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the georgetown herald wednesday june 2 let 1944 betfty bros ltd sales service on beatty labour savins equipment shallow deep well pumping equipment wind mills pump jacks well pumps cistern pumps cylinders pump leathers etc barn and stable equipment steel stalls pens water bowls manure carriers hay carriers grinders barn door track etc ken mcmillan phone 40 georgetown for quality job printing phone no 8 the georgetown herald legion notes the mgnjarinonttily meeting of the k ahould to imperial sebmbn was held in the i- nnperlal section glen room on sunday and was in the jrifceriale stated form of an open meeting with the comrade auto h now reached a to- oanadian legion members invited to f 30000 members in ontario alone attend and over 70 members of both group were present com chairman charles partem occupied the chair the meeting was hold in the large hall and the opening ceremony used was that of the canadian legion the regular- routine of business was carded out for a short while and on the arri val of officers of the provincial com mand on a motion of comrade alex taylor the meeting was adjourned to allow the representatives of toronto to be heard chairman chas partem then intro duced comrade bluy burke and jack wager of toronto comrade f wright of acton comrade robertson and comrade jack chapman president of the acton branch of the legion chairman partem on behalf of the imperial section congratulated com rade ec t shepherd m b e for the honour he recently received in the kings honour list he congratulated those in attendance at the meeting and stated that it was very gratifying to see such a turn out which proved the cooperation that existed between the canadian ijeglon and imperial sec tion of this branch he then caned upon comrade burke of the provincial command to say a jew words comrade burke in his opening re marks said that the large gathering on a sunday afternoon distinctly showed that wonderful cooperation existed betowen the legion and the imperial section and could substantiate the statement made by the chairman that harmony surely existed here he stated that in other localities the lack of cooperation existed but that he would hke it to be known that the imperial sections of any branch has been the backbone of almost every legion branch for a number of years we are not slackers stated comrade burke and we are still showing the proper interest in our counrty of adop tion and although our difficulties lie with the british government our only solution is to keep banded together carry on as in the past and overlook any disappointments the canadian legion is of great help to the imperials and this calls for unity amongst ourselves after the war stat ed comrade burke a great influx of imperials will come into canada and greater strength among imperial sec tions in au branches will be witnessed and it is very essential that all mem- the past few months 12 new branches were installed he stated that it has always been a pleasure to attend any meeting of legion or imperial sections and pass on what ever information available or enlighten members of both groups with any sub ject to their particular interest both organizations had done wonderful work in alhviaung the buttering of the un fortunate families in the war zones and mentioned that since the outbreak of war the sum of 300000 had been sub scribed to one fund alone that of the british war victim fund other a gures were not available for the do nations to the red orosp navy league and other organizations in conclusion stated comrade burke the people of great britain are again on the front line and still doing a noble job and that any contribution to the funds to help these people will great ly help them to carry on hearty round of applause greeted comrade burke for his flne talk chairman partem then called upon comrade wager adjustment officer of the canadian legion to speak com rade wager explained uie routine mi- slness of his office regarding pensions and assistance to the return comrades and gave a lengthy explanation of all branches of his department as this speaker dealt with exclusive legion and imperial matters we are not at liberty to disclose information but all present thoroughly enjoyed comrade wagers talk and gained added know ledge ol tbtftr problem comrade chapman president of the acton branch was the next speaker he expresed pleasure at being present with his comrades and fc the imperial section for the invitation and stated that he would take back to ac ton valuable information gained here and that it wouldbe passed on to his home branch he extented an invita tion to all present to attend dedica tion day ceremony to the held at the acton cemetery next sunday after noon past zone secretary comrade wright of acton spoke briefly and expressed his delight at being present anal thank ed the imperial section for the invita tion comrade president harold stalford of the legion when called to speak expressed his pleasure at being at the meeting and congratulated the officers of the imperial section for opening the doors to the legion members and that all who attended derived first hand information for their welfare by the two distinguished visitors from the provincial command comrade col cousens then moved a vote of thanks to the visitors and a hearty round of applause followed in all the imperial section open meeting was a grand success and the officers in charge are to be congra tulated for ther effort the meeting came to a close with the singing of the national anthem the degree team held a very suc cessful rehearsal on sunday in charge of comrade t grieve around twenty some odd are expected to through the initiation ceremony a e next regular meeting of the branch to morrow thurday at 830 pjn all com rades ace requested to be present for this important function congratulapons are in order to the sixty some odd members of the legion speeding 7mcvy j but travel used to be fun but like many thing we always enjoyed in plenty but service is pretty scarce now for ordinary everyday traveller many of the buses that used to serve you are busy on vital war jobs buses and tires and gasoline must be saved for these jobs so your bus service has been reduced in some districts it has been discontinued your cooperation is helping the bus services do their part in hastening victory- then bus travel will be more fun than ever before with plenty of thrills and surprises in the smart new models gray coach lines is planning for you longs confectionery phone 89 gray coach lines rotary carnival 1 s saturday jane 241b victoria park oakville special grand draw fortune telling dancing merrygoround bingo fish pond v games radio entertainers in person refreshments including ice cream and hot dogs oullough were presented with provin cial honour pins indicating that they each had completed 12 or more dif ferent units and joan lindsay helen meredith and irene mitchell who had each completed 6 or more units were awarded county honours while the young ladies were busily engaged at the milton town hall 66 junior farmers visited the farms of percy merry featherstone bros e j meagher y j murdoch and j tk wllhnott where they judged ten classes of livestock the young mens competition was conducted under di rection of agricultural representative whltelock who was assisted by messrs martyn heslop robert miller wlumott bruce beer the agrlc rep for peel county and w lowrte or the federal livestock branch do nald peer of halton township was the high competitor of the day but the championship trip emblematic of the high competitor for the combined cony petition in grain and seed judging a well as livestock judging and who had ooached a team of juniors was a auxilia f th fl mmhtfjxrar ttramrnthgn r pn st georges church to participate in dday of prayer for the success of our allies in the lnvaswhx chairman comrade col cousens in charge of the rehabilitation informs us that to date some twenty letters have been received and arriving dally in res ponse to the questionnaire sent to them by the branch information re ceived is bang compiled and further de tails will be available at the next meeting comrade johnny oliver reoelved word from c f chuck laws now in italy that he was well and wished to be remembered to all legion members he mentions that the weather is very damp in italy and hopes that he will soon once again enjoy the good cans dlan weather marjorie mccready and w brownridge awarded championship trips the annual achievement day for halton junior homemakers and live stock judging competition for halton junior farmers was held in milton and district on saturday june 3rd twenty- seven junior homemakers who have been participating in club projects during the past year duplayed exhibits from one or more of the following projects namely the milky way summer clothes for girls and cot tons may be smart miss lula row of the women s institutes branch to ronto was in charge marjorie mc cready of milton a member of the scobch block project oub was de clared the winner of the championship trip to chicago the bank of toronto specials for the high township team went to the esquesing township team which was composed of frances crlpps jean lindsay and betty ruddell mas- dames alex near and percy merry president and past president respoctl- vely of the halton womens institutes assisted in the presen of the awards when marjorie mcgready frances grippe sknuy dunn feather- stone cqra dunn and charlotte mc- townshlp trophy winners were as follows donald robertson trophy for the high man in heavy horses qe wil son esqueslng township duncan campbell trophy for high man in beef cattle lloyd mcoutche- son acton baranston trophy for high mn tn dairy cattle douglas ourrie bft- quesing mason knitting trophy for nigh man in sheep rosa brown -norval- thos blakelock trophy for high man in swine wilfred brown aqua- sing the bank of nova scotia trophy for high township team again went to hjqueslng township the team mem bers being angus mcnabb kerwtn m6- phail and geo wilson the palermo junior farmers tro phy for the coach of winning team in the team competition was won by ward brownridge whose winning team was composed of bob armstrong ftg alexander and berfile van fleet norval juniors again won th rfr anderson trophy for the high club being represented by angus mcnabb ward brownridge qeo fisher dou glas ourrie oralg alexander and fraser mcnabb the norval junior farmer challenge trophy for the high competitor in tb competitions in livestock grain seeds fruit and vegetales and cream grading was won by angai mcnabb of georgetown be careful with you st7nbath vitamins and btfka build body vigor but you may ose a lot otthoe health and comfort if you dent know ttw troth about solar ram a doctor mia in the american weekly with this sundays june sb lam of tb de troit flcunday tjnatb9w to tan wsfc- ont htrmtng oat tjmac we frtnte nifty leturneada