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seventyfirst year of publication wednesday evening march23rd 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa congratulated town council on year of marked progress an va a new cjurandstand will be built in the park member of council will meet with high school board back taxes tobe collected council met in special session on tuesday evening with mayor joseph gibbons in the- chair reeve geo davis and councillors j oostigan j v hall n h brown thos lyons w smith and a k cripps present mr h a lever of jenkins and hardy town auditors was present and explained in detail the report covering the towns finances for the tear 1937 the report disclosed an other year of marked progress in the jiffairs of the town and mr lever fluigratulated the council on the re sults obtained he also expressed appreciation of the assistance given by the town officials when making the audit moved by hall seconded by cripps that tfce auditors report for 1937 as presented be accepted carried it was unanimously agreed by council that the- clerk be instructed to secure from the arena company statement of their financial affairs the collection of back taxes and water rates was discussed at some length and it was decided to hold a special meeting to deal with this very vnportant matter and devise ways at means to collect all arrears ow ing the town moved by lyons seconded by costl- gan that a new grandstand be built in the park to replace the one des troyed by fire last year carried un animously in the matter of a new grandstand u was left in the hands of the pro perty committee to secure plans and submit same to council moved by hall seconded by smith that the collector be instructed to return the tax roll on april 12th 1937 carried reeve davis georgetowns represen tative at county council reported that there was a prospect of having the connecting links of highways through town paved during this sum mer the coat would be paid by the county provincial government and the town this would mean about two miles of new pavement through town at the request of the high school board the members of council will meet the board on thursday of this week at 8 oclock i oilier matters pertaining to town affairs were discussed before coun cil adjourned at 1035 palermo juniors won the w l dick trophy in the haltoh juniors drama festival which was held in the auditorium of the milton high school last week a crowded auditorium greeted the players representing the groups of acton milton and palermo the palermo players staged the valiant and did so mpst realisti cally the cast martyn heslop mil- fdrd shepherd owen smith clar ence kingston fred edwards and geo breckon the play was dlrect- d by eva vanalckle and mima hignet joseph hurst and r l davidson directed acton juniors in their play courage mr oreene the cast be ting wllmer davidson laura john- uvn harry smlthurst lillian law rence and elwood johnston the milton juniors presented the window under the direction of evangeline carson the cast ruth catrwright wm tolton and kenneth marshall ed as adjudicator commented favor ably on the excellent presentations made by all three- groups crown attorney w i dick in presenting his trophy to the winners congratu lated all three casts on the high cali bre of the plays selected and also on the general excellence of the presen tations musical selections were given by miss jessie janueson of milton sfiss helen mcoowan of acton and lbfeurlee beaty of milton whilemiss nfarion fox and f h gilroy o hilton directed the community sing ing j e whitelock of milton was the chairman churchnews scripture text wherefore the lord said forasmuch as this people draw near me with their month and with their lips do honour me and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men therefore the of their wise men shall is 29 13 14 st georges church rev w g o thompson rector fourth sunday in lent holy com munion 8 ajn sun- day school 10 am matins and litany 11 am evensong 7 pjn this sunday is also mothering sunday the brownies and the w club will parade to the morning service lenten service on thursday at 730 pjn united church young people win final round of halton presbytery dramatic contest on monday evening march 21st a large number of georgetown people motored to carlisle for the finai round of the haltoh presbytery dra matic contest the young people of georgetown winners in the northern part of the county competed with the young people of carlisle winners of the southern part of the county the meeting opened with a worship service conducted by the young peo ple or carlisle it proved to be a most enjoyable evening for everyone as both plays were exceptionally well presented the judges who were miss e pen- son of georgetown and mr urlas springer of waterdown compliment ed the players of both casts on their splendid performance and then de clared georgetown the winning team a vote of thanks to the judges was tendered by miss marie mills of carlisle during the evening some very en joyable musical numbers were given by misses marie mills rllla bennett and messrs jack and roy bennett the meeting closed with the benediction st albans church glen wuliams fourth sunday in lent and mother ing sunday sunday school 2 pm evensong 3 pjn lenten service wednesday evening at 800 united church rev f c overend bjv minister wednesday 8 