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seventyfirst year of publication wednesday evening february 16 th 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa georgetown juniors oust milton from posittonin group playoils wintwo straight games and round 9 5 meet orange- ville in final sonny stockford ouutiuiding with four goj mcmmxhy fiomharn and ifinseli also play well fiu flew in game here monday night by g mac moouvray roaring to their second victory in junior c oroup no 10 seml- georgetown ousted milton from e race with a score of fl 5 on the jpouad of a twogame scries the r 1 champions of last season torg- ved ahead and into the finals when they defeated the county townera ja 3 ftm 4 2 in a couple of hectic ygames this leaves a real test for the wouldbe champions of the 1038 season when they stack up against the mighty orangevllle squad during the coming week the local juniors showed the same brilliant hockey that they exhibited at the dutsevof the season and out played their opponents on both occa sions harry goldhams thundering jnen turned in an allstar exhibition with sonny stockford probably lead- jag theparade but while stockford figured in four goals every member of the team earned brackets for his dis- fc burrows was outstanding in the net- bob goldham eddie blnseu andgreen were eft ectlye both defen- slvely and offensively and the smart forwards lines of kemshead stock- lord and mcmurchy and schenk hore burke presswood and soloskl were equally effective though only mcmurchy solosu and schenk figured along with stockford in the scoring n the round it is significant to note that jack kemshead who scor ed in almost every- league game was left off the sheet entirely the first game was staged in mil ton last friday night when th georgetown team earned a twogoal lead over the homesters tl was sixty minutes ot peppy hockey with the result being a 5 3 score georgetown opened the scoring early in the game when mcmurchy and stockford count- ed with j sproat following with mil tons lone tally of the period milton scored the only goal of the middle stanza to tie the count timbers be- ing the marksman mcmurchy scor ed twice in the third period and 1 stockford netted another for george town while r brush got miltons third goal the game ended george town 5 milton 3 the return game took place at the arena here on monday night when only a fair attendance turned out to see this hectic struggle between two wellbalanced teams the game was rather slow at the outset but as tempers frayed the game broke into w a real test of speed by the second and 1 third periods milton outplayed the home team during the first period and were lead ing 2 1 at the end of the first twen ty minutes w coxe counted the first goal in the early stages on a pass from m sproat with learmont scor ing the second wittr- about six minutes left of the period stockford put the locals on the score sheet when he went in close only to have w cox throw his stick but was awarded a goal on hteeflort by referee hll plays began to click for georgetown in the second frame and the line of stockford and mcmurchy milton outscobjed 9 3 by local intermediates last thursday night the intermedi ates played in an oha scheduled game at milton and won easily from the homesters 8 3 the game was a fast scrappy affair but at no time did milton appear a wouldbe threat to the game miltons goals were spread over the three periods while georgetown scored three m the first period two in the second and four in the final session canon clements jd bunco were the scorers for milton while for georgetown tost scored 4 chap- 3 ward and ritchie the other two this is the last game georgetown has with milton this year and they won the four games played during the schedule heater exploded and injured young girl when the jacket heater exploded hi her fathers home in college view last friday afternoon malsle lorrlman ntheyearold daughter of mr and mrs arthur lorriman was struck oh the cheek by a piece ot frying steel- boards were torn apart in the floors several windows shattered and furni ture dishes and pictures badly dam aged- they furnace was also badly wrecked mr lorrlman was at work at the time and it is fortunate mrs lorrl man abd daughter were hot seriously injured v damages to the house and contents- will amount to a considerable sum the cause of the explosion is un known brampton defeats bolton 8 7 in overtime struggle brampton intermediates playing thpir himip yam here with bolton qjg- last thursday night trounced visitors a supposedly better team to 7 in ten minutes of overtime play the winners played a steady game all the way and even when gibson brampton defence player was- penalis ed in the overtime period bolton failed to get the necessary points brampton broke even in the first frame soloskl worthy and long counting against crocker and two from chapman in the second period welter soloskl and george thomp son got brampton goals norton scor ing a lone counter for bolton young and corcker tied the score in the third and weller put the- game on ice with two counters in the over time session against schaefers single checking was close and heavy but the match was at no tune out of control richardson brampton goatle was hurt in the first period when the puck hit him on the jaw nd schaefer bolton winger was slowed by a twisted shoulder brampton goal richardson de fense long gibson centre anthony wings soloskl worthy alternates mcintosh george thompson bolton goal hall defense ton chapman centre wings schaefer young egan stubbs wilkinson nelson referee johnny janes guelph