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he georgetown herald wednesday sept 28 1949 4 the editors corner public positions should be advertised it ia unfortunate that mayor gibbons who has for so many years done a fine job of administering the towns affairs should rethe under a cloud of public- dis content publio opinion has been quite vocal in disap proving of councils action in hiring mr gibbons as assessor without first advertising for applicants for the position and quite rightly so any public appointment he it made by the town or any of its associated services jshbuhtbeiopen to application by any citizen in the past few years we have seen such appointments as town olerkv assessor school board secretary and town foreman made arid in each case applications have been asked the same should apply in this case the present controversy does not at all reflect otv mr gibbons qualifieatioris for the job in fact most of his severest critics and his political antagonists agree that he will do a good job and even go so far as to say that he would probably have been chosen even had the position been advertised bt this is asidfc from the fact that a public appointment should not be made in this way the local legion branch has also brought out a pertinent point in reminding council that a by law passed at the end of the war indicated that in fut ure consideration would be given to war veterans when public positions became vacant a factor which had an influence on the appointment of the previous holder of the assessors position j we do not see any likelihood of a change in the position nor is there perhaps any need members of the council who keejputheir finger on the public pulse will draw some wisdom from this experience and we venture jto say we shall not see it repeated in future we do not expect to see much more interest at next dec embers nomination meeting in spite of all the talk of a complete new slate of candidates there are few who disagree violently enough with any decision of council to attend a public meeting and voice their feelings for the recordno matter what they say on the side this was clearly indicated when one counted the missing face9 at the public protest meeting called by the legion last thursday more confusion it was surpria read in last weeks acton free press that public officials in that town are givingserious thought to breaking away from the north halton high school district and sending their students to guelph according to a news item appearing in our neighbour ing weekly members of the council public school board and the acton members of the district board met with messrs duffin and stewart of the department of education to discuss the steps required to withdraw from the district consideration was given to using the present high school building for public school purposes and arranging transportation and accommodation for pupils from acton at the guelph collegiate a com mittee was appointed to compute the costs and hold a conference with guelph collegiate board quoting fur ther the new items continues while this step was not desirable it was felt to be the only alternative in view of the move to abandon the central school near speyside and the need for more rooms for public school pupils in acton necessitated prompt action iliought was also given to retaining the lower grades in the acton school and transporting the senior grades to the guelph school spokesmen of the meeting condemned the methods that had been used in building in the north halton schools and dis- approved of enlargement of any of the schools in the three towns inspector duffin pointed out that the buildings approved were for temporary purposes and wer not adequate for high school needs costs and grants were furnished the meeting by inspectors duffin and stewart and it appears such a plan would be much less expensive than a new build ing program to retain the present threeschool system in the district which fails in providing better education al facilities for the children harmony seems lacking the attempt at centralizing higher educational fac ilities in north halton seem to become more and more confused as the years go by and sometimes we wonder if it would not be better to dissolve the district now be fore any bitterness is caused it was thought earlier this year when georgetown decided to change her mind and enter the district that there was some chance of success georgetown has been blamed in the past for cherishing local patriotism and insisting that she would not abandon her school acton seems to lean completely to the other side and is determined one way or another to get rid of a high school in the municipal- v logical step would be to build a new school in georgetown and everybody woud be happy what georgetown considered a generous offer was made to the district board early in july when the local board of education in order to expedite the new system to include georgetown offered to make no charge to students outside townattending school here this fall no action was taken by the district board though this was understandable n- view of the vaca tion period and the absence of the new acton principal for the summfer but the action of the district boarcu at their most recent meeting in remindihggeorgetowit that they will not be responsible for studerursttending chool herfc who have not been given a permit to do so jydfr ke cooperation it would look as if the pramnt district board is intent on jamnhing as many uflw m possible into milton and acton schools be- mrtfaaendef the year we wonder if they realize that when georgetown is officially in the district next january that jtwill be logical to