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canadian plowmen abroad fry roy shaver w ntato plowmens association utor s note boy shaver of finch ont past ddent of ontario plowmen s as accompanied douglas s of brampton ont and algie fadlactf ot north gower ont can this trial leaving at that time also allow ed me to sit in with j d thomas of toronto the opas special del egate at the h nation conference at stirling scotland which deci- s champion plowmen on their ded to hold the first world plow i to the british isles eire and nee this is the first of a series hjoz five weekly articles he has writ l as team manager about their ex- and impressions it hardly seems possible that this 1959 and it is two months since three of us took off by air to start another canadian plowmen s of the british isles and to com against european plowmen by the time we returned we h3d experienced our first pea souper the worst fog in london s recent history visited ca adiart war graves in france seen some of the fin est agricultural land in the world and rub shoulders with and spoken jpu representatives of almost every nationality you can think of however before i tell you more bout the trip i had better tell you tethlng about us and how we once mentioned the war the high taxes which are een now still paying for that war or the string ent rationing which is another holdover from those bleak years had we not known better we could have concluded there never had mpion horse anck tractor plow 3 a war or rationing with all expenses paid by it is easy to be generous when imperial oil company the one has plenty tout it is quite a prizes are offered for the winners different matter to be generous on lycf ft special class known as the esso the meagre rations which britons transatlantic class have put up with for the past 13 dmnlmrcid ing match in canada this fall however the early november departure mean there was little time for preparation of many things among them arrangements with weekly editors for publics tion of our letters to you a quick poll taken among editors of our acquaintance showed they thought it would be better if we related our experiences after our return for publication after the christmas rush so for the next few weeks we will try to recall for you the things that impressed us most and some of the wonderful people wc met during the trip i think i can say without hesi tation that the one thing that im pressed us most and certainly the nfcthat wullivf in my memory for a long time was the amazing spirit of the people ofengland reading newspaper accounts and predictions of approaching national bankruptcy scarcity of food and high taxes we had expected to meet gloomy disgruntled people though bomb damage still scars acres of london we saw only one new building the people we met nevef the winners at last octobers match held at carp near ottawa j were 26 year old douglas s reid of brampton ont in the tractor pdaas and 35 yearold algie wal of north gower ont in the lvbotse class algie s win was a matter of great pride in eastern ontario he was the first plowman to bring a cham to the eastern counties in the 39 year history of the opa each year it is the custom of the opa to select a team manager to accompany theplowmen in ad tift dition to actinitas m he also fria the groups official chronicler tand reporter i consider it a great honour to have been chosen 1 am a director and past president of ufthe opa and have been a lifelong dairy farmer at finch in ontario s stormont county k you are probably wondering why we did not write while we were overseas there re two reasons it has been the practice in past i xears for the winning plowmen to m their overseas visit in janu fe afy and february in time to par k tlcipate in the northern irclanj in temational match at be fast ihi time the opa directors decided wo should make oilf trip almost im t mediately after the international latch and compete instead in the british national ploughing match at falkirk scotland during the match there was to be a trial of a set of rules that had been proposed for international plowing com pet i tlons the opa was anxioib for canadian plowmen to take part in years i can remember sitting down to tea in the dining room of a quaint oak beamed house 400 years old on the table were hot scones dripping with butter the butter represented some two week s rations for our hosts hut that was a sub ject that was never discussed don t misunderstand me it isn t a mood of resignation k u rather a spirit of there s no use tuning about all this we went into it with our eyes open so we 11 see it through when we remembered oomc of the complaining and grouping- that koesoti over here i think we all felt a little as together vi ilh this wonderful spirit was an ex treme politlnias on the part of the english we met it through england afcr the rann tear ing let s get there in a hurry rudeness that it seems to me is so knrral here it w w s aj refreshing as a summer rain on the platform of london s st pancras station our tall while wes tern style hats decorated with a maple leaf re ealed us as stran gers withjn as many minutes six people approached us smilingly said hallo and asked if there was anything they conld do for that sort of thing happened wherever we went ashgovb mr hector bird tclu institute of trip witt the women s