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the georgetown herald seventyfirst year of publication wednesday evening april 27th 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa this and that in sport by a mftc moqunay ernie cole president of bwebnll club team to be organized at once at a meetlngheld in the mcglb- ban hotel last friday night tt was decided to enter a baseball team in the halton county baseball league and a clnb was formed teams now entered are georgetown acton mil ton and oakvuie brampton having decided not to enter a team this year the meeting was unanimous in its choice of ibrnte coles as president of the club for the 1838 season mr coles has had considerable experience in baseball work having been secre tary of the acton club for some time and his knowledge of the sport should prove helpful to the georgetown team other officers elected were 1st vicepresident herb scott secretarytreasurer c benham coach robert mcmenemy executive h walters jack beau- ntfont harry woods clarence wal ters the appointment of a manager was left la tjtie hands of the coach en georgetown i ltcmdred in local sporting atiwa bigscale bcodng show tospid here in the near future the boots would be staged by a local athletic or service club with the proceeds going towards a fund for a sorelyneeded gymnasium for the youth of this district the sensational success of the mid ge njel clearly indicates that this good ol town of ours offers great potentialities to any really outstand ing sporting enterprise those fans who attended the lions club boxing tournament held in georgetown arena a few years ago will recall the large turnout on that occasion noted portraitist j w l forster dead was born in norval ontario john w l forster 87 canadian artist died in the toronto general hospital early monday death came after he had been unconscious in the hospital since last thursday night when be was in collision with an automobile near his home on welles- ley st mr forster had travelled to japan india and other countries in pursuit of his profession unique among his commissions was the painting of the portraits of jthe emperor and empress of japan during the world sunday school convention in toklo 1980 the artist had to perform his task with only one glimpse of his subjects the remainder of the work was done from photographs and he had to give his promise no other eyes should see when woodrow wilson sought a portrait painter to put on canvas the features of his late wife he selected mr forster the artist was born in norval ont tn a log cabin 85 years ago he first essayed the teaching profession but after a course in a local school aban doned it in favorof art he strug gled on in that pursuit despite meagre encouragement by 1880 when he was 30 he had work on exhibition in the paris sa ion and in competition with the highest french talent was adjudged one of the best student painters in the atelier among his sitters are included three governorgenerals of canada five prime ministers and numerous leading united states citizens the tearing o the green now comes the time of the year when the sound of the niblick is heard in the land and the wild and untameable divott shakes off its win ter underwear and starts prowling around fairways andgreens in search of easy victims how the heart of the golfing fanatic rejoices at the approach of the season when he can once more pander to a depraved and peacedisturbing vice forsaking home business engagements devotion al duties creditors and blonde steno graphers he hies fotrh to an expen sive handmanicured sheep pasture located far from the madding crowds ignoble strife end three miles from a street car donning the weird and outlandish garments of his calling and armed with a collection of strange oddshaped weapons he pro ceeds to carve the bandkept and segregated sod into varied geometric pattenrs diverging occasionally to do a little tunnelling and excavating it is an eyefilling and humorous sight to see a middleaged addict of the game especially one plentifully endowed with prime leaf lard making ready to whale the everlasting daylights out of email whitewashed rubber pill weird and peculiar are his postures strange and lnexplalnable are his antics to say of bis language which at eh times is loosejointed descriptive 1 saturated with sulphur r the ball in a defenceless and seemingly without the j provocation he attacks it in ferocious fashion as though to mar it usefulness forever the hall eludes lis assailant and 1 into the air dives into the recesses orsomfe con venient wroughtiron shrubbery and disappears from human ken or vision now comes the supreme test of the game to successfully track a mali gnant fiftn 1 1 ftr and evil- lntentioned golf ball calls for wood craft faculties of no mean order the successful golfer must possess the tin- erring scent of a bloodhound the tenacity of flypaper the hopefulness of an old maid the reasoning of sherlock holmes and the ability look placid and unperturbed whilst red white and blue anarchy is sweep ing through his corpora callosa the ball does not always successfully dude its pursuers cases have been known principally in scotland where a golf ball has been located the same daxrrbut this only after long and ar- duous searching i some attention should be directed to the costumes worn while playing the game many weird and outlan- dlsh sartorial absurdities are always seen upon the lmks and patterns run the gamut through angles squares cubist railfence