Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 5, 1953, p. 4

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the obobqbtown mmj wcdoesdajr evmlne aug eaob 4 m pakk nbw8 many classes for youth in plowing match program the youth of today but more im portant the farmer of the future has not been forgotten in the draw ing up of the program and prize list of the international plowing match which will be held at the durhamnorthumberland counties home farm nar cobourg the preliminary program and prize list just issued by f a lash- ley secretary manager of the on tario plowmen s association makes it abundantly clear that one of the foremost thoughts in the mind of the association is to ensure a con tlnuance f th high standard of plowmanship that has characterized ontario farming in the past several class are included at which young farmers of both sexes vacation spots miramichi lodge on muldrew lakes swimming fishing tennis children welcome write r bartlett graverhurst valleyview cabins zvz miles north of hunstville on no 11 highway where georgetown meets j phone huntsville 802 w 3 pete and marion hunter are your hosts cabins 1 00 per day each person central location i also lakefront cottages j write box 93 wasag wasaga beach 1 i i eavestroughing plumbing heating don houston phone 547w wye- hartt in georgetown exclusively at silvers dancing every saturday sing song movies amateurs sunday nites huttonville park brampton 357 j 13 visit your rcaf career counsellor at georgetown municipal office tuesday sept 1st v t 2 noon to 7pm this is your opportunity to get complete informa tion on what the an force can offer you as an aircrew officer or as a skilled carman or airwo man technician in a mod ern aviation trade may exhibit their skill and win gen erous prlxes into the bargain with schools now closed it is a certainty that there will be some practicing in both horse and trac tor plowing in preparation for the big eent n the fall competition will be particularly keen in the juenile competitions classes 23 and 24 where young boys and girls will hae an opportunity to display their plowing ability clasj 23 is for tractor plowing open to bds and girls age ii and under 14 sponsored hy the ford tractor and sates equipment company of canada first pnze in the event will zc v00 with 2000 for second 51a00 for third 10 00 for fourth and 5 00 for fifth position class 24 tractor plowing for boys and m 1 year of age and under 16 also sponsored by the ford company will see the winner aw arded 35 00 for first prize with the nut five receiving 20 00 to 5 00 reports reaching the ontario plowmen s association indicate that there will be more than usual in terest in the inter secondary school competition this competition is open to one team of two pupils from each secondary school or school area in ontario the class calls for two furrow plowing with prizes as follows 1st prize team canada packers ltd trophy and 2 watches 2nd prize ttam cash 54 00 ird prize team cash 48 00 4th prize team 44 00 5th pnz team cash 40 00 6th prize ttam ath 36 00 7th prize team cash 32 00 8th prize team cash 28 00 9tn prize team 24 00 10th prize team cash 20 00 other cvetrrsrrf interest to the youth of the province arc as fol lows cliss 4 hotses open to boys and girls who have netr won a i nze in this cl ss or compiled in open jointer r im j mc l seal im down to 510 i hit l 1 i clts t hoi s open lo boys and iru who ive not re iched their 21 t birthd iv b o 1 the i rit ire the s imc is in el iss 4 cliss 11 i r tel rt two fuirows ojei to 1 s ind tirls who hive not n hid thfir 21st birthdny by no 1st class 12 tractors two furrows o nn to boys ind girls under 1 cars of age class li trjtlor one furrow j open to boyb and girls under 20 years of ae substintiil prizes are bfinf ftcr ed in cliss 16 for horse plowing for bos who have not reiched the age of 18 bv novcnbir 1 first prize will be a troph 0 with s3 sec ond and 530 for third with other pnzes to be aw rdtd on a fniua ted basis clasj 20 o m to bos who have not reishifl tht r ihih birt id ly by nov 1 will be i trditor ihii for the mascy harris ropij sio with 11 other frddu itiil prices for boys under 21 there will be lit c inadian ii ink of comir rn trdt tor 1 iss with a first prio of n w itch and cdsi there will 1m- ii other prizes in this tltss ij s under 18 will be jble to dc monsliutt thur skill with horses with the first prize wihner taking the ontario plowrficn s asso ciation trophy sio 00 with gradua ted prizes for nine other entnnts in addition through the courtesy of the t eaton company each boy and girl over 12 years of age and under is who completes a land to ihe satisfaction of the judge but does not receive a prize will be gi en an award ol 5 00 cash it looks as though youth will be out in force to show what the farm er of tomorrow can do to improve the land coronation year marked halfhmand tree planting for many women a institutes of ontario this coronation year has been marked by a crusame of tree planting mr donald young inspec tor of public schools for haldlmand county reports that the help of the institute district presidents of east and west haldlmand mrs p mat thews and mrs l keefer made it possible for him to set up school improvement committees for a large number of the rural schools of the county these committees not only planted coronation trees they planted flower beds and started per ennial borders at one school a cor onation flower bed was laid out with red white and blue flowers in the shape of a crown in addition to planting coronation trees children brought extra evergreens and shrubs for planting fence posts were pointed at school where oil heat ing had been installed the old wood shed was taken down at another school the shed was made an ex tension of the vestibule with a solid rack for blcycleff built in the small school ground im provement committees were made up of the trustees nearest to the school concerned the teacher or principal and two members of the local women institute the worn- ens institutes were asked to select the committees in fact the insti tutes worked on the planning for some weeks following a talk on coronation tree planting given by the agricultural representative mr gordon sklnper at easter time on arbor day the first day of may special coronation tree plmng cer emonies were held at most of the schools as a result of the qtpff it is estimated that coronation trees were planted in ninety per cent of the schools of haldlmand county and it is expected that the school bnprovement campaign will con tinue the volume of wood in a mature forest does not increase proper cutting permits new growth and a perpetual harvest n nelson school prizewinner in forestry competition a nelson township school won a 13 second prize in a district for estry competition sponsored by the ontario horticultural association there were 41 entries in three district competitions with the win ner in each district being entered in the provincial competition st clements separate school waterloo county was th provincial winner and receked a 0 prize s s no 8 westneath renfrew county was second winning 25 and bondy public school essex county won the third prize of 15 district winners and prizes were as follows district no 1 1st bondy public school essex county 25 2nd ivor chandler school essex county 15 3rd john cohill school essex coun ty 10 district no 2 st clements sep arate school waterloo county 25 2nd s 3 no 11 nelson township halton county 15 3rd s s no 13 proton township grey county 10 district no 5 1st westneath sj5 no 8 renfrew county 25 2nd ss no 4 camden lennox and addfengton h5 3rd rolpmown public school renfrew county 10 there were no entries in districts 3 and q cash prizes in the forestry com petition were donated by the onta rio conservation association mrs d w boucher kingston and mr a j jackman elect bennett sybil x progressive for halton voting day august 10th open 9 am daylight polls saving close 7 pm i time for transportation and further information where to vote telephone your district headquarters georgetown 814 esquesihg georgetown 90 r 13 miss betfnett will speak on the radio over the following stations chml wednesday august 5th 710 pm thursday august 6th 710 pm friday august 7th 930 pjm ckoc wednesday august 5th 905 pm thursday august 6th 750 fm friday august 74 s35 pjft f

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy