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mmitfektojiiww seventyfirst year of publicatio wednesday evening may 11th 1938 150 per annum in advance 300 to usa april relief cost township 31507 road sheets as presented 483210 rate of wages fixed in township for man and team 55c per hour for man 25c per hour communication read account passed etewarttown may 9 1938 the council held their regular meeting on mdnday afternoon de puty- reeve w a wilson councu- lora c h- may q w murray and edwin harrop were present reeve na robinson presided at the meet- injj the minutes of last meeting were read and cobflrmed nntntbflqiwtiiw were read from hydro electric power comm cana dian automobile setrice association george e hluott and j e white- lock mr wilson george brown and t g ramshaw addressed the council with reference to township road in- m moved by harrop seconded by wil son that the treasurer pay relief ac counts as presented try the relief of ficer amounting to s15j07 carried moved hywfiaon seconded by har- orp that the treasurer pay bell tele phone co 38121 318 8113 280 to tal 598 j b whitelock secretary halton plowmens association 10jod george leslie registering 10 notices to j owners and encumbrancers sum j sanford son fastening gate on dobble farm 1 lock and chain 125 george e elliott balance re dobble account 884371 carried moved by murray seconded by may that the treasurer pay board of health accounts jos l marchment k opeiunggravelor the late marshau tt numhtsr vlvlon artrtl 7th mitt- tr 1 r iuck number garage operators association banquet aoout one nunared garage operaters and theh wives from halton and sur rounding counties gathered at the big whistle inn bronte last thurs day night to attend a dinner and dance sponsored fay the halton coun ty branch of garage operators asso ciation of ontario on the occasion of their first ladles might the president a r speight of georgetown was chairman of the evennlg and in a brief speech wel comed the ladles and guests fol lowing the banquet the toast to the king was responded to by singing the national anthem the toast tq the ladles was pro posed by mr verne dynes oakvule and responded to by mrs l mckln- ley burlington the toast to the guests propos ed by mr e wadham toronto editor garage operators responded by mr a c patterson sllvercreek of special interest to everyone was the address by the provincial presi dent mr harry harper toronto on the aims and objects of the associa tion and the benefits derived through organization presidents from the surrounding counties spoke briefly on the work in ro f ca vivian april 7th s400 jackson to complete extractions sep thompson mar 5th 800 for mrs p thompson 600 total 814jm c r turner ambulance to guelph hospital for mrs krants apr 15th 1000 department public health of ontario insulin supplied mrs cor ner 158 j sanford son taking mrs holtum to guelph hospital 540 taking mrs holtum from guelph to brampton 500 taking mrs hender- m to toronto general hospital j00 tw mrs henderson from to ronto to home 540 total 2000 carried moved by wilson seconded by har rop that the treasurer pay road sheets as presented by road superin tendent 4832 jo carried moved by harrop seconded by wil son that from april 1st the rates of wages are as follows man and team 55c per- hour man 25c per hour carried moved by wilson seconded my har rop that the township road liability insurance be placed with the general accident insurance company at a premium of 25300 carrying a 10- 903 liability cacrtbd moved by wusontseconded by har rop that this council do now adjourn to meet monday june- 13th oclock am as a court of revision or at the call of the reeve carried officia to d better weed control special invitation issued to farmers to attend meeting sponsored by the the ontario department of agricul ture ontario crop losses due to s weeds last year estimated at eighteen million dollars members of municipal councils road officials weed inspectors and an interesteu farmersare invited to at tend a meeting in he field husban dry building oajc guelph thurs day may 20th at 10 am to dlsucss ways and means of best battling the weed menace in ontario which last year cost the farmers of this pro vince at least 18000400 the ontario department of agriculture proposes to make a concentrated drive on weeds this year and will perfect or ganisation in this and every county in an effort to materially lessen these terrific losses officials of the crops seeds and weeds branch ontario department of agriculture will explain the pro visions of the weed control act and point out the duties of weed inspec- i tors noxious weeds and their con trol will receive special attention as win eradication of weeds by chemi cals officials are enxlous to have every farmer possible attend this meeting and are issuing a special invitation to every farmer in this county to be present at by a vote of almost three to one burlington electors yesterday decided against the application of therhlgh schiol board for 12400 for the erec tion of an addition to the high school and equipment therefor blghty- eight voted for and 242 against a majority of 154 against the propbsl- tton only a few r evinced any interest in the question the vote bad been asked by the high school board following the refusal of town council to grant the money with which to erect two artditkfrial rooms for the teaching of domestic science and mffl train ing as required by the department of education the prospective juror asked the court to be excused prospective juror explaining i owe a man 10 and as he is leaving town today for some years i want to eaten him and pay him the money judge in a very cold voice ton are excused i dont want anybody on the jury who can lie like that draw in which eighteen valuable prises were given the remainder of the evening was spent in euchre and dancing music and entertainment was supplied during the evening by the george town rythm makers orchestra with doris hulls at the piano and percy david entertainer toronto hostesses for the evening were mrs l mcklnley burlington mrs a e crlpps georgetown and mrs ed jennings acton lorne scots band presented good program there was a large attendance the band concert in the oregory theatre last sunday evening when the lome scots band under the leadership ofmr perrott assisted by miss wula price presenteda splen did program that was muclr enjoyed by all present the program which was dedicated to the mothers georgetown was sponsored by wilcox mr f h w brooks or port hope a former highly esteemed resident or georgetown was the capable chair man of the evening the program was as follows maple leaf forever march contem ptibles overture princess of india saxaphone solo vanity by bds norman herbert selection copella vocal solo mother mccree miss wula price gold medalist peel musical festival band selection in a moonlit oar- den march6ussex by the sea cornet solo polka gaiety by bds jeewllcox winner in the peel musicb festival vocal solo rrock me to steep by miss willa price waltz over the waves hymn la vina regimental march national anthem womens institute iual meeting mrs shortt elected to office of president the annual meeting of the george town womens institute was held on wednesday may 4th at the home of mrs harold cleave after opening in the usual man ner- the minutes of the previous m were r and a th correspondence was read by mrs 0 campbell and varied items of busi ness arising therefrom were discussed the matter of an exhibit at the county fair was deferred till a later meeting a contribution was voted to the central ontario convention fund ten dollars was voted toward the te of the tonsil clinic recently held for local children under the di rection of miss margaret kennedy school nurse reports were received from the auditors the convenors of committees and the secretarys annual report all showing that a most successful years work had been accomplished the nominating committee then presented its report following which there being no further nominations from the floor the persons recom mended in the report were declared unanimously elected the officers for 193839 are as follows president mrs shoxtt 1st vlcenresldentars h cleave 2nd vicepresident mrs h bailey secretarytreasurer miss hazel marshall district directormrs shortt local needs committee mrs livingstone mrs r erwln mrs kentner mrs f cole mrs robinson refreshment committee mrs erwln mrs w mcdowell flower committee mrs n snyder mrs v king finance committee mrs geo campbell mrs livingstone mrs duncan mrs cleave mrs paul auditors mrs duncan mrs campbell programme committee mrs shortt miss h marshall mrs paul mrs cleave branch directors the executive and mrs hayes mrs livingstone and mrs cleave pianist mrs paul after the new president had taken the chair mrs win sinclair moved a vote of thanks to the retiring offi cers speaking in warmest terms appreciation of their untiring efforts during their term or office mrs liv ingstone and mrs campbell replied in a few well chosen words a choice of departmental services as offered by the new cooperative pro gram in home economics was discuss ed and a selection made the business of the meeting con cluded mrs freure gave charming scottish reading and a social half- hour followed a hearty vote of thanks was ten dered mrs cleave for her hospitality on this occasion by the officers elected at the annual meeting of halton music festival as sociation are honorary president j m denyes milton president w l smith burlington vicepresident mrs g a somer- vllle acton secretary mrs d hartley milton treasurer j a lockhart burling ton an added executive to the commit tee was william oowdy umehousjf delegates appointed are for home and school clubs mrs m hume milton miss m brown freeman wright milton cooke milton for lojjjs mrs jerseys on bop during the month of march 188 jersey cows qualified under their re cords of performance 94 in the 305 day division and 94 in the 365 day division lehe mature 385 day class broad- vlewemments miss owned by f w ruddell 8e sons georgetown ont made a splendid record of 14510 abs milk 936 lbs rat with an average test of 645 at 8 years of age miss made a gold medal- record 9719 lbs milk 631 lbs fat testing 649 and there are only ten cows tn canada that have produced more butterfet than this splendid jersey nancy bright lass bred and owned by a j graham of geor ontario heads the three year old 365 day class with 9566 lbs milk 603 lbs fat 633 and has been awarded a silver medal certificate by the can adian jersey cattle chib the three year old 305 day class is also headed toy nancy bright l who made a silver medal record of 8486 lbs milk 520 lbs fat toting 644 for r j graham of george town ont choral society elect officers at the annual- meeting of george town choral society held in the pub lic library on tuesday evening the following officers were elected for the years 193839 hon president a maclaren president wilfrid leslie vicepresident s t faram secretary treasurer madeline erwln librarian wm young committee mrs devrles miss harrison mrs duncan mrs w c bessey harry smethurst fred short- ill w f thompson cyril brandford sir william went fishing as a guest of jack wiuooxfaby at his beautiful georgetown estate and he catches fish as he has done every may for many successive mays sir william mulock canadas grand old man last friday went fishing and he caught fish in the streams and deep pools of j a wwoughbys beautiful estate at georgetown sir william caught eight speckled beauties on the fly in spite of a high windxwhlch churned up the pools he nicked one double with a brace of parmachene for womens institutes mrs h carte belles landed them then gave them to mrs agnes young of balllnafad who was 11 years old when canadas grand old man was born if you are as good at arithemtic as sir william is at fly casting these figures will tell you that mrs young is 105 years old shell be 106 in sep tember and now lives within two concessions of where she was boroujn 1833 when william the fourth was king as though making a joke of sir williams visit the old lady who fives with her three daughters knew if i lived long enot distinguished man would visit wi and here you are now m have some thing to talk about for the next few years as proof that the whip of his arm hasnt lost its sting after 94 years sir william hooked a trout an his first cast but that one got- away later in the day he snared another double but one of those slipped from the hook as he was working it into a landing net those were the only ones to get away a splendid picture of sir william with his string or trout and mr wu loughby taken at the ponds appear- in saturday nights star irdon strvrlalr mr gordon sinclair was one of the part who accompanied six william on the fishing trip to georgetown halton presbyterial womans missy society the executive of halton presbyter ial united church wojhans mission ary society met in the class room of the baptist church acton on- may 3rd with the president mrs earl wilson in the chair the worship services were conducts ed by mrs w gunby mrs o w tunis and mrs h caldwell the lor ithet executive was arranged mrs charles joulffe miss k morgan and mrs j t heslop were added to the list of available presbyterial speakers mrs arnott was appointed- to the executive as member without port folio the dates for the eastern and wes tern sectional rallies were announced for ashgrove june 22nd and kilbride june 23rd with mrs j a jewltt as special speaker announcement was made of the meeting at memorial hall oac guelph on june 9th when reports of the dominion board meeting will be given the secretaries of departments pre sented brief reports the temper ance and christian citizenship secre tary asked for right hand support in the work greetings from the presbyterial executive were taken by mrs h inglehart past president to the pres bytery which was in session in the united church and she also present ed a short report of the years work of the persbyterlal letters of ap preciation were directed to be sent to mrs f w shortlu and mrs ross segsworth retiring members a new member mrs j klrkwood was wel comed mrs j mcdermid george town is the new treasurer and mrs a speight and mrs c buck george town were appointed auditors the presidents of acton appleby burlington balllnafad melville and milton auxiliaries accepted the vltatlon to attend the executive mrs b mowat president acton auxiliary was asked to convey the thanks or the executive to the board or the baptist church for the use of the class room for the meeting georgetown horticultural society hals now a membership of 115 large number of shrubs and gladiolus bulbs supplied by dominion seed house and dr neilsen were given to members aims and activities of horticulture socio ti erin mr and mrs blake leslie of georgetown were sunday visitors with mr and mrs m thompson mr john teeter underwent an op eration for appendicitis at the guelph general hospital last week we are pleased to report that he is convales cing john scott sevenyearold son or tar and mrssutart scott of bel- fountain received a severe tirtrg u and concussion when he fell from a buggy after the horse driven by his mother became frightened and bolt ed mr and mrs ralph thompson and baby or toronto visited with mr and mrs m thompson on sunday mrs thompson and baby will spend the summer here mr c k overland has purchased the george ramesbottom property and has commenced remodelling the residence the cataract post office which for the past forty years has been ir charge or misses m and