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the georgetown herald seventyfiist year of publication wednesday evening february 2nd 1938 150 per annum m advance 200 to uaa georgetown debentures above par su issue so at 101487 january relief cost 209f04grnt of 2500 to salvation r army report of medical health officer mayor gibbons reappointed relief commiuioner intermediates four points behind group leaders jamlors suu lead their section with council mev at 8 p on tuesday evening melbhers present mayor gthbons councillors cripps brown hgj costlgan lyons and smith minutes of two previous meetings were read and confirmed w dr c v williams moh made ins annual report for 1937 tenders for the 814300 issue of de- bentures were submitted as follows pairdough and co 10033 dominion securities 100277 harrison co 10035 j i oraham co 101487 captain poulton of the salvation army addressed council asking assis tance for rescue home work oommnnlcattons were read from guelph oeneral hospital and clerk county of halton moved by hall seconded by smith that the treasurer pay the belief commission the sum of 820904 for payment of january accounts car had moved by costlgan seconded by smith that we make a grant of 25 00 to the salvation army to aid in res cue home work carried moved by hall seconded by smith that the tender of j l oraham co or 8101487 per 8100 for 814800 3 debentures to pay our housing loan be accepted carried moved by costlgan seconded by lyons that the report of the medical offloerof health be accepted fu ed carried moved by smith seconded by hall that the treasurer pay the following accounts bell telephone co 8 b 70 planet printing co stationery 1188 k m langdon legal fees 5 00 p b harrison registration births marriages deaths 15 25 hydor electric 27 07 r j lovell co stationery r h thompson fc co 185 speights oarage trucks 1730 fred sinc ww pump 180 moved by hall seconded by crlpps that by law no to authorize the head and treasurer of the municipal ty to borrow the sum of 14800 u pay the province of ontario housing loan until debentures are sold be now read a first time carried moved by brown seconded by cos tlgan that by law ho to authorise the head and treasurer of the munid pallty to borrow the sum of 814300 to pay the province of ontario housing loan until debentures are sold now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried i moved by smith seconded by crlpps i 1 that by law no 382 to authorize the issuing of debentures to pay off a floating indebtedness of 814800 be now read a third time and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be at tached thereto carried moved by lyons seconded by costi gan that mayor gibbons be appoint ed belief co for the town of georgetown for the year 1938 carried moved by lyons seconded by brown that r idcata be allowed to put an iron door m the sidewalk in front of j his store on mam st the door to be one approved by the road superln pendent carried moved by costlgan seconded hy that we do now adjourn tried our new senator lambert and marshall on janaury 20th the prime mini ster announced two ontario appoint ments to the senate of canada they were norman p lambert president of the national liberal federation and duncan marshall formerly mini star of agriculture in the provinces of alberta and ontario senator lambert was bom mount forest ontario be was an honor graduate in economics and history at the university of toronto before entering the business world first as a journalist and later ad a garin and milling executive for about twenty years he lived in wes tern canada where he was an out standing figure in both political and commercial life in 1032 he was ap pointed secretary or the national liberal federation and came to ot tawa upon retirement of hon vln cent massey as president of the na tional liberal organization mr lm bert succeeded to that office prime minister king announced when the senate appointment was made that senator lambert will continue to act as president of the federation senator duncan marshall has had a long and noted career in public life in both the- weatndtheast he was bom in bruce county ontario he went to alberta in 1905 and was successively schoolteacher journal 1st and farmer in 1900 he was elect ed to the alberta legislature and be came minister of agriculture and pro vindat secretary he remained a mln ister of the crown until the defeat of the liberal administration in 1921 returning to ontario senator mar shall won the peel county seat in the provincial legislature in 1934 and was appointed minister of agriculture in the hepburn government he was unsuccessful in contesting the seat in the 1937 provincial election four senate vacancies remain to be filled two in quebec one in muni toba and one in alberta it is ex pected that announcement will be made in the near future concerning appointments to these openings in the upper chamber halton pouhrymen win at montreal atthe montreal poultry exhibition held in that city on jan 10th to 15th fred conn and w j alexander won the following prises there were btg entries in all the classes mr conns winnings were white leghorn single comb cock first hen third cockerel first pul let fifth white wyandotte cock hen first cockerel second white rock cockerel fifth white leghorn rose comb cock first hen second cockerel second pullet first jersey black giant cockerel sec ond black orpington cock first hen third light sussex hen second pullet j first puuetv second white cochin bantam hen first old english games cockerel first pullet first buff mlnorcas cockerel first pul let second turkey male second mr w j alexanders winnings barred rock plrst secondly third white rock second third buff bock first first second partridge wyandotte cock first ben first cockerel first pullet first white leghorn cockerel third pullet third new hampshire hen first cock ere first pullet first cornish dark hep second pul let second rhode island red cock first lien first cockerel second pullet first guinea fowl cock first hen first c first pullet first pigeons nuns cock first hen county council halton county council met at mu ton on tuesday jan 25th commit tee reports were the main business of the day a letter from the depart ment of welfare with reference to ap polnteetv to the mothers allowance and old age pension boards provided considerable discussion according to the new act two members a man and a woman are to be appointed by the county council three members will be appointed by the government ii was finally decided to name mrs david hartley milton r r and reeve allen of burlington to the committee the county clerk was named secretary of the old age pen slon board a grant of 50 was made to the sal vatlon army and the same amount to the canadian national institute for the blind a letter from the imperial blend tea company was read pro testing against the payment of license fees for peddling basing their claim on the ground that the county was not legally entitled to charge a lie orangevllle teased fergus last nighthomk sons boys take two setbacks over week end muton hera friday night last friday night proved a jinx for the local intermediates when jiey dropped their ohjl scheduled game over in bolton and also two points that cost them their first place posl tlon along with the homesters bol ton are now group leaders without a doubt with georgetown brampton and milton in order georgetown took a good crowd of supporters over to bolton on friday night but they were a disappointed lot for their favorites suffered a 5 3 setback it was a hard fought battle from beginning to end with bolton emerging out of the fray the victors george chaplin made his appearance on the georgetown lineup for the first time this year and was success ful in scoring two or the locals goals joe hall was the marksman for the other counter for bolton crocker scored twice wilkinson young and nixon one each chapman for the bolton team starred with four assists on the five goals tost and chaplin went well for the locals bolton goal hall defense chap man norton centre crocker wings nixon schaefer subs young stubbs wilkinson georgetown goal malone defense dewhurst hall centre crlchton wings ward tost subs chaplin d rlddall g rlddall richardson on monday night they took on the bruising brampton squad and were defeated ty them ff 3 georgetown played well up until the last period when they seemed to crack up and brampton took a decided edge on the play the visitors played a better brand of hockey than they had done so far this season and were a tmicn improved team they went into the lead early in the first period when anthony and thompson scored dew hurst cotrie through with the locals only tally of the period both teams notched one in the second when hall j scored for georgetown and worthy for the visitors brampton had a scoring spree in the third and netted three goals to the locals single coun ter h soloskl thompson and an thony doing the counting tost scor ed for the blue and whites the georgetown team has been playing away below par this last two games but they promise to make up for it on friday night when they clash with muton so be on hand if ou would see a good battle brampton goal richardson de fense long gibson centre anthony wings h soloskl weiler subs w thompson worthy macintosh e soloskl georgetown goal malone defense hall and dewhurst centre tost wings ward richardson subs san derson crlchton ritchie chaplin before the largest crowd of the season up in orangevtlle last thurs day night georgetown juniors were defeated by a close 2 to 1 score in a fast hard fought oha game or angeville took thejead in the first period after 24 seconds or play when patterson scored from the blue line on a high shot the same player added another midway through be same period there was only one goal in the second session when mcmurchy cut the green and white lead on a long shot near the end of the frame the third period saw exceptionally fast hockey with georgetown press lng hard for the tlelng goal penal ties gave them many chances but they could not beat silk in the or fatally injured by angry bull horace ninws of the 10th line esquesjng one of the townships most highly respected farmers was fatally injured on monday morning about 10 o c when he was attacked by an ayrshire bull while watering it in his stable with an employee victor klrby the deceased had gone to the barn to water the cattle while mr bing ham did this work the hired man went into the loft to throw down some hay for feed when he had been working for a short time he heard a commotion below and on investigating he found his employer almost unconscious but still able to speak wth his clothing still entang led in the horns ot the big bull hurriedly releasing mr bingham by cutting his clothes from the in furlated animal he removed him out of the reach or the bull he then called for assistance and summoned dr paul who arrived after mr ring ham had been carried to the house and a short time before he passed away internal injuries are said to have been the cause of death the bull which attacked mr bingham had previously shown no indications of bad temper surviving are his widow formerly emma j fair two daughters eliza beth and catherine three brothers d c ftingrtm toronto harold and john h- georgetown and four ms ters mrs r c given and misses elizabeth ida and daisy the sympathy of the entire ora munlty is extended to the widow children and family in their very sudden and sad bereavement medical health officers report on sanitary conditions oi town details as presented by dr c v williams moh at town council meeting on tuesday cuorination of water and sewage system recommended knox church annual meeting the annual business meeting ot the congregation of knox presbyterian church was held in the sunday school room on monday evening a general feeling of good will and optimism for the future was evident throughout the meeting good year was reported by the various organizations of the church monies raised for general purposes were 2496 06 and for mission 731 jo members of the board of managers elected were j williamson w sinclair h currie h mcclure anderson and j kennedy tea was served by the ladles at the close of the meeting and a social hour enjoyed by all present mr ed mcwhlrter was chairman ol the meeting i uiej uium inn ak oiik in wie ur ense fee the council will secure legallangfiville net much argument was advice on this matter 1 advice on this matter the agricultural committee was delegated to attend the ontario agrt cultural council convention at to ronto on feb 15th and 10th a by law was passed to provide for road expenditures for 1938 the council will request the statutory grant for 1937 on the sum of 8 thls1dafeat this orangevllle squad belnff the amount nt rabbits angora buck first cihtocbilla buck first doe doe hiker is it much farther to won- 2esl veteran danged if i know exact ly tat go back some two mile the way ye came and yel see a signpost thatli tm ye being the amo spent payments were made to the high schools as follows brampton 747 waterdown and e flamboro 1029 rockwood 825039 muton 8962953 oakville 1 0981 98 georgetown 8351998 burlington 81196636 and acton 8139639 champion ontario motor users aid provincial revenues ontario leads all the other pro vinces in the percentage of the pro vlnclal revenue that is collected from the operators of motor vehicles in 1936 the combined gasoline tax collec tlons and registration fees amouned to 826324328 or approximately 41 per cen o th t provincial revenue of 866 726985 quebec was second collecting 31 6 per cent of her years revenue from the motorists and prince edward island was at the foot of the list with 18 4 per cent of provincial revenue coming from ggsh ollne taxes and registration fees the share of the gasoline tax paid by commercial vehicles in ontario is estimated at about 28 per cent of the total tax collected commercial ve hicles numbered 7601s and on the basis of 1 000 gallons annualoonsump tlon paid a six cent tax on 76018 000 gallons or a- total of 84360300 the province collected 816340387 in gas- ollnrtaxea durinrtft6year ontario s reve f regis and license fees for the fiscal year 19381937 was 8uj44365 of this to tal ittimirfi vehicles contributed 313 per cent or 83b1b14t commbrebjl vehicles numbering 123 per centof au vehicles registered in the province thus paid 30 per cent of all provincial revenues from motor vehicles raised when someone standing beside the goal judge raised his bandrsignl tying that a goal had gone in this proved in error and the georgetown goal judge came in for many uncom pllmentary remarks the period end- ed without any further scoring georgetown have not been able to up to date but when the playoffs come around we can almost see where it