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seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening october 26th 1938 150 per annum in advance 4200 to usa transients to be put on farms under direction of a maclaren queens park decides on project to care for single jobless under youth training plan- men to be placed in order of registration unemployed single men who have no domicile and are therefore unable to claim relief through regular channels will be absorbed on ontario farms un der the provisions of the dominlon- jprovinclal youth training agreement hon eric cross minister of welfare announced yesterday following con ferences with premier hepburn and l labor minister no hlpel the project will be organized nd directed by a maclaren of george town who placed more than 4000 young men on farms under similar circumstances from 1928 to 1935 when he was superintendent of the nona hostel and olenbrae farm george town mr maclaren has been visit ing rural districts for the past week matins arrangements for the placing of men the- minister sold only unemployed transients now in toronto will benefit by trie scheme at present mr cross announced but if the measure is successful it will likely be applied in other sections of the province the minister sa the program would involve young men from 16 to 30 years of age and would be car ried out entirely under the depart- ment of labor wages under the scheme will range from 120 to 200 a year plus board and lodgings with the scale set at 10 a month until march 31 1939 and from 10 to 20 per month thereafter depending on the ability of each man registration of the men will be be gin immediately the minister declar ed 1aly lawn bowlers enjoy chicken supper on monday evening last the ladies section of the georgetown ljra bowling club brought the season to a close by gathering at hunters inn where they enjoyed a chicken sup per after which they adjourned to the home of the president mrs s c jmckenzie on ouelph street where a social evening was spent with bridge and euchre the business meeting which follow ed showed gratifying reports of ea sons activities and by unanimous vote the members reelected all officers as follows president mrs b c mckenzle vicepresident mrs harold celave secretarytreasurer mrs j j olbbens games committee mrs bellsmrs erwln miss olive logan prize committee miss lyla arm strong mrs j p reld ffbacreshmenta mrs mcdoweuj and mrs kaiser winners in the scotch doubles were presented with beautiful prizes 1st mrs j p reld and mrs e b oib- b 2nd mrs b c mckenzle and mrr b ty d mr and miss lyla armstrong ringer score mrs el b oibbens high est individual score mrs j kaiser special prize of beautiful handwork iwas presented by mrs j j olbbens to mrs j p reld the evenings bridge prize was ron by miss laura scott while the euchre prise went to miss edna neil a successful season climaxed by a most enjoyable dinner and social even ing was brought to a close with ex pressions of appreciation to president mrs mckenzle for use of her specious home and singing for shes a jolly good fellow l-hcoeave- mm toronto man pays fine on liquor charge anthony lanl toronto was assess ed 10 and 22 costs in police court at milton on wednesday oct 10th when he pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally consuming liquor a charge of unlawfully having liquor withdrawn prank trlgardi also r toronto and who was allegedly in with lanl was acquitted on charges of reckless driving and driv- ing without an operators permit the charges arose out of an acci- dent on no 7 highway near nerval oct 14th when a car bearing the two accused and robert maltby also of toronto skidded on a hill and over turned at the base of the grade the occupants suffered minor injuries jl the charges against trlgardi were v by magiatrfttew r llffe when deefnce oaftlbel a base toronto pointed out that there no evidence to prove he was ingnv constable wmiam emmerson qlqt georgetown who with traffic offl- fcftfcr bert howell of rockwood lnvesu- t gated testified that be found the car sjymc in its side across the highway uocung traffic at the base of the l according to marks at the hill- t he believed the vehicle bad struck i guard-rail- and careened down the provincial officer howeu told the 17 court he found weaving skid marks i totalling ft length of 378 feet from top of the hill to where the car sjllay overturned a partially eohsum- gad bottle of liquor found in a dtih enear ths wrecked car by police vas bordered confiscated scrambled sentence hunt result exceptional skill was shown by entrants in recent business mens association scrambled sentence hunt two persons who submitted an identical sen tence which was judged as the best will each receive 450 this is a split of the combined first and second prizes the winning sentence was buyjng locally helps the town and was submitt ed by both miss m little and mrs w carney halton presbyterial the fall meeting of the executive of halton presbyterial wmb met on wednesday afternoon oct 19th in milton united church the president mrs earl wilson presiding pour auxiliary presidents availed themselves of the privilege of attending mrs h ingelhart conducted the de votions with an inspirational talk on the executive study book the living church the resignation of miss marjorie harbottle as