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tke georgetown herald wednesday evening august 28th 1940 royal camdlan r force i mminsdopotwillrwahit ha official atattoa la cxjtbm- tioa park seo tbolrabsorb mis ordvad show and tht elormffaslewerfas aaa so war vohlcrm bailt for troops of tfco baoiro soo vast cbomfetrv ht doing to bol win the war loamhw mamrfactmrors of mods foln tb flajrt to wbi koodta canadian national wu toronto 1940 international nickel urges american shabeholdebs to holiday in canada the following is a copy of a letter recently sent to all american snare holders of the international nickel company of canada ltd at copper cliff to united states shareholders this leaflet is sent to you as on in vestor in a canadian industry it is to remind you that the cheque for your dividend which you will receive in september was derived from canadian materials in the production of which insny thousands of canadians are employed canada is now engaged in a great struggle which calls for the cooper ation of all of us in carrying the burden of the effort canada is currently buying more u s products than any other coun try and the volume of these purchases will increase as the war progresses to pa for these purchases u s dollars are needed the currency in which your company will pay this dividend ct you should take a holiday in canada the u s dollars which you would spend would be of definite aid to canada and its war program canada offers a wide choice of holi day attractions at all seasons of the year no restrictions are plated upon rfsltors from the united states pass ports are not required and the cana dian government has fixed a pre mium of 10 on u s funds information on travel resorts and ports will be supplied on application to the ministry of transport ot tawa canada robert c stanley chairman and president reminiscences of georgetown we continue from our issue of last week reminiscences of george town by c w young a native son and written for this paper in 1920 a bio pigeon roost in the late summer of 1866 after returning from active service with the 13th battalion hamilton at rldge- way where we took part in repelling the fenians i went with my unci samuel phillips and one or two oth ers to the townslilp 01 mulmur to look over some land we drove by way of orangeyille where we met jesse ketch urn whose name was well known in those days as a pioneer and after leaving tnat village found the roods s ich as they were mostly torn up in preparation for the building of gravel roads on an extensive scale there were long stretches of cordu- oy and the logs being just put into place with no soil covering all had to sje out and foot it for many miles only the drivfer retaining his seat be side a hike ws the pioneer settlement of horning s mills and the farm we were looking for on which a relative named morgan was located wag some distance further through unbroken forest over a lumber trail there wis a beautiful little lake adjoining the property in which we caught a num ber of small trout adjacent to the lake we found extensive deposits of marl which no doubt have become val ttable since on our return journey when driv ing over the corduroy through a big marsh ne came upon a pigeon rook ery as far as the eye could reach the trees were packed wlthplgeons there must have been f millions of thetn che young squabs just able to fly ou- sole gun was out of kilter and much to our disappointment we could no shoot any this was the last rookery i saw as i was living in hamilton and elsewhere although i htrt qhtv a tmi abnnt fttra 1873- when they practically disap peared today so the experts who have been investigating the subject y- wildpigeons are extinct not a single specimen living on the face of the earth their last stand was the ozark mountains in missouri the loss of these beautiful birds has been bemoaned by many writers but they su to incessant persecution i have seen thousands of them hang- ing up in the markets in chicago and st louis but anyone who has seen them in millions they used to fly in immense flocks over georgetown darkening the sun realize that they had to go as it was they devastated ev ery field of grain for miles and farming would have been impossible as long as they remained a clergyman of old school through the members of his fam ily and by name and reputation u not by actual presence my grandfa ther rev thos phillips dd was well known in early georgetown phillips was one of the founders of upper canada college toronto com ing from herefordshire england and occupying the position of assistant and principal of that premier insti tute of learning which was establish ed and for many years conducted as far as might be in a new country on the principles of the best english grammar schools on his retirement from active work at the college dr phillips was appointed rector of eto- bicoke where the little old frame church in which he ministered and which is set upon a hill 1st still a con splclous feature of the landscape he was an english clergyman of the old school a high tory a member of the family compact with all that that implied and wore a clerical garb that would seem strange in these latter days a man of strong personality for canadas defence with military training now compulsory for service i guards at ottawa to here ex for aural in canada young canadians everywhere hurried to enlist t sabres of the guards gleam in the imckgroimd in militia units a recruit of the princess louise dragoon maritime provinces have holiday appeal ontario residents although they hare in their home province an unsurpassed holiday play- around are