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the georbctown herald wednesday april 6th 1 949 the georgetown herald serving th vcrnmunltles ox k citokoetown oukn williams norval umkhouse hornby stewakttown a8iu1kove baiunafau terra lootta subscription ilatc 2 so a year single copies be each advertising hates quoted on application walter c biehn publisher and edjtor mury 11 nichn associate editor garlicld l mcclivroy stavf leslie m clark harold davlsop corey llcrrlngton jr the herald 111 printed each wcdnc day nfternoon u the office on main street georgetown authorised as oc6nd- class mall pot office bent ottawa members uf hie canadian weekly newspapers associations and the ontario quebec jdwislofi of the c w n a the editors coriter camadxs tenth province tvlarch 31 was a hisltorymikmg day for canada when a tenth province newfoundland was welcomed into the dominion for over 450 years the hardy resi dents of the isle at the mouth of the gulf of st law rence have earned on as a settlement a colony a dom inion and latterly a commission form of colony in july 1948 a majority vote of 77869 authorized the merger and canada now welcomes hir new in laws from the political economic and gtograpluc standpoint the new province rich in undeveloped tourist attractions and wealthy in minerals torest pro ducts and possessor of the world s greati st fishing waters will profit canada will too because with new foundland comes the 120000 square miles of labra dor with fabulous mineral wealth newfoundland will receive subsidies similar to those paid tlu maritime provinces in addition canada will ssume i3 million dollars of the new provinces national debt itiere are no currency problems as the province has been using dollars and cents for manv viars most banking institutions are branches of canadian financial houses contrary to belief in this part of tht country newfoundland is not snowbound most of tin ear a popular wartime joke in the states said that n wfound- land had two seasons august and winter i here is lots of fog along the coast in winter months but the thermometer rarely drops below zero summer it mp- eratuycs rarely exceed 80 degrees and art warm t nough for beach and lake bathing newsprint and fish products form the major ex ports from the island unexcelled air connections with the united states and europe make cinder one of the worlds leading airports ground transportation is still- not good with only i 14 miles of paved highways and no through highway from coast to coast i he islands population is 350000 with 60000 living in the capital city of st johns many scholarships offered contributed i wish i had stayed jjt school the speaker was bill a hd who had left high school at the end of his first year perhaps bill had left because he didnt find the course suited to his ni eds on the other hand there have been countless bills and marys who were forced to leave high school because of financial difficulties it is to acquaint these bills and marys and their parents with the financial assistance offered by our high school and the universities that this is written the georgetown board of education offers an nually scholarships to students making the highest marks in each grade 1 hese scholarships are of the value of 5 in grade nine and increase by 5 in each grade so that the grade xiii prize is 25 i hrough the efforts of mr lambert private citizenb and local or ganizations such as the lions club i o d l the wo mens institute and the canadian legion donate annually prizes of 5 to the student who makes the second highest marks in each grade the countess of strathmore chapter i o d l is offering a prize in excess of 100 to a worthy upper school student of sufficiently high standing to warrant the award 1 he candidate for this scholarship is to be nominati d by the principal and tin award grant d by the i oi educational comunttei lor studi nts desiring to coiilinui tin ir studies at normal and tin- universities many s liolirilnpii are availablt v list specially tin dominion provincial studi nl aid scholarships i hese are iantd on tht basis of in til as well as high acadtmu standing in hulton c ounty two scholarships art avail ibli to stud ents wishing to go to to the uiuversil ml of tin uni vt rsitu s oi tht province offt r hi holir ihips i hese scholarships art award d to students as a rt suit of their upper st hool t xaminations 1 hese scholarships usually include a cash prize and either lull tuition for the four years of the courst or eri this for a stated number of years as well most universities award bursaries these arejeash awards and are usually granted to stud ents whose academic qualifications were high but not quite high enough to get them a scholarship georgetown high school ib justly proud of its scholarship winners we include the names of arthur dayfoot 1 larry williams and betty grant while michael beer won his scholarship at the university of toronto schools he is kind enough to give much of the credit for his scholarship to the training he received in grade xi und xii at georgetown high school one would like to see more scholarships endowed o that our brilliant students could continue their cour se at the university the need is particularly great in the facuty o applied science money spent in en dowing a scholarship in this faculty would be more page 8 than repaid in the contribution which the winner would make to his community and the nation one would like also to see a scholarship in arts for the students at georgetowh fllgh school pot pourri mrs nelson cooke reports a flock of about 100 wild geems flying over town on sunday afternoon for the first lime this year the entire arena will be re served tonight when the raiders meet port dover in the second playdown game for the honour of meeting sundridgr- for the championship port dover have ta ken three complete rows along the right side it iivto le hoped that there is some f6undatlon in the rumours that n shot company is interested irk locating hi town ceorgetowi has been without such an induh- try since the gj orgrtown sffae company closed down a tnontivgo i