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the georgetown herald seventy fourth year of publication wednesday evening auguat 21st 1940 1 so per annum in advance 2 00 to usa ltcot cousens takes office as postmaster at georgetown the earl of athlone governor general of canada and the coanteas of athlone his excellency will open the canadian national exhlbi uou at toronto on friday august 23 pictured here wi the is lieut general a g l mcnaurhton who led the first division of the cas f overseas several broadcasts are expected to originate at the cn e this year hyper school results as georgetown high school conservatives gain one seat in by- elections by elections were held in three con stltiunctcs on monday to fill three vacancies in the house ol commons in saskatoon a e bence conserva live candidate won the riding held by the late rev w o brown who was elec ed oy the united reform party m the march elections agnes mc phail who had represented grey bruce in the commons for eighteen years irlor to her defeat last march was ru iner up to mr bence in this riding an election in carleton caused by the deatn of dr a b hyndman saw conservative g russell boucher sue cessful in the traditionally conserva tive riding carleton has never elect ed any but a conservative candidate in waterloo north l o breithaupt liberal defeated dr 3 p leavine replacing hon w d euler who was recently made a senator no election was necessary in king ston wnexfc hon angus macdonald minis er of national defense for na val services was chosen by acclama ldn to succeed the hon norman ho gers killed in an aeroplane accident in june standing in tl e house is now as follows libera s 178 consprvatlves 40 new democracy 10 ccj 8 independent liberal 3 liberal progressive 3 indeperdent conservative 1 unity 1 independent 1 betty grant azolyn hayes and makgot williams head list 119 successful papers of total 149 out of a total of 149 papers writ ten by 33 georgetown high school students in their upper school exams 119 papers received grade c or better and thirty papers were below the pass ing 50mark several of these latter marks were in the upper forties which gives these a chance at an appeal for a re reading betty grant azolyn hayes and mar got williams all of whom wrote on eleven subjects in a try for scholar ships received honour standing betty received ten firsts and a second and margot and azolyn each garnered nine firsts and two seconds complete results of successful can dldates appear below alltnoham john f eng comp 2nd bartlett margaret l geom c trig c fren auth c beaumont delmar 8 eng lit c cameron m frances trig 2nd campbell margaret s eng comp 3rd geom c trig 2nd fren auth c fren comp c cummins mary a p eng comp 1t eng lit c cummins william j eng lit c alg c trig c phy c devereaux helen l modern hist 3rd geom 1st trig 1st phy 2nd chem 2nd fren auth c fren comp c ddck jean k eng ut c dick marjpn m modern hist 1st trig 2nd phy 2nd chem c fren auth c emmerson james eng comp 2nd eng lit 2nd grant m elizabeth eng comp 2nd eng lit 1st alg 1st geom 1st trig 1st phy 1st chem ist lat a 1st let comp 1st fren a 1st fren comp 1st hancock ivy i eng comp 3rd eng lit c hansen ralph j alg c geom c trig 2nd phy tad chem c fren a 2nd fren comp harris marjorie s b comp 2cd eng lit 2nd eng hayes a g eng oomp lst eng lit lt modem hist 2nd geom 1st trig 1st phy 1st chem 1st lat a 1st lat comp 1st fren a 1st fren comp 2nd b3ley martha e lat a c fren a c fren comp c george ralg trig 1st phy 2nd 2nd fren comp c geom ren a- eng comp lorriman henry mccartney jocj5lyn comp 3rd eng lit 2nd mclinteok vzrna xx sag oomp 1st eng liu ljt rudoell jaafeb f stag oonsjx ruddell m jean modem hist 2nd alg 2nd geom 2nd trig 1st bot 1st phy 3rd ruddell o joy lat auth c lat comp c fren a 3rd fren comp c sargent w douglas eng comp 1st eng lit 3rd shortill i comp c trig joanna 2nd bot 2nd speight betty a alg c geom 1st bot 1st phy 1st lat a 1st lat comp 2nd williams helen l eng comp 2nd eng lit 2nd wuillams margot- eng comp 2nd eng lit 2nd alg 1st geom 1t trig 1st phy 1st chem 1st lat a 1st lat comp 1st fren a 1st fren comp 1st williamson marion i modern hist 1st alg 1st bot 1st phy 1st thrilling trip for missionaries from chengtu dr and mrs r gordon agnew arrive in acton after month s trip by plane boat and motor dr and mrs r gordon agnewand bob aged 13 margaret aged 11 and ruth of just 5 years arrived this week from ohengtu china after a very ohrilllng trip by plane ocean liner and motor coach mrs agnew and ie children are visiting at present with her mother mrs h caldwell on knox aenue dr and mrs agnew and the child ren left chengtu on june 27th arrlv ing at varcouver on july 30th the day they took the plane from chung king that city was bombarded with 200 planes taking part they stood under the wing of the plane in the landing field ready to take off if some of the fighting machines decided to use this spot the 2 000 mile trip by plane must be made at night and not on a moonlight night either not a light must be shown on the plane from a ground temperature of 120 to 130 de grees the plane reached an altitude where coats and all available cloth ing was put on at a great height it went over the japanese lines the japs have downed one plane to date mrs agnew said that throughout the entire joirney everything was very tense she told the free press that china is making a wonderful stand against the invader they do not call the captured territory occupied jap anese teritory but penetrated aj a matter of fact mrs agnew said it is not occupied by the japanese many lu a b th at b se w a th t night w th oatheir usual- buys are learning a lot aboutmedm business and then move out for jap anese occupation in the daytime in spite of the many bombings she felt chungking which is really a great rock pile can carry on indefinitely the chinese in their guerilla warfare are creating real havoc among the japanese invaders they are ftghtmg for their homes and families dr and mrs agnew reached hong kon uwo days before the city was ordered evacuated most of the re fugees were taken to manilla and later to australia fortunately passage for them had been arranged some time preciously both boats leaving were jtnh th refugees their baggage had been please turn to back page former georgetown bfey married a wedding or interest to residents of georgetown took place last satur day morning in st anthony a church toronto with monsignor mc grand officiating the groom mr james reginald bolger formerly lived in georgetown and attended george town high school he is a son of mr and mrs p t bolger thebflde was agnes teresa heydon daughter of the latt mr and mrs john hey don of alllston miss k kennedy was the organist and miss mary nixon soloist mr john heydon gave his sister in marriage she wore a heavenly blue chantilly lace and net gown over taffeta large pink baku and taffeta picture hat and pink accessories and carried a colonlai bouquet of rosebuds and blue cornflowers her sister mlsa zeila heydon was in queens blue sheer over taffeta with navy accessor lei and carried roses and cornflowers mr aloyslus bolger was the best man and the ushers were mr joseph bol ger and mr frank bolger they are brothers of the groom the reception was held at alexan dra palace mrs bplger in a navy ind white sheer ensemble and cor age- of talisman roses with the bride s s ster miss mary josephine heydon in american navy with to ken rost received with the bridal party after a trip to the laurentlans the coupu will live in kitchener ont the or de travelled in a vineyard wine and navy costume brilliant war record recently served in toronto with the intelligence branch ontario minister of education passes field meetings held by halton crop improvement association under the auspices of the halton crop improvement association held meetings were recently held on th farms of w e breckon freeman and ross gordon rockjwood on whosu farms replicated tests with 12 varie ties of oats and 12 varieties of bar ley were laid down last spring at the former farm pro g n ruhnke head of the soils department and ro bert keegan of the field husbandry department oac were the speakern while at the gordon farm messrs j laughlana and r j brydon from the oac discussed field crops and soil te tility lespeotlvely the association inder the leadership of president w e breckon has during the year laid down a most interesting programme with grain varieties grasses and clo vers hybrd com phosphated manure and other soil fertility projects on the following farms arthur heslop and son w e brec kon martyn heslop and ross segs worth freeman george breckon bronte victor hall hornby miller bros john bird m t mcnabb and sons seward wilson georgetown j e pearen jack lawson aoton claude mclaughlin norval ross gordon rockwood ivan richardson camp- bellvule a t woodley edwin har rop and w a cripps and son mil ton no news from niagara we haa hoped to publish this week a column written by the absent mem ber of our stall les clark who is at camp niagara at nlagaraon the lake with the lome scots regiment the boys are now in their second week of train ng and will arrive back in town late saturday night mean while some nws has leaked out in eluding the story of one lad who scrawled a note home that he was too busy to write a letter while at the same time he had writ ten an elghtpage epistle to a chum back homo nate stiver and jerry watsrn phoned on saturday night and said that one gang had hired a truck and were going on a tour of the surrounding country another story concerns the headquarters attaches including the male section of the hign school staff apparently their job is always to look busy when the colonel is around just in case he might think they havent anything to do warfare as well as having a healthy outing one thing they dont lack i diversity with merchants panermak ers teachers schoolboys smith stoners and a minister included in their numbers lord athlone pleased with military display over petawawa hills tlie cnuh or heavy artillery and the rumble of meel anical transports echo td through the wooded hills of peta wawa when lord athlone canada s now governor general accompanied by princess alice visited the big train ing centre it was rls excellency s first inspec tlon of a canadian military camp and the series of special displays arrang ed for his benefit testified to the vast strides made by the dominions fight ing forces since the outbreak of the war eleven months ago bronzed fighting men trim in their ummer uniforms and sun helmets staged realistic mock battles for the vice regal party at other points along ehe route taken by their ex ceuencics displays demonstrating practically every activity or an arm ed force from bridge building to bayo net charges were given the irost spectacular exhibition was a sham battle in one of petawawa s wide valleys the vice regal party together with high military officers watched the show from a special stand constructed on the side of a hill more than a mile from the observa tlon 3tatd was a dummy village with the flag of the enemy flapping from a steple when the attack began field guns opened fire at the base of the hill and the air was filled by the shriek of shells as they sped toward their target his excellency an old soldier him self watched intensely through field glasse as the heavy shells smacked the earth near the steeple when they f nally srored direct hits and the vil lage had been reduced to a flaming shambles his excellency applauded enthusiastically so accurate was the firing that shells were hammering in to the cer tre of the target after the third round had been fired meanwhile as field guns bombard ed lbe village anti air crait ma chine guns peppered floating balloons with tracer bullets it was explained to his excellency that the anti air craft unit was warding oft an enemy air attack directed at the batteries concealed in the foliage at the base of the hill dummy tanks were towed across the fields and became the targets for j8- pounder guns fired with open sights one tank bearing the swastika ex ploded with a roar as a heavy shell made a direct hit obviously impressed by the smart ness and efficiency or the troops as they carried out their displays under conditions simulating actual combat the oovtmor general spent the en tire afternoon at the training camp before returning to otta va marries queendj marchment in london miss flueentemarchraetit daughter of mr and mrs henry marchment was married last week at london in a quiet ceremony to mr douglas anderson son of mrs anderson and the late mr anderson of brampton the young couple will live in london georgetown will lesday se public school open tember 3rd onta lo minister of education hon dr l j simpson dr l j simpson 58 minister of education for ontario since 1934 died suddenly last sunday of a heart at tack dr and mrs simpson had been visiting at picton with their son lieut douglas simpson of the prince ed ward and hastings regiment which is stationed there dr simpson was born on a farm in simcoe county and attended collegl ate in barrle he taught school at mount pleasant for a couple of years then enteied medical college in to ronto graduating in 1908 he was comoa v doctor of the mond nickel company near sudbury during first year after graduation then he returned tc his home district and set up as a country practlcioner at stroud later moving t banie in 1929 he was elected to the on tario legislature as a member of tiie then opposition liberal party elected in 1934 he became minister of education since then he has been responsible for many changes in on tario s educational system notably the emphasis on musical training in the schools and modifications in the system of departmental examinations dr simpson was a prominent mason and was also a charter member of the klwanls club he leaves his widow and a family of five children lieut col gordon b s cousens took over hianew duties as postmaster of the georgetown post office last thursday succeeding the late john mcdermld who died last year lieut- col cousens has a brilliant war re cord and is possessor of the 1914 star general service medal victory medal