this tear discover ing other parts of canada forced by war to stay within the broad bounds of the dominion they have found that canada has among other att tbmi- re at st andrswsbythesea kb old france in quebec pro vince a real swiss tillage near lake louise in the canadian fiocues and the fiords of norway on the pacific coast tt has been no harfihlp for these travel loving residents of ontario to stay nmcannda la addition to the atmosphere and at r of older lands they hare the freshness of canadian towns and alttea the charming maritime provin ces h b particularly popttlar thls year new brunswick reach ed from eastern ontario in slight ly more than half a day by the canadian pacific ballway has all the attributes of a perfect holiday land the outstanding resort in new bnmswlck is st andrew- bytbesea on bloe passamaquod- dy bay two splendid gpjf cour ses tennis courts fishmg and hunting in season boating hiking and riding ere among the more popular sports but all of them take second ptad to aaheltered sandy frfrefih lfsrrs cove maln- prtns of summer activities at this worldfamous resort nova scotia is most enjoyably reached from new brunswick by steamer the princess helena na turally siroondltloiibir by oool ocean breeses the province pos sesses all the barm of the sea side it has scores of coastal re sorts two of the better known being the pines at jhgby and lakeside inn at tarmouth in land the annapolis valley has many claims to fame it is the largest apple orchard in the british empire and is historically uteresttne as the homeland of gvanssllde the cornwallls inn at kentvule serves this district good roads through the interest ing countryside make drtvmg an unusually attractive pleasure he left a notable impression on the young manhood of the infant colony many stories were told of dr phil lips as rctor of etoblcoke a few of r unrlh rpfalliny on one occasion a young english couple presented themselves in the church with a female infant for bap tism whentheecto read fr prayer book the command name this child the anxious mother na turally a little flustered whispered with a lisp luthy thir lucifer shouted the horrified rector that s the name of the devil call the child john which he proceeded to do and the innocent youngster went through her life like with a male patronymic wedcnitf rings were none too com mon in the early days and the door key of the church was often employed for that purpose one day a couple or colored people came to be married and not having provided themselves kith the magic circle the key was called into requisition all went well till the waiting groom was asked to repeat after the clergyman with all my worldly goods i thee endow when he scratched his headand ejc ulated well doctor i aln t got much worldly goods but ive no jectlon w ilia re wld her which was taken as a good and sufficient answer in the itrll if rot the letter of the canon ie just been burying death re marked the old doctor one evening to his family on his return from a fun eral service he explained that he had just officiated at the funeral of a man named death a member of one of the well known families on dundas street of whom many des cendants sttu survive of the family of the late dr phil lips five were residents of george town nis son samuel phillips and four daughters mrs dade mrs young misses edith and thomasine phillips two other daughters mrs keeler and mrs pugh lived at col- borne none are now surviving came from jersey in the middle fifties there came to georgetown from the island of jer sey a family named patrlarche fa ther mother several sons and two daughters a toother commonly known ao uncle phil and an unmar ried sister miss la jette they werf gentlefolks highly connected and settled or a farm a short distance from town near the bessey home stead if my memory serves me they tried their hands at farming but without conspicuous success subse quently moving into the village and after that to hamilton or wellington square now burlington the sons all look to railroading and going to the states became prominent in trans portation circles john the barber along m the early sixties proba bly 62 or 63 there drifted into georgetown a dapper little octoroon who set up a little shop on the south side of main street west of ben thompson s and announced himself by means of dodgers as john the barber who cuts de har i think his other name was wright but at any rate that part of it was never in evidence he was probably the first tonsorial artist in the little village and as the demands of the citizens in his line were not very urgent and he was a handy and obliging fellow he gradually became a kind of caleb quotem doing all sorts of light work and was a very useful citizen in his way continued next week international uniform sondayschool lesson praising god for his blessings sunday 1 1940 woman fub8 from alaska to detroit jnsstt hours in only 33 and onehatf hours fly ing time mrs p a anderson went from fairbanks alaskato detroit michigan a distance of 3636 miles prom fairbanks she flaw by pan- american to wbltaborse in the 7u- kon going from there to edmonton by yukon southern air transport she covered the journey jrom edmonton to winnipeg by transcanada air lines and finished her m hlght to chicago and detroit by northwest air lines and american airlines y htr s thtlr flrt tnm oanada air lines plane at calgary golden text bless the lod o my soul and forget not all his bene fits psam 103 2 lesson passage- psalm 103 15 1018 let us put by some hour of every day for holy things whether it be when dawn peers through the itindow pane or when the noonv flames