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The Herald Home Newspaper oi Hilts A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited IDS Main St South Ontario Mill Street Acton Ontario RICHARD CAMERON Publisher 4THE HERALD Wednesday July REGIONAL GOVERNMENT Do We Like What Weve Got READERS FORUM Regional Coun Morrow from Halton Hllla the Georgetown end something less than happy about some of the actions of the municipal body on which he serves He ten t afraid to level criticisms and he has done so The councillor has expressed displeasure with the designbuild concept now being adopted for the Georgetown arena complex and hes also unhappy with councils unilateral decision to whack 10 per cent from municipal spending to help keep the mill rate down The councillor has a point in both regards Hes taking a stand against a pattern of action that a year ago was not considered Georgetown council in connection with the arena and he sees pennypinching now stret ching into extra expenditures later Both matters of concern are connected Council is worried about lavish expenditures by departments on one hand and is actually wasting money already spent for services that will not be used on the other hand It used to be known as robbing Peter to pay Paul but both guys- are suffering in Halton Hills Coun Morrow is providing the type of criticism that should be more in evidence at the council level and among the public Even the mediahave been a bit lazy in not hammering away at areas of expense on the municipal scene that will all become part of the record of entry into regional government On the face of it we must begin to ask ourselves now if we have elected the best representatives to serve the region and are they doing their best We arent saying that our regional council 1b not acting in our best Interests but all of us should pay more attention to what is being done And if we dont like what we see being done then for heavens sake let say so Whats Wrong Here We must be getting inured to inflation Otherwise where are all the loud outcries that should ac company rumors of fantastic reports about giant increases in the price of antifreeze Can you imagine it An tifreeze that could be bought for as little as a gallon last year True or not shortage or not the prospects alone are staggering Yet motorists have hardly given a toot no longer seem to matter in magnitude And the current talk about antifreeze and its costs all based on supply and demand cant be construed aB anything but a real or imaginary But where do we start to show our concern Canada it is said is not af fected as much by the current round of world inflation as other nations but in some areas the affect seems to be overly pronounced If antifreeze indeed is approaching gold in value then we are all headed for a real winter of discontent If the price of antifreeze is shooting skywards then can other prices be far behind Somethings wrong here Humor Where You Find It Humor is if arid sometimes it turns up in the most unexpected places A routinelooking promotion from Provincial aper contained a portfolio of bonds ostensibly a promotion piece for fine paper But the sample pieces contain some amusing reading Consider the promotion piece for The Superior Wholesale Boring and Hole Company Ltd which states in part The Company offered prompt delivery of most standardsize holes from con veniently located warehouses and would dispatch crack teams of specialists equipped with picks shovels and mules to execute special orders for oddsize holes with lightning speed Failure to devise an accurate method of keeping track of holes stored in inventory eventually led to the Companys demise Now thats funny Then theres the Household Gobal Fly Exterminator And Calculator Co Ltd which ac cidentally discovered that a fly- counting gadget could be used for other purposes than counting flies But Internal dissension between those who favored continuing dedication to the Companys sacred mission to kill flies and those who favored further diver sification eventually tore the organization apart According to the Metropolitan Tramway Racers Benevolent Fund the fund was started to aid those conductors injured in the line of duty while racing their tram cars on crowded city streets Disappearance of tramways gradually reduced the sport but in certain backward cities the old excitement still reigns as souped- up trams go rollicking down the track in deathdefying duels of skill and daring The humor has made what would tend to be regarded as corporate Junk mail much more entertaining And isnt this what junk mail of all sorts could use we could laugh all the way to the waste basket ECHOES FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS AGO An air drama ended in a park pancake in Georgetown when officer cadet Harold Knox of Palgrave crashlanded In a small rented airplane He wasnt injured He said he mistook Georgetown for Brampton where he bad rented the craft and he crashlanded In the fairgrounds Alerted residents sensing bis plight turned on car headlights at the park to guide him in the dark United Church turned down an offer of from the town of Georgetown for the school property but Bill Smith said be was confident some agreement of sale could be reached The councillor said the building and acres of land would be an Ideal recreation site for the community RonLy ttle was named new chairman of the towns Industrial commlsalonsucceedlng deputy reeve William Hunter Herbert Lewis of the Georgetown High School teaching staff was one of 335 secon dary school teachers attending a summer refresher course sponsored by the provincial department of education An A food ad In The Herald listed smoked bams at cents a pound for shanks S3 cents a pound for butt and cents a pound for whole hams Four players from Glen Williams Tony Blake Max Stafford and Ron Ritchie and three from Hornby John Charlie Gillies and Jamie Cunningham were of the team that represented Halton Softball League against International Harvester In a game at Palermo YEARS AGO William Kelly son of Georgetowns clerk- treasurer John and Mrs Kelly and a graduate of be local high school was promoted to