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rr v the georgetown henr wednesday may 30th 1951 s w m m new rates of fare interurban routes f during the past ten years the cost of providing service has steadily increased and for some time the present i rtes of fare have not provided sufficient amounts to meet expenses i bus passengers will readily understand that it isimpos- sible in the face of such rapidly rising costs to maintain i a high standard of service without an increase in fares consequently effecturefltlday jvne 1st a moder- i ate upward adjustment will be made in all fares on gray j coach lines interurban routes your continued support and goodwill will be apprecia ted and will ensure a continuance of the quality of ser- viceyou desire r information regarding the new fares including com- mulefa and scholars rates will by available at your local agency after wednesday may 30th rose bar restaurant phone 89 tub wmivnkm bv iqokjh on a pobw caspe woodsman b ucksaw champion gray coach lines harrisons garage open this sunday and every night next week till 10 pm farm machinery see our complete line of new masseyhanis mach inery including combines and all sizes of tractors here are some buys in used equipment manure spreaders fertilizer drills 1020 tractor on steel 101 junior twinpower tractor int mb binders 7 ft cut mh 5 ft oil bath mmm int oil bath mower two no 3 mh side rake and r tedder 74 ft stiff tooth cultivator 4 section sprint tooth cultiva tor new points murt allison masseyharris sales sc service phone 100 mill stret ray whitmee sells deluxe taxi business the oldest established taxi busi ness in georgetown has been sold fred leeder glen williams op erator of the glen taxi has purch ased the deluxe taxi from ray whitmee he will operate it under the deluxe name the business was established here thirty years ago by the late walter whitmee whose first taxi was a model t ford in 1946 his son ray returned from england and took over the business building trie pres ent stand on mill street mr whit mee has been working with mc- clures home furnishings for the past year employing gerry mor row as driver for the taxi business albertas oil reserves are estima ted officially at 1250000000 bar rels some experts think there may be ten times that much oil yet to be discovered in the province despite the cu c fan- tastic mechanical progress hand sig nals with arm flag or lantern re main an essential part of train op eration in canada one of the most extensive fish- counting experiments in canada is the salmon population check being carried out on the mlramichi river in new brunswick roadshouldered ludo- vie st cyr 25 year old gaspe woodsman u today the bucksaw champion of canada ho won his title over 30000 canadian lumberjacks by estab lishing in open competition that he could drive a bucksaw through a 10inch log of green spruce in the average thne of 15 seconds hi closest com petitor 19yearold roland per ron of matane que lost the title by s100tha of second cyr is seen in action at left perron in the photograph on the car right for cyr spoils of victory included a tangible wu- done from his fiancee and a victory smile from his sister laurea centre photograph this most rugged of outdoor competitions took place in mont real as the 33rd annual meeting of the woodlands section of the canadian pulp and paper asso ciation came to a close the finals in the bucksaw contest were held in of all places the ballroom qf the mount royal hotel actually the contest got under way last fall when- the fiulp and paper companies moved nto the woods the crown was interesting 30000 woodsmen ena- i ployed by these outfits through the winter months each camp watched its men and picked its champion then seven of the top sawers were picked to come to montreal and compete for the national title st cyr had rough competition and won his crown only after he had cut through the thick log six times to prove that he could do it in the average time of 915 seconds it was a baclcbreaklng test but st- cyr and hla fellow huskies came through milling third in the competition was gerard gendron of st noel while others competing rene raymond of st denis albert charest 61 st donat gerard bernier of hull and romeo allard of causapscal this win for st cyr was a triumph of perserveranee for that stocky easygoing lumberman who handles a bucksaw with all the precision of a professional twice befdre he entered the com petition coming fourth tn 1940 and third in 1950 his win meant that he walked away with the woodlands sec tion cup the precision cup and cash prizes totalling 150 runnerw up perron cotucted 75- legion notes the balx game between acton and georgetown legions was called off on account of rain on sunday at the georgetown park the regular meeting of the branch was held on thursday may 24th with a fair crowd on hand considering the number of fathers who had to stay home to let off the firecrackers for the kids the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed and five applications for membership were accepted and one transfer these will be initiated in the near future the motion by j f mccartney was accepted and passed about the red book being revised g ousens and dutch mccartney being appoin- ted to make the necessary changes a report of the zone meeting and election ot officers held in milton a week before was given by j k mccartney the zone picnic to be held on june 24th was also men tioned and this is to be held after the church parade which is to be held in streetsville memorial park a committee has been set up for the organization of both the parade and picnic and it is hoped to have a good representation from george town representing branch 120 on the committee will be zone repres entatives wilf hillis and fred mc cartney it is hoped that there will be enough interested to take a bus mlkfns plumber k do a j3 thatgoocm thahswhct 3fob- i 1 should load at least wives and kiddies are invited to come along too it was reported that branch 120 is now sending cigarettes to six local lads in the korean theatre of war they are pte mike lorusso pte jim brandon pte earl beer- man and pte bob kogers and the two edmunds brothers confirma tion has been received of one lot arriving so everything seems to be ok as the the man to receive the cigarettes earl beerman was the first one to whom they were sent wed ask again in this connection to turn in any names of district liny- s that they may be added to the list among the other items of busi ness brought up was the reiort of the annual decoration day com mittee the service this year is to he in id on sunday june 17th in greenwood cemetery it is hoped that a number of local organiza tions will take part and the local company of the lome scots regi ment are going to parade it is hoped that the membership of the branch will turn out in full strength jack kerr was in toronto over the weekend attending his old regiments reunion we understand that it was quite a successful affair with a lot of old acquaintances being renewed chairman of the entertain ment commitwe alex taylor said he believes last friday night s party established a record he also asks that all those attending jlease read the cards he has fiad printed and cooperate this will help the hoys another member les haw- gooottehsua t thenettue he- sees his name in the paper he hopes that it will be spelled correctly it seems that when the herald printed a list of names of local fishermen he appeared on the list as les har grove must have been thinking of that old book see here pte har grove les -i- monday night was the last in the series of card parties until the cooler weather sets in eric has done a nice joo on these having a good number of tables each night and realizing a substantial sum each night very wisely we think he has decided to postpone any further ones until the fall the dart tournament is now in full swing with games being play ed all the time we believe that all games have to be played by satur day june 2nd this tournament has had a pretty fair number of en trants and has created a lot of in terest thkjheguiau meeting of the imperial section was held on sun- clay may 2imhat the home of bob muir president jim murihy in the chair the minutes were read and eonfirmed arid the various commit tee chairmen were heard from it was decided to place a wreath on decoration day and a report was kiven by pat hcelan about the plans for the buffalo trip after a vote of thanks was moved to bol and mrs muir the meeting adjourned to meet on june 10th at mr and mrs a herberts list of names winning the imperial lucky number draw will be listed in this column next week the draw took place last friday night at the social over 100 attend mh demonstration over a hundred district farmers attended a field day monday spon sored by local massey harris dealer murt allison the field day was held at the fal sinclair onthe out skirts of town and featured field demonstrations of tractor and im plement hydraulics and new mach inery developments including plows combines hay balers sprayers and forage harvesters bill marshall and bill robinson of trie toronto sales staff and earl willerton of the service department took charge of the demonstrations stewarttown bishop officates at confirmation service st johns church was full sun day evening for the confirmation service when rt rev w e bag- nail ba bd bishop of niagara confirmed a class of 16 some were from st pauls norval and 9t- stephens hornby those of st johns congregation were mrs s mileham lois mileham ruth mc- bride evalonne smith mrs d bar clay mrs j stewart and george english the bishop delivered a powerful address to the person confirmed and to the congregation taking for his subject revelations i verses 14 to end particularly verses 16 and 29 before the closing hymn the bishop dedicated the pul pit light given in the memory of danny standish infant son of mr and mrs richard standish thor- old and the chancel lights given in memoay of mrs w cash by mr and mrs w hulls at the conclu sion of the service the bishop and rev j e maxwell went to mr john birds home to present to him the picture of st johns church a gift from the sunday school the picture was painted by miss dor othy stone the picture was to have been presented to mr bird at the service but unfortunately h wasnt very well and was unable to be present miss annie brown of toronto spent victoria day with mr and mrs mortram mr p r baily of islington visited with mrs baily last wed nesday w returned with him to spend tne24th of may aperfect combination estimates cheerfully given pvaa tonidheet call u today oil queen rf telephone 138w sheet mfital works plumbing and heating deorgetown ssrjr the mail bag praises cemetery board for glen improvements dear sir the writer an excitizen of um glen paid a visit to glen williams cemetery recently and was pleas antly surprised to see the wonder ful improvement in the general ap pearance of this sacred and beautiful spot it is two years since i last saw it and a lot of work has been car ried otrt in that time those respon sible for this grand change certain ly deserve great praise and credit it must be a great consolation to all who have loved ones laid away to know that care is being taken of their last resting placet it is also noted that more car is being exerted in the upkeep of individual plots and graves by in terested parties which is a great help to the cemetery board mem bers and also adda to general ap pearance it is understood that a caretaker is soon to be appointed to look af ter this lovely spot and it would be no hardship to any who came forward with an occasional donation to apply toward this wonderful venture let us all do out best and help keep our cemetery in its pre sent condition visitor nv in the ten years fraan 1939 to 1949 wages salaries and supple mentary labour income lit fanarti rose from a base of 1x to 298 net income of companies rose from 100 to 197 and dividends paid iran 100- to 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