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seventyfourth yeator publication wednesday evening october 9th 1940 i b0 per annum in advance 200 to jsfa regular meeting iode ttvr r regular monthly meeting of the countess of strathmore chapter im perial order daughters of the em pire was held at the homo of mrs c v wjllams monday evening oct 7th the viceregent presided in the chair and the meeting opened with the members repeating the prayer of theftrdei the secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting and the treas urer gave her report two new members were welcomed into the chapter it was voted on and passed to give 500 to the red cross for refugee work plans for the salvage campaign of the week of- october 15th wervmade particulars wijil be found elsewhere in this taper a report was given on the iojej refreshment booth at the fair and the chapter would like to express its appreciation to all who patronlted the booth and helped make the effort such asplendid succ wis arlburtbeaumont gave an ln teresting paper on japans ambitions in the east the bomber for which funds were raised by the imperial order daugh ters of the empire across canada drive has been officially presented to the bcaf and is now being used to convoy ships the crest of the or der was- placed on both sides of the nose of the plane and under it the words for king and empire a surplus of 50000 has been sent to lord beaverbrook to purchase more aircraft the bomber fund is still open for further contributions the meeting adjourned with the members singing the national anthem change in bank of montreal staff mr r k c bob camithers popu lar member of the bank of montreal staff left last evening for lansdowne where he will act as relieving teller for few weeks from that communi ty it is expected that he will be re moved to an asyet unannounced position bob came to georgetown from wailaoeburg in december 1638 he has been with the bank of mon treal for the past ten years while in georgetown he was a member or cedar crest golf club on thursday afternoon a social was held after hours at the bank and manager a c welk on behalf of the stalljjresentedbob wit a westclox travelling clock bob expressed his regrets at leaving georgetown and hoped that be would often be able to come back far a visit in the even ing a group of friends gathered at the home of miss margaret long and cigarettes were presented by mr char les bartlett of the bank staff for the next month the bank will be minus the services of the new man d h bracken who will come here from belleville he has been called up for military service and will com plete his thirty days training before coming to georgetown canada calls up physically fit youth for military training malcolm mckerral passes in 74th year tuesday evening oct 1st malcolm mckerral passed awaysyddenly at his albert street residence born in scotland mr mckerral came to cana- ada as s lad of twenty and settled in brampton there he married the late margaret wilson and the couple movedjo the states where mr mc kerral was engaged as a merchant in model city new york after thirty years in that city he retired and he and mrs mckerral returned to can ada and made their home in glen williams untu her death in 1030 ha then moved to georgetown where he had since resided mr mckerral was a presbyterian and the funeral service on friday was conducted by rev d d davidson of knox piesbyterian church burial was in brampton cemetery mr mckerral was of a philanthropic nature and was a generous donator to worthy enterprises friends and re latives attended his funeral from de troit mich lewlston ny niagara palls ny guelph acton toronto and brampton pallbearers were p p blackburn c g benham h wright v wright o w mlmto and john reid beautiful floral tributes were sent by the mckerral family irene jack and jacqueline martha cecil and gail margaret helen and jim mr and mrs don van norman mr and mrs- hadley and family glen williams c g benham muriel and lorraine verdun and harry miss jessie ehofce- son mrs g davis and family bertha wilson guelph mr and mrs john d kelly g w mcllntock ross char- lene and betty lou davis the secret the secret of a mans nature lies in nls religion in what he really be lieves about this world and his own place in it j aproude bob goldhants road to sportdoms highest peak seems star lit all the way for a number of years past this paper has been singing the praises of bob goldbams efforts in the field or sport we have known bob from the time when he was a little hap pygolucky dirtyfaced kid al ways too big to play with the boys of his own age and not old enough to play with the bigger boys and im wondering now if bob wasnt cut out to go places in sport from the start how he used to boost the football to the amazement of tht the other kids and when the hoc key season came around he was the first to be on the ice and the last to leave in the spring yes bob goldhams sport career seemed des- getorgetown h proud of it is not necessary to be continu- ftily rin the bell i his home- town when bob goldnabqscolw iff sportadom for local fans keep a close eye on bob and wax happy at his success we have always been gojng to write a paragraph or two