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hrfld the georgetown hffld wed january 19th 1944 the ge town vkttztf sp nwb of gijv obosqetotnr nokval glen wiiaiamsl lettehqusk btewajttqwn abhoaove ballinafad tfcttra ootta acton brampton milton i saboasxevxoa rates united states and overseas 200 a year single copies 5c advertising kates will be quoted on application telephone no 8 mary b biehn editor j bole walter c ucbihn publisher oarpikld l mcotlvray of toe canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontario- e quebec division of the cxwna the editors corner an heirloom brooch we had the pleasure of examining an unusual and beautiful brooch the other day which is a highly prized possession of mrs nelson cook this lovely bit of jewelry made of bog oak inlaid with silver and old belonged to mrs cooks great grandmother in 1 england it has the appearance of mahogany at first glance but when held up to the light it becomes opales cent and a light reddish brown is revealed as the true color bog oak is probably a new material to you aait was to us so consequently we were greatly inter- ested to come across an account of just where andhiki y the original substance is found bog oak is found inthe fens of east anglia england or the marsh lands these are lands reclaim ed from the sea and for centuries the people of eng land have been struggling to keep the water from taking back what the land has gained for the fens like other marsh lands are level the soil is easily worked and is very rich indeed once the drainage problem has been solved in the old days windmills supplied the power for the pumps later it was the primitive steam engines and paddle wheels of 100 years ago today it is huge diesel driven centrifugal pumps before the land can be cultivated however tree roots have to be dragged out by powerful tractors as rthe trunks are sometimes five feet in diameter anci ent bog oaks up to 100 feet long which have lain un- rotted in the subsoil beneath the peat for as long as 4000 years have to be blown up and carted away it was from these bog oaks processed of course that mrs cooks heirloom brooch was made it was in the firstimportant attempt to recover the fens for agriculture was made the earl of bedford with a company tf promoters called the adventurers started in to drain partaofthe vaxl one part that they recovered but which long since sank back tomarah is still called the adventurers pen and is now once more ricb fannland a huge expanse of smooth rich black soil like our mct level prairies with the green shoots of the newly sown winter heat showing evenly with promise of a bumper crop but unfortun ately there is another similarity between these reclaimed pens and the prairies4hesoll tendsto blow when dry the peatv soil is very one nju has little holdagpower it is a problem because the flat almost treeless expanse of the pens is wide open to the winds from he north sea but ways are being found to solve it among other remedies is the cogging- lip of some of the heavy clay subsoil which underlies the peaty surface soil some 3 to 5 feet deep and spreading it on tbfe surface considering the labor and skill now being lavished on these fen- lands by the agricultural executive committees of the counties con cerned it is amusing to read how bitterly the earl of bedfordseffort and later ones were resisted by the men of the fens themselves these 1 local people were not farmers and did not want to boi they were sailors and hunters for in these days seagolngstupe could come right up to cambridge they did not want the country drained and their aea connection destroyed after the civil war cromwell had to send soldiers to prevent the fenmen from throwing down the dykes which had been raised things look very different to the pen people today apart en tirety from the patriotic aspect of the work which has their whole hearted approval a complete new life is being opened to them they are not the kind of folk who demand all the comforts of city life but up until now many of these families have lived lives 2s isolated as any tn england there are families where the children now almost adult cannot read and write they have not- been forgotten by the educa tion authorities but there was simply no way of getting them to school tor many months in the year their holdings were completely isolated and if a heavy horse with only half a load could not make its way along the driftways how could children be expected to stnierle five miles to school in the morning and another five miles back it night thus wehave the historical background of the origin of a womans brooch bog oak wilt doubtless dd another chapter to its history if such brooches be come popular again after the war for later generations will tell their children of