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lav seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening november30th 1938 150per annum in advance 200 to usa town auairs in good condition nomination meeting is told nominations for all offices in council also public school trutfees ajid hydro commissioner received r small gathering hear addresses at after meeting the ratepayers and citizens gencral- ll ly of georgetown must be satisfied with their municipal government as only a small number turned out to the ijfeomlnation meeting held in the pub- mvpk library last friday night no 11 questions were asked and the mem- bets of the 1938 council gave their various reports without interruption nominations were received for ali of- floes although some have since declin ed to let their name stand for elec tion they are as follows for mayor joseph gibbons by wm long and n h brown harold cleave by w v grant and george w davis for reeve 43bqrge w davis by mark clark and e s thompson tth06 lyons by jas ballantine and j j gibbens for councillors ward i tnorman h brown by w c cunningham and a e wright j6e cripps by joseph hall ind red armstrong ward n jas costioan by chas e wat- x s and i j hornby joseph haul by fred armstrong and donald latimer ward m red- mcnally by george w dayl5 a m clark wm f smith by elmer c thomp son and garfield mcgilvray liyon barnes and kenneth m langdo jbaac m bennett by thos lyons and h barnes fob public school trustee ward i 3dss annie ryan by jas bftllan- tine and chas e watson ward n john d kelly by e 8 thomp son and i j hornby ward m 3ugh dickie by elmer c thompson and chas e watson for hydro commissioner b c dayfoot by elmer c thompson and joseph hall nominations were dosed at ute usual hour and town clerk p b harrison was elected chairman of the aftermeeting the first speaker of the evening was mayor joseph gibbons who stressed the fine financial position in which the town now finds itself he showed how the debenture debt of 305000 in 1931 had been reduced to s166jd00 to 1888 in 19312 bank loans also totalled 30000 and the town was oq the verge of bankruptcy today bank loans have been reduced to 9270000 and this has been done with jno increase in the tax rate or any improvement in collections but by a rigid rule of economy mayor gib- bans stated that the housing com- imlsftfcm problem was still a burden on the town that s14800 in debentures irad been issued against the amount outstanding this year and that in his opinion the housing problem would cost the taxpayers some 10000 more before it was cleared up debentures had been sold this year for the pave- ment on john emery mcnabb and king streets at a rate which set a record for any municipality in the past twenty years the financial position of the town of georgetown was now on an equal basis with sry town of like size in the province of ontario in giving his report as relief com missioner mayor gibbons said that relief was a difficult matter to handle much criticism had been made but he had tried to handle it in the i best interests of the town and all concerned he had been able to keep cost of relief down below half at it was in 1936 and 1937 in relief mounted to 5742 ami in 1037 5047 and in 1938 approximate ly 3100 by the end of the year as the government pays up to 70 of relief costs the town will only be as sessed about 600 or 700 for relief this year speaking on the proposed addition to the high school and the sewage system mayor gibbons made it clear that in his opinion he did not tocl that the municipality could stand the burden of these two major exependi- tares the high school amounting to approximately 45000 and the trunk ii line and disposal plant of a sewage system costing some 139000 when lfiy took office the town was next door to b and it had been hu desire to reduce the bonded in- m debtedness of the town without ln- ivcreasmg the tax rate this he has i successful in doing and in his if the ratepa undertook two expenditures at the present the town wou ag find it- in the bamepaahdn he would not sponsor the addition to the high school as asked by the board but oold use bis franchise if it came to another vote the same- as any other in it m lfav fh pnmtff th t t clerk and treasurer of toe town mr p b harrison for the excellent way tn which he conducts the business of the town and also for the coopera tion he extends to every member of the council he thanked those who had again nominated him for the yenr 1939 he had twenty tour hours to malte his decision as to whether he would again to a candidate for the office and would rouke his decision then the past eight- years in puoiic service for one of the best towns in ontario had been a pleasure to him and he wished the citizens of george town health happiness and prosperity in the year to come reeve george w davis who by holding this office is also a member of county council was the next speaker he said he was sorry not to be able to bring a complete report of county couocil to the meeting as the report would not be published until next week he said that georgetown had benefitted to the extent of