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Home of Since A Division Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publlnher and General Manager PAUL Editor PHONE DAVID Advertising Manager Second Mall Number 0943 Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday December 9 Vials big help for emergency crews People who need people were not jug a Streisand tone were Calking about In need of social have It rough these Now that the economic crouch It on and International concern are taking priority among oar legislative money previously attributed to meeting social been reduced In Reagan America even good old security In trouble Closer to home In Ontario daycare services sponsored by the government will be drastically cut We seen the crunch coming these last five years or more Ottawa would some traditionally federal service onto the provinces the provinces would turn responsibility for another service over to the municipalities And the poor old town councillor gets stuck telling the voters they U Just have to take care of themselves That the way it goes and anal there a dramatic shift la government policy we voters will have to do Just that Thanks part to our civic service clubs maybe we CAN look after ourselves This week the Lions Club of Georgetown Is making Vials of Life available to all local residents for their own medical protection At no cost yon can pkk up or have delivered one of the small vials Some farewell In which all medical Information about members of your family their allergies drug prescriptions next of km family doctor previous maladies can be contained The vial then hooks onto the un derside of the top shelf in your refrigerator where It will be safe from fire and other harm As Indicated by an alerting sticker on the refrigerator door the vial Is there for any emergency workers who are called to your home In case of an accident Should the occupants be unconscious or In coherent the rescuers can ascertain their medical profile We hope all homeowners and apartment renters take advantage of the Lions communEtymmdednesB especially Georgetowns handicapped and senior cidtens Volunteers of the local ambulance brigade and no doubt our firefighters and policemen know the of life can help them do their jobs easier and If they re doing their Jobs easier we be a lot safer Our grateful thanks to the Lions Club for inaugurating the Vial of life program In Georgetown one of the first communities In the area to try It We hope will find some group to sponsor the program In their community Read about the Vial of Life campaign In todays Herald It could save a life The change of command at the Halton board of education this past week both in board chairmen and by way of farewell party directors of education predictably had plenty of opportunities for Inspiring speeches and sincere We hope It doesnt detract too much from the amiable mood of Sunday s reception for outgoing education director Emerson Lavender when we say the school board deserves anything bat a tnankyou for the scale of the gofngaway present pur chased for him After six years of service to Halton taxpayers Mr Lavender deserves special recognition the gratitude of thousands of students and parents and a farewell party and gift denoting the measure of respect he commanded among coworkers and acquaintances These he has bad and we him well In his retirement But the school board administration Sunday continued what has become a tradition of sparing no expense to bid departing directors goodbye Using tax- money It bought him an eleven- dinghy sailboat at a cost of about The gift money came out of a budget allotment approved last year by the board In anticipation of their longtime education directors retirement Burlington trustee Rev Garry Morton points out that the past the Halton region and Halton County boards of education have rewarded longstanding service by board chairmen or education directors with similarly expensive gifts among them diamond cufflinks trips to Europe and Hawaii and oil painting par This may have been going on since when the board was formed but we think It should stop now At a time when the board annually demands far more than half our tax bills in the Interest of preserving programs for a dwindling student population such valuable gifts for public servants cannot be Justified As weve said we do not begrudge Mr Lavender and his counterparts a worthwhile and meaningful token of the board and the publics esteem and quite the sight of such a friendly helpful fellow enjoying bis retirement afloat on Lake Ontario delights us but a fiscal line most be drawn We would suggest a In cases of this nature perhaps the gift could be augmented by an mbouse collection among coworkers Such Is the nature of public service Letter from the editor Paul Dorsey Bomb Scare It was pure coincidence that CTV a program investigated Canadian civil defence measures Sunday night as Herald reporter Anl Pcdorian was completing her own on those oddly incongruous air raid sirens still standing In Georgetown Our decision to check with authorities on the current status of the sirens one at Howard School and another at George Kennedy was sparked by weekly History reminiscences It a part of her Job to pour over tenth twentieth and thirtieth anniversary issues of The Herald for a round- up of days gone by and one week last