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georgetown herald seventyfirst year of publication wednesday evening december 8th 1937 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa new hornby radio station will open on christmas cbl 50000- watt commission unit is planning special program transport minister howe will speak ottawa pec s obl the new 50- 000watt station of the canadian broadcasting oorporatloo t hornby ont will omctauy be opened early christmas day it was learned the special program will include a menace by transport minister howe music by the menrlelirtnhn cholr under dr herbert pricker and a ae- laetton by sir ernest m the tentative hour of the special pro- ram will be either bor 10 ajn the corporations similar new bo kilowatt station at vercheres que will be opened next saturday night at a oclock refuting rumor it is definitely un derstood that the corporation does not plan large commercial extension or its operations the plan merely provides lor acceptance of such eom- knercta programs as are helpful for financing of operations- it is believed a limit on commer cials has been provided for in the bud get but that this will be reduced as aoon as possible and whenever the flnshrlal situation permits jn other words the idea is to keep che pro grams v free as possible of the com- jaynlsl taint correstondfjice georgetown dec 7th 1937 to the editor georgetown herald tvi sir while the interest ih civic finances is still active we would present for the cxnlderatlon of our duzens wfl facts and figures of which not mil ap pear in the published reports of the towns finances these none the less are of vital interest to the wel fare financial and otherwise of the community during the past three years from nov 1st 1034 to march 3 1st 1937 our town has received from the liquet control board cheques to the value of 50541 this is of the pro vincial revenue from the sale of beer and wine in beverage rooms in the municipality the provincial tax is fie per ealllon on beer and 5c per gallon on wine sold which presum ably would be about the same in small communities little wine is re tailed so that in our calculation ue have ignored the probably small dif ference in selling price at an estimate or 16 glasses of beer to the gallon retailed at 10c the amount spent in georgetown during i the 29 months of which we hae re cord is 6738800 apart from the 505 41 above re ferred to what hae ne to show for this expenditure we are told we cannot afford to install a muchneeded sewerage as tern to safeguard the health or the community yet we have in less than two and one half years soent for beer more than enough to pro vide the full cost of the first in stalment of a sewerage system fas recommended in our medical health officers published statement in addition we might have had the needed chlorlnation plant for the pur ifying of our drinking water our beer bill for the last twelve month of the period referred to 7ould have more than paid tor the proposed addition to our high school which a majority of our ratepayers have decided we cannot afford surely no consideration of the sub ject of community welfare can over look this situation on behalf of the wxjtu mrs c b catherine dayfoot press secretary norval the- anglicans of hornby norval and stewarttown held a social in the parish hall norval but monday night nov 39th after an evening or cards and corkinole supper was served the younger members then danced until a late hour the terra cotta branch of the tj 1 o held an oyster supper and dance in the parish hall last jmday the members reported an enjoyable evening the annual christmas dance of st pauls will be announced shortly dont forget to look for the date asjwarove a very enjoyable progressive euchre and crotcinole social was held by the womens institute on wednesday evening dec 1st at the home of mr and mrs c b dick mitch credit is due the efficient committee in charge they were mrs chas aus tin miss isabel wriggiesworth mrs thomas olffen and miss beta ipihcr the winners ih the euchre were mrs wilfred bird and mr fred wriggles- worth in croklnole miss marion dick and mr clayton dicll refrehmenu were served and a hearty singsong closed this pleasant occasion the next meeting of the w i will be held on tuesday dec 14th at uw home of mrs geo nurse rev menxie of honan china was the special speaker at the morning service in the united church the mission band had a splendid meeting on sunday afternoon in the school room the young peoples union nela their regular meeting on sunday evening in charge or mr j ruddcll miss ruth die r lam taking the topic other items on the program were an instrumental solo by miss isabel wrtgglesworth a reading by miss mar ion dick and a mouthorgan selec tion by mr j bellboddy a white gift service will be held next sunday during the regular mom in j church sen- ice town council kexisr worn novzmuut cost 77 grant to fibs buoade chief marshalls iiestvices atrrteciated lp council met on tuesday evenbig- wjth mayor joseph gibbons in the chair reeve george davis and coun cillors a- k crlppa joseph hall james oostlgan harold cleave and thos lyons present the minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed mr john d kelly on behalf of the puhllobehool boara asked for woo in addition to the regular requisi tion moved by lyons seconded by cripps that the treasurer pay the public school board gjon in addition to the regular requisition