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disagrees adult status for age 16 in court magistrate kenneth m lang- don of georgetown halt on countys senior magistrate last week spoke out against the on- tario law which compels court i to try 6 year old youths as ad ults regardless of their mental and emotioaal lack of maturity this court has stfme concern about the importance thu law attaches to the sixteenth birthd ho told a burlington high school student charged with the the of auto scats radios and parts jh ontario you are treated as an adult in qjcbcc and british columbia you would still tic treated as a juvenile if juveniles pfead guil ty tw orin ial record is attach- ed tn them thfcs court ielicves that hrah- ding youngsters as hard magistrate k m langdon enetl criminals at this ago is wron i know it is wrong butitkthe law the magistrate also found fault with the law that tetrnm ales joarthlal control of children who have reached the age oiltl he took pleas of not guilty on ccj of throe charges the youth was charged with stealing three auto scats from a car which had been left at a gar age for repairs he was also charged with stealing a portable radio and also a number- of auto parts the accuse youth svo police a statement admitting the theft of the articles his father and a former employer testified to his goc character magistrate langdon refused to register a conviction against the student but ordered that he be held in custody for one week for judgment and for prepitra tion of t probation report on the hoys background the magistrate admjlted that remanding the youth in custody without convkthig him wasan abnormal procedure hut icsaid he feels it is the only way the court lfclieves u can do justice to accused in tholnng run the magistrate has been crit icized at vairbus limes by dc- fonsc lawyers for his protv dure of remanding accused per- ions in custody without trgjit- tering a conviction it his been 8000 increase in county population in last year the population of hal ton county continued to increase this year but the rise was less than in j 067 f figures released by coiuity assessor ilobert reach shows the population this year increased by 8079 to a total of 160731 this represent an increase ni 5 per cent compare with 605 argued that this procedure is illegal magistrate iangdon doends his action on the grounds jt permits the coiih to gain luck ground material about the a- cused iicforc disposing of the case or boorn pawing sentence per cent last year the total in crease last year- was 0107 george tawryho wed the most spectacular increase due main ly to rapid residential develop ment the towns population in creased by 1 905 this year to 14528 the increase in 1067 was 58 following are the population figurrs for 1067 and ldflfl fol lowed by the increase and per centage growth jn brackets acton 4120 to 604 175 3d per cent- burlington 7i7b1 to- 76075 up 494 6 per cent th1 oloroattown hikald thursday octomr 11 ims page 3 georgetown 12603 to 14 dob up 1005 lfll per cent alllton4670 to 6726 up 56 84 per cent oakville 55218 to 56152 up 034 17 per cent esqucsln twp 8037 to 8605 up 568 71 per cent nassagaweya twp2b04 to 3041 up 147 51 per cent the onjy municipalities which didnt have a greater increase tha in 1067 were burlington and oakville last year burling- ion had an increase of 6323 while oalrvl lies population in creased in 1067 by l257 in creases in the other municipali ties last year were acton jo georgetown 058 milton 50 ksqucsing 436 nassagaweya 0q- 1 u j- coming coming blitz fund campaign forcars canadian arthrlru and rheumatism society thursday november 7th canvassers willing to assist hsa knights of columbus and cyo in this worthy causa please contact wiluam kent 8774418 sz happy day nursery serves pre schoolers happy day nursery school i has put a nt- look on the old stoho house at the west end of limchousc as early as 730 in the morn- nig children begin arriving to apend their weekdays jn the spacious playrooms and enclos ed backyard some stay as laic as 530 depending on when their parents finish work under the ownership of mr and mrs l c hegcn the school began operation this fall with a govern mi nt license and a st t of three mrs regent was formerly in charge of the teach ing staff at the jack and jill school in brampton assisting her are mrs l pankcnin of ceorcetown and mrs hose or limchousc j as a nursery school th staff is not allowed to teach the children regular school work the program includes sing songs story time simple crafts and playtime under the willows outside lunch is served at noorr iollwed by a rest period before jesuming afternoon activities urs regent firmly believes that children who attend nurs- i ery school are at a definite ad vantage when they enter the regular school system wc can help them with their coordination and improve their powers of memorization and their attention span says mrs kegcnt soma of the children come from families with several children and the mothers simp ly cant devote too much time to tha child in nursery school they learn to share and get al ong with others discipline can he a problem with younj children the first week it was wild admits mrs hegent she solved the problem with at naughty chair where the beamish stores flannelette blankets guilty party must sit while the others go on with the regular program missing the activity work- wond rs and now thai thc qjttnren have settled into ihc routine they hve very lit tle trouble the girls and hoys range from three to five years old at present the school has an en rolment of 20 from tho surroun ding countryside and george town ojie little girl goes out two days a week from acton mr regent has a small scliool van for transporting tho chil dren to and from school and on field trips recently they taur- ed kprtright water fowl park near guclph and more trips arc punned in the future the school has been thorou ghly checked by education in- spectors for equipment and fa cilities th pla rooms are stocked with games and lures there arc swings and a slide on the enclosed hack lawn mr regent has constructed wooden horses and a make-bo- lieve wooden boat for the chil dren because lie claim- the i mercial toys dont stand up under constant use lw home made kind encturatfe the chil dren to use their imagination because they arc less than per fect reproductions he claims size 70 x 0 fccq 257 sale- all purpose utility cloth towels assorted prints colors ironing boards mu ortw apuc np adve beamish stores carrie mann piu1 tha cookies at lunch lima georgetown market