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the georgetown herald wcdncaday feb 6th 1946 thorgetowtfhfefcald i4 pervtafttw oamnwmii mmkoctvwn oven wiix1am8 ilorval leehoose sobnbt twscwiucrtoww ashgrove ballfnafad 1vkba otta rate 200 a year 3aige copies 6c each advertising bates quoted on amplication wautbr obiehn publisher and editoi oarftekl u mcottvray staff leslie clark harold davison ttw herald ia printed each wednesaay afternoon at the offloe on main st usorgetown authoiibed as seoond class mall post office depl ottawa of the canadian weekly newspapers association and uw ontarioquebec division ol the cwna the editor column the purpose qf exercise muskox during this war there have been many campaigns in arctic countries or severe winter conditions- canad ian troops have landed in spitsbergen iceland and the aleutians and british or american forces have also op erated in greenland norway and arctic russia the magnificent russian victories before the gates of len- ingrad moscow and stalingrad all took place in the depths of winter in the air the great deveopment of long range aircraft has directed attention to the great circle routes passing through the north and the arrange ments for delivery of airplanes to europe have entailed considerable construction in the arctic when a large scale invasion of norway was be ing planned in secret we canadians who live in a nor- s them country were looked to as experts 1 he cana dian army was asked to design and canadian industry built many new armoured snowmobiles and othej win- ter equipment a battalion of the british lovat scouts came to jasper in secret to train during the winter of 194344 to test this equipment and to train canadians in its use three winter exercises were held by the army and the rcaf last winter in british columbia alberta and north of churchill manitoba many other trials of cold weather equipment have been held throughout the war by the services from all these sources the canadian army and the rcaf have accumulated a wealth of new informa tion concerning especially methods of travel in he north information which can be adapted to civilian re- quirements and can materially assist in the deveopment of our vast northland before the equipment and the experienced personnel are dispersed the- army is provid ing an experimental demonstration of tha methods on exercise- muskox in particular it is hoped to de monstrate a the new oversnow vehicles developed for invading norway 5 b the technique of largescale air supply c new qrlirnpro mrthnaunf navigating and surveying near the north magnetic pole where mag netic compasses are useless d the latest arctic clothing made of texties to prevent the killing of caribou for fur clothes from this it will he seen that it is taking place in the very heart of our country where the lessons learnt can be directly applied to its development the exercise is nontactical with no troops tak ing part whp are not specialists and no weapons larger than rifles are being carried the department of mines and resources the department of transport the rgmp the national re search council and the north wes territories council have been of griiat assistance in planning the exercise the dominion obscjrvatorv the metorologcni srvicr and the stirvy firatjcffstare sending observers to co operate vh the farces njd isess he c u i tific aspec s of he exercise an expensive system 1 iil- new county assessment system which was voted in by last years county council has like every thing else i adyan jagealand disad antages prominent among the latter is hc expense which is going to be a major item in the budget of every one of the ha ton municipalities councillors from georgetown esquesing and oakviije were apparently the only ones who realized this when the problem was threshed out last year but were overruled by the majority vote and as th saying goes now we have it a county assessor has been appointed and an office refitfed for him in milton and preliminary work is being done towards setting up the new system the new system involves a comprehensive survey in each municipality by the local assessor and the com- epilation of an assessors appraisal record on a special form approved by the depa of municipal affairs this record goes into extensive detail about the prop- crty to be assessed type of building flooring heat- ihgi plumbing foundation etc occupants of the house are itemized with such factual information as religion age and occupation in rural districts soil tests of each afield are taken and analyzed undoubtedly when itwalf added up thcassess- t xnent system will be more exact but it will be a question whether theexpeberrtvblved wiltnot far outweigh any eujalnajigadvantagea r pi georgetown is ittplindtrhope that for thisyeax at least we can stick taihe previous system and not get too invol in intric sjtiaticgperhapswhen-some- of tkephtggers fotfthe plan add up their jiiu at the end of theyear the systeni willonce more come to a vote and the wisdom of georgetown and esquesing will prevail a blood registration service a citizen who has been a blood donor on several occasions at the red cross bldod donor clinic has sug- gestedthat it would be a good idea to have information on record in town as to the blood types available for f transfusions there are man who are only too willing to go to toronto tyjien theycari be of service to those needing blood but it is an inconvenience to them and a possible setback to the patient when it is found the volunteers blood is the wrong type and cannot be used the suggestion is that the council red cross a service ciub or any interested organization might pay the expenses of a clinic at which all volnteers could be tested and records compiled as to blood type then when the call came a list would be immediately avail- able from which- blood donors could be chosen still in favour a subscriber whose opinion we value has writ ten a letter to the editor which appears on another page of this issue in which he questions our thoughts on-mi- nor gambling however we still are not convinced that there is any inherent wickedness in such harmless forms of gambling as bingos and lucky draws where there is nq chance of people wag mnrerhan fhev ran a ford and where a certain pleasure is derived from the pastime gambling is the expression inherent in human nature of mans wiilngness to take a chance and it is exemplified in our everyday business life hat busi ness man be he industrialist shopkeeperuoriarrner does not gamble on new products on what goods he handles on what crops he plants a nation itself gambles on trade agreements and on subsidies and on stock mark- crs beg your pardon seems that some weeks the gremlins play hob with the proofreader and last week was a partcularly bad one in the herad office in our front page story on the threegroup meeing to discuss a recreational pro gram for georgetown we reported in all seiousness that the board of parks management and trie board of parks management met with the council in case yau are still confused we meant of course to say that the board of parks management and the recreational council were the particpating groups also we must apologize for our accountof larry mackenzies home coming when the editor in his writeup completely forgot about brother ian making it a foursome of en listments from the mackenzie household the typesetting department remeded this by adding jans name but thingswere still confused when we ended by saymff ian bruce and bob are both divnart7d after serving with he airforce and iust in case voure wondering our sister had aurr an orthodox wedding and married mr john oswald and not mrs oswald as we reported subscribe tor the herald the fixit shorc sheet metal plumbing woodwork general repairs washinc machine ftrnillure scwin machine lam mower repaired and sharpened alao saws axes scissors etc shoe repairing w g young phone 442 r 21 glen williams aii ai h i i a elepage realtor head office toronto bo bar street telepnone adl ml 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