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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening february 5th 1941 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to u3a february is war sayings pledge month couhty argue on committee appointments reeve cleave criticizes ap pointment system road equipment will not be the second meeting of the 1941 county council was held in milton on tuesday jan 26th with all members present and the new warden mr lea- lie kerns reeve of nelson in the chair minutes wen read and adopt ed and a considerable number of com munications read by the clerk many of which were filed at the afternoon session ayletta- was read from mr john byersi ex reeve of oakville tendering his reslgnatlun as a member of the good roads com mlttee it was moved toy mr gilbert sec onded by mr campbell that mr finney be appointed to the good roads committee for the years 1941 1942 1943 1944 and 1945 before the motion could be put be fore the council mr harold cleave reeve of georgetown rose to his feet and said mr warden i would like to voice my objection to this appo fit ment i have nothing whatever against mr finney but i think or the time he has served in the county council he has been very well treat ed he has been warden chairman of the finance committee and is also serving on other committees i think these things should be handed around more impartially i have been a mem ber of this council seven years and in that time it has never yet been my privilege to serve on the road com mlttee i think there are too many getting too many committee fees and being shabbily used i also think too lew are given responsibilities dr heslop i would like to know just how this road committee is formed it is my opinion that town ship reeves are given the preference and the fifth membership goes to the one who gets there quickest mr hulmer perhaps i might say that neither mr campbell nor my self has any wish to serve on this com mlttee as neither of us feel that we would have the time to give to it at present however my opinion of the road committee is that it should be formed by committee of five with the warden as exoffido member mr cleave 1 must say when the striking committee came back with their report at the last meeting i was frankly speaking disappointed for one thing i feel when these commit tees are struck new members should be given responsibilities whether they want it or not mr finney i have always tried to do my best in every way and as re gards the road committee i think it only fair that preference should be given to the reeves of the four town ships as they naturally represent i greater percentage of mileage in the county mr campbell perhaps i should ex plain to the council that i was offer ed the position of chairman of the penance committee but declined mr finney i appreciate that ex planatlon mr pmney was appointed chair man of the finance committee mr hall i am in favor of the four township reeves being given the pre- mr chalmers i am in favor of that too but i think the extra man should fee moved around finally the resolution appointing mr finney was put before the council and carried but that did not end the discus- mr hilkoer started the ball rolling aealn by saying that he was still of the opinion that the warden should ik an exoffldo member of the road committee and that two new mem hers be appointed and that mr kerns should resign as a member of the committee except in his capacity warden and that does not mean continued mr hulmer that w- want mr kerns out or anyone else oiu for that matter but we do want this thing setued in the right way dr heslop i think we should call in mr dick he could settle the mat ter for us in about two minutes at this point mr gilbert saidhere ver g whocan give us the information we want and mr p m higglns from the provin cial department of highways walked totothe court room aooompanled by the county engineer mr smith tbe problem of the road committee was explained to mr higglns who are bis opinion as follows if the warden is already a member of the road committee he resign that offtoa hot serves on the committee in his xotndo capacity as warden of the county warden supposing we leave this matter over to the next meeting continued on page c e ruddy killed in motor crash c e ruddy former georgetown re sident died in a north bay hospital sunday as a result of injuries suf fered in a motor accident tbe previ ous friday he was a passenger in a oar driven by george price kirkland lake which was involved in a head- crash with another auto driven by o f shaw of toronto dennis moore lachlne quebec was a passenger hi the second vehicle the accident oc curred thirty miles north of north bay all four men were badly in jured and lay on the road or in their wrecked autoe for more than a hour before the accident was discovered by passing motorist milton caldwell temagaml district mr ruddy who never regained con sciousnesfi after the accident suffered broken leg and severe head cuts charles earl ruddy was born in georgetown 43 years ago he attend ed school here and went overseas with the 64th battalion in the last world war he operated a tourist camp at lowell lake near temagaml funeral rites were held tuesday february 4th at the home of his sis ter in law mrs harold cleave rev overend of the united church conducted the service the pallbearers were clarence benham wilfred hun- norman snyder orby herring ton harry qoldham and john wat- n former chums or the deceased mrs josephine mcleay sang no ire the -oeorgetown-veu- erans acted as flower bearers on leav lng the house and took part in the service at the grave mr ruddy leaves to mourn his loss his wife the former amy c mcdon aid and three children shirley 14 charles jr 9 and jo ann 2 also one brother fred ruddy of london there were many beautiful floral expressions of sympathy interment was made in the family plot in green wood cemetery rev arthur lejgett tells lions of the river thames rev arthur leggett of norval pies byterian church was guest speaker at the lions ohib meeting in the mcoib- bon house on monday evening choos ing as his topic the river thames he told of an american traveller who approached av ehgush cabinet mini ster as he gazed reverently over the river this doesn compare with our am erican rivers the american said why the mississippi and the missouri are much larger and much more im pressive than this little trickle of water sir said the englishman the mississippi and the missouri are larger it is true but they contain nothing but water this river is full of liquid history mr leggett then sketched some of the history which is tied up with the river thames oxford one of the old est seats of learning in the world is situated on the thames it was at runneymede that king john signed the magna charta and granted to the english people the first step towards building our democracy london the worlds greatest city stretches along the thames and windsor the home of kings also faces the river the house of commons called the mb iher of parliaments because ita set up has been copied in almost every civilized country in the world is but one other or the thames link with history mr leggett predicted that the hordes of hitler which were trying to bomb london the nerve centre of the em pire out of existence would be de tea ted and one more glorious page in the history of the river thames would be written the weather again we have had another week of good steady winter weather with no storms nor extremes of temperatures and the winter is half over cahdalmas day february 2nd is said to be midwinter and 4he time according to the old adage when far mers should take note of their feed on hand to carry their stock through till spring pasture on oandelmas day have half your pats and half your bay it is also spoken of as groundhog day when the groundhog wakes up from his long winter sleep and comes out to take a look about if the sun is shining so he can see his shadow he makes up his mind he might as well go back and have another six wwfcs nap we have not yet had any reports of any seen out this winter but we think they must have had a comfortable time of it this winter for with the heavy snow blanket all winter there is till no frost in the ground following are local records for the past week date h and l prectpi mon jan 27 15 tuea jan 28 37 we6l jan 29 37 huns jan 30 27 fri jan 31 26 sat feb 1 35 sun feb 2 35 mon feb 3 20 7 10 snow leroy dale kc heads red cross for 1941 boom town at gregory revealing the entire story of the thrilling drama of oil for the first time with a story that is entirely one of action and with a star group that in cludes clark oable spencer tracy claudette colbert and bedy lamarr boom town will open at the greg ory theatre next saturday feb 8th boom town is a cavalcade of oil- dom asvtest pilot covered the dra matic story of testing thrills in the skies it is a dramatic story of two friends who carry on through reversals and successes even when one marries the sweetheart of the other the friendship breaks dramatically and is renewed just as dramatically when the unmarried friend breaks up an af fair between his former sweethearts husband and an adventuress through this story run scenes of roaring gushers flaming oil fires whiffed out with tnt blistering fist fights a headfirst dive into a street of mud to escape a rain of bullets the hero on a bucking mule a thrill ing hold up a scrap between two dance hall girls and thousands of other fast action sequences joseph hall pdjjgal was one of the speakers when alton i oof 357 entertained their wives at a re cent banquet in the palmer house town to hire collector for taxes and water rates normal rifle club the scores made on the range monu day night five of the nine contest ants scored the coveted possible of 100 points each they are as follows i atkinson 100 x 8 meredith 100 x 9 nurse 100 x 9 johnson 100 x 5 hust cr 100 x 6 caves 98 x a cantelon 96 x 6 crosier 95 x 3 stark 95 x t the hlllsburg team is expected down in the near future township purchases- grader and snow plow for 6542 stewarttown january 27th 1941 a special meeting of esqueslng township council was held on mon day afternoon all members of the council were present and reeve wil son presided at the meeting the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted mr higglns district engineer and mr lee of the department of high ways were present and mr robertson opened tenders for grader and snow- plow from the oeneral supply com pany dominion road machinery com pany sawyer massey utnlted and j dadams limited moved and seconded by harrop and may that this council purchase one no 412 j d adams grader includ lng snow plow and wing purchase price to be 654200 according to the specifications of the tender forms carried moved and seconded by murray and may that this council do now adourn carried stewarttown february 3rd 1041 the february meeting of esqueslng township council was held on mon day afternoon deputyreeve o h may councillors o w murray edwin harrop and george k cleave were present reeve william a wilson pre sided at the meeting the minutes of last meeting were read and adopted moved and seconded by murray and may that tbe treasurer