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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Haiton Hills Established 1866 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario L7G 3Z6 PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager PHONE 2201 Advertising Manager Second Out Reg It Km Number Ontario election likely this fall The Big Blue pride of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party is sidelined after playing its stunning role in the defeat of federal Liberals across the province But perhaps not for long Clean bright and slightly oiled it still idling And the buzz around Queens Park suggests that it may be rumbling into action again this November hopefully to repeat its recent federal carry provincial Tories to another victory An election this year is unnecessary the majority government of Premier William Davis has half a year to go before its traditional four year term ends Speculation could go awry if Davis decides to retire from political life This by the premier own admission is not in the cards but there are hints that some choice plums may come his way when Conservative Leader Brian becomes Prime Minister And it would not be the first time a leading politician has had a change of mind For the time being we feel the odds are on a late fall election The signs and portents visible after last Tuesday s smashing victories by the federal branch of the Conser vative Party suggest it and nothing denotes any weakening of popular for a government which Davis has led for the past Latest opinion polls say that per cent of Ontario voters would support the Conservatives 35 per cent would vote Liberal ana per cent Those numbers point to an improvement in the governments already substantial majority Present standings in the house are Tories 71 Liberals and There are five vacant seats With this reassuring knowledge top cabinet ministers according to reports are pushing for a The feeling of one was that Tones were bound to win so let s get it over with Opposition parties the Liberals led by David Peter son and by Bob may be hoping and praying that Davis will call it quits and seek his rewards elsewhere Af ter all a battle joined with other than this doughty wily and skilful leader might be preferable We shall all know better after Pope John Paul im pending tour of the province which way he political wind is blowing but at this moment it would appear that Davis has much to gain and little to lose by staying in office and going to the people one more time Courtesy Guelph Mercury The Ontario government has taken ep encourage not penalize families for their efforts to provide shelter and supportive care homeowners who renovate lo accommodate a disabled or elderly person whether they be a friend family or for themselves are not required to pay extra property tax Minor and major alterations included Exemptions apply only to that portion altered to meet the Individual a needs and will be effective until the person dies or moves out profit group homes arc eligible provided their accommodations do not exceed three residential units Affidavits will be delivered on request or can be picked up at lialton Peel Regional Assessment Office Robert Pkwy Missis On a disability allowance or limit Income and faced with a sudden additional expense Under the General Welfare Assist Act special assistance is avail able to any person who by reason of financial hardship has budgetary needs which exceed his or her income Even those employed may be eligible as long as a needs assess indicates their Incomo is to pay for the requested Hem Total or partial payment may be approved This may include drugs surgical supplies transportation to hospital prosthetic appliances wheelchairs vocational training dental services oxygen equipment moving costs home repairs and security deposits or utilities Supplementary Aid is geared to those receiving government benefits Including those in receipt of Vocational Rehabilitation Allowance and GAINS This provision allows Assisting the recipient to meet the cost of fuel shelter or extraordinary needs These needs arc comparable to those approved by Special Assistance described above Applications can be made through the local welfare office and approval Is made at the discretion of the admin If aid is denied the admin I should be requested to state the reasons for refusal In writing Ramps appreciated by Todd Dear Sir We are delighted with the now ramped side walks com p let along and Duncan These ramps are a convenience lo many people but especially a help for our disabled son Todd Is now able to visit Irlenos on own and plans to go to school on his whenever he With all the budgeting problems placed before he own we arc pleased that the need for ramps in this area was made a priority thank all concerned for a job well History From our files How did they live The Indians of Esquesing By RICHARD Herald Special When the first white settlers arrived in Esquesing In they were newcomers For centuries before from about until the mid 17th century Huron tribes had their transitory villages among