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i i page 2 the georgetown herald wednesdayevening jviarch 5th 1930 djck in bsqueslnfe towushlp out on sunday marcti a 1930 rlctiard dick in ids 89th year coljian at buffalo oi sunday mar and 198k fruiufiiu ikm thomas beloved wife of wm h column in her 6sti year public school report obituary kollawiiik is the report of george town public school for the month of february sr iv hons e lunan r hoaro h iiantun u tost p dcnlson c hyde m simons e hurley hiss u smith h williams p uruliniuiv atkins p kentncr k wilson n herbert and m long b walker m kentner l sanderson a ookr p evans o kennedy d wrmh niul e carter m latimer m north jr iv hons ian mackenzie bruce r mrs v k busby the death took place march 2nd at heldleitlh farm oakvtue ot clara elisabeth bushy widow of the late k oladys beaver prank bol- rtobert harnutii u her sixtyninth katmfen muholtand esther brill year the funeral look place on tucs- howes dorothy mlmms day afternoon following a servlc at v f eric norrlngton the home of her daughter mrs rev alfredfaykes albert reeve ray given a hall interment beunj ntbt judes ceniefcn ciakvlller town council auditors report received tag day granted accounts pansko other business cemefervt oukvuie mrs colmasl after a short illness franccnatena thomas beloved wife of wm h col- man passed away at her horde at buffalo on sunday mar 2nd she- wasln her 65th yea and wagit real- own some s muelurei lenor w moved-by- beriw s besides h hus she is limi by otre son and tine daughter to her flret husband willard mcveigh and mrs e h dorchester the remains were brought from buffalo to acton and the funeral took place this after noon fromfthe home of her sister mrs howard masales interment in pair- view cemetery una digglns rosie lorusso kenneth maokenzte martha edwards nancy perry jlraticntven jack fouilshazel walker oladys martin mary tpst phyllis edwards margaret huggtns swimming poolcarrled helen ritchie marjorle edwards rus set varey sr ulrhons mary rfgllerj ruth davis josephine polle glenna leslie mr sfteward ahd mr scrymgeour ddressed council re use ofreservolr park for football club also- for a do nation to the funds of the plub v after ionsiderable dlscusslpn it was- deans doris bessey rimer council met on tuesday evenlng- wlth mayor mackenzie in the chahk reive mclntyro nnd councillors davis parroummincs denison bessey and cleave present minutes of previous meetings read and confirmed mrs h r minims andmrs cording- ley were present on behalf of the ixical council of women and asked council for permission to hold a tag day on georgetown pair day for ihe purpose of raising funds t build a swimming pool moved by denison seconded by curhmings that the local council of women be allowed to raise money by tagging during the esqueslng agri cultural fair in georgetown to provide that a br of 3600 be made to the- dominion parliament a ht o wha 19 b done by ocb representa tives at ottawa special to the herald parliament is looking back upon progress which has not only been unique but highly significant within the short space or five working days the main estimates nave been reached a situation without parallel in recent years more import ant however and causing lobbies and corridors to hum with speculation as they have not done in ie past four years is the fact that within the same space of time the country has been brought within measurable dlstshcetvf a general election opinion differs as to whether or not premier king in taking up hon mr bennetts challenge was deliberately seeking- an issue or was lured into a situation from uihjjh he cannot very jveu extricate himself without an ap peal to the voters the latter view however predominates it la wou known that the government supporters faced by ihe wheat situation in th west and depression in the east no hankering for an election the op- dent that it halton county annual rk p0 onj percy re id again named pre sident of ontario associa- i tion at banquet old friendships were renewed and new friendships made when ihe sons and daughters of hal ton county on tario gathered n their annual re union ttumjoet at the ch ho reglna sask tuesday night of jffisr week jollity and goodfellowship marked the jtening as a delightful program of community songa led by m simp son interspersed the dinner this was followed by a number of toasts solos and recitations percy e reld president of the hal- ton county association proposed the toast to the king dr h m stephens m proposing a toast t6 hallon couh ty dfecuised the industrial develop ment of their home county in past dr stephens has delivered t 1rai addresses on the historical u and gegtapnlcoj aspects of- hmton and knowing his intimate knowledge of tn hpat him- sppflk nnrir pinr an entirely new line xhe new duranc m will claim your special interest this new creation of duxani engineers represents a new thought in the building of a medium price six cylinder automobile you will appreciate the 14 for its fine appearance striking colon long flowing lines low sweeping fenders and ipear- point dvcorativc motif its proviiionlor c3mport urge doors deep spring cushions wide scars and surplus interior roominess its masterful performance v motor imp that combine to produce a quiet smooch stream of power for tramc or foicbiddinhilh its genuine value the result of a pre conceived plan to include appearance comtort and pcrfonnance- tn their fullest measure drive hts new durant sense its fleethess on thcjopen toad your dealer wijl obcge any tame r appearance ferf t matmew mitchell the funeral of mathew mitchell who died at his home at cooksvule feb 28th in his 70th year took place to brampton cemetery saturday after noon upder masonic auspices de ceased was an active member of the dixie presbyterian church a member of st clair af and am milton sons of scotland lodge brampton and hornby loi surviving are his widow formerly miss nellie dewar ot milton two sisters miss margaret mitchell toronto mrs m hunt kirk- land lake and two brothers william vancouver and dr d fort william richard dick death claimed one of- bsquesings oldest residents early sunday morning march 2nd when richard dick of ashgrove a well known and highly respected reataentor esquesbm lowu ship for many years pwp away the late mr dick was the youngest son of the late david dick and rachel brown and was born in caledbn town ship feel county in 1841 sixtyone years ago he married catherine mc- oiu of erin who predeceased him i seven years ago he left the oal homestead in 1882 and settled on the farm now occupied by bis son clayton a few years ago he retired to toronto where he resided until the death of his wife 1 was a staunch presbyter ian and a supporter of the liberal party all his life he is survived by one brother archibald of toronto who is in his ninetyfirst year two daugh ters mrs r m fisher of toronto and mrs 3 a kennedy of hornby four sons david and charles of clever land ohio peter of cheltenham and clayton on the homestead five grand children and one greatgrandson the funeral took place this afternoon to norval cemetery the service being conducted by rev mr mcdonald of norval and rev mr nell of hornby the pallbearers were the four sons stockffttd betty simons vina sparling mttrjorib miltst betty kfean pass jack dann- fred armstrong thelma crjpps audrey mcrritt jamffl emmerson dorothy mcclintqolc ber- nice speers isabel hoare oeorge rld- dall clayton bradley helen arm strong billy bralsby heanor wright viola costigan mabel canton albert stapleton dorothy barker jr ill hons elma tost marjorle evans and btllle latimer violet in gram and doris qreen robert foulis audrey grieve and leslie clark john graham mary collier stephen emer son elmer mccumber pass cllve bailey jane rumley george bearhope mildred davidson equal joyce stacey margaret evans jessie mcdonald doris kean dorothy mcnlven and grant mlmms and flos sie smith equal edward arnold eve lyn sanderson and everyn woodand lorraine latimer and aileen dobble equal ernest hyde jane denison lorraine wright lloyd grace frank king norman barker arthur arm strong irene carter rt moved by cleave seconded by mc- v nhans altee cosugar m foi accounts be macla frances reeve john hoare ji b jjw am a marchment ww su f old brill billle filler peggy adams m sts qbggdjggmama deans cemery r- of tjolg charlotte wulsorj marchment sts gordon speers and jlmmle brunton jean ruddeu trevor wullams m- h m ww garet king and franklin cleave ethel sj dzs lsj mcnnnaid char tb footbiil club for the pufposeof assist ing to bily equipment also that they be granted use of reservoir parkr carried corrcbpondence was read from can natlonarailway re new crossing on arlette street ontario motor league re advertising town old age pension commission hamilton city hospital re indigent patient lawson strat- ton town solicitors geo c brown re damages to auto s v king re darrw ages to auto lawson 8tratton re publishing names of those in arrears to tovvn ontario department of high- ways kelly aiken re accounts b stone re income tax moved by cummlngs seconded by