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seventyfirat year of publication wednesday evening may 18th 1938 150 per annum in advance 2 00 to usa 4 asks drivers observe rules to save lives ontaro minister of highways con tinocs attempt to reduce motor accidents over holiday remembering the appallng num ber of deaths and injuries suffered in ontario last may 24 the depart ment of highways is continuing lb efforts to reduce traffic accidents and once more will conduct a sum mertlme advertising and publicity campaign its not very many years ago said hon t b mcquesten minister highways that the only important worry we had over the 24th was whether our children would come through with npthlng more serious than a scorched finger strong public opinion and the determination make the queens birthday safe and sane has practically eliminated the horrors we used to witness each year from dangerous fireworks displays if we can make children act with safety and caution when they have a firecracker in their hands it seems logical to assume mat we can do the same with grown ups when they have g steering wheel in their hands he outlined the eight safedriving canons which will be used in the advertisements this year drive a safe speed keep to the right never pass on a hill or curve or when the view is obstructed don t park on the highway signal in plenty of time be fore you turn observe all road signal be sure your car is in safe driving condition and most emphatically you drink don t drive the only thing needed to make our highways safe is a dertmtnatlon on the part of every driver that he will carry out every rule of safety all the time mr mcquestlon declar ed public school board thfe public school board met maysulth members present were hugtrmhckle chairman j d kelly 8 harrison h barnes mrs p w cleave miss m kennedy school nurse and mis freure attendance officer made their reports for the past mon ttfc seven children had been taken to a tonsil clinic at the hospital for sick children the expense was dome by the parents and local or ganlrotlons accounts passed were hydro electric 781 thos hughes 100 jack harlow 1 00 e v maccormaok 180 r w robb 7 00 t r h thompson ac co 1150 the inspectors report for the cur rent term was read and filed it was decided to advertise for ten den for coal ernest it near buried on m funeral services of ernest h near president ot the larnedcartor com pany of canada who died friday may 13th at his residence 32 north clifle blvd toronto was conducted monday afternoon in st clair unit ed church of which he was treasurer death was due to hemorrhage of the brain after a two weeks illness in bis 57th year mr near was born in erin township wellington coun ty he was educated at acton and chatham and started in business at an early age in detroit in 1919 he established in toronto the firm of which he was the head he was a member of the toronto board of trade the canadian pro gress club and vice president of the union made garment manufacturers of america surviving are his widow ida two sons ernest and robert two bro thers william detroit and richard munson alberta and a sister mrs fred west acton grand opening ol baseball season victoria day may 24 well balanced team expect ta make things simmer in halton county league milton visitors for opener lucky number draw during the afternoon the opening of the baseball season ret under way at the park here on day i a 3 p victor day this will be the first chance local fans will nave had to lamp the 1998 edition of the georgetown base ball club and coach bob mc menemy and president ernie coles are sure proud of their ball squad as they appear to be weu fortified in all departments the georgetown club look to be the best balanced team to represent this old baseball town for a number of years and will no doubt make things hot for the other teams in the group with brampton not entering the league this season georgetown have been able to draw a number of play ers from the flower town and thereby bolster up their weaker spots the team has the same catching staff as last season a goodly number of fielders capable of carrying then- share of the offensive the pitching staff boasts a number of new hurlers as well as the boys of the old brigade bui ritchie and bungy ward will share the catching duties while brampton will supply two outstand ing pitchers of other seasons in casey and wheeler lefty mcmann and fat walters will also be on hand to taa their turn on the mound the telub seems very jubilant over their find as rookey cllve bailey seems to have a few curves up his sleeve and with persistent practice may yet prove an outstanding asset to the team no end of players are ready to take the field and include harry woods a ritchie tudor beaumont red plant bob mdmenemy bob ooldham meyers richardson savage chaplin benham and bryden it is also ex pected that mlnute walters will return to his old club this year will also make a good addition to the cam so it looks like a big year with the baseballers and you are asked to show interest in