and rattlesnake de signs horse blankets scotch plaids and other bewildering arrangements all done like josephs coat of old m many odd and startling colors too many regard gowf as a re laxation from business cares a source of pleasure an opportunity to tem porarily evade bill collectors or a jft to wear funny clothes but this is not all of it to painstakingly search for hours for strayed balls to dig up acres of sod to excavate caves and cellars in sand lots to tramp for hour oer hills and hollows beneath a n sun while a small under- sited caddy staggers along under a shifting load of shelf and heavy hard- calls for stamina fortitude and endurance when darkness rails the golfer re turns to his anxiously waiting family qrlth ft pair of feet that feel uke bod- ivd suet puddings a dose of poison wy half an acre of sunburn a pint of sin sndsr hjs belt and a pain in his tenmtorm appendix he wul claim it to be a perfect day emotional in sanity appears tobe on the increase youre right 1 we copied it most suburban centres will conform with toronto in adoption of daylight saving time while alton beaverton orangevule sbouffville sutton west and the majority of farming areas will remain on standard time for the summer months the following dates for daylight saving time are announc ed by other municipalities april 24 sept 25 aurora brampton bronte cooksvllle east york township etobicoke township forest hill village long branch mimlco new toronto newmarket north york township oakvllle pickering port credit richmond hill scarboro township swansea thomhlll weston york township april 24 sept 5 acton april 24 sept 10 burlington april 30 sept 17 georgetown milton masons entertain ladies the officers of credit lodge af sc am entertained the ladies at a banquet in the legion assembly hall last friday evening there was a good attendance and a most enjoyable time was spent worshipful master s j mackenzie was chairman of the evening and spoke words of welcome to the ladles following the banquet the toast to the king was responded to by sing ing the national anthem the toast to the ladies was pro posed by bro e v maccormack and responded to by mrs woo thompson selections by the orchestra under the leadership of mr paul barber vocal solos by miss ruth anderson accompanied by her sister miss gert rude anderson and cornet solos by master joseph wilcox were rendered during the evening to the delight of the gathering bridge and euchre were enjoyed by those who did not take part in the dance which followed the banquet childrens aid society held annual meeting officers elected report the third annual meeting of the childrens aid society of the coun ties of peel and halton was held in the sunday school room of st pauls united church milton on thursday evening april 31st 1938 mr a mason of acton president of the society acted as chairman for the evening there was an average attendance of interested citizens from the two counties reports on the years work were given by the chairman as president of the board of directors the treas urer and the superintendent the guest speaker of the evening miss nora lea supervisor of the child protection department of the toronto cajb gave a very interest ing and instructive address on the function and responsibility of the children s aid society outoftown guests in the persons of m a mccttbeof the pro vincial children s aid branch mr r e mills of the toronto society and mr h d c crooks of the ouelph society spoke briefly the officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows honorary president j m denyes ba milton honorary solicitors w i dick k milton a o davis kc bramp ton president a mason acton 1st vicepresident a w thomp son brampton 2nd vicepresident e d magulre clarkson honorary secretarytreasurer j j jamleson cooksvllle executive members mrs w a dorrington alton miss a blain mil ton mrs o c atkins bronte mrs r l moseley brampton rev a b irwin milton dr f r watson georgetown county council representatives halton john irving milton victor hall hornby r r 2 peel chas c london bolton r r 5 o f skin ner port credit financial statement for the year ending march 31st 1938 annual statement superintendents- receipts cash on hand maintenance of wards oovemment grant province of ontario other receipts 316 14 787950 1000 00 232 4 disbursements salaries board of wards clothing office expenses medical and dental care other expenses balance on hand 9428 48 3416 00 440160 669 08 190 40 262 09 18681 30260 9428 48 norval rifle club the shoot for the geo brown prize package has been postponed until monday may 2nd many excellent scores were made at monday nights shoot both m prac tice and on club aggregates the club aggregate scores are as follows h nurse 100 r w hall 100 o h hall 100 e mcklnney 100 w wil son 100 m atkinson 100 f johnson 99 f hustler 98 h walker 98 c cantelon 98 w o browne 97 f stark 06 w llsk 96 c meredith 95 it is expected that the outdoor ranges 50 and 100 yards will be open ed about may 7th the awards as won by the members of the norval rifle club in the janu ary and february competition as sponsored by the dominion marksmen arrived yesterday and consmed of silver tea and coffee spoon this event was competed jor by rifle e from coast to- coast including new foundland the spoon winners of the norval club are as follows expert spoons h nurse h w hall o h hall coffee spoons f johnson f hustler e mcklnney h walker w wilson customer oh mr butcher about that joint you sold me last week did yob say it