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the gbrgexwfi twelve pages georgetown ontario wednesday july 15th 1953 twelve pages drews platform nothing but charges and promises pearson social and personal margaret aitken tells ladies about coronation trip speaking at a halton liberal ral ly in the brant inn burlington last night hon l b pearson minister of external affairs and president of the united nations declared the conservative party s platform con tained nothing but charges and promises charges that could not be substantiated by facts and prom 4ses even houdini could not fill on one hand mr drew proposed a tax reduction of 500 000 000 and on the other promises that would cost the electors 1 000 000 000 the only way a conservative government could carry out its taxcut prom ise mr pearson said was by def icit financing running into debt and increasing the national debt which has been reduced year after year by a liberal government mr pearson accepted a challenge thrown at him by john diefenbaker in which he accused mr pearson of entertaining nato representatives in rome at a cost of 35 000 and that this item was kept out of the public accounts he said he was sorry mr diefenbaker had made the charge because he and many other canad iarts had respected mr diefenba ker s qualities at a potential leader of the opposition and did not think he would get mixed up in this type of politics mr pearson said the amount was in the public accounts and that the cost was not 35 000 but onetwelfth of that for a years en tertaining as was expected of the chairman of the united nations he eaid while mr diefenbaker had as pired to the leadership of the tory party he would be probably aapir ing again after august 10th mr pearson told something of canada s foreign policy and asked for the return of the liberal ad ministration to continue our work for security and peace if that policy had failed or if its administration had been faulty if we were in trouble with other countries and our voice carried lit tle weight at the u n or nat o or within the commonwealth fam ily we would do justifiably attack ed and blamed as a government there it is fair to say that the success of the governments foreign policy during the last few years and the serious problems ahead are among the manv good reasons why we should be returned to power but the point at issue is this would the canadian people benefit by replacing the present govern ment under the wise careful ex penenced leadership of our brilliant but modest prime minister the very personification of the unity and quality of our country would our people benefit by replacing that kind of leadership by a government of conservatives under the hon george drew if you think that the answer to that question is no you will vote for murray mcphail on august 10 halton s liberal candidate mur raymcphaq also addressed the largegathering as did hughes clea ver retiring member ijmehouse visitors here from themaritimes mr and mr- earl nevers and children have just returned from a trip to plaster rock nb her mo ther mrs banter returning home with them for a visit peter glynn has been holidaying with his grandparents at wood bridge mr and mrs e n karn and chil dren mr harold karn and mr and mrs charles meredith are spending two weeks at little current mani toulin misses shirley wright and elma stringer spent last week on holi days at bala and are in berkley and le pier mich this week the wms me at the home of miss w ivens on thursday evening mrs mitchell reading scripture mrs a norton the prayer and miss ivens the study the christian church in africa abundance was text word used in p verse of scripture mrs a norton sang the rosary and mrs roughley played a piano eolo meditation the hostess ser ved refreshments after the meet ing recent visitors miss jean thompson and friends have been holidaying at her cottage on the fifth line mrs epiel thompson and family spent the weekend in llrnehouse helen klingbiel holidaying with her aunt mrs askln mrs d s mcdonald and family guelph were recently with the gisbys mr and mrs w brown and fam ily streetsville mr milton brown and grandsons of hornby mr and mrs fred cox and danny of orton mrs w g norrie and friends of toronto mrs john scott of george town mrs c montone mr and mrs ti webster and on toronto and mrs bob johnson and fiends of acton with- the william shel- bournes v hon lestfcr b pearson the weather mr editor this week s summary shows good summer holiday weather ern batkln date max mtn rain july 6 78 63 26 july 7 79 50 03 july 8 70 50 july 9 7 46 july 10 7t 48 july 11 78 52 july 12 81 60 average 74 53 air force officer sudden heart attack a visitor here only a week ago wing commander w h stapley 38 died after a sudden heart attack in washington d c on saturday wc stapley his wife and two daughters had been visiting in town with her mother mrs p w johnson edith street from here they went to washington to await a further posting for duty with the rcaf and only the day before he had received word that he would head a squadron in florida for the next year a university of saskatchewan graduate in mechanical engineering wc stapley had served sixteen years with the air force he spent last year on a course at el paso texas and before that was in otta wa and alabama surviving are his wife norma patricia johnson and two daughters pamela and susan mrs johnson flew to washington immediately on hearing the news and her two little granddaughters returned here with her the funeral service was held in ottawa this afternoon with bur lal there in beechwood cemetery after a military funeral ken langdon jr ucc prizewinner student at upper canada col lege kenneth langdon jr won the general proficiency medal in his grade 10 class this year kenneth will return to upper canada in the fall to continue his third form high school studies georgetown fair october 3rd mrs jack mc menem y is visiting in midland with relatives mr and mrs joseph woods mrs fred chapman gilliane and ricky are vacationing at their cot tage at victoria harbour mrs a n cole and mr douglas cole are away on a motor trip and will travel to the east coast john and marsha fleming are visiting this week in caledonia with their uncle and aunt mr and mrs r l fleming ruth ann hutchinson of belle river is visiting with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs leslie young at their farm home at terra cotta mrs w b scott toronto is a guest with mrs william whyte and mrs r gardiner at their home on maple avenue mr and mrs william garbutt and mr and mrs robert keeler apent the week end in rochester and in buffalo n y mr and mrs dick licata and mr and mrs bert gilmer were week end guests in wiarton with mrs jack mcmaster mrs james goodlct and family are spending the summer at their cottage at glen haven lake sim coe visiting with mr and mrs ross duncan and family at their cottage at meaford are mr and mrs jack teasdale and children muir and cheryl visitors lats week with mr and mrs harold hutchinson were her mother mrs e cartwright of tor onto and her lister mrs g t brooks oehawa mr and mrs george eames of toronto visited with miss beryle pattenden on thursday mr eames is a former provincial policeman in gqrgetown mr and mrs lindsay mercer jane and billy who are living in iowa city iowa were visitors last week with mr and mrs wilfrid ford mrs mercer and mrs ford are sisters mr and mrs harold mcclure and mrs j a mcclure are spending the month of july at their summer cottage at port sydney mr and mrs ken mcmillan were their guests last weekend mr and mrs graham farnell carroll and david with rev and mrs r c todd and family of nia gara falls will conclude a two week stay at a cottage near penetang this week mr and mrs a pattenden atten ded the orange celebrations on sat urday in orangcvhlc and a family reunion on sunday mr and mrs bill james bervle pattenden and george beeney were also at the sunday reunion recent visitors with mr and mrs e b tyers were his two sisters sister margaret anne of notre dame indiana and siter henrietta of london his cousin miss g m roc- ncy chicago 111 and his father jo scph tyers stratford three piano students of bruce harding received first class honours in their examinations written in guelph last month they were car olyn biehn grade 5 ilene varey grade 3 and mary evans grade 1 two pupils of margaret bradley harding passed their exams sylvia lambert in grade 9 and claudia mune in grade 7 mr and mrs john cordaro were in clinton last week visiting with mrs cordaro s son sgt vf e pres ton stationed there with the rcaf two cousins from widely scatter ed parts of canada are visiting with misses lyla and daisy armstrong they are mr and mrs norman cooper and daughter jaquellne who live in west vncouver b c and mrs james harrington of st johns newfoundland mr and mrs h gollop and mrs a gollop norval and miss bar bara gpllop toronto motored to- picton on satu day to attend the wedding of bernard downs and marjoric wright mr downs born in brampton is the son of the late mr and mrs emmerson downs mr and mrs armand swackham er and jimmy of essex spent last j week in town visiting with her sister miss hilda erwin and his parents mr and mrs e b swack hamer they accompanied mr and mrs swackhamer to rochester ny for part of the week to visit with relatives there just back from a trip to mil waukee and madison wisconsin are mr and mrs roy magloughlen they travelled with former georgetown erst mr and mrs frank lacey of aurora crossing lake michigan by boat from waukegan mich they visited in milwiukee with the la ceys son roy and his wife roy is head chemist at the ladlsh malting company mr and mrs leslie clark spent last weekend in walkerton and hanover while there they atten ded the wedding of mrs clark s nephew john rapp walkerton to miss benita weber of hanover their daughter pamela clark was flower girl at the ceremony which took place last friday in the luth eran church hanover donald mclaughlin cornell graduate sybil mooted cabinet post a graduate this year from cornell university ithjca ny is donald c mclaughlin son of donald r mclaughlin mi radon farm mr mclaughlin attended lime house school for a year after mr and mrs mclaughlin moved to this district and took his high school course at st andrew s college gra duating with a bachelor of science degree he has taken a position in toronto with canada packers lim med georgetown will have a febinet minister if the progressiveconser va lives win the august 10th federal election according to well informed sources mrs r b downing cpnservatlve ladies organizer in ontario stated at the margaret aitken tea here last week that it is an open secret that halton is slated for a cabinet post if the conservatives are in power glen williams 94th birthday marked by mrs wm sharpe oldest resident of glen williams mrs william sharpe celebrated her 94th birthday yesterday still enjoying fairly good health she is able to spend a month s hol idays each year in rochester n y with her son ed she has lived in the glen with her daughter mrs george foster since giving up her own home in cheltenham ten years ago a number of friends from the village and relatives from snel- grove district mrs gordon sharpe mrs william sharpe and mrs james sharpe were at the foster home on tuesday to extend good wishes on the happy day dundas beats ngs in hard fought game in one of the best played games of the season the local ng s were defeated 106 by the dundas hor nets in an intermediate ola game at the arena friday night dundas prov cd to be the better ball handlers and have a smart pas sing attack a department in which the locals need a lot of brushing up failure to pass the ball cost the ng s numerous scoring chances dundas led 1 0 at the end of the first period scoring with less than a minute to go the ng s outshot the visitors by a wide margin but erratic shooting kept them off the score sheet coming from behind a two goal deficit the locals outscored the hornets 5 4 in the second to deadlock the count 5all at half time the third periud was scoreless due mainly to the locals inaccurate r p ing and fine display by johnny dutch in georgetown s net he foi led the dundas attackers time after time dundas broke in front at the eight second mark in the final can to and added three more to a single by the locals to win 10 6 hill was best for dundas scoring four times odette porter blanch ard g shortrldge andprson and b shortridge scored one apiece junior beaumont and gord wil son were twofeoaj men for the lo cals and len caruso and zeke mc- candlcss had singles judging from the attendance and the interest or ra ther lack of inerest shown by the georgetown citizens canada s nat ional game might just as well be given back to the indians sh if enthusiasm and numbers at tending mean anything then the progressive conservative candidate in halton is as good as elected ac cording to a number of people at tending a tea last thursday after noon the affair was arranged by the local conservative ladies assoc iation the crowd was of such a size that every chair in the large auditor ium was taken as well as additional seats from the main floor and still a number were forced to stand it is believed to he the biggest politi cal meeting hold in this part of the county in many years and the biggest one so far in the present campaign the tea was in honour of marga ret aitken toronto telegram re porter- who spoke on her rec ent trip to the coronation as well as the political scene miss aitken gave a very graphic and colourful description of the coronation and her impression of what she saw from her vantage point in a seat in westminster abbay her talk was of keen interest to all the ladies present as vere her remarks on the political scene in canada she brought cheers and ap plause when she referred to her family and halton candidate sybil bennetts family having been great friends in years gone by and had worked well together for the good of their country and predicted that they would again after august 10 miss ahken scored the liberal ad ministration for- waste and ineffic iency as well as the terrific high taxation imposed on the people a rate of taxation that was far higher than necessary sybil bennett introduced miss aitken to the gathering and wel comed everyone to the tea she spoke too of the waste and general breakdown in some of the govern ment departments as well as scor ing the present high taxes whether income or the even heavier hidden taxes that bear so heavily on all our purchases she pledged the conservative party would correct this situation and could and would reduce excessive taxes by applying sane business methods to government and curbing the flagrant waste in the various departments as well as introducing miss ait ken miss bennett introduced a number of ladies prominent in the party in toronto one of these the organizer for the conservative wo men s associations in ontario mrs r b downing spoke briefly urg ing that all present support miss bennett in her bid for office and commenting on the present trend of more women in politics she stated that she felt when the conservatives were elected to office one of the first cabinet appointments would be a women to the cabinet and the logical choice of course was none other than halton s sybil bennett at the close o the very enjoyable afternoon mrs p w cleave wife of the president of halton county conservative association thanked miss aitken for her excellent talk miss bennett received the guests at the door assisted by mrs cleave and the wife of the president of the georgetown association mrs leslie clark mrs clark and mrs cleave poured tea for the guests assisted by members of the local women s association facilities were provided for the children to play and toys provided local soldier in korea for the first time in their present positions two tanks of baker squadron lord strathcona horse rc proceed to a forward position in the canadian lines ahead of the infantry and took fire action against the enemy in the valley here seated on their tank bruce before the action are left to right tpr harold henderson 28 normandy blvd georgetown ont lieut clint cowan edmonton alberta l c pi peter matwychuclcr obed aye- victoria bc tpr jim harwood 20 stephens drive jlumber bay ont and tpr fred buur37405th st victoria b c death takes fathers of two local ladies two local ladles were bereaved recently by death of their fathers j w elley 71 died in windsor after an illness of seven years sur iing are his ife two daughters mrs jacx gunning georgetown and patricia of windsor and two sons john and robert of windsor and inother son in ireland william edwird johnings 76 who died in hamilton was the father of mrs f j fryer of town also sur viving are his wife three other daughters mrs gilbert colven and mrs bert fournie hamilton and mrs george buckle mt hamilton and two sons george of fruitland and william mt hamilton there are ten grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren south america jaunt for doris armstrong miss doris armstrong rn left by plane from malton on thursday bound for south america for a month she and a friend margaret gillin of branuord will tour the country after attending the quad rennial international convention of nurses in rio de janeiro miss armstrong who is the daugh ter of mr and mrs fred armstrong mcnabb street is a member of the itaff of johns hopkins hospital in baltimore maryland she and miss gillin will be a the conveatlon for four days which will be attended by nurses from all over the world and is held in n resort hear rio then they embark on a cooks tour which will take them to san tos and sao paulo montevideo and buenos aires then across the pam pas to chili and peru they will return home via panama and mi ami the trip down from new york has only one stop en route at san juan puerto rico all their trav elling will be bv air speaks on national hook up the conservative entrant in the halton county federal tiding sybil bennett spoke yesterday over a national broadcast op the cbc for the conservative ptertjjt miss ben nett is national headot the conser vative womens association in can ada