in the preliminary game brampton midgets won from bolton continua tion school 42 in a previous match on bolton ice the brampton team had wan 54 w g tu the february m of the w c t u- held friday last at the home of mrs c b dayfoot was presided over by mrs a r vannatter mrs a reeve conducted the de votional period presenting a study of psalm lx taken from a study of the psalms by j elder cummlng djd davld in a time of defeat and perplexity is comforted in remem brance of gods promises and is re minded that thou god hast gtven a banner to them that fear thee that it may he displayed because ot the truth concluding his prayer for help in the confidence that thoughvato the help ol man through god we shall do valiantly in this the birth day month of frances e wlllard we were once more reminded of our prl- fur ood tiowed a new burst of speed clever- fchandlmg and backchecked well sproat for milton drew a penalty and soloskl tied the score on a pass from mcmurchy from the faceoff s lord counted his second goal of game when he went into the comer for the puck and beat the milton net- minder hore was penalized near the end of the stretch when he was caught doing some slashing the score stood milton 2 georgetown 3 fists flew in the final period and badfeeling broke out when referee tee hlllman of kitchener let the play roughen up somewhat and get out of control in return for which he the referee bumped his jaw on some un knownplayers fist however penal ties took care of the offenders and the game proceeded by starts after at least three- different flareups blnseu was the first to get a rest with kem shead following for boarding a mil ton player georgetown were now playing two men short but the fine work of soloskl goldham stockford and burrows in the net kept milton from scoring they had just got back to normal when goldham and m coxe were sent to the box for fight ing learmont and schenks followed for the same offense mcmurchy and cox then started to mix it up and when learmont left the penalty box to take part tn the fray he was pen alized for the balance of the game cox and mcmurchy received their two minutes it took a lot of time and a lot of fighting for to score only one goal to this period schenks getting the credit with onljh35 seconds ot the game left to play- the score might have been larger had not stobble sproat turned in brilliant game in goal for milton w coxe speedy leftwinger on the visi tors team was the best for them and easily the fastest man on the ice r brush and learmont also played weh- orangevllle will play here next week so if you would see some real action come down and watch the juniors make a bid for the group champion ship georgetown goal- burrows de- tense blnsell goldham centre mc murchy wings kemshead stockford subs hore burke schenk soloskl green p took hores place tn the game at301ton milton goal d sproat defense praser- learmont ce r brushy wings timbers w coxe subs j sproat boox bowertag robinson georgetown high school hockeyists lose- first game in four years the georgetown high school hockey team visited erin for the first game of the season with the erinltes thursday of last week the game was fast and exciting from start to finish and the red and blue more than held their own for the first two periods on both sides the checking was very close during these two periods the plays being broken up be fore they reached the goal in the first period boyle and gold ham for the locals and gear ot erin made the score 3 to 1 in the sec ond period goldham added two more ramsbottottt 2 and mcmillan for erin raised the score to 5 4 for georgetown in the third period the erin front line went into action notching two counters by- gear and ramesbottom wherefore georgetown replied with a goal by goldham georgetown was very weak in clearing around their own net and as a result erin bulged vilege and duty to upnokt and home and native land the ban ner of temperance raised so valiantly by the great founder of our world- wjdeunipn as had been decided at the janu ary meeting in place ot the usual program a review of the past years work was presented by the executive and followed by discussion mrs p c overend conducted the round table conference on the report given by mrs dayfoot mrs vannatter and mrs overeud were appointed representatives of the society to tiilocal council of wo men the appointment of delegates to the convention of the ontario temperance federation to be held march 10th and l lth to trinity unit ed church toronto was left to the hands of the executive a very much appreciated variation to the altemopnjj program was the very pleasing focal solo rendered by miss alva cripps to whom the presi dent extended the very cordial thanks of the gathering the next meeting will be held at e home ol mrs a r speight guelph st high school board the regular monthly meeting of the georgetown high school board was on monday evening feb 14th lers present were chairman dr f b watson rev wd o thomp son and messrs w v grantc b dayfoot and j h bingham the minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed i the following accounts were pre sented and passed e d thompson 800 georgetown lumber- co 768 the orcller society 1200 d laird 2j the american news co 1650 r h thompson co 240 dominion rubber co 2849 j p held l80 j roberts 2000 ontario library book co 625 richardsons hardware 400 macmlllan co 332 beares limited 4850 georgetown hydro comm 1602 a motion was passed conveying the sympathy of the board to one of their members mr j h bingham who re cently sustained the loss of dearly be loved and highly respected