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the georgetown heracd seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening june 4th 194 150 per annum in advance 200 to u3a help finish the job council votes to hire night victory flag dedicated monday night it was indeed an impressive cere mony that marked the opening ol the victory loan campaign in georgetown leo by the lome scots band members of the legion marched to the post of fice building where a victory hag was raised and dedicated the flag is white with a red border and bearing the victory torch the ceremony was opened by a blast from skyrockets fol lowed by a selection by the band and addresses by mayor joseph gibbons leroy dale kc and w v grant chairman of the local victory loan committee during his address mr dale cited the tact that in the victory loan campaign of the last war geor getown led the county in the sub scription drive he hoped the town would hold the same record this time over 200 men ate with the ac tive forces serving in all branches of the army navy and alrforoe it is our duty as citizens to supply them with the tools said w v grant the flag was then raised and dedicated to the cause of freedom by rev w g o thompson and rev p o overend ar- ter which the band played onward christian soldiers and mayor gib bons declared the campaign open watch the thermometer on main st for the progress of the drive and for each 40000 subscribed a pennant will be attached to the victory flag on the post office fund crows by 100 this week last week saw the herald war vic tims fund increased by 100 with a large donation received from the glen community club just this morning at a party for fred warnes son of pte and mrs t s wamea on ms 13th birthday last wednesday may 28 the guests contributed sums of money in place of presents and fred turned over the 200 to the fund at the party were maurice herbert buddy and bobbie bouskill robert mathews douglas latimer skrppy sargent gerald morrow billle james and rosa norton other donations included 1330 from the georgetown bowling club ao proceeds of a bowling and bridge porta last thursday and donations from the georgetown study club mrs a reeve and a friend the georgetown herald british war victimm fund forwarded to toronto evening telegram fund 106613 birthday money at party lor fred warnes may 28 200 georgetown bowmng club proceeds of bowling and bridge mary 29ttl 1330 from a friend 200 georgetown study club 600 mrs a reeve 200 glen community club 7500 r licata new lions president officers elected at meeting this week wil campbell shows transport films officers for 194142 were elected at the regular dinner meeting of the georgetown lions club which was held last monday night in the mcofcb- bon house r licata was chosen president succeeding col james ballantlne who has guided the destinies of the club during the past year assisting him as first vicepresident is d brm with ralph ross as second vicepresi dent other officers chosen were secretarytreasurer w o biehn lion tamer ralph ross tail twister c bumsides directors a h feller e mcwhir- ter assistant secretary rev w g o thompson singing wheels tr w r campbell of toronto public relations director for the automotive transport association of ontario was present a the meeting and brought with him two sound films singing wheels and with care which explained various phases or the for hire transport industry this industry which had its birth little more than twenty years ago now em- continued on page 8 j b gray assistant superintendent of kitchener hydro new man arrives next monday in georgetown j b gray for the past five years superintendent of the georgetown hy dro electric comisslon left this week to take uphis new duties in kitchener where he has been appointed assistant supervisor of the hydroeieotric com mission in that pity mr gray will be greatly missed in the immunity where he has been a faithful and efficient worker he was always ready to lend a hand in any special projects such as decorating the annual christmas tree and when a job like this was turned over to him there was never any doubt that it would be done and done well jim is a graduate of the university of toronto holdh the degree ol bsc he is a native oilnwood to himself and mrs gray we wish happiness in their new home and at the same time congratulate him for this advance ment in his chosen field of work the new superintendent mr g w mccalli l is expected to arrive next monday he comes here from fenelon falls where for the past ten years he has been hydro superintendent m that town he comes here well re commended both by his former em ployers and by the ontario hydro commission itself and the local com mission believe they have found a good man to replace mr gray two more breakins in town twp more breakins occured in town during the past week friday night mackenzles service station on guelph street was entered the thieves smashed a door panel to release the lock and made away with a quantity of cigarettes and spark plugs total loot was valued at about 6500 early monday morning the tobacco and pool parlour of hughey and mac- donald was entered and a quantity ot cigarettes and tobacco and a small radio were removed by the intruders the loss was placed at 130 chief marshall is investigating the breakins no assessment appealsth1s year a court of revision met at 745 pjn last night in the council chambers with james costlgan s j mackenzie n h brown and a e cripps present james costigan was elected chairman as there were no apptais the as- fsessment roll was confirmed and idopted this is the first time on record that no appeals have been en tered and is a good indication that local citizens are satisfied witti their assessment this year w g marshall is to be congratulated on doing a good job as assessor victory loan drive opens total june 4rth 118543 smith a stone dance at huttonvtlle the employees of smith stone ltd held a successful dance at hut tonvllle park last friday evening may 30th a large number of employees and their friends enjoyed dancing to the music of norm wilkinson and his orchestra from hamilton the dance took the form of a ben efit tor the newly- instituted soldiers fund to buy comforts for smith ic stone men on active service through the generation of personal donations by mr b stone and mrs w smith a total of 7500 was raised for the fund interest centres on thursday parade thermometer registers 50000 town gaily decorated the victory loan drive in george town is underway and as we go to press the thermometer on main street registers 50000 in subscriptions the thermometer erected with the cooper ation or the hydro commission has a register of light bulbs an ever burning bulb at the 160000 mark shows the objective for this district which the committee believes will be passed long before the end of che three weeirdrive another bulb bums at the 50000 mark and this will be raised at the end of each day to show the progress being made canvassers are now c their rounds in town and district working under the leadership of w h long chairman of the canvass committee tharaday parade on thursday night june 5tn at 8 pm a gigantic parade wul line up on queen street for the victory loan parade the willingness of local in dustries businessmen lodges and duns in providing floats and other attrac tions has been splendid and there as every expeclfction of a monster parade the schools will be prominent with scholars and cadets and neecbeas to say the lome scots band and the veterans will be right on the job it is expected that the ge chor al society will lead in community sing ing v a prominent speaker is being secur ed to give a short inspiring address at the platform which is being erected on miill street between the two banks town and campaign officials will also add their words to the victory loan the men bowling off fred thomp son got a kitty catcher to wn the ens prize miss luena campbell and mrs j kennedy were winners at bridge which was played in the clubrooms decorated with flags for the occasion prises were war savings stamp a special donation of 5 quarts of oil by a r speight was won in a draw by w o mcdowell coffee doughnuts were served iode meeting the countess of strathmore chap ter iojdje held a social and busl- meettng at cedar crest club june 2nd with 27 members t after a delicious dinner the regent ed the meeting to order and the members repeated the prayer of the order the secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting and the treasur er gave her report correspondence on band was read and discussed the war work convenor mrs o v wiiamshbaveajipleadid report on the fur and magazine oooeouoh 5 large cartons of furs were sent to creeds toronto and the books maga- btaeti und games were sent to the re creation rooms for sokuers plans were made for a raffle on a 100 lb bag of sugar to be held for the war fund the draw is to be made tb latter part of june it was deckled to carry enrthe regu lar meetings throughout the summer the parade will start out from queen and guelph streets at 8 ptn pro ceeding along the highway to the monument down main street to knox presbtyerian church and circling about several streets back to main st for the speeches dont fall to attend i the weather the past week has been on the aver age 131 degrees cooler than the pre vious week with twice the amount of cloudiness this section is still badly in need of rain while there have been heavy rains north and east of us they have all missed this section the total rainfall for the month of may was only 113 inches and that for april which we expect to be our showery month was only 173 inches following are the local records date h and l rain- temp fall tuea may 27 80 si jo wed may 28 86 60 thurs may 20 65 60 00 frt may 30 6 38 bathay3l 67 84 11 sun june 1 60 50 mon june 2 75 46 the july meeting to be in the form of a box social at the home of mrs a grelg a presentation was made to mrs j b gray whose departure to kitchener means the loss of an ac tive worker in the chapter the meeting adjourned with the members singing the national anthem bowlers open season with benefit for war victims the official opening of the george town bowling club heki last thurs- ay night took the form of a mixed jitney and bridge in aid of the herald war victims fund about thirtysix members and friends gathered at the green and clubrooms on charles street to enjoy the evening mrs w o bell had high score in bowling for the ladies with fred thompson w g bell and a total of 1330 was turned over to the herald fund by the bowling club as a result of the evening paul mackenzie injured paul mackenzie 3yearold son of mr and mrs bruce mackenzie was injured last saturday morning when he was knocked down by a car driven chapmanuedlortop honours among i y htfi uncle bob mackenzie the iimio 1oh harl hewn rlnvirnr nrrmn1 tvi and little lad had been playing around the service station operated by his father and darted behind the car which was being backed out by his uncle he was taken to the office of dr c v williams and in the absence of dr williams was attended by dr t paul he was removed to hospital in brantford suffering froth a frac tured pelvis v special victory loan edi- hetp swell the proceeds of the even- c t ul i j td h ition or the herald next week applications will be received at special meeting next week moh salary restored to 250 labour town pays 35c for day presentation to rev and mrs d d davidson following the precommrunlon ser vice on friday evening may 30 a large number of members and adherents or knox presbyterian church met in the school room of the church for asoc ial evening with their pastor and his wife who are soon leaving for a new field or labour the evenings entertainment was commetieedby the ladles of the church rving a bountiful lunch of tea sandwiches and cake the young people then led in com munity singing after which mr a c welk was asked to take the chair and aiter some well chosen remarks called upon the clerk of the session to read an address which follows while mr hugh black made the presentation dear mr and mrs davidson for ov r five years you have mlnis- ured to knox church georgetown you have been with us in our joys and also when in trouble or sickness your presence was always very near as a minister of the gospel your ad dresses were well prepared and earn estly delivered and your hearers always went away with a satisfaction that it was worth while to go up lo the house of th lord and your worthy helpmate with her cheery ways and friendly manner and as president or the womens mission ary society has with you made many friendships which will not soon be for- koiten and now as you are soon to go to a new field of labor we feel that we would like to present to you in sonw small way a token of remembrance or the time you have been our pastor we ask you mr and mis davidson to accept this purse which we hope will be useful to you both and your family and in your new field of labor may god bless you all and may the ork of your hands and the seed sown from week to week bring forth an abundant harvest in our masters kingdom signed on behalf of the members and adherents alex d hume clerk of session mr davidson made an excellent re ply and poke of the many ties which were hard to break on leaving george town the gathering then joined in sing ing auld lang syne and closed with he national anthem victory loan parade thursday evening at 8 pm another o deputation of merchant was on hand at last nights council meeting to interview council regard ing the hiring of a night constable to replace pte w hrnmerson now with the lome scots in hamilton mr a r speight presented the case and asked the council to recon sider their decision of two weeks ago when it was decided to dispense wihn the services of a night man he poin ted to the conditions of the past two weeks when three breakins occurred in local businesses while we dont believe that a night policeman stops crime l said mr speight we do believe that it acts as a deterrent and it is our belief that the majority of the citizens want police protection at night mr harry goldham another mem ber of the deputation mentioned the added value of a night man in regard to fire protection after a short discussion a vote was taken and it was unanimously agreed that a night constable be advertised for the deputation last night was com posed of a r speight harry gold- ham mrs w f smith lloyd knault h silver r licata j goodlet w h long george chong s p chapman bob mcgtbbon and ab williams relief accounts for may of 3913 were passed for payment as well as the following w spenoe ww sts 1150 w spenoe ww sts 1260 w spence sts 1400 w spcnce sts 1400 w ward court services 400 e c thompson court services 400 pro dept or health welfare 340 canadian brass co ww 3611 mrs m madtu ww rebate 53 b gray water rebate s3 john d graham water rebate 67 rev p davidson water rebate 83 halton county grader sts 4160 bell telephone co 1162 dr c v williams expenses convention 1000 m langdon postage etc 5743 m bruyns oil for streets 32143- b harrison postage etc 985 fred sinclair town truck ww 300 municipal wprld stationery 234 armstrongs garage town truck 1071 f o whltmee sta 254 hydro electric 25w scottto garage town truck 63 u davison sts 13j0o spevbtfe garage 6 georgetown herald printing and advertising 4877 a livingstone sts 6387 damage claims letters were received from two ciu- oontinucd on page 8 wins car in lucky draw wctu officers elected the annual meeting of the wctxx was held at the home of mrs w o marshall tuesday afternoon may 28th in the unavoidable absence of the president the chair was taken by the vicepresident mrs o b daytfoot the theme of the worship service which was conducted by mrs a reeve was based on the fourth chapter of st pauls epistle to the bfctosaiang walk worthy of the vocation where with ye are called at be ye kind one to another tenderhearted forgiving one another even as god for christs sake hath forgiven you sel ections illustrative of this way of peace were read from daphne da maurlers recent book come wind come weather which emphasised the truth that the battle against hu man selfishness must be won before wars will cease and that to harbour unforgiving thoughts and attitudes bt our individual lives is but to cultivate the seed which will bear fruitage in future conflict the hymn faith of our farthers was sung in rededlcaftlon of our or ganization to mb work for god and home and native land the presentation of the annual re ports by the superintendents of de partments hawed some good work done in the face of man obstacles the treasurer reported a total of over ninety dobars raised during the year eleven of which had been dona ted tor the ccsnrort of our okuera part- through our local soldiers com forts committee and pert aa our of inofcfle m for the troops kn tta the greater part of dmmamaanta have been made for the wor of da cation in aetentlfk temperance both the work which and mrs h j sienko proudly seated 1 ated the oar on which 6360 was re- i a schrag on the left i is sup dy ajt ttttone of a ml in the car which he won in- a raffle allzed for the herald war victims time field secretary who is engeavd last week bobby freestone son of fund is on the right with patsy i evening telegram photo continued on page 81 heres richard sienko son of mr imr and mrs w freestone who don i schrag danghter of pte andmrs aloc aad d mrs h j sienko proudly seated ated the oar on which 6360 was re- a schrag on the left is suppctfted ag