send students to the closest school and that the students they may wish to change now will quite properly expect to get their schooling in georgetown potpourri the herald windowis still displaying twins this week it is a twin cucumber brought to he office by bobby kidd of normandy boulevard mrs cleave wilson of brampton won the quilt recently raffled by the ladies ofrmain circle- knox church the draw was made at a recent bake sale en route home from the cwna convention cecil day publisher of the liver pool ns advance called at the herald office last week with hirri wad danny stone son of the fonner ownerof the local smith if stone plant danriy with his cousin sid stone now operates the firm of stone printing machinery ltd main street continues to change and this week we find a new barber taking over joe gibbons shop while the mayor takes a vacation before assuming his new duties as assessor with georgetown still on daylight saving time we find most of our favourite radio programs are now heard an hour later by the clock some excitement was caus ed on emery street last week when a tractor trailer humped its load of resurfacing material all in one spot i he road work incidentally is coming along fine and it was a pleasure on a sunday- drive to pass along the new king street and 9th line which are now devoid of pitfalls the daily papers this week carry a story of a forpier georgetown man albert haddell who now lives in st catharines and has been reported missing he left for his summer cottage in the parry sound dis trict but did not show up there and his car was found abandoned in windsor the death of miss katie ryan last week removed one of georgetowns best- known ladies who for many years carried on her duties faithfully and well as clerktreasurer for the hydro commission it was always a pleasure to chat with her for a moment when paying the monthly hydro bill our new high school reporter is doing a aooci job and we hope that his column will be enjoyed as much as those of his predecessors doug latimer and bob addy both of whom are now students at the university of toronto we intend to look over the arena with bill bell sometime this week and prepare an item for next weeks issue telling of the improvements which have been made during the summer i lie anxmusfaccd gentlemen you see around town these days are the members of the hockey cub who are shaping up this year s team mdst of us dont realize how much work goes on behind thesoenes to mould a champion team and if it were not for their efforts hockey would not be the drawing card it is during the winter the younger generation has been leading a gay life these past few weeks cant remember ever having so many reports of birthday parties as we have in this issue pagtl just what would your wife live on if you were no longer here to earn the money theres a mutual life of canada policy specially designed to lake care of just hit contingency for you consult our local reprosenxgtivo he will show you how a new source of income can be providod for her protection at low cot utuai of canada i hmd ofhci wathioo out l youll find your local representative here j jack t armstrong oliithlct hkpheskntative gkoucktown g t harris branch ofkioe manager hhampton schultz electrical construction industrial commercial and domestic wiring distributors for renfrew machine products cream separators milking machines scales wood and coal ranges fred schultz phone 531w directory t de j bdwns mom xray pental suhqkon georgelown- phone so dr clifford re1d lj3i dds i ukntitrr phone- 410 qen evenings main street georgetown elmer c thompson insurance service fixe auto windstorm c p railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone how or j georgetown nielsen tito chiropractor br ifcefs let 34h year of practice lady attendant mtok tite ms5 ttxnv wed st7a- sttd w m ojer dominion store georgetown phone mow lever and hosktn chartered aeeemitaat successor to jenkins and hardy 1805 metropolitan bldg 44 victoria street toronto el 0131 leroy dale kg m sybil bennett kc mill street barristers and solicitors georgetown phone 19 lahgdon and ayuworth barristers and solicitors notaries public kenneth m langdon georgetown kikst mortgage money to loan otficcs roxy theatre bldg mill st phone 88w georgetown consult j a willonghby a sow for complete real e8tar bervick head office toronto 1m yonge st ad 0609 city and conntry haaus farms and msaall acreage industrial and bmlnsas properties tom he wson is your local representative phone juw j frank fetch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 301 georgetown p o box 413 monuments domestic ana foreign granites best sandblast equipment for cemetery lettering oranievllle monument works orangeville ont dr c w sayers dvm veterinarian guelph street opixisiu armstrongs garage phone 11 r adio repairing we specialize in this work 19 years experience j sanford son i phone georgetown 34w monuments xi 1 pollock campbell i 02 water st north 1 g a l t i designs on request j phone 2048 inspect o work in i greenwooa cemetery nursery stock roses shrubs trees evergreens magnolias bulbs for fall planting gooseberries raspberries red and black currant j b wilson maple ave phone 248 opposite golf course tom hews0h 0 general haulage sand gravel fill cement blocks cement charles hancock phone 113r7 representing willoughby real estate agency de laval milking machines and cream separators s international motor trucks hudson and rover cars ferguson tractors and eq george white threshers used tractors and cars centaur tractors woods electrical eqrinent milkers grinders coolers a our mill street office- ia jtiat around the thebank of c office 332w f residence a-