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georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening september 7th 1938 150 per annum in advance 1200 to usa dominion government kept fully informed oi european crisis high court judge to inquire into bren machine gun con tract wheat situation and st lawrence waterway being discussed by spectator ottawa sept 6th the osechoslo- vaklan crisis and the unremitting ef forts of the british government to pour oil on the troubled waters and i keep a check rein on aggressive i have 6vershadowed all subjects jmestlc interest in the capital the dominion government has been kept fully informed of every shifting jt phase of the profoundly serious nego- 1 tlations that revolve about the cen tral european republic with its sude ten german minority and on which the peace of the world depends na turally the government makes no comment it watches anxiously and fervently hopes that success will crown the efforts of those striving to pre the outbreak of war the bren machine gun contract inquiry this does not mean that there have been no other questions stirring the council chamber and other authorities on parliament hlll the department of national defence has been very much in the public eye the recent magazine article attack on a machine gun contract with a arm in toronto alleging excessive profits to the manufacturers and the replies of the department refuting the charges have been given wide publicity on ac count of the critical world situation and the extreme importance of keep ing public confidence in the vitally necessary work being carried on by my department the minister with the approval of his colleagues has de dded to set up a judicial inquiry at once into the contract the inquiry will be directed by a judge of one of higher- courts whose name will nnand universal confidence he will be empowered to examine into every phase and feature of the con tract the minister mr mackenzie gives his unaltered opinion that the contract is fair and reasonable and in the public interest wheat situation borne concern is felt here in regard to the way the united states will ad- tnirai- tts bonus on wheat export with the object of ensuring the sale of 100 million bushels of the coun trys wheat to foreign markets the government at washington has adopt ed a policy of absorbing 4ne differ ence between the domestic and foreign prices on wheat to be ex ported that is the way it has been described it parallels the canadl wheat price guaranteeto some ex tant officials here do iffc think that this policy means that the washing ton government will dump the wheat on the market when speaking be fore the international convention of agricultural economists at ste anne de beuevue the secretary of agricul ture in the united state government aid that the united states would work in a cooperative spirit with the feqtauadtan trade in marketing wheat 9t is bettered here that this means in 4eokt there win be no dumping the united states government will jnance its bonus plan through money appropriated by act of con from receipts this act provides that thirty per cent of these receipts may be set aside for the removal of agricultural surpluses from regular markets with the carryover of about 300 million bushels from test year the united states will have a total sur plus of about 400 million bushels tub years crop of winter and spring wheat has been about 056 million bus hels and the domestic consumption is about 790 m bushels st lawrence waterway m a letter written by prime mini ater mfrf king to premier hep burn of ontario mr king has invited the province of ontario to join in a joint technical examination and dis cusskm of the st lawrence seaway project with federal officia these discussions would not obligate either the province or dominion any way they would be simply for the guid ance of the governments the pro posals of the united states mr king stated suggest a plan for the many outstanding phases of the develop- of the st lawreneeareat t system which are of interest to i canada and the united states the questions include the develop ment of the mternseional section of the st lawrence the preservation of he scenic beauties of niagara with increased use of its power resources fifths diversion of water from the-hud- son bay watershed into lake superi or with recognition that this addt- tkmal water could be used by can for power p the luter- coange of power and the permanent sotnmon of the chicago drainage anal question m the cost of work on toe international section of the sv lawrence canada will be credited mrttfa jim joojooo which canada has repent on the wetland canal in re- on to the mam objection which hepburn bat advanced mr king stated that no final conclusions can bofooorse be reached as to the feest- at ttw whole project as eel the draft treaty until t of a solution of the power si mr king tetter further stated m years would elapse after i signed and ratified be- jia blocks df power gte be generated