was imported or deported from australia following is the superintendents report for the year ending march 31 1938 mr president ladles and i gentlemen once again as your superintendent it is my privilege to submit a report on the years work of the society this is the third annual report of the joint society or the ninth report submitted since taking over the work it is difficult to prepare a report year by year without some similarity for after all there is a sameness in the problems that come to our attention from time to time the work ap pears to be steadily increasing this being shown in the statistical report no doubt the society is becoming better known and more people are coming to us for advice and assist ance i would like here to mention the splendid spirit of cooperation that is gradually being built up between the various societies in the province this is very desirable as so orten families are directly connected in some way with a number of municipalities and the cooperation of the different so cieties is necessary in planning for future care during the past year i had the privilege of attending a dominion conference in ottawa this proved most interesting and instructive and made one more fully realize that there are child welfare organisations oper ating from coast to coast for the bet terment of children and the people as a whole while each province operates under its own statutes they still have the same aim and object the protection and care of children child protection the child protection branch of the work shows a total of 164 cases con tacted an increase of 8 over a year ago it is quite impossible to give full details of all these cases but needless to say tt entails a great deal of work and attention while we are not able to render all the ass we would like in each case neverthe less it is felt that through our efforts the home conditions of children have been improved and a brighter future assured for them in all cases every effort is made to keep the family to gether if at all possible the break ing up- of a home is a very serious move and should be considered only as a last resort it wm be noted in the statistical re port that the separation of parents is shown as quite the largest factor in the oases handled this is a very selrous situation la the welfare of our country today and one that is giving social workers and municipal authori ties a great deal of worry and thought very seldom do the parents enter in to legal separation simply drift apart with apparently no thought of their children a welfare in many cases as long as the family is vlng together there is sufficient income to main tain them but separated there la next to nothing sd often also the parents disagree in regards to the custody of the children with the re sult that the children are continual ly being transferred from one home to another with absolutely no feeling of security there is also the deserter the man who simply walks out disappears and leaves his wife and family to shift for themselves it is possibly a mistake to force people to live to gether when they cannot agree but it is felt that more definite action should be taken in locating these men and forcing them to make some pro vision for their families in one case that we dea with dur- lng the year the father and mother separated each taking two children the father later became quite ill un able to work and the two children formerly in his care are now wards of our society the two children with the mother in an adjoining municipality were removed from her care due to improper living condi tions and the mother has since dis appeared there is also the constant problem of the mentally unfit quite incapable of maintaining and supervising their children possibly a physical and mental examination previous to mar riage would have a deterrent effect in some cases in working through the various districts one is particularly impressed with the work being ac complished by public health and vic torian order nurses where possible to finance same it is felt that every municipality should give their earnest consideration to some form of nurs ing service children under care at the end of the year there were 106 children under the care of the society compared with 104 a year ago it is just two years ago that we adopted the boarding home system in caring for our wards and to date we are pleased to report that this type of care is proving quite satisfactory the children appear perfectly happy in their homes have been absorbed as members of the families and of their particular community for various reasons changes have to be made periodically but quite the lar gest number of the children are still in the homes where they were ori ginally placed the children are only in their new homes a short time un til they feel that they actually belong and have a place of their own in the community i also at this time wish to express a word of thanks and ap preciation to the foster mothers their continued interest in the care and progress of the children in their homes is most gratifying it is felt that this type of home care better equips the child to take his place in the world when starting on his own in regards to clothing for the wards the society makes provision for this but the purchasing is left to the foster mother in this way both the child and the foster mother have some choice in the matter of colour style etc before a major purchase is made however it is dls cussed with the superintendent