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People have to set their own and principles them Residents of a Those raising unities in fa til the their give of heir ami tics in whatever way can So says Paul Armstrong one of Georgetown s busier how Mr Arms ron at his philosophy wasnl discussed but it could well have tome from family tradition as well as tlon and inclination Mr Armstrong twin brother Michael regional councillor for Ward 1 late Armstrong was Georgetown mayor from 1352 1059 The boys were when was elected and Mr Armstrong admits he wis conscious of being there be parental warning about doing he but I think we might have recognized as much tor the thai were twins as lor the fact our was the mayor Mike and ind Ross Hob were the only In school There din about kids in the school and It the only school here then got ridings nil the time but it inylhing personal I Hit lit SIN Paul wen twins they developed different inure is grew up and as a result tlnv different 1 suppose when we wire younger our tended do things together the win mi the hill hoekej Ic in the school diss choir And of course we wen In Hie diss in school Up lo Grade fi thai is 1 think Hut wis when they bet in sin iming the kids Mr ltd Moulds why don hid slight problem whlehof course recoentzi in those dnjs or wilt he simply lost interest in rcpi his year wis good in lit end firm tier because he w is in honour by Ihe ime lie Grade 1 don know if ripeating It I me e itch up or 1 mitiircd or 1 liked my teacher or I was just dumn scircd of Henry schools principal he jokes he best lever Back from Holland new students lid III Mies whit new Ml win in Id make turn nervous I I I ihre fnurll In lift 1 kind it fcfnlse teeth ind tint Hi mil liter mi in Hit shop h hid lis Mr up imdiiii Hit Business Hi rooming him lo be a court rii but he told it Just is wis the belltr student ho In is the more incur Mr siys ikuif I In ays in more com fori t bit Hit on one Gangs of people overwhelm nn Id just is soon nol wilh people Thus probibv I II never lie know people wt personally just dun I like to MM SI It I- T Mil his college is mile and Hind up spending linn fins boss Hot ir spun r Jim i was first Itn irj In ll In iHcnvwlhthi tipped hwn is I lor i to club Ik w is Iht roup s president in in in in ml sit up Kin ii half of first lining people in Hut Dm ino ndeptndenl sponseirtd llwas it Master I liokmv is to to enursc so 1 d hive a job mi I didn like it luck Toronto until September i vnnl I look it the next Like Grade it prob ibl did me the world of silesm in Mr Paul Armstrong s ill sin in ind if id his druthtrs lit rl lit ill side tin ffict ilkir 11 IlttSMON In i hurch insur and the Mason 1ookinR at his it that have between them pel pie if Hum lid ind a lot know if the lev i oped i 111 ill it us 1 St Inr lui so rr se In Mr bit in In of in Hit bet- in Ih lb i listed lit st fur i l Ills hi s y is m in pin They Hunk mere in lerms if Retime what urns In Hi lust price leslonicrsari more iwarcbul nib n hum inn dure his r tin past two what wiih from the church ihurih fil tin needs Master Credit Lodge well is seen the ridit Temple Corp which links i building on Highway Seven west of town hospital in mi pre ident dilricl Ontario Hospital He has been Justice of since although lit I si I in I r iffic is Hilton J I It hi his pdmcil arfiliolmni he tils which him it and 1 fund r hi of he plus bit ind his In en pirl if up lit 1 like pi intuit ii but lii ill know the nanus Mrs Armstrong for ii insuriiice firm Exchange student had a busy year abroad n lOUITWLOIl Herald staff writer Hal Porter enjoyed year he spent in Holland on the Rotary Student Exchange program but he says it feels good to be home again 1st long time but it was longer for my family because was travelling a lot and having new experiences and time seemed to fast Hal said Hal who turned while be was in Holland was selected by the Georgetown Rotary Club to spend a year the Rotary Clubs of Nether lands as part of exchange He spent six months in a town called with and six months in a awn called with two families because the families I stayed with were so good Hal said was really fortunate I was as a member of the family and we did things logclher as a family Family relationships- are strong in Holland Hal said and the extended family with grandparents aunts uncles and cousins Is still strong He said in most cases all mem bers of the family lived in the same town or partly Holland is a relatively country The exchange program Wirkspartlvona swim basis in that Hal spoke no Dutch when he arrived In Holland After a year though he has become fluent in language IANCIMGF The language of course was a problem I I speak a word of Dutch when 1 went there Hal said Now I speak It fluently When you re totally immersed in a language it Hal Porter long to learn how full pnikjim He lollov OBITUARY Acton school principal dies The principal of Actons Smith Middle School Gary died in nil home on Monday He was and raised in Mr graduated from Toronto Teach era College in 1900 and began teaching at Speyside Public School principal In 1963 and was transferred to Z Bennett Public School years later old Acton High School was converted Into a middle school in Mr whins was named as lis principal Mr was deeply Involved In community service well as school activities and served two terms as president the Rotary Club as u in of Masonic 1odie No He was Dab president of the Acton Prog and PC Gary Principal Association He was recently appointed to the Georgetown and District Me morial Hospital board of tors and was this sear grand II riding in 1975 provincial He was also a former member of Knox Presbyterian Church Board of Mr is survived by his wife and sons Mirk and Michael home He parents Mr and Mr Fred and Don all of Funeral services for Mr will be held in Knox Presbyterian Church at 30 tomorrow Thursday a Masonic memorial service will be