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hfflpr l vwlit 7- llfctv j 9ix i ts i k pmxssx the acton free press acton ontario thursday july jh 1955 -ef- ftijrm news i from haltons agricultural committee inspects farm woodlots in nassagaweya farm lands it was our privilege to accompany the agricultural committee and tne advanced registry beef testing other members of county councl on station at lhe 0 etc t ann tour n j tner h pmmy extended ty mr lots on tuesday afternoon i of last and m benhey rounded out hn week the party under the joint outstan and enjoyable evenings leadership ot c r groves zone program jbiterand reeye ar serv since the miltpn fair moved into visited six of the 12 different tracts aass b circles some five or six which go to make uba total atreage eats ago tho sdeciai junior farm orw actes in halton county section has b one of the out- forests standing features of the county the first area visited was the 9 whe c d graham deputy acre blflck known as the guelph minister of agriculture visited the junction tract planting started here in 1946 and the earlier plant ings- pi pine have made excellent growth this ts the tract where a fire broke out earlier in the year fortunately the fire did not get in to the older plantings true it means replanting quite an area and should be a warning to picnickers view expansion for municipal building architect r w hall brampton presented initial suggestions for extension of the georgetown mun icipal building to council recently the plan would call for reorgan izing the present space to enlarge the clerks office provide an office for the engineer a new council chamber and a new police office there would be a 24 o addition at the rear of the building council suggested a small office for the mayor which could also bo used as a committee room arid some other changes to mr halls plan he will return to council lator with a revised draft burlington host and berry pickers not to drop light- ed matches cigars or cigarette butts enthusiastic in such areas areas which did not receive a recent shower are verit- able tinder boxes at the moment sell christmas trees we also took a brief look at the lakins tract where planting started sud rranrtothe juniorsec milton fair in 1954 after a lapse of several years he expressed amaze ment at the many developments which have taken place your junior farmer section in cluding the 4h club displays is just about the best i have seen in the province stated mr graham i m in orde that the 1955 exhibit may i i ct f iriar be bigger and better than ever art i i jj vjuiucj group of junior and i a full program of activities was senior leaders met in the farmers enjoyed by 13 girl scouts from the building milton on thursday evenvunjtgd states and their leaders ing of last week finlay stewart of rwetwete visitors in burlington the canada department of agricul- j recently upon arriving with thor ture whose department makes a i thrctnicaders the girls enjoyed i eetsyille to make application annex 500 acres to vi application will be made to the north west to the fifth line and ontario municipal board for per- east to the third line as well as a mission for streetsville to annex strip of land at the south from the a total of 1500 acres of land at the north south east an west of the village it was decideu at a special meeting of council the necessary bylaw has been approved by coun cil and would square off the vil lage according to reeve william arch it is proposed to take in almost to the meadowvale sideroad on the fifth line to the third line parallel with wer southern limit of the village it is expected it will be some time before a hearing of the mun icipal board on the application can be arranged owing to the large amount of business before the board at the present time scouts get new life jackets name inspector of boat skippers tion addressed the meeting briefly the 1955 prize list was drafted and guides accompanied them on other plans made those who will tr utnro rwti head up the junior farmer section this year are as follows chairman john w picket vice chairman miss jean peterson committee freda mcfadden joan wrigglesworth helen vivian kath leen stanley bruce bawden herb marshall and bill four or five years ago it takes about this length of time for the trees to get really established from that time on growth is rapid the next tract visited was the elliott tract which again is one of the more recent plantings perhaps the highlight of the various tracts visited is the finney tract on the sixth line of nassagaweya a 50 acre block planted around 10 years j robcrt ago according to mr groves p- f proximately 1000 worth of christ- rve mas trees have already been sold exofficial members or commit- jm 5hs forin shot the trees tee w s mcmullen canada de- have grown to the point where thin- payment agriculture ning is necessary in order for the i mabel borgstom remaining trees to develop properly the final call was at the 400 acre j art bennett britton tract we were there when the thunderstorm hit and what a drenching some of us got after the hot dry spell no one regretted the soaking in another 10 years hal- ton will be proud of their county j forests which incidentally are a i real credit to thejoresight of those each year we have quite a mim- who have served on the committee ber of folk contact us during the on agriculture and reforestation winter and early spine with a view swim in lake ontario returning in trefoil lodge for supper burling shopping tour before taps fo the night the next day miss nina ed wards conducted the visitors jon sightseeing tour of historical sites on their return to burlington th girls prepared their own supper at trefoil lodge and were joined by some of the burlington girls for movies shown bv their leader mrs mabel borgstom home economist i mrs delbert downs a t woodley j e whitelock j get trees now jat department for halton county ove the past 16 years beaver dam dry we were surprised to find when visiting the various woodlots that the large body of water created by the beaver is all gone unfortunate ly the rain storm prevented a thorough investigation it may be the result of the dry season but we cant help but wonder if some mis guided individual has destroyed some of the rinms tr thev will be replaced but in the meantime the area looks rather desolate to say the least and perchance it may be why some of our halton wells are getting low pp shorthorn breeders hold twi ligtrt meeti ng the joe bentlcy homestead near t prtwed