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th georgatown herald wednesday evening april 23rd 1941 the qeorgetown herald news off georgetown nerval glen wuumm umetaooae stewarttewn bautnafad and tarn cotta canada 81 50 a year subscription bates united states 13 oo a yew- single copies 3g advertising kates will be quoted on application walter o biehn garfield l mcoilvrat leslie clark reginald broonmead phone no 8 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec division of the cwna the editors corner the freedom of the press no 1 of a series of articles provided for c w n a member papers by b h mortlock associafe editor of the brampton conservator great men of history who have left us the legacy or democrntlc governntflmv all seem to have bean of one mind that the preservation freedom depended to a large degree on the preservation of the freedom of the press that is why in all truly democratic states a free press ifl more than just a tradition it is an essential principle of democracy one of the prerequisites of an autocracy is the abrogation of the freedom of the press because this freedom has essentially through the centuries shown itself to be the one great force which has seen to it that the freedom of the individual has been preserved when freedom of the rows is abolished other rreedoms go with it there is little need at this time to ctrm inn point there are so many poignant and tragic exam ples in the world today of a subservient press that it must be obvious to any intelligent person that he freedom of the press is synonymous with the freedom which is democracy there have always been those who often for reasons of personal aggrandisement or lust for power would rob the press of this precious jewel in the crown of liberty there have been others who cry out for personal freedom of expression but who would deny this right to the press it has been claimed that this freedom can become license but this is one of those half truu which unthinking people are likely to accept at its face value actually the press enjoys a freedom which give it no privilege above the individual it must conform to the laws of the state its free dom is bound by the laws of libel and blonder it cerlainly offers no greater opportunity for defaming any person or institution than does the inherent right to free speech wltih which every citizen la endowed as a birthright abraham lincoln in a debate on the constitution once wild the liberty of the press is the tyrants scourge it is the true friend and the supremest supporter of civil liberty the principle of freedom of the press as it exists today is the result of a long and bitter struggle be tween those who believed in civil rights and consuiu ed authority and those who feared the exercise of these rights hjls significant that the first amendment to tile bill of rights of the american constitution adopted in 1791 is one that relates to uie freedom of the press it reads congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or the prohibition of the free exrclse there of or abridging the freedom of speech or of ihe prt or the ught of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances the verj wording or this amendment places free dom of the press on the same level and of equal import with freedom of religion of sneech and of assemblv a rhode island state provision sums ii the question of i free press in a lew words when i says the liberty of th pcs being essential to the security and freedom of the state any person mi publish his senti ments on anv subject being responsible for the abuse of that libertv and in all trialf for irbel both civil and criminal the titith unless published from malicious motives shall be sufficient defense to the person char ged many other democratic countries haie passed similar legislation because fiom a wide studj or the dangers or a subservient press they have learned that a free press is the best assurance of a tree countrv tc be fully comprehended the freedom of the pi ess must be accep ted by democratic peoples as a typical example or the privileges the en- joy as individuals ir a democratic stale to abolish the fredom of the press is to invite the abolilon of all freedom for tne individual why editors go grey prom t me to time mistakes will slip into a newpaimr now and then q point outsomc ol our on wrich re nutter how diligent trio proof read ng mariam to o up and embtn us us last wetk for in stance w repor ed that extorsive dimac was done by a fire nt the home of mr wesley hill when or course shoud have read at the home of mr chester hill readtnc lut weik copj of the acton free press we wore amazed at tin generosity or three hil on mumeipi nips quoting mr finnev in a discussion or the equalization problem whieh had once nion bobbod up the free press said mr finnj our council have been wr pa i r i but in v i ivc re for vcir that somehing should be done to give u some nuf i fim won- derig if any municipality who ieels they are not stifricienilv assessed would give a 100000 to stnljhten things ou md mvc the ouncil the ex pense of a commission the rcpresentitives from burllnirt in md oikville ml in w h this idea and were willing to take thai site ion to their council the war den also said tnat he felt sure nel on would also be prepared to help lot of money in burlington oakville and nelson that we said to ourselves but whj the ex- must be i they don t know what to do oeeding generosity then we remembered tnat the free press reporter ilso icted for the burlington gazette and checking the copy in tnat piper we found that the correct repor stated i am wondering ir any municipality who feels they are not sufflrifn assessed would give a 100 000 reduction to nassagaweva to straighten things out jiust three hue they make a whal of a difference to the meaning conveyed vmrds but swing your partner then and now turning tub pages of the georgetown herald april soth m1 mr morley petfclt writes an inter esting letter to the editor from nas sau bahamas describing his winter ul the southern united states miss ftosele ward only daughter of mr and mm william ward passed away at the age of 21 after a short illness the town council meeting in the reeves office passed grants of uo to the horticultural society 960 to be spent on the new park between guelph and john sts recently acquired from the laiwson estate 100 to knox church to help finance- the repairing of the church shed which is kept open to the public miss marlon agnes moore of brain- poh was married on april 15th to george leslie and after a honeymoon trip they took up residence in george- vut of our forests by rail and nvcr come mil lions of logs to plants manufacturing pulp news print and lumber for houses furniture and a thousand other useful produces labour and cap ital together have made canadian rorlstry the greatest of our export manufacturing industries the bank of montreal co operates by furnishing business men in all branches of the industry with the specialized types of banking service they require many thousands of workers in these plants have their savings or chequing accounts with us or borrow for personal needs strung canadians and their industries in ticry section of the community ue matt you to ductus 1 ocr blinking requirements uilb us bank of m t re a l a bank where small accounts are welcome georgetown branch a c welk manager aiiiimiiimoniiiiiiiiiiutiiiiimiiitiiiimiiiiutiwiim directory mini lilmhiilinilllllllllrq f r watson dds mjos i georgetown office hours 9 to 5 thursday afternoons iiimiiiiinimmiiiitiiiimmiinjiimimmejmiiituiiiumiiimmti iiiiiiiiniiiiiiimmiiiiini iimmjim niiiiniimiamimiiii 1 dr j burns milne j 1 dental surgeon i xrat i georgetown ihone 80 y jmmmioiimiminmmnniioiiiiiiimiiih uiiomiifflihit friimiiimiiciuiwi imnminmi iiimimninmmiimitimiiiiim clifford g reid lds- dd8 i dentist phone 410 1 main street georgetown tmtiiiiiiitimiiimiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiimiitiiiiiimiiiu4 an article in time magazine dmws attention to a growing trend to countrydancing in the united slates in new england skiers from the city discovered square dancing while in imny other localities square dances spread from town halls and country riirs into the larger centres it is refreshing to see the old time square dancing revived with so much stress on modern jazz and the jumpin jhe type of danee we are prone to forget that square dancing can also be a lot of fun as anyone knows who has ever tried it without prior training says time a set of three different unlnteiruptcd squares can be a con fusing experience origin of the square strictly speaking a square dance is a quadrille descended by way of england from the early french court ballet the quadrille with its basic pattern of foor couples forming a hollow square was brought to canada by the early settlers many variations in technique have vkcn place but everywhere the dance has a caller or floor manager ah in venttve leather lunged master of ceremonies who calls out the figures most of the terms are relics of the original french dose do being a contraction of the french desa dos ibacktobacki allcmande prome nade chasrez sashay etc the term oounry dance itself has an interesting derivation ac cording to times article coming from contra dance a line of men off setting a line of women it was slurred to contry hence to country dance pffllfiiiitim greek war relief tag day tbi saturday ttie cruelph district committee cor be greek war relief fund have se- to bold a tag day hi georgetown this otmtu apto mth mr out and lft- paul vorvsv inm of the peacock rastbtmnt wore in town last lb oaoeasary ar- asd m tbalr jjjmn oontaoted or tb 4a day xl ijmnbeflt of tne bkh school hi ii ltd tne 4bat a number of nigh i i fftrli would act as taggers the greek war relief fund oper ates under th war ormrltlff act and the worthiness of the cause need scarcely be pointed out our greek allies have been fighting a heroic bat tle against the overwhelming might of the totalitarian powers and deserve tmry support that can possibly be whe my tfflt has no bad ha bits whatsoever visitor does he smoker whe only in moderation be ukm a good cigar after be hasa good din ner but i dont suppose he smokes two cigars a month y ttriiiriimiiioiimiiiiiiimiiwiiwiimiiiiiiiq le roy dale kc j m sybil bennett ba j banisters and solicitors mill street georgetown phone u 1 iiiiimniriiiiiimiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiimiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiit 4liitiiiiiiuitniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiminmimiiiititiiiiiiiiiitiiimiiii4 kenneth m langdon barrister solicitor notary pobue b first mortgage money to loan office gregory theatre bldg 1 mill street phone 88 georgetown i siiiuiiiindiiiinininamtiitiiiiiamiiiiiiittauiiimimniiiiiimmt osmnnintnnnnmtiidniaimmdiiiniiiiiiiaitiiiimii itumiimii frank petch uobiran auotxonber nd ili oia88b9 of inscbamol prompt serrloe phone mx o pjo boi u elmer c thompson 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stratford 1 w bt long phone 8t iiitimiiitiiimiiiimitiiiitiiiiitiimiiiiiiinimiimiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiit4 iimiiniittniiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiuniiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiitio j cooke i cement and cinder blocks brick and tile 1 3 ten i ti i itiitiiii iti in i n i it tin 1 1 1 1 inn 1 1 in 1 1 muni timitncs n tint 1 1 radio repairing we specialize in 1 this work is team experleneo j sairfordsoii- j georgetown s ralph gordon the twmtoe entertainer cor iunttrated ctroalar rw tobonto ssb otawfwra i drugless therapist lady attendant office over dominion store georgetown hours 25 730 930 pjn closed thnrsday phone 150w yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiciniiiiiiitjimimiiiiiimiiiiiiiinnmiiiiiic manufactured with nptodate power machine e all sizes any quantity s 3 new st phone 838 burlington 4iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiieiiiiiiiiiiriiciiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimiiiiidiiititiiiitiii ojiiimiimoiiimiminiiimiiminrmmiiitmimiimiiiaiiimmii- c n r i j time table 1 standard time i going east passenger 616 am passenger and mall 1003 ajn i passenger saturday 1 only 337 pm 5 passenger and mall 6 46 pjn s passenger3unday only 831 pjn i passenger dally 0 41 pjn g g toronto and beyond i going west 1 passenger and man sm am passenger saturday only 1 15 pjn passenger dady except baturday and sunday 60b pjn a maq 045 pjn td li jo pm catea our countxjra way to war savtogb oerttfl- g meetiin the limehouse commun ity hall the acehi trail rangeib club elected as officers william gowdy honorary president douglas gowdy president arttiut lone manager arthur benton cap tain and sam gistoy tally ontario voted yesterday to ban tha sale of intoxicating liquor as a bever age by a majority of 160000 to 200000 halton county registered a majority dry vote on the question of 3175 weather probabilities in uie local news column read dry very dry among our advertisers erwin goldham meata madges candy shop georgetown creamery m saxe manager a hirschom clothing a livingstone son bakery w t ev ans real estate and insurance georgetown flour and field w o bessey e a benham real estate h j fox shoe store the merchanta bank h r mimms manager notice trespassers in or about the prem ises of the late john r barber on main st south will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law items from glen williams someone stole a shot gun from mr robert reids recently mr redd would like the guilty party to return the gun or else come back and get the ammunition f mr od hill has opened an auto tire hospital in the glen the high school and bankers op ened the baseball season at the hj3 grounds and in spite of rainy wea ther gave the crowd a snappy exhibi tion a memorial service was held in st george s church for the late dr a w nixon rev percival majes preached the sermon in which he paid tribute to dr nixon s work in public life find in the practice or his profession of medicine now mr pettlt d hides his time between georgetown and tiflon georgia where he spends the winter months the new park on guelph st can scar- relj be dignified bj that name being a marshy desolate looking piece of wa eland the knox church shed was puichascd last jear b mr t svk s tiid this week is being torn down sim gisbj now sapper sara gisby is overseas with the r o e a lot of liquor has gone under the bridge since 1s21 and temperance days have been for the past few years a thing of the past erwin and gold- ham m saxe and w t evans are still following their business careers frank petch is now carrying on the insurance business of the late e a benham which was run until last year by his on clarence benham the merchants bank was merged with the present bank of montreal now managed by a c welk the late mr mimms wife is living in toronto calvin clark is proprietor of the georgetown flour and feed purchased from the late w c bessey estate the john r barber home tumble down and weed surrounded is a sombre reminder of longago days mrs a w nixon still lives in their lovelj home on the glen williams road rev percival mayes is now rector at all saints church of eng land niagara falls mr fox is em ployed in a downtown toronto de partment store 1 in our mail bag march 10th 19411 the georgetown herald dear sir i now take great pleasure in thank ing you for sending me the herald it sure is good to get the news from home i have not had much chance to see many of the boys from home but hope to do soon bill davidson is in the same camp as myself he is in the south sask regiment i have not been with my regiment since last june but hope to get back soon i would like to take this opportunity to thank all my friends for sending me cigarettes and parcels you dont know how much i have enjoyed them thanking you onceagain foxthe m- per yours sincerely pte e shortjul h 16184 ppjolx a coy no 3 cxhv first can div can army overs tourist meeting a befeatbered jh- dlan in the northwest paleface gkd to see red man palafaoe hope bed i man feel good paleface hope squaw and papooses in wagwam eel good tmup calling to his companion- hey bum come over here and hsteo to this guys line is he nuts or whatf