denison that all papers re corporation of georgetown vs e mccannah be secured from j a thompson and his counsel and placed in the hands of lawson stratton with instructions to proceed with tnecase immediately carried moved by cleave seconded by mct intyre that court cost of 5169 be paid these accounts are recoverable carried fas to gam suostahuauy rromcon- ditlons in the country even to the point of succeeding to the- treasury benches the issue with which conservative leader bennett confronted the prime minister in his speech in the debate on the address was the fact that his government was a minority adminis tration which had never commanded more than 46 of the votes of the people how could hon mr- king presume he asked to go to the imperl al conference and profess to represent canadian opinion under such a con dition mr king to judge from the dis crepancy between his own attitude and the reluctance of his followers to plunge into any election contest was momentarily off his guard he did not attempt to justify the representa tive character of his government but itly intimated to hon mr ben nett that he might have his election that the canadian people might have the opportunity of saying whether the liberal or the conservative party was the more representative of their- views later in his speech he qualified his statement by suggesting that an issue 18 00 18 00 3 25 18 00 1 00 18 00 1 00 holmes ethel mcenery and cufford s 42 00 armstrong may hlcken edna lebas j oneill son ww 4 70 freddy johnson bobble bonfleld brass co hand pump- 16 75 h hons florla feller eccles toronto- hospital for consumptives jr uuo cuc mcclure david canton olive mao chawty donald jean sanderson and marjorle i municipal world stationery williams bobbie gordrbm and charlie b telephone co town hall hoare annie bulllvant jlmmle louth b co offlce margaret james buster hale bernlce herrington margaret graham cor don hilts george long marjorle kean pass jack bolger betty speight betty ritchie keith spence bulle armstrong ethel rlddall daisy brals by percy king st i hons betty grant and john mcclure eleanor hornby oeorge tarzweu dorothy alcott wallace starret robert early and hugh wil son jean martin and margaret dwlns e c thompson insurance powerilte devices ltd ww can nat rlys dept health norman snyder sts ww h w wright son are prot cordlngleys hardware sts w can brassco waterworks georgetown h electric are h georgetown h electric are a georgetown h electric t h oeorgetowtl h electric ww georgetown h electric power waterworks dept pass bernard dlgglns oghtred i waterworks dept creamery two sonlniaws george kennedy and dr peter fisher david charles peter and clayton and i dodgson shirley dillon eunice em- merson and azolyn hayes douglas sargent and norma thompson james emmerson arthur dobble evelyn roney dorothy cummlngs ralph whitmee frances given jessie ailing- ham verna mcllntock mission to lepers the annual meeting of the oeorge- primary a hons helen williams town branch of the mission to lepers junior arnold and jlmmle ruddell was held in st georges parish hall doris mccartney jlmmle king beat- thursday feb 20th rice brill roberta bearhope and es- mrs k maclean persided with miss tella lane margaret hoare and george gilmer marguerite kentner and don aid sanderson jack xlllngham and grace forster betty snyder and rus sell starret oeorge james pass eddie stapleton and teddy stlgger bruce gumrner walker cleave vaerieherbert john gillevet agnes mcclure dorothy redshaw larry mackenzie hazel graham young at the piano treasurers re port was gratifying and a solo by lieutenant gaylpr of the salvation army was beautifully rendered the officers for the coming year were elected president mrs k maclfan vlcepres mrs a watson secretary mrs a h feller treasurer mrs c b dayfoot rev h n konkle dominion secre- primary b c class 12 in class tary to leper missions gave an insplr- kate rumley hons joan hale hons ing illustrated lecture on the work in jean wood and charles carney hons i mamr various triin in india charles laws billle clark jocelyn mccartney jack brill isobel dobson roy peck card of thanks a class 24 la class ethel lane we hereby convey our sincere tiir robert rtyner rioda whitney to friends and neighbors for their claude dulon victor mcnlven george w t evans insurance r h thompson co ww th w r watson stationery h r mlmms insurance r h thompson co sts w o marshall stationery h cleave expenses o r con w c bessey expenses gr oon roy shepherd sts wm armstrong sts r h thompson co tile 128 00 moved by mcjntyre necpnded by j 46 50 17 87 2 75 4 45 133 77 3 65 75 15 15 14 80 5 16 70 12 75 1 25 4 68 114 46 17 2 09 42 88 17 76 2 53 116 50 684 b 6 00 5 to 7 50 upon which to appeal was yet to be chosen words tells political history mr stephens told soroething of the i political history of the county the number of parliamentarians jt had given to both federal and provincial houses and that at the present time i three of the members of the soska- i tchewan legislative assembly came from hal ton he explained how in i the very early days halton county had belonged to the original county of i york and was a part of the great in- dlan reserve nassagaweya i he told of the mills and factories along the credit river the great flour woollen and paper mills that were i established as far back as 1826 1828 and 1829 the county was also noted for its limestone quarries its berries fruit grains tight horses and perhaps most of all for its prizewinning i shorthorn cattle petit one of the founders of the dominion shorthorn association was instrumental in bringing in cattle from scotland and helped to produce the fine shorthorn cattle that have been shipped from halton county to all parts of the united states mrs a c shaw responded in a few well coxifort value dutanf moioks canaixa umtho found he ment the possibility of one being foundin the forthcoming tariff situation the liberal caucus during the past week has shared equally with the houseln the spotlight of interest as a ru caucuses are secret conclaves 41 50 this weeks gathering of the gov- 6 70 1 eminent forces was of so vigorous a character that the traditional soft pedal was as about effective as a vio lin mute on a circus calliope before the members had adjourned their stormy session it had become noised abroad that they had agreed to sup- introduces old timers mr reed then introduced a num ber of old timers that were attending the banquet joe craddock the old est gentle was born there 78 years ago and came west 48 years ago mrs h a reed the oldest lady born 1850 lived many years in halton county and came west in 1913 d o reld of balcarres came west from halton in 1882 he was on the first train to cross the louise bridge at winnipeg and went to brandon where the rails were laid on the ice before any bridge was completed the trains crossedon the ice until april when the water the imttwleovered them he arrived in reglna states ahead of the- steel by ox team from the policy is viewed as another of brandon returning after the y was the violently shaping reeds which in- completed so that the engine could be jrlthegqyernraentin legislatio to prohibit liquor clearances to thetlhi cummlngb that this council offer n oneill 6c son 8440 for a second hand chevrolet truck tie to add a weld fender and old car to be turned in on same carried moved by bessey seconded by davts that auditors report as submitted to the council by the auditor with ac counts receivable added be accepted and that council order 100 copies printed carried council adjourned at 1216 am to meet on thursday 13th or at the call high school board meeting of feb 18 1930 present many kindnesses and sympathy ex- walker david wood gordon james e y barraclough chairman skir tended to us in our recent sad bereave- gertie hilts wesley hilts kathleen l w j- evans w v urant ment mrs oeorge faulkner and king fred tost rosemary connely accounts passed daughter oivenneth williams jack bailey kathleen cleave milton seed cleaners tt oplkaiingin farmers building milton we are in a position to clean mil kinds of clover grmaa seed and grain government test supplied clover clesuied at grain cleaned at tsc bin 6c bos satisfaction guaranteed bttttfforet milton ontario i remington typewriter georgetown lumber co j b mackenzie cordlngleys hardware iw r watson i geo ford i r hrthompson co the chairman and mr kirk 4000 100 42 j 340 510 510 2250 3133 were dlcate the way in which the election wind is blowing while ncmmslly legislation is in largely from western canada in reality it is the price which the gov ernment is paying for the assurance of influential press support in mani toba and ontario the government found it difficult to persuade its members that the policy of last session wkkh was to insist that the united bateft should look af ter its own law enforcement problems should be abandoned a ban on clear ances would cost canada over 7000- 000 annually in ioiu of excise duties cost of enforcement of the proposed law was aty estimated at another mil lion on the eve of an election how ever strange exigencies are recognised and the government forces finally agreed to support the le re serving the devout hope that it will meet its fate in the senate mala estimates which the governm ent has placed before the nouse dur ing the week total 399358401 they compare with those for year ago of something under 392000000 and thus represent an approximate increase of 7000000 they are almost 8000000 lower however than the total of last years main estimates and supplem- entaries since the estimates make no provi sion for increased soldier pensions in creased subsidies to western provinces with the conclusion of the resources agreements nor higher salaries for technical civil servants it is expected that this years supplementary will be heavy and that canadas purse be fore the next 12 months are out will have demands made upon heavier than in any year since the war durant phone 279w t j speight georgetown guelph street k41 from message boy to president b a arnold honored at the annual meeting of grand chapter royal arch masonil held at toronto on wednesday and thursday of last weak bx oomjr b o arnold of helton chapter georgetown was unanimously chosen grand buperin- tendent of wellington district ho 4 zj comp arnold is wen qualified for the jsl important office to which he has been appointed and will do honor to halton chapter the herald extends con gratulations members of halton chapter who attended grand chapter were b o arrwldr toameonjohn f marr h g men- j b wallace o o brown w vijrant h dlakle w h long appointed delegates to the ontario educational a i this being the annual meeting the chairman was reelected mr evans was reelected viceclmlnnan the treasurer was reappointed the i tary was committee was reappointed to consist of messrs hutt kirk and the chair man and the supply committee was reappointed composed of messrs evans watson and grant i he woman i whew is your heart she straight down rny peck turn to the left hydro will be off from i to 5 pm in georgetown glenwimams ancpathrural lines fedirom georgetown power sta- aytm arc appointed grand scptftlnten- dent rajw of wellington district afad the yjps held their election on friday evening the 21st after tt opening exercises mrt o j sinclair took charge of the meeting fred shortlll acted as poll cleric and bert mcmenemy as returning officer the voting carried from nine til ten oclock an interesting program was given by members of the ypj3 while the returns were waited on mr root shortlll was elected reeve and mary cole edward oldham jane mcenery and john cole were elected as coun cillors the first council m will take place on march 38th the meet ing closed with singing ood save the king stewarttovvn a meeting of the ayja was held on friday evening last the president in the chair alter the minutes of last meeting were read and adopted a short time was spent in devotional exercises the meeting was then open ed for business and the committees were appointed for he coming month the roll was then called the educa tional committee conducted a grsphy match after this a short pro gram was given consisting of e re citation by mr pat english and two songs by mr qubert english some new games were tried out and after an enjoyable time being spent the meeting closed by singing ood 8ete the king ied around miss jean brown of reglna college entertained the guests with a num ber of e readings mrs d r lamont sang several scotch and irish folk songs w jj moffat moose jaw proposed a toast to saskatchewan our pro vince mr moffat took the place of d s hutcheon mla arm river who could not attend because of press ing duties at the parliament buildings n l given mxa rosetown re sponded saying that altitough halton was their birth place and they ex pressed pride in it still saskatchewan is their present home he dwelt on its great opportunities b f mcgregor mfla gravetbourg proposed the toast to the ladles and mrs f l mcoargar moose jaw re sponded wltira good deal of irish wit in evidence mrs- mccargar at the last moment took the place of mrs h m stephens who was 111 sent carnations dr s h corrigan lampmwn the honorary president although unable to be present sent beautiful deep coral corsages of carnations for the ladies at the conclusion of the banquet the election of officers was held the officers for the coming year are hon orary president dr s h corrigan president mr p e reld vicepresi dent r j moffat treasurer mrs j j wilson secretary miss winifred wilson executive b f mcgregor m la l spence l c stephens mrs r j moffat mrs geo speers mrs v o mason mrs j r petrie