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atrocity touches georgetown home we noted last week ttiet mrs w nee elsie mclean had rec- wokd thet ner slater mrt jofan uief resident of holland since marriage ten years ago was safe mil it wbs four years etooe mxb t bad betwd from her slater however there was sadness in tihis new as mrs mclean toronto ed when sne received the ions- ted letter frwri her daughter hel- last weebeod it was sent to ber her two sons sgt oharles and rim in holland with the rcemk boys took advantage ol their flr- letwe to locate their sister they shocked at ttie cftiange in her learned that only 2 weeks before germans had taken her husband away and shot him along with many of the villagers john hartllel came rto canada in 1828 and was a farmer in tills area when he met helen mrtlean both young people were wehfcnown in oeongetown they were married in 1933 and left canada to make their home in johns native village there are five small children and the only reason mrs hartllof and che five youngsters were not shot was that they had been ill in hospital when the germans committed the horrible at rocity mrs hartliel and children will come to canadn as soon as passage can be arranged f leonard white formerly publlsh- of the canadian champion milton has oeen appointed a canadian press representative and will cover the for bheoomlng ontario and federal elec tion campaigns on monday he was the guegt of halton s returning offi cer w g mcdowell at his home on maple avenue aberdeenangus sale 8 bulls 37 females guelph winter fair building saturday june 2nd 1945 these cattle have been selected from many of our beat herds they are in good breedlnr condition some bulls are herd headers others are best suited to commerciil nerds the females hae excellent breeding although not in ahow fit ml caule are fully accredited for tb and negative to the blood test this is your opportunity to secure breeding stock at yoor own price ontario aberdeenangus association alex edwards president pari i for catalogue write the secretary o nelll secretary bldrs toronto ont halton junior clubs hold first meeting and elect officers onfriday evening last halton dnlb members held their first club meeting for 1846 in the farmers bldg milt on following an explanation of the various oluh projects by agrlc rep whltelock and the election of the respective club officers the meeting was addressed by prof a d runions of the animal husbandry depart o a c in a most interesting and able address prof runions dealt with the value of club work and the res ponsibility of the individual club member to his parents and himself the election of the officers resulted as follows milton calf club president tom alderson vice pres craig alexander sec trees sam harrop club leaders a t woodley w h robinson m c peaty l w ohisholm halton swine club president fraser mcnobb vice pres craig alexander sec treas allan watson club leaders percy merry m t mc- nabb ajax oat club president henk devries vlccpres win brain sec treas kedth robertson club leader edwin harrod galorf barley club presid ent douglas alexander vice pres g wilson sec treas donald iamon club leider t woodley g u 8 column may 7 u major c e read m c d 0 o officiated at the annual inspection of georgetown high school cadet corps assisted by capt roy sams aide to the d c o on monday morning may 7th local officers and men included major rose fetch and lieutenants c alex ander shirley tapp and mary mccl- ure sgts 0 hughes peggy kuy and jean dickie c 6 m norman long c q m s h de vrles sgt instruct ors j farmer and j burns director of girls miss a fairbam bren gun instructors sgt j fanner o hughes precision squad sgt j burns orl friday may 11 the high school hud a successful dunce in the rose room- the milton high school were present lunch was served by the georgetown girls the winners of the special prizes were spot dance bob burns and shirltj ripp elimination dance george barber and darrell dawson a good time was had by all g1iu guide news as a resulc of the easter exams the standing is form 1u helen cleave 1st form 1a emery thompson 1st mary wood and lykle de vries pliced 2nd respect ively form z do ig laumer 1st doug ajtxander 2nd porm 3 violet barnes 1st pat rob- inson 2nd p ni 4 doris biownridgc 1st joyce siiuth 2nd form a mary mcclure 1st craig alexander 2nd a dancing treat frank bogart his piano and his orchestra with vocalist betty davis by doryne mulholland a small party was enjoyed by the guides last wednesday in the sunday school rooms after playing outside for awhile the guides were called in by lieut anderson and