home town sports by being on deck for the first game next tuesday afternoon milton are to be entertained for the opener and this should be a great contest as this team has been gr uj winners for a number of years in addition to the game a draw will be held during the afternoon for eighteen valuable prizes donated by local merchants in closing we might state that five teams make up the halton county league this year georgetown acton milton oakvllle and hespeler while hespeler is butside the county they were allowed to enter by special per norval ju annual meeting the annual meeting of the norval junior institute and junior farmers was held at the home of mr and mrs spencer wilson on tuesday may 10th at the girls meeting ajexina sin clair gave the well prepared motto mrs gamble of acton district prest dent of the women s institute pre sided over the election of officers which resulted as follows president bernice lyons vicepresident reta fisher secretarymarie blackall treasurer charlotte wilson district director isabel wriggles worth directors mrs spencer wilson dorothy brown and alexlna sinclair pianists alexlna sinclair isabel wrigglesworth auditors jean fisher janet hen derson representative to district annual- dorothy brown charlotte mccul lough reporters for georgetown herald- reta fisher brampton paper marie blackall officers of junior farmers are president craig reld vice president jack lawson secretary treasurer lome lundy directors donald mcnabb john bird clayton davis john bird spoke to the boys taking gasoline as his subject doris and ethel hyatt favored with vocalduets at the joint meeting mrs gamble gave an address on the institute ode and home and coun try lunch was served and a social half hour brought the meeting to a close lions meeting db j r jackson gave address on xray in dentistry the georgetown lions club met on monday evening for dinner at the mcglbbon hotel an excellent number of uons and guests being present chief hekbnann was in the chair after the national anthem and grace dinner was served and the meeting noceeded between bites led by dick lussell of russell of toronto after the minute and routine business bad been dii- dominion must act to check albertas insanity albertas latest confiscatory legisla tlqn makes it possible to appreciate premier hepbums disinclination to have this province run from the west national unity is a fine thing and is the desire of all patriotic canadians but if alberta is to continue to play the mad dog it would be better for the rest of canada if that province were left to sink or swim by its own endeavors the last census showed the marts victoria day may 24 there will be no long week end for victoria day celebrants this year though many canadian munmpali ties would like to have summers first holiday held on monday may 23rd instead of the day fixed by statute may 24th which falls this year on tuesday the dominion government has no power to change the date prime minister mackenzie king so informed the house of commons on monday answering a question from gordon qraydon conservative mem ber for peel the holiday was fixed by statute and could only be chang ed by parliamentary action mr king said the governor general lncoun cil had power only to fix the date of thanksgiving day and some other holidays mr king told the house he had communications both for and against a change in this years date some who opposed tinkering with the date claimed arrangements already had been made for celebrations on may 24th and the date should not be dls turbed the hurricane holiday hit at the gregory theatre tuesday and wednesday may 24 and 25 gregory theatre presents the hurricane an unusually one enter tainment the haunting spell of seas waving palms waters dapillng sun moon primitive man and filling their lives with eager romance peace forgetfulness then fury breaks loose nature hurls her maddnes upon her idyllic paradise i howling wind pelting rain humanity uprooted by the havoc of the gale the hurricaner filled with the glamorous romance and fierce adventure of the tropics is this magnificent story by charles nordhoff and james norman hall the authors of mutiny on the bounty after two years of ceaseless effort the hurricane comes to the screen it is excellence of production it proudly carries on the samuel gold wyn tradition the cast includes dorothy lamour jon hall mary aster c aubrey smith thomas mitchell raymond massey and many others ilng committee was presented and few names added the meeting was then turned over to pastchief w v grant various numbers vocal and elocutionary were given by dick rus sell an mnung part of the prograihnie was an auction sale sight unseen with pastchief w long as auction eer and lion h- mcciure as clerk many pleasant surprises were expert enced when the articles were unwrap per we haven t information as to the rest the concluding part or the program was an address illustrated by motion pictures on xray in dentistry this lecture given by dr jackson showed actual cases results of neg lect of the teeth only onethird of the condition of the teeth can be de termined by an examination the re maining two thirds being revealed by the x ray the interesting statement was made that four billion dollars is spent annually by the women of the united states on cosmetics and beau tytreatments and that many wo men who spend large sums in this manner are greatly disfigured by the condition of their teeth great care should be taken of the teeth in child hood a tremendous amount of tooth troubles and loss in later life would be avoided if this wise precaution were followed there is much neglect everywhere of the children s teeth georgetown is not guiltless let us see to it while there is still time the meeting closed with the sing lng of the maple leaf after due appreciation had been accorded to those who were responsible fpr a very pleasant and profitable evening getoaitt in ajtoerta to tota tt 000000 the effect of alberta s three new acts is to scrape two per cent off this for the government coffers and to present a considerable portion of the balance to alberta debtors the result is that investments in alberta by canadian companies are largely destroyed alberta will naturally suffer as the legislation sacrifices whatever credit it had outside its own borders but un less the dominion acts promptly to correct this abuse of legislative power all canada will be similarly discredit ed and may expect to be placed in financial quarantine it has been suggested that the fed era governments power of disallow ance should not be exercised solely on the ground that legislation is obnoxl ous and contrary to public policy yet if this is not a sufficient ground the right of disallowance might as well be abolished disallowance on the ground that a measure is ultra vires of the province is unnecessary as the same result can be reached by course to the courts the malh virtue in the dominions right of disallowance is that it per mits intervention when legislation which is within the competence of a province is contrary to the interests of the dominion as a whole the pres ent acts by which alberta has shock ed the dominion should either tx immediately disallowed or all further grants to that province should withheld and applied to the relief of victims of alberta s madness toron to telegram may 12th 1938 ontarios thirst grows here are just a few examples of how ontarios thirst grew during the past year gaits share of the bever age room authority fees for last year just received is 98024 the largest the city has ever received preston s rebate from the ontario liquor con trol board for the fiscal year ending march 31 1938 amounts to 71231 goderlch are in receipt of for m3i from the board pared with 41646 a year ago on- tario citizens paid dearly for the be verage room privilege girl bit by car bom and raised at hudson s bty junction catherine hoyes 14 year old snelgrove girl had no experience of motor cars until yesterday on her way home from school she ran into the side of an auto driven by harry hayward terra cotta wit nesses said that the little girl sudoen ly put her head down against the wind and dashed across no 10 high rhin hitf71irjkw sn suffered scalp abrasions exceeding that of last year by sxfgg wa8 mtle worse tttten uons by dr w h brydon previa ctal constable t h owens bramp ton investigated and decided that hayward was not to blame why magna carta week it was on jun 15 1215 that king john me the rebellious barons of englana lr a meadow named runnj mode near windsor cast if and was forced to sign what came to be knonn as the great charter that of coursi was a very long time ago ind it may seem somewhat far fetched to celebrate today a victory won by the english barons over the english king at such a remote date actually however the celebration of magna carta week is not so far fetched a it may seem for magna carta has be ome a ort of mbol of the principles un deriving the british sstem of government and indeed of the english speaking peoples tl e world oer it is somethirg in which the people of great britain and the british dominions may take pride equally with the people of the united states of america the object of magna carta week is to remind us of the advantages of the system of government we enjoy 1 it is democratic no doubt democratic govern ment has often grave defects and other kinds of gov eminent suchas dictatorships may seem sometimes more efficient but democracy has at least this to be saw for it that it enables the majority of the people of a country to change bv their ballots conditions they do not like under a dictatorship thtt can only be done by bullets how would you like to have bullets substituted for ballots 2 it is baed on the xnle of law not even the king of great britain or the president of the united states or the governor general of canada is above the law and in canada every officer of government from the prune mini ster down to the humblest civil servant or police constable is liable in the courts if he breaks the law but a dicta tor is always above the law his will is law how would