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seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening october 5th 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa best fair in years held at georgetown showing of livestock special features attracted large gathering splendid exhibit in the hall many enjoyed program in arena first night of fair the spendld effort of the officers and directors of esqueslng agricul tural society was crowned with suc cess on wednesday ana thursday or last week when the 92nd annual pall fair was held at georgetown an added feature this year was the excellent entertainment provided in the arena on the first night of the show there was a large attendance and the ample seating accommodation made everybody comfortable to enjoy the program which consisted of selec tions by the lome scots band choruses by georgetown choral socie ty boxing bouts acrobatic perform ance folk dancing musical chairs on horseback and potato race there wasnt a dull moment during the en tire evening and the varied progam was much appreciated by all present thursday was the big day in the park when almost a record crowd nam oneof thebest exhibits of horses car driver exonerated by coroners jury a coroner 5 jury inquiring into the death of mrs jos s buddy last fri day night in the town hall here at tached no blame to the driver of the car which knocked mrs ruddy to the pavement on guelph st on the pre vious sunday evening causing almost instant death the jury took only ten minutes to decide that death was purey accl dental with no blame whatever at tached to rew marquess of guelph driver of the car in giving evidence mr marquess stated as did miss evans who was a passenger in the marquess car that wh tie f notic mrs ru sh cattle sheep swine fowl and agricul tural produce ever exhibited at a town fair the hall exhibits consisting of grains vegetables fruit dairy hand craft cooking needlework etc were very attractively arranged in the large hall and attracted a fair share of attention james i hewson reeve of oakvllle and warden of halton county open ed the fair and congratulated the societj on its notable progress and forecasted increased activilj in rural ontario features of the afternoon program were harness racing high jump for horses potato race sheaf binding con test ladies car driving contest and the baby show the trotting races were good and the competition very keen with the following results 2 18 class first second and third heats time 2 16 marsaret dale owned bj c abbot weston 228 class first oecond and third heats time 2 16 tonj harveste- owned bj d clark norval flat races lwo heats won bj vivian clark s hure norval the women s car driving coin est was a novel feature which attracted much atten ion this contest is hula lock pact on morula nicht sponsored bv v h brown and ls put lln shoto oe hand mr m aik uson on with the idea or educa nig d her won out 0 a margin of epuns two in a lest that tends lor safifj the m0 shoou will uilsh the er it- points made b the contestants this ten shoo ra are in seven v five ear were much higher than in 1937 ilc md ten shoots prone deliber the event was won by mis grant atl a vcr a was s lot fo- con canrpbel moffat w th annie green current w ih this event and was won wood and mrs h c mcclure both i ov jjr atkinson of georgetown second and third re the scorcs on the aggregate event spectively out of a possible 35 points i are follows h nunc 100 g h this competition the scores were hall 99 w ltsk 99 f stark 99 m uons meeting well attended wellattended and jolly meeting of the georgetown lions club was held in the diningroom of the mc- gibbon hotel on monday evening chief mcclure in the chair after the national anthem and grace dinner was served during which the usual fines for real or imaginary bratnes of custom and regulation war -xact- ed by the tailbwister reports of committees were called for hon thompson for community thanksgiving service hon heldmann for amateur night ctuef mcclure for general arrangements lion jack for variety show lion long for pre parations in general and sports and concessions for monday and tuesday a tag day was discussed for the end of october the annual ladles night was de cided on for the middle of december lion a beaumont volunteering as convenor the s of a band concert to be given by our prizewinning baria in christie street hospital was dis cussed favourably and arrangements left in the hands of lion kentne- the question of the drawing for a car in the near future was discuss ed and left to the board of directors the meeting then adjourned with the singing or the maple lea was on the pavement about fifteen feet in front of his car giving hutf no chance to avoid hitting her he had applied his brakes and tried to swerve his car but the distance wa too short the urv also recommended that a street ugh be laced nar the spot where the accident occurred as ross djncan when giving evioenee stated tha the lighting was very