georgetown herold a thomson nivhpawts timtttd publication sttrvlnglfw communltlaa of gwrgtttown glan williams nopat umtthoum hornby stawarttown baltlnafad ashgrova tarra cotta page 4 thursday february 23rd 19ol editorial comment services we could use councils decision to seek an unemploy- nent insurance office in georgetown is one which w hope will be implemented by erol-governmenti- jot seekers and employers arehandi- i capped when no office is located in a town of this size while the brampton office 1 does a creditable job it cannot function las efficiently for georgetown as one which fwoutd be located in the town itself student shenanigans georgetown had a taste of university i hi jinks last week when the battle of the as it may be known in future lore at imdwaster university took place in town in 1 1h small hours of a wednesday morning the mac students had pushed the bed i huntsville seeking to better the rec- iwd of gueiph oac in mis newesf forrr of port when the aggies ambushed them the bed had a brief siop in the local i police office was released later to continue i its way and the story then assumed a dtanddaoger angle with a decoy bed i going one way the original another aid a further fracas up country it is to be hoped met no one will con- rdjscussion group response a recent suggestion for re mail bag letters was most gratifying i the herald and we were particularly i impressed by the quality of the contents and the thought which went into mem penheps someone should form a dfs- umton group in town where pinion utd be shared topical questions debated land soma mental stimulation added to 1 hornet whfcvare too much ruled today by laomtent entertainment from television and nona of m take our polities seriously a good proiect mention was mad m eouncil recently f something which the herald hat men- 1 monad from time to time taking down lajgns after an event is over h would be a worthy proiect for a boy scout group to combine with a hike for a service club or the chamber of commerce on many posts and trees uptown one teas these indications of me past politic i lens pictures posters for long pest events there is another service too which a town of our size demands we notice that in some centres the government establishes an income tax in formation centre for a week or two each spring to answer questions and assist cm zens in making out their tax returns this would be a welcome facility for small businesmen and individual taxpayers who need such assistances sider this a reflection on university educa tion such escapades serve as a release valve for students who spend long hours al their books human beings never quite get over their urge for childhood pranks and when large groups of young people get together there are bound to be shen nantgans which af first glance might ap pear childish but which are no more fool ish than any age group gjfcpn the oppor tunity might indulge in today s young people we are sure will grow into ust as sedate members of society as those of a generation ago and their memories will be the happier for ust such incidents as the battle of the bed enough today and too many people read too few books and skip the editorial pages of the daily papers for the comics and for the sports section social gatherings are too often of tih cocktail variety where serious onversationiare ipipossible memn jones started something when ha inaugurated the first itons club ade laid hoodless name wttl hve in history for her founding of the womens institute ft h not too much to expect that someone right here in georgetown could give birth to the discussion club by starting the first chapter in various states of decomposition it is per haps too much to expect that each organi zation would have its own poster taking down committee which would function es eagerly as those entrusted with posting the signs in the first place though this is something we would suggest but at least once or twice a year we wish someone would take over the ob of spring cleaning memt our national game sugar and spice by bill smiley controversial corner the fact remains with reference to last week s editorial comment i have ony this to add that the georgetown herald is prepared to print this column even while disagreeing editorially with its context is an indication of open mindedness that the georgetown heralds managing editor should be vitally interested in the financial stability of his paper is only right that the herald can turnout the best newspaper possible with no compromise towards its maor source of revenue the advertisers i very much doubt however last week s column on the sub- ect of monopolies particularly monopol es in the commun ication field did not have the georgetown herald in mind that the unlimited expansion of such power without democratic redress is wrong i do not care to retreat from a position of belief inio one of convenient compromise high school to get new encyclopaedia sets of the encyclopaedia bntannica donated to the nat ion s high schools last year through the canadian school trustees association are soon to be replaced with 1961 sets it was announced bv a j thicsin of