on the international aonon for the use of canada could aveustjae in edt i would be the uu of further postponement of the actual utilization oi some or the power de pending on the financial arrange ments to be made at the opening of the thousand island bridge president roosevelt strongly advocated the construction of the seaway in a letter to mr king mr hepburn reiterated nls op position to the project the province of ontario had he said surplus power on its hands and it would be many years before it could utilize the mil lion horse power which would be canodas one half share of the power to be generated at the international section the main feature of the proposed plan is deepening the section or the st lawrence bast of lake on tario and the construction of dams which would generate two million horsepower of electric energy rural boys and girls prepare for school fairs the high light or the year for the boys and girls of the rural public schools is the annual school pair which is held during the month of september six such fairs will be held in halton as follows brookvllle sept 9th esqueslng sept 13ji hornby sept 14th m nemo sept 15th trafalgar sept 16th appleby sept 22nd we understand from mr j e whitetock agricultural representative for halton that prize lists were issued early in the year and already the ex hibits of writing art and note books have been judged by j m den former inspector of public schools for the count on may farms calves and lambs are receiving the finishing touches and plans for exhibits of grain vegetables nature study col lections etc are well forward in years pas school fairs have came in for a good deal of criticism from some on the ground that the parents played too prominent a part in order jo eliminate this feature those in charge have in recent years had the boys and girls arrange then- flower bouquets complete some of their sewing do their farm mechanics and prepare other exhibits at the pair under sup ervision this forward step has not only added interest from the stand point of the spectators but has more educational value and today many of those who formerly critlxed are to day strong supporters with farm work well advanced parents will be out in full force to encourage the boys and girls in then efforts i thus learn to do by doing teacher yes go on tommy after the horse comes the motor car and prompting after the motor car comes the tommy whose father has a car installment man miss celebrated 106th birthday mrs agnes young of bau4nafad was 10 years old september 1st one of the oldest living canadians mrs agnes young celebrated her 109th birthday on thursday sept 1st during the past year she has been 111 and inactive for the first time in her life after more than a century of activ ity and health mrs young finds the restricting tendencies of illness rather irksome born on a farm in chingu- acousy township peel county only a few miles from her present home she is one of the few canadians surviving who can remember pioneer life from the first hand experience after mar riage she aided her husband in the clearing of their new home and the cultivation of the land until after she had passed her ninetieth birthday she did her share of heavy work around the farm after that she de- voted her time to the lighter tasks and even continued to climb stairs unassisted unbll she was 102 she re mained active until the spring of last year when she suffered an attack of infiuenza some of the memories of middle age are fading but the rebellion of 1837 breaking out when she was a child of 5 is still vivid in her mind the entire community was in a condition of fear unrest and uncer tainty during those terrible days she remembers rumors and the most extravagant reports sufficed to turn the entire countryside into a bedlam in an effort to bring the terror to an end the authorities fin ally ordered the general seizure of firearms my father whose sympa thies lay with the government con cealed his musket in the old log bam so that the rebels would be unab e to and it and make use of it it is the outdoors which mrs young mlsses most she says she can re membered clearly the days when hal ton and peel counties were nothing but great wooded areas dotted with tiny settlements of pioneers advent urers in those days although wolves bears and wildcats were common the long winters were lightened by jolly deign rides to toronto a few times each fall the fruits of the harvest was taken there where it found a ready market eggs at the time sold for eight cents a dozen and gutter lor ten cents a pound she recalls in those days the schools bad pup lis only during the winter tune mrs young recalls the frame school which she attended with us desks placed around the walls and its hard pine seats behind them although its furnishings were almost primitive the school served its purpose well mrs young says with pioneer ingenuity the large stove in the centre of the room was placed on a bed of sand and stones to lessen the fire hazard par longevity mrs young offers a simple formula good health- health can be maintained at its peak if c tain simple rules are followed she be lieves these regulations include hard work fresh ah plenty of exer cise plenty of sleep and a rough simple diet she frowns on heavy meals as absolutely unnecessary and unhealthy and prefers two small meals to one big one as for a chatty cup of tea well it is an indul gence which any one at any ag can enjoy at any time crowing tobacco in halton county twentythree broad acres of fine virginia leaf tobacco are being har vested these days harvested and flue cured on the farm of john olllbie robertson situated three miles east of oakvllle on the lakeshore high way it is a fine looking crop as fine kentucky experts say as one might wish to find in a long days travel this the second successive crop to be taken from the district definitely places halton county in a position to compete with the six older tobacco growing counties of southern ontario and opens up a new industry that should go far towards absorbing sur plus labor in the surrounding muni cipalities heretofore the growing of fine virginia leaf tobacco has not been considered practicable in halton be cause of the prevalence of late spring and early autumn frosts suc cess of mr robertsons crop however direct refutation of this theory since frosts this spring lasted as late as may 24th yet his tobacco is el ready more than half cured and with any reasonable break in weather will be completely harvested before au tumn frosts set in the importanceof tobacco to hal ton municipalities is pointed out by mr robertson who advises that 15 hands are employed dally in harvest tng his 23acre crop alone the har vest period lasts for six weeks this labor is in addition to the men em ployed steadily during the growing period or the curing expert imported from the southern states mr robertson estimates a yield of approximately 35 000 pounds cf bet terthanaverage tobacco from his fatal this year but there are still rrdn 12 to 14 kilns of leaf left and favorable weather will boost the total to within striking distance of 50 000 pounds august relief account higher building bylaw discussed some dissatisfaction expressed regarding new pavement on john nnd emery streets street drainage to receive attention accounts passed fractured skull caused death stewart miller of hornby fatally injured by swing ing barn door struck on the head by a heavy swinging barn door during a stdrm last wednesday stewart miller 65 of hornby died on friday sept 2nd of a fractured skull mr miller was niaistrtg in thresh ing operations at the farm of mr e alexander 10th line esqueslng town ship halton county when a severe wind and electric storm started while getting things under cover the heavy barn door swung shut striking mil ler on the head the injured man was taken to his home at hornby where he was at tended by dr c k stevenson of milton he is survived by his widow holitein winners among those from this section who ion a number or prizes in the hoi stein cattle class at toronto exhibi lion were thos l leslie george town clarence dolson son georgetown j l neelands sons hornbv w l mcclure norval t o dolson d s dunton and j m fraser brampton jas r henderson streetsville there is a musical literature to be read and studied and loved by them what are they doing about thai lyeh real- bill collier defeats u s ace miler at toronto exhibition 100- yard handicap enables georgetown runner to win over glenn cunningham dave crichton first inmue in mondays race johnny emmerson third georgetown was well represented at the canadian national exhibition in toronto over the week end when the best canadian and american track stars gathered for the annual events the feature race on the program was the mile event in which glenn cunningham champion miler of the united states took part thkt runner allowed bin comer geo run ning under the gladstone ac colors a 100yd handicap but found it a little two much for him in his special ty and had to take second place col lier headed him to the tape by 30 yards gene venske of the new york ajc was third and dave crichton georgetown running for west end y came in fourth to finish in front of art clarke of achutes club who is thecanadlan champion in mondays mile event dave crichton oame first by a wide margin over hie nearest o while to the threemile run ftrtipny etnmer- son also of georgetown came third georgetown runners are steadily coming to the fore and the of the town are proud of them bob ooldham govs to nosttisern vocational wltb the opening of school yester day georgetown lost one of their star junior hockey players when robert bab ooldham decided to toss bis cap m with northern vocational school in toronto bob has every possibility of becoming a member of that school rugby and backer teens and wth no doubtbe a valuable asset to their teens while we wish bob every success in his sport eetmttee there we also wish him the best m hu pro- j a weldon dies at 84 thomas