on his career but always put it off oil a later date and then last week we were scooped the ug metropolitan daily the globe and mali sent goldbams name stream- ling over four columns and ted fuldn wrote profusely of bobs suc cess and wouldbe successes dt is not necessary for us to go on and tell you where bob has starred as we are reprinting the article below however anyone who knows bob ooldbam knows he is a clean sports man always ready to play the game he is still young having seen only nmers one cant even i i s may following is the article by ted fvrl m th pfflfae and mall v bob ooldham versatile young kan gamester tn spurt mm in fire one of those mexpuca quirks of port is that super star like lionel conaeber red orange jack demn- y bobby jones earl sand and ty cobb seem to bob up in their re spective lines of endeavor onljr oo m a lifetime- for ifacvsf halton garage operators resume meetings after a holiday of three months the halton branch of the ontario garage operators ah eolation sumed their fall and winter meetings the first meeting was held thursday october 3rd in the farmers hall at milton with mr j l mcktndley the branch president in charge there was a good and a very en thusiastic number of members and visitors no special feature was ranged for this meeting a very large number of items of a local and speci al interest for the members came be fore the meeting for discussion it was decided to hold another ladies itlght early in november and plans are already under way to make t bi a better than ever pat mcpherwon general manager for provincial council was pr and gave the boys a very interesting ac count of the achievements and plans for future activities of the associa tion at the close of the maeting the members and friends enjoyed a social half hour a buffet luncheon served the meeting then adjourned to meet again in november lions club meeting the regular meeting of the uon club was held on monday evening at the hotel mcojbbon th m was announced as a 100tt attehadho night but the turnout of was disappointing and those present wj th hop- thj fttf lngs would be better supported club the qvestton of past dues was dis cussed and steps are being taken to have all arrears cleaned up before the next meeting several applications for membership have been r and it is expected that m in the club will be greatly increased during the tyrmfrw year lions international has informed the dub that the convention win be held next year m new orleans lout- abna and pbuia a s0res4y jmder way for this gathering under the direction of hon j o gardiner minister o war services 80000 pbyatcajly lit young men between the ages of w and 34 inclusive are betas called up for military training during the next ttm days shewn above are scenes of activity in the montreal division largest administrative division in canada in upper left mr j a trabmn chairman of the board of administrative division e hears an employer who asks that training of bis employes be postponed to a quieter season such boards ensure industry against disruption in upper right fernando bhodeau asks kaymond ranger assistant registrar if he is required to answer the cad he turned 21 on july 14 and wants to know his age class at bottom is a section of the filing room where detailed medical report bjtfpt for each man called out for military trainingsofficial photographs many prizes awarded georgetown district at brampton fair many names from this district are noted among the prizewinners at the recent pall fair in brampton among prominent swine exhibitors was oscar lerch of georgetown who captured prize money in several clas ses p r pendley norval repeated his success at georgetown pair in the vegetable fruits and flower classes while reed hunter norval w p laidlaw sons bruce brigden ana thomas brownridge were also noted as prizewinners tn these groups georgetown had its usual strong en try in poultry with sunset farms w j alexander fred conn and robert clarke of norval all winning their share of the awards dan campbells horses drew word of praise from the spectators many of whom had noted them at george towns ftir the previous week other exhibitors included miss vivian clark and craig mcclure norval leslie brothers georgetown r reid and son norval and mark given lime- house garnet laidlaw of norval made it two out three in his record as a po tato racer he had previously won this event at acton fair and came third in the race at georgetown franklin clark norval was third in musical chairs oscar lerch d e kllgour w p laidlaw son and john reid had successful entries from this district in the cattle section another group which took home prize money for grain included bruce brigden thomas brownridge w p laidlaw son3andhoward lald law womens inst meets mrs w o mcdwell was hostess to the members of the georgetown branch of the womens institute fox their october meeting on wednesday afternoon oct 2nd in the absence of mrs wylie the president mrs livingstone conduct ed the meeting the meeting opened with the usual institute ode and prayer and the minutes ol the previous meeting were read and approved there ere several items of busi ness arising out of the correspondence and donations were