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seventyfirst year of publication wednesday evening march 9th 193s 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa m cedarvale school for girls completing ten years service the cedarvale school for atfls at georgetown one of a number or in stitutions maintained by the united church of canada is this month completing ten years service the school which is supervised by miss jessie oliver who has been superin tendent since 1928 undertakes the care and training of many underpri vileged girls under 16 years of age the majority of them referred to the school by childrens aid societies in canada all the girls come from homes which have been broken up many of them have problems arising- from unsuitable home conditions and lack of training miss oliver who received her train ing first as a nurse and later as a deaconess of the united church is assisted by a qualified school teacher domestic science teacher and an experienced housekeeper the train ing given the girls at the school has been on a rourrold program physical mental social and spiritual classes are organized up to the first year of high school and an earnest attempt has been made to give instruction in sewing baking laundry handcraft work and music the girls play is constantly super vised good wholesome meals are provided at regular hours and definite rest periods are provided the girls are taught sewing old dresses and stockings are made over into quilts and mats a fine spirit of wholesome religious teaching is in the school spiritual matters are not taught as a thing apart but as an influence that per meates all the girls do dominionprovincial youth training plan proves successful project to give city unemployed youths farm training find boys enthusiastic reports supervisor alex maclaren majority of farmers start as hired men dr g i christie tells lads twenty seven city- boys will continue to work for their present farm em ployers twenty more havent talked further employment with the owner but are anxious to continue farming either with their present boss or some body else while ave lads have decid ed that they didnt want to continue life on the farm the above information forms part of the statistics gathered by alex maclaren georgetown ont dept of agriculture supervisor of the domin ionprovincial youth training project as he interviewed the boys at the o a c ouelph where they had gather ed for a two weeks special course in agriculture the boys were given lectures by jack baker hampton and jack dalrymple smlthville supple mented by lectures and practical work under the direction of ojlc profes sors boys from toronto the majority of these boys are from toronto they were unemployed and were glad of a chance to earn their own living or as one boy expressed it quit living off my old dad most of them minus any farm knowledge have been working on farms since last november they receive 10 a month in wages from the two governments while the farmer receives another 10 for teaching them fanning your reporter was present while mr maclaren interviewed some dozen boys individually in the privacy of his office all but one of the boys liked farm life how were they treat ed by the farmer swell was the universal answer nine went to church and sunday school regularly one boy confessing it had been the first time he had been in church for years two boys wanted to know how much it would cost to take a full course at the ojvjc another with a real love for farm animals queried as to the cost of a course at the ontario veter inary college he shyly confessed he would like to devote his life t casing pain and curing stck animals they are so darn helpless arent they he asked take special interest o a c officials took a special in terest in the lads they noted some of the boys showed stjeetsi tfpeuude for horses others bombarded- profes sors tvith questions about dairy cows while still others were specially in terested in beef cattle sheep and swine a smaller group wanted to learn all they could about fruit and vegetable growing one boy said he honed to be a letjdscap gardener some day dr g i christie president of the oac introduced to the boys was given an ovation he reviewed the history of the oac and told them the easy jobs werent always so easy he knew carpenters who were getting 125 an hour for their work but how many days does a carpenter work in a year the real question every boy should ask was what am i go ing to have 10 or 20 years from now have you any vision what is real- ly going to be yours 20 years from now asked dr christie no class of people in the world have saved and gained an equity gained a home for themselves and are so secure as the farmers- thats what you boys should think about how do the majority of farmers start they start as hir ed men just as you boys are starting they learned how to farm and saved a little money they rented a little place soon they moved to a larger rented place where they could save more money and pretty soon they owned a farm you fellows are all intelligent and you can do the same encouraged dr christie reports from your instructors good practical men are the very best some day you too will own a home in the country i congratulate you and wish you every success he concluded dr christie then presented each boy with a book outlining the feeding and care of farm animals and farm manage ment following thecourse at ouelph the boss all returned to their farm jobs with a new slant on farming as a lire work and added incentive to make good in a profession that requires brain as well as brawn these days of scientific agriculture their period of training under the government pro ject concludes march 31st m m- iiiiiitmirjiinuintidiitniiniidbiuniiiliuniiiiiiitudiiiiuuin open wednesday evenings and saturday afternoon owing to changes we art making in our business all subscriptions to tiie herald that are in arrears must be paid or arranged for before the end of this month march 31st in or der to accommodate our local subscribers who cannot come in during tile day time the herald office will be open wednesday evenings and saturday- after- noons and evenings during starch your kind attention wul oblige yours truly j it moore publisher womens institute the march meeting of the george town womens institute was held on wednesday march 2nd at the home of mrs george campbell ter the singing of the institute ode ahd the repetition of the institute prayer themlnutes of the previous meeting were read and approved various items of business arising frbm the correspondence were c sidcred a cash donation was voted in response to an appeal from the canadian institute for the blind was deeiiled to send an exhibit handmade articles from this branch to the acton fall fair mrs hayes spoke briefly in regard to the re-am- liation of the institute with the lo cal council of women and it moved and carried that this affili ation be made mrs paul and mrs duncan being named as representa tives from the institute miss hazel marshall gave an excel lent summary of current events covering january and february the roll call was answered by what i serve unexpected company mrs shortt then conducted a guess lng contest which proved both inter- eating and amusing miss june frank rendered an in strumental solo very pleasingly fol lowing which three public school pupils misses alva cripps betty paul and lots nellsen under the di rection of miss harrison presented two lovely vocal numbers miss june frank and mrs robt erwin put on a musical guessing con test community singing closed the after noons programme and demonstrated strikingly that all the towns vocal talent is not monopolized by the choral society bennett retiring from conservative leadership rt hon r b bennett on monday asked the national conservative con ference at ottawa to relieve him of the party leadership mr bennett said he would carry on untyi a national convention of the party was held probably in the late spring or early summer of this year which will name his successor gordon graydon member for peel appointed to break the news to the press said nothing could be more definite than the finality of mr ben netts statement that he is through mr graydon indicated that the decision was not open to reconsider ation mr bennett made the following statement all medical men whom i have consulted at home and abroad agree that the action of my heart is impaired ahd that the condition which was thought to be temporary when i was til in 1035 has become perman ent they also agree that this con- llmltatlons upon my activities when i returned from europe in august last i advised my confreres in the house of commons that on medical advice i was unable to con tinue as leader but in view o the pending ontario elections and the practical difficulties of holding a convention last year i agreed to re main until appropriate action could be taken i am now reluctantly compelled to relinquish the position entrusted to me at the winnipeg convention in 1927 i sincerely appreciate the con fidence reposed in me by my fellow canadians and the generous support they accorded to the government in a period of great difficulty 1 am deeply grateful for the opportunity thus af forded to me to render some service to canada white mp of montreal st antolnewestmount oldest man in the house of commons in a choked voice expressed the partys apprecia tion to mr bennett the delegates after hearing their leaders unexpectedly definite and final announcement turned to dis cussion of the report of the policy nd conventions committee mr bennett was chosen national conservative leader at a national convention held in winnipeg in 1927 he led the party to victory in the federal election of 1930 the conser vatives winning 137 seats in the 245- seat house and he became prime minister succeeding rt hon macken zie king the conservative government went to the country in oct 193 and was defeated since then mr bennett has been national leader of the conserva tive party and leader or the opposi tion in the house of commons dltlon necessarily involves drastic nf the harris cup which is played i ii or halton county teams andthey will no doubt put up a great fight in order to retain the silverware we are not going to say anything further but if you enjoy good hockey enjoy seeing the home team trim acton then come out and help to cheer them on to victory someone is now telling a story about an absent minded professor who sent his wife to the bank and kissed money goodbye why blame on a professor acton intermediates play here friday evening in harris cup games a fitting climax to a season cram med full to the brim of excellent in termediate hockey es the harris cup games a two out of three game series has been arranged between the acton tanners or the- intermediate a group ahd the blue and white of georgetown of the intermediate b group the first of those games was played in acton last night the re sult of which will be found elsewhere in this issue friday evening mar 11th is the second game of this interesting series and will be played at the arena here it is not necessary to enlarge on this as to even mention that the tanners will play here should bring out an other capacity house local hockey fans have not had the chance to lamp the acton team in action this year and when they meet our fast step ping intermediates the ice ought to be literally burned up this game will be a real oldtimer between these two rival teams