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the HERALD Home Newspaper of HaftonHBs- Since A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street n Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager PAUL DORSE Editor PHONE DAVID Advertising Manager Second Clin Mill Reg tie red Number 0943 SECTION A Tilt Ill Wednesday Mar Urban for our politicians One in the making the Georgetown urban area review report unveiled at a gratifying wellattended meeting is a head mixture of ideas and options that should keep our leaders and local developers bus for at least two decades to tome is in effect the dough with which our politicians will shape the community s future Most interesting among the studys revelations about Georgetowns future growth is its ap parent readiness to accommodate the single proposal that reall prompted the in the first place Focal Properties Ltds plans to build 1740 homes in the Hungry Hollow area just what is popularly ailed the subdivision As Thursda nights meeting in dicated no one involved is read to saj what will happen next Citizens have until April to let the town know how they feel about the report and developers and politicians alike an ticipate a lengh period of negotiation during which the final details ahout urban Georgetowns future will be hammered out Its still up to council of course whether Focal gels the big goahead but between the reports findings and the million lawsuit filed against the town and readv to be reactivated in the courts within days notice its a safe bet Focal will come to some large- scale terms with the town Were read to accept the towns commitment to expand its sewage treatment plant without adding to our tax burden With that kind of reassurance and the coot clean lines or thought apparent in the urban review report were confident original subdivision concept can be ac commodated to the benefit of all existing residents and industries We do however have some con cerns about Focals earl reaction to the new report as premature as those reactions and our concerns might be Contacted The Herald a Focal spokesman said his compart will likely completely scrap its original plan the size of the new subdivision proposal he said will be complete different The spokesman declined to elaborate so were left to presume some things about those mysterious words Since the report suggests council expand urban Georgetowns to include Fotal lands as well as neighboring properties we would assume there Is a possibility of a blanket development proposal which Focal would gear its concept to those of neighboring landowners A more efficient and much larger subdivision might be the result and here our concern arises The Herald has stated previously its appreciation for Actons and Georgetowns smalltown at mospheres Traffic along the Street corridor through Georgetown as one example is now busy enough without adding cars from future div Clearly preparations for such growth require even more thought than the urban review has given em While medical and ser vices could accommodate the new growth it anticipates the studv says new and parks will be necessary not to mention roads sewers and emergency services Growth to the south would bring us much closer in terms or appearance as well as proximity to the sprawling suburbia that Brampton has become It is here that longtime Georgetown residents will have the toughest decision In terms of aesthetics alone there is much to be lost In terms of the quality of life there would be a distinct move toward a more futuristic community of the kind to which all of metropolitan Toronto has now become accustomed Balancing Hie negative effects of largescale growth are many ob vious benefits most notable of which are plans for servicing Nerval and Glen Williams In addition the local economy can only benefit from more commerce and more citizens wholl create by their presen ce a fuller richer community Ad ditional commerce if the report is followed will be directed downtown And with the help of the development firms involved Georgetown will finally make proper use of Its hundreds of acres of ravine land for parks In short incorporation of the reports findings could conceivably Georgetown the means to meet its own potential for there is much of it still to be exploited Lets hope for good relations and good faith between the municipality and the developers With more of the cooperation thats guided the reports preparation it could indeed signal the start of a new era for Hills Letter from the editor Paul Dorsey for area residents to discover Jin ancient copy of Lie old Georgetown Herald providing Insulation or wrapping matt rial In tome long forgotten part of their homes but Mr and Mil CD Emerson of Georgetown recently came up with a real find Our own bound editions of the Herald date back to 1919 If you want to see what the newspaper looked like prior to that lime you have to peer Into a microfilm viewer at the Georgetown What the came across was something much more special a regular Issue of Wednesday evening Dec 17 1913 actually a specially printed progress edition which substituted the week news and views with detailed updates on lifestyles and business practices around the community It s printed on high