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Georgetown Herald A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main Street Sooth Georgetown Ontario RICHARD CAMERON Publisher Thursday Sept 20 PUBLIC APATHY Getting Out The Vote The regional council will be as good as the councillors you elect to represent you Election day is Monday Oct Choose your regional candidates with care for they will have a monumental task for three years The quotation is taken from a pamphlet entitled The New Regional Municipality of It was received in the mail by most area residents late last week The words are wise but they come a bit late in terms of can didate nomination at least in North Halton Acclamations have cut the number of candidates to be elected to office and only a few remain The strongest race is for mayor where four men seek the single seat available If apathy has been shown towards nomination then it could also be reflected in voting turnouts Some candidates privately admit they expect a per cent voter turnout Oct That s deplorable Not the prediction but the possibility that public feeling towards the election is so cool that few members of the electorate will exercise their franchise Take that 35 per cent predic Do you the voters of North realize that with a figure that low a successful candidate for mayor could go into office with per cent of the vote What kind of mandate is that to govern Ten per cent of the voters could decide who will do what on behalf of 100 per cent of the population The selection may be democratic but the representation is not No one expects full turnout which doesn even happen under compulsory voting but enough of the voters must be interested to give the northern part of the region majority selection Just topping 50 per cent is not enough Put apathy aside and if you can make it to the palls Oct l vote in the advance poll Sept Or vote by proxy TwoTier Government Coming regional election seems to be getting short shrift in the public attention department Election day is Oct when voters will select regional as well as area councillors school board trustees and a name for the new municipality of North Halton The reorgan of local government in is being earned out into a twotier system There will be two elected councils to look after citizen interests and their duties will be divided between those of regional and local interest There will be four municipalities The regional government in Halton wiU be composed of 24 members plus the chairman Allan M who was ap pointed at the end of July by the provincial government As chairman he will vote only to break a tie within the regional council Public utilities commissioners are not required to stand for election but will continue in office Councillors will serve for three years Takeover date is Jan Is everybody ready Park Management Plan The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is very pleased with the decision taken by the Ontario government with respect toHhe future- management of Algonquin Park The new management plan is very close to that suggested in the brief that the federation presented to the government in February of 1966 This brief suggested that the multiple use concept be applied and that removal of the timber resources be continued under very strict control This can be achieved under the Algonquin Forest Authority While the federation wants to see natural areas where no cutting will be allowed sprinkled throughout the park it is felt that a managed forested area can best serve the forest recreational needs of the majority of the users The proposed elimination of outboard motors requires a second look Would it not be better to limit outboard motor horsepower to or 10 all over the park and allow those not hardy enough to paddle a to enjoy the natural beauty and good fishing of this average man Wilderness Or alter natively allow their use within a specified distance of the main access points The federation lauds the decision to continue the hunting in Bruton and Clyde Townships A well managed forest will produce an abundant crop of deer and the townships along the Eastern border of the park could well stand some deer hunting Greater dispersion of the people using the park at any one time was a strong point in the brief and this can be attained with more perimeter access points and camping areas and improved and extended canoe routes We only hope that legislation is quickly enacted to get the new management plan translated into action ECHOES FROM THE PAST school in Georgetown for children two to five years of age The school was being conducted every morning in the public library EARS A candidate for municipal office as mayor Joseph Gibbons was the man between the politicians when he served as chairman for a Jayceesponsored can didate meeting Halton riding candidates In an upcoming provincial election met Ihe electorate Speakers were George Kerr PC William Gillies and Owen Lib Georgetown Junior hockey club acquired a name and a manager Known as the Beavers Ihe club selected as manager Walter Red The club was entered in the Metro Junior B League with teams More than swimmers used the Georgetown Community Swimming Pool during the summer according to pool manager Don Gosling The actual total was 17 children and adults John Wilson of Norval was County delegate to the annual Junior Farmers Soil and Land Use Tour John was farming with his father Spencer Wilson In Esqueslng Township Town council agreed declare a mid October as V Week when In Georgetown would launch a campaign for funds Jack Armstrong again was campaign chairman and had his committees preparing for the drive Glen Williams girls team had its victory hopes rudely postponed when a Hornby team came up with a 198 victory in Ihe fourth match of a flvegame finals aeries in Halton County Rural Girls Soft ball League Betty Zlllo and Lois Cain shared Glen hurling chores 20 YEARS AGO Mayor Jack Armstrong placed the first longdistance call using Georgetown new automatic dial system He chatted with Mayor Frank Thompson of Milton local call was placed by former mayor and present assessment com Joseph Gibbons to W G Thompson of St George Anglican Church mm J Newman opened a nursery One of the known farms in the district Farm consisting of 200 acres on Concession Esqueslng Township was sold to Lloyd Davison of Glen Williams Seller was Thomas The farm was first deeded In to Thomas and John Sparrow II passed through ownerships until was acquired in 1913 by Mr and Mrs J A Giffcn Sixty more pupils were In Georgetown Public schools boosting enrolment to Anew teacher was hired for an extra classroom at school Joining the staff was Mrs Frank Cleave of Toronto A local couple Mr and Mrs James Russell were aboard the Cunord liner Samaria when It collided with on Italian liner in the St Lawrence River 145 miles below Quebec City The couple was not hurt and damage to the two ships was minor EARS AGO Bob Goldham of Royal Canadian Navy was a guest of the St Georges Church Boys Leagueand talked about the days when he played hockey in Georgetown The youngsters dlrecled most of their questions to him about the National Hockey League Cpl Walter taking time from his duties as publisher of The Herald to serve in Canada armed forces was home on a weekend leave from North Bay Ronald minister at Glen Williams United Church was married in Toronto to Lola Crabtree Rev Norman Pick was best man Rev J Scalier officiated at the ceremony Mrs I Webster of had a rare blooming beauty a night blooming It blooms only once a year This years bloom was almost 12 Inches in diameter deep pink on the outside and creamy white in the centre Abitibi Spends Millions For Treatment Facilities THE OUTOFREACH HANDLE READERS FORUM Second Airport Unneeded le Or Planes States stable cost of living In this Peopl Sir Eighteen months ago the govern men I announced the siting of a new in ternalional airport at Pickering This was to be the second of Iwo international airports around Toronto and the third international air port within a radius of miles between Toronto and Montreal Since that time People or Planes has led a mounting opposition to this project Our objections are based on the fact lhat there is not a proven need for another international airport either now or in the predictable Blind Views On Predators Sir A recent concerning Ihe charges laid against a New York woman paints out once more the blind unreasoning prejudice still very prevalent in North against wolves and other It must be noted that the woman has two pet cats which she obviously adores No doubt many people could quite easily describe her and many others her or animal lover Yet many such people will without though kill or maim a wolf or other hunting animal because has an image as a creature that kills wlthoul reason Nothing could be further from truth and for more people in North America are coming to realize that a world any species of animal must be a poorer world What Is needed is mediate legislation protecting Ihe wolf In On la no in immediate with drawn I of wolf bounties by municipalities and stronger penalties for the morons who Irap shoot them or chase them to death with snowmobiles Tl Hughes Manager Ontario Humane Society No Answers For Ireland future The estimated cost ranging from WOO million government figure two billion dollars represents a colossal expenditure by the federal government This la being made at a time when here ore higher priorities for such a sum of money These priorities include public housing the correction of regional disparities and the stimulation of from the Metro Toronto area Bui the federal govern merit has plunged into airport planning They have hoped that op position to the airport will die as arable farmland turns to weed with the departure of farmers who have been expropriated and bought out The airport and associated complex will occupy some acres of class one farmland which produces a major portion of food sup plies needed to maintain a The government has been forced to announce because of ihe opposition to the land grab a Hearing of Inquiry The terms of reference of Ihe hearing are weak and it Is doubtful that real in formation will be for incoming unless citizens across Canada take up the cause There is no need for a second international airport at Toronto There is need for correction of regional disparities provision of jobs in areas outside Toronto there is minimal unem ployment at Pickering and decentralization of major industries from Metro Toronto If the government proceeds with this airport rich Metro will gel richer and the poor will get poorer M Godfrey Chairman People or Planes Art Trek New Program In Culture Promotion Sir s note is to inform vou of the existence of a program called Art Trek if you l already aware of it Art Trek is a program to- sponsored by he Ontario Society of Artists and Ihe department of sport and recreation ministry of community and social It has been offering free and instruction in he visual arts at htructurcd workshops throughout the province for the past three summers an experiment cultural animation the Fir ram has tried to restrict Is tour to small communities with little or no exposure to the arts and has managed to MBit approximately such communities on six different routes this year alone The program has been in operation now for three years and has grown each year in response to the in creasing number of requests from and villages It Is the belicl Ihe sponsors and Ihe program has in no way achieved its potential Communication has been our problem Our reputation has spread primarily by direct exposure and word of mouth Tl result 1 as been that most communities Invite us back and new requests ore dominated by awns in close proximity to places we been We want more centres to know lhat we are free for the asking if they have the Interest We hope you can help in this by letting your readers know about Art Trek and its reception in various areas in order to encourage to take advantage of us lis very fashionable to talk decentralization democratization the arts nowadays but we re not talking about It we re doing it and we feel that it is In credit I important Stephen Brathwaite Art Trek Coordinator Sir This letter reference to Christopher SMILEY account Sept of the Ulster problem Enlightened as he seems to be with he desire to hang on to the apron strings of colonialism in a peaceful manner proves that he is neither hot nor cold And his statement on behalf