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the georgetown herald wednesday june 19th 1946 plans progressing for c fall fa here presented with life membership agricultural society plans drive for donations and memberships preparation made for erection of pylon in parle ladies active on directorate for centennial fair life membership given to w a wilson the directors of the esquesing agri cultural society are meeting almost fortnightly to make plans for the forthcoming centennial fair on sep tember 9th and ttti on thursday ev ening last they met with the lady dl rectors at the home of the lady presi dent miss charlotte mooullough the ladys section was addressed by mrs alex mcklnney of brampton district director of the ontario pair associa tion while the men- discussed further rs in connection with celebrating centennial among the motions passed was one to secure the services of both bands for the fair and to present a life mem bership to mr w a wilson a former ecretary of the society for over 25 years a motion was also passed requiring the exhibitors of hogs to present a cer ttflcate of health from a veterinary furgeon before showing at the fair the prize money for sheep and hogs uas also increased and the secretary re quested to look into the advisability of increasing the prize money for light and heavy horses increases in the various classes should see more and more prize stock ejchibited at george town fair i the usual fair night dance will be held in the arena the ladles have many plans for the centennial which they will put forth during the summer among those will be an antique display a ladies hour kt the fair conducted by a prominent speaker and mrs aiken s name was recreational council discus ses progress to date a meeting of georgetown recrea tional council was held last thursday evening in the old town hall under the chairmanship of e v maccor mack the council viewed the reno votlons which are taking place in the hall and was pleased to see the teen agers taking such an active part hi the project the auditorium upstairs wll be ready for use by the eno of this month mr harald newman town recrea tional director gave a summary of the program to de in the sports picture a four team bantam softball league is operating on tuesdays and thursdays after four in the public school grounds midget baseball is the ladies are looking forward to ttks women of georgetown to display their fancy work and baking and help make this years show one of the best the directors felt that in order to stage a show in keeping with the 100th sjbbtamaxy more donations would be mqulred this year and a drive will be launched at once for the donations and memberships to the 1b46 fair on sept band 7 tamwoiths for great britain oj l june 14th mr t j brownrfdge hipped two pure bred tamworth ml and one tamworth boar to the british isles this is the first shipment of this breed from ontario to the british isles in the past 25 years other recent shipments made by mr brownridge include one bred sow to btflfralley farm stroudsburg pennsyl rwiila four outs to harvey barrie bomnanviqe out one bred sow and 1 got to gordon gilchrist beaverton one bred sow and 1 boar to r w phelps ortllia ontario one boar to body wagler baden one boar to delos stebfadns grand bend one bred sow to james stark georgetown mr brownridge is a director in the fcquesing agricultural society w wilson at a metting of tht esquesing ag ricultural societj held last week mr w a wilson was prist n ted with a life membership in the society this is the fint hfe membership to be grven and comes on the eve of cele brating the centennial of the founding of the agricultural society mr wil son is a past secretarj halng held the position for over 25 ears there hae been thrcc secretaries since his retirement seen or eight jears ago oscar lerch frank peteh and the pre sent secretary garfield l mcgilvray terra cotta last week terra cotta has fishermen too mr a dawson caught a large trout in the credit which measured 21 inches and weighed 3 pounds 3 ounces charlie shepherd also caught one which was 21 inches and weighed about 4 pounds mr reid of the loih line met with a serlous accident while repairing his car a spring sprung back and struck him in the eye he is now in the gen era hospital toronto having under gone an operation it is hoped that they will be able to save the sight of his eye we are pleased to learn that mrs j eaves is still on the mend and hope soon to hear of her complete recovery mr r j stringer spent the week end with mr norman vlggers at glen williams master stewart puckering of toron to spent the weekend with terra cotta friends sponsoring the husking corn com petition for the third consecutive jiar the esquesing agricultural society directorate announce that this jears competition is the largest to date with 20 entries the 194 and 194s competilions were sponsored jointly by the halton crop improvement association and the es quesing agricultural society but this years contest is under the sole direc tion of the pair board the competi tion was first organized to ascertain whether husking corn