brother the late horace bingham the board compiled with a request from the town council asking that the countjpgrant to the high school be placed to the current revenue of the town and that the board be paid back as required and au by the end of the year a donation of 1000 was moved to be passed to the halton musical fes tival the report of the holler inspection by the general accident insurance co was received and placed on file adv on teach salaries b reynolds to address short course banquet announcement has just been made by j e whltelock agricultural rep resentative for halton that the clos ing exercises of the milton three months schools in agriculture abd home economics will take the form ot a banquet dr j b reynold principal emeritus of the ontario agricultural college will be the guest speaker at the function which is to be held in the milton town hall on the evening of feb 25th the courses which opened the latter part of november have a registration of seventyfour young men and women and the average dally attendance has been upwards of fifty recently i cream grading competition was con ducted the prizes for which were do nated and presented by mr gra dawson ot the halton cream and butter co the winners were as fol lows girls helen mcgibbon edith wrlgglesworth boys elmer douglas howard armstrong which was to come up at the end of the year was held over for the new hordm deal with as this was the annual meeting of the board the chairman dr f r watson vacated the chair and asked the secretary to preside until a new chairman was appointed words of appreciation of the work of the re tiring chairman were expressed by different members of the board mr c b dayfoot was made chair man for the present year dr f r watson vicechairman and mr w v orant financial stewart the com mittees for 1938 are as follows mr r b foulis rev thompson and mr j h bingham property commute esques1ng council stewarttown february 14 1938 the council held their regular mon thly meeting on monday afternoon deputyreeve w a wilson coun cillors c hmay g w murray and edwin harrop were present reeve a robinson presided- at the meet ing the minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed communications were read from r service township ot nassagaweya canadian bank ot commerce toron- e elliott and ontario good roads association moved by edwin harrop seconded by w a wilspiuthat the treasurer pay the relief accounts as presented by the relict officer 40741 carried moved by g w murray seconded by c h may that the treasurer pay bell telephone company 38121 446 9112 130 total 576 county office supply co supplies 5026 counts office supply co vault door 14000 georgetown herald to advertising tax sale 4512 municipal world supplies 1511 j h smith 1 cord wood for council chamber 850 i m bennett registration of births marriages and deaths for 1937 2200 george e ltott on account 10000 carried moved by w a wilson seconded by edwin harrop that the treasurer pay board of health accounts dr c v williams to half fee attending ray given 3900 harold c moclure to funeral of ray given 3000 to ambulance taking thos anderson to st mlchaers hospital 1000 total 4000 carried moved by w- a wilson seconded by c h may that the treasurer pay the road sheets as presented by the road superintendent 6474g- car ried moved by edwin hatbp by w a wilson that leave bjgrant- ed to introduce a bylaw to amend by law no 793 and that said bylaw be now read a first time carried moved by c h may seconded by g w murray that bylaw no 893 to amend bylaw no 793 having been read a first time be now read a sec ond and third times and passed and that the salary of the road superin tendent shall be 100000 per annum and that the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by g w murray seconded by c k may that leave be granted to lntorduce a bylaw to grant permis sion to the reeve and treasurer annual seed fair to be held at acton the third annual seed fair to be conducted under the auspices of the acton esqueslng and county or hal ton agricultural societies will be hold at acton on march 11th and 12th the committee in charge- has already ilssued the prize list which is even more attractive than in fprmer years we note that in orderlo be eligible to show the exhibitor must have a cer tain quantity of seed for sale which in turn must be of the same quality as that exhibited field crop leaders over the province are enthusiastic at this- step initiated by the halton show halton is on the right track states both j a carroll superinten- dentof the agricultural societies tor ontario and j d smith director of the crops branch ot the ontario de partment of agriculture when comi- j mentlng on the practical show being coducted farmers with seed for sale have found it an excellent place to sell their surplus seed the past two years and it is anticipated a still lar ger number will take advantage of the opportunity this year the programme oh the second day includes the annual junior farmer judging competitions in grain and seeds fruit and vegetables and cream grading which will be held in the morning with addresses by prof geo e ralthby of the animal hus bandry dept ontario agricultural college guelph and prof- g n rotanke head of the department of chemistry or the same institution who will speak on the subject of soil fertility the committee in charge is follows president j e pearen acton vicepresident a e woodier milton 2nd v frank fetch georgetownt s urer j e whltelock committee g w murray w a wilson a swack- hamer edwin harrop t j brown- rldge ernest readhead dayfoot dr watson and borrow