of Bntlsh rult in Ireland doesn t moke sense in the face of all the rose ail nonsense lhat has taken place in these past three ears That has done them no wrong and I would venture to that Ihe Christians In Ireland and throughout Ihe world know lhat hose responsible will one da have to account for it all And let us not forget the seven hundred of Ireland Plans for treatment facilities worth almost million at Paper Company Ltd have been announced by James Auld Minister of the Environment The company will install primary wastewater treatment systems to achieve major reductions In suspended solids loadings discharged to receiving waters at its mill at Iroquois Falls and the Panel Products mill at Sturgeon Falls Estimated capital costs of the projects are and respectively Facilities at the Iroquois Falls mill will consist of a sewer segregation system screens diversion chamber two foot diameter mechanical clarifiers to handle an average flow of million gallons per day sludge dewatering equipment and facilities for conveying dewatered sludge to the boilers for burning A submerged dlffuser outfall to the River will alio be installed to aid in Ihe dispersion of the treated waslewatersintheriver The No Experts On Garbage Sir To say I was disturbed when I learned that Halton County council t going groups on the question If garbage disposal but would take the advice of experts would be an understatement I was outraged In the past we took the advice of ex nprin The result has been polluted wells methane gas explosions not to speak of the stinking vermin ridden morasses we call sanitary landfill sites In my opinion is high time we Questioned the ex of these experts One t have to be a met to know when a meal is unpalatable In there are Recycling roups Con servo groups and other informed people who can offer good advice on this very important question a question so important thai it could cause a rift between North and South Halton that could never be healed I personally am not an expert on garbage disposal but I am informed enough to have been Invited to write an article an the ultimate an the garbage problem by a well know publishing house The article was ac cepted by the technical editors I contend that salvageable garbage must be incinerated to alleviate the energy crisis These are many plants all over the world that I have documented that burn garbage and produce energy As for cost for brevity sake I will only quote city of Montreal b plant initial cost is million dollars but there are benefits Little or no air soil or water pollution no vermin or devaluation of property The total cost of Montreal garbage disposal at per ton will he slashed 3 per on he result of Ihe sale of steam and monies derived from the sale of the salvageable materials metals etc Now is the lime to act on the garbage problem In five years we will be up to our cars in garbage It is in to note lhat in the US the State of Connecticut is spending million on a resource recovery program consisting of 10 plants Each plant will separate rcclaimablcs mclal glass and the like The remainder will be incinerated to produce electrical power The technology is here now We should end the archaic method of dumping garbage Into quarries ravines and excavations or legislating our offal into someone else backyard William A Johnson installation is expected to remove about pounds of suspended solids per day from the present mill discharge At the Abitibi Panel Products mill the heart of the treatment system is to be a floatation unit of 000 S design capacity to recover fibre The mill waste sewer system will be revamped to permit separation of process wastes from lean mill wastewater and following will also be installed a collection system a grit removal chamber a sludge thickener and a submerged dlffuser outfall Extensive initial bench scale testa indicated that a floatation unit would be more efficient than a In this application due to the nature of the wastewater Large scale pilot tests subsequently earned out by the company demonstrated that the floatation unit can be expected to achieve a removal efficiency of at least per cent thus removing a minimum of pounds of solids per day from the present discharge to the Sturgeon River The treatment systems at both mills are expected to be installed and operating before the end of OCONNORS OTTAWA Fall in rural Ontario is synonymous with county fairs There are six fair weekends in our riding of this year including those at Milton Georgetown Acton and Erin as well as the Milton Steam Era and the Hlllsburgh Potato Fest The members of Parliament from rural Ontario are the envy of those from the cities and other provinces seems that our type of small agricultural fair is almost unique to Southern Ontario These weekends provide an Informal and pleasant atmosphere in which to meet and chat with friends and neighbors It is abo a chance for politicians do a little politicking This year with regional and municipal elections slated for October 1 there is a virtual waiting line of big smiles and hearty hand shakes for every fair goer People end to forget soaring prices and capital punishment for a while and spend a few hours pre tending they know all about knocking a wooden milk bottle oft a shelf with a worn out baseball Or if you are less energetic you can simply stand around and stare at some of the biggest Ontario Scene and best Holsteins in the world No fear of a hassle they Just stare right back Two weekends ago I took the whole family including the four kids and two inlaws up to the first annual Potato It turned out to bean extremely ambitious first effort for the village of fewer than GOO AH GOO must have involved in the organization over year however because the two days of activities in eluded snowmobile races games rides for he kids the crowning of a Queen fashion show dance etc etc But the most popular attraction as might be expected was the beer garden out there in right field at the ball park tent music and all deserves a great deal of credit for the success of their first venture By the time you read this the Acton Fair will be over but here is a rundown of those remaining in riding this fall Mil tonSept and 22 GeorgetownSept 2Sand29andErin Oct to 8 If you have