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the georgetown herald wednexlay evening june 23rd 1941 interesting items vok local farmers many volunteer for farm service force although many thousands of high school students and young women have volunteered for service on on tario farms and to undertake picking in orchards a great many are urgently needed to assist in this vital war ser vice reports a maclaren director of farm service department of labour camps for farmerettes have been es tablished throughout the niagara pen insula and without exception the girls are doing a good job the ontario department of agri culture states that fruit crop peels took good there is also an creased acreage in vegetables l to nil military demands this additional labour will be harvest the crops needed to feed can adas rapidly growing anny agricultural authorities stress the fact that the hay crop is badly in need of rain and unless moisture is forth coming the hay will be short should this be the case it is imperative that the hay cropbe harvested with mini mum loss hence the important fact that the necessary help must be re cruited without delay most valuable this year particularly hay will be most valuable ana from a feeding standpoint it will be just too bad if be cause of help shortage the entire crop cannot be harvested any loss could be construed as food sabotage fur thermore every effort will have to be made to mate sure that a complete harvesting of oats wheat and barley etc takes place as these crops too are most important in canadas effort to supply britain with bacon and cheese for whoh- there s practically a limitless demand y- director maclaren and staff of farm placement officers are leaving no stone unturned to insure that the farmers requirements are met with the very best type 6f farm help that is obtainable everything points to the rum service force campaign attain ing its objective of recruiting at least 10000 high school youths and young women as well as males unsuited for military service for work on the farm 100 per cent crop eveiy possible assistance and encour agement must be given ontario far mers to successfully get out a 100 hay crop as well as harvesting all other crops secondary school stu dents are being asked to lend a fiand to harvest these crops city ouths who are not gainfully employ ed on munition and allied war ser vices and high school and university students have and are still respond ing to the urgent call of the farm ser vice force they are setting aside their tennis rackets golf clubs bad minton sets etc in order to meet the call to duty the practical suggestion has been made to director maclaren that busi ness men and industry release alter nately their male help at least one day a week to assist the fanners har vest their hay and grain this would be specially applicable to smaller cit ies and towns whose residents are in closer touch with the farm popula tion than those in larger cities with the necessary cooperation tforthcom tng no trouble should be experienced in marshalling what labour is avail able to supply the farmers immedi ate needs the slogan of the farm service force campaign is we lend a hand if this telling slogan were embraced by all available patriotic and loyal canadians without doubt farmers re quirements will be met and unques tionably ontarios farm service fore campaign will attain its objective and go over the top waste not want not now is the time for all loyal cana dian youth to come to the aid of the greater food production movement the motherland needs all the bacon cheese and milk products that can be obtained from ontario help win the war by meeting the urgent needs of the brave and courageous people in the british isles waste not want not- proper mowing important in lawn maintenance the main objects in mowing a lawn are to improve its appearance and at the same time to encourage a dense healthy turf many lawn owners not only fail to achieve these objects but also succeed in ruining their lawns by faulty mowing states j h boyce di vision of forage plants dominion experimental farms service height of cut is one of the most important considerations in mowing the common lawn grasses will not withstand very close mowing even when maintained at moderately short heights ordinary lawn grasses suffer because of the continual defoliation and because the roots which tend to maintain a balance with the amount of top growth become restricted to the top few inches of soil thus limiting their feeding range for plant food and moisture and consequently reducing the ability of the turf to compete with weeds and to withstand heat and drought if the grass is permitted to grow too long on the other hand a spindly growth is produced and a thin open sward results it is recommended that ordinary lawns never be cut to a height of less than one inch a height of 114 to 2 inches is much to be preferred in most cases this height encourages a dense healthy turf providing other maintenance practices are correct and at the same time permits sufficient top and root growth to allow the leaves and roots to function properly high- er mowing ts particularly important in shady locations where decreased sun light makes a larger amount of foliage desirable and on terraces where in creased leafage and deeper root sys tems help to control soil erosion the above recommendations concerning height to cut do not apply to bent grass lawns which require very close mowing and other special mainten ance practices