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n i the georgetown herald ii seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening august 7th 1940 i 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to u sa col d h mason heads torontos proud royal regiment through all the centuries of british army history and in every corner of the world where the flag flies regi mental tiaditlon has been one of the british scidiers most cherished pos session and so it remains in all units of canada s military forces to- thousands of young men are discov ering a new pride these days as they learn th- meaning of the words the regiment the recruit who answers the call by signing up with the non- fefmanent active militia knows that he is going to learn drill and musketry and a lot of other things that look like a lot of hard work but also awaiting him is the realization that he is tak ing on privileges as well as duties many men have marched before him 4nthejtegtments ranks and left him a name to be proud of and live up to the rojal regiment of canada ex amplifies the traditions to which to days recruits 0e heirs its regimen tal color bearing ten great war battle honors the regiment has eleven more bu regulations limit the num ber carried on the color to ten and its roll of battle honours going back to the riel rebellion the royal regi ment has a proud share in the history or brltuh arms two great regiments a brief outline of the regiments history has been set forth in a mes sage which col d h c mason dst obe officer commanding the 2nd militia battalion has issued to all ranks it explains to all the regi ment s lew members and reminds the old cues just what regimental tradition means to them the royal regiment of canada says the message was formed in de cember 1936 by the amalgamation of two great regiments the rojal gren adiers and the toronto regiment the former having held an honorable place in tne caradlan militia since 1862 and being represented in the last war by the 5bth and 123rd battalions cef and the latter having carried on since 1921 he name and traditions of the 3rd battalion the toronto regi ment ccp the royal regiment of canada therefore represents both these units carries their battle honors and cherishes all their traditions and througn trem those of the 3rd 58th and 123rd battalions of the last war can be proud the fighting record of the royal regiment of canada is one of which every officer and man can be justly proud i begins with the northwest rebellion of 1885 while not re presented as a unit in the south af rican war it contributed fifty offi cers and men to the cahadlan con tingenu its achievements in the war of 1914 18 vtre far too numerous and noteworthy to be described in this short memorandum it took part in each of the great battles fought by the canadian corps from the first gas attack at st julien in april 1915 to the pursuit that ended in the armls uce of november 1918 in the present war the splendid 1st battalion of the royal regiment was one of the first to be mobilized and is now on active service overseas while in these days our thoughts must be concentrated on making this 2nd batt alion efficient and battle worthy now so that it may be ready for whatever it may be called upon to do in the future jevery officer and i man m ist remember that he has join ed a regiment with a great and hon orable past behind us lies a record of splendid service to canada and the empire and we owe it to those many thousand who built up that record to maintain the regiment s good name and when opportunity is given us to bring more honor to it then art listed the regiments battle honors fish creek batoche north west canada 1885 south africa 1899 1900 ypres 1915 and 17 ftavensta fel st julien festubert 1915 mount sorrel somme 1916 18 pozieres flerscourceletfe ancre heights ar rat 1917 18 vlmy 1917 arleux scarpe 1917 18 hill 70 passchen daele amiens drocourtqueant hln denburg line canal du nord cam taral 1918 pursuit to mons france and flanders 1915 18 includes veterans but while hundreds of recruits are getting their first taste of soldiering in the roval regiment the ranks are by no means made up of new soldiers formers members of its component unit have flocked to join many of them men who fought in france with the 3rd 58th and 123rd battalions among them are warrant and non commlssiored officers of former years back to have a hand in shaping the new battalion and these old soldiers are a sporting bunch they re all starting over ag ain drilling in the ranks with the new chronicles of ginger farm for qute some time we have been admiring the work of gwendoline p clarke who writes a weekly column lor the acton free press under the heading chronicles of ginger farm it recites the weekly life of a farmers wife with all the homely little hap penings which moke up such a life first hand information too for she la a farmers wife yving near milton gwendoline has a certain smooth styje tocher writing which makes it extremely pleasant reading heres a samol from la3t weeks chronicles ordinary everyday happenings of the week are completely overshadowed by what took place this morning on my way to give the chickens their early morning feed i found two dead chickens alongside the pouto patch then i went on to the pen and to my horror there were dead chickens everywhere half grown fully leathered chickens as nice a flock as you could want to see when they were alive there they were strewn all over the pen and the wan on waste just about turned me sick i called partner and we started gath erlng up the lifeless bodies that re presented plenty of time and work to say nothing of good hard cash there were twenty seven of them and noth ing to do but bury them we think a skunk must have raided the pen you remember the same thing happened about a month ago at that ume i put out poison and a dead skunk was lying outside the pen in the morning and believe me this latest prowling murderous thief will certalniy get his dose of poison to pight if lie lsas hungry for it as the last one son shot a skunk last week so there must be a regular family of them around here they say revenge is sweet and i be lleve it at any rate i know it will jln me untold satisfaction if i can go outjdt to morrow mo nun g and find a skunk lying stiff and cold be side the en of chickens that he in tended u kill comiig back to the house i set ab om mv murnin work and as i washed the dishes i thought about the chick ens and i thought about the war and sudcenly it struck me wl at a similar ij there was lxwcn this anlrrul skunk raiding our chicken pen and uit human skunk hhlei mercilessly rrowing down womm and children tring in vain to seek places of safely uli ckens and children are equally i plcss against a merciless enemy over our fence acton mason laid down when old friends of war days came to ask him what they could do youre all welcome he told them delighted that they were there but this is a new war and everybody a got to learn again from the beginning ool mason himself whent overseas with the 3rd battalion in 1914 and re turned with it in 1919 one of the two original officers to come back with the battalion the other being lieut col now maj oen bait rogers he commanded the battalion for numer ous periods during its service ht france and from 1831 to 192s wai commanding officer of its militia sue oessor the toronto regiment evening telegram new industry may locate in acton keen in crest has been aroused among our acton neighbours by ne- goliitions being carried on for the lo cation of an industry moving from he brinsn tiles the new firm would locate n an unused building belonging to the beardmore company investing half a million in capital and employ ing obou 100 persons to date 239 applications for positions have been icceived o that if and when the com anj decloes to move it will be well supplied with labour prominent citizen pas on at the grand old age of ninety years george havlll prominent citizen of acorn passed away at his home on july lfith a tinsmith by trade he re t rod twenty years ago but this retire ment did not menn that he abandoned his interest in municipal and county affairs he had served on the acton schoo board and council as well as having been reeve county councillor ind warden of halton county his w itiow thf former anrbrosena hilts and a son frank with the dominion bank in west toronto survive former resident dies in us john ramsden for many yours a valued employee or the beardmore company died recently at his home in lonsdale rhode island a son h b ramsden lives in acton friends fete mr and mrs graham farnell on tuesday evening july 30th ab out 40 relatives nut at the parish hall norval to honour mr and mrs graham famell with a miscellaneous shower the hall was suitably dec orated for the occasion and the ev ening was spent in cards and dancing after win i nty lunch was ser ved mr and mrs farnell received man beautiful and usi fill wilts the guesus enme from lot on to burlington freemai meadowvale low lhe nor yal and georgetown recent weddings of interest bob bruyns sends an iniereresling prophecy from sumatra if this prophecy is correct jou may be reading or hitlers death in your morning paper on thursday wntuig to his father mr a g bruyns bob bruvns wtl works for a ship ping flnn in batavia ends his letter in this vein here is an amazing prophecy made by a du chman named belle in me dan sumatra he is an astrologer and used to send his stuff to the deli courant in medan but the editor did not believe in astrology and refused to publish it on may 10th the day the j huns invaded the law countries he i wrote to the editor and asked him to look up in his files what he belle had written him about a year ago thi editor did and this is what lost ears letter said the low countries will be irvaded by hitler around may 10 i the queen and family will reach e inland in safety there will be terrlfit fighting in france and france and england will have a ter rible umo in june and the first part if july but they will hold out and they will slowly but surely defeat the hun armies hitler will commit sul cidt around august 8th and the war will be over by december the man belle is now famous all over uit indies and we ail pray he is right take it tor what it is worth bu i thought it would be interesting to pass on lo you it cert nly is interesting bob and we too pray that it l right one hung we can vouch tor is that they will slow j but surtlj defeat the hun irmles margaret latimer weds john d booth miss margaret elizabeth latimer eldest daughter of mr harry latimer and the late mrs latimer was mar rled quietly lost saturday at 2 pm to mrjohn d booth son or mr and mr john booth of cheltenham the wedding took place at knox presby ttrlan manse with rev d d david son reading the marriage service miss lorraine latimer attended her sister and mr james rock of chel tenham was best man a reception was afterwards held at hunter s inn mr and mrs booth will live in cheltenham jessie walters bnde of last saturday at a quiet wedding at the baptist parsonage on saturday aug 3rd jes sie phoobf walters only daughter of mr and mrs george walters be came the bride of harry l shortljl son ot mrs violet shortill and the late mr lloyd shortill or toronto rev e g baxter performed the cer emony miss walters was married in blue with white accessories and wore red roses she was attended by mr lenore wilson who was gowned in pink her flowers were pink roses a reception was held after the wed ding in the basement of the church where relatives and friends congratu la ted the liappy couple they left tor a honeymoon at niagara mrs shortill travelling in a dark blue suit with white accessories they will live in georgetown ontario fall fair dates laura hall and wilfred mceachern were married last week in a lovely outdoor wedding at the hall home rev h l bennie of knox presbyter ian church was the minister miss hall wore powder blue chantllly lare over satin and a halo of blue flowers and matching net annie melissa harris became the bride of oeorge albert blernes in a ceremony at st aloan s church con ducted by rev e a brooks miss harris chose a white duchess satin gown and long bridal veil for her wed costume acton r liur atwood ayton bljth brussels colllnewood d indalk dungatuiot d lrham flmira embro f rdwtch forest gait ceorget wn hanovfr harriston klncardm kirkton lakefield lb tow el markdale mlldmav mil ion mount forest ntustadt new hamburg norw ich o nhgevllle mi me rs tor purls port eljln ripley rockton st marj s tara tavistock tvswator toronto can wingham nat ex sept 17 18 oct 1 2 sept 2j 24 oct 3 4 sept 17 18 sept 27 28 st pi 16 28 sept 24 25 oct 3 4 sept 5 6 aug 30 sept sept 3 oct 4 5 sfpt 19 20 sept 19 21 sept 25 26 sept 19 0 sept 26 27 sept 19 20 sept 26 27 sept 25 26 sept 18 19 sept 16 17 sept 17 18 sept 27 28 sept 19 20 sept 27 28 sept 13 14 sept 17 18 sept 12 14 sopt 20 21 sept 27 28 sept 26 27 sept 24 2ft oct 14 oct 3 4 oct 2 3 sept 6 7 oct 1 aug 23 sept 7 sept 25 21 oung tom edison comes to the gregory with an imposing array of talent young tom edison first or a two picture series on the life cr the mm ous inventor comes to the gregory theatre this weekend mickej roo ney who has scored such success in the andy hardy pictures has the fin est role of his career as the boy edi son and virginia weidler fay bain ter and oeorge bancroft lend sterling suppor as the other members of the edisui fjjnily don t miss mickey roonev as young tom edison at the greg or saturday august 10th lillian perry was married in st pauls church caledonia td claude cook of sarnia she is a daughter of mr and mrs s perry of acton and organist at st albans church the minister rev philip a sawyer was formerly rector in acton scouts break camp at norval st matthews church of england boy s of first avenue church toronto have broken camp and re turned to their homes in that city they have been camping on a hill overlooking the highway at nerval for the past month margaret casson mames in toronto tin mrriige took place last week in ste at ne s anglican church with rev i w newtonsmith officta ting of ada margaret daughter of mr and mrs c reuben coson to mr william rov alderdice son of mr ind mrs roj o alderdice the church wis decoiuled with p nk gladioli and ewlar mr e w miller was at the or lim and the soloist was miss violet h irris hit bnde given in marriage by her f ither wore a queens blue sheer iwn large off the face hat of the ime material and earned pink roses and cornflowers in a fan shaped bou quit miss grace casson who was her sister maid of honor was in dus t pink ard cocoa brown sheer with large boiu e l shaped hat and carried a fan of talisman roses and the jun jor bride maid mary grace scrym toiii meet of the bride wore pink jloigettt with a matching bonnet hat mr harrj alderdice was his brothers lx st mm mid the ushers were mr wamn saker mid mr kenneth cas at tlw iiftption at the home of the bnde parents tin guests were re i nd b mrs casson in a navy blue shttr gown with corsage of joanna hill loses she was assisted by the ciooms mother in a dusty rose suede lace gow n w lth maroon accessories md cors of talisman roses after a motor trip north the couple will lne in toronto the bride went awa in a navy and queens blue suit wllh matching accessories the casson family are well known in george town margaret grace and kenneth all receiving their early edu e it ion hcu several years ago they moved lo toronto and have since lived byeiections announced for august 9th the piime ministers office has an noimced by elections will be held aug 19 to fill the four house of commons eats of crleton waterloo north and kingston in ontario and saskatoon n saskatchewan nominations will be held aug 12th the vacancy in the kingston seat wa created by the death june 10 of hon norman rogers minister of de fense in the crash or a royal cana dian air force plane at newcastle ont the elrvauon of hon w d euler former minister of trade and com mercc to the senate brought about the vacancy in waterloo north while the death of dr a b hyndrnan con ervitlvc left the third ontario seat carleton vacant the vacancy in the saskatoon seat a as created by the death april 1 of rev walter p brawn united reform candidate miss agnes c macphail former member for grey bruce may be a candidate in the last named con stltueny council reluses police chiefs appeal lor a salary increase esquesing agricultural grant remains at 100 purchases betsey property councillor pte albert north honoured by guelph church a large attendance of the members of the congregation or york road baptist church held a special meeting to honor pte albert nortfh of the 16- 43 battery pte north has been a valued member and officer of the ohurch and has been among those who have worked hard to build the church to where it is today rev h h chlpchase the pastor was ji charge of the service during his meisag he spoke highly of pte north and what he has meant to the church a number of the members of the young peoples society assisted in the service following the pastors message the following articles were presented to private north by the pas tor on behalf of the church a sol diers money belt a razor set a wat erproof case and a fountain pen tlie following letter was read dear albert- we are gathered here this evenlrg to pay our love and re spects to you on what may be the eve ot jour leaving us for a little while as you have joined up with the ca s f your future stay in guelph k limited not only that but after a short tlm in camp there will no doubt be service for you overseas 1h gathering tonight is by no means a farewell but just a little mee ting to let you know the high place you occupy in our hearts you have been a hard and faithful worker in this con er of the lord s vineyard for i number of years it has been a real pleasure to work with you and to have fellowship w ith you vs ou continue in the service of the empi e we say god bless you we will a ways remember you in pray tr and will look forward to having you back in full time service with us ag- iln following this service the ladles of the church served refreshments the basement and a happy time of fellowship was spent during this per iod tht women s missionary society of the church presented pte north with a beautiful new testament and psalms the following address was read by mrs chlpchase dea albert as you have joined the casf and will no doubt be lea ving o lr happj fellowship some day for war service we the ladles of the wms wish to express our christian love and gratitude to you in so loyally offering our services in the militia we take great pleasure in presenting vou with thls pocket new testament we tluink god for ou and trust that should you leave the shores of our dominion for active service that the lord will be pleased to spare you and bri i you back again to york road you can be assured of the con tinual pre j en of the women of the york road baptist church may this new ti lament be a mighty blessing lo vou a source of inspiration a com fort and guidance during all the days that o t nre parted from us signed on behalf of the ladies mrs h h ci ipcnase mrs r clark regarding john farquharson photographer rumours reach us that john farquharson a photographer who operated in geogetown this spring collected money for several undeliv ered pictures before he left town h interested parties will send their name and amount of their claim to the herald office we will see what can be done about it someone has to take the initiative in stopping such thirds as this and we feel that it is to the best interests of our town and our province to show these individuals that they can t get away with it peels oldest resident dead miss emtl norton was m her 100th yfar lived in peel all life miss emilv norton peels oldest res ident died in peel memorial hospital wednesday july 31st after a four weeks jlness she was in her hund- redtn jear miss norton was born at nortonvtlle th village named after her parei us the late william and margiret norton the first settlers of that dlsti ct she was the last surviv in member of the family of nine chll dren of which she was the youngest all of net life had been spent in peel county and eighty five years in nor tonvtlle during the past fifteen years she hod made her home alternatelv with her rtece mrs william mcclure in the brampton west district and with mrs a potter in brampton miss norton had been a member of mount olivet methodist church and during her younger days was active in its variou organizations for a nun- ber of ytars she was assistant to her brother the late john norton who kept the post office and general store in the village and was the only post master noitonvllle ever had the only surviving relatives are five nieces and one nephew mrs mcclure mrs d m mccllnton yellow grass sask mrs william lennox of col fax sask miss ida norton red deer alta mr- arthur e williams saun- deri ada and frahcia t lundy bmmpton the funeral was held on friday from the brampton funeral home with rev a nell miller pastor or brampton presbyterian church of ficiating inurment was in brampton cemetery woman s attacker escapes miss mabel moore king street was the victim of a mysterious attack in the garden at the rear ot her home last wednesday evening july 3ist a man grabbed her and dragged her several feet across the ground keeping his hand tightly pressed over her mouth he then threw her to the ground and made his escape miss moora suffered bruises to the arm and shoulders she was unable to give any statement which would help in identifying the mysterious stranger chief marshall and con stable rmmerson are investigating the case in a heated discussion which ran ged from the cost of living to the de batable question v a town foreman council jast night turned down an appear by police chief w o mar shall for a raise in salary mr marshall asked the council for an increase stating that the high er cost of living and increased re- sponslbultles of his office jusuiled b moreover he believed that of all the municipal employees who suffered 10 pay cut in 1932 he was the- only one wno had not had at least a part of this restored reeve cleave expressed himselt in ravor of restoring this 10 to tho chief and was backed up m tills by councillor costlgan cleave in view of the fact that have a good man i am in favor of re storing this 10 costlgan i am in agreement with that too gibbons have you compared tbe chief s present salary with that of police chiefs of other towns dur ing the past month i have heard citi zens comment against a raise and x am of the opinion we are paying en ough under present conditions costigan i think most people in town hove had a raise in the laafe three months should they object therefore to raising this mans wa ges st cleave ive heard no objections verv litte comment at all in fact coat gan i m in favor of restor ing the 10 cut a movement was introduced that the salary of w g marshall be in creased to 1600 per annum this was defeated costlgan cleave and crlpps upholding it and gibbons mackenzie cave brown and mcdon ald being against the motion mackenzie then introduced a mo tion that the salary of w g mar shall be increased 75 and this was alfio defeated mackenzie crippa costlgan and cleave were in favor of thu and gibbons cave macdonald and brown against it mr frank petch and mr herb cleave were present at the meeting an behalf of the esquesing agricultural society a movement was passed granting them the same amount of money as last year 100 the following accounts were passed for payment y w spence sts park w spence sts w spence sts f kinj w w a sanderson w w j seddon w w t easin w w jas mccartney ww r barclaj ww jas williams w w e warnes w w a hi 1 ww f king w w a sanderson w w jis seioon w w thos eason w w jns mccartney w w r barclay w w j wililams w w e warnes w w a hill w w e vivian w w f king w w 720- a sanderson ww 390 j seddon ww 730 t eason ww 4jj0 jas mccartney ww 4jjfj r barclay ww 2 to jas williams ww 4j e warnes ww 43a a hill ww 6 00 e vivian ww 2 40 can na railway ww rent 1jqo gartshore thompson pipe foundry co ww 137 w g r muckart sts 33jki richardson s hardware sts j commercial stationery and printing co 1751 k m langdon legal pees s7j scott s transport town truck 16jm jos drake ww rebate 230 halton ccunty sts grader 3300 j n- onelll sts ww 15b bell telephone co 10j4 h f gorrlng ww rebate 446 w g marshall postage repairs to adding machine 540 hydro electric 2539 e v maccormack stationery 109 burns transport cartage 68s j m bruyns sts oil 8701 f sinclair town truck 2100 f o whitmee sts wvw ljjff rellefe accounts for july amount- ing to 64 71 were also passed for pay ment councillor a e cripps made an offer of 885 for the bessey property which adjoins his property on mrh street and which has been advertised for sale by the corporation this of fer was increased to 900 and the fol lowing motion passed tat we accept the offer of a k cripps of 000 for lot 9 and the eas terly 60 ft lot 13 at the rear ot lot 9 sout of main street john kennedys survey s t ip gal rights to do so 100 down pay ment and balance in full of the deed councillor brown brought up for discussion and thought the question of purchasing a new town truck no action was taken on this matter baseball gabies cancelled last wkekehp a series of games between george town and copper cmff midget base ball teams which was to haw taken place in georgetown over the otito holiday teas cancelled the boosters of the sidbury team felt that th money should be spent for more or- things whiit the war is on 103 1320 1140 960 940 960 690 4j0 480 480 1300 12 00 12 00 12 00 12 00 1200 12 00 1170 1240