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georgetown herald l seventyfirt year of publication wednesday evening july 13th 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa lany orangemen paraded j in georgetown yesterday malton and wellington county lodges celebrated glorious twelfth here mayor gibbons gives address of wel comeother speakers mw bro hassard kc to- rcpito rev bro cameron bronte and lloyd dingle wm gilman oldest man in orange parade to the sound of fife and drum many halton county orangemen at- tended the chorious twelfth celebra tion of the battle of the boyne held in georgetown yesterday under the auspices of glen williams lol no k346 although the attendance was iot as large as was expected due to numerous celebrations in adjoining towns the spirit of orangelsm was none the less daunted and by two oclock a long line of marchers par- 4ded the main streets of the town afterwards assembling at the park where a program of speeches and sports took place among the lodges and bands in the order of parade were flag bearer bro geo bllck glen wwiams uelph juvenile orange flute band guelph iloyal true blue lodge acton loyal true blue lodge acton lol no 467 glen williams fife and 5rum band glen williams juvenile orange lodge haltons pride ltb lodge no 39 georgetown georgetown loi no 245 stewarttown fife and drum band stewarttown lol no 68 milton lojl no 2385 bronte loi no 257 7carlisle lol no 358 campbellville lol crenjetown plpe band hornby lxxl no 165 glen williams lol no 346 keyn o speeches made was the prime ministers reply to the british governments request to be allowed to establish aviation training bases in canada election of hon dr r j manion as conservative leader and the alleged domination of quebec ro- man catholicism on the rest of the jdominion under blue skies which savored the orange celebration here speakers exhorted their listeners to kmp protestantism to the forefront and to resist with all their strength all attempts to undermine canadas loyalty to the crown lloyd dingle barrister burlington acted as chairman for the speaking and after a few introductory remarks called on his worship mayor joseph gibbons who officially welcomed the orange lodge visitors to the own and delivered the following address mr chairman distinguished members of the orange order ladies and gentlemen the privilege of addressing a few words of welcome the opportunity to meet and greet members of the loyal orange order and to present to you the freedom of the town of george- town is one of the most pleasant public duties that has been assigned to me in recent years may i call to your attention that seldom if ever is it thrf privilege for ofmyfaita to officiate on an occasion such as ths i point kufcto you that i am proud to call my friends men who have been staunch members of the orange or der all their lives and at the same time have been good and kind to me throughout my private and public life and i take this opportunity to publicly thank them for it you are assembled here today for the special purpose of hearing dis tinguished members of the orange order who no doubt will deliver able addresses on questions of particular interest to all orangemen throughout this great province of ontario and it is my desire to co the committee in charge for obtaining those outstanding men and also the splendid sports program they have they have also provided an opportunity for the members the loyal orange order throughout t district to renew and maintain rtrtendshlps and acquai of the fast to establish true and genuine friendships for the future and also to v create a spirit of friendship kindness and goodwill among the members of fme various lodges in the communi- fpes in which youuve therefore ladles and gentlemen on behalf of the members of loyal or ange lodge no 346 glen williams your hosts at this celebratlon be- imlf of my colleagues in council and cttjsens generally of this municipality i am grateful for this privilege it is a pleasure for me indeed to wel- come you ladies and gentlemen all visiting orangemen to the town of georgetown today other speakers were rev bro john cameron of bronte lodge and most worshipful bro a r hassard kjc past master of queen city lodge tc- ronto mr cameron presented the je principles of orangelsm r uuencermndstatedthat if every lwrangeman itfd up to the principles at down la toe constitution he would toenot only a better orangeman but ta better citizen in tw country be that orangelsm must fight the open bible as did their as there were forces a in canada today ready to-des- i right of every citizen the i of the orange lodge are and one church one 1 and one god love thy nelgh- r and equal right to all and special i to none tfbct worshipful bro a r hassard rafbo was the chief speaker said thati tttetr order was by nature and pur- pose constructive and not destrucive criticism voiced by its members is not intended to hurt others it is cthcl- ism demanded by conditions as- they are and the order has no choice but to offer it the fervent hope that the new conservative leader hon dr r j man ion might prove as impartial as his predecessor sir wilfrid laurler was expressed by mr hassard a man who is a roman catholic has been chosen to lead a great political party throughout canada he said knowing human nature as it is can we depend on him in critical junc tures holding the