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the georgetown herald wednesday evening aug 1st 1956 page 10 here speed and safety is our game so we have won a lot of fame ask anybody about us folks know that we deli ver the goods on time and at the right cost fs movers gord fricker norm snyder tr 72581tr 72210 local and long distance moving there rosedale floral flowers for all occasions wedding work corsages a specialty cut flowers and funeral designs 32 albert st tr 72952 we wire flowers abitibi president urges forest fire protection d w ambrldge president of abitibi power and paper company says a 50 per cent cut in mancau sed forest fires is an imperative nccd of ontanos industrial and social progress in a message to the canadian forestry association of ontario mr ambndge said everyone who is aware of the service rendered by the pulp and paper industry to the people of on tario should take a determined itand against the plague of forest fires let loose by human careless ness last year the ontario forest service had to combat 928 out breaks due to lightning but it also was called upon to fight 1 324 who lly unnecessary fires each potiii tially disastrous which were star ted by human agencies the pen lty paid by the timberlands am iunted to 396 000 acres of varying quality riddled by flame and ren dered unproductive for several gc ncrations to come what really went up in smoke during all these fiery tempests wis not acies of trees but acres of wages forest industries and their armies of workers need all the woodland resources within their reach nothing can bt spared for holociusts fire calamities b lightning are beyond human pre diction but every traveller in woo ded country and every settler who burns off his land clearing debris can predict and control their per sonal vigilance and precaution if ontario s forest industry is to hold its place is chief employer and paymaster forest burning b human negligence must be cradic ated with all possible firmness legion notes by leslie clark this week we will try for lack of other news mainly to give you a very few of the highlights of the dominion convention in vancou winner in ladies golf tournament tuesday afternoon thirty four ladies teed off at the north hallon i l h i golf and country club for latins da joy idird and mrs norman j marchment were low net winners mrs don rand and mrs jack herb were winners in the best poker hand class the 1 idles en joved supper at tht club after their fcoh peter pruneau plastering stucco work i rec lslimatcs new or repairs 55 ontario st tr 7 3282 for gas heating make sure you get the best at eastern electric georgetown brampton td 7 jlnco phone 2s62w or j ik 1u3v 242b queen street the guest speaker was lt gen guy bimonds former chier of staff recently retired who for some time has been attacking the gov crnment on their national def encc policy i gen simonds himself a legion member called on the legion to push for greater vigilance saying that the only way to effect this was through getting out and sell me the idea of preparedness to the people thereby forcing the govern ment to take action he said thai it was time for a reappraisal of the entire canadian defence setup that money was being grossly was ted on certain things and that our entire air force set up was made quate and obsoleseent he advoca ted among other things youth trai ninfe camps and national service for all canadian jouth saying that a one year term was the ide il am ount to serve and then to have the youne men serve in the reserve ar med forces for an indefinite p lod he said the price of sifcly in this age was that of eternal viil ance and that was by training the youth of our country to meet pnj emergency gen simonds slid that he did not himself aspire to anv public office newspapers had said that he was almost certain to be el cctid dominion president at van couver for greater support to his beliefs he felt he could plav a greiter part in moulding public opinion by staying aside and tell ing the situation as he saw it his addiess spaiked i threat deal of discussion and ltd to the imam mous adoption of what was unquis tionabh the most important resol ution b oil convention that one the adoption bv hie nmcni of nation il selcclivc service to ensure as fn is possible a reasonable st ite t 1 preparedness in the ient of wir and to avoid unnccessaiv slauh ter of untraimd nun which mo h ir vv ir would almost ccilamk 1 id to ind t i att un thn uih ml ion il recitation the ideal of tiialih tf si nice ind sacrifice which was so conspicuously lacking in canada s i tion of t participation in the two previous the war world conflicts i report is ee nerall gin simonds addrn most forthuht and mast ih id dresses wveii on the situ ituin h was elected honor ir domini in president of the itcion i amonk those tlitmt ines present and welcomed to tht plalf inn it the opening