is going to be a different story orangevllle goal silk defense walker curry centre patterson wings leach d gillespie subs mc arthur cooney g gillespie hammer mcglil harlock georgetown goal burrows de fense binsell ooldham centre kem ahead wings stockford momenemy subs schenk green mcmurchy hore james henderson simcoe councillor buried saturday funearl of james henderson aged 62 who died after only a few weeks illness was held saturday at totten ham with a large number of slmcoe county councillors officials and many other municipal officers and friends in attendance hendeison deputy reeve of tecum seh had a few weeks before been elected by acclamation for his fourth term he had also served for six years as a councillor of the township and had taken an active part in county government at barrie he had also been president of the slmcoe county tustees and ratepayers as soclatlon in 1932 1933 and 1934 an active member of the unled church at tottenham he had been superintendent of the sunday school there for the past 27 years he is survived by his wife who was form erly miss vida williams three daugh ters ruth ella and jean and one son john the service was in charge of rev w t cranston tottenham who was assisted by rev f v abbott ot schomberg honorary pallbearers in eluded members of the county council and county officials active pall bearers were sam hastings william bullen- barry piercy john palmer ben heughan and wlunot hayes deceased was a nephew of mr m l near georgetown and was bom on the 5th line b wr ffalllny- fad a son of the late john henderson to the chairman and members local board of health of the municipality of georgetown county of halton gentlemen i beg to submit herewith my annual report upon sanitary conditions of the municipality for the year ending ecember 31 1937 our population aa shown by as sessors returns 1937 is 2347 vital statestics according to the records of the division registrar there were during the year live births 23 still births 0 total births 23 deaths under 1 year 0 maternal deaths 0 deaths form can cer 0 it is to be noted that births and deaths occurring outside of this muni clpaiity art registered in the municl pallty in which they took place commutncable diseases cases deaths cerebrosplnal meningitis 0 0 chickenpox 4 0 diphtheria 0 0 german measles 2 0 measles 7 0 mumps 3 0 parathyhoid fever 0 0 poliomyelitis 2 0 scarlet fever 2 0 smallpox 0 0 typhoid fever 0 0 undulant fever 0 0 whooping cough 2 0 1937 was again an extremely satis factory year from the standpoint ol communicable disease this can be attributed to three factors 1 more complete reporting of such diseases by parents this permits better con trol of epidemics 2 the coopera tlon of our school nurse 3 good fotrune there were no deaths tol lowing co diseases diphtheria the absence or any cases of this disease since 1900 is par ticularly gratlflylng this is chiefly attributable to the administration of toxoid at the public school clinic and by private physicians each year ail children entering public school either as beginners or transferred from other school are given consent cards requesting the parents permission u immunise the child in 1937 40 child ren received 3 inoculations it has been noted that diphtheria has been becoming more prevalent in the last two years particularly in some dis trlcts in a neighboring province where preventive treatment has not been general efforts therefore should not be slackened in making this available to every child since 1927 508 child rpn have been inoculated at the pub lie school by your medical officer of health smallpox there are no records of a case of smallpox in georgetown in the past 15 years for which we are thankful on this account many have felt a sense of security small outbreaks in canada in recent years should warn us that serious results might follow if it developed id georgetown where a small pronor tlon is vaccinated accordlnly in 1937 consent cards were sent to the par ents of every public school child re questing permission to vaccinate 201 children were given consent and all vaccinated successfully by your medl cal officer of health this clinic win continued every year and it is hoped that at least 90 as is the georgetown juniors were extended in the last league game tuesday night to eke out a 3 2 win over fergus thistles the fergus team put up a good game on the home ice and one would almost think by the score that the teams were e matc few penalties marred the game and some smart hockey was displayed both teams played better combina tion hockey and as the play raced from one end to the other both goal keepers had a busy time georgetown counted two goals in the first period when binsell scored from a scramble and soloskl scored on j pass from schenk in the sec ond period fergus opened the scoring when dinger scored from dose in green counted number three for the locals near the end of the game fergus staged a rally which garnered one goal by dinger they were un- ap1etotle the score and the game j for the locals oof plannery centre mann wings din ger chambers subs campbell steele walser bannerman mjirray georgetown goal burrows de fense binsell ooldhara centre mc murchy wings stockford and kem- shead subs schenk sotoski momen emy green hore norval rifle club at monday nights club shoot mr frank hustler donated a prise for the handicap aggregate this event caus ed considerable excitement as four of the members tied with the possible scores of 100 each in the shoot off another four way tie resulted on the third trial mr e mckinney won with another perfect score the club members finished their january shoot in the dominion marksmen s league two teams of seven men each entered the five high scores in each team to count no i team scored 495 points out of 500 no 2 team scored 479 points out of 500 in the club shoot the scores are as follows mckinney 100 h nurse 99 o h hall 99 w wilson 99 r w hall 98 f johnson 98 w lisk 98 dr j c stevenson 97 w g browne 97 h walker 97 w robin son 98 f hustler 98 r see 95 f stark 94 in the east and west ontario league the cnr club jot st thom as are leading with a comfortable margin two more shoots will com plete this league also the dmnffildh marksmen a league cam of thanks we hereby convey to friends and neighbors our very sincere thanks for the many kindnesses and expressions of sympathy in our sad bereavement by the death of our beloved father the late robert momenemy the family case with toxoku will be protected against smallpox in the near future note no charge is made to the par ents or the town for toxoidlng or vac cinating scarlet fev83r and whoop ing cough unfortunately there la no serum that is generally accepted as being dependable for group im munization for either of these dls- ises poliomyklrne two cases de veloped in georgetown during the recent epidemic with no deaths the opening of schools was delayed for three weeks on account of its preval ence when classes were resumed the public school children were close ly watched by the school nurse no cases developed after the schools were in session the zinc sulphate nasal spray treatment was being used in some municipalities your medical officer of health consulted personally with the doctors who instituted the c for this treatment in to- rono they did not advise our follow ing their example as they consider ed it experimental accordingly your board of health did not sponsor spraying the results in toronto and elsewhere were disappointing the findings of the toronto clinics were summarised by them as follows 1 this study furnishes no evidence of the protective value of a nasal spraycontaining i per cent- sine sul phate 1 per cent pantocaine and 05 per cent sodium chloride when u to 1 cc of the solution was sprayed into each naris on iwo occasions with an interval of approximately 12 days the spraying being performed by otolaryn gologists with equipment suitable for spraying the olfactory area 2 as the spraying employing the method used in this study must be employed by otolaryngologists or other physicians specially trained in intranasal treatment requires special facilities and cannot be done suffiot- etly quickly to meet the emergenvy of an outbreak it cannot be consid ered a practical public health proce dure the children of georgetown were therefoer not denied public health measure of protection water supply there has not been any outbreak disease which can be proved as originating in our water supply seven samples of water have been sent to the provincial laboratories by our sanitary inspector mr w g mar shall for analysis four of these woe graded as a two as o and one as tt lowest grade this indi cates as has been pointed out for several years that our water supply is exposed to intermittent pollution by human or animal excreta it has been impossible to localise the source as each one of the streams which supply the system has at some time shown evidence of pollution the only method of ensuring a perman ently pure water supply is by chlorin- auon is advised milk supply milk by law 48a was passed in 1927 amended on april 26 1938 pasteuri sation is compulsory in the case of all milk produced outside of george town number of pasteurisation plants x 734 of total milk supplied is pas teurised continued onpage t- sz v6 mk feuwbgrs oar mailing list has been corrected to date subscribers are kindly asked to look at the label on their paper aa our mailing lists have been corrected to date if there is any error in the date on your label we shall be pleased to correct same if the date is porrect and your subscrip tion is in arrears will you kindly let us have the amount due us now if impossible for you to pay the full jamount please be- good enough to pay part of it at least and we shall credit same on youraccount thanking ybi in anticipation of favor your j m moore publisher