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huttonville mink producer produces fine fgr pelts fteeordi of this areas- pro- would probably not list mink u a commodity in wbjdrfanimals carefully they were it leads canada however from the vicinity come some of the finest mink pelts in north america from the farm of dimitri blochin a nationalized russian immigrant bow living in huttonville capt blochin set up his farm jn 1927 when the fourth line w was barely more than a clay road hh farm had no elec tricity or telephone and he had just arrived in canada after 1 three years of hard work and saving jn the united states after a year of poultry breed- 1 injf capt blochin and his egyp- tian wife olga decided to give fox breeding a try choosing the almostrare silver fox an observation tower was setl up so they could watch hls very timid little animals and we quickly gave them up how ever said capt blochin it was 1927 mink was virtual ly valueless but the blochinsl decided to breed them pellsj then were worth only 450 each nowadays their value ranges between 10 and 60 and each year the blochins take 1200 to 1600 pelts to the twol big auction sales held by the hudson bay company and the canadian fur company in mon treal each day capt blodnln and his assistant clean out cages and feed the 500 violet sapphire and opaline minks at present on the farm capt blochin now 67 left russia to join his wife in scot land in 1920 after he was rel leased from a russian hospital where he had been recovering from wounds inflicted while fighting for the white russians during the civil war the blochins only daughter lillian was born in scotland previously on his huttonville j farm capt blochin had many hundreds more mink than he has today w are cuttingj down- the numbers he said we can specialize in an even higher quality pelt the blochins are not the only mink breeders in the area they have rivals in hornby milton and kilbride st johns women to host day of prayer the united church women i of st johns georgetown will be host tills year for the world day of prayer there will bo a service to which women from other churches will be invited on friday afternoon feb 25th the ucw held their first general meeting of the year on wednesday evening jan 19 mrs douglas haclarep open ed the meeting with prayer and ad evotional period conduc- and a devotional was opened with a hymn followed by scrip ture reading by mrs pouglas latimer mrs george ironside gave a reading on faith in the new year mrs s hall ctoscd this part of the meeting with prayer various annual reports were read and submitted by the com mittee chairmen the year 1065 proved to be a busy one and results were encouraging fullprogram is underway for the coming year as well the new leaders of each unit were encouraged to attend the leadership training day at first united port credit on jan 31 following the benediction a large birthday cake was served by unit b the four candles on the cake represented the fourth year of the ucw thanks of the ladies wa expressed by mrs ken faulkner descrifces2err diploma program for county nurses landmark dominvmij thel dung over rilver lows th tower of russian design now lies unused guarding a maze of mink cages across the court capt blochin inset a r skyline on dimitri huttonville farm was built over 38 years ago as a tower for nan civil war veteran owner 61 huttonville mink farm has specialized in mink breeding since 1927 and started when mink was virtually worthless the halton county chapter of the registered nursesassoc iation of ontario held a meet ing on january 18th- at the oakville trafalgar memorial hospital highlights of the meeting in cluded a discussion and clarif ication by members from prov incial office of proposed chan- ti the areas of member- ship elections field organiza tion and committees those changes will be voted on at a general meeting in tor onto january 29th miss elizabeth meus director of the hamilton and district school of nursing spoke on their two year diploma pro gram this course graduates its first class of graduate nurses in september of this year part of their clinical experience hav ing been received in both the joseph brant hospital burling ton and the oakville trafalgar memorial hospital oakville miss maus stressed the point that it is particularly important in the shortened programme to combine good experience and theory in order that the student obtain the most from the learn ing experience instal new officers hornby uc women the general meeting or the hornby united church women was held on wednesday night january 19 in the church base ment mrs james snow new president presided for the meeting the installation serv ice for new executive was in charge of reverend eldin lin- stead the minutes of the last meeting were read by the sec- cretary mrs orville grexton and the treasurers report by mrs harold robson the roll call word new was answered by the 15 ladies attending the scripture and meditation period was in charge of mrs johnston ncelands rev eldin linstead was the guest speaker and he chose as his topic the changing church in canada which was compar ed with 1941 to 1961 conditions and proved some churches bad made progress and some took a slump used christmas cards were handed in to be sent to the mis sions lunch was served by mrs harold robson and mrs orville grexton a tobogganing party held at the glen eden ski slop es on friday night january 21 when fifteen of the eden united church young peoples society enjoyed a night of outdoor activity with plenty of spills following the tobogganing they all went to lido restaurant in milton for refreshments mr and mrs alex peterson of the 8th line have sold their farm and will be moving to oakville in the near future mr and mrs arthur plant art enjoying a months vacation in florida they are accompanied by mr and mrs john plant of islington get well wishes to mrs geocl ga leslie who is a patient in the milton district hospital we axe sorry to report that larry rutledge had two bones broken in bis right wrist on friday night while tobogganing at the glen eden ska slopes p anniversary greetings to mr and mrs john thorne who will celebrate their wedding anniv ersary on january 30th j birthday greetings to the fol lowing who are celebrating their birthdays glen plant on january 27 joseph shea on january 28 mrs iren saunders james plant and lew sampson on january 29 william stout and oage laursen on january 31 nancy patterson and janet hill on february 2 a speedy recovery is wished for margaret shea who has been i home sick with the fln for thef past week a heavy mw with driving winds on saturday nigfatv and early sunday morning caused many inconveniences to local farmers on the ninth line hydro went off at 2 sun in the morning and was not repaired until 1s pjn in the afternoon children had to he taken to other homes where then was beat and the farmers couldnt milk their cows until the after noon some had to be satisfied thb ttskntostown hhald thursday january 27rh 1h4 page b with cold neals and mom mad hot meals on picnic barbecues did vou knowt there wtu he 225 bilingual hostesses to help visitors to expo many of them will speak three or more languages expo coincides with the 323th anniversary of the founding of montreal the second largest fronchspeaunc city in the world for fast action multiple list1i6 service consult a member of the brampton real estate board iii- l m brown od optometrist c it 35 mill street georgetown gust off main street phone 1773671 were handing you europe on a silver platter if youve got the time weve got everything else a boac flight at the very time you want to travel and sew low low fares this summer theres a record number of 29 transatlantic flights a week from toronto jet direct to london by magnificent boac rollsroyce 707 or air canada giant dc8 jet from april 1 the new low transatlantic fares come into effect example a 21day economy excursion torontoparis flight will cost you only 5381 return europes waiting so why wait any longer see yourtravel agent iritish overseas airways c0rp0rahdh flftti air cauda your local boac agent is barber henley ltd 27 mill street b7722m comptef travel servic at no extra cost to you georgetown with oakville as lew federal ridings discussed i a new federal electoral map 1 rwhich tears apart the old riding kof halton was presented to parliament last week in reports from 10 independ- i lent provincial commissions as- med to revise ridings in line j with the 1961 census it is re- neomniended to wipe out rename l reshape all bdt six of the present 265 ridings across can ada reflecting the population imrta to urban areas since the old maps were drawn in 1952 mpi now have 30 days to protest these for reconsiderat- tons v lton- riding halton riding which now limply taxes inthftaeven rauni- t dualities in the county would be 1 split into what one official calls 1 an impossible jigsaw puzzle i under the proposed revision fhatoh riding would include a long narrow corridor stretching from oakville in the south al most 40 miles north to include i erin township in wellington i county halton riding ould contain jftsquesing milton georgetown and acton as well as oakvijje and erin the present riding of halton i listed 66751 eligible voters in 1 the november federal election new riding burlington which now is part of halton riding becomes part of the new haltonwentworth riding which would be created under the proposed redistribut- l haltonwentworth would in- i elude the town of dundas and ieast and west flamborough in wentworth county nassagaweya now in halton i riding would join wellington riding which loses erintohal4 dr harry harley halton mp faald the redistribution seemed air and added that burlington and oakville were now 1 large to be lumped together nt riding george kerr halton mpp laid the redistribution only con- t the issue especially after j provincial redistribution proposal under the revised provincial i electoral boundaries proposal hilton riding is split on an wesl basis now you have four ridings including the pre- provinclal n federal 1 mr kerr tjm riding of peel will disj ippear completely under the i vised electoral boundaries to be replaced with two newly created ridtafs- peeldufferin and pee wfch advertising mail chairman tb survey public relations the appointment of mr h g scatie vice president of rus sell t kelley co limited as public relations chairman for the forthcoming halton county testing and xray survey was announced today by rev m estabrooks general chairman of the survey mr scaife has appointed the following to serve as his committee mr a j fish chairman of chairman of publicity mr h c hardwtck chairman of news letter mr win a tyre chair man of speakers the mass survey is scheduled to begin on february 1st 1966 with the schools portion of the survey and will completely 4- ver all sections of halton coun ty all school children have rec eived cards which they have been asked to lake home to re ceive 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