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the georgetown herald i snottyseventh yew of publication wednesday april 19th 1944 200 per annum 5c per copy 1ixth victory loan campaign opens monday i russell t kelly outlines opportunities for board of trade n arr at tut ladies com mittee awhntto an exceedingly good representation i of men and women were present at the board of trade public meeting last i ftway evening in the legion hall ell t kelly of hamilton i guest speaker mr keuy la a veil adrertislng executive and or- r of boards of trade throughout i rr and his talk covered an of the ttal points to be considered in the plan of action to be taken by a local i jsoard off trade ifr aa speight president of the i board presided at the meeting and mr w k nodwell secretary read the utter of the initial meeting mr walter carpenter advertising chair- i nan of the victory loan committee sawi the gathering briefly asking for the support of all in the forth mcdonald and his rhythm babes provided nme excellent music at the commencement of the meeting and at intervals throughout the evening president art speight took the ladies present completely by surprise when he ashed that a ladles committee be appointed the following were elected alias sybil bennett chairman and afrs w p smith and miss margaret mr speight then called on mr w f bradley to introduce the speaker this was very ably done and mr kelly eame forward to address the gathering mr keuy in his opening remarks on the number of ladles said that in all his thirty f touring towns for the purpose s organising boards of trade he had never aeen so many women at such a meeting he beueved it signified a trend in present day business when so many women hare had to take over cactis jobs he congratulated the ladies en the interest they were taking in each an important municipal matter as the forming of a board of trade x believe we should devote do per vent of our energies to winning the war and 10 per cent to winning the pea said mr kelly in his plan of actions for boards of trade mr keuy makes full use of the afore mentioned 10 per cent the first anh most important function of a board of trade is to develop community spl eft said mr kelly the natural out come of such a spirit at this time would be a whole bearted effort to create a concrete rehabilitation plan or the post war period it is necessary to keep in mind what conditions will greet our men when they return from the war mr kelly stated m this con he presented a las of charts which represented a 90 per cent coverage of the homes in and around the town of dundas they told such things as the number of men in the forces how many of these have assured portions when they return and bow many win be seerlng employment in dundee the charts revealed what dundas peo ple will want to buy after the war and what plans they are making for the post war period in the way of new construction business etc mr kelly strongly recommended that this sur wy be one of the first steps that the georgetown board of trade take so that they would nave some actual racts to work on he said- he would be glad to supply them with a questionnaire agriculture should be an important phase of boaru of trade work said mr kelly if our agriculturists prosper the country prospers mr kelly fur r stated and it is to everyone ad nuge to see that the farmer does he thought that this could be brought about in tour waj s first the farmers must become better farm era as many millions are lost annually from this causa secondly thej must work more cooperatively in buying and selling thirdly they should make the xuuets use of chemurgy or chemistry i as it relates to agriculture tl e fourth i point mr kelly made was that every farm business t ai saction i c id v a profit to both parties it- was poor business for the country not to pay enough for its agricultural product the industrial coinmltui n in board of trade has a big job it can do said mr kelly in wc rkin th tier small towns to get the poirnmtnl to approve a plan of the decentralization of industry if your home town has advantages do a good job of promoting them mr keuy urged ontario house neatly established in england offers i splendid opportunity for this and mr keuy said he believed that we would see a lot of british firms estab lish factories in canada after the war concluding his talk mr kelly touch ed briefly on the subject of immigra tion he contended that immigration would be a good thing for canada but that we should admit slavic peoples only on our bails they must conform to our rules and customs if uiey wish to live in our c the thought that atr keu left with the meeting was that we should all be boosters for our home town and tbet it should be a community effort to do oar best for the men in service the weather we must admit we were severely squelched last week trhen after our hurrah for the signs of spring winter reumed to bury us under a 5 inch fall of snow before our hurrah appeared in print mover the less we are going to venture another hurrah this week for we got in our first day on the land yesterday and cleared our long ditve way borders of all of last years tops of sun flowers touyhooks delpbs his and peonies eto in fact were just a little too keen about it for an old chap only a short bopokjpandjunip from the oc togenarian class for we returned to ttie job after tea like the farmer trying to catch up on a belated spring with the penalty we can