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kids find its fun not everybodys counting the days til spring recbff heavy snowfalls have disrupted traffic caused delays to commuters messed up floors and chilled residents to the bone but e section of the population hopes i the i away- herftrnjcyseddo a le t fldntnpaqfthe nowjq make good use of his toboggan on a swanek subdivision slope below hewson cresc ehzabeth st neighbourhood kids watch a chum pilot his toboggan over a ump the halton junior farmers will be well represented on saturday january 7th when the ontario junor fanner con ference will be held at the kmgtddward hotel toronto each year junior fanner ent nes from across the province compete for awards in the com petition this year hilton will be represented in the junior farmer public speaking cora petition by john mcgee norv al john is presently attending york university toronto and was recently named the recip ient of a twomonth trip jsrael in 1967 sponsored by the pioneer women s associat ion montreal at the junior farmer con ference john will be required to present a ten minute speech on a topic of his own choice nd in addition introduce and thank other competitors amixed quartette consisting of ruth mason streotsville evelyn van arkel brampton john wilson jvorval and tom hunter georgetown will also participate the compulsory song for this group is recounts experiences as teacher in northwest john snoddy who taught at william public school i tor thro years and hit wifa i tteethar a member of george- i wmt chapel jit public school i ttaff far iwo terms accepted tea- i hlng positions in the north west territories lest summer following is condensed ac i sount of their lourney to fort i ttcphtrson and impressions of i rhe north it was taken from a i typewritten seven page greeting i which the snoddys sent to friends here at christmas on august 15th we said fare d i dc8 for edmonton the i aext bnef five days were spent i jjuring the beautif al jasper etanff parks before wc knw found ourselves seated at i the old edmonton industrial lalrport ready to leave civiliza bon behind and head into the i unknown this is the proneci spread out before us forming an intricate pattern of lakes streams channels and islands which took on many shapes and designs the interspersed land was colourful in its fall attire soon wo reached the point where the pee river metis the delta and then the pi lot said that mcphcrson will be just over the rise our excite ment grew to a peak in the distance we could barely make out mcpherson our home for the next ten months or so wc circled the cluster of bjildings which is situated on the south aell to our parents and board east ihore of the peel river in the distanccwe saw the rising plateau and further still the rugged peaks of the richardson mountains as wc circled for the last time we viewed mc pherson with mixed feelings of anticipation after several moo ths of red tape and preparation we had finallj arrived at our i airport which was first used to destination open up and develop the mac item district lm fv and eight and industrial arts we earthed the many faces to grade 5 6 7 and eight certainly keeps me busy day and mgnt the classes in the school are rather small but i have the largest with 2s two of my students who are girls are 20 and 2 rcspecuvel i have 21 girls and the remainder are boys they arc not all this old but they are all at least 1 2 or 3 years older than the av erage white student m the remind drivers to keep vehicle windows clear indexing wncrc each was gd we soon met a family with horn wc would bo spending ittfc next ten months at fort llbtpherson they were mr and mrs gibbs from vancouver itney were loaded down with 2 lively little girls a pug dog na 2 cindy and a precious ivy plpnt and several suitcases the remainder of the faces were to become quite familiar i during the following two weeks lacthe orientation coarse in fort i suh fort smith was the centre t northern administration but laince the corruthors report i this has been changed to yel llofrkntfe it is situated on the pelican rapids on great slave i river this river appears ion the map as an insignificant line but actually this is a pow ijul river with a great breadth laifel many navigational hazards i smith boasts a modern hotel itiee garages a theatre a leg llob two taxi companies hud icon bay store the new high iwfjlwill be completed next year ithus making it possible to dmc from edmonton directly to port isolth naturally the road is gravel and dust it is unbel lievahle in iact a road from fairbanks alaska to fort mc person will be finished in ab- ott three years the north 15 ificwing by leaps and bounds laivl provincial status is expect ledj in the next ten years in -sept- 1st e left tort jmith at 9 in a dc 4b our first i stop was to be in hay river i but there was a shroad of mist lover the airport the pilot at itefflpted a landing and as we i were approaching the strip i uoiild see the tree tops through tcrfered with the removal of tthf fog all of a sudden i felt i snow- i the plane lurch upwards and 1 icnjild see the elevation of the i title change to an ascent my staunch took the same ascent tfyt pilot was too determined for my money for he made no j less than three tries before tie told the passengers over the intercom hay river seems to lb fogged in therefore wc will i tr yeilowknife which is only i v of an hour away 1 immed i lately asked my stomach if we i would make it for i thought i that one of us should go but art both managed a compatible i 45 minutes with some pcrsuas i ion 4 a rest and light lunch t yeilowknife we winged oar i wly north with improved wea i thw conditions south ite standard of educa tion is slightly lower and it is very difficult to maintain a high standard especially in the hi gher grades for many of these people will live in moherson for the remainder of their lives and they take the attitude that education is not important therefore one tries to show these people goals and then try to teacb an attitude but again it is difficult to teach an atti tude for attitudes are mainly caughl i try to follow the al beru s course of study as much as possible but we need a course set jp mainly for the territories and then broken into districts because communities differ vastlj heather teaches the beginner class where the 6 year olds begin those who seem capable go into the grade 1 course ab out november but the remain der stay in the beginners class and then pass into grade 1 the following year most they all apeak some sort