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keep halton political entity north halton councils agree human nature and politics be ing what they are north halton counqillori dnnot always see eye to eye however on one point they agree resoundingly the retention of halton as a pol itical entity at a friday regional govern ment meeting hosted by esques- ing councils settled on a five- point campaign to carry them into the battle of togetherness hubbing the plan is number one point establish halton county as an area of regional government unlinked with peel county union of the two coun ties was proposed by municipal affairs minister darcy mc keough with acton esquesing sc- press request for french elementary school m town the deserving distaff ide as well as receiving verbal boquets for their tireless efforts during the bantam hockey tournaments mrs donna moores mrs madeline pries and mrs jessie hayes received real ones when the week long tumult subsided mrs moores left was in charge of billetting mrs pries supervised the booth and mrs hayes was responsible for feeding the hqrde f seeing the world part 12 ishalamar gardens beauty spot in acient lahore lahore december 15 well here we arbtoalled in a mce apartment inwbeau tlfu home in the best part of lahore- vast gardens huge homes set baci from the road we sit in the sun in the back and have tea brought to us nd its very nice consider ing that in the royal hotel we could see the rats running through the restaurant we had a good dinner with too hotl manager and friends tout hot we really enjoyed slaving so many oranges after wards they grow them in the peshawar area so there are all kinds of varieties and they are lovely sweet flavours next morning we had breakfast and then went to hitch we stay ed on one side of the road and allowed chns and karen to hitch first then we walked over we didn t even reach the other side of the road before a truck pulled up one of those fantastic local creations cover ed in brilliant painted designs we three crowded into the front scat with the guitar and mast of our luggage apd occasional y the mechanic wtio kept hop ping on and off it was good tho and we got about a 40 mile lift when we got down wo were glad to sit by the side of the inroad and watch the camels and peasants the weather is so beautiful here all the time now however a car came along stopped and took us along it was a government engineer and jus beautiful wife dressed in a soft orange trouserdressi tra- velhng to lahore to pick up ihheir son from boarding school so we had a fine driver nd interesting conversation all the way we stopped and took pictures of a very ancient fort at attak at the headwaters of the indus there was a vast plain of waters all coming to gether into one river it was very impressive istani beer we quite quickly bad to retire mohammed the cousin has another engineer friend stay ing with him who is from the tribal area of pakistan in the northwest they arc a very proud and severe oeopl the putans and they have never been ruled by anyone but them selves foreigners have to get permission to go into their territory we would love to go as there is an undeclared border and great hostility to ward foreigners i would like to read and learn more about the putans as they arc quite fascinating today we sat in the sun for hours had breakfast and lunch on the terrace read and chatted in the late aftir noon we drove to the shalamar gardens which arc about 300 years old there are walks 3 terrace fountains and gar dens and all kinds of exotic birds flying around the n dian kings used to hold court entertainments there december lahore 17 when we got to lahore they drove us to the address of a cousin of the hotel manager we felt embarrassed as we came into the circular drive way and s4w how magnificent the place was and us with our string bags and sleeping bags anyway by a great co incidence it turned out that the khans knew the cousin from a tmc wflen he was stu r dying in america and they were well everything is changed again we left our fashionable address late sunday evening as our hosts were less hospit able than we anticipated we made a very melodramatic exit just after 11pm threw our selves on the mercies of lah ore we stayed the night in a hotel and spent yesterday wan denng in the warm sunshine through the bazaars and parks the climate is perfect i recei ved my christmas gift at the consulate and was very very pleased as it will certainly help my financial situation your letters are also great to receive as they keep m in touch with norval and environs and family happenings all the others read them and enjoy them too they think i have a two pakistani films and has good prospects for more we also had good discussions about the attitude of the pakistani people re indopakistani war western and oriental music political and racial problems very interesting evening we are worried about chris and karen as they have not yet met us here in lahore as ar ranged they probably met a family in rawalpindi or even in lahore and have not yet been able to contact us still it is a trifle disturbing and ve hope they will meet us today as chris might still be having stomach trouble well i hope this gets to you in time for christmas i will certainly miss our christmas dinner and all the family cus toms and all the family but with the world at my feet sheila has just said she is mat an appointment for next christ mas for us patti says to thank you mom for writine such good letters for us to share bye