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georgetown herald published by horn newspaper limited 22 main street south georgetown ontario w c biehj publisher r page 4 hljrsday march 6th 1969 editorial comment keep georgetown separate with regional government apparently a must in this rapidly urbanizing area the only question is what form it shojla take and what boundaries will be set for smaller units wjrhin the whole the governments proposal to unite peel and halton with perhaps a portion erin township and the town of oranc added is not meeting favour with hall politicians they would have halton county re- main an entity and are particularly concer- ned that if the twocounty merger goes through residents here would be shoulder ing a higher per capita debt with peel county one concern is the suggested make- up of the units and both georgetown and acton people should be expressing their opinions now before it is too late the georgetown esquesing acton union to our mind is unrealistic and is in fact the only place where it is proposed to put together two longestablished towns into one municipal government while local pride can be too parochial there can be no redblooded georgetown person who isnt resentful that the town thats the spirit success of the high school winterfest last week should ensure that this will be come an establised part of future school years and is an indication that the elusive thing called school spirit is much in evi dence this year at the school planned primarily by the students themselves it has many highlights a snow queen competition car rally mardi gras dance and such sidelines as pie eat ing and egg throwing contests the weather interfered with some of the plans an ice sculpture contest was a weather casualty as were toboggan races but these are good possibilities for another season school activities like everything else keeping it straight editorials last week on payment for politicians had art interesting response from readers seldom have we had so much com ment on editorial material with several people stopping in at the herald office or phoning to express agreement with most of what we said unfortunately it is a human tendency to write letters only when one disagrees end while this weeks issue would be filled with mail bag letters had we taken an op posite stand there were only three who took the trouble to put their views in print one thing which should be set straight our provincial member jim snow called to query our remarks about the on tario aapps raising their own salaries we admit that it sounded as if we were infer ring this had happened just recently where we were born or wfiich we have adopted as home is to lose its entity with one stroke of a 3syexnment pen acton folk must feel the same and while esquesing residents- partic ularly those whose roots go back a century must feel even more so they must realize that today they jre like the smaller coun tries whose fate hinges on and is decided by the whims of the world powers esquesing cannot survive forever riuch as its residents might wish rapid urbani zation is converting it from a rural to anoj ther type of economy and unless a bram- aleatype development were to materialize in its midst its fate is to be gobbled up in smart or large doses by the three towns surrounding it it is of interest then to keep geor- getown one community with those por tions of esquesing joining it which geoj graphically are oriented to ias their main urban community ditto acton a joint georgetown acton govern- ment would be unwieldy have members with differing interests and it would mk more than our lifetime to weld it myemer into a cohesive unit in life have their ups and downs there have been years when students complained about the lack of school spirit without real izing that it is not something you buy not something you are given but is an intan gible which can only be acquired by coop erative effort it can be and we would guess has been sparked by the school staff who wisely let students plan it with i that a minimum of direction from above yet a guiding hand when required high school years should be the hap piest for most young people they are a wonderful mixture of work and play that last precious time when a youngster has a minimum of responsibility and a maximum of freedom when his horizons are widen ing his store of knowledge increasing prelude to spring isnt it a delirious feeling i there are little black clouds no about this time of year to wake bigger than the rocky mount- up in daylight and get home ains on the horizon from work before dark it there are black panthers and it begins to restore ones the yellow menace and brown faith in the scientists claim guerillas and white gorillas and that thcearth is round and pink elephants and blue singer moves in orbit about the sun and reds under a great many or isit the other way round beds for about three months any there are broken homes and winter id join the flat-earth- broken marriages and broken society and agres with praetlcigarterbelts practically every ally anybody that the ion is a body you meet over the age of legend a figment of last sum- eight months is either emotion- mars imagination ally disturbed or senile- dont know why im in such we have explosions in ths jolly mood today perhaps it population the stock markets is that weve had three straight and the furnaces of the nation days of sunshine freeze thp taxes and insurance and even brains of a brass monkey but the important things like sunny i bread and milk keep going up fit wont be long before most spring is nn its way i can of us arp ljvin on bread and jtell the snowbank pushed up milk considering the price of i hcsjdc my garage has dwindled from 22 feet to 16 and two j teachers smiled at each other i in the staff room this week it r t meat another woman jockey halton mp irixjkvwriiiii unreports ottawa p cars are not being as well made as tin cans the nonre turnable bottle is our biggest its not such a bad old