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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening august 14th 1940 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa national registration aug 192021 over one hundred young oft to army camp deputyregistrars chosen in georgetown and vicinity list of registration divisions chief registrar leroy dale advises daytime registration for all who can holiday jaunt brings accident to iocajl merchant bill long proprietor or longs confectionery suffered a painful ac cident last week end while on a week end boat trip to manlboulln inland on the trip back he dls- embarjted at kularney and while helping to bring a yacht into place at the dock there he fell backwards into the water striking his shoulder on a pile of rocks no medical aid was available at killamey save for a for mer nurse who temporarily bandaged his shoulder arriving in ouelph x- rays were taken which revealed a fractured shoulder bone and it was not until he reached georgetown on monday morning that proper medical aid toilld be given bill is carrying his right arm in a sling and it will be five or six weeks before he will have the use of his arm township clerk ill mr i m bennett clerk of esques- init township has been seriously 11 in guclph hospital for the past two weeks reports this week indicate that he is progressing favourably and lie may tx able to return to his home sometime this week we wish him a safe recovery and hope that he will soon wtuni to his duties at the municipal office in stewarttown dominion store manager at army camp jerry watson popular manager the dominion store was among those who left for the lome scots damp at nlagaraonthelakc monday morn ing during his twoweek absence mls ethel ellis of milton is replac ing jerry at his position with the store meeting in the library on monday evening a number of interested citi zens heard mr leroy dale kjc chief registrar for halton county outline the various phases of the national registration which will talcs place on august 19th 20th and zlsfc organization plans were completed with deputy registrars chosen and v assistants assigned to- aid these in the work of registering georgetowns citizens deputy regis- trars will choose their assistants from among those volunteering and the response so far is indicative of the fact that there will be no difficulty in finding enough assistants mr dale stressed the fact that all those taking part in the registration were giving their time and energy gratis although fees are being paid- in some counties to registrars and de putyregistrars these officials in hal- ton are not accepting this remuner ation o w mcllntock manager of the local branch of the bank of commerce was present at the meet ing and offered to supply a quantity of peni ink and other necessary sup plies and others will undoubtedly help mr mollntock in this the question of racial origin was thoroughly discussed this being one of the trickv points in the questions to be answered the dominion govern ment has ruled that there is no cana dian or american race and that ra cial origin must be traced back through a person s father thus if a person t father grandfather and greatgranafather were all bora in canada he must go back to his great- greatgrandfather to determine his racial origin registration division no 1 comprising that portion of the town lying north of church street and west of main street registration station at public school deputy registrar miss annie ryan deputy registrar miss beatrice hume registration division no 2 men leaving monday morning at 9 oclock in three chartered gray coach buses over one hundred young men from georgetown set off for the lorne scots summer camp fc nlagaraon thelake a large crowd vas on hand at the park to bid the boys goodbye and everyone was eagerly scanning the heavens for first glimpse of the aerial attack which had been threatened from malton airport automobiles rwere prohibited from entering the park and civilians were instructed to keep themselves incon spicuous by grouping under the trees in the park at eight oclock the soldiers assembled in the armouries and from there they proceeded in groups of twos and threes to posi tions under the sheltering trees at the side of the armouries the bright red uniforms of the lome scots band and the green plaid trousers of some recruits contrasted with the dingier khaki worn by others when the buses arrived on towards nine oclock the men were quick loaded into them the whole proce dure taking a bare five minutes the two bands had one bus to themselves and the others were crowded with re cruits as the buses pulled away from the sheltering trees two lone aero planes made their appearance but whether they spotted the troop or not could not be ascertained one small boy aas heard to enquire of his mo ther are those german aeroplanes mama but he was quickly reassur ed by his mother that such was not the case a motorcycle rider accompanied the buses on their trip and major j r barber left for the camp by auto mobile shortly after the buses had left the boys will take a twoweek in tensive training course at camp niagara where they will have an opportunity or studying many phases of army life for which present equip ment in georgetown does not allow another camp is scheduled for two weeks beginning august 26th and re- cruting for this camp has already be- nin over 1500 people in georgetown will be required to answer these questions within a three day period it is im perative that no time be lost and that each individual answer the questions u speedily as possfcle- tt is required that the registrar must write the an swers on the card as the registrant answers them why not help by filling out this form beforehand instead of pausing to think of the answer for each ques tion as it is asked fu1 it oat now and do your part to aid in the effici ent completion of georgetowns regis- township council met august 5th the regular monthly meeting of esqdeslng township council was held on monday august 5th reeve wil liam a wilson was in the chair and deputyreeve howard may and councillors g w murray edwin harrop and george cleave were pres- ent after the reading ana adoption of i the minutes of the july 2nd meeting a number