Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 7, 1951, p. 3

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page 3 the georgetown herald wednesday no 7th 1951 i premier frost blasts toronto star hepburn liberals speaking at oakville liquor polky defended proud of hydro expansion new hospitals and schools a large crowd braved a real bliz zard in oakville last night to hear the premiev of qntario the hon resile frost speak in the gregory theatre there was entertainrrient provided by the legion pipe band as well as a pianoaccordionist stan hall thrjce elected member for halton was introduced by the county president s a b mccleary mr mccleary spoke of the many qualities mr hall had displayed as a mmrar of his unceasing work for any and all in his county and of bow no one had contributed more to the welfare and betterment of this grand old county of halt mr hall then spoke brietly say- ing how honoured he had been to serve his county for the past eight years re said it had been a priv ilege end honour and he had tried to serve well mr hall then intro duced the premier leslie m frost born in oxillia mr frost practices law and has made his borne in lindsay for many years a veteran of world war l the premier had been seriously wounded and prom oted in field ho wn proud of the fact that in the provincial cab inet no less than twelve of the fifteen members were veterans of the two world wars mr frost spoke first speaking of the past record ortrhiir government of which he was justifiably proud he brought a lather personal touch to the town of oakville by mention ing how happy he was to see s casey wood of the trafalgar- journal whose grandfather had like mr frost been treasurer of the province he went on to point out the many achievements of thiji government of the soine thousands ol new scliuur rooms built the terrific hydro ex- ansion the larger grants to the unici and the many other gltat advance since tin ounse fv government ipok office in 943 mr frost defended his hospital policy in ontario telling of the thou sands of beds in hospitals as well as new hospitals built made pos sible by grants from the province and compared- this with the former liberal governments sorrv record of not one hospital built during the time they were in provincial office he found amusing the attacks of mr houck libe jnembex whom the liberal leader said was slated foi a cabinet post in a liberal gov ernment he pointed to his deplor able record tn hydro during the past liberal administration when he had been head of the hydro dnd had managed to have built only 21 miles of rural hydro compared to the present governments thousands upon thousands of miles of rural hydro in anwer to criticism from what he termed his old friend on king street the toronto star he reflec ted upon the far cry of todays lib eralism from the days of sir oliver movvat he aid mowat and other liberal leaders of the past would lurn over in their graves if thoy honrd some of the promises and the statements by the liberal lcadeis of this province mj- frost jokingly kferred to the sight of mitch hep- burn the- man whose ichief claim to fame was for his willingness to same platform with arthur roebuck on a platform in support of the new liberal leader and said he hart hern n lllubtlgc of t ifrs turc when mitch had lead senator roebucfc out of the pyi hp gaih cord of discord illwill and hard feelings with his- governments rec ord of harmonious relations with all the provinces as welj as the federal government he said it was the sac- cred duly of every province to get along with the others mr frost said that true to form various liberals including of course mitch were once again talking- of firing some one this time hydro commissioner bob saunders whose chief fault to the liberals seemed to be that he had trebled ontarios hydro capac ity in his few years in office com pared to the old liberal govern ments record of n6t one solitary kilowatt hour added in their entire eight years ot6ftlce he said that statement reminded him of the first acts of the prpvincial liberal ad- ministration whein they came to irjk that of firing with no leason five hundied veterans theremier ihdjv turned his atten- llun id j miutct which he ouid ha longer were licences issued to those with political pull he said that while he doubted if liquor control- was absolutely perfect he said it was better than it had ever been in the history of the province and that they were contantly improving it and its enforcement he said that law- enforcement was the answer and that here his governmenl had a wonderful record mr frost then concluded his speech by asking the voters of halton to get out and re elect stan hall as the premier and his colleagues needed men of his integrity honesty and ability for a in carrying on the work of providing good government foron- tu 10 ma ioi- thompson who asked the indieiuc to uot the way he spelt thompson and not confuse hlmjvith i nfitheitttjutn thanked tne premier ancf led in threecheers for the hon leslie frost coi rcspoiictence was read from a true sportsman knows that game regulations are made to protect his hunting interests -that- in mr roebuck had deceived hifn these then were the people who wished to lake over govern ment in this province mr frost pointed out the utter inability of the hepburn government to get on with anyone even their own fed eral liberal government he said that one of mitchs chief efforts at cooperation with his federal chief various names including an old mudturt he cr t r had read an editorial onfr in the toronto star he said that the fig ures printed in that article were misleading he gave the figures of all the provinces and noted that ontarios- increase of liquor sales was the smallest in the dominion while at least two of the others had almost doubled mr frost pointed out that under his regime the issu ing of licences had been fair and clean and decent compared to the vhrlfftw h li twu l 1ci fiiin oordon gfrayrion and ellen kiiirrloujjh at ottawa and also one fiom kintik lennard mp for went- worth south wishing mr hall suc cess for a fourth term at the conclusion of the evening premier frost and mr hall spoke to all those present as they left the theatre a good number of georgetown people attended this meeting when ytu go hunting check the bag limits and remember these tewhinfs hold your fire until the bird is within range use a good former government- s sorry rwonref scatt ihom ab he s -no- adv in the herald yoult una it pays v v v y v v action by premier leslie frost led to universal old age pen- sions lor all over 70 effective january 1st old age pensions for needy persons from 65 to 70 effective january 1st y pensions planned for the totally disabled from18 to 65 ontario is the first province in canada to pass legislation to implement the federalprovincial agreement for security tor the aged old age knsion lxnefits increased 3 times by present pirrpcsshrthjrvuluf ti gu v amnion l most generous mothers allowances in ontarios history first construction grants in canada made to build and extend hospitals 14474 leds and bassinets provided first province to pay 50 of construction costs of homes for the aged plus 50 of maintenance y first grants to provide free school books to elementary schools increased contributions made for childrens aid v province pays one half cost of supplying free milk to school children ontario leads canada in war against cancer and tuberculosis v v y most advanced labour laws expanded compensation and rehabilitation for injured workmen with industrial health t measures ensure continued good government retriever if possible but at any rate do your best to recover t crippled birds above all count wounded birds in your bag whether you recover them or hot wise hunting today conserves for tomorrows holiday yours to protect yours to enjoy carlings the carting breweries limited waterloo ontario cs i2ib five youths charged break school windows halloween passed quite quietly fnixwnrwtffitfieetrecptlon of on unfortunate incident which resulted in damage at the high school a group df five teenagers only on of whom had ever been a student at high school have been charged with breaking nine windows in the rear of the building and writing obscenities on the walls and win dows of the buldlng the damage was reported to the provincial police when it was discovered on thurs day morning and credit goes to cpl j mcbain for some good detec tive work which led to interview and confessions by the culprits the smaller children contented themselves with attending the big party in the arena and with tlie calls frnmn dnnr in annr treats there was a great variety of costumes there were growntnl visitors at the houses too and on party of four covered most of fha town and amazed their friends their clever costumes in the surrounding country signs and mall boxes took more punishment than usual at um stewarttown corner pranksters rol led a big oil drum from the s station formerly operated by roy smith to a position in the roadway where it might have caused an 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