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1 first year of publication v wedrseaday evciiidf novtmber 24tb 1937 150 per annum in advance 200 to us lew lieutenant governor appointed lor ontario altert matthews of toronto named by ottawa to succeed dr bruce assume office november 30th the fallowing surwurtoeaxent ag4 peered in this mornings globe and albert matthews member of a to- ronto brokerage firm hearing his and brother of hon r o r itthews minister- of national re- venue in the bennett government to- lay was named ueutenantoovernor of ontario he su hon dr h a bruce who announced his resigns ttan last night the appointment will its effective wov so k tr matthews is chairman of the board of governors of mcmat rr university president of the toronto league- of nations society and was chairman of the canadian delegation to the 1817 league of nations econo- fcaki conference at geneva born in lindsay may 17 irr mr matthews is married to margaret maude whiteside of lindsay they ban three children paul albert and mrs c p fell w k matthews ot tawa former chairman of the fed eral district commission is a brother mr matthews who is 64 will be the first bolder of the office since n who- has not moved into pela- al government house in rcsedales y charley park the tlo0bmx home of ueutensnt governors will be closed mr matthews made a brief state- went a few minutes after his ap pointment was announced tuesday night at ottawa he refused to dis cuss the question of where he would live during bis term of office i deeply appreciate the honour conferred upon me by the govern- ment he said so far as it lies writhln my power i shall endeavor fully to discharge the respond ml i ties and obligations of this high office large attendance at dance recital the gregory theatre was filled on monday evening when the pupils ft miss betty wright presented their first annual dance reeital the cos tumes were very pretty and the per formance by the pupils was a credit to their teacher miss jessie- mcdonald was the pianist of the evening assisted by miss ruth gibson of acton the program was presented as fol lows rythm review modem rythm elma tost lois emmerson in blue mary appleyard gertrude cain schooldays betty mae hunter hamilton tapping toes betty paul ethel xesmshrsd jane early walts jennie parmer vocal joan hale tap trio mary appleyard gert rude cain marguerite mcmenemy tap solo lorraine gardner to ronto siudq elma tost lois emmerson broken rythm ethel kemshead tap teasers betty wright costume shop toe solo betty wright vocsl jean blair top hat and tailsgertrude cain v soft shoe elma tost vocal kims tost mary tost tiller lorraine gardner toronto walts clog lois emmerson baby taps betty mae hunter toronto severely kennedy hamil ton barbara vincent acton acrobatic walts betty paul flocnt ton jennie parmer rythmetie taps elma tost lois kmmerson gladys hennle vocal buly vincent acton rtarl gladys hennle novelty arrangement lois emmer- aon elma tost la mhjtaire soldier dolls shirley harrison sylvia lorrlman fred warrens coronation march betty mae hun- rater hamilton colonel bogey betty paul ethel kemshead jane early la captalne betty wright god save the king at the close of the program miss etty wright miss jessie mcdonald little miss betty mae hunter o hamilton were each presented with lovely boquets of flowers heart attack claims miltons oldest resident charles jones miltons oldest resi dent died suddenly at his home on monday night- mr jones who was in his kth year was apparently in aood health and was chatting with friends on the street in- the after noon returning home in the even ing he had settled down to listen to his nolo and have his usual game of solitaire when he took s heart st and died a few minutes after bun in milton in lsu mr jones ha dreslded there ell his life and had taken sn active part in municipal af fairs he was deputy returning of- flosrfor nearly sixtyfive years with exception of a few years when was s member of the town coun cil he was an enthusiastic liberal tor some year he was in the under taking business always fond of ath- istic he made several records in v4 sports f he is survived b two sons stew art and bert jones of milton and one daughter mrs j storey milton he has twelve grandchudreu and one gnat grandchild norninarirtn next friday in the iniblic ufcrary when klectors will choost their representatives- in public offices for the isjs municipal matters up to now are very quiet and nomination is only two days hence however you never know what a day may bring forth the nomination meeting this year will be held lu the public library auditorium with a view to making it more comfortable for those who at- tend nominations will be received for the various offices from 730 to a pm af ter which the members of council and the ranrttdalew nominated wilt address the ratepayers every ratepayer should take an in terest in theaffalrs of the town and have a say as to who shall be their representative in the various elective offices of the municipality now it is up to you mr ratepayer we have told you the place and he date of the meeting so if you mr interested be present friday night goods shitted to west appreciated by recipients the following letter of acknowledg ment and thanks hxs been received by mr a madaren regarding one of the two cars of vegetables fruit etc shipped last jyyu to the wesr wulowbrook sask november 5 1937 and other countries mr a maclaren georgetown ont dear sir we received and distributed the canada extends her trad treaty in latin america by spectator ottawa nov jsrd the trade agreement just signed by canada wttb the small central american republic of sarraoor while not affecting a large volume of trade is nevertheless another link in the chain of canadas reciprocal bade agreements with other nations- we sell wheat dour some chemicals and paper to salva dor and buy to return some coffee fruit anda nbres the total annual trade being under 100 thousand dol lars but tlus agreement is another step in our policy of fostering jomj- merclal relations withlatin america with which we havea large volume of trade for twelve months ending september of this year canadas to tal trade with 11 leading- countries of south america central america and the caribbean amounted to r million dollars which was 15 mil lion over the year ending september 136 there were substantial gains both in imports and exports in tht period ending september iss7 we bought from these countries afjods to the value of 37 million and rud to them a total of 30 million our pur chases consist of various products of the- tropics coffee fruits sugar cocoa beans tobacco with oil in large quantities from colombia peru vene zuela and ecuador and indian com and hides from argentine the are simply some of the main items we bought nearly is million dollars worth of goods from argentine during the put year we imported a great deal of maiae indian oorni our exports are very varied covering both natural and manufactured products potatoes tfrom the maritlmec to cuba wheat and wheat nour rub ber products including vehicle ires prepared fish from the atlantic av pacific fisheries sawn douglas fir from british columbia to the south ern pacific coast countries powdered and condensed milk newsprint for the newspapers of argentina brarll farm implera- miss dark of nerval wins lady drivers race amd oou wrist watch at duffertn park toronto last saturday two us fires c otise and barn burned miss clark of norval onl won th- gotd wrist watch at dufierin park saturday afternoon by driving- pru dent grattan to victory in the s2s0 sjt pace for lady driver first event of its kind ever staged on- m canadian racetrack s miss clark took two firsts a sec ond and third in the four heats and was given real competition by mrs harvey of klppen ont who- was piloting kathleen orattari to a sum mary of sslk trie lady drivers provided a nne show for the largest crowd that has attended a dufierin harness meet in several years they drove their horses only about four seconds slower than the time that was made in the special sj4 pace that attracted some of ontarios best and had profession al men drivers on the blke best time made by the ladles was in the second neat when miss clark reined prudent gratian under the wire in 117 correspondence proposed addition to our high school ents and electric batteries and equip- j ment here again the list is incom plete but it will be seen that we liave made a good beginning in our carload of vegetables etc shipped i trade with these spanish and poru- from your dlsirlct to us and found euese speaking countries of the amj everything in firstclass shape eriean continent as these countries i you wui see by the enclosed list expand industrially in the future ouri the number of families which bene- trade can expand as well as lonj at fitted by your generosity a very- few we look after it years ago we were able to ship a car- 1 an interesting feature of our m- load from this district to the south ern part of the province but owing to drought this year the majority of farmers had- little or no crop and the gardens were almost a total fail ure port trade with latin america is extent of our oil petroleumt purj chases we have an expanding riro- j ducuon of high grade oil in our liir- ner valley fields in alberta but these wells supply only a small part o our requirements refiners brins on behalf of the district i wish to i convey to you our sincere apprccla- 1 ureal quantities from united slates lion for your gifts and to thank each oil fields but a large number of inl and everyone who made it possible auiomotuies travelling the roads of for this car to be shipped to us yours sincerely a r nell mr and mrs kersey celebrate anniversary canada are running on gasoline made from the oil which spurted up from the wells of the northwest and wes tern iart of south america catixd favetgn trade there was same lalllng off canadas export trade m the month of october compared willi the pr- i e slnd s ss owvmo t ivwof w- wsdtttrfe stzzozstfs us d wednesday nov us sgt ts i wlwal exports were wjwo0o v inir t ii j compared with tmaaiooo a decrease home of john wallace in caledon n t- iv- east by rev dr dovson then pas tor of the methodist church mr bemey was born in godcnch 78 years ago s son of the isle ed ward bemey native of cavan coun ty ulster mrs bemey was mbs agnes still daughter of the late geo still who came from scotland to canada 110 years ago settling lire at vinrsix they have been members of knoxl presbyterian church of which mr bemey was an elder for forty yesrv ever since their marriage mr ber- ney is a past master of caledon east miwitc lodge and has assisted h the initiation of his six sons into the lodge excellent attendance at milton short courses the three month schools in agri culture and home economics opened at milton on tuesday morning with over sixty young people in atten- jtjance at the home economics class in the oddfellows hall the younj ladles will concentrate during the next four weeks on foods and cook ery- and on clothing under the direc tion of miss lilly petty of toronto and miss u g howell or cainsvllle respectively at the class in agricul ture which is being held in the far mers bldg the young men will de vote the major part of their atteni uon to livestock including livestock judging and farm mechanics judg ing by the interest of the young people satisfactory courses are assur ed popvlar kipling story one of rudyard kiplings mast popular tales la the jungle book toomal of the mephinli has been made into s hun presented by alex ander knrds under the title of ele phant boy it will be shown at the gregory theatre georgetown on saturday nov 17th few works have such s wide ap peal as kiplings and it is not sur prising to learn that the jungle book has sold nearly mo 000 copies in english speaking countries alone now the publishers have issued trtoo- msl of the elephants as s separate volume with illustrations from seenas shown in the film dont rates seeing this wonderful picture st th qregory baturday of 15677000 there was an increti- of t7us000 in other products al though this increase did not reach the average advance which has on shown during the past few months the explanation of the decline in wheat ssles is simple enough last year the wheat board and other sell ing agencies were engaged in bring ing down the canadian surplus of grain to normal limits this year there is tu comparison little to sell with the carryover of last year and this years crop reaching a total of only ms million bushels and wltn domwllc requirements at 100 million there remains only llfl million for disposal abroad from august 1 ittl to november 11 export dearn- acces amounted to m million bushels leaving s balance of bl million ft we deduct ss million as a normal surplus to be held over next august when the crop year ends and an other harvest is available it means that only fi million bushels have to be sold before next august brsttus is not a large amount and with re cent news of frost damage in argen tina wheat fields which has streng thened prices holders of canadian wheat while raising no bar to the ex port of their product naturally wish to get the best price the market af fords it may be assumed that this ordinary business caution is betnj used for canada as a whole n is little enough recompense for the losses sustained through drought n saskatchewan it was in the exports of forest pro ducts i principally newsprint paper and woodpulp and some minerals that the main increases werja shown in october wood woodproducts and psper exports amounted to m- tftajom compared with tmljm0 in the previous october capper exports were svmijdoo compared with m- 043000 and nickel t4ttg000 compar ed with tutxomo asbestos sales were m4s1000 compared with tl107- two wives were discussing their respective husbands over a cup of tea the first complained that her husband never came home from his club until it was past midnight well my dear said her friend for yean i wondered where my hus band was spending his evenings and uien one night x reached homo early and there he wssl i november 14th 1917 to the editor of the georgetown herald dear sir on monday december sixth the electorate will be asked to voteon the proposed new addition to our high school this building made necessary by recent government regu lations will be a three storey struc ture containing a combined gymna sium and assembly room and foar new classrooms two of these rooms will be used for domestic science and manual training one for a class now sharing a room with another class and one for a library and studv room tills fourth room will be available for teaching agriculture which the department hints will soui be a compulsory subject the cost or this building will be approximately 4500000 750000 of which will be borne by the provin cial government the county share reckoned on the present attendance will be about tll00000 and the bal ance about 3500000 will be george towns share per your suidance in arriving at a fair decision we draw your attention to the following facts whether the addition is built or not the cost of this new compulsory fducution is still the responsibility of the laxpajer because if accommoda tion is not provided locally the par ent may if he desires send his child to another school and the cost of both education and transportation must be borne by the municipality in which he lives the addition will cost the town abogt 180000 jrr year for twenty years ii there is no addition and twenty pujuls go elsewhere 11 will cost ine toan u least 330000 an nually almost 40 of our high school students come from outside georcn- towii that means almost 40 of our reven re comes from these pupils wui these pupils continue to come here if our school lags behind the others 11 they do not come the town will have to provide the money which at present comes from the county grant on these students tp in order to meet this expense the tax rate must be raised one and a half mills which is more than ade quate it will cost the average pro perty holder about two dollars per annum we say ip because i the debenture debt of the town or georgetown has been reduced over loz0uo0 in the past nine years the retirement of debentures this year will be approximately the same amount as the annual payment on the proposed addition the addition will involve no in crease of the school staff but it will mean an annual in crease in the government grant op 78000 the cost of secondary education la georgetown is the lowest in the county and ii is our linn belief that it will be cheaper in every way to provide suitable accomodation local ly than to nave our children go out of town it is live intention or the board to present further facts for open discus sion at a public meeting to be held in uie gregory theatre on thursday evening december the second you are urged to give the matter careful thought the future of our town as well as of our children de pends on our keeping pace with changing conditions thanking you sir for the courtesy of your columns i am yours sincerely p st watson james nickeus house on 6th line and wm harding bam on 7n line totally destroyed with contents the home of james nlckeu th line esquesing- near lbnenouse was totally de by fire on monday evening between five and six oeax the flames were first n by mr- john nickelr a brother who- uvea on the next farm mr james nlckstx who lives alone on his farm was working ba his bam and did- not know of the fire until his brother gave the alarm neighbors quickly responded and everything possible was done but the names had gained such headway that very little was saved of the entire contents mr nlckeu was left with the suit he was wearing all his other clothes being destroyed fortunately the wind was blowing away from the ham and no damage was done to it or the contents the house was partially covered by insurance but mr nickeus loss will be quite heavy the farm bam of william harding 7th line including implements and the entire 1937 grain and hay crop was burned to the ground early tuesday night following the explo sion of a lantern in the granary the loss was estimated st ts000 the horses snd cattle- were saved with the assistance of uetgnb a farm laborer was alone in the barn at the lime the ng fami ly being sway from home for the evening entering the granary to obtain some oats for the horses the hired man is believed to have been carry ing the lantern which upset after being placed on the floor suddenly spurting into flames the fire spread rapidly to the main part of the barn but the hired man unassisted managed to get part of the animals to safety before the arrival of the neighbors the bam implements and crop were partly covered by insurance ashgrove the autumn thank offering meeting was held on tuesday in the church with 40 ladles present and the presi dent in the chair mrs charles jolllffe lately returned missionary from china was the guest speaker she brought the gathering a stirring message giving a closer understand ing of their real life and problems out of her- rich experience of serving i over 30 years in china she shared 1 some of her wealth of the actual sltu- atlon in china which will inspire all i to do better work we were pleased i to have some of the members from our neighboring societies of norval i hornby and boston the bright star mission band held their regular meeting on saturday af ternoon with 10 members present the womens institute are holding a progressive euchre at the home of mr and mrs c u dick on wednes day evening dec 1st the husband drew up a chair be side his wifes sewing machine the other day snd remarked dont you think its running too fast look out youll sew the wrong seam slow down or youll stick that needle in your finger why what the matter iu youf ive been running this machine for 10 years oh i wss merely trying to as sist you just as you try to help me drive the car sailor we just dropped our an chor isdy lady i thought you would its been dangling outside for soma time stewarttown mrs walter lawosn sr was in toronto last thursday and friday at tending the womens institute con vention held in the royal york hotel delegates were present from coast to coast mrs smethurst of umehouse wo mens institute also attended the con vention in the royal york hotel to ronto last thursday and friday mr ted bailey of toronto visited with his mother here on saturday the november meeting of ifaqum- ing womens institute was held ht the council chamber with quite number of the members snd several visitors present after the business part of the meeting was over s sale of pieces of fancy work baking and vegetables took place these were donated by the members a cup of tea