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ttir mokmtown herald the georgetown herald a tnentsen newapapr lwakwd publication walter c blehn managing editor garfield i hcguvray productloa superintendent office staff mrs aileen bradley terry harley plant suff leslie m clark dave hastings corey b- herrington bob baskerville serving the c ef o olen wuiaans nerval balllnefed terra cotta member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontario division of the cw-n-a- authorizcd as second class mail post office depl ottawa editorial comment f some thoughts on drinking columnist ian cass hit the head nail several tifnes last week in his controversial corner com ment on drinking and the law even the most avid temperance advocates would agree that ontarios liquor laws re t outmoded as to be ridiculous they are a patch work of platitudes designed to please many shades of thought and ending by pleasing none temperance people can scarcely be happy with a system which supposedly controls drink ing by making it mysteriously wicked restrict- ing it in most cases to beverags rooms and cock tail lounges moderate drinkers can be similarly unhappy when they must btjy dollar permit for the pri vilege of buying legal whisky witfch is carefully concealed from their gaze in a governmentoper ated store and chosen by name and number ra ther than eyeappeal distillers and brewers must think it odd that their product advertising must be done with tongueincheek extolling the virtues of a sum mer vacation of fishing and hunting or telling a man how to choose a new suit we can never be convinced that our present organizations the local golf course for exam ple can serve beer and wine at any time but rye or gin only if a two dollar bjll changes hands for a special permit the hotels and legion have a licence r6eirontybeer but the two dollar bill again for a special permit allows a dub or organization to hold a special party on the same premises without such permit the law provides a heavy fine allowing hotels and restaurants to serve all typesof atcohotwould automatically eliminate any need for the specials which must entail a great deal of bookkeeping for the government department which administers them al mowing brewers and distillers sensible advertising of their products and free display at their point of sale is a minimum to ask surely in a province which accepts legal drinking and which in fact derives a mammoth tax revenue from alcohol sales to quote mr cass- our present legislation does nothing whatever to alleviate the evils of drink what we have is a multitude of petty restnctionswhich may inconvenience the average moderate drinker but which have no effect at all laws ore anything but ridiculous and the soon- on the excessive drinker if we can produce erjour government does some overhauling the sooner ontario will adopt a grown up attitude to the use of alcoholic beverages a good starting point would be to eliminate the banquet permits so common with clubs and laws which will provide moderate drinkers with civilized meeting places and at the same time deal with drunks and alcoholics by putting them either in jail or in hospital then perhaps we can make some progress boulevards need attention driving through other towns during a few summer weekends at the beach we are struck each year by an unfavourable comparison georgetown people like householders in other towns take pride in their property have neatly mowed lawns lovely flower gardens keep their homes painted and in good repair but a large percentage ignore the boulevards which grow rampant with weeds are left uncut for long periods of time and give a generally untidy air to what is otherwise a neat picture granted the boulevards are town property eniareno more than a moral responsibility of adjoining residents to keep in trim but as a pic ture is only as good as its frame so an attractive property can be spoiled by its frame of weeds and clutter the older part of town is not alone in its disregard for boulevards in the subdivisions where lots have been sodded to the street line there are many homes fringed with an area of mud and weeds betwen pavement and property line a few dollars for grass seed or sodding would well repay the ex pense for the resultant beauty lets all make a resolve to beautify our town by adding this extra touch to our properties controversial corner by un cass the case of the advocate general on july 1 5th a small item was reported from the ottawa mag istrates court a seemingly insignificant item a speeding charge was dismissed on the grounds that the accused had proved a tech nical error existed on thesummons it seems thai the warning to appear was not stamped in the correct type and part of it was illegible this sort of evasion on a technicality is nothing very new and would not normally have made news the almost unbelievable aspect of this case was the identity of the accused who was none other than the judge advocate general brig w j lawson who hold this office is top legal officer of ihe defense department and is also in supreme control of all courts martial his position in the legal affairs of this country ts a high one it is a position which requires dignity integrity honour and the highest ideals of human justice the judge advocate general is a well paid appointment and an office of con siderable authority canadians rightly expect this position to be held by a man who will through upright example and tafjffff- judg ment maintain the highest stand ards of inipartial justice in view of this it is horrifying to read that brig lawson should even wish to avoid the penalty for breaking the law it is even more disturbing to find that he has used- his expert legal knowledge to dig dp some irrelevant technicality in order to have the charge againsf him dismissed most of us are uneasy about the myriads of escape alleys and leg alistic evasion routes which exist in our law books we have seen them exploited by highly paid law yers lawyers with high incomes and low morals who have success fully defended people such as al capone and the leaders of murder incorporated when the whole coun try was aware of their guilt to these unscrupulous manipulators of the law any legal quirk or tech nicality is something to be exploi ted for the benefit of their clients and for the defeat of justice brigadier lawsons i offense was a very minor one there are very few motorists who do not exceed the speed limit occasionally per- tiaps it is a utile more important when the offender is the advocate general but if the fine had been paid there would have been news item it is surprising that the general was not imaginative enough to realize how open to cri ticism his actions were the plain fact remains the ac cused was charged with speeding the whole judicial system of this country is set tip to determine whe ther an accused person is guilty or not of the charges made in this case the question of being guilty as charged was not even considered the accused succeed ed in obtaining a dismissal on a legal technicality which must be almost unique in its puerile irrel evancy the accused in this case was a high ranking member of the can adian judicial system the law was shamefully manipulated for the benefit of a man who by the very nature of his appointment should he dedicated to the preven tion of such legal hypocrisy by association and by silent assention many other highly placed legal men must come under suspicion the judicial system of canada stands indicted streetsville centennial recalls rivers importance j streetsville one of the first white settlements in the credit valley watershed last month cele brated its centennial and the con- bervatsbn authority joins other or ganizations in neighbourly salute the 100th birthday party was a gala fourday affair at streetsville park june 25 26 27 and 28th there was a carnival games dancing a soap box derby child- rens parades and bands galore at the centennial parade on june 27 the official credit valley re port published byia otat ept of planning development con tains many interesting accounts and photos concerning streetsvilles colorful pioneer days the report tells of the begin nings of the village wnen john barnharts store and trading post was opened in 1821 of course a nevertobeforgotten pioneer was timothy street who built a dam and a sawmill in 1822 and went on to establish widespread com mercial enterprise down through the years he had many firsts to his name including the build ing of the townships first brick house an attractive residence which still graces the communitys mill street obviously the vil lage was named after mr street in 1853 barber bros built their fourstoreyed stone mill below streetsville it was the largest on he credit for many years and in its heyday contained eight spinning jacks and 55 power looms it em ployed over 100 hands and turned out 1000 yards of textile a day flour mills lumber mills and woollen mihswere important pillars in the pioneer districts economic craqture and it is interesting to to note fhat the credit nmalas an laspcatnni souree of milling power to this day i is a nsmysided un dertaking and it is hoped that through the efforts of the author ity future generations will conti nue to enjoy the many tangible and intangible benefits of having the credit remain a vigorous heal thy river streetsville is but one commun ity which owes its origin and much of its early growth to the credit river halton county weed control news by v e mcarthur county weed inspector hamilton five- yearold on picnic drowns at acton while pickmckers stood in a quiet semi circle doctors and fire men worked over the limp body of a five year old lad at acton park a week ago sunday afternoon the boy missing for hours was discovered in six feet of water artificial respiration was begun at once and continued for an hour and a half when the boy was pro nounced dead shortly after 700 oclock henry labelle son of mr and mrs aldos labelle hamilton had just arrived for a