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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Ha I ton Hills Tilt HERALD Wednesday March II 181 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown I 7G Ontario WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFF Publisher PAUI DAVID BEATTIL Advertising Manager PHONE ond Class Mail Registered Number Red Cross drive just as important With Terry Fox still very much on everyone s mind and wellorganized local units of the Canadian Cancer Society already gearing up their April fund raising campaigns Mills residents may tend to forget about another equally Ira and equally deserving service group In town the Red Cross Red Cross Month Is already nearly half over but without a campaign focal point and without central uniquely heroic figure like Terry funds have not flown as readily Into Red Cross coffers as they have into those of the Cancer Society And although local citizens have traditionally supported the blood donor clinics most recently through the Bucket of Blood service club challenges launched by the Kinsmen fund raising is simply not as well supported as It should be As mentioned here last week the mock air crash recently staged by the town Red Cross volunteers tested our readiness in emergencies and set the groundwork for any real crisis that might occur But for this dramatic reenactment and the donor clinics held several times a year in Georgetown and Acton would be contributors perhaps don t fully realize the extent of the organization s work A few examples First Aid courses perennially tram more and more residents the simple but critical techniques of lifesaving an ab solute necessity when common emergencies jeopardize the lives and health of someone nearby Water Safety Instruction both and out of the water let residents particularly youngsters know how to stay safe while swimming and keep others safe the Red Cross Corps of uniformed volunteers and their non uniformed auxiliary members are trained In first aid and wheelchair management and regularly transport those in need of medical attention to appointments out of town Sickroom Supplies from hospital beds to crutches are provided free of charge for limited periods to those En need Individual Emergency Aid can provide crisis victims with rood shelter clothing and moral support and could even help them relocate relatives In foreign countries Guest Speakers are available to tell any interested groups about Red Cross programs also available are films and slides through the public library Ho me maker Service Is provided on request for not less than four hours a In homes whose residents need help with household chores the service Is paid Tor by the client sometimes under government subsidy Add to this the willingness of area Red Cross chapters In assisting each other in times of crisis who will forget the rail accident and the sub sequent evacuation their necessarily low key participation In any number of community crises and or course stand at regular events and you begin to realize the scope of the Red Cross un And that lust the community oriented work the organisation has projects afoot around the world We urge you to set aside some money for an infinitely worthy cause If Red Cross canvassers have not yet vlsltled your home give the local unit a call at Tuesdays and Thursdays or at the Contact Centre 1211 at other times Its to us all Letter from the Editor Paul Dorsey Living with The Russians are coming The Rum fans are coming Would that all future meetings between Soviets and Americans involve the same humorous circumstances as did the submarine episode off Cape Cod in Carl Reiner dim comedy a few years ago Alan portrayed the Insecure Russian skipper In that movie and ironically popped up again this lime as on American bombardier seeking asylum from the remainder of World War Two in Catch based on the anil war novel by Joseph Heller So what happens a country thai is Invaded by foreign armies That s where Toronto lawyer Robert Kartell left us last week suggesting avenues of thought regarding allied and not soallied forces on our doorstep makes us so strong Italian soldiers are not dying anymore But American and German soldiers arc I call that doing extremely well Yes am quite certain that Italy will survive this war and still be In existence long niter your own country has been destroyed Rome was destroyed Greecewnsdeslroyed Persia was destroyed Spain was destroyed All great countries are destroyed Why not yours Only in fictional encounters like his I believe should comparisons readily be drawn between the slate of world affairs today and those of or 1933 Any Soviet invasion of Poland today might certainly prompt the same worldwide concern a Hitler prewar Invasion eventually did but the similarities end on the eastern bloc border Elsewhere in the modern world lifestyles Catch 23 examined the nature of foreign have evolved since the war years tremendously occupation A patriotic American soldier argues global politics with an elderly Italian civilian who is confident in his country ultimate lack or aggression the Kalian army having