month her column recalled the erection of the wo towers back In late 1961 Quite a different world back then The Wests ascent continued the old Axis powers were again In their place not all politicians were crooked everybody finally bad a television There was only mighty Russia to fear it seemed and much of our Cold War concern had dissipated with the from power of Senator Joe McCarthy half a decade earlier Hollywood communists were banished or silenced and you could trust your next door neighbor again But that Kruschev feller kept banging bis shoe an the UN desks and the RuskJes were after aU ahead of us In the Space Race And yes Castro was within spitting distance of the Sunshine State I was too young to be worried myself of course but I do remember my parents anxiously watching TV news reports of Ibe Cuban missile crisis and In later years learned the truth about JFK and the Bay of Pigs I knew enough In at to feel the continent wide tension of he missile crisis and to some extent could understand the urgent need o build a backyard bomb shelter Twenty years later my feelings be any different despite bewildered wondering about why wo protecting ourselves belter and why we concerned about surviving a nuclear attack I belong to the Call Me When It Over contingent Call meaCommunist Infiltrator but given the power I right the Canadian economy by writing off the national defence budget The Armed Forces administrators would have to find new Jobs shouldn t be too hard In a revived economy we have to sell all those ridiculous tanks and ships and yes the air raid sirens would come down too to be reposted Inside the arenas signalling the end of the game Then let the superpowers play with their nuclear toys lob a few this way If you want Imnot suicidal Just fervently convinced thero Is a better time and a better place than this greed ridden If a copy of this column survives me let It be swept by the gentle fallout breezes to Carp Ontario where the GovernorGeneral and the Cabinet will be nestled In the Dlcfenbunker My best wishes to you gentlemen Mr the hawk who did nothing to stop the holocaust Mr the socialist turned monarchist puppet and Mr Trudeau himself the beast slouching toward Bethlehem to be born Bessy cooks CAT Politics behind the budget Big Mac neednt worry much By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau of The Herald variety of reasons one being the fear or getting in over my depth I don t want to delve too Into the economics of the Nov 12 budget brought down by Finance Minister Allan MocEa But looking into the politics of that controversial budget Is quite another matter And In this respect It seems fair to observe that this just may be the most roundly criticized federal budget in modem memory In fact It might even cover ancient memory I know there ore some who will argue that the 1963 budget of Walter Gordon would rival the effort in the detestation charts but even that disastrous document had Its defenders While it contributed greatly to the political demise of Gordon and some of the budgetary measures had to be cancelled with Indecent haste the over all thrust of Gordon policies were not subjected to wholesaje condemnation If only the present finance minister could be treated with such kindness And here we re not simply talking about the predictable eatings that come from opposition parties No finance minister worries much about this criticism If MacEachen a budget offered every Canadian a free gold bar opposition MPs would complain about the lack of storage space ALL COMPLAINING No what we re talking about Is the cascade of criticism that Is coming In to Ottawa from virtually every segment of Canadian society includ ing various factions of the Liberal Party which the finance minister represents right now not even many Liberal MPs are showing much Imagination in hiding their distaste for budgetary proposals They do a great deal of headshaking And two weeks after the budget was presented some unnamed a Is of the finance department presumably they helped formulate the document were quoted as saying It was obsolete that was another first Even the prestigious Conference Board of Canada which traditionally wraps lis criticisms In velvet is more pointed than usual in commenting on the budget which In MacEachen words was designed to encourage sustained growth In the future What the board said is that the outlook for the Canadian economy Is by no means favorable and It went on to add this viewpoint This slowing is further reinforced by the reduced Incentives to Invest contained in the November budget All this occurred before wo the depressing news that the Canodlan economy had Just hit Its worst slump in 30 years FRIENDS TOO Of all the criticisms heaped on the beleaguered finance minister since Nov 12 perhaps the most telling came from that conference of 1 Ontario Federal Liberals who met In Toronto a few days ago These are the ministers people the ones who keep the Liberal Party in power Their role Is to defend Liberal policies not attack them Yet in their wisdom they passed this resolution Be it resolved that the govern ment reconsider very strongly the present budget which In place of encouraging risk taking and Job creation will in effect increase taxes not help Inflation and discourage Job creation Even with Walter Gordon budget the Ontario liberals dldnt pass