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The Herald Home Newspaper of Hills A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St South Georgetown Ontario 16 Mill Street Acton Ontario RICHARD CAMERON Publisher Page THE HERALD Wednesday July NURSE SHORTAGE Time For Organization The United Nations is alarmed over a worldwide nurse shortage so critical it Is holding up health services delivery in bom developed and underdeveloped countnes Yet In Britain some nurses work in striptease joints to sup plement their meager wages Right now Europe is short nurses but poor nations are hardest hit North America has a ratio of 50 nurses per 10000 population the Soviet Union Europe 28 but Asia has only and Latin America and the Caribbean limp along with a bare 2 3 A United Nations study found nurses underpaid and undervalued with more deserting the ranks than entering Experts feel the traditional image of nurses associated with religious orders and charity poverty and obedience must go They want nurses to be independent selfregulatory ready to fight for their rights Todays nurses must have more knowledge and skill their training is longer their hours unpredictable yet society values them less While salaries in the medical profession soar pay for nurses in many countries falls far below fledgling clerks and un skilled manual laborers In Canada shortages are defined by long waits for hospital beds and new medical wings being unable to open for lack of staff The crisis will worsen unless nurses are given better pav and working conditions higher social and economic status collective bargaining and even the right to strike Take The Time To Vote Election day is drawing near Canadians go to the polls Monday to select a new federal parliament Its a time of great decision or should be The election date falls at the start of summer travel time and many Canadians will be on the move If they arent able to vote on election day then they should have made arrangements to vote at advance polls Some travellers may miss both dates Its a trite saying but every vote is important The issue here is not the party or parties chosen to govern but the exercise of the right to vote Each vote is a say in government whether it was cast for the winning party or those parties in opposition vote wont count is as ridiculous as the belief that trees bending makes the wind blow With todays media coverage its impossible that voters do not know of the parties their can didates and their policies Similarly they shouldnt be in the dark about the status of the country today or tomorrow On Monday Canadians will get the government they deserve Its a shame if only a few of us decide whos going to govern while the others remain in silent majority How To Raise Children If youre not teaching your children to survive in the wilder ness they may not be adequately prepared for the future That is the opinion of Dick Person who lives yearround with his wife two children and a grandchild in a teepee in the Canadian Rockies He believes that young people trained to cope with a wilderness environment nave a better chance of surviving the irreversible equations of western industrial man His equally unorthodox views on education Well theres learning to hunt gather edible plants handling a canoe on a wild river and cooking But against that philosophy of freedom stand the views of Toronto neurosurgeon Harley Smyth who is helping to set up a private school ruled by the ageold code of discipline He says the public school system has failed to provide the necessary spiritual faith His own institution he said would provide students with the moral strength needed to ward off the undermining forces of society But while child raising options are as varied and conflicting as children themselves few of those share futurist Stuart Congers thesis Says Mr Conger Your kids are going to raise you They live in the present which is much closer to the future than the lives of their parents who live in the past YEARS AGO A Port Perry man playing in a Smith and Stone tournament scored a hole inone at North Halton Golf and Country Club K was the player and because he was using a Campbell golf ball automatic winner of Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Board announced that administrator Graham Gllhooly had resigned and a replacement was being sought Nursing administrator Mrs Laurine Kelso served as acting hospital administrator Cherry was chosen first president of the new Georgetown Junior Lawn Bowling Club Council decided to reorganize Georgetown Industrial Commission to Include the mayor reeve and deputy reeve and six laymen Bill Smith objected to Include any political members on the commission and Coun Jim Young also voted against the reshuffling move A late afternoon storm toppled a 50year old Manitoba maple tree on the home of Mrs M Arietta St breaking a number of rafters in a porch roof YEARS AGO Thirty friends surprised Mr and Mrs Jack Crawford Sr at their home In Glen Williams staging a voyage party for the couple who were preparing for a holiday in England Adding a topical touch to the showing of the movie Rob Roy at the Theatre the Girls Pipe Band played In front of the theatre when the picture opened