and jubilee medal he won the mili tary cros3 and during the great war was frequently mentioned in des patches from the front born ir india where his father was in the service of the british govern ment he acquired his education in scotland at allan glen school glas gow he later attended glasgow uni versity and first commenced military activities with the british army hi 1908 he served as major with the royal artillery throughout the first great war and in 119 was stationed with the army of occupation in ger many after the war he lived in china tor a time and at one time or another has been in pradocalrj every corner of the globe in 1933 lieut col cousens came to canada living in the toronto and banie district with lt col d h c mason he engaged hi the fur farming business later he moved to george town where he operates a fur farm on the check line he commanded the lorn rifles scottish from 1931- 1936 which was merged with the peel and dufferln regiment to become the present lome scots p d h regimen he is now on the corps reserve of the lome scots lieut- col cousen6 was the first president or branch 120 of the canadian le gion and was president again last year he is also a past president of the imperial officers association serv ing as president of the organisation in 1937 38 since the beginning of october he has been connected with the intelli gence branch of the department of national defense commuting from hla home neai georgetown to toronto each day with his new duties as postmaster he has severed his con nection with the department lieut col cousens is married and has four children barbara pamela george and colin all attending school a hole in one ken mackenzie one of our local goir enth blasts got a hole lnone the difficult second hole at cedar crest golf course this week play ing with george dickie of toronto ken sent the ball soaring over the water hazard and straight into the cun he thus duplicates the feat of his brother sam the only other claimant tc a hole in one on this particular hole subscribe for your home paper charles lucas buried last wednesday death came to charles lucas at his home on victoria street on sun day august 11th after a lengthy ill ness mr lucas was bora in grave- send kent england 64 years ago he was a sailor until he came to canada 34 years ago where he first settled at lakeport ontario moving to georgetown in 1917 he had been employed at smith stone ltd far the past sixteen years he leaes to mourn his passing his widow the former rose alice man- tell and a family of five charles of toronto herbert london john georgetown mrs g preston glen williams and mrs j h price ac ton there are ten grandchildren a funeral service was held m st georges church on wednesday au gust 14th with burial in greenwood cemetery georgetown rev woo thompson conducted the service pall bearers were six fellowemployees of smith sc stone ltd g spenoe o spence c day e simpson w mac- donald end b armstrong halton juniors to compete at cne the misses norma lawson jean may and marjorle mccready of the scotch block girls project group will represent halton in the inter county household science team de monstratlons at the cje in the inter calf club competitions halton will be represented with groups of holstelns jerseys and bhorthoms the following club members will rep resent their respective clubs holstelns ward brownrldge of georgetown irwin smith rockwood s w tansjey john raoh ardson muton jerseystom alderson hornby eccles ard john moclure george town frank millar freeman shorthorns john lerch and robert lindsay georgetown willis john stone milton basil hadley injured victim of a dlssy spell when riding his bicycle on john street basil had- ley was injured when the bicycle coasted down a steep ten foot bank l the side of the road dr w a mcallister attended him he sufier- pioneer halton businessman s h mcgibbon died on tuesday samuel h mcgibbon one of hal ton countys pioneer residents passed away at his home the mootbbon ho tel this tuesday morning about 8jx am since the death of his wife the late ann darling last april 7th mr mcgibbon had been in falling health imillit was not untaja jjjggjmasgr that he was unable to be up each day since that time he gradually weaken ed and it was realised that the end could not be far off seven children survive their father mrs c r vandusen tara mis w h anderson toronto gladys at noma mrs g h macfmtiand to ronto mrs c cobb new york cttyj john and robert of georgetown mr mcgibbon will be laid to net in greemwood osmetery tomorrow an impressive masonic funeral win ba held from hlaiesidence on main st at 3j0 jun when friends throogbovt the county will gather to pay their last respe to a fine ri btt- w l asjuualcd wttbj