picnic when he became lost he was with a group of relatives and other children in cluding four brothers and sisters it was the first time the young sters had boon to fairy lake and they ran excitedly into the water right away they were accustomed to the shallow water of a wading pool after relatives searched the park area for the lad in vain they informed gate superintendent herb frer who searched buildings mr and mrs george hargrave called the police st john ambulance volunteers and picnickers joined in the search which extended into the town as wella out into the water opp constable bob moreau pat rolled the lake in a motor boat firemen were summoned and the education theme of hornby institute meeting what use is education was the heading chosen for a most en lightening paper on education by- mrs g busscll at the monthly meeting of hornby womens insti tute we need education to gain knowledge and attain wisdom edu cation should be useful the aim of education is to give students a living fund of knowledge from which they may generate ideas ed ucation is threefold courage work and discipline these were just a tew or the points brought to mind by mrs bussell a paper entitled good manners was given by mrs g robinson and a contest are you a word detective con ducted by mrs busscll was won by mrs j wallace mrs percy merry was the host- es for this meeting and the busi ness part was in charge of the president mrs w coulton mrs sampson the secretary is to carry on as public relations convener arrangements were made tor the august meeting when the mem- ben of the 441 homemaking clubs will be the guests mrs g robin son and mrs w hamilton assisted the hostess in serving hinds weed control in subdivisions subdivisions in our county are increasing rapidly in size and num ber the population of halton has almost doubled in the past few years and the major portion of this increase are residents of new subdivisions in or adjacent to towns while they are being dev oloped and built up weeds are a problem but once well estabtfsif ed of course public pride tends to keep them in tidy condition spraying with chemical is not too practical for most weeds even on vacant lots as it endangers the shrubs and flowers of established honies cutting seems to be the best answer yet as the reseedinr of weeds can be prevented and it greatly improves the appearance of the area sodding the roadside to the edge of the road surface is another excellent weed control practice when air the liwhs are mowed and cared for to the edge of the street by the homeowners the weed problem will be at a min imum in the subdivision here is a little bityof advice to us all in the form of a poem written by one of the public school children in last years essay competition when burdocks grow in my back yard i feel so awfully sad i take my little hoe and spade and work to help ray dad he says that weeds are terrible things they break the heart of man my advice then to everyone go kill them while you can norval presbyterian church minister the rev g l royal ba sunday july 24th summer service 10 am the christian life 4 death resurrection norval united church rev r freel ba kfj sundays 000 am sunday school 1115 am morning worship sirens alerted many others who fol lowed the truck to the park a human chain was formed to sweep through the water finally equipped with skin divers equip ment fred fuchs of toronto sear ched near the dock and located the body 20 feet from shore near the diving pier artificial respiration was begun immediately on the shore fire men with ther resuscitator the st john ambulance volunteers dr g c kenney of acton dr george syer milton knelt over the small body in an effort to rev ive the lad volunteers had a screen of blankets as their work continued for 90 minutes with the ambulance ready to rush him hospital if he responded shortly after the arrival of the coroner dr syer the boy was pro nounced dead mr and mrs labelle have four other children michael 10 carm- elle 9 dcnise 4 and daniel 2 mrs labelles brother a sl pierre and his six motherless children also live with them another la belle child died at the age of five as a result of food poisoning henry labelle had suffered head injuries in a car accident about two months ago and was to return to hospital another hamilton family accom panied the labellcs mr st pierre and their children to acton their tragic outing styling coloring cold waving telephone for appointment open evenings jjmuail dterurfjy jjmnqsl harper method specialists in skin and scalp treatments main st north georgetown ontario triangle 73651 directory dr j bum milne dental surgeon bay ml john r kerby practice of dentistry xray triangle 73841 main street georgetown 43rd year at practice 23 pjn closed thursdays lady attendant 164 guelph 3t georgetowa nj triangle 73612 dr k w mccauley dentist 6 main street north ir 74641 rf m faibiah ro optometrist mcnamara jewellers georgetown for expert eye care consult a t 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