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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening april 5th 1939 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to usa capl w c c innes of he taxpayers assoc here monday last under auspiees lions club addressed meeting in public library attended by mayor councillors members of lions club and other citizens at the regular meeting of the georgetown wonts olub on monday evening capt w c c xnnes man aging director and chairman of the 1 executive council of taxpayers as sedation of canada gave an interest ing and informative address chaueng lug caandians to examine carefully the problems of government that ef in his opening remarks the speak r referred to the great strides made in canada since confederation and asked the question what does the future hold for us at the present we are faced wim a staggering national debt we have a grave unemployment problem we are in the fog of depression i feel tins is temporary and we shall come out of it to greater prosperity and progress said the speaker in pre facing his remarks with a note pi olrtitntsm referring generally to conditions capt innes said that he thought that canada was facing a financial crisis and added that we are so close to bankruptcy that it makes me fear for the future taxation has increased to the point where people are demanding that it must come down not only must it be increased but it must be re duced the national debt is over seven billion dollars it has doubled since 1919 and represents a 3500 mortgage on every householder 730 per capita our national debt is almost twice our annual national income es thnated at 4v billion dollars with two thirds or our debt non producing these figures are danger ous said the speaker our debt is increasing and no attempt is being made to peg it and the ultimate re suit will be a millstone for those wtio are to take our place the cost of government from the school hoards lo the federal gov eminent is a billion dollars a year said the speaker in asking the ques tkras have we too much govern ment have we duplication of services the necessity for revenue to meet deficits pay subsidies etc prevents a reduction in taxation 43 millions for wheat subsidy 63 millions for de fence 52 millions for the cnh there is one way and only one way to reduce taxation and that is by the practice of the most rigid economies and the solving of some of our out standing problems speaking of the leadership league cjapt innls said that he did not agree with the plan to abolish all provin dal government but those bodies were duplicating services of the ped era government in respect to health labor agriculture etc and adding jx our cost of government he stated ttiat the provinces were exceeding their rights under the british north america act provincial governments should deal with local matters by usurping federal rights the provincial governments in the past ten years have caused national dls unity this has resulted in problems being taken to lie privy council for decision and unfortunately that body upheld the provinces capt innes traced the growth of aortal legislation and stated that the provinces had tampered the federal government because of this division of authority we have separate acts for old age pensions minimum wages etc in all the provinces and the federal government pays almost the entire bill because the provinces have taken powers which they dont rightly pos sess we have a duplication of services that is costing us millions of dollars speaking of the proposed abolition of the provinces the speker said that problems of boundaries history poll tics and traditions were againts such a course of action the speaker sug gested a clipping of the wings of the provinces through a national confer ence which would lay down the limits of the two spheres of influence to do away with the costly duplication of services the cost of relief has been 900 million dollars since 1930 and will reach one billion dollars by june of tills year this expenditure is non revenue producing and with the ex ception of a small percentage spent in the erection of public buildings little has been expended for the bet terment of canada had we dealt with relief as a national emergency such as the great war proper wages would have been paid other projects such as proper roads would have been profited by the expenditure relief is a nn matter and to tlonal emergency should be dealt with by the federal government m0 pihl and what have we to show for it speaking of the railway problem which dates back to 1919 and stul remains unsolved capt innes said has had oifi ionization of montreal services at an estimated cost of 6 million dollars our money is being spent because they have a mountebank for a mayor one who would fight for italy as against britain said the speaker in denouncing this expenditure the object of the taxpayers asso elation of canada is to educate the people of canada in respect to na tlonal problems to awaken in can adians a desire for betterment ol conditions to change that indlffer ence that is ramapant throughout the land and thus force governments to take a definite stand for the solu uon of