poor those g v ng evwrce w c ros duncan jack duncan td marques miss evans chief marshall and dr mcniven of acton whs had peformed after 47 jears of railroading ro- a postmortem statin death wjs due bert mcdowell retires from the c to shock and a possible fracture ol nt he went to victoria harbor in the skull 1899 and was appointed agent three dr j h stead of oakvllle coroner jears later a position he occupied un for halton county presided at the til 1936 when the station was closed inquest w i dick kc mltfon ap- for the past two jears he has been pearcd for the crown th jurv was aient at macwillan stauon composed of wm h long foreman prior o going to victoria hirbor anniversary services at united church well attended rev c a mastard ba of toronto delivered animated address morn ing and evening- special haste by choir and gaeat soloist congrega tional sapper largely attended georgetown united church past another milestone when anniversary services were held on sunday last morning and evening the day of an niversary was greeted with sunshine and a beautiful display of autumn flowers in the church added much to the delight of the occasion both ser vices were well attended and some helpful and inspiring thoughts were gleaned frdm the services by which the work of the church may be car tied on and look forward to future an niversaries those present were fortunate in hearing excellent addresses by the rev c a mustard ba of st davids united church toronto after reading the 12th chapter ii corinthians the speaker chose as his text at the morning service part of the 7th verse to me there was given a thorn in che flesh he said in pan there are many today who are handicapped in life paul in his let ter to the corinthians said he wai given a thorn in the flesh we know not what paul s handicap was bat we do know that he did not brood over it we should not brood over our shortcomings but take them god in praye god will change evev robert mcdowell quits cnr after 47 years king geo alcott fred m nallj jas kennedj thos grieve i fred armstrong noral rifle clib the first shoo for the silver mount mcdow ell w as w lth the grand tiuiik in his home town of milton for 10 jears he was also stationed for ihort piriods in waubausheiu and georgetown i mr mcdowell anticipates many jears of lnterusting leisure his mo ther died two jears ago at id1 he mimed mrs mcdowell formerly ncl ul sallows in 1901 town council change time for opening and closing election po hour of inaugural meeting also changed high school board present further information re addition to school toronto men convicted after norval accident liquor car and trailer ordered confiscated declaring that they seemed to have been operating on a very extensive scale magistrate robert forsythe imposed fines totalling almost 350 upon george strachan and george williams both of toronto on charges of possessing liquor in an illegal place four other charges against the two men and verne epter also of toron to were withdrawn at the request of the crown provincial officer a j oliver testi fied in court at milton thabon sep tember 10th called to the scene of an accident near norval on highway no 7 he had found a car and trailer in the ditch with fortythree cases of beer either instde of the vehicles or lying smashed on the highway trac ing of the car led to the subsequent arrests of the three men in toronto by city police he stated describing the operations of the georgetown council nietlat 800 on tuesday evening members pres ent were mayor joseph gibbons reeve geo davis and councillors a crlpps n h brown jos hall and thos lyons minutes of two previous meetings were read and confirmed mr oilman addressed council in re gard tq taxes on bis dairy building communications were read from rev woo thompson w x dkfc st michaels hospital toronto wes tern hospital mr b weston addressed council in regard to a retaining wdll in front of his property mayor gibbons relief commissioner made his report for the month of september mr c b dayfoot chairman of toe high school board and the member of the board addressed council and presented additional information in regard to the requirements of the board moved by lyons seconded by brown that the treasurer pay the relief commission the sum of 10657 to pay september accounts carried moved by crlpps seconded by lyons halton miss to stld at ale um ersitl thing for us and it will be like the sunlight coming after darkness pray er chases fear paul hadn t time to tell us about kwthora in the flesh he wanted to tell us about the grace of god and the victory of the spirit we know it fc an imperfect word that there are mean and selfish peopl but there are also flowers every where and somewhere the sun is shin ing many people are bearing jieir burdens through christ paul knew his troubles were real but he didn i let them spoil his life christ helped him bear them never blame god when things go wrong if we go wrong in our moral and social life god will forget if we ask him in praj er we needn t let life s handlcips spoil our lives anj more han paul did guidance will come from god as it did in pauls case if we onlj surrender our lives to him then can we regain strensth in weaknes power in christian lalth to lse ibove everything and when our time cornea to end this life god will say well dope good and faithful servant i iner mte the joy of uiy lord injthe evening rev mr musird onk his text from the 24th and 2th vtises of the third chapter of daniel and delivered another inspiring adr dress special music was rendered by choir under the leadership 32 31 and 29 in the baby show frances hulme 6 months old daughter of mr arid mrs sidney hulme georgetown won first prize with douglas starrett son of mr and mrs alvin starrit george town r r 1 and lawrence bousklu son or mr and mrs c bdhsklll georgetown second and third respec tlvely judges ih the ba sho were mrs nathaniel guthrie after mrs wm duckworth of toronto music during the afternoon was pro vided by the guelph pipe band the midway as usual was an at traction for both old and young the dance in the arena on fair night was largely attended and pro vlded a very fitting climax fo- the young people and visitors who at tended the fair music was supplied by the new harmony orchestra the gentlemen and ladles largely responsible for the splendid successor the 1938 annual fair and to wpom congratulations are due are presl dent t j brownridge first vice- president frank fetch second vice president herb cleave treasurer p w cjeave secretary wm a wilson directors cecil chlsholm frank fendley walter gray lome l mul- lto w j alexander t l leslie w c anthony geo davis o w mclln- tock alex maclaren craig reld john bird james fisher fred conn spen cer wilson misses m gault c mc- cullough elsie bird eva chlsholm mrs nodweu and mrs h cleave following ls the list of price win ners dorses heavy draft brood mare w r hewson malton a b chalmers colt 1938 a b chalmers hewson isaac mccready milton 1yrold colt hewson chalmers 2yr old wm lindsay son bolton 3 yr old hewson mccready pair of horses hewson chalmers agikia n brood mare n c shantx ptautsvflle chalmers colt 1838 mccready w h allan milton 2yr old hewson shantt mccready 3yr old shantx hew son iyrom hewson pair horsea shantx hewson chalmers general im pa brood mare wm lindsay son d mclean son acton w h allan colt wm lindsay son allan 1 held brampton rjft 6 1yrom walter fiddler norval wm mcclure brampton j b devereatrx oeorge- town 2yr old grant campbell moffat w o brownrksge george town allan 3yr old brownridge k f armstrong brampton grant campbell pair of horses brown- ridce armstrong cosgrmvea brewery carriage nat prood mare h continued on poe s atkinson 99 f johnson 98 e mc klnnej 98 m meredith 9s r w hall 97 w wilson 97 h walker 97 dr stevenson so f hustler 94 sev eral of ihc marksmen made possible scores of 100 during practice shoots but practice scores are not received in the club aggregates see advertisement in this issue for the thanksgiving da shooting match mondaj oct 10th visitors are wel come to our monday night shoots men the affijjmall-that-wluiamb- owmg to the hazard to the puto- ww v- kr create by the obscuring of the and strachan had obtained the beer from a guelph brewery as orders from persons living in the george town acton and brampton areas later investigation had proved that the names given on the order list as those of the customers were false and the addresses false he said the officer produced as evidence a num ber of orckirs for acton customers where the address contained a street number the homes in that towr are not numbered he pointed out it would seem that these men have been in the business on a very ex tensive scale magistrate forsythe ob served they would much rather have de cent tmployment than do this coun sel for the three men max aiken de clared they have had a lot of tough luck perhaps williams ls not as deeply invoked in this as strachan crown attorney w 1 dick suggested on the basis of evidence to this effect ihe crown will be satisfied with the minimum of 100 and costs in his case as far as strachan is concern ed well the maximum ls 1000 and costs magistrate forsythe imposed a fine of 100 and casts upon williams and 200 nnu costs on his companion he casts in each case totalled 20 and the fines carried an alternative of tw miss edna robinson daughter ol mr and mrs m m bobbj robin sou burlington left on saturdaj week for new haven conn to pursue graduate studj at yale unhcsltv mdies of church following the when she was awarded a scholarship supper an ex el cut prognm was gli in german miss robinson a former rn by the fo owing urtls s dorian student of burlington high school suing quar tt toronto w r bltk who graduated from mcmasler unl baritone tot onto mrs josephine mc versiiv in 1936 with flrt class honors lenj soprano mim co miss lot in french and german recent re stevens reaaer hamilton mlxea turned from a years studj at the uni quartet