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the georgetown herald seventyfirst year publication wednesday evening june 8tn 1938 1 50 per annum in advance 42 00 to u s a sewage system or georgetown in interest ot public health or c v williams moh and dr a e berry of provincial department of health addressed council cheque for 23094 received from liquor control boardmay relief 12973 our town council met in regular session on tuesday evening at 8 pm mayor joseph gibbons in the chair reeve geo davis and councillor a k e cripps if h brown joseph ha 1 i james costigan w p smith md thomas lyons present minutes of previous meetings were read and confirmed mr armltage of canadian bttu muls addressed council in regard to re surfacing main st mr w e nodweli asked for some repairs to the road on water st the matter was left in the hands of the streets committee mr wm roney president of the canadian legion post 120 invl id the council to a meeting of the legon on june 23rd wiien the initiatory de gree of the legion will be put on dt c v williams mojh ad dressed council in regard to installs tion of a sewage system in george town he introduced dr a e berrj of the provincial department of health who went more fully into the matter he emphasized the need of such a system in georgetown owing to the unsanitary condition in certain parts of the town communications were read from liquor control board enclosing cheque for 23094 being 20 of the hotel license fees for the year end ing march 31st also from provincial department of health salvation army mountain sanitarium toronto general hospital hospital for sick children georgetown arena co hydro electric commission bell tile phone co s moved by smith by lyo s that the treasurer pay the heads editors piano recital the annual piano recital by pupils of mis margaret dickie at cm was held in the public school friday evening june 3rd the paltform was attractively decorated with baskets of spring flowers the assisting artist eight yearold clifford tyndall of to ronto showed his talent by playing two difficult violin selections he was accompanied by his teacher miss naomi chateauvert ltcm those taking part including class and private pupils in order of appear ance were violet barnes doryne mulholland genudlne tyers shirley muckart donald mcmurchy george walker douglas peck agnes reld jean dickie peggy kelly june clarke agnes mcclure doris armstrong ber nice hughes norah cleave alva cripps dick crichton lois nielsen margaret bradley helen blackburn and helen williams peggy kelly on behalf of the pupils presented miss dickie with a beaui ful bouquet of snapdragons clifford tyndall received a child s story of the great musicians from mks dickie presented by donald mcmurchy lois hoist cm breeders from hal ton and nielsen bemice hughes and doryne peel to a number of appioximately mulholland received books as prizes 950 held their nmiual picnic and field for having a record for perfect atten at the ontario agricultural col dance at lesson during the year etl on may 31si notwithstanding following the recital miss dickie he tremendous crowd which neccssl entertained her pupils at the home of i l ncd adjustments in prearranged mrs c v williams who kindly loan plans the event was voted tin most ed her home for the occasion those mictessful and enjoyablt of any air assisting in sen ing were the misses eld d these two very active county hilda erwui jean mackenlc and rkanikations helen williams hit morning programme included i the visitors from toronto were mrs ln lo t c dairy burn where ptof a e dobbie editor of the smiths falls record news and a native of georgetown w ho was elected president of the ontario quebec division of the ca nadlan weekly newpaper assoc ia tion at the annual meeting heid in toroito last week halton and peel breeders picnic at o ac commission the sum of 12913 to pay tyndall miss chateauvert clifford o haithbv briefly nsiewed recer may accounts carried tyndall mrs crompton and mrs moved by lyons seconded by davl dickie that the hj dro electric commission be advised that we will pay one half halton jail governor of jxeabor cost of changing the locrfttonbj the poles on john st carried i moved by costigan seconded bv provincial authorities have supend suspended investigational work wilh dair cattle dimt this period the ladies were suitably cntertiined nt macdon ild in titute by miss olive cruikshank hollowing lui ch a liort prognmme of addresses was run off tmd direction of president morley w ilson ol the halton club dr g i chris monster legion rally boxing and wrebtling show a monster legion rally and boxing and wrestling show wlu be held at georgetown park july 1st a parade or ex service mm is scheduled tor 115 pm dst head ed by guelph legion bugle baud following this a programme of- sports including softball children s races etc will be run off at the park midway in the wrestling bouts jim beamish toledo 174 lbs vs mickey forbes oakvllle 175 lbs sam gotler toron 1g8 lbs vs ernie lake scarbora 172 lbs at 8 jo p m an amateur contest will be held in the park 50 00 