hardly stoop to touch a match bis morning to what we raked up last night however we are confidently looking forward in a day or so to that lubri eating warm wave reported at port arthur yesterday with a temperature of s6 degree here is what we got last week date h and l prectpi temp tation tuee april li 34 30 5 snow wed april 12 43 33 thurs april 13 44 28 frl april 14 41 31 sat april 15 32 28 275 snow sun april 16 42 38 mon april 17 47 29 frowns bakery sold u palmerston man mr norman brown has sold his bakery business on main street to mr fred baird of palmerston mr balrd is a nephew of miss jessie balrd of town and he will take over the bakery on the 1st of may mr brown has been in the baking trade in georgetown ever since 1931 except for three years when he baked in the town of highgatc main street win miss this genial merchant he is giving up his business on account of bis health and expressed the hope that his customers would continue to give his successor the same excellent patronage they have given him mr and mrs balrd their son and daughter expect to make then- home in georgetown another daughter has a position tn ustowd mr balrd has baked at palmerston for the past eight years we welcome him and his family to town and wish them success in their new enterprise b t mcgtlvbat dtjes at thibtuexown the death occurred on friday april 14th in thlsuetown of richard mcgilvray a native of caledon and one of the pioneers of the thistle- town district he was in his g4th year the funeral was held on sunday after noon from his home to st judes ce metery at wexford besides his wife the former jose phine wilson he is survived by two sons harold p of montreal and fldyd of toronto also one sister and two brothers mrs w j brown of oa ledon w a mcgilvray toronto and frank l mcgilvray georgetown he expressed himfif as willing to answer any questions which the meet ing might like to ask him mr r b fouus thanked mr keuy on behalf of the board of trade exe cutlve and those present mr dean harlcy asked the sneaker f he did not think it would be a good idea to restrict immigration until the men in service were home aziln to this mr kelly replied that he did not mean anything too trcn 10 is sho id be indettaken in the way of im at the moment mr nodwell then ad dressed the meeting and asked mr kelly s opinion on the idea of hayi a booitlet printed advertising george town r advantages especially from a eogiaphical standpoint mr kelly re plied that he thought it was on ex cellent plan two items of business had to be dealt with before the meeting came to a conclusion the question of fees was settled when it was moved by mr oeorge muckart and seconded by mrs w smith that they be set at foo and all interested citizens of the town in vlted to join it was the feeling of the meeting that if some clttaens could see their way to contributing more than the set fee the donation would indeed be welcome it was tmsm de cided that president art speight he the delegate from the board to the aero nautical institute oo m to ronto the first week in may when de legates from small oammtmtttss wul discuss plans of postwar aviation a vote of thanks by w e nodwell to bm mcdonald and bis rhythm rubes brought the highly interesting meeting to a dose may there be no regrets could we at home but comprehend the minds of the men upon whom canadas very life relies and for whom approaches one of the titanic combats of history would we be proud could our boys overseas but read our thoughts would they believe that our existence is worth their blood what hideous shocks they must suffer when they learn that absenteeism from vital war work is but frivolous sport for some while others cool callous cal culators prefer to bum rather than pay a higher income tax rate on a larger pay envelope what bitter gall in deed for the unselfish man ready to sacrifice all thank heaven such canadians are few and how wholesome it is to know that the vast majority of our able workers ladies ayid men alike are giving of their strength and brains to win the conflict to bring back our men and to see them rightly rewarded and teeatabliahed in the canada that is theirs think deeply of these things if we do our duty at home our war efforts are as nothing think of the mothers wives and families who must wait in silence and deep anxiety for the dawn of peace in the brilliant light of such devotion we must not permit piffling ex cuses to interfere with worthy intentions supporting the sixth victory loan campaign is a stern duty and the soundest way to preserve part of your earnings please subscribe just as quickly and as generously as you can each one of us can assist the can vasser in many ways welcome him and urge all your friends to do likewise in doing that you will truly be serving canada our empire and providing backlog of financial comfort that cannot be surpassed with determination good will and cooperation in this vital national duty there will be no regrets sincerely yours l e fleck w f bradley joint chairmen of georgetown district victory loan committee active service hotes lao oeorge walker ouriph was ome on weekend leave pte bui keuy has been transferred to brantford from toronto for his ba sic training pte david bryden camp borden is home on leave and at its termination win leave for the coast lac am williams has returned to vlctortavule que after spending a 10 day leave in town aol cecil j walker no 8 repair depot rjc-ajf- trenton spent the week end at his home here congratulations to sgt t h mar shall ottawa wfto has been promoted to staff sergeant tpr ray barley has been trans f erred from no 24 cabtc bramp ton to camp borden mr and mrs r carter of toronto formerly of nerval have reoeved word that their son ormle is in italy la c ted scarlett has returned home from overseas for health reasons and will spend a 24day leave with his wife the former stella lane mrs hodge stewarttown received letter from her son david in italy with the rcoc which took only 12 days to get here pte wilker cleave recently arrived italy has written to his mother telling her of meeting jack watson gordon lane and charue laws the boys all look fine said walker cpl si ve emmerson of the 8th army serving in italy has been pro meted to sergeant mr and mrs emmerson have also receved word that another son sgt james emmerson has arrived safely overseas balunafad the umehouse players wfil present their three sot comedy uncle oy hits a new high tn the hall at badmafad on friday evening april 38th we ean sjetaany see the grass get ting gresn now and the early- spring flowers such as tulips are up a good ttiree or four bsohes these are wet come sights after last weekends snow storm strong executive formed for sixth victory loan drive iode anniversary dinner last monday the fifth anniversary of the found lng of the countess of strathmore chapter lojje in georgetown was fittingly observed on monday evening when aoout thirty five members and guests sat down to a delicious dinner tn the legion hall mrs grieve catered to the banquet and the committee in charge of arrangements included miss manjery kff ms ffjifia erwin miss auce trenor and mrs garfield mcouvray the tables were beautl fully arranged in the colors of the chapter and the place cards bore the lcdjs crest toe guest speaker of the evening was mrs l l skuce of milton pro vradal tode secretary for halton county mrs skuce delivered a very in- tereating address she did not confine har remarks to one subject but spoke briefly on the xoxj adopted softools in the north country lodjs bene volent funds and concluded with a book review of wm phelps book hap piness which was much enjoyed mrs skuce was introduced by mrs j l lambert and mrs wallace thompson moved a vote of mrs h wrlggleswortb sang very pleasingly during the evening accom panied an the piano by mrs charles wjllson the toast to the chapter was pro posed by mrs woo thompson and responded to by the regent mrs leonard bell mrs frank moniven regent of the john milton chapter at muton ac companied the guest speaker following the banquet a short bus neas meeting was held when mrs k d berber was chosen ss delegate to the national convention being held tn hamilton s10 00 was voted to the lucy mor rlson memorial fund and plans dls cussed for the holding of a theatre night in the near future john mcmeekin dies on april 11 1044 john mcmeekin passed peacefully away at his ho in his 79th year he was born near bal lymena northern ireland coming to canada with his parents wnen a lad of 13 he was a member of mt plea sant church serving as an elder for 54 years left to mourn his loss and ho nour his memory are his wife ann glffen ms brother archie his daugh tern jennie mrs guy wilson liz zie mrs weir raid annie mrs gordon oompbeu mary mrs hec tor bird margaret at home and 16 grandchildren alsondorts and willie canes a son thomas predeceased him 35 years ago f the funeral service was held in mt pleasant church on friday afternoon and was conducted w rev f j dun lop nerval asslsed by rev r v wll son orangevllle mrs howard wrlg glesworth georgetown sang tace to face the honorary pallbearers were his fellow elders alex mcklnney sr john h mcclure james mcculloch and albert breadner the pallbearers were herb anthony jas marshall t l mcmeekin percy laldlaw herb hnney and sam d mcclure thr words of kindness spoken and the many beautiful floral tributes re ceived txrre testimony to the esteem in which he was held in the community we treasure the memory of a noble life spent humbly in the service of his master georgetown curling club the georgetown curling club mem bers were entertained in toronto b the britannia bowlers on monday night five teams journeyed to toronto and took part in three games of alley bowling playing against the toronto teams a grand time was enjoyed by all jim richardson s boys were nigh scorers and brought home the cup as well as money prizes others who got in the prise money were walt richard son dick welch w beu r- mason w mnilere p cleave a speight and q loath imobeon was served to cap off a grand eranmg the high single tor tfae nlgbt was made by conner toronto boy with lore of sb0 rev c c cochrane opposed to religious teaching by dept speaking from the text of 1 samuel 10 8 13 814 the rev chafes c cochrane told the congregation of knox church on sunday morning that g ymjworn to op kali he was sworn to oppose legislaion of the children into tfae hands of the department of education he reminded his listeners that the christian church is not free from responsibility for this proposal but he claimed we should not oppose it any the less strenuously for that reason we only need consi der he continued that the govern ment would not now be undertaking religious training in the day schools if the church had been found faithful to her mission mr cochrane stated ttiat his oppo sition did not arise from any dlsres pect tor the teachers themselves nor from the fact that the proposal is put forward by one party and not by an other the step which the ontario government contemplates is an inva sion by the state into the field whlcr properly belongs to the christian church this wn the very question faced by the christian church in germany in 1933 34 but it was being presented in a different form in cer many it was the appointment by the government 6t reichbishops over the church in ontario it is the religious training of the young the minister then advised that tf this legislation were o become law the parents should withdraw their child ren from the schools for the period ci iring which this so called religion is beina taught mr cochrane declared that he wo ild fight this proposal the community and tn the courts of thr ch irch and bj whatever legitimate means came to hand the minister then promised to deal further with the subject at the next diet of worship the second meeting in connection win the sixth victory loan was held in the municipal building on wednes day evening april 13th mr l e fleck chairman called on mr e v macconnack chairman of the sales committee for his report mr mccoanaok stated that tba sales committee would be the same as formerly except for one man who is away at the present time and that he would select a man to take his place during the next week the sales com mittee is as follows mr o o brown mr w a wilson mr win deans mr f kersey mr leroy dale p d mb- nally howard may l e olegg t e hewson the publicity chairman mr car penter stated that be had done noth ing other than select hie ctonmlttee which is as follows g l mcgilvray s w orr thos eason jr rev c o cochrane h c mcclure h c wrig- glesworth k m langdon the payroll chairman mr fouhs said that he had been in touch with mr ford and they suggest mat inter nal canvassing be done in the larga plants as this proved- satisfactory mr blckell the county organiser addressed the meeting and said tfae county objective had not been set yet but this would probably be done in a few days he suggested that acton and georgetown combine for the salesmen a meetings on account of the shortages of gas suggested date for first meeting tuesday evening april 18th mr ralph ross honorary chairman then addressed the meeting and sug gested that the amount of bond sales each day be brought to the attention of the people so that they would know how much bad to be made up mr leroy dale was then cauest upon and he suggested that an sxeeav tlve committee for each district be formed to meet at different times dur ing the drive to assist the salesmen it was moved by mr g w tocfc and seconded by mr e v mac connack hat each district have their own executive oommtttee of no lea than five men to assist their salesmen and that all committees win meet tv gether at a general meeting when call ed upon the meeting then proceeded to elect the committees for the si districts ear follows 1 stewarttowii j r lindsay chair man walter lawson d r mclauan- i a w benton dan cbarles marvelhoward may chairman rev s r oolebrook w k town send frank wilson j t lindner glen williams arthur beaumoxs chairman wm schenk l marsb- ent root eason john ttbigtiam ward l geo harold 01bss chairman ralph ross c j buck hewson a el oripps ward 2 gerogeown thos eaaosv mowhlrter h kentner d p orlabr ton e 8 thompson w b ford ward 3 georgetown a r speight chairman h w orr w nodwell leroy dale el m- langdon w q mcdoweu major c d mocreary informed tb meeting that the picture battle off russia and also a guest speaker could be obtained between may 1st and btn af ter a period of discussion tbs meeting was brought to a close high school board meets the high school board met at the school last monday night with dr a mcallister chairman presiding transportation for the 80 voice choir from the school competing in the peel musical festival being held m bramp ton on april 38 was discussed and several members of the board offered their cars for the purpose two bonne trios and several solo numbers both instr and vocal are also en tered to tfae compaction cadet inspection wfil be held at tfae easter thankoffering knox w m s the women s missionary society of knox presbyterian church held their annual easer thankoffering meeting in the manse on wednesday afternoon april 12th in spite of the lnclemenoy of the weather there was a fair attend ance the president mrs cochrane occupied the chair and in well chcesfi words welcomed the members and their friends mrs w sinclair convened tfas programme and had mrs ledlnghatn of weston as guest speaker she save a splendid address stressing the need or a better home training and the importance of christianity in our na tional life she also spoke of religious training in schools and the need for a high christian character of all who teach two well rendered duets wen eh en by mrs devries and mrs oo- mar accompanied by mrs h graham a social half hour at the close of the meeting was enjoyed by ah school beginning at 1030 on may bth it carpenter principal discussed the matter of unbiased reugjous teach ing in high schoals and said that tfae manual for teaching had not yet been completed by the ontario department of education but that would soon fe ready for distribution to sll saoondarr schools and that the teachers of reli gion would be bound to ousoe ttetr instruction to what therein after this training will reoeve hon relative to the a swpptnc ropes roarble and roqsr skates are the order of the day wsta the