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the georgetown herald wed neday evening auguat 1 4th 1 940 the georgetown herald news of georgetown nerval glen wmums umeheom stowart naotnafad and terra ooua subscription rates canada wm a year united states 3 00 a year single copies 3c advertising rates will be quoted on application walter o biehn publisher sub oarfleld l mcollvray phone no s leslk clark reginald broomhead the editors corner jt why not according to present plans in ottawa single men only will be cal led for military training for home defense during the first year of the new training system we are not in agreement with thfe policy has a married man any less to defend than a singte man the answer is ob vious he has a great deal more to defend because he- has the added responsibility of protecting his wife and children a much better policy would be to call all men for training in their various age groups regardless of their marital status this would also ven out the financial side of the tralnthff program pay for single men during the thirty days training has been announced at 120 a day pay for married men must of necessity include an allowance for wife and children if married men areall trained at once this will throw a much heavier burden on the budget during that period with a relatively light burden this year calling men of both groups at the same time would even out uls cost and spread it more equitably over the whole period are you saving your old papers and other rubbish the ioje wants your support in this worthhwhile campaign to economize during the war period every little bit helps and no contribution is too small back to normal once again were back to our usual eightpage paper garfield has returned from a vacation trip to burlington kitchener ingersoll and goodnessknowswhere now lea clark la away with the lorn scots at camp ui niagara and were still shorthanded but he ran otf a lot of copy before he left and we will do our bet to give you a regular eightpager in his absence one result of last week was our pleasure in knowing that people took an interest in the herald several subscribers phoned to ask where the other four pages were but we re back to normal now and we 11 do our best to give you all the georgetown news remember that you can help in this give us the name of your visitors and draw our attention to interesting bits of news that you hear of we cant attend all the weddings and garden parties and social everts in town and sometimes this news is missing just from lack of someone telling us the details a word of praise for the lorne scots as we write this column thursday night c company of the lome scots peel dufferin and halton regiment are passing the office window on one oi their route marches led by a pipe band and there s nothing like the pipers to give a real swing to marching the boys look every inch what they are fine specimens of young canadian manhood the uniforms are many and varied plaids and khaki sweatshirts and suit pants summer drills and the heavier uniform but the spirit is there and thats the thing that counts yes we re proud of major barbers regiment a credit to george town and to halton county making life sweeter our weekly poem some ptple make a fortune some people rise to fame i but some folk with their kindness on our hearts write their name canada at war national registration editorial appearing july 24th 1m0 i der nardwftaten published to winnipeg the registration of all canadians is a timely and right action on the part of the dominion government under the dynnrric guidance of the newly ap pointed m ii lr of war services the honourable james g oardlner the task is likely to be completed with speed and efficiency while the pri mary object is not to draft men into military service it will ascertain in a very thorough manner who is fitted for such and who is not and it will also reveal what contributions cana dians as individuals can make to the war that canada together with the empire and its other dominions is waging against the tj rannical forces of hitler and mussolini now seeking to destroy every shred or liberty and freedom enjoyed by the free democ racies of the world this national registration is compulsory and any evasion is punishable by severe pen ally but even if that were nob the case we believe our people of all ra ces would comply with it readily m doing this however let no one delude himself with the thought that his re sponsibilities are over as far as we in this country are concerned they ace only commencing for all of us the views expressed b der nord- westen from week to week do not ex aggerate the seriousness of the situ ation that confronts us we believe our reader understand that for our attitude has been generally commen ded it would be much more pleasant if we could say that we are safe on this side of the atlantic from the terror which is day and night sweeping over the british isles but we are not and though we should escape the phy sical dangers what would it profit us if we were to be subjugated instead we are keenly appreciative of the difficulties that the tragedy forced upon us brings to loyal german can acuans many of them still have close ties of kinship with their fatherland and the entunents which arise from that fact are not readily erradicated nor shou d they be under less danger ous circumstances this however b uie da of tern realism aj those ho love cuiada must put canada ftnt and must act with all the force of which they are capable remember ing tha he war is not canada s ere ation no of britain s creation but was conceited and potted in the chancellerico of germanj and italj with the dominating object of crushing nil nai cii that would not bow the knee to the dictators views of cuill zation fhis is the challenge which britain and her dominions with their own absolute power of m i govern mtnl j atctpd this is the war a hlch with canada s help in man power supplies and undaunted cour age must be won and will be