the worst war the world had ever seen and of how it forced the british people to make use of every scrap of land available for susten ance during the awful struggle ontartq house and ontario canteen premier george drew has just recently rcturn- ed from a trip to england undertaken primarily for the purpose of establishing a place where british merchants and industrialists may procure official firsthand infor mation about business conditions and opportunities in the province of ontario in trafalgar square the building has been chos en for ontarietprouse as it will be called- and closcby an ontario canteen will be established where ontario soldiers may obtain meals at cost and use its facilities for establishing a closer contact with home already nessaryccirl8fruction alterations are under way and we may expect to see both ontario house and on- tario canteen functioning in the very near future the e8tablishmenn3f a place where information snay be obtained about our province will be- a distinct advantage to the citizens of ontario first of all the mere presence of ontario house will stimulate the interest of british business men in ontario need- icse to say ft personnel will have to be highly qualified for the job of advertising and explaining opportunities 2agricaknre and manufacturing in- ontario thiswill t incroaw erffrbm ontario th united kingdom j keeping iifoiplobe touch with the gebpleat home on- v tarlo hbusewill disseminate information the oppositely way too by telling the people of our province how best to meet current requirements on the british market individual communications to the ontario government from all persons interested in obtaining british business will be the life blood of the new scheme which will work towards increased production sales andprosp qoto federation idfdttewk 90lution re iiiojdob stofclft the convention of the hajbon orimjemperance fmefftipnftikt was heiitln the sunday school room of tt united church muton mon day january 10th the following reso lution which had been sent to tine county council was brought before the ontario both now and ih the post war era t in additidn to boosting the morale of our boys now- tle ontario canteen contemplates art important role during that period come when u rrtajk when on- tario men are demobilized it will endeavor to trace personal and family contacts which in some way may have been lost and assist with all possible information about home thus making that difficult period easier for every one ontario house and ontario canteen are fine examples of working together in closer harmony for the common good their establishment was a good stroke of business- salvage effort important waste paper cardboard boxes rags bottles and metal all have definite salvage value and all are urgent ly needed to swell a rapidly diminishing supply of ma- terialswhich have been drained off tq meet the enor mous demands of a nation at war at this particular time old papers and boxes are desperately needed by the pulp afhd paper industry 3tt process the used stock snd turn it back in to freshpaper once more the shortage of raw pulp materials is extremely critical due mainly to lack of la bour in the bush lands where immense quantities of timber used for pulpwood are normally cut shortage of paper particularly newsprint is being felt by maga zines and papers large and small the reigns on the use of newsprint a commodity already definitely ra tioned are being constantly tightened the recently organized boy scout troop in georgetown sponsored by the lions club and under the leadership of ab tost is making a fine job of salvage collection here by so doing they are living up to one of the fundamental ideals of scouting for teach ing young boys how to be of service to their community and country is a firm foundation for building other qua lities of good citizenship the boys have stuck to their job for some time now its not just a flashinthepan effort and they and their leader are to be commended last week the scouts gathered salvagb from the territory east of main st this saturday tafcy will be collecting west of main st in the park area etc they will be pleased to receive the same cooperation from householders again this week as they have in the past shortages in all lines are impressed upon us every day in our ordinary routine of irfe help allevi ate that condition as much as you can dont throw away your salvage save it for the boy scouts efforts recognized we were glad to see that the efforts of the fire brigade which for the most part go by unsung have been given prominence of late and have received re cognition in concrete form from the town in the form of an increase in their annual grant from 400 to 500 we are sure the unanimous decision of council in tak ing this