carried moved by cripps seconded by hall that the treasurer pay the relief commission the sum of wl 41 to pay nbvetnber accounts carried moved by davis seconded by cos- tlgan that we make a grant of s7s00 to the pire brigade to cover the 1931 convention deficit carried moved by davis seconded by cwave that chief marshall be given 50 00 for additional services rendered dur ing this centennial year carried moved by hall seconded by cleave that the treasurer pay the following accounts i miller ww j 5 40 ten harding w w 44m 11 hadley torn hall 3 00 d s ilarley town hall 5 00 m armstrong sts 540 r williams sts 840 i miller sts a so j otlllvet sts 6 00 e c thompson court services 4 00 wm ward court services 400 j b mackenzie son coal 2530 a livingstone sts ag5 beu telephone co 9 l township of esqueslng taxes 20 09 squires service station town truck municipal world stationery 8 walker sts tt s c both well o r muckartwjr r h thompson ac co italian bjealn board election expenses oeorgetown lumber co sts j n oneill t son ww k tt ikangdon legal tees 8 mills town truck k v maccormack stationery j schullz sts c whltmee sts hydro electric a livingstone sts w o marshall postagw georgetown herald printing and advertising p b harrison postage etc s walker djto alex hawes djto w j campbell djto it c adams djto j kennedy poll clerk h tost poll clerk john armsjrortg poll clerk george alcott poll clerk barber floral co rent public library board rent william ingles sts thos lusty cleaning fountain his 1174 boo 15500 5k1 15 ml 1412 a 140 10 00 too ua 3085 lajso soso 2um es 148tt 1410 j0o sj 500 500 coo coo 400 400 400 400 bsa0 500 clurmjcd soumees to rast oift grand cuamrlonf stub the grand champion steer at the royal winter fair was purchased by auction by the t baton co lid to ronto and presented by the company to the soldier patients at christie bt hospital toronto the steer a shorthorn was owned by the univer sity af alberta and weighed sss lbs batons paid 50 cents a pound for the feettueman in other words the sol diers will soon be uasuctlng on twiio worth of beef and no one de ments u better than they do milton georgetown merchants a ten page issue of timely hints every store filled with attractive specials youll find shopping a pleasure no ned to look further ixctvjkuett and author will srtak in united church on tuesday evening dec 14th at oclock mr dan mccowan of to ronto naturalist lecturer and author will give one or his celebrated lec tures hi the united church mr mccowan has spent many summers in our canadian wet and his pic tures of the rocky mountains the flowers the animals and the birds or that region are in colour and ex tremely beautiful the public school pupils are bclni ulven an opportuni ty of seeing thee pictures but there will be accommodation in the church for others who wouw enjoy this rare treat mr jjecowan showed his pictures in connection with the boole fair in toronto in november and received the highest pralse admis sion 35 cents an indication of better times xith farmers is shoan in the fact that re cently 45 farmer in the milton dis trict hate had phones lnstalted mrs john goaland islted mrs john wilson in detroit over the uecl end thomas h moorrhead of brarnp ton was last lhursda elected presmtnt of the brampton cansra- tive association mr moareheud was born and raised in milton speuklng before the members or the hatton milk producers associa tion a muton last saturday night dr j b reynolds president of the toronto milk producers association said he thought the reason the mem bers of the toronto board of control were taking so much interest in the present milk price controversy was purely an election stunt should the price of milk go up the city of to ronto relief milk would oost mare and therefore affect the taxpayers and in this way harm their election chances in the forthcoming elec tions he said he also stated that the milk board in toronto represent ing the consumer was a farce and caused more controversy than any thing else william wulmott held secretary of the toronto milk producers associa tion and j e- whltelock also ad dressed the meeting champion once more christmas is with us and once t again the residents of georgetown and vicinity are faced with the problem of christmas shopping every j member of the family expects that santa claus will make his annual appearance from the youngest to the oldest there is a feeling of expectancy santa claus i or no santa claus the spirit of christmas must be up held acton card of thanks t ike ratepayers ward iii please accept my thanks for your ifh wm cochrane of kitchener support in electing me your represen tative in town council for the year ibm i shall endeavor to perform my duties in the best interests or all concerned i wish you all a merry christinas and happy new year sincerely thos u lyona card of thanks i t the eleeum af ward iii i sincerely thank you all for elect ing me a member of town council lor the year ims the duties of the omoe x shall endeavor to perform for ahe benefit or the community as a whole accept my best wishes for a very merry christmas and happy new year yours very truly will v smith municipal elections time is over as far as acton is concerned this car with all ornces filled by acclamation the surface on municipal affairs was scarcely ruffled it is indeod a healthy slun for acton that there was nc dearth of candidates for all the offices the follow hur are circled by acclamation reeve f j mcculch- eon council a mason e jons j b chalmirs and john chuiunan school board j m mcdonald dr p w pearvn unci dr ta j bucluiiun itubllr utilities i iiihiut inn it llnitj n friends islll be pleased to learn that mr a o clariidac wa able to return from the hospital in guelph yesterday and is steadily imiuovlng in health rev dr a c cochrane and mrs cochrane of ortllla and mr and vtsltad during the week with mr and mrs john ii smith mrs p l wright has sufficiently recovered from her recent operation to return from toronto to her home here yesterday friends wish for her a speedy recovery on saturday frank vanwyek found a big tarantula in a bunch of bananas at carrolls the big spider was alive and a dose of chloroform that would put a human being to sleep failed to have any effect upon it 600 volte of electricity were ap plied before it ceased to wiggle us many tentacles it measured 5vi in across and had a body 2 in long free press read the herald advertisements and mo your shopping in oeorgetown i i to this end georgetown merchants are putting forth a united effort to make the christmas shopping season an easier and more enjoy able one they are work ing in unison and the lo cal stores are very attrac tive windows are being gaily decorated and literal ly shine forth with news that within are items mod erately priced for christ mas buyers shelves are stacked high with all those articles of wearing and household necessity which anyone could desire by the appearance of the vari ous stocks prosperity has once more passed around the proverbial corner and once again buyers will be making tours of inspection through the various george town stores we do not believe a christmas season has ever found the local merchants more prepared to serve than the present one no finer stocks have ever graced win dows and storerooms christmas shoppers have never been more readily and willingly aided by merchants than this year a trip through the georgetown stores will prove this assertion bright new attractive goods well displayed carefully chosen and above all reason ably priced are to be found on every hand there is no need to look farther for christmas needs george town merchants can supply the needs of the local shopper for the benefit of the residents of this communi ty this issue has been enlarged and contains just hun dreds of gift suggestions merchants have taken ad vantage of these prechristmas issues of the herald in order that they may broadcast to every prospective buy er the quality goods which they offer buyers cannot do better than carefully peruse the advertisements con tained in this issue suggestions are present on very page which may help in the selection of purchases to be made this christmas season davis is reelected reeve 1 lyons and smith councillors proposed new higfa school building dereated by small majority many ratepayers did not vote the election on monday last caused a little excitement in town notwith standing the fact that there was a large proportion of qualified ratepay ers who did not poll their vote either lor members of council or the pro posed addition to the high school for the reevcahtp the vote was as follows davis madaren ward one ward two ward three 119 148 m 53 ss oi 43 300 majority for davis 21 par councillors in ward throe the result ws u fallow armstrong 60 lyatt5 303 smith 133 i lyons and will p smith elected thost being the vote on the proposed addition to the high school was close the nays having a majority of 30 of s qualified voters only mb palled their vole with the following result ward one ward two ward three yes m 51 ho foture of cont4rvtive party important political issue transcanada airways to go into otrckatton during winter months by spectator ottawa dec 6th one of the lost important issues facing the peopl of the dommlon b what is the future of the conservative party no nat ter ahat a persons polities ma be everyone is interested in the main tenance or eood government and one essentials of eood eoverrimen under oir system is an effective op position njine ocp and social credit parties moy ur may not have mimethtne ound tutuamistructlvc in their doctrines they may also u a future bui at the present moment the hae not the number of repre sentatives in parliament to make them a major lorce tne main bur den or opposition lests on the shoul ders of the constnative parti the are the alternative the last ben- eral election while eiv inc on over- helmlntr majority o the liberals deckled far the time being at least that this was a tao party eoimtrv and not a eountrv of trroups thr recent election in british columbia chipped another head from the con servative membership and it was an anrtent conservative seat ttve time has therefore come when in the in terest of canada and of their partv the conservatives must take toll of the situation whether the chieftain of the party mr bennett who has borne the duties of public offlce in and out of the premiership for many years should lay aside the leadership and give the reins into the hands of another and younger man is some thing for mr bennett himself and his followers to decide certain it is that the ranks of the party must be rallied they must gain cohesion and be instilled with new life the sands of time are running out it should be done without delay tw tirawtcawaiia airway it is now pretty dftnhthat the western section of the transoontln- ehal airways will get off to fair