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seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening july 12th 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to uj5a1 dominion cabinet meeting weekly due to world attairs measures passed at close of last session now being put into operation mr herridge attacks both old parties prior to announcement of election date byspectator ottawa july nth -rr- the eyes of ottawa like all other capitals are these days directed to world affairs which are being watched with the keenest anxiety a situation with such dire possiblhtica must of neces sity cast its shadow everywhere at the same time the administration of domestic affairs must go on and the cabinet at weekly sessions is getting into operation measures passed at the close of the last session it is expec ted that the personnel ot the new de fence purchasing board will soon be announced there la no inti whatever as yet who the members will he but the greatest care is being taken to the selection of this board wwch will have the duty of making all con trasts for equipment and material for the countrys defence the c is also engaged in wmn arrangements for the creation of the central mort gage bank not a light task either as this measure aims at cutting down mortgages on farms and dwellings to reasonable figures and at reducing in terest to more uniform rates the work of setting up the machinery of appraisal ot property in various parts of the country wul be one of the hea- viest tasks connected with this meas ure dp to the present the cabinet have not decided who will be named 4o the new penitentiary board hut these appointments are likely soon to tie announced qi imiwii on dominion provincial from present indications it will- be perhaps two or three months before the commission on dominion provin cial relations has its report in com pleted shape for the government and parliament the commission has been engaged on a task of the greatest scope and intricacy the briefs and other submissions presented to the members at their sittings in the dif ferent centres the studies carried out by commission experts in all branches of the inquiry and the sifting out and ugesung of this mass of information bas taken more time than expected it was thought some time ago that the report would be ready by july 15 the time however has teen advan- ced and word is expected shortly of the date at which the report and re commendations will be submitted when one realises the importance of the aim of the commission and the amount of work and thought needed toxarxyouttbe task efficiently there is not likely to be much complaint at the added delay there would likely be much greater complaint if the commission having carried out duties conscientiously so far should scamp its work at the end election talk grow ia while as previously announced will be some little time before the date of the general election is announced there are daily further signs of the gathering of the forces of the political parties a nutter of excitement fol lowed the decision of mr herridge to oppose mr king in the constituency of prince albert if the combined groups and independents not included in the regular liberal or conservative ranks asked him to run in that riding jfecent attacks by mr herridge lea- der of the new democracy move ment onthe two old parties have rfc met with a sharp rejoinder from r- mxnk tlender of the conserva ttves at a meeting at ottawa be de nied the statement made by mr her itage that the parliament of canada was not a free parliament we have never had anything else but a free parliament since 1867 said dr man- ion the selection of candidates to contest various ridings is keeping the minds of the people alive to that event recurring every four or ave years sometimes oftener by which the people of canada select their rep resentatives to the federal parliament it will unquestionably not be very long before the election is held but as announced a little while ago by the prime minister events in europe will be carefully watched before a decision of the date is made plant will soon be constructed ijrvork will soon be started on the new plant which the bata shoe com pany a large cbechoslovakla firm will erect at prankford ontario a principle which will be followed by the department of labor and the de partment of immigration is that only where similar labor cannot be sup plied by canadian citizens will the company be allowed to bring to ex- perts of their own from citechoslova- soclations and orange lodges from a number of nearby centres joined with them in worship rev e o baxter welcomed the members and friends and took as his text a passage from john 8 31 33 if ye abide in my word then are ye truly my disciples and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free it was pointed out that the true blue and orange orders were formed by protestant christian men and wo men- to safeguard christian liberty and to proprogate christian faith and life into their ritual was put the faith and teachings of christ and with their practice the christian spirit of friendliness and benevolence to become a member one had to profess uu thb company will follow lints- faith in christ and promise odedi- whlch they have already adopted eacoessftuly in theh native country in britain and elsewhere they have been ot htottng manufacturing operations win construct