step is a true voice of the people of georgetown being called from their work or their beds at all hours and in any kind of weather is no easy job we have in mind particularly the night of the woollen mill fire last winter when they were called in the wee sma hours to fight the blaze in a raging blizzard they were on the job for over eight hours and the tenants of the nearby houses wexemogt grateful to them for preserv ing the safety of their homes more recently they did a wonderful job in fighting the fire at the georgetown lumber company mill and saved that company a good deal by keeping the fire from spreading to their store house and office they have made their gratitude known publicly then only a couple of weeks ago the georgetown fire brigade answered a call to aid jn fight ing a conflagration in brampton which threatened their whole main street many complimentary remarks have come back to town on the efficient way in which our brigade operated official appreciation for their good work was expressed through a letter to the town sent by the brampton council these are only the highlights of a year of ser vice answering calls for small fires cause just as much inconvenienceas the large ones even though the hours of actual firefighting are not as long we have these in mind as well when we say take a bow members of the fire brigade the town appreciates your work the worlds lnev en 1 h rough the christian science monitor ah lnttt9tionsl dhy newipprt y twml ca unbiad frg from sciwatkxial- iam bjhorfau ara tnly and inmructiva and it daily r i r fefa wu m- section make moaaw an idaal n foe th horn ifaa oorimlan sdanca publishing society om norway swat bomoo maamchiwetn prirtftloo yaariy floo month tumjt lam udadiac maswdna sactlon 160 a yaar la offar 6 satanlay i- p- samplb copy on kbojub9t the executive of fch wnit rm a liquor store was not anjaaflvhia oounou in elected the county was vjh j uils meeunsv aadlne 1 uon was ttmroogtift d wbattam of the toronto itaoe of ttw temperance pfederatkm belped in wis discussions at the end of the t- iness a vote of t was given tfas officials of the church for the use at ttmf sunday school room and rer x b moore ty temperatee federation deeply re gret the action o the hatton county council in recommending to tbe xjqoox control board that a liquor store be established at mllm and we heartily disagree with this action and we wish to make protest the resolution was accepted by the convention which moved that it be sent to the liquor control board wttih coveting letter calling the atten tion of the board to the fact that tbe members of the 1943 county council in pantog their resolution re liquor stsw- in milton were only expressing their own personal opinions and nofl the feeling of the people of halton i county as a whole as this question of a basic principle in the training of youths of the royal canadian aimy cadets ts to teach the value of good citizenship directory f r watson oeorgetown offlc hours 9 to 6 thursday afternoons dr j burns milne dental buboion xkai ocorounra pbod6 w dr clifford reid ljxs dj- phone 410 georgetown loroy dale kc m sybil bennett fia kenneth m- langdon btnmtr baubr notary rmk first lfortgage lfoney to jjmn office gregory theatre bfa hill street georgetown frank petch licensed atjctionebb and all classes of insxjbancs prompt serrtce phone 391 po box 413 monuments markers and lettering pollock ingham galt designs on requestphone 3048 teapect our work in greenwood cemetery radio repairing we specialize in this work 18 yean kqwlxooe j sanfordson or s e hagwood vwtdunari bubobon u ocflcs between xmiloa oot cneik ococe uid hw new itnu- clpal bofldlue at ttie oonur at uelnaod iim stneta oakv1lle monument works w b bawmia mhx ciimkiiij li and maican dealgni nuanltted oood dlaptay of laonumant am mna- your patronage aollilted nielsen the chmopractor dragless tneraput 31st year of piaotk lady attendant hours 25 89 pin closed timibday oveb dominion stose georgetown phone lfiow gray coach lines timetable how in effect dayngfat savmg tfche leave oboroetown to toronto 7j04 ajn 644 pa 4 anv 9jm pjn 1j4 pm b ulqb pjl to london y 10j6 ajn 716 pjn j 2m pjn btjopol 4j0 pjn z b 1l1 pj b sun and holidays onir ic to gnelph dally to kit chener sat bun and hol y to kitchener to stretfonl bos vttpmt c n r timetable daylight saving time going east passenger 701 w iff passenger and mall 10j0 ajn passenger and mall 74b pj passenger sunday only 841 pitl passenger dally 9j6 p- tms train was formerly tbe oyer but now stops n no luiiucriy toe n 1 ow stops iii going west passenger and man ui ajn paasenger sat only 3lu pjii passenger daqy except saturday and sunday jb qjfr dafly except sttnday tjj pjp passenger sandays miy lui pm daqy except sunday uxfft gm paaeengtrr and maa gtbm