prt prayer and bible study sunday 10 ajn sunday school and bible classes 11 am prepara tion for the sacramental feast pjn who is jesus the first of series of sermons on great questions of the last week baptist church rev e g baxter minister 1030 ajn sunday school 7 pjn service of worship subject the challenge of gods love monday 8 pm bypu thursday 8 pn midweek service a cordial welcome to all see happy landing at the gregory theatre george town next saturday mar 26th a silvery sumptuous superlative musical winging its way from norselands gay festivals to new yorks winter spectacles bringing you a love- radiant sonja in the arms of her one ifi a million sweetheart sonja henle don ameche in happy land ing with jean hersholt ethel mer man cesar romero billy gilbert raymond scott quintet wally ver non leah ray see it saturday district governor visits local lions monday evening was the occasion of the official visit of district gover nor l w peterson to the lions club in georgetown deputydistrict gov ernor r dr deans of oakville was also present- mr peterson was introduced by president h j heldmannof the local club and gave a very interesting ad dress on the functioning of the clubs throughout the district at the conclusion of his address the was presented by lion mountock with porcelain fixtures made by smith- stone georgetown dr deans was presented by w v grant with business paper also manu factured in town the meeting took place at the mc- glbbon house where dinner was also enjoyed entertainment was provid ed by georgetown high school or chestra and toronto talent visiting lions were present from brampton burlington and oakville halton old age pension and mothers allowance board formed the halton county council and the depetrment of public welfare par liament buildings toronto have jointly formed what is now known as the halton old age pension and mothers allowance board in the county the members appointed to this board are as follows a a allen bur lington chairman herbert inglehart r r 1 bronte vicechairman mrs d hartley r r 6 milton mrs w e dent trafalgar t h marshall georgetown and wm deans county clerk secretary balunafad missphyuss balnbrtdge of erin was a visitor at the manse on sunday maple syrup ume has come round again and many farmers are busy tapping a good time was had by all who attended the irish supper held under the auspices of the w a friday evening a good programme was given by local talent and contests were also enjoyed mr and mrs john hogarth of fergus were sunday visitors at mrs f w shortllls members of the young peoples union journeyed to ashgrove monday night they report having a very en joyable time explains story of rock wool makes walls equal eleven feet insulating value rock wool the fireproof rotproof substance which is being used to pro tect so many local homes from the rigors of winter and the heat of summer ra four inch blanket of it equals eleven feet or solid stone in insulating value has one of the most romantic histories of any product now serving man according la p m vallquette of the canadian johns- manvllle company who has been spending considerable time here it was in the year 1836 that a party jif3cl stru u t er lton townshd councils decide not to buy warble powder this year at recent meetings of the councils of esquesing nassagaweya nelson and trafalgar it was decided not to purchase the additional warble pow der requirements for 1938 in all four townships it was the feeling of the members of theoftunclls that in as much as warble powder had been svjiblied to all cattle owners during the pasthree years and furthermore masmuch as it had jfaeen dearly dmnoattjbd that hvwfcrblepest could betirp easily and tscohomical- laww controlled that it was only reason- jjeble to expect that every cattle owner z would now purchase his own t quirements township councillors and other key men throughout the county are most enthusiastic regard- raffijng the efficiency of the warble wash tsfj- e whltelocv agricultural repre- tentative for halton when lnterviewe ed stated that the credit for the t tfe success of the three years program vfapuld go to the 75 keymen scattered jkvrr the county who had worked un erringly without monetary recompense lor their time or gasoline r he also gave a good deal of credit to the comity press for their support and oooperatton of the worlds largest volcano kueuea in hawaii along the way they no ticed a soft wooly substance tailed pelea hair by the natives the duskyskinned hawaiian be lieved whenever the volcano was in eruption the goddess pele who lived in its depths was tu great anger the fibrous material strewn about the slopes they said was peles hair which in her rage- she pulled put in handfuus and tossed out of the crater the scientists found that this my sterious material was created when jets of steam blew up through molten lava with tremendous force they carried samples of it back to this country eventually johns- manville was producing rock wool from mnmadr volcanoes it has been found the most efficient material for insulating both old and new homes against winter chill and summer heat now rock wool is made by blowing jet of live steam through a small stream of molten limestone convert ing it into tiny fibres forming mil lions of tiny deadair cells through which heat cannot pass a house thus blanketed with this remarkable material will be