in prizes two classes 16 years and under over 16 years make entries to j f mc cartney secretary phone 288 gcoige tow n by june 27th georgetown pipe band will be in attendance ad mission afternoon adults 25c child ren free evening adults 25c child rin 10c at 10 15 pm a lucky draw dance will be staged in the armouries good prizes spot dance tickets 25c on the evening of june 30th at 830 pjn a big bingo with many good prizes will be held this big day is held under the auspices branch 120 canadian legion and a hearty welcome is assured for coist of relief lower than in 1937 no employable persons on relief in town at the present time the cost of rt lief in georgetown has been gradually growing less fo some time and todaj we were inform ed by major gibbons who has charge of that department that there is not one employable person in town now on relief the cost of relief in may 1938 was s170 05 or 29 82 less than may 19j7 i- or un first fl e months of 1938 endliifc maj 30th the cost of relief in ceoruclown has been 499 70 less han the five corresiwndtng months of 1937 lyons that the bell telephone co ed fnuik mcniven governor of the t who was introduced by agricul e advised that we will be responsible halton county jail at milton from tura representative c d graham of for one half of the labor cost of roov which william moore toronto pris i county swke briefly on recent ing the poles on john st carrieo oner escaped custody w irk in the fertilization of pastures moved by hall seconded by cripps mcniven is suspended pending tne programme also included a par that the treasurer pay the following completion of an investigation into ude ot college livestock under the accounts john oliver sts jos blair sts b hadley sts m armstrong w w sts g giuivet cleaning office jas blair sts m armstrong sts b hadley sts j oliver sts w chaplin sts 2 40 jas mccartney sts 6 00 wm cnaplln sts 480 g hale sts 720 b hadley sts 720 jas blair sts 9 60 f king sts 9 60 w chaplin sts 120 wm ward court services 4 00 e- c thompson court services 4 00 hydro electric 25 79 j n xneill son sts w w 335 canada valve and hydrant co 2230 silvers dept store police caps 830 3 00 ing to c f neeiands deputy pro 5 70 vinclal secretary 120 calvin fleming turnkey at the 5 70 jail has been appointed acting jailer 120 1 the deputy minister said 3 75 mr neeiands disclosed moore used 835 a bar picked up in the prison yard to 8 401 force two jail doors the bar was j fred sinclair town tr 3eorgetown lumber co neptune meter co w w w mcmillan sts bell telphone co nos carey town hall m lacgdon legal fees h thompson 6c co 1503 sts 5 sts 20 09 12 00 m 12 30 11 70 ww 19 83 q m bruyns oil for streets 220 00 snyder s catrage w w 35 municipal spraying and oiling co oil for good roads 377 00 d brill co police uniform 35 00 p f blacxburn police unirorm 5000 wm ingles gravel fl 70 jack tost sts 7235 w g marshall postage 16 00 p b harrlsonv excise postage 7 00 wm ingles sts 48 00 a- livingstone sts 43 15 moved by smith seconded by brown that we do now adjourn carried q i lions elections the regular dinner and meeting of the lions club took place at the mc gibbon hotel on monday evening chief h j hetdmann in the chair routine business of minutes and correspondence was proceeded with some singing accompanied by jack tost was more or less enjoyed by all including passers by lion tom hill was elected delegate to the international convention to be held at oakland california the elections were them held lions w v orant r licata and r- gray acting as scrutineers the- list of officers who will be in stalled joy past chiefs at the next regular meeting is as follows hon presidents j b mackenzie and e fleck president h c mcclure hist vice president dr jackson second vice president dr paul secretarytreasurer o w mclln tock assistant secretary rev woo thompson lion tamer w v grant tail twister r gray directors two years thos elson w s long one year a beaumont anw the singing of the maple af ote leaf meeting adjourned rcumsuinces of the escape accord direction of prof r g knox head or the animal husbandry department the livestock judging competitions is is usual when black anctwhtte en thusiasts get together ercaued keen interest with approximate 750 men women and junior farmers partlcipal ing m c mcphall assistant direc tor of agricultural representatives for ontario acted as official judge on the three excellent classes brought out by pror raithby the prize w liners were as follows ladles 1st tie miss cora mcgowan oakvllle and mrs j m atkinson freeman 3rd tie miss alma thompson cheltenham and mrs l whittaker oakvllle junior farmers 1st kenneth ella bramp ton 2nd tie geo mccormack and geo hamilton both of freeman 4th frank dolson brampton open 1st lawrence jefferson malton 2nd tie alex mcklnney brampton and ed gar lyons streetsville 4th craig rcld georgetown bert jefferson mai ton and norman mcmurchy brampton following a few words of apprecia uon to dr christie and his staff by ontario directors t o dolson of brampton and wm robinson horn by the event was concluded with a programme ot sports run off under t direction of robert coopr mono 1 roid add woodley milton wm an i derson hornby and hugo lyons cheltenham used as a stake for a horseshoe pitch ing game mr neeiands said he was not po i tive moore had accomplices in the escape the prisoner broke jail two days before his trial before a grand jury at milton on a fraud charge involvl ig a 16 cheque previously he had been sentenced to three years in kingston penitentiary by judge jackson in county court at toronto magistra e robert browne later imposed a six months concurrent sentence he was then brought to milton j mcj inspector of jai s commenced investigation rt the jail the horticultural society there was a full house last even ing at the public meeting of the hor ticultural society in the library audi torium the audience were well re warded for their attendance by ieit ing mr clark s delightful talk pn home improvement illustrated by remarkably beautiful views the lee ture contained much worth remem bering trees shrubs and flowers will help to make your house a home every man should erect his own monument a tree evergreens are living christmas trees for all the year round we should keep replacing on our streets the trees that are dying screen off your gaiage for borders avoid straight lines curves tore bet ter do not crowd your plants do not paint your flowers in straight rows like soldiers at the close or the lecture mr clark answered a number of questions an interesting feature of the even ing was the iris contest won by prof hutt at mr nodweus suggestion it was decided to have an improvement con test with photographs before and after mr a m neilsen explained a plan for a rockery in front of the library it was suggested that a children s meeting should be held the president announced that there would be another public meeting the beginning of next month motorcycle racing at georgetown saturday one of the big events of 1938 will be the motorcycle and bicycle races in georgetown park on saturday rext june 11th under the auspices of georgetown pipe band many en tries have already been received for the splendid program of events the lome scots band will supply music during the afternoon and there will be a dance in the armouries at night bring your friends tc georgetown saturday and enjoy the day oolf notes at the regular tuesday evening mixed foursome match mn coffin and k m langdon and miss isabel thompson and ken charles were a tie with a net score of 37 the members or the men t section are reminded of the match to be plaved on the home course with the oakvllle club on saturday 11th hist games to start at 2 pm dbt please be on time mr sam mackenzie was successful in winning second prize at a tuma ment played in london an june 3rd while attending the lumbermen a con vention in that city special smtwgfc mich lnjoied at baptist lit rcii a large congregation at the bap list church sunday evening enjoyed the special service conducted by the melvir young mens bible class o toronto tfflrseader of the class mr james mcconaghy was assisted by a number from the class mr frank gilbert led in the gospel songs while the melvtr brass sextet was under the direction of mr mac jones and also accompanied the singing the message was delivered by mr james mcconaghy who had a gospel message for all in an address on the subject treasured moments this young business man captivated hearers with his timely and sincere remarks in w hlch he stressed the fact uiat we must first seek the kingdom of god and all other things will be added he slated that friend ship and love were the strongest forces in the world and that we must have both to get the best out of life rev e g baxter closed the service with the benediction v what canada needs someone contributing to the kltch icr record has outlined the follow ing iut of canada s most pressing needs what thu country needs isn t more liberty but fewer people who take liberties with our liberty what this country needs ten t get more taxes from the people but for the people to get more from the taxes what this country needs is more miles of territory but n lies to the gallon what this country needs is more tractors and fewer detractors what this country needs unt more ung men making speed but more young men planting spuds what thts country needs is more paint in old places and less on young faces what this country needs is to fol low the footsteps or the fathers in stead of the footsteps of the dancing masters county prize winners in essay and poster contest following is the list of jrlze win ners from georgetown district in the annual essay and poster contest con ducted by the wctu essays grade vth 2nd george ferry georgetown public school 3rd john kelr georgetown public school grade vii 2nd doris armstrong georgetown public school health books grade vi 3rd elsie fey george town public school posters grade vti 3rd lots nielsen georgetown public school grade vi 2nd elsie fey george town public school 3rd barbara cousens llmehouse grade v 2nd pamela cousens llmehouse the presentation of these prizes will be made at the evening session or the county wctu convention to be held june 15th in the george town baptist church j prisoner wailing trial escapes rom milton jail was charged with issuing worthless cheques on georgetown merchants by chief of police marshall a county wide search etxending in to the toronto and hamilton areas tor william moore who staged a dar ing escape from the county jail at milton early monday morning has re vealed no trace of the fugitive police stated iwt night moore was to have been tried on four forgery charges at the general sessions on tuesday provincial officer geo cookman milton said that the search jp hal ton county had been slowed down because it was almost a certainty that moore had had sufficient time to leave that area we have been unable to find any trace of him os far officer cookman declared as far as we have been able to ascertain no person noticed the man either while he was escaping or wnlle he v as leaving the county it seems highly probable that he is a long distai ce from milton by now according to police moore made his successful break for freedom at about 3am monday morning by jimmy ing the door of his cell forcing open a door leading into the exercise yard and scaling the jail wall the pris oners absence was not noticed until almost three hours later when jail attendants came on duty notified of the break by prison au ihorules police spread a dragnet around the county and carried out a through seai ch of the highways sideroads and bush land until it be came apparent that moore was no longer within the district city po lice in both toronto and hamilton weie notifhd to watch for the man one olllc u connected with the search revealed earlj monday night that a caieful watch for the fleeing prisoner is being held in the newton brook area where moore is believed ito own some proiwrtj pointing out that moore has a record and is well known to police he was confident that he would be captutrd before long moore had already been sentenced to serve three vcars hi kingston peni tenttnrj by judge jackson in toron to on charges of obtaining money un der false pretences with intent u defraud a second fraud charge in toronto earned him a six months term to be served concurrently with the first sentence he had been in custody in the jail at milton for over two months and in addition to other charges he was chanrtd bv chief marshall of george town w ith issuing worthless cheques to georgetown merchants acton beatrice lambert eight year old daughter or mr and mrs john lam bert had a narrow escape from seri ous injury on tuesday afternoon when the bicycle she was riding crash- into the trailer of a car driving along church street at the frederick strett crossing fortunately injuries were confined to a few cuts and some painful bruises the engagement is announced of miss lillian french of guelph to mr herbert woods son of mrs woods and the late george t woods of ac ton the marriage to take place late in june rev i m moyer of grimsby visit ed acton friends this week mr moyer has just recently returned from a trip to italy and the holy land and had a most enjoyable three mon ths travel editor and mrs g a dills are at tending the convention of ontario and quebec newspapers held in to ronto it also included a trip to tlm- mins and klrkland lake to view part of ontario s mining activities on saturday last after a lingering illness there fell asleep in jesus one of the most highly respected of ac ton s citizens mrs walter lamb- mrs lamb was catherine orr young est daughter of the late mr and mrs francis orr of hlllsburg forty four years ago she became the bride of mr walter lamb and the couple be gan their life work on their farm near crewsons corners where their diligence and their friendliness built tip one of the outstanding homes of the community nearly twenty years ago they moved to their residence on knox averue free press erin we are pleased to report that mrs george cooke is recovering nicely from the effects of a paralytic strok she suffered some months ago mrs george nunn anclmbs frank henntng of brighton vjcft pent the week end with the later s brotlie mr sam nurse and mrs nurse mr fred a hamilton ba and friend mr john anders of preton were recent visitors with the formei s visitors with mr and mrs g a ham ton mr and mrs john hamilton mss p hamilton mr and mrs clifford swanson of rockwood were sunday vlsitosr with mr and mrs g a ham uton mrs t j bush mtsseshelen doris and betty bush attended the wedding of mrs bush s nephew mr howard small to miss doris mason in tccn to on saturday mrs edward mcdougall quietly celebrated her 88th birthday on may 31st despite her years this grand old ladj is constantly occupied and takes a keen interest in the affairs of the day mr a d mcbride reeve of cale don township is suffering from an at tack of double quinsy and is under going treatment in peel memorial hospital brampton his many friends wish him a speedy recovery ad vo cate milton rev a b irwin who has been pas tor of st pauls united church mil ton for the past six years has ac cepted an invitation to