the society has recently complete arrangements whereby each child wil receive an annual medical and dental examination with any necessary treat ment being provided unmarried parents this phase of the work each year entails a great deal of time and speci al attention and possibly the cases are on the increase in all iii cases have been contacted during the year 49 new cases 3 reopened and 59 car ried over from the preceding year the enforcement of this act comes under the jurisdiction of the provin cial officer and the local superinten dent of the children s aid society acts for the provincial officer in this particular district each case as re ferred to the local office is in turn reported to the provincial depart ment it is necessary to have the approval of the provincial officer be fore a case may be taken before the county judge ot the new and re opened cases s2 in all 35 were local 17 being referred to us from outside municipalities the young women involved in these cases have received the necessary assistance and advice and the putative father approached in regards to financial assistance it is exceptionally difficult to make col lections even with a judges order as so many of the men concerned are without steady employment during the year 690 02 has been collected through the local office under agree ments and court orders the same be ing forwarded to the provincial offi cer to apply on the maintenance of these children a number of the chil dren born out of wedlock have been placed in very fine homes with avtew to adoption these placements being supervised by the society during the adoption probation period legal adcrpuooa the statistics for the year show 20 legal adoptions completed 5 of these being wards of our society the re maining 19 wards of other societies and nonwards under supervision dming the probation period the ontario adoption act definitely specf- fl that a child must be in a home for wo years before legal adoption may be granted except in special cases the probation period is adher ed to in this way giving both child and foster parents ample time for ad justment and deflate assurance that adoption is desired once the adop tion order is completed by the judge the foster parents assume all respon sibility as though the child had been born to them it gives a childrens aid worker a sreatfeeuiur of- satisfaction totiace aflchlld in a good home keep in touch with him during the probation period and finally assist with the adoption knowing that the childs future is well assured- in reviewing the statistical report it readily seen that a great deal of wortt has been accomplished but there is still more to be done a great re sponsibility is placed on the society in caring for neglected children it is doubtful if there is any more worthy cause and it is entitled to the help and support of every good citl- m through the provincial superinten dent mr b w helse and the field supervisors we are receiving constant advice and guidance thus assisting greatly in building up a mare effici ent organisation this supervision covering the whole province is bring ing the various societies closer to gether instituting a more uniform system and a greater spirit of co operation in txmclusion i wish to thank per sonally the board members munici pal authorities county officials municipal and provincial police the various doctors throughout our two counties for their ready and willing cooperation at ail times all of which is respectfully submit ted g f thompson superintendent knox church yjs present 3- act play a packed house greeted the young people of knox presbyterian church when tfiey presented their threeact play enuffed oh my stars in the gregory theatre last thursday night the play was under the very able direction of miss hazel wamle and vividly portrayed the i workings of the office of a country newspaper the sagsville herald it certainly gave the audience some idea of the trials and tribulations which the editor and staff of a country news paper office have to contend with every member of the cast perform ed his or her part well in fact some of the artists were out of the ama teur class altogether and could al most be classed as professionals well did they present their parts the play throughout provided many hearty laughs and the audience was delighted with fixe evenings enter tainment the vocal solos by miss doris bes- sey accompanied by mrs r t paul were much enjoyed by the audience as were also the piano and violin selections by joseph and william young following was the cast in order of appearance sally shipman reporter on the seg- ville herald jean martin yacus white typesetter on the her ald harold tost tommy davis a friend of sallys herbert harlow elmore prescott a visitor to sag- vllle enroute to california elma tost sara simmons a friend of eunores haael waktle sherman pendleton mayor of sag- ville jim ritchie rena reynolds editor of sagvllle herald betty ritchie mrs victor trudel social leader of sagville glenna leslie wallace erwln press agent from hollywood bob charlton orva octar hungarian actress june frank organization completed of horticulture society rev g w tebbs of burling- ton addressed meeting in j public library a maclaren elected president there was a good attendance at the horticultural society meeting in the public library auditorium last even ing when rev o w tebbs of bur lington gave a very interesting and instructive address on the formation and work to be accomplished fay a