institute meeting was held on tuesday afternoon january 20th at the home of mrs c b dick with a large turnout of ladies president mrs leslie gu fen opened with all singing the ode secreta mr v called the roll which was answered by my favourite selection of music and composer leaders for the girls club on the milky way ap pointed are mrs wilfrid bird tfttd mrs clayton wilson for the garden club mrs bob alexander it was decided to send small articles to the countrywomen op the world also ladies were in favour of send inganother parcel to britain mrs cliff hunter took over the program current events were given by mr3 james carney the motlo homes are the green houses where plants of citizenship grow was well taken by mrs john mcnabb after which mrs hector bird told of the trip she and her husband and her sis ter and husband took last summer to the west coast they left on august 20th did their own cook ing along the way and had tire- trouble only once in the 22 days they were travelling they left port huron and travelled to mack inac wisconsin wyoming duluth minnesota n dakota they saw the grand coulee dam 8th wonder of the world lake louise and old faithful geyser which was dlscov ered in ifffu anq sho w everyday since an average of 53 minutes between they went on to the state of washington and west to the pacific ocean vancouver and stanley park kootenay lakes banff calgary edmonton leth bridge through the states to win nipeg and home through port hur on she passed around pictures they had taken also folders of the different places they visited and said they all had memories they h never forget we all thoroughly enjoyed listening to her and only hope we can all make the trip our selt eg some day meeting closed with a social hour over the tea cups congratulations to mr and mrs fred wrigglesworth who celebrated their forty eighth wedding anni versary last sunday at the home of their son mr clifford wriggles worth at hornby with other mem hers of their family birthday greetings to baby lois mcnabb who will be one year old on thursday january 29th the young people held f their christian fellowship meeting on sunday evening at the home otnor man and gordon bird with beraice wilson and gordon wlngfletd in charge lawn bowlers plan interclub visits a series of friendly visits with neighbouring clubs are being plan ned by georgetown lawn bowlers next season representatives of ten of the 13 clubs in district 9 of the provln eta lawn bo association met recently at btreetsville to plan inter club games this summer with harold hutchinson ern thompson and jack williamson speaking for georgetown the plan which evolved calls for each of the 13 clubs in turn to act as host on one tuesday night to a mens triple entry from each of the other twelve clubs a sched f ule is being drawn up in time- for distribution at the annual spring meeting in february under this plan members of the georgetown club will visit every other club in the district once dur ing the season while playing host each tuesday to visitors where possible a beginner or a junior is to be included in each entry so that as many members as possible may visit and foster more and bet ter competitive bowlers with the experience which will be gleaned from this years sched ule it may be possible in 1954 to organ ue a district league if such happens a trophy has already been offered by alex halliwell clubs represented at the meeting w ere canadian kodak central lakeshore mimico milton new toronto oakville port crb dlt stree and georgetown wednesday evening jan 28 1633 the georgetown hebauk page for us to us in 1941 a population check show ed the average number of children per family in canada by racial or igin as british 2 87 french 5 35 and all others comprised 3 23 another thing that made a strong impression u as the breath taking beauty of the wir fracs i lulled during a two dny trip wi made to france the cemeteries and graveyards of our soldiers who fell in the two world wars would stand comp triton w ith the finest parks in the world no monument could betu r si ow our gratitude than these irrts ol green griss beautiful flower md simple wtrrje cresses that reveal the most lo im and tender care 1 am afraid i hae rambled a little in this first letter but in those that follow i will trace our path through the british isles and hope that you will get as much en joymcnl from the telling as we did from the doing you bend we mend our body shop is at your service fof economical repairs by skilled workmen drop in for an estimate today scott motors guelpk and queen streets fhone 1 61 plan new hydro station for sixty cycle power ontario hydro will provide im proved service with the construction jz if afffnor haft of a new 60 c transformer sta- ivciiwici iicuj hon aodassociated distribution fac ilities just outside brampton at an greenhouse here a resident of georgetown for several years where he operated a greenhouse john g kertcher 87 died at halton centennial manor milton on january 14th at one time mrv kertcher was estimated cost of 1592 000 chair man robert h saunders announced today to more than double the service in the area the new equipment will supply 60 cycle power to the towns of acton brampton georgetown stree the surrounding rural the barber floral dhhcttcnowna3brampton rural farm news seed fair bacon ihow planned for