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own pubfehed mytam nwspapm umihd 22 main street south georgetown ontario r page 4 thursday may 1st 1969 editorial comment 875 miles for help perhaps its not a well known as it jhould be that among other benefits de rived from the local cancer society unit is transportation to hospital is toronto for the treatment of patients those who have ihls disease are for lunate to live within driving distance for often a series of weekly- treatments is nec essary if one lives a hundred miles away it means a patient must stay in the city dis rupthis normal jife and add expense to what is already an expensive illness in georgetown mrs barry timleck who handles transportation arrangements has provided somer statistics which show of how much benefit is the service in the past six months there were 122 days in which treatment was offered at princess margaret hospital and on every one of these days a georgetown volunteer made a trip there with a few trips to st cmichaels as well for therapy one hurt- long way to go elimination of prejudice be it racial intellectual religious or social may never completely occur in a world populated by humans but it has made great strides in our generation georgetown is one of the most fortun ate communities in almost every respect hv a smattering of the worlds ethnic j wih no overt prejudice meeting the ye we have a good percentage of middle class people well employed at skilled and semiskilled jobs a high percentage of home owners we have no slums a minimum of ma jor crime and juvenile delinquency open dred and thirty appointments were keptr thanks to these volunteer drivers 85 trips t the city there are 17 such volunteers who give their time to this good work receiving only a mileage payment from the cancer society of these 14 will take toronto trips the other three drive only to the town hospital eight are fully employed and drive on their offshift or day off three have perttime employment six are housewives or retired men the societys problem becomes obvious there is still a shortage of drivers and the society is hopeful that more parti cularly hosewives who can spare a half day of their time will volunteer driving a person to the city for these allimportant treatments is one of the most personalized forms of public service and one of the most gratifying yep r ii be there april is a month to try the soul of the householder and mine has been tried and found wanting when thelast dirty gray streaks of snow had disappear ed i took a tour of i the estat spaces nearby to enjoy the out of doors a maximum of sporting andsociaj activities we are close to the attractions of a major city yet far enough away to miss its deficiencies we dont have extremes of wealth and poverty like all our cities and some of our towns perhaps were unique returning from a florida vacation mr and mrs harold hutchinson stayed overnight in a city in tennessee where the motel pres ented them with a copy of the daily paper they were shocked to note in an obit uary page which features news of deaths in the area a small box at the bottom titled nego deaths seems we still have a go says mrs hutchinson payoff time again halton east mp glen williams it was interesting to note this week in statistics released by the department of social family services that again the town of oakvijie has the lowest percentage of its population re quiring welfare assistance from the department of any town in the population range of 50000 to 100000 residents the re port also shows that the number of people requiring welfare as sistance has reduced by 198 from the same period in 196768 i parliament proceeded this 0 wednesday evening i long way to week with the consideration of i had the opportunity to attend i further sections of the estim- meeting of the sunningdalej ates of the department of soc- home and school association jim snow reports ment plant and also a complete board explained the operation water supply and distribution of the new county school sys- facility for the community of tern and a question and answer period followed which was most most informative oxfam this saturday a stranger in this area saturday will doubtless think ontario is a province of walkers its the annual oxfam operation a 30 mile trek which last year raised thousands of dollars for the worlds needy and judg ing by advance interest will be an even better show this year the walk is one which has gained wide ppeal in ontario and particularly in this part of the province for weeks participants have been busily lining up sponsors as low es a penny a mile as high as a dollar and there is keen competition to see who can amass the most in donations the organization has issued a call for volunteers to serve as registrars a starting point in s marys church auditor ium in brampton on saturday morning to keep the walk running as smoothly as pos sible various groups offering refresh ments at rest stops along the way will also be glad of a hand from anyone who wish es to help in this necessary part of the day lets hope for a good day similar to last year not too hot not too cold so ox fam will reap the maximum benefit from those aching muscles and blistered feet georgetown herald published by heme newspapers limited georgetown ontario walter c blehr publisher garfield mccilvray production superintendent frank mullin advertising manager aileen bradley then i went inside wept for a few minutes and took shock treatment on the rocks we live oniconur lot on two sidesof it there was some- tiling that looked ilea the re mains ef hadrians wall it was the ramparts ft send and salt thrown up oh the lawn by the snowblower in january youcant blow it back into the street there are two alter natives the first is 18 man- hours first with shovel then with rake then with sti broom the other is to use it as the foundation for a stone wall ar ound the property either way your lawn is ruined but that was merely the be ginning last fall i managed to keep ahead of the maple leaves burning and raking like a fiend for a couple of weeks but the oaks drop late and they dont cascade down but drift one by one you might as well walrior them all i distinctly remember going out one day last novem ber with a face as long as a foot taking a look at the fenec- tofence carpeting of sodden leaves