the pine forests north of the western tip of Lake Ontario These prehistoric Indians did not have a written language to record their story Although the reports of Jesuit missionaries whose shrine at Midland Pope John Paul will visit on his Canadian visit tcllsomclhlngof Huron life In general It Is the archaeologists who must place them on the local map and tell us something of how they lived here Only in past twenty years have the had Huron sites In this area to study A site on the farm of Brigadier F Wallace near fad lot concession 10 was excavated in 1963 and 1965 What was dug up showed some thing of how the Indians supported themselves by hunting and farming There were over 100 bones and bone fragments mosUy from whitetailed deer but also from elk dog or coyote beaver black bear gray fox gray wolf wood turtle and And some charred remains a handful of corn kernels and a piece of squash vine were unearthed The artifacts told more about their way or life Two polished stone tools were recovered One was a celt or chisel that had been much used There was also a sandstone abrader used to smooth the stone Then there were some arrowheads and a doubleedged scraping tool that had been made by chipping pieces of grey chert flint Bone provided another source for tools and decorations A beaver tooth was modified so it could be used to cut designs there was a pottery marking tool two awls a flaking tool made from antler and ten bone beads From clay the Indians had made pipes and pottery The rims of Indian pots were decorated in distinctive patterns and though some of the patterns found here fit neatly into any existing classification others followed the traditional simple designs used by the Huron Neutral Indians In a Huron burial ground was uncovered on the Sheridan Nurseries property at Glen Williams and excavated the following year The Huron left their dead on raised platforms About every ten years they held the Feast of the Kettle when the skeletons were gathered and burled m pit If the flesh had not completely decomposed it was the task of the relatives to scrape what remained from the bones and the marks on some of the bones in the Glen Williams pit suggest that this happen The Huron taught that as the bones of their ancestors were mixed together so too they should live together In harmony The absence of trade goods in suggests that it dates from before tho arrival of Europeans The coming of Europeans to North American shores brought dire effects to those who what was to become township almost two centuries before European settle ment began there For the newcomers brought with them new diseases to which the Indians had no resistance and fomented increased hostility between the because or their rivalry for trade As the supply of beaver around the St Lawrerce became depleted the Iroquois traditional enemies of the Huron began to strike Into their territory By the middle of the 17th century the Huron and their allies had been driven from their territory and the lands lay unoccupied for about a century THIRTY YEARS AGO Nork Elegance a hackney horse which Ken McMillan purchased recently from Argyll Stables Mt Carroll III was grand champion harness mare at the CNE horse show Jack Holmes Acton drover has returned from a trip to Three Rivers Quebec where he delivered a shipment of grade and registered J Graham and Co and the Canad an Bank of Commerce have purchased a debenture issue of Esques Township for the new addition to Glen Williams school Visiting his native land for the first time he came to this country John will be reunited this week with his brother and sisters In Austria YEARS AGO Over the violent objections of Cr Ern Hyde and acting mayor W Hunter council Monday night voted to hire manage ment consultants Stevenson Kellogg to conduct a management audit at a cost o no more than Out of a total of 46 the Georgetown Library Board Tuesday night hired three part time staff members Mrs Myriam Mrs Browne and Mrs Esme Ball Tony Powell Chipper Crescent collected four gold medals at the Canadian Senior Championships in Victoria TLN YEARS AGO Ontario Premier William Davis made a commitment to meet with Norval ratepayers in their dispute with the board of education Janice McDonald became one of the first girls to join the Air Cadet Program in Georgetown after recent legislation changes Stanley Eckstein delivered the first letter to Norman Price in Acton where mail delivery has begun FIVE YEARS AGO The historic Georgetown train station has been granted a stay of execution for at least the next five years following the signing of a new lease Hills recreation and parks director Glen Gray has submitted his resignation as he Is moving Although ill at the time Christian Book who has Just completed Grade competed in Grade 9 class at the spelling match placing second Editors notebook Open Door policy The signs are shaping up for a fall season that is ripe with promise Two programs coming to the area are meeting the needs of residents and addressing problems that we must face headon At St Georges Anglican Church on Street there is a dropin program