general superintendent of of Consumer Gas Company of Toronto Georgetown won a close match In lacrosse defeating the visiting team led at the end of the second period Joe Caruso had three goals for the home team while Junior Beaumont had two Midshipman Paul Barber spending a two- week leave with his parents Mr and Mrs George Barber was off to a new posting to Trinity at Halifax A group of friends held a farewell party tor Mr and Mrs Harry who were moving to Texas YEARS AGO At a special midsummer convocation Rev Charles Cochrane of Knox Presbyterian Church received his bachelor of divinity degree from Victoria College University of Toronto Severe electrical storm struck the Georgetown area and knocked out sub stantial portions of the towns electrical service Chimney In the home of Mr and Mrs K D Barber on King Street was struck by lightning and a telephone pole in front of the home of William Cunningham on Chapel Street was blasted apart by lightning Hugh Dickie of Georgetown was appointed to the office of grand steward acquiring the title of very worshipful at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Order In Toronto From an advertisement for Dominion Stores in The Herald coffee 35 cents a pound mustard ounces for cents tomato two tins for cents corn flakes two large packages for IS cents and crackers a onepound package for 19 cents Terra Cotta United Church Sunday School annual picnic was held at Hunters Miss Pearl Kennedy of Georgetown VIEWPOINT Racial Discrimination Practised By Canadians Canadians at pride themselves on an outward lack of racial discrimination How often have you heard a friend or workmate speak of the ap palling racial violence In the States How true Is It that we dont have any real racial discrimination Read the following then judge for yourself Native people Indians account for two per cent of Ontarios population Of the inmates In provincial and federal Jails 12 per cent are Indian More than half of all Indian families live In sub standard homes better described as shacks- without electricity Only one in nine families have Indoor plumbing Approximately one in four reach Grade the end of their formal education Of Ontarios Indian families per cent must exist on a year or less Every town In Ontario that borders on a reserve seems to be plagued with public drunkenness and some or all of the following public defecation urination fires of unknown origin drownings suicides and murders Hector King president of the Indian and Metis Association has tried for three years to get decent drinking water for Arm strong ant i pleaded with Premier Davis In Thunder Bay on October Nothing has been done Decent drinking water would be defined aa water free from human waste organisms as recently tested by the public department and found unfit for human consumption IGNORE THEM But mind you one thing we dont have to worry about in Ontario is discrimination Instead we just Ignore our own doorstep and campaign for help for China or India or Africa or some other deserving place where the native people dont have the benefits of the good life the way we do over here I recently spoke with a friend who had adopted two Indian children from a medical history they were BILL SMILEY told there wasnt any Thats pretty sad but I guess if youre making a year Its hard to get a doctor let alone one who makes house calls The registered Indians who live on the reserves are the responsibility of the federal government Those who live off the reserve are the responsibility of the Province in which they live Instead of fringe benefits such aa water food and decent living conditions the Indian people should auk for something tangible like a road Everyone knows that the government Is always anxious to put In a new road particularly a multimill ion tieup road Why re doing it all the time its certainly much easier than handling a the plight of our native people In a brief was presented to the Ontario legislature telling of the- deplorable living conditions of the Indian people The changes since then are virtually nonexistent While withholding water and decent living standards It becomes so easy to speak of Indians that live on in filth Instead of BandAid the government should use the term Bandaids because thats what the assistance amounts to a bandald for a further north have even stranger white mans ways to contend with As all our native people their own language Is completely forsaken and English Is taught But such English- textbooks refer to a field of daffodils trains and buses how strange to a child who lives in the Artie and has never seen any of the above But there is really no need for concern for the govern ment has these problems under study and we all know that takes time The recent armed take over of Park in is merely a of things to come Members of the Ojibway Warriors Society armed and vowing to fight to the death for the 14acre park they claim was taken illegally from mem is both comical and pathetic As the black people discovered endless patience doesnt get you anywhere Personally I believe In violent power to the people be they black red yellow or white Let the Indiana have the real power and authority to help bring the long overdue necessary changes in their lives Do we have any real discrimination In Ontario Such as the segregationist Governor of Alabama told Canadians that taunted him during his Toronto visit If youve got any moral crusade to run you can run It In your own country READERS FORUM Report Is Inaccurate And Heavily Biased Sir An article which appeared in The Herald on July concerning your correspondents Impressions of England contains gross Inaccuracies It is full of poor grammar contradictions and heavily biased opinions Anyone who has visited England will know that hamburgers are readily available English newspapers are of the highest journalistic quality In the world and not all English people follow a strict routine Furthermore anyone who has lived in England will deeply resent the assumption by your reporter that her Canadian way of life is in any way superior to theirs Has It occurred to her that the English prefer their quaint buildings and narrow cob bled