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ihe georgetown herald seventyfirst year of publication wednesday evening june 1st 1938 150 per annum m advance 2 00 to usa tar school board send further deputation to council regarding addition to school court of revision also meet dog owners to be summoned the court of revision met at 8 jvjwn on tuesday evening with the following members present a e crlpps n h brown jas costigan inly three appeals were heard the assessment toed by crtpps seconded by no that jas costigan be chair- i of this court of revision for the ir 1938 moved by crlpps seconded by brown that the assessment of joseph 3eairaont according to number 91 iward 3 of the town of georgetown f confirmed carried moved by crlpps seconded by f brown that the assessment of george chaplin according to number 188 ward 2 of the town orgeorgetown be coonrmed carried moved by brown seconded by that the assessment of fred ruddy according to no 656 ward 2 t roll for 19s3 be confirmed carried moved by crlpps seconded by brown that the 1938 assessment roll as revised by this court of revision and initialed by the clerk be con firmed and adopted carried moved by lyons seconded by crlpps that this court of revision do now adjourn carried council met in special session on tuesday evening at 830 pm mem bars present mayor gibbons reeve davis councillors crlpps brown ball costigan lyons j w kennedy addressed council asking for privilege of erecting a garage on charles st the high school board was ores ent and presented plans and speclfl cations for an addition to the school it was felt that this question be neld over so that the ratepayers might be more familiar with the question the matter of checking up on dogs running at large and those without tags was discussed the chief was instructed to start a clean up and issue summons moved by lyons seconded by brown that j w kennedy be allowed the privilege of erecting a garage besde his property on charles st at a ren tal of 100 per annum carried council adjourned stewarttown the infant son of mr and mrs richard standlsh was baptised at st johns church his najge is harry edward miss frances jenklnson and mr jos standlsh were the god par ents mr and mrs p r bally of tordn to spent the 24th at their home here on friday night last a shower was held in the orange hall for miss ruby tennant a june bride about 60 persons were present the first part of the evening was spent in dancing to bui carharts orchestra the hall was very tastily decorated with streamers and a large wedding bell under which the bride and groom tobe received their gifts miss andmlssjeantenn ant assisted with opening the parcels many useful and beautiful articles were in the shower which will be real contribution to the young peoples future home dancing was resumed after a very dainty lunch had been served credit is due to the commit tee in charge for a very pleasant evening local council of women although the may meeting of the local council or women is always looked forward to with much pleas ure the meeting this year held on friday may 20th proved to be es pecially enjoyable the members of the council of whom there was a large attendance assembled on that afternoon at the lovely home of mrs h l hutt after the regular business of the meeting had been disposed of mrs nodwell who acted as president in the absence of mrs hayes intro- ttuced the guest speaker of the after noon miss sybil bennett in her interesting earnest and witty address afifts bennett explained to the mem bers of the council the privileges en- joyed by them as women under the british code of civil law miss ben nett also explained the various regu lations under the civil law dealing with the making of wills the purchase and sale of real estate and many other timely subjects after delicious afternoon tea had been served a hearty vote of thanks was voted to miss bennett for her valuable address and another to mrs butt for once again opening her home for the may meeting of the council mrs hutts kindness in opening her home for every may meeting of the council is much appreciated balunafad mr and mrs wm kentner arrived here from bolssevaln man on mon day ana will vifilt with relatives in the community while at a sawing bee last tues day root mcenery had the mister tune to get his forehead badly cut i with a stick of wood it required seven stitches to close the wound mr g hamilton of gait a member of the ontario temperance federa tion was speaker at our service sun day rooming mr hamilton gave a splendid address giving us a word picture of those things which uplltt a community and those which drag it down speaking to the children at the close of the sunday school they were well advised to choose milk to drink instead of beer or wine as it takes thirteen glasses of beer to sup ply as many vitamins as are found in one glass of milk the may meeting or the wjus was held at mrs root mcenery s plans were made to pack the bale and to have the quilting the c h and f secretary then read a letter from mrs j flatt of hamilton con ference branch the roll call was answered with thoughts on the theme which was love there was a splendid attendance which was very encouraging the scripture study was given by miss j shortul and the topic by mrs j klrkwood alma