held tonight Funeral Home Interment will follow in Pair systems full course load would have been loo difficult he said Their education system is lot different from ours Hal It much more intense School at in morn and ends at and it oriented completely to acade They don I have the recreational com pontntb we do here Students in Dutch schools ire expected to lot more including other Ian guides Because II I is surrounded by different countries with different Ian fu learning Ian yiagcs il for com municilion Through going to school in 1 Europe in I hive more appreciation for our re more round Mil said Because of the ly 1 v been 1 found it r to meet new people the different in Students on the Rotary Club don I nor mill dn much while they re on but trip wis an turn While he was in Holland Germ in Its Hot the of the program families I did a lol of lint I never though I would do when I left Hal said He in land skiing which helped him di the inevitable feeling of homesickness from spend the from home hi The Dutch Christmas on December not December is Hal said They me to go with loSwitjerland and I was glad I went It seem like In Switzerland ltd wtnt to t isl West Berlin 1 school excursion trip winch he described is one of ihc mi si interesting trips of into Berlin on bus most he time we only saw the they wanted us see it was really interesting he said went to twice once w ilh his host Rotary Club and once with other Henry students He spenl about twelve days in altogether two of them in London He also made it to Pans a Inp which he said he had I always hid a dmm to to to Paris and when 1 got there I found it was every thing I thought it would be Hal said 1 let down at alt The last three weeks of his in Europe Hal spent in Germany with one of his host They visited Munich ilso did some travelling in he said never drcimtd Id be Rome to places he said Hal ilso visited with Marie toffe in Belgium Mine was a inge student who stled in Georgetown durinj her trip She showed him Brussels Belt mm during four diys he there II il slid different peoph he mil during his stny Hoi 11 pretty compared to but peo pie from the cist north and south ire completely diff he But people lire I found the big difference wis in Ihc people As got older 1 found they wire like us He aid ihc difference might be lo the dilftreiil isis in Hoi The were very inter hi sild ilihough had some miuonieplinns about the country People thought w is they thought itwns Indnns ind he said thing people were reilly impressed wilh wis ill room wire impress lint our streets were so and things like tint Life in is by 1 number 1 which ire so much a p in Ir that people do em without think ing II said in the morning lliuig for coffee Ire ik tint in eludes schools lunch comes at in the afternoon everything stops for At tomes mother lire ik Ha slid these ire not sm ill meals such as ten hut It ind coffee The Dutch drink lot of Ihlsnd Dulch pirty the in served cup of followed by i Dutch pastry ind then cup of coffee Only then is alcohol served There is nc drinking in ind Is lo young cold drink of beer Hal said Tlie teen in dun I seem at all preoccupied with r be cause they used to it Hal slid Hit his nine in His actually fell during a trip to England but when he relumed his host families held a pirty for him In Holland when a birthday is the whole family is and not just the birthday person as is done in Because he is Can Hal said the gifls he received from his host families were milnly ilems which he could keep as souvenirs such Dutch records and a pair of wooden shoes One of the big holidays in is Queen lirlldiv A lot of people go to celebrate ind which of the Slid Christmas is in shhil different from in traditions in Hoi I ind snd The is than in mad is lied as is D on December hi lid lb exchange gifts is not it is Hal ire the the important things lo be the behind tin Gifts arc usuilly by a jxitm m post it by the person gif The are very said On Christ mis or whit we the people 11 to church but isn kind ition welnvc hire ll em be difficult lo id ipl to dif rerun culture but that it helped it the students ti oik weekend i month lit students were from mad the United Suits New ell South Tlnrc j could discuss their impressions my pnllems they were hiving People who remember Hal is i singer in from bis ippe is Rolf in Do Re Me might tike that was in he look pirl in 1 school varielv show which w is pirl of a elm se irty where different kinds of cheese He played issi ir out his host lent him a ir for Ihe duration of Ins suv so he uld keep in ilso joined folkdanc group where he munly nil oik Mil A11101 new skills Hal 11 quired is learning how to milk cows One of Ihe he stivcd with lives on a firm which was built The hive central heat ingor hot chickens ind hi id of little which In he milked each he many friends in he expects to be corresponding with i number of people he met his Slav will hi visitors from when people he come over for kept in touch with his imily during time he spirit in writing lelt en once a week lelephon said hi would recom mend it who hive an lo gel involved in this limine program should do so Host high school but if look it it in terms of until It lost at all Hal said I saw a lot of and learned a ht Hal will be returning lo Georgetown District High School 111 ide 1 to my prccnlion the Rotary Club for the opportunity to go on this inge Hal said I gained so much through Ihe of going to another land Hut I could never express to the Rot ir Club Anyone could go In as tourist but you don get m dunces to go there to thin go lo school there Dutch food and experience Dutch culture Hal said It was an invaluable experience and I never forget it CARPET CORNER SHOPATHOME SERVICE The proper way to select your carpet flooring draperies is in your own home I We specialize in courteous service low prices professional installation and Free Estimates Call Today tor ShopAtHomo Service