choir versilles of freiburg munich ind berlin during the last summer she t has vlslted paris london oxford and cambridge cnnrnii o c nil as is td bj mr w and tlirc month sentences in the r black baritone soloist toronto county jail respectively the liquor the anthems and organ voluntaries i together with the car and trailer was wire all virv much appreciated ordered confiscated a congregational sui per was ell attended on mondav even i wiienl i delicious a was served by the acton street lights are being con trolled dv an electric eje for one lions frolic will be two nights of hilarious fun next monday and tuesday oct 10 11 lions out to help the kiddies tickets going fast for lucky draw shed your worries dust off vour smile and come to georgetown arena next mondaj and tuesday evenings there will be fun for everyone vaude yille games music etc everjthlng to make the old young and the oung younger two evenings of hilarious enter tainment with a complete change of program each night a grand ama teur show will provide highclass en tertainment on monday night wnen ken soble will act as master of cere monies there will also be tea cup fortune telling card reading souvenir booths and refreshment booth operat ed by lions ladles entries for the amateur show are coming in fast and a large lis of amateurs will take part besides three of the ken soble s prise winning amateurs will be present all this for a quarter or hniur 1 can you bellever t be sure to com the show still goes on tuesday evening with a variety show games vaudeville clown bands bingo tea cop reading and other outstanding at tractions the admission on tuesday evening is free to everyone turn out bring your friends make the community frolic really a com munity affair follow the crowd to the arena and help the uons help the kiddles every dollar earned goes for child welfare work in addition to the program a draw will be made at the variety show for a 920 00 door prise it may be worth your while to attend bach night there will be a draw for one ton of coal arid tickets are going fast dont fall to get yours this is georget xps outstanding fall attraction you can afford to miss it and the lions will appreciate your- support driver not to blame with a rider recommending that ill witnesses be excluded during evidence at an inquest a coroners jury held at acton on thursday night last brought in a verdict attaching no blame in the death of joseph gar diner 67 of speyside gardiner was fatally injured sun day sept 18th when he was in col lision with a car driven by ernest hall of ouelph while crossing the in tersection at bpeyslde to get a pill of water from a neighbor hall testified he saw a man run out from the side or the road as his car entered speyside the man ran back he said then ran out again and col lided with his car provincial constable j oliver mil ton told the jury marks on the wet pavement would indicate the car had verred to the right 43 feet before the million the car was in good work ing condition the officer swore it had been raining and long skid marks showdd on the road there was no evidence to indicate negligence on the part of the driver the verdict read had back broken by own truck jack gilbert 47 a junk dealer of acton received a broken back friday night last when his own two ton truk ran over his body while he was aiumpting to plrce stones in front of the wheels to prevent the truck from running down hill the accident occurred on the farm of male jim turner in nassagaweya township gilbert had stopped his truck ind got oul to place the c in front of the wheels when the truck started in motion both right wheels passed ov er hii bodj and the truck continued on another 40 or 50 jards stopping only after it had crashed a fence and a tree the truck contain ed over half a ton of scrap metal gilbert was taken to the office of dr e t nelson acton and later re moved to the guelpri general hospl winners at brampton fan- here are t few of the prise win ners from uus district at brampton fall fair held last friday and sat urday poultry fred conn w j alexander tool brownridge brains f r fendley thos brownridge j c cunningham rootsjand vegetables p r fendley sheep j c ounnlng- hamj 8 wilson cattle robinson bros horses j a mcbride dan campbell mark given running races vivian clark tal the prrfect sfeciman to be presented at the gregory the perfect specimen a comedy- drama starring the immensely popular errol flynn and the no less well liked joarr blondell is scheduled for the gregory theatre georgetown monday next thanksgiving day oct 10th this warner bros pro ductfon has been rated by preview critics aa among the very best laughand thrill photoplays of the year zt ls said to show that flynn in addition to his qualities as a swash buckling fighter with ancient weap ons as in captain blood the charge of the light brigade and the prince and the pauper is also a firstclass battler with the gloved fists in the roped arena a new locale for the handsome