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THE HERALD Wednesday March lo- Page -LETTERS- 30 years ago Thirteen graduates of Georgetown District High School received honor diplomas at the an nual commencement March The top students included Elizabeth Avery Wabe Baker Carola Conie William Crawford Joan Cummins Robert Hooper Rodney Hyde John McGowan Irene Ratal Douglas Sargent John Verlis Virginia Walker and Paulene Watson Kingston Road United Church was the setting when Jacqueline Rose McConkey married Clarence Mervin Mackey The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubery B McConkey and the grand daughter of Mr Emmanuel The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence The couple will live in Oshawa The doublering ceremony was con ducted by Rev J Mitchell Mrs Sam of Market Street is set to Journey to the Isle of Man with her son She was the unknowing recipient of a surprise Bon Voyage parly in the Inglewood Community Hall where 50 guests and employees of Beaumont Knit ting Mills Limited handed gifts to her and her son years ago Gary Johnson had to rest on his overloaded shopping cart after running up a grocery bill of within two minutes at the store on Guelph Street No money exchanged hands between Mr Johnson and the waiting cashiers Mrs Edna George and Mrs Grace Brown because Mr Johnson had won first prize in a lucky draw sponsored by the Georgetown Jaycees Mr Johnson sprinted March 25 He was also wearing running shoes Joe Martin turned years old April Georgetowns most senior citizen marked his 104th birthday quietly at the home of his daughter and soninlaw Mr and Mrs George Glassford of Union Street A pioneer village is one of the many displays at Schools open house The scale model was a project of Grade 3 students Three of these students were Bonnie Paul Zulak and Debbie Oldford The law firm of Dodokin and Sopinka has added a third lawyer to its staff Thomas Graham has joined the Young Street Acton practice He has graduated from studying law at Hall 10 years ago Greg Dodds nabbed a burglary suspect in the home of bis girlfriends parents residence Ms Bain arrived at an Acton Boulevard residence with her boyfriend The duo let themselves into the home and saw someone in the living room Mr Dodds ap prehended the suspect until police arrived Hutchinson of the Acton Seniors Residence celebrated her birthday at the home of her daughter Mrs Hutchinson at tended the party at the Main Street Georgetown residence Mrs Hut chinson is the youngest of if children She had children herself and now has 35 grand children and 21 great children Over 200 art lovers showed up to bid on 150 pieces of international artwork Irene Faries said the YM- auction can expect to claim between and in profit The money will go to various com munity projects and programs Auctioneer Sharon Theobald drew upon her years of experience to conduct the large auction at the Holy Cross Church 5 years ago As a result of a severe storm homes In Halton Hills ex perienced power loss at one point or another Jerry Trudell Hills Hydro manager said The storm consisting of sleet and freezing rain caused poor driving conditions toppled trees and caus ed power shortages Over trees were toppled Mr said The Community Club elected its officers March The officers elected were Keith Webb as president Spence Wilson as vicepresident and Gertrude McGee as secretarytreasurer The program committee will be made up of Marg Frost Grace May and Margurette Hunter Hester Early Vera Thatcher Jean and Ethel Webb make up the flower committee American painting could make a profit Continued from Page 6 qualified to handle taxpayer dollars Leave it to the experts We certainly know how to spend the publics dollars glances over his coffee at his friend He Is coming to understand why Stoneycroft a 22- year survivor in the Commons had never been chosen for any signifi cant post But has built up too big a head of steam to stop now I heard another one too the rookie says Its not easy for the public to comprehend modem art another curator said Its meant to stir controversy and the painting by Barnett Newman is pro vocative Pshaw the only thing pro vocative about this painting is the snorts ARTISTIC COMPLEMENT As the MPs fulminate they recall a remark by Brydon Smith the head of collections and research at the National Gallery The threemetre high painting displayed in a sunlit gallery Is for many visitors an exhilarating affirmation of their being wholly in the world and special space where art aha architecture com plement each other Smith is reported to have said Id wager my taxfree expense allowance chuckles Stoneycroft that its for many more visitors a disheartening confirmation of the countrys global debt problem and the special space it occupies in the mind of Finance Minister Michael Wilson Thank goodness adds Droodge that Don Maxankowskis expenditure review committee is going to look at the purchase The deputy prime minister should offer some level headed advice But it may be too late Stoneycroft ventures The sale went through last August It cost the National Gallery more than half of its annual budget for acquisition of works of art No problem replies We just put Voice of Fire up for auction with no requirement to sell if the price isnt right But IT the experts are correct and Canada got a bargain last year we should make a profit Good thinking his companion exults Then we could use the ex tra money to help finance those strip clubs POWER acknowledges support from citizens of Halton Hills Sir The small town ethic of sharing irel caring is alive and well in Hills One example of a community working together was the recent Mystery Night held at Jack Tan- riTi Table a event for POWER Many thanks to all the ieople at the Hide House for providing such an exciting loca tion and a sumptuous meal Flowers donated by Renes Flowers made the event even more special To Ms Gooding and the goodhumored students from Georgetown High School Bravo You took a simple idea and turned it into an entertaining evening that was to be the talk of the town and lastly thank you to the citizens of Halton Hills who demonstrated their support for POWER and their concern for the future of this com munity As the fight against the proposed landfill in the Acton quarry con tinues the need for funds in creases Last year the giant garage sale was POWERS biggest fundraiser ever It was a com munity effort that made it such a success Another garage sale has been planned this year for Satur day April 29 If you have contribu tions or would like to help with this event please call 8530039 or Lets see if we can top laBt years results Yours sincerely Chris Rumley Acton Hearing aids are needed Dear Sir Used hearing aids are desperate ly needed for international distribution amongst the poor The