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a i nao h wednesday evenmg dae 16 lss macbt the georgetown tterald serving um cnmmimltiea of georgetown guen wnjjamb nobva1 umkhou8b hornby 8tkwakxtown ba1unafad ashgkovb tkkka oott a subscription rate 300 a tear singlo copies 8ceach advertising rates quoted on application walter c bikhn publisher and editor garfield i mcguvray leslie m clark covey herxington jr reg broomhead the herald la printed each wednesday in thtf- office on main street birth control the answer at the christmas season particularly we can do nothing but agree wth the editor of the alliston herald who has started a campaign to have canadaasuige food surpluses used to feed people in less fortunate parts of the world who face death by starvation much is being written these days in mag azines and newspapers about the tragedy of asia countries like india are increasing their population so rapidly that they are completely incapable of raising enough food for home consumption and in fact the point is coming where ail thefood resources of the world can not compensate even were there no difficul ties of international monetary arrangements its a good system and transportation medical science contributes in reverse to the problem which nature once took care of and as lives are prolonged and infant mortal ity reduced the situation snowballs there is only one solution and recently a prominent indian proposed it in his coun trys government by all means we should try and see that our surplus food goes to feed thfi living but we should also see that such countries be encouraged td adopt birth control programs which will solve the problem for future generations overpopulated starving countries are the besjf fereedmg grounds for communism s s the burlington gazette takes exception reliable and capable citizens have been ih- to compelling a candidate to declare himself at the nomination meeting for the office he will contest or if not present furnish proof to the returning officer that he is interested in allow ing his name to stand there is an old saying the law is an ass and it certainly fits in this case says the burlington editor we dont agree perhaps the municipal system is still not perfect but the above legi slation enacted a few years ago has certainly helped to clear the air in municipal affairs surely if a man is considering running duced to seek office following a nomination meeting and have proven their vorth as val uable legislators but it shouldnt be neces sary we would judge that if a man has to be pressed into service there is less chance of him devoting bis very best interests to the position thanjf he had preconceived a desire to serve it certainly involves no hardship on a candidate to either be present at a nomina tion meeting or if unable to be there to fur nish advance information that he will consi der being a candidate and the present sys- stkwamtiown mrs hous speaker v institute ladies eequeaing womens institute meeting was held last week at mrs brlggo home roll call was an swered with a wrapped gift suit- able for a teen age glrl mrs bod- well of stratford who wax- a mem ber here loyears ago was a wel come horlftthemeetlngmrb houston of cedarvaljchool guest speaker and told teresting way the aims and hopes for the young people who are liv- lng at the farm under her care mrs a h reld played a solo on the planoeccordlon hostesses for refreshments were mrs reld mrs w walker and mrs devries the christmas gifts were presented to mrs houston the st johns junior wa- met at mrs bauys home for the annual meeting gretna koeslag chose he hymn and conducted the worship service minutes of the last meet ing were read by maey lawsoa and the annual report by jsnjthodge judy walker read the treasurers report the officers for 1054 are secretary judy walker assistant carol devereaux treasurer gretna koeslak assistant mary lawson dorcas secretary johanna bwens assistant jackie llnce hymn books and study book lillian lawson page bette imae mile- ham refreshments were served and all sang happy christmas to you the meeting closedwith the vesper hymn and repeating the grace together next meeting will be held the first monday that school utfield in 1954 jst johns wa annual meeting was held at mrs cecirsmlths home reports of secretary urer and juniors were read tjffi cers for 1954 arc president mrs c blizard secretary treasurer mrs c smith junior superintendent mrs mary baily auditors mrs j h smith and mrs j e sanford rev j e maxwell showedy pictures of missionary work in jklia and some local scenes st johns guild served a delic ious turkey dinner in the township hall when rev j maxwell showed pictures of missionary work the evening was spent in euchre crokinole and dancing mrs w huffman michael and butch of leaside were visitors with mr and mrs c smith for the week end we extend congratulations on the tfta anks for public office he will have given some tern obviates nomination of people who are thought to the matter beforehand and he not interested and can in fact avoid calling should be able to make his intentions known for second nominations which was all too at the meeting common in past years it may be true as the gazette says that farm news klwantans entertain scholarship awards monday of last week halton winners of the kingsway klwanis scholarships were entertained to a noonday luncheon at the old mill in toronto- the fortunate juniors were margaret galbraith eileen hunter katherine merry alex buchanan norman bird grant devlin kenneth fish robert mar shall and calvin sprowl the scholarships entitle each of the young people to a weeks short i course at the ontario agricultural college between christmas and new years accompanying the young people were mrs mabel borgstrom home economist art bennett associate agricultural representative a t woodley chairman of the hallon 4h club leaders council and agricultural representative j e whitelock dr ev ley land president of the kingsway kiwanls and keith mc donald chairman of the kingsway committee on agriculture con servation were in charge of the excellent programme which was a real treat to heltons 4h club and junior farmer winners j a garner director extension for the ontario department of agriculture was the special speaker for the oc casion flowers for all occasions potted plants bedding stock bulb artiatics designs we wire flowers rosedale floral 14 murdockst tr 72952 66 mised to dhrw mecrasy every year it was the same presents to boy and cash at low ebb kutmixig up bills then i got smart i started a special christmas account at the boyal bank adding something each pay day and leaving it there this year fm all ready for christmas with cash to pay for all the things that mean so much at this season of the year 4yoa ean have cash next gajstmaa tool decide nov to open a specul christmas account early in 195 it pays to do tout christmas taring early the royal bank of canada georgetown branch r w derou manager to all the citizens of caeorgetown or my acclamation as mayor for 1954 ill do my utmost to serve you in the best interests of georgetown during 1 954 jack armstrong many thanks may i express my sincere thanks for the confi dence you have placed in me in returning me to council for my eighth term seasons greetings garfield mcgilvray occasion of their marriage and a lcome to stewarttown to mr and mrs robert mcdonald at the meeting of lol no 68 on december 7th a crowded hall saw george greig initiated into the loyal orange association visitors included wor bro stokes of campbeuviue who is district master and other visitors from hornby acton milton campbeu- villei and georgetown t time flies and you had better get after thta christmas shoppinc there are only ecen more shopping days until christmas directory aljfred j bishop certified public accountant main st georgetown tr 3351 your enquiries invited monuments pollock a campbell 82 water st north g a l t designs on request phone 2048 inspect our work lu greenwood cemeterv a m 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