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georgetown herald published by hm tewapapere imiitad 22 main street s georgetown onrono w c biehn publisher thursday february i6h1 1947 editorial comment up tempo for georgetown indications that georgetown it enter ng an up period in its history were no yer more evident thjan in last week her id head ng after head ng on news stor es told of a bustling future for our town r for example buys industrial lots plans factory bliss seeks 8 acre prop erty for warehouse two additions publ c school in planning halton hills plans recreation area remodel day foot factory for apartments new church parish hall for glen new town police building tenders for second rc separate school dedicate new christian reformed church tired of lsd sunday evening is one night that we foot forward to relaxing and watching few hours of telev sion time was when we were an avid fol lower of ed sullivan before the influx of the kooky groups and scream ng audience which is turning the adult audience away in droves this year both national and private canadian networks gave promise of some topnotch thows competing in the ten o clock lot but these have been wrecked with to much tex and sensationalism that an average viewer is hard pressed to watch the drive being portrayed week after week we had watched the notorious nan ranted cbc show a few weeks ago and ince then decided that candid camera on the buffalo channel was more our cup of there is a danger underneath the boredom wh ch the ls d discussions engenders there must be m concern that it can have tragic effects on youngsters who might be encouraged to try this dangerous drug lured by m sin for inaiion when students at the university of toronto are allowed to sponsor such a de generate group of musicians poets and drug addicts as appeared there last week end there s real cause for concern there is a trend today for university itudents to demand and get more and more autonomy for professors to fa delib erate nonconformists and for any critics to be labelled squares it is a difficult matterto conifer a and so it went all through that herald issue any one of these would have been a major news story a few decades ago when growth was at a much smaller pact today everywhere one looks there is change building an air of activity as geor getown rapidly moves toward dry status where there were farm fields only a few short years ago there are homes and fac tories a population of 2300 has quadrup led in a quarter century poised on the outer edge of three large metro areas georgetown future is bright and shining progressive and exciting tea but this sunday we decided to give ctv a twirl in hopes we could have soma interesting view ng we tuned in just as the talk began about lsd surely the most berated subject m todays daily newspapers and tv shows we switched to candid cam era only to find even that show was try ing for some sort of message interviews with children and teenagers about what they think of their parents then the par ents views on what his child had said we turned the set off in favour of a n ce program of music on fm seems to us that ifs about time we woke up to the fact that most of the people in todays world are as normal as they ever were that we might enjoy hearing a bit about those who flout convention but that as a steady diet it becomes a bore why paul we thought you held the record all by yourself harley to halton weakly observations by dr harry harley mp for halton the armed forces uniqca hon bill has received second reading which is approval in principle and has now been re ferred back to the standing committee on natonal defence or further stud this com mittee is composed of mem oers of parliament from all political parties in the house of commom and will hear wit nesses both for and against uni flcatlcn of the armed forces this committee meets every day and some days meets three times a day in order that tho issues be fully covered and it is hoped completed before the close of the current session of parliament on march 10th i would expect tfiit the tactics of tho opposition would be to delay the bill is much as pos sible in committee in a last ef fort to prevent unification of tho armed forces the bill on deposit insur ancc has also been approved in principle and referred back to the banking committee this bill will apply to federally chartered banks and trust companies and will provide government insurance for all depositors up to a maximum of 20 000 i am very pleased to see that the province of ontar 10 has introduced similar legis lation which will apply to pro- vmcially chartered banks and trust companies this wilt en sure that tho people of ontario will have their savings insured up to this maximum and will therefore prevent ihe complete loss of a depositors savings at the present time the house of commons is debating the mini budget which la to provido the money to pay for the supplementary old age pemon as is iisujil in this de bate any topic may be discuss ed and the topics are very often wide and wild it is notfis peeled that this debate will run the full six days that it is allowed to take but will prob ably close after four days of de bate actually the schedule of business in the house of com mons is proceeding very well i am pleased that the town of milton and milton heights will soon have door to door mail delivery we have been working in con junction with the officials of the town on this matter for several years and are very pleased that the postmaster general has now given his authorization th s new service- will be of great convenience and benefits to the residents of milton and milton heights i feel it appropriate that this will come into effect daring centennial year sugar and spice by bill smiley my final day student body particularly when universities are endeavouring to develop young minds to th nk for themselves but there must be some measure of control