Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 29, 1978, p. 5

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THE Michael Hollett Herald editor Snow storm So what Monday snow storm I bother me Sure it was lilllerough some llatton slipperiest hills but isically I Monday snowfall with relict At the drended November wail is over and we i in gel do lo Canada number one occupation surviving winter weeks grey rainy At the time sighed and said me At least It I don 1 go along with that kind of thinking anymore 1 used to look on every blink damp snow free November diy as a gilt from the Rods but no I see them or what really arc just a little more torture before ilile of snow Why not get it over with rather than endure long v There no pleasure in enduring rot I en just avoid snow Have you ever how people behave during those ist few snow free days Everyone is a little jctisif they are living on borrowed lime There may bi no snow on the ground but everyone lives in ear of its if In si week weather had been good it would ha been difficult to enjoy it There always would have been tint feeling of living on borrowed lime of with the first big snowstorm Now that the snow is here 1 readier than ever In previous this weather would have me thinking lonyntJv desperately of Calilornin I would try think of a way lo convince my publisher to send me to Jamaica to rest arch a local angle on southern tourist trade Not anymore 1 spent in area miles north of here and smack in the middle of the snow belt hili liv in I learned the key lesson in coping with Canada lousy winter don fight it I used to try and ignore winter 1 would refuse to make accommodations for rotten weather because the thought or spending five months looking like someone from the moon wrapped in snowmobile suits mitts and a toque was more than I could handle to bay I go a lot of colds This year I surrendering to winter 1 giving in to its weather demands and wearing the kind of clothes It requires I abandoning the young executive leather coal look for an old parka How many Wove you seen wearing leather jackets only the beginning My next step In coping w ith w inter is to go beyond simply enduring it and actually try to enjoy It Crosscountry skiing outdoor skating and tobogganing all part of the joys of winter So this tar I plan on giving winter activities try Since stuck with this weather then- must be away enjoy keep telling myself that I might even start to believe it Ask me it the next time you see me sitting in cir Jim in a snowdrift and waiting tor a boost Letter to the editor Councillor is blasted To the editor of The IK raid representation was never more important then it is now in the face of one tier becoming a reality Knowing thai a councilor cares about the concerns of tin lime to come nuttings is of paramount importance to constituent the following situ which took Jt the Candidates muling School when ward JN ill thi In if allied it Me In the hallway after the period Mr displayed some behaviour typical of the sort has not him to the people north of and in fait has mode him of target when he em photically assured year old Miss whose and land the proposed damp surrounds on three sides that indeed it will go I he re Beginning and end of discussion But even at 11 at night after silting for several hours in stuffy indomitable Miss Smith who was born and raised on the vtry property Board appoints superintendent which is threatened was not about be intimidated Looking Mr tits squarely in eye she plied well set All of us in the area share a very concern Miss Smith garbage dump Having farmid land until she was she strikes one as bung the sort of admirable person who has this country what It somehow i not Hit diet itonil of with lyinspittoftU Mr It litis hii requested rather heatedly a number of limes that the people north of stop him but whin one stcs first ind how insinsiIKe hi In to i who it J SANTA AND CHIEF The old man Ihrlstmns himself Has on hand for the Georgetown 1 a dies annual trails salt Saturday Among ladles and volunteers giving their best help Santa make this another successful were Mary Terra WI Agricultural meeting theme Mrs Lyons hostess to Tern Coin for their November meeting on Agriculture Mrs lriiiSharpt president wikomid Armstrong wants position on Commission Hilton Hills councillor Mike Armstrong hopes to be a mem of the Police Com mission next year Mr aid he II put his name up for the job at a meeting of the new regional probably the first meeting in January At present Harry Barrett and Burlington councillor Dave Coons sit on the commission as regional reprisentatives but Mr Armstrong hopes council will appoint one mem from north rather than two from south presume Harry will want the job again he said but I don know anyone else inter in it Since Mr Coons lost out in his bid to become mayor of Burlington he be reap pointed but complete change of regional lives in Milton might bring him some competition Mr Arms speculates I won t be surprised if next appointment is from Mil ton he said and adds that it will all depend on the interest Milton new councillors show in the job Asked how he justified his intention of getting on the commission when he has been charged with such poor dance at regional council Mr Armstrong explained since took Mr Morrow place when Mr Morrow be came he also his duties on the various boards to which Mr Morrow was appointed He was only on planning board and council therefore his attendance look pretty small compared to councillors who sat on a numb er of boards and committees as well as council Mr said different kind of individual to wont bo on the ion because police com mission is just one of hose commissions has no men involved People keep say lhat we don t have the protection we need and I feel there a general need so far as thi north end is concerned But I recognlie the need of police too I don have on axe to grind Mr father John Armstrong was Hoi ton Hills first representative whin the commission was formed for the region He was appointed by the provincial government and since his death In 1915 Glen Magnuson has held the position mil minulis ml Mrs J MiOr mid rt id Mrs lit business Mrs thanked folic wed A dissert luncheon ill wh hid turds is bung Iht moling Mrs Wilfrid arranged or Nov at T fame Room Hoi I tall Letter to the editor 1 answered and proved Tin urn has ippoinltd Hubert Dixon as its mi of program effective Jan uary 1 Dixon will replace Bruce the former of program who res igned in accept a position as director of with the Hastings County board of cation Hal ion director of education I- m Lavender said the board twenty applications for the position and a commit tee of three lion officials trustees Fred and John Bradley chairman Gary Morton and he Mary Cooper helper interviewed seven of the Herald photo After detailing some of Dixon credentials Mr Ijiv said a scholar he an administrator he a Ii and he a gentleman In addition to all other the director mentio ned Dixon lias shown the ability lo cost against Ihe quality of education Mr Armiligesuid Dixon has a A an an MA and an D from the of He taught it elementary for live years mil at Hit high school for three yean Hi was a master for two Dixon wis assistant sup supervision and assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan School Hoard a number of board of direct of the Ontario Association lor Development Dr Dixon wis director of the Bruce County Board director and of the Brant County C Board He is a lecturer at Niagara and chairman of the sub committee and pie in i estimator on education Jackson Commission on Declining roll mini wrilteno number of textbooks us ill I opt Ihji is not indu the of response limistimlly is only months into tint ithaiucio lo something i Unit it noils Hope for is moot lift gifts who knows Miss Smith knows lint it possesses it a do not pi in lo lei her t it unresponsive Mrs thanked our stiss Mr mil Mrs I Our hostess assisted by Mrs and Mrs How I idlaw lunch aid a turn assjxnt Need funds TothibditorofThi When tin October of this ml re from Hit homes Past would lead us to that most of thiM would hive resulted In a donation being sent to us in i iddnsscd return In iw weik period which tin win iw iv ir possibly on Hit I would rcich us As a result we find Ih it our lor the current in down by miWuoixm sum which we badly need to our Child Program and projects May we through pages of your paper to the attention the public the serious of Ihe pislnl shutdown upon our chantibleopiralinns inlirslmg Miss Mrs bin told us of her pfins for her is and of some theaitiviilesshi has ipaied in Wc wish success motto Agriculture is like wheilbnrrow It stands still unless you push it was well prepared by Mrs John Lynns skit prepared by Mrs George Agriculture is big business was given by Mrs by Mrs John Lyons Mrs Owens Mat Domld Reports of tht Area Convent Ion held at York Toronto were by our dilegites Mrs Norman Consult With Us for Expert Help Whatever business forms you may need bills letterheads file cards work sheets envelopes ledgers labels we do the ob of 5TEDMAN5 f Downtown 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