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rw i if c3k iiiiittiniir bat an yen- r o wewwi v i walter 0 bisbh r sat k megflnay jrr law oka tbrhwtll js mwsr i x i j n q i the editors coteer jteatthujflthasabirtmay on september ut last year hfon county health unit assuroed the responsibility for safeguarding the public health of this county formation of trie unit was made possible by the ptovincial department of health which offered to pay half the cost of such units and halton was one of die first counties to take advantage of theplan the first year of any new venture is usually one at planning and building for the future in addition to the necessary groundwork however many concrete improvements are noticed and fhe unit has met with full cooperation from councils school authorities and variqus private groups and individuals the work of a health unit should be of help to all groups and classes in a community and should serve all age groups a review of some of the units activities during the first yea shows that this has been accomplished the nursing service is a generalized program aimed at reaching all groups in the community from prenatal through infant preschool and school to adults it includes general health supervision clinics school health tuberculosis and venereal disease con trol one index of the nurses activity is the number of visits made to homes which totalled 5351 last year they made 1 770 visits to schools and an attendance of 863 noted at child health clinics immunization is a valuable weapon in the control of communicable diseases in the past year 1 1 00 chil dren have been successfully vaccinated as a protection x against smallpox by either original or reinforcing doses 415 children have been protected against whoop ing cough 3037 against diphtheriaand 65 against tet anus regular clinics have made these serviceseasily available in the towns and three visits were made to each rural school so that country children would have an equally good opportunity to obtain this protection sith the cooperation of the halton christmas seal committee regular monthly free chest xray clinics nave been set up in milton and oakville and facilities in guelph tdrontc and hamilton are also used a mass xray survey covered all towns last year locally the georgetown lions club sponsored this and this fall it is planned to offer this service to rural areas by means of a mobile clinic in addition to the nursing services in the schools medical examinations were made available throughout the country school medical officers visited 57 rural and nine town schools and carried out 1365 examina tions in the five high schools 5 1 5 students were exam ined x i the activities of sanitary inspectors have been wide and varied covering all aspects of sanitation food control communicable disease control etc samples of milk and water for laboratory analysis examination of eating utensils in restaurants and glasses in beverage rooms were included in this work tjhe new provincial le covering eating establishments and tourist camps involved a good deal of work in this phase of die health program j night music a friend has passed on this editorial from a recent issue of the toronto globe and mail which will be par ticularly enjoy ed by those who live a little closer to na- tnre city folk we have always subscribed to the cricket theory along with hundreds of others though fast what scientific backing this might have we hesitate to say through a bullion bedroom windows on these hot august nights comes a rhythmic sound which is music po some ears and annoyance to others it is the reiter ated chirp of a great host of small creatures unseen and tmmscoverable in a truly astounding unison they sing a trill which pianists have identified as d and d harp two octaves above middle c they maintain a constant beat of approximately two and a half chirps to the second and they keep it up from dusk to dawn who are the members of the unseen chorus or or chestra to this question addressed to oldsters with a knowledge of natural lore answers of astonish ing variety are given theyre crickets a majority say and they rnake mat sound by rubbing their back lags together likesawing on a violin its their method ofjeourtahip ibis romantic explanation seems rea- leonable enough until one recalls mat every member of f choir so far as one can judge contributes his note f and of the night does no cricket wooing in i eyerjwrsuade hi love and retreat to peace si but the cricket theory is reiactad en- rtaifteur natnrauati tw- tbaongj eaww what nt ft a eyebrow cricket nor teetgada but cicadas ptp responsible wisv it i all very mystifying am citizen who doesnt understand music but knows what he likes for hint if he is kept restlessly awake hj the chorus jf may be noted that silence will fall on j garden and shrubbery with the first cold night if he happens to be soothed fond lulled by the performance he may reit content that the crickets tree toads and grasshoppers willundoubtedly be back next summer if i t cutting with anne it ml nioa una lo mitur vid lawson raking leaves on the lawn -nnd- hearing him y h fet fit aadweq sgain t j we hv ttfc new neighbour a son for mr sad mrfc joeprocys congratulations neighbours l seemed ujut old tim to see corporal reg reynolds bsck on the i corner bat tills time in holiday mood corporal reynold will spend three weeks with his reynold and the children when the editor sajnv try classified in the herald he knows what he is talking about it surely pays and pays and pays something that was really very nice on our street was the wedding of ruth brandford and claude held the weather was perfect the bride was lovely and everyone was in