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the Home Newspaper of Hills page 8 Marion Reed page 11 Whats the OMB page 12 SECOND SECTION Breakins on the increase Wednesday January 10 197 Page Family castle fast becoming a fortress TAY1 OK Herald I writer A person a home still be Ihoircasllo but with the rising number of break ins in homes In in I he last few years It would be no surprise if people began lo consider build a moat around their tie and filling with maneal ing crocodiles in an effort to protect their property Keith Robertson or In Division 1 of Hal ton Regional Police said there were I break ins In in 1 in and I think been an in crease in the number of break ins in but figures haven I been compiled break ins increasing and every or mentdweller a potential vicl The decided look Into methods avuilable prorn rty owners to mike Iheir homes and apartments more irK during He day Hills and Milton ore in rural homes Robertson said Rural homes tend to be id surrounded by trees and cut off from the neighbor view he said anil often the entire family is away during the diy with both pircnls working and the child ren at school Robertson described an investigation involving two professional burglars who veiled the rural roads looking Daughter third barber in family of hairstylists Sid Mlorsma cut hair and shaved the German prison guards as a Dutch prisoner war during the Second World War his son Art learned bartering as an apprentice In his shop and now Arts daughter has qua llficd as a hairstylist making Art Hair Shop a real family business Art Hair Shop is probably one of the older family operating In George town the moment having been in the family for years When Sid first arrived in Can from Holland he worked at various odd jobs in a wood mill and Dale Flow Shop before starting a barber shop in the living room of his home Sid arrived in Canada In and a home in Georgetown on Hex way Boulevard which at that lime was surrounded by farms Sid said that at first he was afraid the house and barber shop were loo far from town hut town gradually moved out to include his shop He retired six years ago selling his business his son Art after forly years a a barber and hairdresser Sid owned a barber shop and a hair salon in Holland before the Second World War and competition for customers was fierce he said Barbers often offered deals such as a free haircut once a month for those who came twice a week for a shave Before he had his own bus I and laler to earn extra money Sid shaved dead men prior their being embalmed He it wis necessary perform the shave as soon as possible so lint he was called out at all hours of Ihe When Sid was made a prl of war It was found he was only one in camp spoke fluent German Thai and his barbenng skills made life in camp a little easier for a brief lime ind he was even given a pass which allowed him to travel within a kilometre radius of the camp If radius however any was entitled to shoot him on sight Sid escaped shortly before Ihe camp moved In the face of the Allied Advance and spent f asked one lady could 1 hid and she said Oh no they II shoot me Sid said I said lad 1 hick and III shoot you the v ir Sid decided to emigrate it took him five his wife who had in He stilled culling hair in Ihe hunk room of his Georgetown home in 195 and giving per mancnls in the kitchen He huill a barber shop on lo his home in 1957 He and his wife still hie in apartment behind their shop though turns on ihe shop when he bought he business Sid said prices have changed with haircuts is wilh every think else one lime a barber in his town In Holland decided to raise Ihe price of his by cents to twenty I I her town were ifrnd they would lose business if lhe followed slnve five cents and iminvtweivt tip for shave hid money to Art who has been culling for years said when first started out were eents go up to 1 culling is in ipprenctive in his hitters shop and he ave his first with no training it ill The proof his skill his in Ihe f the hive si irt somewhere and it as well be me is still lo An s ship when it came lime lohsfithcr who suggested lie if he dull I like it he could on else he would still hue tride lo fall back Since lie took his falh er shop has exp inded unisex hairsty lint ill hough men looking for a em still come in ind said he has ningir and ri attends mimrs conventions To stay on top of s happening in to conventions and because if you don I go else will take ad vintiee of them Art said is int for ind know hair Ihe products they use sell and I heir chemical compost said I lake up seminars now in Ihings like chemistry he said There is much more chemistry involved in the pro ducts you re using and selling Someilmcs some of the shim poos that come in and re mostly alkaline which means they re mainly deter gem There seems be a psychological thing thai sham poos have lo have a of says he enjoys doing creative things with long hair an attitude he attributes his interest in art He says he has l barbers about re training themselves but many of them not interested in working with long long hair is here to stay and even short hair Is styled he said But fellows don I want to gel involved in long hair If you re in business you have make time for retraining and up grading your skills MANY CUSTOMERS A of barbers have one eye on the ill and the other on the customer Art said They re mainly interested in as many customers in and out as they can em be somehwal monotonous The individual customers are different the haircuts arc I in the business for ytirs and I m still learn Art said s a Job I never tired of You hove very critical of your own work because if you don I lose interest In it When I went back school to long hair I had la change my whole altitude ho said I hid to change some or my methods because they were wrong but because with long hair things are done differently said she went into ling because among oilier things It s a good way mcel people Deciding what I wanted to do was my mind most of the lime and this always stood she said She took her training al a school in Toronto and qualified after passing an n on in November he has one more ex V h your haircut In rs y school In Toronto somebody coming he street for a haircut and Oh my God wha f he clippers Blip Kahy ad ha works in he shop A B Smilh and Crystal She said can be working with her fa a imcs because she mes feels she has to be heller she can be and critical enough of her Sid hi son Art and his granddaughter are three generation of the family who hate worked In the bartering and trade Sid lime barber In addition i family ha a total REU1YWELI My father and I get along re illy well so there no pro blem there she said Sid said he had spoken to a former customer outside shop recently who had had cut his hair and man told him his iir had same knack with his as Sid had had he owned the shop Art said Ihere are a number of customers who have id their hair cut by alt three Art said hair industry is changed radically In the five or six years and next few years will see more changes He said men arc becoming more conscious of their personal appearance and will be going In for more intensive grooming with manicures and facials You have slay with it or you can become stagnant Art said The changes are whal makes a hairstylist for homes They would doublecheck by knocking at Ihe