literature secretary was accepted with regret mrs w a shane oakville who formerly held this office in oshawa presbyterial was appointed to fill the office encouraging reports were received from the secretaries mrs j mcder- mld of georgetown the new treaurer reported the monies from the socie ties were being sent in more promptly an informative talk on the madras conference the federation of chris tian church of the world which con venes in december and which will be broadcast direct from- madras by lo well thomas was given by miss a r leonard mrs h s plddes- explained the quarter million crusade the executive were later entertained at tea by the milton members rebekah officers installed sister elizabeth whltton district deputy president of centre district 23 of rebekah assembly of on- tario and suite installed the follow ing elected and appointed officers of verdun rebekah lodge no 184 on tuesday evening october isth jr png sister lyla armstrong noble grand sister margaret groat vice grand gister laura mckenzle recording secretary sister mabel porgrave financial secretary sister edna cleave treasurer sister olive reid warden sister myrtle vint conductor sister marie day musician sister pearl lillico chaplain sister joyce staccy bsng- sister hazel marshall lbng sister pearl scott rsvo- sister ethel kaiser lsvg sister evelyn walker inside guardian sister hall outside guardian sister neil following installation ceremony which was conducted hi a most pleas ing manner sister whltton ddp was presented with a gift of silver- plate sister whltton made presentation of png official jewel to sister lyla armstrong the newly installed noble grand was honoured with gifts of rases mums and gloves accompanied by many complimentary wishes from irlcnds while the vice grand sister laura mckenzle also was the recipi ent of flowers and good wishes following installation the visitors which included sister middle ton past president of the rebekah assembly of ontario members from brampton guclph milton and toronto number ing about one hundred were enter tained at a banquet arranged on tables decorated in autumn colors and laden with many good things to eat fred johnson wins shield in norval rifle shoot on monday nights club shoot the last shoot for the silver mounted shield was completed and fred john son was the winner by a comfortable margin of points in the practice shoots several mem bers made the possible scores of 100 x 100 one member doing the trick three times the scores in the aggregate event are as follows r w hall 100 h nurse 100 p johnson 99 w wilson atk4nson9bameredlthmr w llsk 98 h walker 98 dr steven son 07 e mcklnney 97 p hustler 98 c cantelon 96 g h hall 95 f stark 95 lunch was served during the even ing and several members enjoyed a game of bridge while waiting their turns to stioot we are sorry to learn that our presi dent mr w o m browne is now in hospital at guelph undergoing treat ment for a serious ailment our best wish is for his speedy recovery downeymedonald wedding strathmore farm the home of mr and mrs a mcdonald terra cotta was the scene of a very pretty autumn wedding saturday afternoin oct 22nd when their younger daugh ter elizabeth reld bessie was unit ed in marriage to mr henry atvln downey older son of mr and mrs milton downey of mayfleld rev ewan mcdonald of toronto officiated the livingroom was beautifully de corated in autumn tones with an arch of cedar intermingled with autumn leaves and bronze and yellow mums the bride given in marriage by her father wore white velvet made on princess lines with a halo of orange blossoms and finger tip veil she car ried ophella roses and llly-of-the-val- ley her matron of honour was mrs h- c wrigglesworth of georgetown whp wore rose taffeta with tight bodice and full skirt and carried a quaint nosegay of sweetheart rows and violets master raymond ander- t nephewof the bride made a charming little ring bearer little lois wilkinson and donald anderson were-also- junior attendants mr nel son downey was his brothers grooms man the soloist was miss ruth an derson of geo and the pianist miss anna ltnklater of brampton the brides mother received the guests in a dress of black crepe with bine and silver lace and corsage of roses mrs downey also received in black crepe with corsage of roses aftettfie wedding luncheon the bride donned her travelling costume a moss crepe dress in tobacco brown with trim of petit polnte in soft con trasting shades a brown boucle coat with caracul fur and matching acces sories mr and mrs downey left by motor for a trtp to eastern canada and united states they will reside at the grooms farm near mayfleffl north halton ministerial associaton held meeting the first tall meeting of the north halton ministerial association was held on monday of this week at 10 oclock ajn in st georges anglican church members were present from milton acton balllnafad glen wil liams norval and georgetown rev w g o thompson conducted worship then the chairman rev f c overend introduced dr r david son principal of emmanuel college toronto who spoke of the two great church conferences held at oxford and edinburgh in 1937 at which he was a canadian delegate dr david sons reflections upon the proceedings and results of these two conferences inspired optimism in the future of the christian church the growth of christian understanding between christians of various churches and nations is one of the hopeful signs of these present days a very sincere vote of thanks to dr davidson was made on motion and expressed by the chairman the next meeting will be held in st albans anglican church acton rev w g o thompson pronounc ed the benediction ashgrove the bright star mission band held their autumn thankoffering meeting in the schoolroom of the united church on sunday afternoon oct 16th with almost all the mem bers present and a goodly number of older guests miss marlon miller pre sided and miss joy ruddell at the piano quite a number of the children contributed to the programin some form mrs frank wilson the guest speaker told a canadian story of saskatchewan which was much ap preciated by all it was just as if we had really visited the scene of the story masters gilbert wiigglesworth and clayton dick favored us with duet dare to be a daniel and miss joy ruddell a pleasing piano solo our auxiliary- president mrs c b dick spoke a few words wishing the band success and renewed interest with our new study book the young peoples union held their opening- meeting for the fall on mon day evening oct 17th in the form of a social serving welners and rolls cake and coffee their next meeting will be on sunday oct 30th ir charge of miss zeta graham devo tional convenor mrs thomas giffen mrs prank wilson mrs c b dick and mrs e wilson attended the thankoffering meeting of norval auxiliary of the wmb on wednesday oct 19th and heard miss rutherford principal of the united training school toronto their guest speaker plans are being arranged for the annual anniversary supper at the united church further announce ment and date next week the october meeting of ashgrovc womens institute was held at the home of mrs cecil wilson on tuesday oct 18th the roll call was answered with many amusing little stories and rhymes mrs g nurse gave a worth while paper on thrift and mrs f wilson read a few choice selections by wllhelmine stitch miss reta fisher read an interesting story the motto was ably handled by mrs engleby a social halfhour concluded the meet ing- nomination of candidate to be held november 7th the ontario older boys parliament is to meet for the eighteenth time dec 27 31 at mcmaster university in hamilton about 100 boys from all parts of ontario will meet together to discuss matters relating to boys work the parliament is fostered by six de nominations and the ymca work ing through the boys work board of the ontario religious education council boys who have passed their -ix- teenth but not their twentyfirst birth day by dec 1st are eligible as candi dates provided they meet certain character qualifications the nomin ations close november 7th the re turning officer for halton county is mr a k leonard of milton and any further information may be secured from him if an election is necessary the voting will be held on nov 26th for the voting all members of boys classes over 12 years of age who have been registered before the 21st of november will be entitled to vote it is hoped that this constituency will be represented by a member this year milton grand master dr hall accompanied by grand secretary bro w brooks paid milton lodge no 92 looj an official visit last night visiting bre thren were present from brampton acton and georgetown lodges mr and mrs w m tovell paler mo announce the engagement of tltlr only daughter evelyn isabel to mr james douglas pearson son of mr and mrs pa pearson of weston the marriage to take place quietly on november loth mr and mrs chas roper and son of toronto visited his parents mr and mrs j p roper on sunday henry baker george james and herb warm of hamilton formerly of milton visited to town on satur day prank hayden o fftlchtnond hill formerly of milton was in town on tuesday mrs louis clare of buffalo for merly annie campbell of milton and her daughter visited mrs ourrytuid mrs ceas on sunday miss jean arthur succeeds miss edith potts as stenographer- in t a hutchinsons law office miss potts was married on saturday last cham pion norval st pauls wa are holding a sale of home baking and afternoon tea in the parish hall friday nov 4th it four georgetown men narrowly es caped serious injury about 7 am mon day when the car in which they were travelling to work was struck by a west bound car on the curve at the west end of the village their car owned- bythe georgetown lumber co was overturned in the ditch and con siderably damaged the other car driven by miller schwartz of toronto sustained a damaged rear fender and the two occupants were unhurt traffic officer howell of rockwood in vestigated this accident was the third in the past ten days at the west end of the village this curve which is poorly marked has been the scene of about a dozen accidents this sum mer and fortunately no one has been seriously injured the annual supper of the presby terian church will be held on friday eevntng of this week a program will follow the supper weare pleased to hear thatmrs j brown who has been ill at the home of her daughter mrs ltadsay in acton is much improved in health showers and presentation to miss bessie mcdonald miss bessie mcdonald of terra cotta a bride of last saturday has been much feted during the month of october on monday afternoon october 