national problems mayor joseph gibbons also spoke briefly in reference to town finances and the able manner in which capt mnis had dealt with taxation in gen era cant tones was introduced by lion j watson a vote of thanks moved by lion w h long was unanimously tendered to capt inens for his very able address hughes cleaver mp unanimous choice at liberal convention held in hilton thursday convention to choose the liberal standard bearer in the forthcoming general federal election was held in the milton theatre on thursday even ing last delegates attended from every ward hughes cleaver mp tihe sitting member was the unanimous choice of the convention no other name having come before the convention and he received the enthusiastic ac claim of the delegates r j deachman federal member for huron was the guest speaker and gave a very able exposition of the liberal governments trade policy mr cleaver addressed the delegates thanking them for renominating him and gave a very comprehensive re cord of his activities at ottawa dur ing the past four years and outlined concisely the reforms that should be enacted and which he would strive for if reelected as their member thomas blakelock provincial lib eral member also addressed the dele gates and having just returned from legislature announced the surplus that the government had on operations last year which was thuslastlcally received by the dele gates about twenty five delegates repre sented georgetown at the meeting dr c v williams addressed i ode meeting a regular meeting of the chapter of the iode was held at the home of mrs k m langdon on monday evening april 3rd the regent pre sided and the secretary read tihe minutes of the previous meeting and the treasurer gave her report plans were made for a bridge and euchre to be held in may to raise funds for the charitable work to be carried on by this organization pinal arrangements were made for the formal presentation of the char ter ai the bestowal dinner to be held at the mcglbbon hotel next tuesday evening the speakers at the ban quel will be mrs wm morrison provincial regent mrs c r brown provincial organizing secretary and mrs h p mckendrlck ftov incial education secretary dr c v williams the guest speak er of the evening commended the i o d e on it s patrotlc endeavours pointing out that in times like these there should be a sincere feeling of unity with the empire in its gteat efforts to promote peace in the world he gave an advisory talk on how the chapter might assist financially the public health clinics of this town to aid in the establishment of a tuber culosis prevention clinic and a men tal hygiene clinic the latter was active here several years ago and had excellent results he explain ed the splendid work now being ac compllshed here in the toxoid vac clnatlon and dental clinics another worthy cause being the endowment of a cot in the toronto sick child ren s hospital dr wllhams gave tribute to that institution for their cooperation with this town in medl cal services also to the hamilton sanatorium the meeting closed with a vote or thanks to dr williams for his very interesting and helpful talk and to mrs langdon for the use of her home 4 courage to face the problem that la i costing s million dollars a week tf titls was a private business it would be solved we the people of can ada go on year after year without attempting to solve tt another lx million dollars la being put mto ole in the ground at montr that is the preliminary estimate said che speaker who declared the new montreal cnh depot would ultim ately cost so millkm dohata they turned down the opjl offer for un- a very enjoyable time was spent with the members of the lawn bowl ing club last thursday evening when they held a progressive bridge and euchre in the legion hall with over one hundred present competition was keen in with euchre and bridge and when the total scores were re corded the following were the prize winners bridge ladles first prize miss olive logan gents first prize mr r prust consolation mrs jos gibbons euchre ladies first prize miss marjory hunter gents first prize mr r t cave consolation mrs r erwln following the games a delightful lunch was served by the ladles of the club and mr j richardson presl dent expressed the wish that all had enjoyed the evening and invited all old and any new members to join the bowlers on the greens this doming bridge olub news georgetown mens bridge club celebrated the first anniversary the regular meeting monday evening april 3rd in the legion assembly room twenty members were present election of officers was proceeded with under the chairman mr b t faram vicepresident for 193839 the results of the election were wm -president- winy vicepresident 8 t pawn secretary tkeasurer 3 onap- oommittee c sinclair j mills j kennedy f sinclair a k wright a satisfactory balance was report ed by the treasurer the usual pairs play was then con turned first prise for the evening was won by s t faram and huxnbertone with wm king and j p shortt second health the following is the report of com munlcabje diseases by the mob to georgetown board of health for march 139 diphtheria 0 scarlet fever 0 chlckenpox 0 measles 0 german