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seventythird year of publication wednesday evening august 9th 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to u3a band tattoo and beauty contest highlights of lions celebrations eight bands tke part jennie farmer runnerup in beauty contest garden party and sport events also very entertaining held on sunday afternoon impressive memorial service the huge ltoos club celebrations bold in georgetown over civic holi- day weekend were greeted with per- r weather and good attendances although many oilier nearby plaoes jmwmn holding old boys reunions and etc on the same date and many citizens were away for the week end the lions club drew their quota of happy joyous humanity who breathed the very spirit of the cele- brations the celebration which began on saturday afternoon with a parade of bicycles and doll carriages led by two scottish pipers was under the gen- oral obainnaoatup of col jas bal- lantlne and president john d kelly of the lions club they were ably assisted throughout the celebration by n members of the club prizes for the best decorated bicycles and doll carriages went to buly huffman jas carney douglas marshall mary lou huffan and margaret young in an exhibition juvenile baseball game at the park following the parade acton were defeated by georgetown 11 10 on saturday evening a highclass garden party entertai was given in the park followed by a dance in the armouries with doris hulls or chestra providing the music while the attendance at the garden party was not as large as expected due to the holiday time an excellent pro- gram was given by the affiliated theatrical co of toronto during in termission games of all kinds were played and those who were privileged ito attend enjoyed the evening im mensely on sunday afternoon a very im pressive memorial service was held m greenwood cemetery when the mem ory of the tr of georgetown who have passed to the great beyond was honoured by the placing or wreaths at the foot of a wooden cross various organizations of the town beaded by the lome soots band paraded to the cemetery where a service of praise and prayer was conducted by the clergy of the town rev d d david son opened the service with prayer which was followed by the hymn 0 owf out help in ages past rev e q baxter read the scripture and the hymn lead kindly light followed bev w g o thompson delivered a short address the wreaths were then placed as the names of the deceased memtmss of various town organlza tlons and hp were read a list of which appear in another column the hymn abide with me and pra yer closed the service the highlights of the weekends activities were held on monday civic holiday commencing in the afternoon with a baseball game between port credit and georgetown the port credit team won the exhibition game 1 by a 8 3 score a short program of races were run off the winners being boys 7 to 12 yrs jack kentner acton buly huffan georgetown girls 7 to 12 yrs shirley kentner and relet ball acton pickaback race billy huffman and peggy young jack ken tner and lorraine ball bicycle race billy huffman bui miller streetsville 100 yd dash noon morton acton joe wilcox georgetown girls and boys open everett wilson shirley a crowd of over 2j0oo people were on hand for the band tattoo on mon- 4ay evening when eight bands took part in a pageant depleting the alms and klrsli of vy ad the quali ties of ifjahj slnil loyamr brass bands tatsg part were from oakvlue acton bolton and georgetown guelph pipe band and alton plfe and drum band connor and campbells cross ladles plfe and drum bands the various numbers by the bands were much appreciated especially the massed band selections by the brass bands the torches and coloured lighting effects added much to the success of the pageant following the tattoo a himth beauty contest held the interest of all in attendance when eight pretty girls paraded before the judges miss carolyn ryan a pretty blonde high- school girl from oakvllle runnerup in the blakelock picnic contest last year was judged the beauty of the celebration miss jennie parmer of georgetown was awarded the second prize- and both girls received gold wrist watches miss irene comer of starrs cotta received a gold locket as third prize award s the celebration climaxed with an other big dance after which all re tired feeling that in some small way they had helped the lions put over a celebration the profits from which would go to help the underprivileged children in this district- the lions are grateful to you for your assistance inttzb winners 1w field crop comprimons following are the prize winners a the field crop competitions held m bmlton county ward hodden georgetown 94 pta malcolm slcnabb son georgetown pts- a b woodley milton m pta j picket hornby 02 pts jack mclean milton 01 pta p c wumott son milton 90 pta geo r read- head kutoa h pta geo oastla mlltoo pts alax stewart of ailsa oralg oat local quarries are facing serious problems our attention has been drawn to the plight the local quarries are find ing themselves in the bottom has fallen out of their trade as the say ing goes due to the importation of american limestone by ontario con tractors while a small percentage of the stone used in ontario ouudlng is required to come from indiana the majority of limestone used in the building trade could be quarried here if only architects and contractors would specify ontario limestone to their customers for years limestone from this dis trict which includes limehouse glen williams inglewood has