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the georgetown herald georgetown ont wednesday december 22 1948 ici aickwc news and items of interest to halton farmers halton plowmen reelect c f mclcet as president halton plowmens association concluded one of the most success ful years in its history in the far mers bldg milton on tuesday evening of last week this was the occasion of their annual meeting and the treasurers and auditor reports revealed a successful year financially desplce increased activ ity during tle year the halton association in cooperation with halton junior farmers sponsored a junior match and coaching de monstration in the spring fin anced a team of plow boys to rep resent halton in the lntercounty tractor class at the international and climaxed this with what u considered by many to be the out- standing county match and farm machinery display of the province in 1048 the election of officers and dir ectors for 1040 which was keenly contested resulted as follows honorary pres j a elliott milton president c f picket george town vice presidents arthur diam ond roekwood and v e mc- arthur milton secty treas j e whltelock milton directors esqueslng j c cun ningham r currle clcbert mcdowell and j s wilson nassagaweya j e ellenton ross gordon and jack phail stratlons in contour plowing etc etc reove alex maclaren who was the chairman of the 1048 halton county agriculture and reforesta tion committee was the dynamo behind this increased activity in order thac the programme may not only bo continued but expanded the following officers were elected for 1949 chairman tfhairman of com mittee on agriculture and refores tation halton county council vice chairman alex maclaren georgetown secretary j e whltelock milton mr william hitchcock was norval tkstrict native expansion or retraction of agricultural production in our column of last week we attempted to reproduce come of the highlights of an address by w p watson ontarios livestock commissioner when addressing a meeting sponsored by the halton livestock improvement associa tion certainly world conditions as revealed by mr watson all point to much lower prices for farm produce in 1950 providing there u no change in the a lifolong resident of this dis trict mrs william hitchcock pas sed away on saturday december 7th at the home of her daughter mrs john harding in erin town ship mrs hitchcock who was the former harriet sharpe wag born 78 years ago near nowal and had spent most of her married life on a farm near balllnafad she is survived by her husband and a family of five children mrs henry preston hazel and mrs len harding ida of georgetown mrs gladys wedge of acton mrs john harding ella of erin town ship and harry on the homestead there are eighteen grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren she also leaves three sisters and three brothers mrs john ramsay of eden mills mm william foster neil and bob sharpe of toronto mrs frank postlll of brantford and george sharpe of norval on tucsdoy rev alex colder conducted the funeral service from the home of her daughter mrs henry preston king street pall bearers were six grandsons ross preston gordon hitchcock henry wedge clarence neil and gordon hording interment was in green wood cemetery georgetown georgetown and weston in tost cup finals georgetown i oakviixm 1 weston s acton 4 theft charge against local store manager the serai finuls in tho shecney tost memorial cup league started last thursday with both game ending in close scores in a cleanly played game which was free of penalties weston came from be hind twice and finally won 54 from the jnlghty acton tanners with oakvlllc playing good hockey georgetown had to come from behind in the last period with a goal by leigh bradbury to tie the score at 1all alcumbreck scored for oakvlllc half way through the second frame raiders were unable to click on some of of their ploys ond the oakvlllc goalie proved unbeatable on what chances they did get the game was sclcanly played with only two penalties both for oakvlllc geor getown used clem dywer in goal for the first period ond he played very well georgetown lever dwyer goal patterson nash defence storey currle m bradbury for wards l bradbury j kcmshead j beaumont d beaumont n ferri h choppcl oakvlllc lcgor goal mcnolly walsh defence speck sutton galbraith forwards kennedy woodall duz cameron glatt al cumbreck wtws what council did on monday december 20tl met for the last regular meeting of the year to conclude a total of 34 regular and special meetings this year amended the- parking bylaw to provided that no motor vehicle shall be parked in any area used ns a lancway or driveway and des ignated as such 1st reading moved by david son and mccumber 2nd and 3rd readings by armstrong