The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening january 22nd 1941 i 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to us a herbert cleave president the annual meeting of the esques jug agricultural society was held in he moolbbon house last saturday af ernoon the attendance was not i arge but the members who were pres nt were enthusiastic about plans tor 1941 with indications pointing to an improved ratr this year mr herbert cleave in opening the meeting thanked the society to hon ourjng him with the presidency during the past year the minutes of last yearfe meeting were read by the se crefary frank petcb and adopted on m motion by oerfleld moguvray and y spencer wilson i treasurer p w cleave read the statement which still shows deficit of 119 68 slightly lower than the 1939 deficit there are some out standing cash donations still unpaid whlcb will bring the deficit well be low the 100 mark 85 of the prize money was paid this year 5 more than in 1930 the treasurer express ed concern about gate receipts which were very poor 22105 hi all we hao an excellent racing pro gram this year he remarked one of the best in the district and yet it did not bring out a crowd i can t under stand it others were in agreement with him on this the ball exhibit was the weak part of the 1940 show especially in the women s field but this was anticlpat ed as many women were too busy with bed cross and other war work to prepare entries one attendant sug bested that an earlier issuing of the price list might help to remedy this cory herrington and o w mclln tock moved the adoption of the treas liters report as read the treasurer then read a list of the paid up members for 1941 rank fetch reported on a district meeting which had been held in bee- ton last june at which p w cleave t cleave and himself were pres ent to represent the local society th- delegates agreed that expenditures must be cut as low as possible dur big the war years an important re ujt of the meeting was the decision of ttiose present to carry on to some extent the work of the school fairs which had been dropped by the gov eminent an extensive section for children was added hi the george town fair and the numbr of en tries and quality of the work entered proved the wisdom of this o w mcuntock and t l leslie who attended a district meeting in mmw last fall reported briefly on the meeting at which many prob lems were discussed various brief committee reports were presented the showing of heavy horses was disappointing said walter ray representing that committee while t i leslie was pleased at the quality of the light horses john bird reported a good exhibit of cattle although he regretted the absence of local exhibitors who did not see fit to enter the georgetown fair spencer wilson reported a good en try list in sheep and cory herrington was pleased with tiie poultry show be referred to an article by joseph oooney secretary of the orangevltle pair board which appeared in a re cent issue of the canadian poultry review which praised the quality of the stock exhibited at georgetown mr coaney acted as poultry judge at last years fair here j e whltelock hal ton county agricultural representative was pres ent at the meeting and made some pertinent remarks concerning the fu ture of fall fairs he stressed the attendance factor and the necessity for building local interest to put the fair across the number of local ex hibltors can be stepped up only by work on the part of the committee g w mclintock believed that more attractions must be provided for local townspeople in order to get them out to the fair this was one place where georgetown fair was falling down and work should be put on this angle of the show on a motion of mcuntock and her rington the president and secretary were appointed to attend the ontario convention which will be held in to ronto next month the election for officers resulted in the following being named for 1941 president herbert cleave 1st vicepresident spencer wilson 2nd vice president oscar lerch treasurer p w cleave secretary frank fetch board of directors walter gray lome li mullln t l leslie w c anthony o w mcuntock craig rejd john bird james fisher t j browmldge nelson a robinson hard ing price clarence anderson garfield mcgilvray w c cunningham cecil cwsholm of 1941 fair board mrs cleave again school board chairman the inaugural meeting of the georgetown public school board was held on wednesday january 15th at 8 pm the members present were mrs kathleen cleave miss annie ryan j d kelly d p criohton h barnes and hugh dickie mrs kathleen cleave was reelected chairman for the year 1941 and the following officers were appointed attendance officer mrs c freure school nurse miss ethel marshall representative on public library board ralph ross secretary treasurer p b harrison property committee