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the georgetown herald wednea october 4th 1944 the georgetown herald njew8 op u t oeobgitown noaval gun williams umehoosc smrabttowm ashorovb buunafad bobmbt mu ootta acton bkahptom khuron subscription bates united statee end oreneea a2oo a year single ooptee be advertising ratal wul be auoted en application telephone ne waltbs o biehn publisher oarfikld l meoilvray mary h biehn editor 1 boley of the canadian weekly mewapaper association and ttm ontatloquebeo dltuion of tbe owjja the editors corner hydro restrictions lifted since september 20 1 942 main street in geor getown and in municipalities large and small through out southern ontario has not looked the same at night with no store window- lighting to brighten the main thoroughfare this was one of the few outward signs experienced telling us there was a war on now however the lights in store windows and in the streets can shine again with the lifting of mandatory and vol untary hydro restrictions on october 1st in a statement issued y t he hydro news bur eau we are told that restrictions in power throughout southern ontario have resulted in a maximum saving of 250000 horsepower during peak load periods that saving alone has made possible the production of much vital war equipment that otherwise could not have been manufactured in explaining the lifting of re strictions dr thomas h hogg chairman of the hydroelectric power commission of ontario stated that the direct war load had reached its peak in the spring of the present year since hat time there had been a decrease in the power demands of certain basic industries placing the commission in a more favour able position in the matter of reserve capacity muni cipalities and consumers can again make greater use of hydro power for street lighting store window lighting electric signs for heating purposes and in the home use of hydro for the latter two purposes will still be limited however bv the shortage of labour and ma terials m the manufacture of appliances the discontinuance of daylight saving time during the winter months has not been mentioned spe cifically bv the controller but we believe most people in town and country alike would prefer to go back to standard time if they could do so without hindering the war effort turning the tables october 1 8 has been designated as newspaper week in which editors are supposed to turn tables and instead of boosting charitable cultural civic and com mercial advancement in their communities take the opportunity of telling their readers the virtues of their own newspaper stressing the service it performs as a powerful instrument in local enterprise community ef fort and war projects this job is not quite up our alley so well pass on to you an editorial entitled weekly papers and the war which appeared in a recent issue of the globe and mail the weekly newspapers of canada are render ing a fine service in helping to maintain morale on the lighting front and at home perusal of town and vil lage pdpers reveals an inspiring interest in the welfare of the armed forges they are giving leadership in every direction cigarets socks and sweaters for the men who fight on land on sea and in the air i bundles for britain jam for british children comforts for bombedouters steadily they support such worthy causes as the kinsmens milk for britain fund the evening telegram british war victims fund and the queens canadian fund it would take columns to tell of the valuable work which the rural press of canada has done to stim ulate recruiting to raise money for comforts to sell victory bonds and the like they have kept up a sustained effort since the commencement of the war many a lad fighting in italy or france or sailing in the corvettes which guard the precious argosies crossing the atlantic could testify to the pleasure he has been given by letters and parcels which might never have been but for the promptings of the weekly editors some of these editors fought in the great war they know what a letter from home means to a lad in a far country canada is indeed fortunate in possessing a weekly press which is capable of rendering great pa triotic service at such a time guard against fire once again by royal proclamation the week of october 814 has been set aside as fire preveqtion week for the purpose of drawing our attention to the neecqem waste of human lives and property caused by fire the proclamation states that during the past ten yetfi four hundred and seventy thousand fires have destroyed canadian property to the extent of more than two hundred and sixtyfour million dollars and that during the same period two thousand eight hundred and sfxfynine persons have lost their lives through re and it js estimated that at least ten thousand others have men seriously injured as the result of fire further statistics published by- the dominion fire commissioner show that in 1943 canadas losses by fire amounted to 31464710 not including nearly 5000000 losses in national defence properties the number of lives lost last year by fire was 310 of whom 149 were children these figures are appalling par ticularly when we consider that- nearly 90- per cent of this loss could have been avoided by greater care precautions for fire prevention cannot be stress ed too strongly at all times but a particular effort to impress all citizens with its importance is being made this week the government recommends that all re sidential assembly institutional commercial and indus trial buildings be carefully inspected and all conditions likely to cause or promote the spread of fire be remov ed also that all farm buildings and their surrounding elevators and warehouses be carefully inspected and all fire hazards remedied so as to safeguard vital food sup plies the department also advises that fire drills be held in all schools institutions and factories in order that a greater degree of safety be ensured by acquaint ing occupants with the best and most expeditious ways of exit in time of danger and that special instruction on the subject of fire prevention be given by the teachers and by municipal officials in the schools fire losses can be substantially lessened if citi zens would be more careful particularly i in the disposal of smokes of all kinds and matches 2 in cleaning smokepipes and chimneys frequently and in seeing that heating equipment is at a safe distance from combustible material 3 in not using dangerous flam mable liquids for home drycleaning or for rekindling