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Wednesday April II Page Opin LETTERS- 30 years ago The five municipality board which operated at the Georgetown District High School was replaced this week The new board consisted of Fred boarch chair man Clarence Anderson James Goodlet Bill Breckenridge Douglas Latimer Gordon Brown George Brown and Thomas Niven The principal of the school at the time of the change was J Lambert Mrs Shlere Mrs K Mac Donald and Mrs Edward Bnen were invested with the White Degree by the Unity Degree Team from Toronto when Halton s Pride Loyal True Blues held their last regular meeting in the Hall Over 80 people attended the meeting including visitors from the Brampton and Guelph Lodges Everybody was welcomed to the meeting by the Worshipful Mistress Mrs H Lusty With sights set for the Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital fundraising campaign steam rolled by the original objective to a total of 262 105 April 14 Those who spearheaded the campaign were Dr Alan Thompson John Barber Mrs B Hamilton John Ord Dick Licata Mrs A Curne Tom Ferguson Jim Jones Harold Bairstow Jim Young Boyd Garland Alistair Macintosh Robert John Gunn and Denny Charles 15 years ago A Georgetown man an unscheduled air hop to New York April 14 in a cargo hatch of an Air Canada DC Archie Hayden an Air Canada employee at Malton was still arranging luggage inside the hatch of Air Canada Flight when the doors swung shut and trapped him inside The jet was at 18 feet when Toronto Interna tional Airport called the pilot and informed him of the extra passenger The cargo hatch is heated and pressurized but to- make the trip a bit more com the pilot dropped to feet for the balance of the flight Mrs G Walsh Mrs Connie Nieuwhof and Mrs A Sutherland of the Georgetown Red Cross Society attended the 5oth annual meeting of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Red Cross Society Toronto The Red Cross collected donations of blood On during More than delegates registered at the meeting About ex wives and guests joined the anniversary party at the Masonic Temple April ll Presi dent Harry Creig welcomed guests and introduced the f president Jack Gunn 10 years ago The contributions Artie White has made to Acton were recognlz ed April 2 when the Acton Chamber of Commerce presented him with the Citizen of the Year Award Ac colades were given by old friends and colleagues and included an award from M Jullian Reed and words of congratulations from Otto Jehnek M P for Halton Bert Hinton Chamber President and Ross Knechtel Ward councillor were on hand at the presentation About Canadian war veterans were preparing to return to Holland to their role in the country liberation from Nazi control the Second World War Among those returning were representatives from Halton Hills carrying a painting by Coun Roy Both as a gift from the town to the city of Ma jor General Chris Vokes and Gus Goutouski were on hand when the painting called The Sentemal was presented to Mayor Wheldon Steamer Emmerson by Mr Booth After three months of playof hockey the McNally Firefighters won the Ontario Double A The team celebrated their victory with a tour of the Georgetown Fire Hall 5 years ago Perry Bauman of Hillsburgh and Kyle Anderson of Acton won third prize in the general engineering category of the annual WaterlooWellington Science and Engineering Fair with their entry called Working Water Wheel The students were only two of the students from schools ed n the four day event held at John F Ross CVI in Guelph There were 200 exhibits from the Grade to 13 students who entered Prizes ranged from trophies and books to a cash award of Georgetown s Karen Hartshorn not only won first in the Georgetown Optimist essay writing contest she went on to win third prize in the district with her essay She received her prize May Karen a Georgetown D strict School student who expected to graduate in Her essay topic was Freedom Our Most Heritage Crow gets big pay increase Continued from national trends The rest is history he added Or some say his version of history Not everyone agrees with Crow Carl Beigie chief economist for the brokerage firm McLean Mc Carthy Ltd said the central bank should have nudged down its rate rather than dropping it so quickly But even if Crow s excuses are valid Canadians have the right to expect that their central bank headed by a man making somewhere between and annually would have an ticipated the results all the banks monetary whizzes must have sounded out the market If they t then Crow who s ultimately responsible deserves criticism not another pay hike Many politicians Conservative backbenchers included are con cemed about the raises Crow has been getting And with good reason It tough to set an exam pie when the rich are getting richer at the expense of others defence of the pay hikes t wash either The ex cuse that Crow deserves excep tional increases because his predecessor Gerald Bouey declin ed raises is faulty If the salary of the governor had fallen behind because of creditable devotion to duty the shortfall should have been rec when Crow was appointed Not now when preaching restraint to others Premier favors corporations over NEC Dear Editor At the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve presentation in Milton last week Premier David Peterson referring to quarries and dump proposals on the Niagara Escarp ment stated that in a democracy it is only fair that companies be allowed to make applications just as people have the right to oppose them When asked how were 70 Milton and Hills people supposed to have a fair hearing when facing a number of com panies with budgets larger than the local municipality he replied Intervener funding Those hav ing dealth with intervener funding know that it is inadequate rarely accessible and inappropriate The premier said that the system provides channels for public in put such as the Niagara Escarp ment Commission He neglected to mention that final decisions of ap peals are made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs or cabinet depending on the nature of the ap plication Mr Peterson said that those locals opposing are prejudice against development The government does not want to ap pear to take sides or be prejudice with regard to a company right to develop or a person s right to op pose Prejudice is in the eye of the beholder according to his logic Common sense is not in the equa tion When asked if it was fair that local citizens must fight the same battles over again after defeating a dump proposal more than once the premier made no reply In the premier world it is right that by incorporating one can lose personal liability and maintain personal