mcenery then sang a solo entitled that blessed abode a short item was given on temperance the june meeting will be held at mrs c bes wicks mrs d mathers of toronto is visit ing here with her sister mrs a o w rinnan jumor plowing match ouuumding success the annual junior farmer plowing match sponsored by the halloa plow- men s association was the most out- i standing of any ever held by ihe as sociation according to president peter peddle as a matter of fact accord ing to j a carroll secretary man- 1 ager of the international plowmens association and also mr n o mc leod coach and judge for the event the helton junior match is now the largest of any held in the province tm event was held under ideal con ditions on the farm of wm dales near campbellvllle on friday of last week twentytwo young men 19 yeats and under competed half of this number turning out for the first time the results of the match were follows esquestng juniors 1st angus mc nabb 2nd donald lindsay 3rd bruce reld seniors 1st fred ruddell nassagaweya seniors 1st ivan taylor 2nd george simpson nelson juniors 1st brock haiis 2nd stanley price 3rd norman vivian 4th vernon coulson 5th freeman barber seniors 1st lyle dales 2nd jack hamilton 3rd gordon cart wright 4th x3eorge heatherington trafalgar juniors 1st gordon les he 2nd wm lucas 3rd jack marc ment serlors 1st fred dixon 2nd arnold pickett 3rd kenneth brown 4th gerald marchment amongst the spectators of hom there were a large number was mr j a carroll superintendent of agri cultural societies for ontario in his remarks mr carroll not only con gratulated the competitors but also the officers and directors of th hal ton association for the leadinhip they are giving to developing plow men in their own county according to a number of the officers of the plow men s association this year s event was held under the most ideal conditions ol any jet sponsored ex cellent teams are provided by the farmeraof the community undir the chairmanship of mr w j roberta i and the residents of nelson can vel be proud of the manner in whi h they staged this match the nations business ottawa can act promptly failure of ottawa to move prompt ly in the cpuntryvwide request for disallowance of alberta s confiscatory debt legislation is attributed to de lay id the department of justice it is stated in some quarters that such decisions take considerable time and thafi it may be several weeks before the department can render a proper decision yet porfessor eugene forsey of mc gill university reminds usjhat last august three alberta statues re ceived assent of the lieutenantgov ernor on aug 6 that authentic copies reached ottawa aug 10 that the minister of justice recommended disallowance the same day that the acts were disallowed on aug 17 apparently if the government wish es to act quickly there need be nc delay in obtaining the necessary re uort ol the department of justice car and goods stolen here last friday night georgetown creamery entered and a livingstones car stolen thieve lodged in milton jail after quick action by police mbs w j galbilaith observe 87th birthday mrs w j oalbralth brampton quietly celebrated her 87th birthday friday may 27th receiving a few of her most intimate friends and many messages of congratulation from other residents of the district she was a scotland coming to hakon when quite young as miss maggie scott she was well known as a member of the choir of st judes church of england she and mr oal bralth who were married in st in 1877 have been residents of ton tor nearly fifty years mrs oalbralth has been chief exe cutive of the peel regiment chapter otthe imperial order of the daugh ten of the empire and of queen alexandra ioba she has taken axracttve part to tbewomens acttyl ties of christ church of england and lor many years was an enthusiastic member of the brampton ladles lawn bowling club mr and mrs oalbralth have a on scott in brampton and a daughter miss ethel oalbralth in toronto brampton hotel pbofrtbtor b e bobson btjried the funeral of richard d robson book place on saturday to brampton cemetery from the queens hotel of which he had been proprietor for the last 20 years canon r w allen lector of christ anglican church con ducted the service at the home and graveside pallbearers were t moorehead george parr wilton young d b smith r e paterson ahd iran lavfery mr robson at one time had oper ated a hotel at plapot sank h learned the heating and plumbing trade as a youth in brampton and carried on this tracts here and m htcn canada- for some years acton mrs george woods percy and beat rice and mrs and mrs george louth and children of glen williams spem a few days at the home of mr and mrs smallman at durham mr and mrs george johnston are celebrating the sixtysecond annlver sary of their wedding in melbourne australlaj in june mrs harry bmethurst acton is a daughter or mr and mrs johnston and tnree grandchildren and three greatgrand children all reside in acton hearty congratulations go from this group who although separated by many miles extend congratulations on this notable occasion a native of ballinafad and resident of this district for many years mrs duncan macmurchy died on saturday morning at the home of her son nor man at brampton eldest of a fami ly of eight three sisters and four