Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), December 7, 1955, p. 10

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tub obomorrown herald wadaeaday evas daeeaaber 7 iks page 2 the weather vwl 14 rtitum itw i caar tm ym putml stalm aimsf ul dm wm dumil tisa m t nf ifcroufft uoa until ff m4 oa but pa faaat it- toll umoimf aaa aauslauiy iiut u mium us town i country tires iii i- i- tube or tubeltss white sidewalls or allblack available at harley motors 31 john street tr 7 7591 he arrived refreshed by bus w c lurrie of gait ontario a put president of the ontario plow men association sod manager of the canadian plowing team at the third annual world plowing match in swe den has sent home on lhepot re ports of hi trip with turn member joe tran of claremont ont and ivan mclaughlin of stouffviiic ont here u the fourth of hi reports uppsala sweden of all the plow inn teams from 12 different countries none were looking forward any mort eagerly than wr were to malt intf the last leg of the journr to the site of the 10m world 1lowing match we anadlans had travelled 4 mot i half wy around the world byhrain by boat and by plane and now we al ong with the 11 other teams were boarding bus to travel the last few miles to the match site on the koal agricutural i- arm juit outside this old city of 75 000 the college is part of the unutrsit of uppsala one of the oldtst unar sities in rurupe it was established in 1477 fifteen yt ars before columbus discovered america on the hillside at the rear of the hotel is the upp sala cathedral an immense red bruit building with three spires reaching into the aky this la sweden lrg est cathedral and although the out side of the building is quite plain and cold looking inside it is one of the most beautiful i have ever seen howtvir wc did not have too much time for sightseeing ut this point for wi had to git ready for the match when wi arrived at the grounds wi could s i that preparation had been underway for some tune as a lsre number of implements of all makes we re on elisplay instruct judges the first day was spent in demon strating to the judkts t l lk a for in the com petition we in ontario who hasc be n connect d with ihi interna tional mauh for mill ears fe e 1 that our score eaid is just al out rikht how etr when the ide as of twe le countries have lo be considered compromises have to be made on wednesday the plowmrn from the twelve countries were allotted the plots of land on which to practice and these workouts created just atxhil as much interest as a real plowink match on thursda the time was aj am uscel for practice we also had time 1 hursdas w ms it the dairy ba on this farm where a fine herd of swedish reel and while w c bans dairy cattle is kept these cattle are very much like our dual purpose shorthorns and are very popular in sweden unvael cairn the officul opening the next day was attended by about 12 000 people to mark the site permanently a cairn was unveiled on the agricultural col kge grounds a abort distance from the match field a model of a plow fur mounted the cairn and a plaque noted the contribution which plows aril plowmen make lo the peart of the world a similar cairn had wrn unveiled a f e w wcks earlier at t ob- ourg ontario where the first world match was beu in 10m the swedish minister of agrtcul ture hon s norup kpiakitik in swe dish and thru in inihsh traee- the history of pluwing from the early d and with the help of two swetj tsh tirl students dressed in native attire unveiled the memorial the korrnor of the province lr andren a tall distinguished looking gentle man amafm the audience by speak ini in swedish german trench and perfect hnglish and finally declared lh compe ution open next the plowmen had luneh in a tent and- then lined up ihrlr trartors and plowi for a parade to the field they were allow eel to set their takis and line up the tractors at the arratrh and at 12 noon a red roeke t was fireel as the starting biknal 1att r 1 judges ont from i at h jrtiripatirik cowntrs ktarteel to mi rt iht work fly in under the hydro anov telephone wires and skimming along about two feet from the ground sending out a spray that would completely cover the crop it could be readily seen by this time that hugh uarr of northern ire land last year winner of the hso golden plow had done an oulstand ing job andr was likely to repeat bis win of last year ivan mclaughlin of canada and hugh darrs team mate langford gilluand were running neck and neck everyone was on pins and needles wailing for the results v tka haw is ov the judges handed in their score tards shortly after the plowing endsnj and the auditors were soon busy tab ulating the results we returned lo the hotel and had just finished cleaning up at the htel wbeo word came that the returns were out the fart that northern ireland canada and great hntain shared the first sis placing was rec eived with much rejoicing by her uajestys loyal subjects present when ll was learned that 1 mr 1aughlin had received the highest score in stubble plowing and hugh liarr the highest in sod with hugh combined score a little more than j v an s they were soon tiie centre of a cheering crowd wc proceeded at once to send a cat it to loronto 1 ir our trip spouse r imperial oil and shortly after john liradihaw the ksso farm rejorter trlephoserd from toronto u get the rrulli hecaue of ihe difference in the time betwern canada and sweden peetplr in anada km w the result srvrral hours so to speak before the plowing took plarr colourful bartqoat the banquet which was ipttnsorrd by the swedish young rarmrrs was a mosd colourful affair with a setting that would be hard to surpass any continued on page 3 if scott motors i i i i v h it will be closed saturday december 10th from 5 00 pm so that ail their employees may attend their annual christmas party r i 11 i fe ec 2 plumbing wler syttetnt ken cjharlie nash mcdowell nfw bathrooms instauio ok rimodcili d repair of all kiarb s kino strut east trlanol 73k41 juc 1 r and althoui h it ivan mclaughha was ml announ re i until the following oimrik ivan mcliu hhn tif anada rectned tht hikhesl seore for muhhli je tran his tt am matt did as wrll if not in t tt r than ivan but ran into khiii hard luk which lovvernl his scort the ni xt da whin lh plowrtt grassland the teams wire lold to be in hand out hour e arlirr in ordt r to ti finished and read for the hanurt i hi da was ideil for plowing and 1 nk before the ktartink rocket was fi red an linmensi crowd hid gathered 1 hi field was rope el off to keep the en wel off tin headlands and ixnchi win placid outside t he ropes loud apptaut s ich plovvmin turned mil at the i n i afti r finishing his land loud clappinf could ik heard from the crt v i kthirrd bevond the headland while ihe plowing was in prilress a number of airplanes were mting a di m nstralion of crop sprain near h and thr pilo shuw were proud to show you our oil storage tanks and invite you to see them for yourself across from our king street office 20000 gallon storage capacity and our green and lemon truck always available to bring you on the spot fuel oil 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