Bruce Harding choirmaster at St Georges Church was winner of a television set in an IGA shoppers draw Draw was made by Mrs May Lauder A spectacular blaze gutted one of the largest district buildings when fire raced through the old In Glen Williams The mil which bad stood Idle for a number of years was in use by a feather converting firm Fire was spotted by night watchman Charles W Watt of be Brampton High School staff spoke at a meeting of the Terra Cotta Farmers Club hosted by Mr and Mrs James Violin solos were provided by Carolyn N ft almost beat the top team In the lacrosse but the Georgetown club dropped a close match to Fergus BILL SMILEY ECONOMIC DIETS VIEWPOINT ECHOES FROM THE PAST Georgetown led until the third period dropping behind after a disputed Fergus goal YEARS AGO Capital stock of Smith and Stone Ltd was acquired by Duplate Canada Ltd with Col Philips replacing H Smith as president Smith and Stone was established In Georgetown in 1919 as a maker of por celain products and wiring devices Eighty five persons attended the annual Sunday school picnic of St Georges church at the Lynden Farm in Glen Williams Mrs Dawson was the hostess Alan Dawson and Harvey Dew hurst won a mens race Thomas who enlisted with the Canadian Army four years previous waa promoted to the rank of company sergeant- major He was serving overseas with an Instructing and training company John Marshall a lifelong resident of Nassagaweya Township died In his year Georgetown and District Softball League was organized with George Barnes as president and Walter Richardson as secretary Miss Betty teacher at Blue Mountain School left Ballinafad to spend the summer holidays at her home near Ottawa Seventeen farms had secured farm help recruited from western Canada agricultural representative J Whitelock reported Trafalgar Township School Area was created with a vote at a township school meeting Eighteen schools were under the area jurisdiction H proposed the motion which was seconded by Seargent Georgetown Public School was advertising for a music teacher vocal for the fall term Advertisement appeared In the Herald over the signature of secretary Harrison GlendonScott waa the winning bidder on an appliqued quilt sold by Dutch auction at the There was a rousing adventure story of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police starring Errol playing at the Gregory Theatre in Georgetown These Items Prove Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction BYG Collecting The mere mention of the word starts my nose to twitch and my eyes glaze over For am a bom collector I ve collected bits of everything and anything since was old enough to walk All the way from Indian artifacts to bits of Canadian to unusual buttons and old postcards Special people for special places in my heart special times to remember special songs special smells like Christmas time smells summer beaches crisp winter mornings and the wonderful smell of the wood In the early springtime while the mist is still rising Collections of wonderful memories and awaiting memories yet to be discovered A true collector Is part pack rat When the collection of tangibles starts to en danger Body and soul start to sort things out Into some kind of order The system of which Is known only to me and of course remembered only during the week of the sorting By and large my greatest collection Is that of the printtd word Volumes and volumes overflowing every shelf nook and cranny It was during a rare moment of spontaneous energy to sort through some of my cumulated pot that I came across the following I making a list of one to eight some are fact and some fantasy PLAY DETECTIVE Read on and detective at the end Illegal fireworks into banned areas for the July holiday weekend Its no joke pounds of fireworks that would retail at from a legitimate manufacturer would cost from the Mob Its one racket thats Baked tarantula spider and a side order of fried grasshopper to go please Sound strange Well Prof William Friend of the University of Toronto tells us that we may all have to eat the little before the turn of the century to stave off world food shortages Bon The French are the world a largest consummora of bottled water AD Vittel water has placed an a leading womans weekly magazine showing a naked man urinating while swigging water from a bottle The French have shown no adverse reaction to the ad really cant see that water entering one spot and flowing out another is con duclve to increased thirst Again bon appetlt From my collection of gravestones from the come these words of wisdom Here lies the body of Robert Gordon Mouth almighty and teeth accordln Stranger tread lightly over this wonder If he opens his mouth youre a by thunder Sallie Morgan Dec Here Ilea my wife let her lie Shes at peace and so am I 7 A Montreal man locked his eight yearold son In the closet for six weeks to teach him a lesson The boy naked except for a piece of blanket strung around his waist was tied to the closet door by a leather strap The father was charged the mother was not the reason she la pregnant And we call our selves civilized The of space scientists have come up with a new electronic device A super sniffer An elec tronic nose that