k mcenan- ey was transferred on monday to mrs thomas mcdevltt miss mary mc- enaney died in august last and since that time her sister miss kate has carried on but was rorced to resign on account or ill health ad vocate the georgetown horticultural so ciety now has some one hundred and fifteen members and expects to have quite a- number more oh saturday a large number of shrubs from the dominion seed ise spireas welgellas tamerlx dentzlas forsythlas and barberries were distributed to the members also gladiolus bulbs furnished by dr nielsen some sections of the town have not been canvassed any citizens wbq have been overlooked in the canvass and who would like to join might band their fee to mrs j b macken- they will receive a shrub and six special gladiolus bulbs the following are among the aims and activities of horticultural socie ties tree planting distribution of seeds to school pupils garden competitions with prizes flower shows the preser vation of wild flowers in 1937 oxford and middlesex coun ties presented 10000 pupils with five trees each in slmcoe county the boy scouts planted 70000 trees- halleybury with a membership of 132 planted 220 trees on the streets and 30 at the schools preston with a membership of 190 planted 1000 trees newcastle with 69 members plant ed 500 trees throughout the town markdale with 60 members plant ed 150 maples on the streets the high school boys doing the work woodville planted dozens of shrubs and trees at the park and continua tion school huntsvllle planted 300 trees throu ghout the town assisted in cleaning boulevards and planted 200 iris these are some examples of the work done by 254 societies in the province acton many riends here are indeed pleas ed to learn that jack graham who is attending western university ai london is now recovering satisfac torily following a severe attack o pneumonia all hope for him t speedy recovery churchill united church are plann ing now for a fitting observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the- church it will be held on sunday and monday june isth and 20th mr and mrs john alger removed to guelph this week where alger has been appointed a guard at the ontario rerormatory imr alger will con tinue his connection with lome scots local militia mr douglas w oowdy was recent ly elected first vicepresident or the canadian club in toronto friends in the home town district offer con gratulatlons to both douglas and the canadian club in securing the ser vices of this energetic young man mrs r j mckechnle of james town ny visited at the parental home with mr and mrs george soper over the week end mr and mrs charles landsbarough miss ruth gibson and mr wm max well of guelph spent sunday with friends in hamilton mr and mrs earl anderson wish to announce the engagement or their daughter- oddress isabel weaver mr dennis arthur hill eon of mr and mrs a hill llmehouse free halton county baseball league schedule may 21 georgetown at oakvflle may 24 milton at georgetown june 9x hespter at georgetown june 16x acton at geo june 18 georgetown at hespler june aox oekvllle at georgetown june 22x georgetown at acton june abrgeorgetown at milton july 4x milton at georgetown july 9 georgetown at hespler july 13x georgetown at oakvule july 21x oakvule atjqe july 23hespeler at georgetown july 27x georgetown at acton july 29 acton at georgetown aug 3x georgetown at milton r xdenotes twilight games halton presbytery meeting in acton halton presbytery of the united church of canada met for the regu lax spring confeernoe- in the united church at acton on tuesday may 3rd morning and afternoon sessions were held with the rev flnlay ma- theson of burlington in the chair thirtyfive delegates were present re presenting every charge within this smallest presbytery or the hamilton conference routine business and reports from the various churches showed the work to be in an encouragingly heal thy condition with increases in mem bership and finances of every depart ment election of officers for the presby tery resulted in rev j f clugstone ba bj3 of freeman being elected to the chairmanship for the coming year and rev a o w foreman b a of balllnafad reelected as secre tary rtv j t heslop or aldershot reelected as treasurer the rev charles jolllffe of glen williams gave a very illuminating ad dress explaining conditions in china and expressed the conviction that the christian church in the orient will prove its great worth in the life of that far off part or the world more vital interest in christian mis sions on the part or the home church will not only save the situation abroad but also our church here in this fair land cohcludeo speaker the church that is not missionary in spirit and deed is doomed to fail ure much time was spent in discussion of social service work and ways and means of coping with the needs of this department the question of sweepstakes came up for some discussion and the pres bytery went on record as definitely opposed to thfcrtorany form of gamb ling hamilton conference will be held in wesley united church gait com mencing may 31st until june 7th besides dr morrow pastor of the local church messrs g g en and j h denny were made members