal lead and had to come from behind to win Caruso got the equalizer and Junior Beaumont notched the winning goal In overtime Stan Allen took a swipe at In surance companies when he complained holly to council a 10 claim for for a woman who had failed on Queen Street had been rejected by the towns insuring firm under its liability policy Allen suggested the town could use a sharp lawyer Instead of a policy Rev Young chaplain of the On tario Agricultural College at Guelph told members of the Terra Cotta Farmers Club about the opportunities that exist at Ihe college Some was raised far the Navy League when members of the Legion auxiliary conducted a Georgetown tag day Mrs Alex Taylor auxiliary president was In charge of arrangements Billy Wilson brought In an oddly shaped hens egg Tor display in The Herald window The egg was perfectly round and about half the size of a golf ball ID YEARS AGO Township council decided to petition Ihe provincial department of gome and fisheries for an open season on deer and Baked neighboring Township to do the same Coun William Wilson presented the motion and found support from GE Cleave Bowlers from the Georgetown club Am Thompson and WG Bell won first position In a Tall bowling tournament held at Milton Rural Mail Couriers Association held Its annual meeting In Stewart- town council chambers Miss Nora Krantz of Georgetown was named to continue as secretary of the group Extra warm start to October fooled some trees and sprigs of new blossoms were put on display in The Herald window