aoout 3000 this year due to the reduction of the county mill rate and rebate on high school reeve davis showed how the criticism levelled at the town and county council over the condi tion or the roadway on lhe connect ing links was neither up to the tovn or county councils individually but up to the councils and the depart ment of highways- collectively he said that in order to pave the con necting links and receive the govern ment grant an agreement would have to be arranged belween the town he county council and then the depart ment would pay their share of 50 f this agreement would decide what i proportion of the 50 each would have to pay he thanked his nomi- nees andsaidhettouldbe a candidate for the reeveship again this year councillor joseph hall chairman of finance went over the various ims or the interim statement and told of how the receipts were made up and money spent he said there had been an increase over 1937 in collection of taxes tax arrears and dog tax he thanked those who had given him his nomination and said he would always work in the best interests of the town chairman of streets and walks councillor thos lyons was of the opinion that a program of hard sur face road work should be started he said that almost 300000 had been spent on streets and walks this year and that the gravel roads would have to be gone over again another year he believed the hard surface road would not only be a saving in the long run but an asset to the town 231256 had been spent on streets alone this year and 68310 on side walks he thanked the electors of ward hi for electing him at the head of the poll last year and had there been a general election this year he had intended to run for the 1 reeveship however next year he would be like the boy on the elevator going up councillor james costigan chair man workworks and fire protection said the waterworks department had a surplus of 79734 but that there would still be over 4000 due this de partment by the end of the year 23115 had been spent on various re pairs while insurance and sundi les amounted to 53758 he had worked to the best of his ability for the town and thanked those who had nominat ed him for 1939 council he would work in the best interests of the town in 1939 as he had in the past councillor wm f smith chalrjnrn of welfare liirht and police said he was the most delinquent member of council lust year due to illness but he had done his best under the circumstances he would not oe a candidate for 1939 council although he thanked those who had proposed him he had been appointed hptr- man of welfare but owing to his heallh mayor gibbons had consented to handle this department in rcird to police he had no fault to find chief marshal had handled his duties in a very capable mariner but he had lwo much to do he suggest ed that the offices of asiess- sor and tax collector be made a cep- arate department so that chief mar shall might be able to spend more time policing the town he said georgetown had two very capable constables the next speaker councillor n h brown chairman of printing and in dustrial said it was a pleasure for him to come before the ratepiivers and give an account of his steward ship his office had been a very light one but he had given it his best at- uon and he had only missed one meeting of council during the year councillor brown said that he always had the safety of the children at heart- and that it was on his sug gestion that the no parking signs were placed in front of the garages on quelph street and ilso the ten minute parking regulation opposite the post office he thanked those who had nominated him for 1938 council and if he had been of any service to the ratepayers he would stand again next year councillor a e cripps chairman of property committee was absent but a report of his department was given by councillor hall the new grand stand and other improvements at the park were the largest items under- expects to place 500 boys on farms a macbuen director of farm place- menl ontario dept gf labor ro- ronto sending selected young men to ontario farms there are a number of young men in ontario eager to learn farming with a good farmer there are a num ber of good farmers in this province who would welcome a good intelligent and enthusiastic youth to their broad acrcv the ontario department of labor knows this to be true and has appointed a maclaren tfs director of farm placement boys who mould really like to go farming and fanners who would like to employ young men with a yen for arming should write mr maclaren department of ttbor parliament buildings toronto the boys are placed for one trial month and are paid by the farmer if mutually satisfied the boy signs up for one year with wages at the pre vailing rate mr maclaren who has already placed over 30 boys under the domin- lonproviucial youth training plan states that he selects only young men who are really interested in farming he visits each applicant in his home and talks to his parents as well boys if you are interested in itojt raising fruit poultry or any branch of farming write to a maclaren de partment of