streets to skyscrapers and freeways Your correspondent concludes her article with the statement that she an ticipates being beaten up mugged and raped on her return to Canada All this will occur because she has her leg In a cast Her friends having heard her opinion of England will no doubt want her out of that country and unless she wonts to be beaten mugged and raped she will not return to Canada I think she would be doing everyone a favor If she chose to reside somewhere in midAtlantic Summer Programs Created To Provide Student Jobs Sir SWORD or more precisely Students Working on Resource Development is only one of a number of summer programs created by the Ontario Government to provide Interesting meaningful and productive summer employment tor students Within the province of Ontario there are more than 1200 students employed in this program In the Central Region alone we are for tunate to have students helping us in managing and developing our natural resources This Is in addition to our regular summer student requirements To the students SWORD means aside from CoOperation Is Required On Inflation The prospect of a near per cent rate of inflation this Sear Justifies the attention It getting as Canadas major economic and social problem according to Toronto Dominion Bank economists The summer issue of Toronto Dominions Canadas Business Climate points out that Canadas rate of inflation while high is less than that of many other nations and in addition Canadas real growth this year will probably exceed that of most other notions Throughout the balance of 1974 ebbing demand will contribute less and less to inflation while rising labor material and other costs will contribute more Continuing shortages of many goods for several years offer little prospect of a quick easing of price pressures and Ft will take some time before the problem is substantially resolved the report said This much sought after improvement would be hastened by a more stable international financial en vironment and even more by concerted international efforts led by the major nations rather than by simplistic remedies at tempted by Individual countries The worldwide in flationary phenomenon which has affected Canada less than most other coun tries originated when the postwar system of fixed exchange rates collapsed In The report argues that the outpouring of US dollars on world money markets caused many central banks to expand their money supplies in an attempt to maintain currency stability ANNUAL GROWTH Throughout the In dustrialized world the rate of annual growth In money supply from 1971 to 1973 was double hat of the period from 1968 to The resulting sharp world wide upsurge In real economic growth reached a peak in outpacing additions to capacity and severely straining world resources The explosive demand for a secure supply of real assets partly reflecting a distrust of paper assets has been reflected in a In the prices of raw and semiprocessed materials At the same time there were world agricultural shortages in 1S73 which doubted many farm product prices Last Falls world oil crisis which quadrupled many energy costs added to the problem Price Increases have been highest In food construction and housing costs but recently the prices of many consumer durable items and energybased products have accelerated It Is expected that rising labor costs will accentuate price increases this year and that a host of indirect costs resulting from oil price increases will contribute substantially to 1974 Inflation employment a cnance to experience and become Involved In the various phases of resources development It allows students to demonstrate their abilities and at the same time expand their knowledge SWORD students perform a very important and active function within this ministry and we feel their con tributions and valuable endeavours should not go unnoticed Should you wish to assist us by Informing the public of the valuable services these students are performing please contact either our regional SWORD co ordinator Dennis at the following address Dennis Regional Office Ministry of Natural Resources Street Richmond Hill Ontario 416 Or If more convenient the nearest Ministry of Natural Resources District Office We will be most pleased to provide Information and assist your office in all ways possible A H Peacock Regional Director Richmond Hill Seasoned Campers Aware Of Hazards knocking over If hung from a roof support pole or similar object use a long enough wire to have the lantern at least 1218 inches below the roof Lanterns give off considerable heat in an enclosed space Dont hang on string or synthetic rope Always keep a pail of water handy to douse an evening cam ire Never leave it to burn itself out it may not Never leave any unattended Do not en courage children to ploy around the fire A fire extinguisher is a sound safeguard Trailer I it Is a must People are buying tents or and related equip ment In unprecedented numbers much faster than new campsites can be developed to accommodate them Campers with a few seasons experience are well aware of a few hazards that change from the dally routine This list is by no means complete but here are a few hints and tips for safe camping When tenting plastic tentpegs may perhaps not last as long but they hurt much less if fallen upon If you have young children around the camp especially drive guy rope pegs flush with the ground Toddlers may still trip or fall over guy ropes but at least they won t be Impaled on an exposed tent peg Wnen you the need of an overnight heating device make sure first of all that it works efficiently Most important each new season read and follow manufac turers Instructions Do not cook In the tent some form of kitchen shelter is preferable In particular and this goes for cottage and back yard barbecues well- never ever use a barbecue or In an enclosed space never In home tent or cottage as the burning charcoal gives off deadly carbon monoxide V the time comes to ligh lantern do It out in the open not in the tent or trailer Many people like the lantern Inside the tent especially on chilly evenings Guard against tipping and QUEENS PARK Special