of delta eng itsh when they come to school but their home background is very poor for most have never used an inside bathroom etc this all has io be taught by heather nhere in the south mothers have taught this and other fundamentals well before school begins i personally could not begin to teach in her situation never have we been so busy j we really expected to be doing vast amojnts of reading letter i writing and the usual time fit lers but this is definitely noti so both heather and 1 curl ju to drama attend community at fairs individually heather has brownies attends beading and smocking classes shows movies bakes bread of a sort house wife at times and teaches on the side i work in the shop in the shop in the shop in the new year i wll conduct adult classes in shop een wth all of these acbv ities we will be trinking rem iniscent though of all of our friends and relatives and cspe dally of our parents who are back in our southern home on chistmas day we will b- wondexing what you are doing where yoa are located and hope that christmas will be a joyou and christ filled season both heather and i send to all of you our heart warmed wi shes for a merry christmas and a happy now year golfers get your game in shape for spring at the brampton golf school 36 quean st e brampton entrance off parking lot at rear special offer a practice and lassona from jan 1st to april 30th 1 tor30mv1k t large selection of golf equipment at at offseason prices on mon to fn 12 to 10 p m sat9 am to 6 p m douq sinclair c p o a prereuional for information call 4511901 folk singing new feature at junior farmer conference the georgetown herald thursday january 5th 1m7 page s all in the april evening they- will also be required to sjng onevehectlonof their own choice in the provincial junior far- mer choir festival competit ion halton will be represented by eighteen junior fanner members they have been prac tising for the past month und er the direction of mrs winni- fred newell milton they all call it canada is the compul sory number for the choir the choir will also have an additional selection of their own choosing a new event in the competit ion this yean is the junior farmer folk singing festival earl burt georgetown wdl be presenting his selections rep resenting the halton junior farmers last year the ladies trio competition was won by three junior farmer members from halton joy hayward both and wiltna mason mississauga health club 0 mixed swtmmlno 9 family nights judo laasera and sauna dally 9 swims lessons 9 weight lifting r join now 1 and shed those extra pounds you ve added during the holiday season l j streetsville 8262727 fcl rftllf i opon every day except sunday 10 ajn to 11 wwv pjt under lupervlin of qualified in located on streetsvihe road just south of 401 during the period december 25th to december 31st 1966 inclusive personnel of the mil ton detachment ontario pro vincial police worked a total of 711 hours and patrolled a to tal of 6 719 miles on area high ways as a result of patrol 14 traffic charges were preferred and 19 violation warnings is sued during the past week 10 property damage accidents and 4 personal injury accidents were investigated resulting in 7 persons being injured and apppmmnately 9380 in proper ty damage oontrrbuung fact ors m accidents were driver lost control icy road codltions failing to stop before entering a through highway and falling to keep the car windows free of snow one driver was appre- hended and charged with fail ing to remain atthe scene of an accident seven motor vchfc les were reported abandoned al ong 401 highway three of which were removed at the owners expense when they in containing the steering wheel are in such condition as to af ford the driver a clear view to the front and side of the motor vehicle and b unless the rear window is in such a condition as to afford the driver a clear view to the rear of the motor vehicle 2 clause b of subsection 1 does not apply to a motor veh icle that la equipped with a mirror or mirrors securely at tached to the motor vehicle and placed m such a position and maintained in such a condition as to afford the driver other wise than through the rear window a clearly reflected view of ushftiadway in the rear of any vehicle approach ng from the rear foe following fifty minutes iverr the most exciting part of ud long and arduous journey lswlyinf mackenzie delta there were 32 general oc currences reported including two disturbances threo com plaints from local farmers re porting hunters trespassing on their property one person was reported missing and later lo cated a house in nassagaweya township was completely des troyed by fire and the occup- anls were assisted in locating accommodations it a hilton hotel the remaining occurretxres were of a minor nature motor vthlcla window to afford a clmr vltw section 41 b of the highway traffic act states 1 no pers on shall drive a motor hide upona highway a unless the windshield and the windows on cither aide of the comp free rides social for ross lake pupils pupils of boss lake riding school got together for free trail rides around the area and a social time to mark the end of the old year last week some 23 ttudenla and past students of instructor mrs anne vernon most of them teenagers accepted the lnvitat ion they visited the rr 3 park thursday afternoon and and saturday brother dies in leigh lancashire william murphy whose bro ther james is a town resident at 51 ontario st died recently in leigh lancashire mr murphy who was 63 was unmarried beside iua brother here he leaves four other brother in leigh john richard thomas and dennis at robert gougeons colonial shoppe 28mill3treet georgetown everything must go 20 50 off kroehler maple dining room suite buffet hutch table 1 arm chair 3 side chair now req 613 00 449 00 5 pc den or rec room set sofa armchair coffee table rvyo end tables reg 245 75 haw 99 3 pc vilas bedroom suite double dresser and mirror 4 chast and bed at j j00 rag 32445 now aaata 2 pc kr0ehler living suite heavy tweed upholstered fabric reg 379 95 new 299oo odd chairs rockers cricket swivel rocker all raducad to claar 2 only unfinished mates chairs cnlt 698 kr0ehler sleep -or- lounge opens to full size bed reg 299 95 now 249 00 pictures clocks lamps footstools odd tables pine dough box sun racks wall bar spice racks wrought iron knickknacks wall plaques shelves the complete stock at the colonial shoppe must be cleared at ridiculous prices household furnishing robert gbugeon colonial shoppe 28 mill street free delivery time payments available v