of communications were rt ad including letters from acton council brampton hydro commission george carter norval georgetown j hydro commission the bell telephone company sam walker georgetown and whillier co toronto moved by harrop and murray that the treasurer pay relief accounts amounting to 163 64 carried moved by may and cleave that the treasurer pay the road sheets as presented by the road superintendent 1022 40 carried moved by may and cleave that the treasurer pay sheep claims meldrum stark ont registered ewe killed by dogs 2000 a s wilson valuator 2 00 carried moved by cleave and harrop that the treasurer pay the following ac counts s walker sidewalks in glen williams 87 20 whillier co to ronto l set of 140 statutes 220 bell telephone co local service 180 harry robertson stamps for treasur er 600 hydro electric power comm service it council chamber 4 80 geo macdonald co account of july 8th 9 20 georgetown herald account to june 27th 1031 hydro electric sys tem georgetown street lights in glen williams april 1st to june 30th 74 75 g c brown bond for clerk to julj 15th 1941 5 00 carried moved by may and murray that thls council do now adoiirn to meet on tucsdaj september the 3rd at 1 30 pm or at the call of the reeve i carried our ideal will never be met with in life unless we have first achieved it wunin ourselves tration as an aid in answering we will at- i tempt to clear up a few difficulties in advance 4 all persons married on or after july 15th 1m0 are regarded as single and will fill in yes after this class- i fi cation at the same time enter the date of marriage after the word married if separated from your husband or wife write separated in the space after married j 6 if born in canada put the name of the province in the first space the city town municipality or pacfckb ln tommy warnes sings and someday we hone t phrase li going to mean some thlny in can adian nv r lc lb tommy is one oi t luitsl singers thit this muslc- lo ng town has produced he has befcn a veined memjci of llie george town cioral society and of the grace male choir led by w e capps of brampton last april he placed first in the lyric tenor class at the musical festival and was wafmly prated by the adjudicator at that ev ent tommy answered the call for volun teers issued last month by the lome scots rfgiment and now as private r s warnes b 74771 he is in train ing ut camp borden with no 1 com pany 48th highlanders but he still finds tune for his singing the other night he entered a contest at the le gion theatre up there and drew rounds of applause for his number dear lit tle boy of mine furthermore he had the honour of singing in a trio with another soldier and the famous ross hamilton ross will be remem bered as one of al plunfcetts dum- bells a group of soldier boys who rose to fame during the last war we know that tommy will be happy in the aimy as long as he can sing and we snow that once they hear him theyll keep him singing francis lederers new girl wellknown in georgetown miss marion irvine of brampton who is rumoured romantically attach ed to francis lederer movie and stage star is wellknown among the younger set in georegtown it all started with a back stage meeting at the royal alexandra theatre in toronto a few weeks ago when francis was appear- ing in the pursuit of happiness since then toronto papers have been i having a field day reporting on the rumourd marriage of lederer and mlss irvine if and when he decides to get a divorce from margo his mexi- an act r sswife further complica tions are added by rumours irom the united states that lederer and nedda hiingan widow of actor walter connoll are also more than just good mends snapped recently by a globe and mall photographer after alendlng the royal alex the hand some mr lederer would not commit himself further concerning miss irvine other than to say we are very good friends the second place if not born in canada put the name of the country in the first space same as above in the second space 8 canadian and american do not denote racial origin the name of country from which a person has come does not denote racial origin for j instance a person might come to can- ada from poland und yet be german russian ukrainian etc by racial orl- 1 gin racial origin is traced through the male side of the family for example the child of an english fa ther and a french mother gives en- exwarden of halton w h morden buried last week was for 15 years reeve of trafalgar township wellknown through- out the coi nty j the funeral was held last wednes- day afternoon aug 7th of william h morden o oakvulo exwarden of halton county and reeve of trafal gar towithlp for 15 years mr mor den had died the previous monday af ter a lingering illness in his 7sth car rev a j gowland of knox pres byterian church conducted the fun eral service assisted by rev j e munro a former minister of the chuich tribute was paid to mr mor- dens long service to the public by tiie large representation of officials and exofficials of the county attend ing the luneral mr morden was a member of the masonic lodge and rites at the graveside were conduct ed by the worshipful master of the lodge he was a chief steward of the grand lodge of canada and past master of the oakvllle lodge ap cfc am pallbearers were hedley shaw doug las husband and donald shaw of toronto grandsons and allan mor den hardy morden and e c taylor nephews honorary pallbearers were major j l hew on james walbrook walter harlan smith w t manntt john irwin of milton and norman gilbert reeve of trafalgar township the county council and trafalgar township council attended the ser vice in a body son of the late commodore and mrs george morden of oakvllle he was a tfellknown figure in the life of the community he sailed the great lakes for a number of years retiring several years ago and found ing the morden ice and fuel co prominent in municipal life he fill ed all offices in the township council and was reeve for 15 years he also had been a member of oakvllle town council and warden of the county of halton twice hls wife two sons ellsworth of oakvllle and campbell of toronto and three daughters survive htm the daughters are mrs eileen morden shaw oakvllle mrs roy shaw of toronto and mrs frank husband of