inspection took pi ice then while a few indoor pame were plijed the patrol lead er and seconds prepared the food as u a- lit it andersons birthday si e was presented with a lovely photo graph ilbum b patrol lender kelly tli li ii wis ended when the c nldes took t le horse shoe forma ion md mi laps stewarttown i intended for last week le opl s hunt of brampton was home for he weekend nitre was a good ittendance at st jo n s cli irch simd ij afternoon for ue service of 1 inksguing for the end of tin eurotai v u eo dueteu u re s r colebrook w mtt nt 1 st uk w held m the chi rch mr ij was in toronto friday itteiuiiit tiie in er d of lr f mar hill mrs p r b lj s fuher provincial grants to halton county schools more than trebled by drew government 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 lirant ormer grant present grant esquesing township 4 332 77 13 454 30 trafalgar township 9 483 18 20471 91 5 400 00 25 871 91 naasagaweya township 4 286 89 7 501 78 1 441 48 8 943 26 nelson iownslup 8 1 1- 74 li 242 80 4 200 00 19 442 80 burlington 1 8h 31 16 82 28 s s no 1 tvlson mill 11 1 23h 8 868 04 s no 1 r if ik ir ii liwn 1 1 99 67 8 492 so ik 11 1 924 81 14 305 57 1 li 1817 2 72i2 5 lol m u wis m4 68 m i2j4s50i bl 1 r i1 si 1 iooi s m11 174 88 1 029 68 si cond r s huoi s in tliimlim i i 00 34rrr9 50 us town slim 1419 00 1 0 k7 20 1 340 00 17 794 50 omllic ft 2 257 00 13 261 20 i ion 401 00 3 074 00 tol m grants 881600 82 603 00 this is proof to the taxpayers of halton county of a promise kept the drew government stands for honest achievements with equal benefit for every citizen of the province of ontario elect your member stan hall on monday june 4 bbbbbaabbbbbbajibbbbbbbfla huttonville park friday june 1 st canada s ranking hoogy woogy pianist cornea direct from a long engagement at the club top hat in toronto admission 1 per person dancing 9 to 1 john bracken the farmer on the 11th of decem ber 1942 john bracken stood m the audi torium in winnipeg be fore a gi eat concourse i of people john bracken i the fai mer was i accepting the leadeiship i of a gi eat i eburgent peoples paity in link ing tones he was speak ing of the peoples charter and the soul- iseaiching sincerity of 1 this man of the soil with i his vision of canada of canadians and the world of plenty that lies within jiut grasp was deeply moving picture the background of this man this moment john bracken the farm boy on his fathers farm in ontario milking haying carrying in the wood plowing theh young bracken honours student at the ontario agricultural college going to manitoba as represent ative of the department of agriculture on to saskatchewan as superintendent of fairs and farmers institutes and secretary of the provincial livestock association then later john bracken author writing books about farms farming farmers and now years later in winnipeg john bracken the farmer is speaking of the right of farmers and other primary producers to a fair share of the nations income notic the si of the language he uses clear concise sincere during the last decade he is saying farm income fell to such a low average as to become of very great concern in our canadian economy it is the responsi bility of the nation to see that this great inequity shall not be perpetuated then suddenly his voice rises becomes even clearer more incisive 1 may say quite frankly that if it had not been for that plank in your platform which pro vides for a square deal for agriculture would not be here two years later in alhston ontario again the same simplicity the moving sincerity i mi in agnrian said john bracken and i am a cmidian who seeks to correct the major social in tict of oui day the unfairly small share of the mtioml income that gois to farmers and farm women and firm workers then wth a statesman s enlarge ment of ision he idded when the injustice to the firmer is rcmoed the econom of canida as a whole will be strengthened no one could be less p irochial in his outlook more deeplj concerned w ith nition il elf he thin tnhn bi id n the firmer who embuktd twtnty eirs igo on i cirer o tfticssfu as to be without precedent in ct nltmpoi u political hitoo within the british com monwealth of uions 11 1 ihoil by tho procrraslve coiuervntiv association ottawa joit bracken rthe froiressfye conservative d a ncin g huttonville park every wednesday and saturday music by modern aires johnny boyd and jack mack s orchestra regular admission 50c per person coming attractions friday june 1 frank bogart thursday june 28 mart kenney special adrniasion 100 per pero abibbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb