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e the georgetown herald seventythitd year of publication wednesday evening december 13th 1939 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to usa santa claus in georgetown saturday december 23rd 8 jlorph utews morphy laid to rest in greenwood cemetery former crown attorney for peel county georgetown district mourns the passing of a former prominent cimzen and crown attorney or peel county m the death at his horn to toronto of walter samuel morphy mr morphy retired from jie offioe of crown attorney len years ago and since that time has lived at 38 north cliffe boulevard toronto he came from a pioneer canadian family which emigrated from ireland about the time or the mackenzie rej belilon in oana da his grand father witn his seven sons set tied in toronto one son liter moved to brant i cord wiheire he for i number of years engaged the jewelry business he was married to amcl is iiumsder of toronto who be came the mother ot eight cliil 1ren on of thes- was walter s mar l phy who later was to become one or this districts best known clti zena mr morphy graduated from toron to university and osgoode hall and went to brampton in 1885 wrier he entered a law partnership with his uncle thomas morphy within a few years his practice extended through out peel county he was considered a particularly clever municipal solid tor and was for 25 years solicitor for the township of toronto he aso served as solicitor for albion and cal edon townships and for the county council and in addition was solicitor for tr- dominion bank in 1916 he was appointed crown at torney for peel and during the thlr teen years he occupied this importan office he represented the crown in many important cases a resident of brampton or 44 yean mr morphy was connected through out tint time with christ anglican church where he served as warden sunday school superintendent a mem ber of the dholr and a member of he church tribunal he was keenly interested in sport and was active in both cricket and bowling another of his activities was that which concerned the children s aid soc ety an organization of which be was honorary treasurer for many years both mr and mrs mophy were among the most active workers in the establishment of the children s shelter at milton mr morphy travelled extensively eelng in his travels most of canada a large part of the united states and he twice crossed the atlantic to visit the old country he was passionately fond of music and apart from his choir activities made a special study of church music and hymnology his only farteraal affiliation was with the loyal orange lodge no 5 mr morphy was married twice his first wife being mary helen daughter of canon johnston rector ot christ church his second wife who survives him was clara bell of georgetown mr morphy was a staunch conserv atlve and served in executive capacl ties with the peel county conserve ttve association at the time of his death mr morphy was a member of st paul s church bloor stret toronto brampton oolf club and the thistle club of toron to suffering form hearing difflcul ties he became interested in the llp- readlng club and was its vicepre sldent besides his widow mr morphy is survived by his daughter evelyn and two sisters mrs t n sampson of itoronto and mrs e j jaffray of port arthur funeral services were held from the mcdougall and brown funeral oha pel 646 8t clair avenue west on tuesday attemoon interment was made at greenwood cemetery george town meet our santa hes the real mccoy once upon a time you took santa for granted now maybe you have doubta about his exist ence so it s time we think that you meet our santa claus i he will be in george town on saturday dec 23rd 3 00pm under auspices of the george town lions club bring the kiddies halton garage operators elect officers for 1940 the december meeting of the hal ton branch of the ontario oarage op erators association was held in the farmers hall at milton thursday evening december 7 and was one of che most successful meetings held in the life of the branch both in record attendance and variety of programme as this was the last meeting for the ear it was in the form of a earend party there was a large number of visitors from other branches mr j l mckindley branch prcj dent presided for the short business period of the evening a most inter esting part of the program was a ur prise visit of mr harry harper pro vinclal council president who address ed the meeting for a short period mr h a phelps service manager of in ter provincial automobile association was a visitor and spoke briefly the audience was treated to an hours en tertainment by ernie bruce and beth watson versatile entertainers or tor onto mrs e r pearen of milton wa pianist for the evening mr wm bid bailey or hamilton president of wenbworth branch torlc charge of the election of officers and the following were elected to hold of floe for 1940 i mr j l mckindley burlington president mr r maxwell burlington vice president mr a c patterson georgetown secretary mr geo mcleod bronte treasurer board of directors f sinclair o brtdgen k johnson wm norton j whitham r o mcduffe the meeting then adjourned to meet again