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Georgetown Herald A Dtvbton of Horn Company limited Main Street South Georgetown Ontario WAITER C BIEHN PublUhor PAGE 2 THE GEORGETOWN HEItALD THURSDAY EDITORIAL COMMENT Georgetown AGoGo Cancellation of the Spadina expressway In Toronto could have a far reaching effect on Georgetown The government with the idea that rapid transit Is the way of the future is com mencing a study which could result in a GO train service to ferry commuters from this area into Metro When this happens it will turn history full circle Haifa century ago Georgetown had rapid transit Into the city on the old line which ran from Guelph to the city Popularity of the motor car with an assist from the depression forced the radial out of Is causing today business Now the problems Millions of dollars spenl on freeways adds to the traffic burden funnelling and more cars Into the The provincial government has seen I hi impossibility of continuing a road building system which can lead to eventual chaos AGOtram fast service good connections will tut hundreds of e off the trail And it will fulfil double purpose freeing major roads like for through triffic Western Days Success The town wide Western Days promotion by Georgetown merchants was a cooperative venture which was well received by the public Merchants in general were well pleased with their business on he three day effort And shoppers were pleased with the extra attractions street dances barbecues art exhibit visiting hockey star Little Theatre playlet As a first effort there was room for im provement of course and another year we expect Western Days will be bigger and better Many merchants did not gel around to extensive decorating Thorn who did like Toronto Dominion Bank excelled Some store personnel dressed up in old fashioned costumes to add colour to the theme Another merchants might consider hiring someone to promote Most of us just need a little push to get started A retired person with some sales ability could pay his fee making the celebration more colourful Those who spent so much time arranging the attraction arc to be congratulated We look forward to Western Days 1972 version next summer Tiresome Confrontations BILL SMILEY THESE WORDS WILL COOL YOU OFF We are growing tired of confrontations The latest a transient camp on the University of Toronto campus was dispersed on Sunday It need never have happened If authorities stepped on trouble before it started we be faced with these ridiculous situations If young people want to wander with their parents permission they should carry enough cash to pay their way If not they should expect to be treated just like any other transient told to get moving Youthful wanderers have no more right to pitch a tent on a university campus than they have on your front lawn The Toronto trouble should have been nipped in Mil bud when the first tent was pitched We dan bhme youngsters for these con frontntlons so much we censure those adults who prattle about generation gaps and scurry to set up free food lodging t it time we started telling young people that the best way to see Canada is to work save some dollars and pay their wiy That the v those they expect to foot the bill done Kids Eager to Swap Lack of Host Farms Snags Urban Exchange Kim is one of 10 urban students spending a week on Halton farms The Idea of the game is to take an urban boy away from the paved streets tail buildings and onto the I where the youngster can catch a glimpse of the rural way of The 15 yearold son of Burlington road foreman claims he has never sweated as hard as he has during his slay on the Bob Merry farm on the Fourth Line Farmer Merry wasted no mercy on the rookie farmer Haying fence repair weed clean up feeding the animals and going about the routine chores are all part of the youngsters daily activities HARD WORK The work Is hard and Kim isn about to dispute the fact but he has fitted In well with the pat tern Each morning sees him rise at a m even while farmer Merry was catching the last few winks Unlike a good number of urban youngsters the taste of fresh untreated milk agreed with Kim The Merry farm is a good farm for a 15yearold to spend some time on Horseback riding boating and swimming are all activities readily available A large pond near the house provides an excellent boating and swimming hole Kim graduated from John Tuck Public School in Burlington this year and will attend General Brock High School this Sep I ember TIP FROM TAPP An avid horseman Kim first overcame his fear of horses at birthday party for Gordie Tapp son When Kim told he not want to go on the wagon load of youngsters because of his fear of horses Tapp look him to the front of the rig Ever since that I really liked them he noted Once his fear of horses vanished his love for animals began and has since grown Some day I hope to own a horse ranch Id like to have some land for It out near Calgary to be handy for the Stampede the youngster explained The Enthusiast formerly known as the Junior Farmer and Quarterly said the program would In part help familiarize youngsters with farms and farm work It will show milk doesn really come from a bottle and apples don t grow In a basket the article said GOOD RESPONSE Trie plan to take youngsters from the urban way of life for a week has met with a good response About youngsters have applied to take part In the program Evelyn Weatherston program for and Wellington said some youngsters might have to be rejectcdl the lack of host farms More are needed If the program Ten youngsters were sent to farms last week and this week another will have tXCIItDGEtS Terry Warden Mark Lang Kim Glintz Jill Cross Cote Robert Culler Nancy Curow Theresa Eaton Carol Ihcirclnnce The only charge for the boy or girl is a S3 fee cover the expense of transportation Members of the first roup of urban youngsters staying with Hilton farm families ire HOST Mr Mrs Ross Mills Mr Mrs Mr Mrs Henry Stanley Mr Mrs Robert Merry Mr Mrs George Mr Mrs Colin Marshall Mr Mrs John McDougall Mr Mrs III Mr Mrs Gordon Hume Mr Mrs Parker Remember the Trail published tot the The following in a future dated Juno a lJyj Irnil News I won tier how ninny remember the Irjil trr once wandered hroieh the city on Us to the It too miles in nil following rit fnuurilrotk from Ni if in in the It Tobermory in the The ridge as know as the I- irpnient and parti of it still be seen isn lied points Credit Porks wt ire told thi llie peculiar lilt Brute Tr was lint it mushed at the height of Its rw fact home have chimed that It very v is the demist However we hold with dlsappp is lire d mill There popuHntv Records show tint in it w is is membership in he Unite Trnl flit Trails sup parting miJinn wis In Hi w lid to used tujojid by of citizens who wire not not such icisurt of unlit interc whs lie to sustain it mist the of official disinterest is the land which Trail pissed eonwrttd to residential use difficult for our children in id IffJOs to lime when it wis possible for the citizen to freely In open country Whit is now prerogative of only the is once tht privilege of of the Col Credit lorks the Centrifugal Humble puppy at I and the massive Flute with its Cinema il Terra Cot la tin rt is barely enough spate lift for stretching us become to the sight of properly by locked kites andl electrified barbed wire And who after nil can blame the owners With space such a premium we cannot fall lo become acutely aware that if there Is one basic requirement for survival it is surely a place to stand II Is with wonder that we recall the Bruce Trail passing over private land with the free consent of the Andwereahzelhat here During the winler I literally grind my teeth when I know I must make a trip to the city The idea sours my soul my stomach and mv normally sweet disposition I don just think I know what to expect during any part or the whole of 180mile round trip Freezing rain That means crawling along blind peering out the window because windshield has a quarter inch t on it and wondering when le idiot is going to come out of here and clobber you snow flurries That is a weather department in these ports for a howling blizzard Tht only thing is scattered are the wits of weather forecister Slight drifting conditions That means a mph wind white clouds across the just as some jerk Is trying to and Ihcre a teuton gravel truck right in front of you Oh they can fool me But I just grin and swear it However I get revenge in July I si under my oak trees and chuckle chuckle aa I think of poor tormented creatures their way through the mad traffic trying to get to not a nasty chuckle have my utmost It just a little sort of chuckle The kind of vou hear Boris Karloff emitting as he sends his creator Frankenstein up in flames Sometimes when my chuckle gels out of control am decent take a walk downtown and stroll around lookirg at all those sweaty frustrated in fun a led lounsls snarling their spouses and children My natural sentiments take and can scarce forebear to weep as I think of what they vc been through to get here what they are going through now and what they have to do to get When my emotion guile out of control I sometimes drive soberly to the beach and survey the scene This usually plunges further depths of com passion is so fat f that social relationships No doubt it wis reliled some inexpicablel way with the amount of open spice freedom of movement and choice which was so if that dimly be red happy time prior to Over here is a 200pound a 12ounce bikini dragging two kids a beach chair assorted towels and pounds She is utterly miserable as the sweat destroys her makeup And don forget she has to walk half a mile back to the cottage hauling whimpering offspring and prepare dinner for ficr husband who is fighting his way up through the circus on wheels her mother and father who have been Invited for a week her Aunt Jessie and Uncle Tom who have just dropped in on their way through I- or a few days Poor lady And down there near the water himself paunch begins just below his chin and almost to his knees How happy he seems as the children jump over him spraying sand ana cold water What delighted smile he produces when the teenagers football hits him squarely in the belly He s at beach lor two weeks and he having fun if it kills The little kids are wonderful loo Never a dull moment It they haven lost their sand pall cut their foot on a rock or they want monev for pop or they re out too far or they simply vanished and are probably drowned And the teenagers are grand It just restores your faith to see go into the water ally Iherc something cute about the way they lie around on the beach not smashing or waving signs Just lyint there about eighteen kids lo twelve feet of d smoking and chatting II makes you feel of good all over loknowlhat they re not out on the highway doing goodness knows what but right here on tht beach doing nothing Golly I envy those people who come up north to gel away from it all the air conditioned buildings ihe home cooked meals the playgrounds Ihe privacy of their own backyards I could gel a break like he winter Kelso Checks Weather In 1871 when Professor King on si irled to meteor Toronto with i stiff of four This the its birthday tuns some full time employees in network of and offices that covers ill of and links into meteorological strvites through out lit world j In idditlon o weather fort casting for which he synoptic observing network is designed j the responsibility for recording data in more detail for the study of Canada climate This network is made up of about units of which the Region Conservation Authority Kelso weather station is one The twice daily readings made of rainfall temper and humidity levels are recorded automatically on charts and forwarded to the Department of Transport BUSINESS DIRECTORY LC MILLESSE Ontario Land Surveyor Duncan Drive Georgetown Residence OPTOMETRIST Brown MAIN ST Suit For Haatth Iniuranc Card Wallace Thompson 3rd 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