granted to the soldleri comforts committee and the local redcrossr mlss basel marshall gave several items of interest on current events and miss betty snyder favored the meet- aglsaidsolo a vote of thanks was tendered the hostess and miss snyder and after the staging of the national anthem a cup of tea was enjoyed by au octotteb is ini clean your stae and furnace pipes also your oehan and attics dean out all- fire basmrd to motor and stores hetpyour looal fire brigade thc willing to help you twentyfour hours day mis farrand buried in georgetown cemetery miss emma a farrand a former georgfown resident was burled greenwood cemetery last wednesday afternoon oct 2nd several yearr ago miss farand moved to george town from norval and lived on main street above the bridge with her par- rnis both of whom have been dead for many years about wemyftve years ago she went to live with her brother charles in new brunswick b passed away three years ago and was burled in georgetown since that time miss farrand had continued mve in bt johns new brunswick where she died on sunday september 29th rev w g o thompson officiated at the burial service a niece miss brink flew to the funeral from van- ouver and old friends in town were present to pay their last respects to a former resident brampton winthewar drive exceeds goal last prlng a winthewar com mittee was organized in brampton to alee funds for war purposes the object behind this idea was to con solidate appeals for funds from vari ous organizations into one big drive with the committee assuming respon sibility for distributing the money heading the committee was t h moorehead with j h c walte lead ing the canvas committee an ob- ecttve c 15000 was set and last week the drive headed to a triump hant conclusion oversubscribed by morethan six thousands dollars the- total amount taken in to date is 21- 85787 and it is expected that the fund will be well over 22000 when all returns are tabulated officers installed at verdun rebekah lodge on tuesday evening october let the installation staff of cenfae dis trict of the rebekah assemblyoton- tirio with mr- louise clarke as dis trict deputy president visited verdun rebekah lodge no 184 to lnstal the following officers for the term 194041 noble grand sister marie day vice orand sister pearl ldllico recording secretary sister mabel ijprgrave financial secretary sister b tii5urer sister olive reid warden sister margaret westfall conductor sister lillian ritchie rbnx3 sister margaret groat lsn g sister evelyn walker rbvo sister olive kennedy lsvg sister pearl scott chaplain sister naomi walters inside guardian sister idella wll- ison oulslde guardian bro donaldson xpng sister laura mackenzle pianist sister jessie leavitt at the conclusion of the installa tion ceremony speeches were made by sister louise clarke and other visit ing rebekahs from toronto bramp ton and milton after which a gift wi3 presented to sister clarke and a past noble grands jewel to sister mackenzle a very enjoyable even ing was brought to a close with the serving of a most delicious lunch barn fire at cheltenham seen by a number of people in georgetown last wednesday night fire completely destroyed a barn on the form of w h henry cheltenham the blase was discovered about nine oclock when it had made consider able headway the loss which was covered by insurance included grain and hay and part of the uvestock including calves pigs and origin of the fire was unknown a bucket brigade worked- on the roof of the house for over two hours and managed to save the dwelling halton presbyterial meets at ashgrove by mrs earl wilson the halton presbyterian executive met at- the home of mrs prank st wilson ashgrove on tuesday octo ber lot with two sessions msntjr- seven ladies present and mrs earj wilson presiding besides the execu tive and ten auxiliary presidents the meeting was honoured with the pres ence- of the conference branch secre taries mrs r clements muton and mrs a speight georgetown miss sheridan bronte and mrs j w chapman burlington conducted the worship periods encouraging re ports came from some of the secre taries on the fiveyearplan of organization other reports brought to all much helpful information auxiliary presidents added much by the discussion of their problems and practical program suggestions an itinerary for miss elisabeth m mc- leod of india will be arranged tor november 27 28 and 29 in halton predbyterial specially among younger groups letters were being sent to mrs gor don agncw recently returned on fur lough from chengtu china and miss ruth nelson of acton home on fur lough from kitamaat it was unanimously decided to have mrs j w chapman take the after noon devotional service for the exe- outlve meeting in 1941 mrs frank wilson hostess assisted by mrs w brownridge- ashgrotv auxiliary president served a refresh ing cup of tea to the ladles at the close of the afternoon session mrs h caldwell and mrs chas peer express ed the appreciation of the ladles for the kind hospitality the nominating committee with miss ellen mckay convenor had sv short meeting after the full execu tive closed the presbytery- met at ashgrove united church the same day and delicious dinner was served by