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Home of Halton Hills Page 4 THE HERALD ViednctdBy Ma 16 1919 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Soulh Georgetown 1 Ontario WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFF Publisher MICHAEL Editor PHONE Clin Mall MO New plan for librarytheatre is a good one The latest proposal to resolve the towns theatre and library issues unveiled over the weekend sounds like a great Idea For years local residents have been aware of this communitys desperate need for a larger library facility and at the same time many local residents have struggled with the problem of local theatre facilities The problems have long been evident however finding a solution has proved much more difficult An earlier plan by the town to construct a new library on valuable Cedarvale parkland was rightly and successfully opposed by determined Georgetown residents At the same time local citizens have argued that although the town needs expanded library facilities they did not want to see the old building destroyed or thoughtlessly renovated Added to this list of problems has been the painfully evident need for a theatre facility to meet the demands of the towns thriving drama and mustc groups The new proposal appears to solve all of these problems and even comes relatively cheap considering the awesome scope of the project The proposal calls for a combined theatre library complex will also include an art gallery The theatre will seat 300 people while the two level library will cover 14000 square feet in addition to the art gallery drawings of the centre shows that the addon section of tHe centre will not seriously detract from the grand beauty of the old library building Earlier opponents of an ad dition to the old library feared that the site did not have adequate space to accommodate the ad dition By purchasing sites ad joining the present building the town will get around this problem and be able to provide additional parking Another of the proposal Is that it utilizes the old librarys downtown site Its nice to see that finally unlike what happened with the Gordon Alcott Sports complex site town funds will be used on a facility that will once again draw residents back into Georgetowns struggling downtown A project such as the cultural centre will be an immense boom to Georgetowns downtown core it only makes sense that visitors to the library theatre or art gallery will make the most of their trek downtown and likely make a point of visiting main street shops as part of their expedition Through the use of lot levy funds debentures and a hopefully successful fundralsins the project will not place an un bearable burden on the town coffers Our compliments and best wishes to members of the Rotary Club and the HIIIb Arts Council for their combined pledge to coordinate the projects fun- draiBing campaign that will hopefully raise over Its encouraging to see that local politicians do not appear to be blinded by a dangerous prevailing sentiment of unthinking fiscal restraint at the expense of much needed community services Sure the cultural centre project will cost money but it will be money very well spent Our congratulations to Mayor Pete and oil those who have helped the town arrive at this plan Lets hope council gives the project a speedy and strongly supported go ahead at its next full council meeting Voters should pin down candidates The leaders of the three major parties vying for office In the current election campaign squared off Sunday night in the highly touted great debate on television and tonight their local candidates along with representatives of the smaller parties will be on hand at the Georgetown high school auditorium for this areas major allcandidates meeting beginning at Its something that all local voters should try not to miss Although its been a long campaign some say too long there are still legions of undecided voters across the country Hopefully tonights all- candidates meeting perhaps aided by articles in this weeks Herald in which the major candidates outline their policies will help these puxzlea voters decide We hope that as voters In the two local rldings-Brampton- Georgetown and up their minds they will give each candidate the most serious possible scrutiny Many times it seems politicians would have us believe that the best MP la the man or woman who can throw up the most signs toe loudest brass bands and shake the most hands while smiling the biggest smile ThatB not what it takes to make an MP and thats not how Canadians should make up their minds on who they hand this country over to for the next posslbry five years Pew would argue that during the past few years this countrys economy has been on the rocks unemployment is becoming a terminal economic the separation from Canada by y Quebec looms as a possibility and many experts are unsure where our energy supplies will come from in the next decade Its obviously a time for an swers and not just simple ones As you local voters consider which candidate to support it is essential that opportunities like tonights allcandidates meeting are used to pin down the election hopefuls for their positions on the major issues facing this country And its not enough for the op position candidates to say simply get rid of the current government and we will resolve the Ills that this country Voters should on knowing how these changes will be made At the same time Its not good enough for the incumbents to say they are the only choice or we will solve the current problems voters want to know why these problems were allowed to develop In the first place and why the other candidates are inferior And while voters consider which of the local candidates will best represent their desires it is important to realize that whichever candidate you like he or she is bound by the party they represent The records shows that rarely if ever does an MP buck