georgetown are the present holders ministerial association organized in this district on monday of thlfcweek a group of ministers representing acton milton balllnafad limehouse glen williams united church georgetown cuss the wisdom of- forming a minis terial association in this district arter some discussion it was unani mously agreed that such an organiz ation would be benefltlal and regular monthly meetings xceptingjuly and august were decided upon the pur pose of such meetings is for fellow ship and the discussion of subjects di rectly or indirectly related to the work of the mlnlstrv an election of officers resulted as tallows chairman rev f c overend vicechairman canon l r naftel secretary treasurer rev e g baxter the next meeting will be held in the baptist church acton on mon day april 4th at 2 pjn it is hoped that other ministers in nearby dis tricts wilf avail themselves of these opportunities for fellowship and help ful discussion esquesing agricultural society will make membership dri president tj browjiridge officers and directoraof society already arranging for special features atas 1038 fall fair five hundred membership tickets is the objective eaqueslrig agricultural society will hold its 92nd annual fall fair in georgetown on wednesday and thursday sept 28th and 29th and the president officers and directors are already busy making arrange ments for this big annual event the prize list is being completely revised and many attractive features will be- added to the program on the afternoon of the second day of the fair at an early date the directors are putting on a drive to sell membership tickets and it is to be hoped they will be well received by the citizens of the town and township their ob jective is ave hundred members and it is a privilege as well as a duty for all to do their part in helping pro mote and carry on this worthy or ganization become a member of esquesing agricultural society and show your appreciation of the effort the direc tors are making for the pleasure and welfare of our town and community stanley cup playoffs thursday and monday canadians and americans in exciting midget series the stanley cup playoffs of the norval and georgetown met tn the midget njhj which started last week have now narrowed down to two teams canadiens and ameri cans these teams will play a best two out of three series with the first and second gardes on thursday and monday nights respectively great interest is now being taken since the teams have reached the finals and rivalry is keen between the teams both teams are playing a good brand of the national sport and fast exciting hockey is the key note a good crowd is expected to take in these games and your sup port will be greatly appreciated it is a fine thing to have midget teams in georgetown but the boys need the encouragement only the fans can give them come out and cheer for your favorite nhl stars four teams entered the stanley cup play- n canadiens ameri cans black hawks and the maple leafs last years stanley cup and nhl winners the maple leafs and the black hawks were eliminat ed during the week the leafs and americans playing two games goals to count and the americans were the winners the former champions went down to defeat fighting hard the canadiens likewise put out the hawks in a very close series so now it is the- amerks or the canadiens they are both strong teams and should put up some of the seasons best midget affairs the ontario plowmans association in session in toronto awarded the 1938 match to slmcoe county the site chosen was northwest of barrio law year it was held at fergus and attracted 50000 spectators it is a three day international match featur ing many farm competitions the de cision was nearly unanimous empire exhibition to make 1938 scotlands year georgetown united church young people win first round of dramatic contest on monday evening march 7th the first round or the halton young peo ples dramatic contest was held in georgetown united church the members of glen williams young peoples union competed with the young people of georgetown the judges who were miss e penson of georgetown high school and rev mr foreman of balllnafad compli mented bcth teams on their splendid work which showed a great deal ol preparation and talent and then de clared georgetown the winners miss dorothy wagstaffe of glen williams then thanked the judges and announced that the winning team would compile in the near fu ture with the winners in the south- em part of the county the following is the cast of the winning play misses margaret evans and kathleen lyons ahd messrs alan mcdonald bruce kennedy stewart a4maclaren and jack maclaren i rev mr overend closed the even- lng with the benediction deer races auto an alton motorist had a fright of his life travelling to orangeville by highway 24 when a large deer jump ed directly in his path despite the fact hiat the car was going 36 miles per hour the deer kept well in front nii turne northeast when the o p r tracks were reached deciding that it preferred railways to hlgh ways as last year was englands with coronation- and fran ces with the parib exosltlon so 1938 will be all scotlands and mostly glasgows with che great empire exhibition which king george will open in the scottish metropolis oh may weekly throughout the summer canadian pacific linen will land visitors by the hundred at the famed tall of the bank almost within sight of the exhibition grounds m beltahouaton park not only will they see the exhlbl- these visitors attracted to scot land by the big show will go on from there to see much of the rest of scotland appropriately enough thta year has been chosen by the canadian scots reunion for one or their periodical tours to the