next march halton s annual seed fair and bacoh show is scheduled for the milton town hall on march 20th and 21st this was the decision of a meeting of the joint boards of the halton soil and crop improve ment association and the halton hog producers association held in milton on friday fred nurse president of the soil and crop association was in charge of the meeting w s mc mullen of the livestock production service of the canada department of agriculture toronto was in au tendance and offered the coopera tlon of his staff with the event the president mac sprowl of the hal ton junior farmers together with harold tyrrell and howson rud dell represented the juniors and recommended that special classes be continued for the juniors also for the interclub educational displays and the annual seed judging com petition despite the lack of export market for hogs erwin gunby president of the halton hog producers and his fellow officers were of the op inion that quality hogs should still be stressed from the standpoint of the domestic market to this end the township directors expressed their willingness to select the hogs to represent their respective town ships these hogs w 11 1 e marketed in toronto on mann 10 ind 11 1 host who expect to have hogs up to market vil t 1 y this time should contact o e of the follow ink hsiuts j 1 i brovnririgc or rd d venj ort nnwifa veya a it service or w l ferguson trafal gar chyton may or allan clem cnts nelson roy ellcnton or er win gunby w p watson live stock com missioner for ontario is to be the guest speaker for this popular an nuil farm gathering which year in tfqd year out packs the milton town hall employed company later he established his own greenhouse on maple avenue on the watson property where mr and mrs john inglis live after mrs watson s death he moved to a property on john street opposite clarence walter s home and con tinued in the greenhouse business until an illness two years ago mr kertcher was a native of milverton and for a quarter cen tury was a conductor on the otta wa street railway he is survived by his wife and one daughter in toronto and a son sgt melvin kert cher oakville accounts collected accounts are pouring in these days as business men realize this is the time to collect those slow accounts tomorrow may be too late you have at your service the old est firm of collectors in canada therein lies your guarantee tff ef flciency and satisfaction you pay us for results only our terms are no collection no charges for our ser vices you cant lose except by unduly postponing sending us your list kelly aiken the collection specialists orangeville ontario rural telephone subscribers pro rata credits will be allowed on a future 4sill to all those whose service was out of order beyond 48 hours due to sleet storm bell telephone co operating area and the canadian broadcasting corporations- trans mitter at ijprnby construction is scheduled to start in late spring this year completion will be timed to coincide with hy dros frequency standardization of the area from 25 to 60 cycle opera tion tentatively scheduled to start august 1954 the new station will be known as pleasant transformer station taking its name from the neighbor ing hamlet of mount pleasant and will be located near no 7 high way three miles west of bramp ton the station is part of a long term expansion program to provide improved electrical service to hydro users the hydro chairman stated our customers in both urban and rural areas are depending more and more on electricity for a wide range of conveniences and it is our aim to give them the best type of ser vice possible mr saunders said the new fac ilities will have an initial capacity more than double those serving the section at present he pointed out that the use of power by hydro customers who will be served by the new station has more than doubled between 1945 and 1951 in 1945 the actual average load was 9 344 horsepower in 1951 it was 20 432 horsepower the upward trend continued in 1952 with the actual average load for the first 1 1 months being 21 625 horsepower by more than doubling the pres ent capacity of power facilities ser ving the area and by the enlarge ment and rearrangement of the dis tt ibution system the area will be p ovjded with greater service sec urity and adequate power distrtbli tion equipment to keep pace with continued load growth mr saun dcri said at present hydro s a w man by transfoimer station on the wes tern outskirts of toronto serves georgetown streetsville the major portion of brampton rural operat ing area and the cbc transmitting station acton is supplied from guelph transformer station while the town of brampton receives its power via cooksville transformer station which will be dismantled after pleasant transformer station is placed in service ritahhm iwr2a hockey fans i is this goal l two attacking players are at centre ice one is suddenly grabbed by a spectator but he manages to pass to his teammate who goes on to score while the spectator still holds on to the other is the goal a legal goal yes ploj comtmmet to comflmtm mmdtihe goal ts allotted puy is mtmxdtely called only when the team of the player not m fosseatom of the pack t mtetjertd uaxh okeeffs brewing company limited mi wet1ave what you need in lumber and 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