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j te pbe georgetown herald wedne january 1 6th 1 946 the georgetown herald serving the oomawrjuw of okuttghtrown olen williams norvalv limeuouse hornby btewarttown asllgrove ballinafad 1xrra cotta febecriptlon rate 200 a year single copies ftc oach advertising rates ctuoted on application walter o biehn publisher and edltoi qazaelorl mcouvraj staff leslie clark res broomhead harold davison tbe herald is printed each wednesday afternoon at bhe office on main st georgetown ailthortbed as second class mall post office pept ottawa member ber of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the t 7 of thr cutfjuv the editors column no cause for alarm the recent savage murder which caused the death of a prominent young brampton matron has pla ced new emphasis on the advisability of keeping homes locked and protected especially during the hours be tween daylight and dawn georgetown ladies are quite understandablyjittery these nights and we ean imagine that doors in which the key has not been tur- ned for many months are being tightly locked at night and that strangers who knock at the door are being re garded with suspicion that the brampton case will be speedily solved is something for which we all are hoping and on the offchance that one of our readers may have some shred of evidence which could help police solve the crime may- we remind you that a 1000 reward has been offered by brampton council for information which leads to the apprehension of the guilty party meanwhile we cautious georgetown ladies not to work themselves into a state of alarm over events which have occurred murder is something- for which there is invariably some motive robbery jealousy re- venge some connection between the murderer and his victim which eventually dooms the guilty party the chance of a complete stranger walking into a home for no other reason than to kill one of the occupants is so slim that it is hardly within the realm of possibility however we are in accord with the idea of tak ing precautions to assure that a private home cannot be easily entered especially nowadays when a crime wave in toronto has assumed serious proportions there is a school of thought which believes that a man who leaves his car door unlocked with the key in the ig nition is equally guilty with the pary who drives it aw ay t we dont for a minute agree with these extrem ists but we do uphold a policy of not putting tempta tion in the way of an individual who has a weakness for crime and we do- not fulfill our duties as citizens if we are too lax in making it easy for robberies to occur a plea for minor gambung growth of what amounts to nationwide lot teries with vast sums of money changing hands has caused the attorneygeneral to clamp down on the practice of gambling to which police had turned a blind eye during the war years service clubs were per haps the most flagrant offenders and allowed themsel ves to play into the hand of unscrupulous promoters so that only a small percentage of these lotteries con ducted for charitable or war purposes was reaching the ultimate objective that such a condition existed and was in need of drastic correction is admitted the goats in the affair however have been such small local affairs as the bingos sponsored by such worthy groups as the legion iode and church groups the lucky draws including the lions annual christmas tree draw and the dozens of smaller draws conducted among local people every human being has this desire to takeachance in his makeup and we believe that no harm can be done by allowing him toin- dulge it in a minor way if necessary we believe the criminal code should be revised to allow for citizens to enjoy their kenos and bingos and lucky draws ma legal way making certain that thenet proceeds are being used for their announced purpose 1- until such action is taken we think that geor getown could quite well revert to the status quo and trust in the judgment of our excellent police force to supply 4he proper restraining force to any activity which was tending to become a racket or a public me nace incidentally we have never been an exponent of such highmoney games as crownandanchor and would heartily recommend the abolition of any such game where an individual can lose a large amount of money in a- short space of time such is not the case with bingo and we cannot conceive of anyone buying ah excessive amount of lucky draw tickets in the en- thusiasm of gambling for a prize a babyminding service discussing the handicaps of parents like outi selves whose eveningsout are dependent on the pre- sencfe of a sitter a local bachelor suggests that this mignt constitute a barto matrimony and if not at least mignthave a oeterying effect on the enpouragements of the babybonu while we are inclined to accept this angle of the case with ae facetiousnesswitn which it wm intended it does call to mind an idea that has been in out mind for tome time we suggest that some young person could set themselves up in a profitable business sideline and at the same time confer a distinct benefit to parents who like- to enjoy an evening out by establishing a baby- minding service it would be in the nature of an assoc iation of sitters who for the benefit of fhe uninitiate might be described as a young person usually femin ine who for a fee contracts to remain on the premises during the absence of parents from the home at present it is every parent for himself when it comes to securing the services of one of the highly- popular young ladies and we believe that a properly- conducted central agency operating as a gobetween for parents and sitters wouldhave a beneficial effect all arouticj- such problerns as standards of service rate of pay eta could all be settled parents could hay reasonable assurance that engagements would not have to be cancelled at the last mjnute and sitters could be assured of more and steadier engagements with the consequent increase in pocketr saoney derived from their services wellrtherevthe general idea were presentipg it to any aspiring party who wants to take advantage of it no strings attached no patents pending churches need more than money as printers we are perhaps more attentive than most citizens to the annual financial statements issued by most of the churches in the town and district this year as one by one we printjhese papers we are struck by the splendid financial support accorded the churches by their congregations during the year 1945 it speaks well forthe faith of the majority of our citizens that they are prepared o give so generously of their goods to the maintenance of an integral part of our everyday life v however we do not think a churchmans obli gation stops at putting his hand in his pocket to assure the worldy survival of the church religion goes much deeper than this and without spiritual support and the physical fact of regular church attendance a building becomes just that a pile of masonry wellcared for but contributing no tangible good to citizens or a com munity anyone who goes to church at all regularly will be struck by the disheartening lack of attendance chur ches whose members number two three four hundred on the rolls are lucky to have forty or fifty worship pers at any ordinary service though on special days easier christmas thanksgiving the church wili be filled to overflowing what is the solution il rests to iome extent on our ministers to create interest in their services itress to a much iarger extent on every pro fessed worshipper to be in his pew regularly to hear the word of god and to receive the spiritual benefits of his fait tnen and only then can we truly say ihe church had an excellent year the rediscovery of ddt the rediscovery in recent years of the mir aculous insecticide ddt holds out hope that man may be able to control effectively some of his most wide spread and destructive enemies it is commonly known that insects cause inestimable damage to life and prop erty every year fruit wood books grain clothing the human body nothing seems to be immune lo their attack entomologists have worried and work ed for years over a means of hampering or if necessary destroying insecls damaging to marks welfare of all the discoveries so far dd i now offers the grraest rea son for optimism already ddt dichloro-diphrnyl-trichioro-eth- ane has successfully attacked fatal diseasecarrying in sects in europe and the pacific used by the united states army ithas proved itself effective against the rickettsjacarrying louse which thrives in the filth and destruction of war mosquitoes carriers of malaria filariasis and other sicknesses have been reduced great ly in number on tropical islands by the frequentuse of ddt spray and dustings it has made life for the sol dier oninsectinfested islands of the tropics a lot more comfortable and incomparably safer ddt is still in its infant stage as far as our knowledge of its total uses and yalues is concerned we have yet to arrive at the fair estimate of its potential which only many experiments over a long period of 4ime will bring its initial successes have naturally led the public in general to hail it as an answer to all of mans insect problems but it is far too early to arrive at such extreme conclusions ddt is not contrary to general fmpressions a new discovery it was first formulated more than sev enty years ago in 1874 by a german chemist named zeidler who combined chloral hydrate monochlbrben- zene and sulphuric acid however zeidler never put his formula to use and it was- purchased after his death bythe basle switzerland chemical house of r geigy who hoped that it might prove an effective -moth-proof- ing material for treating fabrics and dyes as an insec- ticide ddt contnued to lldormant until 1937 when it was tried out as a counteragent against the newlyar rived colorado potato beetles which were quickly rav ishing the nnetoopientiful swiss potato fields its jnitial success in saving these crops led to 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