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Home Newspaper of Halton Hilts Established 1 A Division ol Canadian Newspapers Company Limited rtt G3X PALL J TAYLOR Publisher and General Manager PHONE Pine SECTION A TllttRATWcwSryowSTblfriSTS Paschendaele worlds destiny in our hands Today Wednesday marks the anniversary of the end of the Passcnendaele offensive officially known as the Third On that date in the Canadian Corps culminated the closing phase of the offensive with the capture of the high ground near Passcnendaele village in Belgium Stones are told of heroic men fighting under appalling conditions in mist ana rain with mud amongst natural difficulties subjected to merciless fire from the highlands above The Battle of Vimy Ridge a Canadian battle won April 12 1917 was the greatest victory of the war up to that time In the summer of 1917 General Douglas Haig the British Commander returned to the offensive It opened in June in the Belgian Flanders with the capture of Messines Ridge Sir Arthur Currie who commanded the Canadian Cor ps attached to the British First Army proposed the capture of one of the two heights dominating the city of Lens I Hill instead of the city itself as the main objective for this would place the Germans at the Canadians feet instead of the J other way around Hill 70 was won Aug 18 1917 To the north Haig s offen which came to be known as the Third Battle of began July 31 The aim of the battle was to force an opening in the Ypres sector for mobile operations aimed at capturing the Belgian then being used by the erman Boats submarine bases The ridge between Staden and was an early objective By late September these two villages were still in Ger man hands By the 18th of Oc tober the Canadian Corps was ordered to take the daele Ridge Curne planned to seize the ridge in three phases each would carr the corps nearer to the final objective All correspondents agreed that the Canadians had never shown greater doggedness or determination than in this at tack The capture of Bellevue Spur a western buttress stair way to was one of the most glorious feats of the war A second blow by the same two assaulting divisions was struck Oct 30 at a m The attack began in clear but very cold and windy weather The Canadians took two pillboxes nicknamed Snipe Hall and then Duck Lodge cleared Meet cheele the main village on the spur and gained possession of Source and Vapour Farms to the north of the Bellevue spin- There was a seven day pause during which the 1st and 2nd Divisions relieved the 3rd and and Currie split the final phase into two parts the second of which began Nov 10 Its objective was to gain the remaining high ground the crest of the main This was successfully accomplished by the 8th and Bat talions The terrible fighting for Ridge cost Canada battle casualties in killed wounded and missing After Passchendaele the Canadians left the Ypres Salient and never returned Thereafter it was on French soil that remainder of the First World War was fought Two memorials revered by the Canadians have been built in Gate and St George s Church The names of 6 994 Canadians are inscribed on the Gate which was erected to the Memory of nearly 55 Commonwealth dead who fell in Belgium and have no known grave The words carved on the nigh arch read HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH Courtesy Veterans Affairs Canada The nonconfidence vote that was never meant to be By Stewart MacLeod Ottawa Bureau The Herald At any other time such a perform might be viewed as acceptable After all it Ian easy for a party whip to keep tabs on opposition MPs and in the normal course of events there are often occasions when a hefty number of those Members ore other wise occupied There have been many lary votes when one party or perhaps all of them have had reason to be embarrassed by the low turn out And over the years MPs have established a sort of unwritten- rule that they do not refer to absenteeism on the opposite benches There are times when the unwritten rule is broken of course but generally speaking It a not cricket to embarrass others with attendance records But this past Monday night was not your routine vote For the lives it was or at least it should have been the most Important parliament division of the year opportunity of this resumed session for the Tories to try and defeat the dreaded Grits and this is something Ihey have been talking about constant since Parliament began Its recess three months ago CONSTANT THEME If there has been one constant in the speeches of Tory Leader Joe Clark as he tirelessly travelled Canada during the Parliamentary recess it has been his dedication to defeating the Trudeau government He has repeat edly called on Trudeau to simply resign and since that plea was obviously going nowhere he declared that his party would try to throw the government out on its ear And his caucus members were saying the same thing If the opportunity arises we will defeat them Clark said Just before the sitting resumed last week And about the same time his House Leader Erik Nielsen Was telling a national television audience that It was In the best Interests of Canada to throw out the government Its time for them to go and allow a fresh approach to see if we can work out the problems that they ve gotten us Into That was the oft repeated theme that the government is so bad that an opposition party would be irresponsible if It dldn t take advant age of every opportunity to force a general election And so the first such opportunity came last Monday night when former Tory health minister David Crombie was given the assignment of moving a motion of nonconfidence In the govern ment The motion among other things condemned the government for Its insistence on pursuing oppressive and inhuman policies causing tragically record high unemployment It was a major presentation by Crombie a former mayor of Toronto who came up with six separate proposals for improving the economic situation And although he feared that his motion might be turned back by the government he bad no doubt that It would be approved by the voters of Canada I can tell you Mr Speaker that out there In the street and In every constituency office of every member of this House that the people of this country will issue a vote of confidence In this motion tonight During his speech there were sometimes fewer than members of his own caucus listening Attendance on the liberal benches was even worse but that was not unexpected When the crucial vote came on this first opportunity for the Tories to defeat the Liberal government Conservative MPs were absent All but four of the 116 Liberal MPs were in their seats Is it any wonder that New Demo- MP Jim Fulton turned to Joe Clark and asked how he seriously expected to topple the government that way The best answer the Tory Leader could muster and It was lamentably lame was that if Liberals resigned the government could be defeated And if pigs had wings By the time Clark was accosted by reporters outside the chamber he had given up trying to explain the Uncharacteristically he just walked away In the circumstances I guess there t much else to do Toughlove a parents view To the editor of The Herald On the of Oct IB and 17 I attended the Toughlove Weekend Workshop led by Phyllis and David York founders of the philos ophy and selfhelp pro gram for parents with troubled teenagers They personally attend and lead all their work shops where parents learn how to love their hardtolove children in a new way which gives the child and the parent a more secure understand of what they should expect of one another You learn to set your own limits for you and your troubled child and consequently develop strength and confidence in yourself as a parent You learn how to work with the resources of your community to help your child grow and how to establish a cooperative relationship agencies In your community At the workshop you have a chance to see the philosophy in action and to share experiences and success stories with indiv dual parents and their support groups When you see what you have teamed is working for you and your child you then have the confidence to let go and allow your child to grow There were about 150 parents attending the workshop held at the day ton in This is the only weekend being held In Canada winter There were parents from as far away as Moncton on the east and Vancouver on the west It was encouraging to see so many concerned parents who care about the way their children act in the community and who want to take meaningful and effective responsibll for their children behavior in order to build a stronger and safer community in which to But I also saw that we need to encourage more parents to care about what is happening to our young people In this workshop the teach parents how to form a parents self help support group and how to run their own meetings using the Tougn- e philosophy They team how to effect help and support each other in taking pos actions to make cult changes often necess ary to help their child turn away from undesirable behavior We learned how to get involved in positive and supportive ways with one another to build respect and stability back Into each others lives As a parent found that new approaches take work but they are better than no approach would like to thank Phyllis and David York and the Community Ser vice Foundation of Penn sylvania for giving par such a hopeful gift a new way for parents to become a powerful and effective resource in build ing stronger and safer communities But this gift can only work If we come together work together and take action together to build more peaceful and secure families and communities of today and tomorrow We can do this by raising our adolescents In an at of respectful and loving control to res ponsible adulthood If you are an interested parent or professional per son I am sure you will be glad to know that you have a Parent Support Croup meeting in Georgetown Monday nights from to pm at St George can Church at GO Guelph St So as one concerned parent to another I hope you will come out and support me In building a network of parents who can get things done for themselves and their community I am yours sincerely Rita Sullivan Georgetown Parent Support Group Sadly missed To the editor of The Herald A longtime resident of Georgetown wham I have known for many years James Boyle who was an active member of St Joseph s Parish in Acton He and his wife Mary took care of the priests who came to offer on Sundays between the 1920s until Georgetown became a parish itself Mr Boyle also did much voluntary work for the hospital In his spare time until a few yean ago when the both settled down in retire- He will be missed by his wife and family as man of the past in Ms lifestyle his faith In God and bis honesty among men May he be rewarded for his life of devotion on earth Yours sincerely George Grabam THIRTY YEARS AOOTwo sets of swings have been ordered by the Lions Club as a gift for the new Howard Wrigglesworth School Plans were made for installing the swings at the school in the near future Seats and chains will be removed during the winter months The Club made plana for the annual Christmas draw sad visit by Santa heads the committee Prises of turkeys chickens and a dolt dressed bt are being raffled TWENTY YEARS AGOTte appoint of assessment commissioner was made by council Tuesday He replaces Joseph Gibbons who resigned the post effective Wednesday to become a candidate for mayor Mr Hibbert appointment was not opposed on qualifications two councUmen voted against it Com Harrison felt the position should be advertised Coun said Mr Hibbert should first be asked if he would accept the post at the salary reduction offered from the previous figure Coun Emmerson Hated It bra customary for a new man to start at the top figure He Intimated that after a probation period council might Increase the salary to that paid Mr Gibbons Harrison said be could not see a two man department replac ed by one man at less money TEN YEARS Ellis star right winger with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Team Canada told a Brampton audience Thursday night be Is moving to Georgetown next month Ellis was speaking to a crowd of admiring at a reception in his honor arranged by the Town of Brampton to recognize EUls part In the recent Team Canada victory over the Soviet Union In their eight game hockey series ONE YEAR AGO Twenty eight Georgetown area residents were told Friday ttfstart looking for another Job IrwtnDorsey Ltd a leading textbook publisher in Georgetown since 1967 ta to be closed by its parent firm Dow Jones Company of Delaware president Dick Willis told The Herald this week that the federal government certificate came Tours day In response to the firm Oct application to file for dissolution Facing little hope of Internal transfer the Guelph Street plant employees were told the next day they lose their jobs by Dec 31 Severance pay should be worked out by Nov Dissolution comes six years after started wrangling with the federal government a Foreign Investment Review Agency FIRA which was called In to investigate Dow Jones takeover of the Georgetown subsidia ry from Its original owner also an American company POETS CORNER Time Time It steals dreams It rapes memories It destroys all It forgives none By Antony Saxon Klngham Drive Acton At Last I meet the bright new morning With excitement hard to conceal Every nay full of The Joy of living quite real There wain I always such a time that was long ago You weft just a fleeting thought Some whom 1 t know Forget all the heartache and pain It no longer part of yea The clouds of sorrow and of Are replaced by a sky of bloc You re here yon re mine at last You re now and for evermore Time standi UU for We are what we were searching Goodbye 1 know will hurt when I say goodbye Bot It something I have to do My friend yon have been good to me Too bad Ibis love will have Is end We shared limes to be regretted We abo shared some la be forgotten my friend lit remember yon la years to come 1 11 say bow 1 feel I my life once depended on jW My world revel red aroand painted Image was painted to my I love yon new aa I always bat there will be others stag the By SUE BRAIN