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the georgetown herald wednesday june 6 1945 i know what farmers want says john bracken the fanner when i speak of agriculture i mean farmers and farmers wives and children and all those who are dependent upon the prosperity of farm ing for their material welfare ol lous jta- for more than twenty years as the undefeated progressive leader of a farmers party john brackea has fought unendingly for the economic rights of farmers tpday this great farmers lifelong struggle to raise the living standards of farm life in canada has become national in scope dominionwide in the devotedntensity of john brackens life purpose today this farvisioned farmerleader of the progressive conservative party 7 calls upon all canadian farmers to enlist under his progressive banner in order to achieve here and now a far better life for the farmers of every community in every province of this great dominion only the beginning of john brackens nationwide campaign for farmers is the assurance for every farmer of a fair proportionate share of the nations income through guaranteed prices for farm products we go on from there our policies embrace every aspect of canadian farm life the life of the farmer his wife his children they are typical of our farmerleaders human progressive approach to farm problems to these measures john bracken is pledged health in many rural areas due to economic conditions medical and hospital services are totally in adequate we shall provide the financial assistance required to place and keep health services in rural areas on a par with those in urban areas and raise the standard of both education in canada educa tion depends largely on land taxation consequently in many rural areas revenue is insufficient for educational needs and many children are unjustly deprived of adequate educational facilities we shall see that the federal government without interfering with provincial jurisdiction provides fin ancial assistance in order that provinces may make possible a high standard of education in every section of canada in this way as well the burden of land taxation will be lightened farm machinery in order to preserve the family farm in can ada a unit now threatened by the competition of larger units in this and other countries we shall reduce the overhead cost of machinery required on farms by plans for cooperative ownership and where advisable by state or municipal ownership of power equip ment the cost to farmers of securing the advantages of mechanization will thus be greatly induced farm workers in offseasons farm workers frequently lack em ployment we shall plan supplementary employment for farm workers in off seasons by the development of addi tional enterprises we shall encour age the decentralization of industry and the location in rural areas of suitable smallscale industrial enter prises rural electrification in order to bring more modern con veniences at the lowest possible cost to women in rural homes and to farmers we shall start an immediate program that will ultimately carry the benefits of electricity to every last farm home these are but a few of our far- reaching progressive conservative farm policies founded on a new pro gressive conception of the rights of canadian farmers in every commun ity of every province today a farmer fights for farmers rights help john bracken to raise the living standards of the forgotten man the canadian farmer win with bracken qa- vote for your progressive conservative candidate f4 publkbed t urn proffraacl coiuwuv party ottawa vote on monday for allan s nicholson the man for halton ashgrove a joint meeting of tsw bright star mission band and baby bond was held sunday afternoon may 2ttb in the sunday school room mrs wil frid bird conducted the meeting which opened with a worship service a graduation service was then held in which four baby band members gra duated into mission bund those graduating were ann borneo mar garet bird boss austin george bird mrs o b dick gave ah interesting atory entitled the ttwo clocks whufti showed so plainly how necessary is co operation barbara cunningham fa voured with a piano solo and a piano duet by jean and mrs hector bird was much enjoyed patriotism was the theme of the regular meeting of the yp u held sunday evening may 27th in the sunday school room there was a good attendance and the program was in charge of doris brownrldge dur ing the worship service clayton dick jr read the scripture and ttrrl hunter ed in prayer a reading on canada was given by iszney knn and viola brlgden favoured with a vocal solo miss alice faklbarn of georgetown president of yjpjj for halton presbytery gave a stirring ad dress on patriotism drawing atten tion to the fact that true patriotism has always demanded the whole ser vice of mind heart and hand this can best be achieved by a christian personality the meeting closed with the national anthem and the league benediction hornby the sympathy of tfae community la extended to lfr george kennedy ow ing to the recant death of his sister the late mn george w mmi- at milton a service of worship wjlll be held in hornby p cburch on sun day afternon next june 3rd at 3 pjn conducted by the rev john bjddell the rev j b moore ba of mil ton will conduct the service in horn by united church next sunday even ing at 8 oclock rev j o totton and mr victor hall are attending the sessions of hamilton conference of the united church of canada at mcmastex uni versity hamilton this week mrs totton is spending the week with her mother mrs s m warrlner stouff- vi lie ont cedarvale mr wees nelson mrs gordon and doris of toronto visited with mr thomas nelson on thursday mrs c mcarthur of quelph mr h amatrong and myroa of osprlnge called on friends here on the holiday mr and mrs jack donley and marjorie of toronto visited with friends here the monthly meeting of the cedar- vale wl met at the home of mrs arthur orlfqn on wednesday after noon may 16th the meeting was brought to order by singing the open ing ode and repeating the lords pra yer- in unison minutes of the last meeting were read and approved roll call a hymn and its author scripture reading 100 psalm was then read plans were made for the ladles to go to fergus the following pro- gra w t reading ther by mrs w cox duett my mothers bible by mrs cunningham and eleanor griffin instrumental mrs wood a paper a canadian industry by mrs cunningham a bird naming contest by mrs d hur- ren mrs widths being winner the meeting was then closed with the national anthem knitting and sew ing was handed in and some distribut ed let a man give you m new deal who hant already had ten years in which to do it vote nicholson progressive conservative for halton r get ready for next winter by installing a fairbanksmorse stoker saves coal saves labor phone 5 for a survey of you heating equ no obligation w7 h kent tier son georgetown ontario dancing huttonville park every wednesday and saturdai music by modern aires johnny bojd anil regular admission lack macks ordimtm me pari coming attractions thursday june 28 malt kenney special admission 100 par plants now ready tomatoes bonny best beefsteak celery june pink flowers asters zinnias marigolds snaps pinka carnations petunias single double and a few cineraria drop us a card and de livery will be made on tuesday and friday night w hodge stewarttown open sundays stewarttown mrs hunt has returned from visit ing her daughter mrs o paul at mil ton mr and mrs p r bally and daughter dawn of hamilton and mrs marshall of toronto visited with mrs bailey last week visitors at mrs jenlnsons were mr and mrs p jeokmson and family of mount dennis also mr and mrs r standisti and family of tborold about 70 friends and neighbours of stewarfctown and vicinity met- m tfae orange ball to present amlsceluneous shower to miss marjory murray a bridetobe in the near future many beautiful and useful gifts were in the shower the evening was spent in euchre and tyng to music provided by mr and mrs douglas lawaon and miss eleanor smltb ijqnch was ser ved the 24th of may was a lovely day and many spent tt getting tne gar dens planted xfcednst from the road is bed these days te grav being put on tfae road jnst btftpa it oa a pottttoal illin m held to the council chamber last week by the candidates of the oop party provin cial and pedersl social and personal mrs joseph hurst and children of acton spent the week end with mr and mrs harry hale mr and mrs j p ohoat of to ronto are visiting mr and mrs h e batmn pte and mrs alastalr kean and sons ronald and david were week end visitors at tfae bom of mr and mrs alex keen mr and mrs harold richardson and 9ruce of toronto spent sunday wttfa mr and mrs james richardson- mr fred olhson mrs richardson bro ther from south bend ind is vtstt- lng mr and mn richardson for a few we 1 mr and mrs herbert angell bv returned to montreal after spend a week at the born at mr and mrs- john hughes ouriph st dmaog their stay they visited niagara pada 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