quality coated paper stock rather than newsprint and the edition brought to us by the Is in exceptionally good condition but for a few bad tears The progress edition is still a slock In trade Tor many newspapers and the Hills Herald plans to publish lb own soon for the first time As a souvenir edition Its quite a treat for all readers Interested In taking their hometown as a promotional publication for interested in moving their homes or businesses here its an invaluable guide Back In late 1913 when the threat of Kaiser still some months away Georgetown already featured many of the characteristics that have identified It through the years In an edition that features Tar more photo graphs than regular publications could afford In hose days page one carries three views of Georgetown Mum one of the old iron railway bridge that still spans the Credit and the Congregational Church that had Just become the public library Also on page one arc shots of the town hall and the old reservoir and portraits of some civic fathers Reeve J M Moore town clerk W Kennedy and councillors II llcartwell Meek Near and William Barber Inside the idillon are dozens of marvellous photos of our former centres of commerce and worship and the men who ran lhcm The Georgetown foundry is still quite recognizable as is Church Holy Cross and the home of Col John Barber Berwick Hal at Main and Park There an early version of the Exchange Hotel Tavern the McLeod residence still standing above Main Street the Near residence still on Queen and of course the Hotel Hut for a onecolumn article entitled British Amazons Women who could pull an oar with the best of men the editions back page is devoted to I he village of Glen Williams With the blessings the progress edition lit be at our office for any Interested readers to browse in Take a walk through history when jou ve got a few pare moments Trace your roots to Georgetown a busy manufacturing community MX the smaller urban centres of Ontario perhaps none is better known or more thriving considering its size than the beautiful and progressive village of Georgetown There probably not another Ullage in Canada possessing so many manufacturing concerns as does George- Balancing party rhetoric after Parliaments stalemate By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau Herald Shortly after Parliament became mired In the current stalemate and Grit and Tory MPs began popping off in nil verbal directions I offered the unsolicited view that both sides should cool the rhetoric before things get out And as usual no one paid slightest attention Far from restraining the rhetoric both sides have escalated their war of wards until now they seem to have lost sight of what this messy little business is all about The energy bill which sits at the nub of the disagreement is talked about by the two warring House leaders and Erik Nielsen but other spokesmen for the two parties have bigger issues in mind They prefer to talk about the defence or destruction of our parliamentary system and lhey11 go to any length to emphasize their points The latest to Jump Into the fray Is Prime Minister Trudeau who after a couple of weeks of judicious silence has decided to compare the Tories to fascists and dictators In other countries SAVING DEMOCRACY It happened the Polish govern after the war in Francos Spain In Portugal and In Italy at the time of the Fascists he told a Toronto audience In which was destroyed was by closing down Parliament Some of you from other lands have seen It he said as he painted a picture of the valiant Liberals desperately trying to save democracy from lie dictatorial ambitions of Joe Clark And a few days before Ihls Justice Minister Jean Chretien got Into the act by comparing the Tories to the terrorists who terrified Quebec 12 years ago No explained an aide Chretien was not saying the Tories were terrorists he was just making a general com pa or something like that Meanwhile every time one side raises the temperature of the rhetoric the other side seems respond In lend And In fairness to the prime minister I suppose It should be pointed out that many of the initial overstatements came from the Tory side It was Clark himself who in explaining the need to Stop Trudeau over this energy legislation talked about the wanton destruction of democracy by the Grits WILD CLAIMS We have become a country where citizens have been thrown Into jo II without charge where roil services are abandoned without hearings where Internment camps can be established wjlhout any parliamentary authority At another point he said that this is from a government which with the War Measures Act throw more than four hundred Canadians In jail without charge He could have added but that the Conservatives of the day were almost unanimous In of the War Measures Act being proclaimed But thats not the point What is Important is the fact that with this rampaging war of words divisions are deepening the battle is becoming more bitter and parliamentary peace more elusive In the last couple of Houses I heard Liberals talk about Joe Clarks rape of Parliament to save his own political skin and I heard Tories talk of Trad calls systematic efforts to turn Canada into a banana republic and lead underdeveloped