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georgetown nrysevcnth year of publication georgetown ontario wednesday march 8th 1944 200 per annum jc per copy vc you flelpcd the red cross yet do it now no store 4 taverns 448 people in tra in year 181 lln lltil it 11 ttti om tdu of early ts in ibwmhip in itter ad- xol james lallaiitine bwed to mr robert gonrtey days when trafalgar bad four tav ern r1 nf stores no doctors three schools 448 residents s bouses and belling at 400 to 6 00 per aero been brought to light through a found by mrs wrightorr poesesslona at the late ur wright of oakvttle this copy is loan- ad by mrs oolin h campbell obe winnipeg written 119 years ago in the clear scholarly hand and in the excellent state oc preservation the document is the fokowing letter addressed to mr bobert oourley at a meeting of the inhabitants of xxr township holden on the 27th no- fember 1817 at the house of daniel jcunn innkeeper the following ans- bre framed in reply to your queries as they appeared to us in the hlagara spectator 1st tbe name of our township is trafalgar it is situated in the coun ty xa halton in the district of oode 4n the province of upper canada boat twentyone miles from little york it is eight and eightfourth miles in length and about seven miles breadth it is bounded on the north west and north by a large tract of land t in the possession of a nation of tn called mlsstasauga it is on the northeast by the of toronto east and south cost by the lake ontario and on the southwest and west by the township of nelson it is divided into two hun- dred acres each excepting on the lake shore where they are irregular ac cording to the bearing s of the lake the lots are twentyone chains in breadth and one hundred chains in length and the first settlement ol our tomhip began in lire sprineftnd tmmyy of 1807 the number of peo pie u five hundred and fortyeight the number of houses inhabited is spoke to lions club meeting in regular session on mon day evening georgetown lions club had the pleasure of entertaining a number of guests as well as having a goodly representation of its own mem bers uon charles cochrane was welcomed into the olub by lion president ralph ross and promised an tnrttattan at the next meeting 3600 was voted by the olub to the present red cross drive the lions and guesta were indeed pleased to have a fellow lion col james ballantine as their guest speaker the ool had been promising to give his talk for some time back but a number of interruptions delayed this col b a veteran of the boer and first oreat war is well versed in this subject and his talk was indeed appreciated opening his remarks the said he considered the red cross so ciety thff greatest organisation for good in the world today not only in wartime but in peacetime as well this society carries on in the interests of humanity regardless of race color or creed he said he baa seen the red cross work in all its phases during two wars and that this band of mercy should be and would be supported to the limit other headings under wnich ool ballantine based his talk included cecil rhodes an finplre builder and his dream of britishamerican unity causes of war and development of em pire how much rhodes dream has come true lion o w ucltntock moved a vote of thanks to lion jim for his very interesting and informative address china devastated and starving stated recently returned missionary archdeacon andrew spoke sunday evening the weather by h l hutt now that we have all the figures for the month of february we and she ran through her twenty nine days pretty well true to form and was quite normal for that month the rainfall was only 46 of an inch which was 41 below normal but the snowfall reached 14- inches which was within a slight fraction of an inch from normal the dally mean temperature for the month was 19 degrees only a fraction of a degree above normal the first week of march is starting in with a whole bag full of subzero nights we hope she will deal them axl out soon and give us a taste of spring following are the local records for the week date h and l temp tues feb 29 28 18 at st georges church last snow fall 3rd no churches there are two preachers who preach alternately they belong to the sect called metho- i tflsts according to the institution of i the late rev john wesley j 4th of medical practitioners we have none 5th we have three schools in this township the price per quarter is two dollars and boarding found 6th we have no stores in this town 7th we have four taverns 8th we have one grist mill and our sawmills the rate of grinding is onetwelfth the rate of sawing is onehalf when the sawlogs are carried to the mlll 0th the surface of the land is le vel the top soil is clay mixed with loam and a little gravel under that is clay mostly of a red color 10th our timber consists of oak two kinds white and red pine very large of the whilevkind beech ma ple two kinds sugar maple and soft maple ash two klndh the black or swamp ash and white ash basswood hickory elm whitc and red hemlock lronwood chestnut some birch suck jb ash some cedar some butternut and little tamerack the timber noost large ind stands thick on t the land 11th respecting minerals there u considerable quantity of tlu mm eral of iron tailed bog ore also i few salt springs of an inferior kind 12th building stones we have none excepting a few which may be fo mc over the land of a very indifferent kind i3th a few bricks hive ben mule their price is six dollars per lhou sand 14th no lime has been burnt in thlb township nor hive y limestone q mr rles been dlscovctf 15th blackmiln here most gen erally work by the pound that is 7tt d per pound when the iron and steel are found and is 3d when the black ami h finds the materials to this there are some exceptions but not many carpenter work by the day or by the job by the day it is a dollar and boarding included by the job it is ing to the quantity of the labour to be performed 17th the price of mowing graas i for hay and reaping grain is from four to five shillings per day according to the price of wheat as the greater part of wages here is regulated by the price of wheat cradling wheat is a bushel of wheat or its price as above 18th clearing and fencing of land when all the timber is cut off costs taa dollars per acre so that a field mm tr trng five acres would cost sbrty dollar- but the common custom of our township is to cut down no more continued on page six splendid response to red cross campaign to date wed march 1 thurs march 2 frl morch 3 sat march 4 sun march 5 mon march 6 ib 10 23 0 the red cross campaign is now in full swing with georgetown and dls trict more fully and better organized this year than ever before if a can vasser has not already called on you you may expect a visit from him in the near future for au the committees are working hard to make this cam active service notes word has just been r by ma parents of the promotion of w o 1st class david crlchura to pilot officer the commission is retroactive to no vember p o crlchton is stationed in ceylon and has been in the par east for over two years pte clifford kenney has received his honourable discharge from the army for health reasons pte norman mcdonald has arrived safely overseas according to word just received he mentioned having seen lome cross fred kldd and vlck swindlehurst in his camp pte mc donald has been in the army a year and worked at smith stone prior to enlistment ac1 larry mackenzle or toronto was home for the week end mrs broornhead was uirilled last week when she received a dozen rosea and a dozen daffodils from her son ac1 rep broornhead overseas with the r c a f on her birthday reg ts a former employee of the herald ac2 alva grieve landed in england on his nineteenth birthday aconrding u i cable received by his parents here on monday st l hirrv ferry entered christie street h pltal in 1 ronto on monaaj mornliu word iiils been received by mr and mrs sam tennant that their nc phevv corp bert tennant from brampton and now attached to the armoured division has been wound d tn italy pilot officer james ruddell left on sunday for nassau the bahamas after spending i two week leave at home he will leave from lachlne quebec and upon reaching his desti nation will be on an raif station for three months p o ruddell was for merly stationed at crrartotietown p el and has been lb the airforce 18 months mr and mrs j a strang have been informed of the promotion of their son from the rank of lieutenant to cap tain oapt strang is a wireless main tenance officer oversea pte harvey allen has been honour ably discharged from the army ai phy sically unfit he baa returned work at provincial paper where be was em ployed before enllsttna harvey his just recently returned after thirtytwo motrtfcs eerrlce nnssssi palgn the largest yet in subecrlptjon and membership the one great fact that everyone connected with the cam paign keeps in mind whether they give of their time money or both is that as the hour for fullscale invasion of europe grows more and more imml nent so does the need for red cross aid to our forces increase there has been a splendid response from the people and firms already con tacted and in most cases donations are substantially increased from for mer years among the largest subscrip tlons already received are alliance paper mills ltd 300 00 smith stone ltd 300 provincial paper ltd 75 mr d r mclaughlin 300 miss h a staunton 100 over 200 attend norval juniors social a very successful social evening was held by thenorval junior farmers in tk pariifti h norval on february 36th with over two hundred guests attending jim carney president of the boys oroup was chairman for the evening john bird led in community singing a piano trio by the hutchinson sisters instrumental numbers by miss taylor fred sharpe and archie fuller a reading by joe lyons and vocal solo by mrs howard wrlgglesworth wen all included in the very enjoyable pro ram an added attraction was the snowing of three movie camera reels by wilfrid leslie after the program lunch was served followed by dancing to wiley s orches tra of woodbridge the silver collec tion taken was donated to war work high school news i last thursday evening hi form and their guests held- a toboganning party and dance the dance was held at darrell dawson s music being supplied by the vocal efforts of some of the class miss palrbarn thanked mrs dawson on behalf of the class for the good time enjoyed by the pupils friday afternoon all the cadets went to the armouries where sgt major c g inst o th taki of the roll craig alexander was com missioned as a lieutenant replacing n long who lias been placed as lieutenant 61 the boy s platoon who in turn replaces bob bums who has left school having just returned from china where he had been a missionary for me past thirty years archdeacon andrew gave a very stirring portrayal of con ditions in china at the evensong ser vice lnst george a church of england last sunday archdeacon andrew and mrs an drew were stationed in the diocese of honan and lived at loyang for the past year or so the japanese force of occupation has been stationed just a few miles from their home the horror and devastation the japanese have wrought in china are unbelievable said archdeacon andrew the chinese have manpower but little else as their guns are few and very small it because of their inability to cope with mechanized warfare that the japanese invaders have been able to snarm over their country archdeacon andrew said that we have to remember we have one great reason to thank the chinese people and it is this when the javanese invaded china the chinese generalissimo had to choose between two courses of action either throw in their lot with the invader with the cry asia for the asiatics or fight them to the best of their ability knowing that they could never win the chinese took the noble way but the hard way it took archdeacon and mrs an drew four months to reach home m toronto they flew to india and came over in a destroyer taking the southern route around the tip of aus tralia and landing at los angeles it us a nerve wracking trip but had cm great consolation there was enough to eat atrhaecon a mow hitt k plan greater sale of war savings stamps halton schoola will take part in campaign to raise the sum of 13637 before term ends pormatjory of a candlan school fi nancial corps for the sale of war sav ings