Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 30, 1941, p. 2

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georgetown herald wednetdav evening july 30th 1941 the georgetown herald ni willlunt umdiobn stewarttowu news of georgetown naml glen wuuains lhaehoose stewarttown baulnatad and terra ootut subscription rates canada and the united states 1300 a year single copies 5c advertising- rates will be quoted on application walter c biehn phone no 8 garfield u mooilvray reginald broomhead the editors corner subsidize the cas man xhe jiecessity of a plan for conserving existing gas and oil supplies for vital war needs and of releasing transportation facilities for war purposes is something with which the canadian people have no argument there ia however one phase of the situation which we have heard little comment about either from our parliamentary representatives or from contempor ary publicationsconcerning the plight of those thous ands of citizens whose daily bread is earned or was earned in operating service stations and garages that the new early and sunday closing regulations and the extensive advertising campaign now in progress will effect these businessmen can readily be seen if the government achieves its objective oi reducing cana dian gas consumption by 50 of the present amount used it takes no higher mathematics to deduce that the income from gas sales of service station and garage operators will be cut in half i doestne government owe something to these citizens most emphatically we believe it does for a many years they have beeh encouraged in their busi nesses and have contributed no small amount to the government in the form of- licenses and taxes as well as in helping to produce the revenue from gas and oil taxes if their income is to be reduced to the point where they cannot operate their places of business what is going to happen to them the government has in the past been generous with certain other classes of business in the country providing bonuses and subsidies where they deem it necessary at present farmers in the western provin ces are being paid a bonus for not producing wheat be cause wheat is not needed why not pay the gas man a bonus for not selling gas because gas is needed advertising georgetown in the past two weeks we have been frequently in touch with raymond arthur davies a freelance writer who is in town gathering material for a forth coming article on georgetown in which he plans to use our town as the basis of an article on the war effort of a small town mr davies has travelled extensively and seems equally at home writing about science history econo mics or human interest stories as an example of the latter with his permission we are reprinting this week an article from the july issue of the farmers maga zine in which he tells of hunters inn it is a reflection on us that it took a stranger to introduce us to the gastronomical delights of the inn the fame of which has spread far beyond the confines of our town true we had always intended to have a meal there some sunday but like so many other things we had put if off until at mr davies invitationfljp took the opportunity of enjoying the good things which the hunters provide that mr davies article helped to advertise georgetown is attested by the fact that several guests at hunters inn in recent weeks have remarked on read ing it his coming article which will appear in a well- known publication will do in a general way what the previous article did specifically advertise georgetown we awaitit with interest far fields look greener it often takes a stranger to discover remarkable things about a town and its inhabitants which in our close association we never realize are outoftheway mr davies in the course of a few days visit was brimming with interesting oddsandends of infor mation of which your editor was entirely unaware do you know the man that corresponds with george ber nard shaw do you know that the family can trace their ancestry back to the 16th century were two of the questions he put to us blushingly we admitted that we did not like the old proverb far fields look greener and while we are quick to sense news in other parts of the land we miss these things which are at our door- steps every day give them a hand a citizen remarked to us on thursday that he was disappointed at the lack of enthusiasm expressed by the attendants at the red cross garden party for the band concert which opened the program there was little applause he observed even for their splendid rendition of therell always be an england in fact when i clapped my hands i felt icind of guilty when people turned to look at me we dont for a minute think that this lack of audible appreciation means that georgetown people v4v- arent proud of their band and that theydont enjoy hearing it play perhaps its not the finest th the land as macnamara boasts in his song hut we all know that its a firstrate aggregation and a- distinct credit to the community it represents perhaps weve just grown too used to hearing it and think that it isnt necessary to show our appre ciation by applauding but it is necessary any job welldone deserves to be given credit and the finest way we can show our liking for the brand of music turned out by the lome scots band is to give them a hand everytime goes on around georgetown and olen williams i am therefore very fortun ate to be able to keep up with tfae cutws each week although away from home through the medium of the herald i can thus keep track of all that goes on in the district and such news is always welcome to the boys away from home thanking you again far having my name on your mailing list i remain yours truly wiiliam korzaok b24319 i intelligence section hq 12 can inf bde i valcartier camp po hyjlnute 1niatures the careers of oamd osptarns of war valcartier damp pq july 23 1011 the editor the georgetown herald georgetown ontario dear sir i would like to express my thanks to you and your staff and to the lady who gave my iiame in to your paper for the privilege of receiving a copy of the herald each week t am always interested in what c direc f r watson dds mds georgetown office hours 9 to 5 except thursday afternoons dr j burns milne dental surgeon xray georgetown phone xm nielsen 46th year chiropractor xray drugleu therapist lady attendant office over dominion store georgetown hours 2 5 730 3 ph closed thursday phone 15w commodore flbouge clarence jones le roy dale kc m sybil bennett ba barristers and solicitors mill street georgetown phone 19 radio repairing we specialize in this work 15 tears experience j sanfordson phone georgetown 34w j commocote0orge- clarence jones one of canadas finest sea dogs has been appointed aa of february 12th 1941 officer commanding of the at lantic command the first two year or this war have been a brilliant chap ter for the commander as captain d he