winnipeg csta president top condition w hen thi bnlanmca dona first announced limited slective reporting of ho w f democratic business thei only onesided cities publis improved product i think the amalgamation of small enterprises into larger ones frequently results in an improved product at a reduced coil lo ihe public tlfis pip- hos cinlrolli good the mlgamation of pp v itger enterprise inlo monop li1l question v ft olles and price control groups j jr cito wr bo frequently result in reduced th cmcnnati ties selection inferior goods and price fixing this is bad when the monopoly is in the held of mass communication which resuks in presenting to the public onesided slnted lr land detroit i os angtl meapolis oklihoma ihili portland sin diego san rranciseo and tul none of hum cities is that ft ld bt possible to replace tht sets from time to time to keep thtm in top conditii n and ensure studtnls of continuous jcmvs to uplo date in farm a tion most extensive a reference work of this sort is good for manv eirs mr thiessin said however we hive been told bv the pub lislurs thil the 1w1 revision in of encyclopaedia bntannica is news i tin most extensive in more than a epnention and they piicrdetermrnevbroneman the democratic candidate in eel that the 19fil sets in the or a small group of men oth wons lh h on 7 irrui this is very had in fact it ht pr and ft a long time undermining the real bed rock p s pporied this w dof m democracy j uncritical moron last week i menlioned groups and cumhims in the t prtss land periodic- field particular 1 in the i s and real brl lain i said hut mm of thisc groups stfinid to be detiitatid 1 to increasing ad gardltss of lupported this not mike for an informed public thinly ditguiied i is nol fr me to take ismii thi mail bag ministers group endorses i school religious periods with iny editor who affords me ni ihe eomplimtnt of publishing school mv work vither ein i sindin mo luck if issue is joined from the othi r suit no d tint the c st is wire donated to more thin 2000 of the countr s r ng lish speaking and bilingual schools carlv last sear and to should be stnctlv confined the denominational church georgetown ontario february 16th 1961 33 queen street i editor georgetown herald georgetown ontario i dear sir 2 it was also agreed that a great deal more could be done bv the canadian council of churches working revenue and to brainwashing tension of monopolistic tend the public into being self satis cncits in the miss communi led uncritical morons i still call in midiumswill nsult in think this is true these further thinh disluisid censor i groups makes reference lo ship i am convinced that the u l revelations maw medlum combines which uhole trulh should be readily of the bihle and the moral im in influence the avulable to free men and thai plications of them should make of twenl mi or at the prcsnt time it is not ti i of r1 edu more people i am convnced nochno cation in the class room lhat wer to mold the 4 it was also felt that ample opinion 0 mi of people provmon has been made w compeutlon ind wlth lrmd thtre the law covering this aspect of out thc prese of all points should nol be teaching tor uie children eooner darents who ar against vthey base of late become ton with the provincial boardl l ln ol education n providing pcltj ml live and construct e gufdartce l far as the herild is con evidtnee lhat thc paper s policv has changed during the past two hands ol one man rp j rvhoton at recent meeting of the f too llans msunce make le in our i 18 000 000 uni men not th quitim that these men r jgeorgetown ministerial assoc rtion it was requested that lfte secretary should forward rror wined paper an account tjf our regular meetings which r held bimonthly i am therc- ffore mbmitting to you a re- 1 port of our meeting held this i morning i the georgetown ministerial i anocutlon met in st andrews united church on february 16 i 11m main feature oi the meet j ingwu a ductuslon on the ijdmching of religion in our 1 public schoola which was led lby rev bwart madden there i has been a great deal said on i thif question both from the i pulpu and in the press follow 1 ing the presentation of much has been left for the 7 rz i pwer wisely or corruptly irdmdual minuter or teacher 1 1 y 1 not the question that t their minister or teacher to do as they please there should be more uniformity about what should be taught and what text books should be used there should be a defin ite plan and programme out tined hy those who are in a position to give leadership ft was also expressed that a meet ing oi the ministers with some of the school principals and perhaps a member of the board of education early in the school term would be a great help at such a meeting sug gestions could be given mcth ods and materials could be discussed a teaching demos tration might be planned teach theme the ministers freely ex mg techniques could be pres- their opinions and ented a question and answer period led by a board member or a school principal would be helpful 3 it was also agreed that only the basic truths of the christian faith held by all the major protestant communions and found in the