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HERALD 19 JO Mac types a final 30 to life at the Herald Bad news for Norval water About people attended annual meeting or the Community Association held in the School Com munlty Centre on Tuesday evening January with Hugh McFnrlane chairman He welcomed those present and Introduced the executive Bob Crawford chairman of the beaut If lea Hon committee had the pleasant task of presenting the awards to the winners of the children garden contest for growing petunias and tomatoes A plaque and a book were presented for first place and a book for second place First place for growing petunias was won by Julie Cunningham and there was a tie for second place to Diane and Smith The Moffatt family walked off with all the awards for growing tomatoes Daryle winning first and his sisters tielng for second and Mary Anne Mr Crawford commented on the planters of petunias placed throughout the villus last summer staled they hoped to have more of them for this or the association it learned that it is not In in the budget of the of ironmLnt The residents were that the project is high on the priority list of but as the budget has not been set yet other projects may be of more im optimistic During a short Intermission coffee was served and ratepajors had an opportunity to pay their membership fees Tom chairman of the School Commlty Centre committee reported that his committee with Mrs Evelyn Medley as secretary were busy with plans for tivitles in the school and grounds Work on an outdoor rink had already been started Many plans have been suggested such as euchres dances crafts ball games volley ball soccer etc Mr explained that the school ana grounds belonged to Hills but was appointed to act for two years Mrs Judy Charlie Carney Rev Ridley and Mrs Joan Carter A second public mccling was set for Tuesday evening February 17 in the School Community Centre for the nominating committee to present their report and to elect the executive for This Is another date to mark on your calendar now The annual meeting of Norval United Church was held on Sunday afternoon Lunch followed the church worship service after which R Walter Ridley Note On December 1S7S plant superintendent Garfield completed of con with tforgetown Herald He has opted to retire at the end of January and has con tented to I a few interesting facets newipapti the builnen he never tired of and n few sidelights of the town he home He write as follows It just another anniversary In the printing and publishing business Not that we want to talk about ourselves but after years there have been many changes both In the Herald and the town In general since started our newspaper In 1926 We were a family who come to Georgetown in 1912 It was the year that Georgetown obtained its own hydro plant My father worked or the late Anthony Hardware business and Georgetown still had some board walks of course this is only hearsay We attended Chapel Street School and later Georgetown High School It was the old structure not the pretentious building we lave today We left our trademark on the desks and walla of a beloved old building an average student although I sometimes wonder if our business teacher would have agreed with that Finishing the business course we went to he insurance office of the late Elmtr Thompson we also did division court work as Mr Thompson was clerk Barber and Henley acquired Mr Thompsons business Insurance was o be our bag In the big city It was Elmers ambition too but we were always fascinated with the Heralds coming off the press on Wednesday evenings as we peered through the windows Then one day an ad appeared Smart young boy wanted to lean- the printing trade We were torn between being an insurance executive or printer in Toronto where the big money was supposed We went to see the editor the lale Joseph Moore He was a well respected weekly editor and a man whom we later found to be a congenial employer for whom we worked or fifteen years To get into the printing business In those days entailed a lot of questions and answers They dldn want any fly by night prentices you had to be sure you would stick to the course We ran home and told the folks we had the Job and they said Are you sure you can stick If The wages were terrific a to start a dollar extra the next year and so on Fortunately we beat the scale by per severance and a knack for something we loved from the start But money the only criteria In days We were able to support and ourselves of course we dldn I pay board We played baseball in the summer at the old reservoir park now Churchill Crescent shinney In the winter on Burt pond or dam Sundays were always reserved for hikes ir playing rummy in the back of drug store Of course our parents t aware of this but we still had fun when we rolled nlcklcs against the wall to see who would buy the chocolate bars Of course we started at the bottom Monday morning we reported for duty at We shook down the old pot bellied stove look out and sifted the ashes and got the fire going to warm the before the rest of the staff arrived swept the floor something we had probably never done before Mother bo keen when we came home with our white shir nil covered In grease from washing down the presses with coal oil one of our first Jobs They almost sickened me the first day The other boys altogether kind to us the first few days They had to show us the type lice consisted of putting water In a tray then pulling the type together as you peered to see the lice and getting It In the ace Or going down the street to borrow the left handed monkey wrench or a pall of steam to beat the static in the paper Hut we survived with the help of a fine foreman in the late D Cole He gave us the breaks and offered the encouragement to go on He himself later went to the big city as did other members of the staff In 1920 every letter of type was set by hand individually The linotype machine arrive at the What an Invention It was Imagine setting a line of metal type at one time But we have lived to see the linotype machine become almost obsolete as far as newspaper work is concerned at any rate I has been replaced by the computer and the filming of typeon photographic paper Instead of metal We are happy that we were able to have a part of this latest invention and wonder what the next years will bring The Herald office was a small building at that time where Henry a Clothing now stands with the Misses Millinery Shop on the second floor Die printing shop was on the ground floor because a fin In destroyed he plant on the second floor and the presses fell to the basement It was rebuilt on the main floor The Herald never missed an issue as a temporary location was set up across the street It was a great experience working in a small off in those days You got to know nearly everyone in town and the businessmen along Main Street were your friends as you helped them compose their weekly advertising After fifty years there are not many of those businessmen left although family have been kept alive by their sons in some Instances It was 1927 that Silver brought his family to Georgetown and opened his first store Mr Silver was a fine gentleman and had it not been my love for printing and newspaper trade I might have ended up working for him at Silver Dept Store His son Sid still tarried on the business Sam Mackenzie of Mackcniie Lumber started In the family business about the same time we started at the Herald and over these long years Sam has gone down one side of Main Street every morning and I the other Sorry to break the record Sam We have many fond memories of our years at the Herald The many fine people who have worked at the Herald some for short periods during the war years and others far many years I am thinking now of Walter who was owner and later manager for years We worked together a team and our disagreements could be listed on the fingers of one hand His wife Mary was also a big help at the office when Walter was on leave during the war years We can recall other names of employees who served the Herald well Reg and Art Russ Wheeler my brother Walter In the early years the late Leslie Clark was a year employee and Reg also served a number of years Herb was a one time employee as was Bruce Collins We remember during the war years a Mrs McDonald who operated the linotype She had come down from eastern Ontario and it was nice a few years ago to meet her son Jim who now resides in town Some old timers at the Legion will remember Joe Boloy who wrole the Legion columns In those days Another chap was Mike who now resides In Oshawa Mike was deaf but could lipread nearly everyone but me so naturally I used up a lot of paper and pencils We still keep in touch There were a number of others but few considering the time involved In the recent twenty years the Herald was fortunate In having employees like Dave Hastings Mylca Gilson and John McCIcmcnla We haven mentioned the office stuff but long lime employees including Mrs Aileen Bradley Terry Gcggle Irene Williams Eleanor Gunning Mnrjorle Gilmer and Valerie Caruso Many changes have been wrought In the Herald in the last few ears New managers editors reporters office staff girls running the computers in the back shop but the Herald continues to be a viable newspaper force In the community and we hope some of the present employees will write as I have done when their fifty years arc over We ve had the opportunity to do all phases of newspaper work editing writing covering sports composition etc Its been a great experience I would not have wonted to Note Those of us who share Mac love for this town this newspaper get that haunted feeling thai are not offering our efforts and our talent to an inanimate pages of pictures headline advertisements and news but Initead we re working for a demanding boss who once a week times a year asks Make me he best Her demands are great and her he Herald does Indeed hold that bit of life we often feel has we know thai the laying hanks to Mac for years of faith and fine service Mrs Pearl Guthrie ex plained the advantages of incorporating the association and it was unanimously decided to Incorporate the group Pat Patterson reported on the successful dance held in November which was well supported by the community and was enjoyed by all It was unanimously decided to hold another dance In the spring Mr Patterson announced that he was so sure that this would be the decision that he had already booked the former Riviera for a spring dance on April so mark your dors now for that date Next on the agenda was Mrs Marie Carney chairman of the water committee She in troduccd several guests who were present to report on the progress of water for the village They were BUI Mar shall project manager for the ministry of the environment Ray Crlpps manager of planning and development for Halton region Gordon Proctor partner In the Proctor and Redfern Engineering firm the consulting engineers who drew up the plana for the project Dick Hills councillor who is also on the Works Committee of the region and two health inspectors from the Hilton Medical Health Centre Milton Mr Jim Powell and Mr Pnttullo Also present at the meeting were Hills councillors Russell Miller and Multby It became apparent as men gave their reports that water for is bogged down somewhere among all the red tape that Is necessary before It can become a reality Community Association had previously been assured by the ministry of the environment that village qualified for a from the Ontario that would pay of the project and that It was Included in he budget However much to the Mr Marshall explained thai a munlelpilly financed plan with assistance from the provincial government had been chosen to be paid for over or years with the suggested charge of a year to each homeowner based on a to foot frontage lot Questions could not be on satisfactorily as no final plans have been made as y so no definite figures could be quoted Mr Proctor hod a map of Ihe plans which Include an Inch main with smaller mains on the holding tank at the top of the Georgetown hill This will the fire insurance requirements and give adequate water to the village With the installation of fire hydrants it will reduce the homeowners fire insurance policies considerably All men agreed that the project was rated as a high priority but no one would go out on a limb to say anytl lug definite Each one was doing all he could to get the project underway as soon as possible they agreed that several departments would have to meet together to finalize plans Hills council petition went to to the ministry of he It still to go to Municipal Board that rutea on all municipal projects to be approved for subsidy residents could not posalbly pay the whole cost of the project so much depends on the ruling from the OMB and also on II budgets One disillusioned ratepayer summed up the discussion by remarking this Is an exercise in futility Another the question Is he health of the people of less Im pirtance than a new building Pollution of the Credit River was mentioned same stating thai they have accn river running green quite frequently Mr J Powell of the regional Health reported that they bad con ducted a survey In 1073 Of wells tested percent showed pollution of varying degrees an I percent did not hove enough water for their needs They are willing to try to find the cause of any unusual pollution In wells If hey are notified The village people are aware that since survey in 1873 many more wells have cither gone dry or have not it water in i ri r overtime p of for the village soon is not too promising yet some on the water committee remain Norval News by Dorothy McLean that the would have first priority on its use There will be a small charge for the various programs to help defray operating costs of the building light caretaker John Cooper recreation for Hills and Mrs Joe Lister of the M A Y W A both stated that they will give the community oil the assistance they can In setting up programs and activities They are willing to share their knowledge and arc looking lo getting programs started A nominating committee was chairman For he meeting and Mrs Glenn was appointed secretary The various printed reporta vere given Indicating an ex year financially as well as in projects the many activities of the groups Reports from the Elder r congregational life com all Indicated on out standing year The barbecue held in June was the most one yet The Anniversary of the United Church In Canada celebrated In September was a high light of the year also the Sunday In October when about 100 members of St Luke a United Church downtown Toronto visited here The return visit Is planned for Sunday February The Sunday School reported an excellent year both In at tendance and activities en joyed mostly due to the en of the teachers The Choir report was also en with new members in all three choirs and members in the Junior choir Organist and leader of the Senior choir Is Mrs Elaine Crawford Teen choir leaders are Terry and Bonnie Crawford and leaders of the Junior choir are Mrs Laidlaw and Mrs Glenn The C the Couples Club the Young Peoples all reported a busy year During the year the outside of the church was sandblasted new aide walks were laid and the driveway and parking area at the back of the church were gravelled The results of voting for three new during January was announced they arc George Smith BUI and Lloyd Laidlaw They replace Lloyd Holloway who moved away and retiring Elders Mrs Lawrence May and Garnet Laidlaw Mrs Mary Crawford was re appointed treasurer St Paul s Anglican Church Guild held their annual meeting at the home of Mrs Gordon Downey Georgetown on January 19 A very sue year was reported on pariah events planned by the Guild and proceeds from fund raising projects were at an all time high Plans were made for the lunch after Vestry on Sunday January for a pariah ladies night to be hold in the Rectory on the of February for a parish dance on the 20 of February and for a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper Seven boys from the 1st Norval Scout troop Joined other troops from Hills on a camping weekend at Hockley Valley on Saturday and Sunday January 24 Norval Scouts who braved the cold weather were Christopher Robert Reed David and Stephen Bailie Bruce You mans Russell Hamilton and Paul Smith along with their leaders Brian Evans and Rob Aaron The boys report they had a good time pitching their tents cooking their meals over bonfires and even sleeping snuggled up In their sleeping bags One Scout who ex cold feet In his sleeping bag put on the liners A euchre pnrty was held in the basement of Norval United Church on Friday evening January by the Couples Club High score winners were Mrs Ada Enman and Al Burke and low went to Mrs Norlne VonLceuwen and Gordon Lunch and a social time ended he evening The annual Vestry meeting of St Paul Anglican Church Norval was held on Sunday evening January with Rev RugRle as chairman Reports from the treasurer the Sunday School and the Guild all Indicated a successful year financially and In tivitles Members elected to the Parish council were Ormie Carter Rectors warden George Phillips People a warden Fred Dobbin Treasurer Mnrle Fendley Secretary Borrie Cannon delegate to the Senate Jim Dray alternate delegate Other members appointed were Mrs Eva Burton Charlie Coomber and Ron Lunch and a fellowship hour olio wed the business meeting TUESDAY FAMILY SPECIAL FLETCHERS Family Shoe Store 102 Main St South GEORGETOWN ALL LEATHER VINYL WINTER STOCK Formerly Family Shoes LUGGAGE PURSES Bonnie Stuart Buster Brown Reg to NOW Q98 Regular Stock Mens Ladles Childrens SUPPERS SELBY PUMPS Now 20 When you buy a Thrift Box at the regular price of 425 you get FREE 8 fl Salad French Fries for 3 Kentucky fried chickenyifflGit GUELPH STREET 8775241