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the georgetown herald wed neday evening july 3rd 1940 human interest by ray oley tw ccbur syndicate wnu service i jk n inspiration came to the 2 city editor he snapped his ftn era triumphantly and swept his lance ovec the busy editorial rooms his searching gaze lighted on joe ryan doling at a corner desk ryaril tve bellow heaved joe to his feet 4 chief listen lug the editor said when his reporter had perched him self upon a corner of his desk t m sick and tired of dishing out the same old sawdust of politics mur der breachof promise actions and press agent blurbs i want some- hing real for a change something jose to the soil a story that will touch the heart of every reader a simple little tale of defeat or tri umph that will get the same reac tion from a banker or a bum do you follow me joe scratched his head sure but where will i get it the editor buried his face in his hands and groaned where will i get it he asks me i a million living breathing peo ple within a radius of a few miles and he asks me where will i get it he drew a tremendous breath and bared his teeth but when he opened his eyes to deliver his withering blast joe was wisely among the missing five minutes later joe ryan sat within a roaring elevated tram the guy s got a screw loose s be muttered something close to the soil he tells me and there am t nough soil in this city to grow a geranium he bent a skeptical eye on the stream of people drifting below as alike as a basket of string beans all doing then usual jobs in the usual way living marrying having children celebrating anniversaries wh he broke off his sullen musings with a startled whistle his wan dering scrutiny had encountered a long ragged column of shuffling beaten men that straggled the length of a cheerless street a bread line in the depressing parade of hun gry outcasts must be vivid tales of men who had cast dice with the gods and lost there was a lead lor the opening sentence the dice of the gods are loaded no too hackneyed he was asking for bread this man who with mtnd busily stringing words together that would grip the read or s attention joe hurried off the train it was a different joe ryan who faced his editor shortly afterward just take a look at my peepers be commanded the editor lit a foul corncob and sneered to blazes with your peep- rs did you get the story i found a bread line great sez you i had visions of enough human interest stones to last a year and what did i get take a look at these eyes the editor repeated his opinion of joe a swelling blueblack eyes and the reporter burst forth again i joined the line myself as though j were as broke as the rest of tthern a perfect disguise you re telling me when i final sly got my mug of coffee and vul oanized sandwich i spotted a group of four fellows sitting together in a tactful way i seated myself near hhem and although they weren t very talkative i managed to get some- jthin out of them well one of the fellows was a short let frenchman who said he used to be a cook for a millionaire stock speculator the millionaire went broke and as the demand for fancy french cooking had vanished he hit the toboggan slide the second fel low was a lanky englishman who informed me thai he was formerly the butler for the same millionaire the third guy a husky irishman laimed that he had been the mil onaire s chauffeur they were kidding you don t i know if when i got around to the fourth geezer who was itind of short and slim and weary looking i says i suppose you re the millionaire these birds used to work for and with that the big irishman ups t d bangs me twice once in each eye serves you right vou ought to know thai a man loses his sense of humor when he stops eating regu larly 1 know il now bui what about the little bunch of violets for your igeon well let it go i ve got another idea it red hot l jsttn on a bencn in the center of small bleak park sat four men short s im weary looking one i speaking to the tall irishman- you should not have lost your temper rilev if a policeman had appeared we might all have been arrested if would have been most humiliating for me if i had been recognized by some reporter at the police station the irishman gestured vaguely with his hand tin sorry sir he answered war savings certificates pour out war savings certificate become a mechanical operation in the bank of canada offices in ottawa after the details of each operation have been punched on cards by the operators shown m the upper view centre view shows the machinery which sorts the cards by denomination produces the certificate and affixes seal and signatures lower view shows an inserting and mailing machine capable of inserting four different pteces of mail and left i i a vviliiams design i r and pro h c r f boxes dispatched to soldiers last week the members of the georgetown soldiers comforts committee wish to thank all those who so kindly sent in donations in money or kind for the boxes which were sent away last week seventeen boxes were dispatched each one containing 1 pair socks tin 1 cocoa tea bags sardines canned milk cigarettes tobacco cbrarette papers home made fruit cake 2 chocolate bars soap and wash cloth chewing gum lump sugar the following extracts from cards received by the secretary thanking the committee for their gift of clg arettes speak for themselves and en courage pveryone in this worth while task of letting the boys who are giving up so much for us realize that their fellow citizens are thinking about them many thanks for cigarettes a sur prise indeed but what a pleasant one also came at a time when most need ed thank you for your kind thought fulness received package today in good shape thanks ever so much we sure appreciate them received the cigarettes and sure was glad to get them thanks a mil lion for tl cm a soldier would ra ther hav- cigarettes than mone or a ij thing in this country i received the cigarettes you so k ndl aent me and i want to thank ou very much at cigarettes ore ra her hard to get we appreciate them rv muci indeed i wlsn to thank you and through jou the committee for the most wel me parcel or cigarettes there is nothing like a good canadian fag i ould 1 k o say an behalf of the georgetown and norval boys that we think it swell of you at home to be hinktng of us and sending along uch luxur es as canadian fags we shtud be grateful if anyone having the names regimental numbers ind addses of local boys overseas would send or telephone them to the sec etary of the georgetown soldiers c mforts committee glen williams ontario telephone georgetown 295 ituitul id no to6occo just regarding enlisted men in order to enable this paper to pr pare a complete and accurate list of the men from georgetown and district who have enlisted with the cjlf the publisher requests the rela ives of members of the oana dian fighting forces in england and those in training in canada to oil in the following form and return it to this office name in full rank unit place and date of enlistment diiuiplsue and age names and address of parents or next to kin other particulars print surname first reminiscences of georgetown we continue from our last issue thi reminiscences of georgetown by c v young a native son bound about journeys talking of early railway travelling my father used to go to new york occasionally and at first it was nee i essary to drive from georgetown to oakvllle take a steamboat there for rochester and then a series of short railways to albany each owned by a different individual or company and a transfer at the end of each the rails were straps of iron nailed to ma pie stringers and it was not unusual for one of these straps to come unfas tened and force its way through the floor of a coach these were called snake hcd and once in a while kil led or injured the passengers at albany passengers took the hud son river steamers which were then as now marvels of marine arcbitec turc the cars were small affairs af ter the model of the horsedrawn veh icles known as concord coaches m another round about journey was to london to the provincial exhibition we drove down the plank road to oak vulc took a steamboat to hamil ton and the great western to london the grand trunk was not open it jvas a long way round but we were great travellers when we got back my father used to exhibit at the provincial exhibitions hogs mostly and al ways a prlae taker until a big sow broke his leg when being loaded into a waggon for toronto and that was the last of it the breed he favored was locally known as mcklnleys they were probably berkshires and one mammoth weighed 1200 lbs big fat pork was more in fashion than now a davs the barbers early settlers of georgetown were the barber bros william james joseph and robert who operated a woollen mill at streetsvllle where liv ed robert barber and mr franklin a brother in law also a woollen mill at georgetown and a paper mill at the credit main stream now owned b provincial paper co they were the argest employers of labour in that part of tht country james barber learned the trade of paper making in flamborough and when he came to georgetown made paper b hand it is a long jump from that little old mill with hs crude ap pllances to the perfectly equipped factory that no v occupies the old site wallpaper and envelopes as an udjun t to the paper mill a wallpaper factory and an envelope factory tre established in george town in the early sixties the old wowlen mill b illdings being used for ti e purpose the equipment was all brought from the united states and wai quite crude at first but was con s derably added to and improved as umu wt it on the wallpaper factory was under tht management of a new england yankee a mr shaw from lot r a e lactnry wi managed by two brothers named fred and e c white from new york city they brought quite a lumber of workmen with them who formed a welcome addition to the population of the little village eben ezcr white had a fine baritone voice and soon made his influence felt in a musical way the georgetown academy abou this time perhaps earlier was built tin georgetown academy which a site was chopped out of the woods north of the grand trunk la t ion it was a large brick building and was on quite a pretenslous scale for those early days i do not recall the names of an of the staff but the academy was well equipped in that direction at first the attendance was encouraging and the boarding depart ment was full but the life of the in stltutlon was short it was closed within mj memory and was occupied as a residence by mr hope a brother in law of james barber one of the leading institutions of learning was the rockwood academy conducted bj mr wealherald which enjoyed a considerable vogue and was noted for its strict discipline and good teaching another good school was conducted b dr tasie at gait which was on the english model and from which were graduated many men who occu pled the most prominent positions in the province other georgetown schools a private school principally to pre pari pupils for the universities was conducted in georgetown by rev j g d mackenzle rector of the church of england mr mackenzle removed his school to hamilton and was after wards ti spector of high schools for ontario he died in stratford rev cnarles dade who had been the first mathematical master at upper canada college toronto lived on the road between georgetown and stew arttown and also conducted a private school lor preparing university pupils the writer of these notes had the prl vilegc of his instruction a cambridge wrangler he was a ripe scholar who taught boys a great many things that were not in the text books and in a is ted on their memorizing gems of the classics which even yet are a de light to recall the hours of school were from nine to two and on saturdays from nine to eleven on saturdays he used to write a dozen questions on the black board in arithmetic or euclld o algebra and the boy who was clever enough to do them correctly and speedily could skip s soon a completed his written answers and be rewarded with a york shilling 12 cents which was a good deal more money in those times than now mr dade had a rare faculty of clothing with flesh the dry bones of history and making human entitles of the names we readof in the clas slcs when we were reading caesars commentaries he had us contruct in miniature a bridge across the rhone from the specifications of the illus trious roman general and if we did not rebuild the wooden house from virgil s aeneld and fashion a derrick with which ulysses bored out the i single eye of the cyclops we used to talk about doing so and draw pic this i our war too there are no spectators in this war ura ttf all in it no freedom no happiness no contentment is possible for any one of us until this evil thing this worship of brute force is wiped forever from the face of the earth not every one is privileged to wear the kings uniform but we can all make some contribution to our common cause we can all buy war savings certificates this month next month every month as long as the war lasts its the least we can dol the opportunity to buy war savings certificates is the privilege of all canadian the privilege of helping to win the war war savings certificate are sold as lollowi for a 5 certificate you pay 4 for a f 10 cortiflcate you pay 9 8 j for a 25 cert f cat you pay 20 for a t 50 cortif cate you pay 40 for a 100 cert 1 cole you pay 80 apply at any bank post o lire or other authorised dealer war savings stamps oet 25c each and are sold every where 16 stamps ent tie you to one 5 certificate every dollar you invest in war savings certificates u an investment in security for you far your children buy them regularly every month il u your continuing responsibility serve by saving ay war savings certificates eirettf month tures of these famous incidents i mr dadt had a habit of writing little bits of poetry lor the edlfica tion of his pupils which were often more effective than punishment would ave been here are a couple of sped nens that i remember for a lazy boy he eats and plays and sleeps what then he eats and plays and sleeps again mind your cases remember boy in its proper place always to put your nominative case and when two words are nearly alike upon the right one be sure to strike but the school to which memory turns most frequently was the old maids as it was familiarly known a kind of kindergarten where most of tiie yourg people of both sexes recelv ed their first instruction the school was situated on main street nearly opposite the old congregational church barber s church as it was called and was kept by a maiden lady miss mcmaster her relatives were well known wholesale merchants toronto and would willingly have kept her but she had a sturdy in dependence which would accept n favors as i remember there were long desks at which as many as pos slblt found seats the others sitting where they could the discipline was better than could be expected and wlille the old lady passed for a tartar she had a really kind heart and with in her limits was a good teacher then there was the public school an old frame building with the class room in a basement half underground and above it a town hall and median les insltute library this building w as on ouelph street and has no doubt tanlshed long slnoe the teach er i remember best was a mr breck inridge a scotchman a rigid dls dplinatian and a musical enthusiast always giving a good deal of time to chorus singing about this time a junior department w as opened upstairs of which the teacher was a miss fanny wright a very pretty girl with whom all the boys fanded themselves in love she used to go by the name of eighty jjeiatit t laue dght3ljinaemjffqmi ered around the bottom of her skirt continued next week ontario business summary following is the ontario business sumirry issued by the bank of montreal from information received srom its branches during the month f june retail sales continue above those or last year despite spottiness evident in may as a result of adverse wea ther conditions wholesale businesb remains steady and in satisfactory volume collections are fair to good many industries have been awarded important contracts for war supplier during the past month and manufac turers are urged to speed deliveries automobile factories are operating at higher levels on war orders and air craft manufacturers are steadily ex panding operations machine tool and tap and die industries are close to peak production activity of agri cultural implement plants and the heavy iron and steel industries con tinues at double the rate of a year ago automobile tire and rubber foot wear manufacturers report increased business over the previous month furniture factories are only moder ately active the slackening in de mand noted by tanners in april has been accentuated and shoe manufac turers apart from those engaged on arm orders are mostly on reduced schedules newsprint production rose markedly aurlng may textile wool len hosiery and knitting mills gener ally aided by war orders are fully engaged sales dr paint substantlatty exceed those of last year gold pro duction for april totalled 256 712 oun ces 8s49920 vb as compared witn 245 699 ounces 8599 465 ujs in april 1939 wboncfpew a policeman came to the rescue its all right he assured her when you see the red light that reds for england so dont go but when you see the green that s for ireland you can cross then and not a thing will touch you she crosed on the green light then waited till it was green again and came back to thank the policeman it was very kind of you to explain it so nicely she said but glory be jou don t give much time for the i orangemen to get across right church a passenger train entered canada over the international bridge at foot erie when the customs officer enter ed the car a lady sat in the end seat with a handbag beside tier and wicker hamper to the long parcel rack above he window he asked the rou tine question anything duttabea lady and shaking her head negmtivo- lj aldewise s tep to nothlngl passing on up the aisle to question other passengers he happened to glance back and saw nmh drip ping from the hamper in the parcel rack suspiciously he stepped back to the lady and queried i thought yon told me you hadnt anything duti able to which she replied nei ther i have the officer thereupon reached oqt caught some of the drops on thj palm of his hand touched the up of his tongue to it and with an eager expression on his face expressive of catching a law breaker in the act sug gested aha pickles eh triumphantly she replied no puppies