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the georgetown herald wednesday dee 5th 1951 new books i happy landing it may cost you hun dreds of dollars frorp your own pocket jf some per son is injured oq your premises and you are without comprehensive personal liability insur ance before anything happens insure now with this agency protect your home your savings and j your family vjx c thompson insurance service john r barber f kersey e c thompson mm street phone lit have answered your christmas seal letter fight tuberculosis halton tuberculosis and health association asks you to send your donation to bank of commerce georgetown at the library this is newfoundland edited by e young photographs by cyril marshall portraits by karsh 105 pp this new book should be of great interest to all canadians the text is simply written and makes no pretense to be exhaustive the photographs take the reader on a tour to every part of the island and are exceptionally interesting the las section of the book con sists of about twenty brief biograph- ical sketches of prominent new foundlanders written by premier joseph r smallwood himself each biography is accompanied by a full page portrait whether all the sub jects justify such lavish treatment may be debatable but there can be no question about the excellence of karshs photography the wisdom of father peqiiet by labtoe omer englebert translated from the french by katherine woods this is the simple a nd refreshing story of the lifeand thoughts of an old parish priest in modern france the book abounds in quiet humour and sound common sense always governed by a profound faith in god the following excerpts from the outline for a sermon is characteris tic q many others caly brethren 1 shall say you will feel less envy for the lot of the rich if you observe- that their wealth does not guarantee them against suffering to be jealous of them is to be lacking in imagina tion do you think that an old duchess who is losing her looks and going to pieces is able to find com- fort in her motor cars and furs and jewels or that a man who is dying of cancer is better off in a soft bed surrounded by ten distinguished physicians than on i straw mattress with the village priest by his side material comfort does not buy happiness on the contrary it gives rise to further demands anil thus to i further disappointments if baron de beviussc is at church with his family i shall tone down the preceding remarks it will al ways he possible for me to expound the true doctrine in the winter time once i am alone again with my pa i ishioners then i shall be able to speak freely and to tell my people again at leisure of the pre- delictioti jesus fostered for the poor at his crib there was an nss and an ox but no a thoroughbred horse a greyhound a siamese cat or other costly creatures this is a book o be astl and a out e j rather than gulped fch- laundry call zenith 13600 no toll laundry services v gardens st gardening by frank a mercer roy hay 174 pp this 1951 edition of the studio annual is devoted mainly to the subject of bulbs there are nine articles each written by a specialist in hid field a few of the articles are summer and autumn bulbs daffodils old and new bulbs in the rock garden bulbs for spring display the tulip garden design etc there are many useful tables giving such information as genus species time to plant distance apart colour height time at flowering there are 150 photo- graphs in sepia the metropolitan opera murders by helen traubel a fast moving thriller with a novel setting and one or two new angles the writer is a met star herself unfortunately the pace lags a little towards the end ducats in her coffin bytj thurman warrlner an ederly scholar and a dignified archdeacon of guildford find them selves uncomfortably projected into the task of protecting a beautiful but terrified young lady when the young lady disappears and the mur dered body of her lively sister is discovered the venerable gentlemen feel impelled to engage the services of a tough east end private eye and his curvaceous secretary their re searches lead them into ramifica tions of an eccentric wealthy fam ily of midland industrialists who possess more than the normal share of genius and insanity more mur ders chills and spills take place at night in abandoned quarries lone ly churches and haunted mansions the tension is well builtup and maintained at blood curdling heat the innocents from indiana by emily kimbrough a book of light hearted reminis cences of the writers girlhood in chicago at the turn of the century it is perhaps a little unfair to com- lare it with life with father and cheajhr by the doen but it be longs to the same genre and should make a good hollywood movie in the near future anl dfliiaif by neil paterson thi i in f stone- lilin with such diverse characei i fighter in mad- nd wo mil ill liny boy in a scotch settle ni in canada the midget in a cm us a famous actress and an anlaluma- pigeonbi eeder they amazingly colourful stories and combine niot of the best fea- tuie of buti am iican and english short stoiy writing the author has i the atlantic monthly awaid mil ins inst novel was sel ect i by some- maugham as the hook of the year bkiix akovk tiik amazon by a j burks deau with the head hunters of the amaiii and tells the story of a franciscan prusi s missionary work among them calling bi iiimx lllttmmond by c kairlie the newed bulldog book intro duce an atlracivo woman olice sergeant corpsk diplomatique by delano ames a murder thriller with a bizarre hii leia background t llwr odetaticm k isthk silken string runninu tjimwfill thi pearl chain of ah juskijj hail virtues ft toft siiiti m 1 tie nousc uraeaarttm who thirik of tomorrow practice moderation t0da do it now s most people in this district have received letters asking them to purchase tb christmas seals an en- velope addressed to the canadian bank of commerce georgetown is enclosed for convenience in remitting if you havent already answered this appeal do it now the work of halton tb and health association could not go on without your generosity and if by chance you were overlooked in mailipg circulars leave your donation at the bank its a worthwhile cause and a wonderful christmas giftt yaryrf brewers since 1832 space contributed in the service of the community by john labatt limited aa the dude ranger by zane grey the latest work of this famous sfof westerns travelling deadman by john varman another of this winters new det ective yarns reviewed by j i lambert farm news a gmon overto house weve got walloping big crrm and tome darn good entwr tainmen t to go with it weve roe a nioe comfortable scat jht for you where you can telax ard enjoy yourself with out inri uptlon you wont lie j tt in i n ic up to strangle a squawking phone thre- no itinwilt haie of all the rlean- njtupaftprwarti chores just pleasure and fun and lot of n youd he surprised how tfood it m r you to get away for thi little while fmm the raivt nf the home and can of the day so rnmn ovrr lo our hoiisr mm- georgetown hartt in georgetown eaxluatvelr at silvers adult education is populak in halton tim milton community night school opened on tuesday evening of last week with most of the clas ses filled to capacity altogether slightly over 450 students have reg istered approximately two thirds are rural and the balance from such urban centres as milton acton bur- lingtun and georgetown all class room- at the milton high school are being utilied and in addition three rooms at the milton public school one room in the town hall the ioof hall the hall in the far mers ildj and the sunday school rooms at the united and presby terian churches the staff of twen ty five teachers were all on deck and the programme outlined while a few snags were apparent here and there on opening night these have been ironed out and everytningi now points to another very success ful season for halton s second effort in adult education in the form of a community night school farm news mastitis control program planned an interesting experiment in mastitis control was undertaken this past year in the one dairy herd improvement croup in peel county samples of milk were drawn by the supervisor from each quarter of ev ery cow in the peel group such samples were then taken to the on tario veterinary college where ex amination revealed that 18 per cent of the quarters were infected with mastitis treatment was recom mended and a second examination made six months later reveals that the incidence of disease has been reduced to 5 per cent this pilot experiment has been so successful that there is a strong likelihood that the 78 dairymen enrolled in halton s three dairy herd improvement groups are llketo have an oppor tunity to sign up for a similar typey of programme this programme is somewhat similar to the service which dr mitchell of the halton health unit has been offering to halton herds supplying milk to the urban centres of the county as indicated in a previous issue halton d then icetii highly delighted with the results secured for expert eye care consult o t walker optometrist s main st north brampton over abeus drug store phone office 508 r gg hours 9 am to 6 pjn daily evenings by appointment perc king dealer in scrap metals phone 607j georgetown herd owners who have availed them selves of dr mitchells serviceare travel notes britain or christmas last opportunity to book passage for christmas in the oldj country special conducted tours by cunard lines enquire ror details john r barber tkavuj advaso v nan a thowsom orauranbdlmvioc mismmm svsvi