not only for the students suddenly freed of the restrictions of home but for the future generations that they will influence as teachers engin eers business leaders more senior citizens can perhaps come to accept a new morality as it re popular ry called tf it is in fact morality but if this is to become a total lack of morality a redlsposition to break all the moral codes which we have painfully created over the centuries it is time to fight back the best starting point is in our uni versities where a board of governors should fart cracking down on such things as mo weekends shenanigans kerrs column mj p reports to georsetown frem queens park there has been a great deal ef publicity grven to my propo sal for a form of regional gov eminent for halton peel area i want to emphasize that i still believe mr plunkett as a result of his review has made many recommendations whlcs are very loeical and deserve great cons deration whatever form future government takis for the area many of his rer- ommendat ons will eventually be adopted however mr plunkett imam recommendations are that hal ton and peel be cut up into two large mun cipal units one bas ically urban and the other basically rural he advocates complete elimination of all ex isting towns and townships in the two count es mr plunkett also recommends one utility commission for each of the two proposed municipalities with some local control aa most readers know these proposals are for the most part greatly objected to municipal officials in counties except possibly oakville the burlington c ell particularly seems to object to mr plunkett i ideas altho unfortunately it has offered no alternatives nor ha it appar ently made suggestions to the knitter of municipal affairs aa requested neither ou tea tawn ef oakvilhs my suggestions for a two- tier system was for the follow ing reasons it would plaos burlington a future in the halton peel or bit where it belongs 2 it would eliminate much of the unnecessary duplication of county council and the archaic method of administration con ducted by these bodies 3 it would set up one reg ional council with authority ov er halton and pee dealing with matters common to both such as arterial streets and roads welfare service administration of justice planning assess ment major sewaft work pol lludon ant conservation etc 4 it would allow financing of capital works on a regional bail 5 representation by popula lion on the regional council 8 maintenance of present mu nicipal boundaries for me time being 7 regional edueatlo boor with representation from local school boards for the main function of planning budgets for capital expenditures and ge neral education pohey it is not possible to go into detail in a eolamn such u thk ind therefor aim mat mid ever bknptiscatio there could be an orderly transfer of such functions out lined above from the local mu nicipality to the regional coun cil with a minimal of disrup tion in the meantime the vit ality of the local councils coold be maintained with the object live of future amalgamation between exisiting municipalities taking place with direction from the regional council and prov incial government metropolitan toronto started out in 1054 with the metro sys tem of government and thirteen municipalities it now has six municipalities i believe- in orderly evolu tion with support from most of the people mr plunkett s boun- dery recommendations arc too drastic and do not seem to have popular support further more i am unaware that any municipality which having sub stantially extended its boundar ies resulted in any tax savings to the residents ojc i know- enough is en stugh this is positively the last m a series of columns on edu cation let me repeat that im no expert just a parent tax payer and teacher and equally concerned m each role ive been critical in some quarters no doubt my remarks nave been considered rank her esy but there is a positive side lets look at il host cheering is the tremen dons interest in educational im both from within and without the system dep artments of education are spen ding large amounts of time and money in an at tempt to scramble into the se part of the twentieth cen fcury new universities are spring uur up like mushrooms with fresh and invigorating ideas vital young teachers ken and women in all walks of life are taking a hard look at what they are getting for their money and what they it for their children as a result of these things much of the old rigidity and lnflextblll ty are crumbling under heaw ere change era coming it t not any asler to at them d than to make a team ef break into a eallop but theyre earning wan though hey may sal- right through ha fence thomas acqidnas hasn t much to say to the swingers of today with the new morality on one side of them and nu clear annihilation on the other in fact a punning colleague suggested should ould acqui nas be forgot egerton ryerson is not exact ly haunting the halls of ryor son institute it s more likely he holding his heavenly head in his bands with horror as he sees the students of that estab lishment putting arway more ale per capita than their prototypes of oxford and cambridge in the days of elizabeth i however we drift here arc some of the improvements some may flop but at least the ponderous pachyderm is pulling its feet out of the mud at last with a resultant re sounding squelch teaching machines televn ion computers will take over 00 per cent of the dissemination of knowledge they axe a fact now the kids of todays students will have to listen to boring tales 7rom their parents about the good old days when there was a teacher in every classroom this revolution in turn will eliminate the lock step progress of the present where the swift are held back and the slow are scrambling because cours es are aimed at the average the kids will move at their own speed learning will be satisfy lng and exciting there 11 be strong opposition to this there 