brothers she was a daughter of the late mr- and mrs george anthony and was born at balllnafafd eighty- n years ago she was well known by many here and was highly respected for over thirty years she lived in the vicinity of churchill free press erin mr reuben salmon having com pleted the final arts examinations at the university of toronto has left for the peace river district to carry on the missionary work which he be gan there last yeat congratulations to arthur leroy brechcn grandson of mrs r george overland who on may 17th was among the graduates at the gradua tion exercises at mount alllston col lege sackvnlle nb he also had the honor of being first in his class rev h a brand who has been appointed to the charge of all saints anglican church here preached his introductory sermon on sunday rev brand and mrs brand have moved into the residence formerly occupied by canon and mrs weaver in conjunction with the erin muni clpal telephone system workmen employed by the caledon system are stringing an extra circuit of wire be tween the two offices when these lines are connected up it is hoped that a much quicker service will be available more than 200 persons apparently springing from nowwhere formed volunteer fire brigade to save the home of r t nesbltt on no 10 high way on tuesady night of last week the blaze was well under way before it was discovered but the volunteers many of whom were passing motor ists were able to extinguish the flames before more than half the roof had been burned from the large brick house damage to the roof and in tetior from fire and water is estimat ed at 1 500 advocate mr king should fight for national unity if the mackenzie king government needed a further spur to arouse it from its lethargy and compel federal action in the cause of national unity it was provided last weekwhen exe cutlve heads of three great churches representing a membership of 4500 000 canadians sent strong protests regarding the ajbertas three steal statutes the anglican church urged dlsal louance in the interests of justice and equity the united church described the laws as without possibility or justl flcatlon on moral grounds the presbyterian church branded the legislation as a serious muial issue instead of being addressed to hon ernest lapolnte minister of justice thcie protests should more properly tunc been sent directly to prime mini ster mackenzie king as nead of the government he is the man responsible for seeing that this legislation is disallowed as a piebbylerian himself he should re cognize immediately the strength of the prosiest made not only by his own church officially but by scores of leading clergj in all parts of the coun try atfalnst the serious moral issues involved admittedly prime minister king is loath to fight unless there is great provocation but surely the assaults on the moral fibre of the dominion plus the noisy mischief of selfseeking provincial politicians have given abun dant cause for clear decisive action by ottawa a vigorous offensive by the federal government in the interests of na tlonal unity is long overdue the spearhead of such a campaign should be immediate disallowance of the al berta legislation the financial port early saturday morning morris saxe proprietor of the georgetown creamery reported that thieves had entered his building and that 75 autheuucworth ofcigarettes and tobaoc wi missing at the same time albert i livingstone reported that bis car had ben stolen from in front of his home on george st chief or polfce w g marshall of georgetown and provincial constable a j oliver ol muton got busy and after notifying other police districts two men were seen in the alllston district and given chase by the auls ton police they however lost their quarry but a few hours later found two men sleeping in an alllston lum ber yard and put them under arrest the car and stolen goods was also located the two men gave their names a george kelly north bay and vernon slater no address they are now lodged in milton jail facing charges of entering and theft the reason some people don t be lleve everything tbev hear is because they credit other people with being a wee bit like themselves even with the truht it takes an awful lot of varieties to please every niagara river jam cost hydro woo 000 the damaged power plant of the ontario power co at niagara falls put out of commission by the jam in january has been replaced by four new generating units hon w 1 houck vicechairman of the hydro- electric power commission announc ed last week these units have a gen erating capacity of 40000 horsepower in addition one of the damaged units with a capacity of 10000 horsepower will be in operation probably this week t full 175 000 horsepower capacity will not be reached unto late in august it is estimated that the tie up resulting from the ice jam has caused a loss of 500 000 1939 car markers yellow on black car markers for 1939 will differ vastly from scarlet and blue plates now in existence much abjection has been raised to the poor visibility of 1938 markers hon t b mcques ten minister of highways admitted that the present plates are faulty in this regard and announced that tb39 markers will be more visible with yel low lettering on a black background robert hall celebrated 90th birthday on sunday