6th a miscellaneous shower was tendered the bridetobe by miss ruth ander son and mrs h c wrigglesworth at the home of the latter on thursday evening oct 13th mrs joe cowle of brampton enter tained in miss mcdonalds honour at a kitchen shower the staff of mc- hughs school brampton of which the bride was a member for the past four years as well as several other friends were present oh this happy occasion on friday evening oct 14th the union community gathered at the- home of mr and mrs t p mcdonald to express their appreciation of the many and varied services which miss mcdonald had rendered to them mr t l leslie was chairman and a short program consisting of piano duets by misses norah lyons and jean eccles reading by miss enid cook and vocal solos by miss ruth anderson and mrs h c wrigglesworth messrs frank petch jas l mckane t f mcdonald and joseph harris all ex pressed their appreciation of bessies worth to the community and wished her every success in her new sphere of life mrs p dick read the follow ing address and mrs a dolson pre sented miss mcdonald with a beau tiful silver tea service on behalf of the members of the community dear bessie we your friends of this community have gathered this evening to do hon our to you in recognition of your coming departure from our midst occasions such as this are always tinged with a feeling of sadness and although the associations which have been a part of your life up to this period will soon undergo a change we rejoice that that change does not necessitate your going too great a distance from us and we know that the many interests which you have shared in this neighborhood will still continue to occupy a large place in your thoughts we are delighted to have this op portunity of showing to you our lett ing of indebtedness for all the favors you have conferred omthe whole com munity through its different organi zations we recognize with what de votion your life has been spent en deavoring to help union church th readiness with which you placed ynur time and talents at the disposal every branch of its work and in every way sought to help forward the king dom of godlri midst our best wishes for a lifetime of joy happiness and prosperity are ex tended to you- as we ask your accep tance of this gift which carries with it the love and esteem of the many friends of your early life signed on behalf of the union com munity t l leslie a dolson mrs f petch notes on the lions club boxing show willie morrissey widely and favour ably known in canadian sporting circles as an ardent horseman and boxing enthusiast has gladly consent ed to give his very valuable time in connection with the georgetown lions boxing show to be held here soon mr morrissey besides being the owner of canadas ace thoroughbred bunty lawless has recently taken over the managerial duties of norman baby yack bantamweight champion of canada who is at present a world championship contender willie is definitely coming and besides bring ing along his fighting atom as re feree he says he will also have with him sammy luftsprlng who is he new canadian welterweight champ by virtue of his sensational knockout over frankle genovese this month contact is being made with tom longboat who was in his day the worlds greatest runner to have him on band to be introduced to the fans at the boxing show and now a word about the card it self when the sanction permitting the staging of a fight show was pur chased from the amateur athletic union of canada the secretary mr fry remarked that he was amased at such an outstanding lineup of boxers being signed for one program parti cularly in ge he hastened to add however that any town with enough sporting interest to give to midget njll to ontario could be depended upon to make this big en terprise a howling success on behalf of the young people of union church miss helen leslie read the following address and mr a mc- hthy p ttwil with- a -boot- reading lamp dear bessie we the union young people ure gathered here tonight to show our appreciation of your valued services in the community and to express our regret at your departure from our midst you have been a most cheerful and willing worker in everything you un dertook you also have been an in spiration and a good example to the young people you have shown them how to accept their responsibilities and to make the most of them you took an active part in the sun day school since you were a young girl of sixteen years and i am sure your faithful efforts will not be fruit less but will bring forth a rich har vest in the lives of the young girls and boys you have taught your thorough and dependable character was evident that you realiz ed life is not dreaming all the short way life is not living just for today tis living for others to lighten their load tis helping their brothers and trust ing god we think it only right at this lime to say we are not ungrateful for all you have done and wish you to ac cept this reading lamp which we hope will remind you of your union friends so with it bessie we wish you joy happiness without alloy signed on behalf of the union young people miss mcdonald very graciously thanked them for their beautiful gifts and said that anything she had been able to do to help in the community had been a pleasure lunch was served and a very pleas ant