smells your breath and diagnosis how well you are of T holds the patent on he device known as a Trace At mospheric Gas Analyzer Myself I prefer the old family doctor even if hes not as accurate Its his bedside manner that la Well thats our little collection for you Have you guessed the truth There isnt any fantasy Each and everyone is fact which once again proves that truth Is always stranger than fiction Like my well read friend Ripley says believe It or not G Landsborough Is a Terra resident with a deep Interest in people and writing She has submitted items of poetry to The Herald and her Viewpoint column appears weekly If you would care to comment you can write to her in care of The Herald Oil Is Not The Answer For A Relaxed World fiction 1 It seems that unlike the stars and the starlets that are forever getting pregnant with someone husband or wife the female dogs of California have been fitted with IUD to prevent con cepllon Bless their wee little hearts now If they could only convince their owners to do the same thing wouldnt that be nice Theres a young lad by the name of who is soon to enter the American army Is such an ordinary every day name that he felt he wanted to change it to something someone would notice Now that doesnt sound too bad does It The clincher is that the name he registered in probate was Sir Adolf Hitler Just picture the Sargent Sir Adolf Hitler fall In hes sure to be noticed left right left right The Mafia has a new racket going A real mind blower It is smuggling INFLATION Right across Asia thousands of men are working day and night seeking oil The Chase Manhattan Bank of New York estimates that in the 19 years between 1970 and 1065 the oil Industry will spend about billion In Asia Specialists from the United States Britain France Japan China West Ger many Australia Indonesia and other countries are looking for more oil And nobody can deny that today oil Is Industrys most precious commodity But in time we will have to become less dependent on oil for our own good There are many ways to generate energy Some may be very costly by todays standards But they will have to be explored So far very little Is known for Instance about how one can heat and cool buildings with solar energy Experts still must learn great deal about harnessing the tides Some believe limitless Rally Round Garage To Brighten Routine Occasionally something Interesting or unusual comes along to brighten the dally routine just when It seems to be getting dreary A couple of these happened to me recently First the good Samaritans The story really began one night last winter I have an ancient and venerable wooden garage which bears oh both sides of the entrance the honorable scars left by my wife and daughter as they tried at various times to get the car into the garage or out of It My wife Is the only person of my acquaintance who can try to back a car out of a and get it wedged corner across the bulldlns On several I have almost had to have the garage demolished to get the car out Anyway on this night last winter my wife and a friend were trying to close the garage door This door Is as old as the garage which will probably never see forty again The door Is not exactly elec tronically con broiled It is a massive thing about six inches thick of hard wood It would cost about a dollar In build today The chap who in stalled It was quite ingenious He Installed a couple of rails some and two huge weights at the end of some heavy wire While the door could not be raised and slid back with a couple of fingers like those in a modern garage a strong man with a good heave could get it up and sliding back along the rails NOT STRONG weak one in more ways than one as my wife could tell you As a result I usually left the garage door open 1 couldnt see the point in all that heaving and hauling annoyed my wife In the fall leaves blew into the garage In the winter snow Blew in Neither bothered me but you know what women are like Well on the night in the two ladies to close the garage door because the snow was blowing In They gave a great heave the wire came off the pulleys and the door came off the rails Fortunately the car was not In the garage or Id have been looking for a new car The door weighs about six hundred pounds It did not come crashing right down but hung suspended by the wire at a forty five degree angle In the garage You couldnt have riven a kiddy car In there was going to organize a work party and get it back on the rails but it was stormy and then I got the flu and time went on and things cropped up as they seem to A couple of times I went out and looked at the stupid thing and once tried to get it back on the rails which almost gave me a double hernia WIFE NATTERS Well time went on and my wife nattered away about getting that door fixed and the neighbors dropped a few hints but became of fond of that crazy thing hanging there as one might get fond of crosseyed cat One fine evening recently I was sitting In the backyard enjoying my preprandlal aperitif when an old truck pulled up and a sweaty dirty young man came through the No Committee Position About School Booklist energy can be supplied in the restless tides Eventually humanity will have to generate more