nw welfare channellii g body feels function misunderstood georgetown a new social ret erral committee jt up a month ago to tort out the tang le ot welfare awlttanc which sometimes result to newly fain ules gettlps more than their hare of aid drew a poor atten dance at its last meeting and some members feel it la because the organisations alms have been misinterpreted this committee was formed primarily to avoid duplication of services not in any way minimize the valuable work done by the various organliat ions the secretary mrs mary htzmaurice said in a news re lease this week each georgetown organizat ion which provides for assist ance to people or families who qualify for t is supposed to be represented at each of the com roittees monthly meetings attending the february meet ing were mrs rosine levy harry ievy mac mcbrlde mrs mary persons roy ballentlne mrs s walsh mrs connie jiwiiqfjin the committee listed its func tions as 1 to fugnel all wel fare and social service informs hon to avoid duplication 2 to operate only as a referral com mittee and to see that investig ation of cases is carried out by the proper authorities 3 to keep record of any help now be ing given a family by a local or ganization and keep such ialor mation confidential the committees territory is the same as that covered by the georgetown fire department since it came into being the committee has seen to aid for 17 families provided a baby sit ter and housekeeper in one case clothed 41 children provided transportation to two families requiring it provided a pair eye glasses supplied food the value of 125 and provided two layettes plus medicine w roy ballentine is commit tee chairman vicechairman is mrs s g walsh secretary mrs fitzmaurice and treasurer ed ward l burman in the mail bag on st patricks day recalls irish giants limebouse ont dear sir giants have been mentioned nfrom the beginning of time from goliath in the bible to gab- baras the arabian giant of an cie rome there have been many real giants most of them different from the legendary ones in that they were seldom strong and did not live too long the one i am thinking of and heard so much about was patrick mux phy bora at kiliowen co down june 15 1b34 many anecdotes were banded down from my grandfatherwho knew the family well his mo thers name was peggie cunn ingham and she was raised in the same district as grandfather he was 8 1 in height and there is only one record of taller insh giant he was very kind and humble and his great strength did not make him agg ressive in any way he was courteous to all especially the old and infirm with great res pect for law and order but woe to those who misbehaved in his presence once when he went to a foot hall match two players from opposite sides got into a hassle he seized them by the should ers lifted them up to his own height gave them a good shake and put them down again that was the end of that another time a neighbour was using offensive language he caught him with one hand and put him on the other side of a stone ditch walking along the road he came across a few men trying to get a cow out that had fallen into a drain he just put his arms around the cow and lifted her out with ease to the amaze ment of the bystanders like most giants he spent a lot of time on the road touring make his living that was when he met tom thumb the famous english midget whose real name was charles straton and who stood 2 7 they became great friends most people have heard of tom thumb his marriage was one of the highlights of the last century he reached the age of 42 patrick was not so lucky he died at 28 at marseilles france his remains were broughtbacfc to riltyoney one of ireland s most ancient burial places a celtic cross is erected there other irish giants were pat rick cotter 0bnan 8 3 born i kinsdale 1761 died in 1804 and edward malone born in co meath 1665 he stood t 7 in the british museum there are two handbills describing twin irish giants bo in 8 ft high they appeared at newcastle in 1784 and were described ai handsome and a sight to behold also in the museum is found the description of a boy giant cornelius degrath dated jan 31 176s he had a powerful physique stood 7 3 and wrlat measured ttyard notlo be outdone by the men is found a description of an irish lady giantess she was 7 high and beautiful ot form and face lived near portrusb not far from the giants causeway this strange formation as the name implies was built by mac cool the legendary irish giant as a road for the giants to get to irejand from scotland come to think of it a little giant strength would come in handy nowadays ball club sponsors st patricks dance a st patrick s dance held by the hornby ball club on saturday night march 12 at the hornby towers golf club with 160 attending mrs betty laklng held the winning ticket for the draw on a bouquet of roses which was decorated with ten one dollar bills a basket of flowers donated by steve trencs was won by douglas mccallum music was supplied by whal ey s orchestra a buffet lunch was served the march meeting of st stephen s anglican church guild was held on tuesday night march 8 at the home of mrs betty royce a lucky draw of a carpet valet was won by mrs jean harrop two aims were shown one day s poison and are you safe at home catherine graham the mail bag find the money says avid hockey supporter rr no 2 streetsville march 8 1966 dear mr editor hockey being a favourite sport of mine i was pleased to see faced with deficit ask town for 1000 for hockey competing with the industrial commission and the cedarvale farmhouse on the front page of last week s herald it is certainly time that the finances of the hockey associa tlon be discussed on the front page it is also time that mr norton to mention one repres entative be rewarded for his begging for this is what he is essentially doing and not for the first time either i respect cr bui smith rec reation chairman for his hon esty but honesty will hardly er ase the 1500 deficit with which the minor hockey support group is faced he points that a grant would have to come from somewhere else surely cr smith is well enough infor med to be able to stake a few more tangible sources for their grant a question which comes to my mind is what has the council done with the money a lotted to our honorary mayor gibbons after all he did refuse it certainly our honorable mayor would not object to don ating his wellearned honorar ium to such a noteworthy cause as the hockey support group if not is this not indica tive of the apathy found among a substantial proportion of our citizens if an allowance for this assoc ation were made in our taxat ion system a parent might ar gue why should i contribute mysondoeant play hockey if this is the case why does he not object to the road taxes when he knows for sure thore are some roads which he never travels on however my object here not to cast aspersions on the councils head and i must in all fairness point out that last year the council offered a ban quet md trophies to the champ lonship winners the peewee and the midget hockey teams but how many banquets and how many trophies can a player withstand when the hockey representatives declined the of ter and asked for monetary as sistance instead tempers flared and the outcome is still only divulged to the in group in conclusion on behalf of mr norton and on behalf of the group which was pleased to read the article in last weeks herald but was too apathetic to voice an opinfon i ask you the the council and you mr mav or to find this money some where and to make provision for it in future years and if this letter does not convince you that you must remedy this situation perhaps others who feel as i do will overcome their apathy and make use of the mailbag to voice their op inions i remain respectfully yours d hacbmann th1 gioronown hiralo thursday march 54 1h4 page 3 on thursday evening march 10 the members of tbe evening unit of hornby ucw met at the church and went from there to the brampton mall bowling alleys where they enjoyed feivctiingrbtlnrriertrer urncd to the home of mrs har old macpherson where a short meeting was held with 13 ending birthday greetings to the ol lowing who are celebrating bir thdays grant lee and bruce bailey on march 16 pat furtp ance on march 17 billy porter and david bailey on march 18 jackie feenstra on march 0 mrs mildred mason mrs jan hill charlie austin and scott leslie on march 21 george brownridge and janie snow on march 22 34 pass examinations at academy of music thirty four students of the canadian academy of music were successful in the winter session examinations held rec ently steel and spanish guitar and accordion are the instruments studied by the pupils heading tbe twenty who re ceived first class honours wen pierre lemieux and raymond gllmore each with 91 per cent for steel guitar others in this category were david burns jeffrey brown tpny zamocj michael green dim schipper janlce brown linda gllmore dorothy hancock ineke bos philip hotisinger- marion keip patricia lairamboise michael warman nino martina karen leonard keith green bruce gregg and keith engelhardl the ladies of hornby united church catered at the annual dinner meeting of the halton egg producers association held in the church basement on mon day night mrs lloyd marshall mrs kl mcr may mrs mildred mison mrs shirley rutledge mrs muriel lowden and mrs dianne may of eden united church at tbe family fashion show at the georgetown district h i r h school oittuesday night mr and mrs cam eve have sold their home and will movins to their new home oakville in ihe near future a successful farm aucti sale was held on saturday march 12 bv mr and mrs axe peterson who have sold their farm and are moving this week to oakville sincere sympathy js extended to mrs doreen mcmurter and family in the death of her fath er albert mansfield mr garry hamilton kent and kendra visited on saturday with mr and mrs roy south of brampton receiving honours standing were ivan jooss ross taylor guytoymttvuueirteder r mond burrows ken majuery james van harmelen sharon gedcke munellc paulin and james colter those in the pass category were diane hoi ntiuk time haarmeyer jack brouwer and brent mcnivcn art school class to continue now as club so enthusiastic were a num ber of students in a night school class at georgetown high school this year that they have dea ded to continue as a permanent group choosing the name palette pencil club they are now look ing for a meeting place for their tuesday evening classes commercial artist frank black a town resident who in structed the class is honorary chairman of the club other officers are mrs terry moul- den chairman mrs pearl guth rie vicechairman mrs john hogg secretary and mrs t burgoyne treasurer mental health clinic head meeting speaker those who attend a meeting of north halton association for the mentally retarded next week will hear a distinguished speaker dr katato director of the mental health dime at the ontario hospital hamilton he came to canada in 1956 af ter six years of private practice in his turkish homeland and has done postgraduate work in internal medicine and psy chiatry at st joseph s hospital toronto and the university of western ontario the meeting is in st paul s douglas leslie and sons don aid and scott enjoyed some icclunted church milton friday nshing at lake simcoe on satur march 25 day mr and mrs john mccarronl spent the weekend with mr and mrs n lord of toronto rosedale floral flowers for all occasions weddino arrangements cruats a specialty cut flowers and funerai designs we wire flowers 12 albert st tr 72932 mrs stanley may mrs del bert downs mrs barbara kin and mrs john mcmillan attend ed the annual flower show of the garden club of toronto held at the otceefe centre last week mrs mary phpuance enter tamed 15 ladies at her home last thursday mpht at a tup oerware party contests were held prior to the demonstration of household aids 31f increase in business during 1965 reported by president halton peel trust savings company at their annual meeting highughts of 1965 annual report 1h5 1964 sctotiiihi 4umk syi4naia 41sn7u jixtf73 7r7714t 6797104 mmm 100000 mjxi 22296 13mm 113471 5m13m 43051670 officers directors o e manning president dic a martin vscepreadent w j beatty vice president o s mcuuchlin secretary j r barter f bamngham j a carroll a g clarkson p eng p a fener g h fan q c j m ftasar e d goulding e m milne j pengilley e slacar s beatty ca general manager trust officer mortgage officer c o cantlon c a c c tight r i a appraisal officer g r s foster angus macmiran q c manager estaaesdepl d s mclauchkn tension officer j f odrowsky services a offices haaiofffc- oawila other offices brampton burlington simco cooktvillt llusjwji loans milton amtaoal somen a ddm brampton milton 28 num street north 252 main street g w kenrtedyt mgr lorn skuo mgr septic tank pumping wmping tiu trtnchlns grsval pill halton sanitation services ron and bill mcgowan i77725s h heat your home the modem way with natural oat and smart chinook auto matte gat furnace abl miivrdl got llh ih oio- aotfc chinook iii o yo btindont htet for tha moil com tto ownook fw mcti high afft dancy ntm low firol cottt fullr ticloiad lt twtton brou nwtet blittta looking mil y b proud of rhthompson hardware puimbing heating tr 72971 btoaiomioqi kuii low i youre within a good drive and two putts of 4 golf courses 2 bowling centres 1 public library i dance hall and just about any recreation shop or service you can think of i or locality has a lot to offer good shops good services good people so look first to home for your needs let yoor fingers do the wafting th die yellow pages to find the above p an many others efcrjbbbbjga bete is towa