Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 11, 1976, p. 5

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Letters to the Editor Til HERALD II 17Pje Anyone remember the earthquake Camera Club ready to develop photo skills Hoi ton Hills Camera Club members who hove jual recently place Iheycnn call home extend an Invitation to all of those would be and present camera bulla In ton Hills to come down to their weekly meetings now held the first Thursday of every month at the Ccdarvalc Community The camera encourages all interested In developing and improving their photographic techniques to come down to the centre and Join in their regular meetings which begin at m A darkroom has been set up in one of the To the of he Herald Branch of Earthquake Tectonics S Geological Survey is studying three earthquakes which had epicenters In your city general region We are trying to ascertain the damage these earthquakes caused and just how for away from the epicenters these damages were felt Soft drink container is not essential To the Editor of Herald I am heartily sick of listening to environmentalists and other uninformed people crying thai the banning of returnable containers will cost Steel Workers and their lobs In truth the fact Is exactly the opposite How do you make a returnable returnable put a deposit on it Next a government with guts passes that Industry has to re use these returnables therby theref 11 process or by moiling down and recycling Result manufacturers immediately switch to returnable con tain era the extra handling makes more Jobs A substantial deposit en few are thrown away Manufacturers of soft drinks etc may cry a little they increase prices but soft drinks etc are not essential to our survival The iron tin aluminum etc and the fuel used to process returnable containers arc William A Kill earthquakes arc an invaluable tool In making such Judgements Therefore I am requesting a copy of any in formation your paper might have published regarding these three earthquakes Anything recorded Is useful if only a few lines long Especially useful arc eyewitness accounts of ear phenomena by citizens and descriptions and or pictures of damages inn The three earthquakes we are Interested in are as follows September 1944 Earthquake centered in New York November IB 1029 Grand Banks of Newfoundland earthquake February March 1 Greenwich time St Lawrence region information you could offer will be greatly predated Many of the United III Note Earthquakes In alien Hills Well according to the Herald of September 1944 we did indeed fcelthe affects of that earthquake In Massena New York Here our report EARTHQUAKE- ALARMED ON MORNING Earthquake shocks extending through several provinces north eastern United States and as far west as Wisconsin awakened thousands of persons at 12 Tuesday morning but the only serious damage was reported at Cornwall Ontario where one person was In jured and property damage was extensive The quake lasted here for about seconds In talking to several people about town Tuesday morning it would appear that women are lighter sleepers than men for almost invariably the ladies of the household were the ones to awaken when the earth tremors shook beds and rattled dishes One man sitting In his car at the Lome Scotts dance thought some were playing pranks on him when car started rocking from side to side The Bell Telephone switchboard operators were kept fairly busy for a little while answering queries Prior to this earthquake the most severe quake shock in Canada occurred on November 1935 causing minor damage in Ontario and Quebec and adjacent United States areas Perhaps some of our readers may recall that ear Unfortunately the Herald did not have any reports of the other two quakes Stales newspapers which I have sent this letter to found that publishing my letter generated an enthusiastic response from the general public prompting them to write recollections of their own experiences with these ear thquakes These citizen reports are very valuable to us and made for an Interesting newspaper story Sin cere yours Geologic US Survey Denver Colorado Lions Lottery returns They no sooner given away and they re back at it again The Georgetown Club arc conducting their second lottery similar to the one which they just completed That first lottery proceeds from which are going to the Lion beautiful new hall saw Bill win the grand prize of This time it could be The first of the weekly prize draws will take place March and the final draw will be held on December tor tickets just contact members of the Lions Club Thats a first for the club which was formed about two years ago Up until now they have met at the Georgetown District High School however no darkroom facilities were available there Hi niton Hills flub would Ilk to see all ages come out and take advantage of the instructions and the of the darkroom which the club provides For further information concerning the Ha ton Hills Camera Club president Dave Dunn may be contacted or vice president DAVE DUNN of the Hills Camera Club at work preparing the club new darkroom located In Community Centre Haltons mileage rates to 205 region staff I ve 0 tints for the rst received a roise In their car 00 mill pir month ind 17 mileage rates Employees who cents per mile use their cars for business w II GLT wants to know what facilities are required To the Editor of the Herald As has been reported in your columns Georgetown Little Theatre has been actively involved in recent weeks in soliciting support for a theatre auditorium for Wards and Following a meeting with the Library Board Building Committee the GLT Building Committee has now written to the Mayor and members of Town Council requesting consideration of Threalre auditorium Library complex In the Market Plaza area as was suggested in the Herald November 12 1975 In its efforts to ascertain what support if any it could expect from other organizations the GLT Building Committee proached a number of groups which it considered could possibly utilize such a Now Little Theatre would like to urge all groups organizations needs inlereits organizations and Individuals etc Interested In the erection of a Thank for jour past theatre auditorium to contact support of our endeavours the writer by letter or Joe Hop telephoneIn order that llultding Committee can be made to Chairman organize a meeting in the near Norton C rescrnt future to determine different Georgetown 1 John Malcolmson at can be called Other executives of the club recently elected are treasurer Brian Steer of Georgetown program chairman Gerry of Georgetown and secretary Mike Pago of Georgetown TUESDAY FAMILY SPECIAL When you buy a Thrift Box at the regular price of 425 you get FREE fl oz Salad French Fries for 3 Kentucky fried chicken STREET BUTCHER SHOPS Moore Park Plaza 8771811 Downtown Store 8771311 Parking At The Rear Complefe Shopping Convenience At Both Stores PLENTY OF PARKING AT BOTH STORES NOW 3 MASTER BUTCHERS TO SERVE YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US HAPPY VALENTINE TO YOU Store Mill Downtown Store Super Specials LEAN MINCED CHUCK lb 79 MINCED BEEF lb SPECIALS SIRLOIN PORTERHOUSE TBONE lb TOP ROUND STEAKS 59 it CUBE STEAKS ROUNDSTEAK ROAST RUMP BONE IN lb ROAST boneless E ROUND ROASTS PORK SPECIALS A PORK CHOPS TENDERLOIN END LOIN PORK ROASTS SPARE RIBS COUNTRY STYLE ALL BEEF BREAKFAST SAUSAGE 69 LONDON BROIL STEAKS SIDE BACON on I IVib less 5V SCHNEIDERS SPECIALS ENGLISH STYLE SAUSAGE now Reg 159 lb BLUE RIBBON BOLOGNA now c Reg 139 MACARONI CHEESE now Reg 149 DOWNTOWN OMIT C0H0E SALMON STEAKS COD FILLE 69 lb FRESH COD FILLETS Reg lb Off She MAXWELL HOUSE A COFFEE 219 OFF SPECIAL K 99 BREAKFAST CEREAL

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