The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the georgetown herald wedneday feb 13th 1946 five services join legion childhood kctpm remembered by neighbourhood boys a few years bade a group of the boys in the queen and emery street district used to enjoy skating and shinny ona rink which mrs nell hunter allowed them to make on the vacant ldt beside her home oni queen street the men are past the shin ny stage now and even il they were nt there would be no openair rink tor the property has been sold to clnude kchtner and a new house built on it mrs hunter has been very 111 for same time and remembering her kindness the neighbourhood boys chipped in last week and sent her some lovely flowers the group included bill armstrong ray harlow gord lane bob hall walker and frank cleave alva grieve lome cross bruce glimmer and bud tost f snapped by our energetic secretary of the board of trade w e nodwell we reproduce a picture taken at one of the initiations of branch 120 canad ian legion on thursday december 19th the ceremony was unique in that members of the five services were in cluded in the 36 initiates since then 17 have joined the fastgrowing branch and another group of service men will be joining tonight pictured above are back row left to right- c davis c parton harry sav ings alex taylor wallace thompson fred mccartney herb harlow wil liam roney janies murphy branch president f p chapman henry pres ton front row petty officer roy preston rcnyr csm fred tost ar my lac alva grieve rcaf licpl jean tennant cwac wren sarah blick and t f grieve sergeantau arms who had charge of the inltla- tlon photo courtesy canadian veteran treasurers sale or and for taxes township of esqtjr8ing county of halton tf wtt by virtue of a warrant taaoed toy fee beeve of the townablp of xa- qommg bearing date te flrat day tf october 1946 a sale of lands in ar- nmm of taxes la the township of bs- oncelng will be held at toe oouncl chamber in the village of stewart- fawn at the hour of ten oclock to the forenoon on the 16th day of april 1946 unless the taxes and costs art notice is hereby coven thai the list of lands for sale in arrears of taxes has been prepared ttiat copiet of the aald list may be had at mj onve that the list of all lands for gale for arrears of taxes is being pub lished m the ontario gazette on sat urday january 5th 1940 and thatj unless the arrears of taxes and costs an sooner paid i win proceed to sel be said lands on the day and at t place above mentioned treasurers office this 3rd day oi january 1940 k c lindsay apr 3 chum uaiuge operators meet in milton the february meetlngor the gar age operators association flalton branch was held in the oddfellows hhu in milton on the evening of feb 4th president red waumsley was in the chair the industrial standards act was thoroughly discussed in regard to its application to the garage trade it was brought out that the industry and labour board would ooaicall a labour conference to set up hours 01 sale of gasoline and that the petition of essex county for regulations in this regard had now been officially turned down due to the difference of opinion of the city operators from those in the county it was therefore decided thai if the branch wishes focome under the aci a different proposal would have to be presented following this through it was moved that larry hastings of head offite be lnvicd to the march meeting ii order that a full report on tin applications of other braiuhes be presented to the mem- bership at which time the members could ckcide what they wished to do the secretarys and treasurers re ports were adopted as read com plaints were received from several members concerning repairs being done by individuals without the proper lic ences it was also advanced that the department of labor had issued mech anics certificates without the consent the apprenticeship board these two matters were to be referred to head office for their attention it was also brought out that there were too many service calls out on the road to which a service truck was sent onlv to find that the party thai had phoned in had left the chief complaint in this regard was that one of the larger brewing companies maintaining a free service from their trucks to motorists in trouble the members expressed the view that they had no objection to this provided that a garage had not been called the secretary was instructed to write to this firm and ask for their coopera tion in this matter lodge samson before whom the public nuisance trial b belnc heard next toes 8 pm st geor ges s s room prominent lorne scot lt- col boy lent dead lttool roy w lent veteran tvo world wars and a prominent brampton lawyer died suddenly on wednesday february 6th at chorley park military hospital toronto- col onel lent suffered a severe heart at tack in england in november but had recovered sufficiently to make the- home to canada last month on the hospital ship lady neslon a protnuient member of the lome scots regiment be volunteered for overseas duty and went to england in 1940 later serving in north africa sicily and italy brampton town sol icitor at time of enlistment this of fice had been filled in his absence by miss sybil bennett kc who also took charge- of col lents practice while he was overseas springs comin f theres no surer sign of spring than the bristle of activity in georgetown stores as merchants bring in their spring stocks of clothing and household supplies this spring will see many products back onrthe market for the first time in years and remember georgetown merchants always have it first georgetown board of trade retail division brother of mrs sam tennant dies in england mrs sam tennant received the sad news this week that her eldest broth er mr william jones had passed aw ay in london england on february 8 regular herald advertising is pro ving effective to our advertisers oct your name before the public brooders all metal electric brooders 500 chick capacity 2995 coal burning brooders 500 chick capacity 1550 poultry suppliesof all kinds richardsons hardware phone 25 we deliver u n l im i t i d cae ozmzv leas style in glasses 1b your glasses should be tde to fit your particular type face we spedallae to eye examina tion an prescribe attractive gjas- m atdty prices for expert eye service and newest style in glasses consult 0 j walker ro eyesight specialist who will be at hi office over the bell telephone co street georgetown the second wednesday of each month or yon may consult o t walker at hi office in brampton phone georgetown 91 brampton 599 cameron wilson president newly organized milton junior farmers the three weeks short course in agriculture held in mlton during the month of january culminated with the formation of the milton junior farmers association plans have already been made to hold monthly meetings the first of which is fe be held at the home of robt w ford jr near omagb on feb 18th mr h c morris manager of the milton branch of the bank of nova scotia is to discuss with the young men banking services while wm brain of norval is to tell of his ex periences in calf club work for the joint programme with the t la dies four young men namely jack marchxnent cedric harrop wm law- son and robert ford jr are schedul ed to debate the subject resolved that in each township all public schools should be placed under a single- board of trustees we understand that all rural young people of milton district are invited to attend this first meeting it is an ticipated at this time that a junior hoxnemaker group or junior insti tute will also be formed the officers of the newly organized milton junior farmers association are as follows president cameron wllijon vicepresident jaclc marchment secretarytreasurer wm lawaon directors russell coubon clarence ford and john rlchardaorl ze we4l 69t the red river curt by sack martin osa c-p- land for the hungry the oppressed the adventurous rich brown earth with never a stump to pull and never a rock to break off a plow point land free for the taking millions of acres open to the people of the newly confederated dominion of canada this was the call of the west in the 1870s a call that sent thousands of th w h robinson reelected holstein director w h r otii m rart a a dtraoitr of tbe hol- hed river carts plodding westward from winnipeg each with its pair of grunting patient oxen its rattling pots and pans and the small store of seed grain that was to be the beginning of an empire of wheat yet not easily did the hardy men and women of the 70s wrest security out of the land fought drought hail frost and marauding indians they lived through the blizzards and hunger of the first winters buoyed only by their sublime faith in the future of their land pualtstilu and in the few short decades that have passed since then the land their plodding otn plowed has become a food bin for tke entire world the canada they fought and worked for has become a nation standing proudly amongst the foremost in the world by our continuing faith and effort we can build a canada unlimited able and ready to go to ever greater heights and part of this faith part of this effort is our continued purchase and holding of victory bonds o rrfasgaassa 1846 1946 o