become pastor of the west side united church owen sound to take effect on first sunday in july the high school board here accept ed the resignations of three milton high school teachers on thursday night of last week at thejr regular monthly meeting they are j fred little history teacher miss isabel anderson french teacher and miss helen wickett latin instructress mr little will go to ottawa high school miss evangeline e carson milton high school s instructress requested the school board that she be granted leave of absence in order to take a special course hi geography at the university of chicago mrs wm duman who was in an auto accident and at present in an hamilton hnspltal is making good recovery many friends from milton and vicinity have paid her frequent visits that fine residence known as the gordon home although not occupied the grounds and lawn are kept in per fect manner the property would make a good hospital and might be made a success of in that way mrs george lyon nee margaret brownrldge recently married wasthe recipient of many beautiful gifts at shower tendered her by her sister rebekahs at their lodge room in oak vllle last t evening thursday lasttfuiry clothed gladys gervais 13 and viola 11 plunged in to the whirlpool at the head of martin s pond and rescued their 3- year old brother ronald from drown ing playing near the bank he had tumbled into the water over his head and was going down for the second time when saved by his sisters au three are children of mr and mrs edson gervais milton champion implement shed and contents destroyed by ftke fire of unknown origin destroyed a metal and wood implement shed 65 x 25 ft a garage and automobile on the farm of f s charles 5th line esquesing near georgetown early sunday afternoon neighbors responded to the telephoned alarm but were unable to do more than pro tect nearby buildings the loss will be heavy as many of the implements were in the shed including a tractor the damage is partially covered by insurance ballinafad rev a o w foreman attended the conference held in oalt last week mr j f sinclair is having a new house built on his lower farm sherlock foreman of welland was home for the week end mr f v shortul and miss annie shortill received the shd news last week of the death of their sister mrs albert walters of new orleans fia the deceased had been in poor health for the past j ear but her passing was very unexpected the sincere sympathy op the community is extended to them in their bereave ment norval rev f a gilbert and col a l noble attended the sessions of the united church conference in toronto last week mrs m macpherson plans to de part on wednesday morning with her niece mrs macpherson of brantford for an extended motor trip to points in manitoba and saskatchewan the congregation of the norval presbyterian church held a farewell on monday evening for rev n mac millan who recently resigned and who sails on june 10th for scotland for a holiday of several months the anniversary services of the united church will be held on sun day june 13th with services at 11 am and 7 pjn standard time hev g m chidley ba bj of cooks ville will be the preacher at the mom ing service and rev m r sander 8n bji or st cuthbert5 united lurch toronto at the evening ser vice miss o mackenzle of staney brae muskoka visited at the united church parsonage im wednesday the anniversary services of the mount pleasant united church will be held on sunday june i8th rev dr a j vtning will preach at both morning and evening sn vices ser vice at torval will be withdrawn the mcclure reunion will be held at the home of garfield mcclure on thursday june 9th a full program including an historic pageant is being prepared norval rifle club held big shoot first of its type held fn halton county the first open match of its type in halton county was held by norval rifle club on saturday last thirty- two entries being made by riflemen from central ontario and the buffalo district ell gollop secretary of the club and r w hall jr match sec retary were in charge result are as follows no i 20 shots 50 yards j rea- cock toronto 199 x 12 j j naylor toronto 199 x 11 c petrie buffalo 198 x 9 m domras buffalo 198 x 7 h nurse norval 198 x 5 no2 20 shots 100 yards h nurse 199 x 14 c petrie 199 x 12 j peacock 199 x 9 m j watson toronto 1b9 x 8 o domras buffalo 197 x no 3 30 sljots at 50 and 100 yards c petrie 297 x 18 h nurse 293 x 16 no 4 30 shots 50 yards restricted emmerson mckinney norval 197 x 10 f hust ler norval 196 x 5 w llsk bramp ton 195 x 9 no 5 twoman team 30 shots 100 yards j peacock and m watson toronto 398 x 34 no 6 do entries no 7 swiss match miss and out 100 yards h nurse 20 x 10 norval rifle club championship w j young toronto 398 x 26 m wat son 397 x 28 h nurse 397 x 23 j j naylor 396 x 22 j peacock 396 x 21 no 9 aggregate bcores j pea cock 394 x 53 h nurse 992 x 53 m j watson 991 x 59 no 10 sporting rifles george hall brampton 243 x 4 w wilson hornby 241 x 3 id willis port hope 334 no 11 sport ing rifle championship george hall 418 x 8 id willis 412 x 5 w wil son 412 x 3