bis or her party and vote against the wishes of the caucus and the party leader In voting for the local party representative youre getting the entire party package So good luck voters lets hope you can wade through the rhetoric smiles and mumbled promises and choose a government mat will best serve the needs of all of us for the next term we Geo new Joe Clarks Quebec stand confuses party members Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau Of The Herald Yes changes to occur rather rapidly in politics And there is no better example than the recent declaration by Tory leader Joe Clarklhat Quebec cannot vote ils way out of Canada This apparent denial of minatlon for Qucbeccrs one of the few surprises In tins repetitious election cam paignshocked many Tory candidates in Quebec and was widely denounced English speaking Canada as a blunder of monumental proportions No one not even the launches t federalist in Quebec had ever come out and said that the province could not decide Its own And the irony of it all is that the statement should have come from Joe Clark It was a mere five months ago that gleeful Liberals were having a field day kicking Clark around for being soft on separatism He was one it was alleged who was In bed with Rene Levesque the one who wouldnt defend the of Ottawa the one who seemed to be tripping over himself trying to convince Canadians that a Tory govern ment would sell out to Quebec All this Lame about after Conservative MP David Crombie Ihe former mayor of Toronto had said any federal government would be foolish not to negotiate with the Quebec government if the people of that province for sovereigntyassociation FAST FOOTWORK That statement by was gen considered to be the winner of the the year award And It gave Prime Minister a glorious oppor tunity to repeat his simplistic assertion thai neither he nor a Liberal government would ever negoliale away the future of Canada Clark appeared a bit awkward trying to overtake Crombie and reassure Canadians thai he wouldnt negotiate the break up of Canada Somehow he didnt- sound all that convincing Who would have thought that In just a few months Tory candidates In Quebec would be wringing their hands because their leader was apparently denying their people right to self determination And who would have thought thai prime minister would be suggesting he might actually sit down and talk with a referendumarmed separatist govern- Clark remained adamant under per sistent questioning No province he re peated and repealed could vote itself out of Confederation He was standing tough on this one Meanwhile the tough guy on the Issue was suddenly appearing more flexible He said there would be a referendum in Quebec and whether there arc negotiations or whe ther there arent any will depend on the results Later he added ihis I have always said if there were a clear vole or the independence of Quebec someone would have lo sit down with Quebec he did always say this it wasnt Inanyeventlheshoeseomed well- filled on Ihc other fool NOTPLANNED A common reaction to the Clark declaration in Quebec was he was admitting the province was a disaster area for his party and was appealing the rednecks of English Canada Even Jacques ihe Tory candidate in La prairie suggested this Clark took thai decision mainly with a view to toughening his image in Ontario Other candidates associated them selves from the Clark statement But Tory officials say their leader had not planned to take a tougher stance on this particular Issue It was a question that arose unexpectedly at a news conference and Clark correctly replied that no province had the right lo vole itself out of Confederation Trudeau has said the same thing many times There was a pause But 1 must admit he could have expressed it dlffer- officials sweated over the diiem- and decided lhat while it would be nice to clarify the situation to the satisfaction of all Tory candidates in Quebec gamble would be too great Appearing wishywashy in the final days of the campaign could be fatal But its still difficult getting used to seeing the shoe on the other fool Ban preelection polls unfairly influence voters mi Queens Park By Derek Nelson jure Park Bureau The Herald TOHONTO We can all relax about the current federal election campaign The Gallup poll says the Liberals are in customary first place with a five lead over the Conservatives And ihc polk cant be wrong can Why bother going out to vote We now know the results There is one problem A CBC University poll gives Ihc Conser v Hives a twopoinl edge How due one the contradict Well defender of polls soy they were taken at different times Besides wo all know polls are only accurate within three or four percentage points 19 of limes Which means for example that the Conservative spread could be anywhere from In per of vole the difference between being wiped out and forming a majority Tory mistral ion DOES INFLUENCE Tim kind of crystal ball gazing would be grounds for mirth more than anything for ihe theory and it Is partially that polls affect voters And thats dangerous regardless of Ihey slay home come out or change their voteas a result of poll As one critic of polls said they put the emphasis in the election on Ihe wrong place on who is thought to be ahead ralhor than what the candidates propose and rather what their election might There Is also a tendency especially in the media polls as predictions rather than whal they are records of past opinion And always very good records at lhat as clash between the Gallup and CUC results show Politicians and parly workers are also deeply influenced by polls and it was Winston Churchiil who once said nothing is more dangerous than live in the lempermental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll always ones pulse and taking ones temperature For these reasons it Is too bad the provincial government is continuing dither on a law that would ban polls