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r- the georgetown herald wednesday evening december 17th 1941 the georgetown herald hews of georgetown nornl glen wituotna lfamehovaw stewarttown bajunafad and terra ootti subscription rates canada and the united states 2 00 a year single copies fie advertising bates will be qooted on application walter c bxchn garfield l mooilvray reginald broomhead phone no 8 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec division at the cwja 3f mm ct ree editors corner guest editorial by santa claus v well kids christmas again and once 5 more i m on my way to pay yoii a visit jjg the georgetown lions club has given me a very special invitation to drop in and say hello on saturday af ernoon at 3 p m just five days before christmas i m going to drive into town with bells tink ling and laden with candy and nuts and oranges enough for all the kids in the district i 11 have plenty to go around so make sure you re all ihere bring your mum and dad too because at the same time the jions club will make the draw on the raffle ior turkeys geese and chickens for which all the members have been busy selling tickets jhis past month maybe they haven t bought a ticket yet tell them the more tickets are sold the better equipped the club will be to help some of you kids next year maybe you need an operation or a pair of glasses and dad just can t scrape the money together that s only one way that th- lions club uses the money it takes in from these raffles don t forget saturday december 20th at 3 p m i ve got a date with all the kids in town p s i ve been invited o a special party the following tuesday night which the canadianlegion branch 1 20 is giv ing for all the kiddies under eleven years of age whose fathers are overseas your mothers have been handing your names in at chapman s drug store and there certainly is going to be a crowd at the party bu don t worry because my toy bag is a big one and there will be something for all of you p s s tell your mother and dad too to do their christmas shopping in georgetown 1 ve been mighty busy this pas month in my toy shop up north but i managed to slip down to qeorgetown one day for a tour of your stores and i was really amazed at all the nice things you can bqy there if they don t believe me just tell them to take an hour off like i did and go and see for themselves iode will petition ottawa for conscription local chapter assists national chap ter peutlon may be signed at moglbbon block store last friday evening a special meet ing of the countess of strathmore chapter iode was held at the home of the regent mrs sam mac kenzle to deal with a communication received from the national headquar ters of that organization the matter under consideration was a plan to send a petition to prime minister king urging the immediate adoption of con scrlption the petition tt is hoped will be signed by large masses of the population with the various chapter of the i ode circulating the peti lion in their communities the localchapter at its meeting decided to lend full support to the olan and on saturday set up head quarters in the moglbbon block which wtu be open all this week in order backbone of lis population ore con vinced that certain measures in regard to the conduct of our war effort should be undertaken as speedily as possible these measures are as follows first in order that the finest or our canadian youth shall not be the only ones to sacrifice themselves and in order that the coming generations of canadians shall be largely the des cendants of the best type of cnlzen we ask foiconscrlption as the only fair way to fill the ranks of the fight ing forces second we demand that all the moral and material resources of our nation be commandeered for war ana that factories producing arms muni tlona or any material that is required by our fighting forces be regulated on exactly the same lines as the army navy and air force strikers and those responsible for labour dissensions be that thosvttens who asm with the ln t desertere to mw is their defection is exactly as serl ous as desertion from the armed forces since lack of war material at the front may cause the death of our own men as surely as fire from the guns of the enemy third we ask that any material required by our troops or by the people of britain of which there is or is likely to be a scarcity be rationed by cards which shall be distributed according to individual necessity with out fear or favour any other method is not only a waste of time but is ob viously unfair finally sir we believe that the peo pie of canada have reached the point where understanding of the seriousness of this war and of the issues involved will give them the motive power ne cessary for the extra work and sacri lice required of them they will feel that they are actually part of one forces that are fighting hltlerlsm and that their efforts make a real coatii button to the battle the fact that we do not yet see with our own eyes and leel with our own bodies the privations and the destruction and the suffering is still largely the reason for the in atlnct that says the war is not here it is across the ocean we are only asked to help even people who have not so far put this feeling into words will respond if put into a position ous street reminds me you cant al ways judye a woman by her face or a town by its front street georgetown is like a fascinating woman with a plain race to know her better is to love her the vagabond seems bo know about such matters i know only this x like georgetown measure may add their names to the petition wlille it is a ladles organization which is sponsoring the appeal to ot tawa t lis does not mean that onl ladles are eligible to sign the organl zation hopes that every man and wo man tn the vicinity will give the mat te their most earnest consideration a copy of the letter is displayed hi the stnre window where a big sign n ites jip attention of the passers by bearing the words do ou agree that we should have ronscrlo on of men material and freedom from industrial deserters h so please come in and leave your signature the complete text of the letter is reproduced below in order that our readers may have an apporlunlty to study the context of the proposed peti tlon to the right honourable w l mackenzie king prjne minister of canada ot a ii ontario s we the und rsiii ed describing our l l a the sort o citizens who do i ot wn e letters to the newspapers who jiae no polnjcal axe to grinq m d who liie thtir lues not in the p i- ic eyi working to earn an honest where the realization is forced upon i n g to pay their bills and taxes tt em that the war is here even if its rtgularlj ard to bring up their child terrors arc not yet upon us r a wortl hcnci ni d god fear we ask you therefore to moke these ii ci zens of thl dominion are now measures law as speedily as it is pos i hi i ourstue on record a believing lole to do so remembering that your 1 at c tin i as con when the go responsibility does not end with this er me t ol o comity should know i generation lor what is done or left at w tide knd al over canada j undone now will make or mar the livev w 1 o miifh i o ily be described as the of millions of canadians as yet unborn activities of federation of agriculture outlined at norv al meeting at a meeting held in norval last thursday december 11 sponsored by the esqueslng federation of agrlcul ture and the nornl junior farmers mr alex mcklnney vicepresident of the provincial federation of agricul ture gave a very interesting report on the activities or the organization since the protest meeting held in london las january the federation has been active in a number of ways it has assisted in the organisation work of over thirty odd counties es tabushed offices in toronto and- ot tawa with full time secretaries aided in obtaining a free freight rate on western grain secured greater recognl uon by the federal government off farm organisation and also aided la obtaining a bonus on cheese and boas it la also- seeking to get legislation passed which will enable it to fmanoa through a levy plan of either one cent per acre or onefifth of a mill on assessment the great difficulty at present is hi getting out to the people in the coun try news of what the organisation it doing i to this end it is being arrang ed to pave a monthly paper supplied to eacfcr county member of the feder ation mr wmnabb acted as ib for the evening those taking part to the entertainment were patsy robtn- oir piano solo june carter solo marlon hunter recitation patsy pat terson piano hyatt sisters duet ful ler family musical miss m mtodco- aldi solo irene leslie recitation alexina sinclair piano don t forget the community christ mas tree in georgetown offaturdny afternoon when santa claus comes to town to meet all the boys and girls as others see us cbazt ha o animals behind circus elephant murders an informative article by robert d potter in the american weekly with hie december 21 issue of the detroit sunday times will reveal authentic bets explained by the eminent psy biatrial br a a brill which throw bow light on the type of person whose disordered mind leads to the killing of mi in because of hate be sure to get the detroit sunday times this veek and every week use flashlight to test christmas tree bulbs if you are doubtful about certain lamps in your christmas tree string heres an easy way to check for those that are burned out remove the regular lamp from a fivecell flashlight then screw in the lights one at a time while they will not bum brightly with such low current they will glow if still good burnedout lamps will not glow at all the jobs of an editor are many and mandment as i coveted my neigh aned and in every week something bour s houses the spacious dwelling unusual nappeni to vary the mono with demure venetian blinds the tony of the e ery day round last jaunty white bungalow with its roof eek it was an aspiring young writer perched on its head at the angle of a school girls beret a black squirrel beckoned to me from a wind swept tree outside st georges anglican church i stopped to gaze after him admiringly because at home black squirrels are rare we are more accustomed to those flippant red squirrels whose epithets would not moke meek music on ecclesiastical property if i am any