sandwiches and cookies were served for a small fee after which the meeting closed with ihe singing or the national anthem ut was a pleasant and profitable afternoon for all present miss norma smith of brampton spent the week end at her home here mlss francis jenklnson of toronto was home over the week end mr jack smethurst of sudbury was home for the week end til weekly meeting of st jonns wa was held at the home or mrs joseph stand lsh oh thursday we are pleased to learn that mrs harry lawson jr has recovered suf ficiently to be able to leave the hos pital she is with tier mother mrs cove at acton and we hope to wel come her home in the near future the county council have made s very good job of the new culvert on john st- we trust the nearby pro perties will not be flooded again tor sometime miss ruby tennant who has been horns with s sore arm is progressinc favorably snd we hope will be able to return to work m s short time mr bennett is not yet able to re turn to his office the new red light on the broad casting tower st hornby is plainly visible from either lull in our vil lage mors hsd sn increase of 15 this year to make the present population of the village 1147 town council ssbsc issue of debentures to be sold locally oounco asked for support re new mgihj8cboffk building a special meeting of town council was held op tuesday evening with mayor gibbons in the chair heavs george davis and councillors a k crfpps harold cleave jos hall jas costigan and thos lyons present- it was decided to sell the 3038 is sue of debentures for the victoria st pavement locally a dr f r watson chairman of the high school board addressed coun cil and solicited their support in re gard to the proposed new high school building considerable time was spent in discussing the interim ststernent snd the finsnees of the town generally sf ter which council adjourned glen williams mr and mrs r blyth and george mr and mrs clatyon allen visited with the rev g l and mrs stephen son at eramosa on sunday mr and mrs jack graham and babe mr gordon graham and mr and mrs douglas copeland spent the week end with mr and mrs h b graham mr and mrs gordon robinson and children of erin spent sunday with mr and mrs wm halpln mr and mrs dolby of ouelph were visitors on sunday with mrs dolbys parents mr and mrs fred norton mr and mrs anderson or toronto spent sunday at glen haven guests or mr and mrs roger guyot held under the auspices of the l th lodge no sm a very success ful dance took place in the town hall on friday evening miss mary conn held thte winning ticket for the door prut a bridge table there was s very huge crowd present the children snd some sdultss enjoying good skating on the glen woollen mills dam and the hockey season opened on november 13rd ballinafad mr and mrs gear sinclair and family of milton visited sunday with friends here mr and mrs alex mckay spent saturday evening with mr and mrs john klrkwood of erin who were celebrating their silver wedding sa rd versary several members of the wji at tended the melville tliank offering meeting last wednesday dr scho- fleld or oac ouelph gave a splen did address on his missionary ex periences in korea the mission band held their thank- offering meeting in the church fri day evening there was s good at tendance and an interesting pro gramme was given by the boys snd girls rev a foreman acted as chairman mr a r merrism and mr d shortlll attended the royal winter fair last friday the november meeting of the wa was held at the home miss janey diverts mrs rev foreman took charge of the meeting the devo tional exercises were taken by mrs beswick snd mrs r mcknery plans were completed to holatmulssr snd fishpond early in december unch was served by the committee the december meeting will be held st mrs a starrifs home milton chicken thieves appear to have se lected 8 maclean trafalgar town ship as a favorite victim on monday night nov sth mr maclesnv hen house was barken into for the third time this year and 16 hens stolftn leaving him only thgpe chickens the thieves picked an ideal time for their act as the wldstorm which was ragg ing prevented members of the householdfrom hearing their move ments provincial constable a j oliver otmuton is investigating albert alexander mclennan form erly of milton who was wellknown and respected died at the home of his son james mclennan lot 13 6th line trafalgar township on sunday no vember 14th in his 71st year lis was s stone mason by trade i bert andrews aged 45 years was struck by s car driven by art wilson of oakvule st britannia and hsd five ribs broken dr bartlett took him to peel memorial hospital brampton where he put several stitches in his hip the provincial election cost tha town of milton cmls each muni cipality shares in the cost of running the election the expenses for tha election board in the county are add ed and assessed against each munici pality pro rata to their population mrs waller hayward court street milton who has been in s hamilton hospital for severs weeks suffering from infantile paralysis was brought home on thursday last and is doing as well ss can be expected her many rrjends hope she will soon haw a complete recovery champion xh i