and her bert w when it was learned that mrs m tost was resigning the position at the end of the year advertised for a caretaker for the municipal building moved by whltmee and david son will give turkeys as a christmas present to oil town employees moved by goodlet and arm strong will write 4he- cnr and provin cial paper ltd asking that st michael street be left at the same width as formerly when the new siding at the paper mill is instal led provincial constable roy schls- world political ler flew to saint john new brun- sltuatlon and providing canada wick on sunday to escort a local mc- ellenton geo nelson roy rcadhcad ross segsworth and j h taylor trafalgar j a dixon jack marchment j c marshall and harold picket honorary directors hughes cleaver mp stanley l hall mpp w e breckon victor hall m t mcnobb w j robertson w a rob inson and w h robinson associate directors esqucsing united states and other parts of the world reap another good crop in 1949 in short all of the infor mation revealed points to the ad visability of a period of rotraction or curtailment of production the humanitarian viowpoint still calls store manager back to town he hod been apprehended there on december 17th on information supplied by the local provincial police detachment the young man against whom a charge of theft has been placed by georgetown for increased food production smce police is alleged to have left town a goodly part of the worlds popu- the previous weekend with lation is still enduring a storvatlon large sum of money belonging to diet but unfortunately as pointed his employer quick action on the out by mr watson the law of sup- part of the provincials working ply and demand docs not mean on information that he might have much unless coupled with the abll- heoded east resulted in his appre- lty to pay the past nine years has been a period of agricultural ex pansion during this period the fixed capital investment in agricul ture has increased materially if lloyd fisher harvey nurse nt are to secure the lowest pos- and fred uuddell i sible cost per unit of production it nassagaweya harold ferguson t would seem that we must make tom patterson and hugh maximum use of that fixed capital wnrmlnfiton investment nelson glen campcll a g how then aic we to leconclle hunter and john richardson j these two contridiitorj sets of conditions we are not too sure that there is a satisfactoiy answer which completely covers the situa tion henslon elmer dron new halton chapter head trafalgar frank hall leon ard lister and lloyd may auditor john irving present plans call for staging uie 1049 county match in the george town norval district the programme included some excellent films screened by messrs c lewis and shadlock of the in ternational harvester company ltd halton conservation committee organized howevei in stating that 1049 should be the psychological tunc to market or conveit some of our boarder livestock into hard cash while meat prices are high it would also be a good time to tako out of cultivation some of our sub marginal land and seed it down to hay or pasture these lat ter crops are soil building crops t and certainly a lot of our heavy the members of the agricultural cloysolls are in dire need of more and reforestation committee of humus or organic matter only a i the halton county council togeth- few days ago a farmer friend told t the regular convocation held in the masonic hall last friday ev ening ex comp elmer dron was elected 1st principal of halton chapter ram the new officers who villi lip installed and invested n jamiiii j 1st hy lit cx comp we vvould have no hesitation george c brown are- georgetown 7 oakvillk weston 1 acton 3 the semifinals ended lost night with weston rod georgetown wln- nuig the two teams will play i strong said he believed they wer coming her beeause no ice wav available elsewhere cr goodlet said the arena board had no doubt checked the legality and cr whlt mee said that unless information was laid the lords day all lanes took no action on such matterat when he said that he appreciated the reeves opinion mr maclareaw said he had not been expressing ms own opinion but had introduced the subject because it had been brought to his attention cr mo- cumber said people went swim ming and played golf on sunday and he could see- no objection te hockey mayor gibbons said peo ple should be informed that the board of par lei management was the proper place to take any audi complaints motions of appreciation were passed to the mayor for his effic ient handling of meetings this year and to reeve maclaren and cr whltmee retiring members for their loyal service on council the reeve said that he was retain ing on interest in two things re forestation and the county home and had asked that he be included