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pfcgell the georgetown herald wednesday october 3 1951 tefje ittemortal 3btal a monument built of enduring granite or marhto symbolic in dlgn and rev erent in purpose resting in surround ing of ponce and beauty trlboje of 1 respect and hdbourto the dead a con stant source of inspiration to the living oakville monument worksxi we employ no agents you pay riocommiaqinrk buyldirect a card or letter will bring our service to your door large display in stock 90 golborne street west legion notes branch takes over kids hockey for this winter the regulary monthly meet ing was held last thursday night at the legion hall the president les clark was in the chair with the secretary wallace thompson and treasurer bui roney both in their respective chairs the meeting was called to order at 805 with the us ual minutes silence for thdse com rades who have passed away spec ial mention wasmade of comrade thomas allen who passed away two weeks ago i the minutes of jthe last- reg ular meeting were read and con firmed as were those of the exec- men who think of tomorrow pjcticeiyfo deration todavi utive meetings held during the summer months the treasurer gave an excellentreport as to th finan cial position which at the moment is best described as solid his report embodied the months from june 15th to september lth the heads jof the various commit tees all gave their reports these were sick mrs t f grieve en tertainment alex taylor property jim blair a number of smaller committees were dealt with by- the president including that of sending cigarettes to the boys in korea there are seven district men serv ing there all of whom are receiving cigarettes monthly from branch 121 under correspondence a number cf thank you notes were read from those on the- sick list one now ap plication for membership was recei ved and accepted incidentally the number of new applications that have been flocking in this summer has been amazing there were no sick reported under general business meition was made of the plan to again take part in the halloween party to- be run for the kiddies again this year last year the branch took part anl looked after one group of children mrs t f grieve brought up the subject of poppy day and was again elected to make the arrangements for it this incidentally is the 24th year she has taken on this extreme ly difficult job mrs grieve asked that the members offer their ser vices to help her committee on that day the subject of the annual remembrance day service was also brought up along with the sup per always held for members the friday night before this was left in the hands of the executive pop py day incidentally this year falls on a sunday so that would put the remembrance supper on friday the 9th with the tag day on saturday the 10th next business was a motion put forward by dennis wright and sec onded by herb arnold this waj a motion as one wag put it to the writer afterwards to igive the legion back to the members the motion was that friday night soc ials be restricted to members only and the auxiliary thls gave rise to a lot of discussions as to the when youve qot canada savings e your honci or to bo used for youve always q c n r r- c i r v e s t sfin n i j p o r ft u n i ft i e s i o- or farm im rovemsiits c fjsissy inee o ir t o r our s a ft e r yo i rvl it v iicit canada so v irgr bonds can bo casboi tiij plti int rest at c ny rime if you bold thorn to mritji ity i i bettei return than ev r before an nvciiiii ijii vm if i wmfofl- j j n ii m i hi tin f i rprx ft v f r various pros and cons of the situa tion but the motion with a slight rider attached was carried almost unanimously so starting next fri day the friday night socials will be strictly restricted to branch 120 the big item of business was the subject of sponsoring a hockey team by the branch- this was introduced by the president who said that in view of the fact that a nurnber of the hockey fans of- the branch had mentioned the desirability of hav ing the branch sponsor the inter mediate team he felt that this matter shoulid be cleared up at the meeting a number of members then spoke all agreeing that the idea was out of the question how- our branch he should bp entitled to dp 4hqwithout any comment on the otherfland there are many who use the rooms who do not drink- tf these two groups can meet quit amicably in our organization it is our suggestion that any one who does not approve of beer being sold in a veterans club keep their opinion to themselves and allow tha lcb to administer the liquor laws we believe there has been a vas improvement in public opinion this point but this item is just by way of a friendly reminder chief topic of conversation at present around the branch is won der what the chances are of getting ever a number of ihe comrades a hunting licence in the township then broached com alf sykes pet project alf being in cleveland he regretted not being present to speak on the subject himself however the idea is that the branch should sponsoi midget hockey in george town ages 8 to 16 this found almost imrrfediate favour among the members many of whom expressed their liking for the idea it was pointed out by various ones that the branch had more than enough volunteers to handle this prefect nicely supply coaching referees team managers etc the initial ex- may be its just ajr well the number of licences are limited because judging from the number of pros pective nimrods around the lei gion the woods are likely to ba flowing over with hunters j among those attending tha zone meeting at port credit os sunday from georgetown were tha following zone representative fred mccartney les clark henry shepr- herd james murphy and perc chap lin the main business of the meet ing was the discussion of the pen- penditure was estimated at about rion setup and the general dissatis- five hundred dollars the motion faction with the actions of the gov- was put to the meeting and passed ernment in the handling of veter- almost unanimously iviiitiivt r piiv v v iv iv rt ir i rfiii jiiii ft7iit y tv i7frr itlnvmhmiirnmik conlri gordon brown then asked what had been done about the pro jected park for kiddies and said he sincerely believed in the great need for this and hoped that it would not be forgotten he was assured that while no one location had yet been set on that the spring would see the projected park a reality a location