11 be dark whisp ers that it is undemocratic that at will produce an elite they 11 say its bad for tho bright child because he won t be emotionally mature if lets eay hes ready for university at 13 baloney education isn t de mocratic now not whan one kid has to slug groceries after school to buy decent clothe and a classmate is out skiing nat when the first kid ham t a chance to go on became ha muit help support hli family white the second kid goei off to university to find a hutband better mn elite of the mind than an elite of middleclan money and morality as for the emotionally mature bit that too is poppycock some people are emotionally mature at 10 others never another bi change will be curricula kids will be taught less facts more about life that is instead of square roots and dangling participles and the pcloponncsian wars thej ii learn svbout themsphes ind other people about beauty and economics abjt leisure and love annual examinations which have about as much to do with in the mail bag raise library grant is teachers plea news echoes from the heralds of 10 and 20 years ago as far back as the 3rd cen tury bc greeks were sure that tn world was round georgetown herald i hy hanoi georgetown ontario walter c atteeas publisher production paperiateadent news editor terry barley accountant aueea bradley frank nllla adver jlff mrs harry judd clerk anna cnrrie reporter leant clark date heauenj myles gilsoe joha mcdeoseou eight grocery stores and meat markets will commence new store hours next week council on monday estab lished the new hours by an amendment to the store closing by law after receiv ng s pel t on ask ng this from seven of the n ne bus nesses nvolved the stores will be closed every monday nationally known bandmaster alfred h perrott has re turned to teed the lome scots band after an absence of one year from the conductor s stand during his ab sence the band was under the leadership of j dvorak grandson of the famous scandinavian composer an ton dvorak clarence benham ass stant town clerk for the past two years was appointed acting clerk by counc 1 at their meeting last wednesday fred thompson s rink was successful in w nn ng the annual curling compel t ion in which twelve rinks were entered other members of the rink were g burt l trecey and w rttchie the high schools grade 9 and public schools grade 8 played each other twice in hockey games th s week and each won one high school doug ireland goal earl walters bud hyde defense ke th scott don bums ke th king forwards alternates don lawson ron denham java barber b ii hew tt b ii maccor mackf publ c school terry bludd goal ivan huffman frankanderson defense jack dsv dson bud varey cy wison forwards alternates jun or grace butch richardson jack bettke doug norton 2nd february 1987 dear sir as teachers we have a vest ed interest in libraries and apples whatever the reason and we are sure that every lit tie apple even the alleged bad apple m the library basket played its part only the blind could deny the improvement made in the library in recent ydars the statistics have been made public but statistics do not account for the pleasant it mosphere which makes our lib rary a source o civic pride as citizens we agree with his education as i have to do with sophia loren will vanish schools will have shorter terms more frequent holidays but will likely operate year round teaching will improve be cause it will become a dynamic creative profession attracting the dynamic creative people i hate to spoil this vision of educational utopia but i have one more prediction the whole thing is going to cost more and more and more that s the only prophecy i will uncondit uonally guarantee worship the mayor that esqtics- ing township should pay for services rendered u how ever our counciiunder the lea dership of its mayor fails to persuade cajole or compel es- queslng township to pay its lib rary dues the responsibility still lies with council and ma or to make our library grant at least equal to that of milton at the nomination meeting the mayor pleaded for reelec tion for centennial year we would respectfully plead with his worship to give the llbray more money for more books books could very well be our antidote to tv yours sincerely mary h hardie j a redwood vcrna darcie jane l kewley joan b silk glen emerson mary patterson margaret bilsborrow t ramautarsingh w bingham g gcmmell w w wright l a mclaren gd meakin norah williams chiropractor donald a cay dc appointments made daily call tr 73401 30 mill st georgetown chiropractor oarald w corblt dc open dally by oppolrrtment house ctlls arrange i774u1 11a main st north w h cam professional engineer consulting insineer ontario land surveyor office 1775211 77uoo home dax developments limited lulldera el pino homes prop waltrr paeholok 774111 or 177041 monuments pollock camp bill designs on request inspect our work in greenwood cemetery hon 421 75k 63 water street north g a lt ancient greeks even predic ted the discovery of america they said inhabited landsmay be found westward from spain on the way le india 1 optometrist l m brown 0 d 35 m ii si for appointments phcn 77j47 robt r hamilton optometrist 116 mountainview rd s carreul bldg for appointment phon 8773971 wallaci thompson 3rd division court clerk commissioner tr7jw3 barragers cleanersshirt launderers tr 7217 is miln s us guelph all work done an promisee prank prtch licensed auctioneer prompt service po bat 413 tr 72864 georgetown o t walkir ho oosc optomhtrist 12 main sl s brampton 4514474 res 4516243 hours b m to 8 pjm tueiday to saturday friday 8 am to b pa evenings by appointment printing op distinction statements letterheads envelopes wedding invitations georgetown herald 774101 john b love architect 17 chapel st rramptm commercial industrial and institutional buildings 43740x1 4s1m4s oiomitown animal clinic 108 qdelph street dr 11 seslcln clink open s i sjb mom wid prl saturday 11 mas isfobert p 8773374