been the leading stone on the market and many fine public buildings and priv ate homes have been erected with credit valley limestone the quarry- men in this district are now on the verge of starvation due lack of orders being placed here and at the same time american stone finds a ready market an association of quarrymen is being formed with a view to enlight ening contractors and others ot the value and beauty of credit valley limestone their slogan will no douoi be canadian limestone first lam and always typographical errors most every paper makes typo graphical errors its a printers fail ing in looking over this paper last week we noticed we had not been lucky enough to get through without a few of these beastly errors but to us they seemed minor for they failed to even give a laugh or give us some embarrasment however the er rors that have been made in some of our exchanges have proved funny and we pass them on to you says the hanover post is our face red i when our louise correspondent sent in the news last week she said that we could get a good laugh by read ing the louise news of the previous week so curious as ever we looked it over and heres what we read a val uable horse owned by ralph prttsh of st catharines was home over the weekend tskf tak and in last weeks paper we noticed where a local grocery store had firm pipe banana for sale more over jprnlruajltityt f t piindnlfc h aid were climbing in with you and hiding under the feather tick the other day frank said a concrete bride in mono township was washed from its abutments by swollen waters or theres george james of the bow- manviue statesman where they use wisecracks as fillers and the other day george noticed that under the engagement a filler had been used which read as follows sometimes a girl does a man a great favour by jilting him he caught the tiling be fore the paper was printed a nice depression if this is a depression and times are hard why try to spoil it all when did people ever travel so fast and so much as now never did horses and buggies compare in number with the new automobiles one sees at summer resorts picnics and places of amuse ment the highways are teeming with life picture theatres are full they are making whoopee everywhere it is the grandest depression canada ever had it happens to all of us subscribers to the wyanet record a weekly published in niinols recei ved their paper on saturday with one page of a four page section blank ex cept for the following in small type dont laugh we had a helluva time oiling the other three pages what publisher of a small town weekly has nt experienced the same situation thats one reason why we ask our readers to send in the news norval rifle club at the ontario rifle matches on the long branch ranges on civic holi day mr harvey nurse of the nerval rifle club won first place in the grand aggregate on the small bore targets compiling a score of 997 points out of 1000 his score at 50 yards being 400 out of 500 and at 100 yards 408 out of 500 the bulls eye at 100 yards is two inches in diameter mr nurse con fined his ten shots on one target in side of a one inch entre circle mr nurse jumped off his threshing machine on monday after dinner mo tored to long branch and performed this marvelous shoot mr m atkinson also of the nerval rifle club took second place with a bore of ml out of iooo both of these members will be shoot ing next week at ottawa to represent canada in the dewar match the dewar match is shoffar by most all countries in the universe lets hope they both do well for canda as well as the nerval rifle club a teachable spirit is beautiful whether in a child or one of mature years- ii federal vote may be cast by 4875000 dominion election offlcals have es timated that 6500000 men and women will be entitled to vote whenever the general election is held about 475000 will actually vote in electing the 19th parliament of canada in the last federal election- on oct 14 1935 there were 5918207 on the voters lists and of these 4453675 vot ers actually cast their ballots repre senting 75 per cent of the possible vote n approximately 110000 persons will be employed in connection with the election machinery under jules cas- tonguay chief electoral officer to prepare the special voters list and complete necessary arrangements for the 32464 polling stations on polling day will cost the dominion govern ment approximately 2500000 some time ago the government an nounced the list of returning officers for the 245 ridings two of which halifax and queens pjs j are two- member constituencies as soon as dissolution is announced by prime minister mckenzie king with a re quired interval of about 53 days be fore polling day these returning offi cers will announce the appointment of deputy returning officers enumer ators and poll clerks for each urban poll two enumerators will be named one by the party which polled the highest vote in the last election and the other by the next largest number of votes workmens compensation statement during the month of july there were 5242 accidents reported to the workmens compensation board as compared with 5307 during june and 4993 during july a year ago the benefits awarded amounted to 47928290 of which 39865620 was for medical aid r s barber and doris marion peart married in toronto the marriage was solemnised on saturday afternoon in st junes an glican churfth toronto of doris mar- ion peart daughter 6f mr and mrs thomas emerson peart to robert stuart barber son of mr and mrs charles herbert barber of george town rev r j shires officiated and miss jean hlseott of philadelphia sang white gladioli asters and palms formed the floral setting the bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of white net over taffeta made in bouffant style a white net dutch cap and carried a shower bootfuet of lilies of the valley roses and white orchids peggy hartnett of detroit niece of the bride as her only attendant wore a gown of del blue silk organdy with tiny matching jacket- made of ruffles a picture hat of pink mohair and car ried a bouquet of blue cornflower and roses george stringer was groomsman the ushers were thomas peart and paul barber brothers of the bride and groom after the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the brides par ents mrs peart received wearing a gown of queens blue lace with large navy blue hat and accessories and a oorsage of roses the grooms mother who also received chose a gown of black sheer over printed silk a black hat and a corsage of white gardenias the couple then left on a trip to muskoka the bride travelling in a light blue flannel suit with matching turban and wfitte accessories on thelr retura they will live in toronto a model home complete in every detail including an absolutelyupto tbemlnute kitchen will be a feature of the womens building which will prove to be universally popular and interesting at the canadian national exhibition this year georgetown has interesting visitors trom samoa island mb and mrs a l braisby of apia tell of islands his tory and beauty georgetown was favored last week with i visit by distinguished visitors from apia western samoa south sea islands in the persons of mr and mrs a l braisby brother of mr fred braisby or georgetown braisby is inspector of police and prisons on the island and is visiting canada and the worlds fairs at new york and san francisco during months holiday leave we hadtjieleasurerasdw many of our citizens of having a chat rlth mr braisby whom we found most interesting a he related instances and told of life in the samoa islands the samoa islands were discovered by dutch explorers back in 1722 one can gather that the islands must be full of history and romance i was here that robert louis steven son did some of his writing sperdlng his last days on the island and being buried there rupert brooke anotner of the imaginative artists wrote the following lines you lie on a mat in a cool samoan hut and look out on the white sand under the high palms and a gentle sea and the black line of the reef a mile out and moonlight over everything and then among it all are the lovllest people in the world mov- jlng anddanclngiike gods and goddesses it is sheer beauty so pure it is difficult to breathe in it the western samoan group lies between latitudes 13 and 14 degrees south and longitudes 171 and 173 de grees west just below the equator and consists of two main islands and a number of smaller ones they are situated about 2400 miles northeast of sydney australia the islands are under the administration of the new zealand government having been tak en from germany in 1914 the climate of samoa is mild and equable varying little from year to year or indeed from month to month the immense ocean tracts act as a modifier of the heat the thermometer reading rarely exceeding 94 degrees oi railing below 6ff degrees f the aver age temperature is 784 degrees f docember is the hottest month yet it has only an excess of 2a degrees p over the mean temperature for july the coolest month by way of con trast it is worth noting that the cor responding difference between hottest and coldest months in auckland new zealand 650 miles distant is 15 de grees p rainfall has averaged 130 in annum over a period of year the year is divided distinctly but not sharply into the wet season nov emberapril and dry season may- october practically no month the year is without rain the hu midity is fairly high there are fifty varieties of birdlife seen m the territory sixteen b sea birds visiting the islands only during the hfreedtogseaaon the re- m thirtyfour kinds are not found in any numbers on the coast but only in the depths of bush wud pigs are found m large numbers domestic cattle hare been ratroducedmothe territory the fly- lngfox is also present to large num bers together with several v leas of lizards and two species of snakes the rarely teen utter spdlsonoos and practically the whole territory la bushcovered ferns cr benyan- trees and lnnumberable others- ming ling in prolific confusion thert it an intense depth of colour in the flowering shrubs the famed hiblsciu and vaunted frangtpaul abound does also the gardenia the reefs that border nearly all the coasts of samoa are famed for the baautyof their coral gardens coral of fantastic shape and almost every conceivable shade of colour may b seen growing on the floor of the la goon or bunched on the sand in amaz ing clusters with the aid of a pair of waterglasses the glories of the teetcarrbe b a lycoloured fish green red yellow violet blue of all shapes even includ ing the fabled butterfly fish flash and dart among the coral masses people who are interested in know ing about samoa first want to know where robert louis stevenson lived vaillma is the historic residence of the late root louis stevenson and lies about three miles up in the hills behind the town it has been mod ernized to a certain extent without disturbing too much the building as it was in stevensons time and now the residence of the administrator of the territory directly above it mount vaea at the top of which is the tomb of robert louis stevenson with the words of his immortal re quiem carved upon it stevenson lived in samoa from 1889 until his death in 1894 he was dear- loved by the samoan people who named him tusltala the teller of tales the samoan people by daring teats of navigation during many cen turies the polynesians have settled in samoa and the surrounding islands they are descended from one par ent stock and the languages spoken in the various islands are derivaties of mother tongue there is a simi larity in religious traditions the cus tom of tapu the samoan is probably the purest surviving type of polynes ian being still extremely conservative and unspoiled only a short distance from apia where mr and mrs brais by live the samoans can be seen liv ing their lives in their traditional na tive fashion almost entirely unaffect ed by contact with another civiliza tion they have admittedly taken ad vantage of european tools cooking- utensils and fabrics but have retain ed their own modes of life housing clothing and employment in chara cter the native unspoiled samoan t mild friendly and hospitable on the island there are now a num ber or german people with about 2000 english speaking people ger man and english languages are spok en but chinese and the native lan guage are more common mr brais by can apeak both the native and chinese languages there are several large stores in the town and almost anything re quired can be purchased on the island there is an english weekly newspaper published once a week a copy which we have at hand the type is mfhnamtht natives who can read tn- letters and place them in the various lines but who cannot proof read the paper carries the usual news and advert of a weekly newspaper and la priced at bd the nam of the paper la western samoa acau we hope these distinguished visitors may asatn have the oppor or vistting our country and town when more tttay be tamed of the peoples livtng ocr the other side of the globe may they have a safe return trip their home to ante samoa ottawa awaits announcement 01 election dale by premier the uons club musical pageant for the benefit of those who did not get the full significance of the band pageant on monday night we would say that it was in the form of a musical allegory veiling the quali ties ot loyalty rrjtegrrty our nations safety words for which the term hon is an acrostic emphasis was- placed on loyalty throughout the programme as the various bands marched to the strains of old british airs that have inspired british regiments in the far corners of the empire the lions blubs across the border were remembered as the oakville band played a march which embodied the star spangled banner the ideals of the lions clubs throughout the world were represent ed as the regimental band of the lome scots marched to the hymn unto the hills i lift my longing eyes and how beautifully they played that the work of the lions clubs for un derprivileged children was symbolised by the chllderas hymn played by the acton band and made possible through the kind cooperation of mr walter mendham the bandmaster of the acton band who arranged the music for his band this number was greatly appreciated as was the second contribution of this fine band the lions club saluted the lome scots regiment as the massed bonds one hundred and twenty strong play ed john peel as few of us have ever heard it played that march ot the full throated brass bands was a great inspiration as was also the final mass ed band number o canada wc stand on guard for thee a march which amply interpreted the phrase our nations safety we are deeply grateful to all the bands for their fine contributions the bolton band led by billy heffernan an old lome scot to oakvllle for its fine work and to the acton band fresh from its fine achievement at the waterloo musical festival the fife and drum band from alton the oirls band from camp bells cross and the girls band from connor all these made fine contri butions which were greatly appreciat ed their brilliant uniforms added much colour as did the fine band from guelph the guelph pipers which played four marches and play ed them remarkably the pageant was built around our own band the lome scots to whose cooperation and imitlh service we owe so much for the success of the pageant as well as many other enter tainments during the past years few of us win ever forget the march un- to the h by this etcellenl ration the men in costume were represen tative of the different nations where lionlsm is established and we are very grateful for the services of these men who were for the most part from the legion the torchbearers were boys from the public school and they made a good job of it especially after they had learned that so much depended on then- services we cordially thank all who assisted the mayor and town officials the police department the boys from the school and all others who helped to make the civic holiday celebrations a success we are also very grateful to an the organizations who cooperated in the sunday memorial day services and especially the clergy of the town we are especially grateful to all those ladles whose unstinted service at the booths did so much to make the celebrations a success jas ballanttnk general chairman of the civic holiday celebrations james edw dodd inglewood married to muriel jane hostrawser rev f sullivan conducted a pretty wedding saturday on the lawn of the home of the brides parents malton when muriel jane hostrawser was married to james edward dodd the bride is a daughter or mr and mrs william hostrawser and the grooms parents are mr and mrs edward dodd of inglewood miss veuna darker played the music and the soloist was miss jessie jamieson the bride wear ing white embroidered organdy over white satin was given in marriage by her father she was wearing the grooms gift a gold locket and had a shoulderlength veil caught with orange blossoms roses and bouvardla svis dolmue the sisters of the bride and groom miss marion hostrawser and miss frances dodd were bridesmaids mist hostrawser wore blue organdy and miss dodd coral organdy they wore flowers m their hair and carried cornflowers and roses george hostrawser brother or the bride was groomsman mrs bos ar s gowned in navy tripj crepe and wore a corsage of rosea mrs dodd wore blue and white sheer with a corsage of roses the coop slsll m brampton following 2s not throos the north the bride was to a ugnt brae and navy ensemble with trjoches of rose and navy accessories the bride was teacher at stoufrrflle pub lic school and her husband is on the mehugh staff of the brampton pubus depends on european situation by wilfrid eggketan ottawa august 9th will there be an election this fall the latest news from london suggests that there will be is chamberlain is reasonably sat isfied that the european situation it going to be quiet for a wnue and dis solves parliament for a british elec- tlon premier mackenzie king may decide that it is safe to do likewise here everything points to a cana dian general election in 1939 once the international situation eases a blt the general public seems to be pus- sled that a war threat should offset all the domestic reasons tn favour of an election the difficulty is very real however if is the declared and- repeated policy of the liberal party that if ever war comes again to eur ope parliament wfil decide whether canada will engage in it this baa been criticized as empty words bug premier mackenzie king uimiiinitluii ably wishes in such a ummentoost step to have the endorsation of the majority of the people before oonunui- ting this country what would actual ly happen if a swift crisis arose may be another matter but present inten tions axe as firm as ever parliament will decide what if no parliament exists but what happens if parliament 1s dissolved if there is no parliament and a war breaks out that is that problem let us not forget that considerable time must elapse between a dissolution and the calling together of a new parliament even under pres sure that gap would be close to three months anything can happen thess days in three weeks never mind three months once parliament is dissolved all the mfs become private citizens and canada is without a representa tive government for a time the rings government of course lives on in the cabinet that never dies it exists even after defeat at the poua until such time as the successor oan form his ministry but that is not the same thing it might be a serious matter for canadian unity and har mony possibly the cause of a pro found and persistent rift if a war broke out ip europe just before an election and a cabinetposslbly on its own last political legs had to make such a momentous decision a to whether canada should declare what running a newspaptt is uke being a dentist youre just bound to hurt what could be done tn such a casot could the exmps be called hur riedly back to ottawa and reinvested for a few days with their earlier pow- crslrjwpuldaplcj3taflt be hewf it gives one something to think of an european situation might develop and our own ports be m danger al most overnight weshould have to decide about foreign ships in our har bours about interment about active- participation and a thousand other things that is what mr nrifrpf kins ponders about when he hesftmtes to dissolve parliament there must be 49 days at least be fore an election then another wees before returning officers can send in then- reports and the actual ballots it takes several weeks before all new members can be confirmed hi office in 1935 it was nearly 3 months after voting day before all the member were officially gazetted under war stress this might be speeded up but even so irrevocabl decliions would have to be made at ottawa long before a narhamens could be called if a crisis arrived dur tng dissolution a spectacular career the decision of the hon charles dunning not to allow his name u ap pear before a convention for reelec tion brings to a temporary close- at least one of the most spectacular of all canadian political careers this man who was a foundry apprentice and messenger for a printing firm who came to canada as a farm handv homesteaded rose high in the organ ized grain trade became provincial treasurer of saskatchewan when fas was 31 and prime minister of saskatr chewan shortly afterwards who be came minister of railways at ottawa and then twice minister of flnancev seemed at one time to be taekdtog for the highest post a people can offer one of its servants he was a tower of strength to the libera party and win be dtricult to replace all parties join it seems in wishing htm a return to complete health again an ooo which his physician seems to think is very likely if he will take a ions and complete rest the political machines of the threw major parties are all geared up to swing into action waiting that wort from the prime ministers office ot i more anon the following b a report of con munlcable diseases by the moh georgetown board of health fi july 139 dhwitherb 0 scarlet fever v german lfcaslea infmntoe typhoid 1 l