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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 10, 1973, p. 3

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DIARY OF A YOU WALKER After a Long While the Legs Grew Heavy and Nobody Sang Editor we checked in point No at verse upon verse of The Ants and hung onto their The Herald 15 m We had done It in one go Marching we soon grew to walking sticks for dear life hour But now the spirits were voices we had pi cited up thought this would be the end Young hearts full of courage down and the eel were sore some loners walking very for the kids As for my sister and a great amount of kindness and the cries of Let s drop slowly Well from the looks or and myself we where going to were the main reasons for a out began But thank God for them I thought we should kind finish this last walk of three successful walk a thon for the groups manning the check of stick together and help one miles Come Hell or High myself and family and three of points After filling us up with another If we could So we my daughter b friends plus hot chocolate and orange lice adopted one another Cookie champ No Permit Restaurant Reconstruction Halted GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY MAY Page adopted along the route For some of us Saturday started at and finished at Starting out fresh and full of vigour we made our way wt to check point No which was 9 miles away An hour and a half later we were sitting down and drinking hot chocolate All of us were in great spirits Next stretch would be a breeze It was only 3 miles away So off we went Wew making good time so Lions Mark Time As Council Considers Recreation Complex Early Birds Social Personal Dinner was held by the management and staff of Silvers at Hunter Inn day evening May to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of the manageress of their ladles department Mrs Evelyn Saunders A presentation was daughters I Crash made to her on behalf of oil the ila was Chan Laura Brownie Pack sold 10B boxes of Girl Guide cookies proximate the number piled In front of her Escapes Injury Our rest time passed too started massaging feet As the voices grew stronger quickly Heading out again I and giving us a few tips on how so did their steps The kids found we still had the children to prevent blisters then getting really had spirit now I know with us not asm an us all together and helping us there arc some children In our way once again Georgetown that will be singing The Ants go Marching If N lhnl re happy and you know it Ta The Children Marching But now we were having Song and He s got the whole up lne difficulty keeping my World In His Hands for a long muscles in the front of my legs daughters and their friends time to come were too sore to try walking up from dropping behind So we the right way Our adopted did the one thing we hoped GOOD child Sheila was still with us would brighten their spirits We were checking in and out but now so was her mom again We sang Starting out of checkpoints really great joined our little group knowing with seven voices singing I some people I that her daughters thought we were crazy but we needed help Sheila was riding kept right her mom back now but we Joan B Carss on singing and feeling pretty were all really dragging Last escaped injury good There were no songs now No Tuesdoj morning May when Then Joking around No talking not her 69 Chrysler failed to make Sore legs and blisters on the even complaints he curve at the bottom of feet were on everyone mind Cathy dad had followed us west hill We had just completed the all day in the car in case one of Helped out of her overturned second longest stretch of the the kids wanted to quit he was car through the broken rear walk Asking the kids how they there to pick them up Now he window by bystanders she was were they laughingly was there for a different taken to Georgetown hospital Georgetown Lions Clubs pared blisters with one another reason He was pushing us on for observation North Halton community hall that 8 U letting us know we were near OPP was proposed to council in the end You could read pride Damage totalling was no work being minute rest We started out all over him for his little girl v done on It at all according to with our best song for making were passing Zellers Deputy Reeve Ernie Sykes Ants go Mar now shoes off walking in the Deputy Reeve Sykc3 a for cool grass Now wtre north of No officer explained that the club Betting to be crossing at the lights scene of an Friday Is waiting For the town to make too much Damage to vehicles driven by its decision on the proposed lhe singing was G A Beckers and around lhe John GO of municipal recreation complex dying away Now the feet were corner Georgetown and John first That will have to be made t ve the greatest or before May in order to apply heavy God how I wanted to sight any would see the Georgetown totalled POO for federal grants council last week hey had received issued stop work order written confirmation from the mediately on reconstruction of County Health Unit that a restaurant and living quar