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seventythird year of publication wednesday evening match 13th 1940 1 50 per annum in advance 200 to usa intermediates bow to simeoe to w up hockey season loseboth playoff games to china dippers to be elim- inatedin intermediate b olha playdowns the georgetown intermediate b ohjv hockey team was eliminated tbis week from further competition jlri the playdowns taking two straight reverses at the hands of simeoe ohlna clippers the local team went down with colours- flying and were feated bya team that had to be good for the georgetown team this season was a snappy fastskating or- ganfisatloh thatplayed a une brand of the national winter pastime while we regret that the papermakers are through lor the season we wisrlslm- ebe the best of luck in their quest of higher honors j the twogame series goals to count on the round opened at slmcoe last friday night with the return being played here last monday night in the first game the score was 62 in slmcoes favor and 3 2 in their favor in the game here this gave them a 9 4 decision on the round playing on sojt ice at shneoe friday night the local team were slowed up considerably due to being a fastskating crew the homesters seemed more used to the heavy going and rattled in six goals while the papermakers accounted for two georgetown at least sent a scare through the hometown fans of slm coe when they netted the only two goals of the first period and led smashing attack on their citadel how ever the clippers were the comeback trail and added three in each of the next two periods the shneoe defense proved a strong bar rier for the georgetown forwards while hoare in the georgetown net was kept exceptionally busy the same was fairly clean with only five penalties meted out georgetown getting three simeoe two the score by periods and the goal- scorers is as follows first period georgetown hall unassisted 810 georgetown ward dewhurst 1830 penolty sanderson second period simeoe esseltine hause 115 simeoe geddes imarchant 510 simeoe hause wood 1245 penalties dewhurst sanderson otkmnell third period simeoe esseltine davidson midgets win first game of series withhanover entertained at home of mr and mrs j r smith follow tng hockey game the georgetown midget nhl team which is sponsored by the georgetown udnsclub journeyed to hanover last friday night tor he first game of a twogame series goals to count for the southern ontario championship georgetown won this game handily by a 9 4 score and have a 5goal lead to go into the game here friday night the georgetown team were match for the boys of the western town and a win here which ts quite probable will send the team to the north for an ontario final with cop per cliff on march 22nd and 23rd while in- hanover the team and ac- t lions were entertained at the home of mr and mrs j b smith mr smith was manager of the bank of montreal here prior to going to hanover all report a very enjoyable evening and thank their host and hos tess lor a delightful lunch senator marshall addresses local liberals it i 450 1335 simeoe habermell hause 1400 penalty k davidson the ltneupa georgetown goal hoare defence hall and dewhurst centre k ric- bardson wings ward and w rlc- haxdson alternates crichton palmer bakergeorge sanderson ritchie simeoe goal lafortune defence davidson dickson centre esseltine wings hause and habermell alter nates geddes marcnant nobes rob- bins otkmnell wood referee johnny jones guelph toe game here on monday night attracted over 1000 fans and they were treated to a better game than the simeoe crowd last week play was very even and had it not been fox poor clearing around their own net georgetown might have at least drew ut a tie game as it was the score stood 3 3 at the end of the game georgetown went into the game with a four goal lead in slmcoes favor staring them m the face and it was poor encouragement although the tooys gave their best and had lady luck been on their side should have easily lowered the clippers lead the first period opened with fast nockey and excellent goaltending by both custodians hoare and lafortune slmcoe dished out some heavy body- checks but play remained on even flosis and there was no scoring play became more ragged in the second frame but sjill remained fast shneoe netted the first goal at the three minute mark and crichton tallated eight minutes later the clippers added another before the period ended the third stanza was a thrilling af fair as georgetown staged fiveman attacks only to be repulsed by a stiff defense georgetown swarmed around ttie slmcoe net but were unable make their efforts click with but two minutes left in the period ward mded the score on the game on a pass from crichton but a minute later habermell put the clippers out front again when georgetown tailed to clear a loose puck for georgetown hall antmjrjchton were in the limelight all througrt the game with the other players all turn tog in some good efforts habermell and davidson were the best for sim ooe first period no scoring pe marohant and ward second period habermell davjdson 310 georgetown crichton palmer 1100 slmcoe habermell esseltine 1330 penaluea w richardson march- ant crichton habermell third period georgetow ward crichton 1815 fiimcoe habermell 1905 penalties geddes w richardson xttxta han t referee for the game here was bert 1 hedges toronto tuesday evening several members ftf our local curling ohtb pau a re turn visit ii thtrii imrtfrii who were lure some weeks ago wily tins time they bowled tostead of curling- a ood time was bad by all peel memorial nurse bride of signalman m r robinson lillian bryan married at brampton on saturday a quiet wedding took place brampton on saturday last when miss lillian ethel bryan rn dastoter of mr and mrs richard bryan ot hills burg became the bride of signalman morley russell robinson of the barrie- fleld camp rccs son of mr and mrs morley o robinson of bramp ton miss bryan is an the staff of peel memorial hospital rev j d stev ens officiated the bride wore a black dress with turquoise trim matching hat and ac cessories and corsage of orchids she was attended by miss elva wood r n who wore a moss green crepe frock with brown accessories and a talisman rosebud corsage the groom was at tended by signalman j r stevens of winnipeg following a reception at the home of the grooms parents the couple lert for a short trip the georgetown liberal association held a rally in the oregory theatre tuesday march 12th mr prank petch was chairman of the evening introducing as speakers mr john wal lace and mr blakelock mjjp of oakvllfe mr- hughes cleaver and senator duncan marshall mr wallace dealt with the contri butions the liberal party has made to unemployment by increasing ports in reply to opposition criticism of government unpreparedness when war broke out jie cred the rapid for mation of the price control board the next speaker mr blakelock pointed out the inconsistencies of the opposition candidate who has jump- cd an every bandwagon in past years mr hughes cleaver mi dealt at some length with his two major points a united canada under the liberal party and the fine way the present government has prosecuted the grim business of war tight from the outbreak of hostilities as evid ence of canadian unity he pointed out that both the red cross drive and the first war loan were oversubscrib ed do you realize said mr cleaver that a government which has been accused of not trying to win the war has already spent 315 millions of dol lars for war purposes much of this has been and will be spent on the vast air training scheme now in progress while we are also building up coastal patrol and lefences which we did not have in 191418 the speaker bewailed the petty per sonal attacks of dr manion which are destructive rather than constructive and challenged the national govern ment party to fight the liberals on the major issues at stake canadas unity and war effort senator duncan marshall opened hh address with a tribute to mr cleaver as one of the most active men in the last legislature in time or war as in time of peace we need party poli tics one party in power with a sub stantial opposition to keep them on their toes this pertained during the last war until late in 191 when a des perate conservative government tried union as a last resort at this time senator marshall feels that the liberal government which has already proven itself capable of running things in a businesslike will once more gain the support of the people we hope that the people of ontario will follow the example the province of quebec and show their faith in mr kings policies to the peop ol georgetown i wish to express my thanks for the cordial welcome you have given me may i in turn extend an invitation to those wilh whom i am not yet acquainted to drop into the herald jqfflce and introduce yourselves i i have- come to georgetown with the hope and desire that this will t- my home it lsmy intention todo everything in my power to further the interests of ithis community and i feel a very ggrave sense of responsibility when i realize that through the medium of this newspaper i shall have some little opportunity to influence itslite o- as tunes goes on there will possibly be changes in the setup and style or the herald xf you uke these tell us about it if you oni like them tell us about it tco we want the herald to be your paper it was not my gcod for imp to personally know the late mr j mmoore but from meeting his family and friends i realize that i have something to live up to i hope that i shall not fall in this and that when i in my turn am no longer here people shall say of me as they do of him he was a fine man i am fortunace in having a staff whose loyalty and skill in their craft are beyond reproach with their help and with your cooperation i hope to continue to give you a newspaper you will be proud of sincerely walter biehn united church wms the monthly meeting of the united church womens missionary auxiliary held march 5th proved to be of ex ceptional interest to all who concern themselves with the way in which the christian church of today is carrying out the great commission of her lord and master the program held much to fire the imagination and stimulate faith the president mrs f c overend made a most interesting contribution to the years study of india by bringing to the society a review of the address of dr sam hlgglnbotham given at st andrews church toronto feb 28th the story of the marvelous work of this layman missionary who gave thirtyseven years of hts life to the study and solution of indias economic problems is but another chapter in the modern acts of the apostles now being written in the accomplishments of our missionaries the introduction of methods of scientific crop produc tion irrigation animal husbandry etc and finally the establishment of allahabad agricultural institute form a prophecy of the time when indias millions will be adequately fed a second feature of interest in the afternoons programme was the grad uation ceremony for several mission band members who having attained the age of twelve years were welcomed into the cgit and trail rangers groups of the church mrs arthur speight presbyterial sec of mission bands for halton county addressing the assembled groups drew a word picture of the great- wms family of the united church of canada numbering over 162000 individuals these include members of womens auxiliaries and affiliated groups evening auxiliaries mission clrcles canadian girls in training groups mission bands and last but not least baby bands the speaker stated that the graduation service to follow was the first of its kind in the history of wmb work mrs norman burns leader or the rosebud mission