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our good wishes for the new year go round to include one and all i ueft mem cooks barber shop georgetown mi harley motors extends best greetings fojr the new year to their friends in georgetown and district gordon harley phone 539 john street mn vwcmmwmikmwimlctcwclcicwiciciflcihicifh hews and views for ha f thk man cost of uvino attention urbui dweller a joyous welcome to 1950 may it bring good things for all health happiness and prosperity ono of our farmer friends rec- untly passed on to us a cxlpudruf which in turn had been taken from an ohio state magazine we can assume that the figures while based on american statistics present t a iruo picture of the situation in ontario on most of the commodit ies mentlonod here is the story 1 if tho farmer gave the wheat sway for a 16c loaf of bread then the bread would still cost tho con sumer 147 cents 2 if he gnvo the wool troo for a 50 suit the suit would still cost 4430 3 if he gave away the hide for a 10 potr of shoes they would still cost 063 4 if he gave away the livestock for 10 worth of meat it would still cost 400 in the butcher shop 5 if ho gave away tho tobacco for a 20 cent pack of cigarettes it would still cost 17 and 35th cents if he gave away the beans for a ten cent can of beans they would still cost 8tt cents if he gave away the milk it would cost the con- sumor 12 cents delivered to the door some of our urban dwellers who consider the farmer a profiteer would do well to digest these fig ures as a matter of fact we cant help but wish that some m our ur ban friends who contemplate mak ing their fortunes out of farming would read this before purchasing a farm if they did we would have a little less grief placed on our doorstep precipitation up for 1949 fjune of 1048 the precipitation was 76 inches for the same period in 1040 the total precipitation was 17 inches or a difference of nearly 6 inches during the critical growing period the recent showers have been most welcome throughout the coun try in many districts of which the water situation was becoming in creaslngly serious club hkmbehs entertained by kinosway kiwanis the georgetown herald wednesday dec 28th 194 maple leaf dairy phone 200 georgetown mcnally lane company limited elgin street new die station phone 18w k we stock a complete supply of the following items plywoodsf fir birch weldtex etch wood sylvacord wallboard masonite hardboard arborite tentest or donnacona insulation fiberglas batu and pouring alfol aluminum insulation l lii roofing shingles roll roofing felt paper sidings insul brick cedar shakes cedar bevel siding lumber paints cement building hardware 1919 will lone be remembered by halton farmers as one of tho driest years in their experience it may be a surprise to many there fore to iearnthnt up to ifili im on dec 22nd we have had in 194t throe and onehalf inches more precipitation than we had in the tut ire twelve months of 1mb ac cording to chat a galbraith of lfornby who cooperates with mct- urolouical weather bureau by kecpim a record of precipitation we have had tt inches of moisture in im9 up to the date mentioned above the total for the year hm8 was 24 j inches houever when the fijures for the two years are scrut inized by months we find that for i lie three months april may and nature unspoiled during tho part two year boys and girls club work in halton has boon receiving some support and encouragement from the klntfswoy kjwanis service club in addition local agricultural socio tics brood ers clubs etc have all given a helping hand as a result interest has been stimulated and in 1040 halton had the largest number of enrolments since this phase of ex tension work came into being the nigh competitor in each of the sev en clubs organized in halton were recenty entertained to a luncheon 5t the oldmlll by the klngswny kiwanis the young ladles in the party were presented with corsages and nil seven were presented with cheques for 1250 each to be ap plied on one of the special short courses at gtelph in early janu ary the young people making up the party were as follows earl wilson norval halton boys wine club john w picket horn by milton holstein ayrshire calf club eleanor stark george town halton jersey guernsey and j3aby beef club stuart alexander georgetown acton beaver oat club john currie georgetown mil tun beaver oats club eileen tyrrell of freeman halton girls garden brigade keith merry of hornby halton junior farmers judging competition- they were accompanied by a t woodley veteran club lender of trafalgar township who had con tributed much to the success of dairy calf club work in halton during the past 111 years and agri cultural representative j e whitc- ldxk ihys and girls club work in canavhktwm enrolment of 50010 in i740 loealvclubs which consti tues an alltime record ri risiikk khtukned as iiimiknt of halton fki or agkicixtuke vyours to enjoy the goldencrowned kinglet is one of our jmallest birds it seems remarkable that so tiny a creature can stand our severe winter cli mate usually to be found in spruce trees he hunts scale insects and the eggs of plant lice and deserves protection yours to protect carlings the carung breweries limited watcjfl00 ontario t o im cajiuwas moo tile directorate of the halton federation of agriculture held their annual meeting in milton on tuesday of last week the board which is made up of equal repre sentation from all four townships has had an active year reports of various committee chairmen revea led 23 farm forums organized and active in halton boo members in the hospitalization service excel lent pi ogress being made in the cooperative insurance field lighting installed and rminy other developments and improvements made at the halton community park tlie election of officers resulted as follows president paul a fisher of freeman vice presidents m j brown of norval ross harbottle of kilbride fred near of oakville frank hlnehnrt campbell ville fike brigade has chklstmas eve call when a defective oil heater at t he home of mr a nd mrs henry shepherd chapel street threaten ed to cause a fire on christmas eve a call was put in to the fire brigade the fire was extinguished before the brgade arrived and no damage was reported cancer has proven more deadly than any war doctors say it is not the increase but that higher statistics are due to earlier and better diagnosis than heretofore the italians invented lee cream in the 14th century tfww from the norton floral cut flowers potted plants floral designs funeral designs wedding bouquets turbotube forcedair furnace or hanging unit heater complete with toridheet oil burner and controls a newly developed principle for fast economical heating of homes see them at b f murfin sheet metal works plumbing eavestroughing furnaces john street telephone 138w aiieciftii tartfki canadian chat your assurance of satisfaction ncwwwmwciciciicicicicicicificicii victoria street phone 3i5w i l fa b f murfin sheet metal works wishes the seasons greetings to their customers in this district i mmmolli seasons greetings georgetown shock absorber exchange and service cledwidge king street pnode 495w ibhsm lm j j