been routed and somehow comfortable in the bombed out decadence of latewar Rome America he said will lose the war And Italy will win it America Is the strongest and most prosperous nation on earth Informed him with lofty fervor and dignity And the American fighting man is second to none Exactly agreed the old man pleasantly with a hint of taunting amusement Italy on the other hand is one of the least prosperous nations on earth And he Italian fighting man is probably second all And hat a exactly why my country is doing so well In his war while your country Is doing so poorly But Italy was occupied by he Germans and is now occupied by us You don t call that doing very well do you But of course I do exclaimed the old man cheerfully The Germans are being driven out and we are still here In a few years you will be gone too and we will still be here You see Italy Is really a very weak and poor country and that what encompassing a wide range of civil rights especial free thought and expression concerning a Utopian socialism far removed from anything Russia has seen Thus I believe any Soviet aggression against North America could go unchallenged the Russians could set up shop at Queens Park and our much loved freedoms would not so easily be curtailed We must fear for Poland safety and freedom because Its people have never seen the distance that individual freedom can reach They would be almost as easily oppressed as they were in Hitler day Bui the question of Poland aside we should not be concerned for our awn future when it comes hostility To take up arms against a foreign army would be to place your love of material possessions above oil else yet there is no religion in existence condones such action Singer Bob Dylan recently paraphrased the Christian wedding vowlnsong What take away Next week I try and tie all this together the of resistance life under Soviet authority the preservation of our basic freedoms regardless of government and faith to move mountains May the Force be with you Lord I know many readers will share The Herald dismay at reporter Taylor retirement from Journalism this week Always keenly acquainted with the workings of the regional police she started a new Job In the force based records division Monday After nearly four years as Herald reporter photographer here from her hometown of Brampton via the Erin Advocate had made many friends contact and acquaintances through her newspaper work most of whom jusl won be lost with his change of occupation She won The Herald plenty of friends as well with generous amiable coverage of community respect with consistent often insightful coverage of police fire department and school board news As an example of how Ihc community took a liking to her personality and work will be honored by the Lions Club of Georgetown a forthcoming meeting with a special citation planned before she d decided to leave he paper The Herald extends its best wishes to In her new Job and on behalf of Its readers a warm thankyou Working hard to close ho coverage gap left by Lori departure Is Georgetown own Paul Sargent spending another two weeks with the newspaper as part of his Journalism studies Sheridan College Pauls student status Isn protecting him from the tougher stories that must be investigated he tackling he some kind of work wc all do each week and I think he s doing a fine Job He graduate this spring AlbertaOttawa oil standoff both parties should grow up By Stewart MacLeod Herald With the Alberta government cult back oil production by 100 barrels day and federal and provin ministers glaring each other I two teenage gangs Itching for a fight it isn t easy to grin and it Then is nothing funny about a cutback costing us JTU million a month as we replace Alberta oil with more And this is only a start Unless the two govern ments reach an agreement on oil pricing plans to cut product Ion by barrels by Sept 1 It th happens it means the additional cost will work out about per Canadian per month And it ludicrous that we should be hit with this exorbitant bill while Canadian oil si Li in the ground and two gangs stare at each other refusing lo take the first step It true that here is a very fund disagreement that the two side are far apart and that there hue been unnecessary aggravations both sides Hut there can be libs lately no excuse for the fact that lno allegedly up governments ire not lalkmj to each other Even teenage would exchange some In a unfortunate choice of words I ren Peter old Albert a must be prepared to make and bleed a little in the unit with Ottawa What tin government is trying to do 1 is essentially to move and takeover for all intents and purposes control of the 1 and gas reserves of Alberta Columbia and I force the issue he served 1 1 lust fill that the cutbacks In production would begin March 1 Tin government which energy as a national resource lb ding belief that its views will prevail and it seems to lit the depute drag on federal Energy Minister Marc on the surface to be more flexible than his Alberta counterparts particularly since he wrote that 11th hour letter colling for talks but Hurt is no evidence