like a burnished topaz in che vault or when the thrush pours in the ear of eve its plaintive monody clinton scollard praise 1 there are tunes when this psalm just suits our exulting mood the he brew people sang it with deep feel ing after their return from exile and christians find it expressing their ex perience of redemption this poem from the distant past has been great ly loved as a scottish communion psalm it gives utterance to feelings of gratitude that many feel but are unable to express the spirit of thanksgiving can do more for us han we know one sufferer rose above pain thinking of ber many blessings an other a harassed business man starts each day courageously by listing the things for which he can sincerely thank god the psalmist was not con tent with a courtesy word of praise but called upon his soul and all that was within him to bless god christ prayed habitually i thank thee o father at times paul s words tum ble over one another riotously in his effort to express his gratitude it is not enough to feel vaguely grateful there is ar added power when we express our gratitude in words tej ing god in prayer and others in con versation can a grumbler be living in conscious relationship with god providence 8 5 it is beyond the power of any ta bulator to compile a complete hat of all the benefits that we enjoy reason of gods love for man but we may set down typical blessings the psalmist mentions the forgiveness of sins the healing of diseases pt tectlon from harm and accident the perpetuation of youthful strength and spirits our list might be quite dlff eremt but it is a good spiritual exer else to list the half dozen things for which we are most grateful to god it will be a discovery of our own mo tives and desires it will quickly re veal to us whether we are living on a material or a spiritual level such an exercise may be especially helpful to us in days of war it will help us to resist panu and despair and show us how to set our hearts upon essential things we may discover that god can supply our present needs and that his love has not changed the chief need is forget not pardon 10 12 a certain minister who has made progress in spiritual power begins every day accepting his forgiveness anew it is not enough that he ac cepted god s forgiveness definitely a few years ago he reaccepts it dally to keep lving in conscious dependence upon god and to be morally sensitive we know that we have not been pun ished for our sins as we deserved- there has beep r spaciousness about gods forgiveness it is as high ss the as hi i earth heavens are above the earth when god pardons it is final he does not wish us to keep on digging up the past to keep ourselves miserable as far as the east is ti tfrr tfmt so far has he r our transgressions not only from him but from us gods spirit can break even the power of cancelled sin many people are con vinced that the isnra of cause and effect hare been very mild in the re tribution they have suffered for wrong doing rtty u m the psafenlet uses parental pity to illustrate oods love luce as father pttleth his children so the lord piu- eth them that leer him but whence nanbohi char big bntalne bird do- lathers and mothers derive their pity the source of it all is the heart god the power to pity is in qod before it is in man man dares he believe that he is madeln the lmagst of ond and thatood h sha his tenderness of heart with human be ings when a little child is injured the parents suffer more acutely than the child so gods mercy enfolds us and comforts us god is not a vindic tive judge but a loving father hn unders thp lim of- human- nature he knoweth our frame ha remembereth that we are dust ye the dust with the help of god can reach sublimity if there is one thine that our modern world needs to learn more than another it is the power lo pit we have become hard accus tomed to war casualties and refugee and internment camps somehow we must each the fact that mercy is just as much realism as cruelty that love is gods law quite as much as physical force that kindness opens the doors closed oy hate the christian church must somehow spread throughout the world the spirit of the beatitudes and benedictions posterity 15 18 the hebrews never worshipped m whose breath is in his nostrils they worshipped the living god who is eternal man is a mere transient up on the earth three score years and ten are vet far above the average of human life man is cut down as the grass and fades as a flower of the field our tombstones seldom out live more than three or four genera tions but gods mercy is available to each succeeding generation par ents in such days as these are won dering what sort of a world they will leave for their children a study of history will give some reassurance evil in the end defeats itself and there is always a resurgence of good if the idea of world service could sup plant the dream of world ti the earth might still be fair and tho nations could live in brotherhood christ has told us the principles of the good society on earth if we will but study them teach them and live by them the world may yet be mads a place of security plenty and peace the source of power is the love and mercy of god upon which man may draw questions for d 1 where did the psalmist go for his illustrations 2 how win you observe thanskglvlna day this year 3 if you were to write a hymn of praise what would be your theme 4 what does the fatherhood of god mean to you 5 what can parents do for their grandchildren lesson outlines copyrighted by the international council of religious ed ucation used by permission tjvvue it no otat old lnuifi