Ontario Community Newspapers

The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), September 4, 1968, p. 28

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OH Wei Many of the awards from the came district farmers Cecil and Son of home first prize for their Junior Yearling Jersey heifer Mordale Vicky Mi Farm Report mmmwBy Al Wall time to Agricultural Representative for York County September a busy month on farms In to up the ham there are a lot of things that work well m September Fertilizing and pastures is one of them Plants letini yhe for the inter in the next three or four week Some put on 11 be used by the plant for this purpose By October the plants are slowly going dormant and fertilizer put on wont be taken up until next spring For fields that need a lot it will save monev to use materials like Triple Super phosphate and Muriate of Potash Where small amounts needed it will Use a mixture like Its a good time to kill weeds now too I hardly ever see a sprayer out at this time of and think we are missing a good chance to hit the enemy when he is fairly easy to knock off There ae many biennial weeds that have Started growing now for next year Blueweed bin dock wild carrot goats beard bull thistles j yellow rocket can be killed more easily now tiiui next spring when they have their root sys tems well developed Quack grass can he hit now too sprayed on green second growth will a good job On fields going to corn the first part of n split Atrazine application could go mi now and be worked in Again these chemicals will do lot better job now than they will later on when growth has nearly stopped Soil sampling is timely now as well With grain prices at rock bottom fertilizer dollars have to be rationed out very carefully and soil ting is a safe way to do this We have boxes at our office and if samples are brought in to our office in Newmarket will send them to the laboratory at Tree defoliation caused by insect Area flowers win prizes ZEPHYR Miss Viola Gillian of Mount Albert demonstrated flower ar ranging at a recently Gillian hints to people who had entered bouquets In the groups show The flowers were judged during the meeting and prizes were awarded afterwards Mr and Mrs Harland of Toronto and Mr and Mrs Erven of Keswick were recent visit- at the homes of Mr and Mrs Stan Lunney and Mr and Mrs Clarence Picker ing Bob Hester has returned home from a hoilday in the Mr and Mrs William Smith and Mr and Mrs Charles Calvert spent last Saturday evening with Mr Mrs William Pegg return- to her home after spending three weeks in Princess Margaret Lodge elefanton That means I do not see an elephant in Esperanto a language some people hope will be international someday Mrs Dorothy Henderson an author who lives on a farm in King is one of those people She competes in oratory delivered in Esperanto and feels Its neutral and its simple she says With two lessons a week you can learn it in four months Unlike English Es peranto has rules with no exceptions Mrs Henderson has always been in terested in the world scene At age she began a lifetime of travel when she attended a world Sunday school i Japan She stayed i Returns from Essex England returned from an extended visit with his grandmother at B Her cay Essex Eng calls giggled when the natives talked about Adam and Eve and the snake in MAPLE Saddled Pro minent Heterocampa gut tivitta a native insect has caused pronounced tree de foliation this year in the north part of Oro and the south part of Townships and parts of Zone Forester stated thai heavy infestations are pur ported be of relatively short duration probably 2 to years due to natural control factors which tend to reduce the population These include parasites and which attack the larvae and mice which feed on the pupae in the sub surface fuel layer former ly known as duff Beech and sugar maple appear to be the preferred species for egglaying and feeding but other hard wood species are also at tacked Most of the feeding had been finished by August 2nd creating a late fall ap pearance in many Mr McNeice stated it is likely reasonable to antici pate high populations for at least another year and aerial spraying of a proper insecticide Is the only effec tive nonnatural control The Wiling Workers of Union Church will meet at the home of Mrs James Hope on Sept at 2 pm Mr and Mrs Robert Shropshire and family have moved to their new home at Sharon Members of Pine Orchard Womens Institute are plan ning their next meeting at the home of Mrs Lome Shropshire on Sept The topic will be the history of the owns and villages in the community with the program convened by the Historical and Current has collected material for articles and four books Her first book I Live and Move was published in 1953 by Philosophical Li brary New York speaking to a novice but a speaking to other humanbeings She writes New York always thrills me It is so alive However to arrive by air inlo the jostling crowds re quires some mental and emotional ad justment for I am a Canadian and our tempo is slower But soon I learn again Last time it was Lemuel I was on my way back home Lemuel was driving the taxi that Lemuel and the author strike up the they build a You can imagination different people and how id how they live travel too I said by you know Do you like to Mr and Mrs John Lloyd and their family of Cedar Valley recently returned I used to read all the lime and write a little too came the halting reply But I gave that all up it hurt so inside that well I became a little queer and now it is better better 0 forget all that those beautiful thoughts and the things great men A PROFILE Mrs Dorothy Henderson is a King Township housewife and author whose interests run from Esperanto to gardening She has written four books and numerous articles travelled widely and is active in church work think You know the taxi business is won derful You meet such fine people I said goodbye to him with a great ache in my heart for I felt something of his deep frustration all the riches he wanted so to give and couldnt For you see Lemuel was Negro In Mrs Henderson published her second book For the Greater Glory bio graphical sketches of six humanitarians put out by Exposition Press New York The six include Kasturbai Gandhi wife of a Gandhi Robert Schmitz French musical educator Dr Marion Canadian physiclal German Lewin minister Dr Howard and singer Roland Hayes Her husband Douglas Henderson sketched the symbol designs in the book He is Assistant Business Administrator of the Etobicokc Board of Education in Toronto Her third book People Have Power is meant lo be used by study groups to probe the meaning of democracy She quotes a poem SIR I respect your social graces Youre known in all the public places A Mason what Is more a Shriner A luncheon speaker and a diner An evergreen Canadian Clubber At Bridge the one who wins the The Rectors Warden at St Stephens Constant at matin and at evens persistent votary past president of Rotary Of And Youre there Some clever people drive themselves too hard And in emergencys too sudden blight Have no reserves and wink out like light J Have Power was published in 1964 by Harvest House Montreal Her final work The Heart of New foundland was also published by Har vest House in 1965 I sort of love everything she says She takes pleasure in nature walking and gardening and used to figure skate play tennis and ride Royal Conservatory of Music engaged in volunteer work for the United Nations and for the cause of Christian education at local national and International levels The Hendersons have one daughter two sons and eight grandchildren One more interesting fact Dorothy Hendersons uncle is a millionaire Col Sam McLaughlin Before he retired he was chairman of General Motors of Canada Now at age he holds an honorary position as president of the corporation Sometime in August Mrs Henderson will publish a manuscript on her history focusing on her grandfather Robert McLaughlin carriage builder and a Founder of General Motors Put out by Alger Press the manuscript will be the Oshawn Public library How does Mrs Henderson feel about being rich feel guilty she soys Discover THE TREMENDOUS VARIETY OF STORES IN NEWMARKET

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