warmer in winter with a saving up to thirty per cent fuel bills because the warm air cannot leak- out through the walls and roof which ordinarily are nothing more thair thermal sieves through which heat readlrjvpasses jtheimune holds good during sum mer then therays of the sun pene trate to the interior of an uninsulat ed house making it hot and uncom fortable just as rock wool prevents the escape of heat from the interior of the house in winter it also stops the summer heat from entering thus an insulated house will be up to 15 degres cooler during the hot mon- ths home insulation is not the only use of this remarkable substance when combined with suitable binders and compressed tt is known as rock cork and is used in industry as insulation for refrigerating rooms coolers and the like acton alpofivers were rewected as the annual meeting of acton branch the canadian legion honorary presidents dr e j nelson and dr j a mcniven and the re gents of the local chapters iodjs president j m mcdonald for the eighth term 1st vicepresident dr young 2nd vicepresident j alger secretary f l wright treas urer dr p w pearen chaplain rev l bennle executive committee j chapman f salt g mitsselle and b bayllss john gibbons nightwatchman the beardmore co plant had the misfortune to fall while at his work and sustain a fractured shoulder the heavy fog on wednesday was largely responsible for two cars side- swiping at the corner of mill and young streets just after noon southam 19 duncan st toronto was travelling east and m william son georgetown was westbound the right fenders frnnt wheel and lamp of williamsons car was ripped off the windshield was also shat tered damage to the southam car was- a crumpled fender and damage to both wheels on the left side for tunately none of the occupants were injured seriously with him in trie car was mrs williamson and mrs w j cleave and two children they were badly shaken up free press correspondence re high school report georgetown onl march 21st 1938 the editor georgetown herald georgetown ontario dear sir may we ask for space in your paper lor an explanation the undersigned while itctlng as a committee of the high school board learned that the report in the herald of the meeting of the board on the 14th inst in the paragraph referring to teachers salaries was being un derstood to imply that the teachers- had requested an increase of salary this was incorrect what actually took place was as follows during the depression two succes sive reductions were made in teachers salaries these were cheerfully ac cepted by the teachers affected with he understanding that the reductions would gradually be restored as pros perity returned as conditions improved the matter came up from time to time before the board and partial restoration was made it came up again at the meet- jng last week but the board decided that conditions were not yet suffi ciently improved to permit further action at present thanking you tor the space to make this correction we are yours truly c b dayfoot w v grant the report referred to above was published as written by the secretary of the board ed norval rifle club concert orchestra formed another chapter in the musical his tory of this community was begun last sunday when a group ot musi cians from the surrounding counties formed a concert orchestra their ideal is to blend he talents of those who play for the love of music and interpret the classical works of the great composers the arcadian concert orchestra will provide the balancing element in rounding out the musical programs enjoyed 1 the community arid invites all muslc lovers to participate either actively or by lending their interest fifteen members attended the last practice but more musicians are urgently needed and a general invita tion is extended to all musicians in acton milton brampton and other centres to join the organisation practice will be held at the home of mr digglns georgetown each sun day at 3 oclock until an auditorium can be arranged for the executive is as follows hon president mr a maclaren president mr r ross secretarreasurersomar digglns and william young director omar digglns ladles executive evelyn hartle publicity secretary k d barber in order to obtain orchestral music the members are appealing to the generosity of all music lovers for con tributions large or small which will be gratefully received by the treas urer omar digglns georgetown farmers of halton burn demand note to wipe out debt halton agricultural society met last friday night in the ioop hall milton to witness the burning of a demand note for 2600 taken out some four years ago each member of the board had been bonded 200 at that time the society was not so prosperous but in the last few years it has made excellent progress and with the cooperation of the members has promoted various clubs and increased its finances to such an extent that it now has a surplus the bank mayor e syer acted as chairman the address of welcome was given by n a sinclair president of the asso ciation congratulations were extended by reeve john irving of milton and reeve nelson robinson norval j e wriltelock agricultural represen tative e m readhead and milton clements euchre prizes were won by mrs hill and g agnew maurice rose gave a number or guitar selections and miss k dewar vocalist sang ac companied by mrs d hartley f gilroy led community