commanded our destroyer flo tilla operating on the atlantic coast i and has been responsible for the safe convoy of merchant and troop ships 1 out of atlantic ports in conjunction with the british navy across the at lantic to all the allied ports this is the biggest transport and shipping convoy system ever seen in the worlds history canada was in great luck to have such a man in her decimated navy when war broke out for long as it takes to build a war- ship in time of need it takes even longer to pro duce officers capable of handling it jones is a bluenose as his parents and all his grind parents were before him born in halifax 45 years ago he was of the first class that enter ed canadas royal naval college when it opened in halifax in 1911 with 21 cadets he went from there in 15313 to hms berwick of the british fktt when war broke out seven of these went to hms suf folk flagship of admiral craddock among them jones that fall he suf- i fered an acute disappointment that probably saved his life he lost the draw for lour out of rtie seven cana- 1 dians to transfer with the admirals flag to hlmj3 oood hope shortly after the oood hope was sunk la na val battle of the coast of chile and the four canadian cadets who wan the draw were the first canadian offi cers to appear on the casualty list of the war aboard the suffolk jones found himself in cold and peasoup fog in patrol off new york harbor learning from his- captain the severe lesson of how not to complain about the food when he received his commission as i sublieutenant in 1916 he transferred to the pelican of the battle fleet his captain moved on in 101 b to com mand hjuj3 vanquisher of the 20th mine laying flotilla amazed and de lighted jones by choosing him as his first lieutenant which means execu tive officer of the ship he found the north sea a picnic after the atlan tic and he and his fellow tafflcerst- young enough to have not a rwrve lntj their bodies would take any risk on earth with acute joy there were a bipod few stdekey parties stealing round zeebrugge and heligoland bight to lay their eggs about two in the morning a wandering zeppelin chancing upon them one day while out oh reconalssance dropped bombs down at them while they stood with mouths open gaping there were no antiaircraft guns aboard but the 1 zeps aim was not good either the war over jones couldnt get back to canada fast enough his big moment came in 1919 when he was given his first command hmcs patrician and be has never felt so i perfect and important since in 1922 when canada paid off her cruisers and virtually abandoned her navy alto gether jones stuck doggedly in the i service along with admiral neues and the small nucleus of officers upon whom we lean today as literally life j savers of the empire during the mil jones went back to england for a fepot of real hard work at staff college served later on the resolution under admiral lord cork of narvik fame after two years in ottawa as naval staff officer under commodore hose he went back to england aboard the iron duke on gen eral service he stepped up to com mander in rank and attended imperial defence college then returned to canada as co halifax station at- tcr two years in command of the skeena he was given west coast station command and in 1932 1 married the daughter of british co- lumbias then lieutenant governor commodore jones is credited with a sharp bark but an unbounded en thusiasm for his men that modifies his bite il kenneth m langdon barrister solicitor notarjpubuo first mortgage money to loan office gregory theatre bldg m1u street phone 8 geonetown jcooke ceme tmd cinder blocks frank petch licensed acotioneeb all classes of tnscbance prompt service phone mi oeoefetown po box 413 brick and tile with nptodate power mac all sizes any quantity 3 new st phone s3s bubjjngton elmer c thompson insurance service fire auto windstorm c j railway and allied steamship summer excursions phone h9w orj georgetown secure ralph gordon the versatile entertainer for your next program illustrated circular free toronto address c st c n r timetable standard time going east passenger w passenger and mall 1003 am passenger and mall 846 pjn passenger sunday only 8j1 pjn passenger daily 941 pm toronto and beyond going west passenger and mall 634 am passenger saturday only 115 pm passenger dally except saturday and sunday 000 pm passenger and mall 645 pm passenger sundays only h30 p- going north passenger and mall 645 am going sooth passenger and mail 850 p- i depot ttcket offloo phone wrw ojtoyoote paesedyotfre ta the army jeitsonplease i treasurers sale ol land tor taxes township of esquesing county of halton to wit f by virtue of a warrant issued by the reeve of the tonroship of esaues- lng bearing date theflfth day of may 1841 a sale of lands in arrears of taxes in the township of esquedng win be held at the council chamber in the village of stewarttown at the hour of ten oock in the forenoon on ffiii the splendid red cross the following extract which appear ed in the elora express is taken from a letter written to a friend by matron agnes j mcleod roamc who is on active military nursing service in england it is perfectly wonderful how many things they the red cross keep us i supplied with for our patients every time x want something for the hos- jpltal which we cant persuade head- quarters to give us from ordnance the red orosft comes to our rescue i think it is rather important that peo- iple at home should appreciate how much hospitals over here are turning j j k 0 ta the forenoon on piled with comfort hags wash cloths eleventh day of october 1941 unless soap tooth brushes tooth powdev the taxes and costs axe sooner paid by all means marry xx yoa get a good wife you will become wry hap- ipy iryou get abd ana you win be come a phliocxherand that is good for wery rnirlsocratee v i soap wjowl huhuu w- r combs mirrors razors blades shaving cream shaving brushes chocolates and i cigarettes for the pauerrtsr besides i get sweaters socks scarfs mitts hel mets which i give out to patients who havent enough when they leave bos- ipltal ah our operating room towels sheets and dressings are from the red crews and when we asked them for another lamp for the operating room we were given it so any time you hear any criticism of the red cross just pass the good word on we just i couldnt manage at all if we hadnt its assistance nonoss hereby oiven that the list of lands for sale in arrears of i taxes has been prepared that copies of the said list may be had at it office that the list of au lands i sale for arrears of taxes is being pabv ushed in the ontario oasette on jury 5th august and and september 6th 1941 and that in default of payment of taxes and costs the lands win b sold for the said taxes and costs treabtjrsrs orpxos this tntt day of july 1941 rormak tf thompson 4-

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