nuclear energy coal made clean by scientific methods will have to give us more power And there Is an equally important factor Men must learn to be less wasteful Europe has had Sundays The United States did not suffer unduly when thousands of gas stations closed on the weekends Millions felt less gasoline was a boon The automobile while extremely useful also happens to be wasteful in some regards Perhaps with gasoline less plentiful and more ex naive people again will irn to walk more talk more spend more time with their families in their homes and In their gardens There could come In time a less rushed more relaxed world Unchurched Editorials In the midst of some controversy surrounding the book list recommended for approval by the Halton Board of Education it should be noted says the Halton Renaissance Committee that It Is the clearly defined responsibility of the board of trustees as the elected representatives of the parents and ratepayers to scrutinize as members are doing the booklist recom mended for their approval by the teachers and principals as a supplement to the provinclally approved list In the matter of recom mending such additional books other than those on the approved list the onus Is at least much on the teacher to ex plain the need for the book requested as it is on the Trustees to accept or reject the validity of such specific requests In exercising their reservations about some of the books requested the trustees In no way have reflected the position of the Renaissance committee concerning book lists as some critics have implied Inasmuch as the Renaissance Committee has not as yet even considered any resolution In this regard In other words Renaissance does not have an official position concerning books used In the schools CONCERNS At the same time since trustees are elected to represent the concerns of the parents and ratepayers in managing the administration of education It Is of interest to note the response to the questions relating to this issue In the opinion survey recently taken in the region In a preliminary analysis of those responding yes or no to questions to 12 of the questionnaire final detailed tabulations will soon be available here are the results In regards to the use of novels in which human sexuality is debased and there Is a degrading of human dignity more than gate Under the grime I lden a tilled Jamie Hunter whom I taught last year Grinning he announced Mr Smiley Im going to do something for Canadian literature I was baffled He went on When are you going to get your garage door fixed On that Any day now Jamie as soon as can find someone to do it Why Well every time Mike and I drive by and see that door It bothers us Were going to fix it for you Great en- thuslastically Mow much cautiously It not going to cost you a nickel I insisted I would pay the going rate He refused They were doing It for Canadian literature Jamie said they were pretty busy and asked when I wanted it done I said whenever they could get at It I thought he meant in a couple or three weeks I went In to dinner delighted at this display of gratitude or whatever After dinner I heard a bit of a din out back and there they were four young men getting that ridiculous door back on the tracks ALMOST OVERCOME I was almost overcome with something or other All four were former students of mine Mike Laurln Mike Dragoman John Sachs and Jamie Hunter Atleast two of them had been working since eight oclock that morning and here they were twelve hours later slugging away at a brutal awkward Job for their old English teacher I was touched They ab solutely refused any payment 1 was Just as astonished as I was moved Here were four young guys who Instead of moaning around about no employment or living on welfare had formed a loose partnership and were doing construction painting anything could get They were immediately offered the Job of taking off my storm windows and painting my house And that a how you get ahead In the world which does NOT owe you a living young man In addition to this lucky strike have Dan St Amand another student and the best cornet player In the whole area cutting my lawn HIIUICDICa so all in all It looks like a good summer per cent registered their disapproval of the availability of such literature on recommended or required reading lists in the schools Nearly twothirds think that teachers recommending or requiring the reading of such novels should be disciplined and the practise stopped In view of the duty of teachers under the present Ontario Educational Act to Inculcate by precept and example respect IVUt21 for the principles of JudaeoChriatian morality etc Many who were in favor of the practise being stopped expressed their reservations or rejection of the Idea of the teacher being disciplined In such a case Twothirds expressed the view that school authorities should be responsible for removing such novels from the curriculum and libraries While the Renaissance Committee does not have an official position regarding the book lists our stand Is well known In regard to the lines of in the administration of the school system For that reason we find the action of the trustees in carefully scrutinizing the recommended book list to be