called Open Door that begins Friday Uniquely situated beside Georgetown District High School the church basement provides an ideal place for teenagers to get together and rap Open Door will undoubtedly have a Christian flavor but the two coordinators wont be pushing religion theyll only be there to answer questions for their young guests Night programs are planned for the weekend which may give teenagers another alternative in their search for fun Along with the Open Door are two drinking and driving forums planned for and Milton The forums may help to further publicize the need for our community to take a greater interest in stopping impaired drivers of all ages Teenagers who drink and drive may be doing so because they have a lack of opportunity to have fun in other less dangerous ways Thats where programs like Georgetown s Open Door dropm and Acton s Mug dropin offer places for teenagers to go where theyre welcome and yet still away from their parents watchful eyes By now the federal election results have given everyone a chance to sit back and reflect on tho Tory landslide For our own staff it was a long night but we suspect PC victory parties lasted longer than our writing sprees In the aftermath wed tike lo add bit of the drama by including a few more tidbits about election I wish we could say this Is the last election story you read in The Herald for a while but with the provincial Tories playing coy we 11 have to wait and ponder what Mr Davis has in mind for us before Christmas But anyhow In BramptonGeorgetown the number of registered voters increased Otto mind takinga from 000 In to ill In 19M rival Oriena Only per cent of voters cast ballots in but this year by his sign vandalism and felt It had turned been some people In the Liberal camp out at the polls also chastised Currie for her In percentage terms theBramp- brochure which noted her fight for tonGeorgetown PCs received per business a point he disputed cent followed by the Liberals at Mrs Currie defended her literature by per cent and the at 15 per cent saying she had changed a part of the The Green Party captured criminolCodoofCanadaandasection while the Communist Party netted 1 or the tariff act per cent of the vote The votes for Green Party Liberal candidate Ross Milne candidate Chris made him won In cast Brampton in a rural area called castiemoreby a vole margin Citizen Again 1 Violent Pornography but generally he was outgunned to 1 except in Georgetown where the margin was 6 votes to Milne In Otto win over closest rival Liberal candidate Oriena Currie was by a vote margin In 1900 he beat Liberal Bill Perras by votes and In he beat Liberal incumbent Frank by almost 10 one of more successful Green candidates throughout Ontario Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water Seems people in Hills have been receiving calls about a telephone survey which might be a chance for a local candidate to lest the waters Some of the questions were on what residents thought of the provinci PCs the Liberal incumbent Julian Reed the question of Catholic school funding and the candidacy of a Peter Pomcroy of Norval Clip and mail campaign update Balance your records Dear Sir records As a member of the Continually Brackens inter county soccer hove had to put up with league more commonly recordings of facts In a known as The Three biased and misleading Ring Flying Circus and manner Without after three years of opportunity to reply we passivity Brackens can ore forced to take these no longer stomach the unfortunate steps discrepancies of report Tho main object of this ing and feel we must at Journalism Brackens this time take a stand in feel is to discredit our order to balance the club put us in an embarrassing situation This cannot and will not be tolerated any longer Brackens feel that unless a more positive and construe live a is shown in the articles that they should either be discontinued or someone more sensitive to life needs of the soccer community be found Pilot project Mission from in schools Dear Sir The Haiton Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Abuso or Children applauds the Boards of Education progressive first step toward the development of a prevention education program for our Clemen lary school children endorsee proposal that prompted the of education to address the problem and its educational Not only is the task force cheered by this positive first step but developed treatment and support services presently operating In our community Sincerely Carole Holmes Chairperson Dear Sir InJuncwcsponsoreda clip and mall coupon supporting passage of legislation bringing video tapes under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Film Review Board Those who sent in pons received replies from both and Mr Bob Some people found Mr Roes letter to be inti dating We would like to assure them that their stance was correct The attached is our reply to Mr letter Yours truly Gall Rutherford Chairman Dear Mr We arc happy to be informed that you have received clip and mall coupons regarding legl station over video tapes which our group sponsor