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yft i w h pubtuhejd by homa newspaper limited 22 main street soutry georgetown ontario w c bjihn publisher page 4 thursday april 17th 1969 editoriai comment mill rate misleading term until there it a uniform assessment ba sis across the wholv proitfince the term mill rate is relatively meaningless y and yet it has always been popular for politicians to boasmhat their commun itys mill late is lower than another as if this was some magic reason why smiths corners is the cheapest place to live- the best place to locate an industry the folly of trusting low mill rate if shown in georgetowns tax rate this year residential property owners will pay a 68 mill rate this year compared with an 8285 rate last year but the average home owner will have his taxes upped 30 to 40 the reason a townwide reassess ment last year which boosted assessed val ues from the old basis to a more realistic picture of the propertys present value the assessment basis is still kept to approxim- dont be bashful a new georgetown group the asso- ciaion for children with learning disabil- ties is finding it tough going according to a spokesman the association has had wonderful support from teachers doctors and any one upon whom they have called for pro fessional advice but finds many parents reticent in becoming actively associated with them in attempting to solve their chil drens problems the member says parents are loathe to admit that specialized helo may be need ed for their child and terms them a un seen crippled children on the surface they are completely normal but because of an emotional problem or perhaps in the way that they are made brain signals may take different paths causing difficulty with the normal course offered in school in the past ten years there has been a wonderful breakthrough in people accept ing the fact that not all children are the ately onethird of value however so that it is still possible for georgetown to have a lower mill rate than town which asses ses at half value or a higher rate than one which uses a 25 per cent basis r those who tend to be confused must then keep in mind that mill rate is only a bookkeeping term used to establish the amount of money which an owner will pay a 68 mill rate means that for every thous- ansrjollars of assessment 68 will be owed 1o the town in taxes there-tis- no more use in comparing the 196 tfcx ra wln p v tnan there- is in the popular pastime of looking back to food prices in the thirties without comparing wages at the same time the important fact which a taxpayer wants to know of course is wha is it going to cost me same schools for the retarded have shed new light have given hope to parents and youngsters who while perhaps not able to lead what we may call a normal life have been greatly aided by special instruction available in north haltons sunshine school years before the crippled childrens assoc iation had helped overcome physical handi caps given children with crippled limbs a better chance in life correction of learning disabilities is in its infancy and georgetown is fortunate in having a few dedicated people who are prepared to do something about it the association is issuing an urgent appeal to anyone who wants to help and particularly to parents who may be having problems similar to those who are already members the local group lii backed by a nat- wrv r meet my motherinlaw for years the motherinlaw has been the butl of jskes with a touch of bitterness in them they have veen pictured as domineering interfering wom en ruining the grandchildren breaking up marriages they have been caricatured as un- welcome visitors who criticized made trouble and generally vere a great big pain in the arm and often with good rea son and love and ufa that only u unusual person can provide there was singing and laugh- ter and chatter and complete lack of tension it wasnt roses all the way she went through the depres sion and the mortgages ard those rending decisions about whether the last 50 cents avail able was going for a music lesyjl son or dress material for the girls or feed for the hens ive never been able to write j she m p throu lt sarcastically about my mo ther- patiently and ubs inlaw in the first place i waj too shed have had my hide for a door mat in the second she wis one of the sweetest and most gentle persons i have ever known c that seuhg holiday was too irish she complained like hell but she didnt whine her complaints and commona sense this is one thing that i seldom attributed to the irish rfo should be produced re- now dont get m wrong sh was no taint sh was no despite her fire she had hhie old white haired lady wonderful way of coming to handing out cookies and benev- witn the situations olency all over tke piece whether it was emotional or far from it she was born maleria r spiritual and raised in county antrim she bore three handsome ireland and she had most of children she was pregnant the traits of that peculiar race and terribly sick with one of equally quick to tears and them when she got word that laughter witty and stubborn her young husband had lost ar quick tongue and quick tern- arm in a threshing machine per warm and fiercely loyal to she tat one her own and with a wonderful dauknlers was to marr capacty for givng love broken fighter pilo her children loved her and wi a total income of 60 a her grandchildren adored her mdnth and no prospects most and her husband worshipped mothers would have fought her like so many grannies like a tigress to avert or al oakville rabies spreads decide on clinic for cats dogs the halton county health schools for retarded according 1 board alarmed by an increase to the recently approved budget in rabies has agreed to aid the she had spanked her own least rockwood grateful to hospital a georgetown couple are high in their praise of the towns hospital he owes his life to the care he got there is the way a patients wife put it when she asked the herald to comment on the fine facilities and the capable staff it is common to criticize less usual to praise humans being what they are and those who take the trouble to speak a good word when warranted do untold good in morale building hospitals dealing as they do with crit ical situations day after day are often prone officials connected with the don mills developments limit ed of toronto revealed this week they will announce 9000 acre city development that will be known as erin mills and meadowvale that will include jlaols in the towns of mississau- grand valley district high ga streetsvihe and oakville school will close in jum this the development will accommo- was the decision of the duffer- date up to 200000 people ie- in board of education at a men- tails will be outlined at a press ting in shelburne last week do- conference april 25th spite the fact that a large local deputation a week earlier had j asked for further study- hefore ional association which is dedicated to rei forty one walkers hiked the tnis action be taken the board entire 20 miles froni lowvilie decided to go ahead and iiao the to rockwood recently in a walkfscb for public school pur- athon project conceived lijnp nert term eramosa young peoples group to raise money for the missions milton sixty nine started the walk aj application to the halton r a result nearly 000 was earn- conservation authority ed for two canadan missions n made by milton cun summer of service and young- a for permission to develop ion county n k m toromo a second well at the kelso con- gait eden miluaand rockwood j arca to produce took part 1 2000000 gallons daily the acton action was approved after a let ter from trie international wj- actons educational mill rate ter supply the towns gent to put blame on those who hold that life in r bv 9 4s m4lls to prv- 1 told council the provincial con 1 lde 225363 for elemontary servation engineers were not school education and s180754 1 concerned about interference for secondary schools and i with their operation search to obtaining government aid to do the very best possible for every child who needs such help to brickbats sometimes deserved some times not for a hospital is constantly deal ing with life at the basic treading a fine line between life and death patients and their relatives are often distraught prone of the halton board of educa federal agriculture department tion acton was the only north in setting up clinics in the halton municipality increased north halton area to immunize from the original proposal cats and dogs grand valley i an agriculture department let ter to the health board said the department was ready to estab lish ciinics in north halton the letter asked assistance from a layman to set up chairs and tables for the clinic and aid the department in issuing certificates to animal owners reason the clinic is set only for north halton is that animal centres in oakville and burling ton have veterinarians to ad minister antirabies serum from april 1 1968 to febru ary 1969 there have been 39 positive cases of rabies in hal- postpone the marriage children when they needed it she gave encouragement but grew furious and tearful though her heart must have when they spanked theirs been sore and il was then that i fell in love with her she came out to canada as a young woman beautful of face nstlnct nght when and figure with long black curly hair a haughty finebon i wlfe whe ed irish look and a warm and fbm column she told me lively spirit she sang like an angel she was rot a pious womao thank god she was a virtuou woman and a reel christian i when there was sickness or i trouble she was right there i with ancient charms and cures she was thrown into a sober worked puritan rommunity and mar ried a shy young farmer who loved her deeply for 46 years and still does she fed tremps gave perhaps she was no cut nut strength when it wos needed tn be a farm wife but sho end love without stint pulled her weight she worked dying she didnt whimper to i and how she worked milk mns 0 ncr thoughts and ing gardening scrubbing wo were about those she i clothes and floors by hand she i she didnt want to leave was indefatigable in her pur- an fought to the last breath- suit of the demon dirt and her ife s gojng different i house was always spotless withoul granny but i have a but it was never sterile as feeling she wont be far away i some spicandspan houses can she couldnt stand it sheujie be it was never a house but a around as long as those who home filled with the warmth loved her are t their hands a good work like this gives a tremen dous boost to nurses doctors other staff members of an institution yhich trie its best to ease suffering to give the best care to restore a sick person to health we should say thanks more often thi mail bag 0 canada is anthem not the queen dear sir it has come to our attention that god save the queen is till being sung in several public schools in town we were under the imprest sion that this was canada and that o- canada was our nation al anthem we realize god save the queen is the queens anthem therefore it should be aung in her presence or that of hex representative the gov ernor general because of the constant use of god save the queen some children do not realize that the one is the national anthem and the other the queens anthem we feel that both the words and circumstances for the use of each should be taught heather macdonald judy nichols georgetown herald published by home newspapers limited georgetown ontario walter c blehn publisher garfield mtgllvrsy production superintendent frank mullln advertising manager terry harley aileen bradley news editor accountant valerie- tost j anne currie reporter leslie clark dave hastings myles gilson john mcclements george young news echoes from tha heralds of 10 20 and 30 year ago last year more than 8000 children were adopted through cas in ontario at last count 73000 chil dren received service from a childrens aid society in one year 1959 i georgetown home owners face a sharp tax rise this year the 1959 budget approved by council at mondays meeting calls for a 61 mill rate for houses and 63 rate for industrial and commercial properties a 13 mill rise over last year in dollars the owner of an average house in town vll pay approximately 50 more in taxes the familiar steam locomotives on the canadian national railway line through town are no more the cnr soun ded the death knell for the firebreathing monsters last week with the final shift in a series of moves which gradually phased diesels into the traffic on this line on both freight and passenger trains the last steam loco motive to take a train through the local yards was no 6219 making a passenger run from stratford to toronto thursday evening april 1 5th at 740 1949 georgetown council on monday agreed to request the minister of public works to call a meeting for the pur pose of discussing the formation of a credit valley con servation authority after it was so moved by councillors cecil davidson and jim goodlet alex maclarenjgn be half of the lions club which had sponsored initial dis cussions between municipalities jn the credit river area asked council for this he explained that two- thirds of the affected municipalities must tend in peti tions and two thirds must be present at a meeting 1939 following is the list of prize winners in the annual essay and poster contest recently conducted by the wctu in the district sohoolt essaysitgrade 9 shirley wright of limehouse grade 8 barbara couiens of limehouse grade 7 elsie fey and joan main georgetown health book grade 6 pamela cousens of limehouse 2nd susie colmarf of georgetown 3rd phyllis grace of george town posters grades 7 and 8 fred hill of lime house 2nd pamela cousens limehouse and kennetth beerman of limehouse tied 3rd bobby brown of lime house judges were mrs j f sutclrffe miss ger trude fatf and missmuriel thompson printing of distinction letterheads envelopes statements business cards business forims 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