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the georgetown herild wed iwiday evetrtngrrwarch 13th 1940 page 5 l o d b regular mbkttng nfo regular monthly meeting ol the countess of strathmore chapter ixydm wis held at the home of mrs a beaumont glen williams monday march lift the regent presided in the chair and the meeting opened vui the mem- ben repeating the frrayer of the or der the minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approved and the treasurer gave her report the wool convenor gave her report for february on articles turned into the bed cross 8 alrlal caps 5 seaman s scarfs 3 sol diers scarfs 1 pair wristles 3 helmets 1 balaclava 1 pair sox 1 pair seaman s sox to the lojdjb 2 sweaters 1 seaman s scarf 3 soldiers scarves 2 pr rifle mitts wristlets 10 pair sox the war furids convenor gave a report on the proceeds realized from the 1 0de theatre night the results were excellent and- the chapter would like to take this opportunity of thank ing mr gregory for his cooperation wlth them lit their nrst effort of this kind it was voted on and passed to give donation of 2 00 to the salvation army campaign watch the herald for a further not ice of bridge and euchre to be held by the iodje in the first part of april s all correspondence and business be ing attended to the meeting closed with the members singing the nation al an hem yomu b surprised to know tbey ore mil tie soma betgbt welt you dont mmd besng fooled when ifs just a gmtne but you dont want to be fooled when buying coal that 3 why thrifty householders welcome famous reading anthra cites new trademark those indelible rw spots that won 1 rub off this trademark is your guar antee thai you re getting genuine laundered coal the low ash anthracite that s famous for its low burning non dickering money saving qualities k c mcmillan this and that in sport well done georgetown papermakers you had a good season i to blmcoe we say the best of luck and may you continue far into the o ha playdowns jsbncoe china clippers s ood be tween further competition in oha hockey for this season for georgetown or mothballs for their uniforms and it was mothballs this time however the local intermediate b team has had considerable success and has brought an honor to our town that no other intermediate team in past seasons has ever done that of winn ing their group title not only did they win their group but they dis posed of the highly rated lucknow squad in the first round of the play- downs may this only be the starting point and in the years that follow may we continue to meet success in this line of sport so with hockey over in jits district we turn our eyes toward acton and find they are still in the running this hamlet has been sporting a winn ing intermediate team for some time and this year looks like no exception we thank cookie the acton scribe for his kind remarks in his column two weeks ago and reciprocate the rood wishes the lucknow sentinel and he bol ton enterprise also send their best wishes to the georgetown team and on behalf of the club we extend their thanks and wish the bolton juniors the best ol luck in heir efforts to an nex a junior c championship for even though we didn t like em when they protested against our players we could not help but think they were a good team anj would go far it looks as though the georgetown nhl midge s might get another trip to copper cliff having a 5goal lead over the hanover midcet team in their southern ontario play off hanover isit georgetown friday night ana no doubt a real game will be slaved to thoje who made inquiries ai d calkj on me during m short sojourn in guelph hospital i wtsh to ex end my sine re thanks g mcg by spectator there doubtless will be plenty of excitement as the fateful polling day march 26th draws near but then will be considerable relief as well that the long drawn out campaign is com ing to a close to the politically min ded aside from the issues greatjrid small involved there is always an at mosphere of adventure about an elec tion but there is a surplus of adven ture in the world today 01 a graver and infinitely more disturbing kind than the afforded by an election un questionably the bufk of the people will be glad tx have the electoral cam- paing issues brought to a recorded verdict and the dominions adminis trative decks cleared of election af fairs little new ground as far as ejecion issues are concerned seems to have been broken during the past week each separate industrial area of this wide dominion has some particular question in which it has special inter est the c cjp and the new demo cracy parties have their economic and monetary policies which if adopted they believe would usher in a fuller ind more humane economic and social life bjt in the main the debate has conentiat d on war policies the governments preparation