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p3 thegstdvyrj herald wednesday nov 24th 1950- merchants support vote for recreation fund grant a c of c speaker outfine asaodtioa program christmas tree for local main street strong support for the plebiscite r oto for oiic funds was expressed at a dinner meeting of tho george town rtetoll merchants association last wednesday at the mcglbbon house president james goodlet read a letter from the recreation commis sion executive asking that merch ants support their request for brant of 2300 the plebiscite wll take place december 11th junction with the munlaipa tions mr goodlet pointed out the fine work done by the grc in such ac tivities as hockey and the stoy-nt- romc camp and said that person ally he was one hundred per cent behind their request for- funds the towrrs share of the cost after a gov ernment rebate will be 1008 the secretary was instructed to write a letter to tho herald indicat ing the support of the association in the plebcsclte ln con- the parelaetloi tta been profitable it is better to have no meeting it is important to gat members working by placing them on active committees he said 1 congratulates progress mr hnmlll congratulated the group on their success in helping to bring a motor licence bureau and a liquor store to georgetown both of which arc boiind fkvlncrcase the business activity in town e ac mentioned several things which a mprchanu association could do including a survey of tpwn and district shoppers to find out where they shop and why fire jlreven- tlon tourist activities parlarig and sing hours ore questions which such croups can tackle selfprotection from solleltqtlon schemes which prey on merchants for donation was another good thing uhirh an association cauld deal e 1th promotion of special sales events was recommended he mentioned a threeday sale in llstowel a san ta parade and special christmas lighting in brampton as examples of successful merchant cooperation nursery stock roses shrubs tklti evektakelns magnouas gooseberries raspberries red and black currants j b wilson son maple ave phone 248 opposite golf links ask boxing day merchants will ask council to proclaim tuesday december 26 as boxing doy ths year for several years it has been the custom lngeorgetown to have a store holiday on the day after christmas this year it wu mean thot local stores will be clojedfrom saturday night at ten oclock until the following wednesday morning christmas decorations the association decided to again place small christmas trees along main street each merchant to look after his own decorations it was also suggested that the merchants offer to decorate the lions thrlstmos tree which stands at the four corners graham farncll who is chairman of the hydro commission said that there arc no restrictions this year on outside lighting although the ontario hydro commission has been asking conservation between the hours of six and seven in the evening speaker gives advice dont have meeting unless you have things to decide was the ad vice of trevor homlll asslstont ontario manager of the canadian chambers of commerce who was guest speaker at the dinner merchants are busy men he re minded and unless the executive has matters of enough interest to make everyone feel an evening has bisimssmev bowlers royals joan devries is high league bowler joan dcwics ofthe hoyatbank team is leading bowler to date in the businessmens bowling league which plays every wednesday night at the lucky strike she has the seasons high average df 274 and hleh triple or 622 ken richardson has second triple 612 and third single- 261 vlnce jones of the royal is second with average of 264 mary dobson bank of commerce has third high triple 596 royals with 17 wins and one loss have a commanding lead of forty points in the league their plnfail is 16732 bank of commerce is in second place with 17 points closely fomoucd by pat vances team with 16 points bell telephone has won and lost 13 for 11 points beading bowlers so far this sea son arc alberta govt buys kelmscott farms sfee during the royal winter fair period albert government offic ials headed by the hon dftvjd ure provincial minister of agriculture inspected he english yorkshire stock at kelmscott farms milton selections were made of two gilts for the alberta dent of agriculture arms at- olds anh these animals were shipped from toronto this week in one of the cars returning alberta exhibits at the winter fair both nnlmolsre sired by the imported ardoncoje bradbury 23th and the dams are the imported sows dcntwood victoria 143rd and dpntwond lady mollington 6th dentwood victoria 143rd weaned 1 further litter this week which at n weeks and 3 days weighed a total or sos lbs for 0 pigs or an average of 56 1 lbs her previous utter her first which included kelmscott victoria 36e one of the alberta gilts averaged 49 5 lbs for 8 pigs at b weeks two bf her litter bro thers are on the local farms of dr carl mortln milton and mr archie gunbv campbellvllle a further substantial importation arrives in st john quarantine sta tion next month for kelmscott and included in esmpwrataretwo boars sons of trlng champion boy 12th nnd trlng champion boy 4b0v the former being suprome- chomplon english royal show 1047 and the latter supreme cham pion at the same show 1949 a son of the 1948 champion is alrcody at kelmscott e l jim taylor is operator of kelmscott farms he was formerly masscyhnrrls deoler in george town nllrafm rurvi in kb warttmihlmt says usd v a air over every acre of the world surface contains approximately 41 000 tons not pounds of nitrogen according to fertilizer specialists of the u s department of agricul ture every farmer has this vast free supply on whjf h he can draw at currant rates for nitrogen fertil izers this reserve nitrogen over very acre would be worth opprojd- raately 8000000 millions not thousands the difficulty in capitalizing oa this wealth lies in letting it downv to earth and into the earth where it will nourish crops tm only prae- tlcal way for an individual fann er to draw directly on this reserve supply of nitrogen is to plant leg umes and to go into partnership with ite nitrogenfixing baoterla thot grow in association with leg umes and thus make immediate use of this nitrogen reserve in the air this is not a rapid way of collecting but it is a way that farm scientists and practical farmers- ogree in recommending the fertilizer specialists also point out that the air the land and the waters of the earth ore the sources of the three principal fer tilizing elements that farmers must have to keep iheir crops growing and each of these subdivisions is a principal source of one of e tlfree elements f the atmosphere air is the prin cipal source of nitrogen the lithosphere land supplies practically au the phosphorus i the hydrosphere woter is an important source of potassium from tho landyalso the fertilizer industry gets considerable quanti ties ef both nitrogen and potas sium joan devries 181 lome hunter 179 ken richardson 170 spcnce mckinnon 160 mrs vince jones 165 kin darch 164 mrs floyd varey 163 vince jones 162 brock bradley 162 man dobson 162 brills santa party at roxy this year a showing of alice in wonder land will be riven at the rosy on sunday afternoon when brills dept store holds their annual christmas party formerly santa made his appearance at the store on satur day but this year the scene has shifted to the theatre santa clous is due at 130 with his bag of gifts and a clown band is also advertised the setter is an english creation hav lng been developed centuries ago through crossbreeding of the span ish pointer and spaniel make electric finet salt jjrjo extension enflnur make sure your electric fence has a controller approved by a recognized testing agency say arthur h schulz extension serv ice agricultural engineer otherwise you may be gambling with the lives of your family or your live stock electric fences require precision equipment to regulate electric cur rent within safe limits the ordi nary lighting current must be cut down to a smajl traction of an am pere and interrupted at abort in tervals schulz points out in addition to an approved con troller he also recommends that farmers observe these precautions 1 see that the equipment la in stalled correctly with good ground and lightning protection 3 instruct everyone around the farm how to disconnect the con troller in case of emergency 3 do not depend upon electrle fences to restrain bulls boars or other vicious animals 4 teach children not to tamper or play with an electric fence 5 provide insulated gate gripe for opening and closingthe gate ah fi from the worlds finest aircraft technicians another rcaf jet is ready serviced for flight by the worlds finest aircraft technicians who have checked her over from nose to tail these axe the men whose skill and knowledge keep em flying safely your expanding air fore i q nor e2k i 2t r to train as obrfmwo nchnioans if you are between 18 and 30 and in good physical condition you can do a service to your country by joining this team of experts you will be given a complete and thorough training on the latest equipment under skilled supervisors and learn a valuable trade in the modern field of aviation act how fhtdout bow you can train as a skilled technician in canadas expanding air force see the rcar career counsellor at the address in the coupon or mail this coupon early days ef nursing there was a time when nurses believe it or not worked 24 hours a doy that was during the dark ages of nursing extending from the end of the 17th to the middle of the 19th and early 20th century when throughout europe merce naries or servantnurses men and women replaced the religious nurs ing sisters in all large public insti tutions wretchedly housed illfed and underpaid these attendants worked- from 12 to 48 hours at a stretch the 24hour dajwiuiahort periods off for eating and sleeping being quite common today half of our nurses the american nurses association points out are still working 48 hours weekly despite the fact thai the 40hour week has been almost universally adopted in other fields spoilage in canned foods spoilage in canned foods may be due to several cause it can be cut down by canning only the best quallt of food be sure au equip ment and jars are clean get the canning done while the vegetables or fruits are fresh and process them thoroughly seal jars well and store them in a cool and dry place yel low crystuls muv show up in aspar agus greens and green beans they arc harmless und boiling will dis solve most of them white crvstals in cunmd spin ich also are harm less white sediment in jars may indicate spoilage oi mu be i auscd b hard uatei oi mhle salt cloudy liquid in vegetables nuts be from starch eooked out of hem or from flat sour and other tvpes of spoil age boil an doubtful vt tables before tasting 5as vjj 11 iorr m sfcwj w r wo v a ao0 r on royal canadian air force t- oijncjc s demand for plant pood farmers used approximately 16v million tons of fertilizer in 1947 com pared with an average of 7 hi million tons in the i9js19 period a large part of this heavy demand for plant food results from the act that farm ers are becoming more aware that they are selling soil fertility with the grain meat and milk they mar ket they realize that their soils virgin storehouse of plant nutrients is running low and must be re stocked middle west soil improve ment committee points out to meet the increased demand fertil izer companies not only have in creased their production capacity but also are expanding their muting operations