Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 13, 1971, p. 13

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Ads That Pay Von can place an ad In The Herald Classified page by phoning SOI Baying or riling The Herald where you win Hod the resnlta you want GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Printing Publishing The Georgetown Herald has served Georgetown and district a and Publishers for over a century ottering the In fine printing and news coverage Second Clau Mall Registered Numb or Georgetown Ontario May 13th Raturn Postage Guaranteed per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents CARE YOUR If I wear glasses I will wear safety lenses They prevent accidents When I use and other household I will turn them away from my face The chemicals can damage my eyes In a car I will wear my seal belt It can stop blow to the eyes that can destroy vision I will teach children how la handle safely bows and arrows pea shooters slingshots and other dangerous toys I will have periodic eye examinations because EYE CARE i IS MY CARE The Georgetown lions Club la again Sponsoring the Canadian National for the Blind FUND CAMPAIGN BLITZ DAY IS Monday May You can help the Canadian National Ini for the Blind provide service by giving generously to our appeal being sponsored by Lion Club of Georgetown Contributions can be taken or mailed to Can Imperial Bank of Commerce Geor getown Market Branch Will Treat Credit For Sea Lamprey TEACHING GOLF IS BILLS FIRST LOVE Georgetown Golf ft Country Club men as the club new pro Bill Greenwood demonstrates a golf tip during a clinic he operated when the section held their opening competition May 1 Bill started his gall career In at the Elms Golf Country Club where he was employed for sis years In he left the golfing business and spent three years In sales office followed by two years selling mutual funds tie returned to golfing In 1364 as first assistant and teaching pro at Valley Golf Club in Toronto He has also given golf Instruction for the Etoblcoke Recreation Department and conducted clinics for various other organizations The Credit Valley I tun Authority been notified by the Canaan Department Fisheries and Forestry that treatment for control of tea lamprey win be carried est tola spring and rammer In the lower reaches of the Credit and tributaries Tne two compound need the treatment tQaorefdae and are la no way tox ic to humans They win bow- turn the water bright green or yellow Neither com pound will affect the water qua lity in any way far as farm stock Is concerned from the Department of Lands and Forests regarding the success of salmon stocking In the Credit River mention major damage to the fish from lamprey These control meas ures have proved successful fa other areas and should help the fish population along the Credit Many Farming Differences Between Canada and Scotland herds and topography of land most impressed year old Robert Semple a member of Scotland Young Farmers Association presently enloy Ing a five month exchange In Canada A recent visitor to the farm of Fred R Geor getown Robert arrived in Ca nada April with seven oth er exchange students from Great Britain Four represen tatives from Scotland from England one from Wales and two from North Ireland five boys and three girls In total have been positioned in coun tries and provinces across the globe Each representative financed port of his or her trip and the rest was paid by their young former LARGER HERDS In Scotland Ayrshire are the most popular breed Robert noted And sheep herds ore next to cattle in popularity While travel ling through Halloa County Robert noticed only two sheep herds and was also quite as tonished at the smaller dairy herds here in Canada Back home the smallest herd in our area is not less than SO to milking head Robert a resident of Dal- only a few miles from Ayr Scotland enjoyed touring with Jeff and Stewart Nurse Although his first weekend in Canada was spent In Wellington County with Brian and Donna Bessie ho added would be bis choice of the two counties if settling down to farm RECEPTION During his week long stay at the Nurse bo enjoyed lours Niagara Falls Tor onto the University of and several more interesting and large farms in and other counties A reception was held for the i Reverend Wedgewood saves He drives a Station Wagon Among its many saving graces is the it gets And since the no air it II never need antifreeze llll also never boil over Or freeze up And in 30 below winters an engine that won I freeze up is indeed a blessing The inside is With almost the space of other station wagons And enough sealing to accommodale 7 adults Comfortably Slide back the big easy loading side door remove the seals and and behold fl of cargo space appears Behind the rear is an additional 35 of luggage space Parking is a breeze That because the Wagon only one foot longer than our beetle There are however some tight spots you might want to avoid On one particular occasion had I been in on ordinary cor it would have stuck com plelely in the mud and snow relates the But the Wagon with it rear mounted engine pulled right through Of course I cant give all the credit he added w a