and reaching with hea vy heart for the rake my wife in one of her rare moments of pity said why dont you wait a few days until they are dry reeling with shock i said ojc the next day it snowed and the next and so on until the end of january theyre still there even more sodden after snuggling under four feet of snow all winter and theyll be the death of me i know it if i try to rake them there must be 48 tons of wet leaves on the lot problems neither yet solved and theres a host of smaller ones huge oak brandies all ever the front lawn broken off in snow storms the hose has been out all winter my wife set fire to the back porch one win- 4erd wh sh put out a hht of ashes which contained some live coals charred is the word the flower beds look like a barroom floor on a sunday morning the shrubs are allbro ken off at the elbows by the weight oje snow fences lean precariously as you would if an oak branch ten inches thick had fallen on you a dreary scene indeed but theres only one thing to be done about it no use griping and thats what i did on the first warm day i went flat and attacked it not directly that way73ies a heart attack 1 took a beer and a book laid them down looked at the blue sky and thought about opening day thats the salvation of ajufl v deep in your heart youjaww that all that garbage is gefag to be attended to even if the old cady has to do it and if you have a touch of the poet and artist in you as what man doesnt you know that the first day of trout fishing will wash away all the sordid aspects of april and leave you pure of heart and mind if not of tongue when you get out and nave a bash at the trout this the premise ef flatting away out into the real world ef icy water and lost lures and no woman on hi last we of april gives a man a certain unityretaining detachment as he survey the nomani land of hit property accountant lal and family services and in a ttitn representatives of editor addition gave consideration to oakville town council halton several pieces of new legislator board of- education trustees vaicne xosi and also staff representatives of anne cum h last year for various stupid reasons i missed opening day for the first time in 20 years this year even with a broken i wonder if i could get some neck and i think i have one one major piece of legislation before the house was the new act establishing the amalgam- f ated city of the lakehead this act brings together the existing cities of fort william and port arthur along with parts of the surrounding townships into a new regional city to be known as the lakehead the debate on this hill lasted some two days and was finally given second reading thursday evening the halton board of education a very informative discussion was carried out in which mem bers of the staff of the halton leslie clark husky male student whos not doing too well in his english at school and have a quiet crafty little chat with him pointing out the ratio of my benevolence dave bastings to tne scarcity of wet oak leaves myles gilson john mcclements an my uwn george young news echoes from the heralds of 10 20 and 30 year ago those are just two april the xrays havent been re3d yet i am going to catch my limit fall off a log into that polar water and come home filthy stinking and purged all the good things that accompany openinr day and the real be ginning of spring in the coun try hellyer resignation surprise to halton mp rud whiting by farmer ttssington special to the herald he docs not feel the govern ments nato and defence pol icies were a factor in the resig nation and feels that if the separate school taxes parallel public schools on thursday afternoon the honourable william davis minister of education announ ced to the legislature that cer tain intendments would be made to the grant regulations covering provincial grants to the county boards of education these new regulations will give additional provincial assistance to county boards of education who have kept their overall budget within certain limits and who have municipalities within their counties that have experienced an excessive rise in mill rate due to the re- haltons roman catholic scp- ottawa canada appears ma lee lnal lne sch01 v wi to be heading for its best year transport portfolio had been face a ux hike similar to pub- gtruct in history in term of house p p hellyer would have he school supportcis this year urc as necessitated by the building but the government f j to take on the fibus- the county separate schoolfcounty board set up has still not struck at the root m the tnns boards 1969 levy announccdj of the housing problem rudp at april meeting in mil in halton county the dirccti leffcct of applying these new whiting lhalton said here i am sorry he rcs he ton will require identical millformulae will not be known un- luono rates to the elementary public hi the halton county board of resignation of hon pault hell or the past 20 years and i am education and the municipal iyer from the cabinet whitmg sure he wii flnjsh out nis schools to aid the resignation came as a lcrm jn whiting said mknnnnn k the municipal confrib- eomplete surprise to him and he rejected the suggestion of the total i 3500000 bud- utiom aftcr thc he had no idea hellyer was con- j resignation was a long get municipalities in halton fltjon of thes ncw formulac in templatlng such an action range attempt by hellyer to raise about 840000 most thjs lmmmlil krant wll but there hrnodoubt he wan- estabush a base from which to this be available to municipals of ted more action on the task p leadership at and bhngton milton share 8oooopopuluon who force report on housing than f ume in the fuwr is 272 mills 35000 oeorge- have expericnce towns 216 mills 43000 liberal sa townships 221 nasj millsl 1 provincial mill for el- and 1 provincial mill 19000 for secondary school costs in their municipalities trustees said it was necessary to cut out all frills and squeeze was advised this week by m the ontario water resources has been forthcoming so far during the federal whiting said while housing leadership convention a year 5828 an esquesing township legislation has been promised ms month former haltoni3o6 mi rmentan within a few weeks it appears riding mp dr harry harley that this does not go as far as i backed hellyer in his campaign mr hellyer wanted it to to take over from