door and if someone answered Ihey asked for directions they proceeded to carry off as much as they could During Ihe lime Ihey were operating these men were responsible for over per cent of Ihe rural break ins being investigated Willi secluded homes Ihe best protection the home owner can have is watchdog Sgt Robertson said He added thai if Ihe selling of Ihe home permitted the neighbors could be asked to keep an eye on things during the day when Security for the home is best through the use of deid bolt locks on doors pins drilled through window frames to them from being opened Dead boll locks are those locks which once locked can only be opened with a key Plastic credit card can be used on many locks are Ineffective against a dead boll lock Leaving a spare key hidden outside house Is a mistake because although it may be well hidden a Ihlef has only lo watch and someone will lead him lo it sooner or later With sliding doors or wind a piece of wood or a broom handle in the runners will prevent the window or door from being opened from Ihe but If they can be opened even a little the burg will be able to pry them open the rest of the way Once a break in has place and burglars have made off with valuable pieces of properly the most import ml hctor in the recovery of the properly is s ability identify Hie stolen Items Robertson said Telling a police officer that it was a 19Inch portable color even if you can provide the brand name docsn help in identifying a specific piece of property St MAI Recording the serial numb and storing them In a safe place such as safety deposit box is Ihe best bet for insuring that stolen properly can be identified Security pens which can be used to mirk identification numbers invisi on properly are also useful but they should be used in conjunction with a record of serial numbers Robertson said quite in the course of question a on something else he will repeat his involve menl in a break in and some properly will be recovered as a result However the properly owners can identify their properly it will eventual end up on the police auction block Serial numbers on stolen goods arc passed across Cana da and anytime a piece of slolen property turns up pot ice can compare serial numb ers and possibly return properly lo lis rightful owner said People should not really valuable property in their house Robertson said Things like jewelry belong in a safety deposit box when Ihey being worn CAUGHT IN THE ACT windows which aren t properly secured make tempting place Another suggest or largrls for burglars Police suggest neighbors to keep an eye on to get a during the day when the greatest proportion of break Ins take He also advised against keep ing large amounts of cash on hand The larger ins occur during the Robertson said So while it is important to mike sure Ihe of the house is well hi at ihe most important in preccnting a day lime break In is to make the house look occupied parti by playing a radio or television If by some a burglar breaks into the house while someone is at home best thing to do and probably the safest is to call the police immediately While the law entitles Ihe property owner mike a of the burglar he is entitled to use only as much force as is to detain the burg lar until the pollee arrive A properlv Owner Is not is some people think entitled to use my amount of force defend Ins properly Shooting an un irmed man even though he he i is still i criminal MIX IT 1 1 These ujs don usually my body though Robertson said If Ihey sen someone at home they won bother White there are some profes burglars operating in juveniles are also Ret ting involved in burglaries Robertson ind he pointed out that in 1977 of the burglaries committed in were carried out Sentences for convicted bur depending on a number of including the person s age and whether or not have a criminal record about lBwho recently was on len breaking was sentenced to thirty days in jail Robert son said mainly because the had no previous criminal record The two men carrying out Ihe series of rural break ins were convicted and sentenced lo four years The average sentence for someone with a criminal re cord would be two to three Roberlson said If someone was injured during the break In which in very unusual that would also be considered by the judge before the sentence Is handed Booklets and pamphlets are police different methods of doors and windows particularly for rural homes Herald photo by Taylor J and ways of making life as difficult as possible for burglars Some suggestions ore included which people may never have thought of tor example on booklet call the Owner Property Pro tection guide suggests Hint pubhcimg plans in the social column of the local newspaper Is an excellent way of telling a burglar know when the house will be and sometimes for how long Robertson said the two major factors in protecting home and properly are secure locks on windows and doon and a record of Iho serial on valuable property such is television cameras stereos binoculars and so on And don I keep anything of great value In your home when it can be put somewhere else he concluded Local shoe merchants get exclusive Canadian rights to German product Months of work recently paid off in an agreement giving a Georgetown man exclusive Canadian rights of Importation and distribution of a German foot care product Geoff Fletcher of Fletcher Family Shoes Ltd has been given the exclusive rights lo he Canadian markel for Ihelr callous remover by Credo company of Soligen West Germany Mr Fletcher presently arranging a sales to show Ihe small device to shoe in the Metropolitan lo Niagara Falls area and hopes eventually it can be made available throughout Ontario and ihe rest of Canada Mr Fletcher says a ship ment of 1 callous removers and replacement blades has just arrived and salesmen will have their samples very The devices will be available only in shoe stores lie said and sell under Mr Flelcher said he first became interested in the callous remover because his wife Lilian had very callouses on Ihe balls of her feet that inieiTered with her enjoyment of such activities as dancing and taking walks Her feet were so painful she had an operation lo have callouses surgically removed he said but grew back Finally one of Mrs s friends saw a Credo mover in use when she was suiting Germany She bought one for Mrs Fletcher and brought it to Canada wilh her Mrs Fletcher found it a great help and Mr Fletcher began trying gel one like it in Canada I colli find it in any of the outlets handle pedicare products ho said I la manufacturer twice received no reply was about give up when I thought of the German consulate The consulate was indeed tie answer he needed as they supplied all the necessary information to get in touch manufacturer months of in followed and now Fletchers wholesale a division Fletcher s Family Shoes Ltd will begin selling the any ways of marketing it Mr Fletcher said but decided lo gel salesmen already In shoe business add to they take to Mr Fletcher and son Ralph have owned and operated Ihcir Main Street for three forge town merchants Geoff and Ralph Fletcher show a sample of the callous remover for which Ihey have received an Canada Mr Fletch er said he had to go through the German consulate discover the name of the company friend brought back from a holiday In Germany