horticultural society he stressed the need of cooperation of every citt- sen in the effort to make the home town more beautiful by the planting of shrubs and flowers in the home gardens parks along the boulevards around public buildings and on the odd vacant corner of the town his address was illustrated with lantern slides showing many beautiful floral displays on the lawns and in the gar dens of privatewiomes as well as in public places at the close of the address a vote of thanks was tendered to mr tebbs for his very able and interesting ad- the organization of the george town horticultural society was then completed by the election of the fol lowing officers on the recommenda tion of the committee recently ap pointed president a maclaren 1st vicepresident n h brown 2nd vicepresident rev f c overend secretary ralph ross treasurersmrs j b mackenzie directors wm nodwell l e fleck dr neilsen dr paul prof hutt e b swaokhamer w c an thony dr learmont ashgrove many were keenly interested in the subject ofcanadlan industries seen by the splendid attendance the women s istitute meeting held on tuesday april 19th at the home of mrs n stark the roll call was answered by an interesting fact about a canadian industry then the thought in the motto glad hearts make happy homes was well brought out in mrs clayton wilsons paper a clever demonstration on cotton ac cessories for the bedroom was car ried out by- a group of four young ladles from the scotch block junior women s institute miss beta fisher dlspalyed a bedspread miss charlotte wilson a dresser scarf miss peggy marsh waste paper baskets and miss helen mcglbbon chair tops each one explaining their materials and cost mrs ingleby played a lovely organ number and mrs j bellboddy gave a beautiful easter reading mrs wal ter brownridge introduced the guest speaker mr c b dayfoot who gave the history of the shoe industry from the sandal to the shoe and had samples of shoes there to demonstrate his talk mrs c b dayfoot mrs r h wright and mrs s k ruddell were also welcome guests at this meeting miss louie reed was ap pointed delegate to the girls con ference hrlie held in ouelph at the ojlfi in may the next meeting will be held on the second tuesday of may the young people of halton pres bytery are holding their spring rally here with a banquet at 6j0 oolock a telegram was received on tuesday evening telling of the sudden passing hi brandon hospital of mrs john t shanks formerly ida wrlggleaworth of pettapiece man deepestsym pathy is extended to the family and friends here mr fred whggtasworth is leaving tonight to attend the f era on friday choral society concert one of the most enjoyable musical programs the citizens of georgetown and community have had the pleas ure of listening to for some time was that rendered by the george choral society in the united church on monday evening the chorus consisted of sixtytwo voices under the able leadership of w e capps acajm of brampton and the very excellent program they rendered delighted the large gather ing the solo parts were exceptionally well taken by miss wula price miss ruth anderson misses greta and phyllis capps the numbers by the schubert vxo- i quartette composed of edith thompson norma cole jack taylor and maxwell pritzker added material ly to the enjoyment of the evening miss june frank was the capable accompanist of the evening the program rendered was as fol lows god save the king chorus scots whs hae henry leslie schubert quartette andante from unfinished symphony schubert choral fantasia hie wnhoifiiati girl balfe arranged by chaulnor sololst miss wllla price quartette miss wllla price miss m- erwln mr joseph young mr alex mcnabb schubert quartette prelude hi g minor rachmaninoff chorus listen to the lambs spiritual r n dett schubert quartette fabry tale frasqulta somxik lehar ohorus shortnui bread wolfe schubert quartette imagto pathe- tique godard cthoarl fantasia faust gaunod aranged ly challinor solisfa miss greta capps miss ruth anderson miss phyllis capps violin solo omrdas mpntl by- jack taylor chorus qlannlna mia from the firefly friml at the close of the program the members of the chorus were enter- tained in the sunday school room by the young peopletof the united church when a delicious luncheon was served union the young people of norval and union prebyterlan churches conclud ed the winters acuvtues with a ban quet in union church last thursday evening the tfv on this occa sion was rev wallace mbtaan of ausa craig who spoke on scotland and iceland illustrating bis address with lantern slides musical numbers were contrasuted by 3d mokane jean and violet dick and grace mc laughlin ballinaf1ad miss annn foreman and miss lydla snow attended the teachers conven tion held in toronto last week mr and mrs r n weir of toron to visited with mr and mrs p ben- nle during the holidays mr r warns bad the misfortune to have his collar bone broken last week when a horse he was untying crushed i against the stall his many friends hops he will be around again soon mr fred fieyens of onelph was a sunday visitorwith friends hare a pancake social under the auspices of the wa was held ion thursday evening at the close of the simper period an interesting progr was given in the hall oonsbttng of a radio broadcast the fouowing radio characters were kup claire wallace by rata shortul jtm hun ter by j p kirkwood major bowes byjohn cole mr altk by mrs r mcflfctery uoyd moore by tern cunie and or hagen by lydla snow rev a o w fbrman acted