compiled with all their at the corner of Highway requests and No Sideroad ownerby Among the stipulations were cleaning up of Council stopped the work rubble on a tile bed laving of an because neither a building additional feet tile and permit nor approval from the insinuation of a septic tank County Health Unit had minimum capacity of been obtained The original restaurant Marios burned down last year In September of that year council informed Giangrande he would not receive a building on linns done to the left aid windshield The Lint of Id Money ft of b Hi foci tor any pur pose Write telephone collect to today hour Prorrtpr Invejtmtnt Corp- Boy St Toronto 366 Evps Alice 199 Mountainview Road South is the first girl to complete the YOU Walk circuit Saturday starting from Georgetown She began at and finished at I m quit but how can you quit finish line Once this decision is made Din I the Club will receive an walking D from council as to two branches from a tree We did SJ or land to help take the weight her to walk that lost miles whkh wiH be tolled Relieve me tears wcre in same time It took to walk my eyes as watched this tiny longest stretch of the site of the old sewage making this great effort miles Main someone she even Mre wc led disposal site on Main receive a certificate saying we SIMILARITIES BACK T1MF hod completed the walk How No work will be done until piggyback did we feci There only one they can acquire the land Up on my back came answer I can give to that acknowledged Deputy Reeve Sheila It good thing she question walk miles for Sykes He referred to was light But five minutes of good cause and find out similarity of the two com walking with her on my back I learned a lot about children halls and how the Lions was too much Down went that try They arc the most proposal would be less costly Sheila I told her to take her courageous little people with The recreation and walk on the grass complex will also have an Everyone myself included arena while the Lions proposal- followed suit But all too boon will be strictly a community theroadagaln Now deny my own daughters a ride up came Kelly for people SnowBrrFest Winners Receive Prizes at Dance hearts so full of deep love they would endure pain themselves to help others Their strength I have seen none to match minutes then it was down at I do a thing just for her and up for but rested being a solid little girl I ve been asked several times really did me In Poor since yesterday if Iwouldwalk my in another walk a My back answer right now is Definitely Not yet who Snowmobile Club at the club Celling the kids to sing miB wri recot elect tall acred la M down fast II about the walk a for 1974 First young walker to check back in at the Georgetown checkpoint after making the mile walk was Douglas Hole 33 Windsor Road He is 11 Expect YOU Walk Continued from Page 1 men s first prize Mary Lou Gibson ladles second prize Vern men s second prize while third prizes went to Mike Hamilton and Terry Rich prize winners received calls from the REACT trophies Kool Flame Oil and cars and sending dispatchers Monroe Others received for supplies to where they were trophies needed Another centre was set Mayor Bill Smith and up in Brampton Georgetown Recreation Twelve other persons Director Douglas Collison were volunteered their services and guests at the table for lhe their cars to help with the walk buffet and approximately was Creek provided the spent in supplies drinks dancing afterwards bandages foot powder etc said Barry Bulwell of Georgetown walk There will be no such depot in I AND Georgetown Mrs Wardrop said there organizers commended were a number of articles lost he walkers for the lack of and the committee is setting up littering What littering was a lost and found department at done was later picked up by a Rosalen Arena Brampton committee Heart hall were Jack is the car was taking us loo long to make nival vice president Evelyn the next checkpoint Every husband he Boudrca social vice president once in a while someone Cathy treasurer ask How much farther Gerald Atherly public and the answer was always the relations officer Barbara same Just a little more Cormack secretary The kids kept wanting to rest trails chairman David but we kept telling them just go Mackey clubhouse chairman on a bit more When I saw little Mackey telephone Cathy crying I knew I had to chairman end her have her Prizes won at the recent chance riding on my back Snow rally at wecame Mansfield were presented at our checkpoint Down the ball Thelma Mackey won ent Cathy There was no the grand prize plus running or smiling as we Monroe SnoShox and Kool reached this check point The Flame Oil Sheila Hill won the pace J ladies first prize Bill Bobbins CHANGE OF HOURS Motor Vehicle Licence Office Main Street South Tuesday to Friday 12 1 Saturday 9 00 00 CLOSED MONDAY w the Vat just finished reading this letlcr and he asked me why I wrote it not sure why wrote it Was it to boast of our glory for walking the miles or thank everyone the check points for all their kind and help or was 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