balance evenly for both great religious sects in canada a manionmay not be a laurler but if he should prove to be one of our highest wishes will be gratified we hope our fears will be dispelled mr hassard declared the oldest orangeman in the par ade was wm gilman glen williams and he was the recipient of a beau tiful walking stick the george hillmer memorial ruj for the best dressed and largest or ange lodge went to acton lodge others prizes were won by best dressed loba lodge guelph beit dressed juvenile lodge glen wil liams best fife and drum band stew arttown best orange banner george town lol best juvenile fife and drum band guelph a program of sports was run off during the afternoon and in the veiling a dance concluded the cele bration johnny waldons orchestra of guelph supplied the music in charge of the demonstration were fred w norton chairman g inglts roy norton fred conn thcs given thas norton verne klroy geo blick william pearson and f wood to whom the success of the days program is largely attributed escaped prisoner again arrested word was received at milton late saturday that william moore who escaped from halton county jail at milton six weeks ago had been ar rested near ottawa according to provincial constables george cookman and a j oliver of milton moore was arrested as wil liam george mundsen by police in carleton county on a charge of rob bery with violence the alleged roo- bery took place near ottawa and po lice state moore will be held in carle- ton indefinitely pending trial moore alias bruce marshall broke jail two days before his trial on three fraud charges and one of skip ping ball he was recently convicted in a toronto supreme court on six charges of fraud and one of theft and giventhree years in wingntin p- tentlary this sentence was to com- i tnence upon completion of his trial in milton where he is charged with passing worthless cheques in george town resident of orangevllle for half a century mrs william morrow cele brated her 86th birthday on monday miss margaret graham before marri age shewas a daughter of mr and mrs robert graham and was bom near she present town of glencalm educated in public school at glen- catrn she was married at her fathers log home there when just 17 years of age by rev mr griggs to wil liam morrow after a term of resi dency at glencalm orillia and 5th line caledon township west mr and mrs morrow went to orangevllle since that time they have been con tinuous residents and are popular throughout the community late in the year mr and mrs morrow will celebrate their 98th wedding anni versary mr and mrs morrow have no less than 54 descendants their family consists of four sons w t powas- son herbert georgetown and lewis and russell orangevllle 23 grand children and 28 greatgrandchildren band concert and presentation there wlllbe a band concert in the gregory theatre georgetown tomorrow thursday evening july 14th at 8 pm all ttlaens of georgetown and district should avail themselves of the opportuni ty to hear the band and band soloists play the testpiece in which they were successful at waterloo musical festival this year at this concert the band will be presented with the shield and individual medals won lt- col j m fitsgermw oo of the lome scots regiment will act as chairman for the evening contract awarded for paving of streets advertise for tenders for painting grandstand town council met at 830 pjn on monday evening members present were mayor gibbons reeve davis and councillors brown hall costlgan lyons and smith r c burosmes again asked for le action in the matter of grass fires which are destroying trees near his property the clerk was instructed to pre pare a bylaw tenders for the pavement on john mcnab emery and king streets were opened moved by davis seconded by costl gan that the property committee co operate with the public library board in having the library building shing led carried moved by lyons seconded by davis that the tender of a e jupp con struction co for the construction of a bituminous pavement on john mc- nabb emery and king str accepted carried unanimousl moved- by brown seconded by that we advertise for tenders painting the grandstand the town supply the material tenders to submitted on or before july 18th specifications may be seen at municipal office carried mayor gibbons relief commissi er made his report for the month june council adjourned 200 attend jersey breeders picnic address given bv charles meek ontario milk con trol board two hundred jersey cattle enlhusls- asts attended the annual picnic of peel and halton jersey breeders association held at lindsay brothers farm near hornby on saturday last york and ontario counties were also represented the days program was directed by ir ward ruddell of georgetown president or the association and ag ricultural representative j e white- lock of milton messrs m cockburn and g d graham agricultural rep resentatives of york and peel also assisted on the program was a cattle grad ing competition at which mr james bremmer of toronto secretary can adian jersey cattle club acted as judge sports and speaking also had their part on the afternoons program during his address charles meek toronto chairman ontario milk con trol board said between what milk people are drinking and what they should drink there is a great differ ence milk producer should cooper ate to ease the sir plus