that Oil taken too many interesting I I alius in the last six months In ins letter which was rejected I jitoiidt pli or a postponement the production He said that Moral officials are expect In complete their work soon and I would expect that we would both be re to ri ministerial level discussions at point Against this kind of negotiating timetable would It not seem reason able to delay the production cutbacks ISOTHLLPFUL He went on to point out that the cuts will damage the petroleum industry the economy of Alberta and Impose a great burden on consumers Put simply your governments curtailment measures would put new pressures on a national economy already affected by the world recession and make more difficult the challenge of energy security Naturally everything he says is true But these nthhour letters which are basically press releases for public consumption are rarely constructive They tend to aggravate the other side If the Alberta government were to postpone its cutbacks it certainly I be because Ottawa requested It said that the on reached the point where Lout felt it necessary to effectively hold the country ransom And be helped matters with his inflammatory language Its equally unfortunate that the federal government turn t been more sensitive and responsive toward the feelings of westerners Marc been spending all his waking hours making things easier for the government of Alberta And what Inexcusable is that we are not only forced to watch this strident standoff we are actually forced to subsidize It Can election polls be trusted Ask your neighborhood dog Queens Park llrrulcl I oils an fir John when about them and lhat quote should be rum mbered by anyone polls to predict election it said one ignore Hit in cither receive massivi publicity in are used by everyone i mdie lie iw well a pjrty isd in me let lion A Toronto Stir adjusted p II recently j tin lives per vote Libtrjls per cent Hie per cent That should mi an a live majority of to HO seats In the IJ77 election which produc i minority cmrt mtnt the actual vole- was C per cent I Meruit percent per cent Hut cm the poll be trusted The answer has to be both yes It was taken by me during thi period hen IJ by ail eligible voters across Ontario a mplc sue is supposedly accurate within three percentage points either way 19 times out of h SHOT It might be noted that brave souls who totil support refused to answer when the pollster culled If more people did that we could ibolish the things Surprisingly the best criticism of Hi r tame from a high backroom Con Norm who was quoted in one news rv is lainst publication of lis polling is an expensive that requires sampling instead of the I picture by such as the SI In Mori over because of regional nature of Oman politics it is almost i in I essiblt to province- wide pill in the number of actual its i party will win or lose In In northern Ontario and Mi in ronlo Hit Conservatives lr Ii fite mainly the liberals are their eon in much of the of the pr IN WINDSOR In in odd pocket or two like west end Toronto 1 have Liberal versus Mil the All of which up keeping a skeptic eye on poll results However they can Just be dismissed either The Toronto Star poll does show same things clearly even If one might quarrel with exact figures tin but to each of the parties particular It confirms thai Onlarlo remains a threeparly province and as such guarantees the of the Conservatives If the suits hold true through the remainder of he campaign CAN DO The only hope either of the opposition parties have is just enough of each others voters will shift their allegiance to one of them to overcome Ihc massive per cent core vole Ihe Conservatives control That doesn t appear to have happened In fact if the poll Is accurate and my personal sense is that it Is in the ballpark I hen basically all that has happened is a slippage of votes to the Conservatives from Ihe The Liberals have made little impact either positive or negative The advertising now under way or some campaign incident may cause a shift in hose figures but for now the question is not who win but by how much Halton s History From our files THIRTY YEARS search IS being mode for theEA Harris hockey cup which Is believed tobe In Georgetown The was first presented in by Mr Harris who Is publisher of the Burlington Gazette for competition within the county It has been several years since it has been competed for and Mr Harris believes Georgetown was the last winner The contest is being revived and it is planned to have Burlington and play off with the loser of current Georgetown series meeting ihc southern winner E V MacCormack local druggist was flabbergasted to receive an air mall letter from Mexico recently It was typewritten by a person whosignedhimselfmysleriouslyas V The writer himself is supposedly in prison in Mexico as a bankrupt but has cashed somewhere in the Slates For help in getting out of prison which of course Involves some small expenditures Mr MacCormack Is offered a third share of the money It is now being operated by Bill Wright who has moved to Nerval from Streetsvillc The mill has a long history dated back