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i i a the georgetown herald wednesday pec 19th 1951 dmamal i everyone this chnsunas still time still gifts still time to w everyone a v merry ch av rur fllllllions jgwgllcrs farmers must help themselves brodrick speaking at the annual meeting of halton federation of agriculture in milton town hali last week jack brodrick ontario federation pres ident told of bis trip to mexico last year where he hftci gleaned a pic ture of a nation lifting itself from feudalism tis the extra that counts mr 3rodrick spbkeos potential as an exporting nation and quoted remarks of minister of agriculture gardiner that the fann ers of canada hive one of the grea test weapon for peace in the world mr brodrick sdld the government will not continue indefinitely in the marketing field but is providing machinery to make it possible for farmers to do the job themselves and he stressed the fact that ada cannot afford to be without an effective organization to look after farmers interests at home and in the export field the 1952 executive elected is composed of m j brown president and provincial director r sjheath erington secretarytreasurer vice- presidents a r service clarence ford bert davidson m a camp bell mr brown in his presidential ad dress reviewed some of the federa- moils successful projects which in clude hospitalization insurance and the community park he also- men tioned a proposed surgical plan which might be added to hospitali zation mrs roy ellenton county secre tary of farm forums reported twen ty active forums this year and told high taxes living cost close school at obourg high taxes and living costs have written finis to hatfield hall school for girls at cobourg a r wlll- mott cobourg barrister and chair man of the board of trustees has announced that the school will not reopen after the christmas holidays a uveal girt jane milne daugh ter of dr and mrs j b milne has been a student there for the past year and a half miss milne plans to continue her education at hav- orgnl college in toronto when the spring jerm opens there originally the school wasthc cornell summer home katharine cornell leading lady of the us stage spent girlhood days there in 192 henry fullerton a l jex and dr t stannage boyle persua ded cobourg citizens that a private school for girls in the british trad ition would be a fine investment for the town the cornell property was pur chased for 13000 another 30000 has boon spent on improvements miss wlnnifred wilson and miss winnlfredllis were made joint of the success of the folk school hel- prine h k i i ir n jl served at the bishop bethune school in oshawa under their guidance tfifnr c0mpht limited north american rouer skating champions 19951 senior- men 940 jams hibas mew tes7mmstxjtsc i9so kocamd oktaia pos71aa0o sst aivtn muetvrrz smoktyrv my seniokladies 49 em oomsouse vavufsmmstix bc 95v eveiya olseh oakland cauf 1951 laukn anselmy ponta mich in the county karl parr manager of milton coop addressed the ga thering he pointed out that all farm groups in the county have the same objective to improve con ditions economically and socially for farm people net earnings of the coop in halton had more than doubled this year he said and add- ed that the new georgetown branch has been increasing business suc cessfully j e whitelock county agricul tural representative complimented the federation for the work it is doing referring to the present slump in prices of poultry meats eggs and hogs he said it appears to him that packers are not going to be caught with their coolers full of high priced pork some sort of organization is necessary to take care of the surpluses he said david pelletterio junior farmer president brought greetings from that organi zation apt for a province which itoits the canadian rocky mourkfans the province of british columbia has as its motto splendour without diminishment 4fft bbhi c ft xmas tree sets 175 to 715 a xmas tree bulbs 8c 15c assorted colors snowman lamp nitelite 155 santa lamp nitelite 155 jollyclown lamp nitelite 135 penguin nursery nite lite 135 eay steering strongly built sleds at ice hockey skates isunbeam electric iron mixmaster set electric kettle electric kettle 185 up 750 up 1850 7375 1650 1650 a a a a a a x a a a a a x a a n a a a a a genera electric iron dormeyer food mixer electric sandwich toaster sunbeam electric automatic toaster morphy richards electric automatic toaster electric kitchen clocks electric alaiw clocks electric floor polisher reg 6650 now 1650 4950 959 up 4675 3250 695 up 650 up 4995 the school prospered until several years after the second world war among the 500 girls they taught were mrs boris volkoff faith baldwin mrs david partridge rosemary annes- ley one of the few women in the canadian nlavy tp serve as a met eorologist and susie ketchum daughter of p a c ketchum trinity college headmaster she is now serving with unesco in paris maximum enrolment was 50 girls during the war years when british parents sent their children to can ada for safety miss wilson and miss ellis they taught languages and english literature and mathematics and science respectively retired in 1049 in the two years since their retire ment rising costs of living and in creasing taxes have reduced the enrolment to 30 girls the same fac tors have increased the operating costs of the school the hoard of trustees mr will- mott c w taylor j h mciiraith miss wilson miss ellis 1 j fuller- ton and miss m e medd was fa ced yivth a difficult decision it was fell impossible to increase charges to the girls parents the staff con- isted of four teachers a parttime mistres of the junior school then was tuition in grades 1 to 13 and n nurse dietitian and domes tic staff it was bvios that this staff was ton large for the economic tuition of no students and it was apparent that vvilli continued inflation no larger enrolment might readily be obtained it was therefore decided to close the school while its financial posi tion was still solvent total deben ture indebtedness is less than 20000 set against this debt is a very substantia property miss wilson md miss ellis had voluntarily as sumed a considerable proportion of the delionture debt the school although it was happily associated with st peters anglican church was never endowed with a capital fund one endowment however of a practical nature was made the cllve pringle memorial house was placed at the disposal of hatfield hall so long as it should remain a school in the event that some other group should take over the hall and operate il as a school the prln- kle building will still be a part of the establishment subject to the i of the buildings trustees however the only means of satisfying the schools de benture debt is the sale of hat field hall as a residence or for con version into apartments the prin gle memorial hall reverts to the control of st peters church me esiai approval if h vssfli jwpsqinh mftai wpkio ilxzi furnaces i 1 1 0fokgftown iv it baixinafad mrs lloyd marshall church wa president the wa met for their december meeting at the home of the presi dent mrs f smith the roll call wm answered with an exchange of christmas gifts the officers elected for 1052 were president mrs lloyd marshall 1st vlcemrs morgan madu treasurer mrs f w shortul secretary mrs r mcenery manse committee mrs starrett and mrs p mcloin chaity fund secty mrs g matthew card committee mrs perryman and mrs a mltebja the sunday school christmas concert was held friday naiffttjkd despite the very stormy weather there was a splendid attendance the children ugusughly enjoyed presenting their part of the program and were assisted by several local adults gifts and bags of candy were distributed by santa claus which was the climax to an enjoyable ev ening a wolf hunt was organized in this community last wednesday the wolves decided it was a good day to makcftneiitselves scarce result- no casualties 1 v y y y y y y y y y y yo itrffict lorne scots vhristmas band concert sunday december 23rd roxv theatre v 830 pm ii niiiimnam youmffind something for everyone on your xmas list at bains ash registers train sets party trees wetums dolls wagons doll high chairs 198 i 379 49c 98c 189 179 i tags seals wrapping paper bains 5c to 1 oo store main street asisafahrtilllilisisalilim wwwmmimwii wnwviisjwwammasamsmsaw 150 to 200 choose your own tree right off the truck phone 61 3 w delivered any time we suggest booking oiders early see the ice man lr iglmaami ill