this type of resolution Politically it seems as though will be facing a long and bleak winter With all economic Indicators edging toward the dreary and budget bashing fast becoming a national sport the finance minister may as well brace himself for the inevitable onslaught If he weren t such a masterful parliamentarian I would worry about his future Wouldbe leaders face Grits but none deserves an Oscar Queens Park By Derek Nelson Queen Park Bureau of The Herald Thcycame would be an exaggeration to say they conquered The four declared candidates for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership plus one undeclared candidate lurking In the wings faced delegates at a federal Liberal party convention here It wnsn t the most rousing bearplt session I ve over been to On the stage were three David Peterson London Centre John Sweeney Kitchener Wilmot and Jim Kitchener as well as Richard Thomas a candidate In Parry Sound last March 19 who failed to reach the legislature by just six votes On the sidelines somewhere was MPP Sheila Copps Hamilton Centre who has been pressed to run by several of the more or left elements In Leadership races are a peculiar institution in Ontario politics The Job involves long hours of heavy travel half or It in tho back or beyond and usually in winter Because of the pace performance by a candidate at one meeting Is not necessarily representative of how he or she does at other meetings or especially in the fncetofaco era that are so Important In the business of delegatewooing In short session does not a winner make That said however it is also relevant to see how they perform at big functions the annual party meetings of one kind or another climaxing with the leadership lion Itself next In that context the biggest appointment here had to be Peterson the acknowledged this time who came within votes of beating Stuart Smith In the last Grit search for a new Mitch Hepburn the last man to lead the Liberals to victory Peterson la considered a whin kid organizer and fund raiser and that was evident at this convention NO GOOD But ho mode a terrible speech to the delegates without a trace of passion tossing off in the moat perfunctory way the lines that indlcat his dedication to ail the Liberal motherhood Issues He was better in the question and answer period following but even there appeared somehow offstride Peterson s talents as an came under Indirect attack from Sweeney and Thomas both of whom the party had to find Its soul and know where it was going as lis f rst priority Peterson replied that philoso phy great but you also have to have money The Ontario Liberals are still In debt from the election Sweeney by waxing lyrical about progressive Liberalism seemed to be trying to live down his Image as the most right wing member of the legl stature on social Issues gained partly from his antiabortion and anticult stands Thomas whom never beard before sounded impressive as an actor should but after the cliche one rallied there dicta t seem to be much depth to this self proclaimed politics of survival or environmentalist candidate The man who gained moat In stature with me was Jim Brelthaupt Other than one unfortunate vulgarity that upset some of his audience had the sound and look of an organized professional politician who knew how and where to lead the party tie stressed his experience of years in the legislature Still neither he nor any of the others won an Oscar here for the sparkle they displayed for their audience POETS CORNER Arrival of John A McDonald in Georgetown 1 11 tell a lory from an old man as a boy wni told to mc I was on my way to July 1 celebration thai how II came to be John A got oil the train l George town as pis In as he could see And rode In the lo Erin which does make lie heard applause the clap of hone feel And the rattle wheels roll down the street The conference was In a special place lo meet Roads hue days were Jtut like sand the bridges made of timber Those roads were hard to travel only horse am ox limber Houses and barns those days were made of stone and wood Most men were clearing land It was the trend they should Erin was a popular place its pride today doe sleep Though town It grow great pioneers won t weep By Albert Brook Acton THIRTY YEARS Daughters George Church had to cancel plans to put on their plays at and when one of the members of the cost Mrs Fred Armstrong was quarantined at her home when one of her children developed scarlet fever Thla Is one of several cases In town and everyone is hoping it won become epidemic Well over per cent of eligible voters cast ballots on Monday in a vote second only to the record established in In that year 1 ratepayers turned out to exercise their political rights This year a total of 1372 ballots were cast Jack Armstrong won the mayors seat over opponent Harold Cleave Out of municipal politics for two years the Mutual Life Insurance agent has served as a councillor deputy reeve and reeve Mr Armstrong will take over the new office Jan KR MacDonald won the position of deputy reeve New council will be Douglas Sargent Stan Allen and James Goodie Georgetown Raiders engaged Jack as coach the Intermediate circuit with Bridgeport Walkerton and The Raiders have so far lost their first four games and hope their luck will change with a new coach It not he first time Mr Kentner has coached a Georgetown