h barnes d p crlchton miss annie ryan supply committee j d kelly hugh dickie the board will hold regular meet ings on the second tuesday of each month lions hear safety talk mr savage script writer from the red foster radio program was present at the lions club meeting on monday night and explained the safety pairol idea which the program sponsors using the town of bowmanville as an example he told how the children there must learn the ten safety com mandments and appear before the police chief to demonstrate that they know these a court is held on sat urday morning presided over by the children themselves where traffic vio latlons are dealt with and penalties given the idea has worked success fully in several towns and it is con sidered adopting it in georgetown county council 1941 tru following are the members of the county council for 1941 acton reeve j b chalmers burlington reeve john blair de puty reeve norman craig jr oakvllle reeve j w campbell deputy reeve chas hillmer georgetown reeve harold cleave milton reeve or cecil heslop nelson township reeve leslie kerns deputy reeve w j robert son trafalgar township reeve norm an gilbert deputy reeve w hhall nassagaweya reeve geo finney esqueslng reeve w a wilson deputy reeve howard may the county council met yesterday and reeve leslie kerns of nelson was chosen as warden for 1941 legion wa elects officers on thursday evening jan 16th the women s auxiliary to the canadian legion branch 120 held their elec tion of officers for the year 1941 the results are as follows president mrs t grieve 1st vibe president mrs f mccart ney 2nd vice presidentsmrs c staoey secretary mrs g ferry treasurer mrs w roney standard beare mrs c davis sick visitor mrs f bralsby social convenor mrs a collins kitchen convenor mrs j blalx the election was conducted by mr f mccartney president of the le gion assisted by mr h harlow and mr parton as scrutineers ah officers were duly installed and a vote of thank- tendered to the chairman and hl helpers the meeting was then resumed af ter all business had been dealt with the meeting was brougth to a close with the singing of god save the king j c bell elected halton holstein president for 1941 norvai rifle club fourteen me of no rifle ts m to o on monday tlight and defeated the collegians by 00 points for the twelve high scores on each team the collegians scored 1143 points to norval s 1194 trie individual scores are as follows xajcmorwtck 100 x 6 prof f blackwood 98 hendricks 97 patterson 90 currle 96 browrr 96 g blackwood tflanbl 95 stewart 94 cruickshank itortffln 91 booth 93 total 1143 points norval atkinson 100 x 10 nurse 100 x 8 johnston 100 x 9 norma hall 100 x 9 ltsk 100 x 8 caves 100 x 7 meredith- 100 x 6 oh hall 99 x 7 a w wilson 99 x 6 a b robinson hit p stark 95 x 3 griffin 94 x 3 total 1194 points a capacity crowd greeted hon j g taggart minister of agriculture for saskatchewan and chairman of the canadian bacon board and dr j b reynolds president of the toronto milk producers at the annual meeting of the halton holstein breeders held in the palermo community hall on tuesday of last week hon mr tagg art who was introduced by paul fisher of burlington delighted his large aud ience with the clearcut comprehen slve picture which he gave of agrlcul tural conditions in great britain which served as a background for his discussion of the recent bacon and cheese agreement i am of the opin ion stated mr taggart that within a few months hog prices in united states will be higher than those in canada should this come into effect a natural market for the hoss of the province of alberta which in cidentaliy today is canaads largest exporting bacon province may be found in the us pacific states ac cording to mr taggart if this come to pass the canadian govemmen will then have to take some action v 1th the piesent bacon price that is if the present contract with great bn tain is to be filled rr j b reynolds in his brief ad dress lived up to his reputation a- one of canada most able speakers the recent conference at london stated dr reynolds was a clear cut illustra lion of the need of a national organi za ion to speak lor agriculture dr reynolds urged his audience to s ipport the cnnadlan federation of agricul lure by orming a county unit in halton th appreciation of the audience was extended to the speakers b w h biggar 1st vice president of the association who intimated that th audience owed them a real debt of frratitude for their very able addrcsse which had clarified many points on which the majority in the audience had not been clear at the- session in the morning re cognition was given by agricultural representative j e whltelock on be half of the club to a few of those who had made holstein history for halton county djring the past year these included elton mclean or oakvllle who bred two of the animals recelv lng all american honours in 1940 robinson bros of georgetown were presented with the bank of commerce trophy emblematic of the winning herd at 4he county holstein show the bank of nova scotia trophy for the best get of sire group bred and exhibited by exhibitor at the same show was presented by f h gllroy to frank stark of mikon the royal bank trophy was presented to w b somerset of bururigton who had the grand champion sire and winning progeny of dam byron jenvey western ontario fieldman spoke briefly congratulating the club on having the second largest club membership in the province n 1940 and also stated that the hakon club due to their initiative and ac tivlty had received maximum grant from the parent association in 1940 no less than 26 halton breeders ac cording to 1940 hop records have animals with production records ran imr between 500 and 800 lbs bp 4ated j e whltelock who incident hv was the recipient of a presenta hon from the elwb executive as a re cognition of his assistance and leader ship the election of officers resulted as follows hon president a s mahon camp- bellville president j c bell freeman 1st vice president w h bigg oakvllle 2nd vice presldenta t woodley milton secretary treasurer v j lawrence directors esqueslng w h robinson craig reld nassagaweya frank rinehart nelson ross segsworth fred ha milton trafalgar claude picket emerson ford frank stark while there were many present in th afternoon who were unable to be out for the morning session there were nevertheless over 100 present for the excellent dinner served at noon by the indies of the south halton breeders john shepherd a past president of the hub in thanking the ladles stated they rad contributed not a little to the erowth and prosperity of the halton club council makes 1941 appointments the weather the sudden drop in temperature tc 16 on the i4th was the lowest for the winter so far but it lasted for one night qnly since which we have had fairly steady moderate temper atures a freezing rain on the 17th made travelling dangerous for a short time and interfered with the regular bun service milder weather the next day relieved the situation thawing the ice from streets and trees and still we have a hard snow crust over five or six inches of snow as usual in midwinter there has been considerable cloudiness relieved test monday by a cloudless sky for the whole day following are the local records for the past week date h and l precipl temp tatlon mon jan tues jan 14 15 wed jan 15 12 thurs jan 16 30 fri jan 17 32 sat jan 18 35 sun jan 19 2 mon jan 20 10 16 9 25 snow 25 55 rain snow local council met at the home of mrs a c welk the local council of women he d their annual meeting at the home of mrs a c welk charles street on monday january 20th with twenty two ladies present the minutes of last years annual meeting were read and approved the affiliated societies sent in splendid re ports which were read by their rep resentatives mrs clarence hayes moved that last years officers remain for the ensu lng year this was seconded by mrs w e nodwell and the motion carri ed it was unanimously agreed that a note of appreciation be sent to mrs w f smith who tendered her re slgnation as treasurer mrs smith has been the very capable treasurer of the organization for several years tea was poured by mrs r b fou- 11s with mrs welk mrs vannatter ind mrs haves assisting ask retention of constables cookman and oliver in county ice storm affects bus service r a bad ice storm in the district last thursday night caused motorists a good deal of trouble sleet began to fall late in the afternoon and by ieyen o clock no 7 highway was a sheet of treacherous ice the gray coach lines phoned the local agent saying all bus service was cancelled for the night and would- travellers were forced to seek shelter where they were marzo and papilloc the two acton boys who are playing with georgetown juniors this year could not get home after the game and had to stay at one of the local hotels many georgetown people were in toronto for the half holiday afternoon and though mostof them ot back to town traffic was moving at a snails pace and the usual hour trip took weir over two hours the worst spot in the highway was at the norval hill which is always treacherous in slip pery weather halton protective elects 1941 officers holding theu annual meeting at milton last tuesday halton protective association elected officers for 1941 the association was originally formed to safeguard farmers against cattle thieving etc and as there were no cases in 1940 consequently no claims were paid out officers elected were president william mccready mil ion vice president r f ellington secretary treasurer w k shields township directors nelson h a oirtwright s agnew a colling h avnew j mcmaster trafalgar j a wilson f cartwright r r