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Page THE HERALD Wednesday September La Leche League formed promotes breastfeeding Unconvinced thai baby formulas are on adequate substitute Tor mother a milk two local women are organizing a Georgetown branch of the La League Alma and Pat Stuart have scheduled Sept 15 at 30 m for thelr meeting to enlighten women on the benefits of breastfeeding It will beheld at Pat a home For the address call All women whether or grandmothers are welcome to Jain he La milk In Spanish League It on In ternational non profit organisation which originated In a Chicago suburb nearly years ago when one mother who bad successfully nursed ber baby helped another wanting to breastfeed The association has expanded to over groups throughout the world Babies are welcome at the meeting where personal are shared and Is relayed Group leader for the Georgetown branch will be Alma active in La Leagues In Ontario for three NORVAL years The third Wednesday of each month Informal classes wilt be held to explore the different phases of breastfeeding Both Pat and Alma are nursing mothers who refuse to allow prepared formulas commercial baby food Into their homes They advocate breastfeeding and use blenders to prepare solid foods to ensure maximum nutrition Besides being well rend on the subject of infant care they have the special Insight derived from practical ex Alma explained one of the main difference between breasts and bottles is that when a child Is sucking the thrust Is forward with a bottle and backward with a breast She added research done In the United States concluded that breastfed babies rarely had problems compared to their bottle nurtured peers Theycommend breastfeeding because a women milk Is high in Iron more quickly digested than retail Imitations and economically more practical than formula Breastfeeding Is also a lot more convenient than carrying around said Pat I can go anywhere with my baby because his nutritional sub stance Is always there Both Pat and Alma believe in demand feeding because it more natural than adhering to a schedule Carrying this one step further they feel babies should wean themselves Instead of being cut off mothers milk according to the instructions in a medical handbook Demand reeding allows the baby to feel very secure said Alma and part of It Is the closeness he skin touching Pat agreed comforting for a baby to feel the mothers warm body and hear her heartbeat she said Not only Is breast feeding for a child there are advantages for the mother also Pat said she nursed her baby Immediately after his birth and could feel her uterus shrinking back to its natural size When a women nurses her baby said Alma a mortal experience mokes feel well motherly August a bad month By MRS DOROTHY Herald Correspndenl August was a bad month for residents of R Two young boys were killed while riding their bicycles just two weeks apart 11yearold Ernie son of Mr and Mrs who live on Steeles Ave near the 10th Line Esqueslng was struck by a car while on his bicycle and died In Hamilton Hospital on Saturday August nth 10yearold Tommy son of Mr and Mrs Thomas who live on the Line near Steeles Ave was struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Steeles Ave near the Glllis home on Friday August He died In Hilton District Hospital These two tragic accidents dose together has shocked the neighbours all of Nerval and Hornby district and saddened the children and young people in the com We extend sympathy o both families Mr and Mrs Gordon accompanied by a couple from Toronto have returned home from a week motor trip to Barrow Alaska the most northern par ton the American continent They drove to Fairbanks Alaska far as they could travel by car hen flew to Borrow which Is an Eskimo town built on the perm a frost In the summer only about inches of he top soil is not frozen There Is no need for refrigerators there reports Mrs Sharpe they Just dig a hole in the frozen ground to store their food It is com to see ducks and meat hung outside the homes The temperature was about degrees with a coal wind but they were quite comfortable staying In a lovely new motel and wearing parkas when they went out thai were given to them on arrival The town has a large school with about 30 teachers and a hospital Originally it was an army base but now Is used for research The Sharpes had a very enjoyable trip across western Canada stopping over at most large cities on the way They spent a couple of days at Whilchorsc Yukon where the new Presbyterian minister Rev and Mrs Ian McPherson and family spent the last few years Mr and Mrs Sharpe travelled about miles a day and altogether drove about to miles Congratulations to Llla McCiure daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew McCiure Brampton and Jim Ashenhurst son of Mr and Mrs Carl Ashenhurst of Clorkson who were married on Friday August by Rev Hill In Presbyterian Church Liln and Jim were both employed In social work in Vancouver before their marriage Jim Is now cm ployed In Toronto and they reside in Port Credit Previous to her wedding was honoured by several showers Before leaving Vancouver her friends there gave her a presentation of daughter Mary entertained the relatives at a miscellaneous shower and Mrs Jim King was hostess for a neighbours shower The ladies of Norval Presbyterian Church held a miscellaneous shower at the church and Mrs Quint daughter Mrs Nigel Eves entertained at a miscellaneous shower for friends Neighbours of the in Clarkson with Mrs Beach and Mrs Pearson as hostesses gave a kitchen shower The final evening of Softball at Norval Community Centre ended on Tuesday evening August with the usual games of baseball followed by a roast pop and cupcakes for all held around a blaring bon fire while Randy Fendley entertained with music on his auto harp and his Norval garden expert heads Sheridan College