a model town theatres schools r the w will acquire land and model houses will be built apart from key men that is experts anal to put the company into op- an w employed by the wul be canadians 5 a heavy accumulation of work met te prime minister on his return from ms royal tour be had hoped he 1 newspapermen at a recent jneat- that he could have a rest for a after nts return from that t country but 4n fc jodroocopiidwui main x wctiusay farewell to mrs sutdiffe wednesday evening june 38th the members of the wxjttj gathered at the home of mrs c b dayfoot for an evening of cordial fellowship and farewell to mrs j f butcliffe whose departure from georgetown is greatly regretted by her many friends parti cularly those of the wctu to which organization her help and inspiration have been invaluable the president mrs a r vannatter addressing the guest of honor read a letter voicing our appreciation and es teem and asked mrs sutcllffe to ac cept as a little token of remem brance the gift a waterman foun tain pen initialled which mrs r h wright presented on behalf of the union m replying mrs sutcliffe humor ously congratulated those present on their evident ability though women to keep secrets as this little surprise party evidenced and assured of her thanks and the kind memories she will carry of her association with the georgetown union which memories will she joins us in hoping draw her back at intervals in further fellow ship and cooperation to close a happy social hour the hostess assisted by mrs a speight and mrs r h wright served simple refreshments in which happy task they were aided by misses joan buck lois nielsen and master jimmy buck the singing with hands and hearts joined of the old hymn blest be the tie that binds brought to a close happy gathering over 400 people gather for boyne school reunion former trafalgar township pupils rally at 70 year old scboolhoom over 400 former pupils and teachers signed the register at the reunion on saturday last at boyne school tra falgar township not far from horn by the afternoon and evening was spent in meeting school chums of many years ago and to search for the initials they once carved on the old school desks the little stone school house sole and span from belfry to basement was built 70 years ago before that the school was a frame cottage while the original school was a rough log cabin built about 1830 at a point east of the present site an address on the history of the school was delivered by mrs prank ford of trafalgar township one of the oldest teachers at the reunion she taught at boyne school in 1900 former students and friends came from british columbia detroit mon treal toronto and hamilton as well as nearby points the pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts and the great art of life is to have as many of them closing session of boys camp at pinecrest norval the pinecrest camp for boys at nor val held its closing session for this season about the camp fire on fri day evening tom fteetham of oale- don east led a rousing singsong in cluding negro spirituals prises for best tent and best handiwork were presented mr baxter led in cheers of appreciation for the visiting leaders from toronto mr brace and mr wills and an extra cheer for rev b a plnkerton camp manager who had worked so hardbo make the camp a success then followed an address on moun tain climbing in which the boys were urged to keep on climbing in life and not to be satisfied with the good times of the present the evening closed as the boys joined hands in a sacred circle and prayed for each other then all joined in the negro spiritual lord i want to be a chris tian saturday morning the final bible study on jesus as ruler of my life was given and the last lessons to swimming and ilfessaving classes at the dinner table rousing cheers were given for mr art bird of caledon east who was the efficient camp cook at 430 pjn only one group of boys were still in camp they were wait ing for the cars of friends the camp was very fortunate in its visiting leaders this year mr brock brace the swimming and lifesaving instructor was born in china being the son of a veteran yilca secre tary in that land he is the writer of a serial story now appearing in the united and baptist church sun day- school papers for boys mr eric wills director of handcraft was a member of the ontario boys parlia ment last year visitors to the camp during the week included judge coc hrane mr gordon graydon m p mr c graham agricultural repre sentative for peel rev w btanlng- ton of caledon east united church and rev e r mclean of the ontario religous education council the un usually large attendance was most gratifying and the fine behaviour of the boys amidst overcrowded condi tions made the task of the overworked staff a pleasant one already more careful organization for next years camp is planned this week the girls camp occupy the same site under the direction or mrs neelands of caledon east united church sunday school picnic the picnic of the sunday school of the united church held on thursday july 6th at stanley park erin prov ed to be an unqualified success the congregation in goodly numbers join ed with the sabbath school and per feet weather conditions coupled with most efficient work on the part or the various committees combined to make the outing one of unalloyed pleasure to all the excellent facilities amusement provided by the park and the excellent program of games ar ranged by the sports committee kept everyone busy and happy the day closed with a keenly contested base ball game georgetown baseball squad still in cellar position lose to milton and oakvtlle over weekend acton hebe tomorrow night prospects of baseball honors for georgetown have been shattered al most completely during the past weeks when the team has taken some se vere trimmings at the hands of the various teams in the halton county loop at the present time they are in the cellar position and even the new pitching staff have failed to bring them but so far on thursday evening last the mil ton team gained another victory over the locallteswhen they won a 16 3 decision on georgetowns own sand- heavy hitting in the early part of the game accounted for many of the runs while the georgetown pitcher was somewhat weak to start win wheeler tried his hand at the pitch ing duties but had to retire in favor of eseard in the second innings it was wheelers first game this year and was in a rather tough spot pitching against such a bunch of heavy hlters from the county town they collected a total of ten runs in the second frame to salt the game away nicely ezeard fared somewhat bet ter allowing only 5 runs in the bal- anoe of the seven inning game bllnco went the distance on the mound for milton georgetown had only 5 hits during the game while milton collected 15 0 10 0 2 1 0 215 15 2 milton georgetown- 0 1 0 0 0 2 x- box score esquesing township to collect all outstanding taxes bell telephone co granted rural line- a number daya seuion of council n one new reason advanced why people should learn to swim is that in recent years so many people had such trouble in keeping their heads above water forces of nationalism are trampling upon political and religions freedom said rev e g baxter in addressing members of the true blue and orange orders at the baptist church on sun day evening many in parade lead by stewarttown fife and drum band last sunday evening the annual church service of the georgetown true blue association was held in the bap tist church members of sister as vtfe make much of the open bible ence to his teaching before the time of sunday schools brotherhoods young peoples and womens societies these lodges were aids to daily chris tian living thus their foundations was christian truth and their prac tice christian dlscipleshtp and qn such a foundation they thrived and ware popular but today meetings are depleted and interest dwindles and in common with much of protestantism they are too much on the defensive 1 the reason is that the foundation is disregarded and the standard of spiritual and moral life deteriorated we must make our profession and dts- ctpleabip real it must not be profes sion only but practice not just say ing lord lord but obedience to his word hot mem up sendee bat sm not jo reciting a oreed or a ritual hot urine it jesos sain if truly my disciples any association that practices true disclpleshlp to jesus- christ will live and thrive y abide in my word then aae ye life and truth aaariibercy and rightly so but the bible is not open it is closed it is not read it is not lived god gave us truths to be read and practiced not to be placed on a shelf like an idol or to be en closed in a creed or ritual however beautiful and fine it must be a guide and a power and a life to us each day if we are faithful in our dlscipleship then shall we know the truth by life and experience truth that is lived cannot die or be lost as men believe and practice the truths of christ both they and their associations shall live liberty has ever been a rallying cry amongst thinking men these associ ations and lodges were bora out ol a struggle for liberty of religion and conscience our fathers died to gain this liberty for us today we fear that we shall lose them forces of nation alism are trampling upon political and religious freedom in other countries there are those in our own country that would force the same upon us what shall we dpi they have a unity and an enthusiasm that we lack with leas foimdatio of truth they have move opui and certainty and are willing to make gerater sacrifices only as we turn again to christ and the eternal truth of his word and put the same earnest seal and enthusi asm into our religious and moral life will w ibmam groatii truth and guide them into it we must live our liberty to keep it and we cannot re- veal to others what we do not mj as indlvlduau and associations de dicate themselves to the practice and propogatton of toe truths ot christ so shall they live and fill a betpful place in txd world pbr mvchriat to hf anit hith milton clements w rf houston c toletzka ss clement a 2b brush j if naylor cf blinco p sproat lb lyle 3b 44 15 15 georgetown ab r h ritchie l cf 3 0 0 ritchie a if 3 11 ezard 2b p 3 10 chaplin rf 311 ward c 2 0 1 smith ss 3 0 1 tost 3b 3 0 1 mcmenemy lb 3 0 0 wheeler p 0 0 0 elryoon if 2 0 0 hatpin c 10 0 summary 3 base hits smith base hits toletzka double play mil ton down in oakvllle on monday night the local team had some real hard luck which brought them out on the short end of a 4 2 score the home team played a bangup game until the fifth innings leading in the score by 20 when the winners broke loose to score 4 runs and put the game in the bag in this innings with the bases loaded carter hit a home run which made him the hero of the evening and also won the game the irony of it all was that the ball didnt no over the fence but through it to sive him the home run ezeard pitched a lovely game for georgetown and with the same luck as oakvllle had should have won any ame he allowed only 3 hits during the entire affair and had only one bad innings havll started on the mound for oakvllle but retired in fa vor of olbbs in the fifth who struck out eight of the nine men facing him during the balance of the game georgetown had 5 hits off havlls of ferings the next ball game to be played here will be tomorrow thursday night when acton tanners will be the opposition this game should draw a good crowd as the last game between these teams saw the local boys come through with a 11 10 de cision can they repeat come out and see for yourself on saturday af ternoon the georgetown team play in milton league standing new manager for bank of montreal to succeed i j r smith manager of the bank of montreal here who has been given charge of the hanover brahoh a c welk a banker of 28 years experience has been appointed mr welk wholl expected to take over his new duties toward the end of the month comes from mitchell where he has been manager of the banks branch for the past ten years the new manager who is a native of eganville is a fellow of the cana dian bankers association his exper ience has been gained exclusively at ontario branches first with the mer chants bank of canada and since 1022 with the bank of montreal with which the former institution was am algamated in that year he began his banking career in his home town and in later years served at prescott alvlnston and london his first man agerial appointment came in 1922 when he was given charge of the mlldmay office before being given charge of mitchell office he was for seven yearsraanager of the lucan branch mr welk has taken an- active part in community and welfare efforts in the various towns where he has been stationed and is a member of several fraternal organizations milton 10 oakvllle 1 1 acton jo georgetown fl w dorothy cranston wed to charles marttndale at caledon east miss dorothy elizabeth cranston daughter of mr and mrs robert j cranston caledon easm was married to mr charles regtnatb martlndate son of mr and mrs r h martindale sudbury in the caledon east united church on saturday afternoon rev ian mceown brotherinlaw of the bride officiated the music was play ed by mrs clarence robinson with miss jean abbott as soloist given in marriage by her rather the bride was gowned in offwhite satin made on princess lines the train bor dered with omfashloned niching and she carried a shower bouquet of white roses the bridesmaid was miss miriam cranston sister of the bride and the flower girl her xneos miriam mceown mr charles roach sud bury was groomsman and mr ora- ham dick toronto and mr alan burton brampton cousin of the bride reception followed at strath- olyde rvm caledon east after which the couple left by motor far lake huron the bride travelling m dusky rose and brown they win lire in sudbury the bride la a graduate of the georgetown high school sharpe clan reunion an enjoyable time was had by all of the seventy persons gathered at the home of mr and mrs frank postiil nee martha sharpe hatch- ley ont on july 2nd they formed the first sharpe clan reunion three generations were represented by the gathering carol mccullough of guelph ont was the youngest member present she is six months old lunch and supper were served at tables set on the front lawn beneath three spreading maple trees to insure themselves of more such affairs the clan elected gordon sharpe ch a their president other officers elected were secretary miss grace sharpe toronto treastj prank postlu hatchleyl committee members robt bob sharpe toron- to george sharpe norval and clarence ramsey eden mills lionism in georgetown nine years of lionism has passed into history in georgetown and the citizens of this community should feel proud lo know and acknowledge the service that has been rendered this body during the past nine years a number ot activities have been in augurated which are all part of service clubs work a casual review would show that work among the boys and girls of the community has met with outstanding success we just have to mention the dental clinic and school patrol of the past year to prove this- facl many other nwt been dealt with in a quiet way and much service work has been carried on by the members of the various committees of the club later on we hope to bring you full report of what the lions club has done for georgetown during the nine years of their existence it would not be fair to say that all this work would have been neglected had the lions club not carried on but it is true to say that much of it would never have been accomplished of the amount of money made through carnivals garden parties and- other big days approximately 75 per cent has been returned to the people with the remainder being held in reserve for future work the work of the lions club is well known that it should not be nec essary to editorially plead for support most people are well aware that 52 weeks in the year the club commit tees are at work planning some ac tivity for the benefit jf the commun ity however the older a club gets the more its activities and charities become commonplace and it is well to look back on the