for now merry christ mas to everyone i promise to write from delhi much love janice a delegation of frenchcana dians from georgetown made their second request to jhe hal ton county separate board last week for a french language el ementary school here the request was referred to the boards education commit- tee school board chairman peter walters would not allow any questions or comment on the request until the education committee has studied it and presented a progress report on their findings at next months board meeting in milton in presenting the brief to the board spokesman edward hayes of georgetown said it is obvious that our children are constantly under english in fluence in every day life therefore it is imperative that an entire french situation be created for them during school hours if we want them to re tain their ancestral culture and language hayes was one of four french citizens of the county elected in milton two weeks ago to a special committee which will meet with county board trus tees to study french language education at the secondary le vel other frenchcanadians on that committee are father si mard of georgetowns sacred heart parish rene martel of burlington and roger prim eau of georgetown all wervj at last weeks separate school board meeting the french committee will hold its first meeting in oak- ville april 2nd with county education board trustees john noble of milton fred bldwell of burlington and tom watson of acton the request last week for a french language elementary school board in georgetown fol lows one made in january which was turned down by the board l curtentry irf georgetown there is a bilingual section at the holy cross elementary school for the 170 frenchspea king students but this has been called unsatisfactory by the french families they claim that their childrens french suf fers in the english environment of the school elsewhere on last weeks and georgetown reduced to one municipality given lime halton politicians could settle the matter of their own boundaries which the mini ster would be asked to acknow ledge point number two the esquesing georgetown acton triumverate whose des tinies are linked in the depart ment of municipal affairs pro posal want all regional govern ment seats filled by elected not appointed officials point number four the three councils will form a commit tee uiree spokesmen from each municipality r to continue government dialogue final point the committee will hold its fire until after the agenda the board approved msrch 21 dropping oral french front gr 5 at the holy cross school com mencing in september from next school year the oral french program will oe given at the grades 6 7 and 8 level in all elementary separ ate schools in the country this policy will add oral french to the grade 8 classes in burlington and drop grade 5 french in oakville school also it will increase the cral- french lessons to five days a week from the current four the aim of the new poliov said chairman walters i to equalize the oral french pro gram reeves with mr mckeough and the steele commission report which could determine burling tons future either in halton or wentworth acton mayor les duby in the role of chairman and reeve dr frank oakes represented acton council at the afternoon session in esquesings municipal office nbssagaweya reeve bill hoey guest attended speaking for georgetown were mayor wheldon emmerson and reeve bill hunter and for esquesing deputy reeve tom hill and councillor kenneth marshall ytl real nice famil we have met another fnend who is looking after us in the best possible manner we told him about our bad experience not so bad really but as we have met such kind people ev erywhere else we were diinp pointed with the first people and he appears to be trying to make up for it by showing us around lahore and feeding us good food and introducing us also there our good luck is to various friends one cousin amazing we had a good even j has a beautiful voice and sang ing but unfortunately after popular and classical music our long travels we were not for us last night urdu music quite up to standard and after that is he is just starting a a rather large quantity of pak musical career has sung in draper dobie co ltd members the toronto stock exchange stock and bond brokers your nearest branch office phone brampton or matron and toronto 9 5222 6773757 no toll charge from georgetown and vicinity successful investors ft traders know draper dobie david r chappie wm e beatty get hoppin beamish stores jjhkcp jc m doorbuster y talk many displays planned for annual t review by jim egerton rags and bonos rags and bones a very faifnliar line to those who are over twenty five and under fifty well your jf is looking for those exactly not quite bone marrow or burlap but we need articles for our y s coming rummage sale and auc tion this is the time for spring cleaning and such dusting be hind the pictures your mother- inlaw forgot to check behind tn her last frenzied visit well we can use anything from a left shoe to a pinstriped shit what is the y doing in town what do those who attend do well why dont you come and find out the annual review is coming it takes place sunday march 30 master of ceremon ics is ftank bryant and enter tainment will be provided by julian reed some of the active displays you can see arc boys and girls gymnasts judo badminton yoga play schoolers and ladies keep fit the passive displays will be track and field 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