in order to secure best results a regular mowing program must be fol lowed based on the amount of growth being produced rather than on a time schedule as is so frequently the case it is suggested that the grass be al lowed to make not more than one inch of new growth between mowings thus mowing may he necessary twice or even three times a week during the spring but may not be necessary of- tener than once every ten days or two weeks during the warm months in the fall it is r ubat mowing be oonrinfled at a time which will allow tfce grass to attain to height of 2 to 8 mctafl before growth cease the iprtatftt i dslribh to permit the grass to make tome newj gruwui befor marine j parted t5hs irt pemflt fae new o0 which are bate tomd at on tw mtt established it j fcxtfoit be kept sharp at ab ttwv britain may require large supply of eggs indications are that great britain will require an increasing large supply of eggs from canada during the third year of the war the dominion de partment of agriculture believes it is now too late to prepare for this de mand through the purchase of baby chicks but a great deal can be done by a careful selection and carrying over of all available laying stock there is a noticeable tendency at the present time on the part of poultry producers to reduce laying flocks the marketing of fowl being quite heavy during the first two weeks in june while systematic culling is desirable at all times the present situation would not appear to warrant heavy reductions there has been no break in the price of eggs and all indications point to a particularly strong egg mar ket during the summer and fall o this year while it is true that a great many yearlings were kept over last fall and in the ordinary course of events now is the time when two year olds and birds that have completed their lay should go to market poultry produc ers however would be well advised to look over their yearling stock careful ly and to retain tor laying purposes all birds which are physically fit and in such condition as to insure a maxi mum egg production during the next itwelve months most lo mower is a rale arc set to out too low the bcdglit of out can be 41wted v atfoc a the rollem lidwhic is n part of hum mmto- tenance wmdncan be ow tolled by u w wy it has so mncti to do wlnh tu j 7 sfcmttv and health of the tort 7 ettawt oom be made to fttfow the jdmrtbfe sees failure of church if sunday schools las ence iohildren in the former coun try have been stolen spiritually from their parents and no state can touch the springs of life for righteousness without the agency of parents inthe home the home is the universe in mini ature parents gain far more than they give their selfdenial is their self fulfilment church has a huge task in its duty to accomplish what it was originally es tablished to do and in the past it ha used two agencies the church and the sunday school in earlier days in our church he declared the minister went from home to home catechizing the children and insuring that parents carried out religious instruction as the church re quired then he said came religious in struction in the day schools and later teaching of the bible and the relat ing of bible truths to life in sunday schools by teachers chosen for their piety character and willingness to serve for the past 25 years the sunday schools have been growing into an entity by themselves and its teaching has in many instances replaced the teaching of the home the sunday school is a place for consistent religious instruction of children and the young people should be brought up to recognize that sun day school class work is just as im portant as that of the day school forget welfare he said that too many parents to day flock to the child specialist to talk over the physical health of their children but forget the spiritual wel fare of those same youngsters they also confer with their day school teachers and show deep con cern about the mental development of the children but rarely do they attend a sunday school or confer with the teachers supervising their children s spiritual guidance he told of children who complain that the sunday school is dull and not tfs important as day school classes and he condemned subjecting child ren to dullness in the name of religion parents should be guided by the church mr cameron declared in the greatest task humanity has that of making the home germany and russia have sought to abolish the home he told his audi- memories and recollections georgetown high school rev ross k cameron urges clergy and elders to link church and home the responsibility for reforging the broken links between the church the home and the sunday school rests squarely with the mini sters and elders in their respective congregations the rev ross k cam eron ma minister of dovercourt road presbyterian church told the general assembly of the presbyterian church meeting recently in toronto it was young peoples night and the sunday school and young peoples ac tivities in the church were under re view if sunday school attendance con tinues to slip and if the various church groups continue to become separated the time will come more quickly than we imagine when the church as we know it will cease to exist mr cameron who was the main speaker of the evening told hfi audience godlessness in many forms is made attractive to children he jjaid he told how communist sunday schools were tonned before the war m many communities and added that for our ministers elders and all christian