b retiring president rev john anderson wen tht ii m humies i alointe minister of vet crins aff urs hon i- ne martin of british columbia repiesenl itivts of the navy army and air rortt and representatives of tht city of vancouver and the province of ii i dominion past presidents ross walker price wilts md 1 innsdeii were prcstnt some 846 credited deli kales and 181 fntorn d ites were present as will i pn vie s in ikint educational services and in the realm of rehabilitation concluding bis address he said remember the 100000 canadians of two wars whose graves in for eign fields in far off lands or un der the waters of the seven seas have made these spots forever ca nada they died for an ideal you arc their trustees the custodians of their hopes they are not dead they live in our memories and we are one navy one army one air force still living for canada and so i declare this 16th con vention open for the transaction of business i hope that you young men will so apply yourselves to the tasks set before you that the old men s dreams may come true the old mens visions realized hon hugues lapointc spoke giving an extremely informative speech he outlined benefits and changes taken place since the 54 convention in war veterans legi station he said that while not all the benefits asked for by legion briefs had been given he thought that they went a long way towards doing so he concluded his address by comparing the roles of the gov eminent and legion by saying although our responsibilities and methods mav differ we have a common objective the welfare of canada s veterans and their depen danls in many ways our activities are complementary and i am con fident that by continuing our joint efforts we will be able to dis charge in the future as wc have in the past the task whish has been entrusted to us by the people of canada among the general resolutions approved were 9 one urcjnt a boost in permis sible earnings from 840 to 1200 for sincjc men ind 1410 to 2 000 for married a resolution asking thit basic rite f wva be raised to 120 from i0ft a demand for an inereise in war disability pensions list changed in 1151 approval of dominion c until s action to in cluele a foui p ic french supplem enl to the i ecj mary instead of a complete i renin edition vhith is finmcnllv ini ssible a teeniest that dim ind mm medals of the first w ir lu p u i the sanu fialuitv is world w ir 11 vets a resolution calling for un immediate tomph hon of cm idas i f f icial his otj of ht official kovirnint nt lumc covrs r nh 1914 to 1911 consuknd requtsl tint cmha sh mid lend lie ei tie at 1 r ctnl mttrst l u vi t home builders e irmng less th in si k a veir hected as reside rit v i ivid hurktv of ht n i- ii si it v i ii sutherlanl of v lirun wick 2nd vui v is mi u i 1 s melavish of silm m ini b hcmcclureltd announces lei 13 p m 151 mi o repair service on all makes of s isi r 3i appliances and tv our factory trained technicians will give you speedy service at reasonable rates m no matter where you bought your appliance or tv mcclures will service it with a smile tains valuable information so far 5nr2sn3 and we hope that they do receive this valuable memento of the 100 years since the inception of the vc when we heard that the branch was to receive one wc gave our copy to tom gticvl who wc felt would be more than normilly interested because it included his cousin how about the secre tary writing for one sorry to report a past president dave bow mans wife is in guelph hospital where she has had an operation wc hope you havi a qfuick recov cry edc vancouver was an ideal spot for the convention and we 11 bet the boys had themselves a time wc vacationed there last year and would have gone to the convention had not sickness laid us up about that time members who have received their copies of the legionary might all do well to take a look at gen sim onds lakinf the salute in beret and blazer particularly note ihe beret must stil have his batman to get it on for him that perfectly eh incidentally we agrccel with his speech to a point that is about the years service we don i think a year in uniform would hurt any one however we don t care for his idea of youth camps at sixteen by any means just a little toe much of pre war german for our liking and incidental we ccr tainly heard a lot of comment ar ound the rooms when the papers headlined conscription in west ger many and the rearminc of their air force with a gift of sabre jets from this country no less seems the boys find it hard to believe that those same germans whom we fought for almost five years have suddenly become such peace lov ing security minded international citizens that we should not only a low them to rearm but help them do it and you may have a point there too fellows time will lell hippy holidays everyone 14 main st tr 72522 13 n in m m sebeeeilllbeerllelalilellallilallllleleisllsl i james