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the georgetown herald wednesday june- 5th 1946 wegeorgetowni herald serving the eonaiwnttlai of ucooctown hkn williams nobval limehouse hobnbt btbwajmtown ashokove ball1nafad tekra cotta hlniimihm rte tu yr single copies be oaeb advertlaliig rates quoted on application walter o bdchn publisher and editor oarttold l uoqumy staff leslie m clark reg broombeod harold davison sk herald is printed each wednesday afternoon at the office oh main st oorgetoim auttborlaml as second class mall post offloe deptvpttawm of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the 6ntrtoquebec division of the cwjfa the editors column a farmers holiday according to a press selease from the halton i federation of agriculture it has been decided this year to have a farmers holiday on june 21st when farm folk are invited to gather at milton fair grounds for a grandday of sports and entertainment highlighting the afternoon will be an intertownship softball tourna ment with teams competing for the milton district co- operative silver trophy another feature is a free ducky draw for a registered bacon sow there will be intertownship events for rural school children sounds like a good idea for our rural friends to set aside a farm holiday at a more seasonable time than labor day which comes at a bad time of year for them to take a day off what we can give with the approaching national clothing collec tion from june 1 7th to 29th it is timely to remind rea ders of what type of clothing and bedding can be used a statement has been issued by russell t kelly on tario minister of health who is chairman for the on tario division itemizing types of material desired these include suits overcoats work clothes for men and boys infants clothes of all types coats dresses aprons and smocks for girls and women shoes in pairs tied securely with string caps felt hats knitted head- ware gloves woollen socks underclothing piece goods blankets sheets and linens draperies and remnants wavy army and air force uniforms may be donated if all buttons are removed ontarios quota has been set at six million pounds an average of a pound and a half for every man wo man and child in the province we are sure that georgetown which contributed so generously last time under a local committee headed by mr ralph ross will again dig deep to help our less fortunate brothers in oth- er lands out of the other pocket last weeks announcement dropping the consumer subsidy on milk paid since 1 942 by the government has boosted milk prices throughout canada by 2 cents a quart the subsidy was one of which the average householder was unaware although it was frequently teferred to in news items in the papers it was paid directly to the dairies on a straight 2 cents a quart basis and meant a considerable saving to the individual house holder this a saving however was in fact not a saving at all but actually cost canada over half a mil lion dollars annually for administration of subsidy pay ments and since the government has no source of in- come other than by taxation it simply meant robbing peter to pay paul we assume that the national budget can now be reduced by the twentymillion dollars which wptb chief donald gordon said was paid last year in milk subsidies plus that halfamillion dollar civil service drain if that is done we shall actually be getting cheap er milk than we have for these four subsidizedyears a voice in the wilderness we dont expect that our twobits worth will make a ripple at 10 am june 17 1946 in the board room 1 67 confederation building ottawa but we would at least like the august gentlemen to know that we consider a little public education in order before further increases in unemployment insurance are made the proposed increases are contained in a bulle tin issued last week by the department of labour in which a new class of contribution amounting to 42c a week for employee and employer alike is to be in troduced for employees earning 34 or more in a week the present scale of payments is also being revised all upwards incidentally so that the employer is contrib uting more heavily than ever to the fund we should feel much better about so doing if we didnt hear so many stories of girls who worked in war plants draw ing insurance now that the plants have closed while local firms like smith stone are crying for more fe male help news and advertising we are pleased to see another neighbouring weekly falling in with our idea of news and advertising by announcing in a display advertisement that in future all coming events will be considered as advertising and billed as such it is surprising how many people who would not dream of asking a merchant to give them a free can of peas will expect a newspaper to- give away iusvt w w bbtoen a distinguished churchman will be special speaker at the 85th anniversary of llmehouse presbyterian church on sunday june 18th in the person ot rev w w bryden ma dd dr bryden is principal of knox college toronto and an outstanding teacher and religious scholar their product which is advertising space we too must earn our bread and butter and we stick by the old axiom that something that has happened is news and some thing that is going to happen is advertising this flag debate senator rupert davies of kingston has sugges ted a six months hoist of consideration of a canadian flag by the joint committee of parliament that would be good still better would be a hoist of six years this committee has wrestled with more than 2000 flag designs has whittled them down to five but in the five as in the two thousand the essential point of diff- rrence remains whether the new flag shall retain the union jack apparently there is small chance that the com mittee will be able to present a unanimous report and less hope that there would be unanimity in the com mons and senate forsany recommendations which may come out of the committees deliberations it would be a pity to see a formal alignment of parliament for and against the union jack even if there is little doubt of the eventual decision inevitably such a debate and such a division would have an aftermath of bitterness and recrimination capable of doing incalcu lable harm the government by deliberate policy got us into this mess the responsibility is wholly the govern ments for the whole unpleasant situation if it is wise it will still find a way of dropping the question or at least putting it on the shelf for the time being there should be no new flag unless it is approvedand wel comed by the overwhelming majority of the canadian people and we see no prospect at all of any such degree of unanimity there is of course no urgency in the matter we still have the union jack until we decide upon something else and it has given us reasonably good satisfaction ottawa journal lost or strayed in north platte nebraska last week the rever end harold m mallett pastor of the first presbyterian church placed an advertisement in the lost and found section of the local newspaper which read lost or strayed about two hundred and fifty church attendants who were last seen on easter sunday no questions will be asked if those returned are willing to have their easter zeal every sunday the rev mr mallett has taken a rather unusual method to draw attention to a problem which not only troubles him but is the plague of almost every cleric in charge of a church how to keep up the attendance and interest ofrhe backsliders- it is amazing the number of people who go to church only on special occasions the churches are so thronged at the religious festivals of christmas and easter that we sometimes wonder if it is not the com mercial aspects of the occasion rather than religious zeal which prompts such large attendances we doubt if a large number of people who attend could relate the true religious meanings of the festivals a full congregation is a pleasing sight at easter- time but the many people who attend for the sole pur pose of showing off their new finery are not the real supporters of the church it is the person who attends consistently sunday after sunday who gives the strength necessary for the maintenance of the church the community which has a sound church life is a wholesome and effective one whose members contri bute to the advancement of the country as a whole it ic true that church members are not perfect in fact the more one is conscious of the true religious meaning themore he realizes his own impurities the bible tea ches that no one is without sin the church then is a place whereacommunity worships its members trying to learn and to do the will of cod on earth the more we as citizens attend our churches and support them the greater will be the moral advancement of our com- munity pfcton gazette directory a e lepage realtor head office toronto bey street telephone ad mb specializing in farms country estate suburban home city houses summer properties ihtxovfal aaaooialton of estate boards trtonhnnu tlgj o f r watson dxml 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