people to take immedi ate measures to unite sabbath school home and church in a bond of redeem ing service is essential to our na tional welfare the relationship of the sunday school to the church and the home was the subject of mr camerons ad dress he told of the falling off in sunday school enrolment which has become prevalent throughout all churches in recent years church existence the christian church exists for the purpose of proclaiming in worship and service the good news about god and his kingdom he declared it does this by worship instruction and by christian deeds it gives to men the redeeming personality and power of jesus christ it seeks to touch the emo tions the springs of morality and the wills of men it seeks to make men christian in everyday hf e of brampto attended the g and jltlflu mr cameron declared matthe- the ushers were mr klwo6ct johnston t7 grahamjohnston wedding last week acton united church beautifully de corated with large baskets of pink and white peonies and ferns was the set ting for a very lovely wedding on saturday afternoon june the four teenth when miss laura isobel john ston only daughter ofmrs johnston and the late basil johnston became th bride of gerald richard only son mr and mrs r j graham of georgetown rev g c glfford ba officiated at the ceremony dr e j nelson played the wedding music and during the signing of the register mrs howard wiiggleaworth of george town sang very beautifully o pro mise me olven in marriage by her uncle mr h reid the bride was lovely in her wedding gown of white lace and silk net overtaffeta the bodice of lace fashioned with sweetheart neckline short puffed sleeves and points of the lace bodice extended from the waist into the full net skirt she wore matching lace mittens her long net veil was caught into a halo with a band of pearls and she carried a bou quet of white roses and bouvardla she wore a pearl necklace the gift of the groom the bride was attended by miss edith marriott rn of guelph gowned in peach coloured lace and net fashioned on similar lines to that of the bride her large white leghorn hat was banded with peach ribbon and she wore long lace mittens matching her dress she carried pink roses and maldenhalr fem mr frank early brother of the bride and mr ernest near of toronto cousin of the bride following the ceremony the recep tion was held at the home of the brides mother mrs johnston receiv ed the guests wearing a gown of egg shell crepe with fulllength matching coat embroidered with green and mar oon black accessories and corsage of pink roses the grooms mother as sisted wearing navy printed crepe with redlngote of navy sheer white acces sories and pink roses for travelling the bride wore a dress of aqua crepe beige coat match ing hat and accessories following a motor trip to eastern points mr and mrs graham will reside on the grooms farm near georgetown by howard f oram mentioned in a previous article what a good teacher mr r n shor- tlll was at norval school and what an outstanding record he had as a teacher of entrance pupils incident ally he was a native of balhnafad and a graduate of g h 8 i heard him say on one occasion that over a period ol several years i forget how many thathe had had but one fail ure and he added he was recom mended in him seemed to be com bined if not all at least a great many of the qualities of a real teacher an incident which i shall record a little later furnishes one of the reasons but only one why in 18b6 his- entire class not only passed but stood first sec ond fourth and fifth on the entrance ex4mination in the county of halton the total marks were- 845 and re quired to pass 422 the first ftvt marks that year were 604 596 594 591 and 583 the third standing 504 marks was obtained by miss ada fyfe a pupil of acton school and it is in teresting to note that there was a difference of only 2j marks in those five pupils the sixth standing of 567 marks was obtained by will glass of georgetown school under mr t r eamgey twb of the norval pu pils who passed as well as miss ada fyfe and her sister maggie fyfe and wijl glass were first form pupils in september at georgetown high school the other two norval pupils who stood among the first ave took their public school leaving and attended and gra duated from georgetown high school later i consider that i was most for tunate because mr shortill left nor val school in december 1898 and i had the privilege of completing my entrance work under him he was succeeded by mr joseph mcandrew who taugnt tin rrfidsummer 1901 when he left to attend the medical depart ment of toronto university graduate tng in midsummer 1905 as dr mc andrew the incident i referred to was as follows in the old fourth reader there were a number of short sup plementary selections at the end of some of the lessons partly i sup- rftm f t page but mainly to add to the pu pils knowledge of some of the best in literature one of these was a well- known passage from scotts lay of the last minstrel and which be gins breathes there the man with soul so dead and ends with un wept unhonoured and unsung a month or six weeks before the en trance examination certainly not lon ger we completed the lesson immedi ately preceding this passage and when we came to it mr shortill commenc ed to explain it and went through the whole selection it was not a prescribed passage for the examina tion and one can imagine our sur prise when it appeared on the exam ination for explanation as a test of the pupil s ability to