won if all tha is worth liuiig for is nor to vanish f this land which wc cheer- full accept a our home as a newspaper now serving its nat ionality throughout the dominion ov er half a century we feel that there should be no misunderstanding among our people if there are any newspa pers printed in the oerman language tn canada that are not dealing with the drastic realities of the war and that unequivocally they are render ing a disservice not onlv to this country but to the vast majority of the german people whose loyall to canadian institutions is not now and never was in question august reverie oh for the joy of an autfust day when the suns in summer heat when the reapers hum is plainly heard as they cut the rich ripe wheat when the harvest apples yellow turned rang heavily on the trees and late red cherries so over ripe still swing in the summer breeze a robinette runs across the lawn still wearing her speckled breast which shows shes still in the bird- ling class and not long from her nest 1 love to sail on an august lake when a light wind blows off shore and fills the canvas sheets so full theres never need for an oar and ripples reflect the summer sun while gray gulls oer head float and the breezes neutralize the heat with the speed of our whitewinged boat i love to roll in an open car through the highway countryside and drink the beauty of august scenes where farmerfolk abide so let us enjoy the august days ere the harvest season dies for soon the sun will be sinking south into southern winter skies ralph gordon 438 crawford st toronto some pecple walk lifes highways with great success and pride but some folks walk life s lowly streeta with an angel by their side some people take the best things thai all the world can give but some folks share their lot and make life sweeter while they live jean morton a prayer for england iwp england tn thy- care prom invasion from the air bnrstiny shell and bemb and sword keep this lovely land o lord cod keep- england let her be barricaded by the sea guarded by the fog and night held forever by thy might seep her people ta this hour prom a bloody tyrants power may the feet of conquering host never tread her sacred coast gtte her courage lord and strength to endure the battles length oonctoui of her destiny god keep england nafe- and free edna jacques a fine example over 9 000 canadian commercial and industrial firms have set up the system of voluntary salary deductions to enable their employees to purchase war saving certificates by easy and regular instalments the same plan has been extended to include parts df the civil service and government pen sioners more than 1 250 000 employees come within the scope of this plan a large proportlo i have already pledged them selves to purchase war saving cer tificates in this way in many cases the deductions are for small amounts perhaps tlfty cents or a dollar each pay day but in the aggregate the in vestment of these employees in war savings certificates reaches an im pressive sum every month now any one in canada who oper ates a bank account may emulate this fine example in practical patriotism every chartered bank in canada has available a special pledge form to be used by depositors to instruct their bankers to purchase war savings cer tificates for them on the 15th of each month by means of automatic deduc tions from their regular accounts the applicant simply fills m this pledge and with it a relative applica tion form for one or more certificates and hands them tn to his banker in each succeeding month the bank will purchase one or more certificates as stated in the pledge without any fur- tt lrm ot the post tor the actual certificates will be mai led to the depositor at his home ad- drees or any other address he may designate here is an opportunity for everyome to put system into his purchases of war savings certificates incidental ly it is an admirable and simple way to accumulate over the months a val uable nest egg of canada s finest securities canadians can now take advantage of this pledge system which is so ad mirably adapted to trie needs of the average man and woman and follow the lead oi over one million employ ees purchasing throagh the payde duction plan village of the bund at cm in some f t le jctoea of the canadian f itlonal institute lor the blind then are blind woonatt en gaged on u production of materials needed in t war and in some of the soldiers ca tips there are blind men working in refreshment stands there are blnd women knitting socks scar ves helmets and sweaters for the use of soldiers and sailors on active sex vice the blind men and women are doing what they can to aid the war effort but of course not all blind workers can oe employed on war work and there are many unable to woric who war or no war must live and must be supplied with the services which make life tokrabli lor them for many years the exhibit of the canadian national institute for the blind has been one of the most inter esting features at tht canadian nat- tonal exhibition tills year when the management of the great national show declaed that the fair could be held as usual the canadian national institute for the blind was notified that the usual space in the engineer ing building hod been allotted to it so when the c n opens its gates on august 23 the east end of the en gineering building will once more be occupied b the displays and demon strations which the pubic have found so fascinating in former years it is the aim of the institute to present to the public as comprehen sive a picvure of all the activities of blind people as it is possible to por tray by working demonstrations and displays of manufactured articles visitors to the village of the blind at the cj4 r will have an opportunity to see bllrd men and women employed tn the making of brooms baskets mops aprons dresses mats and all the products which bear the name blmdorart there will be a dis play of braille books and talking book m and bral writing bilndffiujctns and