of the coming conference free press purchased herd of rolsteins chester p wulard stul river mass has just completed the selec tion of 47 head of purebred holstelns from herds in the counties of halton peel and wellington there has re cently been a heavy demand for can adian holstelns from the new eng land states but this is one of the largest individual shipments to ftp recently breeders contributing to mr willards shipment included jos richardson fred w hamilton w t and c t scott e segsworth ellas r watson all of freeman ont archibald speirs and h w nichol son brampton n a robinson and wm t sinclair both or nerval vic tor j lawrence oakvule ont d j ismond and robinson bros- ge jos m wlckson bronte wmt dales and son 6 p love milton john taylor w- v mckersie rockwood ernest r sayne w h fair guelph my father used to say never sus pect people its better to be de ceived or mistaken which is only human after all than to be suspici ous which is common inspector denyes retiring after twentysix jyears of faithful service in the public schools of halton teachers will be in great demand throughout ontario in the near fu ture is the prediction of j m enye of muton for 26 year inspector of public schools for halton county who is completing his final year of out standing service where there has been a vast sur plus there may soon be a dearth the veteran inspector observed pres ent salaries will not induce students to train for the teaching profession there isnt a profession nwre poorlyi paid what is needed is a public sense of the teachers responsibility and a recognition of the service they render to society most of wentworth county was included in his inspectorate when he was appointed in 1912 he had al ready been principal of newburgb high school assistant principal pf whitby collegiate and prlnclpafof oakvule high school successively his flsrt teaching experience he recalled was had when he organized south finch continuation school in stormont county 42 years ago i taught all three forms being the only teacher there he stated it was a night and day job for 525 a year i taught english mathematics science and languages it was no picnic after 42 years of experience with school children inspector denyes looks upon use of the strap as prim itive punishment you dont change the child with the strap you only subdue him very little of it sur vives in halton the inspector attributed much of the success in halton schools to the stress placed on written and oral english my slogan to the teachers has been he said every lesson a lesson in english it is through pro gressive use of the mother tongue that all educational advance is made and clear thinking can be promoted only byjaclllty in speech the new course of studies emphasises this as pect of training it trains children in practical thinking the inspector gave this advice to young teachers just beginning the first essential to success is noise the second is poise and the third is poise a teacher must have the interests of his pupils in his heart and demon strate them outwardly in his every movement in school only m such an atmosphere can there be cooper ation with a dominating attitude a teacher wul get nowhere tbronfo star of may 7th vi lions attend district meeting the annual district meeting of zone 6 lions clubs was held at oakvule on monday art allan of burlington was elected deputydistrict governor of zone 6 for the ensuing year g w molintock of georgetown was no minated for the office but declined in favor of mr allan the delegates from georgetown were w v grant and w h long they were accompanied by h j- heldmarm resident georgetowb club o w mcllntock ed mcwhlr- ter a h feuer arthur beaumont w h kentner dr jackson charles burnsides and h c moolure a banquet and entertainment nt the evening brought to a close a very- successful district meeting milton the funeral of the late charles mc- nair of toronto formerly of muton who died at kingston jamaica april 24th took place on saturday after noon last following a public service in egllngton united church the re mains were brought to muton where interment was made in evergreen cemetery a harold wallace of toronto who has been organist and choinnastbr in st pauls united church hensior over seven years has tendered his resignation we are sorry to report that thomas teller is m in st josephs hospital guelph where he has been a patient for the past four weeks his friends wish for him a speedy recovery mr and mrs ben trimble hilton wish to announce the engagement of their youngest daughter beatrice mary to gordon baboock of acton the marriage wlu take place the lat ter part of may mr and mrs duncan reld muton announce the eldest daughter laura anne rg n to john muton woodcock son df mr muton woodcock and the late mrs woodcock of rrtpley maine the mar riage to take place may 14 a number of isaac waltons tried out their luck at trout fishing over the weekend saturday was the first day or the season t a hutchinson landed two beauties one 14 inches in length the ether nearly 14 don to- letxka caught six averaging 9 inches and clarence hul got ten averaging 8 inches champion is he fresh why i had to alap mm three times before i let ntm has