Intermediate team The Herald writes of the surprise among winners and losers alike when the Progressive Conservatives swept recent provincial election with members in he house out of a of 90 in thcncwleglslature The is no longer opposition party with the Liberals taking over that title with seven seats making the title rather a meaningless TWENTY YEARS Sargent a council ten years is Georgetown new mayor Mr Sargent defeated incumbent mayor Em Hyde by votes Monday In a twoman contest He Is completing his fourth term as town reeve was deputy reevo for two terms before and in i960 was warden Deputy reeve John Elliott had on outstanding day at the polls when be topped Ian Cass by 636 votes to succeed Mr Sargent as reeve Coun William F Hunter won by votes over Coun Bob Burke for deputy reeve Council voting was by words for the first time in many years Tentative plans for a second new school in Esquesing Township school area were reviewed Nov when school board members met at the home of trustee J Cunningham Members had previously agreed to the erection of a new school at Limehouse The second school may be built in the Hornby area after a suitable site Is located During the meeting several sites were discussed but no decision reached Final council okay for the Moore Park subdivision was given Tuesday with a third reading of a bylaw agreement between the town and Georgetown Developments Ltd The agreement had been held up a week for rrrinor changes In the wording of a clause The path Is now clear for on the Moore farm on the west highway limits of town There was a surprisingly small turnout of electors in Georgetown Monday Usually when top voters have an extra impetus to exercise their franchise But this year only per cent of the registered voters indicated their prefcrencebymarklngbollots There was per cent turnout last year which saw all offices contested Both cry from the historic ltH9 elections In which almost per cent of voters 1 people voted The first Open Ladles One Day was held at the North Halton curling club Nov 29 Fourteen teams competed In draw Mrs Mills of the Toronto Granite Club was the threegame winner with points TEN YEARS possibility of a children day care centre in Georgetown Is being Investigated by town council An ad in this Issue of the Herald asks interested parents lo list their needs in writing to the clerk administrator Council action follows a decision by the Ontario government to assist In financing construction of centres where children of working parents would be looked after while their parents are at work Mayor Smith explained that if a centre is built before May 1 there a a 100 per cent subsidy on labor costs Completion after that provides an per cent subsidy Coun Donna Dcnlson suggested that an advertisement would ascertain whether there is sufficient need here for council to embark on the scheme Blue green carpeting picking up the predominant colors In the stained glass windows has replaced the old worn linoleum In he library The library board felt the cracks In the linoleum were a danger to the public The work was done but Monday and Tuesday when the library was closed with library staff removing all the books from the shelves and replacing them in the right order and section after he carpet was laid Georgetown their numbers depleted are reforming to Include Brampton and Bra males At present they re conducting a membership drive to get up to their peak membership of 35 Started In 1963 the club has entertained locally and town over the years Dove Morgan Is continuing as director Lately through shift work and transfers the numbers have dropped and decision to take In a larger area was made ONE YEAR AGOThe Oldo Hide House in Acton officially opened its doors last Wednesday with a gala leather fashion show Located In a hide warehouse the store features a wide range or leather garments and accessories Family Court Judge James Fuller surprised trustees and administrators alike prior to swearing in the board of education Thursday by criticizing the direction of education in the last two decades Judge Fuller Invited to make remarks prior to administering tho oath of office was critical of the educational systems drift towards less structured school environments during the 1960s and 1970s as well as of problems caused by a failure to devise an adequate early detection system for learning disabilities All fourofthe Judges children have gone through tho Halton system end his wife has been a teacher for years He pointed out that he sees the children who have had problems with the educational system In court Ask yourself why I see practically no kids from separate and private schools he asked A former police sergeant been hired as the town municipal bylaw enforcement officer John Jock Lusty was appointed to the position Dec A former Preston Ontario police sergeant Mr Lusty Joins town staff from tho city of Cambridge where he was bylaw enforcement officer for seven years regional police association says the force is drastically understaffed In spite of an Ontario Police Commission report to the contrary last year Association president Bruce Richards said one of tho lowest per capita coats for policing In the province and of the highest ratios of members of tho public per police officer The strength of the force now stands at the ratio was people to one police officer