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seventythird year of publication wednesday evening june 19th 1940 1 50 per annum lrf advance 200 to usa conscri ol canadas manpow is announced halton jersey breeders stage successful field day the annual field day and picnic staged by the halton jersey cattle club was held on the farm of r j oraham and son near georgetown on saturday last and attracted in the neighbourhood of 250 jeresy enthusi asts included in this number were quite a number of guests from peel and york counties following the picnic lunch which was held on the lawn of the beauti ful graham home a short programme was run off under the direction of president r j graham the guest speaker wufred davison of blenheim was introduced by edwin harrop a director of the club mr davison who has had a wide experience in many parts of the world gave an address filled with practical philo sophy anc humour which was most favourab y received by the large audi ence greetings were also brought to the group by president john pawley of the peel club past president evans of the york club and agricultural representative c d graham of peel a vote of appreciation to the speak er the graham family and prof m w staples of the ontario agricul tural college was extended on behalf of the club by vicepresident cha5 mckeown of acton nearly 200 men women and oung people competed in the judging com petitions which were run on under the direction of prof staples the winners in these were as follows ladieo miss mary mcclure george town men cecil judge mono road junior farmers eccles mcclure georgetown following an excellent programme of sports which was run off under the direction of messrs chas and art mckeown of acton the draw for the outstanding jersey calf donated by r j graham and son took place the winner proving to be h a clar- ridge of norval choose presbyterians mark anniversary anniversary services at limehouse presbyterian church last sunday were marked by the appearance of rev a gowlai d of oakvllle as guest speak er miss helen mcgowan of barrle and the rockwood male choir were featured with the choir at the morn ing service miss betty speight of georgetown who was to be soloist for the evening service was taken ill and was replaced by mrs fred shor- mi a garden party on the lawn at the home of mr a c patterson drew a large crowd to sllvercreek on mon day rev ross k cameron a georgetown boy who b pastor of 0 dovercourt road presbyterian church toronto was introduced by his friend and college ohum rev d d david son mr cameromjfexpressed how glad j he was to come back to his home territory and gave an earnest address on present world conditions the lighter side of the evenings program was given over to tom hamilton and his royal scots big genial tom who is heard frequently over toronto radio stations is an excellent showman and provided much amusement with his humorous songs and patter marjorle waters made several appearances singing scotch and irish songs and was joined by the audience in singing there 11 al ways be an england may monie displaced hundreds of medals which ahetias won for her scottish dancing while dorothy merrail proved to be a real artist on the piano acoerdlan harold rich who accompanied the other artists at the piano delighted the gathering with two appearances of his own presentation to popular bride mrs thos j brownridge the for mer laura e miller has been the honored guest at a number of ga therings since her recent marriage last frday over one hundred friends and neighbours gathered to gether a the home of mrs george henderson to present her with two upholsterea chairs and an end table mr archie vance ably acted as chair man for a short but interesting pro gram mrs f smith read the fol lowing address dear laura and tom we your friends and neighbours eel that we cannot let this happy occasion pass without showing the high esteem in which you have al ways been held in this community you laura have been our friend truly and sincerely and as such we will always remember you we could go on ar much greater length ex pressing our affection tor you and our appreclat or of your many excellent qualities of mind and heart but we know that ahe unassuming modesty which has always been one of your personal characteristics would make this hard to endure without further ado we ask you to accept thtr gift hoping that you will reallz it is the bearer of our affec tionate regard for you of our gratitude for the many acts of kindness shown to us and of our appreciation of you worth we in all sincerity wish you both all joy and happiness in the years to come signed on behalf of mrs a c pat terson marie barbour mrs w hard ing mrs geo henderson mrs j snow following the presentation and sumptuous repast music for a dance was supplied by hulls orchestra again at the home of the brides moth mrs jas miller a beautiful chenille bedspread was presented by the sllvercreek euchre club col ballantlne in a few wellchosen words expressed the desire that laura would be a frequent visitor at future meetings at the appropriate time during the reading of the following mn vance made the presentation may it be a joy to find a every turning of the road the strong arm of a comrade fine to help you onward with your load and while we have no gold to give and loe alone must make amends we ask jou to accept this gift reminding you of your euchre friends mr ana mrs brownridge made a very fiuirg reply a dainty lunch was then served lions elect officers meeting for dinner in the mcglb- bon hotel monday evening the georgetown lions club elected their officers for the coming year col james ballantlne was unanf- mously chosen president with r lleata ana j watson as first and sec ond vice presidents other officers are secretarytreas urer a c welk asstftant secretary- treasure rev w g o thompson lion tamer h j heldmann tail twister a h feller directors d brill w long mlnite men meet again a large crowd last night expressed the cnuiusiasuc response which the minute men have evoked among che citizens of georgetown the meet ing lasted for about an hour and was mostly concerned with preparatory or ganization work including the draw ing up of lists of members the following men have been chosen by col ballantlne as group leaders dr c v williams and dr r lear- mo ith georgetown captain fred mrmson ashgrove captain edgar beeney limehouse alvin mcdonald and john thomson scotch block n robinson norval k c lindsay 7th line frunk smith sllvercreek alex iindur mckay balllnifad fred weave glen williams john camp bell union sam tennant stcwart- town jl vt meeting local council held at cedarvale the ji re meeting of the local council was held on the beautiful lawn at cedarvale school miss oliver our hostess had arranged the chairs under a geat elm tree our president mrs j b mackenzie opened the meeting with silent prayer for our empire our country and the french people after corsiderable business was tak en care of mlss hettle lawson read a report of the forty severith annual convention of the national council of women held at the royal york in toronto last week which represenui over 500 000 women thro cifn ida m s geo o spencer was again chosen the president for the coming vear a tern challenge to the women of canada to carry on courageously in the face of the present crisis firmly believing in the justice of our cause for the sake of civilization and hu manlty ard to dedicate themselves to the great and noble task to which our empire has set its hands it wxs unanimously agreed to pur chise 16 00 worth of war certificates ind have them cancelled mrs wright mrs neilsen and mrs paul served lunch a hearty vote of thanks was ex tended to miss oliver for her kind hospitality after which the ladles en joyed going tluough the school the local council w iii not meet uirain un 11 fall inspector praises progressiveness of public school suggests manual training agriculture and home economics be added to curriculum june 10th 1940 mr p b harrison sec treas board of pubuc school trustees gcoigetown ont dear sir and members of the board in his report last spring i believe that mr skuce mentioned the revised policy of making but one report per year i rbve pleasure in following up that policy and hereby making my re port for this school year the function of the modern school is to provide a suitable environment in order that pupils may from vear to yea make a natural growth in the de velopment of desirable types of person allty in the understanding of the worthwhile features of human heritage and relationship and in skills useful in daily life this environment is pro vlded by the co operation of the board the principals and thc teachers it consists of such physical featues as healthful school condition able books and educational equipment and supplies and the personal inspiration nd leadership of the teachers when our schools have adequately met these conditions and our pupils live normal happy lives suitable to their present ages and grades they will year by year grow into that type of citizen which we wish to see in the next generation provided with an adequate body of in formation grounded in skills useful in art writing and manual work and with a oeep sense of appreciation of beiuty ana harmony in music nature literature and art it is from these broader points of view that i have tried to undestand and where pos sible to assist in the tasks of your teachers i have not followed the policy of makng one official visit to your school bu rather one of dropp in for var ious lengths of time at various periods during tht year in an effort to get ah men up to 45 will receive training or home defence high school board meeting the regular monthly meeting of the georgetown high school board was held on monday evening june 10th members present were the chairman mr r b foulls dr f r watson mr o b dayfoot dr a mcallister and rev woo thompson minutes of last regular meeting were read and confirmed accounts to amount of 108 00 were passed to be paid moved and duly seconded and pass ed that the tender of h w kentner son for fortyfive tons of screened pea coal be accepted and that the tender of k c mcmillan for five cord of body maple wood be accepted the offer of the c n exhibition that the school send two pupils and a member cf the board to do honor to the hlgn school students of this pro vince at an achievement luncheon to be held on saturday september 7th on the prvate balcony of the women s building was accepted the qi cstion of relighting the school was discussed at length but decision was left over for another meeting a motion was adopted that at this critical period in our history all uachers o the staff re affirm their loyally to his majesty george vi by taking the oath of allegiance meet tig adjourned confirmation at st georges right reverend l w b broughall lord bishop of niagara administered the apostolic rite of convnnation to a class of fifteen adults in st george s church on thursday even ing last the class was presented by the rector who read the exhortation giving the reasons for confirmation flie three scripture lessons from acts acts 1 and hebrews 5 givi proofs of the validity of the sacra ment were read by the bishop the undiblvncltag ot nuulcmri i jss glimpses of parliament by huahes cleaver halton s member cook family reunion held last saturday ong those attending the cook y ettnion at mllo park erlndale t saturaay were the humbcrstone family of georgetown miss margaret humberstone was chosen as secretary of the reunion for the coming year mrs bert pridham or detroit came the greatest distance to the picnic and mrs e pridham toronto and kenrul toronto were the oldest sobers of the family in attendance the rural members of the clan de feated their city cousins in a softball game and in a tugof war elected for the ensuing year fonorary presidents david toronto thomas r fltreetsville william kennedy to xtmto president dr oliver rogers toronto vice presidents peter step- stxeetsville secretary miss humberstone georgetown treasurer william prlddle hamilton owners prosecuted number or citizens appeared in court this morning before ma te woodufle for falling to pro dog licenses they were order to get these licenses and pay costs the cout there are stfh- many others who we not secured their tags and acon will be taken oon- thesc prime minister mackenzie king an nounced at the opening of the house i on tuesday that legislation would be i immediately introduced to provide for the training of every ablebodled man in canada under the age of forty flvr for the cons ription of manpower roi the defence of canada and for the const notion of wealth for our war effort recruiting for overseas s r vice will continue on a voluntary basis i hi also announced oil formation of a i p new depirtment of national war ser vice to direct vo untary effort flnan cial and otherwise ottawa june 17th 1940 as a large part or the lime of the house was taken up this week in dls cussing uie defence regulations with spect to subversiv e activities ind sabotage i am giving this week ex racts from speeches by our leaders on this ubject the debae came about through ft resolution by the prime minister to reter canada s defence regulations to a special committee of the house to study ihe regulations and to make recommendations during the debate it was disclosed we have in canada 728 008 persons of german origin and 140 000 of italian origin in regard to this p oblem opinions differ widely there are some who think that every enemy by birth should be interned for i the dura ion of the war there are others w ho believe that many of these people came to canada to es cape the consequences of their b er aliens or not who have been guilty of subversive acts or ut tcrances will be prosecuted d all ilicn enemies who ire not mt mbers of illegal societies and w i haw not been guilty of any subvtrslvt als will be carefully cheeked bit their lit rty will not bt lmrfered with the following art verbitlm extracts urn spwchi on the subject by the minis er the leadei conservat w opjxxsition and the min l ur of justice rt hon w l mnckenzie king the iwiiu to which i wish to draw attention ls unit up to the day of the mee ing ol parliament the criticism which had been directed agiinst the ovenimert respecting the regula tions was that they were too severe that they went too far and that uicy ntended to deprive citizens of liber ties in directions beyond which tt was tl ought the government should de i rive them it was tor that reason knowing the situation as the govern ment knew 11 that we felt it would be advisable to have these regula tion referred to a committee of the house so that the members of the committee after careful examinations of the regulations pud after learning of conditions as they would learn of them in committee might see for themselves whether or not the regu latlons went too far the house had ceen in session only a short time when criticism began to be directed at us from wl entirely- opposite- dlreo i andtotive in a land tjttreedom sh j tion not only from outside the house agree that every dangerous alien emy should be interned but as to the great majority of enemy aliens who are apparently loyal to the british ci there is a great difference of opinions as to how these should be treated the policy of the government as ouulned by the minister of justice is follow s at all alien enemies who are members of societies which have bee i declared to be subversive societies will be interned tb ah alien enemies who have ex pressed opinions contrary to the cause of the allies will be interned co ail residents of canada wheth but also from some honorable mem bers in the house the government was beinj criticized on the score that the regulations did not go far enough it was uryed that they should be made more severe and to apply more wide ly that more action should be taken under them may i point out that the criticism of the government taking place in canada from these two points of view ls paralleled almost identically by what tpok place m the united kingdom itself in the united kingdom when the war broke out it was necessary to provide regulations for the defence of the realm just as it has been iere for ttie defence of can ada the criticism that was made of continued on page 8 work without adding unnecessary strain wrlch is more likely to occur with a more lengthy ofriclal visit it is the main spirit of life and progress in each classroom that really counts rather than the individual formal les son period or isolated facts of subjects throughout the year t have been interested in noting the very fine type of school spirit that exists in your school a nd the excellent selfdiscip line which puplls show without any evidence of undue repression mr wrigglsw orth now completing hts second vtar as principal has shown himself to be a competent teacher and in eff icier t though klndh nd minis tralor he ls very anxious to main u i ihe academic standa cls of the chool and is succeeding splendidly m doing o the parents night gave vi r nee thai he and his staff are in trod icing many or the newer trends sod ted with the present programme of buidle i feel that we should all tne cv rv encouragement in this dlr ec jn not ft rlng in any way a de en ny of academic efficiency the mm six nt m murals group projects pupil tudy groups and larger enter jn lot on make the academic ta mon impressive to the pupils but u o creates a dn per desire for hem in n adjng and develops that sjuilt of co operation and initiative tl nt is o valuible in later life in th c nmcikii i may say that as the i ir ha pa sed i hve been very fa t umblv impressed by uie reduction in the amount of hectograph work with junior pupils and with uie sub titutlon ol a much larger amount of cnntlv expression which places uie i uplls nil their own resources and de ul is a much better self confidence tin tin in general make a strong contribution to the effectiveness of mr wrigglesworth s leadership and of the work of the school in general the training which your beginners ob mn under the very competent guid continued on page 4 come holy ghost sung kneeling the bishop s prayer for the seven fold gift of the spirit was offered and the rite of the laying on of hands then administered hls lordship preached to those con firmed ano the congregation speaking of the four anchors cast out of the ship in which st paul the prisoner was being taken to rome we may use foir anchors for our own spiritual security on our journey over the sea of life and those anchors might well be hope duty prayer and uie cross of christ use these con uj uur ri stintly the blshop said and we shall coslngmessage was given by the pres- be safe bjterial president mrs earl wilson mr joph beaumont was the who closed her talk with the final bishops chaplain curving the epls wuids of the christmas message of pal si iff in procession and present ting george the visitors were en tertained at noon by the bronte ladles on the heels of the french coll over the weekend conies news front ottawa that prime minister kim has announced conscription of ab ablebodied men up to 45 years age for home defense acting minister of national defen hon c g power outlining the gen eral features of the measure said that those eligible will be called up tak classes and drafted to the strength of the various nonpermanent aotlwa miutla units not already mobilized lor active service lemjth of the training period ha not yet been established but the hint is that it will be a threemonth period going farther than conscription of manpower the bill says in part the governorlncouncn may do and anihoriw such aet an thing and make from time to time soch orders and regulations reqttirinff persons to place them selves their services and their property at the disposal of his majesty in the right of canada as may be deemed necessary or expedient for securing public safe ty the defense of canada the maintenance of public order er the efficient prosecution of the wat or maintaining supplies es sential to the life of the oomtnuni- ty- l fc sectional rally wms the eastern sectional rally of the wms of halton presbyterial of tho united church was held on tuesday june uji in bronte united church mrs r picks recently appointed third vice president of the presbyterial pre sided mrs a g boswell of bronte ex tended a welcome to the visitors andt mrs h inglehart of palermo re plied reports were received from uie auxiliaries and junior organiza tions lterature news was taken by mrs w a s impressions of the hamilton con ference branch meeting were given by mrs a o w foreman a tem perance message from mrs h cald- wellwas read by mrs toglehart the guest speaker was mrs h t thompson secretary of christian stewardship and finance of the do minion board who stressed the work of her department and also conducted an interesting openforum worship services were conducted by members of ashgrove auxiliary and mrs j w chapman vocal number were rendered by mrs a el ptckard and the bronte ladies trio the re- jort of the courtesy committee was presented by mrs arthur hall a process ton and present mg it in his lordship for the bene diction the woman s auxiliary served re freshmenu in the basement after the service erd the newly confirmed members or the church together with uie bishop and the congregation en joed a social hour mrs broughall was present also and mrs baxter of hamilton diocesan recording secrc tarv of th woman s auxiliary first communion was administered to the clikss on sunday morning at the eight o clock service in the nick of time jack piwley manager of the home smith fa ms near inglewood was drlv ing home one night when he heard sounds as of a baby crying in the bush along ut road invesugaung jack was surpilsed to discover a doe in uie tct of killing a newbome fawn he drove off ihe deer and rescued the little arimal arriving home he found its leg was broken so he called a veterinarv and had a splint put on the leg now uie deer is quite a pet fround the farm and is recovering rapidly from its wounds special council meeting called to discuss connecting link paving council met at 8 p m on monday nightto olscuss paving uie balance of the connecting link the county council recenuy agreed to pave this roa bu the question yndsrjilscus stbn was whether a better type of pivcmen should be used than that planned by the county a deputation of ratepayers from kihk sl was present at the meeting mr roy smith county engineer was also prsent to offer his advice as to types of pavement and esumated costs after lengthy discussion it was moved by harold cleave seconded by a e crlpps that this council agree to pay the additional cost of installing a stincol pavement 20 ft wide on the connecting links on king st and the 9th lin- from queen st to the town limits at the cut hill and that the mayor and clerk be authorized to ign an agreement with the county to thts effect this motion was defeated and an amendmer t moved by councillors brown ard mackenzie then was put to a vote in amendment that we agree to pay the add tuo rial coat of a sonctil pr ve merit xm ictng st and oil the 9th ljne from the present pave ment to the bridge and that the county construct its own type of road on the balance of uie connecting link and that uie mayor and clerk be authorized to sign an agreement with the county to this effect with cleave costlgan and crlpps dissenting the motion was carried by a majority vote a further motion sponsored by cleave and costlgan drew little en thusiasm from the other council members this moved that tf uie rate payers on king st present a petition sufficiently signed by june 24th ask ing for a wider pavement with curb and gutter on king st and the 9th line to the bridge this council will agree to the installation of same norval rifle club the third annual outdoor meet of uie norval rifle club took place on friday and saturday june i4th and i5ui the attendance was very fair and many good scores were recorded the results are as follows match no 1 50 yards 20 shots j 1st v thompson with 200 x 17 2nd m atkinson with 2jx x 16 3rd h nurse wl h 199 x t4 match no 2 26 shots at 100 yards 1st c c meredith 200 x 9 2nd m atkinson 198 jc 12 3rd h nurse with 198 x 12 match no 3 browne memorial 20 shots each at 50 and 100 yards 1st h nurse with 398 x 22 2nd m at kinson with 396 x 23 3rd m v thompson with 395 x 22 match no 4 restricted 20 shots at 50 yards 1st c caves with 199 x 13 2nd norma hall with 199 x 11 match no 5 20 shots at 100 yard two man team 1st thompson and peacock with 398 x 32 each 2nd at kinson and nurse with 398 x 23 each- match no 6 20 shots at 100 yards 1st c meredith 200 x 8 2nd h nure with 197 x 9 match no 7 sweepstakes two high cards at 100 yards 1st w a wilson with 39o x 21 2nd c o meredith with 394 x 18 match no 8 norval outdoor cham pionship 2c shots each at 50 and 100 yards 1st c c meredith with 390 x 25 2ndm atkinson with 399 x 32 match ho 9 ladles at 50 and 100 yards miss norma hall being the only compeutor the match went to her with a scoreofi9qx 10 out of 200 match no 10 grand aggregate of matches 1 2 8 1st m atkinson with a score of 797 out of 800 match no 11 sporting rifles 90 yards jo shots 10 prone 10 sitting 10 off hand 1st m h rutledge with 244 out of 300 match no 12 sporting rifles so shots at 100 yards 1st m h rut- ledge with 263 out of 300 match no 13 sportlnc rifles 20 shots at 100 yards 1st r w hau with 18s out of 200 the laoies of uie red cross society looked after the refreshment booth and collected a tidy sum subscribe newspaper to the hometown