milk problem and to increase consumption the milk control board asks the cooperation of distributors and pro ducers toward stabilizing the milk in dustry the speaker stated the milk industry is a big employer a bigger employer of men than the automobile industry from the production standpoint the milk supply today is good he said we now have sanitary dairies and methods but survey shows clearly there is hot nearly the amount of milk consumed that nutrition ex perts advise something must be done to interest people more in milk the tea industries havo increased consum ption millions of pounds a year be cause of wide advertising nathan henderson expeel sheriff dies nathan g henderson 75 sheriff of peel county from 1910 to 1935 died suddenly on friday last his father was the late robert henderson of grey county and he was the last of a family of 12 spns mr henderson was a brother of the late wm bar ber of georgetown he had been village constable in palgrave for 20 years and had oper ated a blacksmith shop there mr henderson was a member of grace united church and was an active bowler his wife died a few months ago one son floyd of weston and four grandchildren survive a masonic funeral was held from his late residence 170 main st n to brampton cemetery monday after noon funeral held tuesday of dan young actow the funeral was held on tuesday afternoon of a wellknown and spected resident of the acton district in the person of dan young who passed away at toronto hospital his 76th year- on sunday mr young spent all his life in erin township ex cept for the past sixteen years which he resided on a farm near acton de ceased was an ardent student of die bible and had many quotations from the bible printed on stone fer throughout the district his wife who was formely annie blnnle prede ceased him 12 years ago three daughters mrs h e meyers marengo illinois margaret and jes sie at home also two brothers and four sisters w j of erin thomas of georgetown mrs j d torriel angeville mrs robert patterson kin cardine and misses minnie and mar garet young of geo survive many friends from the georgetown district attended the funeral george kelly goes to jail for creamery theft here sentenced at milton on monday by judge w n munro this has been one of the most difficult cases over which ive had to make up my mind judge w n munro remarked in county criminal- court at milton on monday he sen tenced george kelly 24 of north bay to 18 months determinate and six months indeterminate in the on tario reformatory on charges of car theft and breaking and entering with theft and acquitted vernon slater 25 of vancouver slater was charged as an accessory on both counts 1 must admit said crown at torney w i dick that this is the first caseiiwny experience where ac cused have made up their snowballs before being charged its unique so far as im concerned kelly pleaded guilty to both counts slater pleaded not guilty kelly admitted breaking and enter ing the georgetown creamery owned by m saxe and stealing 28 worth of cigarettes and tobacco he also ad mitted theft of the car of albert llv- lngsone georgetown in which the crown alleged the two made their getaway salter claimed he was hitchhiking from barrie to all is ton on the day of the robbery arriving at alllston early in the evening i wandered the streets until 10 oclock he said i walked to the railroad tracks but didnt see a box car i decided to stay overnight in the shed early in the morning he testi fied someone woke me up it was george kelly whom i hadnt seen since 1935 kelly told me he had been mixed up in a street fight in alliston and said that if anyone ask- me about him he had travelled from barrie with me i didnt want to do it but he mentioned he had helped me in 1935 and i couldnt re fuse when police arrested me slater said lied to them about kelly i knew they suspected kelly of steal ing a car but i didnt think he had done a thing like that accused told the crown that his previous statement i the effect that kelly had accom- 1 panied him to barrie was not true i had hitchhiked alone i told you i was in a street light in alllston when i woke you in the lumber shed and i asked you to stand by me which you did kelly stated on behalf of slater who was without counsel ii gave slater two weeks board in north bay three years ago thats why he helped me kelly explained to the court hes not a criminal hes just a working man georgetown veterans attend dedication vctonuu burial plot set aside by caledon council at alton two hundred war veterans from acion alton brampton georgetown fergus and orangevllle on sunday attended the dedication of the plot in the alton cemetery which caledon township council set aside for the burial of war veterans the plot which is perpetually cared for is surmounted by a large flag staff and as the words or dedication- were pronounced the flag which had been flying at half mast was ralesd to the top- of the staff rev a v ben turn pastor of knox united church cale don himself a war veteran conducted the dedication music was furnished by the bramp ton salvation army band and the peel royal fife and drum band of alton following the dedication exservice men inarched past the town hall where arthur hornsey of brampton representing zone 26 canadian leg ion took the salute also on the re viewing stand were nursing sister blanche grieve georgetown capt j m macdonald