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i- c j- the acton free press thursday december 13th 1956 tammsxm v-v- vakrvr i7f3orajijilrvixsaixmtti debaters move into second round halton junior farmer debating- quartette is scheduled to meet the wellington county junior farm er debaters on friday evening december 21 states jean peterson president of the halton juniors it is our understanding that halton s affirmative team of ber tha watson and jnck black will meet the wellington negative team in the milton high school at the same time haflons negative team of bill marshall and howson rud- dell will be meeting wellingtons affirmative team some place in eramosa township we can well imagined that hal ton folk both young and old will be out to support the four halton young people who are carrying the torch for halton junior farmers more farmers neededforums is there need f4r increased office iency in canadian agriculture and arc there too ninny farmers these were the questions discussed by ontario farm forums on december 1 75 per cent of the forums agreed that farmers could farm more ef ficiently and if uuy did they would net a greater profit killarney bay forum m victoria said to reach an adequate in come greater efficiency is needed to prtduce more at a lower cost with less help and less expenditure of labor when asked if there were too many farmers the forum- saul ihere were not but they did sa there were too many parttime farmers springvillc forum in peterbor ugh supported that idea andstal edr some farmers are only part time farmers giving most of their time to city work this situation would not arise if farmers receiv ed a return for their work which is on a par with that of the city workcr in final summation the forums said because of the increase in the canadian population there was a need to farm more efficiently and that canada has room for more not less fanners garry and rodney oats yield higher in all recent surveys at a recent meeting of the dir ectorate of the halton soil and crop improvement association who then were making plans for their annual meeting which incid entally is scheduled for the milton fair building on december 27 we were interested to hear from w e brcckon that twothirds of the oats eligible for registration in canada arc either of the garry or rodney varieties certainly these two varieties i in a report just released by the ment association in ims yields on the brock harris farm were 73 and 7173 bushels per acre for the rod ney and garry varieties respectiv ely in contrast with this in the same test beaver yielded 948 bus and simcoe 446 bus in another test with jb ii big- gar and sons garry and rodney both outyielded simcoe and bea ver by approximately so per cent we were also interested to note gave nn outstanding account of themselves in halton in 1956 and thus despite the very late date of seeding some 42 4h halton club mem bers had the garry variety in 1936 and the nveraue yield was tiuhuyv over 60 bushels to the acre in variety tests conducted by the county soil and crop improve- decoration contest for homes launched burlington inthewxt few weeks homes in burlington and i nelson will take on a decidedly i seasonal air us the annual cham- hvi of commerce home decoration coiikest gets under way the home in burlington r net son township dmed the most at- j tractive so far as outside deoiili- ions are concerned will receive a 25 prize from i lie chamber the contest winds up december i 21 ii has run three or four years now a formal presentation will be made to the winner at a time to be i announced later to determine the winning home j a team of 10 chamber members will tour the area in four cars obituary st albans guild 57 officers named the december meeting or si al bans guild was held in the par ish hall with 30 members present the meeting opened with a hymn following by a scripture reading by irene heeley the treasurer and secretarys reports were read ii was decided 10 give trie war dens 250 to buy pull cords for the 10 give tne pull cords 1 new drapes aileen currie as re tiring president was presented with a cup and saucer rev e jones took over the meeting for the election of offic ers for 1957 the following officers were elected honorary president mrs jones president irene heel ey first vicepresident thelma barbeau second vicepresident penny bristow recording secret iry eileen taylor treasurer mary townsend assistant treasurer pat bmthe corresponding secretary tean lasby flower convener louise lindsay lunch convener mae fountain entertainment mrs ganley press reporter b ander son assistant reporter doris mor ion kitchen committee b dol phin and m rowles bazaar com- jintltee alice newton peg coon d welfare vm wyckt grace nelles and committee i bette footitt i the meeting closed with the mizpah benediction after which the members sat down to a pot luck supper including roast tur key and all the trimmings life long resident of esquestng dies a life- long resident of esques- ing township jane elizabeth red- dy 83 beloved wife of gilbert sinclair passed away at the home of her daughter mrs a c patter son iimchouse on ftuesday doc- i emlmr 4 mrs sinclair was born in 1b73 on lot 26 eighth line dough j ter of jane mckinley and john reddy pioneer residents of the district in 1901 she wis married to gil i ihrt sinclair when she moved to their home on 22 sideroad and the reghhltmr the cmrple observed their golden wedding anniversary in september 1951 besides her husband she is sur- i vived by five children lawrence 1 of gcraldton irene mrs stuart smith of weston charles of wel- land eya mrs a c patterson of limchousc herbert of hamil ton nine grandchildren one great grandchild also one sister mrs ellen wiley mrs sinclair attended school at ss 16 was a member of lime- house presbyterian church and belonged to the stone school farm forum and silvcrwood womens in stitute her main interests were her laimlv and her home during the past year she was confined to bed the funeral service was held on thursday december 6 at lime- house presbyterian church at two oclock conducted by her minister the rev alex j calder inter ment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown pallbearers were fred sinclair earl mckay harding price rich ard appleyard harold campbell and ben case field husbandry department at the ontario agricultural college that here again garry and rodney were at the top in the regional variety tests conducted on some 15 farms across ontario garry is given an average yield of 757 bus per acre and rodney in second place with 642 bus per acre in the same report we note in a three year summary for the years 19m 1955 and 1956 that garry is given an average yield of 71 bus rodney 66 9 bus and heaver 614 bus certainly in halton this year 3arry and rodney excelled beaver by a much wider margin but we must remember that the settson of 9ati was a most unusual one halton jerseys in top ranks when glancing through a recent j issue of the canadian jersey breeder we were interested to j note several halton jersey cows i were in the limelight the top re cord was made by rockbank can- dts a junior four year old owned 1 by mac alexander of norval in 365 days this great cow produced a total of 718 lbs fat and 12030 lbs milk g s matthews and son of ac ton had a class leader among the junior three year olds in 365 days in jester crystal lily crystal lily produced 10301 lbs milk and 511 lbs fat ken ella and sons had twn town in the news rock ella aitian blonde as a senior three year old in 305 days prdurd 8551 lbs of milk and 486 ltis of f junior four vir old lliuiale sue cess sadie in 3u5 da s pmmtueei 461 iks fat then at the lmdale farm of m c reaty we note lindile a ulna hose a six year old in 365 days with556 lbs uuttcrfat and in tin- same class lmdale lady rasilua as a ten year old with so lbs ot fat we were also interested to note rockalda volunteer vivian for merly owned by arthur padbury of campbcllvillc and now in the herd of don head farms of rich mond hill vivian as a 15 year old produced 5338 lbs of fat as we recall some ten or 12 years ago vivian and her full sis ter used to be the winning prog eny of dam for art padbury at the milton kan feel soil bank plan would apply to west the soil bank idea was the topic discussed by the ontario farm forums on november 28 the for ums agreed that a soil bank plan similar to the american scheme would benefit canadian farmers in reducing surpluses but would ap ply for the most part to the west ern provinces v greenwood forum in ontario county saidf a soil bank plan might reduce surpluses in western canada but we dont think it would be effective in ontario with our mixed farming the groups thought the soil bank plan would benefit all canadian farmers in promoting soli conserv ation speaking for the groups mullifarry farum in middlesex stated soil conservation should be promoted to conserve national soil water forest and wild life re sources as spokesman for the forums who did not favor a soil bank plan foster farm forum in ontario said we in canada havent too much surplus canadians believe in carrying certain surpluses to take care of a failure of farm products about 50 per cent of the forums said there were farm lands in their arcu which should be taken out of production this could be accomplished by reforestation the planting of trees on sloms and hills and permanent uhstures some thought the government should buy up the oor lands and reforest hampton forum of durham county sumniiil up these opinions saying each individual owner should take some of the respons- ihilily for doing this the govern ment uught also aid in tloing this by offering cash for so many acres taken off production perhaps through government trained men better use of this land might be promoted by reforestation etc partnership dissolved vancouvkh ci the part nership of i c way and assoc iatts publishers