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the HERALD Home Newspzper of Halton HSs Since 1886 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited i 15 Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario PAUL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager PAULDORSEY Editor 9 DAVID Advertising Manager Second Man Page St A THE HERALD Wednesday September 1B8I Fundraising woes Cant win em all We share the local Cancer Society unit s delight over last weeks Terry Fox Runs in Acton and Georgetown which raised another for cancer research The 360 kind souls who gave up part of their Sunday to renew the promise of the Marathon of Hope deserve their com s thanks We only wish the same weekend t seen a dismal turn out for the muscular dystrophy at Arena There were bad feelings all around when the two teenage organizers decided to pack in their worthwhile project some hours earlier than planned Only a handful of dancers had shown up but no spec tators and no special guests and it would be entirely understandable if organizers felt a little bitter about the community letting them down The bottom line in this sad story is indeed public apathy about the cause as well as the event After a false start caused by misunderstanding bet ween town officials and the youthful organizers Kevin and Ross Bdirstow the looked as though it might generate a little ex by attracting top Canadian personalities like Darryl Sittler and Kevins uncle Murray Whether it was something to do with the events simultaneous timing with the Terry Fox Run or the lack of a popular focal point in the fight against muscular dystrophy like Terry Fox himself no one can really say Kevins somewhat naive enthusiasm over the danceathon may be a reason why cer tain VIPs were expected but failed to show but that has no bearing whatever on the turn out Had folkrocker McLauchlan turned up he would have been greeted by a dozen or so curious teenagers Look beyond Kevins and Ross grand expectations though and you nave some pretty remarkable en- txepreneurship for two inexperienced teenagers Even the Kinsmen Club failed to muster Georgetowns young dancers for its annual cystic fibrosis danceathon choosing finally to move the event permanently to Acton High School where the kids tend to get in volved more readily for some unknown reason Sorry about the way things tur ned out boys but dont be too discouraged The most successful community movers have to use TNT to get people interested around here We re just happy you havent the fund raising plans altogether hopefully well have another chance to make good on your expectations Letter from the editor Paul Dorsey Seeing Things on TV Been checking out any of the new television scries which networks have been dangling in front of us as a primer for the coming season The sheer banality or It all is being adequately documented but there at least one show worthy of The CDC and behold had a pleasant surprise or me the other night when watched a pilot or Seeing Things a new drama series filmed in Toronto CBC which replaced the railroad as the vehicle for our National Dream haa actually come up with a winner of Its own Things is about a news reporter who happens to be clairvoyant I know it sounds as hill hut the concept Judging from the first show really works What makes the new series so surprising as a venture is thai It looks like nothing the CBC has ever produced before That you be interested to know is due to one mans efforts director George McCowan an American Famous in the TV Industry for directing fast paced cop shows from The Mod Squad to Streets of San Francisco lo Charlies Angels McCowan is that tall lean darkhaired figure many watched strolling pensively around their streets during the filming of Never Trust an Honest Thief here If Seeing Things is any indication of McCowan current abilities Honest Thief should be quite an exciting feature once It gets released Last word on the Orson Welles movie by the way was that producer Magder was still looking for a distributor If you think you re getting Impatient think about Michelle Finney the Toronto actress who costarred In Honest Thief She a wondering If the world will ever get to see major film debut while she bides her time with TV commercials and guest shots on Party Game SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY you might guru from the ramp markings Pete Sports la former name of North it was ten years ago next week that the Club snd the recreation department organ the community Grand Prix soap box derby on llic Maple Turned into one of ihe province biggest soap bos events by year IS he derby return Oct for 111 anniversary running New cosponsors Ihe Kinsmen tub Georgetown and McDonald Restaurant Invite all young VUteneuves oat to the me i lo test Ihelr courage and challenge their speed Herald file photo Grand Prix returns Oct 9 Why pick on Joe Clark Hes been a hard worker By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau of The Herald Given the myriad of difficulties confronting the Trudeau Government during the summer om would have thought the pressure would be off Tory Leader Joe Clark that he would have had a relatively tranquil period in which to fend off the dissidents There seemed to be more Import ant things to think about With astro nomical interest rates soaring tlon the long running constitutional squabble the energy fight tions of government indifference why would Tories continue to look inward With all those external targets why pick on Joe Clark And anyway Clark has been performing very well during the summer Since Parliament recessed the 43yearold former prime minister has not had a weekend to himself as he travelled the byways of Canada visiting everything from by elect oca to lea parties to county fairs in search of more hands to shake It doubtful If any leader so for removed from another general ever worked so diligently during the summer holidays Perhaps he has little choice With onethird of the delegates voting for a leadership convention at last February party meeting Clark obviously had some work to do And there was every Indication he was doing It well DOE8N CHANGE However his exhausting efforts did little to dispel the discontent that has been wafting over the party since that February get together It has been clear from caucus comments that Clark a difficulties were not behind him that there was a significant segment of the party dinging to the belief that the Conservatives cant regain power under Clark teward ship Were Just like the Toronto Argonauts says one veteran Tory MP And when I heard about that motion passed by PC Metro a blanket organization which seems to speak for 31 Torontoarea ridings those words really began to sink In The executive of PC Metro has apparently decided that Clark should carry the blame for the party failure to win the Spa dins by election As a result Clark should call a spring leadership convention said he motion which was passed unanimously A lot of members of the executive felt we should have won that election said a spokesman for PC Metro But apparently there was a lot of negative reaction against Clark when canvass ers knocked on doors NOT EXPECTED Odd enough prior to the Aug 17 it was difficult to find any highlyplaced Tory who felt the party would win Everyone seemed resigned to the fact Liberal Jim would be victor and the s Dan Heap would come in second followed by Tory La Sab la It was a rollicking great surprise when Heap won over Courts but no one seemed taken aback that Sabla dldn t do belter She was only about BOO votes behind winner and she actually did better than he Tory candidate did in the 1M0 election Andwhenyouconslderthat same day Tory won in Jollette Que by a landslide Ihere was no reason to think Clark head would go on the block over the byelecliona Trudeau head perhaps but not Clark s However there It Is The national office of the Conservative Party has received this motion from PC Metro it speaks even If unofficially for ridings all of them highly important to the party it can l be easily dismissed The vote said Party President Peter has to be regarded as a signal And unless there Is some dramatic intervention this fall it a difficult to see how Clark can avoid calling for a leadership convention MP Bob slick with press early favorite for Queens Park By Derek Nelson Queen s Park Bart so of The Herald Like manna from heaven federal MP Bob has dropped In on Queen Park to save the New Democratic parly from perishing of leader hunger on the road to the New Jerusalem however might be a trills premature In a slick press conference performance here that partly explains why the Ottawa Press Gallery drolls over the federal finance critic offered himself as the man to revitalise Ihe demoralized provincial party But one suspects it won be all that It is noticeable in the eastern end of Toronto where federal riding Is located the three New Democrats who hold provincial seats there seem underwhelmed by his candidacy Marian Bryden for example has already said she no intention of stepping aside lo allow a safe seat to enter legislature whether Rao wins the leadership or not TWO MORE Of the other Iwo Richard Johnston Is considering seeking the leadership himself has already urged Johnston to run True about half the Queen Park caucus has endorsed but even greater support from fellow MPPs help Ian Deans win leader ship race last lime a convention was held So while Is obviously the early favorite It Is smart of him to play It cagey and not resign his federal seat until he sees who the parly chooses at next February convention Unlike most of bis potential rivals la largely an unknown factor at the provincial level hence the packed media studio here the day he ted In from Ottawa to declare He was Impressive bright articu late quick thinking quick on his verbal feet and with a good grasp of where he wants to go with the party and why NOT GOOD On other hand he a language The best Juxtaposition of his talents with this drawback came when a reporter asked whether he would take former NDP Leader Michael Cassldy approach of dodging dicey political Issues such as party policy urging human rights protection for homosexuals quickly rephrased the question to say he t see Issues as one of protection at all but rather simply a matter of the right to privacy by another group In society and that he supported It was neat ploy not liking the angle the reporter took adopted his own and stuck to It regardless of the questions tossed at him which In essence moved the topic of debate to his grounds CARRIED AWAY Although well done In process got carried away with the language he used To him denying homosexuals human rights is a slippery slope that puts society in danger and will lead to the government telling us all what to read think or drink Really The statement Is so ludicrous to be laughable Another instance of this tendency to language extremism came In the prepared text that Rae read out at the press conference He made the odious statement that Ontario has been ruled by one party longer than Poland or Bulgaria F which Is factually true but is also said a social democratic government like Norway the NDP would consider it a McCarthy He smear But maybe that kind of rhetoric will inspire the delegates POETS CORNER A New start in the Morning of the morning with love and smiles and cheer Hope for a day in a happy way for belter times are near We think Of the trouble of yesterday then our worries appear Prepare yourself Tor a friendly test and shed not a tear You are not alone In this beautiful world Yon may meet with the tut tared snd unfaithful drop them they re weird Look for the dawn of the morning down by the willow tree Its freshness and its beauty or a brecse that sets you free A twittering bird to the branches Its life Is happy and proud He spreads out In the country away from the rest of the crowd Birds nest built In Ihe willow tree It whistle Is never loud It a beautiful scene the willow limbs are bowed By Albert Brooks Acton Hiltons History