bund slenog- raphers will demonstrate their skill and some blind workers who are em ployed in ordinary industrial plants will operate the machines at which they earn their living at all times during the progress of the cne members of the staff of the canadian national institute for the blind will be on hand to give any in formation desired to interested visi tors the cnj b exhibit la unusual illuminating educational designed to give the general public some idea of how greauy work for the blind has progressed in canada during the past quarter o a century it la one of the things well worth seeing at the cana dian national exhibition august 2srd reminiscences of georgetown we continue from our issue of two weeks ago reminiscences of george town by c w young a native son and written for this paper in 1s30 a picturesque pioure there comes into mind the pic turesque figure of callforny wilson whether he was a native son i can not sav but at any rate he came to tht village in all the effulgence of a successful miner resplendent in fine raiment and jewelry full of strange oatlu ana blasphemies to which the villagers listened with shocked ears and which the boys proceeded to am algamate into their vocabulary earn ing for themselves many a sound lick ing callfomy was one of the t argonauts so he said and had strangr talea to tell of uie arduous journey across the isthmus of panama and his etiini over land with hair breadth escapes from the indians to which us boys listened openmouthed he war partlcujly cfcwn on the murderer above alluded to and was bent on or ganizing a lynching party he of oourse took in the hanging at milton and brought back a piece of rope as a souvenir there wasn t a boy among us who didn t learn to throw the hangman s knot circuses it is a far cry from the old road circus to the gorgeous pageants that have special trains of their own and hit only the high spots when one re members the apologies for roads and crltable sloughs of despond and bot tomless lakes of mud which had vo be traversed one wonders how they haa the courage to tackle and overcome such obstacles being on the main highway through the province george town was always a stopping place for tiese travelling shows and one dimly remembers the stars of horse opera wiose names were famous in the world of tights and tinsel dan rice joe pen t land yankee robertson the suokneys and ever so many more the old clown there was only jne was the leading attraction es- tecially as it was generally understood mat the clown owned the sow the boys usd to wonder that he allowed nimself to be chased around the by the ringmaster who was always in lull evening dres and carried a long hip the clown i song was always tit laest of popular ditties and it didn t take long for the boys to learn 1 their advertising though more crude than the elaborate lithographs today was just as attractive to the less ophlsiicated boys of the fifties and oued visions of delights to come one enterprising showman studied he classical dictionaries and coined vords which no one could even trans late or ronounce athletolympiman- theum and hippozoonomadon special jawbreakers resolved themselves with glorified menagerie and circus when dlvited by mr dades trained mind one did not need to get up very early to ee the show come in but we were all guyed up in high expectations for weeks before circus day and hard ly slpt a wink the night before the first team was eagerly watched for jnd word passed along that circus is here and a sleepy looking outfit it was the jumps were short but it ooic hours to mate miles sometimes and there were no comfortable pull- ma i cars but all snatched what sleep hey coald in the lumbering day coa ches which carried the performers rhe drivers and tentmen could only sleep during the performances the first circus i remember showed on a field on the road from norval beyond the english church another in the centre of the village in front of the old methodist church one near the white bridge and after that mostly in what became the market square the tents were small less in shse than many m the sideshows which now sur round the blgtop and if there were any animals they were mangy half- starved lions and tigers with a cage or two of monkeys and wonder of wonders an elephant if he didn t get bogged on the way there i motley gang of campfollowers gam blers and confidence men who always reaped rich gains servlno out the gamblers one incident that comes to mind is worth hulling two gamblers were running a wheel of fortune using a able covtred with oilcloth divided in to numbe ed spaces on which were pil d cheap lewellry silver coins etc it was a pun skin game with no chance for anboay against the manipulation of the rtvolvlng arm and in the course of time two oung men were heavy losers the immediately went look ing for he law but got little encour- itgemm from magistrate young it served ou right he told them but if it were me i would kick the d thing over the victims did just thlfc and the money and jewellry were scattered in the mud highly indig nant the gamblers interviewed the imp magistrate who told them they iad better get out of town as quickly as thev knew how which advice they also proceeded to put into practice continued next week india too is there from the four corners of the earth mm and machines are pouring into britain an empires resources are going voluntarily into its war effort from india come these men who while they wait to fight work with the scythes in the fields our personal appearance ii any- for men only an instructive entertaining article by jidlth t chase wellknown quiz expert appearing in the american weekly with the august 18th issue of the petroit sunday times presents a lerfethy list of questions which i 1 tiiiti iiiij n o find out how he appears to others be sure to get the detroit sunday times flowers are the beautiful hiero glyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she 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