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Em Lavender Appointment or anointment To Editor of The Herald Reading your account of the elevation of Mr Em Lavender from the position of Assistant Director of Education to DirectorApparent two questions come into my mind 1 Should tbls act be described as appointment or anointment When the Halton Board has done so much why has ft failed to select a theme song to open its meetings and Inspire its discourse I have not been able to resolve the first question but on the second from the evidence available it is clear that only a major split at board level has delayed a decision One party Ray calypso We Are Members of a MU-TU- Admiration Society would do very well while the other Insists on commissioning All the only person capable of expressing the facts of the situation with a properly tasteful modesty It la Justifying for Halton taxpayers to know on the best of authority that this Board of Education Is the best In the and that its leadership appreciated over the con tinent If not the whole world However I think there are some aspects of that leadership which deserve to be specially cited at this point when the Board has reached its second crossroad in Its short history The administration and consulting hierarchy created by the Board has been the model for many others In sulated from the day today contact with classes they have been able to develop far mora innovative practice Han would otherwise have occurred Despite 111 Informed criticism the Board has courageously expanded this force until the ratio of teachers and professional supervisors and advisors Is lower than actual student teacher ratio In some classrooms 2 Recognizing the im portance of the babysitting role in society the Board has extended the school day for many students by bussing them to schools other lhan those closest to their houses They have been spectacularly successful with Georgetown students who at Georgetowns dump not up to it Following the content of a letter written to Allan Mmoa chairman of Halton Region I have been repeatedly assured during summer that the Georgetown dump would be brought up to the standard of operation required by the Ministry of the En vlronment in the near future Approval was given for the site on the basis of certain con ditions Two of these are not met 1 No Utter check fencing has been installed to prevent trash blowing downhill Into the Credit River The leachate pumping facility has not been installed Our observations Indicate that leachate is flowing from the into the river Itwill flow In considerably greater quantities during this winter and the spring of 1975 The pumphouse power supply and pipework may be Impossible to Install before June If work Is not started very soon the area will become a muddy morass unsuitable for con s vehicles Your Works Department reasons for the delay In this matter would be appreciated as would be the details of your Intended schedule for con true lion Yours truly John Mitchell For Pollution Probe Resident appeals walk Following is the text of a letter sent to Halton Hills Mayor Tom H1U concerning sidewalks In Georgetown Sir I am pleased to see Council is beginning to recognize the need for belter sidewalks in Georgetown I read you are to build a sidewalk on part of Guelph St so the children will be able to use it to walk to school Please see the walk is not used as a repository for the from the road as hap pened on Ewlng Street when a sidewalk was provided so the children would not have to walk on the road They still had to in the winter I was always under the lm sidewalks were for the convenience of people to walk on NotsoinGeorgetown Now I find they are built for ramps to help cars slide to the road Have any of you Councillors walked down Princess Ann Drive One has to walk as close to the grass as possible and keep your eyes watching the slopes The same applies to Charles Street But really the walk from Park to Church on Main East just defies description What a doodle you did there I Just hope we dont have Icy walks this winter Better for council to plan now to keep the walks free of ice and snow so there will be no broken bones from a fall Please build sidewalks for pedestrians or repairs to Spring now existing old sidewalks Many could do with new surface or better still have a pedestrian on your sidewalk planning com mltlee who knows what walking Please Mr Mayor discuss his with your appropriate committee and see what Im provements to make Mrs M L Taylor Park Ave tended General Wolfe Vocational School who now enjoy an hour long bus trip morning and afternoon instead of receiving Instruction at Georgetown High School as they did In the days before Hal tan took over 3 Amongst the many in novations lntroducted by the Board that of teaching mathematics to 100 students with only two teachers has apparently met with approval for the arrangement continues In its third year The Board has manifested its moral strength In the Norval school Issue Despite political pressure at the highest level It