swansea captain e a morden or oakvllle is a brother and mrs e o taj lor of oakvllle a aister ilsh as his racial origin 10 to specify the kind of business or technical training 13 c 1 if working at usual oc cupation fill in the name of this such as cleaner and presser sales clerk etc c 2 ef working at other than usual occupation follow the same procedure as above 14 specify clearly your occupation for example clerk is not sufficient designate yourself as store salesman typist bookkeeper etc 17 imen and ib women perhaps there is a particular occupa- caro net he re you workine on own account j workinc at other than not working because pensioner f m 1c ire ot business where employed be specifically the type or typet ny occupation other than work are you totally incapacitated 1 ge bl have you province or eojitry cjuaefarm machinery other tarm work ly trained or air forces i if retirador hon in which you would like to be trained you may have taken par tial training in this or you might be following a certain occupation and would like to eciallze in some other kind of occupation indicate oils if you do important after registration ii a person moves to another municipality he musk notiry ottawa of this change wtuxtn 14 days a child trpoa reaching the age of 16 years most go to the nearest post- office and fin oat a registration form j comprising that portion of the town lying north of number seven high way north of john street and west of the creek registration station at public school deputy registrar mrs kathleen cleave deputy registrar mrs collin freure registration division no 3 comprising that portion of the town south of church street and west of main street registration station at pubuo library deputj registrar prank fetch deputy registrar james oray registration division no 4 comprising that portion of the town lying east of main street anrx south of number seven highway registration station at public library deputy registrar p b harrison deputy registrar george dobson registration division no 5 comprising that portion of to town lying east of the creek and north of the c njt main line registration station at high school deputy registrar victor king deputy registrar miss luena campbell reglstratlon division no 6 comprising that portion of the town lying south of cnr main line east of the creek south of that portion of john street lying west o the creek and north of number seven highway registration station at high school deputy registrar miss may langan deputy registrar miss marie fleck registration division no 7 alliance paper mills limited registration station at alliance i paper mills limited deputy registrar john h bingham i deputy registrar miss yvonne adams norval registration division no 8 comprising lots 8 to 14 inclusive in concession 9 and west half of con cession 10 also lots 1 to 14 tncioarra in concession 11 and east half off concession 10 registration station at norval pub lic school deputy registrar bob ounning- ham r r norval deputy registrar howard may r no 2 norval stewajtttown registration division no s comprising lots 11 to 31 inclusive in the east half of concession 4 and in concessions 5 6 7 and 8 registration station at stewarttown council chamber deputy registrar george leslie jr r r no 4 acton deputy registrar j sanford r ft no 2 georgetown thompsons corners regtotnolon division no s comprising lot 27 to 33 qoaoaa please turn to pace 8 fill out your questionnaire in advance fill out the form below and take it along when you register next week it will help speed up the registration pats ov rkoitttiom i electoral district no polling division no caro jnd rv 1 surname given names 1 ptnnmmt postal address if away from usual residence when ailing i of usual residence 3 ae tait birthday date of birth 4 conjugal condition single marned witlo 5 of what dependeiita if any arc you the aolc lupport father b mother c wife 16 year e number of other dependent d number of children under d do you contribute 6 country f yourwlf bh j w your father c your mother 7 nationality or country of alleanc bntuh nibject a by birt b by naturalization e foreign citizen what year in what place subject to what eounry do you owe 1legnr g if an linmigint in what year did you enter canada s racial origin d ifnatu if ifn 9 language or language a do you ipealt englnh h f c what crtht language can you peak read and write 10 education a primary only b primary and secondary training business college technical high school d college or umvenity degree 11 i your general health fi good b fair c bad deaf dumb crippled or otherwise physically disabled state nature of disability if permanently 8cotktf are jrou in receipt of a pension workmen compensation in rnpeet of war old at or bhnd 1 j class of occupation a are you an employer of labour other than domestic if so state business b are you w but not employing labour if so state business c are you an employee 1 working at usual occupation 3 working at other thao usual occupation 3 unemployed dj not working because pensioner dependent retired independent means spfy occupation or craft a present occupation b what is your regular occupation c what other wotk can you do well d if an empfiyee who u your present employer nm rm at tatr precisely r if enperitind in n tbillnl industrial occupation of wotk in which you arc tpceially equipped by nature of business where employed or profession deicribc specifically the type or types 1 unemployment ial how many weeks b if out of work nom slate number performed in return for direct relief for employment e last employed in any occupation other than srorlc c are you totally incapacitated 16 al were you brought up on farm a2 until what age oil have you worked on a farm m how long b3 in what province or country cl can you handle horses cl drive a tractor cjuse farm machinery c4 can you milk cs are you ame to do other farm work 17 ti t any particular occupation in which you would bke to be specially trained ib defence services 1 have you previously served in any naval military or air forces if so state a forces of what country b approximate dates between which services performed c unit d rank held 2 if n discharged give reasons therefor 1 jhjivjjfcberrejeedrjnihjyetvice hi ttmpreicnt war a why b where