the HERALD A school of elegance page New GLT star page 19 Home IMewspaper of Halton Hills Till- 1980 SECOND SECTION The Way We Were part 5 A history of the Herald McGilvray Biehn introduced new era Garfield Mae was hired as a printer by J M Moore in 1926 Though wices were only a week a ytar new employee Rained an extra do was being set by hand and the other hoys were offering to show him the lice lhal emerged when type was placed in tray of water As he 1 set Hie lice ihe type were pulled iigciticr net was to send Mac in search of a pall of I in the paper men of fi reman Colt hi It the skills of I In print ingirade They were changing skills for In 1928 the Herald bought a linotype machine On Wednesdays young peo ple would gather to walch Ihe of hand fed Campbell Ill bed press with lis fly leaf prmling four pant- iboul 600 In BOO prlr I hi I led mill lown wilh population I ibe and of of Iht newspaper business then was simply to find enough to print When J M Moore died in October 1919 will idvised to sell the business he fill the of independent small town new paper was already past Al Ihe time Walter a of was starting it be i wlnl lhal he a had liken well English and a university There were lot if paptrs fir sale just then and driving Mr Bithn senior looktd in ihe Herald is well Whtn he George Garfield or Mac as he is fondly called by long lime community residents with The Herald as a printer In Before he retired almost half a century had to Include a sports item and editorial Herald photo lown paptr advertised some lime lit urged his to i ike it mi Fathers still had ijrcai influence Hi seems a in ind Wilier began his new career he would lie Her lid in as an for ilmnsl iwo decades mire In the il between own irs McGilvriy over siw He had been ire a printer for he had begun ihe paper lumn and into other articles even an occasional editorial hind mosl Jobs when is needed When the new owner joined he army in 1W1 firs I in Ihe pay corps than in which he found iludlv dull his wife Mary ran business The war did not end the lean limes of ihe depression for the newspaper business since ad dried up during Ihost Wilier Mining when he acquired the paper and he sought to deal local use editorials which were widely ivulable Th ugh avoided election limes he found lhal politicians could be live publicity In the past piper had simply until and when he began In report council more fully he did so over of mayor Waller continued it his hid sel though he limited himself to post a a time feeling that ihe corollary Ihe old adage atn giving a busy man i Job is lhal he likely in drop one of the other jobs for the new one He his served on ml Iw ird is chairman of ihe lived Georgetown iard of Education which oversaw public and high irjpn served on district high school board he was a member of I ions inly service club in and i wirdtn at Si rtc s church and he is prcsenilv a member of liwn ll- Chamber of Com The prospered after iht and in 1 il purchas edits own at the prestnt I in Main inj hie Thorn son newspaper chain number if town dillns ind began branch still The Herald and ihe Banner win firsl small On i irio weeklies lo become pari chain In a sense newspapers fell Into same pattern as- other with small Hide pendtni giving way to larger hollies dc on iheir idverhser and a iptr finds il if example i Ihcnw in indtpen fin paptr Tht paptr iiki tin shirt Ihi priming lime in larger presses hid bought a htlltr press ihe paper but when pan f t n the press wis sold lo Ihe Bolton ul if lo prim paper PAPMl I been lint aid hid a rival early in the hive not been able to disover anything it From 1961 1964 Rex sponsored the Georgetown leader and in Indt up by the Dills group mw by Inland Publishing That same year Walter in Hie Herald ind on his leaving tin re was a fisl changing sir les if publishers indcehlirs The is in in more properly Ihe subjecl f j Pi idmisi Hit aclivilies of inv business if takes time to perspcciive lo see whit ilungs will prove in ihe IN A DAYS WORK Give a cow a break fish farmer lit l Herald Willi fluid such an importnnt matter in eyes the person who il is also a person of importance specialty farms in pirtitular abound in rccntjiiti of the fact that many edibles require specific growing conditions requires pet nil situations and yet wt well either as a sideline to some other of far nun r as a second Income source in i totally according to Hit president of Ontario Triul Association Harrington owner of Hills Trout ltd on the Fourth I inc looking for fish to stock a pond the proptrt he had acquired Four veirs I iter he Is the president if a ejuup lie know in 1976 and is considering expanding his to Ton market riinbow visited the Sportsman iw in heir trout and found members of Hit willing to tell them what nettled to know about thtir Irou trout farming Mr Harrington the si clicking ifler hi visited small fiirm operation ills covered he had a natural sel up for trout farm inuld make his why tin Harringtons convert their hi mi inlo a trout farm he spent seven ytarb in industry drafts man before becoming a high school teacher He is now head of the departmtnl at Morning Star Seh in Mr Harrington started his trout farm no training and picked it up bit by bit from other farmers who belong to and from work shops and speakers presented by the OFTA While he recommends these sources as being very helpful to anyone interested in fish farming he says the J of Guelph also offers degree in fish which look after his he wants to expand ugh to Toronto To such a person however he feels he may have build second residence on his properly and that will require council permission His properlv even zoned agricultural it hazard lint he says fish ire ihe world best con veriers of food to flesh ind ihus a prime food source it iro that fish firming is by ministry of the of agriculture Trout i Rime fish and pari of our This is of Ihe Oil- inns switch control i hinds of the ministry I While natural licensed and them i ind Ponds tost lo for each half acre of surface irei i id a properly hatchery will run depending on much of work the rindo himself The fish rtquirc feed Hit use of iulo unlit feeders Ins tul down In I Mr must be ind flushed it leisl Iwice i week through to will be working mtly in March to the frj to Iw fed and ejideij Tin lliroutJi the