money to meet the current ex- mr w v grant supply comndlttee pendlturea of the township and that the offices of secretary treasurer said byjaw be now read a first time and truant officer remained unchang- carried moved by w a wilson seconded meeting adjourned balunafad mrs e swindlehurst is visiting with her danghter mrs sidney hayes near dunnvllle mr john snow who has been con fined to his home for some weeks with a severe attack of the flu is able to be around again the postponed meeting of the y p 8 will be held next sunday evening the meeting will be in charge of the citizenship and missionary con venors mr and mrs r h carbert or elmira visited last week with mr and mrs ar merrlam the february meeting of the w a was held at the home of mrs wuey there was a good attendance at the meeting and recipes for hot supper dishes were given in answer to ine roll call plans were made to hold an- irish supper on th 18th of march mrs a forroan then gave a splendid reading entitled this coming wart and mrs j klrkvmod had charge of a contest uihcjr was served by the committee the march meeting will be held at mrs a r menjams mr and mrs j h gibson of mark- ham were weekend visitors with the merrlams tomato growers unanimous ly in favour of marketing scheme halton tomato growers are unani mous to expressing their approval of the proposed scheme for the market ing of tomatoes for processing states w n gilbert president of the hal- w ton tomato growers following a ihe twine twice moretoeaxwa7the l r mdson to marksman both times and kemshead had very little chance on either shot with a little more back checking the georgetown- outfit could have made the score different but this afternoon will tell the tale as erin visits georgetown so be on hand to lend your support to the boys georgetown ooal kemshead de fense mcmenetny goldham centre beaumont wings lorrlman boyle subs early long murphy king mc- cumber erin ooal magiu defense mc millan barbour centre burchtu wings gear ramesbottom subs co- bum thomson robertson mcdonald green smith referee joe sanders ship hall which was attended by some 75 growers a canvassing committee was appointed and returns are now practically complete to date not a stogie grower has expressed disap proval of the scheme states mr gil bert similar reppf are coming from other sections ot the province according to wnv newman assistant chairman of the farm products con trol board who has been attending tomato growers meetings over the province in order to secure a first hand picture of the growers reaction generally wm robrnson afpointed di rector of hol8temfrestan a39qciation of canada at the annual meeting of the hol- stelnfiieslan association of canada which was held in toronto last week wm robinson of hornby was electee as one of the seven directors for wes tern ontario this is a well deserved recognition of mr robinsons pio- gresb with the black and whites during the past few years recently a cow in the herd of robinson bros finished a record of over xmoo lbs milk on twice a day milking needless to say halten breeders are delighted at the honour bestowed on one of their oumberv parocujariy so when it comes to one ao highly respected as their- popular fleldman bill robinson norval rifle club scores at the weekly shoot or the norval rifle club a handsome hunting knife with pearl handle was donated by dr j c stevenson for the aggregate score and which was won by harvey nurse with a perfect score of 100- we had three visiting from streetsville who were well equipped with match rifles -andstele- scopes and all made splendid scores mr atktnson mak the coveted pos sible of 100 points out ot x00 next week it is expected that i silver teaspoon with the crest of the club will be competed for and r events will continue weekly for indefinite period the contests win be deliberate firing and rapid firing a fee of ten cents will be charged each entry the scares for the club shoot are as follows h nurse 100 r w hh 100 p johnson 99 k mckmney 9 g h- hall 98 w wilson 98 f hustler 98 w iisk 97 w son 97 frstark 95 glen williams miss gertrude cain was successful in winning first prize at the amateur contest to clalrevllle last friday night out of a class of 21 mr and mrs a moore mr and mrs w atchard mr and mrs bachelor mr and mrs n brewer and mr and mrs a brandon spent sunday with mr and mrs jack fry lr and mrs wm halpto were taken to st josephs hospital guelph on sunday mrs halpto is suffering from a broken hip by edwin harrop that bylaw no 894 to grant permission to the reeve and treasurer to borrow money to meet the current expenditure of the town ship having been read a first time be now read a second and third times and passed and the blanks be filled in with the sum or ten thousand dollars and that the seal of the cor poration be attached thereto car ried moved by w a wilson seconded by edwin harrop that this council do now adjourn to meet on monday march 14th at 130 pm or at the call of the reeve carried erin during the past few days the an nouncements of business changes in erin have been coming so fast that one begins to wonder just what will be the outcome last saturday the foster grocery closed in this issue of the advocate f t h01 and co announce a big sale and that the company will close its erin store dame rumor is circulating a story to the effect that the hydro electric corporation are negotiating to pur chase the oaledon electric ca how ever ceroverland sectxeas of the company flatly dehled that a sale had been made mrs beth smith who has been visiting with her sister mrs r w hull returned to kllverton for