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fche HERALD Home of Hills SECTION A Mot IBM A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited IS Street Ontario Publisher DORSE Editor DAVID BEVTTIL Advertising Towns future reaps benefits of proud past During this traditional speculative and traditionally op season it to regard Hilton Hills as a verj fortunate com in which the ideal situation seems rcadih attainable the im mediate future is about to reap the hem fits of an impressive and proud In Georgetown one of the com munitv oldest and best known he former Congregational Church is being transformed into a modern cultural complex due to open to people from across town next fall In citizens whove been working hird to renovate their former municipality old town hall have recent reported substantial progress a favorite relic from the past is about to become once more focus for mm unit interest com spirit and community pride In keeping with the economic situation of our day both these projec ts are being guided by a town council voted to spending restraint a of municipal planning in the 1980s that should be able to keep the moderate well served for their dollars while at the same time ever conscious of their own civic responsibtht in keeping costs low In both communities this Christmas season a number or local nations are tackling community projects that truly represent Ine meaning of he holiday and in so doing bring out the best in the people Our annual vote of congratulations goes to torn a Timpson and the Good Neighbor Service this town s best example of community spirit at work ind one appreciated b area families who find themselves Titian depressed during season In which a little extra food gifts mean so much The Georgetown Kinsmen and Rotary Clubs and the Elks I similarly deserve much credit lor coming up with fun filled projects which mike Christ more meaningful and more for thousands of residents And while the second Kinsmen senior citizens tour was ding extra incentive to erect Christmas light displays in Georgetown a contest the recently formed Acton Eteautifkation Committee was generating simitar excitement among front door decorators in that com Mayor Pete has predicted a diffiiult year ahead for Hills and of course he speaking most about finances With council committed to opening the new arts complex bv fall some attention must also be directed toward the plan centralization of municipal depar under one roof requcntly discussed civic leaders over the years the move was bone of for voters four years ago and be so again but the consensus around table seeing to indicate that the time has arrived In short things are round town to Indicate this be a grand year for Hilton Hills and the good things going on here are as usual best reflected bv the Chris season We are indeed optimistic we hope you are too Merry Christmis to one and ill Letter from the Editor Paul Dorsey I quite sure what might happen when news came of Colonel Sanders death a neck ago Monday The down home advice on the best secret rec pes to in test fed lo the Civil War Reconstruction on thai the South will indeed rite again His TV predated the election of J ramy the success of Dallas and The Dukes several decades His influence rnedlcd the growth of several gene hi a over the passing of such a prominent Southern remember Elvis was list go seemed imminent somehow the chicken gobbling public i inly acknowledged the news There were no jinn Li no vigils in the streets of Louisville Kentucky no interrupted radio and television programs no rallies outside Scott Chicken Villa mournful cries of Give coleslaw a chancel and Sanders lives on no buying on string tics white suits and little plastic Colonel hanks How to account for public taste I wondered re ire the tributes to the man who let Canadians k re were more than Just black folks and folks below the Mason Dixon Line who he role of Butler new heights who nflcr all opened his kitchen the world hat we keep our own closed for the night Surely the Georgetown District High School Rebels will be mourning the death of a Good Hoy their Stars and Bars fluttering sadly at Surely chickens everywhere dare not rcj the of heir nemesis lest he tide of consumer vengeance sends hem scurrying even Surely anyone who has ever tossed the phrase good casually about in their must now hand his head in bitter frustration over the silence that has greeted the colonel demise Somewhere a choir of angels lined up to place orders at a Kentucky Fried Chicken stand Is singing Imagine there no chicken It easy If you can No Grecian bread and no party catering plan Imagine there no coleslaw no beans and salad You may soy that I a dreamer but I only Swiss Chalet could join us And sauce would be as one it the Holidays Trudeau not so disinterested in making cabinet shuffle Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod World without chickens Correction time at Tl Number One Several readers phnncd last week to congratulate us least sports editor Dave on a great of joyous Nora Tuck or the Golden Age Bowling League heir reason for phonlnj though was to chuckle the headline beneath It which read simply Str As was evident from the few pins still at the bottom of lane where Mrs Tuck was her dance she t quite scored a k Neither headline writer nor myself arc howlers and thus know term strike only as somelhinethalgoeswilh spares and misses however share a laugh Hose who phoned to comment tint they get strikes one all he lime Number Two Whether or not the Latin who sent me seven different corrections for Tic Heralds enrol version of ridclls is local resident I do not know His comments came on University of Toronto Department of Classical Studies stationery le impressive and included follow ng corrections A teste fideles not regem nigelnrum not no n factum not nunc aula sing now Ihe court aula eclcstium not not a In Deo not SI II with mc vc got more Number Three Also on last week front page was he of Alan Mac Alexander remlnse past young Scott The occasion was Commumly Club Christmas dinner no he Women Institute dinner slated Number Four Former editor Walter phoned to point out that Joe Chamberlain previous medical officer of health was stoned John and Jot Joseph as The Herald s been referring to him Joe turns out Is Ihe physicians nickname Number Cable Systems Ltd is indeed beginning lo cover meetings of regional council we reported last week but broadcasts will lake place the day after Wednesday meetings not eight days Inter as slated Our apologies to all concerned and before anyone asks yes we re all making a Joint New Year s resolution to be more careful In future The very merriest of Chris to you all and the of New Years Ottawa Bureau Just because Prime Minister has tossed a of cold of I I mean he Is go to lenc his cab net Intact It worth noting that during near ly 12 years pr me m I is ir yet rmed rumors of an impending shuffle He has been cons stent In maintain that he had no plans to juggle his slry The fnct that the rumors frequently followed by a shuffle was we were given be eve Just a coin I have no intention shuffle my cabinet now or in Ihe near future Trudeau told most recent news conference I think the cabinet Is and I am very nappy and wiih the work of Ind members When you think about it ha I else could Ihe prime minister soy If he were suggest I was unhappy with a tew his minsters a full scale hunt would be launched Even he he was ihinking Just one two possible the rumor mill would tie into high gear over Christmas So whenever cabinet rumors I surfaced prime mstcr nutomnlicnlly tries lo push em under again IF THINKING Hut of course is thinking it net changes With a on of young hopefuls waiting In he wings and a of vacancies lo play with Its obvious tint the prime is I ng some thought the subject He I even moved to fill Ihe veterans portfolio left vacant by the September dentil of Dan MacDonald And In add several members are holding down double portfolios half of ihey would gladly give up Thai not all There are several mm who continue to have d coming to grips with Ihe administrative aspects of their departments notably Transport Minister Jean Luc Pepin and Indian Affairs Minister John Munro and there has been persistent speculation about changes Involving And if further evidence were needed that must be thinking about cabinet changes some of his present ministers arc unhappy about lack of being wielded by present representatives from the West Because the electorate weal of Manitoba gave Trudeau precisely nothing In Ihe way of cabinet material ihe prime had to reach into the Senate and appoint Argue as responsible for the Canadian Wheal Board and A Olson as in n slcrofsinlefore-onomicdevelop- he most casual glance at your daily newspaper will indicate rather strongly thai despite these appoint most westerners dan t seem to feel an Integral part of the Trudeau TWO POSSIBILITIES Some highly placed people soy that prime minister Is considering several possible moves One which would be more immediate would Involve a relatively minor shuffle dropping one or two ministers eliminating double portfolios and possibly splitting some existing ones including transport While Pepin has obviously had difficulty coming to grips thai massive portfolio his defenders are quick to argue thai the department now is beyond any single minister One published report had Robert one of only two Liberals from Manitoba into transport to help Pepin In the talked about scenario ihe prime minister would stick with his existing cabinet until the constitution is patrlalcd and there Is some break in energy with Alberta Then when no defeats would have lobe admitted there would be a huge shuffle Involving such key posts as energy and justice which would give the Trudeau ministry an entirely new face as it out on national unity program that would carry through until the prime minister planned rclircmcnt perhaps early in I have no way of knowing what will eventually do with cabinet Bui I don think we should be fooled by tils suggested disinterest in change I think he is very interested poll Fear of trouncing at behind support of PCs Queen of The Herald at the polls likely behind the New Democrat Party support for the minorily government on lal nonconfidence voles here leader Michael put a rave face on mailer saying come a spring election his party would be ready and waiting but his excuse for saving the was weak Nobody wants winter election he sold ignoring the fact that the liberals qualms werewilllnglo rink it by voting ago Ihe Tories What iced cake was environment critic Colin Issac claim that defeating the government would slop the South Cayuga liquid Industrial waste complex from going abend In fact It would have and If the Is relucinnl to bring down its handling of environ menial issues like South Cayuga then nothing could hove forced that party Into an election In short the New Democrats sound scared Conventional wisdom around Queen Park Is the NDP have been in decline since Michael Cassidy replaced Stephen Lewis as lender Lewis sup posedly attracting a large personal following to the party that has since si away from grasp BOSS It true lhat the vote climbed between the last election under former leader Donald in 1907 and Lewis last election In 1977 Qui the Conservatives while losing their majority also gained votes in lite same years In a probably more accurate means of measuring