singing on march 18th nine members of the fnunwu r a visited the nor ioiiowsttj nn9t ln compeuuon the nor val club being the winners by points the score norval 878 out of 900 toronto cjta 866 out or 900 two possible scores were made one each by mrs wreford or the toronto cra and harvey nurse of norval after this match was completed a spoon contest took place a rapid fire competition five shots in 40 seconds mr nurse being the winner with a score of 49 out or 50 on monday night of this week twb teams visited us viz waterdown and hillsburg the waterdown team con sisted or four men and won out from the norval four by one point the score waterdown 390 out of 400 norval 389 out of 400 the hillsburg ten men were defeated by the norval ten by 42 points the score norval 970 out or 1000 hillsburg 928 out of 1000 the norval cliib wllfvlslt the t6- ronto cjia on friday march 25th for a return match the club scores for monday are as roilows h nurse 100 f stark 99 f johnson 97 w lisk 97 f hustler 97 e mckinney 96 dr stevenson 96 w robinson 96 w wilson 94 milton the thirtyseventh anniversary of a scottish social held at the home of john scott march 12th 1901 and at tended by members of the- old anti- burgher church was celebrated at the home of mrs- e sergeant milton on saturday when a number of those who had been at the original social were present including miss e dewar pianist at that time mrs m mitchell and mrs m e nixon frbollngbroke 23 of milton was badly injured on saturday when the throjthe of the motorcycle he was driv ing- became stock aqdln attempting to round avisutn a the east end of main street the machine skidded oft the highway ana turned over in some loose gravel pinning the driver un der the motorcycle his leg was bad ly cut around the knee cap dr george d denton attended him stitches being required to close the wound mrs hamilton north daughter of the late mr and mrs joseph smith of omagh died at her home ln de troit mich on sunday march 6th in her 7tb year she is survived by her husband and two sisters mrs robert mcjannett of milton mrs william- graham or kent bridge ont interment was made ln detroit on wednesday march 9th champion personals mr r e mckay of brampton was a visitor in town last thursday mr and mrs james duke of strat ford were visitors with mr and mrs frank petch during the week mrs eric allan spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs o t mckay mr and mrs ted morrow of to ronto spent last week end with mrs morrows mother mrs robert lane mr frank thompson superinten dent or the hatlon and peel chlld- rens aid society was a visitor ln town on monday mr wm honey is hone again after spending nine week at christie street hospital toronto we are all pleas ed to know that he is feeling better mrs edward marshall of ume one thing about a radio speaker he stops when his time is up not al ways true of some afterdinner speakers house was taken quite 111 with pneu monia this week when visiting at the home of her son chief wm mar shall her many friends wish her a speedy recovery mr and mrs s m ginsberg of muskoka lodge port sydney have returned after spending the winter in florida and are spending a few weeks in town before returning to their home to muskoka mrs w a mcclure of georgetown accompanied by her brother mr jas eccles of brampton and miss m osoum and mr john osburn of georgetown attended the funeral of their cousin the late major eccles of holstein last monday he was a son of the late wm eccles formerly of glen williams funeral services were held friday afternoon at 2 pjn from lynden hall the home of his daughter mrs c m shantz to kincardine cemetery for robert mullln esteemed kincardine resident whose unexpected death tuesday noon cast a shadow of sor row over the entire community the rev s m scott of knox presbyterian church of which he was a member officiated assisted by the rev g w kersey of kincardine united church northern ught lodge no 93 af am were in charge of the final rites since coming to kincardine ln 1936 from kitchener where he resided the previous 20 years mr mullln made a host of friends here no matter where his place of residence robert mullln by his geniality and ability to entertain gathered around him a host of friends f years a mullln died at his work he was tuning pianos tor g h llnklater for some time past and tuesday noon was completing work when a heart attack resulted in bis edattl harold llnklater was to the store at the time and assisted mr mullln but death followed immediately after the attack word of the unexpected death was received with deep regret throughout the community mr mullln was born ln glen wil liams ln halton county 75 years ago a son of the late henry mullln and martha klckley his early education was received there in the public and high schools following which he en tered toronto conservatory of music from it he went try sarnia where he was ln business with a piano nrtk like many others mr mullln found western canada presented an oppor tunity and he went to winnipeg resid ing there 15 years for a short time he resided ln fldrida and in toronto going ln 1917 to kitchener where he made his home till coming to kin cardine best known ln kitchener district he was a familiar figure throughout western ontario he was a member ol twin city lodge no 509 af sc a3s in 1880 mr mullln wed martha sanf who is left to jnoum legion celebrated