labor parliament build ings toronto served on school board for sixteen years the thanks of the ratepayers of this municipality is due mr sam hamni who has served in the capacity of public school truice for sixteen years when he retires from the board this year ward i will lew a valued trustee mr harrison has been the chairman of the properly committee and it has always been ins happyduty tosee thatthe school was in a good state of repair sixteen years isa long time to serve in public work but mr harrison has done his duties willingly and well his place will be ably filled by miss annie ryan teacher and principal il he school for many years w a m browne norval buried eaf veteran and buscjess man had- been ox a year the funeral of william gordon milne browne son of the late w b browne and helen mcdonald browne of simcoe took place saturday after noon with service in st pauls church of england nprval of which mr browne had at one time been a warden and burial took place in markham cemetery mr browne who was in his 47th year died at the guelph general hospital after a 1 years illness born at simcoe he served as an i instructor in lhe royal air corps in j england where he suffered serious ln- juries in a plarte crash he had bcn a resident of norval for 15 years lur ing which time he had operated a mill which was at one time a land mark on the credit river fire drs- iroyed the greater part of lhe mill in 1929 but he salvaged what equipment was left and reopened the mill a successful participant in track and field at hit lies as a member of the central y in toronto mr browne had organized during the past two winters a hockey club in norval and had largely assisted in providing the boys with an oumoor rink for some years he was presi dent of the norval rifle club in addition to his affiliation with st pauls church he was a member of the halton chapter and the credit valley lodge masons he was a mem ber of the georgetown branch of lhe canadian legion thirty exservice men acted as escort and pallbearers the remains were borne by comrides s groat g alcott p shortt h harlow j murphy and c starey from the residence to st pauls church and comrades c moreton e vout a hunter h hunter w louth and c donaldson were lhe bearers ut markham where interment took pnce surviving are his widow who was miss- barbara oxicy t t agriclltlral society dance a grand success the dance given by the esqueiing agricultural society in the arena list night was a grand success therewas a large attendance and the dancers all thoroughly enjoyed themselves excellent music was supplied by hulls olde tymp and modern five piece r- chestra while bert gardhouse of wes ton was the very capable floor man ager a delicious lunch was served during the evening it is the inten tion of the society to make this an annual affair which fact we know will be appreciated by every one present on tuesday night the committee in charge were walter oray james fis her craig reld and john bird ir children gordon joan and douglas three brolhers r m borwne sim coe c hf browne edmonton l mr browne philadelphia and a slser miss helen browne norval the annual meeting of lhe halon livestock improvement association is scheduled for saturday afternoon of this week in milton when j c steck- ley director of the ridgetown ex perimental station who is so widely ami favorsxuy known to stock men throughout the province will be the chief speaker the program will also include an address by elgin senn of the dominion livestock branch hamilton who will speak on hog marketing we understand from president ed win harrop that the meeting is open to all and in as much as the asso ciation has been a most active one during the past few years a large turn out is anticipated mayor joseph gibbons reelected oilier acclamations accorded vacancy in ward hi requires another nomination to elect councillor public school trustees and hydro com missioner also given acclamations flames sweep alton stores fire threatened to destroy the busi ness section of the village of alton shortly before midnight monday night but was checked after two buildings had gone up in names damage was estimated at 15000 clad only in their night clothing two brothers gordon and douglas wilson escaped the flames by leap- ing twenty feet from the window of their apartment neither was hurt a grocery store a hardware store a private residence and the alton orange hall were destroyed an ad joining barber shop was slightly dam aged a strong wind fanned the flames but the efforts of the entire orane- ville fire brigade and alton volunteers were successful in bringing the blaze under control at 130 oclock tuesday morning wilsons grocery store at the cor ner of main street and the provin cial highway and w a dorrlngtns hardware store adjoining were des troyed the orange hall located above the dorrlngton store was also destroyed slight damage was caused to a nearby building owned by john lachlan in which a barber shop is located mayor joseph gibbons was elected by acclamation for 1939 when mr harold cleave also nominated at the meeting of ratepayers on friday night tailed to