a happy mood both was a beautiful bride no leas charming was the bridesmaid eleanor anth ony the wedding supper served at the home of brides parents was a work of art under tho cap able management of mrs anne col lins everything went smoothly you can be sure the food situation is going to be well in hand when anne collins is in charge we wish you all the happiness in the world claude and ruth on saturday night the neighbour hood children were guests of millie armann at a corn and weiner roast they all appeared to be having fun the right kind of fun when i they are with millie armann we hope to see audrey sharps soon home again after a totuilec- tomy in toronto hospital never like to hear of our friends being ill someone once said m u easy to speak well of your friends you should speak well of your enemies you made them enemies sounds like a good idea maybe we should not be saying anything as yet but judging from a peck we had at some materials for darrell dawsons wedding it is going to be s lovely affair but how could it help but be such a charming bridetobe as dsrrell we just got sround to discover ing some new neighbours mr and mrs bui campbell welcome to our neighbourhood down the street is a very nice new home being built for ted end marj stagger and little daughter it looks to be well worth the time snd effort ted has been putting into it with help and advice from father george stlgger school started this week snd the children all looked fresh and bright on tuesday morning it is rather a hectic day or so for the merch ants who look sfter school supplies so for another week folks the best to you sll why do we lee tide blsck storm clouds t we have the sun why do we ponder over death when life is just begun why do we see the blighted flower forgetting the live one and count the faults of every friend when they have nous greater than our own and in the end why do we always pretend t why let our feelings clutch our sleeves and plainly showt why frown when we can always smile to help our spirit growl a happy thought csn mend a wrong i it is a debt we owe to christ who marked the way for us long years ago lets help to lift the world along by carolling a happy song ami fall fair baby show has added classes there are to be three classes this year in the big guubrie baby show at georgetown fair on september 18th and also increased priss money for the prise bsby the three classes are under she months six to twelve months snd twelve to eighteen months the directors hope that a tent rosy be secured this year in which to hold the baby show but regard less of the place the guthrie baby show is expected to break all prev ious records there is no entry fee so doll up the wee ones and put them fa the show theyll love it and maybe youll lis the proud parent wtth the red ribbon urvjehouse congratulations to mr bourne wfco graduated from ridley college last june winning the- blr james harris special scholarship for a student of t that school valued at 1 61 cash plus tri9 tuition of- a total possible value of 88o he plans to attend mjc at kingston this bults were just recent- ly announcsu lid and mrs tv l campbell and bulie and mrs steploejr and mr danny stepiock all of hamilton spent sunday with out mortons we welcome mr and mrs charlie jones and two little daughters dixie and gloria to the village hav ing recently purchased the cottage formerly owned by the late d m robertson congratulations to mr and mrs archie mcdonald on the arrival of a little daughter last wednesday also to mr and mrs wallace gor don whose wee dsughter srrwed september 6th mr and mrs fred brown spent a weekend in muskoks recently mesdames e miller buarby smethnrst wright f brown and ruth brown attended the guelph area wi convention last week mr and mrs bmmannel kara and mr harold karn spent the weekend at a brothers home in london recent visitors include mr and mrs gobelin of phila delphia with mr and mrs klrby williams miss france elllngham of van couver b c with miss leona mog gy mr snd mrs laurence sinclair and family of geraldton with the a- c pattersons 1 mrs k y sutherland snd son alan of london with the jno lind says snd a w7 bentons mr and mrs shipman sr and mr and mrs donald shipman and cynthia of oxford michigan with the wrights mr and mrs alex dobble of hamilton mr and mrs wn dob ble of cleveland and miss connie dobble of toronto with mrs lane on sunday mr and mrs james leonard of cos hill with the mluieres on mon day me and mrs mccreagy of st catharines with the curries dr and mrs s msgwood and children of sussex nb with the fred browns mr alex wright was home from toronto lsst week end mr snd mrs bruce pargeter made a second inspection of the school children gardens on satur day lsst mr and mrs w miluere and mr and mrs tim scratch motored niagara falls on sunday mr and mrs alex currle spent the week end at st catharines ff mm dr x burns mene b dr j burns i wut b dbmtai som i oaametowb hu i i ii iiii k0tmmhmimmmm0toimmi dkxiltordreid i4ut aaa i dxirrwt nan r opsa risjay maia stnei o sasnwssbbcbbbbl efaner gi tlnralmbn th hjuvstb ttro va wuhtine c1 ralhray sad fflsi 8tooceb excotuhomb uww or j osobetstswl basbbnbbbsbssassssabsabsnssbi lerodde kc mm it mrnsii tssst cusfan so jemkins end hardy m imfepsvtsa bau coil iri t jawifloughbycvsou complete 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examined glasses fitted speedy repairs prescriptions filled l simmons jewellers at main street georgetown the first and third wednesday and second and fourth saturday of x each and every month firstj call saturday september 11 next call wednesday september 15 s m fa1b1sh ro reg optometrist tyes examined sswwwwwwwwwwwwsa r gla5se3 fltted ifitonjssim