the HERALD Homa Newspa of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guolph Street Georgetown Ontario L7G and Manager PHONE J Advertising Manager Reg fane A Wednesday Jane 1985 July last chance to voice concerns Its your last chance to comment Halton Hills town councillors were in a conciliatory mood last Monday Under the weight of mounting op position and discouraged by lack of citizen participation at meetings councillors delayed a vote on a recently com Transportation Study Instead they arranged for a public meeting July to give the public a chance to digest the final report and make comments to council It was a fair move by council The year study af f ects many residents who live in Georgetown and area To adequately voice their concerns the public needs time to read the document and form questions for the authors of the report Two previous public meetings were not well ded by residents and this leads us to two conclusions Either people didnt know about the meetings or they didnt care A third consideration is that people dont know how the Transportation Study affects them Perhaps the most controversial proposal in the study is the development of the Ninth Line Road South as a major highway into Georgetown This decision could change the face of Georgetown South creating the potential for more trucks more speeding vehicles and additional hazards for children Many people want growth in Georgetown and we count ourselves among them But let s not planners and consultants have the final say on what Georgetown wants in the way of future expansion and development The process allows for citizens to comment and criticize If you want input in the process voice your views Julys Antiburgher church Linked Esquesing with Vermont By RICHARD In the Scotch Block there was once tin Anil burgher church One of about half a doen congregations In Upper Canada I wondered how It came to be There are accounts of visits by American preachers in he 1820s but It was in Esquesing that one of the few churches was formed Those members I have been able to identify trace their roots toavarlelyofScotllshshircs But a nucleus seemed to have spent some years In the Vermont towns of and on the New Hampshire As I filled in the family trees of other members they were usually linked somewhere by marriage to these Scotch American families So the next step was to trace what could be discovered of the link between Esques I rig and Burnet Much of the Scotch settlement there had resulted from the activity of the numerous emigration societies of the period In 1772 a meeting was held at in Renfrewshire which led to he organization he fallowing year of the Scotch American Company far purchasing lands in any of His Majesty Dominions in America Inchinnan on the south side of the Clyde midway between Glasgow and Greenock was then a small town with a population of about The original 137 signatories to the Bond of Association of the company came from there or the towns in the immediate neighborhood Paisley Dumbarton ton and a Ico I m It was a joint stock company and each who had bought an interest for pounds 10 shillings was Clergy Comment entitled a lot when the company a gen Is purchased land in About the same time 1774 the Company of Farmers in the Parish of Kcppcn and Neighborhood was formed The town of In the valley of he Forth along with other towns drained by the Forth and Endrick comprised the area known as Si rath en from which the bulk of this company shareholders were drawn Also known as The United Com pa of Perth and Stirling it appointed Alexander Harvey of also in the Forth valley of Stirling and Mr Clark as its agents and Clark crossed the Atlantic and In October purchased he acres that became the site of Unmet While in New York Vermont had not yet assumed a separate identity they sold shares In the company to other Scots who had already migrated like James Cross from Galloway and James Somcrs a stonecutter So the base from which he Hornet people would come was broadened while the own maintained its Scotch James Cross had been born in Galloway in Kirkcudbright shirt emigrated in It was two years later hat he purchased three acre lots in the Harvey Tract and built a grist mill on the East brook He served on the town council and for a while was the town representative in the Vermont legisla Margaret McLaren became his wife in and their son Alexander 1787 would be one of those to settle in in Another who took up land in the Harvey Tract was John 175ft- 1B4G father of the founder of Burn at he moved to Paisley to work as a weaver Paisley was the startingout place of many emigrants since new machinery was putting weavers out of work In 1785 the moved to Thornton New Hampshire and a year later took up land in the Harvey Tract Their son James 1787 seems to been one of the first Barnet people to come to Upper Canada he served during the War of 1812 and was married York in 1814 James seems to have encouraged he relocation of Barnet people to the Scotch Block though he himself would concentrate his in Norval called or during his time His brother Alexander c 1BS6 also came up and heir father after moving back and forth ended his days to the village continued to send out emigrants to Barnet and In William McLcran came out from One of his grandsons James 17901835 married John daughter Janet and joined his law at He was buried In the cemetery in the village Other families the Moorcs and the will be looked at in the next article when we search out the origins of unusual Anti Burgher church Canadas birthday The fear of the Lord Oh Canada we toast your fervent spirit We rally to your call in a patriotic way whenever the Maple Leaf needs to be waved We travel abroad in awe of other worlds and cultures but secretly knowing that the best place to live is still back home We love to copy our neighbors to the south but we say with pride and conviction we re different from Americans Our history portrays our ancestors as an adven turous sort loving of our vast landscapes and tolerant of our northern climes Our position as a middle power in world politics gives us the ability to play honest broker in trying to bring East and West closer together Canada Day is for us all If you can bring the family down to Ballmafad or Glen Williams for an old fashioned celebration We have a right to be thankful and a country worth cheering for Finding a home when a member of your family is in a wheelchair presents many problems On August 1 a three bedroom In George town will become available for rent it Is fully ramped and has a large main floor bedroom and accessible washroom AH unit has no base ment and can not be recommended for large families Recently the Georgetown library has acquired with the assistance of the Lions and Wintario books on cassette tape These Include many popular titles and are available free of charge on your library card by coming in or through the shut in service The Canada Trust Office In Georgetown is being expanded These plans include a new romped entry arid a main floor privacy room large enough for a wheelchair table and chair In which you can examine he contents of your safety deposit box Later an electronic teller may be acquired We have been assured that It will be positioned and private enouflh Efforts are also being made by rem on a denture therapist in Georgetown to accommodate his disabled clients His new premises across from the Cultural Centre Is to be made accessible by altering entrances and having rooms large enough to maneuver In The washroom will have grab bars Many stores and services In Hills are accessible to people in wheelchairs If you are operating one of these businesses let your potential customers know Placing a small International wheelchair symbol In the comer of your newspaper ad can usually be done Considerlhlsoptlonwhen composing Your copy for the phone book a yellow pages Four churches in Halton Hills have already taken this step If you are not sure if your premise Is accessible please give us a call at 1436 If you arc handicapped and wish to know whose office or business is accessible you can phone the Distress Centre at voice or TDD for Milton Georgetown and Acton or any of the libraries Each have the accessibility guide books Premises altered or opened In the last 10 months are not By III JOHN JONG Reformed Church The Bible says The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom The Bible is the book of God and the final authority for faith and life Inspired by the Holy Spirit it is the source of saving ruth fulfilled in Jesus Christ Christians take heir cue for faith and life from this source and so also from this word The fear of the Lord is hcbeginningof wisdom For them this word Is rich with implications for all of lire It is one those words from the Bible thai very significantly has bearing on every relationship in life Moreover it provides the direction for every responsibility The expression the fear of the Lord is one that is frequently crstood and misused Fomotalcwth expression sounds uninviting toothers Guest comment it is unacceptable and unworthy It is felt that God the Lord is a person or being of whom we better are afraid You never know what he may do to you next In this view the fear of the Lord God is some ever threatening power or influence This sort of thinking and feeling is far from the mark When we listen and read the Bible and what it says on the Tear of the Lord wc get a totally different picture in the fear of the Lord God fully requires that wc respect him He inspires in us a feeling or owe In this Tear he Invites us to seek his help and blessing In turn may rust him completely for his sure promise of salvation Willingly we seek to please him in faithfully and freely following his will Those who fear the Lord enjoy with him a close relationship of trust The fear of the Lord has according to the Bible all these and other Ingredients in This expression also keeps us from considering God as a buddy on overly nice person who answers to our every whim wish and whose arm we can twist at will The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom We have no real wisdom unless have this fear It is highest wisdom to fear the Lord We have not begun to be wise unless the fear of the Lord is Inns To the readers of this column I would commend this fear and Its resulting blessing or I would invite those to share in it if presently they do not do so Among the there are Ihoso who accept this word from he Bible but may be tempted to let go of it If they do the fear of the Lord is Rone Ten year olds pilot project Yugoslav Centre No agreement over noise problem ly HANNAH Herald Special A special committee set up lo try to reach a compromise with the Canadian Yugoslavian Recreation Centre operators and centre neighbors regarding noise has Dot succeeded Committee chairman Jake Kulkcn told council Monday meetings with the operators and the neighbors had no results and committee recommending against supporting CYCA application for a special occasion liquor permit for the centre Canada Day celebrations Council has no lion to ihe centre s cele brations but members feel the objection to the permit is their only possible method of con trolling noise during those celebrations Coun Kuiken said it was stressed very clear that the neighbors only objection was the noise from loudspeakers at the centre The centre operators however did not feel they were creating excessive noise and no compromise could be reached since they refused to stop using amplifiers for their music during NOTE The following is a copy of a brief that was presented by eorgctOHrn a Joy Swain 10 to a special committee on equality rights In Toronto June By JOY SWAIN Herald Special In the Royal Military College admissions handbook it states First second and third choices of Functional Group must be made with the lion The usual ones arc Sea Land or Air Operations Engineering or Support THE OPERATIONS CLASSIFICATIONS ARE NOT OPEN TO FEMALES I know this is against the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Equal Rights Section 15 I haven t heard of any other University that restricts a person from taking courses because of the way their body is built The Department of National Dcfencestates that there is NO combat role for women In the and city Police forces there are female officers That Is combat To the Honourable Women members of the Committee how would you feel if you t run for Parliament because of the way your body was built myself so you will know why this is really very important me When I was six or seven airplanes thrilled me They do An urge old me that I must pilot large planes I love flying During the last fifteen months I have flown nearly twenty five thousand miles I vc spent more than two hours In the cockpits most of It over thirty thous feet In he air I won my Public School speaking contest this spring on he topic or An Airplane Takeoff On my last birthday I didn hove a party Instead my parents look me for a sightseeing flight around Toronto I flew copi lot and recorded all the talk with the control tower on a tape recurder 1 am getting mostly As in school and will attend Air Cadets as soon as I am old enough I will get my private pilot licence when I am seventeen then want to go to Military College want to be a pilot for the rest of my lire They will not train me to fly any plane In the Canadian Armed because of my body Not because I am loo fat too thin but because I am a female My dad trained me to work on the computer hia office different I discussed with my about females nut being allowed Into air operations He told me about Amelia who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1933 Amelia Earhart would have made a good combat pilot If she was a Canadian today she have been allowed to fly with the Canadian Armed Forces because of the way her body was built I interviewed two former military pilots and a World War II combat pilot I asked each of them Do you think women should be trained to fly planes in the Canadian Armed Forces They all said Yes Do you think women could work with men as a team in an airplane They all said Yes Do you think that women should be allowed to fly In combat One said Yes One said No but they could fly military airplanes The third said was debatable He was also a Commander In the Air Cadets He said that girls are also trained to planes I know of a girl who has her Private pilot s license and wants to be a pilot She has been accepted at Royal Military College but only In Air Traffic Control because her body is different The Globe and Mall on May said the Department of National Defense argues that only a few women would volunteer for Operations Until jobs are open they are never going to know Is that fair to fifty two per cent of the population of Canada In the booklet A CAREER AS AN OFFICER IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES under Pilot it states that besides Fighter planes I could fly other military planes for naval operations reconnaissance transport or search and rescue missions There is no mention of don apply in this book In another Department of National Defence book A DEGREE WITH A DIFFERENCE It reads The Canadian Armed Forces provide such unique opportunity far young who aspire to positions leader ship to obtain a degree while training for the varied and rewarding career of a military officer This is why I do not wont to go to any other University On another page it says The military font the service of the country and her people Wo are charged with protecting individual rights and liberty We need special people to do that with a sense reaponsi with loyalty and selfdiscipline We particularly need young people with the potential to provide leadership Tor the future I am responsible I am proud to be a Canadian 1 have potential I want this Committee to tell them their rule is wrong History THIRTY Constable Don Smith town constable Alcxan McCleod foiled a break in at the IGA Supermarket and arrested two Toronto men Combined operations were responsible for the arrests Bill Hamilton Construction bad a shocking discovery during excavations tor a bridge near Mud puppies an animal common to Eastern Canada and Ihe United States were Hind They arc an amphibious creature with a head like a dog and a body like a lizard