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Whats in a name a boon to Canadian culture 190Pge GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 STREET CINEMA 1 NOW PLAYING By FLORENCE WILKINSON My first experience of Shakespeare was a parody on the famous lines Whats in a name A rose by any other name would smell as sweet which my older schoolmates would quote Whats in a name An onion by any other name would smell With the past tension over Meech Lake we have certainly been made aware that a name has great weight When I moved to Georgetown I was amazed to hear so many names with an AngloSaxon sound I grew up among Belgians Hungarians Dutch etc and have worked for years where Ukrai nians Russian Japanese and Native Canadian besides other names were very pro minent In the latter years Hindu and Sikh names have been added to the list Each of these names holds a tradition with religion cooking family habits which differ from others Whats a name can have great meaning in our Canadian culture with all its richness of tradition and colour But to get back to Georgetown It had not been too long until I found that by observation about names was not com correct I ran across such names as Esquesing Chinguacousy and Nassagaweya I was sure that one of the names at least was from our Native Cana dian heritage but found that all three were To the oldtimers in the area the meaning of these names will be familiar but to newcomers just to give you a feeling for what the area meant to earlier inhabitants here are the meanings means Land Of The Tall Pines or another source savti that it means That Which Lies At The End Chinguacousy means Whispering Pines or another source says that it means Young Pine and was named for a young chief who won a battle m the war of 1814 Since pines do not grow in that clay land it is surmised that PIZZA GINOS WINGS SOLD BY THE POUND Ash For Details FREE DE After 184GuelphSt 873- LIVERY Georgetown COUNTRY LANE SUMMER SPECIAL Round 18 hole Mini Putt it Small Bucket Balls Rounds off Baseball p new tutting cage I Hot Dog Drink I Try Our New Batting Cages Softball Slowpitch Hardball Country Lane Line River 877M54 re fry KM taw The most wanted men in America are back Pine came from some other area Nassagaweya means Having Two Outlets and it is supposed to be a corruption of a word meaning a with two ways or two outlets I tried to get some other feeling for the early days by going to the maple syrup days at Crawford Lake A lot of advertising makes Ste Mane Among the Hurons well known but Crawford Lake has a lot of history to offer also 1 en joyed my time there though it was late when I arrived and it was a raw windy day for having to walk around One of the qualities of early life which intrigues me is the ability to survive and often live well on whatever was at hand and this ap plies to the west coast natives who made cedar the centre of much of life the prairie people who used the buffalo or the who used the poles and trees available This of course also applies to the earliest settlers who are ancestors of so many of us who now live in this country Simplicity is certain ly not ignorance Much wisdom is obvious in the ways of life of any culture and educa tion has always been present with the same purpose of passing on knowledge which is necessary for living at any stage and any age So Whats in a name Names often tell us of the struggle wisdom culture sense of beauty or craft of a person or a people and therefore can be an Interesting hobby or past time something which does not take a lot of physical exercise but can put to use the sense of wonder and curiosity which contrary to the old wives tales continues to exist even in those growing old Evenings at 700 pm NOW PLAYING In recognition of the lth of Terr Fox Marathon of parents Holland and an lommuruliis who welcomed their son in i980 to off r their personal thanks Mr and Mrs will be at Hills mi nitre on Maple from I I Aug IT Photo submitted KING PIZZA SUBMARINE and the HERALD present BLUE JAYS TRIVIA You Could WIN aw rhA Pair of Baseball Tickets To See The BLUE How To Play Correctly answer this weeks trivia question then cut out the ballot and deposit it at King Pizza Submarine or the Herald A winner will be drawn each week from all entries received Deadline tor entries is the next Wednesday for the previous week s question f Question Who Hit The FiTTt Home Run In The Skydorne 1 Answer J Name J Address I Phone Number I KING SUBMARINE SPECIALS OF THE WEEK Fish Chips Veal Parmesan or Reg 3 Veal Cordon Bleu Now 4 FOR FAST DEM VERY SiMB Fitghuni Scans Evenings at p 3rd GREAT WEEK CLASSIC Jungle Hi FAMILY CINEMA 3 NO