qualify this is mayor gib bons sixth term as mayor after serv ing three years as councillor other candidates who were given acclamations and who will fcomgpse next years council school board and hydro commissioner are as follows high tribute paid to farm club work govt considers difficult problem comingjsession of parliament if possible the session will be finished and prorogued before may 15th when the king and queen arrive on their three weeks visit to the dominion by spectator the refugee question ottawa nov 29th the people of canada and the government have shared in the world wide sympahy lor refugees from germany who iiuve been lorced lo seek asylum in various parts of the globe the govemmeni has been giving serious consideration to lhe difficult problem which is of course a world problem needing the collaboration of many nations in evol ving n olution for several suiu 7s of the cabinet the question has bren discussed and it la expected that canadas policy will be announced af ter further word is received about what other nations are going to do the problem is particularly difficult for canada as no solution can be reached lhrough any normal applica tion of the canadian immigration regulations men with a knowledge of farming and a little capital to ceep themselves going until their farms aie supporting them are the type which have been given free entry into this country the jewish refugees trom germany do not belong to that class there is also lhe continued burden of unemployment in this country as alse- where which for the sake of the gen eral welfare of the people cannot be increased but on the other side of the scales is the humanitarian spirit touched by the plight of tnese unfor tunates who are being driven from a door which ls being- slammed atid bolted against them and are standing now on the thresholds of other na tions awaiting the verdict whether they can enter or not it is not an easy question facing the canadian government in the case of a few re fugees who have reached canadas shores on visitors licenses extensions of time limits have been granted- coming jj i ialnn of parliament the date wul shortly be set for the meeting of the next session of par liament the opening date win doibt- less be shortly after the new year if possible the session will be finished and prorogued before may 15th when th king s aii ui tml independent bakers met in toronto messrs j kemshead and n h brown were in toronto on monday attending an independent bakers meeting at the king edward hotel it was reported one of lhe largesl bakers meetings held for some time bakers from all over ontario and also hie minister of labor were present the purpose of the meeting was o stop the large chain or mill owned bakeries going into incorporated uvns and villages free of lax it was agreed that these large city bakeries take thousands of dollars each yenr out of every town which should go to employees at home to help keep up churches schools and also pay tixes to the honie town for the up keep of streets and all the necessities of an up to date town il was also agreed that the consum er is paying for all these trucks from the city and without them the work ing man could purchase a better liaf of bread for less money it is expected that action will be taken by the provincial government in the near future one of lhe greatest agrioufturaf activities in canada is the boys and girls farm ciuhwork whichmqves steadily on with a record of unbroken achievement stated dr g s h barton deputy minister dominion department of agriculture speaking at the dinner on the opening night at the royal winter pair on tuesday november 15th the boys and girls farm clubs represent an active mem bership of more than 37000 through out the dominion continued dr barton the membership has in creased every year since the move ment began about 25 years ago chief ly because of the interest in the value of the work it means to the boys and girls in every project they under take the definite results are to be seen in every agricultural fair which they take part a new interest and a new life has been given fairs by these clubs but there have been significant developments in ether directions as a result of the work of the organization for example po tato production in one area has been revolutionized in another thousands of bushels of grain have been pro duced and in others the production of live stock has been raised to a higher the colt exhibit sas m q show ring at the royal winter fair this year is another example of the work of the clubs in ontario several fine herds of cattle can trace their estab lishment to what the boys of these clubs are doing the same may be said of hogs whatever a club is formed there community interest and activity is notably in evidence it is fitting that these clubs should be re cognized at the royal winter pair the sound and effective guidance of the clubs and the support they are given should be commended and is obviously amply justified due knowledgeracnt should be paid to the work of alexander mclaurin the general secretary of the canadian council on boys and girls