rural newspaper representatives and public relations counsellors lias been dissolved it was announced here by mr way he founded it in itht with i van miller and j it itun armstrong as tsssoeials mr way wit continue hie firm name i i- c way and associates as sle proprietor of the canadian weekly kditor and as national ad- verlisim representative of the nr weekly nwspaers advertising mm eau h c roh turner will be asstciated with hint mi miller will assume operation m his own of the firms public re lations division and mr armstrong continues as editor and publisher of the farm paper country life in addition he will be bc represent ative of kami and ranch review calvary ratir country gtridcr winnipeg see w h state farm agent rrst for all three schedule 100 new boxes in post office changes over 100 new post office privnle boxes will be added shortly after christmas to fill all the current demand the new boxes will be installed when front wickets and counters are completely rebuilt several changes are entailed in the rcmodelllnit the front wall inside the pint office with its one bank of boxes two wickets slots fur dropping moil and the jog around a corner to the money order wicket will bo replaced the new wall will have more boxes new letter and parcel slots and wickets and will run straight across the building elim inating the jog mwm lmi4ll1imiimmjlll polish canadians prom toronto vote shame trafalgarites trafalgar three polish canadians put some 6000 trafalgar residents to shame at the recent elections by travelling more than 100 miles just to exercise their voting franchise julian kulczycki john klisnk and john kucyk who live in to ronto and own township prokrty drove to their milliii subdivision in trafalgar to vote they wen- told they couldnt vole and so went to the township offices they won- told they were aliens and would have to have citizenship klhrs tmfore they could vote the three men drove back to toronto picked up their citizen ship papers and drove back to the vvnsllip offices they were kiveil an okay by clerk sheldon keath erstone and just ileal the i pin deadline to east their ballots they then drove back to toronto happy that theyd been given an oppor tunity to voler only 28 per centor some 21100 of the 8000 elidible voters in the township took time to vote saskatchewan has a total area of 251700 square miles at present there arc 052 private boxes at the post office and a long waiting list after the change there will be 083 boxes moat of these have already been assigned by the postmaster prank terry but there arc several still vacant anyone requiring a box may make out an application form the new plan makes several changes in the present boxes too several families and businesses have had boxes the wrong site much too large for instance simply because there was no other box available now these discrep ancies also will be corrected since facilities arc becoming more and more cramped all the time arrangements have been made lo enlarge the present work ing space inside the office one section of the customs office bond room will ik- given over to the rural mailmen for sorting their mail new linoleum flooring will also be laid to keep inconvenience to the public down lo a minimum it is cxiectcd most of the work will be done on two weekends e l buchner optometrist in acton every wed afternoon office al 48 mill sftt acton f hours 130 600 evenings by appointment for appointment telephone 115 it wanted maple logs will pay top price for top quality hard maple iors or trees phone murray crawford ltd campbellviue t 4t57 auto life fire -cdu- w h denny 39 brack st phone 455 that christmas gift list its not as difficult to complete as you think when you check off the outoftown or home town friends to whom you plan tf to send gifts consider a gift they will cherish the whole year through a years subscription to the acton free press an a chk c wi be sfcn b t h pubs i adviu any person hm whom you kace a subscription that the paper was ordered by you x christmas baking yes your christmas baking will taste better with quality dairy products from acton 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lighting and electrical aids to surgery make possible intricate operations un dreamed of half a century ago the xray perhaps electricitys great est single contribution to medicine has itself assisted in saving thousands of lives klectncity s role in medicine i certain to become increasingly im- jportant and it potentialities gj as mow electronic aids cofneintd general use it k another important way in which electricity the silent coworker in so many projects is continually being- used to help provide higher standard of health living and prosperity for us all ontario hydro will continue to provide adequate supplies of power to meet the needs of our hospitals homes farms and industries the hydro family assures your electrical future rtffflf vwffiti jfltptihik r rwflflitettlbi jtttitfia