h lyons vsons 27 church street georgetown 1 175 il uu mon lominticin it lull credit valley sand s r j 1 asphalt pavinc co u- 7 i5 george town crftvel service stations motels road work concrete curbs cramnt driveways tennis courts parking lots sidewalks if you need any asphalt paving done call triangle 73751 free estimates brigadie r alc r ss of york in sisk was pnncipil speiker ami cave a verv thoughtful address speakinc of tht formitive vt irs in the hunirv thirties md the proli lcms thin confronting the legion and the different tvpi but just is lurjc problems confronting them toelay he paid tubule to tht twt past presidents who had fon west major gtnerd uo i amtchi ami major general w tt hist gin ross referred to the grc i contribution made during the wa by legion war services and i egioi 25 000 loss when three barns burn a 23000 fire clestrovtd hire birns on the bth line farm of r c waters at the height of a thundei storm i week aeo sunilav i the barns built in a l were struck bv ukhtnink ilm contain ed 25 tons of h iv anel wheat anel oats milton firemen ft uchl the blaze an i kept it from preadmc to an implement shed and the vicant house on the pnptrtv the firm wis the fount home of the lite mr hollinkutn triangle 73969 building contractors residential commercial industrial additions and repairs itl i of i 111 i i n i i andei li ininii n see lit photographs see j a goudy 19 mary street tr 73366 call tr 73271 tr 72674 concrete work footings cellar floors sidewalks block work brick laying for your construction needs carpentry homes garages kitchens bathrooms remodeling modernizing mcnally construction elgin street near cnr station here s a brief rundown on the new dominion president name da vid i fiurtess mbp mc ije 65 born ne ir orini villi ont i n listed it pnnci lbtrl sask in ihe ibsth batt tnnsftrred to tht it av fljint corp given the mc for conspicuous cjllantrv in jininrv 1jh0 rirmhul the war with rank of c ipl un is in oil iwa resilient due 1 i tire from federal service vcrv shorllv m irrietl anil h s ont d nobler rot m lllr rooms crik eif the week list silunl i mini her of the hovs were kidlinj hen iv ship iboul not gettinc i titer last fill quoth one how did vou kct to be an usm without it arning to hanelle a rifle iltnry up gets pat chamberlain with the remark he couldn t she ol so they hiel to mike him i serge mt major dear tlear wonder if bill col her zone horseshoe chimp will bo able to nail down the district one on august 251 h hope so the television room wi understanel is to be furnished by mid september good show there are over one million non i jjon memhers in camda uiubh this outnumbers members six lo one dominion comm iml intends to put on a two jt ir rimpiiln in st pit mbi r with a drive for another h ilf million in gen simt nds address ib lit selective service he staled that he believed quebec wis no lontt r op peivtel to ihe principle of selective srrvice a bniidicr mil head of quebec commind lucked him up on that slalemtnt the rcison for a french version of the i cfiion aiv not being pi mleel w is fin incnl too much monev for so few onh 10 000 mt mln is wc ire asked to slrrss that h iv ine e lettetl a new slate of officers it is now the duty of cvtrv member in c in ada to support it dunnj the nrt two ear term your if fleers isk for the tinouilified lov iltv ind tht support of eath bnneli 7t ne dis tnct and command and we do feel that should weirk in your own branch too you elect officers us ually by a good majonh then i certain percentage stirt picking them to pieces ind continue doing so for the rest of the term con slructive criticism is good destruc tive criticism is the lowest form of amusement in our book sour apples not at all we thor oughly enjoyed our 4 years as president and have enjoyed being associated in a small way since then as well as the eleven years wce spent writing this column we received notification as lone comminder that each branch and zone head received a copy of the vc booklet sent out by the on urio depl of publicity this is a very fine little booklet and con pittsburgh paints exterior and interior ernies radio mill st tr 7 2701 lanes haulage for excavating and grading ponds cellars etc top soil sand gravel call tr 72521 free -free- free gents or ladys bicycle and youngsters tricycle to some lucky person get your free lucky ticket with every purchase from 10c up the draw for these wonderful prizes will be held wednesday evening august 8th earl scott and his blue valley boys will b in attendance have your fun while purchasing our wonderful ice cream treats at the freezerfresh creemee stand next to iga supermarket construction equipment cranes shovels dw21 earth movers bulldozers road graders avatlabls with operator for ad type of excavating grading for sale crushed stone pit run gravel sand fill for information call alrex contracting limited triangle 72286