ah ideal slle t to ordering trees unfortunately many of these folk were- unable to secure their requirements this past spring if you want trees for planting in lhe spring of 1956 now is the time to get your applications in to the department of lands and forests the agricultural office in milton has a supply of application forms on hand fred nurse lops wheat growers the first twilight meeting staged by the new4yirganized halton andpeet district dual purpose shorthorn breeders club a group of some 40 were oh hand for the excellent program staged under the direction of president clarence peacock seldom has a club been more fortunate in its choice of program few breeders in ontario have a better knowledge of dual purpose shorthorn type and how to fit and show than t c amos of amoslea farm t moffat needless to add the genial tom was in usual good form and delighted his audience with his discussion type and hints on showing the speaker of the evening jim gibson of hillsvicw farm cale donia is of course the active mem ber of the old established firm of d z gibson and son who have been breeding dual purpose shorthorns for many many years jim gave a fund of worthwhile information pertaining to the production of high quality beef the merits of the dual purpose shorthorns as revealed by word has just been received from mrs geo e readhead secre tary of the halton agricultural so ciety of the awards made in the field crop competition ii wheat which was sponsored by the milton society the fields were i reconsider cemetery r cumberland asks r c a cumberland asked tra falgar council to reconsider his earlier proposal for a privately- owned 68acre cemetery on land belonging to dan wilson lake- shore highway wes the oakville cemeteries are falling up rapidly and bronte has also need of more cemetery space said mr cumberland i believe its an ideal spot with access to th lakeshore highway and the rad ial road there is a definite need for a cemetery and i would ask council to consider rezoning the land i suggest this matkm- go before the trafalgar planning board for consideration and that the board set up a committee to deal with the question said deputyreeve donald bath -ctcrk- sheldon fcath erstone said that the municipality had acquired no land for a cemef a new water safety code to pro- tect district boy scouts call ing for all life jackets to 4e gov ernment inspected and approved and making a member of the oak ville yacht squadron inspector of boats and skippers was approved by the provincial headquarters of the boy scouts association already the new bylaw binding on all of the more than 400 scouts and cubs in oakville trafalgar and bronte has been implimented as members of the first oakville sea scouts have been equipped with new government approved life jackets and old ones have be ii discarded district commissioner jack moffat man joins staff of college garnet norrish- bsa of moffat has joined the staff of the ontario agricultural college at guelph a first class graduate of gcvi mr norrish was born in moffat where he spent his youth on the farm of his father he entered oac in 1952 at the college he was judg ed champion allround showman of the 1952 college royal in 1953 he toured the united stales on a canadian livestock judging team visiting many states and the chicago international live stock show the same year he was reserve champion livestock sho man in the college royal i after graduating he joined tht t dominion livestock branch in to- ronto where he spent his time in specting livestock he also spent much time as judge at the larger provincial livestock shows includ ing the shorthorn region show at erin for the past two years guest whei received approval of the water safety bylaw from pro vincial headquarters said that no such- regulations could prevent the unfortunate mishap of last july when during a storm an assistant scoutmaster and two oakville sea scouts lost their lives but we hope that these new rules will minimize the risk he said the new code calls for bill mac- rao or the oakville yacht squad ron to inspect check and issue in charge certificates without which no scoutlender can take out a boai manned by scouts macraes edicts also will be final on the crew each craft can and may carry mm barn dances every friday night old time and modern dancing archdekins new barn 4bt lin east of snvlgrove modernaires orchestra ll admission 75c cecil a carr optometrist trs 8 douglas st te 1091 guelph amimtm ma aniiaiiiitbigxbiiiflniianivlik happy holidays centennial matrons meet at kilbride the centennial matrons of dis trict no 6 oes and their husbands met at the homo of mr tind mrs j h at kilbri mem bers were there from hamilton j cal and grimsby f after supper a business session cry and that mr cumberland had vas nold aftor which cards were just suggested a site if it were cnjovl tne prize winners were obtainable j lirst lady mrs ilvo3 cloughley sec- ond mrs lillian chamberlain first planning board secretary dar ghishnlm said recently that the committee set up by oakville wintertrafalgar and bronte ti consider joint ownership of a cemetery wis vcrv inactive gentleman mr j wells second j douglas a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the host anrf hos- ess by the presiderl mrs victoria reid scored last week by e h wood of hamilton and the awards were ns follows first fred nurse ashgrove sec- ond r o huhlef nolval llllrd ross segsvvorth burlington fourth m gbeaty milton fifth johnm bird ashgrove sixth ernest pell omaghl seventh lome laing mil ton eighth harvey nurse ash grove ninth mac alexander nor- val tenth m t mcnabb and sons georgetown the first prize field is of the genesee variety will be happier if you have your clothes made eresh and neat by the experts in our most modern plant phone 128 now free pickup and delivery phone 128 acton x mm rockwood plumbing and heating contractors free general hardware estimates on installations 9 tax notice- 195 5 municipality of acton second instalment now due attention is drawn to the payment of 1955 taxes which are now payable in four instalments taxes are payable to the municipal treasurer at the acton public utilities office instalments are due as follows second instalment july 15 third instalment sept 15 fourth instalment nov 15 according to the tax collection bylaw a penalty of h of 1 per cent per month will be added on the amount remaining un paid after- the fifteenth day of july this penalty applies- to each instalment 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