roger smith competes for ontario speaking honours igreat canucks two outstanding orators a schools in brampton george tiitby high scbool youth and a georgetown high school young man have won the right to re present the four counties of halton peel york outside mc- tro toronto and ontario in the provincial public speaking coucj test for secondary school stud cots on monday march 27th easter monday it sheraton xing edward hotel toronto john s porter 16 a grade 11 student at anderson collegiate vocational institute whitby captured top honours in the prepared speech section at the rone 4 provincial iemlfmal or atorjeal contest held at ander son collegiate vocational insti tute in whitby on friday night he duplicated his speaking ach ievement of c last year when he took first place in the prepared speech section in the zanc com petition and earned the right to enter the 1986 ontario final oratorical contest the other zone final winner this year was roger j smith i grade 13 student at george- itown district high school who won the impromptu speech sec tlon despite the inclement weath r 18 contestants took part in the zone public speaking com petition they were from high i town milton newmarket oak ville oshawa whitoy and woo- dbndgc there were 10 speak ers in the prepared speech sec hon and nine in the impromptu section wlni second tim repeating his feat of last year john porter oyf anderson collegiate whitby sjpokc on world peace to win the pre pared speech first place hon ours f he is the son of rev john porter and mrs porter who live at 467 garrard road north in whitby township his father is the pastor of westminster united church whitby town ship in winning the impromptu speech honours ttoger smith of georgetown district high school displajed originality al so remarkable organization of his subject matter as well as great poise and excellent deli very he spoke on the subject in defense of laziness roger smith is the son of mrs esther smith roger has been interj csted in public speaking tbrou gbxmt hi hgh school career he wtt second in the central wes tern ontario secondary school late general vanier a canadian patriot e four public speaking anderson collcglatejverseas in 1915 he was award association district 6 public speaking contest earlier this year he is active in student af fairs and is the president of the students forum of george- town district high school rog er is planning to go to univer sity and hopes to study mathc- matics prwmnts hydro trophies the ro contest i at whitby was sponsored by the ontario scbool trustees and municipal councillors associa tlon the ontario educational association and the ontario mu nlcipal electric association district 4 arthur k meen jc chair man of the borough of north york hydro and president of the ontario municipal electric association district 4 present ted a hjdro silver cup and a replica to john porter also a hydro shield and a miniature shield to roger j smith commenting on the excellent quality of the speeches mr meen who is a professional en gincer and a lawyer stated that he marvelled at the ability of the young people to speak with such ease and fluency in pub lic the following speech was dcl livered to georgetown high school students by a fellow stu dent hike ans george vanier was canada si first ryanchcanadlan govemorl genera he waa born in mon treal on april 23 1888 trained for law at laval university he left his practice when war broke out in 1914 to help organize the well known french expedt tlonary force the van doos cdttbe military cross and later the distinguished service ord er in 1918 a bomb explosion cost him his right leg he returned to canada and in 1921 married pauhne archer during the 1920s he served as aiddecamp to two generals commanded royal 22nd regim cnt served as canadian repres cntative on the permanent ad visory commission and prepar atory disarmament commission of the league of nations and as canadian delegate to the gener al assembly of the league of nations he represented canada at the naval conference 1930 was technical advisor to the league of nations in 1936 and was appointed canadian prime minister to france aft er a narrow escape from france when war broke out he barked on an enlistment drive in french canada in 1943 went to london as minister to the allied governments in ex he after his retirement gen eral vanier was named to thel canada council six yearn of social work in montreal ended his appointment as governor general of canada on sept 15 i960 to canada he has been a symbol of unity he believed in our country ht respected its past he was proud of its ach levementa and he had faith in its future because of his great faith in young people colour tv sets for lucky egg shoppers buy a carton of eggs and win a colour tv set this waa the message cal loomis brought to the halton egg producers annual dinner meeting held monday march 13 in hornby mr loomis secretary mnna ger of the egg fowl marketing board of toronto announced that three million coupons will be distributed throughout onta rlo in egg cartons over the next three months at stake are elc ven color television sets to shop peri who draw the lucky coup mr loomis appealed to the egg producers to support the idea for promoting the industry supermarkets and grading stations are so far responding very well said mr loomis in an age of pessimism was a prophet of hope in an age of cynicism he was a man of faith in an age of material ism he emphasized character and the things of the mind mike faris concluded his tri bute by reading the text of a speech delivered by governor jeneral vanier on new years day to the people of canada the evening i guest speaker n iwas dr william gregg special 1st of poultry diseases at con naught labs of toronto dr gregg spoke to the egg prod ucers on poultry diseases and their treatment in a question and answer period after his ad dress dr gregg diseased spej cific problems of poultry nutri tlon and the management of the laying house optometrist gives tips on growing of roses the march meeting of the georgetown society was held last wednesday evening in knox church hall with a very turnout o garden enthus lasts greeting l m brown ape cial speaker for the evening robert barber introduced mr brown to the audience who in turn gave a talk on how grow roses a comprehensive study of the rose from choosing the desired type of bush and variety to the picking of a prize bloom was discussed showing how easy it really is to produce a winning