evening brought to a close the horticultural society instructive talks were given thurs day evening- last on different phases of gardening by a mi nielsen k b swackhamer and h l hutt it was announced that members of the society wishing fall bulbs can se cure them at a reduced rate from the dominion seed house by hunting or telephoning a list of what they re quire to a m nielsen the list may include daffodils crocuses hyacinths paper whites tulips high school rugby team bested in two gaines georgetown high school have much younger and lighter rugby squad this season and therefore while play ing a fine brand of the college sport generally come out on the short end of the 6coe etobicoke 12 georgetown i the junior rugby squad of ohjs played their best game so far this season in etobicoke last thursday the etobicoke juniors averaged 1to while georgetown averaged 130 this difference in size was the cause of georgetowns stage fright in the first few minutes of the game the kickoftwas received by boyle who ran it backnabout 30 yards a sequence play netted georgetown nothing and lorrimon was forced to punt the kick was short and the receiver ran it back to about centre field from there on a long forward pass etobicoke got a touchdown the convert was completed and the score vs 60 against georgetown boyle again returned the kick on a nice un to about centre field a fumble on the part of the local squad gave etobi coke the ball another forward was completed and the ball was plunged over for a major from 10 yds out the local team then came out of their shell and on beautiful plays by barber and lorrlman started to march up the field they used a varied at tack and baffled the etobicoke team the quarter ended with the ball on the etobicoke 30 yard line at the start of the second quarter lorrlman punted behind the opposing teams goalline and he also tackled the runner behind the line for a rouge this made the score u to l arnold left end of the gjels teajo was the main factor in keeping etobi coke off the score sheet in this quar ter and he turned in a great game the ball changed hands several times as neither team made much progress the third quarter was fast and furi ous thefe were beautiful runs by boyle and barber bob early and joe wllox played a great defensive game a long run by an opposing half save etobicoke another chance they kicked and boyle was caught behlid the line score 131 the fourth quarter found george town pressing very hard but just un able to score the play was almost entirely in etobicoke territory the game was clean and very fast and there might have been a different score if georgetown had held in the first few minutes of the game georgetown team snap stlggcr lnsides schertsl kelr middles dol son mckenzle ends arnold moclure quarter boyle flying wing early halfline wilcox barber lorrlman subs o carter peck doane f car ter hansen sargent whltmee cofeu brampton 21 georgetown 0 monday night the red and blue of qms were handed a trimming by the mixed junior and senior squads of brampton the socre brampton 21 georgetown 0 the game was much better than the score would indicate brampton open ed scoring by catching a georgetown man behind the goal line for a count of 2 points georgetown was given the ball on their 2 yaw tin bt they started rolling barber playing on the halfline made yards on a smart run around the left end the yardsticks were moved again by lor rlman on a tricky reverse cofell called back for a forward passed into a brampton players arms who tuck ed the ball and scampered for a major score the attempt to conyor was blocked only other score oi the first half was a rouge barber being caught behind the line for one points- score brampton 8 ohj3 0 the third quarter was marked by ground gaining plunges by george town joe schertzl a first year plun- er plowed through the brampton line for big gams lorriman bucked the line several times but when called to kick he fumbled and brampton smothered him and recovered the ball this break started the flowertowners on a touchdown march a jong com pleted pass placed the ball on george towns 15 yd line from there moore- head plunged twice for a touch tola score was converted this ended scor ing for the quarter brampton 14 g h a o the fourth quarter play was studd ed with fumbles both teams fumbled several times brampton missed scor lng another 5 points when they were thrown back from georgetowns 1 yd line by the forward wall of the red and blue a fumbled snap cost the local squad another 2 points when a player was caught behind the goal- line after this score the play was very even and the ball was kept around centre field then kellutn brampton quarter tore around nd to put brampton in a scoring posi tion a right endrun was the only play needed to take the ball across the line again for another major score the game ended with the scoro brampton 21 ghj3 0 georgetown team centre peck inside dolson sttgger middles mo- kemde schertsl ends arnold me- dure quarter boyle halfline bar ber lorriman oofell flying wing rcox subs kelr doane o carter carter whltmee sargent fn card of thanks the family of the late junes- w boyle hereby convey their slncem thanks to friends ana neighbor far their many kindne expressions of sympathy floral trib sad cards in their sms beresminbnt by the death of theirbetoved father