party attraction percentage of votes cast the varied only two to three per cent since MacDonald time They appear to have a province wide core of some per cent of the electorate HIT POL Ycl one Liberal poll supposedly si owed a neck and neck race between and Liberals in Metro Toronto with Ihe trailing at a mlnlsculc figure of per cent Bui since the vole is even better their provincial average one only be skeptical about such massive shifts of opinion 1- times or events ore required forthosc kind of changes and Its hard to believe anything has happened make the party faithful desert the in such numbers Thetrunel In thinking corned from fnctor and that a the peculiar Ihuc party balance exists In this province In the 60odd ridings where the NDP is a major factor they face only the Conservatives In a serious way and In a relative few only the In other words most contest are twoway affairs History From our files THIRTY v LARS A George wn boy Private Earl will be spending Christmas Day on foreign toll Private who Is the son of Mr and Mrs Ed George Street is a member of Second Battalion of Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry which was scheduled to arrive In Korea on Sunday A woman was trampled unconscious and spectators three players were arrested after fight during a hockey game in Walkerton recently Merchants were playing Bridgeport Vets a rough and ready outfit who played a couple of billon games with George town earlier this season One of Georgetown b worst fire disasters in many years local grocery meat store and left Iwo families when fire broke out early lost Wednesday morning Damage estimated at over was caused lo Buck meat and grocery store and the two apartments above and there smoke damage In McGibbori Hotel Firemen fought stubborn blare for more than four hours They were hampered at first by thick smoke and by ihe re gelling Inlo partitioni and false ceilings in remodelled building AGO s MP Sandy won high praise from Prime Minister John for a speech he made In Parliament Dec 13 Mr Best was commenting on Bill C which would a national productivity council and spoke following the maiden speech of Miss Judy new lyelecled Liberal member from Niagara Foils The Prime Minister said Mr Best s speech was one of those to be remembered being representative of personal knowledge Local res dents may well stop lo think Ihia holiday season of the tremendous change about comes to a close Georgetown will have in operation a modern life saving in In completion of the Georgetown and District memorial Hospital Board A major facelifting is In store for one of the oldest commercial buildings in town Ihe McGibbon Hotel The proud brick edifice that has condescendingly watched lime change from Its vantage point at very heart or the town has finally itself been overtaken by it The renovations will be extensive according to Ihe new owner David SiUer of Toronto The existing entrance on Mill will be changed with a great deal of glass and ceramic tile being used County Works Department is prepared for worst when the first snow comes A mum of men are continually on duly and the total snow removal crew consists of about men miles of road have been added since last winter a total of GTS of road to over already raised the North halton Association for Retarded Children is well on the way to raising the money needed to build the Sunshine School TEN AGO Milton District Hospital Board has approved a recommendation of hospital administrator Ron Woods giving nurses the choice of wearing dress or uniforms A hospital survey showed no opposition lo by the medical staff Seventy five per cent of ihe patients surveyed also like the idea colorful ceremony Nov al Royal Canadian Legion auditorium In Perth Sgt A M Wilson the delachmcnl commander at PrcscoO Ontario was one of six recipients of the OPP lone service good conduct medal The medal is awarded years of exemplary service Wilson was born and raised in Esqucsing Township is son of Mr and Mrs Wellington Wilson of Georgetown The Roxy Theatre building on Mill Street gutted by fire 12 years ago has been sold The Herald learned Friday that Henry to of Henry Clothing and Tailors Main Street has bought the building from Steinberg The food chain at one lime considered building a supermarket on the theatre site a lawyer well known in Halton for ihe past has been appointed provincial judge criminal divis on for the county Jim Snow MPP for East made the announcement this week that Mr Sharp had who lives in Streelsvillc has practised law In sine 1956 The 1970 expend lures of Ihe Hallon County Board of Eduealion are expected to be less lhan the budgeted amount of Superintendent of bus and finance Bruce lold ihe board last week lhat school will be to under the budgeted amount but the secondary school expenditures ace expected lo be about over the budget ONE YEAR AGO Jo n forces with two ronmentally concerned organisations the Interested CiUten Group ICG has escalated IU war wilh Onlarlo Hydro by creating provincewide headlines over the exportation power to S With officials of ihe Ontario Federation of Agriculture and Energy Probe on hand to offer full spokesmen for the ICG told Toronto reporters last week lhat Hydro is exporting power to the at far cheaper rotes lhan those charged to Ontario consumers Fred Oliver deputychief of Regional Police has announced his retirement after years as a police officer Mr Oliver will be campaign manager for Otto Tory candidate for the riding of Holloa HELPERS IN HARMONY Pally Barber left and Carol Hogg along with Santa Joined In the carol ringtail Wednesday SI Andrew the tour of the Christmas adjourned to the church for refresnmeat and Bob Maleolmsoo Mid 113 enjoyed the tour Herald