acrosao sticks are on order and the grc plans to revive- tins sport in georgetown which was once famous for its lacrosse trams at the turn of the century i he lacrosse box on the lions lot on joliyi streft will be rendy for use in a cciufjle of weeks the bad spot jn tlu road af the knox church corner was ironed out by the county grader on saturday a reader submits a chpping from a daily paper which comments on a warning by the guelph police commis sion that taxi clnvets must go to tle door for customers rattier than sit at the curb honking their horns george town drivers an not guilty of this practice as far as we know a picture of the gt orgt town post office is noted on tin front page of a recent issue of the niagara falls evening hi vi w i he paper is running a series of picturt s to famili inzt r adi rs with points of interest in the province i 111 eshe president and manager who is a nit iv t of i scucsmg snapped the photo not manv people m town wire await that on saturday a distinguish d visitor in the person of the 1 leutenant governor i ion ray i aw son was in town mr 1 aw son who is a three tor of tin royal bank wis here to view tlil lot tl br int h wi nt gift ti d to report last eelv of the rid tat t of a local oung ladv who caused a comedy oi errors when she ph med tlu operator to sav there- was a robbe r in tlu groc erv store from which in was phoning in a few setonds the polite rushtd in nvolvers drawn and finding no robbers marched miss to tht polie t olfiee f t tr questioning si ins that she thought she w is having a joke with a girl she knew but it tunnel out lo be a different operator it did prove i be an excellent test case for both telephone sirvite anil policing both i timing through with fl ing t olours directory dr j burns milne xhay dental subgeon g oigetown phone 80 dr clifiprd rejtd phono 110 mom street l d tj d qs dknilbl odcii ezvordngs georgetown elmer c thompson infauhancn sluvice 1 ire auto winditorm c p itnilwuy and allied fatcmnuhlp summlil lxcjurmons phone now or j geoijietown leroy dale kc m sybil bennett kc mill sticct iirristcis ind solicitors gcejljctou n phono 10 lanodon and aylsworth i scout news c ompetition for the honour icn- i mi uis ltei all patrols were hi h in atl ndinci- ind order and v uk n the iin il count was taken unl fivl m inls stood bitwun the htliet and int lowest the hciver i i rol und i p l jim hack suc- ceecli tl in v ii ninn the nnn tut all mcmb is of the 1st george toy n uoy scout 1 roop and wolf cub pick lit isked to meet at the li itt d chun ii on monthly april 11th at 7 10 ihty will then puide to tlit biptist church to pirtici- itc in tlu p tsikm weill services arehdt icon w g o 1 hompsem mll tit id re tne i untfrt litim syl appb i etired maple leaf hoi lu st u made this itatement diinkiiij i i no pi ill hi tin life of in tithh tt t ilhei phsicill or iu j illy physically a major it i in hock v 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di iw i he hostess seived 1 1 fi t shim nts afti r the mi t t- h1l h ii n teis ind sojieltora io irie j public ki ni eth m i uil don cl n j i tow n u mitlntre aykwoith ba aetun i 1ks1 muuio vul mumy lo loan offices kuy theatie ii dj mill st ihone uuw di or i town c opcr bldj phone jliw veton frank petch i1clnsid auclloneen prompt bericc phone j91 georgetown p o ilox 113 nielsen the chiropractor drujlea xhcrapui 30th year of practice jludy attendant mcn tues prl 25 pan wod fiat 25 and u0 pan- fovar dominion store goorkotown pliono 150w lever and hoskin chartered accolijhtiuiu 3ucceiipra to jenkinii and hardly 1005 metropolitan bid metropolitan 44 victoria street el dllil bid toronto consult j a willoughby sons for compllti k1a1 lstate slkvlct head on icc toronto 15b yonac bt ad 0003 city arid country home i arms and bmall acreages industrial and liuuincsn 1ropertlcs tom hewson ij your locil itlineenlativc phone 32w j monuments domestic awl i oreien granites ilest sand bltit ecjulpment for cemetery lettering rinceille monument works oranceville ont jradio repairing i we specialize in this i work j 16 litri experience j j sanfordson i phont georgetown 34w j monuments j pollock campbell j 02 water st north g a l t dcjirns on nsfuest phone 2040 inspect our work in greenwood cemetelry iiiiikii kk1pi oihmmsi visits iii i l i oi i ic i a v isitoi it tlu hcrikl offiei i in sd li mitiiilk wlls anne all ill iv liem re e ipi iiiluinn is n popul n w kl f itur sh is th niece of 1 i win in k ii iltcu icrl ulttir l 1 pics lit ltl phone 328 or 168r ted bludd floors sanded and refinished the dustless way new modcrn equipment he il mill hi ii n s iu i iii wi ii ub 1 im im situ ll a 1 1 1 i lul m s ki ioi iin is i ll mm i i insii ii ii mi 1 i k mi li pulln lt ion v lie to lit n i i s llusy hi e w i ni 1 ilk mi the irt of itptiitini in it tlu milch nuitlni nf tlu iuuip which wuj h 11 1 tin horn of mi llivld ii ml r mi she told wny j lo pub- ll it alivltlc by dc is ipeech and p ial duyi by i weed mulr lilitoiy hookti und coopciullon with othe i eiikinlntion i und ended witli u quotation from miiptini tl d by minn collitu at the dlutrict annual whatsoever thlnua ura juut true honeiit pure lovely and of uood report no puttern your publicity from ltoll call was answered by nug- gentiarui for the new yur work theu including a ihower of articled for a fall bazaar uraveyanl marked by cairn mora current event at meeliniu the niont popular on a hahk tneat indkkd all polltlciil paitleu were rqprcaented when the euutor seal campaign waa officially opened in ottawa with tlia prlmo minister st laur ent buyliut the first oheet from eleven year old crippled boy woo a rcpreaented on the eas ter seals oa betntf typlcul of the wurk dune by kervlco clubs and tlieir society for crippled children in ullcvlatlniftlie crlppllntf condi tions umonfst afflicted youngster autogrsphlnk the souls for tlmmy are left to right prime minister st latuent gordon oraydon ptoatre- slvo conservative party whip solon low social credit laadear und m j celdwell ccf leaadtf eightyfive million dollars worth ot easter seahi will go on sale to ralas 225000 00 to aid crippled chlldraav