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Retirement Party for Gas Branch Manager CLERGY COMMENT Retiring as manager of the Georgetown branch of United Gas Limited Alex was honoured by business associates and other friends last Wednesday Mr and Mrs were feted at a social evening at Hornby Tower Golf Club The evening included a number of laudatory talks by head office personnel and several gifts Mr hobby of fishing was well acknowledged Company associates gave him a complete outfit and Mayor Smith presented him with a fishing roo from the town A set gas candles lazy boy chair luggage and a purse were among other farewell gifts Doug Davidson Burlington district manager was chair man Others who spoke in eluded Doug Montague company general manager W vice president and former general manager Chester Barnhart district manager Adam Tocher from Hamilton head office and J m Robertson manager here before Mr Blackwell Mayor Smith spoke of Mr Blackwell service to the community as a member of the Lions Club member of Credit Valley Conservation Authority of Commerce and now a member of the Water Commission I can t believe It was Mr statement as he thanked the group Tor the testimonials He has concentrated on his job he said and Is proud of his company growth and success since it entered business in this He paid tribute to the of staff and service crew whose good work has made his job a rewarding one And he w shed his successor Bob Ad a good future in his new job here He introduced his family who were present for the eveningdaughter and her husband Jack Lang of Caledonia daughter Betty and her husband Richard Peart of Port and son Richard and his wife Janet Mrs a buffet lunch there was entertainment by a high school folk group The Sage Bryan Day Peter Cormick Jorge Lasso Colleen and Donna Burns and Larry Thompson They will soon audition for the Ian Tyson show A Dunnville native he came to Georgetown In IBM as sub foreman then became general foreman and was appointed district manager In 195a His successor here is Bob Mr joined Union Gas Limited in his home town of In and has been In the residential and com sales depnrtmcnt there Prior to that he had served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police In Ottawa and Vancouver Mr and Mrs are parents of two children Karen and Sharon Thomas Is In grade one and he learning to sound out words he seen before But he got stuck the other day on laugh Try sounding that out Learning to read can be a frustrating thing Fortunately on this occasion he saw the humour of the English language and was able to laugh at the funny way we spell some words To everything there Is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven says the book of chapter There is a time to weep and a time to laugh Sometimes we lose the balance and get terribly morose We become frustrated by looming to read or only think of the times to weep The ability to see the lighter side of things necessary if we to take our problems and ourselves too seriously The producers of TV programs like Sesame Street and the Electric Company help to make learning a pleasure We adults have our imaginations a bit but If we look hard enough we should be able to see the humour In our problems We have four young sons and it strange that the first word each of them seemed to learn was No That can be awful trying Tor a busy mother But if you challenge a young child defiance in the right way you may rind lurking behind the pouting face and downcast eyes a giggle waiting to come out It would be a shame to miss that time to laugh There a lighter side to most activities Certainly in the clergyman business there are not only light moments but moments that ought to cause loud boisterous guffaws if they seem so serious at the time It the same with other things When you re working on your income tax and the figures don add up properly It takes out some or the if you can smle and grumble good naturcdly The danger is that we might become cynical of not taking anything seriously That is why says there should be a balance there Is a mc to weep and a time to laugh Our laughter expresses not our cynicism but our joy God world When Abraham wife Sarah was told she would bear a child she laughed at God prom because she thought she was too old When her son was born she called him which is the Hebrew word for laughter She said God as given me good reason to laugh and everybody who hears will laugh with me Genesis Some people fee embarrassed to laugh In church But they If we believe In the Cod of Abraham and and Jacob then ours is the God of Laughter Alex Millard Milk Producers Transplanted Urban People Find Farming Not So Easy Some County Milk Producers met to discuss the firesent and future or their at the annual meeting of the County Milk Committee at North Community Centre last Wed Guest speaker was R Deputy Minister of the Ontario M of Agriculture and Food Mr Hlliard who had been away from agriculture for some to years in other branches of the govern spoke of the changes which he saw in this area He spoke of the size of the dairy Industry in this nee producers billion pounds of milk produced Iran sport era processors and distributors and a million consumers He stressed that Ontario has over one third of the market share quota available in Canada but that wearefalling short of producing this amount of milk When asked about the need for agriculture in Ontario he stated that the Hon A Stewart our Minister of Agriculture and Food is following policies that will continue a viable agriculture in Ontario This Is a moral s well as economic issue How could we hold our heads up with generations yet unborn if we not support agriculture NOT EASY He said that as more ban people moved to the country they observe the problems of agriculture production w th a broader attitude that food production is not an easy But as farm people become a smaller and smaller percentage of the total population the farmer must continue to tell his story Joe Brent 0 M C Fie I dm an selected milk producers in who had the highest quality in the past year The winners In the fluid section were Stan Waters Georgetown and Earl W Nerval R i Runners up were Anderson Ashvillc Farms Ltd J Bradley Burnvlew Farms Gal bra I Bros G Gowland J Pell In the Industrial Milk section B Natywary C Feathcrston A J Benton and Ida Robinson The off and d rectors chosen were Officers Chairman Russell V IceChairman C sec treasurer V J Lawrence executive George and Fred Nurse safety rep Horace Federation rep Ford Directors Three year Craig Reld Milton Horace Blyth R 1 Acton Fred Nurse Georgetown George Pellctterlo Milton Jim Two year V J Lawrence 111 Gloucester Ave Oakv He Bruce McClure Georgetown Russell R R Campbcllvillc John R Georgetown Bill Mahon It Camp lie One year Brock Harris It R M Hon John Kitch ng R 1 Moffat Colin Marshall R 4 Hon Harold Middlebrook R Milton Ford R Eggs Tossed An egg throw incident at id Garnet Drive has been reported to police Ian Barrett told The Herald he come out of his house Saturday morning and found eggs had been splattered on the front of his home He said he heard no on THE CARPET BARN 26 GUELPH STREET LOW LOW PRICES 8779896 SPECIAL PRICES ON Kitchen Bathroom Carpets BE SURE TO BRING ROOM MEASUREMENTS BARGAINS BY THE YARD REOPENING UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15 MARDELLS BEAUTY BOUTIQUE Main St Over Young Drug Store OPENING SPECIALS Shampoo A Set Reg S3 Cut Reg 12 Perms Reg Perm Reg Perms Reg Reg Perm I Reg 1I7S S3 If 110 50 SI 115 si so Streaks Reg Tint Touch up Reg Bleach Touch Up Reg LIMIIEDTIME OFFER Phone For Your Hours to Wed 9 Thur to Sat to Appointment 8776812 HURRY SPRING UP Send an Dutch Touch the thing to break the winter doldrums Freshen flowers enhanced spring me a Member touch of Spring almost anywhere In the U and Canada Me or very Alloc it on 53 Mill SI Georgetown 8772952 Just Four Parcels In Industrial Park Land Owned GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY FEB 15 Page Georgetown Industrial Commission has insufficient staff to do the field work with respect to finding out what companies owning Industrial land here propose to do with It There is number of such properties in Georgetown sold to companies for expansion poses yet no development as taken place In many cases says Doug town clerk and administrator These lands could be speculated on by the com ponies sold for per acre and up or built upon by the companies and sold The town at present owns four parcels of Industrial land for which an acre is asked and the stipulation they would build within two year period They are lota on Armstrong Avenue plus lot on Armstrong of which there is only acre of table land The town last year invested a great deal of money Improving Arm Strong Avenue which the major artery through the in park north of Street and oast of Mount a The Industrial Comm is Mike Armstrong They will the services of a new secretary to do their field work by end of February The now man is being hired as a secretory to the Planning Board and the tire of Adjustment 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