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Georgetown Herald A Division of Homo Newspapers Company Limited Mam Street South Georgetown Ontario WALTER BIEHN Publisher THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1970 EDITORIAL COMMENT Were With You whatever their polili but for MP Whiting when they read news letter from Ottawa In is In a strongly worded statement Mr Whiting comes out strongly legaliz mariuana Personally should the question legalizing arise I shall oppose he says To me it represents constant dan and the responsibility of every tizen is clearly The question one on wh every member of parliament should take a strong public stand and one which cannot be on party lines We have been bombarded with by those who favour legal ration Some split ha say ng that because it is not a it should be allowed They do not point out that it does like pro luce extreme psychological pendente And that unlike tobacco a mind alter drug Shocking Headlines Charge in drug party raid was not a pleasant thing to foature in what w like to think of as a quiet middle class On tar community a good place to live a good place to raise a family Some deny the proof of experts that mariuana leads to use of and II more dangerous addictions Others say that alcoholic were made legal we should put no on marijuana The sort of rov argument which says because one thing is bad and legal man should can pound his indiscrct And in the badground are the free who say each man has the right to decide his own desl wuh no laws no restraints We pray that parliament has a major tty of lings 1 Is members p Men who don delude themselves to think must pussyfoot on a mailer which affect the whole future of our country II a t me when parliament should be discuss ng instead relax ng them Tie marijuana is an excellent place start If Georgetown res dent was in the drug question the headl in last week- Herald should have shocked n into reality There could be some truth each of NEWS ECHOES From the Heralds of and Yam Ago It s and sad to see wi at can happen We have provided young people every amenity today Thoy have more free than at any period In history more of lifes comforts more spending money more cars schools equipped every luxury That more and more of them should deliberately head for a coll s on course is heartbreaking and beyond understand nrj to adults who matured in the depressor yean or in the years of a world war It is place blame on an if fluent on working moll on youths disenchantment with the world their elders have created On Extra Bird Georgetown is fortunate in having on species of bird which you don t find in the books And this one has been instrumental in fostering a f addition to the community a horticultural society whose slow but steady growth has made it an intrical part of ho community We refer of course to Norman Bird who after 14 years as secretary treasurer has shed this office Mr rd with a background of teach IN THE MAIL BAG But isn a reason the breakdown of order and the rise of irresponsibility today adult on Our school syslom ch must be the bulwark of tomorrows world has been in filtrated by free thinkers of the var lety who have almost destroyed any con of a teacher pupil relationship of dis and manners Bill ley has comments on this in his Sugar Spice column week Many parents loo have si irked the responsib lilies Its always easier to say yes than no And when were on this free express on kick even the most sens bin parents find it lard to hue the line hoy would I Teachers through if federal on could help slirl on a normal course They could demand a return to the old d ne That start ll ball roll ng in the r direct on and farm has been a valuable man on the directorate The society has had well planned and interest meet ings flower shows of a high qual The society has beautified Georgetown n pub lie places and encouraged residents to on the home surroundings flow and shrubs Undoubtedly the success of the lety can be attributed to the constant forts of Mr Bird d president Douglas Cole a tr bute made at the recent annual MP reports horn WHY WHITING SAYS NO MAI Sees Communists Influence Behind Unrest of Youth 11 Street Dear Sir This will confirm my phone call of congratulation to on your editorial of two weeks ago and judging the re action of mam of our hit the nail on the head It is obvious that writer of the good old was not around at that time also that he la a devotee of John Lcnnon and the Can anyone fall to be nauseat bj the sight of screaming swooning teenagers clawing at the barricades of the airport like a lot of caged animals In the good old days teenagers went lo work their hung and we worked from am to They had little time for rock and roll and no money Tor pot Our teenagers tothy have too much lime on their hands with too little do I do not blame the teenagers Much of the blame can he hid on the doorstep of their tea Thej ore bombarded with evolutionists God a word and If that Is not enough six Can vc anything but chaos in the minds of our teenager Is it any wonder that headlines read 38 Chi in Drug Raid Party A few weeks ago I slated that Communists have Invaded our schools and churches I from a on Ideology and coexistence Their alms Infiltration of labour movement auto and transportation 2 Formation of a youth 3 Getting more negro mi stressing I Putting communists ighbourhood parent teacher associations etc Encourage steady breakdown of moral standards etc end of quote We have only to read our daily news to see how they have accomplish d heir aims Godless Communism has sue In rebellion in our schools and universities has disrupted our transportation has undermined the To me it is it God had said enough of foolishness he deluted you with the rain and the slime of mud But Slates and Is Ins concerned thciof the leaves aid flowering White on tops of the plant ml the To extent hashish is of illt nit discus both winch prevails on ion mil inflation the deepest concern parents with growing centres the use drugs and man I to the lot into my The use of drugs can Ik traced back to tin of civil learn of opium for example being used or medicinal and religious in the veil the ever person Is using the Mexican Type the more potent hashish potential for abuse present The only diiTcrei that a user of hashish not smoke as much to reach the desired result MARIJUANA differs from the drugs in the opium family In that it docs not produce addiction How ever it does result In dependence and accord ing to an eminent medical scientist David chronic users go to great lengths to lasnre that thev will not bo without the drug i resile also result of to China where used as a remedy for the PORK President ReElected do leak retained position as lrcsi PORK Of Rot ten Is the cite mo it s is a si of laid for food In the early jj the of mi poppy in limks til it The Of at the trust ration and Ihe wish to aw ay from it ail by the use of drugs which I have no doubt is being supplied by the also Small wonder that some lers are warning us that we arc already In World