last milton david anderson left this morning far scotland while there he win visit the great empire exhibition in glasgow root w dredge and ed dredge of esqueslng left last week to visit their brother in kfivmgton saalu also friends in manitoba mr and mrs f leonard white motored to ustowel on saturday last where they visited mr whites son frank r- who is a member of the ustowel banner staff mrs uh gulebm one of hal ton s oldest residents marked her slst birthday last saturday she journ eyed to a party in her honor at the home of her daughter mrs john dunn trafalgar where she was sur rounded by her children tour grand children two greatgrandchildren and many friends the ptoneer lady uvea with her niece mrs a r mcduffee near milton with the exception of six years in oakvllle following toe death of her husband mrs olllelan has lived in this part of the county all tier ufe charnpion can recall days of the plank road omkvule his great years old town to be 108 robert hall who celebrated his 90th i birthday on sunday may 29th at the home of his niece mrs william j gordon suvercreek expects to live i to be 100 yean old his gxaatgind father who settled the fannty home- 1 stead in the drumquuv district lived to be 108 yean of age his grand- 1 father john han cleared the drum- quln farm assisted by christopher robert halls father the ages of the four remaining members of a family of seven total 319 years robert is m mrs sarah tborton toronto is 83 christopher elora is 78 and william george town is sb mrs thornton and william hau helped their brother celebrate his birthday sunday christopher could not be pr because of a sudden illness many of the old gentlemans nieces and nephews were also pres ent some of them coming from as far away as teeswater mr hau recalls the days when the seventh una of halton county tram oakvule to georgetown was a plank road stage coaches carried the pas senger traffic over the road and great strings of wagons carried grain and to come other material back and forth moat of the steel used in the construction of the credit river bridge of the grand trunk railroad was hauled up this road he remembers after the railway was in operation the stage traffic and the g business drop per off the plank roads were not as satisfactory as the present pave ments for after the boards became a bit warped they bounced and lumped under the bones feet mr hau has an interesting memen to of his youth 1n the form of the suit he wore at his wedding re wore the same suit last year at the celebration of georgetowns centen ary sou active be finds amusement in cobbling a trade he learned when he was a boy whan he can get trans portation he attends services of st georges church of england here and he is a determined conservative in his political opinions as a young man he belonged to the m but has not joined any otter lodge the herald joins in wishing mr hau many more happy birthdays and conti good heeuh hi the yean mclarens castle stands high on caledon mountain high in the caledon hills in north- peel stands an enduring monu mint in stone to a scotsman s love for his homeland like an ulustra tion from one of sir walter scott s novels the frowning battlements of mclarens castle rise toconfront the itarued tourist in the highlands who may chance to stumble on the site remote from the main arteries of traffic and as yet little known to tourists the edifice is believed to be the only authentic example of a mediaeval scottish castle in canada a scottish castle hi a canadian set ting it is far however from looking out of place everything about cale don township in which it lies is north british in type the name the hills and the people mar all be found north of the tweed the visitor who comes expecting to find a palatial building resembl ing toronto s casa loma is certain to be disappointed nothing of inc luxury usually associated with the term castle is to be seen here pat terned after a perthshire stronghold which was the scene of many a bloody battle during the wild border days it has a grim air about it the heavy walls are of roughly dressed stone built for stout defence rather than beauty the embrasures in the mas slve tower wait for the defenders to shoot their arrows into the ranks of the enemy or pour molten lead or balling pitch upon those who venture loo close to the walls the completion of the castle in 1866 marked the fulfilment of a ufe time of dreams for alexander mc laren who came to canada from the land of the heather almost a century ago when a lad playing in the high lands or his native county of perth shire he had come to know and love the ancient scottish strongholds whose stories were so intimately bound up with the history of scotland with his first assocjauonswltb the ro tic castles of the scotland of the middle ages came a determination that some day one of them would be his envisaging canada as a country of scottish customs and traditions where a fortune might be made he made the long voyage here and impatient ly set to work to make his dreams come true establishing himself the caledon mountains which bore such a resemblance to the grampians of perthshire he started humbly a tiller of the soil near cheltenham within a few years he had by his energy and industry gathered sufflcl ent of the worlds wealth