freedoms It was obvious that after talking to him that he has no intention of even consider ing further protection for the Niagara Escarpment and is clear on the side of large corporations KitWoode Teen coaches made hockey enjoyable Dear Sir On Saturday April we attend the Day of Champions Novice game between the Lions Club and Young s Pharmacy It was an ex tremely well played game by both teams which lasted into four over time periods We were very proud that our Young s Pharmacy team managed to win the game Through the playoffs and indeed through the entire season we have noticed the dedication and exper tise of our boys coaches The whole team has grown immensely in terms of hockey skills and sport smanship through their efforts this year The season is over but the memories will remain for a long time There are many dedicated coaches in Georgetown However our two coaches are special for many reasons and deserve recognition for their efforts In this day of newspaper reports on teenage vandalism and teenage crime it worthwhile to recognize the great job out two teenage coaches have done Scott Van de Valk and Jeff Hannah have not on been successful coaches they have been positive role models for our nine and ten year olds They have taught our boys to work as a team and to enjoy the game of hockey Thanks to Jeff and Scott for the fun we ve had and the great job coaching our lads to an unbeaten season Sincerely John and Joan Murphy and the parents of the Blue Team Mobile homes are not rubbish reader says Dear Sir I usually ignore what I call foolish letters in the newspapers but letter from WG Elliott Herald Apr re keeping the mobile home park out of Acton really got my dander up I have never in my life seen such a bigoted and narrow minded diatribe printed in a usually ed community What possible basis does he have for calling mobile home dwellers rubbish Just like those who live in houses or apartments you will find a small percentage of people who are less desirable but the vast majority are decent hardworking and law abiding citizens who do not deserve to be looked down upon by those who are ignorant of any ment of society outside of their own limited circle For your tion Mr Elliott mobile homes are not lowcost housing They are sensible affordable housing Something which is very difficult to find in this socalled Golden Horseshoe area New housing which is being built today is cer tainly not sensible or affordable for a young couple of ordinary means who are just starting their married lives or who would like a mother to be able to stay home and raise her own children Neither are they sen sible for empty nesters who do not want a huge amount of space but would still like their own lawn to sit out on and their own flower beds to putter in Whatever their reasons those who buy a mobile home can have something of their own in which they can build up equity and of which they can be proud Rather than trying to keep them out communities should be welcoming properly planned mobile home parks with open arms The people who live in them are friendlier and much more community minded than a great many other segments of our socie ty who seem to think themselves superior Yours truly Pearl Guthrie Georgetown Its time to be a millionaire All right Enough is enough I ve decided to become a millionaire Like most people I ve been toy ing for years with the idea of becoming rich Perhaps not disgustingly wealthy but certainly rich enough to give steady and satisfy offence I ve just never gotten round to doing anything about it This Is partly because I ve always thought it would be best to make my for tune the old fashioned way by it from a wealthy maiden aunt Unfortunately my family is sad deficient in this respect I don have any maiden aunts at all let alone rich eccentric ones whose fondest hope is to ensure that their favorite nephew will never have to do another lick of work as long as he lives But suddenly help has arrived from an unexpected source People have begun sending me brochures promising that I can easily become a millionaire if I just sign up for their course The latest brochure arrived along with an on to apply for an American Express card which was itself a little ironic This is the third time in six mon ths that American Express has asked me to sign up Apparently they haven t heard about my credit rating It s not exactly that I don t havfe a credit rating It s just that mine comes accompanied with a laughtrack In any case this brochure brought me to my senses It s high time to stop shilly shallying and just get on with getting rich According to the The hardest thing about becoming a millionaire is believing you can do it Next hardest is getting started This was certainly news to me I d always assumed that getting started on your first milljon was the easiest part The trick was ac cumulating the remaining The brochure then advised To live like a you have to think like a millionaire This too was encouraging Heck anyone can think like a millionaire So I began rehearsing lines that would help create this image and launch me on the road to nches lines like 1 11 take the Maserati my good man just put it on my tab Whether such lines actually work at a car dealership is another issue But one lives to hope I grew less hopeful as I read about the first lesson in the course the one which will help us begin to fell like the captain of your family industry by teaching us where to find hidden sources of cash Now it not that my family in doesn lave hidden sources of cash just yesterday I found cents down the back of the sofa But I wan t sure whether this was quite what the brochure had mind Sure enough it turns out the bor chure was speaking of slightly larger sums the kind that can be acquired by arranging a better deal on your mortgage and the subsequent lessons deal with ways to maximize investment income This is where my problem comes in I don t have anv investments In fact I ve already squandered the cents Now I realize that having money isn t an absolute prerequisite to making money Just last week I read a newspaper ad for a make it rich in real estate seminar which stressed that you can buy your first piece of land with rowed cash Or to quote the ad directly Use other people money This is a lovely thought Un fortunately experience teaches that most other people prefer to use their money themselves This is singularly unhelpful of them but there it is In short I ve begun to wonder whether Im actually destined for riches after all But stop One mustn think this way Do you and I lack initiative Do we lack selfdiscipline and the capacity for hard work And besides are we absolutely sure we don t have an elderly centric bachelor uncle somewhere