acton and lieut ool g o brown georgetown hon r j manion new leader of the national conservative parly won on second ballot over w a tvlacpherson of saska tchewan hon r b bennett retiring chief of hi party presented with portrait of himself by spectator ottawa july 12th the national conservative party has closed its his toric convention in the capital and its delegates from all quarters of can ada from the yukon to cape breton have left again for their homes the outstanding feature of the convention was the appointment of doctor r a- manlon to the leadership of the party to succeed mr r b bennett who guided the destinies of the conserva tives for the past eleven years dr manion won on the second bal lot with a vote of 830 second irt the running being w a macfherson or saskatchewan with 648 followed by joseph harris and denton massey both with 49 votes in the first vote manion received 726 votes macpher- son 475 harris 131 massey 128 and earl lawson who retired at once from the contest 101 the province or quebec solidly supported manion the new leader of the national conservative party this is now the official title of the party practised as a surgeon in fort william served in the great war where he received the military cross at vimy ridge was the minister of soldiers civil reestab lishment in 1921 postmaster general in 1926 and was minister of rail- ways and canals in the bennett re- i glme from 1930 to 1935 he is possess ed of a charming personality has the ability to make friends has a full complement of courage and is -bril- liant and lively in debate he was considered a competent administra tor o a governmental department as to his powers of leadership the wheel ol fortune has given him now jthe op portunity to put these powers to a searciiing test and the record will be written from the present hour dr manion takes over the command of his party with the enthusiastic good wishes and high hopes of his friends and subject to the limitations which are set by party interests the good will of his political foes as well the resolutions my consultation and cooperation with other members of the commonwealth they oppose railway amalgamation or unification or other form of railway monopoly they favor the institution of an un employment insurance and re scheme they are also in favor of the exclusion of oriental immigra tion and the resumption of immigra tion from the united kingdom ire land and from france when economic conditions warrant- the party will not take a stand on the question of amending the british north america act until the rowell commission on dominion provincial relations has brought in its report this party states one resolution reaffirming the fiscal stand of the conservatives de clares its continued adherence to its traditional policy of fostering and sustaining by fiscal protection cana dian labor and canadian industry es pecially the primary industries of agriculture fishing forestry and mining the resolutions pledge the party to aid and encourage agricul ture by preserving the nome market for the canadian farmer by preserv ing the benefits already attained through the empire trade agreements by restoring and putting into full operation the canadian wheat board act of 1935 and in other ways the interests of canada can best be served say the resolutions by enlarging the markets in the united kingdom and other british dominions trade agreements with other nations are al so favored but on a basis which will not impair the benefits of the imperial pacts to cope with the im portant problem of unemployment the platform endorses a comprehensive plan of federal public works a self- liquidating housing programme and a nonpartisan department of the gov ernment to administer relief in such a large gathering with dele- ciias ruddy tips off police in s40000 gold theft in northern ontario a threeweek search for 140000 worth of gold concentrates stolen from the dome mine at south por cupine ended last week with the cap ture of otto fabbro in a tourist cabin at lowell lake in the tlmagaml for est reserve another man nick west surrendered to police officers it was a tip from mr charles rud dy which first put police on the trail of the men and after a search of the cabin the cencentrates were found mr ruddy has already filed claim for the 5000- reward widen was offered for the recovery of the gold because both fabbro and west had considerable money on them at the time of their arrest with the gold concentrates police have expressed the opinion the men were merely the tools of an organized gang and that west and fabbro were financially backed by the ring police are con ducting an intensive search for other participants in the robbery and the officers- expect- that wlthm a short while the mystery will be cleared up the stolen gold concentrates were dliv covered inside the seat cushions and in the roof of the car used by the accused men the sudbury star of july 8th car ried the above item also pictures of lowell camp owned and operated by mr and mrs chas ruddy formerly of geo the parking problem the parking problem in george towns business section is becom ing acute more and more shop pers are finding george a better place in which to shop and as a result more cars have to be parked early in the evening al most every wednesday and satur day night every available parking space is utilised streets are