Leonard Thompson of Acton and Don Johnson of Milton combined their horseshoe pitching skills to win the bronze shield at Junior Farmers F Day An ankle grasp and ear was one of Ihe unusual events at the First Baptist Church Sunday School picnic at Acton Park Mrs Ken McMillan won new trophy for the best lady driver In harness horse division of Gait Horse Show The trophy was named in Memory of Mrs Foster YFAHS Intimation ally known magician Phillip Morris appeared in The Wonderful World of Funlosy at Georgetown Memorial Arena The performance was sponsor by the Georgetown Police lion The llallon Board of Education approved a lo George Kennedy Junior School and a addition to Park Junior School The owner of the Riviera Club washeldup3am Sunday morning while walking to his car with a suck of money The amount stolen was not disclosed but is suspected to be SI A I Donaldson of Hew son Crescent won the champion and grand champion awards at the Toronto Region truck rodeo Al who drives for Peel Express will compete in the provincial plonships next Jan Cowtan the yearold daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard of is the Queen of Ihe 1970 Brampton Flower Festival Ball JjmewonaSlOOscholarshlp in and a trip New York YEARS AGO A McDonalds Restaurant is tentatively set to be opened in September The restaurant is to be built on Guclph Street where the just closed Dog and Suds Drive In crews descended on George town once mure this time to film Ilcnrck Ibsen splay An Enemy of the People Georgetown native field McCllvary appears in the play as a press operator at the Indian Falls Herald our Georgettes made the County Ladies So It ball League All Star team Georgia Lewis Elaine Lewis Susan and Pat Walsh were honored Bob Austin the Deputy Town Engineer was recommended by the owns works finances and personnel committees departments to be the new Town Engineer Pete Morris just resigned as Town Engineer E AGoHallon Hills Coun Roy Booth assures residents the new police headquarters will not be painted same gargoyle green as the reg on administration building Ion Clark and Shim Crossman were named Georgetown District High School male and female athletes of the year Hills new municipal recrca lioncoordlnalonsJoyGwiilam Joy is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and i College in London Festival of Arts was a major success for the Arts Council Craft displays and dramatic productions received praise from The North Golf and Country Club was the site for a tournament featuring past and present hockey stars to raise money for the Mentally Retarded They raised Letter to the editor Referees attitude flippant Dear Sir I am a coach of one of the ball hockey teams in the GBHA Georgetown Ball Hockey Assoc tat I on and have become Increasingly concerned with the quality of elating in this league In a recent game June 1U of ours the officials exhibited a flippant altitude and complete lack of judge ment Upon completion of the game In question the my players approached referees to ask why they had not been calling penalties involving rough and dangerous ploy Her husband had been injured twice as a result of such incidents and she felt the officials had let game get out of control because of heir tack of judgement The answer given by the officials was that they are not responsible for any injury which occurs during the game player is for ids own safely Continuing one said that if she thought she could do a belter Job of elating then she should go right ahead With this statement referee held his hand with a whistle In It and as the woman reached for the whistle the official pulled his hand away and com men led that he was not the one wearing glasses Her reply was that perhaps if he wore glass this individual might perform his duties more efficiently This official then remarked that he woman was a seven litter noun beginning with the letter a and ending in I realize referees receive a lot of unnecessary abuse from players and coaches and thai hey may use pro fanity when dealing with these individuals But when a spectator has a genuine concern for the safety and well being of both her husband and the rest of the players and she expresses her interest to officials in a reasonable manner there Is absolutely no need and indeed no excuse or justification for Ihe treatment this individual received This type of conduct is becoming to any referee and Is in fact outright ignorance Common sense should prevail as any official is supposed to represent a figure of authority and impartiality As the Instructs referees must be courteous at all times both on and off the Ice they must enforce the rules firmly and impartially rough play strictly this attitude and deplorable behavior per slsls I believe some player will ultimately receive a serious injury Another Important consi deration Is that many of he Individuals and Involved with the GBHA may lose all respect for referees the respect which is an essential element in the successful performance of their officiating duties Under the I feel that the refe ree in question should issue a formal apology to the woman Involved I am also of the opinion that the chief referee should reprimand the individual in some on so as to deter any further incidents Therefore I have forwarded a copy of this letter to the referee of the Georgetown Refe ree Association In the hope that he will act on this matter swiftly and stringently Yours sincerely Robert