interpreter of squirrel language 1 i was much impressed by the un assuming dignity of this grey stone church a little removed from the rest of the street but never aloof no church can be aloof that has small lanterns just above its two doorways wherever they are those quaint medi eval lanterns seem to say there is welcome for you under this roof and peace and warmth i had time for only a brief iiti atlon of the interior of st georges but i promised myself a much longer visit at the next opportunity it was beautiful and stately even in the dusk of late afternoon i did not feel alone surrounded by so many man ortals to people weu beloved had walked along the same aisles and knelt at the some pews every lovely stained glass wuidqw revealed a polgn ant story from the unforgettably who hopefully placed a manuscript on desk asking for our criticism ana our opinion as to the quality of her work of course the young lady wanted more than that too some monetary compensation for what we think looks ike a promising beginning of a liter ary career we had little encourage ment to offer n that regard the bud get of a weekly newspaper being rather strictly limited not that the weekly paper would not like to pay for fea ture material of this type but our advertising rates are not se high enough to absorb any extras anyway we accepted her offer to allow us to print this whimsical gum pse of georgetown which shows our selves as others see us we enjoyed it and we hope you do there is always a thrill in dls covery wnether one is an intrepla dreamer like columbus or just a fairly young female with the instincts of a vagabond and substantial feet for which the seven league boots are none too large this wek i felt akin to all the explorers who have ever gazed silent upon a peak in darien at some part of the earth hitherto unknown to them when i discovered george town in the month of december in noble window above the altar the old the year nineteen forty one which challenge flashed be ye faithful un even before this had been assigned its i to death and i will give you a crown place among the momentous years in of life and like a bell tolling at history starlight this quiet reassuring it happened this way for once it 1 vwer to the glory of god and in was not necessary that i run gasp- i proud and loving memory of those men ing to hurl myself into a bus just of the parish who gave their lives in the war nineteen eighteen one does not come to church to gaze at windows or out of windows but if i had no better reason i would to st oeorges just for the prt vllege of refreshing my mind with the ancient challenge of christ and the re sponse that has always been given to it by the valiant and great hearted when i came outside again i squirrel had vanished and then gentle rain asmtled me it s almost bus time urged the vagabond ancestot who had kept close at my heels but you must have a glimpse of the lib rary it is one of those buildings that has all the characteristics one expects of a library but rarely finds i arrived just a few minutes too late to gain admittance but that was an other delight whch i promised my self when i first saw it x thought it was another small church but coming closer i noticed the sign public lib rary what writer or poet how ever exalted would not feel contented to know aa the works of his nund and hand rested on a shelf in this sanctuary the georgetown public library is like a venerable and friend ly scholar whose age is graced by the learning and dreams ne has acquired through the years even sun nine feet in seven league boots become weary and those feet as it left the deooti had two long hours to wall in a town where i knew no one here s your opportunity to do a little exploring- whispered the old vagabond ancestor contrary to my usual custom i accepted the sugges tlon of a man because after all when one is an ancestor one has had time to acquire a little wisdom my tour of inspection began auspl clouily as i concluded with a little warm feeling around my heart the people in this town are friendly it is pleasant to be smiled upon when one is alone in a strange town i smiled in return because the smiles seemed so kindly and sincere if a little curious i didnt care particu larly that the feather in my hat might have provoked this gentle mirth my shoes pranced along a little faster through inquiring small streets with unexpected turns and twists as if those streets had never quite decided which path they wished to pursue here one is never bored by the sameness of methodi streets with rows of prim stupid houses bven the jttle paths of qeorgetown ore ori ginal and provocative jy love the houses whenevh3nna of george town i shall temembar the shut tered glances of old nouses that hod such an air of mellow contentment one guile o l th t th i pff g g b m jjtn nmnbv of than needed pidntte i 5 2 c xj7 j them needed painting ball think with affection of quaint dormers tipped like ham red bats on the foreheads of arch new house in every block i broke the tenth eom- tfae bus stop for ave minutes as we gased out on the main street be eld vagabond nudged my ejbow look ing at this pleasant but unpreteati-