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teheFIEALDI Home Newspaper of Haitian Hills Valdy review page 15 David Rea at The Mug page 19 THE HERALD Page SECOND SECTION Historical society keeps in touch with roots membership and knowledge keep on growing By TAYLOR Herald staff People in Ha I Ion Hills are more aware now of places and people of historical interest Rev Rick says and the Historical So ciety Is probably deserving of tome of credit for resur reeling people Interest in the pas The Historical Sociely was formed about four years ago by a group of people who shared an interest in history and wanted to share what they had uncovered In the course of their research A the charter members of the society were Rev town councillor John aid Keith Barber Bruce Harding and lawyer Tudor Bealtic who moved to Alberta last year ORIGINAL TWELVE From an original member ship of twelve society has grown to 50 members Regular held every month fre quently feature guest speakers from different areas of interest to historians like Hugh Mac of Ihe Archives of On tarlo Brian Gilchrist is tenia lively scheduled to speak at March meeting on logy Other outings of the society have included walks through Williams old George own and Llmehouse The also had a picnic and tour it the agricultural museum at Kelso Conservation Area an outing which may be repealed In light of ils success the f rst lime around One of the major projects of was erecting of an historical plaque marking one of the first major industries In town Barber Paper Mill Acquiring the que nvolvcd lengthy with Ontario Heritage Foundation requesting Ihe plaque The foundation did lis own research Info the back ground of Ihe mill before a gracing to provide the plaque The historical society gave a series of talks leading up the unveiling of the plaque and said these talks were probably bestattend of the ely present a TAILED Something the society was invoked in which dldn t end as members had hoped was he formation of a Local Arch Control Advisory Committee or A LA CAC draws up a list of bulldl within a which Is members believe to be of sufficient historical or architectural significance to merit being left as they are as much as possible This list Is then presented municipal council which will designate some or oil of these buildings as historical build lugs Alterations which would affect the historical or arch I fine points of the building would be delayed not forbidden Hills has rejected the Idea of a at present and Rev Ruggle said he thinks councillors were under impression the legislation comes Ontario REV RICK Heritage Foundation had more than it does The legislation doesn I for bid owners to make any altera to their buildings Rev A strong team from the Georgetown Don was all set to demonstrate the merit of Partlclpaction alongside their counterparts from other local service clubs Thursday AspartofFltness Week the community Indoor pool was booked for an hour of challenge competition among the various clubs but only ones willing to get Into the swim of the week long litneti were the Lion Pictured above left to right Lion Dan Boyle Bob Fitness Week Gordon Ross Irwin Bob Gordon and Dan Parent arrived on time armed to the with volleyball plungers floating eggs rubber tires plat tic baseball bats and all the other paraphernalia of water sports they felt was necessary to show the other dabs In town who was more fit As It turned out the Lions were the only participators In house and were deservedly declared winners by default Herald photo is success The organizers of this year Fitness Week are recommending that Halton Hills residents form a com to hold a fitness week of their own next year and make the project an annual event Heather Leslie project manager of Operation Ac tion which organized this years Fitness Week said the group feels was a success and that the Idea should become an annual event Because Operation Action Is only a yearlong program however it would be up to interested citizens to form a com ml tee to organize he event next year This year Fitness Week was relatively tow key in order to gauge the response from the community Miss Leslie said While one or two of toe vents as well received as the organizers had hoped the program as a whole went well she said Most of the schools held fitness related activities or film days during the week and participation In the Donalds Flair for Fitness art contest was high as well The boxing clinic and the badminton clinic had high levels of participation as did the sports travelcade parti in Acton The Opera tion Action fitness buttons were a popular Item and disappeared fairly quickly Miss Leslie said The February weather may have deterred some people from coming out to take part in the various activities being offered and Hits Leslie recommended that the people organizing future fitness week pro- grama consider carefully when they plan to bold them The timing should take Into consideration other pro grams going on at the same tune Fitness Week could tie Into and awareness of school semesters and schedules Dong Mssdcll of Operation Ac tlost right McDonald owner Rich Chandler tome simple when he visited McDonalds but Thursday to demonstrate to McDonald customers as part of Fitness Week In Halloa Hills Herald photo said It merely buys time to come up with other ideas The preservation of the Acton Town Hall might have come about much more quick ly had there been a LACAC to smooth the path according to Rev GIVE REASONS The LACAC must give Its reasons for suggesting each building or site for lion Rev said reasons for preserving a build or site Include asso ciation with a well known in Ihe area or features of architectural The current project being undertaken by the society is an attempt the publishing field a booklet by Violet Browniidge on daily farm life around the of Ihe Rev Ruggle said hat grants are available from he Ontario Heritage Foundation to cover half the printing costs of the booklet Grants are also available for historical societies but the has to go through a wailltg period of a couple of years to prove It will survive before the foundation will look seriously al grants for il The grants run to as much as half Ihe operating expenses of Ihe society The society has talked to the library informally about the possibility of establishing an arch in the library The archives would house material of local inters and the society would be involved in gathering material arranging it and making it available to the public MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS The society is recording Its own history with records ils guest speakers through news articles and the oral meetings where members of the once talk about he community and what they know of are being recorded One of he main achieve ments of he historical society has been o increase the a of the people in community to the fact that there are many places of his interest In Hills and they necessarily found only In books