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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1948
Page
5
Anniv services set for Sunday June 13 at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Guest speaker Rev J Laval Smith BA BD of Toronto. Special choir music planned. Glen and Mount Pleasant services withdrawn. All welcome.
Farmers urged to spray dairy animals at two to five week intervals during summer. After heavy rain, respraying is advised. Two sprays using DDT products are described: a 50 percent powder in water to yield 1–2 percent final spray, and a stronger 60 percent powder in one gallon water. Care foreseen to mask food and drinking vessels due to DDT toxicity.
National Holstein Sale at Oakville Arena topped by a J J E McClque consigned Holstein at 5000 dollars. A Sovereign daughter from Oakville sold for 2650 dollars and a Paragon daughter brought 1500. Golden Guernsey Sale top price was 1450 for a Paris consigned heifer. Halton Hatton Guernsey consignments included 726 for a Georgetown bred heifer. A Shorthorn meeting at Acton featured H R White and Prof Runions with Calf Club members present.
Vic and Jo reveal their identities in a farewell column from G H S noting summer holidays, editorial guidance, and their playful self awareness as readers learn who writes the quirky student notes.
Mrs. C. L. Scott of Leeds England arrived last week to visit her son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Young. She crossed on the Aquitania. Harry Reed of Guelph, husband of the former Mary Bludd of Glen Williams, won a 1948 Ford in Stamford service club raffle.
Douglas Bracken formerly a Bank of Montreal teller in this town moves to Timmins as an assistant accountant at the Brampton branch. He married Helen Thompson three years ago and she will join him in Brampton once they secure an apartment.
The notice lists church services for St George's Archdeacon Thompson and other congregations. St Alban's Glen Williams offers Holy Communion at 9 30 am and Sunday School 10 30 am. Georgetown United Church holds 10 am Sunday School and 11 am sermon by Rev. Russell MacGilli vray. Ballinafad and Churchill provide worship and Sunday School times. Melville schedules 2 pm Sunday School and 3 pm Public Worship.
Mass notices for Holy Cross RC Church list Father V J Morgan officiating. Services on the third and fourth Sundays include Mass at 9 am, with the remaining Sundays at 11 am. Parish calendar details remain subject to change.
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