record of the club in the past years so that those who so generously support these ac tivities might know their efforts are fruitful at this time of the year georgetown lions club are working hard to put over three big days oh the civic holi day week end august 6th oh ft 7th it is going to be a great event with two days of sports dances garden party band tatbo beauty contest monster parade of decorated doll bug gys bicycles wagons motor cars etc and many other features on sunday august 6th an impressive memorial service is to be held in greenwood cemetery tab all spells a good holi day week end we suggest that you watch for posters and particulars as advertised in this newspaper and out on these days and support the club by this means you provide t which the lions club administer in trust for you help bring a smile to the face of a chud permission to recondition of accounts passed at mon stewarttown july 10th 1930 the july meeting or esquesing township council was held on mon day evening deputyreeve w a wilson councillors ch may g w murray and edwin harrop were pros- ent reee n a robinson presided at the meeting the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed communications were read front department of municipal affairs de partment of highways the report made by auditor covering township road expenditures for the year 193s was found satisfactory a letter from the department of agriculture an nouncing they would demonstrate their new power sprayer for spraying weeds on roadsides and elsewhere in tra falgar township on friday july 14th at 2 oclock djs was read a state ment from jenkins hardy of all outstanding taxes as of june 20th was thoroughly gone over by the council and the tax collector instructed to collect them moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay road sheets as pre sented by the road superintendents carried moved by may and murray that the treasurer pay relief accounts as pre- eented by the relief officer carried moved by harrop and wilson that the treasurer pay board of health accounts department of health of ontario insulin supplied to mrs cor ner and mrs scllurzi s166 wllbert cain taking kenneth norton to to- ronto hospital s500 mrs l j nor ton talcing kenneth norton home from toronto hospital s500 l m bennett bus fare advanced to w allan apr 12th and may 10th s27a carried rf moved by harrop and murray that this council petition the hydro elec tric power commission of ontario to cancel contract no 242 calvin miller lot 23 con s in the township of es quesing carried moved by murray and may that the treasurer pay the acton free press to advertising s400 board of hydro commissioners georgetown 23 street light and at council chamber 7475 hydro electric power cornmu bramp ton lights at council ebawberlct bell telephone co 38131 s490 9112 185 total flm the municipal world ontario statutes 1939 200 i m bennett adding machine ribbon 129w paper 86 typewriter ribbon 75c total 265 georgetown lumber co 1 toi let 2200 carried moved bywnson andrharroprthat the bell telephone co be granted permission to recondition rural line as suggested in letter of june 21st 193s under supervision of road superinten dent in accordance with bylaw no 876 carried moved by wilson and harrop that this council do now adjourn to meet on august 14th at 730 pm or at the call of the reeve carried leslie reunion held july 1st maplewood farm erin twp home of mr and mrs j e pearen was the scene cf an enjoyable gathering when almost 250 members of the leslie clan met for their eighth reunion and pic nic following the picnic dinner at one oclock was a short program of spee ches and business meetings- jrhefc pearen welcomed all the clan to the jld leslie homestead two minutes silence was observed in memory ox those members who have departed since the last reunion was held in 1937 and rev charles leslie toronto led in prayer interesting speeches were given by roy leslie rockwood president thos j leslie tngersoll leslie stewart hamilton rev mcai- pine brampton and t l leslie nor val officers and committees elected were as follows honorary president roy leslie rockwood president dean leslie georgetown 1st vicepresident j l stewart hamilton 2nd vicepre sident geo h leslie georgetown secretary treasurer miss elva j pearen acton everyone joined in singing blest be the tie that binds and god save the king during the afternoon a ball game with the married men against the sin gle men was greatly enjoyed the lat ter team being the winners horse shoe pitching was also enjoyed winners in races were as follows boys and girls under 5 years 1 gwen- nyth leslie 2 marie allah boys and girls 5 to 10 years i ray gibson 3 grace alexander girls under 15 l jean leslie 2 jeanette woctoer 3 joyce orr boys under 16 1 earl les lie 3 leslie foot 3 robert gibson potato race 1 mrs tom orr 2 mr cecil nefils pie plate raoel florence capsttck a mm cecil nelus ladles shoe kick l mrs h munn a evelyn mills ladles nail driving race 1 mrs albert dolaan 3 mrs percy leslie mens nsfl driving race 1 victor mqia 3 roy gordon the youngest member present was master leale wardlaw acton eldest member present was mrs j w leslie guests were present from abbota- ford bc rosstown sssl baitatoan burgesrride kingston oahawa sfc catherines st anns branttord turk mws paris toronto- hamilton kit chener stratford ihgeraoll thanes- ford brampton vtargui and arroun- ding vicinity