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t the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening march 26th 1941 1 50 per annum in advance 200 to u s a cafe proprietor slashed with razor w vic police say harry chu wounded as toronto men seek revenge appear in milton court today three men are appearing in the county court at hilton today charg ed with wounding and disturbing the as a result of an attack on chu proprietor of the gotten i was about one o clock last satur day morning when the three strangers entered the cafe and after waiung till other customers nad left one of the trio produced arasor and attacked the local man noise of the scuffle roused main street resldente and late zeby and chief w o map- hurried to the scene in re- telephone call town he arrived two of the at tackers had fled leaving their friend joseph wright parliament street toronto safe in the clutches of a number of local men he was placed imder arrest by the chief provincial officer bay hodgson and w herman picked up lyall rogers of windsor on the highway betiween georgetown and norval a short time later and early saturday morning patrick mc carthy toronto taxi driver was ar rested in the city by dtsgt russell dodos the men were taken to milton jall ghus injuries proved to be superfi cial neck wounds and after treatment sdr o v williams he was allow- to return to his home investigation of the reasons for the attack disclosed that chu was a vic tim of mistaken identity recently the wife of one of the attackers was sentenced to threemonths in jail for the theft of a sum of money from a former employee of the georgetown cafe another georgetown restaurant the trio came out with the intention of revenging themselves on this other man and by m went to the wrong cafe i edna mae glass eldest daughter of mrs percy glass and the late mr glass was united in marriage with percy roy hill eldest son of mr and mrs edward hill in a ceremony which took place in the presbyterian manse last saturday afternoon rev d d davidson performed the cere mony the bride wearing a turquoise fine wool crepe dress with matching hat and gloves and black accessories and a corsage of sweetheart roses was attended by her sister mrs george cooper of gten wniiama groomsman was mr george cooper of glen wll visitor what make is your grand- sons new car grandma 1 think i heard him say it was a wow w w brownridge marks 8jrt birthday w w brownridge a resident of gebngetown for the- past 14 years celebrated his eightyfirst birthday at his home on market street yesterday he urns horn on a farm near hornby son of tfceiato joseph brownridge and agnes fisher brownridge and lived there until his marriage some s3 years ago when he settled on another farm in the hornby district he re tired in 1837 and moved to george town where his wife the late louisa neilson died in 1931 his farm was taken over by his second son who still farms there the homestead is still operated by another son mr brownridge thinks the fanners of today have just as much work to do to be successful as they had when he was a young lad he says the modern youth travel a lot faster because of the development of the motor car but he recalls many good pottles and dances as well as camp meetings evangelistic style under the leadership of the methodist church of which he was a member for the young people held during the summer for some weeks on his fathers farm and also near norval village his chief treasures of which he is very proud are some five hundred or more ribbons and eleven silver cham pionship medals which he received be tween the years 1912 and 1922 for prize pigs and some horses which he raised on his farm and entered in fairs and exhibitions he first exhibited stock at the ouelph winter pair in 1906 and from then until 1922 he had outstanding success everywhere that he showed in 1913 he entered eleven pigs in the national livestock show at toronto and took home thirteen prizes and in 1919 at the one he won twenty seven prizes on twenty- four pigs all firsts but bwo which were seconds he specialized in berk shire swine and was the first to ever enter pigs at the cne with their toenails trimmed which he decided was necessary for proper posture as well as general health he has also judged at fairs at london ouelph listowel and ottawa other bobbles are shooting and euchre the latter in winch he indulges almost every day now mr brownridge has five children w n w o and t j all of hornby and two daughters mrs ptc brown of hornby and ethel at home he is enjoying excellent health and the herald extends congratulations and wishes him many more happy birth days glimpses of parliament hughes cleaver mp the debate on the resolution to in troduce the war appropriation act af ter drifting along for four weeks dame to an end on thursday last without any important criticism of canadas war effort other than the delay in aeroplane production in this indus try while some factories have made remarkable progress such as the hur ricane plant at port arthur yet many other plants have encountered delay after delay canada is now up to a production of forty planes per week and we are hoping that our difficul ties have now been overcome in this regard the next problem which will re ceive the attention of the house is agriculture in ontario the question of hogs cheese and cattle appears to be satisfactorily dealt with but butter and wheat are still highly contentious as to wheat canada now has a sur plus equal to the normal world sur plus and has an investment of some thing over four hundred million dol lars at the present time there is no immediate market for this surplus and it will cost something over fifty million dollars annually for storage charges to say nothing of the interest on the money invested the govern ment proposes to divert nine million acres in the west this year from wheat production as wheat la in part a war casualty the government proposes to partly compensate the wes tern fanner and the plan is to pay 4 00 per acre of wheat acreage put to summer allow or 2 00 per acre if mwn to coarse grains or grasses some ontario member are opposed to the pnyment of 2 00 for that portion of 1 eat acieagc which is sown to coarse grain on the ground that it will harm ontario farmers the answer of the minister of agriculture to this charge is that the freight rate trom the west to ontario h more than double the amount of the subsidy and that if the additional coarse grain is fed to hogs the ontario farmer is still in a pre ferred position in regard to hogs be cause of the ontario bonus of 1 00 per 1940 town aud r issued important addition lists tax and water arrears 27000 decrease in debenture debt suggests tax sale full time collector water restrictions copies of the 1940 report of jen kins and hardy auditors for the town of georgetown have been printed and ae now available at the mun office main stteet or at the oeorge- town herald office during the past year debenture debt was decreased by 37 48828 leaving total debenture debt standing at 143- 4u6 l over the past 9 years there has been a steady decrease in total debenture debt for the town in 1932 the figure jtood at 35070700 and in the nine years following this has been reduc ed by slightly more than onehalf this reduction has not resulted in a corresponding decrease in debt charges because equal iiw instalments oov- ering principal and interest must be paid during the life of each issue faring 1940 bwo small se w an nual charges of 97730 were retired and in the coming year other series with annual charges of s94836 will he completely retired if no new debt is entailed by the xdumdpauty in i94l there win there fore be a marked debt charge reduction in 1043 another improvement noted is the redaction of tax sale properties own ed by the town by 01839 while out- mt mortgages of the housing ooomnnionwere reducedb su6s on the other hand no improvement was shown during the year in the iax collection situation and both tax 0 and water arrears were increased sugntly the auditors report strongly suggests that a full time collector be appointed tn our opinion too much has been ipeetedof the town officials in toe past for maxtenm effort to be put in to codeouona when one individual acta as chief of police sninr tax collector water coaeotor dog tax col- isotor bead of strest ma of carried out and it m langdon local lawyer was recently appointed tax and water rate collector at a yearly salary of 500x0 an innovation in the report this year the detailed listing of all tax and water rate arrears this has not been done in past years although it is the practice in several other ontario municipalities including the neighbor ing village of acton outstanding water rates amounted to 383463 at the year end with 3300 of this sum dated 1939 or earlier to aid in keeping free from this in future years the auditors suggest that a de posit be collected from all consumers and that a contract be signed by all water consumers another suggestion is the adoption of formal notices for shutting off of water to be sent to consumers in arrears the report shows tax arrears of 3338837 owing to the town oneuunt of which is four or more years old the auditors suggest that a tax sale should be held during the coming year of properties which are five years in arrears the auditors report gives a complete picture of the flna status of the town and includes not only a picture of the town proper but also of msoat- aled enfcbtprlsetiuciisb the hour commission public and high set boards cemetery board public lib rary board etc j inawoswssfcr andeventf i mat off men bdtvidual wan to m- snaw tha saeil east of the ton by aw sootbsr 33000 par year tt vw ssjoltt b sxbqoatel repaid for ay w probable dur la ottt- riti iwihiiiii lm nil till i wrtstao for years past sad the t sj aowrspe for careful reccotfder- of n baa already been cash of thanks the family of the 1st mrs james grant dean to express their deep of the rlnitn ana shown by friends when tat bstorat i and grandmother pssisa sjsm many kinds deeds wttl mrb fully stewarttown has after soma time in toronto general tfrtw private tom d was at horns for the weak sad arm boat and pan visited on sun- day with mrs dtok on tfas ttltn hog and because the freight rate is lc per pound on dressed pork from the west to ontario at this stage it is difficult to predict just what will hap pen but the fact remains that we have more wheat than weneed and the annual production oxwheat must be curtailed as- to butter we have been assured that a mm price will be fixed but as yet there is no indication as to what this price will be canada produces annually enough butter to supply our own wants and has no export market representa tions are being made dally as to what the minimum price should be the governing factor will doubtless be that it will be fixed at an amount that- will hold this industry