Rev Rug said The society also has information from books however two of Its members be published authors Rev has written books on Glen Williams and Nerval and on the Children Aid Society John McDonald is well known for the book be wrote entitled Halton Rev suggested hat a neophyte interested in begin some historical research his own do well to being with local churches and municipal buildings which have generally been around for some lime In an older community and have a lot of history behind hem He also INDUSTRIAL ARCHLALOGY hasn been dealt wiih to any extent Is industrial arch and the history of local businesses For example he said there was a pottery out side Norvol at one point and while he knows he name of Its operator he can t determine whether or not the man owned the land on which the pottery was located Thus It will be difficult to trace man any further I m sure there are lots of people around who been doing historical research on their own and just haven t head of us or we haven encountered them Rev Rug Ifthey won what they vc found or If hey want with their res search or If hey re interested in joining society they con contact us Student Manpower Centre set for Georgetown fulltime By TAYLOR Herald staff writer The Canada Manpower Cen will be operating a full time office for students In he Georgetown and Acton area his year Instead of- the part time office which they have run in the past Erika Harper will be the supervisor of the Canada Emp loyment Centre for students which has a projected opening date of April The location of the office been decided yet but il hoped that the office can be located so that It will be convenient for students from Acton to make use of office as well as Georgetown students Last year the student man power centre operated out of the Canada Manpower Centre on James Street two days a week Because of the level of response from students the decision was made to open a full time office here Last year the office was open two days a week Nancy Gale the Summer Youth Employment Program Coordlnalor said that a I though the off will be local ed in Georgetown Manpower Is hoping that students in Acton will lake advantage of the office here EMPLOYERS At the moment Mrs Gale and Mrs Harper are working on letters which will be mailed out to prospective employers of students in Orangeviiio Brampton and Georgetown These letters will be followed up by visits to S3 many of the employers as possible Mrs Harper said Last year the Manpower offices 300 employers in the three areas Mrs Gale said While statistics Tor the Georgetown area itself are not available Mrs Gale estimated that the Manpower offices hod about 3 students on file last ERIKA HARPER year In Orangeville Brampton and Georgetown Students are already registering with the full time manpower offices in Brampton and Georgetown she said I don t think you can start looking loo early Mrs Gale said In the spring product ion Is generally working a liltle Taster and students may be able to get a part time job now which at least has their foot in the door for a job during the summer say this is too early to start serious jobsear with registering at the Manpower office and serious ly looking on your own she added Mrs Gale said a numb er of government sum mer Job programs have very early application deadlines and those who wait too long to apply for these programs may find themselves out of luck The emphasis right now with Mrs Harper is contacting employers While the office la interested in all kinds of employers they are particul interested In talking to those who haven hired stud before There are a tot of students registered right now Interested inpart time and evening work of any type and employers with that kind of opening can call the office FIRST JOB The students looking for these jobs are willing to do almost any kind of work because many them are looking for that first Job to put some Job experience on their resume Mrs Gale said They would be willing to do filing or cleaning the plant in ordertohavethat first Job she said A lot of Georgetown area students were able to find work in Brampton area last year and Mrs Gale said those students who can arrange transportation or who are willing to travel to Brampton by bus each day should der expanding their area to Include Bramp ton The placement rate for the three municipalities last year was Just over SI per cent Mrs Gale said and since the office was established the place ment rate has risen steadily We go In to see the employ era with the positive attitude that the employers need good employees as much as the students need work Mrs Gale said The students should bear In mind that small employers be neglected and even though a company may have only five employees those employees will be taking vacations and the company will need someone to cover for them Mrs Gale said And on the other hand she said employers who only need someone for a couple of days work should not be afraid to call the student employment centre Students are looking foranyklndofwork and many would be willing to take even two hours work just lo add to their Job experience if nothing Mrs Gale said Mrs and Mike Proudlock a couns ellor in the Brampton Manpo wer office will be holding seminars at some future date to help students get their foot in the door to teach them how to handle an Interview and how to hong on to a Job once they gel one CAUSE PROBLEM Areas that often cause stud ents a problem when trying to get a Job include he appear and the way applications forms are f lied out If an employers is ted with someone In blue Jeans who has come in to apply for a job as a clerk typist there is no way they are going to get that Job Mrs Gate said Wearing blue jeans when applying for a Janitor job would be acceptable because that Is what would be on the Job Students should stop to consider what they will be required to wear to work If they get the Job and wear something along those lines Filling out applications is an important part of getting a Job and Mrs Gale said at are has held in the past when asked to fill out a sample application form students fre quently don complete the form they fill it in with a pencil it Illegibly instead of printing Students wishing to register with the Manpower Centre for Students can do so by filling out a registration form at the Georgetown office on James Street or by going to the Brampton at George Scott Street South Employers wishing to cont act the office to hire some students for temporary help or for the summer can contact Nancy Gale at or NEW LIMEHOUSE BROWNIES 1st Brownies enrolled new members last week Barren Sthols Satan Leila and Karen daring their Thinking Week celebrations for their founder Case Back row Mark Brown Tawny Owl Wanna Philip birthday on Feb New member posed with tie rest of the Heather Brown Judy CareU and pack are front row from the left Burt Lesley Case Erin Snowy LMghnait Lean and Jennifer Scot Second row Pat Bonouw Brown dinger Denny Bhannon