has eschewed the easy popular decision to keep Norval open The education advantages for the students able to participate In multi grade activities in open concept classes Instead of being cramped into three room with five grades outweighed any other considerations Pandering to parochial sen based on community traditions of one hundred years would have been so easy but the Board did not yield to temptation Besides the expenses of repairing and maintaining the Nerval school will be eliminated the otherwise surplus classroom space in schools too hastily expanded will be filled and the children will enjoy their bus trips and the variety of schools they are now likely to attend between five and 15 In view of this record of leadership and the un precedented speed with which the Board has provided for the Directorship which was to fall vacant next year It is difficult to guess where we may be led next It is an exciting prospect particularly for our children Yours truly John Bellamy Edith Street Georgetown THE HERALD Wednesday November 13 Page I Girls pipe band was busy ROBERT ROSSET a Grade student at Georgetown District High School was first to correctly Identify the water tower and receive for his efforts in last weeks morning at the new classified action number To the Editor of The Herald Sir Several phone calls have been received by some members of the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band ranging from private citizens to members of the news media to town representatives Spot questions were asked and this of course cannot give the full picture of the band Consequently there have been several pieces of Incorrect information presented to the community The following resume will we hope will clarify any misun derstandings The Georgetown Girls Pipe Band was formed in 1942 and first appeared on parade In the summer of From 1942 to 1963 a grant of was requested and received from the town of Georgetown In a request was made to Georgetown council from the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band and the Georgetown Citizens Band to have a grant set at annually with the pipe band drawing and the Citizens Band The plebiscite was put to the people of Georgetown for vote and was passed In 1973 a letter was sent to Georgetown council explaining the necessity of a major re- of uniforms and how the savings over the past several years totalled only a small percentage of that required The pipe bands grant was Increased to 00 total In 1974 our annual letter of request for a grant was sent to Halton HlUs council for the sum of in order to continue the reequipping programme This request was approved and the 00 grant was received The band membership Is pipers and 10 drummers In eluding juniors for a of Until the past Tew years the membership fluctuated bet ween and Using as the average for the years 1943 to 1963 cost per member was 00 Using the same number 25 for th years 1964 to cost per member was For the year with members cost per member was For the year 1974 with 32 members cost per member Is The grants requested and received annually are used solely for the purchase of new members uniforms and replacement of worn out pieces for present members lb the replacement of worn out bagpipe parts the purchase of drums and replacement parts and d the payment of a drum instructor The drum trainee pays the band cents a lesion while training to help defray the cost Ft Is not necessary to hire a pipe In structor Pipe Major Mrs V Is qualified and teaches the band at no charge In contrast to the band buying the drums the pipers are required to buy their own pipes The main reason la hygiene Bagpipes are a personal In strument The piper blows into a leather bag reservoir which cannot be sanitized Also most of the pipers play for their friends at private functions However the band will buy bagpipes for anyone wishing to join and payment by the member can be made In minimal Installments at no interest There is no charge for membership to the band Over he years the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band has carried Georgetowns name to most of southern Ontario and as far east as Quebec City In 1972 and again In they were Invited to lead the Royal Winter Fair Parade through the city of Toronto Not only do they play at parades and functions they also take part in pipeband competitions and have shown themselves well In the Canadian National Exhibition Pipe Band contest they tied for fifth place out of thirty two entries Their calendar for 1974 Is as follows Feb 23 Indoor Games Armouries Toronto Mar 10 Indoor display Georgetown High School Cafetorlum Apr Toronto Indoor Games Moss Park Armouries 3RD Prize Grade 4 May 19 Ontario Place Three performances on the grounds May 25 Lions Con vention Sudbury First Prize forpipe bands May Cadet Inspection Georgetown Ar mouries June Canada Flag Day Creek June Lions Beer Garden Georgetown Arena June Parade and tattoo Lindsay June 22 Flower Festival Parade Brampton July 13 Highland Games July Founders ay Erin Aug 10 Highland Games