tenth anniversary entertained members of wjl at a banquet last friday night col w rhodes dso and capt c s rutherford vc guest speakers there was a large attendance of members at the legion rooms last friday night when post 130 of ths canadian legion cejebratedus tenth anniversary by entertalriingrthe ladies of the womans auxiliary at a ban quet in the legion hall col o o brown- who has been president of the post for the past four years presided at the banquet and welcomed the members and other guests of the evening he said i am happy to preside at this gather ing of exservice men and women the members -of- the womans auxili ary and other guests this montb marks our tenth blribday the past tenyears have been years of pro gress in georgetown branch due to various reasons the sound basis on which the branch was- founded by colonel cousens its first president and his assista the carrying on of the good work by comrade j d kelly when the branch made excel lent progress during the two years he was president the continued streng thening of the branch under cotnradv a j oneill at a ume when the prob lems of the exservice men were very real too great a tribute cannot bs paid to the past presidents wham i have mentioned another reason has been the untiring efforts of the wa at all times and the earnest co-oper- atlon of branch members at ss times all these factors have com bined to make our branch one of the best in ontario and our club premt- ses a credit to ourselves and the community which it serves we are free of debt and i believe an asset during the past tour years through letters from col cousens and a j oneill were received expressing regret at their inability to be present and conveyed to the gathering by tne rh the toast list was as follows the king responded to by sing ing the national anthem our fallen comrades two minutes silence the legion and womans auxili ary proposed by capt- j m mc donald and responded to by capt dr h r adams and mrs kemshead at this juncture in the program col w rhodes dbo mc of the soldiers aid association was intro duced by the chairman and gave a very interesting and instructive ad dress on the working of the associa tion and the efforts being made to lighten the burdens of comrades and dependents unfortunately ln need he explained the various ways in which the money at their disposal was used some acreage of land had been se cured near barrie and a number ot exservice men and their fmiiim were trying out market gardening and making a fair success of it our visitors was proposed by mayor joseph gibbons and resrjondea to by c s rutherford vc and merryday mj3m the ladies was proposed by j m moore and responded to by mrs braisby comrade fred mccartney claimed the floor for a few minutes at this time and on behalf of members of uhe legion spoke in glowing terms of the splendid work accomplished during the past four years through the untiring efforts of president col g o brown tbe fine club rooms and assembly hall now owned and occupied by the legion were largely due to his effort and the men were proud to have so efficient a comrade at the head of their local organisa tion wle hswfcerca former member of the original dumbbells presided at the piano during tfce evening a i clever tap dancing act by ethel kern- ahead betty paul and jane early pupils of miss betty wright delight- ed the gathering charles colvllle a slight ot hand artist from toronto gave a splendid performance and his work was de cidedly clever the singing of the national anthem brought this part of the evemnga program to a close then toe chairs and tables were cleared away and the remainder of the evening spent in dancing bush s largely attended death along wiqi two daughters mfst c m shantz kincardine mrs e jacob port huron michigan five grandchildren jack glmby robert and sanford shantz kincardine and norinan and june jacob port huron and one brother wrl mullln glen williams for some months past mr mullln had not enjoyed the best of healtti but was looking forward to an im provement with the return of spring a friend of the hon r b bennett he was anticipating a visit with him later in the season kincardine re view weve tried everything even go- i tog to bed early but ideas dont seem to come any easier many of our cltlsens took advan tage of the opportunity to get a good square meal and were present at the irish supper provided by the wo mens association of knox presbyter ian church on monday evening ot the large gathering no one was dis appointed for the supper was excel lent and the program that followed combined to make a most pleasant evening for all there were numbers by the choir under the able leader ship of mr s t faram and com- idunity singing readings by mrs cromar vocal solos dy miss doris bessey and mr faram violin duet by mr faram and wm young also a varied program of musical selections on numerous instruments by clair rouse the vagabond entertainer ex traordinary of toronto who conclud ed bis part ot the program by play ing home on the range on a hand saw miss june frank was the ac companist of the evening rev mr davidson welcomed the gathering and mr faram performed the duties of chairman the supper and entertain ment were held ln the sunday school room of the church which has just recently been repalnted and decor- at aud today is no different from the day on which you began your record week v