or lack of preparation and the measures taken to proecut the war rhe conserva- lves allege kick of vigor in the war elfort failure to make adequate pie- pa ration wrn war was immtnenljmd refusal to co operate with the british in air training before the war in inswer to this he government spokes men describe the war measures in op eration deny that they refuse co cpeiation with the british and coun ter claim that there was little prepar a ion before the wai with the charge that while in offict the conservatives tripppd defnces particularly air de fences to the bone the plan for a nilional government and attacks on stifling cf parliament hae also held the limelight hughes cleaver liberal candidate for halton county to the electors of halton in this weeks letter i will covei some of the highlights of our war ef- for first a to canada s latk of prepar edness foi active participation in a europeai wai 1 admit at once thai we were unprepared and i would add that can ida is not a war minded na tion and i believe that in times of peace canada will never be prepared to take pii m a wai in europe or any ot le continent so far as that is concerned the icason for this fact is that 1 jbhc opinion would not support iich a prepaid on during lhe five vears ol the bennc1 administration a to in of t- man fifteen millions annually wis inni on national de iliicl including all services the first j ir thai we took office we were so njliij witit our domestic prob kms ol 1 rem he farm prob lem int oibt p jo im and many oih til tli tt wt d j jiisl as the conserva tnts had aom ltlor us and wt spent j bout h am amount is uie in 1 in l t born in georgetown 81 years 1 ago mrs boggs celebratfs birthday mr simiiel bo an actlw ciiiztn of oran culle relc 1 eii 1 tr bird birthday this week sht was bo 11 c tawn but i spent a good dial of her life on faim- in the orangtv ille district twelve years ago sh motd to oranliville when her husband letired mr bo has since died mis boggs ls 1 euchre fan and frequent as remained up to th wee small hvirs of the morning to conquer two unacious opponents she believeo the younger genera ion dieses inoie serimblv than thi v did in he dajs of voluminous skirts she recalled one incident when women s bulky clothing was not to be scoffed at sue teik a story of how one night n east garafraxa township it was so dark her father could not see to drive my mother and i jumped down and walked along the side of the road father used our white skirts as a guide foi driving the horses said mrs bogg a film star was being examined for a ipw divorce he had been married six times already and six women gave him a very bad character don t pay anj heed to their stories lie told the judge they re only old wive s tales watch our window i fob weekly ice cbjbam specials and oonraoxionebx cherry walnul sundae 13c 2 for 25c longs confectionery skee geerry theatre friday march 15 cat and the canary thrills and romrdv with bob hope and paillette goddard hawaiian nights musical with johnny downs fox news saturday march 16 the lion has wings authentic official amazing with merle oberon and ralph richardson i musical snow hollies cartoon little lion hunter chapter 1 lone ranger rides again matin tilpn tuesday and wednesday march 19 and 20 the old maid brilliant drama with bettc davis andgeorge brent scenic washington state band vincent lopez two actions by he government of i ulu ontario have aroused interest here oifm i on ol ih be the icfusal to allow the txpend mirch of times film story of can can id i h at wir to be shown in the pro i i llt i lnce bcinse in the opinion of mr ll iltpbirn it was djmin on governmtnt tu l i ii in ii tne othe was the chary l l tj u j rn at there was io tllj i m d ilnie- n the air school lj u t s rh inu on irio censoi nu of tin wit film has passed withau rninii llll l comment at ottawa unless the ban vv ls lapsed the film wil continue to tx lslllu hrwn m he other eight provinces but no n ontario a duaneable rtsult of tht dispute over the alleged troub at st thoma has betn the jubilant rtfcitnce to it in german broatlcasts mr roteis minlsl r ol wit onal i fence has categorically denied h it the alleged disturbances took place ind his suggested a fuh inquiry tint an election can be held in war time in canada may be a vindication anj n liiumph of the parliamentary em of government but free spth is misunderstood and wilfully mslnterpe ed in totalitarian states it will probably be some time before word trets bark or hie iron curtain in germiny and soviet russia that all their stories about turmoil raging in canadian cities during election time e the pures fiction this spring sees canada taking n new place among the air powers this country made an enviable position for herself in the air in the last war but had no separate air force in the first vcar of this war the country will spend 88 million dollars on its air army the force has about 500 aircraf there t exchange must be are now about 2 000 canadians in the royal air force some of whom have taken part in raids on german air bases a distinctive canadian squad ron has been formed in the r aj attached to the first division overseas is the 110th army cooperative squad ron another squadron the 112th from winnipeg will accompam the second dmsion and with each division other squadrons wiir proceed to the battle front then opening in the spring and progressively expanding is the com mowealth ajr training plan which will have 77 schools will turn out about 25 000 pilots gunners observers wire less operators and navigators annually and will cost about 600 million dollars this gigantic enterprise which will have an operating staff of 40 000 men jce air history next to nothing is being this election about the st law rence waterways project it is now being studied by the two governments and will rest until after election bu it ls apparent at the same time that opposition in the united states is growing rather than diminishing what the fate of a treaty would have at the hands of congress at washing ton is far from certain among can adtans cne of the major arguments being used against it ls the great and uncertain cost of the enterprise which assumes a position of great import ance in the face of increasingly heavy war expenses lady tweedsmuir wife of the former governor general will shortly leave canada and with her will go the best wishes of all canadians at govern ment house she has been directing red crcs and other war relief work canadian women will present her with a suitable glfr sfrg agreed to thfi gtft lddf lor i new ford tractor i with ferguson system lowest priced fully equipped 2plow tractor low delivered price of the new ford tractor with fer- tiinon system includes a list of im equipment as ion as your arm 1 take rubber tires they re standard on all four wheels selfstarter and power take- off youd ordin arily expect to pay extra f on them thats just one of the surprises in this amazing new ford tractor here ire more 1 it has two x- plow capacity yet operates on far less fuel than required by other kqpic t actors 2 it plow 28mcrrea wide vet doesnt pack the land 3 bidden stones are no obstacle when the implement strikes a root or boulder the line- of draft of v wr ford tractor with ferguson system acts as its own safety device ask the ford dealer to show you how it works new hydraulic principle new ford tractor has builtin ferguson hydraulic mechanism not only for raising and lowering the unit implements but for actually keeping them at a predeter mined depth in average mi1 implements including culti vators attach or detach in less than a minute a e cripps ford sales and service phone 280 georgetown i i nd noi for the purpose of fn ti l i i i il i ui ic m vhi i wt tt u i n lie lie is ol commons ind l tor l hit tremendous ln- iu in w u ixpinditiirts alfa n in jjrf u liil i st mats win ija n i iju ol m illotia anj m lit spmii tsmon oi ujj jtto v i 1 tied we inci eased our war slim it lo ovtr uj mil ions wiiiil i i v s m we ii qui ipi g canada lor defence yet this milk h i it in po- poiao lor t ion ml i i j i ii q i jim l wus in it i n wi t jniiti n thut tii lit ypitilnuii ol those large imo ii s ill lu ihuil ot iidequa i jm menus- in ik hunt or hest ot u i ml p ii tic ait equal v a in i the best way to find your wife ml jh hllh mi ma ij in i in i ii it u iiuiil to ta regulated and controlled uq i is ill rn humus must bt dt ported or placed in concentiatlon chtiuj o prtuit sibotage and to pit cnt important mtormauon being lor- wndtj lo the pnenn guards must bt platlfl to jturd all important kej industries and public woiks cen or ship must be stt up to prevent impoit rtiit nitornrilion itachmg he enemy buslnfs must bt asmsted and refeu inttd i to souice oi supply of raw matt rials and the fair distribution of it hoar ding must be prevented prices ol all commodities and profits must be tartfullj jwuciicd foreign egula ed to pre vent speculation and to assist the carrying on ol our foreign trade tlitit nijd many other matters as which i will not weary you must de loturoued or regulated if we are to contrio tie oui maximum war effor as to all ol tlitit matters independ tnt boards liavc been set up compo ed ol kidlng men from all walks of life and liiespective of their political afflllailo these boards have func uontd so efficiently that business is almost as usual notwithstanding the fact that canada is engaged in a struggle greater than we have evtr before experienced in the first year of the las war our total expenditures for wai purposes equalled about 100 millions of dollars in tils the first year ol tht present war we are already committed to an expenditure of about 325 millions of dollars without count lng the empire air training scheme which calls for the expenditure of 90 millions ol dollars the first year of the you aie hi erected to know how this money is being spent the fol lowing is the breakdown of the figures given by hon j l ralston minister of finance naval 40 millions infantrj 1 197 millions all force 88 millions j only if donations were not more than one dohar from any one penson as she did ot want to interfere in any way with collections for war and charitable work they were having a board meeting of a firm in the city when the secre tary ran in and said the office boy had pinched half the petty cash thflgracefull and shocking and disgusting t some of the members aid but the chairman said remember we all had to start in a small way let us have any news item you may have we wfll glady print any per sonals you send in 325 millions as to lhe canadian navy in the last war we simply had two light ci ulsers with a total personnel of 1500 men and a yearly expenditure of 4 million this time we have six destroyers a flotilla leader 5 mine sweepers and 20 auxiliary ships with a personnel of 8 000 men and in ad dition we have do ships now on order then coming to the srnpire air training scheme dr manlons charge that mr king gave the motherland the cold shoulder in lt38 to the scheme and that as a result we lost large aeroplane orders and delayed the scheme was so completely ans wered in the broadcast of march 8th by mr king that i will only make a few comments in- passing the charge is absolutely without founda tion in fact a proposal was made in ib38 it was accepted by mr king and six millions of dollars were voted in 1938 added as a supplementary esti mate for the express purpose and a report made to the house of com mons accordingly the men were sent out from pogland according to the arrangements and their training pro ceeded as arranged this must not be conlused in any way with the pre sent large scheme as to it the first proposal was rooeived on september 28th 1939 it was accepted in principle in two days and a request forwarded fo an air mission to arrange details the proposal was also promptly accep ted by australia and new zealand the british delegation reached canada october 15th and the other two on november 3rd by novembr 27th all of the details of a scheme involving the expenditure of 363 million over a period three years were completed the de tails then had to be submitted to all of the respective governments for ap proval canada at once gave assent and word was received back from the last of the group lae on saturday december 16th the cabinet was cal led and shortly before midnight of de cember 16th the agreement was signed on sunday the day following the prime minister went on the air and told the canadian people the storj all parties expressed full satisfaction with its terms and with the friendly spirit in which the arrangements were made u agreement provides top the- tralnlng annually of 25 000 air pilots air observers and gunners each man will receive a six month course it invohes a training and maintenance personnel of some forty thousand officers and men lhe construction f some 70 new air fields and school buildings already many of the con tracts have been let and the work is under construction canada bears fourfifths of the elementary training cost great britain supplies most of the batue aircraft the light aircraft will be made in canada could more have been done in short a time yours sincerely hughes cleaver horticultural notes in times of war we must preserve the things that are necessary to civili zation one of these- things is the cut rvation of the soil for use and beauty at the beginning of this month the- 34th annual convention of the ontar io horticultural societies was held in toronto with a large enthuslastlo at- endance it was noted that in the years of stress 1913 1919 the members- ship and expenditures in the horucui- tuial societies of ontario more than doubled 245 active societies in ontario ara- urging at this time 1 the removal of all waste material rubbish weeds etc from vacant lotv lanes and entrances 2 planting of trees shrubs and per ennial borders 3 more interest and attention to- church school and other public buil ding grounds as well as to the home gardens in halton last year 13 school grounds were landscaped and 205 000 tree planted in ontario last year 16 million trees were planted 23 million are available for planting during 1940 one speaker closed his remark with if you d have a mind at peace a heart that cannot harden go find a door that opens wide upon a little garden support your local horuculturml society and make georgetown morst productively beautiful it already ha great natural beauty three members of the georgetown society attended the oanventtoi for best results try a herald small