measles 0 mumps 0 infantile paralysis 0 typhoid fever 0 whooplngcough 0 cerberosplnal meningitis 0 epidemic at gregory theatre on saturday the judge hardy family is loose again i in love finds andy hardy they create another alternately hum orous and dramatic episode from the life of a typical american family at gregory theatre georgetown satur day afternoon and night april 8th the fourth episode in the life of the hardy family is by far the most amusing and entertaining to date once more it affords the family con slsttng of lewis stone mickey roo ney cecilia parker fay holden and betty ross clarke with every oppor tunlty for capitalizing on the home spun drama of everyday ufa in addition judy garland makes her appearance as one of mickey s three girl friends daylight saving in town april 30 relief cost 38515 in march ballinafad l1naf7 mrs a h forstcr of toronto spent the week end with her sister mrs a r mprrlam rev and mrs a o w foreman visited lat thursdav with mr fore mans motl er in hamilton mrs foreman is quite poorly and has been count ed to her bed for some time mr b vannatter was in toronto i for the week end visiting her sister mr h mclnlo h mivs phyllss bainbrldge of erin was a visitor at the manse on sat urday the flu is no respector 01 persons as ballinafad s two oldest residents mrs agnes young and mr john mc kechnie have suffered attacks mrs young has been quite 111 and mr mckechnle is still confined to his bed an lnuretslng part of the service in the united church on sunday morn ing was the presentations of prizes and certificates to the eight sunday school pupils who wrote on the na tlonal ttempcrance course mr pi d ashgrove council met tuesday evening may vote on sewage by- law at an earlier date than that set at former meet ing tag day granted salvation army the regular april meeting of town council was held on tuesday even mayor joseph gibbons in the chair reeve george davis and coun cllolrs a e cripps thomas lyons n h brown joseph hall and k mcdonald present minutes of previous meetings read and on motion of lyoiu and hall were adopted mr walceharc representing the hamilton spectator addressed coun cil re visit of king and queen to hamilton and the issuing ol a pcci itl souvenir edition foi the occasion he solicited an advertisement of the town of georgetown for the special edition mr wakefield ford addressed coun ell re surficc water running from street mto his cellar and asked that an effort be made by council to remedy the condition causing same the matter was left in the hands of the road committee to sec that the nuslance was remedied mr wm glim an addressed coun ell regarding difficulty with drain and removal of good from his dairy dairy dr c v williams m oji ad dressed council regarding the lnstal lation of owagc in town and the date of taking vote on same he asked that the date of voting be reconslder ed as he felt and it was the opinion of other ratepayers that valuable time was being lost in the installation of this very important system for the preservation of health in our town the question of submitting the by law at an earlier date than the one already set was discussed at cons id erablc length communications were read from hospital for sick children salvation army re tag day toronto general hospital re indigent patient moved by brown seconded by cripps that the salvation army be allowed to hold a ta day in george town on may 6th carried on motion of mcdonald and lyons a grant or 15 00 was made to the salvation army rescue home in hamilton moved by hall seconded by cripps that the following accounts be paid w breen sts s 120 m armstrong ww sts 18 00 m armstrong sts 18 00 m armstrong sts 18 00 m armstrong sts 18 00 w h kentner son coal 2650 the evening telegram advt 3 90 canadian brass co ww 94 01 thos carey hauling wood 1 50 county of halton sts 3550 jenkins a hardy auditing 300 00 w cleave sts 4 0b silvers depl store fire protection 74 00 bell telephone co 12 13 hydro electric 623 38 grays oarage sts 280 r h thompson co town hall 1 19 speights garage town truck 65 k m langdon legal fees 2585 p c whltroee sts 4 00 j n oneill ac son town hall 325 o r muckart ww 143 w o marshall postage etc 4 40 jack tost hauling wood 360 georgetown herald printing and advertising 83 20 moved by brown esconded by lyons that the t par the relief commission the sum of 386 15 to pay march accounts moved by brown seconded by mc donald that we request the hydro electric commission to lnstal a street light on market st- between church and factory st carried moved ijy davis seconded by cripps that daylight saving time for the town of georgetown commence on the 30th day of april 1990 12 01 sal and end on the 17th day of septem ber 1988 at midnight carried dick presided guests were present from the neighboring socle ties or hornby norval ballinafad and georgetown the special speaker mlss christina baxter missionary furlough from india gave a complete urvey of her great work there she was attired in a beautiful native cos t ime given to her by the students of t he normal school of which she is principal mrs tot ton had charge of the worship bervlce mrs howard wrlgglesworth of georgetowni and mrs ranklne of norval