bible should be dealt with in the class room there should be no place in the class room for denominat ional bias the things upon agree ai tmoprtant than ien these basic points 1 the teaching of religion in l public schools should be con i tinned as there is a very defin he relationship between relig ion and moral behaviour un i fortunately a great many par- rewtsln every community are in f dtfftrenl to the church and church school thereby greatly teductng the attendance in i- these places by teaching re- ljlgjon in the public schools a which we pen larger constituency is much more the question that they lean achieve this power this they are protesting monopo or censorship that they can ensure that their opin ions on major issues are the only ones available is a fact that the survival of democracy in the western world may de pend to a great extent on a well informed unprejudiced el ectorate is also a fact some people may think that the power wielded by the time life fortune group by read ers digest by the hearst news paper combine is democratic and justifiable i think these are potentially the most dang habitants far out of proportion to their numerical strength canada has been built upon the found atlon of the bible and the christian faith the vast ma jority of the people still claim affiliation with one of the ma jor christian communions as every census shows surely rights of the majority should be respected and the rights of the minority protect ed the law provides them with such protection this small group should be prcpar td to accept the inconvenience crou iy combine insist of their position a christian group in a land where moham medanism confucianism and buddhism prevail must pay the price of nonconformity we know that in many lands non conformity often means suffer ing and persecution but be cause of the christian concept in canada such is not the case here yours smcerelv e a pmkerton secretary of the g m a thus aiding the moral those things upon which we dis j behaviour of the largest pot- agree denominational interpre- tory never accepts ijgble number italians and matters that divide grafton encc on etimpli i will quote just one example not of whai can result from this but what has already happened during last years us prcsi dentlal campaign many of the largest cities were covered onlv by newspapers supporting the nixon nomination in other words the people in these cities could only buy newspapers ded icated to tfce support of republican candidate could only obtain papers favouring that political point of view could only read editorials with this slant were bombarded to use his increasing poutr to formulaic tht policies of his cditbrs the fact remains that he has thsl power should he care to exercise it 1 believe 500 french speiking last summer and fall in most cases the presentation wis made by the chairman of tl loci school boird in the name of a benefactor of the school or the community already bgun in 1961 revision of the en cyclopaedia bnlanmca involves more than eight million words and nearh fifteen thousands separate articles 135 of which are of specinc canadian mter- c t replacement of the sets a mijor problem in logistics has iread begun rcliil value of t t 1961 sets involved will be i 000 000 it isn t that i m scared of my wife it s just that te mak os me nervous as i daresay yours does you and yours you for example last week we had to make a trip to the city young kim couldn t come with some other piano pupils she was making her radio de but on saturday morningr on the local radio station both of us had to go so we orsanhead a baby sitter and left without small daughter wa planned to hear her perform ance on tneroad over the car radio there was the usual con fusion our car radio either goat off when we hit a bump or suddenly emits great blast of music when wo dont even know ifs switched on we werent sure we would be able to gat th- program my wlfo dithered i reassured a familiar pattern the program came tlbrough loud and clear our stomachs started to churn with that sick feeling as the announcer in troduced the children s num bers each played beautifully finally he stated as calmly as anything that kim fimiiey would now play an etude we all turned and grinned tnum phantly at each other kim sailed into her piece played couple of bars then stopped abruptly there wet a silence of about three seconds during which i could distinctly hear the pulse in my wifes temple hammering over the roar of the cars engine then the child attacked the piano again end finished the piece creditably enough tjwt it was too late the old lady was so mad and disappointed that she wouldn t speak for forty miles just sat there like lots wrfe glaring straight ahead tears of rage coursing slowlj down her stony countenance hugh and i nervouslv tried eongs jokes funny stones and pointing at the now factories nothing do ing i have related this incident merely to explain that you don t pull any boners around our house and expect to have them laughed off thafi why i had a few feme weeks over the tickets i gave them to her for christmas shes a classical mu sic enthusiast and our son is studying piano at the conserv tory to at considerable ex pente 1 organised tickets for two outstanding concerts this winter she was delighted with the gift after exclaiming oer m thoughtfulness she put them in her purse six reserved seat tickets here 1 said in a bluff manh fashion oud bclttr let me keep those you are liable to lose them shes alwavs leaving hex pune at the movies or al somebodv s house or in toronto so i put them in mv hip pocket where i cam all the things i don t want to lose well a couple of days later i was changing my pants and of course that entailed trans ferring the contents of my up pocket yep no tickets in the intervening forty eight hoursr we d visited a lot of people wandered about in snow to my knees and generally co vered a lot of territory at first i was alarmed but not unduly- so i searched by trouifenf car- fully i checked all the bureau drawers i explored my wallet thoroughly i began going thro all the pockets of all my cloth- thes no tickets i didnt have the nerve to say a word of course i checked with all the people we had vie ited i searched our luggage i combed the house from attie to cellar pretending i was che cking the insulation or some thing no tickets finally i be gan to panic the next few weeks were a whirlwind of ions distance calls frantic letter writing and middle of the night soul searching as the deadline neared the pressure built up by this time i was ripping the lining out eff my clothes i had turned my wallet inside out so often that i had found a number of im portant documents missing fer years but no tickets the day of the first conceit arrived hugh and his mum were making big plans drrv to the city have a nice din ner and drive home 180 miles in subzero weather but worth it- i agreed with a sickly smile i was praying id have a heart attack or that the first bas- sian missile would fall i went out to get gas and ell checked in the car i tried ram a couple of types on the way home but they dodged me at last after six weeks of mounting horror the moment of truth arrived she was tearing around the house doing those last minute things and crying instructions to kim and me 1 slipped rato the kitchen took a big belt out of the medicinal brandy emerged put on my most hum ble look and told her i had a terrible confession to make she thought it was about a woman so immediately sat down all ive lost the ticket i blur ted what tickets the tickets for the concert tonight and the other concert next month what in the world are yog talking about they re in mj purse i look them out of vouf hip pocket the da after chnst- mas because i knew you d lose them i didn t know whether to slay her with the nearest blunt ob ject or run screaming into the froxen wastes outside i com promised and took another big 1 slug of brandy before i started to sob uncontrollably from sheer relief as i say it isnt that im scared of my wife it is iust that she makes me ner vous words of the wise people forjit how fast vou did a job but they remember how well you did il wtiouafd w newton 10 and 25 years ago echoes at the gregory the last outpost starring gary co oper the paj off starring james dunn farmer takes a wife staring janet gaynor and henry fonda words of the wise difficulty is the excuse his samuel with extensive favourable cov lerage of republican affairs and canada tou alltacxscisocjccai from the pages of the herald feb 21 1951 and feb 26 1936 10 years ago kenneth ft harrison son of mr and mrs sam har rison of town has received his arct degree as solo per former in piano geoigetovvn will meet bur hngton in the oha inter mediate semi finals pav raises for all town em ployees were made at mon day s council meeting the pav hike was 8c an hour the four town workmen now get 1 03 an hour hit parade records arc av vailable at mcclures here are thc current top ten tcnnesee waltz my heart cries for you if they made me a king you re just in lore so long harbour lights the rov jng kind it is no secret aba tjaba honeymoon 25 years ago the regory theatre was packed lo capacity last night when ihe annua high school commencement ex erases were held 1935 schal arships were presented to joy laird lydia snow harry wril lams and elizabeth grant thomas ellenton blind georgetown resident was knocked down and shaken up when a farmers horse frightened by an auto ran ag lainst htm last week phony business she watched the door of her new establishment open to ad mit her first client business had started a good impression must be created 1 hurriedly she grasped ttus telephone receiver and became engaged in an animated con versation then an appoint ment having been aranged she replaced the receiver and asked what can i do for you sir a moments pause and then if you please maam pre come to connect the telephonet georgetown herald published by thomson newspapers limited georgetown ontane walter c biehn managing editor garfield l mcglhrray production superintendent office staff aileen bradley terry harley john olhvier advertising plant staff l 41 clark dave hastings b baskerville llyles guaos bob hacarthur member of the ceadtao weekly newspapers association and the ontario division of the cwna