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the georgetown herald tyseventh year of publication georgetown ontario wednesday march 1st 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy 4600 needed for local red cross campaign give generously r speight and w e ncdwell head executive positions on newlyformed board of trade organization meeting attended by large representation of merchants manufacturers and interested citizens plan for meeting with russell t kelley advertising executive as guest speaker 3che meeting called last wednesday for me purpose of organizing board of trade in georgetown was sbe of the most enthusiastic and re rre yet held by local business the idea was fostered by a group of pabltoenrlted citizens who planned the organisation and worked up the thttnudasm among the business men r mucfcart acting as chairman outlined the purpose of the meeting ad garfield mcguvray secretary pre tetn lead the minutes or a previous meeting that was held on motion ol 1j p brown and a r speight they were adopted as read r the chairman then called upon some fltt those present to give their views on tanning a board of trade following sie a few of the comments mr- w f bradley see no reason why we should not have a board of trade as a town we have been lax in many things take central park it is a disgrace to the town if we are go ing to fix i up for heavens sake let get at it mr w t evans hoped that no si- nilar organization would be formed too and that the board of trade would be enough to take in all businessmen- mr w e nodwell would like to lee the new board affiliated with boards of trade and chambers of commerce across canada mayor harold cleavecongratulated the men responsible for organization and believed it would be a good thing for the town mr j ooodlet attendance was iri jttying town should be advertised far and wide mr ed mcwhlrter a good idea should be boosted to fullest extent mrs wm smith all ladles present axe m favor a good thing lor the town it was then moved oy n h brown and seconded by d brill that mr le- boy dale act as chairman for the election of officers the following executive was then elected with committee members to be oboeen later hbnrary president rev chas c cochrane honarary vice president mayor harold cleave president arthur r speight 1st vice prestdent george b mtrc- kart 2nd vice presldernvr b foulis secretary w e nodweu treasurer h o moclure industrial committee j d kelly retail committee e v maccor- rehajbilltatlon committee john mcgfbbon publicity roy bradley finance committee james goodtet ratepayers committee s w orr the membership fee was then dls cussed as some length and left in the bands of the executive to decide a motion was also passed inviting russell t kelly of hamilton as guest speaker for a board or trade rally to be held shortly at a meeting for tin executhe held ol friday night mr k c mcmillan chosen tr head an agricultural committee charles burnside dies suddenly in 71st year resident of georgetown for the peat bq years charles burnside died sud denly at his residence on friday fe bruary 25th mr burnside had not been in rood health for some time but had been up and around as usual the diy of his demise he was in his 71st year the son of the late john burnside and jaiic sanders of balllnafad mr burnside came to georgetown in 1887 and almost immediately was employed by the paper mill division or provin cial paper ltd he was a valued em ployee of that company for nearly fifty two years thirty eight years ago he married the former georgina blon din deeply interested in welfare work mr burnside was a charter member lof the georgetown lions club and his faithful work in all lion activities will be greatly missed mr burnside was also one of the original members of the georgetown curling club and al ways derived great enjoyment from the sport he was a conservative in po litics and a member of the church of i england the funeral service was held fiom his residence on monday february iath at 2 o clock by archdeacon w g o thompson pallbeares were messrs g w mc- untock edward mcwhlrter j d kelly robert erwln howard kentner clarence armstrong interment was in greenwood cemetery surviving are his wife one son claude bowmanvlbe and two grand children johnny and sally also of bowmanville one niece miss doris greene toronto mr burnside will be greatiy mined by bis many friends m town among the floral tributes were the following from lions club curttot club em ployees of paper mill provincial union no 475 paper mill mr mcwnlxter erwin goldham mr robinson owen sound tina dick jack and julia watson the blackburn family f d kelly mr w kaiser london spray from grandchildren johnny and sally cushion from the family friends from a tiftfut who came to pay their last napetta were mr w thurston toronto mr will kaiser london mr frank obok colling wood mrs inglts apmn mrs spar ling toronto mr rfltjtaaon owen sound mrs j t pern goderich mr and mrs claude burnside bow manville miss doris greene toronto fo omar diggins home from overseas after being overseas nearly thre years during which time he mad- seventy operational flights over enemy territory in a typhoon bomber flying officer omar diggins is home he made the crossing by boat and arrived in georgetown on the seven o clock train saturday night he will pent a rtyday leave at home f o digginsjooks very well indeed and is needless to say glad to be home he got a big thrill out of having two eggs for sunday morning breakfast and as for bananas he hasn t seen any of that commodity for three years omar is very reticent about telling of his experiences but from what he does my he has seen plenty of action t prior tojpastmg in june i ml f o diggins was an employee of smith ft stone ltd father of mrs- maynard j dies in 79th year j robert lovcll 7lt father of mrs e maynard georgetown died on feb 24th at the lord dufferin hospiia orangcvtue where be tad been con fined following si stroke as a young man mr lovell learned ulickmiuthiiik md came to erin almost 50 t irs 140 at that time a thriving huifi h wcrked for tnc weal stone i arrlcs which at that time were sup plying the stcne for tht ontario par 1 imeiit buildings ind the toronto city hall b rviwng are his widow three sons john of acton fred of toronto and jam of the swansea police force and three daughters mrs william perrol mrs arthur harrington both of to ronto and mrs e maynard george moo monthly report the mjoh reports the following communicable diseases tor the month of february ism scarlet after 1 chlckoopoflt i s measua 0 german measles ft mumps 0 infantt paralyshi 0 typhoid flmr 0 whooping odugh 6 tuberculosis 0 cerebtpckptoal meningitis ekdetnle 0 hughe cleaver mp discusses 2211 7 war expenditures in house the following letter was received last week from hughes cleaver m p for hahon ottawa ont feb 25th 1944 dear mrs blehn the conservative opposition put on a real attack this week on war ex pendltures committee the new com mittee has been set up and i am once again its chairman i would like my friends in the county to have the story of what the committee is doing the full speech is much too king on account of interruptions but the en closed is the main body of the story yours sincerely hughes cleaver mr hughes cleaver thaltonj the committee on wax expenditures as the house will recall was not set up until july 17 of last year the committee was immediately convened we held three meetings of the main committee i between the 17 and 34th of july when the house adjourned the committee did not meet in august most members had been away from their ridings for many months and required to return to them the committee however re convened in september and worked continuously through the fall until the middle of november and it re convened again a week before the i house opened for toe purpose of com pletlng me reports during this period the main committee and its various subcommittees held ninetyseven meetings at ottawa in addition to many visits to war plants across ca nada during the recess our meetings were exceptionally well attended this time and i think it is only fitting that i should now pay a well deserved tribute to the members of the committee and to the commitee staff for the loyal and efficient way in which they carried on their duties and for the substantial re suits achieved members of the house will have no tlced from our reports that subcom mittee no 1 reported on shipbuilding both as to cargo and the shipbuilding programme and as to naval vessels subcommittees nos 2 and 3 were grouped together for the aluminum in qulrythat was an exceptionally heavy inquiry and the committee thought it wise to assign that work jointly to those two subcommittees subcorn mittee no 4 made the inquiry into the supply of agricultural implements md broixht in a report with respect to that subject whll the committee worked icn diligently and lost no time from the time is was appointed and worked continuously throughout the mil much f the work we should have done has not yet been completed and we nre consequently much pleased that the house has taken notice of our fifth re port which was a recommendation that the committee this year should be set im as promptly as possible on yie opening of the session since most of our meetings have been in camera the work of the committee has received little publicity and i think it is oroy fair only right that i should say that the war expenditures com mittee much maligned as it is by some of our dally press has saved many millions for oxnadas war effort this saving has been effected both directly and indirectly a reference to the re ports will disclose many of the direct tags that bare been broqgiit about put- in addition to the direct earing the indirect influence i am convirroed la croxte as hnportant i behere tt is commonly agreed now that the rery fact that a war expendi ture committee is sitting and is rlgjun- ly watching gowmmsnt expenditures has a most sahrtmry effect- while no major scandal has oc m eon- net hon with canada s war effort ana we are all very proud of tht fact yet many mistakes have been made ho nest mistakes war is wasteful i will sav this however that whenevennls- takes have been made and whenever aste has occurred the mistakes havt been remedied and the waste checked as soon as it was brought to the atten tion of the minister in question and in the few instances where actual wrongdoing hao occurred the wrong doer have been punished quite recently one of the toronto dailies eritlciaed the war expenditures committee for referring through the minister to the royal canadian mounted police criminal charges for investigation and for the prosecution if prosecution proved to be justified i was amazed to read that editorial be cause speaking for myself and i be lieve tor every member of the house i do not know of any other way in which a crime even though connected with the war effort should be treated than by reference to the rcmp for investigation and to our criminal courts for punishment if crime actually was committed during the last year the committee followed its established practice of holding most of fts meetings in camera we have already had debates in three previous sessions of this house with reference to the practice of holding most of the meetingstn camera and the merits both for and against such meetings have been fully discussed in these debates in great britain as hon members know all meetings of the war expenditures committee are held tn camera in great britain also the subcommittees have not even the power to hold any of thelt meetings otherwise than in camera in canada while the committee has full power continued on page three the weather by e l hutt well here we are at the last day of the last month of winter and all our worries about a shortage of coal and hhcr fuel will soon be forgotten in fact the winter has been so mild much less fuel than usual was needed the chief shortage has been of moisture and many wells and cisterns are dry tliat has not worried citi zens with a good water works system to supply them but it has been tough on lhooe farmers who had to haul water for home use and live stock we may now cheerfully greet the first month of spring and already the first spring birds the crows are back in noisy flocks- they seldom go much farther south than the niagara dis trict consequently have not far to come march may be the first month of spring but we had better wait to see what she has up her sleeve before we take em off or start gardening following are last week s records date h and l prectpi temp tation tues feb 22 37 26 1 snow we d feb 23 35 31 3 snow thurs feb 24 33 25 frl feb 25 37 10 sat feb 26 34 10 j20 rain sun feb 27 30 31 mon feb 28 32 25 active service notes 2nd lieut bruce zimmerman paid a friendly visit to the herald office on tuesday bruce a former georgetown boy graduated last friday from the officers training course at brock vitle and at the termination of his eave will be posted at ippcrwash camp hlsouster law betty zim merman is stationed at moncton and his father a member of the veteran i rd is statloned at kingston prior to taking hi otc at brockvllle r ice v is ovinias for 2 years c2 ronald latimer or toronto wos m uii mil end chm his brother pte g s latimer who is in italy with the irish regiment t camd i wm home to say le had j ist received his c hrlb m l pirctl with everything ap patently in on edible condition so there s hope for some of the other ljs who have been disappointed at i ot having yet received their christmas parcels cpl walter bichn north bay was home on sunday and monday lieut john b- bowman who has been serving for several months on the instructional staff at brockvllle has volunteered for service in the british army overseas he la cne of the first group of canadian odcers to serve in the british army he is now on a short leave before proceeding to the coast i w02 h hurirty from lachlne que- bee spent sunday with his parents mr and mrs h f hurley man wife and two children fatally burned in acton tire millsfamily resided here until recently mr and mrs george mills and the two mills children garry 4 and patay were fatally burned early last fri day morning when their home on hill- crest avenue acton was completely destroyed by fire the mills family had moved to acton only a few months ago from georgetown mr mills bad otjjgied employment in the tannery tbland had brought bis wife and lwohren from here to be near his the lire originating from an over heated stove rapidly spread through their fiveroom bungalow and blocked the escape of the family only suivltct was robert mcleod a boarder in the mills home who leaped through bis bedroom window to safety when he was awakened by a loud crackling noise he was taken to guelph gene ral hospital where he was treated for severe burns cuts and shock at the hospital istteeoa gave fire men a brief account of thetragedy he said that the victims could not have possibly made their escape as the in terior of the small frame building be came a blazing inferno in a matter of minutes he said that both he and the other