Association of Hearing Instrument Practitioners of Ontario has begun a campaign which they hope will result in the collection of thousands of used hearing aids to be exported to less fortunate coun tries where there Is no government assistance for the hearing the Canadian Interna tional Hearing Services CIHS all collected hearing aids will be evaluated repaired when necessary or sold for replacement parts A team of volunteer profes sionals from CIHS visit coun tries chosen to be recipients and provide hearing aid services counselling and training to local Bridal show department Please go through your dresser drawers and forward any hearing aids currently not in use to us Any a success Dear Sir I would like to take this op portunity to thank everyone that contributed to making the 8th An nual Welcome Wagon Bridal Party of Halton Hills the best show to date Many thanks to the Hills Cultural Centre their staff and Manager Hank Huhtanen To the Georgetown Herald for pro moting the event To the models with special thanks to Adam Dooley Sheena and Tonya Butler Thank you to Cathy and Joanie Chaplin for helping at the front registration desk Thank you to Brian Butler from carrying gift bags to babysitting Thanks to Up Up and Away Charlie Bridal Salon Bountiful Buffet Catering Floral Fantarey Travel And special thanks to all the other sponsors too numerous to mention here On behalf of Welcome Wagon and our great team of sponsors congratulations and best wishes to all the bridestobe on their upcom ing weddings Sincerely Debbie Butler Bridal Party Hostess Dear Sir I would like to take this op portunity to thank two local ser vice clubs in our community who provided a valuable service The Acton Rotary Club and the Georgetown Optimist Club spon sored free skating at the three arenas in the Town of Halton Hills In total 4919 residents took ad vantage of this generous op portunity On behalf of the residents of Halton Hills and the Recreation and Parks Department thank you make or model any condition Donated hearing aids may be sent to AHIP 55 Mary St Lindsay Ontario K9V or check your yellow pages under Hearing Aids for AHIP members in your community The Association of Hearing In strument Practitioners of Ontario is a nonprofit organization which represents well over 90 per cent of all hearing aid dispensers in On tario All members adhere to a strict code of ethics and bylaws for your continuous support and for designed to provide quality to the contributions you make to our the hearing impaired of Ontario community Patricia F SupervtooftSvSs Write us a letter The Herald wants to hear from you If you have an opinion you want to express or a comment to make send us a letter or drop by the office Our address is Guelph St Georgetown OntL7G3Z6 AH letters must be signed Please include your address and telephone number for verification The Herald reserves the right to edit letters due to space limitations or libel Winning can wreck your health Just in case people with low self- esteem needed something to cheer them up a group of American psychologists has stepped forward to offer an important piece of ad vice Keep losing Succeeding at something could wreck your health According to the Journal of Per sonality and Social Psychology a new has determined that people with low selfesteem suffer stress when something positive happens to them which leaves them susceptible to illness Researcher Jonathan Brown is quoted as explaining If you think of yourself as basically a loser and all of a sudden youre accepted in the best sorority in town youre forced to rethink some key aspects of who you are Its great when psychologists make your day isnt if Granted Mr Brown makes a valid point I for one would cer tainly have to rethink some key aspects of my personality if I were suddenly accepted into the best sorority in town I suspect most men feel the same way considering that sororities are for women Being unexpected ly accepted into one would be just slightly less devastating than be ing invited to join the Brownies But this isnt a laughing matter Its depressing as heck to think that success can actually cause il lness in people who secretly feel like losers particularly when you consider how many of us fall into that category Lets be honest Feeling utterly secure and confident is not a com mon human trait The number of people who go through life feeling wholly adequate is roughly equivalent to the number of people who leave on vacation feeling wholly confident that theyve unplugged everything that might burn down the house Im not a psychologist but I suspect these deepseated feelings of inadequacy began in childhood In fact many of them can be trac ed to the dinner table when you spent countless hours being ordered to eat things because they were good for you There was just one conclusion that could be drawn from this you needed help If you were already a satisfactory human specimen then be no need to eat your vegetables But you were evidently puny and inadequate which is why your parents were forced to fight a desparate rearguard action with the sprouts My mother spent years Insisting that fish was brain food with the implication that I was the sort of boy who needed it badly Now granted the problem doesnt afflict absolutely everyone History records numerous in stances of people who went through life feeling important powerful and even indispensable Most of them were eventually beheaded by angry mobs There are currently 52 billion people in the world My own theory is that roughly five billion of them are resigned to the knowledge that they are not the sort of people who inspire envy and adulation in those who behold them The remaining 200 million are American Still theres a positive side to all of this If success can make you sick then this is- an excellent reason for avoiding it We are of course a society that has been talked into believing that everyone must be as successful as possible This was the gospel preached by all those self- important books of the last two decades like Im Okay Youre Okay These books were all right in a way Still Ive always felt that so meone might do us a much greater favor by publishing a book entitled Were Both Mediocre But Perhaps Nobody Will Notice After all theres a problem with getting fixated on success As American playwright George Abe once noted Anyone can win unless there happens to be a se cond entry Lets face it succeeding Is tough Its usually much simpler to avoid the attempt entirely and just settle for hoping that your friends will fail instead As such this psychology study has provided a wonderful new strategy for coping with those deepseated feelings of inade quacy Its not that Im a failure Heavens no I might succeed quite marvellously if only I were to try Unfortunately my doctor recommends against it