specimen a bush properly plan ted watered fertilized spray ed and wintered over each year should give the home gardener many years of delight mr brown showed several coloured slides of rose plantings in the metro area pmewtnnmg blooms and arrangements seen at recent canadian rose socic ty shows of which mr brown is a director the audlcnie parti cipatedyby directing several aucsronfl to mr brown for clar ification d n cole thanked mr brown for his time and effort in presenting his lecture and suggested that rose culture am thi oiormtown hlftald thuradey march 2m 1w page 13 ong those present would hav an upswing this year society president fred duf- fleld chairman for tht evening thanked all present for their extra efforts in coming out de spite the bad driving and walk ing conditions several items of business were dealt with in cluding an upcoming tour of dominion seed house for the membership a special report on membership by h j herder and mere information relating to the june flower show during the meeting a going away presentation was made to mrs e l bunnan by mr her der on behalf of the society mrs burman has been a valued member of the society espec ially in the area of flower shows greatly assisting m the planning and preparation of past shows and also for the june show coming up which will reflect her interest and en- enthusiasm mrs harry scott presided ov er the door prize draw and the following people were winners mrs n icam mrs s palicbuk mrs w r norton bruce har ley mrs e s thompson mrs h barkoskie norman bird mrs g w campbell mrs j cleave mrs gordon booth and s palicbuk two georgetown men on childrens aid bd sffih gbt smith end his mother mrs esther smith hold his prize a hydro shield a min iature shield and a world atlas i illegitimate births increase need new foster home plan reeve austin j lcdwilh 36 a milton businessman is the new president of the children a aid society of halton county he was elected to head the 18member slate of directors for centennial year following the annual meeting of the soc iety held at knox presbyterian church thursday i reeve ledwith is one of six county council representatives on the board of directors rud whiting 248 riverside drive oakvllle was elected vice president mrs paul lam gary crescent burlington secretary and warren harding rankin drive burlington treasurer i other county representatives are warden william coulter reeve of nassagaweya deputy reeve george cumc rr 2 georgetown oakville deputy reeve allan day of milton de puty reeve prank oaks knox avenue acton and deputy reeve a- r speight shelley st georgetown alio on the board are mrs every 36 seconds a patient barbara harris mr gg hevm in a canadian hospital receives mr peter howard and harold a blood transfusion young all of oakville eldan horsman canon c m mitchell and james toows burlington douglas latimer georgetown and mrs james sproat milton scholarship art on display at library there is a most interesting exhibit of art on display at the public library at the moment it is the coutts hallmark schol arship art exhibit these pictures have been sub- milted by high school students from all over canada in their final year who are planning to make a career of art for schol arship award sponsored by coutts hallmark cards the picl tures on display are from the 1965 submissions they will be shown at the library until ap ril 5th park motors no 7hwy 2 miles west of georgetown open every night hi 9 p m dont drive a bellett units your prepared to change all your ideas about compacts ballttt h o tar ahead of the field in perform ance luxury featuras and solid bui in q it cnallen- gi many cars in tht filgh price rang want a revttation rida com to park motor rs today 1864 no down payment if credit approved 877 9439 answer 8776359 a foster uncles and aunts experiment with emotionally sturbed children was urged nday by doctor gordon ask nth executive director of the children s aid society in hal ton count he said the number of illeg ittimatc births in ontario was on the increase particularly i halton children are coming into our today for more serious cm otional problems and require more help he told the annual meeting of the halton society he said it was difficult to nlace such children in foster homes and added it is likely we will have to experiment in a different type of foster home uid group therapy generally we are looking al the pa ability of encouraging people to be aunts ind uncles tn these children it will be an experiment in knlisting the help of par its would not directly i responsibility for children heir care i or askwith said the hall in acty was hoping to put a hew commituc to work to stu py the special needs of fa mi i i ind children in the county j he said it was the intention i use a he memaker to go in i what ht described as nc ictful homes to help train others or families to care for eir children the home maktr would help milies who were on the crge breaking up i i ilhoi sh the illcgil jnate birthrate was nsint and ore ihldrcn were being taken to care of the society there fas still an adequate number adoplnc homes in halton fcuntj i last ear the soc et began lh 10 children in its care faulted another 105 and roun with 120 the society assisted 148 un ned mothers in plans for ifanls and helped 964 children their own homes through vice to 317 families over 80 children and another 38 society children were plac ed in adoption and 16 young sters were returned to their parents adoptions were completed for 102 children also 94 divorce reports were completed by the society successful euchre at chapel street wcdncsda march 15th eu chrc winners at a party spon sored by chapel st home and school association were 1st mrs o paul 2nd mr al prouse consolation mrs go all out with ozite carpet jacksons mens boys wear store trtfiwflwro the renovation and redecorating of our ma n floor men sand boys wear store has been completed we are celebrat ing the event with a special sale that w ii save many dol lors for our customers pay us a visit we think you ii like the improvements they provide more floor space for theconven ence of our customers and eas er accessibility to the wide selection of top qua ty merchandise oi d splay when your neighbour knocks answer the call and give tothe i canadian cancer society campaign starts sat april 1st onte town n terrace is the original outdoor indoor carpet iroved with over 10 million yards ah wdy in use great for 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