Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 13, 1966, p. 5

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the rectclay location and scenery attracted john agg a painter who no looser paints landscapes bat modern art is artist john agg of ter ra cotta for those to whom such art is a mystery time spent with mr agg will smooth any tion comprehension they may have mr agg will explain that painting is based on basic lines and composition rather than on the article to be painted an artist will change the branch of a tree if he thinks bis line for the branch will improve the balance of the painting will say my paintings are completely abstract or figures or still life or colage paintings five years ago he and his wife came to terra cotta from toronto tliey looked around for the kind of place they want ed and they found it in the limehouse mrs stephen thompson and children have returned from a month visiting her parents at lauder manitoba mr and mrs whalen north bay visited mr and mrs glynn a week ago congratulations to mr and mrs al jennings on the am val of a little brother for san dra lynne last week his name la likely to he mark allan mr and mrs j w noble mrs jas noble and mr and mrs karn attended the fun erat of a cousin mrs copley in toronto last wednesday the gentlemen as pall bearers the limehouse presbyterian ohurch ladies served turkey dinners to somewhat over three hundred and fifty on tuesday evening last week some guests wish they did so more often the w i hat display at geor getown fall fair drew admiring comments rev young conducted com munion services at limehouse presbyterian church on sunday mr and mrs c paxton were received as new members we regret that mr and mrs f hale have both been hospital ized we hope that they may ba better soon valley of the credit river at terra cotta one of the most beautiful spots in this area right plata terra cotta with its beauty and peacefulness seems to be just the place where artists should be mrs agg ateacber in georgetown does ceramics and they have added a shop to then home where visitors come to see and buy paintings pottery by her and enamels by him all we have here mrs agg said has been made by ourselves there are several pieces of wire sculpture that he has also made first ventura tlb is our first venture and we thought terra cotta just about ideal because of its red clay its proximity to the city and the attractiveness of the river and the trees he ex plained the aggs dig some of the clay themselves for their pot tery additional supplies art imported mr agg a full time artist had several jobs in the past but all he points out as a means to an end born in whitby he started art at northern vocational school in toronto and worked at commercial art or two years after their marriage they went to live in british columbia and be taught art at the high school at courtaey rc he has had ex hibiuons ot his work in van couver osbawa toronto and at gallery house sol in george town on tbeir return from british columbia to toronto mr agg was in charge of the art de partmeot at the ontario ladies college in whitby for three years being an artist is no hobby be points out- an artist and a hobbyist are two distintively different things i have no ob jection to people painting and ha then work on the wall so long as they do not look on themselves as artists it is sential to realue that whit yon are doing is a bobby and cooking in particular the casserole line is enjoyed by mr agg and as his wife u away from home each day he has ample opportunity to use his skill m this direction hem settina the agg home just off the road is set in treed rich green lawns going down to the rivers edge off the restful bving room with its paintings on the wall ts a large attractive kitchen with a dining area the vi from here is of the lawn and trees and the nyer flowing at the bottom of the garden robert r hamilton optometrist ofrce hows omit cakretal bidg 116 mountainview road for appointment 7771 bruce mcclure winner of haltons centennial farmstead improvement contest bruce mcclure georgetown 780 11 retard girdhoiue r u the winner of halton s cen tenotal farmstead improvement contest sponsored by the ont dept of agriculture and ipe halton federation of agrlcul tune his farm will be judged en a provincial level with the winners of other ontario coun ties the provincial prizes are as follows first prize 500 se cond prue 400 third 300 fourth 200 fifth 100 sixth 73 seventh s0nd eighth 25 thexompetition was first con ceived by the dept of agrlcul tural and horticultural socie ties branch of the onl dept of agnc as a centennial project to beautify ontario countryside for centennial year the hallon county depl of agriculture took up the project and contacted the halton coun ty officials who decided on a centennial tree planting pro ect for thetcounty the dept of agriculture also contacted the hallon federation of agric ulture and the halton county centennial farmstead improve ment contest was started the farms were visited in au gust 1965 and inspected and cored they were visited in august 1966 and scored again the prizes were awarded accor ding to the gain made from aug 1965 to august there were 25 farms entered in the competition the halton federation of agriculture mat ched the prize money offered by the qnt dept of agriculture by adding 150 all contestants will receive at least 7 50 the contestants in order of finish and their prize are as follows 1 bruce mcclure rr3 geor getown 50 2 george read bead r r 2 hilton 40 3 ross lawrence r r 1 milton 30 4 kenneth ella r r 1 hor nby 20 5 cecil patterson r r 4 milton 10 6 thomas al derson r r 1 hornby 7 50 7 t e hayes burlington j7 50 8 lloyd chisholm r r 3 mil ton 7 50 9 fred nurse r r 2 georgetown 7 50 10 hendcr vale farms r r 6 milton r 3 milton 700 12 w j nox- rington rr6 milton 750 is featherstone bros ar1 oak ville 750 14 s p a red grave r r 1 campbeuville 750 15 frank robertson br5 hilton 750 16 albert schouten r r 1 campbeuville 750 17 stanley waters r r 2 georgetown 7 jo 18 lloyd dry r r 1 burlington 750 19 denzil f lawrence r r 1 hilton 750 20 gordon s hume r r s milton 730 21 vincent georgetown 7ju 23 john mayer 80s cum berland avex burlington 750 23 c v patterson r r nor val 790 m murray cole r r 2 acton 700 23 leslie bish op r r 1 glen williams 730 to beautify our countryside u a worthy centennial project and those who put forth effort in this contest are to be congra tulated on their achievements to take pride in one a property and its ajumrance is also to give pleasure and pride to the community and oar country the appearance of our proper ty is the mirror by which stran gers and tourists see canada the prizes will be presented at the halton federation ot ag ricullure s annual meeting so metime in early december nurses answer critic mrs jtiora hesson leader of the 22 public health nurses who quit the halton county health unit following an jnsuccessful bid for collective bargaining rights has answered a toronto lawyer who criticized the nurses fight for recognition the nurses want voluntary collective bargaining rights to discjss grievances the county council says they must be car tificd with the ontario labour lawyer bradshaw boa before an fur in bame paul in said the nurses strike it isn t a strike the nurses have quit stems from the refusal of the registered nurses assoc tation of ontario to follow cer tification procedure of the lab or relations acl he told tne association of ontario counties the refusal means the association wants all the rights and privileges of a trade unions withoutxaccepting duties and responsibilrjes mrs hesson said i wonder what he thinks of ontario county the nurses there are a bargaining unit and has a con tract and is not certified i think this should be brought forward why should one coun ty have it and another not why would we try to be cer titled we tried to be and the halton county council blocked us it goes back to lack of com mumcation with the board of health the nurses resigned septem bcr 12 and preventative health i measures in the county have come to a halt 1 talks have been held between the county council and the nur ses but have come to nothing meanwhile despite a greylist ing by the registered nurses association of ontario the hal ton county health unit has ad vertised vacancies for public health nurses they have had 12 applicants thi qiorqitowfl hikald thursday oct uhfc in 64 interest paid on guaranteed investment certificates amounts 5100 to 100000 term 1 to 5 years enquiries mrnto halton peel trust savings company headomci oakvtlu train to montreal ask about convenient departure and return times fof information phona lh focal i silas office canadian national a bexscout apple day this saturday oct 15th nmm gtso generously entire proceeds go to scout groups in the area ever petted a platypus jf s prolxabry the most aaqoe crca tareyoall and aaywaul because the iitarpmdoae of estates odtfaaeslidtoul web- fooled with a nit any coat yoal can observe this shy caanc cnatnre el the fash water straps of eastern 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