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One million letters later TEMPORARY CHRISTMAS staff stamped Georgetown on outgoing mall about taring about TO worked day and night on a million times In the put month The peak staggered to the mall through on was December 12 when letters went time tor Christmas Charlotte Corcoran through their hands operates the cancelling machine which has The cupboards may be bare Through ball and sleet and Christmas ruth the mall must go through And to be sure the million or more letters that have passed through the Georgetown Post Office this month got through on time for Christmas temporary employees were added to be There has been an additional load placed on local facilities this year Besides the town mall the postal distributing centre on Maple Ave handles mail from offices throughout the and Peel regions Working around the clock seven days a week employees have handled an average of 35 letters and 900 bags of parcels a day during the week of December to 14 reaching a peak of pieces of mall on Thursday of that week By the we bad it all cleared up but after the weekend it all piled up again said assistant postmaster Jim Collier Bui with the ad dlUonal facilities extra trucks and IB temporary mall carriers added to speed the Christmas mall service is actually much quicker than usual Neither hail nor sleet or whatever that saying Is be added we dont say that anymore We Just get It done Sooner or later the govern must take a stand They can sit on the fence too much longer said Frank Wall first vicepresident of tne Ontario Federation Agriculture last Tuesday in Milton Mr Wall was speaking to members of the Haltun Federation of Agriculture while presenting the OFA a landuse policies on agricultural land By we 11 have to feed twice the amount of people we erenow In the long run It won be whether you have a rug or a color TV but whether you 11 have food on the table The purpose of the landuse policy Mr Wall explained Is to ensure that an adequate amount of land is kept for agricultural purposes only by zoning farm land agricultural land permanently federation members voted against accepting the policies The federation has a total membership of 259 Some of the farmers felt the landuse policies were black mail and would freeze their land so they could not receive a fair return when selling There s no way the Ontario federation can say this Is what you must do Mr Wall said It Impossible to please everyone when developing a landuse policy The OFA policy will be resented to each agricultural In Ontario for a vote Mr Wall warned farmers that only 12 3 million acres of farmland are left in Ontario and every hour acres go out of production for a total of acres per day Lets wake up before we re in the position many other countries find themselves without adequate food production he said As Canadians we never realized that the lack of food can be a major problem because we ve never had cupboards that are bare A WEEK AGO Christmas parcels were stacked higher than the windows but with all the extra staff the post office had It was all cleared up by the weekend Mike Reynolds a student at Waterloo University spent part of bis holidays sorting out the 300 bags per day of parcels United breeders hold meeting Old St Nick will soon be coming down your chimney and wed like to present you- with our best wishes for a joyful holiday Seasons Greetings From Management and Staff iismew Georgetown w CHRYSLER LTD MOUNTAINVIEW N UNDER THE TOWER 877510089 CHRISTMAS lineups at the a holiday mood Post Office put everybody In By Henry J The Branch of United Breeders met Friday evening December at Hall under the chairmanship of Ken Murray Acton Director from Halton Following lunch Cliff McNeil of Goderich President of United Breeders brought greetings and stated that United Breeders have 150 bulls for use by their members Data processing has been implemented lb United Breeders with all bills now sent out by this method At present there are 1 million doses of semen In storage at United In the past year United had 1B3 first services down from the previous year Halton farmers oppose OFA Federation of Agriculture President Bruce says the groups executive will continue to work and support a landuse policy outlined by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture the membership voted against it During a heated meeting In Milton last Tuesday which almost finished early when some members threatened to walk out 41 voted to oppose the policy and voted for It The federation has a total of members Mr said after the vote that be Is very disap pointed with the results but that the final decision on whether to adopt the policies depends on the Ontariowide vote of far mers We 11 the Halton federation executive stick with these outlines 100 per cent be said Were representing the real farmers who want to make a living out of farming not the speculators He said certain members in the federation want their cake and icing too Mr McCI re added that It took at least meetings before the executive was prepared to offer the policies to the membership Anyone who talking IS an acre selling price Is a speculator referring to an outbreak early In the meeting when members shouted blackmail and railroad and indicated they felt the policies would not allow them to sell their land for a fair price When you go into farming you realize you have to put up with some hardships too be said Mr McClure said he felt the vote was swayed by a pressure within the federation and new policy was defeated of the membership was able to attend MEETING CALLED The meeting was called by the Halton landuse committee to give Halton federation members a chance to vote on the landuse policies proposed by the for agricultural land Frank Wall first vice president of the Ontario federation presented the policies pointing out that with urban sprawl within SO years all the best farmland In Terra Cotta dance On December 13 the Terra Cotta Villagers held their an mud Christmas dance As In the past the dance was a complete sellout The ladies provided an elegant buffet and the decorating committee headed by Mrs Bruce tin Obituary Annie Carter A long time Georgetown resident Mrs Bertha Annie Carter died In Georgetown Memorial Hospital December at the age of Born In Northampton England the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Benjamin Mrs Carter spent the hut years of bar life In Georgetown She married Joseph Herbert Carter In St George Anglican Church May where she was an active member She is predeceased by her husband Joseph In May and son Frank In May Mrs Carter la survived by lane daughters Elsie Mrs H Campbellford Rene Mrs Walter and Pearl Mrs H Mc Candless Brampton and a sister Mrs Charlie BUncoou Northampton England She also leaves nine graiJiiltLsn and ten grandchildren Funeral services were held Saturday Decefebei it Funeral Home Georgetown Greenwood Cemetery derhay outdid themselves providing some of the loveliest decorations ever The trustees of the Terra Cotta community hall held their draw The first prize went to Mr David Anderson of Terra second prize to Mr Larry of Terra Cotta third to Mr Ron Hill of The Villagers will bold a Valentine Day Dance on February at Credltview School Ontario will be under concrete and paving He said only 12 million acres of farmland exist In the province and every hour an average of 26 acres goes out of production An enormous rate of land Is There a a fierce competition for the la and it a time to take a look at the priorities and decide what we need the land for Mr Wall read the OFA policies outlining the six ob jectives which Include preserving and encouraging a profitable and efficient agricultural industry preserving high class agricultural land and allocating it for agricultural purposes assuring an adequate supply of quality food retaining forest cover assuring agriculture la located on productive land and protecting fanners from harassment Mr Wall said have been prepared to help farmers remain In farming He said class one and two land must be reserved for rood production with special consideration given to special soils while class three land should be retained to supply the local markets A hinduse plan isnt any good unless responsibilities are taken by the federal provincial and area government he said Are we to provide food government must tell the The Slmmental breed was up some 3 whereas Hereford were down 3 Paul Mills reporting on stated that Inseminations in were from the previous year He reminded everyone to call the Georgetown office of United Breeders by every for service A total of million worth of irate bull semen Is stored at Breeders The new Insurance rate on this is to be cents per month per of semen Delegates from Halton to the United Breeders Annual Meeting in Guelph on January 22nd are Jeff Nurse Lome Ella C Held Frank Opiteen Russell Hurren Claude Picket Sandy Buchanan Clarence Ford Alternates are Ken Murray and Colin Marshall FARM TAX The Farm Tax Reduction Program which allowed the owners of farm land a per cent rebate on last years municipal taxes is being con tinued for the 1974 tax year The program for 1974 was announced Jointly by William A Stewart minister of agriculture and food and John White treasurer and minister of economics and inter governmental affairs First introduced In Ontario In the Tax Reduction Program is designed to remove tome of the municipal tax pressures brought to bear on farms Certain changes In the program will be continued for The rebate level will be maintained at SO percent and only those owners who fill out an application form will receive the rebate Mailing of ap plication forms will begin the first week of December To qualify for the 1974 Farm Tax Rebate the applicant must certify that at least percent of the 1974 municipal taxes have been paid and that the current farm operation produces farm products valued at not tees than in a normal productive year Ap plications for grants may be made on or before December If the assessment status of the property should change from a farm by reason of its development for residential industrial or commercial purposes in or before 1964 the tax rebates are considered repayable by the owner at the time the property is reassessed with Interest of eight percent per year Questions on the Farm Tax Reduction Program be directed to the subsidies branch ministry of treasury economics and In tergovernmental affairs WeBesley Street West Toronto FREE 100 GALS GAS WITH 17I OR ANY UfID CAR BANK FINANCING Baz Motors Ltd Iff Street 8775286 Come let us adore the newborn King May the joy of Christmas dwell in every heart GOLDEN FISH CHIPS Main St I TlnejrftottAiHl Staff GOLDEN FISH CHIPS Otoraatown Market Ed Batty and Staff