a problem idea comment criticism or if you simply wish to get In touch with me kindly con tact Fran Barnes at Board Acquires Human Clement Park Bureau Or The Herald TORONTOA few days ago Michael Starr was In the members dining room here Sitting at the table with him were two era a Liberal and a PC This Is typical of the for mer federal minister of labor former mayor of and now he tern porary but undoubtedly about tobe permanent chairman of the Workmen s Compensation Board Politically Mike Starr is a staunch and loyal Con But personally he Is warm broad and human w In no division lines down This is Just one of Ihe reasons why the Mike Starr appointment has been widely acclaimed as one of the best tricks the government has turned And also why it has been almost universally welcomed as certain to improve the Regarding this board It is odd lo see it taken for granted lhat it must be improved or years decades it was an institution of which we were most proud Advocates used to claim it had the leading com pensation program In the world and the claim met little dispute Now that reputation has shrunk to the point where Premier William Davis in announcing Ihe Starr ap pointment and the resignation of Bruce J Legge referred to it only as one of the top organizations on the continent The mighty had fallen 1 1- CONFORMIST The big promised change is that the board will now become warm and human It will deal with its 400 cases a year more according to heart than to rule Bruce in many ways is an admirable mon But from the start there has been doubt whether he was the man to head the board When he was appointed eight years ago questions were asked A lawyer his Intense sparetime interest was the army And his image was lhat of a stilt man and a conformist lo regulation And apparent infest Ihe board w this character This is now to be changed nd Incidentally it should be kept In mind that a select committee inquiry has been largely responsible for this Because of the length and expense of the Hydro inquiry there has been some agitation recently to veer away from these select inquiry committees This one Incident In itself proves their worth however Standard of Living Risen In Old England and victims injustice who ore still In for no good reason other than satisfying the evil desires that nave kept Ireland In a state of tension and unrest for the centuries of British rule have got to remember lhat no one Is fit to speak up honestly who has never had a hand in Ireland unity peace and goodwill There can be no future for Ulster under present Graham Limehouse Well how did find after ail those ears This the favorite question for people asking j bout our jaunt I have a stock of stock answers No trouble at all just Kent where the pilot look us That sometimes shuts them up Another retort Just kept going until e heard a lot of chirping I save that one for the Britons out here who haven I lost heir Well I found It great changed and much the same Despite the levelling off economically the old class is still there and causes even more than it used to That is poor are better off and the rich are taxed so there less of a gap But are still labeled by accent occupation and vour background There is stilt woeful inefficiency in a multitude of things and amazing proficiency in others The standard of living has risen a good deal but so have costs The papers are headlined with rising food costs and their real estate took an upward surge a few ago house there costs about the same as a similar one here is a little cheaper ours Drinks a little cheaper and a little weaker Transport is a bit cheaper and twice as good as ours That because of the short distances the population and the high cost for the working man of Through trains rocket along at speeds up to a hundred mph Almost complete if want a job There are supposed to be naif a million unemployed but a businessman told me this represents the unem and Ihose who dont wont to work v here newspapers store windows there ore Help Wanted ads mllledly a lot of the jobs are but not all The Brits don I want he more lowly occupations And that why the blacks have moved in mostly from the West Indies They arc the bus conductors subway workers waiters and unskilled laborers And whenever things tighten up a bit there is resentment and racial violence But there Is a great shortage right now of both skilled and unskilled workers The Post Office is desperately understaffed Postal workers are working overtime and some of Ihcm bleats a newspaper are falling asleep at their jobs That has a familiar ring somehow HI In London the bus service isawav below par because It is short 4 bus drivers A chartered accountant told me mat its almost Impossible to hire girls who can operate business machines In desperation he employee a good operator into coming back for a month She was seven months pregnant Slight catch She lasted one hour get close enough to he machine to punch the keys A publisher in London advertised extensively for a secretary He offered about a week a month s vacation and a bottle of champagne upon engagement He got zero answers In frustration he printed 1 handbills and had his staff pass them out on the streets to likely looking candidates Result four phone calls Two of them were not Interested The other iwo made ap Neither turned up Anotner aspect of England that has changed sadly Is the Increase In violence I met two young fellows In a pub They were both em and making about ioo a week Yet r of being Borstal boys reform school The elder who Kerned seething with WnjH rage at the world In general and ready to start a row with anybody had also been in prison They were working class but hated everybody above them In the system There have been racial riots involving whites blacks and Indians London bus stop signs warn that Owing to hooliganism and attacks on our staff such and such buses will not run after a certain hour VIOLENCb This summer there an outbreak of sheer viclousness and vandalism among some groups of football fans Drunken fights at the garnet Ripping up railway cars and kicking In compartment doors and abusing passengers on the way home from the match Motorcycle gangs terrorising villages It sickens to hear of thbj sort of thing In dear old