within its present bounds iff the minimum price is fixed too high and we produce more butter than we need then we will have an embarrassing surplus and if the price is fixed too low the butter fat will be diverted to cheese and we will have a shortage of butter the one feature about the whole agricultural problem which pleases me is the fact that far mers are organizing because in my opinion farmers themselves can handle their own problems much more intelligently and much more efftcfeat- ly than any government can handle several trips have been made by members of the house of commons to war industries in hamilton during the past few months and we have seen many things about war production which i would like to pas on to the folk in my county but so many of them are confidential i am permit ted to disclose facts about our shell production the national steel car company in hamilton is porw produc ing shells at the rate of over eighty thousand per week has already pro duced over three million shells and will soon be up to 130000 per week this company has now the largest and best equipped factory of its kind in the world and is producing shells at the lowest cost of any company in canada plan organization of st john ambulance unit georgetown class prepares ralph ross speaks at local for examinations council of women pinal rehearsal before the t john ambulance home nursing class ex aminations was held in the legion rooms sunday afternoon with dr 0 v williams and mrs t grieve presiding as special speaker for the 8t john ambulance brigade which is being tanned in the near future mrs m w mccutcheon lady superintendent and secondincommand of the bri gade in toronto reviewed the objects of the organization of bwenty mem bers necessary to complete a brigade seventeen girls have already signed up and it is expected that following ex aminatlons several more will volun teer r c v williams was appointed acting divisional surgeon and mrs t grieve acting lady superintendent and mlas jean mackenzie acting secre tary itw brigade is voluntary and setfsupportlng and the members pro vide their own uniforms which con sist of grey dresses white aprons with badge white caps with badge and black stockings and shoes the local council of women held their march meeting at the home of miss anne staunton in the ab sence of the president who was great ly missed mis ralph ross presided after the usual business a letter aa read by miss hetue laweon from mrs goad toronto appealing far hospital supplies as follows 1 yard cheesecloth cakes of soap wash clothe small bath towest old cot ton and linen with no holes at least ne foot square there was a discussion with which th provincial council is now deal lng as to the advisability of having women jurors mrs hayes moved that we support the council the motion was lost mr ralph ross was the guest speak er and took as his subject educa tion this was very much enjoyed by all and proved instructive to a num ber of the members who have teenage children in their homes mrs hayes expressed eppreotauon to mr ross for coming to the meeting and moved a hearty vote of thanks to him and the hostesses miss staunton and mrs w wright hawk m the wind o helen topping milier wbeetthe widow virfie morgan and her daugh ter wtw decided to manage pulp adll id the carojiwa ojoemtaiae they ooutd not foreeee the ttoauea ahead of than but jhrooga el thole harrowiag dart the widow wmobod oadanuod nmgr alaariane pride kept her float od her lor lor a aae reaag au the story novea kruklr boat atari to aojah whue alttri l of roaup s tntrlgoo not throe tool eajer balaa ta sfillor treat sow noral liaibmoalj doat ado ttt bioinnino sumttr in thff nfxr issufll cleave objects to 300 grant to fe of agriculture thinks general taxpayers should not contribute to far mers organization conover asks county to move tor lome scots mobilization n halton county council met in regu lar session in milton on tuesday march 18th with all members present v ooaoter of the p o a regiment was present and gave a short outline of the activities of his regiment and asked for the usual grant a grant of 600 60 more than last year was made in response to his request w col conover spoke further and veto ed his regret that the unit had nob yet been called on active service we would appreciate it very much it this council would draft a resolution that this regiment should be mobilized said col conover we are doing good work individually but as men are be ing drafted into other regiments our regiment as a whole is not getting any credit and we are ready to go at any time the call should come a delegation of farmers represent- tlng the federation of agriculture was also present their spokesman being mr paul fisher mr fisher outlined the aims and purposes of the fed eration and asked that the council give them a grant to help finance this organization a motion was put forth that a grant of 300 be made to the halton feder ation of agriculture with reeve har old cleave of georgetown objecting strenuously to the motion mr cleave while proclaiming his belief that far mers were not getting a square deal- did not believe that the general tax payer should be expected to support an organization for the entire bene fit or the farmer he believed that the farmer should raise the money by institute hold successful euchre a well attended euchre party span sored by the georgetown women s in stltute was held in ihe legion rooms last night mrs a wukon won first prize for the ladles with mrs w r watson secohd and mr r cave won tht mens prize refreshments were served mrs w r watson mrs a willson mrs partem miss eva parton mr n chisholm mrs j h xxtllico m margaret cain mr harry savings mrs h tost mrs f monally miss margaret murray mrs o j pattort mrs w mllliere mrs t lyons mrs williamson mr j wataon mrs f sykes mrs w h tost mrs j d kelly mrs n snyder mrs w mend- ham mrs f cole mrs kathleen king mrs a carter miss m camp bell mr alfred mcandrqw mr and mrs h campbell mrs v king mrs d livingstone mrs ford mr and mrs fred armstrong mrs alcott miss florrie aloou mr and mrs r cave mr a lewis mrs f brooinhead mrs w mcdowell mrs t hughes mrs c stacey mr donaldson mrs ross thompson mrs e mlddlebrook mrs j gibbons mr and mrs rich ardson mrs george campbell mrs wm rorey mrs erwin mrs f sin clair mr norman dieke mrs for grave mrs j kottmelr mrs frank wilson mrs j young mrs bell mr and mrs saoerty mrs e r robin son mr t leslie mrs a sample mrs e ostrander mrs o wilcox mrs henney mrs t hewson miss l gribben mrs j standish mr ray sacerty miss nora kranstz mrs mur ray miss l francis mr and mrs k hunter mrs denham mrs doyle mrs h cleave mrs jourdain mrs hornby any american could be proud of having mr goebbels as an enemy wendell wlllkie membership fees and if the proposed 1 00 fee was not enough w raise t a want of 50 00 was made to the canadian national institute for the blind and the following accounts were passed for payment finances 3- 18128 county buildings 42333 agri culture 637 60 printing 14339 hos pitals 98325 education 776050 to tal 1213835 a motion was also passed giving authority to the committee for the halton and peel house of refuge to take such action as they saw fit to wards the purchase of land adjoining- the old peoples home at brampton another 100 to war victims fund day of prayer in district churches a special day of prayer was held in georgetown churches last sunday in accordance with the prosamation of h- m king george- vi for a day of national prayer held throughout the motherland and her dominions rev w g o thompson of st georges church of england frwrranff ed pulpits with rev e arnold brooks of st alban s church acton for the morning service rev p c overend and rev d d davidson made timely refe to the significance of u day at their re spective churches georgetown united and knox presbyterian while rev pr j l mcbride led his parishioners in prayer at holy cross roman ovthoue church at the baptist church mr sid johnson of toronto past president of jhe toronto b yj u was lay preacher in the absence of rev e o baxter who was preaching his first sermon at his new charge in thorold other district churches which ob served the day ofiprayer included 8fc johns stewarttown st stephen s hornby and st pauls norval in charge of the rector rev s r cole- brook the united churcues at bal- linafad melville and churchill un der rev a o w foreman lime house presbyterian church under rev d d davidson ashgrove united church under rev j o totton nor val pretsbyterian church under rev arthur leggett glen williams unit ed church under mr r k lemkay student preacher and st asians church glen williams under rev woo thompson with the first donation of s303jt turned over to the toronto evealnc telegram war victims fund the io- cal fund started last month by the herald was increased ti week tar well over 10000 a social evening held at the home of mrs astert carter by a group who have already made two prevto do nations netted another 700 who 310 was turned in by employees of the beaumont muls at glen wuuam from a pool thai was not collected a raffle by president fred mcoartney of branch 120 canadian legion wv proceeds of 330 while several dona tions were made by private individuals 00 was received be- psrty the sum of 1000 lng net proceeds of a brldk euchre party and draw for at groceries the committee which v ed for this 10000 included mrs w k nodwell mrs h o mogqure mrs ann laiwson mrs p p blackburn and s t chapman and they ere to be commended on the ttme and effort which they put into then- drive to rai ho jot the war victims the committee in turii is grateful to all who assisted in sufllnc hckets etc and to the public for then generous support army notes gilbert hunt of stewarttown has passed his exams at the technical training school in st thomas and his address is now ata o j hunt no 1 bombing and ounnery school jarrls ontario lac ian transferred from rxj jlp headquarters in reguw to plight 14 kjtb port- agelaftahie manitoba the herald extends and mrs o cash of who received word unaweek that thee pes m obefesn irrme hoi brno baxss of camp borden 1 home for the week end our aubsrt worth returned to this week from susses muttery t- na where he baa been tsmrtniu ha has received the georgetown herald brttuh war victims fund previously acknowledged for warded to toronto evening telegram fund saofuv mrs w d johnston ijoo mrs james a crafatree jjkv t raffle by fred mcoartney at branch iso cana dian legion 8jff mrs w maylnks 36 proceeds of social evcrdng at the home of mrs a carter 700 pool that was not oodeoted at beaumonts mm olanwnilapm uo proceeds from oonnranlty bridge buobre sad oro- s eery ursa oconntttoe mrs p p bavutttin s mrs ann taawsoo mm j w e nodwell mrs h c mcolnre 8 p chap man loon m m a bahy stewarttown ijoo afca wmiami ijoo wosrra wfo tmn lae aajf at mortal l wi m 100 x t rajhal m it oum h 1 1 o talon i i j x a