18 Feb 1931
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 18, 1931
Page
1
The piece argues a home is more than brick and luxury. True home rests in tenderness, peace, prayer, and serving with love. A grand palace may shelter bodies but not souls if hearts lack loyalty and kindness.
Caleb Peaslee recalls souring on neighbor Clem Bassett as a city man moving in wins him over by fixing Caleb's faulty gasoline engine. Cleaves helps with machinery and ultimately earns respect, while Caleb vows to mend his ways. The tale ends with Caleb admitting self doubt and a cautious optimism about future neighborliness.
A Canadian junior farmer recounts winning a five stock judging trip to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. The journey includes stays at the Royal York, tours of UF O facilities, a Massey Harris event, and speeches by government officials before returning home to farm life.
Ottawa columnist Robert Lipsett argues for a simple, transparent grading system for butter meat and fruits to protect consumers and producers. He warns current terms like firsts and fancy mislead shoppers and harm export markets as immigration shifts and resource control favor prairie provinces.
The Herald thanks for receiving the Department of Trade and Commerce handbook Canada 1931. A 200 page illustrated volume presenting a broad view of Canada from Atlantic to Pacific. It aims to inform outsiders about the Canadian situation and aid domestic business planning for 1931.
Beekeepers from Canada and the United States gathered in Toronto hosted by the Ontario Beekeepers Association and the Ontario Honey Producers Association. About six hundred attended the practical program, each topic led by an internationally renowned expert.
Aline Michaelis urges looking back to reclaim bright hours before cynicism dimmed joy. The verse reflects on simple childhood magic, pure loves, and lasting memories that illuminate later life. It cautions against becoming too wise to value innocence and familiar comforts.
The Ottawa meeting of the Executive of the National Council of Women urged wide changes. Proposals include citizenship protections, stricter gun control, adultery crimes, women on juries in pivotal criminal cases, universal civil registrations, housing for the war memorial, dating and calendar reform, and a Canadian broadcasting framework.
NOTES AND COMMENTS PREPARATIONS are being made for the taking of the 1931 census of Canada. An army of government workers will visit every Canadian home to record number sex religion nationality and other details. The Dominion bureau of statistics will supervise with more than 700 clerks and about 15 000 field workers.
Essays recall how highway tree planting clashes with road widening, urging protection of maples and elms. Two women reflect on how small town gossip contrasts with city life, while neighbors share meals and aid families, showing continuity of human kindness and self reliance.
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