during the days of a provincial election much as has done Such legislation wouldnt do much to help the national scene but maybe Ottawa would follow If Ontario set a good example Unfortunately deputy premier Bob Welch told backbench MPP John Wil liam PC Toronto Oriole that while the in giving very serious consi deration to banning no definite decision has yet been taken GOOD SUPPORT What triggered Williams question in the House is that one year ago a resolution proposed by MPP George Ashe PCDurh am West and calling for that serious consideration unanimously passed the legislature Liberal and members including George Samis INDPCornwall who introduced the first bill to ban polls endorsed Ihe Ashe approach So far the government cant make up its mind block appears be the definition of poll But bill works so why not just adopt If Haltons History From our files MAN INJURED Mr George Day a resident of suffered a painful injury last Thursday while em ployed on the form of Jim Russell Mr was unhitching a team of horses in the born when the horses turned and pinned him the sldeof the stable His leg was broken between the knee and the ankle He was taken to Toronto General Hospital where the broken limb was set and he is reported as resting comfortably A new feature of the Junior Farmer Plowing Match scheduled or Saturday is to be a special class for Junior under years The prize list also includes a tractor class for ic years and under another for 17 to inclusive and a fourth for inclusive The official opening of Community Park at for 1949 is scheduled for Monday June This will mirk he turning on of the floodlights winch are now in course of being installed in Mop Carrolls Red salmon tin for J7 cents dog or cat lun one pound tins for cents flour a pound bag for WILLIAM PuNlihcr a Central Editor LARRY MARTIN Manager Ml Round BREAKIN TVUT1 AGO A large iuantil of merchandise worth close to It was taken in a break in at Kirk- wood s Hardware in Norval some time over Ihe holiday weekend The thieves must used a truck to carry off loot which included mixmasters steam irons electric coffee perks a sail mo skill saws electric fry pans a vacuum cleaner a quantity of work shirts pants and bocks cigarettes and tobacco and a number of fishing reels With Ihe election in Ontario only three weeks away a relatively quiet campaign is expected In Georgetown the enumera tion has already taken place with the two enumerators having called at homes last week Two Georgetown men of Churchill and Keith Miller of It It Georgetown will probably share the reward money for their part in the return of a Gait youngster who disappenr- his home on Wednesday May 13 The 14 yearold truant had been living with relatives in the Princeton district of Gait for the past eight years The reward for information of the boy was put up by his father George or Brampton had a hare raising experience driving lo work recently He was ens bound on the Queen Elizabeth Way a mile west of the bridge when a jockrabbit ran onto the road and froze in the path of his car At the last second the rabbit jumped over the hood of the car crashed through the windshield and struck Mr Cuthbert In the face Although bleeding from face cuts driver managed to retain control of his car and drove to St Josephs Hospital in Toronto for treatment He said a pair of sunglasses saved him from more serious injury The dead weighed pounds was by Mr in his backyard SATELLITE CITY UNVEILED TEN AGO A Georgetown minister and his family will leave for Viet Nam later this year loserve In ihe mission field in country Mr and Mrs Paul Collins and Pamela aged G months of Maple Avenue West will leave In mid Au gust The annual meeting of the George town Chamber of Commerce was particu larly well attended Wednesday when the dining room the North Hal on Golf and Country Club was full The meeting drew a capacity audience to hear about On tarios plan to amalgamate and Peel counties Into a new regional govern ment The plan at present calls for Georgetown and a portion of to become one town with its own munici pal council and be a member of a regional council Plans for a billion futuristic satel lite city of 47000 population just east of Georgetown were tin vet led Monday night by architect G Pennington at Chin- guacousy Council meeting The acre siteowned by ArJ el Developments Limi ted Wesionis bounded on the south by Highway near on the north by 16 west by the Esqueslng Town Line and caul by a line in the centre of Ihe and Lines Weat The unique radial core community has been designed by Mr Pennington to eliminate cares entirely from a central area which will house people schools theatres and development A feasibility study tabled in the Ontario legislature last week by Honor able George Minister of High ways included Information on a GO Train transit route which would link George town with Toronto The route would utilize the Canadian National Railways right-of- way to provide a diagonal access from central Toronto to the northwest Metro outskirts where none exists GLEN WILLIAMS FIRE ONE YEAR AGO About land owners crowded the public gallery at Queens Park Thursday and many left disappointed that a private members bill calling for a drastic cut in the Niagara Escarpment planning area was defeated byavoleof60to4l The bill Introduced by MPP Bob McKessock was defeated on a combined vote of the New Democrat Party and the gavernmenL Four people were injured In a fire In Glen Williams May Mel Smith owner of the property and Mike IB suffered bums In the bluet which was reported shortly before Both men were taken to hospital where Mr Smith was treated and released Mr was kept in hospital for observa tion Firefighters Ed and Bud Hyde who were training hoses on two propane tanks on the side of Ihe barn to keep them from healing up and exploding suffered minor burns from the radiant A drum containing methyl hydrate exploded sending flying several hundred feet