Assist GO Train Never pitch a tent under a single tree no matter how desirable the shade may be incase of thunderstorms In wooded areas select a site where the tent is beneath smaller trees amid several taller ones Have a happy and safe- camping trip Safety Canada Bible Verse This Jesus hath God raised up whereof we all are wit nesses Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted and having received of the Father the promise of he Holy Ghost he bath shed forth this which ye now see and hear Acts 3233 Heaven Is the work of the Trinity Everything Is on time and tune with what God the Father has planned and promised The man looking for real fulfillment will find it as he becomes a part BY DON Queens Park Bureau The Herald TORONTO Better late than never The government Is trying out doubledeck coaches on Its GO trains out of Toronto The CPR uses double- deckers on its commuter service out of Montreal and GO Is borrowing some of Its coaches for a twoweek trial Half a dozen years ago Liberal Donald Deacon who had surveyed commuter services In Chicago and other centres suggested GO should use doubledeckers He was laughed at But now GO which has been a Liberal proposition from the start has turned out to be so successful that the government is faced with emergency measures NO STEPHEN It has occurred to some people that Stephen Lewis might be logical to succeed father David as national leader As Ontario leader Stephen has shown he Is one of the mostable men In the party In Canada There probably Is not a better speaker In Its ranks in Canada and few that can and wit match his quickt in parliament But with Stephen Its a case of No thank you He has a very comfortable home with a young family And he can scent blood In the next provincial election It was notable in the recent federal vote lhat though the NDP lost seats In Ontario it pretty well maintained Its popular vote LABOR PRESSURE A piece of good news is that forecasters are now saying there will be a severe labor shortage in Canada by 1980 Good news but also bad news For labor shortages also mean Inflationary pressures as wages rise with them And it will be harder than ever to restrain what ap pears now as our almost uncontrollable Inflation The shortages also impose a further teat on government Will they look to the future and see that men and women are trained in the proper skills Or will they follow their normal course of being behind need and not start the required braining programs until the demand Is over whelming Its Farewell To Europe Hes Stuck At Home Well I thought this column would have a fairly exotic dateline Amsterdam Copenhagen Stockholm Rue de SomcthlngorOther In Paris Thats what I had in mind for the summer My young brother has an apartment with lots of sleeping space In the Black Forest of Ger many or the Schwa as we letsetters call It He offered It to us as a base for bashing around western Europe It was ideal About five hours from Porte the same from Switzerland Denmark Belgium Berlin A day to Sweden A mere bagatelle to Holland it all worked out A oneday trip to Zurich a two- day spree in Paris a smash at a Munich biergarten thats a coffin where you have to keep your socks up with the occasional foray into Frankfurt or Hamburg Unfortunately meet of our forays this summer win be into Hamburg Thats all we can afford and that only once a week OLD RHYME Theres an old nursery rhyme which doesnt even rhyme For want of a nail the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost for want of a horse the battle was lost for want of a vic tory the kingdom was lost Or something like that Im quoting from memory I read It In the Book of Knowledge when I was eight And along with all those nails and shoes a good bit of my memory has teen lost At any rate you get the message One thing lead to another Or something Thats why Im not writing this column from the Eiffel Tower In Paris or Gods In Germany It all started the Good Samaritans You may recall lhat I wrote a column a few weeks ago about some for mer students who came around and fixed my garage door for nothing They ab solutely refused to accept a cent It gave me quite a warm glow at he time WARM GLOW That warm glow has over the Intervening weeks turned Into a blazing ulcer Not their fault Its my wifes Shes been saying for about two years Bill weve got to get the house painted I always agree Yep Sweetie next summer for sure Now our house Is not somolhlng you paint on a your old buddies to i and help Its a twoandahalf storey edifice of brick Driving past you might say Hell Id paint that for Theres lust the trim that needs painting you see But that Is some trim There are thirteen storm windows thirteen screens shutters two French doors and at least twentyseven blackbirds In a fir tree Thats before you start painting the trim Well in a burst of sen timentality my old lady suggested we give the boys the job of painting the trim I would nave given them a case of beer and felt I was all even Fair enough in these days I could have done it myself but Im not going to climb a fiftyfoot ladder unless theres a mighty fair damsel at the top And all they found was a hornets nest Next The boas who still calls me Mr Smiley or Sir him said Sir youve got troubles with that roof My heart sank Ive been through It before Well I dont have to go Into detail Any homeowner knows the rest The roof It shot everything Is rotten though it hasnt leaked a drop since we came here The only thing leaking to the downstairs toilet Just after weve spent having it fixed Farewell Amsterdam Farewell Copenhagen Hello roof Hello bank manager shouldnt complain l Suppose those boys dntcome to fix my garage door I might have been lolling around in Copenhagen saying Pas nuit Instead of answering the door ten times a day to loan the construction gang a screwdriver going to be a summer holiday At home It turns out that the garage has to be painted too and the back porch Rather bitterly I asked one of toe boys if they shouldnt palm the woodpile as well to go with the decor And with a nice twist of wit be said Would you like us to paint the cat well He sleeps there Why not Green Shutter green With high gloss