filled adjoining the main thoroughfare and corners are made obscure by cars parked right up to where the curb bends usually too there are several cars parked double making it difficult for traffic to get through although night constable bmmer- son is making a good job in trying to keep these cars moving on saturday nights the traffic problem is even worse but we seem to reach sunday rooming unscathed it must be due to the caution of the accidentconscious motorist rather thari to the allot- ed space that there are not acci dents what is sorely needed is a parking lot near- the business sec tion mr tyers of tyers cream ery and mr tred sinclair of the white rose service station have both offered their extra space for parking- oh these nights but this does not seem adequate more space is needed gates from all sections of the country representing the varied interests and points of view of the wide dominion differences of opinion arose on some questions before the convention when it came to a policy of defence a representative from montreal offer ed an amendment to the proposed re solution the amendment asked that a referendum should be taken before any troops should be sent from cansi- dlon shores this amendment was defeated by a standing vote the ma jority of quebec delegates and some others voting in its favor mr w d herridge apostle of monetary reform injected a sharp protest into the convention proceed ings he claimed that the platform of the party was out of tune with the needs of the times the task of de mocratic government be said was to raise the purchasing power of the people to the- potential level of pro ductive capacity and only in that way could economic security be achieved this of course involved a measure of government planning and control of the economic and monetary systems- mr herridges amendment to the fin ancial resolution which called for a sane monetary policy was defeated the convention committees resolu tion which passed by an overwhelm- ing chorus of ayes included with the sane monetary policy the elimin ation of duplication in taxation and urged economy in government ser vices on the main the proceedings of the convention were characterized by a cordial unanimity of outlook a sincere desire for a better understanding in all sections of the community and an aim for a stronger spirit of unity in the country during the proceedings mr ben nett the retiring chief of his party and for a five year period prime min ister of canada was presented with a portrait of himself the portrait was unveiled on the platform of the con vention before the throng of delegates in the coliseum mr bennett relin quishing the high office which he has held for eleven years delivered an address which in force and scope was impressive gesture of farewell mrs agnes young of balhnafad nears 106th birthday has vivid memory of events nearly century ago memories of events that happened a hundred years ago are bright in the mind or mrs agnes young balllna- fad who is within a month and a half of her 108th birthday which will be celebrated on september 1st mrs young still has a surprisingly keen memory but the pictures that form in her mind are clearer when they deal with the things that hap pened when she was a girl her hear ing isstni quite good tour she is no longer able to read to herself she spends much of her time in bed but usually gets up for a little time each day when she receives callers she was born five years before queen victoria ascended the throne and remembers the talk of the day about the girl queen who was to rule england for so long at the same time the country was being stirred by the mackenzie rebellion and that event she recalls because her father hid his shotgun lest the rebels with whom he liad little sympathy should seize it mrs young was the daughter of james smith a pioneer who came from scotland and settled on the fifth line west of ohinguacousy town ship near rockskle he got a hun dred acres jromthe crown but when he died he had acquired three hun dred more buying land surround liuy that which he had first been grant ed her first schooling was received in a frame building over the caledon line with the other little ones she sat on a form while the bigger scho lars some of them grown men and women who obtained most of their somewhat sketchy education during the winter months sat on seats fac ing the wall and drawn up before desks n against the walls mas ter armstrong a one teacher she re calls marched up and down in the centre of the room the sweeping of the foams for the infrequent religious services is another of her recollections and the niacins of the heavy timbers on blocks of wood to serve as pews for congrega tions that assembled from miles of woody farms most of the church- going was to the white church on the fourth line of caledon township one of the oldest presbyterian chur ches of peel county there the wor shippers sat on forms in the old days sang at the beat of precentor and enjoyed or endured as they were so inclined the long sermons of the time in the little cemetery just oufc- ltde the church lie her parents and sisters mrs young can close her eyes ana see the patient teams of oxen tug- gins away at the big trees just felled by the pioneers axes she declares that nothing ooum hare taken the place of the ww who knew just where to plant their feet when r- continued on page 4