on these two county boards cr whltmee said that he was leaving council realizing the difficulties of the men who sit on council and that ho wouldnt be- one to knock them from the outside he said he hoped to run as a candidate again next year in ward 3 cr goodlet asked if ixirmission had been given for the planting of evergreens on town property across from berwick hall mayor gibbons said that w f bradley who planted the trees along the roadway had mentioned it to him and he had given permission but that if there was objection or if best i of 5 aeries for the champion- ih werc creating a traffic haiard thc rccvc home for a social hour snip the first game scheduled for r i j following the meeting council members the town foreman and the press reporter were invited to touioirow night at 8 30 the georgctownoakvillc mutch ended in the visitors forfeiting the game after an argument in the last period georgetown was leading 74 when thomos of oakville was handed a 2mlnute interference penulty thonas refused the pen ally and coach ted pear called nis team from the ice referees max hackett and eddie hodgson gave them 2 minutes to ice a teum and when this was not compiled with aw aided the game to geor getown westun outplayed acton and took an easy victory 7 j to make it two stiaight in their scries he was sure mr bradley would i rccve maclaren announced his ln- havc them removed cntion of forming a ratepayers association with the idea of several applications of four local people i sma groups meetings from time for admittance to thc brampton i to tlme to dl municipal mat- house of refuge were discussed one case is particularly urgent but hecve maclaren said he could see little hope of early admittance as church news the institution was overcrowdod mr maclaren said the setup left much to be desired and that every municipality should exert strong pressure on the governing body to provide more and better occommo dalion for old people er with representatives of the halton federation of agriculture halton juntor farmers milton sportsmens association halton lumbermans association halton school- trustees halton crop im provement association have in re- dent muyvuur been giving in creased attention to the conserva tion of haltons wood lots soil and water supply as a result of their recommendations a bylaw was recently passed by halton county council which provides a subsidy to cover the cost of fence to pro tect lhalton tcounly woodlots an other recommendation resulted in the public meeting held a few weeks ago in the court house muton which was addresed by w h porter of london at a recent meeting this com mittee recommended the publica tion of a pamphlet by county council outlining the various by- laws recently passed by that body in aid of conservation plans are also under way to t secure increased participation by halton rural pub- lio school sections in the inter- rural school reforestation eompetl tion the establishment of ponds or ex comp elmer dron h ex comp walter rigg j comp j lucas se ex comp e l arnold s v comp kenneth whltworth p s comp jack addy treas ex comp j d kelly sentinel ex comp w j cleave s s comp wm cromar js comp a hunter m of 1st v comp l trace j m of 2nd v comp j mccaig m of 3rd v comp ii burrows m of 4th v comp e hall l a a pmnra to water to stage demon- tailed prod tim uuww us that on his farm with the ex- ception of along the fence rows i v which were quite mellow and in- a a am able there were no earth worms vfaafial atari pabatlaansi apparently lie was of the opinion wja qiiu visviioi that the earth worms were respon sible for the physical differences between the soil in ills fence rows and out in his fields he may be partially right however we have no hesitation in stating that if he restores the humus and organic content of his fields the earth worms will follow whether or not lower prices come in 1880 it would be sound business to build up the organic content of our soils to practice proper land utiliza tion and that in our opinion points to heeding down some of our mi ller and more submarginal fields in some cases it may mean plant ing with trees as a matter of fact we are not at all sure that the taking out of cultivation of some of tills land would result in decreased production if we go back to 1033 you will recall the rojoseveu administration in order to curtail production actually paid vs farmers to take a certain per centage of their crop land out of production did it resuh in cur- mr john r campbell and mr george h leslie left on thursday for a trip west they will visit in tucson arizona with mr camp bells daughter miss margaret campbell margarets health has im proved and she is enjoying her pos ition in a doctors office mr may bowers of bowers mo tor sales has purchased the