you like to be subject to the whims of a lawless ruler 3 it is based on individual uberty this does not mean liberty to say or do what one likes but uberty to say oi do only what one likes within the law i me however what ar known as freedom of speech free dom of assembly and freedom of the press it means that the state exists for the individual and not that the individual exists for the state how would you like to be a slave of the state 4 it is characterised by treedom from arbitrary arrest and from imprisonment without trial this has long been a feature of the british system of justice with its habeas corpus acts it has never been a feature of dictatorships how would you like to be arrested without any charge being made against you and kept m jail in definitely without any recourse to justice fl it is based on religious toleration in all the englishspeaking countries there is the fullest religious freedom that is not always true in countries under a dictatorship nor is it likely to be true how would you like to be persecuted for your religious beliefs it is because we have inherited from the mother country not only the english language and literature but also the british way of doing things that we should cele brate magna carta week eternal vigilance ib the price ofltberty ashgrove home united church held 11th anniversary service sunday large congregations attend alloa church when rev i g bowles of hamilton delivered inspiring sermons rev j a leece present pastor preached in hamilton home united church alloa chin guacousy township was filled to ca paoityrboth morn a eveni on sunday last may 15th when eleventh anniversary services were conducted by the rev l a bowles of living stone united church hamilton mr bowles was the preacher at the open ing of this church the third to serve the congregation on the western aide of chinguacousy two inspiring and helpful sermons were delivered by the visiting speaker whjle the choir rendered special music for the occasion rev j a leece who is pastor of the huttonville alloa and churchviue circuit took the service in hamilton for mr bowles tbjflrst church of the district built by a congregation of episco palian methodists was erected on the farm of henry freeman of logs hewn hi the district and when the present church was built there were at least two members of the original congre gatlon the late mrs betsy shook of georgetown and the late william drlnkwater of brampton who wor shipped in all three churches the second church a small brick structure was opened in 1862 it was located on the farm of the late mr drinkwater and in 1684 when the various methodist denominations of canada united home church joined the union the present church was built as a result of church union because mem bers of the congregation were con fldent that unionists would swell their ranks the brick church built in 1862 was demolished and its materials us ed to construct the basement of the present building the date stone of the original brick church was incor porated in the foundation of the new building and a picture of the older church hung beside the stone all labor in the construction of the pres ent church was given voluntarily by members of the congregation w c t u on friday may 13th the annual meeting of the w c t u was held at the home of mrs a reeve ariel ta street the devotional study was led by our hostess and was based on rom vd3 28 and very comfortingly pre sented the truth that god through the cooperation of our faith in his love can transmute the tribulations of life into blessing the blessing of the christ like character which alone is enabled to say thanks be to ood who givefh us the victory reports or the years work showed that much earnest endeavour had re suited in some very valuable work oe ing done mainly along educational lines the election of officers conducted by mrs f c overend resulted in the following choice president mrs a r vannatter vice president mrs c b dayfoot recording secretary mrs c j buck corresponding secretary mrs r wright treasurer mrs a r speight superintendent of departments mrs w peck evangelistic mrs a reeve medal contests mrs w o mar shall moral education nd health mrs c j buck press mrs c b dayfoot scientific temperance in day schools to be filled later temperance in sunday schools mrs h bird travellers aid mrs n tuck collecting of coupons for wluard hall mrs w hyde announcement was made of the county convention to be held in the baptist church georgetown june- 15 and local committees appointed for that occasion the pre vacation meeting will be held june 10th at the home of the president mrs vannatter shirley temple in rebecca at the gregory saturday romancing stars ing stars comedy stars singing stars there are stars all around the screens number one star shirley temple in ber best ofall musical bit rebecca of sunny- brook farrn 20th centuryvox pic ture which will play at the gregory theatre georgetown next saturday may 21st randolph scott and gloria stuart are gloriously in love jack haley and slim summervllle make merry