irishman an- amusing idea actuates the story of the perfect speclman don t fall to see this picture at the greg ory one of the boys was drinking milk at luncheon the other day said he was on the water wagon a dairyman happened to be sitting nearby and spoke up hey whose milk are you talking about light at the comer of charles and joseph streets by shade trees outside the sidewalk the trees be cut down carried v moved by lyons seconded by dayis that bylaw no 3814 to authorize the construction of a bituminous pavement on john st from mcnabb to the c nr culvert be now read a third time and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by hall seconded by crlpps that by law no to set the date for the nomination meetings for the town of georgetown be now read a first time carried moved bj lyons seconded by brown that by law no to set the date for the nomination meetings for the town of georgetown be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be at tached thereto carried moved bv brown seconded by hall that by law no to change the hour lor the first meeting of council be now read a first time carried moved b davis seconded by crlpps that b law no to change the hour for the first meeting of the council be now read a second and third times and flnallj passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto car ried the council extended the time in which the polls should open and close on election day from 9 am to 7 pm instead or from 8 ajtn to 5 pm also the hour of the inaugural meeting of council from 11 am to 130 pm a number of accounts were passed council adjourned week starttnc september 27th this device turns on the street lights when outside light intensities falls to 1 foot candles it turns the lights off in thi morning when the light rises to iv candles this will assure the street lights being on onlj when re quired thus saving lamp life it looks like a storm you had bet ter tnv for dinner oh thanks but it s hardly threa- ti nln enough for that a new six cj under automobile being sold in japan for 230 hornby school fair acclaimed best in halton county held at ashgrove school last week large number of exhibits championship shield won by ligny school the annua hornby shool fair was held it ashgrove school notwith standing the threatening weather the exhibit w as most outstanding and acclaimed the best school fair held in the county in some years a large crowd of interested spectators fol lowed with interest the activities of the youthful exhibitors the championship school fair shield was again won by the llgny school with the t eaton trophies being awarded as follows 1st sil ver trophy ward brownridge 2nd book stella snow 3rd book bert leslie other prize winners were as follows oats erban 1st doris brownridge 2nd stella snow 3rd mackenzie wil son 4th donald ismond 5th bruce ismond 6th george ismond barlej ojvc no 21 1st john stark 2nd tommy alderson spring wheat mindum 1st eddie robinson 2nd bessie snow field com golden olow 1st keith moffat 2nd bobble ford sweet corn 1st jean goodwin 2nd meryle robinson soy beans 1st elsie stringer 2nd mildred dunbar mangels 1st lulie wilson 2nd wm brain 3rd charlie lerlche 4th mau rice post 5th annie clirton 6th fras- er mcnabb turnips 1st george wilson 2nd joyce williams beets 1st frances barnes 2nd doris stringer 3rd floyd brigden 4th georglna leslie 5th donnje robert son 6th a lawrence carrots 1st hughte lerlche 2nd viola brigden 3rd earl wilson 4th billy tauyn 5th joseph ferrier 6th herbert wilson parsnips 1st edith beams 2nd robert moffitt 3rd jlmmle devlin onions 1st bert leslie 2nd don ald milton 3rd douglas leslie 4th ruth lawrence 5th nelson pell 6th stella nellson pumpkin 1st william brain 2nd russell brain 3rd isobel ford zinnias 1st lome miller 2nd john picket 3rd kenneth devlin 4th mckenzie wilson 5th billy tauyn 6th meryle robinson verbena 1st annie clifton tod margaret alexander 3rd gordon mc cready 4th audrey hall 5th bob moffat 6th lilly wilson phlox 1st lorna busseu 2nd don ald milton 3rd doris brownridge 4th donald ismond 5th david leslie 6th earl mcdowell galllardia 1st donald devlin 2nd olive lister 3rd jean lawson 4th edna springer 5th bruce ismond heltchrysum 1st edith hearns 2nd charlie lerlche 3rd douglas les lie 4th isabel ford snapdragon 1st shirley elliott 2nd frances barnes 3rd fraser mcnabb 4th clayton dick 5th june neelands 6th viola brigden northern spy apples 1st george ismond 2nd ruth morrison 3rd george wilson 4th bessie snow 5th jean goodwin 6th ward brownridge macintosh apples 1st jean good win 2nd colin marshall 3rd bruce ismond 4th bert leslie 5th olive lister 6th ward brownridge snow apples 1st bert leslie 2nd jsan goodwin 3rd stella snow 4th gordon mocreadyr 5th lois william son 6th douglas isuche apples other variety 1s bruce is- mond 2nd joyce williamson 3rd don- ald wilson 4th mary stark 5th bert leslie 6th craig alexander pears 1st bert leslie 2nd gordon mccready 3rd may stark 4th colin continued on page 7