and w moffat moose jaw those in attendance were as follows mrs h a reed reglna dr and mrs h m stephens reglna mrs margaret curry reglna mrs r r chapman moose jaw margaret b brown moose jaw miss wlnnlfred wilson begins mabel m o mcoargar moose jaw elizabeth spence reglna j spence reglna ena wilson reglna j j wilson reglns mary m lamont re glna wm r milne balcarres mabel moffat moose jaw w j moffat re glna jennie c moffat reglna r j moffat reglna mr and mrs harvey e cartwright reglna mr and mrs william wilson reetaa archie reld balcarres d 0 reld balcarres m simpson reglna o speera reglna r a speers reglna w o oopoland reglna mr and mrs j e mcgregor reglna florence mcgregor reglna mrs chas mcgregor reglna b f mcgregor vanguard mr and mrs f l mccargar moose jaw mrs o given delisle wm d donaldson reglna bvelyn donaldwn risglna- mr and mrs j r petrie regma mr and mrs l c stephens regina mr and mrs d reld milestone mr and mrs v g mason reglna m jean brown regina mrs a c shaw re glna percy reed reglna reglna dally post farlane wl chairman of the board of the bell telephone company of canada has just been announred is one of the romances of canadian industry starting as messenger boy with the montreal tele graph company in 1865 mr mcfarlane worked nights and spare hours to qualify as a telegraph operator as an operator lie saw service during the fe raid of 1869 and the yellow fever outbreak ih new orleans in 1870- always dependable and capable his abilities were reroeniied in his appointment as superintendent of tele phones for the telegraph company in toronto in ia79 when the bell telephone company was formed in 1880 mr mcfarlane was made superintendent in he became general manager president in 1915 and chairman of the board of directors in 1925 gor rrcjuran in lio ana the scope of his experience can beat he visualised when it is recalled that his telephone career bezan in a oneroom office on st francois xavier street montreal and ended in the stately beavethals headquartero building recently occupied glenwilljams lmsdm mack utmrl writ aboat ir todymst thauaada j mf j to is lb la wmka coofurtal chart uka mafic macvm tioa vaniahoternlfbttat taut tabltts from qrusilrt taday the ltjb victory lodge 396 glen williams which was organized eight years ago held a jolly birthday cele bration in the town hall to which dis trict lodges were invited euchre prises were won by miss o barlow w roney jack everson bert marchment mrs mccartney jack oraluun and miss long b marchment wm of ljol 344 lodge gave an address the birthday cake made by a member of the lodge and adorned with eight candles was cut by mrs w preston w m an oldtime dance brought the happy party to a dose mr wesley day of the danforth united church toronto gave a very interesting talk to the young mens bible class in the united church on sunday last his message was very much apreclated by the young men the ogjt group under the leader ship of miss bessie forgravea hold a very successful sale and tea in the basement of the halted church last friday evening those officiating were m momaster m allen j mo- donald j klrby m allen a mc donald b wagstaffo b allen m schenk d wagstaffe m wheeler miss catharine allen of toronto spent sunday at fter home here mr albert north has returned home after spending arfewdays with friends in hamilton miss myrtle klrby of toronto spent the week end at her heme here the ladles guild of st albans church held a very successful sale and tea u the sunday school room on tuesday evening last mr ajeorgo taylor of toronto spent sunday at his home v y lock v there is a legend about a farmer who went to great experts to fortify and lock his barn after a very fine blooded horse had been stolen the legend has come to be a means of showing how unwige it is to wait until the horse has been stolen to lock the door advertising is a forrn of protection against loss of business which is occasionally treated like the farmer treated the barn and the horse from a seemingly logical premise that since there is no busi ness or since businessis not quite what it should be now the merchant proceeds to the decision that there is no need to advertise this reasoning overlooks a great fundamental fact anil that is that advertising is extended salesmanship that just because a man hasnt money with which to buy today is no reason he will not have it tomorrow ihay the man who goes after the business consistently reaps consistent rewards that most folk shop where they are invited to shop and that an atfrertisemenl is an invitation v fl