added much to the easter program by their mes sages in song a few of our ladles attended the thankoffering meeting at clsonfe- town on tuesday and enjoyed mrs murray an officer from toronto con ference occupants of house have narrow escape when fire threatened to demoush the building mother drops girl aged 3 into fathers waiting arms woman then jumps two storeys mto snowbank two others carried out trapped by flames in the upper crey of a brick house on mam t mrs herbert sinclair dropped her daughter gloria aged three years from a balcony on the front of the second floor into the arms of her husband then jumped into a pile of snow escaping unscathed from what threatened momentarily to be a tragic situation the ore which started about 1l0o saturday night was discovered by mrs sinclair just as she was about to retire her husband was already in bed and their little girl in another room was sleeping soundly we had the window of our room up and there was a very strong smell of smoke i thought at first that it came from a gange next door said mrs sinclair however the odor of smoke was so strong that i took a look around the apartment before ly ing down and i noticed a line of light under the door of our living room before i could move a flame sprang up in the hall calling to her husband to give ttw alarm mrs sinclair ran to the room where gloria was sleeping mr sin clair ran down thestalrs at the rear of their apartment and shouted to a e cripps whose garage adjoined the burning house to sound the alarm when the front door was opened a burst of flames trapped mrs sinclair and her little girl ha the front section of their suite calm in spite of her danger mrs sinclair quickly opened the door to the bal cony and dropped the baby who was badly frightened but plucky into her fathers arms then jumped it was pretty cold in the snow but it was a lot better than taking a chance a e cripps having called the fire department came to the assistance of the sinclair s and called to mrs sinclair to wait until he ran a ladder up to the balcony which was some ten feet or mote above the pile of snow but mrs sinclair preferred to take no chances the two occupants of the lower section of the house mrs r f bes- sey its owner and mrs annie ham mond had to be carried out by fire men and residents who hunted tt the fire mrs hammond was con fined to bed by illness and mrs bes- sey an elderly lady refused at first to believe that there was a fire the firemen however had ample time to provide wrappings and carry the two- women to safety for the blaze was confined almost entirely to the up per floor of the house damage amounted to between si 500 and 2 000 and nearly an hour was required before all the flamfcs which had eaten through the floor and celling or the upper apartment were extinguished the occupants were taken to near by homes and the slnclalrs were later taken to the home of mrs sin clalr s parents mr and mrs james costigan they were fortunate both in their escape from the fire and to another particular mr sinclair had left his weeks wages in a cash box in their bedroom and when the fire men had subdued the names the money was found to be unscathed to gether with a considerable amount of clothing much of the furniture was remov ed by the firemen and other vohm teer helpers but the lower floor of the house was soaked with water and one of mrs bessey s possessions a voluminous collection of newspaper clippings which she had saved for at least a decade was marred by the water this andthat in sport by g mac moouvray the thrill or a lifetime is almost at hand for the boys of the mid get nhjl to morrow thursday night they leave by special cnr coach for copper cliff where they will spend the easter week end as guests of the copper cliff midget n hx team and the international nic kel co lion president harold c mcclure has been in charge- of ar rangements at this end and gordon alcott will head the reception com mlttee at copper cliff au details have been attended to here paving the way for a real outing for the georgetown boys and looking at the other side of the picture we learn copper cliff is looking forward to re turning some of the hospltalitty shown their boys last summer when they came here to play baseball we know it will be a trip worth while both in a sporting way and education ally as the team and supporters will be taken on a tour of the mines it will be one long to be remembered a three game hockey series is of course the main event and the local boys promise they will be hi there trying and giving of their be t bring the ontario midget nhl hockey honors to georgetown we wish them success a happy trip and may the better team win while o ha hockey has been ovtr in this mans town for some weeks acton intermediate b team i still in the running for the llnals playing a round robin series w th woodstock owen sound and whitby acton are now in second place and when lhe games have been completed they will likely be on hand for the final fn the junior c sec uon milton juniors were the runners up ror the championship being elim lnnled lost week by the aurora team arurora were the runners up last sea son when orangeville took the cham plotishlp both