the auxiliary of the w3fl6 to both groups in the sunday school room thanks was expressed to the ministers for their splendid cooperation in mak ing it possible for these ladles to come with them in their cars to the execu- tlve meeting reports of the general council in winnipeg were presented by mr t i pickett and rev h s lovering and rev d h gallagher rev m 01- mcdonald of toronto addressed the group speaking of the helpful mini stry of the church from the atlantic to- the pacific at the meeting mr arthur dayfoo ba son of mr and mrs c b day- foot of georgetown was presented as a candidate for the ministry he has commenced his theological studies at emmanuel college toronto norval rifle club the aggregate scores for monday night were exceptionally good out- of the nine competitors four of them made the coveted possible of 100 points out of 100 they are as follows- h nurae 100 x 8 m- atkinson 10o x 8 c meredith 100 x 9 w wil son 100 x 7 r w hall 99 x 8 a b robertson 99 x 9 c caves 98 x 7 w lisk 98 x 8 p hustler 98 x 5 war savings committee met last night the weather after a cool wet september when farmers were still trying to save their rainsoaked grain crops october came in with a few days of bright warm weather and silo filling and apple picking is now the order of the day rains again over the week end have been general following are the tem perature records for the past week date tues oct wednottr h and l temp thura oct 3 73 fri oct 4 s3 sat oc s 67 37 98 mon oct 7 tues oct 8 the st johns ambulance association a class in first aid tor ladles will t monday october 21 in the legion hau wui au ttmie wishing to enroll give ttoejr names to mrs t p grieve queen st phone 3msr enrolment fee ts jfcoo further par- uctnars will be published in die next issue of tne herald under the chairmanship of ltcol g d s cousens members of the georgetown war savings committee met last evening at 830 pjn in the legion rooms the meeting was call ed to deal with reports of the various committers set up mr j d kelly who is lr charge of organisations was absent in ottawa but a full written report of the activities of this com mittee was read to the meeting let ters had been sent out to womens organizations in town asking that a member of the committee be allowed to address them to date mr kelly has spoken to verdun rebekah lodge and groups fat the baptist holy cross and knox presbyterian churches while w v- grant has addressed the ladies of st georges anglican church in all cases the ladies expressed their stamps and certificates to the utmost of their ability and pledged full co operation with the local committee in the absence of mr a beaumont who heads farm organization a letter was read from him in which the vari ous farm groups were listed the same plan will be followed in this case with committee members addressing these groups on behalf of the oommlt- the members present expressed their surprise that none of the local high school girls had as yet entered the selling contest being sponsored in the county this month three attractive prises have been offered by ah inter ested party for the three girls selling the most stamps and certificates de fer the end of the month and ltts hoped that serexjaoltbglrlajriu enroll la the contest doubts were ex at the meet ing as to the plan of inftlng jtore- fcnrprn tn siigltrnt tsrtnr jniir rhsni in war savings stamps keepers have agreed to stamps available to their but some of ttaai me doubtful whether sales would be vety much stimulated through tosss chan nels- ool cousens mentioned that major j r barter was interested in arranging a ndutary evening m town which caignt take the form of a dugout with fa chamber and gas masks a war aavinga stamp would be at file war jbwrtngs booth at the pair had drawn much in terested comment and a total of 1835 in stamps and certificates had been sold that day tracts fourth reallife role edison the man which comes to the gregory theatre next tuesday and wednesday is the fourth picture in which spencer tracy has starred tn a reallife role his first was as fa- ther edwud j flanagan in boys town and this was followed by the roles of henry m stanley in stanley and livingstone and major robert rogers in northwest passage tn none of them did the star use makeup until for the final work on edison nr savings jthemaljiedhtjon white wig and facial makeup to play the in at the age of eightytrwo edison the man picks up the story of the great in life at the age of twentytwo when un known and almost r be arrives in new york city to seek opportuni ty the story follows his career and courtship through the arduous and trying years in winch he fights ridi cule and failure after failure until bis ultimate achievement in the inve of the phonograph and electric light rita johnson heads the s cast as tracy wife and other fea tured players momde lyune over man charles oobum gene lockbart henry travers and felix bressart the picture was directed by clarence cooksville fall fatjt last reduced entries pnrtjffiilarty to noted at cooks- vide- pall pair held a week ago last tuesday p jl fendky and r h hunter norval and txtomaa brosrnrldge were t pilse winning exhafattors stt thst modesty and hualuty sxejhs i