The Brussels Post, 1945-3-7, Page 21'
THE BRUSSELS POST
conservation programmes. There
is every likelihood that these can be
clone with greater facility anal ut
less oost after the war than in thee()
years,
It ks a most opportune tante to save,
and !savings should' be placed in
some liquid form ,ofinvestment such
as 'Victory Bonds,
4a4tITHE RED CRQSS.ASKS YOUR HELP,
TO HEAL A WAR-TORN WORLD &1161
• Wherever the great destroyer, War,
has passed, pain, suffering and sorrow
follow in its wake. Young mea on the
battlefield or is hospitals are tormented
by sickness or wounds. Little children,
mothers, aged people are homeless,
hungry, cold. In every theatre of war,
whole cities lie in ruins. Millions are
suffering the pangs of disease, starvation
and dire want.
So the Red Cross will continue to
reach out a helping hand. It must heal
Campaign Headquarters
CAtIADI
and comfort our own sick and wounded.
It must send food, clothing, medical
supplies to war-torn lands.
And the Canadian Red Cross will
answer this urgent call. For the Canadian
Red Cross is you and your friends and
your neighbors, and all the good folks
up and down this fair Dominion of ours.
You will send help —yes, life itself —to
the stricken people of other lands. You
will stand staunchly behind your Red
Cross, and — GIVF
Brussels Phone 68x -r-2
GREY
March 1st being Mr, and Mrs,
bUoggart's 'thirty-fourth wedd1ig an-
niversary, iabotit forty of their old
aehoolmates gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ken. :Shurrie. Airs.
Hoggart being a sister of Mrs.
Sburrie and Mrs. Stan. Wheeler.
After 0 very pleasant evening was
spent in games social chat and a
sing- song Mrs Shurrie served lunch
and ,during lunch Mr. and Mrs.
Hoggart were served with a parcel
containing a leather Mee and
locket for Mrs. Hoggart and Mr.
Hoggart a. bit fold and signet ring.
Mr, 'and' Mrs. Hoggart both thanked
their friends very fittingly. The
good wishes of all go with Mr. and
Mrs. Hoggart as they leave for
BRED CROSS
giro/1.e
SOI. CONSERVATION IN
ONTARIO
poor quality outdt, all provided mute
;ant concrete and convincing evl•
[(tree that, Tor too long a time, as
Inc saying goes, these farmers "had
old their manure over the mown-
lain" to the fruit growers ' beyond,
Such observations make one wonder
bareOn the development of the re- 'Metter correction is to be brought
Uaeco industry, this land was all re- about by arbitrary Government
claimbed and made productive for
By Hon. I M.er ll . Doa • the growing of tobacco, by the use dictation or by intensive education
Farm, Ingersoll. Ont., former of cover crops, ploughed in to give Personally, I lean toward the latter, t
bMinister of Agriculture. So far i have referred o'hielly to the i
manure
to the soil, m the use of maintenance of soil fertility, which'
manure bought from general farms
Iv
the t::•rth and, r, (nurse, by the is but one of the many forms o naxt9
liberal purchase of artificial fertil- e'wscrvation, Per instance,
originally fertile farm hillsides ate i-
iters. washing away and much of the guod
This programme was only made
possible because tobacco vas then, soil is being carried to the valleys
(u least. paying much better than avid flat surfaces below. Th'.s calls
Inc a proper system of drainage, of
the average farm crop and so the detour ploughing, and of planting.
operators were able to buy manure
and fertilizers in large quantitie .
Vet,' one is obliged to ask "Were
it not far Vetter had this 1'Adl•i been
reforested immediately after the
in :trap?
original e
the c r p
' •est
fin o
f gT
'tv
ltu g
Especially, is this query pertinent some in the West and more in the
in Old Ontario, where already the Eaki. This is occurring iu parts of
wooded area is running fa; below the Province where our yearly Pre -
Dal 15 to 10 per cent, onsi e:ad tlpita.tion is sufficient, Yet we are
essential in those 1s ropeen experiencing floods at one time of
countries, where much scientific the year and water famines at an-
study has been given to reforeeta- other. With swamps being cleated
an -
'Conservation." tion policies. and ,detained, with wooded area.
In later years I cared to reside in : On a rather dreary August day, becoming less and less, with re -
ter
the County t Oxford — a section, while Minister of Agriculture, iohad ' forestation limited — in spite of the
the most part,n of good and occasion to drive south -exit over' commendable good work of some
fertile sail. But. l the southwest
gonion mf the county 1 saw, on nay , Number 20 highway. I could not municipal authorities Old Ontario
first visit, an area of Mile -stamp avoid feeling depa•essed., as I viewed , is sorely lacking In water reservoirs.,
fences, of tumbled -down, and aban. 1 farm after Tarin of heavy, yet robbed The whole Problem is so big that
dcned buildings, of light and browing � end depleted soil, which it would it ca,ll5 for action in a big way
sands, with here and there stalks of take years to rebuild. An undue ' Surveys regn[re to be made and
rye snrvivltig, maturing and pro- i surplus of bare fields, of unpainted
acted upon. Some projects with,
pagating themselves, Obviously, rye � and decrepit hooses and out necessitate prosecution exchtsively
'had been grown as a last resort in a buildings, a farmer and his wife by the (lovernmeut or by a group or
field crop Programme Within a. few I hauling In poor mlality hay, with a Cpnnmiseton• vested with govern-
meet authority, Oth,er,soti ,onserva-
; tion projects, will xquire consllerable
their home on March 6th,
Reeve Alex Alexander who has
been quits poorly lately Is much
better and able to attend acuneil
meetings, He Is also Warden of
Huron County.
lames and Mee. Hogar, who have
spent the test couple of months
t isititig in and around Brussels
have retua'ned to their home 1n
]Anymore, Sasbc.