retiring whiting referred to recent flg- minister lester b pear- cvcry do kccp urcsjwhich showed a substantial son rates thc same as the halton increase in bousing starts in the trudeau won thc leadership county board of education early months of the year but heland he received the backing of their budget is up about 10 said the root othe problem is most halton riding delegates to per cent over thc combined till not being reached because i the convention who split wah budgets of the four halton he finds many people in halton i harley on who to support as boards in 1b58 which merged riding cannot afford the houses leader to form the county board on that are being constructed january 1 prior to the federal election he notes that houses in hal- j last june harley retired as ton have risen in cost substan- mp and he was replaced by tially over the past year or whiting who went on to win an increase in educational mill rate of more 1959 hunters realtors were officially tagged oha intermed iate champions of ontario monday night and they look ed every inch the part in powering their way to an 1 11 win over a badly outclassed thorold team at thorold to end their trek to their title the victory was their fourth straight in the best of seven final the realtors had to wade through stouffville clippers bradford brads fords walkerton capitols sundridge beavers and thor old to claim the cup presented to them by oha execu tive dinty moore of port colborne after the game georgetown will greet canadas governor general his excellency rt hon vincent massey tomorrow when he pays a half hour visit to town mr massey will be met at the station by mayor armstrong councillors and their wives sandy best mp and stan hall mpp and their wives the party will proceed by motorcade to t georges church grounds where rev kenneth richard son and his wife will join the- party school children will be assembled on the grounds to hear the mayors welcoming speech and his excellencys reply a motor cade will complete the visit business directory c0rbett chiropractic clinic spinal xray service available by appointment 8776631 tit mill st old pest orflca 1949 two and were on the average the halton riding election race more costly in toronto i both whiting and thc halton the halton mp said he was ub association have been not taking sides in the argum ent hellyer it having with the test of the csblnet but h1 f crisis was do question that hellyers constitutional position was at variance with the prime minis ters because he wanted greater federal initiatives in such fields active in thc housing field and both have called for action to smile in other business at their meeting trustees approved bi lingual classes for students from kindergarten to grade 4 in one burlington school follow ing requests from frenchspea king parents for instruction for about 85 children there are 170 students involved in a sim ilar program in georgetown thc board also approved a plan doctor did your wife say for burlington students to part anything before she died jicipatein a swimming program the widower yes shej at the ymca at a cost of 3000glcn williams the necessary fa cilities to convey the waste to the town of georgetown treat- icrbi iuluue 1 tlt ikiiuj inuwww iw olicjul 1110 lilian t a w9i hi iiw housing pollution urban talked unlnteruptedly for fiftyifor 10 weeks of lessons for goo development and inflation iteara grade three pupils commission that thc commis sion has now executed agree ments for engineering services with thc firm of proctor and itedfcrn limited for the prep aration of design reports to thc commission on the water and sewage works requirements of the township of esqueslng on receipt of these reports from thc consulting engineers the staff of thc commission will then proceed to develop rates based on useage and submit pro posals to thc esquesing town ship qduncll for provincially financed water and sewage works systems this report will include thc provision for the construction of a complete sewage collection system for tlio community of students from georgetown public school and the sur rounding rural schools did well at the halton music fes tival in milton last week two gold medals went to geor getown girls jean engleby and sandra scott the latter also won a bronze medal with jacqueline graham in the duet for girls 1 1 and under helen muckart was third in the solo for 8 and under and joan harrison won a silver medal in the senior solo sylvia lambert and bev hjyde won silver medals in senior girls duet paul prust was third in senior boys solo students from district schools who did well included maureen hepburn of glen williams first in girls solo 8 and under and don- nie currie limehouse third in the similar class for boys gail wheeler of glen williams was third in the solo for girls 1 1 and under 1939 a largely attended meeting of the mens section of cedar crest golf jjjbjaas held at the home of list seasqns captajlb mr j r smith this week when the following officers were elected president j willoughby vice president mrs j a willoughby captain ji b mac kenzie vice captain j h crichton handicap commit tee r b foulis p b coffin and c kennedy social committee r w robb h f gorring and f f salt the annual parents night of the georgetown public school was held on thursday many parents visited the school and examined the exhibits of writing draw ing and other work prepared under the direction of principal howard wrigglesworh and his staff follow ing this the parents were treated to a program of chor uses drills action songs and plays including a scene from the merchant of venice and a pageant a welcome to the king during the evening the parents were ad dressed by school inspector l l skuce and georgetown public school board chairman hugh dickie optometrist r r hamilton od 116 mountainview south carrctal building fr appointment 773971 wallace thompson 3rd division court 772963 clerk a commissioner w h cam professional engineer consulting engineer ontario land surveyor office 8773211 8773300ttome optometrist l m brown 0 d 47 main st n suite 1 for appointments phone 773671 mcbain and hulme ontario land surveyors wlllowdale 2222536 lc millesse oxjs 8776275 residence barragers cleanersshirt laooderers 772279 18 main s 166 guelph all work done en 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