andrew wekkm prominent paper manufacturing executive died at his home in thorold saturday af ternoon following an illness of three weeks mr weldon was born in cartwright township west durham eightyfour years ago but had lived for many years in thorold where one of his early paper making ventures mat launched and where two of hie exist ing companies with which he was identified are located since the formation of the vtodal paper company which ates a plant in thorold be had held the office of vicepresident he was also a director of th tissue mill the plant of which is lo cated near tborokl a farmer in bis early life be later became ontario represe of the r b eddy company and subsequent ly with his brother i h w weldon and a group of others purchased the montrose paper mils thorold of which he became pre that mm was later taken over by provincial paper ltd his wife mary jane davis of nor wich predeceased him several years ago surviving is one daughter mrs w h hohand thorold one brother and three sisters wlhlsm london miss mary weldon and mas affie weldon london and mrs brown montreal lome scots band georgetown again victorious at exhibition won second place in class a and within half a point of obtaining first honors welcomed home by citizens and tendered banquet by lions club georgetown band regimental band of the lome scots regiment receiv ed a hearty welcome on their return man toronto exhibition last thurs day alter having been awarded sec ond prize in class a and came within half a point of winning first honors our citizens recognised and appre ciated the hard work that had been put into the test piece on the part of the bandsmen under the able leadership of a h perrott a cheering crowd headed by the lions club met the members of the band on their return at the high school where a torchlight procession headed by the oeoregtown kiltie band and including municipal offl clals headed by mayor gibbons mem bers of the fixe department george town post canadian legion the lions club and citizens marched to the park where a civic reception was ten dered the band president h c mcclure introduced w h long of the lions club who was the capable chairman of the evening and introduced the follow ing speakers mayor joseph gibbons who official ly welcomed the band and expressed the appreciation of the honor con ferred on the town by this splendid musical organization under the very capable leadership of a h perrott otherspeakers were lieut col g m fitzgerald of orangevtlle officer commanding the lome scots and prof thiele of waterloo president of the amateur sandmens assocla tinn both praised the work of the band in the days competltionnd in preceding contests after a delightful musical program the members of the band and their guests were entertained by thejjpns club at a banquet in the armories ho hum least i mended i mr hsbl x havent referred to th top button being off my shirt for three monthsend it lent on yetr correspondence georgetown band at cana dian national exhibition thursday sept 1 1938 editor georgetown herald dear sir geo band has once again shown its m stature in competi tion at canadian national exhibition it was an achievement for- the little little community to slip far bigger and better in- quipped organisations and congratulations and thanks bands men and director perrott but at risk of being metaphorically stoned to death i must offer a word of quamtratkei brerybody will be praising and rightly out someone should witness for the musical truth and tm taking a chance the greatest trafll i had musiclover around that where the victory was won by oeorswtwwn was ssjht of the boys and young men who bad so large share in the beautiful work done by the band some of those young peo ple were mere children and george town should be proud of them and show its pride by encouraging them tn their music this encooragemexit should take a larger and better form than setting them to grind for mon ths over test peioes for competition hsd asva bandstand xn the test piece today pta ly beautifully by them there sections and phrases that they dldnt realise as they might have done they were what mus call fugal sec tions and fugues might be called the dsclpune of music the tonic aperient alterative and diaphoretic of the art the player who can carry his line through a fugue clearly im pressively and expressively is well on the way to the kingdom of musical heaven captain oneill told the crowd lis tenlng to his adjudication that none of the bands in class a were really fit for that position t of course he was right the work they played was his own composition and he is pos sibly the finest judge of band music on the american continent today cer tainly the most scholarly oeoregtown band doesnt work hard enough at the right sort of stuff it could become canada s champion contest winner if it ttked but there is something better than that tt could if it liked become the best little band in canada bar none but the road to that excellence 1 not along the