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4 thursday february 3th ims the acton free press acton ontario editors notkroy shaver of finch ont post president of the onterio plowmen t association ac companud douglas s retd of brampton ont and algie wauace of north cower ont canada champion plowmen on their trip to tha british itlt eire atwl to franc tni 1 the first of a aerie of fu weekly article he hat writ ten at team manager about their experiences and impressions by boy shaver it hardly seems possible thai this ia 1m3 andit js two months since the three of us took oft by air tq tart another canadian plowmen tour of the british isles and to compete against european plow men by the time we returned we had experienced our first pea souper the worst fog in london s recent history visited canadian war raves in france seen some of the finest agricultural land in the world and rubbed shoulders with and spoken to representatives jf almost every nationality you can think of campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 wator st north oalt telephone ims ftlafetfr bow ctae however before i tell yon more about the trip i had better tell you something about us and how we came to make the journey for the pail seven years the grand prize of the the on ario plowmen s association annual in ternatlonal plowing match has been a gold mednl and a trip to europe for the champion horse and tractor plowmen with all expenses paid by imperial oil the pples an of fered tor he winners or a special class known as the esso trans a lantic class the winners at inst october s match held al carp near otta wa were 26 year old douglas s rcid of bramp ton ont in the tractor class and 35 year old afgi wallace of north gower ont i the horse class algies win was atgte wallace tour i the bowmen who toppled annorpbtnl knights at agincaurt would have been impressed by ike runs of modern aluminum bow and at a recent british ar caery championship it shot the winning arrow a distance of 353 and made of a special alloy ike bow had a tensile strength of thirtytwo toot whqo sturdy aluminum is play- lag an essential part to canadian defwodb prodncbon for the free world were afraid the new alu- joan bow is a unto late for awaaoa on ia our atomic age afcnanam company of canada uttajcani r- t du ihjltul uf glcut douglas s nea pn m eagu ontario he was the first plow mm to bring a championship to thi easte cou in sin the 39 year lumor of th 9 p a fich eir it is ihi tustom of the o p a to select a t im manager lo nccomapny the plowmen in ad dition to aetlik as managtr he also is the group official chonickr and reporur consider it a great honor lo have been chosen i am a director and past president of the o p a and have been a lifelong dairy farmer at finch in ontario s stormont coun write at end you arc probably wondering why we did not write while we were overseas there are two reasons it has been the practice in pa i years for the winning plowmen to make their overseas visit in janu ary and february in time to par ucipate in the northern ireland international match at belfast this time the opa directors decided we should make our trip almost immediately after the international match and compete instead in the british national ploughing match nt falkirk scotland during the match there was to be n trial of a set of rules that had been pro posed for international plowing publication after the christmas rush so for the next fiw weeks we will try lo recall for you the things that impressed us mast and some of the wonderful people we met during the trip amaalng kngltah spirit i think i can say without heal lotion that the one thing that m pressed us most and certainly the thing that witl live in my memory for a long time was the amazing spirits of the people of england beading newspaper accounts ani predictions of approaching national bankruptcy scarcity of food and high taxes we had expected to meet gloomy disgruntled people though bomb damage still scars acres of london we saw only one new building the people we mil nevtr nno mentioned the war the high tax s which an evi n n w still paying for war or the siring ent rationing which id another holdover from those bleak vears had we not known better we could have concluded then never hdd been n war or rationing tea and butler rations ii is easy to be generous when one has plenty but it is quite a different mattir to be grm rous tin the meagrt minus which britons have lo pul up with for the pant 13 enrs i can rt number silling down to tea in the dining room of a quaint oak beamed house 400 years old on the table were hut scones dripping with butter the butter represented some two week s ration for our hosts but that was a subjtct that was nuir dise ussed don t misunderstand me it isnt a mood of resignation it la rather a spirit of there s no uu whining about oil thlir we went into it with our i yes open so well see ll through to when we remembered some 57 the complaining and grotsing that goes on over here i think we all elt a llltle ashamed english politeness together with this wonderful spirit was an extreme politeness on me part of the english we met it through england after thi raring tearing lets get there in a hurry rudeness that it seems to me is so general here it was as refnshing as a summer rain on the plalform of london s si pancras station our tall white western style hats decorated with a maple leaf revealed us as strang irs within as many minutes six people approached us smilingly said hallo and asked if there was anything they could do for us that sort of thing hoppe ni d to us whmer wt went beauty of war graves anothir thing hat mode n si ion impmssion was the breathtaking beauty of thi w ir graves i visited during a iwu day trip we made to front i thi remeti rles and grav yards of our sold it rs who fill in the two world wars would stand omjwirlson with the fintst parks in tin world no monument nuilil belu r show our gratitudt than the si acres of gritn grass beautiful tlowi rs ami simple whiti crosses that r vyil the most loving mid tendt r can i am afraid i have rambled a utile in this tint le ter but tn those that fallow j will trace our path through the british isles and hope that you will get aa much enjoyment from the telling as wi dd from the doing r w eglos hoods hydro inspection hydro chairman robert h saun dera has announced the appoint mint of it w egles as ehttrlrnl tn spirt i on siiperintt ndi nl tor llvtlni s w st central let gion which includts this district m lglt s limits will be to ifuitle arid d vuii area inspectors incited at dionlford slmcoe hamilton kit htiur stratford ciitlph ilstowtl mid burlington offkint mr fus has been with hydros rh t tnciil itispe etion dep irtint nt sum his dischargt from ihn i m uli in rxptjiditlonarv forte in 1917 rnm ihnt time until 1910 h luspeeted insulators cabl 1 1 iifipx iiitl othtr materials ust d on inn mission tints mnm 1030 lo 1041 in eontintiid this w rk and iddi i u speetlon nt t lee trim i equipment at wistnifhiiuse and other plant ii divtiled his full time to clcctrltal litsptttlnn work from im1 until ijm9 whin hi was apiiointid ait i flittrlral inspector it hainiltoi in which post hi sned until tils pn st nt appointim nt fuppet8 in raeih i rus a parisian had to cut trial nlan vlfllsltir he touk the man to the thealn no reaction he took him to he ballet no reaction he sook him to a wrestling match a libute in the asmmbly a skating rink a ntwsreel no rt action fjill of despair the parisian sng gcsled a promt natli in the c hamps hymts and thurt tluy canit upon a perfurmanee of a ehlldrtn s mario tn tie show ah cried tht itussan rapturous ly seating himself un a lunch iupptts now i fet i at hom in ithi lh average nnmbt r of persons pi r anadlnn houst hold was tour ami a quar tr in ibil tht new illustrations put punch in ads any regular advertisere or loctl reside nts with occasional sdvpr tisi mints for thr paper will bt in ttrtstetf tn know that a new mat book has arrived this february bunk has niiny illustrations on vitnetl uipick and articles which will untloub ettly add to thr sel ling ptwer of your at i pul punch tn what you pi in to say whither it in a sale announce inent t bazaar a special speaker a meeting n rvlce tn sell the lux k mnv le during oftlc bin ea salam 0hane pekoe competition the u p- a was anxious for canadnn plowmen to take part in this trial leaving at that time also allow ed me to sit in with j d thomas of toronto the opa s special dclcgite at the 11 nation confer ence at stirling scotland which decided to hold the first world plowing match in canada this fill little preparation however the eirly novembt r departure meant thera was little time for pre para lion of many things among them arrangements with weekly editors for publication of our tetters to you a quick poll taken among editors of our acquaintance showed they thought it would be better if we related our experiences after our return for next time you watch a construction job remember you may hare a cjoaer connecf ion with it than you f run if you own life insurance that connection could be vmry dose some of your premium mone might be helping to pa the cost of digging that gaping ptt for even vear hundreds of miuxms of dollars are invested for policyholders m ways that provide many kinds of building homes schools power plant waterworks these are but a few of the projects which life insurance money helps develop ati this building creates jobs too not only jobs for builders but for workers in new or expanded industries from coast to coast so anyone who owns life insurance is domg more than providing financial security for himself and his family he also helps make canada a better land to hve tn i the ufe insurance companies m canada ft is good cftfaoaaup to ow uf hsswrowco l iood announci buictf 6mest cms nshsmnm hfrf you see pictured the fioldcn anniversary flunks engineered styled powered and bodied uslie fo worthy of htir paragon rule tn ihis fiftieth year 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wontftomt handling ease of gm power steering ha ri tolea ueadieu moil buoyantly tetel tide that bmuk 1 advamed engineering bat yet produced 4 woffwsffwfsrjlfrwfffs the super the roadmasfer es iheres wonderful news about the 1951 bunk si pers and road- matfrs hm for instance the re powered hv a completeh new v 8 engine with one of the highest compression ratios in the industrv it de clops 1h8 horsepower for road master 170 for the d nsflawjfquipped super and it s so compact that a new more manoeuvrable chassis has been built around it but no listing of fans and features can do justice to the phenomenal golden anniversary butcks no words can reslh tell vou the beaurv vou see the comfort vou feci the excitement iou experience when vou make first hand acquaintance with these hig beautiful bounteous buick customs and supers and roadmasters for 5 3 so come in and see for yourself that these are in simple truth buick s greatest cars in 50 great years blow on lprne garner motors main at bower 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