homeland they will sail in a largo party in the duchess of richmond from montreal oh july 8 tn thq natural beauty of bella- hbuston park visitors will rind the greatest show of empire en gineering and industry ever gath ered into one place modernistic pavilions will bouse the exhibits of every- dominion and there will be palaces of engineering the arts industry to mention but a tew treetop restaurants built on stilts a 300 foot observation tower atop the central hill spaci ous walks and gardens and amu sements galore will provide re laxation for the visitors color will be a striking feature pavi lions will be colored there will be green ones blunt reds and yel lows the openair restaurants and avenues wilt bet gay whb bril liantly colored sunshades and awnings and at night the whole icene will bo floodlit a fairyuke scone on the banks of the clyde the handsome pavilion seen fn an artists drawing at the top left is the canadian pavilion at the empire exhibition as it will ap pear when completed lower right is a view or loch lomond one of the scenic beauty spots that most visitors to scotland make a point of seeing during their visit at the left is a vlewofebme of the cottages of the highland clacban at the exhibition and at the top are artists conceptions of two pavilions the west african colonies at the left and the palace of engineering at the right ontario potatoes in ontario markets by j t cassln potato fieldman why are ontario potatoes being dis criminated against to the extent of 25c to 35c per bag on ontario mar kets is it because potatoes of good cooking quality cannot be produced in ontario no but too many ontario- potatoes are poorly graded and have not good cooking quality resulting from im maturity frost injury and diseases many of the consuming public have been so dissatisfied with ontario po tatoes that they refuse to buy them in toronto some chain stores and many independents do not handle on- tarios at all others report that 75 per cent of their potato trade is with maritime stock it appears that in october and ho- vember many potatoes affected with field frost fusarlum wilt and fusar- lum eumartll and poorly graded were rushed to market they were unsat- lsfactory to the consumers and many 1 of them turned to maritime potatoes the demand for ontario potatoes has fallen off and many growers are re ceiving only 35c to 40c per bag while prince edward islands are selling at 90c per bag in carloads on track to ronto even well graded ontarlos of good quality move slowly at 15c be low peis because so many are afraid to buy ontario potatoes con fidence once lost is difficult to regain at the present time some well grad ed potatoes are being offered with 75 per cent fusarlum wilt and fusar lum eumartll and some hollow heart and frost injury to make conditions worse there is very little that can be done this esason to correct or improve conditions but efforts should be made to make preparations for the 1930 crop where seed potatoes infected with these diseases are planted in the sofl these fields will became infected and another crop of diseased potatoes pro duced with results similar to those- existing at present the importance of using seed that is free from disease cannot be too strongly impressed up on potato g farmers who have potatoes bearing these- diseases should cook them when feeding them to live stock if fed uncooked infection will be carried to the soil in the manure and succeeding potato crops will be infected the amount of certified seed pota toes in ontario is very limited there were less than l300 acres of pota toes that received and passed inspec tion in ontario last year this is less than l per cent of the ontario crop there were very few fields of uncertified stock that did not have these diseases la them much of thrf certified crop has been marketed for table use growers who need s change of seed should not delay in arranging for their supplies while it is yet possible to get them district representatives will be fur nished with the names of certified seed growers and the varieties grown ontario potato growers are losing many thousands of dollars by using seed that is disease infected they are also encouraging maritime grow ers to increase their acreage when there is such a demand for their po- tatoes forty per cent of the pjbjt crop was planted from cetrtfied seed and less than 1 per cent of ontarios crop this very well explains the dif ference in price in ontario markets diseased seed cannot produce good potatoes h huge roadbuilding program a huge program of road building in old and new ontario was outlined by the hon t b moquesten minis ter of highways to 1000 membets and guests at the ontario motor lea- gtie dinner and 31st annual meeting in the royal york toroncor monday night we have now reached a time when traffic has grown to f a point and modern road development demands that we practically begin all over again in southern ontario in the es tablishment of a great main highway from windsor to the quebec bound ary he stated visitors do not mind travelling 50 or 60 miles or even 100 miles v lower types of highways but to ask jhem to go from windsor to toron to or from niagara to north bay on second rate highways will simply kill tourist business he held the speaker said that on the basis of last years work when 35 miles of divided highway was constructed be tween toronto and hamilton it would take approximately 15 years to build a modern highway from wind- sor to quebec it is a large undertaking that will undoubtedly increase the capital debt but please bear in mind that this expenditure is not without immediate large returns i dont see- john half as much a i used to you should have married him when you had the chance i did nrf