stamps by the pupils of halton county is announced by o r harris county organizer under the national war finance committee mr l l sk ice t ic school inspector for the co jnty vvho resides at milton will te commanding officer of the corps which will be patterned after the regimental system following the successful application of the plan in the county of brant where last year 11898 pupils sold 32184 worth of war sivings stamps it was decided to organize wentworth and halton counties the objective for halton is 50 cents per capita the school term ending tune 30th this amounts to 13 037 and it has been apportioned among the schools in accordance with the follow ing acton 1 108 00 burlington c 1050 00 burlington e 859 00 georgetown 1244 00 milton b7300 oakvlue c 80000 oakvole b 800 00 oakviue w 609 00 fthe cj3fc enlists boys and girls in tin rural public schools to help oanada sell war savings stamps not only to themselves and their families but to as many people tn their community as they possibly can to hasten victory and also to guard against inflation it also is encourag ing people to save their money while the war is on and have monev avail able after the war for new purchases buttons are supplied for this scheme and samples have been sent to the tea chers these buttons are rewards for war work and are to be issued only f the rank to which the boy or rirl is titled first is the enlistment button which has only the letters cbjc on it ranks in the cspc arc the same as the non commissioned ranks in the army when n member has sold 32 stamps he becomes a lance corporal his membership bitton is replioed with a button with one red stripe of the lancecorporal s rank when he has m cbc governor william j parker of winnipeg is the newly named membfr of the canadian brodcnsllntj corporition board of governors he is a m u m iny intircus plvlnc veteran of the first world wai nduaie of manl toba agricultural c lieu practical tanner president f the m miu b i pool elevators and chiirmm ol in crous committees mr parker m ed to the cbc board early in fe bruary he is a native of sinford manitoba and now serves is a mem bci of the dominion food advisory council union miss shirley minillj and miss do sold g4 stamps lance corporal button rothj jano tliompson passed s iccess is replaced wllh a fill cnnoral s but fully their grade v and grade iii ton with two stripes with the sale of piano exams respectively at the to rn a letter to the teachers mr har ris has outlined the objects of this movement pointing out that the oovernmenf needs every cent possible 128 stamps he becomes a sergeant in the corps and the corporals button is replaced with a sergeants button with three stripes the rgeant ma jor s button has three stripes and a crown and is given him when he has sold v stamps it is emphasized that this u not a stunt but a basic plan for the sale ot jiwar savings stamps for he duration and win aid rather than interfere wltii present plans there is no competition between schools and quotas have been set for the various shoools on what is considered a fair and- equitable basis the cooperation of the teachers is an ticipated and reports will be p each mohth of the sales made ronto conservatory of music the litter part of february these girls are pu pils of miss nora lyons i the women s missionary society of union held their march meeting at the home of mrs j c cook and mrs clifford cook on wed march 1st there was a splendid attendance at the meeting the study on british guiana was taken by mrs jack mcdonald mrs leonard smith read a paper on christian stewardship and mrs la- verne thompson reported on tiie se cond days sessions at the annual meeting of toronto presbyterlal wml s held in oslvbv presbyt church toronto the terra cotta federated farm starvinc millions in china today how inflation is making it hnposbfibta for the people to get even the barest necessities one pound of ordinary flour costs over 700 and many other commodities cost fabulous sums he was tn charge of handling au the re lief money cominsr into 0 counties and by the time he left rt took over a million dollars a month to keep eves a fraction of the population from starving he said that right under then- very eyes people would he of star vation they would come to servlttv each day in the church weaker and weaker and then the telltale pufflneav would appear under the eyes and be and the other msslonaries would fcnoat that the end was in view for another poor soul the church gave them their only hop of a better world to come la this connection he said au tlons of missions cooperated fully with one another working day and night to help alleviate suffering before the allies declared war on japan the christian churches weea the only places of refuge for the chi nese who all tried to get their women and children within their sheltering walls archdeacon andrew said that to time the chinese might forgive and forget what the japanese have done to thplr country but that they will ne ver forgive the way they have treated the chinese women it is worse than deith for every woman from the ago of ten year to seventy when war v as declared the chinese were order ed out of the churches and the vett buildings themselves taken over in all of occupied china all clergy were ordered out and in most cases glvtn only 24 hours notice the people in lyang are subjected to japanese bombings nearly every day and as the earth is very sandy dug outs just the size of a oarrei are all the protection they can have there w is one continuous raid which neces sitated archdeacon and mrs andrew and their household remaining ta these holes for three days and nights after- hearing arhdeacon andrew it was some small consolation to think the recent codeotlon taken up for the starving people of china and india wh so generously supported by the church people of george the andrewa only son douglas is in the rxlaf and after spending a two week lawe wttfa his parents whom he had sot seen ft several years he will report to betlb- vhje for posting clubs met at the home of mr and ms win reld on hsqoar era lfjareh th for oat regular mareh maattat- a very enjoyable and profitable efaatesr was spent by unas who van aoat attend