a most heartening demon of the exercise of their responsibilities In managing the system in behalf of the people and we commend them for their action accordingly Moreover we recognize the validity of the requests by the teachers for many of the books for which they seek trustee approval and are confident that all such ap propriate titles will be ap proved Appointment Fred H Ellis general manager of the Ontario Safety League has an nounced the appointment of Carmen Robin of the Leagues Outdoor Recreation Department Roblin will be working closely with Ernie Taylor the Leagues wellknown outdoor safety expert and will take over the depart upon Taylors retirement In September Mr brings to the League a wide experience in outdoor and recreational equipment well as a strong interest In such ac Li ties as boating hunting fishing and In 1969 ne joined the staff of Bombardier Ontario Limited as District Sales Manager for southcentral Ontario and in was appointed Public Relations and Advertising Manager for that firm During this time was responsible for various types of snowmobile safety campaigns and worked with provincial government departments on proposed legislation for safety In the recreational Industry QUEENS PARK Show On The Road Livens The News Productive Facilities Need Expansion Canadas capacity to produce Us traditional primary and secondary manufactured products must be expanded as part of the fight against inflation Dr Douglas Peters vice president and chief economist of Toronto Dominion Bank says Dr Peters told the In of Chartered Acountants at Queens University that while there is no single solution to inflation we are not helpless There are numerous Instances where Canadas capacity to produce Its traditional primary and secondary manufactured products has failed to keep pace with demand he said In these instances every encouragement Is needed t ensure that the expansion of these productive facilities which began on a large scale last year In many sectors be accelerated and broadened In scope Investment in new plant and equipment rose IB per cent last year and will probably increase almost 30 per cent this year he said Dr Peters added however that the expansion or new productive facilities on such a scale Is unlikely to be achieved unless the nations limited productive resource are shifted Increasingly from consumption to investment goods other levels of government In Canada combined spend more than the Federal Government and incur larger deficits all govern ments should be urged at this time to be aware of the need to restrain programs which stimulate consumption bo that large additions can be made to investment since the results of that Investment pressures and long term benefits for the consumer Inflation and interest rates ore two of Canadas major economic problem areas Peters said though by years they may well show some signs of abating He added that by years end unemployment moy become subject of increasing national concern Peters said that unlike many other industrialized nations Canada Is wit nessing a continuation of the rapid pace of economic activity enjoyed In 1973 He predicted a rate of real growth In 1974 of at least five per cent Inflationary pressures are expected to ease slightly giving an annual Increase in consumer prices of over nine per cent There Is expected to be some further abatement of inflation In 1975 although strong wage and other cost pressures will partly offset this Prices ore likely to advance by at least Queens Park Bureau Of The Herald TORONTO Last year it was the Moog Inquiry and the Hydro head office building This year Its the Lend mark Motor Hotel in Fort Erie and police raids It seems that every summer we get at least one show on the road around here that livens up the news This Is not to view the Fort Erie affair lightly It was a shocking incident to a great many people and certainly merits inquiry The aftermath inevitably has reacted against the reputation of the town itself And the reputation of police not only in this area but right across the province was tarnished The only satisfactory course of action to bring the whole matter Into the open It Is possible some situations may be uncovered which lessen con fidence even more but still it is better to get them out rather than to have con tinuing uncertainty KERR PRUDENT One Incidental victim of the affair has been Solicitor General George Kerr Mr KerV has come in for considerable criticism much of it uninformed Generally It has been said that the solicitor general was too slow In and that at times he gave the impression of taking the whole matter too lightly Actually what happened was that aa the minister responsible for policing Kerr acted with prudence in not rushing headlong into an inquiry He wanted whatever facta he could get before making his decision and deciding on the type of inquiry that should be held Beyond this he perhaps talked toomuch particularly to reporters explaining justice procedures In his statements were clear and reasonable and left no doubt of his concern But with the media he amplified these perhaps too much and one or two of statements il taken out of context could have left the feeling he was handling the nutter too routinely