ed in two local news papers Your staffs forceful response has made us aware of just how effective such a campaign can In your letter of Julys 1984 you slate that station proposed by a majority government cannot be prevented by the opposition This is obvious What you have done In threatening debate Just the House was scheduled to close and has other business lo tend to is to seriously delay the progress of this bill You have prevented the public debates you claim to want on this issue from taking place this summer and have postponed the date that this Icgislatlonwlll become law by least four months May we point out that second readings docs not make legislation law You could have used your delay tactics before third reading and allow an all parly commit tee to study the bill and hold public forums on It this summer As you know after Thanksgiving when the House re convenes committees which are relatively free now will again be Inundated with budget and other press Ing matters The desensitliatlon process the public will experience between now and the time bill finally becomes law is only accelerated by the increasingly violent nature of current porno graphy You claim that in your opinion civil numoer millions Ontario We would suggest that those most vocal against Elgle bill are those who profit the most from porno graphy Other citizens parents teachers clergy are becoming more vocal in their support of legisla live controls us they are made aware of the Issue We are encouraged that the Provincial NDP did approve a resolution supporting a system of film classification and licensing despite millions of such Education to prevent sexual abuse At the August 23 Board J Meeting trustees pilot the program In west and north Haiton The task force was encourag by ho receptivity of the board as we bad been earlier this spring with the separate school board Our task force of volunteer professionals and parents under the auspices of the Child Abuse Council pared to shoulder their responsibility in s comprehensive response to child sexual abuse specifically their role in prevention Prevention Is the most critical component of that response if we are serious about stopping abuse And we are Given favorable evalu atlon of the pilot we are optimistic that a preven tion education program By ROBIN character wnu Herald Stall a variety of situations Both he Board with audience participa of Education and the lion learns the differ Separate School Board ence between nurturing have endorsed a pilot and exploitive touch project In which Carole Holmes chair- will see a presentation of person with the a play entitled Mission Task Force for the Pre- from vention of Sexual The play bo pre- of Children Is in full sen ted In late November support of program Is a preventative cduca and feels it fits in with an program for existing program tho children on sexual schools have for safety abuse Her statistics show Tho John Elliott that nine out of ten times Theatre In Georgetown a child Is sexually done It might also be noted that Beckers and and have given their full operation in ramping their stores Sincerely Harry and Eileen Ellis Weber Drive Georgetown children In the Grades three and four levels Mrs Holmes is optimist there will be a pre ventative educational program in the schools by the fall of 1985 She cites the program as a personal safety experience in which the children learn they can say no and seek help from someone else The play written by a social worker Is by a kit Including songs reading cards puppets and an intensivi worked diligently wl commence In the site for it Is by the manual for teachers mis the the north presentation of child knows and per There Is already back of 19B5 program the play and at the same cent of the lime it is by a ground pumic awareness complements the rn child sexual abuse promote development prevents well as treatment and to n proposal for a community school sponsored program It was he commu complements the father figure work being done such fl is expected If the evaluation of the developing of work Parents teachers and the presentations Is posi shops and specific train interested members of tivc there Is no doubt in for classroom teach the community are my mind that the ens We do not Invited to watch the play program will follow pate this program not which centres on through she said going through Mrs Pcrsonln an imaginary Aimed school Holmes said Letters to the editor are welcome legislation You also state that no one Including ourselves had prior knowledge as to the specifics of Bill This is true However the intent and issues being addressed by the bill have been well known for some time Anyone concerned should have had his arguments well prcpar cd and thought out In time for debate of this most important piece of legislation Citizens Against Viol cnt Pornography is a group of men and women who have been actively concerned for the past year and a half with video violence and child pornography Wo Interested In any legi initiatives made and appro- hearing your In this elate views Yours truly Gall Rutherford Chairman