Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 30, 1955, p. 14

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

th ckorarrown hkrald wednesday evening mirth so 1055 paget 4 big things are happening motortrucks sensational new moetek for all classifications outstanding for allout performance trop in see whats new at maveal motor sales main street triangu 7311 lanes haulage for excavating and grading ponds cellars etc top sou sand oravel call tr 72521 keep the farmers off the farms by arthur lewr in utvruy hbr reports appeared in the papers not lopf daacribin the sale of farm toptoil to make supurban lawni ap parently certain farmers are almply selling the earth beneath their feet their capital equipment to realize a quick cash profit no one ned be rurpried for our canadian farmer nave rarely taken any other attitude than that the earth that particu lar porion of it which they own is a mine fcom whlctf they dig ther living parts of europe notably certain er- cat in france we are told have been firmed since long before the lawn of hiktory some of them have possibly been bnder crop for throe or four thousand years and todiy they sr axgcmml as ever ttwy -were- the same mukt be trur of othur parts of the arth not j lily china whrrr million of woplr havr hvtd for thousands of year by putting baik as much into thr fcil as ihry have taken out of it with huch countrirs our own forms an unhappy contract in most of it human occupation i a matter of irki than a century aim ct in a ihort ihree krnrrationi what a fccene of dc- vatatiun we have managed to cftett one can jo from oran to ocean in his country antl everywhere encoun ter area that might correctly tx- des cribed as desert here in this neighbourhood where f write we havr m hard lean country where everywhere the earths bones stick up through the surface in the shac of long limestone ridges and plateaus in between the ridges lie more or leu fertile pockets of soil the countryside wai settled by loyal ist immigrants over a crntruy and a half ago they had to win a living somehow or other from what lay ar ound them ai have their descendants since no wonder of course that they drove the harried earth to des truction how ily the usual method cut ting down the wood for fuel exposing the bare rock underneath it turning the cattle into what was left and let ting them graze the underbrush the result ii that now just five or six gen erations after the pioneering genera tion as compared with the hundred generations or so of european peas antry they are square miles of noth ing but bleak flat limestone fields covered with sagebrush ifuch of the country is to bad that men have giv en up today city people have made many a derelict farm into a country place in his way farms may have become playthings but at least the cattle are being kept out of the woods and the trees are recovering what is the secret of the old world peasant that enables him to go on pro viding food and food surpluses gen eration after generation while our farmers at varying speeds reduce this continent to a desert is it not simply thst he expects to stay where he is following the same mode of life as his father and which his sons will follow after him he is a peasant yes quite simply and the word means a countryman one whose whole existence is bound up with the land from which he lives he docs not expect to make his pile and get out he stays put and cares for mrstskuoe speaks at teacher banquet the annual banquet of the esques- ing unit women teachers federa tion was held in aeton fifty mem bers enjoyed a turkey dinner io st a 1 bans parish hall catered to by the ladies guild of the anglican church those attending were from acton georgetown and the rural public schools airs james f evans geor getown the president was in charge of the program and introduced the guest speaker mrs u li sauce she look as bertftlpic theres nothing new under the sun she was presen ted with a gift mr skuce public cshool inspector was also a guest what hes got canadians do not like the word peasant for it seems to them to connote something lowly a narrow life of tqil and poverty we fool ourselves about it many a kur- opean peasant is a sturdy indepen dent man many of our fanners especially those on marginal soilh ure in the invidious sense of the term peasants in this country in the ban ner province ontario there are large districts of peasant and pretty poor samples of peasants at that hut even our lowest down pravanti i suppose have some kind of dream of escaping from their lot and gninf off to become city millionaires and that is the poisonous weed in our gar den an example of ii111 comes from a spot in ontario where an industrial development has nped the farmers off a couple of thomand acres of farm land one man who was bought out said that the farm had been in his family since the original grant from the crown and that he was living in the same house in which several gen rations of his people had been born it will come hard to quit the old place be was reported as saying however you cant stand in the way of progress and so he pocketed bis money and i