world threat since the bubonic after all nobody has axed a com- pi the man in the moon putcr or lynched a university has lost his image and mr t president this week yet my deau js f fast j daughter passed two tests in i school i got the garbage out tomorrow there will be a without cursing once blizzard and the day after the muffler and tail pipe will fall my wife and daughter have off my car my pi w react- stopped fighting they gang up ill lose both my toe on me instead my bursitis is rubbers appicauon refers to the cnr practically neutral the income and their plans to do the same tax deadline is nearly a whole but today i dont care the thing in acton month away i found the toe yellow sun is kissing the white vratin afirvvc rubber thats been missing for snow and the latter overcome tonoratltlations are in wepk what mo coud a by passion js mclting n is order to both the canadian man wan a know and a need to chamojon in milton and the know to he wjh a rest acton kree press in acton the muffler hasnt fallen off 0 j each of these newspapers won my car i havent had a tooth- awards at the annual conven ache for six months i almost im in such a state of eupho- tion of the ontario weekly made a crucial curling shot the ria think i could even go out newspaper association held re- other nisht what more could an have a whale of a time as mr snow says it was in 1963 be fore he was a member incidentally that the members voted themselves an increase to 8000 from the previous 5000 this still gives us a valid reason to complain while not putting our beef on mr snows shoulders perhaps the best answer for politicians be they local or federal is to put their cards on the table early if they feel more money is justified this shouldbe thoroughly discussed in open j for many weeks now 1 there are many and var have bon writing about topics ie subjects discussed in cau- have been discussed in cus however where the mini- parliament and i have written ster does not change his mind about the functions of various in any event we have the op government departments such portunity to express our views as labour manpower and im- vociferously and strenuously migration and consumer and without fear of party discipline corporate affairs in this weeks column i the canadian pacific would like to discuss a function railway recently notified me which takes place within all that they had filed an applica political parties and that is the tion with the canadian trans- weekly caucus meetings i at- port commission to renxne tend two caucus meetings ev- j their agent at milton i imme ery wednesday the ontario iately contacted mayor brian members meet at 930 every wednesday morning and the topics we discuss pertain to the cently in ottawa these tion- life offer ors are richly deserved and the management and staff are dev my son is making his mark ierving of much pralse fr the in the wnrld of dining- high calibre of their respective rooms some nights be makes with a girl called gloria knew one if i newspapers georgetown herald published by home newipaperi limited georgetown ontario walter c biehn publisher province as a whole this mee ting lasts until 11 am and then we assemble for the nat ional liberal caucus where all liberal members gather this meeting lasts for two hours and at these meetings policy matters affecting the country on a national basis jre discus sed from my conversations with fellow members of parliament in the conservative party and the ndp i gather they do ex actly the same thing ln the liberal caucus the garfield mccilvray production superintendent frank mullin advertising manager best of milton and advised him terry harlev aileen bradley that i was more than willing lo ne ej accountant cooperate with him and the ri valerie tost anne curric reporter as much as s35 and some nights 5 and hes making something else noises vague hut audible about going back to school my daughter came home from school today smiling in stead of scowling her mother asked her what she was smil ing at as she came in the door poker faced things are i definitely on the upswing ar- 1 ound here now dont get me wrong im no pollyanna i know that flash cab call 8779914 waiting area at park milk store main st s tizens of milton on any action they wish to take in this mat ter this is the second such-ap- leslie clark dave hastings plication now before the com- mylcs gilson john mccleroents mission from halton the other george young business directory session reasons for the increase debated sky is the limit as far as a pri i vate member is concerned we then legislation set up to increase pay after have a chairman who presides the next election this would give those who must pay the bill at least a chance to talk and a chance to evaluate what might bo a reas onable move rather than the present num bed acceptance of a fait accompli which seems to be part of todays world in the mail bag drop plans for flying school at rosslake rr 3 most of us know what it is before the people who pay like to have our little world thir wages move themselves crash around us but i remind and make their opinions heard i this young man that the road of if we sit back and watch with- i progress is full of defeats but out comment be it in favour on victory always is ahead it is against we deserve to be put my belief that the only answer on georgetown ontario to 4he neav accident toll on our how about it highways and their congested rnnilmn llc in ilia air a j vu jwake up sir editor condition lies in the air a it has been brought to my at- great future could lie ahead for tention that a large number of our youth let us advance pro- residents including neighbours gressivcly with them are taking an apprehensive view j 6f the flying schonj segment joc ross which i had considered but had rosslake resort and c f up jn not completely accepted into airwavs joiiy ipi neip iii our airport service georgetown its time to yous truly audrey hall in respect for my neighbours jcores redders for and attitudes or opinions