the georgetown herald seventythird year of publication wednesday evening july 3rd 1940 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa glimpses of parliament i by hughes cleaver halton s member x burlington ont july 1st 1940 as the house is not sitting today i am writing my weekly letter this even- ins at home just before leaving for ottawa this afternoon x attended a public school reunion at lome school to the north end of theycounty and as i motored back and forth the full length of this county through a beau- tiful countryside with everything look- ding so prosperous and normal i could not help but think of the countryside to holland belgium and france which has recently been devastated by mod ern warfare and also of the country side of great britain much of which may soon be laid waste wein can ada have enjoyed for so long the prl vileges and the freedoms which we have today that it is difficult to even think of what life would be without them last week in the house the de- tmte was finally concluded on the motion for an amendment to our con stitution giving the dominion parlia- jnent power to enact nationwide un employment insurance the propos ed canadian bill is ready and just as soon as the imperial parliament has passed the necessary amendment to the british north america act we will pass unemployment insurance legis lation the prime minister has as sured us that unless something un foreseen happens it will go through at this session of the house considerable progress was made this week with departmental estimates for the present fiscal year these are encountering considerable criticism as this year we have reduced our normal spending by over seventy millions of dollars in order to have revenue avail able for war purposes the economies to be effected are under attack be cause of the fact that no m of parliament whether he is liberal or conservative likes to have public spending curtailed in his riding be cause of complaints by the public halton has already contributed its full share to this crusade in the re cent closing of the customs office at oakville and the drastic curtailment in the expenditure of public money on the new post office buildings at bur lington and oakville as well as many other savings in salaries and the like with the result that this year this county wie not be asked to make any further contribution the two days of thetreek taken up in a discussion of the bud get mr j h harris mp the fin ancial critic for the conservative op position made no serious criticism of the budge in his able speech the following extracts from his speech show the trend of his remarks never before in the history of canada have we been asked to place at the disposal of the gov eminent a sum ranging from six to seven hundred millions of dol lars in the short space of twelve months we should be able to do it let us forget the past and face the future let us all strive now to do what we dan to further canada s war effort i think we should put our money into production instead of making capital expenditures and i hope the minister will take note of this suggestion scores of fac tories and other buildings are available let us not put up new expensive buildings let us get in to production with the space at present unoccupied ever since war was declared our people have been seeking pleasure to a greater extent that they should have they motor here and there all over the coun try of course it helps to keep things normal and to prevent peo ple from becoming panicky but at the same time it wastes a good deal of gasoline and money dur ing the past twenty years i am afraid our canadian people have not beep as provident as they might have been particularly the younger people in my own home i have four people driving cars so i think i know what i am talking about the minister of finance says he is going to spend 700 millions and then he timidly suggests that per haps there will be another 180 or 200 millions i say to him tell the people frankly that you are going to spend a billion dollars this income tax levy certainly tells us that we are at war but i think the minister could have gone even further the national defence tax is quite opportune and in the main satisfactory the excess profits tax receiv ed my support in the september session of parliament again i support it but anything that can be done to get excess profits back irto production and productive en terprlse should be done i ha- heard one serious criticism of the budget though it was not voic ed by the opposition and it is that we have not taxed the higher incomes as much as we should have taxed them this point illustrates once again what a difficult country canada is to govern unor our oresent constitution the income tax problem arises because of the fac hat provincial legislatures have unlimited power to collect in come taxes i have always been an advocate of the direct taxation of in comes and have always felt that those receiving large incomes should be heavily taxed in difficult times in have not gone far enough in taxing large incomes is not borne out by the facts in british columbia under the new act a man receiving an income of 500 thousand dollars pays 492230 00 of 1 in income tax in alberta the man with a similar income will pay 50293 income tax this means that he pays all of his income in taxes and owes the government 2935 00 be sides in saskatchewan he pays 338 3i2 18 ontario has a much lower system jf provincial income tax with the result that a man in ontario with m income of 500 000 just pays 381 103 00 oi his income in taxes in bringing tax up to the full amount of a mans income as we have done in three of the provinces it is ob vious that we cannot go much fur ther until our constitution is revised and we have a given standard for the provinces in this field of taxation council meeting last night a short meeting of georgetown council took place last night with councillors crlpps and costigan ab sent all other members present mr lucas was present and asked that a drain be installed to take away surplus water from his property ad joining the smith stone factory the drain would run between the two r properties and would have to be dug on private property the matter was left with the read committee for its consideration true blue lodge was granted per mission to hold a tag day on july 6th belief accounts totalling 5931 were passed for payment the following accounts were passed w spence ww sts 10 05 w spence w w sts 12 46 w spence sts park 720 w spence w w sts park 11 70 grant to lome jscots 25 00 canadian brass co w w 297 46 schul7 sts 6750 halton county grader sts 46 50 w c anthony acct 17 63 w j cain town truck 20 43 speight s oarage town truck 5 17 dr c v williams expenses to moji convention 10 00 bell telephone co 952 t c whitmee sts 11 38 jas douglas w w rebate 1 40 hydro electric 672 72 j m- brttyns sts 18022 p 3 harrison postage etc 1166 canadian national railway re crossing 17 44 v kersey liability ins 11633 w g marshall postage etc 1750 5tonest3 tzso j p black parks 17 06 sinclair fire truck and town truck 334 c e smith fence at onh 16 73 chief marshall requested council to vc consideration to two matters af- hlmself a new uniform and a raise in salary he pointed out that be had never been given back a salary reduction affected a few years ago and with the rising cost of living he felt he should be receiving a larger salary xi was decided to defer a decision n this matter until the next meeting it was moved and carried that a new uniform be purchased for chief marshall council decided to advertise for sale all unsold properties acquired by the town at tax sales recruiting meets enthusiastic response in response to the recruiting posters which appeared throughout halton county last week end it is reported that over 200 young men signified their willingness to see active service with canada 3 army fifty two were chos en for the medical exam on monday in brampton and as we go to press the complete results of this examina tion are not known next week we shall publish a list of those candidates who are accepted for active service training while the lome scots are in charge of this recruiting this does not mean that our local regiment is itself mobilized for active service those enlisting for active service will be used as replacements in other regl ments which are mobilized kt will enable local men who join thd army to be with at least a tew other friends from the home town for llstance possibly a regiment in stratford will need te i recruits the lome scots can then place ten or the local boys in this group major j r barber and sergeant- major murray are now yn full time service with company c of the lome scots with headquarters at training course which comprises over thirty young men including many lo cal businessmen has been under way for the past two weeks it consists of three nights a week one hours drill and two lecture periods each night on such subject as discipline map reading duties of an nco last thursday night a route march through the town led by a pipeband included this latter class as well as the company c men from george town acton and milton subscribe how for your weekly paper only 150 a year in canada seller late than never ann1u meeting halton wo mens institute at milton a report on the annual meeting 0f jhe halton women s institute which cook place in milton a few weeks ago was inadvertently missed and with our apologies we print it this week the meeting was held in knox presi byterian church milton and 18 of the 21 institutes in the county were represented at this 39th annual gather ing mr riddle pastor of the church opened the meeting with prayer and on behairbf the church session wel comed ah mrs arthur cowan of palermo district president presided and calld upon mrs hadley of mt union who on behalf of her insti tute warmly welcomed all to mil ton thls was replied to by the president of the scotch block insti tute in the absence of the secre tary on account of illness mrs p w merry a former secretary acted and the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved the finan cial standings of local institutes in the district were in excellent condi tion in spite of the added work secretaries from the eighteen in stitutes piesent read most encourag lng reports or the work being ac complished fully carrying out their motto for home and country to the programme outlined by the de- partmen of agriculture under whose jurisdiction this organization comes scotch block organized seven years ago heads the list of members with 53 mountain union second with 43 and burlington with 40 is third the increases in membership certainly signifies the great interest being tak en by the rural women of canada miss ceclla synott rockwood rep resenting he ninth division of which halton is a part brought greetings from the federated board and told ol the pleasure of being at the meet ing as her mother s childhood home was in this section of the county the work carried on by the federated board was most thoroughly explain ed to all and more fully did the speaker impress upon the women the great part they were and can still play in winning the war there are a great mnnj ways in which the wo men couli be of assistance the red cross work was being carried on by the women s institute and in particu lar halton county was outstanding as it was giving wonderful war work reports the institute could co oper ate wltn the newly formed chamber familiar with its work and aims and encouraging the men folk to be more alive to its benefits by the promo tlon of a food campaign and the con serving of foods cooperate with the institutes of great britain and to aid the red cross at all times we all know the time is near when we will be called upon to look after refugees not only children but elders the speaker pointed out and i know the institute members will again be to the fore she said the central war charities fund recently formed by the federated board and to which organization each branch is asked to contribute has received the support of many branches 5 00 had been used to purchase furniture for a rec reatlon room for the soldiers at camp borden and from time to time monies will be spent wherever it is needed the speaker also expressed the hope that tall institutes would co operate with the department in the use of the cooperative programme for 194041 especially in home economics as it would be most beneficial in these times the health programme was also a great assistance as by this the country being healthier can bet ter make for good and patriotic citi zens and more fully act and live the motto for home and country mrs g atkins of palermo extend ed a hearty vote of thanks to the speaker mrs arthur cowan representing her annual presidential address thanked all for the help and co oper ation during the past year of the cordial welcome given her when visi ting the local institutes she having made 16 visits to senior branches and 14 o junior branches she had at tended the convention at guelph the couny fair and the day of achieve ment and felt halton sho be proud of its young people she ended her talk by reading a prayer most suit able to these trying times the education committees report as given by mrs j e whitclock milton stated this was a time when e should stress education along all lines and thanked the institute for the donation of books to the schools he urged the study of the needs of the county roll calls had been an swered by m favorite tree plant ing of trees and a fruit drink the officers rally was very educational and the hope was expressed that many more would be held in the county mrs e o reld norval reported on the important work of the home economics committee and stated that at this time if at no other ail should practice home economics es- uectauyalongthfi lines ofrood con- serration not only by preserving of food but the way they were cooked to preserve the real food values the housing and clothing projects as out lined by the cooperative program was very helpful she concluded by stressing the need of more demon strattons they being the best method of placing this work before the pub lic the health and child welfare re port was given by mrs r euenton or milton who stated this was most important for our children if they are healthy they can be better citi zens and work for good health is health should be every canadians motto of all those who do welfare stall change at bank ol montreal c j hart transfers to sarnia c dobie new accountant c j hart popular accountant at the canadian bank of commerce for the past five and a half years has been moved to the sarnie branch of the bank mr and mrs hart with david and pete left georgetown thursday morning for their new hometown where they will take up residence af ter a two week vacation coming to georgetown in 1935 from caledonia mr and mrs hart have earned a warm place to the hearts of this community although not an official member of any clubs or societies mr hart has lent his sup port when the occasion demanded and his interest will be missed mrs hart has been actively associa ted with iode and red cross be ing the leader of the hospital work group in this latter organization previous to his coming in 1935 mr hart had been in georgetown a few years before as teller in the bank his appointment as accountant in saraia is a step up the ladder as this is one of the larger branches of the bank being the only branch in the city of sam la on monday evening fifteen inti mate friends gathered for a dinner in his honour at cedar crest mr wilfred ford was chairman and mr w b grant made the presentation of a handsome black gladstone bag mr g w mcllntock and rc w c o thompson were among those who spoke expressing their regret at m hart s removal while being pleased with his piomotlon in his turn mr hart said he was sorry to leave the district where he had formed such staunch and true friendships again on wednesday night the staff of the bank arranged a dinner and theatre party in toronto mr mcllntock on behalf of the others made the presentation of a desk set and an original illuminated address in poetic form replacing mr hart in his duties as accountant at the georgetown branch of the bank of commerce will be mr c doble who comes here from waterloo mr doble a native of wlngham is well trained for his job and has seen eighteen years service with the bank he is married and has a five year old son david mr and mrs doble are members of the church of england they will live in ihe hoise forme occupied by the georgetown has a winner in the globe and mails convoy contest mrs laura scott was one of the firstprize winners in the recent con voy contest conducted by the to ronto globe and mall top score for the twentj four games was 26976 and two hundred and fifteen entrants se cured thlf score letters were sent nsklng for a majority vote on whether to have a tiebreaker contest or to splt the flrit 215 prizes and the lat tir won cut thus 3520 was split among these contestants each one re celving 10 37 aonthr first prizewinner was charlotte campbell of milton news parade local news and views i templto editor of the fergus news- record who by the way is also a mem ber of the grand river conservation commission while we do not fed the war was brought closer home last week with the reported death of signalman john c swindlehurst df dbcon ave toronto and cousin of mrs w h cole and mr fred sin clair of georgetown john swindle hurst was killed when the canadian destroyed fraser was sunk off the coast of france swindlehurst who would have been 24 on july 12 was with the toronto sea cadets as a boy specializing in signalling and gunnery he left the cadets with the rank of warrant offi cer to join the toronto division of the royal canadian naval volunteer reserve and was one of the first to be detailed for active service at the outbreak of war for a few weeks he was stationed at halifax later going to the west in dies with his ship from the west indies hmcs fraser was detailed to serve with the royal navy in the war zone signalman swindlehurst is surviv ed by his parents who are well known to the bauinafad district and a sister betty just a few days be fore receiving word of her sons death mrs swindlehurst received a letter from him stating that he expected to go ashore and would write more later an organization that has been a credit to the town and yet not re ceiving much publicity is the local juvenile baseball team this group of boys have been playing in a league win acton and milton and from all reports have been giving a good ac count of themselves with no senior hardball in town this year it gives baseball fans a chance to see the boys in action they ask your support at their games and a complete schedule will be found in another column of this lssu should we be a little tardy in ret ting yojr herald in your post office bor for the next few weeks please temember that it is vacation ttow most weekly newspapers drop an lssuv or two ir order that the staff might have a holiday but we are trying to get the news across and have the holi- da too so we are taking our holi days in relay so to speak and this may caust our deadline for going to press to be somewhat later than usual a busman s holiday on jul 1st the writer of this col umn decided to drive over and see for himself trie much talked of shand dam at fergus this gigantic conser v a lion scheme has gained much atten tion by the press of the province and socially from the pen of hugh capable of describing the progress be ing made on the dam we might say that the scheme takes in a large par tlon of the country lying north at fergus and the dam itself numer ous tractors graders and steam- shovels are busily engaged leveutoff down the riverbed and work oh th0 huge dam is progressing favourably when completed it is estimated that it will hold 40 feet of water hun dreds of visitors have made the up to see the dam and have marvelled at the huge undertaking going from fergus over to elora w dropped in on the elora express who due to conditions beyond their con trol were observing canadas 73rd anniversary by making repalrsto a con trary linotype machine no sooner had we introduced ourselves to editor murdie mcdonald protem than b enquired as to our knowledge of mer- genthalers invention for setting type so our holiday was finally turned into a busman s holiday but we were pleased to be of some assistance to mr mcdonald who is editing thtg oright weekly for anne anderson perry while she is to minneapolis visit ing a sister who is 111 copy of last weeks herald wanted if any reader has a copy of the herald of last week june 26th they would confer a favor by leaving it at this office in order that we may keep our files intact thank you so much has already been said pro and con regarding judith robinson and her column recently dispensed with by the globe and mall that we need not comment further the times- review of fort erie has always been a champion of miss robinson and only recently suggested that she might be given a job writing for week ly newspapers while this did not seem to suit a good many editors the fort erie paper had the courage of its convictions and beginning thla lome scols best military band al waterloo festival work mrs w leslie nelson reported several institutes attended chamber of agriculture meetings and roll rail answered by the names of can ndian industries where located and the product manufactured during luncheon hour miss betty wallace gave an illustrated talk on girls work in county and stated halton on top in this work the afternoon session opened with the singing of the women s institute carol ri ports of the standing com mittees left over from the morning were given mrs a w milligan burlington reported for the legislative and res ijolutlon committee she reported that only four institutes had reported but many more had speakers and papers hughes cleaver mp had spoken on various topics throughout the county and he ft- it some of the laws for child- protection should be enforced he al so suggested more women judges be placed in our juvenile courts mrs milligan spoke regarding the refugee children to be brought to canada and presented two resolutions to be sent to the area convention in september community activities as report ed by mrs wm bracfcrn duwln tressed ihe point of giving the child rcn the right outlook she urged the securing ol good leaders for every project and to be loyal and co oper ate thoroughly with them gettogeth er groups in the community were sug gested and entertaining especially in ihese wttlral mwiwt the fo of a literary society with interesting topics and speakers was another suggestion mrs wm bullard nassagaweya gave a splendid report on the all im portant topic peace education stressing the fact that cooperation is better than competition and all should talk nd teach peace to all children and particularly discourage the playing with firearms historical research as presented by miss e appelbe asked all to collect all interesting facts regarding history of homes and farms stating in every locality there is plenty of historical matter school children continued on page 3 at the eighth annual band festival of the waterloo musical society held in water oo last saturday the lome scots band was judged the best band in the military bands open class se curing pi points l a point more than the chatham kiltie band which came second bui long won the fiat horn solo group under25 with a score of 65 and received third place in the open class in the same event scoring 73 in the cornet duet open class charles landsborough and joseph wilcox came first with 85j points scoring 87 joseph wilcox was beaten in the cornet so o open by kenneth pells of toronto william hitchcox of oakville was another double winner with second prize in ihe flat tenor saxophone un der 20 and third prize in the same event under 25 mr and mrs w h anthony fifty years wed july 1st mr and mrs w h anthony re ceived at their home near acton on the occasion of their golden wedding annlversarj the family of four sons and five daughters were present frank of harrlston william joseph fred ind mrs wlnnlfred rosael of acton mrs freo brooks llmehouse mrs jack fox miss florence anthony and mrs k r mcdonald of georgetown their line grandchildren were also guests rhe family presented their mot her nd father with two easy chairs a buffet lunch was served from a table decorated to gold mrs frank anthony poured tea the wedding cake also decorated in gold was cut by the bride of fifty years and serv ed to guests seated at small tables on the verandah and lawn during the afternoon neighbors and relatives numbering about eightyfive called the oldest guest present was mr john burnslde of crewsons cor ners who is 86 years of age the youngest master ross shortlll son of mr and mrs fred shortlll who la one year old oucsl were present from bab- linafad orr lake toronto guelph erm ornngevtlle and hamilton the hard part x the quebec chronicletelegraph says the hard part for many a young man is to find a girl attractive enough to please mm and yet dumb enough to like him besides being a bandmaster of merit j williams of the lome scots band is also a flying instructor on the holi day while the legion celebration was being staged at the park williams saluted georgetown by some aerial manoeuvies so the next time you see a plane doing some stunt flying over georgetown it will in all probability be our genial bandmaster and bis way of greeting please inform u 1 about enlisted men this week we again print the form which we want relatives or friends to rill out on behalf of georgetown district men who are enlisted with the canadian active service force next week we would like to publish a com plete list of men on service overseas and those stationed to canada with their rank and unit to date we have only received five or six replies to our request please fill out this information on the form and turn it in immediately at the herald office health report the following is the report of com municable diseases by the moh to georgetown board of health for june 1940 scarlet fever 0 chlckanpox s measles 0 german measles 0 mumps 0 infantile paralysis 0 typhoid fever 0 whooping cough 0 cerebrosptoal meningitis 0 epidemic ooiortel obc vd of georgetown has been appointed to py a new batta lion being formed by the royal regi ment of canada in contrast with the first royal regiment which was mobilized for active service at the beginning or the war this will be on a nonpermanent active miliq basis it will be recruited up to full war time strength and will have a per manent staff of officers and instruc tors the regiment will be occupying quarters in fort york armouries this week when general recruiting is slat ed to start training will include evening arllls and a period in summer camp