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4 unmarrown olen whxiams nobval uukhousb boknbt sttftvajtttown a3 ho rove baujnapad imtra cotta a rate 2m a year single qoples be each advertising rates quoted on application walter o beehn publisher and edltot oarfleld l mcotivray staff leslie clark reg broomhead harold davison tfee herald is printed each wednesday afternoon at tme office on main st georgetown aiitaoriaed as second class- mall post oroce dept ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspaper assdaupn and the j cntarjfcquebec division of theowjil the editors column agricultural subsidies according to a rrecent release by the fieldman for the halton federation of agriculture if present subsi dies paid by the government on agricultural produce are discontinued price control on these items should be relaxed in order that a higher price may give the farm er the same return on his products that he has been re ceiving during the war years in mr heatheringtons opinion its six of one and halfadozen of another whe ther subsidies are paid or whether the consumer meets the price directly and the federation is interested pri marily in the farmer receiving a fair return rather than in the method of payment we wonder he says if the consumer reali- sees that the federal treasury has been paying a consid erable part of the food bill for instance if it were not for the drawback the government allows the millers on wheat for flour he would be paying 2 cents more for a loaf of bread and if it were not for the subsidies on fluid milk he would pay 3 cents morea quart subsidies were paid he says further to protect the price ceiling and to provide the farmer with returns additional to the price he received in order that his re turns would be more in line with returns received by those in other industries therefore the subsidies were in effect a byproduct of the price ceiling if these sub sidies are discontinued then the farmers price ought to- be the total of the present price plus subsidies we have always believed that in a country whose economy is primarily agricultural the farmer should be able to produce his goods at a reasonable pro fit and take his proper place in the economic picture no one can deny this has not always been the case and that during the war years he has at last come into his own whether farm incomes are at this date too high too4ow or just right is of course a question impossible to answer however we do firmly believethat subsi dies are not the solution to any economic problem and we should like to see them dropped in all fields just as aoon as possible if prices must rise then rise they must taxes should take a corresponding drop and if we are to continue our concept of a free economy then the far mer must take his chance with other businessmen set ting his prices according to the law of supply and de mand if his prices are too high then a drop in demand will soon be noted if farmers must produce more econ omically tomake a living then the poor farmers will pass out of the picture and the successful ones will con tinue to be just that and if a system of free enterprise results in chaos for both producer and consumer then we must consider turning further towards socialization as we have done in other essentials such as hydro and rail ways ahel put the production of foodstuffs under gov ernment control music is stirring we are pleased to see in response to a recent request by a musicloving reader relayed thrqughthia column that a number ot former members of the geor getown choral society have taken the matter in hand and are considering a reorganization of this splendid organization a preliminary meeting was recently held n th municipal building with a small attendance due perhaps to a combination of the holiday season and in sufficient time in announcing the date of the meeting neither of the above will hamper friday nights and we hope to see all the musicauymindecl members zi the community out to reform the worth while group which the choral society always was such a society is of inestimable worth in the cultural life of a community and merits the support of every citizen stul a hockey town over a thousand pd admissions at the opening game of the first postwar hockey season in town show s mat georgetown continues its lively interest m sport the opening game showed promise of a good year for i georgetown with a resounding win oyer an old enemy 7 acton beckon the picture aftet several years absence hile the acton arena was used for the more prosaic uurpose storing wool risking bad pun we might say that the paper- maker or should wow call them the glass garden gun succeeded in pulling the wool over the eyes of thst actonites even to the marzo brothers who didnt flet much chance to flash aeir oldtime speed in the fet- h p georgetown oncltork 2- however tlie season is young and with milton sjsv setr efts j fergus and oflangevilm still to be heard gp eaiyyetkake pfediefcons jkvere for georgetown nntunttly and if crowdsupport help a- team last thursdays turnout of fans should make it a cinch for the playoljfs changes on main street a survey of wartime business changes in an exchange weekly prompts ua to do some reminiscing on our own on changes in the main street scene since we came to georgetown almost six years ago m starting at the extreme north we find ae cripps ford agency now operating as georgetown motors withcedl hardie and lome peters getting reacjyo start sellmgjhe new forovnow that the wind sor strike is oven across the street art scott tiasarjrl ed charlie parkers cartage business to his garage co- ming to main street proper norm brown moved his bakeryhowntd the mcgibbon block thensold out few years agb to fredlbaird who came to town from palmerston mr and mrs frank penson are now op erating the fish and chip store and restaurant formerly run by her