smile I may have had some outside help The Station Wagon CV Motors young Scottish farmer at Master Feeds Saturday even ing Hay with Junior Far mers from numerous count ies in attendance Sunday Robert was surprised at the sight of Niagara Falls something which thought would still be frozen at this time of year NO DRIVE INS Or Monday a tour of the University of Guelpb occup ied most of bis time and Tues day was spent at the form helping out where be could with the chores And I visited my first all indoor mall Tuesday evening Ro bert quipped And a drivein restaurant We Just dont have any of those back home Wednesday the group en joyed a visit to the artificial insemination breeding station at Guclph and Bros Forms in Hamilton Touring the big city was scheduled for Thursday when scenic tours of Street the TorontoDominioa Centre City Hell Royal Ontario Mu seum and Planetarium were thoroughly enjoyed I was so tired from the exhausting day that I fell asleep In the car on the way home Laugh ed Robert Thursday evening he showed slides of Interest and historic sites In Scot land to entertain the family FLAT LAND Differences In Canadian forming from what he Is used to In Scotland The fenc ing here is far more enclosed than at home he noted Shrubs more like thorns grow to the height of the fence and little mesh Is need ed to fence in the grounds Compared to Scotland the land here fa quite flat he explained Rolling hills add to the scenic beauty of Scot land Also here In Canada I noticed that he feed hay for the animals Is kept up stairs In the barn Back home we would not be allowed to keep feed for the cattle In the same barn that the milking is done Regulations state that separate barns are required although the Canad ian way is much handier for saving turn Re also noted that only one type of animal Is kept in barns in Scotland Here ani mals arc all kept In the one barn yet at home all are segregated His last special mention of the changes between farm ing across the ocean from borne was the fact that ma chinery la more complex and much larger here In Canada But were soon hoping for that aspect to change ha said BRIDGE CLUB Sixteen tables of duplicate bridge were In competition on Tuesday May i In the Legion auditorium NorthSouth winners Jim Ka- and Wandel 2nd Sam Le- beman Sid Heller 3rd R fourth Mrs A Kwei Dickson with Duke Wilson and A Kwei East West Gundy Klstera- John Coats 2nd Mike Lor- ME Wilson 3rd Nellie Goldham and Alice Walk er fourth Kay Campbell and Martin with Kay and Bob Williams fifth Towns Founder Kin of Late US President Georgetown Womens Institute met in Knox Church ball on Wednesday May After the new programs were distributed Mrs Palmer opened the meeting with the Institute Ode and Mary Stewart Collect Your mothers maiden name was used for roll call Mrs Wellington Wilson took the motto Mother and read a story I had the meanest moth- OF Miss Campbell had at tended a workshop for curators and reported that the George Kennedy after whom George town was named was a relative of the late American president Kennedy Georgetowns volunteer fire department was organized in with volunteers The towns first church was esta blished in and in the same year Georgetown had its first tavern DTD WITHOUT Mrs Mathews had a letter from an English Institute with which she corresponds Mrs Frank Fetch was in charge of the program and read an amu sing paper on inflation Miss Campbell conducted a contest Things our mothers got along without Lunch was served to bring a pleasant evening to a close Board Will Look At itself The year old County Board of Education will have a close look at itself over the summer and decide whether or not it can improve its already impressive track record of providing Low cost high quality education in the county This was the way director of education Jim Singleton put it when be recommended the trustees establish a review committee to study priorities and expenditures and make a report to the board Served With Armed Forces in Two Wars A veteran of World War who served also with the Veter ans Guard in World War Al exander Taylor John St died in Georgetown hospital on April Mr Taylor who was 77 a son of James and Margaret Taylor and was born in England In 1813 he married Elizabeth in West Pelton Church of Eng land He was with the British army on overseas service for four years In he came to Canada Lived at Paris for a few months and then settled in Georgetown where he was employed with Smith Stone Ltd and Fine Papers He was a member of Branch 120 Canadian Legion where be had been sergeant at arms and was a life member past presi dent of the Legion Imperials and a member of Orion Odd Fellows lodge Ho also belonged to the darts and Lea gue He leaves his wife a daughter Peggy Mrs Ken WestfaU of Brampton and grandchildren Kenneth Helen and Alex Rev Kelvin Johnston conduct ed the funeral service at the Harold Funeral Homo It was a full legion ser vice with pipe band in atten dance Interment was In Green wood Cemetery PaUbeareri were Harry Bottoms David Capperauld Norman Ward Henry Hale Ralph and James Murphy Flower bearers were Robert Charles Day and Gordon Redd

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