band contest highway it must make the choice and make it now it cannot have it both ways thereore i beg of my friends in the band to forget band contests to day henceforth and forever and get down to perfecting a fine technique and a musiclanly understanding the future is all theirs good luck georgetown edward w wodson 384 runnymede rd toronto september 3rd 1938 editor georgetown herald dear sir being at the exhibition music day resting when we see the name george posted and surely were delighted to hear your boys i such a grand success of the selection and greatly delighted when we heard such a gentleman fair play judge give the boys the deserving credit- second place the boys were noticeably younger in age less powerful in build calm and collected during an interruption oi a very powerful hand on parade drowning the sounds for a period but they continued undisturbed much to their credit however let us say as musically as we can we were proud of and delighted to hear the boys make such a grand success with a most deserving compliment miss emily benham mrs edith ucwllllams and miss madeline workmens compensation statbhxnt there were 5738 accidents reported to the workmen s comp board during august this being the highest number during any this year and compares with 4jb93 during july and 6799 during august a year ago the benefits awarded amounted to simesaoz of which moiower was tor compensation and sb3g35 was for medical aid the regular monthly meeting of town council was held on tuesday evening with mayor joseph gibbons in the chair reeve george davis and councillors joseph hall thos lyons james costlgan a e crlpps and w p smith present minutes of prvioubmeetlngs were read and contfhxned on- iim at cripps and costlgan the question of surface off certain streets in town damage to property was discussed mr licata complained of water running off main street and damaging his property at the foot of the hill coun cil decided to repair and improve drainage moved by hall seconded by crlpps that the following accounts be paid by the treasurer j oliver sts o herrlngton sts o herrlngton sts jas blair sts varey sts herrlngton sts watkins john st jno emmerson john st o herrlngton john st king john st b barclay john st alex hawes sts ed saunders john st john emmerson ww thos grieve sts i webster repair adding machine m langdon legal fees sinclair town truck engineering contract record advertising 6 00 canadian brass co ww 1737 robb stationery 135 dominion wheel foundries ltd john st 3838 schulz sts 35 00 g r muckart ww sts 76s canadian engineer advertising 560 richardsons hardware paint for grandstand 330 bell telephone co 8 03 j h smith fence at park 5144 e c thompson insurance housing comm 1250 geo adams public library repairs 14300 jas kennedy painting grand- stand and fence mjor hydro electric comm 10678 b mackenzie son sts w r h thompson sc co 140 mrs miller meals 130 j n oneill son sts ww 3j0 w t evans housing comm insurance 130 r h thompson e co hous ing comm repairs ljfi speights garage ww 33js s walker sts 30x90 m mckerrol refund over paid taxes 10jdo f l hoguvray work on torches 500 w g marshall postage 15 w whltmee trip to milton 300 120 f1 570 4jbd 240 jm 360 2j0 10b5 60 el5s 835 120 1 1096 8j5 t 300 v 300 4 5j v 535 1 494jt 2700 whltmee sts hydro commission towns share moving wires on john st walker sidewalks john and mcnab sts georgetown herald printing andadveitl8mg h smkh guard rail on john st c mcclure torches h mcgmbon meals for band the august relief account sented by the mayor amounted to s14977 this is an increase of 4313 over 1937 moved by lyons seconded by davis that we pay the relief cornmlsslaa the sum of 13852 to pay august ac count less the medical fee carried the corporation received a cheque from the hydro commission for 89c refund on street lighting for 1937 a synopsis of the proposed build ing bylaw as prepared by kenneth m langdon was presented and read mayor gibbons and was the subj of considerable discussion ocdmmmlcaclans were read from st josephs hospital ouelph hydro electric power ckunmisslon re audit of hydro electric accounts st mteh- aelw hospital toronto kenneth ftc langdon re building bylaw pro vincial fire marshal of ontario to ronto general hospital re indigent patient workmens o board re employees of corporation hospital for sick children complaint was made that too many trees on a pouioa of charles s shaded the stteet ugbto and made the big the was the matter of wide the road way on mm street east to astow move room for filling opposite ttst post office was again discussed and it was decided to proceed with the work to provide s b signs tor ten- partdug onty pressed rsgtnltng the new pavement just completed on john and kmery streets and it was decided to have the engineer examine ttbe same and report to council council adjourned at 1030 mrs junebride tearfully by tnsm way you treat me anyone would thtalc x am nothing but the cook m this family bubby not after the first h they wouldnt 4 assssj