Fergus competition Aug 14 Parade of the Pipers Toronto Aug Playground parade Georgetown Aug 16 Down town sidewalk sale Georgetown Aug Ontario Place second performance Safety of Actons children believed to be in jeoparody West Germany likes us A bush in full bloom was discovered In the garden of Mrs Arthur Beaumont Glen Williams by gardener Albert Mr Nutel brought a bouquet to the Herald office along with Ihe comment Spring the second time around A word to gardeners A late blooming will not harm For so enjoy this touch of spring In November To the Editor of the Herald Although Acton ceased to exist officially with the In of Regional Govern ment It appears that it still exists as an underprivileged region at least In the minds of the majority of our councillors While I hesitated to object publicly when one by one our services have been eroded by the regional system I find it difficult to accept the of Acton childrens lives Since school opened In September the crossing at Mill St Willow St has been unattended by a crossing guard a large part of the lime and I wonder if we have to have a child killed there before anything Is done about the situation We have been In formed by Mr that It la really not customary to have crosswalk but this Is tremely busy comer on the highway where motorists are not noted for obeying the law allowing pedestrians to cross What do we need to do all of Acton and all of them are at Intersections on the highway Every week we get news of something we ore losing because Georgetown does ft have It therefore we cant either For years Acton financed its own business didnt ask for help from anyone and had services superior to those In neighboring towns Now suddenly our taxes are going up and we ore losing services the most Important of which is care for our children s Uvea Just what Is regional government giving us in return We have always done things for ourselves the band built the music centre the firemen built the the scout group committee built the scout nail public subscription put Ihe community centre on the arena the library was our Centennial project built largely by subscription by Acton citizens who are also helping to build our swimming pool by the same method Now we are to be allowed to help the the government to do these things for them thanks a lot We had a good town here a Utile smelly sometimes maybe but nothing is perfect people of Acton will finally be Now we feel that we are being aroused enough to raise a real trampled on simply because uproar somewhere it will be we dont have much weight in heard and heeded numbers on council We are Garbage collection we can to do anything about manage without but not our situation but If a child is children killed or Injured because of the Watson attitude Of our regional ad- 197 Burba minis tors I hope that the Acton Sept parade to Port Credit Mlsstssauga Sept lions Beer Garden Georgetown Arena Sept 14 Fall Fair Milton Sept 27 International Plowing Match Oct Fall Fair Georgetown Oct General Brocks Memorial Service Nov 10 Santa Parade Bramalea City Centre Nov Remembrance Day Parade Georgetown Dec Santa Claus Parade Georgetown The money from parades pays for the bands tran sportation and meals The remainder subsidizes the grant Other moneys to help run the band are raised by draws and an annual Christmas dance In June of this year an arrangement was made to supply a florist with rolled newspaper to supplement funds I have been in contact with the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band for several years and the past year and a Half have been their chief executive I am proud of each and every one of them for their dedication is Inspiring Yours Sincerely G S B President The Georgetown Girls Pipe Band They want local women involved To the Editor of The Herald Sir The United Nations has proclaimed 1975 to be In ternatjonal Women Year In the coming year women from all over the world will meet to discuss their role In society Canada will be holding seminars on the following Women In Politics Rural Women Women and Human Rights Women and the Media Now is the time for HlUs women to start becoming more Involved in their com and the Local Council of Women can provide them with that opportunity The Georgetown area branch of the LCW was founded in 1921 by a group of enterprising women young and old alike We would like to emulate our counterparts of years ago but we need more response from the women of Hills The next meeting of the local council Is this Friday November 15 at p in SI Georges Anglican Church Hall on Guelph St and the speaker Is Mario Vendettl town planner Babysitting Is available if you need transportation phone 1226 Please come and get In volved Honey Coral pot Publicity Chairman Local Council of Women Mountalnvlew Road G Mane hen Si Effnerstrasse 197 Munich W Germany Oct the Editor of the Sir Slti to The Herald I have been receiving two copies As an insider now living outside I would like to second Mrs Reeves comments The paper has 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