countries In a socialistic attack on the United States And to think it all began over an energy bill and whether It should be broken into several pieces of legislation Disillusioned Tory voters pose threat at ballot box Queens Derek Nelson Queens Park Bureau of The Her Id The rarest bird In the political flock Is one who publicly worries about winning an election II is almost an unwritten rule that a politician is always optimistic about his or her chances But Bob PC- Leeds is not your average politician He dc maris rated It again here in a speech No meek backbencher he talked about the grow- menace of the missing voter which could make for a fragile Tory position next election with the pot for bad results at the polls Now speaking personally of course His riding has only voted something other than Conservative once since Confedcrati on Winning the Leeds PC nomination is tantamount to winning the election But he is talking about a trend thai others hove noticed and commented upon noticeably the candidates who vied for the leadership of the Liberals and New Democratic Party this win People arc turning off the electoral system in droves MANY I EWER In only per cent sat out the provincial election year In the number rose to per cent in 1977 to 37 per cent and last March peaked per cent that of those who actually voted the Tories took between per cent and per cent over those years but more important the percentage of eligible voters casting ballots for the party continued to drop Only one in four voted Tory In 1381 And It Is no consolation that even fewer voted Liberal or We have an electorate to which the Franchise Is increasingly unimpor tant said and that Now Runciman is a conservative as well as a PC who speaks for attitudes and Ideals often dcrled as irrelevant by the pragmatic estab lishment who run the Progressive Conservative Party WHAT MEANS The implication of what that to some degree the is a result of big Conservatisms abandonment of the value represent by small conservatism Or as he put it government is going to have to be more aware of the concerns of the majority who are increasingly alienated by the actions of this country political leadership The pragmattsts respond of so that if you dont win the election in the first place all he values In the world don anything Which la However it ignores the fundamen tal problem is underlining TORY EDGE In 1981 the Conservatives had a very popular leader Premier BUI Davis most of the money and 10 limes the organization of their opponents The two opposition leaders Irked many people and ran poor campaigns to boot Yet the Tories still drew fewer actual votes than they did a decade earlier and with a much bigger electorate to draw from one million more to be precise Thats reality the Conservatives face If either opposition party can ever find the key to unlocking the electoral door of the slay at homes the PCs will discover deep trouble Now It may not be as suspects that drifting from conserve values has helped fuel the reluctan ce to cast a ballet But among those who do vote Is It any accident that a Libertarian can draw 1200 votes in a riding like Durham West Those must be Tory protest ballots fears are something the pragma lists are going to have lo POETS CORNER Song for Spring I a robin singing her late song And Oh she so the day was nearly bom I whispered Pleaae keep singing For a link while your long ascends to Heaven Im lure the smile You have travelled many Through winds and sun and rain To rest upon that Icaflm bough And your refrain You re so very faithful Your plumage is You bring joy and plea lure May your visit be sublime Hurry Spring Gel busy Dress the naked trees Come on golden Warm tail chilly bretic Wake the sleeping woodlands en slumbering flowers appear The Robin says Its springtime Blest you Robin dear By Margaret King Georgetown Haltons History From our files i THIRTY EARS AGOGeorgitown taxpayers will have to dig deeper into their pocketboola Ihisjeor Council at Mondays meeting set the tax rate at mil the same as last year A slightly over increase in the cost of running the town has been offset by an increase in assessments Last year the town spent while this year expenses arc budgeted at Education cost are up for public school and for high school One mill is equivalent lo Auditor HA Lever reviewed the financial position before the budget debate and pointed out Dial a 14 deficit of the previous year had been converted to a surplus The town had been helped financially he said by Iho sale of 70 houses which had given an unexpected of He suggested the cemetery board consider rates in light of present costs The cannot break even on a charge of to open a grave when It takes ten hours to dig one ho said The annual high school commencement will be held next Wednesdaj Johns United Church auditorium Three oneact plays will highlight the entertainment for night Miss Rose Is directing a play the grade nine girls and Principal J L Lambert is directing the other two plays The high school girl choir will sing several numbers alio A big musical show featuring members of the Legion A and other local people will be presented in the Legion Hall two days next week Shooting produced by the same company which directed the Lions