of n ul a l others i have made the de y tllke apdmy cision to abandon that segment of this enterprise it is my un- 297 delrex blvd derstanding that those who op- georgftown ont pose the flying school operation dear sir are completely satisfied with i rn dismayed at the apatliy the proposed airport and inain- shown by the people of george- tenance facilities we plan to town regarding the recent pay offer and can assure the owners hike council saw fit to give of light planes our two engin eers are second 16 none in qual- fications it will however be a major disappointment for the young flying instructor whose ambit ion- to operate- his- own business in a- growing neighbourhood is ended it ii not easy to aubmit my decision to him particularly when a great future teemed to open up before him themselves on reading your paper this week i expected to see a few more letters of protest apart from my own which wasnt pub- llshd and two others including your own editorial it seems everyone else was quite con tent to sit back and say noth ing what other things will coun cil be allowed to get away with electing council 287 dclrcx blvd dear sir it was with disgust that i read the headlines in the her ald about- councillors pay hi ked 50 percent as far as i am concerned council has vet to prove themselves worth 20 ny mnhbers whose ridings per meeting as i helped in a small way to get some of these councillors elected i feel i must apolozize to the few i may have persuad ed to vote for them my only excuse is those same councillors bad me convinced it was for the good of the town they were seeking office hot to line their own pockets at the earliest opportunity yours truly j a hall and ho calls upon members of the rankandfile such as my self to he critical or complim entary of the actions of the cabinet in our cases the prim minister is always in attendance and so are the majority of the members of the cabinet the rules of the caucus are such that we con put these hallowed gentlemen on the spot i might point out that one of the reasons the kstate tax changes were brought about was hecause of pressure within the liberal caucus actually i might state that i was not quite as successful in cauc sus as i would have liked to have been as 1 along with others made a strong plea that estates of 100000 and under should not be taxable many mem bers felt the original amend ments as presented by the min ister of finance uie hon kd- gar j benson were not fair to many people who had built up estates and wished to leave something to their families as a result of this thinking the bill was changed and made more equitable than tho prev ious legislation even though 1 personally would have prefer red to see it go further i might also add thauma- are rural or partly rural made strong representations lo the postmaster general the hon eric kierans oh his proposal to adopt a five day week mail de livery it was brought to his attenion and i certainly think with justification that people living in rural areas could not go out on tho street corner and huy a newspaper as readily as those of us who live in urban centres in any event the post master saw the merit in the representations made and as a consequence changed his mind news echoes from the heralds of 10 20 and 30 years ago 1959 ed hall 16 margaret street has been returned as chief i of georgetown volunteer ambulance service he was voted to his second term as head of the service at the organizations annual meeting in wrigglesworth school an oil painting by local artist frank black will have a place of honour in georgetown high school in future years the painting commissioned by the students j portrays- the old school which is scheduled for dernoli- tion in a construction program now in progress john lenz president of the student council presented the j painting to the school it was unveiled at commence ment by another student council officer joan cummins 1949 j when a large tractortrailer loaded with 1 1 tons of paper i bound for a local paper mill skidded and jackknifed across highwoy 7 on the norval hill thursday morning tragic was tied up for several hours an estimated 500 cars and trucks waited in norval until the truck was swung off the road and the hill sanded an attempt with block and tackle to pull the truck out of the ditch uprooted a large tree to which the tackle was fastened the tree fell over hydro wires and led the village with out power for several hours a fire which broke out in the newlybuilt home on os- trandetubulevard of dr w c stiles gutted the interior and did extensive damage to the property the fire first noticecf by neighbours at 2 15 on friday morning spread quickly through the house and the roof caved in shortly after firemen arrived little more than the brickwork remains there were no stoves in the house and the electrical connections had not yet been made 1939 two main street properties were sold by the town at thursday nights council meeting after mrs w preston and mr h silver addressed council it was moved by a e cripps and seconded by g w davis that the tender of mrs preston for 900 for the creelman factory and 45 ft frontage on main street be accepted and it was moved by joseph hall and seconded by thomas lyons that thie tender of mr h silver for 450 for 22 ft six inches frontage on main street be accepted members of verdun rebekah lodge celebrated its 21st birthday with a party in the arena on friday twenty- five tables of euchre were centred by a 3 tier birthday cake with 21 candles made by thenoble grand mrs stafford groal euchre and dfaw prize winners were mrs doyle mrs ross thompson mrs jos startd- ish mr e brownlee miss glarjys mcgibbon mrs w g mcdowell and mrswm near c0rbett chiropractic clinic spinal xray service available by appointment 8776631 69 mill st old post offic wallace thompson 3rd diviiion court 8772963 cww conihitssieimr optometrist r r hamilton od 116 mountainvicw south carretal building for 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