start some time in the winter months it will be remembered that the airway service was promised for last summer but in the interests of the safety of the route the work of preparation was carried out with great care nec essitating some delays between the atlantic seaboard and vancouver there aill be in all about 100 recrular and emeroencv landing fields in 1k9 some fields ere constructed in the prairies an j an airmail line put in openillan for purposes of econ omy the line was jllsconttnued in 1931 durine the depression as relief mcasurm a number of other alnort were constructed at various points w cross the countn later che work was taken out of the hands or re lief administration and further fields were laid out the groundwork ex cept in one or two places is now in good order same of the western fields had to bt extended and im proved to accommodate airplanes of a higher cruising speed than those in use in ia but laying out the groundwork is not of course the whole story there is the equipment the radio beacons ground radio the weather eyulpmevt to keep pilots con stantly informed of chantln weather conditions and work on thts equip ment has been going steadily forward there has also been the training of the ground crews and the pilots at the present time a number of young men are under training as pilots at winnipeg canada has been a little jiehlndhand with interurban air ser vices but in passenger mall and freight carriage to sparsely populat ed areas this country has been un excelled and probably unequalled its northern aviators are the true continued on page 7 sport by o mm moaomyj finding a solution last week we presented a pi ruling situation in oeorgetown hockey circles this week we see the board trying to find a soluwon ttfa the lad roundup as it were an other bdclkevineeupgvwlil be call ed on wridayevphic dec loth in the arena at 8 pjn to glw hookey en thusiasts another chance to say whether they want hockey this winter or whether they wish to drop- tha whole thing this sea ion tt has been rumored that the arena might cloae down altogether u the cluaens can not get together and organise a hoo key club however it is felt that enough players for two teams can b rounded up in town to give the op posing teams of brampton and mil ton in the intermediate section and orangevllle rtrgus milton and ac ton in the junior section some good games the sojb is sent out to all intermediate and junior playera and others interested to be at the arena friday night at 8 the ohja- saja we must play oeorgetown players una year let every available player turn out so that we may get an idea a to what the hockey future holds fat store can we get a couple of hun dred eltuwns to the meeting george town is counting on you dont tuns the home town down i poivgs w the midget leaguat the midget hockey league execu tive met on monday night and dis cussed plans for the coming season two additional teams of 15yearold boys will be formed a sponsor ht needed for each of these new teams about 10 more boys eleven to four teen years of age are required to round out a good wellbalanced lea gue every team has a representative on the executive and managers are asked to hasten the registration of their players the boys are asked to return their cards and ticket money to the legion hall on saturday afternoon at 1 15 lets go boys the sooner you hind in your cards the quicker the teams can be formed and equipped officer of the league ore as fol lows hon presidents tommy muring gordon alcott president q o brown vicepresidents hugh lindsay and o mac mcquvray secretary w h long treasurer a b oulard executive a representative from each team nokval wrte club a chicken shoot was held on the nerval rifle range on monday night lost fifteen marksmen from toron to joined in the event and carried away a goodly number of the blrom nerval men winning an equal propor tion according to the number of men shooting honors went to harvey nurse for the aggregate he making three perfect scores after the chicken shoot was finish ed norval shot their club scores and their third league score m the dub shoot the following scores were made nurse 100 wilson 100 r w hall m e mcklnney 09 dr stevenson st w usk 99 o brown m t john son ss o w hall os w tioblnsoa 96 p hustler 95 f stark os in the gold button contest nurse and ii ir tied in the shoot off which took 10 shots to decide nurse fin ally won with a 10 spot while usk dropped his last shot to an eight in tlio third league shoot norval completed a core of 783 paints out of 800 the team will journey to the oajo guelph on monday next in competi tion erin tlie directors and secretary of erin agricultural society following much deliberation and the receipt of grants from the department of agri culture have found they can pay tha prise winners at tlie fair the full amount of the prise money mr and mrs alfred porter and family were visitors with mrs por ters aunts mrs mcdougall and mra stephens on saturday mr wm barbour who recently underwent an operation at the to ronto general hospital has return ed home and is convalescing mr and mrs l gamer mr and mrs k r gamer and family of welland were week end visitors with mr and mrs a l oarner and mrs stephens we regtet to report that mr jos blngliam is 111 and confined la his roam mrs p j sinclair returned to hat home here last thursday and is con valescing mr and mrs leonard short of ton omto spent tlie week end with mra ada short