Club Its a date show two years ago uses a television show as a background and features impersonations of well known stars like Kate Smllh Fred Waring and Milton Bcrle as well as Queen for a Day show The production is under direction of Miss Jester TWENTY YEARS AGOA measure which would release undeveloped portions of the Delrex for house building received majority approval of council Monday when on was ordered to allow a developer lo execute a new subdivision agreement Debated for almost two hours opinion was far from unanimous with the proposal pacing by a 54 split To encourage new industry the town must have a surplus labor force and to have this it must have medium priced homes said Rex Cock Two local firms Varlan Associates and Ihe Howard Smith Alliance Paper Mill contributed each to the building fund for the North School for Retarded Children The Royal Bank their gift of bringing Georgetowns total to in far ConstruMInn of School a ill Marled immediately The goose did not lay an egg when the Little Theatre group presented the Blue Goose three nights last week Their largest audience to date cap city houses two out of three nights enjoyed every minute With the success of this production it is hoped that the Georgetown Theatre established itself as a permanent part of the Producer Pat and director Ron Hill are be congratulated Edith player the ingenue lead with complete naturalness Edith as Louise falls in love with a swashbuckling sailor Georgetowns team of salesmen the Industrial Commission organized their forces in their Inaugural meeting Friday when they named Roger Wade chairman Alex vicechairman and Peter Berry secretary treasurer Making up the 1962 commission arc Reeve John Elliott Deputy reeve Peter Berry Roger Wade Alex Mayor Sargent Harold Bill Simpson Harold Bat tow nnd lock lag TEN YEARS midnight Monday night Alcr Investments won a round in their twoyear battle to erect two apartment buildings on the north side of Highway at the eastern town limits when council on a vote passed the first reading of the by law to change the site from Industrial to apartment use Earlier in the evening Ihe motor hotel the other project planned by Al Pilutti on same site was passed with no opposition or discussion A long list of Industries considered obnoxious were banned from town when council passed a by law Monday night Tholisl includes or slaughter houses cattle poultry or animal sheds ash or refuse dumps asphalt plants auto wrecking yards blast furnaces blood boiling plants casting foundries chemical or gaseous manufacturing corrugated metal manufacturing crematorium distillation of bones coal wood vegetable or animal products or by products and many others The report of the Ontario Police Commission Investigating Georgetown Police Department which was expected Monday is still not in the hands of the Georgetown Commission The investigation started In late January The preliminary Investigation was undertaken to determine if internal problems warranted a full scale Investigation Georgetown Memorial Arena resembles a beehive this week Its bulling with hundreds or young Bantam hockey players This is the 12th consecutive year that Georgetown has played host to what Is now recognized as the best Bantam hockey tournament In Canada tourney chairman Harry Levy said ONE YEAR AGOHalf of the trustees present at last Wednesday nights board of education meeting successfully defended the boards new million budget for 1981 against a million cut proposed by rep Bill Herd The approved budget will bring an average mill rate lncreaseof97pcr cent across the region Although each towns share of the budget will vary ai adjustments arc made according lo local needs the result could be a 44 tax hike for on average assessment of The time has long passed Mr Herd warned fellow trustees when taxpayers will support rising education costs In the face of declining enrollment Less than onehalf of them children in the system A second appeal for funding hoi earned the fledgling North Social Planning to start programs in Milton and Hills promoting in the area Although the group formed in November originally asked the regions health and social services committee for 21 only was recommended to regional council for approval Georgetown District School vice principal and president of group Bill Thorn warned councillors that not getting mare money would dampen enthusiasm among board members Tile Chrysler Raiders proved they are indeed made of championship material when they rebounded from a 73 drumming by Owen Sound lost week defeat their rivals over Die weekend by scores of and In their home game last March 17 the Raiders got caught sleeping by Owen Sound The Greys whipped five goals past McDuffe In the second period Georgetown tallied only two during thai period Georgetowns Branch of the Canadian Legion went down to defeat In provincial senior curling championships this weekend finishing second behind their arch rivals from The local Legion team has only beaten once Branch 120 of Georgetown were the provincial defending champions after winning last year and placing third at the Canadian final The local rink of Ken Pat Chamberlain Gord Campbell and Harvey Campbell have defended the provincial for years In a row