course Hortleulutural expert Tom Crookston of Is an evening course In general gardening and landscaping at Sheridan College a Brampton campus this fall The new 10week course which starts Sept 27 will be beld Monday evenings At he age of six Mr Crookston developed an In teres In gardening and planted a small plot of flowers at his English home Even while In the navy be planted vegetables patches when shore- based An Insurance salesman for many ycora ho dedicated his spare time to learning about horticulture Mr one of the founders Clover Leaf Garden Club In Mlsslssauga designs specialty gardens for customers throughout Ontario and has a huge library of books on gardening to study For three years he hosted an hour long Mlsslssauga cable television program on gardening and has been a guest on John a talk Chief consultant for Dixie Quality Foods In Mlsslssauga for the past years one of the Sheridan College courses Mr Crookston taught was unique to Canada Garden Centre Merchandising knowledge practical not theoretical ho said I learned from ex peri men ting He knows which plants mature better In the shade which fertilizers to use the qualities of different soil types and how to guard against insects and dlseasu A minimum outdoor thermometer a ram water gage and a weathervane help Run to examine the progress of bis expansive garden With his wife Tom Crookston has designed the property surrounding his home into what resembles a landscaped park Three years ago when they moved In the yard was a neglected field Instruction in his gardening course will Include sol improvements for gardens planters lawns how to plant for best results flowers trees mulches and heir various uses fountain planting over planting choice and pruning of evergreens vines for walls climate zones for plant material flower garden layout plants and bulbs for permanence low maintenance sun shade woodland and various other soils rose gardens swimming pool plantings ock gardens slung choice of rocks elementary layout special soils for choice plants invasive plants and bulbs groundcovers and vines for walla steep slopes trellis sun and shade their formula meanings proper use of liquid and granular types compost heap construction and content usage pesticides and herbicides their correct use and timing of application in eluding benefits and hazards sprayers and dusters usage and core For more information on this gardening course call he community services division of Sheridan College s Bramp ton Campus at Flower course is different AND CROOKSTON TOUR ONE OF THEIR GARDENS Band seeks name change School conjures up Images of textbook toting students seated kV rows of desks In a black board panelled classroom Georgetown rock band Eclipse Is holding a renaming contest because manager John Hayes says there a another group called Eclipse The person who submits the name chosen wins a free concert Deadline Is one month from today he said Band members all aspiring to be professional musicians OBITUARY Scott lead guitarist Dnnny 15 bass David Entremont rhythm and lead singer Craig Teeter 1G drummer manager Hayes and his assistant Al Bolton Since the band formed In March they have entertained at parties dances a camp and for Pioneer Days Their dream Is album so they ore creating original material How can a band accomplish so much In a snort time Hayes summed it up in a word practice Entries for the contest should be submitted to Mr Hayes In core of Georgetown post office Former trustee of school Harold Wilson Early dies at 84 Harold Wilson Early Norval died in Peel Memorial Hospital Brampton on Aug tarn In his year He was bom In Township son of the late Thomas Early his wife Margaret Wilson Mr Early lived all his life In the with the exception of a couple of years In Saskatoon He attended School SS No 4 Esqueslng and later in life was a trustee and was treasurer for years of that same school Farming was his lire Following the death of his parents Harold and his brother Chester took over the family farm on the Line south of Norval where he farmed until his death Mr Eorly was on active member of the Form Forum for about years and always enjoyed a friendly game of euchre He will be remembered for his qui est sens of humour his friendliness member of the Presbyterian Church Harold Is survived by his brother Chester and a sister Sarah Mrs Dan Vancouver C He was predeceased by a brother Spencer of Saskatoon and 3 Myrl Roy Brampton Mable Mrs Ednar Thatcher and Hazel Mrs Frank The funeral service was conducted Canon James Maxwell at the Clurc Jones Home Georgetown Aug Pallbearers were Spencer Wilson Earl Wilson Jim Early Mono Road Thatcher Guelph Allan Thatcher Eden Mills and Craig Bowman bearers were Roy Brampton Victor Dixon Brampton Mac Alexander Norval andWillard Price Burlington Interment was in Hi 11 crest Cemetery Classes will be in home of Instructor Crookston at Supplies including plnholder containers and textbooks are lent out and refreshments will be served This novel course com mencesSept and runs each Wednesday Mrs Crookston who taught the same course for half a semester last year has yean of flower arranging ex perionce She was Instructed by Audrey who represented Canada as the country best flower arranger In England Former of Mlsslssauga Clover Leaf Garden Club Mrs has won prizes for her work Including a first in a plague arrangement when she en her first show at the centre a annual flower exhibition five years ago flowers and teaches some ol her horticultural skills Most of the students in her course are or workers who arrange flowers for social functions or as a hobby said Mrs Crookston A lot of people have hidden talent they Just need basic Instruction she added S JUST DOWN THE A FLORAL NEEDS 11 School of Dancing Tachn Alloc ACROBATICS BALLET JAZZ TAP MOTHERS EXCERCISE WITH JAZZ STARTS NOW MOM WAS AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS