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THE HERALD Wednesday May 17 Page 7 LETTERS j Opinion Page J irked by MPP Turner Haltons History from our files 30 years ago With the election Ontario only three weeks away a relatively quiet campaign was expected In Georgetown the has already taken place with the two enumerators having called at homes last week Two Georgetown men Bludd of Churchill Cres and Keith Miller of RRl split the reward money for their part in the return of a Gait youngster who disappeared from his home on May 13 The 14yearold truant had been Jiving with relatives in the Princeton district of Gait for the past eight years The reward for information of the boy was put up by his father George Cuthbert of Brampton had a hareraising experience drivfng to work He was eastbound of the a mile west of the Huriiber River bridge when a jackrabbit ran onto the road and froze in the path of his car At the last second the rabbit jumped over the hood of the car crashed through the windshield and struck Mr Cuthbert in the face Although bleeding from face cuts the driver managed to retain control of his car and dmve to St Josephs Hospital in Toronto for treatment He said a pair of sunglasses saved him more serious injury The dead jackrabbit weighed and was buried by Mr Cuthbert in his backyard 15 years ago Project SWEEP Students Working in Environmental Enhancement Program returns again to the Credit Valley Conser vation Authority This years pro ject is one part of Experience the name given collectively In all the students programs ad ministered by the Ontario Provin cial Governments Youth Secretariat More than GOO school children in Acton were handcuffed and finger printed by the Acton reported orp Bob Arbour The work is all a display and demonstration program arranged for police week by the Last Monday about pupils from the public schools went to the police station on Willow Street to view the display of guns uniforms and drugs 10 years ago The payment of to assist in the restoration of Actons centuryold town hall had been recommended by the towns general committee After a lengthy debate Monday night dur ing which allegedly parochial com ments made by some councillors raised the ire of those representing Ward I Acton the committee agreed to earmark in the towns 1960 budget as its share of the estimated restoration cost adding the condition that the availability of provincial grants must first be assured tor the pro ject Approval was expected for the sale of the financially troubled River Run housing development off River Drive in Georgetown of In vestors Services Limited in Toron to told The Herald that sub sidiary of his company offered for the partially com pleted subdivision 5 years ago As a result of open on Sun day both locations of and video stores in Acton and Georgetown have been charged under the Retail Business Holidays Act This is not the first time the store has been charged with the of fence and one police spokesman referred to the situation as a test case If continue to stay open well continue to charge them until the courts sort it out he said No place to house towns cultural riches Kells Korner Herald SUA Hills is an area rich in cultural history Buildings in town are a standing monument to an area that has undergone and survived many changes But there is no place to house the treasures of the past no room to walk into to catch a glimpse of history intact The Region of Halton is consider ing plans to move the Regional Museum from its present location in Kelso Park to a site in Bronte Provincial Park at Upper Middle Road and Highway While this is a lucrative location to attract tourists travelling along the local highways the northerners will be left geographically out in the rain This project is proposed to cost million Those tax dollars come from everyone in the Region not just those in the surrounding areas of Burlington and although they do have a large con tribution due to larger popula tions But what real benefit will the museum in Oakville be to Halton Hills residents One tiring to keep In mind is that artifacts down at the overcrowded premises in Kelso are pieces of Hills heritage One statue of an Indian woman once sat out side the first smoke shop in Georgetown Someone driving through Burl ington might have heard of Georgetown or Acton but would probably be more interested in the locale where the museum sits in South There is no doubt that the Regional Museum needs a new location but access from North especially Hills will be limited A second site pro posed in the Crawford Lake area would have been more central to many people There are travellers from Peel HamiltonWentworth and Guelph who frequent the environmentallyprotected lands in Milton Somehow Milton doesnt seem far away from Burlington Oakville Acton or Georgetown The Region suggested if the museum is approved for construc tion in Oakville each municipality could have its own satellite museum to host displays and rotating exhibits But Hills cant afford such a museum as the mayor told other Regional coun cillors at an administration and finance committee meeting last week So back to square one If Hills could somehow find the funds perhaps even on a private donation base to turn one of the monumental and historicallyrich properties in town into a museum that could provide added tourism it should do so Everyone in town wants pro gress it seems And thats great and its understandable But in speeding up the wheels of industry the heritage of such a beautiful place should be preserved and not EDITORS NOTE The following letter to MP Garth Turner was fil ed with the Herald for publication Mr Turner Well it has become readily ap parent that you have read the great book of stupid government The Garth Turner of the Toronto Sun days is gone and now has a firm foothold toeing the party line Enough propaganda about Canada being at war with the na tional debt enough tugging at patriotic heartstrings and enough praise for Mr Wilson the raper of the middle class You are not the Garth Turner I helped elect but you are the Garth Turner will do my utmost to not have elected next time I worked hard and sacrificed greatly last year to earn 50000 and your government sees me only as a source of uncomplaining in come The middle class that con tribute most to the welfare of this country is also the class that receives the least in return for The working middle class are not responsible for the massive debt incurred by this country over the last years but we are the ones that are paying it off Canadians will play ball on this plan to slow the debt but only if the system is fair What is fair about a system where a single wage earner with a wife and two children pays more tax than a two earner family with no children and the same in come I do not earn the money I do because of some privilege granted to me by the government I do so because I work long and hard I am left with less money to support my family while a young couple and Mr Wilson laugh at my traditional values Your Mr Wilson the one you praise so much makes me angry to the point of nausea And to top it all off your Mr Wilson is going to taxback all of my family allowance When did Canada go from a democracy to