From our files THIRTY I EARS AGO Georgetown two hockey players Bob and Joe Schcrtil have both reported for foil training Bob is a Detroit Red Wings defence star and Joe is with the Bears of the American While plowing on Norman farm Tom turned up a penny bank token dated issued by the Bonk of Upper- Canada Georgetown has new taxpayers thus week wartime houses on Normandy vard and on Churchill Crescent are being offered for sale Houses sold from to If any government thinks of lamping price controls on food without the same time putting controls on wages and profits going to hear from farmers said president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture Food prices t high In relation to other prices or wage rates he Bald He pointed out that the average price lor milk paid by the Canadian consumer In 1339 was it id cent per quart whereas on June 1 it was 19 cents per quart In contrast to the average hourly wage was 42 cents in 1939 and on June 1951 It was US cents In other words In 1939 it took 15 minutes of working lime to make enough money to purchase one quart of milk while In 19j1 it took only 10 minutes of working time to purchase lie same article An ad in the classifieds says Pig strajed lo our property Owner may have proving ownership and paying expenses The theme of the Women Institute at was To understand the world is better than to condemn it To study the world is belter than to abuse it To make the world belter lovelier and happier is the noblest work of any man or woman TWENTY YEARS in the Kennedy Public School area would like an outdoor skating rink and hockey cushion this The request was turned over for committee consideration Secondary School 9 in opened the term with Mr Reed and Mrs charge and an enrolment of in senior room and In the Junior room The use of high powered rifles in southern Ontario Including Hills is prohibited under a new hunting regulation effective Sept 1 1901 in order to reduce the possibility of gun accidents Shotguns will do the job just fine Georgetown new Mam Street will be unveiled to the public this weekend The Honorable Robert Macaulay Ontario Minister of Energy Resources will assist in the opining ceremonies Tanneries in were accused of depositing offensive liquid and off ensue odors at an Township council meeting A petition by residents In the icin the tannery charged hat the smell clings and furnishings that their property has lost vilue and their wells may be polluted A charge had been laid under the lownsh p iw and was to be heard in court that month Planning hoard and council granted permission to the Texaco Oil Company to bulk fuel oil storage facilities on the base line near Highway A local bus service or East Georgetown residents to get to downtown may be a reality according to councillor Don Georgetown Transportation Co Is surveying th if The company holds local franchise and several years ago attempted such a service but found It unprofitable he said when the town was much smaller A decision lo add a seventh man to the Georgetown police force attracted applicants ATorontomnn MortonSzas bee that had crawled Into hit pop bottle while he was picnicking Terra Cotta Conservation Area Sunday He went blind for half an hour and nearly choked to death When hi swallowed the bee it had Slung his throat making him temporarily blind and constricting his throat so he could hardly breathe At hospital doctors gave him adrenalin shots and told him he was allergic to bee stings He recovered his sight and went home TEN YE Georgetown Fair Prlie list is now available and competitors are competing for over In cash Secondary School enrolments in County total 16 and elementary school enrol mont Is A migration pattern within the county Is causing some concern for the school board Almost out of come from within Burlington that Is they have from older more settled areas of new housing said Lavender assistant to the county director of education The long awaited traffic lights at Maple Avenue and Guelph SI reel will be installed within few weeks Installed at a cost of the traffic lights cost Hornby Jim a old equestrian has been named to the nine- member equestrian team to represent Canada In the fall national horse George Herrington dog control officer for appeared before Township council Tuesday night repenting his offer made the week before to continue the service In He had originally planned the September At present he is paid COO a month plus or every dog he picks ii as long as he pick up Is authorized by the clerk Canadian studies and a course cnlled Man Environment Crises won approval from the Board of Education at Ihe first meeting of the new school term The broadened study course is an effort by the history to improve what it terms Insufficient and neglectful leaching of Canadian studies Close to people stared skyward for almost three hours Sunday watching Brampton Flying Club second annual air show at their Victoria field A former Georgetown man Lionel Hamilton flew a like contraption called a Breezy he had built himself of Milton was hired by Esqueslng council last Tuesday night as the new tax collector at a salary of a year County Emergency Measur es Organization volunteers haven l had their uniforms on in more than two years Allan told the county council financial committee last week that them have added an inch or two and get on if they tried ONE total of 1 147 runners participated In a cross country run at Georgetown and District High School last Tuesday raising a total of 213 for Terry tax Marathon of Hope against cancer Area hunt ere Interested in participating in first controlled deer hunt in more than a decade have until Sept apply for a special permit from the Ministry of Natural Resources Father Dcvcnt ended years service with Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church About parishioners gathered together pay him tribute He went lo St Felix Friary In Weston Ontario Sunday marked the end of the regular neason Acton Optimists won 54 over the Lim chouse team In baseball