a few weeks before returning to her home at bed deer alberta dr abbott and mrs abbott at tended thtjuneral of the late g kot- senmyer at toronto on tuesday deceased was principal of erin con tinuation school tn 19087 he has been engaged jrythe insurance busi ness for a number of years mrs gardner of orangeville and her daughter miss gardner of tne erin creamery left lastthursday for the south where they will spend the balance of the winter advocate norval the wa of st pauls anglican church held a successful valentine tea and sale of homebaking friday afternoon last at the rectory mrs w g brook and mrs j hughes received at the door while miss prairie magulre introduced the partners for progressive euchre the winner ot the high score was mrs t e hewson of georgetown and miss oliver won the consolation prize mrs j morgason was to charge of the baking table set uvwhlte with valentine decorations tea was serv ed on individual tables and a most enjoyable time spent dick the amateur gardener of ckoc hamilton and heard every day at 1230 noon will be in norval in person on monday feb 28th to the pfi ball paruculara latsr watch tor posters s it the citizens of the community win be pleased to hear that the male chorus of grace united church brampton is coming to norval this chorus of thirty voices and assisting artists win- give a concert on wed nesday february 23rd in the norval united churchy under the auspices of the choir 1 nember the date it the mount pleasant congregation held its church night meeting at the parsonage on thursday evening the program committee miss phyllis mc- meekln and mr emerson maklnney arranged a program to keeeplng with st valentines season and the theme love the next meeting will be held on february 22nd with mrs p o dolson and mr a mcklnney jr to charge of the program the chlnguacousy township sunday school executive is promoting an in terdenominational standard leader ship training school to be held in the baptist church brampton on march 1st 3rd 7th 9tb and 11th the object ot the school is to train would be teachers and to help those already engaged in sunday school work in imporvtog their efficiency and their methods four inuimui milton mr j m dick of the bank of to ronto staff here has been sent to st marys branch tor three weeks pol- lowing that period he will be in ker- wood for three weeks after that he will return to milton harold douglas r r no 1- mil ton sustained a broken leg when ne fell during a hockey game he was taken to a hospital in guelph and progress is reported as favorable miss gladys marsh who was mar ried feb 9th to douglas menzles robertson was given a cup and saucer shower by mrs r held and miss ethel ellis at the home of mr and mrs c kerr milton last thugs- day evening on friday evening over 200 of miss marshs friends met at the home or mr william g tolton in esqueslng township where the bridetobe was given a miscellaneous shower at both showers miss marsh was the reclpent of many beautiful and useful gifts the house owned by wm holmes and occupied by mr and mrs george gullls and family campbeuvule was completely destroyed by fire on wed nesday morning or last week the contents or the house were a total loss as the fire spread so rapidly they were not able to save anything the garage was also burned the members of the halton pro tective association and their- friends held an enjoyable banquet in the loop hall here on wednesday evening of last week the large number present had a good time and everybody went home nappy champ- acton exwarden and mrs a mason left on saturday for a holiday at st pet ersburg florida mrs r clark of guelph who moved to that city- from acton m 1875 is celebrating today her nine tieth birthday she was born m england the various reports presented at the annual vestry meeting of st al- bans anglican church showed 191 was the best year to several years mr bruce pargeter was reelected peoples warden by acclamation and mr george chapman was chosen rec tors warden mr s h webster was appointed permanent vestry clerk in recent years the clerk had been appointed at each meeting rev e brooks the rector presided mr wm keith or hamilton was here for a week visiting her parents mr and mrs earl anderson mrs charlotte macdonald and miss corlnne of hamilton spent a few hours on sunday at the home ot mr and mrs e h vincent mr robert kerr of r r no 2 acton the wellknown hackney horse breeder and exhibitor has been chosen president of the hackney horse as- sociatlonmr is well quaufled for this position he has been a- consistent winner at fairs and exhi bitions for years and his horses recognized as among the finest hackneys free press courses have been planned and among the leaders will be mrs coulter brampton mrs neelands caledon east revs a gordon and percy buck returned missionaries and rev p a gilbert of norval each school and congregation is urged to plan to have a group attend dont for get the dates and place- further in formation may be obtained from your minister and sunday school super lntendent mrs blue how do you control your husband while you- are away mrs black i leave the baby with him 10 men and a girl this universal comedy drama with music 100 men and a girl which opensat the gregory theatre for v feb22nabnd 23rd features many players who have played in notable hits deanna durbln alice brady end mlscha jtuer scored in three smart girls miss brady mlscha auer and sugene pallette also registered- in ity man godfrey adolphe menjou won praise in stag baby sing a star is born one in a million and cafe metropole dont miss seeing thls wonderful picture v