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Georgetown Herald A Division of Horn Newspapers Company Limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WALTER C Publisher THURSDAY APRIL 1971 EDITORIAL COMMENT Would Be Happy with Resurfacing A highway widening project which would coat Georgetown taxpayers half a million dollars would not seem to be worth near that figure to town residents The more than double cost over an original estimate was revealed las week And councillors were shocked to learn the implications Wo one would argue that the wid ening to four limes from Maple to Main North the rounding off of the Water St corner and better access to the down town area would not be advantageous But future plans for a highway by pass should be considered too end half a million dollars for what will become a secondary road lakes some thinking The present highway stretch is a bit of a bottleneck connecting as it does four lane roads at either end of the town But when it gets to the does it bother Georgetown residents that much If the highways department wants to speed up through traffic through Geor their prerogative if the province wants to pay the cost Locally no one is bothered too much If it takes them on extra five minutes to go from one end of town to the other And slow traffic is an asset to auto and pedes safety Even the original figure seems a lot to pay for one road We might be just as happy with a resurfacing job for present OPINIONS OF OTHERS Lets Not Widen the Gap Pay for teachers is one that Is always certain to stir up controversy especial among teachers themselves No one disputes that teaching is an and the rewards should the task but there are those who think the pay scale is already out of line We were interested In the com ments of the Financial Post concerning Etobkoke a class suburb of Tor onto which the post thinks would be typical of most other areas in the prov ince There the school board expect teachers to work for six hours a day be tween September 1st and June Subtracting holidays winter breaks time off for professional day average teacher works 200 days or 200 a year are expected jo lessons mark papers and contri bute to after hours activity as well but this is typical in that pay bracket who do afterhours work for their companies without compensation To the teacher just beginning his career with a minimum of training this means the board pays the equivalent of an hour to the fully qualified public school teacher with five years experience an hour and to the most qualified and experienced tea cher an hour fly contrast the Financial Post notes that average hourly earnings in menu was in construction The comparison in no way suggests teachers should be paid the same as wor kers in or construction Their qualifications entitle them to a much higher salary However In pressing their claims teachers should keep two things in mind People earning those lower rates of pay contribute much of the teachers salaries Also unlike teachers most taxpayers do not have a free summer which to qualifications and as a result increase rewards Most peo ple In manufacturing and construction have at the most two or three weeks free each summer Those who have to scrape and Just to get by the high world naturally do not appreciate efforts of teachers to further increase sal which are already considered ex cessive Marry of the Hie when teachers schools were understaffed and boards were reluctant to spend anything on schools other than the barest lies They remember the dedication and energy of some teachers then and compare it to the reluctance of some school staffs to put more than the minim effort Into the profession despite high rewards Few would want to see those days return but by the same token the pub lic recalls that despite the lack of quali fied teachers schools of the past set high standards We support a high rate of pay for good teachers but oppose further widening of the gaps between taxpay ers and the profession Acton Free Press It Pays to Speak Your Mind It apparently pays to be controver sial Or Morton Ontario self appointed Socrates and all round gadfly has hired New York agency to ar range his speaking engagements The fees believe it or not ere per speech in Toronto else where in Ontario and plus travel ling expenses outside the prov Shulman has had hi fmgers in every pie from the Mafia to the mistreat retarded children He has his own way done much good end in process received as much publicity as ten Apparently now he is reaping the financial benefits of his outspoken ways Even Shulman himself is rather amazed at the situation Ho said Its really ridiculous what some organizations will pay I keep the price but I still get all of Invitations More power to you Or May we make a suggestion though Perhaps tome of that money could be sunk back into some of those pieces that had your controversial finger In ANCIENT FOE OF MAN Cancer is found throughout the plant and animal kingdom Fossils from the age indicate that cancer has probably exis ted almost from the beginning of life on earth Help pot an end to this moot most stubborn of all enemies by a contripu thxi to the April campaign of Canadian A little money might go a long way in helping to solve some of the prob I ems youve helped publicize Mercury SEED CATALOGUE TIME fall heart He op cotfltu on commission No par yon own Try that sometime during a depression My mother was made of stern stuff and with five children she knew ft was a situation where pride and dignity had go by board She patched and she mended Proud Ones Suffer in New Hard Times For most and espe cially for Canadians spring is usually a time of hope The and snow have gone or are going The days are long the sun is strength ening Toe world Is coming alive again with the tint bints of new growth But for great many peo ple in this land of ours this spring offers little but doubt and despair There Is a dark shadow lying across tho ely clean country of ours Its is unemployment For the first time In gener ation Canada