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Page I SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Fe IIB4 Public school teacher dies at her home A Centennial Public School teacher died suddenly at home early Thursday morning Sears was pronounced dead on arrival at Georgetown Memorial Hospital An autopsy was held on the weekend but the will not disclose the results A Avenue Act on resident Mrs Sears was a special education teacher for Grade students at Centennial School In Georgetown Prior to teaching at Centennial this Sep tern ber she had taught at Actons Utile Public School Stewart town Senior Public School and Speyslde Public School Children from her teaching career turned up Monday afternoon for her funeral and burial in Acton She was a very dedl teacher extreme- interested In primary and Junior students Centennial principal Len Kay said He recalled a Ballon with Mrs Scars in which she had expressed her teaching philosophy She had said if problems were Iden early in the primary grades they could be corrected much more easily She was very sincere anda professional Mr Kay said A lot of children from the differ schools she been in were at her funeral which tells a lot about the relationship she had with the kids Mrs Sears is survived by her husband and three children in Grades 3 and 10 Halton Hills Are chief BUI Cunningham said firefighters were called to the home at 2 38 Thursday but could not revive the woman Chamber bid runs afoul of council A bid by the George town Chamber of Commerce to squeeze a grant out of the region have much support from local councillors Council Monday declined to plead on behalf of the Chamber when the grant request already rejected by s administration and finance committee is reviewed by regional council The money is being sought for the Chamb- BIG Celebration an exhibition of local businesses to be held in June as a provincial bi centennial salute and tribute to the 120th versary of the village of Georgetown The Chamber is a business group Coun Mike said Peace topic for UCW Unit 1 of Unit CbuMbmet borne of Marion Laird for dessert luncheon Thursday last The writer opened the meeting with a Prayer For Peace followed by the devotional prepared by Dorothy McLean and read by Smith Roll call was on Friendship and the minutes were read and adopted Mac Cleave thanked the for the fruit basket at Christ mas Mary Crawford show a film on Ventures In Missions Funds raised will go to support the building of churches in new sub divisions and will aid the handicapped youth elderly ethnic and native people Muriel Hey had seve ral short humorous res dings and also told about the life of a mission family In Colombia The meeting closed with he benediction PHOTO REPRINTS eta available lor any photograph appearing The Herald 8772201 TIS THE SEASON FOR COLDS AND AND FLU BUGS and the project should be paid for by its members not taxpay In a letter to council BIG Celebration rep Lynn Barnard said Armstrong was not at the Feb committee meeting in which the Chamber request was rejected Coun Armstrong said he was at another meeting at the time but he would have declined to comment an the bid anyway TO ORCHESTRA At the committee meeting grants were awarded to the Ha milt on Philharmonic Orche stra and the Royal Botanical Gardens which received has an allot ment of about for social services and cultural grants this year Councillors are currently deciding who will get what Acton Coun Dave Whiting disapproving the grants to the ton organizations said the region will also have to refuse social services Are we to turn down the blind and tbe needy at one end yet approve something far Georgetown he said Coun John McDonald said the Chamber did not get chance to explain tbe grant request as a boost for tourism Your pets cant get your cold Starr Writer You can sneeze all dog or horse and he won t catch your miserable That the news from Georgetown Animal Clin c veterinarian Ross Viruses which give us the blahs and runny noses have adapted to survive Just within us Transferred to cat horse or dog cells these viruses dan last More prepared than humans animals arc given vaccines to pro tect them against virus that can attack heir When weather changes like his time of year we get lot of form animals with colds Dr said The damp around In the mud and the temperature ations make them sick BAD TIME The change from cold to warm days seems to give the animals more trouble and ing miserably Friday afternoon Box of Klee nex and bottle of Vlcksj Vaporub in hand Georgetown District High School student Karen fvany battled a cold Sleeping all helps because you get tired Karen said Shes drinking lots of lea and runny nose Karen is president of the GDHS drama club and star Portia in ho clubs spring performance of The Merchant of Venice Herald photo greater gelt he said We used to find the worst times of the year were foil and spring Dr said If one gets an infection the others get t as well Depending on the bug affect them cats get runny noses eyes and ulcers in their mouths Most cats ore protected by vaccines he said Dogs usually don t get colds unless they re in confined conditions where ti ere are a lot of dogs Its similar to whooping cough In people Rarely Is there nasal charge or runny eyes said COUGHS Dogs can get kennel cough caused by Even dogs in the cleanest kennel get it It just takes one carrier in a confined hesaid If horses are isolated they arcn t usually vaccinated they re going to track or go to In with other horses which could be carriers then vaccination advised said Police beat Booze charge GEORGETOWN Saturday at 11 a 16ycar old Georgetown man was charged with being intoxicated on Lynden Circle Door smashed ACTON A plate glass door window worth was smashed at the Diplomat Apartments on Church Street Thursday at a regional police said the window was damaged during a disturbance in the building Stereo swiped An AM cassette stereo deck and amplifier worth was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked in a Queen Street driveway Friday More slashings GEORGETOWN Four tires on a 1977 Grand Prix had been slashed Thursday when the owner relumed to his parked car regional police said the car had been parked in front of a Street store and the slashing occurred between and 10 p m Damage is estimated at BUSINESS DIRECTORY Crown withdraws assault charges SPECIAL TO The Herald MILTON Sexual assault charges against Acton hairdresser Fran Coda were dropp ed this week by the Terry O Connor act Crown attorney told provincial court Judge William Sharpe he doubted the Crown could get a conviction in the light of evidence from the accused wife Sexual formerly called until changes tc criminal code the charges Dr Robert R Hamilton OPTOMETRIST S Georgetown 8773971 Euchre results Hultonville Good Neighbors held their monthly euchre at the school with eight tables in play Winners were Buck Burton Margaret Grainger Jack Rohrcr McMurchy Travelling prize Isabel Ken Ad cock Next euchre will be Scoop Do you have a news tlpT Our writer would like to 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