at the call of the president in january a social hotfr was spent at the close of the meeting and lunch was served outstanding addresses at annual meeting halton livestock imp association lop freeman s crctaaj treasurer j r white lock directors esq esing township thos bird ce ell g ven g w murraj and edwin harrop na aa t vesju tbwmhip geo pill nej a thur norrish j e ellenton and l w ci l 1 olm ne son i cw nshlp walter readhead eric mcartl ur artl ut colling and j a well filled hall greeted w p wat c bell son of the ontario livestock branch trafalgar township j h willmott toronto and r d morrison president stinlc hall v j lawrence elton ol dumarts ltd and also ol the in mclean and w h blggar dustrlal council of canada meat pack era at the annual meeting of the hal ton livestock improvement astocla hem held in milton on wedneada of week the swine situation canacui was the subject of another shipment made by red cross the georgetown branch of the red inojj cross societj have shipped this week to the toronto warehouse the follow thought provoking address by watson who with the aid of charts m 4 dozen and 9 pairs socks size 11 howed the correlation between uneven marketings and market prices over the past few years the new bacon export pact between the british and oana dlan governments is a real opportun ity for canadian farmers to firmly es tafallsh themselves in the british mar ket said mr watson our contrum hon during the war will determine the aultude of the british people to can adlan bacon at the conclusion of the war he stated r d morrison gave a very interes lng picture of the bacon situation based on a recent personal investiga tlon he had made in great britain denmark germany and other euro dean countries this speaker also stressed the lack of uniformity in our competing on the british market the englishman is a shrewd buyer and a fastidious customer and if the oana dlan farmer and packer fall in co operating to please future supremacy in the export bacon industry may be lost tht election of officers resulted as follows president edwin harrop milton flru vice president geo gordon rockwood second vicepresident arthur hes 11 pair socks size 10 10 pairs of socks size 11 4 pairs socks size 12 8 carves 17 sweaters 3 dozen and 9 pairs wristlets 5 mattress pads 2 dozen hampton pads 2 dozen binders 1 do en triangular bandages 4 dozen hospital gowns 4 dozen pneumonia jackets 10 pair pyjamas schedules announced lor intermediate and junior hockey rcie c cox banqueted in toronto a very happy event took place in toronto recently when mr percie c cox was tendered a banquet by the choir of the emmanuel presbyterian church mr cox has taken over the duties of organist and choir leader or the georgetown united church and prior to leaving toronto was honored by his fr ends about forty sat down to the beautiful banquet tables and vas an interesting affair from this point so many of the choir members w ho had been in mr cox s junior choirs of past years now are the sen iors only about six of the original choir being present at the conclusion of the banquet the president mr james trotter gave a very kindly talk relative to mr cox s leaving and wishing him every success in his new field of activity he i was then presented with a beautiful music satchel and his wife was pre sented with a lovely bouquet of mums by one of the choir boys v mr cox say he finds his work very aiteresting here so far and is open for instruction of pupils in music intermediate hbckey j schedule i jan 2 milton at georgetown jan 3 brampton at orangevlue jan 5 orangevllle at milton jan 5 georgetown at brampton jan 8 brampton at milton jan 9 orangevllle at georgetown jan 12 georgetown at onngevibei jan 12 milton at brampton jan 15 georgetown at milton jan 17 orangevllle at brampton jan 19 brampton at georgetown jan 19 milton at orangevllle jan 23 milton at georgetown jan 24 brampton at orangeville jan 26 orangeville at milton jan 26 georgetown at brampton jan 30 oangeville at georgetown feb 2 milton a brampton feb 2 georgetown at orangeveue feb 5 georgetown at mto feb 7 orangeville at biamntpn feb 9 milton at orangevffle feb 9 brampton at georgetown feb 12 brampton at milton people with troubles never adver tise them dont borrow trouble any of your friends will gladly give you plenty junior hockey schedule dec 28 acton vs georgetown dec 29 ouelph vs milton dec 29 burlington vs bolton jan 2 milton vs burlington jan 2 bolton vs guelph jan 4 milton vs georgetown jan 4 bolton vs acton jan 5 burlingtor vs guelph jan 8 georgetown vs bolton jan 9 milton vs guelph jan 11 guelph vs acton jan 11 bolu vs burlington jan 11 georgetown vs milton jan 15 milton vs bolton jan 15 acton vs guelph jan 16 burlington vs georgetown jan 18 georgetown vs acton jan 19 bolton vs milton jan 19 guelph vs burlington jan 22 georgetown vs burlington jan 22 ouelph vs bolton jan 22 acton vs milton jan 25 ouelph vs georgetown jan 26 burlington vs acton jan 29 acton vs burlington feb 1 bolton vs georgetown feb 1 burlington vs milton feb 5 milton vs acton feb 6 georgetown vs guelph feb 9 acton vs bolton first four teams in playoffs 1st vs 3rd 2nd vs 4th final 2 games out of 3 fraok laidlaw jarvis addresses plowmens annual meeting milton intermediate hocey cllb organize at a large and enthusiastic meeting ir last he milton intermediate oha club was reorganized for the coming season ih the following of fleers pre ident r mcandless secretary treasurer fred mills as distant ken agnew fxecutue r homs p walker l servos and ken agnew trail portatlon committee ross hclmes and fred walker mnnaijcr clare ice rlddcll coach oord farlow lialner rolt irwin motor licenses may now be obtained in acton on december 1st acton became a centre for the issue of motor vehicle licenses and permits a supervisor from the department of highways brought the supplies to acton on that day and gave instructions to mr j k gardiner who has been appointed by ttaesepartment fortbis work ac ton was among the first places to re ceive the new licenses and an the opening day several new plates werei lamed although the date of expiry an the old plates is march 31st next the opening of this depot by dep will be a real convenience tor the residents of acton and a wide i district who were previously obliged to drive to either sfnton or guelph to secure the upsdjss on a pick and shovel job in france a working party from a scottish regtsms sets oat tor a day c shelter building la the front dm women s institute christmas meeting mrs root erwln was as has been her custom now for quite a number of years hostess to the members of the institute tor the december christ mas meeting twenty three were pre sent five visitors after the opening ode and institute prayer the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved then followed discussion on several items of business it was moved and seconded that the institute help with the christmas hampers and that the usual amount of money be donated mrs livingstone the representative to toe red cross reported the work done by the members during the month of november and also the con tents of the first shipment by the local red cross to the head office which wns very creditable the roll call os answered by giving christmas table decorations and there v some helpful suggestions given miss appelbe then gave a very interesting paper on dr charlotte whitton s ad dress at ottawa this was followed by two short readings by mrs freure and mrs h cleave after the members had engaged in a short singsong of favorite christ mas lvymns and a vote of thanks was tendered mrs erwln for her hospi tallty the meeting closed with the singing of god save the king and a social half hour was spent over the teacups norval rifle club the norval club went down to de feat at the hands of the north tor onto club at toronto on monday night december lith they owe their defeat partly to the new design of the bulls eye the entire black of the bull being two and threeeighths inches in diame ter which makes it harder to define the ceutre 10 spot it being only three elgbtfas of an inch in diameter i as tor the other part the man behind the gun was responsible the acres north toronto 993 out of 1000 norval 97ft out of 1000 the individual scores of the norval men were m atkinson 100 c can telon 100 h nurse 99 c meredith 80 a w wilson 99 w usk h r w hall n oe hall 97 p johnson s w wilson 95 our mr w wilson is holding a shoot for otochens and ducks at his fisnn at hornby on saturday dec loth 33 calibre rifles to be used at the annual meeting of the hal- ton plowmen held in mflton on tues day evening of last week the out standing feature was an address by frank laidlaw of jarvis prominent fanner and plowing judge the peoples of european nations have down through the years dared to stand for freedom of their faith stated mr laidlaw and we ourserrae may have to stand firm for our faith i believe that russia more so than germany is going to be the enemy of the world and their literature has al ready sown the seed a man in despair might easily be come prey to communistic doctrine the speaker declared our failure to maintain the sabbath as a day of rest as in the days of our fathers has had a very direct bearing on the poor at tendance in many of our churches the solution of many of our eoonomla problems lies with a revival within the individual stated mr laidlaw the election of officers resulted ea follows x president john mccormack free man first vicepresident maloohn mc- nabb georgetown second vice president warden vic tor hall hornby secretary j e whltelock milton treasurer claude pickett hornby directors esqueslng township james cun ningham wm robinson and john a elliott nassagaweya township l w ohls- holm geo slnney and a s mahon nelson township ross segswprth william dales and william j robert- trafalgar township j allan dixon art campbell and john lister county directors stanley hall fred robinson gordon chlshohn and j h wilson honorary directors john ooulson w a robinson p d salter s hl ollroy and peter peddle auditor reeve john irving of hil ton owing to the present unusual press ure of work the december meeting at the wctu was cancelled and to it place a meeting of the executive was held priasy evening at the borne of mrs c b dayfoot when plans wore discussed and reeohitkais adopted which will be presented at the jan uary meeting of the union to beheld at the h street