III by force of arms b it tralion lo the very tore of our civilization Perhaps the will come when our when in the throLS of a live in they will find themselves surrounded Russian tanks and midline tuns just the people of and etc I can only say thank that we have teenagers who arc not deceived by this ind I say llicm stand fast to that which is and refuse to be drawn the rebellion of those who would ruin us I have only one comment say to that half million gated at Woodstock last sun It was not the police thai IN TH- MAIL BAG Support Appreciated For Air Cadet Canvass Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron Georgetown Road The I would like on behalf the officers instructors and the sponsoring committee and the Air Cadets of Squadron extend our most cere thinks to the citizens of Georgetown for excellent support of our volunteer cai for Ontario Heart round lion held on Sunday Rod CD Cap Commanding Ofllccr Squadron Canadian Air idets Georgetown Herald A of Company Georgetown Ontario Walter C Publisher Grfld Production Superintendent Advertising Manager I rank News Accountnit Terry Ailccn Bradley Valerie Caruso Anne Currie Reporter Leslie Clark Davo Hastings Gilson John McClcmentsj George Young Pi a Inntse lie trade Mil added marked the of Int liij us tin lrallu MAR It IS lot Iruc narcotic but is cat led hallucinogenic or mind lennj retem months dozens news clip pings editorials mil articles hive the virtues- of Hut most writers and speakers eminently qualified fail to pnsent full and discussion of the other side of the coin the side marijuana abuse Is harmful to the health and of our and is in a calling cud writers and speak give a complete distortion ire indulging in i dangerous By presenting the proinarljuam arguments the public his been deprived of the ml villi object lie ficts necessary to nuke an choice jut Will DISCUSSING man it impcrilkc to fine the sometimes ronfuslm 1 he tinn man juiiii ill Mil fancy he Ihe socillcd American Type the so called Mexican Type Bhang Chans Cimbis Cnnaiiis re ins pot weed TUG POTENCY of the drugs ranges from the limited effects of poorly harvested marijuana In the severe effects of or churns Most of the marl juana consumed In the United leading one again thi pro and widespread liition in town and city In Canada cause my daughter quit after farm now have the situation of our son who dropped out two and dropped back in this urging his kid sister not to be a slob a a it a bum just as him when tie did it The reason for Kims thor in our ai failing and even itemed to tome of It But I think tha main reason that 13 yean of ind piano tenons had ply had enough and wanted to find out what life It all ml I Invent figures but 111 bet the re shocking of the number of bright people who quit college in their first The reasons arc obvious It is it live up to their pcctilions or can t stand new freedom ind fill he hind in their bitter blow for parents with high hopes for afford It themielvei and want for tholr children There and and beating of There It approach approach thunderous con But von is well to reason John Calvin or an Oik stump with a stubborn 18 year old who has made up his or her mind about some thing expression Is tint they want to find themselves to learn lo live In a world that is not cotton wrap ped or institutionalized argument ulcers apop lexy and fallen arches of Ihe soul to parents And I have some sympathy for the kids As long as thej re not no own They want to out or the of more Eases fixes and striving for in vihicli they see their ficed pi rents engaged arc sick of a tern with stick at one end and a in the form of a piece of pipir the other some kids the is fun idmire Iho who without too and thro straps ill the i i plain hard work minority the rotten and to tome agree with them They want a cleaner way of life decision for them Often it takes more courage to quit thin to conform They to hurt their baffled par arc libelled as punks ind dropouts arc told they face are tedbymgging threats and bribes along with their own feelings of guilt often become emotionally or pretty tough on the surface But one thing parents must do They stop trying to live through their i when the latter are old to work to marry and to live their own Parents should do the same live their own lives should go on loving tin oil ir possible rhe should help them If they help But thej should slop to them to mold them design tlicy think Is the right one think Im ding all dropouts Soma of are laiy bums end quit ten But I cant help wonder Ing what I should do If I were 18 When I went to university it was a way of getting off treadmill of escaping a dull Job and a limited future and a life of mil boiled cab An expenditure up was okayed by council Melt day nght for transportation of two cannon which town is receiving from the government for the new me morial park Councillor Harrison so d a flagpole is in place a bridge has been built over the creek by lh works department end is in readiness move cenotaph to its new location this spring An ex Toronto Ir regiment has honoured by Canadian Army Walter Red repres ented the Canadian Army a ceremony in Friday in which he received on behalf of the army Vol ume of the official history of Canadian Army in 2nd World War The presentation was made by Gen- oral F A Sparling and autographed by tho author Col The fly leaf says the book was to Sergeant in of shed in the Northwest campaign World War II Red received the Disimgutihed Medal in for outstanding heroism displayed during a German attack on the Holland town of i ing a night attack on the town involving of the enemy When three hundred of them succeeded In getting ins do of the town and started digging in along a narrow street Asselt ne took a section of three flame throwing carriers WASPS and cleared vital sector result in an enemy retreat At one point one of the carriers was knocked out by a German bazooka Asseltme saved the other two from the same fete by rushing the bazooka position with a gun and wiping out the crew Otterloo was a key point in the advance of the Canadian Armoured Division and the responsibility of the Irish Regiment of Canada Georgetown walloped 1 1 in the first game of the group playoffs on Monday when skated victory paced by Nick Fern Rone Martin and Cheppet with two goals apiece The other Georgetown goal were scored by Jack Junior Beaumont John Haines Bradbury and Max Bradbury A shot from the corner early in the third per deflected off a leg and Into the net to spoil Fred Lawrences shutout 1940 About last Thursday evening fire broke out it the home of Mrs H Humborslone Charles Street and an alarm was turned in Due to tho fact that most of the members of the volunteer fire brigade were attend ing Brampton Georgetown hockey game and failed to hoar the siren the fire gained considerable headway before arrived The roof of house practic ally consumed by flames and later collapsed and four times week and never enough money Today afTluant hide art get ting off 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