these teams have brought honor to the county this win ter and every part of halton has been watching with keen interest the o itcome of the various contests ylvanus apps toronto maple leaf hockey star was the unani mous choice of the tory conven tlon in brant county last saturday apps will contest the riding in the next federal election if he should win professional hockey will lose its beswick spent the week greatest centre player as apps said ith friends in toronto he would retire if elected plans to have at 0 outstanding mlddledlfltatke run tiers compete in a special five mile the young peoples union held race were announced by t j hanni their regular meeting on sunday gan president of the guelph track right in charge of ruth dleriam c in connection with a race pro mrs e wilson attended the execu kratn to staged lrf guelph may 24 me of the hamilton conference to race p f likely aspirants branch meeting in simcoe on march for canada s 1m0 olympic track team 29th and 30th would bring together scotty ranklne the easter thank offering meeting milton wallace toronto of the auxiliary of wms was held b collier georgetown art clarke on monday at ashgrovc united kitchener and mico valeriote and church with sixty ladles present mrs waiter fedortck guelph likes the weeklies we clip the following reference to the weekly newspapers from miss ag nes macphalls newspaper letter last week it gave me greet pleasure to meet at a six o clock tea party in a private home in this city the executive of the weekly newspaper association for canada i always like the hominess of weekly newspapers and the humanity and realism of their editors they are so much closer to the people than the great dailies mission band thank offering meeting the rosebud mission band of the united church held their easter thankoffering meeting on friday af ternoon march slat in the sunday school room the president mary dobson presided over an interesting program nrmuhn of an easter wor ship pageant given by twenty mem bars of the band three choruses and recitations by norma herrington and jean roney miss helen dayne of rockwood was present and addressed the children in a very pleasing man ner betty hunter on behalf of the band members thanked miss dayne for her fine story their was a good bill collier goes to syracuse on good friday with the olad stone club of toronto to compete in races there held under the auspices or the svracuse journal we wish bill the best of luck arthur hillmer of oakville was elected treasurer of the ontario baseball asosclation when that organization met at owen sound on saturday lost j w scott kitchen er and w j snider hamilton were re elected president and secretary re pectlvely with baseball being organized for the season in many towns throughout ontario it is high time georgetown baseballers called a warm up meeting to see what the porspects are in town it is our opln ion that a complete organization could be put through at the first meeting but when such a meeting is called those present should re member one thing about electing of fleers just because some one person or another is a good fellow a game guy has curly teeth and straight hair is no reason he should make a good officer of the club put men on the executive that you know will work- for the benefit of the team and leave the others to sit in the grandstand and ring the bell it all depends on the heads of officers whether george town goes ahead in hardba or takes a back seat officers are the barri cade between life and death of the club be there young fellows and put your shoulder to the wheel the grand old game of hardball inspector visited library mr angus mowat 1 publlg libraries for the province paid georgetown a visit last thursday and met the chairman and members of the public uttta board didnt have much fault to find with local conditions but made some commendations for improvements one of which was the installation of attendance from the ladles auxiliary direct lighting well known toronto chotjt to visit georgetown st georges church choir of to ronto under the direction of captain d lindon win be the guests of knox presbyterian church on april 30th this is an outstanding choir of 60 voices and has a reputation of be ing one of the finest in canada captain lindon is a leader of the highest calibre having been selected for the exhibition chorus armistice day servjees and other public occa sions mr simeon joyce organist is out standing and is often heard over the radio stations along with the choir comes rutfa- ven macdonald once the premier basso of canada his work now is ta character sketches dframatto an humorous i a musical evening irul be hcm when the proceeds will go toward tha organ fund a quiet but solemnized at the united church par sonage on thursday afternoon liar mth 1sqs when claire asselfn daughter of mr and mrs l asssma of vaueyneld que became the nrhe of stephen bnuoerson son of sir and mrs j o b of george town rev f c operand officiated the trlde was attended by mas laurenua archambault as is hvnimew and mr ajbert tost was best man mr and mrs shm will mate their home in 4 dont miss the hockey club danes 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