fires and 4 in not overloading electrical wiring and in not making amateur extensions to their electrical sy sterns this week every canadian citizen will be ex horted by the press by speakers over the radio by movies and by other means to use every care with fire not only during fire prevention week but every week in the year let him lake this advice to heart so that the needless tragedies of the past may be avoided and that canada in the postwar era may emerge as a coun try safe from fire county takes step in right direction the decision reached at the last county council meeting to adopt a rural health plan whereby all school children in the townships of halton trafalgar nelson and nassagaweya will have the supervision of a school nurse was a wise one and a forward step in the right direction reeve j m mcdonald acton m secretary of the committee of investigation and the committee are to be congratulated on a job welldone they went into the matter thoroughly and on one occasion were addressed by an official from the department of public welfare the scheme will operatemt an approximate cost of 4500 per annum for the tour townships or oneseventh of a mill to each taxpayer as one mem ber of council poiated out there will probably be some objections on this score but the council as a whole felt and rightly so that the distributed cost was very small indeed in comparison with the advantage the township chijdren would receive where that most precious gift of all health was concerned the hiring of a school nurse has been a great source of satisfaction to parents and teachers in the municipalities of the county we are treading on sure ground when we say that it will be equally the case in the townships due to the shortage of trained nurses the plan will not likely go into operation before next may the adop tion of the public health nurse system in both town ships and towns in the county should have the unifi cation of all schools under one system as the ultimate aim in view square milk bottles i alter a years trial the innovation of square milk bodies in quarts and halfplnls at cedar rapids iowa and other cities in the united states has proved a success basis of the change from round millc bottles was the de sire to conserve cold storage space and to increase truck loads it was found that about 45 per cent more milk could be carried in trucks by using nt cases more compact and lighter in make than the conventional type these cases require about onethird less space inside the truck and save much work and time to the driver orocers and retailers say that they can put 38 square quarts on a re frigerator shelf that held only 36 round bottles umehouse we extend sympathy to mr james noble and mrs ohms meredith whose mother passed away at aequlndah manlioulln island on saturday 1st a quiet and enjoyable evening was spent at the home of mr and mm jamleson on friday when nine tables of euchre were played prizes going to mrs s olflby and mr harvey nor ton consolations to mrs jas noble and mr walter brett proceeds of the party will go towards the over seas parcel fund of the w i the committee are packing the christmas parcels this week for local overseas men mrs denis hill and children are visiting mr and mrs a hill mrs bill newton was with the newtons last week enl mrs wm mitchell and doris spent the week end in toronto the french are believed to have been the first to use the balloon in warfare ttnmjop at a local concert for uw troops an amateur aoprano tfa she sang a song in the italian method that is she wobblecl and warbled ls over the notes 1 at the finish thpre was a anoxt silence broken by one or two hand- claps then a huskyf voice came from the back seats now give us the ui clear mlssusi 7 196 canadian druggist asthma remedy remedy to loosen which often bring i get your three 300 asthmao find darts a successful thick phlegm on the attack ks supply for eczema to stop the itching of dermatitis and various itchy conditions such as plies insect bites etc get davis pruritus cream 60c il00 and economy size 65 at chapman drag stem directory f r watson djx udb geo office hours 9 to 5 except thursday afternoon dr j burns milne dental surgeon xray georgetown folone 80 dr clifford reid ljdjb ddjb dentist phone 410 main street georgetown ehner c thompson insurance service fire auto windstorm o p railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone llsw or j geor monuments and lettering pollock ingham g alt designs on requestphone 1048 inspect oar work to greenwood cemetery leroy dak kc m sybil bennett ba barrlstere bad soucltore um stnet georgetown phone 19 romcmber the board or trade car- nival friday night kenneth m langdon barretter bottetter netair fahttc pint mortgage money to loan otfloe gregory theatre bmg itm street pbooe georgetown a progressiveconservative letter continued to the citizens of halton our men have fought for freedom and the right of a buay useful life those who live will ask for nothing more because they have in service learned that he profits most who serves best many who remained at home have not had the privilege of learning that lesson and these will die ten year hence our lead ers will be men who have served best we who re mained at home can at our best only prepare die way for them and that way must be built on the good we have had in the pat developing into the better we de mand for the future harder problems lie before us and greater leadership will be needed issued by the progressive conserrmtite association kt we hsjton countj c n r time table daylight saving time going bast 7 01 ajn passenger and mall 1010 son passenger and mall txs pjn passenger sunday only 8j1 pjn passenger dally 938 pjn itils tram was formerly the oyer but now stops ootno west passenger and mas mo ajn passenger sat only us pjn pa daoy except saturday and sunday sjb pjn dauy except sunday 7 js pja nielsen the chiropractor drogies thenput aut year of practice lady attendant hours 2 b 8 0 pjn closed thursday over dominion stosb georgetown phone lltw dr s e magwood veterinary sukgcoh phone 11 office between division oourt clerks office and the new municipal bufldtng at the ear ner of main and j oakville monument works w r edwards honnments cemetery letsseteg and markers designs submitted qood display of monuments on band your patronage riurl phone 836w oakthxs radio repairing we specialize in this work 10 yean j sanfordson oborostown saw frank petch licensed atjcttol prompt 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