read and under stand such a passage without definite study what a break excuse the slang for us norval pupils birds and bombs in london town not fear but defiance of the enemy is the spirit of our tenacious courage ous kin across the sea whose inborn principles of freedom toleration and justice pride of race and love of coun try have found expression in true bri tish fashion and tradition it is the only way they know according u the ministry of information in lon don delivery of the milk and news paper has never missed a morning there a new neighbourliness has been developed through the sharing of ex periences all this is building up a new and truer democracy in a london square one morning a reporter viewing the damage caused by a bomb the night before observed two men intently at work on a plot when asked what they were doing one straightened his back and replied its them confounded sparrows were fix ing thread so as they wont thieve the grass weve just sown for spring this incident typifies the spirit of a people who cant be scared or dis couraged but given the tools will finish the job when i returned 1900 to georgetown high school after a twoyear interval i found some of my former school fellows but many now faces mr coutta as principal i was commencing his fourth year and i had spent a year with hhn previous ly the good grounding in english grammer which i got from mr shor till was continued under mr coutta for jtrammatical analysis he used strangs grammatical analysis one of the best books if not the best of its kind that i have ever seen it came in two parts published separ- atfely in paper covers and in onto volume in cloth i was fortunate to get from mr morrows drug store the cloth volume i think mr courts had arranged with mr morrow to stock the books for the benefit of his classes i still have my volume and it is prized book mr strang was i years the principal of goderlch col legiate institute and later was hon oured with an lid degree from to- ronto university he died in 1919 the first part of strangs grammati cal analysis explained concisely but very clearly and logically the prin ciples of analysis and the second part comprised passages from english literature for analysis ranging from simple easy passages to some extreme ly difficult ones to most of us many of these difficult passages were just jumbles of words that did not seem to have any meaning but how the meaning would unfold under mr ooutts masterful explanation while analyzing it grammatically in january 1901 there was a case of smallpox at acton and mr coutts was given instructions that all pupils from there had to be vaccinated i have a very distinct recollection of being vaccinated because i was done twice in the one evening immediate ly after being done i pulled my sleeve down much to dr mckeagues an noyance and as i had probably rub bed off the vaccine i had to be done over again incidentally before i close this ar ticle may i say that i have often won dered what became of w h bui stew a c town high school when i started was a clever student and an omnivor ous reader while still in his teens he used to wade through thick vol umes of scotts waverley novels it was almost impossible to see him with out a book in his hands his wide range of reading should stand him in good stead some place until next time au revoir mr biehn by way of explanation may i say that the public school leav ing examination mentioned above was an examination that compared with the first form at the high school and allowed one to enter the second form after passing it has been discon tinued for many years and further immediately after passing the entrance at norval i moved to acton and all my g hs course was taken from ac ton by train night and morning 1 the worlds news seen through the christian science monitor an international daily newspaper ai truthful constructive unbiased free from sefuatkmal- imb bditoruu arc timely and instructive and its dauy feature together with the weekly magazine section make the mo m id j nawyaai far dw horn the chritelan sciatica publishing society one norway street boston massac huiettt price 1 2 00 yearly or 91 00 a month saturday issue including magazine section 2 60 a year introductory offer 6 issues 25 gcnut we print everything i lifes junetime twas junetune in the garden when we sat beneath the tree that stood beside the trellis that was flowered for you 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army these amtuag- girls in oyeralu are ready- to give canadian farmers a helping hand during the busy rummer months they are all member of the ontario womens land army organised by a group of women who anti cipated ft shortage of farm labot- with so many men being absorbed into war services during the winter months ford motor com pany of canada limited provided the girls with a free and thorough coarse m the care and operation of modern farm tractors and im plements and followed up with instruction to practical field work in the spring more than 100 of these girls are already at work on canadian farms they seem to be happy about it all in the above photograph left to right amybeljamas barbara dennett june hardy bernie harris milli- cent cobb ksthryn ironside and helen harris all from if alvern collegiate toronto now on display new idea furnace now fa the time to think about your furnace for next winter come in and see our stock prices are bound to rise install yours tfow f l mcgilvray 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