pay the road sheets as presented by the road sup erintendent 36289 carried moved and seconded by may and harrop that the treasurer pay relief accounts as presented by the relief officer 18846 carried moved and seconded by harrop and cleave that the treasurer pay board of health accounts dr o k steven son for treatment to patient no 10 june 1 -to- s 8009- john jenklnson to taking indigent to toronto general hospital on jan 12th 5 00 carried moved and seconded by cleave and may that the treasurer pay beu telephone co account 30 whlluer and oo assessors supplies m45 john standlsh to caretaking of hall for no mlnatton 3 jo board of hydro com- nussloner george street lights at glen williams oct to pec 7475 clerk registration of births marriages and deaths to 1940 1476 stamoj 244 total i7joomnltd moved and seconded by may and murray that the treasurer pay t j mahony sec treas ontario good roads association membership fee 5 00 the salvation army grant 10 00 carried moved and seconded by may and cleave that the rolls be returned to collector joseph sanford to allow him to complete the tax collections carri ed moved and seconded by may and murray that this council do now ad joum to meet on monday march 3rd at 130 pjn or at the call of the reeve carried piano recital the pupils of miss norma stephen son held a very successful piano recital last thursday evening at the home of mrs w a mcclure maple grove farm those taking part were cath erine haines mary mcclure paul wagstaffe betty anne kerr may mc clure alleen allan bobby addy mar guerlte mcmenemy marion hepbun and marjorle wagstaffe vocal selections were also given by jonn and marjorle wagstaffe and miss stephenson and marlon hepburn after the musical part of the pro gram games were played and lunch served bringing to a close a very en joyable evening norval junior farmers the norval junior farmers held their monthly meeting at the home of craig and bruce reld tuesday janu ary 21st the minutes were moved and adopt ed the business was then brought be fore the meeting george henderson gave a talk on the enifereneehfotv-cmservatlon- foreatatlon and joe rosa splendid talk on tjrlnk more muk the joint meeting with ttos insti tute then took place mr fred wright of acton presented a splendid show ing of pictures on heme improvement mr j e whltelook halton agricul tural representative then made a few comment on agriculture rev d d davidson also attended the meeting a vote of thanks was extended to thon taking part in the evening pro gram and the meeting ended with the singing of cod lunch was served save the king georgetown council met on tuesday ntght with mayor joseph gibbons and councillors j coatlgan a ttoripps clifford bradley s j mackenzie and mcdonald present at the meet ing it was decided to advertise for ap plications for the position of tax and water rate collector for the town fire chief donald latimer attend ed the meeting and gave a brief re port of the work of the brigade in 1940 he asked council to consider the purchase of a new fire truck no ac tion was taken on the question of pur chasing a new town truck chief marshall reported that the tires on the present vehicle were in very poor con dition and it was decided to purchase bwo used tires to alleviate this mat ter for the present harry chu proprietor of the golden gate cafe addressed council asking help from tbe local police in control ling disorders in bis restau a communication was read from the ontario provincial police department acknowledging receipt of a letter which requested the cancelling of the transfer of constables cookman and oliver from the county 5694 in relief accounts for janu ary were passed for payment as well as the following accounts l harding ww sts jw w spenoe sta 1j0 100 100 249 1904 1283 1500 400 500 35000 w robb stationery f c whitmee sts j brandf ord wood town ball municipal world stationery bell telephone co mrs j blair welfare w o marshall paid for truck license p b harrison postage etc k m langdon legal fees etc stewarttown the annual vestry meeting was held in st johns church last tuesday evening rev l r colebrook presld ing with miss jenklnson vestry clerk the rector in his report said there had been nine baptisms no marriage and one funeral in 1940 mr cole- brook spoke of bis coming to the par lh and of his hopes and plans for the future he thanked all those who had helped in the various activities of the church in the past year mr j sanford gave the financial report which showed apportionment paid and a small balance mr john bird read the sunday school report reports of the woman s auxiliary the junior w a and the little helpers were given by mrs bally x vote of thanks was moved to old members of tbe chnrch and other friends who by their assis tance financially and otherwise help to cany on the work of the church the following officers were appointed for 1941 rectors warden mr john bird peoples warden mr j sanford au ditors mrs bally and miss jenun eon the sidesmen of 1940 were re elected mr and mrs c woods and family have left the village to take up resi dence in streetsvlue private snd mrs jack won week end visitors with mr and mrs s m little maralyn jenklnson of mount dennis is visiting with her grandma mrs h jenklnson mr norman bally of toronto spent the week end at his home here society has done good work since formation tn 1939 needed by september the first annual meeting of the geo branch of the canadian red cross society was held in the public library last thursday january 30th with president leroy dale in the chair treasurer g w mcuntock present ed his report for the calendar year 1940 which showed total receipts of 428446 of which 75046 were in uh paid pledges after disbursements which included payments to red cross headquarters of almost 2 000 ca balance on hand at january 1st w 113840 mrs p b coffin chairman of the purchasing committee reported that 3900 had been handled by this com mittee since the formation of th branch a little over a year ago 281 78 of this amount had been spent at headquarters and tbe re mainder locally and at wholesale houses this committee had also looked after six british war guests purchasing clothing and christmas cheer for them to the value of 25 00 this sum had been raised for this pur pose at a tea speaking for the finance commit tee g w mcuntock compared the state of finances as of december 1939 with that of december 1940 showtng that there had been an improvement during the year mr dale explained that the canvass of stewarttown and limehouse had not yet been completed fts the late harvest this year had made the time of the regular canvass in september a bad time to approach the rural districts this canvass is now in progress and it is expected that it will soon be completed iltlmn yvonne adams presented the report of the sewing committee which showed a total of 3476 articles made during the year these included py jamas hospital gowns khaki hand kerchiefs pneumonia jackets and bos linings as well as a large amount of refugee clothing and supplies miss annie ryan reported 3489 ar ticles turned in to the knitting com mittee and mrs j campbell present ed the surgical report showing 1853 articles made by district women miss ryan reported that there had sen 21 shipments made during the year and pointed out that c x par ker had carted these to the c n b station free of charge chairman mrs a reeve of the soldiers comforts committee explain ed that cigarettes and parcels had been sent to george and district soldiers overseas during the past mon ths several organisations had donat- funds for these and the pabus had heartily supported a tag day last local war savings campaign under way next week plans are being laid by the local war savings committee under chalr- man col gordon cousens for the lo cal drive for pledges which will be a part of the national campaign be ing conducted on behalf of tbe sale of war savings certificates the lo cal committee will meet thursday night when plana will be drawn up a shipment of badges has just arriv ed on which is a picture of the well- known hand with thumb up and the savar painted under neath in red these will be given out to purchasers of war savings certi ficates to be worn on lapels it is expected that campaign head quarters will be set up in a main st location and it is rumoured that ma jor j r bather has consented to allow his local mnihmn to parade on main street some night this month to assist in the campaign the local is confident that georgetown will sup this cam paign to the moat of its ability and every ejussn is urged to find a place in his budget for the regular pur chase of war savings certificates mrs john erwin buried here mrs john a erwin passed away at her home in sarnia on tuesday januv ary 28th after an ulneas of scmes months duration the former martha kennedy she was bom in ge and was a daughter of the lata mr and mrs maurice kennedy she was at one time a soloist in the methodist church here mr and mrs krwm haobeepjteat dents of sarnia for over forty yeats a funeral service was held in robbs undertaking chapel in that city on thursday night and burial took place the fodowmg day in gree on tery georgetown rev f o over was in charge of the service here and pallbearers were mrs krwhvs five bro- thersln law robert emm f erwin and edgar erwin at george- town lome erwin of toronto char les erwin of bast rochester nt and harold cleave st valentines day february 14th the president mr dale then thank ed the officers and members for th wholehearted support given the so ciety during the year a great deal of credit is due tbe ladles for their wonderful work and time spent to doing their share to make george town s contribution to tbe red crow a worthy one the branch must now send mo of each ttouar collected to headquarters said mr dale and i feel that w should raise at least another 1000 by next september in order that our branch may continue to do the work it wants to do election of officers for the comlngr year took place with most of the aw tive officers being retained le roy dale win continue as president wlta miss annie ryan 1st vlcepresideak and ralph ross 2nd vicepresident ft w moltntock and miss yvonne adas continue in their offices as treasurer and secretary mr joseph beaumont glen wsv lianas was named honorary president with rev woo thompson l 9 fleck and mrs a w nixon as hon orary vicepresidents members of the executive t1r mayor joseph gibbons reeve htiott cleave reeve w a wilson of j d kefly ool g coomb w h long w v grant w g bjshfs- aod george aloott as wen as repre sentatives from the ministerial jgbcsl tton the chairmen of each of vbk la dles committees and i mtiuuw4lia n the local council of w to the legion lojxr from the local council ofwimnjlwjr women institute and the in lttttehcose glen williams stewart town wm norval mr dale thanked the member ftr htm to office for ml m not paen atxe to ttmvtg as much tune to hi duties as he would hare uked to becaom of n- naas and he hoped that tn the year to come this would not be bm that o0tgvtowa continue to give fud snppoa to ejea cross activities in the fajprat s hoped that at next yeart aoal ffjmj lng the society ooom mfmmjek buy war savings certificates buy war savings certificates t