that might be utilized was mentioned by com ralph hawes of the old wading pook behind mac kenzies lumber mill this too is a very central spot com cord king asked if permis sion could be given to allow mem bers to use the hall to seetne world series televised as a sunday would probably be the only day that most members could see it a rider was added that due to the number of members who would wish to see it and the limited seating capacity of the television room that we would have to restrict it to members only this motion was carried and a not ice will appear on the board as to the date and time before the meeting adjourned at approximately nine thirty the presi dent thanked the members for turn ing out in such large numbers and expressed the hope that now that so mnnyorf them hadseen fit to attend they would make it a regu lar habit the meeting ended with god save the king cheese and biscuits were served ifterwnrds v i1ik writeks personal opinion of the scheme to sponsor kids hock ey is that it is a wonderful one any money spent in runninu his scheme is indeed money well spent fin it is invested in the future happiness security and physical wellbeing of our country for after ill those same boys who will be playint hockey this winter some day will lake their places in adult life and it may well be that the existence of supervised competitive sport may mold their lives and ways of thinking to great extent in this ease branch 120 is fortunate in hav ing as its director alf sykes who many readers will recall did such a marvelous job of organizing the hockey a few years ago under the original grc ably helped on the executive end by marsh timbers and with the wealth of members in the branch who have distinguished themselves ip sports and have al ready offered their services we pre dict a great season for the boys of georgetown from age 8 to 16 we were hapy to hear one of the speakers remind the branch too that the more projects like this one that we sponsored the more public support our fellow citizens would lend to the legion by sup- lort we do not mean in a financial way but rather in the mental atti tude of the rest of the community to a veterans organization that sells alcoholic beverages this is an ex tremely good point and dutch put it very well it is not to be denied that any licensed premises must re ceive a certain amount of criticism in most eases we venture to say wholly unmeritted and unwarran ted in branch 120 we have been singularly fortunate in running our business because after all as well as being n club we may as well face the fact it is a business- but the liquor control board who after- all are pretty stern judges of how n beverage room should be run rate our branch as among the tops for the way it is run so all that the branch asks is that the general public- do not tnake hasty judgments about situations that are invariably nonagxlstent and that at any rate tllygeneral public would hot be awarepf anyway after allfieta8t war was fought- supposedly to guarantee the four freedoms our interpretation of that is that it should apipty to majorities as well as minorities -therefore- a man wishes to use the beverage room of ans affairs in the last session at ottawa the two federal members from halton and peel had been in vited to attend the secretary open ed the business by reading the min utes of the last meeting and then introduced comrade gordon gray- don mp for peel he then asked if mr cleaver mp for halton was in the audience to approach the platform however mr cleaver wast not present after the minutes and correspondence a letter was read from arthur padbury zone com mander attacking the pensions leg islation and asking for a resolution to go to ottawa demanding what the legion consider their basic rights the presiding officer then asked com graydon to speak on the sit uation mr graydon said that he had been in entire agreement with the legions brief at the last session and hoped that this next session would possibly see it enacted he said that regardless of politics he felt- that mp were trying to do the best possible for veterans however he felt that enough pressure wa being brought on government mem bers to change their stand and pos sibly at the next session the legis lation asked for in the legion brief would be enacted he said that he and a number of his own group had for a long time advocated a stand ing committee to handle veterans affairs ire felt many matters odt much less importance had standing committees and he hoped that the veterans would get one in the near future in closing he said he felt that all present knew that anything he could do for the legion would certainly be done and anytime he could help the zone in anyway to just ask him and he would be glad to do so he congratulated those past zone commanders fred mccartney of rbanch 120 doctor c adams of branch 101 and teddy drew of port credit on receiving their past one commanders medals com ray mann then spoke on the pension problem explaining the various aspects of the situation and warning that this might very well be the thin edge of the wedge he spoke at length on the housing situation which he said was having a marked affect on young cana dian veterans and their families at present levels less than 50 per cent of our fellowcanadians are able to afford to pay for a home he then attacked the existing im migration scheme or rather the lack of proper screening in bring the wouldbe canadians to our shores he asked for more tolerance and help and guidance from the legion members to these people but called for the federal government to use a oertain amount of intelligence in screening these people to see if they have the basic requirements to be come good canadians he finished his remarks by asking for a resolu- tion asking the house of commons members at ottawa to grant a raise in pensions this motion was put to the meeting and carried unanimous ly the chairman then made note that the next zone meeting should be held in georgetown which had not held one for a couple of years and asked if the georgetown dele tion were willing the reply being that they would- be delighted td have the zone delegates the date was left to be sett led between the zone commander and branch 120 lit the convenience of the bvanch the meeting closed with sandwiches being served and coffee midget hockey l watch next weeks paper lot date to i tester ot midget hockey 1 ml wt j