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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening december 4th 1940 150 per annum in advance 200 to u3a prize picture this picture of rom mcgilvray 2yearold fn of mr and mrs garfield megovray appears hi thai november issue nt pro- tinoiafs paper a maga- slne pnbuahed for and about canadian pcinttajr and advertising men by provfddal paper ltd a feature of the n is the iwi called with the bhufter snapper on which prise pictures snap ped by eanseratenrs ap pear each month- boss was 21 m old when hi daddy snapped thai pmtare bright for his ace he is well-endow- j ed with the sift of the gab as fnrtineaus paper says despite his tender age young boss is report ed to be malting remark- sole p wtth his ftniiltih and should be in a position to nail a typo graphical error before long incidentally h reads the herald from cover to cover every week and thinks hs the best eight- pager tn these parts costigan and bradley win in ward 2 december council meeting last might 250 extra to public school board complaints re ceived about main st dance hall lions will sponsor local juvenile hockey thrbenewmembers accepted safety patrol work i lauded i the georgetown lions club meet- 1 big at the mcdbbon house on mon day night promised 100 cooperation to lion ed mcwhirter manager of the gwgetown juvenile hockey club who has entered a team in the on tario juvenile hockey association grouping the schedule has not yet been arranged and details of group ing and games are not yet known this will not interfere with plans for the contiruation of the georgetown- copper cliff midget series which will take place in georgetown next spring lion mcwhirter explained that trans portation will be one of the factors which will mean a successful year and cooperation will be needed both m transpcrting players to outoftown games and in securing a hometown following for these games lion chief col bauanttne appeal ed to the members to support the red cross tn my mind he said the red cross is the cleanest organisation which exists they have done good work in the past and are doing good work at the present and anything we can do fo- them we should do he urged all the lions to get be hind the club and turn out to the meetings a discussion took place on the advipabflifcy of cashing in on a 1000 government bond held by the club and using the money for local charitable work and on canada a war effort lion j d kelly outlined the history of the safety patrol which was first sponsored by the lions club four years ago we have had no accident or near- aocldent since its formation said mr kelly and the school authorities are thankful to the lions club for spon soring oil idea in the past a reward has been of fered to the most efficient safety patrol members and this year it i planned to reward the two best pa trol boys in a suitable way applications from j f lindner h silver and w o biehn for member ship in the club were received and accepted at the meeting r barber comes home to join navy r r barber of rio de janeiro a on of mr and mrs c h barber of georgetown has made the long jour ney from that country to join the canadian navy mr barber with his wife and daughter joan have lived in brazil tor the past three years where he was associated with the j walter thompson advertising agency be fore that they were jn london eng land where mr barber was an art director for a new york company when war broke out mr barber began to study wireless and he hopes to get in the navy as a wireless oper ator mrs barber is a former toronto girl joan who was born in canada and educated in london england speaks fluent portuguese beatrice hancock and burt crewson married at st georges church beatrice rosina hancock daughter of mr and mrs john hancock glen williams and burt laverne orewson 3on of mr and mrs fred crewson of acton were married recently at a quiet wedding in st georges church rev woo thompson officiated miss barbara berry of toronto was miss hancocks bridesmaid while mr william harrop of hamilton was best man the bride given in marriage by her father was gowned in a frock of two- tone blue and wore a corsage of red roses miss berry wore a teal blue crepe dress with matching accessories and corsage of roses after a reception at the home of the brides parents the bridal couple left for a motor trip and will take up resi dence in hamilton landladies in dover england are advertising nice rooms with every convenience facing the enemy civil guard formation discussed at county council qualization left over for 19 co and debenture issued halton county council met in mil ton on tuesday nov 26th at 1050 ajn mr r j moore of the depart ment of municipal affairs addressed the finance committee on the ques tion of equalization council met as a whole at 2 pjn after the various reports were read col jamet ballantlne commanding officer of the halton volunteer civil guard asked council to have a resolu tion passed endorsing the guard in toe county and to have a copy for warded to the attorneygeneral of ontario for his approval this resolu tion brough discussion as to why oak- vine and nelson refused to join the civil guard as a county body ool ballantlne i dont know why oakvule and nelson are standing oat that is something i havent yet found nut w they ob tomy-p- pomtment i dont know mr hulmer personally ool bal- lanttoe i feel you are the right man to the right place but x would like to know before voting for a resokl- ood why oakvule is objecting to co operating wtth the county as a whole there must be some ool bsllantlar i dont know the res son unless it is they had ideas other than those i have laid down tor the immediate future 14r byenr when our home guard wm formed it was with the expecta- ccrntinoed an page 6 georgetown curling club the annual meeting of the george town curlers was held on tuesday evening dec 3rd at the arena pre sident w o bell occupied the chair and the meeting was well attended after the reading and adoption of the minutes of the previous annual meeting reports of the various com mittees and dealing with unfinished business the appointment of officers for the ensuing year was proceeded with and the following were dul7 elected president w o bell 1st vtcepreslderuvcuff bradley 2nd vlcepresldentharvey king secretary p w cleave treasurer o w mduntock auditors a reeve j trmn ice and maintenance committee f c thompson ed mcwhirter a reeve j homen games committee k 8 thompsot e v mecoormaok j richardson h king social committee o bradley a lewis g w mcuntock o rayner new membership w ok bell presi dent and all members v the meeting was an and many real good i made and adopted which a winter of real sport for those leged to become metabexs the reguar monthly meeting of georgetown council was held last- night wth all members in attendance mrs kathleen cleave and mr j d kelly were present at the meetings and on behalf of the public school board aoced for an additional appro priation of 250 this was needed be cause of unexpected trouble with the school heating system the request was graried mr ralph ross and mr h l hutt on behalf of a number of citizens complained about the conduct of a dance hall which is operated in con nection vth a main street restaur ant and the clerk was instructed to obtain legal ajdvice and prepare a by law to ccrtrol the situation oommurlcatlons were read from to ronto general hospital k m lang- don georgetown clay products house of refuge hospital for sick child ren and st josephs hospital november relief accounts of 44 73 were passed for payment as weu as the following general accounts w spence w w w spence ww sts a hill w sts c sargtnt sts l harming sts k hunter sis a ostrander sts w h kentner 6c son coal for town hall k c mcmillan coal office r prust ww rebate wm ward court services e c thompson court services cnnadlar brass co ww joseph gibbons selecting jurors 3 00 w o marshall selecting jurors 3 00 p b harrison selecting jurors 3 00 receiver general re defence tax p b harrison expenses re voters lists revision w o marshall re court of revision neptune meter co v w nichols chemical co cal clum chloride fred sinclair town truck bell telephone co halton county paving connect ing links 183223 k m langdnn legal fees 25 oo george ingles sts gravel 3 lo mackenzie s service station town truck lloyd davison sts w h kentner son coal publie library board rent munlcina world stationery f v maccormack stationery sam walker dro alex hawes oil o thos grieve dro george dobson dro geo autcrtt poll clerk d s harley poll clerk w j campbell poll clerk o reid poll clerk barber floral co rent public library rent b harrison postage and excise w w c anthony account thos haines sand sts hydro electric b olarki sts f c whltmee sts j tost sts the council moved to with the hamper committee in their christmas donations councilor costigan brought up the question of a boxing day several i cil izcns had enquired about this he nid after seeing mention of it in the local newspaper council felt that un- less a request or a petition for 1 1 proclamation was received from in terested parties there was no need of dealing with the matter al the end of the meeting a dts- i cusston took place regarding the re i moval of snow from the town streets one councillor said he had been ap- proached by a township official con cernlng the feeling of georgetown council towards co to the purchase of a new township snow plow wilrh would be also used for snow ploughing in georgetown oen- eral opinion was not in favour of this and most councillors voiced their ob jection the feeling was that if the township wished to buy a hew plough it should do so and the town could hire this when they wanted it what about clearing our local streets enquired councillor costigan i feel that the clmzens are as much entitled to having their streets cleared as are the merchants on main street councillor brown the merchants pay a business tax mayor gibbons the citizens ex pect some inconvenience in unusual prominfnt doctor will butlv summer home at stewart- town dr and mrs c h best of toron to have purchased 100 acres qf land from mr job board in stewarttown and will build a summer home there dr best is internationally known as the codiscoverer of insulin with siri frederick banting sand is one of the world s preatest and best known medi cal research workers his latest dls- coverv in collaboration with a group i of canadian scientists is heparin an i extract o liver which is used in re- bmldlng arteries by using sections of veins dr and mrs o h best have been frequen visitors in georgetown and are wellknown in town dr best who is an ardent golfer worked at cedar crest golf course during the summer while he was a student at university of toronto medical school and he has since made it a practice to come out frequently and olav golf on mr wllloughbys beautiful course dr best is professor of physiology at 6h university of toronto they have two ohildren sandy and henry 600 090 750 160 510 510 510 15 00 30 00 125 400 400 2837 33 45 43 35 2 50 1130 23 90 563 30 80 36 00 14 79 229 600 600 600 600 500 5 00 500 600 400 400 8 73 10 63 5625 6217 2625 60 04 3695 cooperate council term voted in by 73 majority mrs almeda ansley dean almeda analev dean wife of pro fessor h h dean retired head of the dairv department of the o a guelph died at her home nn novem ber 23rd 1940 she will be remem bered in georgetown bv many friends her familv were residents of guelph and her early life was spent there she had for a few years the position of head mllllrer in the store in acton of the late david h mp for halton county before coming to georgetown to a similar position in the old macleod store she wa married to mr dean in 1894 in 1895 she and her husband toured part of europe two years lat er they erected one of the first houses on the now closely builtup college heights and there she lived until her passing away mrs dean was of a very bright happy disposition and while she had definitely a house keeping heart she ttracted and held the esteem and af- ruction of mam friends during her ion association with the life of th- college besides tier husband she is survived b one sister mrs a p westerveldt of clark on both of whom will have hie sympathy in their bereavement of their frltrds in this community the weather all local records were broken last week for the depth of snow fall for so early in the winter the meteoro- lonlral department at toronto reports that not since 1873 has there been anything likejt fortunately it came without much drifting and covered pvervthing with nearly a two foot blanket it is a grand protection to vegetation but hard on motorists and worse on our feathered friends the birds many of whom win perish unless we do our best to feed them ward rtddell re- orts finding n dead mourning dove these birds go south for the winter this one was no no doubt caught be fore it realized it was time to leave following are the local records for the past week h and l date temp snowfall mon nov 25 30 jo a trace tues nov 26 27 wed nov 27 27 thur nov 28 26 frl nov 29 21 sat nov 30 35 sun dec 1 30 mon dec 2 m 15 a trace 20 8 inches 11 a trare 17 1 inch 22 2 inches 14 10 inches 0 25 inches united young peoples society elects officers at a meeting last monday night members of the young peoples cicty of georgetown united church elected their officers for the coming year miss madeleine erwln was reelect ed president of the organization and others include secretary madeline kehington treasurer reginald broomhead chrlstiar fellowship convenor prances deans christian mission oonrwwr m5l jorle evans christian citizenship convenor stewart maclaren christian culture convenor alma mcenery recreitlon jack maclaren f social evelyn stockford pianist ethel mcenery a assistant pianist betty snyder eleotior day last monday passed quietly the only election for oandl dates was held in ward 2 where ths voters had their first opportunity t cast ballots for coundll since 19m councillor james costigan seeking his flfh term of omcejjnjended the polls with a majority of five over his next opponent clifford bradey mr bradley who was seeking otta for the first time polled 153 votes while mr ooswgan received a total of 158 votes councillor t rene cave who sat oa last years municipal council was runnerup with iso votes an extremely light vote was record ed in the vote for the twoyear terns bylaw this vote hem in accordance with the local gover extension act was requested by the 1940 coun cil at their november meeting a total of 203 voters registered theh- ap proval of the twoyear term while 139 voted against it the mconnng council with the sr- ceptlon of bradley and costigan were all elected by acclamation and wm consist o mayor joseph gsbbons reeve harold cleave councillors s j mackenzie a e crlpps k r mao- donald n h brown james costigan and clifford bradley all other municipal offices were fill ed by acclamation namely hydra commissioner h c dayfoot pubuo school trustees miss annie ryan john d kelly and hugh dickie campaign canvass still incomplete returns amount to 350474 special donations women s institute iodj georgetown public school junior times like these we have a limited red cross budget and it is financially impossible to keep all the streets clear all wln- the cleorgetown branch of the canadian red cross society announ i ces through its president mr leroy dttlc k c and treasurer mr o w mcflinock manager of the canadian i bank of commerc that total receipts as of november 28th amounted to i s3 504 74 while this is far short of the objective of 4 500 it is explained that th cam ass has not as yt been eomplc ed quite a number of local i citizens have not yet been contacted as well as citizens of the stewarttown and limehouse districts when these returns are competed the society is conflden that the 400 objective will be rcachpt 3 351 10 in cash and pledge dona tions hat been received to date com pared w ir 3 092 45 which had been turned in by the same date tn the 1939 campaign special donations in 1139 were much higher however be- inn 198 48 in that year and only sol 35 this year special projects which include projects sponsored by the red cross oi by community or- ranlzationa with proceeds ear marked for bhe red cross are also consider ably lower these amount to 10229 his year compared with 38851 last year it is expected that the campaign will be ctmpleted by month s end and r- u h not boo appro ed are urged by the society to assist canvassers by making voluntary do nations