band then presented to each graduate a dainty handmade certificate the work of te auxiliary vicepresident mrs a m nielsen in a prettily arranged ceremony miss e mccumber and her group the girl graduates to their circle while rev f c overend on behalf of the newly formed trail rangers received as charter members the bo graduates following are the names of those thus promoted jean dickie mary dobson norma herrington phoebe hunter eleanor hyde mar- jorte lane jean roney james burns norman long plans were forwarded for the indian mefe fair to be held april 1st in the church basement to which au inter ested m the study of india are cor dially invited half hour was enjoyed and after a vote of thanks was tendered to tne hostess mrs lawson and- others tak ing part in the program the meeting closed with the singing of god save the king march meeting of womens institute the march meeting of the george town institute was held at the home of mrs fred armstrong on wednes day afternoon march 5th at 3 pm with mrs livingstone the president in the chair and twentyone members and six visitors being present the meeting opened with the usual opening ode and prayer after which the minutes of the previous meeting were read and several items of busi ness arising out of the correspondence were dealt with the roll call was answered by improvements i would like to see iirbur town and there wre several helpful and amusing sug gestions mrs cowan the district president was present and gave a very interest ing talk on womans place in the world of today the other visitors also brought greetings from their branches mr bill armstrong favored the meeting with two very lovely violin solos being accompanied by his sister miss doris at ihe piano at the close of the meeting a social ford night at halton garage operators the march meeting of the halton branch of the ontario garage oper ators was held at milton in the far mers hall on thursday evening mar 7th the president mr j l mc- klniey of burlington presiding this met ting holds an alltime re cord in the life of uie branch in quali ty of programme enthusiasm and numbers prerciit a short time was spent in discussing he monthly busl- rei of the branch the president gave a sliort enlightening address rtiesilng the fact uiat the success of ihe branch will be measured by the degree of support given to the officials oy individual members following the regular business period the- meelng was turned over to the ford motor company of canada presented by mr d a lelth service organizer and mr l hendricks of the sales promotion staff a very profit able and lntereslln time followed first motion pictures were used to show lo what extent and to what en- ormous expense the ford motor co go to in order that even the smallest part that goes into a ford car is the very fcml science and money can obtain mr d a lsith gave a talk from pictures en tuneup of the motor and brake service and general care and maintenance of the motor car short question period followed mr wm bailey of hamilton pro vincial council president and mr r dai ke wentworth county branch president were surprise visitors at the meeting both gentlemen spoke nrief- i- a vote of thanks was given to the fcrd motor co and to their represen tatives for their efforts in bringing to the halton branch such inspiring and educaticral addresses at the tcse of the meeting the members and friends enjoyed a buf fet luncheon provided through the curtesy of the ford motor co of canada ltd lady tweed smuirs farewell message to canada to be given on sunday thanks very much for the birthday cake but whats the idea of the elec tric bulb on it its forty candlepower my dear peelhakon house of refuge superintendent acquitted william edward yarranton 57 year- old superintendent of the peel hal ton house of refuge was acquitted of a charge of manslaughter arising from the death of james l cation yearold inmate of the home fol lowing a fist fight between yarranton and cation on the farm of the house of refuge september 15 peel spring assizes jury deliber ated for seven hours and ten minutes before the verdict was reached the jury retired at 1 130 in the morning and did not deliver its decision until 640 at night yarranton was dismissed by mr justice greene without com ment in delivering his- charge to the jury mr justice green said whether you believe yarranton or not is getting very near ithe centre of the case it is up to the jury to decide whether yar ranton entertained a lively and mortal fear of cation and whether it is sonable that yarranton turned his back when cation was twenty feet away in the evidence given by the accused he had said that he had been afraid of cation for some months and that cation had been insubordinate on the farm shortly before the fight yar ranton was standing in a lane of the farm wilh cation approaching the spotwhere he was standing yarran ton had said that he had not faced cation but had been watching the operation of a truck in an adjoining field which was in charge of morley burrows brampton workman who was an eye witness of the combat bur rows had stated that yarranton- tacked cation and had after a scafflt on the ground arisen and kicked cat ion there are some discrepancies ir burrows jestlmony mr justice greene instructed the jury but they are reasonable in view of burrows ed ucation the jury must consider whether it is likely that burrows made up the glory about yarranton kicking cation yarranton received the decision without any apparent signs of emotion mr and mrs a e cripps celebrated silver wedding anniversary this week the herald extends con gratulations to mr and mrs a k cripps who celebrated their silver wedding anniversary last sunday in honour of the occasion a number of acton friends gave a surprise shower at their borne in georgetown oh sat urday evening mrs r l davidson read the following address v dear alger