Win, Bremner, a pioneer resident
of Ethel community passed away
il'ierch 4th. He was a most highly
respected citizen,
(Note — This is the fifth of a series
or comments by well-known author-
ities, written expressly for the
Weekly Press of Ontario.)
"First impressions are most last-
ing." When quite a young chap I
rode a bicycle over a road In East-
ern Ontario, which is now a pro-
vincial highway. At one spot I
always had difficulty in pushing
several rods of blew sand, drifted
across from an area of light soil.
In the intervening years. I have
motored several times over the
modern highway. No sand is to be
sten. A reforested plot — TIM wall
developed and most pleasing to the
eye — has remedied the situation.
This was my first lesson In '`Soli
It is now almost an annual story -
to find acute water shortage, on
-many Parnas in Old Ontario. In the
Present month (December) a short
nties —
in Oen• oou
Age is
reported
g
NOTICE
All persons desirous of procuring trees for planting
this spring are requested to contact the school teacher in
your section not later than March 16th.
By placing orders in tars manner there is no cost to per-
sons desiring such trees and they will be delivered to the
school y County truck.
A v person Ydiorddec ing 00 or more trees may have them
parceled in an
N• W.Miller
County Clerk, is an excellent time to save money
-... For Potterer improvements and for
en -operation upon the part of ' the
fartnere themselves, Some aot.ivitiee
are, indeed, entirely within theft
own°bands. These Include reGores-
tation where %Dine labour costs are
Involved, cover and legume crops,
wherein seed east ,are n, factor, and
it may indeed he governmeni con,
nervation schemes, to the farmers
advantage, wherein additional faxes
err involved,
These are clays when farmers are
conaervtt1g more money than they
can 0oottmtslafe In normal Bayles. It
BELGRAVE -
Wednesday, Manch Tthh, 1946
Adventure In Gold
nip -roaring tales of the Moodlice
'Gold Rush when thousands of sour•
ongh's and their women stormed a
frozen wilderness, will be told in
The Atueriean Weekly with The
Detroit Sundae Tines, "starting -with
this Sunday's (March 11) issue,
Ohaptet 1: TI•I 12STORY OP SOAPY
SMITH, thief, con -man and murder.
er. Get Sunday's Detroit Times,
soc1atton of Trinity Ohur,et met
at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
,foseeph Dunbar on Friday aysnlug,
With Nora YanCamp and Lorna d
Dunbar in charge. of the program,
A pacer on "Seeing Things Right-
ly', was given by Audrey Bradburn
.A donation of 21.00 was voted to
the 'Stewart Henry"' fund. Games
and a spelling match were enjoyed,
OM lunch area served 1»' tite 1
hostess. .
The Ladies' Guild of 'Malty
Anglican Church met on Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Robert McCrea with a good attend-
ance. Mrs. Shoebottom, 1st vices
president, conducted the meeting
(luring which Mrs. Richard Procter
gave a paper on hymns and hymn
After the meeting a •sale of baking
and miscellaneous articles was held,
with Robert lticCtea acting as 0115-
tioneer. The proceeds amnonnted to
Knox United Church \ouutrl
People's chicon met in the school-
room of the church Friday evening,
with is present. William McClonag-
1 her opened the meeting and eau-
clucted the business. WIll1•am M'an-
ning led the worship service and
gave 0 paper on "Canada Today
and Tomorrow," following with a
questionnaire on the subject. 'f ne
scripture lesson was read by Mrs,
Ilunlap, Mrs, George Michie and
Robert Crosby were nppo':ated in
arrange a program for a St. .tat•
dales meeting on March 16, which
will be followed by a social. Patsy
Anclers,on was pianist for t1Te ('e-
ning. Rev. G. H. Dunlop clos.d the
meeting with prayer,
about $5.00.
The Anglican Young People's As.
WALTON
Sgt. W. Harvey Btyans has beer
invalided .hoarse to Canada after
serving in Italy for 12 illouths, He
is now at Montreal, where lie is
being held far treatment, and it was
from that city that he telephoned
his wife to acquaint her with the fact
ns bis safe arrival. wlsieh she had
been notified conte weeks ago to
expect. He enlisted, almost three
years ago, and trained at Ipperwash
and Listowel, His parents ,ire Mr.
and Mrs, IOdward Bryans of near
13 :115601S. IbIs wife, the former
Miss Corabelle Dtckeon of Dun.
gannon, has been the school teacher
at Sheppard -ton since September.
PROCLAMATION!
(Issued under the authority of the Emergency Slieltei• Regulations,
Order -in -Council, P.C. 9439, December 19, 1944)
:.15,1nIn
TO ALL PERSONS PLANNING TO MOVE TO
Victoria •Vancouver • New Westminster
Hamilton •Toronto •Ottawa •Hull
As part of a plan to meet congested conditions, all persons
who propose to rent or occupy family quarters in any of
these Emergency Shelter Areas are required by Board order
first to obtain a permit from the Administrator of Emer-
gency Shelter for the district.
The purpose of the order is to help those who must be
in these areas to obtain necessary accommodation.
Before completing arrangements to move to any of
these districts, write to the Administrator for full parti-
culars of the Emergency Shelter Regulations as they apply
to that district.
THISIS?HEL
,•.rF a
o person}fmay. move; to 4 and rent or occupy
,. r
family}quarters in any of„these districts without
"in Administrator's permit (Form E.S. 1).
Every person who rents or occupies family quarters in
any of these districts contrary to the order, commits an
offence and, in addition to other penalties, "will berequired•
by the Administrator to vacate the shelter and the district
at his own expense.
The Emergency Shelter Regulations provide serious penalties for hindering
or obstructing these efforts and for any contravention of the regulations
or of an order of the Board or of the Administrators.
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