fall Hie will Mr Harrington s lutthed et irsiibulhadlostllorf su he had igtd Juhn Harrington cleans his and wraps each Individually fur delivery his custom call towards the end or the week and meeting the demand him ippinf some weekends He has been delivering to customers and Is Jusl starling a shrmr ir to pick up their order Herald photo till farr in Ik noted The other requirement a fish firmer will lnvt is a proper locution for his farm farmer needs in of fresh spring w ittr ritlier than qum for opera li in Mr Ihrrmglon is ton expanding his opera lion is property by ponils what lire id has he won have to mire land he says few of Ontario fish farmers carry the entire from hatching eggs to selling finished trout at rei sue Usually Ihev speti due One farm has plenty of water and space but no aness to markets so the owner hatches eggs and sells inut fry another raises frv size lo Mi si mimical way lo hi ill hisdrm is In buy mn inth I and his in ids These are readv lo In sold to stores i Ttii offer both iliiv urate i fishing club to ii pay a fee to any lime of year They harvest their own fish and sell restaurants and the general public It took bit of to get first member but now have What did sur prise was Hit number of local people rested in join in Thcv had members would come from Toronio and Most of them however arc from Ihe George town and Acton area The Han lons had been selling free 1 Georgetown ire is just decided In ide Iheir stupe ind ire fret dilivery to ind in of four dozen or II s still in the slaves Since using their ad tivc i cow a break eat fresh fish theyfindthtv reattract inglirmnreallintionandsell In w rlh of fish week As a part time job it can me hopping Mr Harrington says I like to sell lo Toronto stores and reslaurants the size of the Mr II nils art so scared of I itlu and upsetting balance food fish Tilt mi of I is dim tail of Ihi wis amazed Iht d II ilut invoheil in fn di he says 11 s miilli I ml I Mr market makes cringe Whit would I do if I service all my customers That what makes me hold back on Irving move into thai Mr feels he Despite duct wt re slill importing null ins if pi u ids of Hit I States J ipan mil irk each Mil I ION There are tOOor less licensed fish farms in Ontario he says altlnugh very few will do a million dollars worth of husmess Mosl are full lime Mr Harrington says i prospective fish farmer would do well to enjoy fishing and the and it hurl have a scientific turn of mind It would also be useful if was something of a handy The cost of setting up a fish farm operation will vary greatly depending on its sue Iv nutritious It does Hit of tit fill these in fed to fry rum the moment hilth ihe commercially ired fish ire for mirkit fir than rcired Iht wild try feed ilf hour and mudi if don id time ind energy I king fir their meals ire one of efficient food two pounds i ill produce one pi flesh ind in many pound for pound flesh produttrs require five to 10 pounds of food to mike pound of flesh Mr Harrington sas returns From fish farming ti mparablc to that of any lype of farming on a similar stale The farmer who St II SI million worth of fish will probably a incime Like any other work il s alt in what you want One inleresling note was an idmissinn thai although he is a trout farmer and enjoys Mr Harrington has acquired a taste for filh Herald jr Waller reigned over ni 1939 1 t73 he had Intended be n rtintant his persuaded him owning and editing a newspaper was a nice respectable Job and braking luck over his career Mr Illchn admits he did enjoy It even Ihuugh It wusnl his own choice Herald photo 1 llielltraldnow his u tarries heads for pers in Piul rsey is us r sum rm ill Th things th il concern us mosl ivs iffetled dirtcilv It will be intereshng Iht business in niw ethnologies of davs has ill litcsiylts iffect the nil pa rifletledm Ihe provides ihe news of Ihe iijitrsif tome people we and the place Walter still has urge to write Herald editor slier may have retired I losl his way with words Mr s name was among those listed as consolation prize winners In this weekend Sunday Sun Travellers Talcs of Ihe Mr will receive a book on Canada for the following tale on how he mangled Ihe I- Ian guagelngay When in Rome Ihe saying goes so When in Pans likewise We had checked ihe Grand Hotel de 1 Opera shortly before the dinner hour a beautiful room with one slight flaw a bulb In the boudoir lamp With references to my tour ist dictionary recollections of my long unused high school trench verbal est I impoulc It bile est mortc silvous plait nuus a manger Que cola said the voice Sur bureau bureau I repeated Qui monsieur En route to on elevator I was barely conscious of pas sing a bellhop carrying some tray During our meal my wife complimented my foresight in carrying our own supply of bottled water Always pur chased al a convenience for European notorious ly overcharge for this Returning lo our room I flicked the boudoir lamp and was annoyed to find still a burned out bulb But on the bureau would you believe A tray containing a large bottle of water The many times we have chuckled about my foray into I- rench have more than made up or he atrocious charge fir bottle when we checked out a few days later the Hills Perfect crib hand of phying Jr if rLctiwn got his firsl perfect crib hind last Sunday irtetildtlt was dealt fives i 1 hi iris d and Jaik of spades IK had Hum all in his hand and said that all he wis a spades and it showed up she s Hiding it shi and her husband play almost f us has seen anyone gel a perfect Grant to RDOP regional council has approved a grant of to ihe Haiti Community Pulse Group of the University of Run I Development Project The grant will be used to publish a brochure on Ihe realities of rural living Paper drive resumes The First Nerval Scouts will be resuming their regular newspaper pickups Saturday They will collecting newspapers from homes in Terra Colla and in at 9 m according lo spokesman Art Rice Right now we re getting per too for the newspaper we bring to the Brampton recycling plant Mr Mice lold The Herald Monday The money that made will be used lo send scouts to the 1981 Canadian Jamboree which will be held near Banff in Alberta Mr RlcesaidtheBCOOisaresUirtteglodeveJopolotof regular customer for their paper which are held on he last Saturday of each month