generations when the Noble family operated it Last owner was Ken Ferguson who owned at the time of the duutsierous flood lost year when dam which supplies power for its operation was washed out TWENTY YEARS AGOHorold acted as spokesman for Delrex Developments at a meeting with council Tuesday The firm proposes a new plan lo release residential building land over a three- year period The firm Is at a standstill and there Is no hope of achieving the ratio called for Jn a 1954 agreement with ihe town he explained A County Museum may yet become a reality With the setting aside of IS for this project the first step was taken at County Council this month Although discussion has centered around a centuryold bam in the Kelso Dam Conservation Area nothing has been decided yet Georgetown Avian 2 1B0 wos back at Avian Industriesplantlastweek The gyroplane which has been undergoing tests at ihe Kitchener Waterloo Held was returned to its birthplace for Inspection after a series of successful ground trials and the checkup showed all parts functioning perfectly The experimental craft was returned to the field Tuesday Recognition that regional planning Is a vital necessity in this area where urban sprawl of Toronto and Hamilton has already engulfed some of County was apparent when a capacity audience attended a dinner and panel discussion In Knox Church Hall Thursday Besides an excellent attendance of local men and women there were representatives from all over the county many of them members of councils and planning boards which are faced with the problem of what lo do A group of citizens whose purpose is to serve Georgetown young people and encourage healthy recreation and cultural activities is examining the possibility of bringing the YM YWCA organization been meeting and discussing for several months Danny and the Juniors has been booked by Club Mid town for an appearance at their March 17 dance in Rose Room Famous for their recordings of At the Hop and Twisting USA they will be featuring their tastes recording Pony Express TENYEARSAGOGlennMagnuson of 1st Georgetown Scouts Group Committee presented retired leader Dave Hastings with a weather recorder as a gift from the Group Committee recognizing I is long service as a leader of 1st Georgetown Cubs and Scouts Mr Hastings has provided active leadership at both the Cub and Scout levels for 14 years and has also been a valuable worker with the District Scoutcr Council and apple day campaigns among other duties The long awaited move Into town Is not officially confirmed Mayor BUI Smith told council Monday night Construction on the 000 square- foot store in the Georgetown Market will begin In May and the hoped for completion will be the end of October Timing of a plebiscite o seek public opinion on allowing cocktail lounges in Georgetown may wait until the next provincial election The vote was originally planned In December but was dropped when it was found the municipal voters list can I be used George visiting the new provincial Ontario Place at the Toronto CNE waterfront will be able to push a button and see the results of a film making production project by Centennial Public School Five Centennial pupils under the guidance of teacher Jack Anderson produced a threeminute color film on Georgetown and have submitted it to the Ontario government to be included in a library of films on small towns throughout the province ONE EAR lives of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation District rejected the board of education offer to go lo arbitration Monday Nell Munro a provincial representative for OSSTF and spokesman for the Halton group said the teachers wantanegotlatedseltlement and bo far the board I given them enough meaningful negotiation to go to arbitration The regional police budget Is 13 per cent higher than lost year regions administration and finance committee last week approved the 1980 police budget which features a increase over the 1979 budget Many of Increases in the budget have been attributed to da lions made In last year Ontario Police Commission report While many region social agencies saw their 1930 grant requests slashed by an austerity conscious health and social services committee last week a few managed to get through unscathed Helping Hands the Acton Community Services Centre and Halton Women Place all had their I960 requests approved as submitted by the committee despite an overall SIM cut In other requests taxpayers may find themselves proportionally higher share of the region education costs this year due to a reduction In provincial grants to the Halton board of education LEGION PROVINCIAL SENIOR CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS North llnllnn Golf and Country Chili MARCH 19 20 POETS CORNER Mother A Rem when shadows the walls of borne my mother makes her way because the Is slow lo her piano that great equaliser of pa la Her upon the keys re not new hands they show fifty yean and they loach the keys and the begin hesitant at first but then to confidence her smile returns It is a Utile as If the a secret boat mask Abort mi the shadows to darkness By Elaine Bryant