tap- king bill robmaon dances with slur- ley at tapspeed and other top tal ent includes phyllis brooks helen westley the raymond scott quintet alan dinehart and j edward brom- berg six new rhythm songsstud the hap py musical score songs which will add to the humming repertory of hit- lovers everywhere are an old straw hat bygordon and revel alone with you happy ending and crackly grain flakes by pollack and mitchell come and get your hap piness by pokrass and yelleh and toy trumpet with music by ray mond scott and lyrics by pollack and mltcbell lb addition shirley sings a medley of all her famous hits of the past a reprise which has been requested by many of her fans you will have to come early to get a seat on saturday night at the greg ory theatre ann meeting of womens institute beautiful hem orial service held the women s institute meeting was held at the home of mrs charlie aus tin on tuesday may 10th with a very large attendance and mrs wal ter brownrklge presiding in the business items it was announced hat a public exhibit of refflnished furni ture would be held before july also a summary daywould be held in milton during the summer the dele gates chosen for the district annual convention to be held in brookviue june 0th were mrs charlie austin and mrs russell hepburn the roll call a pleasant memory was both instructive and entertaining the motto learn the luxury of doing good was well illustrated by mrs c b dick in her talk mrs thomas glffen contributed two amusing read ings after which some comical imi tations and impersonations were giv en as this was the annual meeting reports of the different officers and committees were in order and votes of appreciation received with mrs hector bird in the chair the follow ing officers were elected for 193830 president mrs walter rrownridge 1st vicepresidentmrs n stark 2nd vice president mrs thomas giff en secretary treasurer mrs frank ruddell directors mrs fred wrigglesworth mrs geo wlngfleld mrs r hepburn mrs a j ruddell program committee miss x wrig glesworth mrs h bird miss reta fisher mrs m- bird mrs charlie austin flower committee mrs n stark mrs w bird mrs h barnes district director mrs r hepburn press mrs hector bud audltorsmrs clayton wilson mrs geo nurse current events mrs j beuboddy mrs c b dick pianlstmlss i wrigglesworth assist pianist mrs j g wilson we were pleased to have mrs wel lington wilson hornby miss uar- garet swanston mrsgocdon swan- ston and mrs clifford 8wmnstanof rockwood as visitors at this meeting- refreshments were served by the hos tess and the special committee the mission band met on satur day afternoon in the sunday school room with fourteen present an unusually fine in memoriam service for the late mrs john shanks was held on sunday morning at ash- grove united church with a splendid congregation of friends neighbors and relatives filling the church rev griffin thompson of ml hamilton one of the neighborhood boys of fifty years ago gave the impressive ad dress paying many fine tributes to the memory of the deceased loved one special appropriate music was given by the choir and some of the old favorite hymns sung it was a ser vice that will long be remembered and treasured by all as very fitting and comforting the missionary meeting of the y p union was held on sunday night in charge of miss ruth plerlam miss zeta graham read the scrip ture and the roll call was answered bj a missionary verse hiss betty speight of georgetown sang a de lightful solo and mr john bird fa vored with a piano number miss betty ruddell gave an interesting reading on missions bible baseball was conducted by mr j maclaren of georgetown which was very much enjoyed ballinafad mr and mrs jim weatherston of toronto mrs wm mckay and fami ly of brampton were sunday visitors in this community dr and mrs watson of george town were welcome visitors at our church service sunday morning the may meeting of the wa was held at the home of mrs b vannater mrs a foreman presided in the ab sence of the president mrs h hilts and mrs foreman bad charge of the deyotionals plans were made to have a picnic meeting- to june the roll call was answered with thought on the care of perennial beds a read ing was given by mrs beamish entit led how to ihake your meetings successful tnh was served on friday evening the young peo ples society entertained the members of the melville young peoples rev a o w foreman acted as chairman and welcomed the visitors- mr w hughes then took the chair and a splendid program was given by the visiting society short talks were giv en by miss bcalsle sharp on the pic ture the light of the world and the life of dr j drummond by mrs w russell mrs foreman gave a description of the musician choppbi assisted by mlsaa foreman who played several selections by this fam ous composer at the dose of the program all enjoyed a social time in games and contests in charge of miss r shortill refreshments were serv ed the mission circle held their may meeting at the home of florence sin clair miss muriel crossman thene president presided