sister mrs k preston who is now living irt toronto georgetown lost its only laundry when its proprietor lee sing was found dead on the premises ant the store has now been converted intd an attractive electrical store by cal clark as a result of illness mr hyman silver has retired from active participation in his clothing store but the business together with a store in orillia is being conducted by sid slver with nate now running a similar business of his own in new tor- onto bill huffman has been back on the job now for sometime after a temporary absence in war work at malfonwkile next door the familiar face of w h long removed so suddenly by death is missing while his family still carries on the business xhe dominion storehmanager is once more jack watson who was re placed while overseas by miss ethel ellis of milton the misses claridge have retired from- their millinery store above the herald and it has been converted into an apartment in the bell tel office we find miss mabel chave formerly of penetanguishene as super visor another prominent businessman in the person of mr sam mcgibbon has also passed on with the fa mily still conductingthe hotel on the corner with which he was so long associated farther down the street bill kings meat mar ket is now run by bradley brothers though cliff has recently bought a store of his own in erin harold mc- clure has added the simpson order office agency to his furniture and undertaking business with miss mae deans in charge of lhat department in the former brooke block georgetowns newest business the georgetown furniture company operated by stan grabb of chesley is about to open in a store whicfi has been vacant since last occupied by a bake shop several year ago at the golden gate cafe we find a new pro prietor in place of harry chu who sold out a few years go acrossthe street the hydro purchased the build ing vacant since ken langdon moved his office to mill street and moved their entire setup down from the old town hall jerry mccallum of fenelon falls took ov- rr as superintendent when jim gray left town a few years back jim goodlet didrrt move far away when he purchased reids hardware next to his old- budget groceteria and gave it a facelifting to make it one of the streets rnosj attractive premises bob caldwell came from brampton to take over the meat and grocery store and run it as caldwells food store on main street northwest wefind the bank of montreal among the missing with manager ab welk in fenelon falls and the building purchased by the town for a municipal building dr clifford relcf has opened a dentalpractice in the office where the late dr gollop practiced for several years ray thompson pur chased ihe late walter anthonys hardware business when mr anthony passed away so suddenly from o heart attack and mr and mrs al goodlett have recen tly come to town from tillsonburg to manage carrolls store next door russell thompson has opened an auto accessories shop and taxi business in john oneill store front while he store where walter rigg had his flower shop is now an eatons order office ivan hay has opened the vogue haird resting in the vacant store in the lane block and in the spoj where bert wright had his meat market jack thompson- now runs the phoenix gift shop george chong and his father have lately turned over their business to albert woo of toronto sind moved to the city kirbya dress shop have doubled their premises to include the- store where hugh lindsay ran a radio shop when we first came to town in the waterworks building scene of many a council meeting of years past mrs w v- grant is in charge of the- local wptb ration office glancing up mill street we find that ken mc millans implement agency has been moved to the old arnold glove factory on the highway corner and the building now houses the hedley shaw feed mill tun by mrs shaw since her husband was killed in action overseas across the street george muckart has ex- panded his plumbing and electrical shop to take in the vacant store next door and across frontthe brewers warehouse alex hume has just finished reconverting t build into an implement agency the old the- atre has been purchased by the oddfellows and remodelled into an attractive hall chris nion has ff to close his harness shop and the building has been vacant these pasttwo years v t on lower mill streetj dick marchments store clc imdxonvettlivi -nor- issfv n u refreshment booth on the adjoining v- i a- e lepage realtph w headoffice toronto sao bar strmf tatopbons ad specializing in farms- owi f surburban home city how sunainer properties v vptbbttumlltbrrknktitm or x t artrrqjrfcr acosqctoirii omzsjoo t aw105f itaatas r watson dom mj3m or j burns dotus ww or clifford red udjk juom at om pboo lltw or j nielsen imchropracscmv dr s e magv m monuments iunnb8 and ueriuuwo pollock a ingham uu ttf- on bcquaitbon ims liupect our ork in onenwood leroy dale kc m sybil bennett kc langfkm smn ajrbwosth kunrjtli h luicaon aortetovn imhalpn m i j to la oncorr tbetr bms mm ooopv bldtu pnoo xo aotoo oakvbxe monument works w bftwd j a willoughby hkad upfluav tob 1m todh atraat adssmas ossrgstt and guaat in canada wxamimtmd fanj tsbbb oodaolt oax juettn 019 ps ount far tbax boss -to- lbs ottr tom miewmutl u 9mm issasi lever a oeaskbs ajooodwpajrtb jenkins hardy 1mb ustroponiu eus m victoria sl repairing we specialize m this work j sanfordjson ittanksreh 1 ro bos 4u property across the street beside dr pauls wa evans has erected a log cabin real estate and insurance office and behind lavoies knitting mill b f murfisn bas opened a tinsmhhing and welding shop the b astation oft the highway closedsinebj truce mackenzie was operating it was reophshl lasp year by harry graham discharged comes irbm the east 1 its surprising when ybutkuy dssa many changes there have been nmbe lu our town in the short space ott whqf changes the nestsbt b