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seventythird year of publication wednesday evening may 1st 1940 150 per annum in advance 200 to u3a tax rate local hockey teams tendered banquet by arena board to the intermediates in honor of their winning the group championship to the juniors for their fine efforts this past winter col ballantine chairman of the evening it was a jovial gang that assem bled at the hotel moglbbon on thurs day evening last for the complimentary banquet tendered to georgetowns intermediate and junior hookey teams by the arena board hockey players hockey fans and others turned out in goodly numbers to do justice to an ex cellent chicken supper provided by the arena board in appreciation of the success gained by the local teams and the fine cooperation existing be tween the club and the board hot since the arena was constructed back in 1822 has there been such a clan nish assemblage of arena board members and hockey players and this points to an even better understanding between the two bodies in future sea sons flowery speeches of a congratulatory nature and reminiscent of byegone hockey days were the main features of the program with ool jas ballan tine in his usual witty and happy as master of ceremonies most of the addresses were or an im promptu nature and as charlie burnslde would say nobody came prepared but him mayor joseph gjbons was first to of fer his congratulations to the inter mediate hockey team for the out standing success that they achieved in winning their group honours and con tinuing still further in the omjl playdowns and to the junior team for the fine snowing they made consider ing the handicaps they unfortunately ran into mayor gibbons cited the bard work and efforts of publicmin ded men back in 1922 who con ceived the idea for one of the best arenas erected in this part of on tario and said that hockey players and citizens generally both now and in the years to come would not forget the initiative put forth by these men irit had notbeenjorhese men we would not have been backing a cham pionship team here tonight mayor gibbons said while the arena board has come in for much criticism in the he wondered if the criticlzara coukl nave handled the of this company as well he said be hoped the fine cooperation would continue to exist between the board and the teams and congratulated the boys on the honour they brought this winter both to themselves and the other speakers included era thompson manager of the intermed iate club for two or three previous seasons and a member of the execu ov nat silver popular president of the georgetown hockey dub and manager of the junior team who gore an interesting and detailed report of affairs concerning the club mr l g bell an interested fan g mac mc- guvray who has digested sport through these columns for the past nine or ten years mr g w mdlln- tocfc an interested citizen harold cleave reeve of georgetown and one of our hockey greats of a few sea- eons ago prank petch and ernie fel ler two hockey fans that do not miss many games charlie burnslde who said his university education was ne glected when he was a boy and there fore he was not able to deliver such an eloquent address as col ballantine and mayor gibbons but that his mother had always warned him to go prepared at this point he actively demonstrated his preparedness ted erwin president of the arena board s v king manager of the arena w h kentner and jas gray mr w v grant who was secretary treasurer of the first arena board and active in the organization of sharehol ders was the guest speaker of the ev ening mr grant outlined the events leading up to and the building of the arena back in 192122 he showed that how through the efforts of a few pufhcsplrlted men a vacant lot known as bucks sandpile was chan ged into a winter playground for the youth of georgetown by the erection of one of the finest and most up-fo- date arenas in ontario those who took an active part in the establishing of the arena were the late sam nev- lns reeve hearbwell and jas buck le roy dale kc who was mayor at that tune ed mcwhirter w h ken tner and the speaker mr norman was the contractor for the arena which was to cost 15000 and when completed cost nearer 33- 086 w w atartedfav september or october of the year 1901 and the building completed during the ran and winter months the speaker suggested that the corporation retire the deben ture debt against the arena so that the arena could get out of the red af ter eighteen years and in the future probably pay dividends to the money subscribers who have not as yet re- oerred any returns on their money mr grant also gave a sketch of toe early hockey and said the gamewm played as far back as the time of f w it was known as bookcy and played with a shepherds crook too yearssgo the dutch clay ed the game on lee while atul later grotmd hockey was played mostly by ftrls ta gland in the late lot or early 80s ice hockey was introduced into canada however there were no set rules for the game until 1883 mon treal and kingston were first to or ganize tor the game when the uni versities took up the sport prom that time on hockey has become canadas fascinating winter pastime and is played in arenas on rinks on ponds wherever there is ice and boys and girls keen interest was shown in the speakers remarks which he climaxed with the fallowing poem he congrat ulated the teams and charged them to continue to play the game at all times as by so doing they would keep their bodies fit and in condition to meet the adversities that are bound to come in an active and eventful life we cant all play a winning game someone is sure to lose yet we can play so that our name no one may dare abuse that when the master referee scores against our name it wont be whether we won or lost but how we played the game walter richardson and sil ver on behalf of the hockey players expressed the thanks of the club to the arena board for the pleasant ev ening the musical part of the program was provided by ross bud duncan who presided at the piano fair bdard held meeting committees detailed to revise prize list at a meeting of the esqueslng agri- r cultural society executive held last jersey clubs are planning to conduct wednesday evening plans were made for the revising of the prize list for the 1940 exhibition from the enthusi asm shown by the members at this meeting it augers well for the slip- port that they will give in planning a wider and more uptodate list for this years event any special displays or programs will be welcomed by the fair board and additional prizes provided it was stated at the meeting that it was believed that georgetown fair was undoubtedly the best show held in the county last year although the attendance was not as large as ex pected it is hoped that the citizens will start now to get their exhibits ready ani back this long established institution with even greater enthusi asm local singers will appear in usa when the grace male choir of brampton goes to warren ohio on may 11th to compete in a musical fes- uval there several local members of the choir expect to make the trip jack maclaren bob early t warnes and roy peck are the local men who belong to mr capps fine organization it is also expected that mr t s faram director or the georgetown choral society will ac company the choir on its trip hitler and napoleon appear to have something in common disastrous leadership at sea annual reporl peel hallon childrens aid society detailed report given by superintendent f g thompson officers elected for the ensuing year the annual meeting of the child rens aid society of the counties of peel and halton was held in the sun day school room of st pauls united church milton on the evening of april 24th 1940 the president mr amos mason of acton oondueted the meeting which was opened with prayer by rev canon naftel of milton there was a good attendance of citi zens from both counties showing con tinued interest in the work miss e r anderson treasurer sub mitted the financial statement and the superintendent o p thompson reported on the field work or the so ciety the guest speaker of the evening mr r e mills director of the to ronto childrens aid society also pre sented moving pictures of the bolton fresh air camp which is situated in the county of peel and operated un der the auspices of the neighbour hood workers association of toronto the pictures were most entertaining and instructive showing what is be ing done in providing a holiday and a touch of country life for mothers and their families from the city mr albert mcbrlde warden of peel county spoke briefly as well as miss oliver from the hamilton childrens aid society the following officers were elected for the year 194041 honorary solicitors w i dick k c milton a o davis kc bramp ton president j j jamleson cooksville 1st vicepresident w j abeil brampton 2nd vicepresident victor hall hornby hon secretarytreasurer george harris burlington secretary o f thompson milton treasurer edna anderson milton executive mrs ft i moseley brampton mrs w j hood bramp- ton e d maguire clarkson miss mildred jarvis oakvule a mason acton t a hutchinson milton county council representatives hal- ton norman gilbert bronte w a wilson georgetown peel a mc brlde terra coua m b thomson port credit after the meeting light refreshments were served by the ladles or st pauls evening auxiliary and a social hour spent together to- the super re- port as given at the annual meeting of the society mr president ladles and gentlemen another year has passed away and again u is my pleasure and duty to submit a report covering the activities of the society during the year jin march 31st 1940 this is my eleventh report since taki ov the work and 1 believe the bweulyatxth i meeting since ohdrenls aid boatetiet formed in the two counties of md helton little thought year ago that our country was shortly to be at war and one wonders what future ohanges may develop in our economlo and so cial standards very abortly after the at 46 mills i i georgetown to have a new industry peel and halton jersey clubs to sponsor parish show the halton and brampton district their second annual parish show at hawthorne lodge brampton on fri day may 24th a similar event was held a year ago with outstanding suc cess the parish show is patterned on similar events held annually on jersey island while no cash prli are awarded arrangements are being made to award ribbons for each class and in addition a number of splendid trophies win be up for competition the official judge it is anticipated will be an outstanding jersey official from the united states who incident ally will also discuss the various clas ses the event therefore will be ol real educational value at hawthorne lodge the estate of b h bull and son will be a mecca for all jersey en thusiasts on may 24th president gra ham of halton and president pawley of peel with their respective commit tees are leaving no stones unturned to ensure that the event comes up to the standard of the outstanding suc cess of a year ago ontario business summary following is the ontario business summary as given by the bank of montreal retail trade has shown improvement over that of the previous month but in the easter season owing to wea ther conditions the heavy volume us ually experienced did not materialize wholesale trade generally continues steady and well above the level of a year ago collections are fair to moderately good in the manufactur ing field operations continue at the high level of the previous month the heavy iron and steel mills are busy and war demands are keeping air craft machine tool plants and ship yards running at capacity and induc ing expansion activity in agricultur al implement factories is reported to be almost double the level of a year ago and the motor manufacturing in dustry considerably more active strong demand for automobile tires continues recent improvement in sales of rubber footwear is due princi pally to seasonal and domestic demand although some tanners have moder ately curtailed output the operations of shoe factories show little change jrom the month previous textile woollen hosiery and knitting mills are operating on full time but some re duced activity is noted in the furni ture industry newsprint production gained seasonally over last months level the flourmilling industry is ex periencing substantially greater acti vity than last year new construction projects are in satisfactory volume gold production for february totalled 252406 ounces 8834210 us as compared with 220852 ounces 8044- 820 ujs in february 1939 outbreak of war the canadian wel fare council consulted with the de partment of national defence with reference to investigations and gener al welfare services for dependents of enlisted men as a result all child rens aid societies throughout the province have been requested by the council to render all possible service in this regard services are likely to be of two kinds poorly adjusted de pendents families and investigations of certain cases for dependents allow ance it is indeed gratifying to know that the federal authorities have re cognized the childrens aid to such an extent as- to accept their services in a state of emergency it is most difficult year by year to present a report without some simi larity while there are new cases be ing conslfcntiy referred to us there is a sameness in the problems encoun tered i will therefore endeavour to submit as briefly as possible a re sume of the years work georgetown may well be proud of as many of you are aware the work lnc showing made by its publw and of the society is divided under three kh school students in thehalton headings childrens protection act county music festival lastwednes- chlldren or unmarried parents act i day several medals cups atid shields and the adoption act these acts are i were won by local groups inthe com- all provincial legislation under the petition able guidance of b w helse provin- i adjudicator o r fenwick provln xicense granted for new pasteurizing plant connecting links discussed paving of a special meeting of georgetown council was called on tuesday night to strike a tax rate for the year 1940 the 1940 budget was reviewed carefully with special attention being given to the question of collections of taxes both ourrent and arrears street maintenance expenditure and bond payments from the arena board while some members of the council believed that a decrease in the tax rate was within the realms of possibility it was felt that a reduction thts year might leave a deficit at the end of the period b georgetown may pride itself said mayor gibbons that in the past ten yeans our revenue has never dropped below expenditure last year a budgeted street fpiwm- ture of 2500 turned into an actus expense of over 3200 this year the budgeted figure of 2200 may also bs insufficient to cover tht f tn tj respect the expense budget is con servative but some other budget fls ures are on the pessimistic side s rev ross k cameron now toronto pastor a former georgetown boy rev ross k cameron was inducted as minister of dovercourt road presbyterian church toronto on thursday april 35th a worship service was conducted by rev j c xniris of knox presbyterian church of that city after which rev foreman related the stops leading to the call then rev r c mcdermld moderator of the toronto presbytery inducted mr cameron into the charge dr james wilson addressed the minister and rev o thnhmi thn w- r1a k k cmeeon gregatlon a reception for mr and mrs cam eron is to be held today in the dover- court church after graduation from the university of toronto and knox college mr cameron served for several years at rogers memorial presbyterian church in toronto he has since been station ed at first presbyterian church ed monton he also served for a time in the streetsviue- church his late father and mother resided in georgetown for over 25 years where he was pastor of knox presbyterian church marriage is a conquest and an inquest georgetown students make creditable showing at festival clal superintendent we also have contact in different cases with the mothers allowances commission the workmens compensation board re lief department and various other agencies throughout the province and in the united states the spirit or cooperation and goodwill that exists at all times between the agencies modt gratifying all interested in common cause the- care of helpless children childrens protection act the tule of this act speaks for it self and is the foremost object of the society during the year we have dealt with a total of 180 cases 96 carried over from last year 73 new cases and 11 reopened with 381 chil dren involved this is an increase of 10 cases over the preceding year in some of the cases the problem is a minor one but in many a great deal is involved demanding untold time and attention it would be almost im possible to make a satisfactory adjust ment in every case but we have the satisfaction of knowing that consider able help has been rendered in many cases and living conditions of children materially improved there areattlfc however a great many children throughout our two counties- who are not receiving the care and attention teat we consider is required in s very conservative standard of living too many of our parents do not ruuy ac cept their reaponribtub of oaring for then- families possibly m his regard some form of parent education over a period of years would prove very beneficial in many on however neglect can be traced to a low grade of mentality the marriage ox mentally deficient persons is a very serious problem and one that is brought very forcibly to the attention of all social workers lack of steady employment with an continued on page 5 clal supervisor of music was loud in his praise of the musical quality shown by the contestants especially the work of rural students which has improved immensely since his adjudication two years ago a packed church at all performances was indicative of the interest aroused in halton county several wouldbe attendants were turned away at both evening performances mrs wriggles- worth mrs dr paul and mrs lam bert were in charge of arrangements tor the festival and the time and ef fort expended by these ladles was greatly appreciated by the festival committee the ladles of the united church al so drew praise for the excellent meals and lunch counter which catered to the hungry outoftowners on thursday and friday following is the complete list of con testants class 13 piano solo 15 years and under claire de lune macdowell 1 olive jackshaw burlington 80 2 flora hjlggins milton 79 3 betty gibson acton 77 betty lankln oakvule 76 joan moulding oakvule 75 margaret beat- ty milton 75- ernest oakes burling ton 74 dquglas cole georgetown 73 class 32 high school solos girls under 16 lullaby mosart 1 ariel cleaver burlington 83 2 klleen joan pickup oakvflle 80 3 betty paul ge 79 pearl flippanoe oakvule 78 lois merry milton 77 betty sheppard burlington 77 mangaret ford mu- hm 74 class 39 high school double trio tmaootsnpanled a oaho louatoy robertson 1 burlington bb mary galloway 81 cup donated by burlington milton h a mary oasue 80 shield donated by oakrlqe board of education 3 burlington h s margaret cllne 77 georgetown hb mary paul 75 milton h8 barbara nixon 74 georgetown hb betty paul 69 glass 37 high school duet girls under 17 spring song mendelssohn 1 ariel cleaver and helen mcdon ald burlington 81 2 bertha barton and lucille cox milton 80 3 mary paul and betty paul georgetown 79 barbara nixon and mildtredi evans milton 78 margaret swift and betty sheppard burlington 75 t- class 35 high school solos boys under 21 invlctus bruno hubn 1 hartley anderson milton 78 2 alan powrle burlington 76 3 john snyder mfiton 74 ormie carter georgetown 72 class 14 piano solos under 18 years a scotch poem macdowell 1 betty speight ge t 83 2 helen blackburn georgetown 80 3 ellen fisher burlington 78 olive jackshaw burlington 76 ruth virtue burlington 76 class 18 violin solo under 21 years serenade tosel 1 w armstrong georgetown 78 2 allai hall burlington 76 3 james ruddell georgetown 70 class 41 high school girls choir 3- part unaccompanied lord thou art mindful bach- by 10j3k burlington 2 georgetown hb 82 shield do nated by dr p r watson georgetown 3 milton ha 80 class 10 sight reading rural 10 yean and over 1 margaret robertson 6 8 no 8 nassagaweya 80 2 annie blacklock 6 8 no 2 nassagaweya 70 3 lois rogers b s no 16 trafal gar 68 kktene lee 8 s no 7 nelson 67 harry whituker fisher corner 65 classl rural choir under 15 pa- pos going to the fair continued on page 8 the situation should even itself out an interesting feature of the i ing was the presence of two comers to aeorgetownmr and mr jones they are interested in establishing a mushroom farm ta the vicinity of the smith ston property and in all likelihood they win be definitely established here wttu- next weefc an several thousand dollars is pimift and the industry will employ some 10 or 12 men mr mcklbbon requested water ser vice for his farm and this request was granted the council also agreed td make application to the cnjr for installation of a private crossing over the track on the glen road negoti ations are being completed for tb cnjt to run a railway dlrg onto the property moved by t r cave seconded or jas oostlgan that we instal a water service for mr mcklbbon for his farm and make application to the oaha- dan- natonal railway for lim of a private crossing over the track on glen road carried moved by jas oostlgan seconded by t r cave that the canadian legion post 120 be allowed the use of tb park for july 1st carried mr oscar kenny asked for a license to sell pasteurised hi georgetown moved by s j mackenzie seconded by t r cave that mr oscar kenny be granted a license to erect a rftfc pasteurizing plant in georgetown sub ject to jhe regulations of our mok by law carried mr bruyns of toronto addressed council in regard to road oil it was decided to use some of his ou on our streets motons on the tax rate by-law- were as follows moved by n h brown seconded by k mcdonald that bylaw no to fix the tax rate of the town of george town for 1940 be now read a first time carried moved by jas oostlgan seconded by a e cripps that bylaw no to fix the tax rate for the town of georgetown for the year 1940 be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto and that the rate be 46 mills on the dol lar after a deduction of l trni on ac count of government subsidy car ried final discussion at the meeting con cerned the paving of the connecting links which was begun by county council last year moved by k mcdonald seconded by t r cave that this council ex press its appreciation to the county council for the paving of a portion of the connecting links last year mfl earnestly request that they wm con tinue the good work and pave the bal ance of the connecting links this year carried moved by the mayor that this coun cil do now adjourn members present mayor o reeve cleave councillors cripps oos tlgan brown cave mcdonald mac kenzie t warnes came first at peel musical festival on wednesday night mr t warnes of georgetown placed first in the lyrio tenor class his song selection- was schuberts serenade and he was aw arded 80 points by the adjudicator who was warm in his praise of mrt warnes voice friday night the georgetown chor al society under the direction of mr t s faram won the cup in their tit with a rating of 86 the grace male choir ni won the cup for winning the highest polnbj off any entry in the festival burlin hjb84c don although iminfi lr fj ifrs- k i i gofc tqr gjjjg under ai miss mary feller made a creditable showing and her teacher mr capps was wed- ptaased with her performance forjffir asorottown bun tow with lorne scots cedl tony btapleton of j ton and formerly of georgetown now a member of the lome boots regt of the oabj having joined t regiment two week ago ibny he is famfllarry known here was few years ago an outstanding nana a g honor for htmsolf a v mnber at one of bramptons 1 ion champkuablp few years ago