socialism Your idea about the bonds is a stupid one Who in their right minds would buy low interest bonds when they need all the money you can get to support your family We middle class are not that stupid or that patriotic My family comes first and everything else in cluding the country a distant se cond For your information I quit my parttime job because Mr Wilsons budget takes away my incentive to do so Because of the new national sales tax whatever goods I can I will make myself buy privately and used to avoid more tax You and your government are making my familys life very dif ficult and return I plan to do the same to you Plan to see a lot of me at your future town hall meetings where I will be pointing out your policy swing your propaganda articles about the government and the un fairness your government dishes out to the backbone of the country Take this clear message back to government no doubt with your hat in your hand and tell Mr Wilson for me that I have had enough I can no longer respect a government that literally excretes on my values ChnsGougeon Georgetown Late doctor questioned modern MPs EDITORS NOTE The following letter was written 39 years ago by Dr WC Whiteside and is printed here in its entirety as it appeared in the June 1950 edition of the Alberta Medical Journal The letter was submitted to the Herald by Donna Robin of Georgetown Have we modern doctors in our zeal for medical advancement lost the human touch of kindness and friendship for those we serve Why did so many noble men of this art who have gone before leave lasting treasures and friend ships in their community and to the world at large Was it because the majority were general practi tioners and medical giants in their own rights or was it because they lived in that age of quiet loveliness They left so much to posterity and their names remain through the ages Has specializa tion destroyed this great asset that the general practitioner held so long The whole world needs something perhaps more kind ness more friendship or more time If only friendship could be added to the science of medicine again as it was so frequently seen in the horse and buggy days what a peaceful world this would be Those days could come again if each played his part today and reaffirmed our allegiance to the Hippocratic oath then expressions might be heard again at parting as He was a great friend of his pa tients He was my best true friend He was a good friend and a good doctor or He was so kind and cheerful to everyone The human touch the true hand clasp little acts of kindness little ones are all that are needed a Wndly and cheery smile words of encouragement and comfort are all so greatly needed in the present day practice of medicine in a world so full of speed and greed Surely these treasures will come again May the quainter come again more bows and less smirks more praise and less criticism more love and less hatred more waltzes and less jass more Chopin and fewer soap operas more ap preciation of kindness by the thoughtful and less selfishness by the greedy more homing and less clubbing more saving and less wasting Yes and more time to study the Creator and natures wonders and less time to spend on wasted fields of our life Maybe a tune of an old favourite will be whistled again at any time of the day Maybe they will come again the days of quiet loveliness Each man is captain of his ship he may ride the open ocean or re main within the harbour until he has crossed the bar In either case the voyage can be smooth if only the seaways of quiet loveliness are charted and followed To the re cent graduate one would say You are now crossing the har bour the ocean lies ahead It is well to remember that while the busy doctor is toiling day in and day out month in and month out the fibroblasts are hurtling over each other to lay down scar tissue in the coronary arteries until the arteries become smaller the heart bigger and its beat faster The tailor may have to put a zip per in his trousers instead of but tons all signs of failing mechanism which is due to attri tion the stress and strain of a busy restless life Yes we heard that he was going to take it easy perhaps take his young family on a trip and enjoy a wellearned holiday Then the day of hurry is over and he will pause The only quiet voyage will be his last and inch by inch they will lower him down and when the last car swerves around the corner the senior grade digger will say Throw her in Bill Im in a hurry and the hollow drop becomes a staccato while down the street may be seen another doctor going to attend his patients It is too sad that those days of quiet loveliness did not come while he lived Maybe those days of quiet loveliness and solitude will come to us Well maybe they will come again Red Cross thanks local blood donors Dear Sir Red Cross officials reported 312 donors attended the Blood Clinic Monday May 8 and donated 303 units of blood This clinic was spon sored by the Kinsmen Club Their help with distribution of posters setting up clime loading equip ment and general at the clinic is appreciated Thanks to Dr Ashenhurst who was on volunteers staff nursery help and drivers the clergy John of Cable Systems Halton Hills Hydro for displaying promotional ban ners Dairy Queen for donation of juice and cups Piza Hut for tea and semettes Miracle Mart for coffee for donuts Mr Ferguson of Macs Milk and Coca- Cola Ltd Tor soft drinks CWL for kitchen help and Mr C ingos for use of Holy Cross Reader disappointed in doctor story Dear Sir I must say I am very disap pointed in the Herald with the May 10 article entitled Formal com plaint filed against two doctors When I read the headline I skim med through the article and seeing the first two doctors named being and Ford thought they were the two involved It wasnt until I read the additional page when I realized it wasnt them at all And Ive talked to at least a dozen people who thought that it was and Ford in trouble or at least that they were involved as well Also you write how Dr Ford left the country on holidays Well get the facts straight They werent holidays He left the country on Mar on a family emergency He wasnt even here when they found out it was an ectopic pregnancy Dont you think this doctors reputation has been hurt enough Dr Ford is the best doctor I have ever met and I would entrust my life to him And I hope that in the future you will get the true facta and take more care when writing an article so it is understood pro perly by all Yours sincerely Jean Burton Auditorium Special thanks to Betty Milton and her telephone committee to Shirley Chaplin for publicity and promotion and to and Betty Baker convenors of this clinic Clinic organizers would like to thank all people who look time out to give the gift of life Donor Awards were given to 75 Wilcox Steven Buck Albert Glen McKenzie Paul Kavanach Ed ward Humphreys William King 20 Dennis Borotsik Donald Buckles 10 Helen McLaughlin Armstrong Meal McDonald Jennifer Beard- more The next regular clinic for Georgetown will be Monday Aug 1939 Yours sincerely Nancy Schultheiss Flo Street Erica Thompson Georgetown Red Cross Blood Donor Program Pleas remember newfpipn your I J luminal seel food pliMlcMftAtakconttlmn RECYCLING