and maggie it is with mingled feelings of joy and pleasure that we your old friends from acton have gathered around yon this evening in your hour of- hap- piiirre to extend to you our stacerest congratulations tin this your wed ding anniversary and ito extend to you our best wishes for many more years to come you left the old home town but you could not leave your old trends for we have often journeyed to your home and spent many a good time which will never be forgotten so here we are again and we know as we have known be fore that we are always welcome and now as a slight expression of our es teem and good wishes we accept this little gift and as you nave lived to celebrate the silver may you be spared to see the gold and we hope you will have as much pleasure in using it as we have in the giving friends from acton following this mrs fred crewsan acting for the gathering presented mr and mrs cripps with a lovely silver basket filled with carnations on sunday the cripps held open bouse for friends and relatives from toronto rockwood acton milton and orangeville among the many lovely gifts re ceived was a silver tea service and 25 red roses presented to their parents by lois thelma and alva town council met- in special session town council met wk tuesday even- lng with reeve cleae and council lors a e cripps n hheffown james costigan r t cave k r mcdonald and s j mackenzie present mayor was again absent through illness moved by costigan and brown that the reeve be elected to the chair in the absence of mayor gibbons car ried moved by costigan seconded by cripps that the motion passed on january 23rd appointing james blair as town foreman be rescinded and that we advertise for a man to do general town work at a salary of 1800 chwmarshair dutlesl april 15th carried yeas costigan cripps cave mackenzie blown cleave nays mcdonald moved by brown seconded by mc donald that we do now adjourn carried halton mail couriers held monthly meeting r- the monthly meeting of the halton mall couriers association was held in the mens club room of st georges anglican church georgetown mon day night owing to the attraction of the geoi getcwnslmcoe nockey game the attendance was not as large as usual the secretarys report was read and discussed with a view to rais ing funds for the central board it was decided to sponsor a picture at the gregory theatre about the last week in april final arrangements for which were left in the hands of the georgetown couriers tickets will be on sale by all members of the group satisfaction was expressed with th report of the delegation to ottawa in january when after a very courteous hearing by the postmaster general our problems were turned over to the civil service commission who now studying the various angles i rural mall delivery owing to the increased demand on his time since taking over the dominion secretary ship mr webster asked to be reliev ed of some of the local work of the group miss nora kranstz was ap pointed to assist him until the annual convention in september ligkrefreshnents prowled by the ladies of the group brought to close ano instructive and rebekah birthday party successful event the officers and members of ver dun rebekah lodge no 184 held most successful birthday party last friday evening the lodges 32nd anniversary since its institution during the evening euchre was tat progress at tables placed in a circle in the centre was one long table ar ranged with silver and a three storey birthday cake flanked on either side with silver baskets of flowers wlncb enhanced the party anosphere a most tempting lunch was served by the committee in charge- and attar presentation of prises for euchre by mrs sid mcrenzle noble grand to miss hazel harrison first mrs w smith second mrs parton third mrs geo herrlngton fourth the door prise was drawn by mrs ford while miss margaret murray drew the lucky number prize and mrs wm mc dowell received the birthday prise the i2nd anniversary was pro claimed by all those present one of the most enjoyable of these popular birthday parties given annually by verdun rebekah lodge the obc national nrtwat en bandar even- tag march 11 at m a est- thto wul be ladj i farewell joyahie evening former division court clerk a e mccollum dies albert e mccouum died march 9th in peel memorial hospital brampton in bis 86th year bom m brampton mr mcoolium wbs a son of r c mccouum and was the last surviving member of his fam ily a lifelong resident of brampton he had been a phot for years and for 10 years alter his tlremeotnsd been clerk of the division courts he was a member of grace united onurch and was a conservative polwcs holy week services the following servioes will be held in georgetown next week which is holy week young peoples service in the pres byterian church on monday evening at eight oclock on tuesday evening in the baptist church at eight wednesday evening at eight oclock in the united church thursdcy at seventhirty in sc georges- church on good friday there will be a morning service at 1000 in the bap tist church at st georges the three hours service will be held from twelve noon to three oclock the people of georgetown are in vited to join together each day in holy week on the love of god and the atonement made by the saviour of tnw world and to seek to draw nearer to the cross norval rifle club at the cjijt rifle range in toron to on monday night mar lltfa they went down to defeat by a narrow mar gin of 5 points the scores cnr 965 out of 1000 nbrval 980 out of 100ft the nerval rifle club go to hamil ton on monday night mar 18th t u t s with the hamilton team the individual scores made by the nerval team were as fooowe h hum 100 x 10 atkinson 100 x 9 r w hafl 100 x flc- meredith x 8 ointalml 90x7 robertson m x 8n has 99 x h o qmves 99 x 8 a reed jtc x s john son 96 x 4 o h hall 96 x 3 o downs 99 x 4 p bustler 93 x s f- stark 93 x 3