club work nad to lhe many other silent workers for the organization through out canada said dr barton the boys and girls who have won prices arc to be congratulated but to those who did not win there is no disgrace attached to lose at lhe royal winter fair to win prizes is not lhe biggest thing to take away the pic ture of agricultural achievement a exemplified at the royal winter fair is a better and bigger thing the trophies and medals awarded to the winners in the different pro jects were presented to the members of the winning teams by rt hon sir william mullock former chief jus tice of ontario and the oldest living canadian statesman as he was fur several years a member of the do minion government he is now in his 95th year continued 00 page five continued on page four bridge club news high scores in the third tournament series on monday night were messrs d wallace and j mills with e hoare and c sinclair second the standing of high teams ath one more night to play now is l humberstone and wm king 275 d wallace and j mills 355 f spires and c benham 250 wkn roney and f ollmer 230 r prust and s p chapman 330 h luuco and a e wright 215 e hoare and c sinclair 210 e gibbons andrf sinclair 195 j kennedy and a ritchie 195 on vote about 15 members signified their intention ot the bridge drive l st uectge hauon tniits- day of this week for progressive play all caledon council receive acclamation caledon council was returned to office fojr 1939 when only one nom inee outside of the retiring council was named sam kannaiwln reeve during is37 received a nomination but retired in ftvor of the present reeve albert d mcbride other members of council are deputy reeve alex 8 mcleish and councillors norman story w j trathero and w hawkins by permission the ladies auxiliary to canadian legion will hold a bingo in the legion hall sat urday december 3rd b n george w davis councillors ward i n h brown nad a e cripps councillors ward ii joseph hall and james costigan councillor ward hi thos lyons public school trustees ward i miss annie ryan hydro commissioner h c dayfoot owing to only one candidate quali fying for word hi another nomin ation will be required to fill tne vacancy short courses open at acton the three months short course in agriculture ami home economics opened at acton on tuesday of last week with go young men and women onthe rollr aocokbngtd re quite a number of others inten1 to enrol which would indicate two excel lent classes for these annual courses at the class in agriculture which is being held in the knox sunday school room lectures on various subjects were initiated under the direction of j a berry of rutherglen and h v bink- ley of hamilton on three after noons during the week the nb of the class under the direction of agricultural representative j k wnitelock visited the farms we pearen acton col p h c mason georgetown and the reformatory farm at guelph the course in home economics is being held in the parish hsu where miss betty wallace and miss hs puffer are in charge of the work tar the- hist four weeks itinerant lecturers during the week were mrs wm gowdy of umehoiur and david smith at bsrrle who ore giving the instruction to the joint classes on music and organised re creation during the present week- we under stand the young men will visit the farm of s e griffin st son well- known stockmen and seed grow et while the itinerant lecturers will in clude t c adams dairy branch to ronto on the subject of cream grad ing etc donations to poppy fund the popjjy committee gratefully ac knowledge donations to the recent poppy fund from the following smith stone ltd loyal true blues canadian legion auxiliary dominion seed house barber floral co beaumont woollen- mills gleif williams apple products oc gten williams mrs wright station hotel bank of commerce bank of mon treal alliance paper mills esqueslnc township local council of women georgetown council georgetown lumber co legion post 130 lions club georgetown fire department public school board daarleykay ltd c b dayfoot co mrs nix on miss staunton col mason mr w v grant masonic veterans night col ballantine credit lodge brill hosiery mills maple leaf dairy r marchment c buck f mcdonald d brill b r magloughlen wm king h c mcciure q r bain j kemshead a e parnell j richardson w f smith j mcbean j aoodfet a roney q alcott p blackburn dr jackson r h thompson d wal lace dr leaimonth f sinclair 3 p chapman george chong mrs preston j mcdermm mr carter norval thos leslie albert dolsan j mckane b young mis p dick geo leslie telephone staff j williamson r ucata joseph gib bons e v mbcoormack j squires a e wright a speight m saxe thos lyons mr goodler f anguish franc fetch n brown- k b tyera h goldham j m moore h sttver w h long h lulloo j watson e cola lions club christmas movie attention is again called to the movie sponsored by the uodb club on dec 13th uaa 9 pro adudssioo is two or more cans of fruit or vege tables p for community christmas tree the picture is sub marine d 1 a highgrade offering for christmas adverttstng results see that your out special shopping editions dec 7th 14th and ttsl