could be grown successfully in halton county as well as in the sunny courties of essex and kent this has been proven very sat isfactorily with the result that more and more farmers are growing this type of corn in halton and more es peclally in esquesing township last vear twelve contestants were in the prize money out of fifteen entries and the average yield was 51 76 bushel to the acre the competition started with 13 en tries in 1944 15 in 1946 and in 1946 20 entries the contestants are t monabb sons georgetown r r 2 gordon s hume milton r r 5 mac alexander norval wanted wanted to purchase pullets barred rocks new hampshlres white leg horns any age from eight weeks up to laying good prices paid apply to- tweddle chick hatcheries limited fergus ont export bacon that pays best itoomany bogaaroorerfatonloliiaocl ham the eroavaoetlon of these two wiltshire skies shows why british consumers prefer baoon from grade a an man m right instead of from grade b left grade a hogs yield mora lean jt p ponnd hie ttsqmairii agricultural society have been instrumental in promot- tag- the famrf better hoes for britain wtth the bacon hog class at george pmtr while the urogram for this years fair is not defi nite as yet they win either stage the usual baoon hog class or the dlbplay of vtottttn as prepared by the dept of agriouhjure the soejaty baa always encouraged the showing of the best type of livestock ana with this in mind have added to their rules the certificate of bsajttr- tor ad swtos shown ready to start with a threeteam lea gue playing wednesdays and thurs days at the park a o mcbrlde elmer dron and mr hagar are in charge of this a juvenile oja entry under the management of jim sar gent is competing with milton acton and oakvllle in a county league a report of the musical concert pre sented by the high school students in knox church showed net proceeds of over 75 and it was decided to donate 15- from this to the students fund a the school wiasl ot m sampif yew wui fan yowrsotf on off the bett informed persons la jjtjsgj year commoajty mkm torn reed the chrlstlen science monitor 235 raflulorly yoa will find fresh new viewpoint a fatter richer ndertrodlm of world affoln truthful accurate unbiased news write for l coptos today or ssnd fee a onomonth trial subscription to this international doily newspaper r the christian science publithlna society one norway strmt boiton is mom name street city state card of thanks mr arthur mldleton and family wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to the kind friends and neighbours for their expressions of sympathy floral offerings and cards largest entry yet in husking corn competition donald mcnabb georgetown rr 2 thos j brownridge georgetown r r 2 w ruddell sons georgetown r r 3 fred humphrey norval r r 1 harvey nurse georgetown r r 2 ross g brown norval r r 1 spencer wilson norval r r 1 fred nurse erin l devrles georgetown r r 3 jos ross georgetown r r 3 j a bulloch georgetown r r 1 w a ostrander georgetown rr 4 john o bradley hornby john ale sons georgetown r r a k c lindsay georgetown r r 1 i george burt georgetown r r i claude picket georgetown rjl 2 each year the first prize has been contributed by canadian industries ltd through mr b leslie emue thelr representative mr je whitelock agricultural representative has assls ted in the judging of crops in coop eration with the oao the competi tion comes under the direction of field crop competitions of the ontario fairs and agricultural societies dept of agriculture parliament bldgs tor onto the chritlonscl3nc i monitor including cooy ot i weekly mogowsectron piecae tand a one month trial subscription to the i christian science monitor i for which i enclom i when you think of furnace work eavestroughs tinsmithing sheet metal work dust collecting systems think of b f murfin rear of lavoie knitting shop phone 138 residence phone 428w iiratrnntimamiminio general concrete work sidewalks cellar floors cement driveways consult us for estimate on your concrete work e reeve bros phone 275w georgetown the province of promise mmntarm0m rich mining country is stdl a hard and chanceful land copper cliff ami sudbury porcupine and kirkland lake fi entice the courageous whoever is anybody in ontario mining has been around here m this northern re gion of mineral resources beyond calculation after gold nickel copper the platinum metals and silver today new sub stances are constantly being discovered camps and towns with mineralsounding names are springing up nothing that is of use to man unu stay hidden longer than he takes to come for it phohsw by ths brkving industfty ontamo a ormr r oi initio tlir province f ontario recorded 15225 gold mining claims in the pre ion ear 25 000 000 salaries and wage wmt to the 10 000 people engaged in the prminrc a go 1 mi nine industry and 30 000 000 in nickelcopper during the war the mint of the sudbury baxm supi lied the united nations with all the nickel and platinum rnetals required for victory yield rag 1800 000 000 pounds of nickel 2000 000 000 pounds of copper 1550 000 ounces of silver and 1750 000 ounces of platmmn metals