georgetown branch spent over 3 000 for materials alone dur ng the calendar year ending septem ber 30th 1940 and there is every in dication that the call on the society s resources will be much heavier this year 1940 caavaas as of nov 28th 1940 cash donations 2468 45 pledges paid pledges unpaid i 335110 ter councillor mackenzie tioeal streets are not in too bad shape look at brampton and toronto i councillor macdonald maybe its a good thing for local business one merchant tens me that business ibis past week is better than it has been all year doreen wulet of glen wuuams won the general electric radio in the hioky number draw held in connection with brills 26th annfversary sale the draw was made last saturday even ing at 11 pjn 1135 special project horticultural society stuart thompson lecture 36 66 gregory theatre night 44 70 peoples organisation 2194 1022 771 contributors 36047 1939 canvass as of nov zsth 1939 cash donations 278740 pledges paid 85010 pledges unpaid 27496 36934 special donatio special projects 946 contributors 19848 38891 lied in georgetown humphrey matthews wellknown erin harness merchant and horseman died at his home there on friday ev ening november 22nd born 73 years ago in the residence where he died he was a son of william matthews and eliza garllck in his youth he lived for a few years in ac ton and georgetown returning to his native toan where he entered business he was a lover of sport and took an active interest in lacrosse curling and horses he served the municipality as school trustee councillor and reeve and was a past master of cjoj no 247 he is survived by his wife the for mer margaret ellen oraham three sons sgt w a matthews north bay haney of paisley graham home and two brothers john h of brandorl manitoba and peter of tor onto mr and mrs charles watson geor getown were among the friends who attended the funeral service or monday november 25th he was bur ied in erin cemetery georgetown pupil wins provincialprize by the wctu press secty a letter containing pleasant news was received recently by the george town wcttj announcing that jmw mk gcfttf f q town pnfctte school bad 5b e f vlnclal first prize for tier poster tered in the essay and poster con test conducted annually throughout canada by the woman s christian temperance union having already won the local fgeorgeown and district county and provincial prizes this entry automati cally enters the national contest and it is hoped that there too teresa poster will merit recognition presentation of the prize a cheque for three dollars was made to coin cide with the junior red cross pro gram presented by the pupils last friday afternoon in the assembly room of the school when as represen tatives of the georgetown wxjttj miss ellen mckay and mrs o freure were present miss mckay who is local superin tendent of the essay and poster con test work mode the presentation and conveyed to the winner and her teach er miss georgina young the congra tulations of the organization and ten dered thanks to the principal teacher and pupils who had worked with snob fine cooperation to moke the con test a success lojdjb meets at mrs c t william the regular meeting of the count ess of strathmore chapter ioxjt was held on monday evening at the home of mrs c v williams main street with the viceregent presid ing in the chair the reports of the secretary and treasurer wese present ed the sum of 10 was voted to the towns christmas hamper fund and 5 to the womens war guest fund plans were laid for a ticket sale for a draw on a homemade christmas cake the draw to be made in robbg drug store on wednesday dec lltb lie co to direc the destiny of local hockey club annual meeting decides other officers elected junior and intermediate teams entered in oha although the attendance at the annual meeting of the georgetown hockey ciub was none too large it was ne ertheless enthusiastic and hopeful of the town having two good hockey teams in the absence of nate silver last years president mr norm httl was elected chairman in order to get the meeting under way the treasurer then gave his report which showed the club to be on top to a financial way although the balance is only in the neighborhood of 3400 last year s receipts were very gratffr- lag beta ovar the 91000 mark wtth expenditures around 9966 leavings balance of approximately 936 oat of this 13 was taken to enter two teams tn the oha lor the 194041 the matter of electing a president was next in order and mr avnle ooles was the unanimous choice of the meet ing mr cotes then took the chair and conducted the meeting from this point the other officers and executive were then elected in order as follows bon presldentdr reg paul vlcepreaklent jame rlofas treasurer sam walker secretary worm hut executive e s thompson oar mcguvray frank fetch ah wfihams and the captains of the hockey team when they are chosen on motion the appoi of man agers was left for the executive 99 decide reg hoare who was a delegate to the annual meeting of the oha t toronto explained some of the new rulings and also aald the ctab would- be expected to donate ttte proceed af january 8th to ttred omss much discussio the took place re garding grou pings ptayen sad th posblhumy of supplying lbs teams wmi sweaters it was found bat th in termediate club would need ebjbt or ten new sweaters nd was obom toaak the bu men to uniform to outfit player a oua offer was made by one b man a th meeting htm have dourbd atnc the me was then with the executive to meat the fottow ing monday