ander on r h oalbralth esquesing j w elliott t f chlsholm c robert son nassagaweya e ellington a anderson auditor j irving director j hardy milton in the 34 years since the inception o the society wm mccready o milton has been elected president six teen times on active service c a s f basf post officf can pte harry l allcn b74016 no 1 holding unit 48th highlanders pte w beamish b51523 lst infan try base depot lome scols onr sam barry b7110 9 15 field battery rc a pte reginald blair h16196 14lh platoon c company pjcli pte james brunton b73957 48th highlanders pte william chaplin b86670 no 1 echelon 2nd div s ipply col rcasc cpl larry cole b81798 rcaj3c pte r connbly b37545 a coy rhlj pte harry d dickenson b67806 royal rest of canada c coy l force fcpr james dickinson b39408 no 2 road constr coy rce bpr t duffy b25352 2ndfleld coy bcz oapt j arnott early ppxul pte h r elwood b628 hq lst battalion queens own rifles of canada w force pte j h ezeard a3784 no 1 can holding unit rxul cpl henry ferry b51518 lst infantry base depot lome scots cpl edward f frances b36742 b ooy rjlli v spr james freestone b33143 no 2 road constr ooy hce pte clarence freestone b7t956 48th highlanders spr gilbert gillevet b26324 lst holding unit odn rce pte james gillevet b37036 b co ui it 182 rhu spr sam cisby b26163 no 1 tunnelling co r c e cpl thomas given b51508 wing base depot lome scots pte f n grace b51557 lst infan try base depot lome scots spr l o grace a20436 11th field coy rce 2nd dulsion pte j r graham b51511 lst in fantry base depot lome scots pte c e hale b88563 2nd div supply col rcasc tpr alan s herd b67517 4th can rec squadron 2nd div troop no 1 pte clifford hilts h10i86 pj cxi c coy 1st canadian div lsion pte j a howey b51552 1st infan try base depot lome scots spr carl hyde b3g844 2nd can pioneer bt a co no 6 sec rob pte joseph kendall b72901 toronto scottish regt ptper robtt mcvey 73735 48th highlanders onr jamss a mills b31124 rh q rca 1st med reg t stattsot o w moreton mlf bs1503 1st infantry base depot lome soots pte johnoxans b36673 b coy unit 182 rhix pte r raynor b73056 48th high landers no 1 holding co onr sidney reeve b6026 9th battery rca continued on page 8 t grand winter in north says subscriber renewing her suhscrtptinn to the herald mrs bertha orr of klrkland lake says you must not disparage our nor them winter this year anyway we have bad a grand winter absolutely none of the ice storms you southern people enjoyed we have had our cold days occasionally one morning this week it was 29 degrees below but the sun shone beautifully ail day wanned things up a bit and made it so bright and cheerful our streets are kept clean right down to the pavements the snow plough runs alt the time and the trucks take the snow right away to the snow dump the town bought a snow loader this winter cost 5 000 it reminds one of a hay loader and it can fill a truck in two shakes they say it put number of men out of work but its speed we need up here when dealing with snow you should take a run up here next summer it is a revelation to most people from down home there is one terrible drawback to our winters the price of fuel is outrageous hard coal is 92850 a ton alberta coal is cheaper but it comes in lumps which require an axe to break to furnace slae then some of it just melts into a solid clinker and out goes the are others are so gascy you must leave the drafts on and then look out for a chimney fire we burn briquettes and find them very satisfactory they f 14 50 a ton the coal dealers blarne the freight rates for the excessive price in that case the govemmen should make an adjustment our gold is so important to the country so our miners should get a square deal my son in law is in gibraltar ht writes the most interesting letters about the rock he went to eng land last june with the royal can adian engineers a call was put into the mines for experienced machine men and they formed no 1 tunnel ling company i could wrlt reams on gibraltar from it formation to its bands of wild apes and then pass on to conditions spain tt is so interesting to get it first liai d rowland s letters are all censored i often wonder it all gets thro rrh of course it lsn t really mill tnrv mn tc s he cant say why they ire tunnelling gibraltar but a mill tnry man tre told my da ighter they are makin trim emplacements the duns nro hro tght up hydraullcally i suppose fir d and sunk again so they tire o it of danger another report that thev are making airraid shel icrs still jinother in case of the worst happening rither than surrender the frrtress t me bombs would be set and the whole rock blpwn to debris non of these mas be right it is more or if s conjert ire at a meeting of georgetown ooun- cil last night a resolution was passed urging the commissioners of ontario police to cancel the transfer of con stables cookman and oliver from halton county the question was- brought forward by reeve harold cleave strongly supported by coun cillor n h brown and thefeellng of the council was that the two men had been efficient in their jobs and hav ing on intimate knowledge of the county were better equipped to en force law and- order a copy of tha resolution will be forwarded to th attorney general s department wh cb has already received similar request from other municipal bodies in the county the standing committees for 1941 were appointed by the council the- first named on each committee if chairman finance cripps mackenzie cleave bradley roads mcdonald brown bradley cleave water and fire costigan crippa mcdonald welfare light and police brown cripps costigan building and property mackenzie brown cleave printing and industrial bradley mcdonald costigan magloughlen and albert wil liams were present at the meeting and asked for renewal of their billiard licenses these were given at the same price as last year 15 a tabe marshall was appointed weed inspector and harry goldham waa reappointed to the board of health other re appointments included mrs j p reld clerical work as requlr- r- b foulls high school board for a three year term e w cole and mrs w e nodweu three year terms on the cemetery board mrs nellie gardiner public library board three year term freeman kersey relief officer at a salary of 9 a month w emmerson night constable salary 65 a month on the recommendation of the fire brigade donald latimer was engaged as fire chief at a salary of 6730 a year with fred mccartney deputy- chief at 3750 and w e marshall jr truck drtoer at 4500 dr r learmontti was reengaged as milk and sanitary inspector at a salary of 200 a year a resolution was passed providing for payment by the town of the tele phone service of night constable em merson and fire truck driver w k marshal it was decided to purchase new uniform for the night con stable the report of the christmas hamper committee was read 5485 had been collected by the committee and used to spread cheer in town and the coun cil went on record as expressing their appreciation to the committee for their good work a 15 grant was made to the sal vation army a letter was read from a toronto glove firm asking for details as to suitable location for a proposed plant this was turned over to the industrial committee for action the following accounts were passed l harding sts t 180 w spence sts 130 w spence ww sts o40 a hill ww 240 l harding sts 120 w spence ww sts 720 w chaplin sts 75 wm ward court services 400 e cfthompson court services 400 jack tost sts 12 75 lloyd davison sts 180 hyoro electric 676 50 halton co tnty grader for sts 2100 p b harrison registering births marriages deaths 1300 w h kentner son coal 30 00 hydro electric material for fire siren 35 18 w g marshall postage etc 15 45 the question of purchasing a new fire truck was brought up and will be discussed in detail at the next meet ing of the council farmers urged to adopt system of farm records a two day farm management oour se under theiauspices of the federal and ontario departments of agricul ture was held at hornby last thurs day and friday this is the sec ond such course held in halton coun tv and many of those who attended the course a year ago were oack for li y information again thlsyear the u jrmat4on presented by messrs h r i re and g c retson of the federal f yonomlcs division was largely based on the cost of milk production bur- vey conducted with over 700 milk pro ducers in all parts of the province during the past four years many of the halton producers who have been cooperating with this work were in attendance and a goodly percentage ntimatod that as a result of the in formation secured they have been able to make certain adjbetmenta in their farm business which have resulted in a consequent lowering of ttie cost of producing 100 lbs of milk on then- respective farms the farmer is doncemed with liv ing on his profits instead of on hjs products as he did 40 years ago de clared h r hare who incidentally was the agricultural representative b halton 25 years ago this necessi tates a tremendous change for him to fit into the general economic pro- gr l stated ar flva major factors stated mr hare which largely determine the cost of milk production namely volume or- buslness crop yields producon per cow efficiency in the use of labour efficiency to the use of capital at the conclusion of the course agricultural repre sj b wihtelock asked fee group how many were prepared to keep farm accounts those in attendance replied in the affi rmative 100 strong resolutions were passed expressing appreciation for tiie outstanding contribptiops by messrs hare and retson and also urgtrjg th ontario government to take aetien t continue the cost of mufc prodoouon survey and farm management work