this vast and wealthy facing he hard facts that Its economy la In rough shape Thousands of university duatcs will bo scrambling for the Jobs that will absorb half of them Thousands of student will be competing for jobs for a quarter of them Thousands of skilled workers will be ready to try anything to make a living Maybe ft haint caught up with yon yet Hat It could my town we had a boom about three years ago New to dm tries came to New sub division came In New sub divisions were developed Real estate soared New families la for all the new Jobs and the population Increased This spring the industries axe hobbling its tough to sell a house and men who have well and hard for 10 or IS years ore laid oil and looking for work The signs are familiar wag only a kid during the worst years of the Depression but I remember My father had a prosperous business He went broke be cause people t have the money to buy what ho was sell Ing or couldn pay for what they did buy Middle aged late forties he stand a chance when there were hundred of thous ands of young men looking or lythlng He was a gentle tamo and a proud one and It broke sewed and she darned She took In boarders and we kids doubled up She told borne baking She went out and kno cked on selling tics to women who couldn ford a box of face powder What It cost her I can only im agine But somehow we stage ercd through Going on relief was a disgrace to her and she never fell that low She Inven ted now culinary trlumohi Continued on Pago 3 ECHOES 1961 St Johns United Church was evacuated Thursday when police received en anonymous call claiming a bomb had been placed in the building A Cub pack and the church choir were hurried outside moments before clock when the bomb was sup posedly set to go off Four police searched the building before vacating it themselves at four min to seven Church records were locked up and fire door closed in preparation for the blast which never came 1951 Mr A Stein has been engaged as assistant prii pal at Georgelown Public School this September He was hired at a school board meeting last night Cur rently teaching at Vinelnnd he is a native of Tavi stock 1941 Shaw of Newmarket has purchased the Geor Flour and Feed Mill from J C Clark who has operated it for the past few years after buying it from the C estate Mr Shaw comes from the famous milling company which founded the Maple Leaf Milling Company and has been ted with that organization for the past 1 years TURNING BACK TIME WHEN LIMEHOUSE HAD A MAPLE AVENUE AND NO BRIDGE A number of good historic pictures of nave been submitted to the Turning Back Time Series lately Id this one taken in line days before the bridge was built over the railway it shows the Fifth line over the tracks as a level crossing and referred to as Maple Avenue THE DISTRICT AT A GLANCE VANDALS TIP HEADSTONES ACTON Thirty five tombstones have been toppled In Actons Cemetery The discovered be fore a funeral there Monday was reported to the local de tachment of the Town officials suspect the vandals chose Easter weekend to do most of their malicious damage In the cemetery PROPOSE MOBILE HOME PARK NASSAGAWAYEA The possibility of a mobile home site on an acre parcel of land on the south side of Highway was advanced to Council Monday night Coun cil referred E Johnston to the township trailer bylaw He said he was considering the park in conjunction with a service station and restaurant adjacent to Caroline Garden Centre MAN KILLED WIFE INJURED CAMPBELLVILLE An Oshawa man was killed late Saturday night in a two car headon collision on Highway just west of Dead is John Hess 55 His Charlotte is the intensive core unit of Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington where she is listed in fair condition A westbound cor crossed the median and collided with the Hess car CYCLISTS PEDAL FOR RETARDED BURLINGTON Newly cyclists pedalled all over Burlington Monday to raise money to equip a training centre there for retarded adults They were paid so much per by sponsors and most of them pumped 30 miles Mayor George Herrinlgton started the riders off at the training centre at They were entertained at lunch at Lowvllle Park by a rock group and later danced in Nelson High School M MILE SCAVENGER HUNT Over J Chlnguacousy Township families are expected to compete in a mile scavenger hunt around the township May recreation officials sold this week They will collect various Items such as thumb print or a vial of water from checkpoints and return them to a central location Finishers can win a colour TV or a sailboat RATEPAYERS DIRECTORS Ratepayers Association elected three new directors this week Prior to discussion and debate on the implementation of the Ontario Water Resources Study regarding the proposed water and sewer Installations in Rock wood the association elected Case Schullcr Joy Lord and Ralph Kelly for three year terms DRUG CASES SOAR OAKVTLLE Police Departments youth section had been doubled In to cope with an increasing work load including a 700 per cent rise In the drug charges last year The additional two plainclothesmen will enable the section to cover the community on a full week basis around he clock Figures show the juvenile offences have risen from 130 in 19H to last year ROCK FEST PROPOSED MILTON A proposed eight hour rock concert could attract young people to Milton this summer Monday council beard two local high school students put forward a plan for the concert which would be In Milton Arena June 19th A man security force has been lined up to work with police in case trouble erupts BUSINESS DIRECTORY Income Tax Return BOOKKEEPING SERVICES coll KENNETH BURGESS of Associate Tax Consultants CLEANERS Shirt Main St S Guefyh Pickup and Delivery All work done on CHIROPRACTOR CorbettDC Mill Street Georgetown For Appointment PHONE Evans Chiropractic Clinic 120 Guelph Street By Appointment CARPET CLEANING CARPET CLINIC Professional Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning in Your Home or in our 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