occupants had been asleep for over an hour before the fire broke out the alarm was turned in by stan- icy mchugh 17 who was walking by the mills home at about 1230 am running to a neighboring home he te lephoned the fixe departmebt7wndii residents in the vicinity hastened to the scene when firefighters arrived the fire was beyond control and at tempts to enter the blazing house were found impossible it is believed the victims died soon after the fire broke out as no scream were heard by mcleod or nearby re sidents so intense was the blase that fire men were unable to search amid tbt debris until three hours later for the charred remains a pet dog of the mills children was behoved to hare been outside the house when fire nroa out fire chief e gamble said the fixe probably started from overheating in one of the two heating stoves it was also thought the stovepipes may have been clogged with soot from soft coal the family had been using owing k- the absence of wind firemen were able to confine the blase to the one build ing other nearby houses however were threatened for a time the mills family were buried ojy monday in acton only immediate relative armra mills residing in the georgetown dis trict george edgar bxanehard a son by n previous marriage heard of tha tragedy when be overheard several fellow workmen discussing it at a georgetown war plant mr blanchard said he hoped otbar relatives may be informed of the tra gedy through the newspapers he said several members of mr mhta fmptly wore recently reunited after 18 yean through a radio newscast official at guelph general hospital renorteu that the condition of robert mclcxi orly survivor is considerably improved an inquest will be held as soon as he is sufficiently recovered to tistify touristrtaken in well received here tourists takeh in a three act oo medy by the woodbridge district dra matic club was presented under the auspices of the united church wo mens association and co it last thursday night in gregory theatre every seat was filled and the play written and produced by mr george h troyer of woodbridge and the as sisting artists who performed be tween acts were greatly enjoyed over 14000 was taken in for the funds ot the church organisations mayor cleave was chairman for the evening the play concerned the palmer fa mily mainly and their joys and sor rows when they decide to sell the old cow and her pasture tn order to fur nlab their home attr for tak trig in tourists deaf old pappy pal mer contributes a considerable amount of wit and wisdom whenever be is spoken to by his two daughters throughout the play both datightwra are maiden ladles and both have- en tirely different ideas in mind when they start the tourist home ka thryn s idea to get a man and ruth s idea is to get their money much tun is is derived from the consequent entan giements and the play rolls along to a happy conclusion outstat ding on the program was the elocutionist georgle leoard her in tcrpretation of a little boy inventing a storv of a great big bear was verv good indeed the artists did no stint on their talents ana several numbers were given by all of them in between acts excellent too were mar garet banks soloist don mcgowan violink bob huson soloist and the pianist for the evening margaret gracev the committee in charge of arrange ments for the event mrs fred sin dalrmrs howard kentner mrs a r speight mris harold cleave and miss m irgarct evans entertained the cast nd issuing artists at the home of mr and mrs w t evans after the iw rformance st i han s ladifs raise over s2fkl 00 at ba7aar the ladles of st alban s church of england glen williams held their an nual ba ar and chicken pattle supper on tuesday february 22nd when they realized over 200 00 for tneir funds li is estimated that a record number of supper were served at the event and the sewing table home made baking table and fishpond were exceedingly ell patronized mrs sam tennant georgetown read tea cups a onecent raffle on a doll was won by mrs j hepburn and a draw for a fruit cake by bud haines the committee in charge were mrs william hadley mrs thomas haines mrs j hepburn jr mrs arthur beaumont mrs mary cooper mrs herbert preston miss s pugh full house for scottish concert party monday a full house once again greeted the performers of the scottish concert party sponsored by the girls pipe band in gregory theatre with mr g w mcllntock as maa- rerofcefernonies the program rolled along with never a dull moment the pipers under the direction of e r magloughlen turned in an ftffrt performance their guest artists doom carlo ouelph an acrobatic and tap dancer scotty burton acton wfth his scotch songs ocoonjpanlea at ttm pia no by miss jessie leavttt and joey carlo guelph planohuxrrdtanlst wee all greatly enjoyed by the aadleooa bill mcdonald and bis rhythm rabat provldedji complete new act even mf- ger and better than the laaf one and the applause waa long and kjod- thegtris and their leader daaarva credit for putting on these fine con certs which seem evergaining in popu larity