to satisfy any average man but dreams antf ambitions urged him on to further ef forts when he eventually reached the position where he was able to bring about the fulfilment of his dreams fresh obstacle appeared in his pathj with a deep love for his adopted country he found that it was not easy to leave it in order to return to scotland with its romantic castles impatiently he sought for a solution or his problem and at last he found lt if he couldn t go to scotland he could bring scotland to him with a scotsmans eye for a strong strategic position he selected the pea of the caledon mountain command ing the entire district as a logical site for his fortress he was granted 300 acres of land on the face of the mountain by the crown from mem ory he drew plans for his new build ing patterned on one of his favorite strongholds in perthshire he im ported stone from scottish quarries with which to construct the massive tower of his castle and with it he imported scottish workmen to aid in the building seventytwo yean ago when mc laren wju no longer a young man bis castle in spain was completed with brotherscots of many clans near by he was happy in the realisa tion of his ambitions untu his death afterward the estate was operated by his two sons donald and duncan and two daughters for many years in 1934 donald mclaren died and after a series of litigations the estate was sold to w j blow of woodstock he retained possession until last fall when it was resold tot l bay also of woodstock william purdy care taker of the properly is living in the castle at present with his wife and tour sons this and that in g by a mae moollvr box collier breaks record at buffalo wins beautiful trophy in decoration day event wm collier of georgetown runn ing under the colors of gladstone athletic club toronto took part in the decoration day road race at buf falo ny on monday the track event was held under the auspices of the butler mitchell athletic club of that city an is annual meet in which runners take part from all parts of the states and canada although it is the first time collier has been a contestant their were 66 entries in the three and a half mile handicap race and collier clipped 29 seconds off the re cord for the course thereby setting- up a new mark for competition next year his time was 17 min 6 sec for the 2t miles of the four canadian entrants in the race two came from georgetown johnny emmerson although not one of the leaders made a good showing and was the other runner bill collier has been burning up the track in all his races of late and if lady luck continues to pace him up the lanes we can look forward to bui making some outstanding records in the days to come four teams comprise midget baseball loop first games saturday in the park much credit is due to allan law for organizing midget baseball for an other year in georgetown the lea gue which was started last season by gordon alcott proved very interest ing and will go far in preparing the younger players for the big time four teams will comprise this years loop viz john st the americans college view the maple leafs park the internationals and glen the na tionals this league will no doubt prove interesting to the hmptnw of boys sport in georgetown and the boys look for your support the first games which win be a doubleheader at the park on satur day commencing at 130 pm wul be an exhibition affair to open the sea son nationals vs americana and internationals vs maple leafs come out and encourage the younger play ers softball league organized schedule drawn up at a meeting held in the mooibbon hotel monday evening it was decid ed that four teams should compete for the tip top trophy this j acton p williams bnamaa and pirates since acton have en tered a very strong team competition wul be keen and the softballers should have a good attendance at every game mr chris sargent was elected presi dent of the league and immediately took the helm laying down the fol lowing rules 1 acton home games to be played at reservoir park 2 teams limited to 1 players au must be signed by july 1st lnc 3 starting time 7a8 hum game defaulted if team cannot play nine men by 730 4 games must go s tu if pos sible no game under 7 complete innings 5phiymiffs 2nd and 3rd team in semifinals best 2 out of 3 games winners meeting 1st team in finals best 2 out of 3 games the schedule follows friday june 3 glen vs pirates tuesday june 7 acton vs busi ness men friday june 10 businessmen tb glen pirates vs acton tuesday june 14 businessmen va pirates friday june 17 pirates vs busl- imppn acton vs glen tuesday june m pirates vs glen businessmen vs acton friday june 24 glen vs acton tuesday may r pirates friday july 1 glen tuesday july b acton vs pirates friday july va businessmen vs ac tons pirates vs glen tuesday july lacton vs pirates businessmen va glen friday july 16 pirates vs boat- tuesday july 19glen vs acton friday july 23 glen vs pirates tuesday july a acton vs gtan friday july 39 glen vs busmess- tuesday aug 3 pirates vs acton friday aug 5 acton vs buslness- huttonville baking to ooi the huttonvfltoeoftoall team throw out a ehasenge to any georgetown- softball team to meet them in com- petiuon in the near future is on of our teams want some strong op- pcettfcmget rn touch with gordon mcmurchy