house on emery street which was last occupied by mr and mrs norman brown and has moved in since coming to town the bowers have been living in an apartment over the garage no they worked and cropped their remaining crop acreage more thoroughly and the increased yields tier acre more than compensated for the acreage of sub marginal land taken out of production in short whether or not lower prices come in 1050 lets do some culling in our herds and our fields we believe it to be bound busl twst raiders lose 105 to collingwood shipbuilders i l georgetown raiders travelled to collingwood on saturday to help open the hockey season in the new areuu which has been built in tho gcuigian bay town the ship builders pleaded the home fans with a 105 vin in a game which wus marred by slushy ice due to a breakdown in the refrigeration system in tile second period raiders opened thc scoring and led 20 at thc end of the first scotty pattcrson had to retire from thc game with a knee injury lav the second and thc locals felt his loss as collingwood took advan tage of the weakened defence and peppered shots at lever that he just couldnt handle the shipbuilders were not as flnlslied performer as the visitors but took advantage of the breaks they received storey and currle both missed several chances col lingwood dressed 18 met and 3 goalies while raiders were short ferri and melanson 1 lied a letter from a l noble i norval offering to let the town i dump clean fill or ashes on his i property cr whltmee said he did t not think anyone had a clear docd the property adjoining tile pres- town dumr and that there was no need at present of a new loca tion 8t georges church archdeacon w g o thompson rector christmas- choral midnight eucharist begin ning at 1130 on christmas eve holy communion on christmas mor ning at 8 00 oclock first sunday after christmas holy communion 800 am sunday school 10 00 am matins and holy baptism ii a m evensong 7 00 p m a letter from town solicitor k st albans church glen wuliaaas m lungdou gave thc opinion that christmas the scwciage contract with scott holy communion b30 am jackson allowed a total of j4j00 for j first sunday after clirtstmas- lepuiring and replacing damaged sunday school 200 pm concrete pavements and walks and that if repairs materially exceeded evensong 3 00 pm town druggist spkaslh to nokval junlofcg e v maccormack local drug gist was guest speaker at the dec ember meeting of the norval jun iors which was held last tuesday at tlie home of jean chester mr maccormack spoke on looking forward to the new year ed woodley of milton was speakv er at the boys meeting while at the girls meeting one of the members i mildred little gave hints on christmas decorations the juniors decided to under- gflorgetowu united church rev john m smith minister miss lynda stewart organist sunday school 1000 am morning worship 11 sin reception of members united ha worship lesson luke 281y matt 2111 evening worship 7 pm candle light service conducted by thai canadian girls in training young people union each mon day 7 30 pju wolf cubs boys 811 each fii- day 4 pan this they would be extras wrote off taxes on jim schoiields store and a building formerly own ed by henry shepherd when it was laund that both building had been sold and moved from town early in the year moved by mccumber and david son cr goodlet asked if the water bylaw was back for third read ing when told no be said that the matter had been discussed and thrashed but by this council and shouldnt be left over for next years council reeve maclaren said he would contact the dept of health the next day and if it could be got through in time asked for a special meeting to deal with il reeve maclaren asked about the use of the arena on sundays pd why outsiders were coming here for hockey practices he had been told ihat they had been shut out of other places because it was il legal cr herbert said that he didnt think sunday observance i herbert of gjtelph and oeoraa at was bothering those who protested i morgsntown west virginia but that a small group were trying the funeral senice wa to wet blanket the arena he this afternoon from the johnston had heard no objections from peo- and rumley funeral home in high bchool ratinctrajl8 fa leonard lambert father of jf leonard lambert ceorgetowm high school principal died in tor onto general hoabllal on monday after a short illness mr lambert who lived near balllnfad was la his 88th year predeceased last year by his wife barbara freder ick he leaves a family of five chil dren leonard of georgetown mrs frank jefferson hilda of bramp- ton miss eva lambert at take a play as part of their winter pie living in the vicinity of ton with interment in rockwood program this year i t tho building deputyreeve arm- cemetery