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the georgetown herald wednesday may 30th 1945 john bracken the progressive it is significant that i throughout a political t career without parallel in the empire during this century john bracken has been iden- itified with progress with progressive politi cal movements for more than twenty con secutive years he was premier of manitoba he is today the leader fhof a great national- party a party that is young virile resurgent and above all else pro- it is the belief of john bracken that however they may be expressed iri political or economic terms the ideals of all men of goodwill in can ada are best embodied in three simple words progress through cooperatton and farmer though he is when john bracken speaks of cooperation he ib not thinking of docile cattle being driven willynilly to pasture nor a flock of sheep forcibly fenced in and impotent to protest to this canadian that species of enforced cooperation when applied to human affairs and of which some of his opponents appear enamoured is the very negation of true cooperation a contradiction in terms best illustrated perhaps by the inmates of an internment camp not for john bracken the delusion of a heaven on earth densely populated with gestapo disguised as bureaucrats i born in a log cat k the life of john bracken is itself a triumphant vindication of his resolute belief in his fellow men never defeated at the polls he won five straight elections as premier how by consistently practising what he preached progress through co operation by enacting wise farseeing beneficial legislation on behalf of the people by using the first period of his premiership to restore to sound health the unsound finances of the province by drastic economies tax adjustments by using the second period to develop natural resources and to build roads at low cost by using his third and fourth terms as premier to embark on great schemes of recon struction enlisting the cooperation of all political parties in the beneficent task he had set himself thus through years as leader of the people john bracken won their cnoperation by being himself the heart and soul peration to make his govern ment truly pro he asked for and received the advice of expei ery field he drew upon ability and talent from er quarter they came political advantage mea ing to him the good of the people everything by trusting them he won their trust through difficult years their loyalty never wavered a remarkable mmn thi john bracken a political portent with fail dogged insistence on piwresa progress for the people in every department of national life vhow can any government be progtb asks john bracken nnlcas aix the people participate in it for the good of all t 1 p m rwuhfcii it rmm cum tv lie progressive conservative legion notes tfae imperial section of the cana dian legion held ttielr regular meet ing sunday may 30th in tbe legion halt the chair was occupied by pva- rfdent jkn murphy and the highlight the mtieung was a resolution drawn up to be forwarded to the convention of the provincial command at sault ste marie regarding social legislation for imperial veterans this resolution deals jpitti tb welfare of imperial veterans and the ues it has been decided t the medical flies and records i member who has been a re canada for lv years and o submit bheir requests of legislation to ottawa for action as there is no social legislation either from the bri tish or canadian government per taining to hhe imperial veterans wel fare this will no doubt rectify this particular problem comrade presi dent j murphy later on in the meet ing made a presentation to v comrade a wylie of a replacement of bis service medals the original service medals were destroyed by fire some years ago and a replacement was ob tained from the british government through the local branch of the im perial section the meeting was lar gely attended and several important matters were dealt with oomcade sam tennant entertainment informs us that he expect ttie mixed party for legion membera will be held m the near fu ture watch the blackboard in the club rooms fox complete infer n regarding this gettogether comrade dick mitchell reports that due to the heavy rains of the past few weeks the water in the grand river facing his property on the sixth line rose to such a height that tbe water was flowing over tbe road and over the flooring of the bridge dick is not bothering to take out bis fishing tackle be simply sits by the bridge with a gasket and as the fish come town the river the water is so muddy that they fail to see the bridge and hit their heads with such force that they are stunned ord dick with a long rake gathers them into his bas ket keep your eyes open dick for those german subs you never can tell where they are bound to turn up well comrades believe it or not but we have heard from good authori ty uhat past president harold stalford has asked the legion executive for a leave of absence from his numerous duties and the same has been granted laj all comrades know harold owns a six acre farm in the stewarttown area and the reason for asking leave of absence is to get his crop in here is news probably most com rades have seen a grey mare doing some plowing of gardens early in tb spring well this mare is now tbe property of comrade btalf ord the writer visiting his farm last week was shown around and we can boast that harold has a beautiful farm a black walnut tree according to tt dimen sions at the base is reputed to be around 300 years old the harvest of these walnuts according to harold are to be picked and sold to a toronto merchant on his sunporch we have seen over 500 lbs of multiplier onions ready to be planted around the bam were plows rakes cultivators and an abundance of farm machinery we cannot name this machinery will all be used on the six acres then came the stable and the grey mare recently purchased it is a sevenyearold full of life and as harold explained he could not get bis work started un til a 30inoh collar could be purchased to flt the mare we enquired what be was to name here and he mentioned chrysanthemum or mum for short after looking over the land we of the legion have decided to open a guessing contest as to what harold will sow in this six acres we have seen the onions 500 lbs others figure peanuts potatt wheat barley etc but this fan will tell gertrude cain school of danang spring revue gregory theatre georgetown monday june 4 get your tickets early from pupils adults 35 children 2sc go if any of yon comrades see a grey saddled mare qthe hfllrr with tbe owner yelling njuo surver and singing dont fence he lb yon win recognize chrysanthemum out for an outing harold mfonna us that after the harvest la over tickets will be on sale in the club rooms for tfhe raffle of his grey mare so comrades if harold is not seen around the rooms for a few months you will know that be is busoy en gaged on bis farm and at a later date will be taking orders from you for whatever he will harvest next fh pte bin canton stationed at de- bert ns with the roamc is spend ing a rurlough in town with bis wife and family v d0esthetrick geo c brown a norval phone georgetown 382 r 21 i attention dog owners all dog in town areprohibited from running at f large from may 15th to september isa thi order apphei to nights a well a days and will be strictly enforced georgetown police commission provincial grants to halton county schools more than trebled by drew government dance at stanley park erin ttt every friday evening modern airts musk upwells limited formerly 4355982 now 20711569 every halton municipality gets its fair share here are the facts regarding educational grants in this county public schools special township school area grant former grant present grant esquesmg township 4332 77 1345430 trafalgar township 9483 18 2047191 540000 tj hsnu british war yitfwfosd 2587191 nassagaweya township 4286 89 50178 344148 8943 26 nelson township 8115 74 1524280 420000 1944280 burlington 1885 31 16852 28 s s no 1 nelson milton 1523 62 8866 04 s s no 5trafalgar georgetown 1199 67 8492 30 oakville 1924 81 1430557 acton 181752 7252 55 total grants 34568 94 123483 01 separate schools oakville 17488 1029 68 secondary schools burlington 339390 3437950 georgetown 1419 00 1067520 milton 134000 1779450 oakville 22s70c 1326120 acton 40100 307400 total grants 881600 8260300 lb to the lrnisj of the province of ont the drew stands for honest achsevements wtjh equal be14ef1t for every citian bet vwrautw stan hall