suppose moved into town progress thats the word this mad scampering about the country on wheels this brittle mechanical civil ization of ours thats what the pop ular mind identifies with progress kor some people it will be a great day when the entire surface of the earth has become on smooth concrete plain on which cars can charge about in every direction unhindered- the very noise and speed of modern life to many people constitutes progress i heard yean ago of a polish immi grant in western canada who refused with scorn the offer someone made him for his homestead its my home was hts simple and dignified response perhaps the future lies that way the simpler people who have been crowding in here as immigrants will displace us old wastrels and sinners they will tske cafe of mother earth and when they come to possess the countryside with the restjeas anglo- saxon cooped up in his dark satanic mills they will not be far from pos sessing the country too for from the countryside comes the annual surplus crop of human beings who mainly keep the cities going it may be just as well we english- speaking people are a brash arfogant and wasteful lot maybe the world will be happier less miserably deso lated with fewer of us hamilton construction 1 to cuelph street tr 7-3480- homes oataoes concrete work industrial requirements renovations buiidino supplies every building need r cabinet sink specials new voungijown kitchens ev special uiji il mni mi ul knaiokog indudtoo oeiaee l up dnrwn terrwic ooroo lvulmw f rriaotoo ll0- fowc1 puoal 3 y two big nopjo bowtij enwb- o uralun lmiu eorv hodu rut sv imi w youwjtfo- ufcfcua pood wam okpow ao bwtolb g r muckart plumbing hailing tintmilhlng electrical wiring dura water systems hecla fumi oil liimm and service georgetown phaimei tr 73593 3247 payments as low as 195 a week gigantic clearance of household appliances at mcclures home furnishings georgetown remember you can by as low as 195 a iveek payments as 1cw as 195 a week tv sets most of this stock u not more than two monthi old over 30 admiral sets to cbooae irom with two or three tradeins our tv service department his checked over all used sets we have priced somo of these 00 aa tv seta as low as 0uu brand new tv set 17 manufacturers full warranty 1 pa a regular 10500 yours for only 310w0u 21 admiral tv tlcoca this set goes on sale at aiostou 34 tv follow the new swing in- tv to the 24 we have 3 of these beautiful sets regular price 35000 90c aa going on salelal 3fuu shop portv anywhere you wishand then come in end compare jtblritreat clear our price on this beautiful console bis alio 21 set in walnut or lime this model sells anywhere up to 40000 we will have oqa aa a limited number while they last only only only lolfuu rememberl terms as low as 165 a week rememberl we have our own tv service men rememberl we are also dealers for rca and motorola if it is fv- washers electric ranges reigerator vacuum cleaners shop around and then cotiu in uidllmtbm atitie bagitl we arc mure we tin umyeii bo of your purdbaw clearing frioidairi bargains same as shown above thli i range has sold on budget terms assign as 35000 jo ca a a clearing out 2 on cash basls2mm plus your old tradein budget terms arranged if dealred as low if you wish t 109 a week art size glrctric range 1model only j 1q ca get here early for this one li7w snap buyi apt range as shown in our d j ca ca window regular 22950 on sale at only ji7tfw w rauob here hi what you have always wanted similar to one pictured above complete with oven heat control and all well eqjuppid bpt without electric clock get yours now at as low as lw a week tl7q ki theauepttlce is only vacuum cleaners fort if gultr fllbbok ob a only to be sold as demonstra- 1 8950 thblewyt vacuum vthu machine is ail thego mounted bn wheets no llftluk no tugging follows you wheresrat yoifcaclealu one demottstrator almoat new see it taxtsai electric washers 4 only full guarstateel the proprietor says clear them out they are fam ous makes such as thor miss simplicity beattydbmlnion the latter made at fergus ontario make an offer with or without your tradein no reasonable offer refused on these 4 clearout washers u 105 a week payments as low automatic washer a dryer here is what you have been waiting fori on our floor we have a demonstrator automatic washer it dryer of frlgtdalre best deluxe quality our appliance department has permission to replace these three month old unitsjwlth a new aet for no reason than to replace all demonstrators after nominal ussge fully guaranteed easily financed see them work on our floor phone us and bring in your washing and get a live demonstration and then you will want to buy them at the bargain price this sale makes possible individual care and delivery and tenrke to all local and out of town bciyer w have an up to date service department a big in vestment ha been invested in equipment for our nwy tv ser vice dept if you are having tv trouble jus4 phone we have wonderful tv service men at your dupotal lsetween the hours of 0 am and 6 pm just phone trianble 72822 l ul mi

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy