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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening august 3rd 1938 1 so per annum in advance 2 00 to us a council to prepare by law to regulate construction ot buildings grandstand to be painted and repairs made to public lib rary lions club granted use of park for garden party august 25th accounts passed relief for july was 911981 council met on tuesday evening at 9 pjax with mayor joseph gibbons in toe reeve geo davta and- counculors n h brown jos hall ras costigan w f smith and thos pons present minutes ot twb previous meetings were read and confirmed communications were read from county clerk swinburne richard son mountain sanitarium guelph general hospital hospital for sick cepted at a cost of143 00 carried moved by hall seconde by smith ftaa c fawlsyons mr harold mcclure dr jack son and w el long on behalf of the xtlons club asked for the use of the park on august 25th and also to assist in a reception to the band on their return from the canadian n tional exhibition mayor gibbons relief commission er made his report for the month of july tenders for painting the grand sanland repairs to the public lib- tary were opened moved by brown seconded by cos tlgan that the lions club be allow ed the use of the park for a garden party on august 25th carried moved by hall seconded by smith that the amount of 85135 received from the county as a high school re bate from 1937 be applied on our old loans carried moved by hall seconded by smith that the treasurer pay the following accounts john oliver wjw sts p freestone sts f conn parks cutting grass c stacey sts o herrlngton sts w spence sts john oliver ww sts o herrlngton w w jas blair ww john oliver ww john emmerson ww w t evans insurance on grand stand bell telephone co bell telephone co moving poles on john st geo inglis gravel sts daily commercial news adver using re john st x m langdon legal fees georgetown lumber co streets and grandstand the barrett co sts h c mcclure ambulance 3 trips w c cunningham sts j m bruyns sts r h thompson co sts hydro electric j tost sts w g marshall postage etc p b harrison postage etc scott s garage town truck f c whltmee sts snyder s cartage a livingstone sts and pave- lome scots band rent moved oy lyons seconded by smith hhat 119 81 be paid to the relief commission to pay july accounts carried moved by lyons seconded by davis fc by law no to authorise the construction of a bituminous pave ment on john mcnab emery and i king streets be now read a third time and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached there tocarried moved by davis seconded by lyons that the tender of james kennedy for painting the grandstand be ac cepted carried moved by costigan seconded by hall that the tender of j b mac kenzle son for shingling the public library building be accepted car ried yeas costigan hall brown smith lyons gibbons nays davis moved by costigan seconded by davis that the tender of geo adams for repairs to the stone work and chknney of the public library be ac that two received from ffisi the old grandstand be transferred from a special account to the current account carried moved by lyons seconded by hall that by law no to authorize the creation of a tinging fund in connec tion with the payment oi housing de bentures be now read a first time carried moved by costigan seconded by davis that by law no to authorize the creation of a sinking fund in con nection with the payment of housing debentures be now read a second and third times and- finally passed and the seal or the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by brown seconded by cos tlgan that by law no to regulate the setting of grass fires and other fires be now read a first time car ried moved by smith seconded by lyons that by law no to regulate the setting of grass fires and other fires be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by costigan seconded by davis that a by law be prpared to regulate the construction of buildings in the town of georgetown carried council adjourned 750 360 12 60 210 585 780 930 400 400 400 400 121405 2038 30 00 150 48 00 922 11097 3600 130 449 935 15 75 435 i by smll isurancei ecclesmulkn reunion the eighth annual reunion of the eccles mullin clan was held at the home of mrs w a mcclure maple grove farm georgetown on monday august 1st with 150 members present from various parts of ontario the afternoon was spent in games ana social intercourse after which lunch was served in the basement of the home letters of sympathy was voted to be sent relatives of those who had pass ed on since last year namely mrs wm tropp gait mr major eccles holsteln mr j miller wlarton mr james mcmillan and mrs john brown acton the following officers were elected for next year president bert eccles holsteln 1st vice president frank eccles holsteln 2nd vice president morley boake toronto r secretary treasurer mr frank eccles holsteln safety lane here wednesday next motorists 1 don t forget to have your car checked during the sarety lane campaign in georgetown next wednesday august 10th from 9 ajn until dark the place on the highway set aside for the tests is on main street north this is an opportunity to have your car checked and ojt d for safe driving the safety lane is sponsored by the garage operators association of hal ton county canadian marriages increase ltw per cent deaths 8h per cent an increase of 84 in the number of deaths in canada during june compared to june 1937 was recorded by the dominion bureau of statistics there was virtually no change in the number of births and an increase of 12ms in marriages the report covering sixty seven cities and towns in canada with a population of 10 000 or over showed there were 7227 births registered compared to 7218 in june last year 4 122 deaths compared to 4 iso and 5 069 marriages compared to 4321 civic holiday this is not a national holiday but one which may be set aside by any municipality for observance by its own people usually the first monday in august is chosen so that this summer month may have its holiday let us seek some signifiance in its observance and its design tion st paul says marginal glossary to phllioplans i 27 in the re vised version behave as citizens worthily of the gospel or christ rome m its decadence could only keep its populace from revolt by partem et clrcensea feeding it by a dole and amusing it by free the soul of the city was submerged by the matfrlat jesus accused the multitude of seeking him for the loaves and s add he says man cannot live by bread alone civis is a citizen ctvltas is a state a city or the people civic holiday emphasizes the community or group people live together cooperating sacrificing for the co good enjoying group privilege and protection if their thought is for bread atone the appetite is satisfied but the soul starves jesus has a recipe for civic happiness it is that we lore our n u ourself it is that we build our town as the kingdom of heaven it is that we live as the children of god and brethren one of another hiking around the world acton trimmed georgetown 10 2 last friday prospects of good crops in every province oi dominion while heavy rains have delayed harvesting operation in ontario it has been beneficial to growing oops details of other provinces follow canada has reached the actual commencement of the harvesting sea son with the prospects still good for generally satisfactory crops in every province of the dominion in the ttairiaprrwituwi ywitn is rrpemm rapidly and it is expected that tn manitoba harvesting will be general next week in districts where crops are not so far advanced general raina are needed to aid filling in quebec the weather has been ideal for most field and fruit crops all of which are making good progress in ontario harvesting of grain crops is well ad vanced with satisfactory yields in prospect other crops are in favour able condition tobacco has made ex cellent progress in the maritime provinces wet weather has caused loss during the harvesting of a heavy crop of hay other crops are progressing satisfactorily in british columbia s continuation of hot dry weather has cut prospective yields below average in quantity except in irrigated dis trict where there is still ample wa- rev and mrs eldriedoe canadian evangelists who are on a hiking trip around the world they arrived in georgetown today and expect to spend the week end mr eldrledge is a former missionary to hopel province north china forced out during chinojapanese hostilities mr and mrs eldrledge boost the dayfoot boot wherever they go claiming it thcbest procurable they ear them exclusively georgetown extends a kindly welcome to these evangelists roadside weed control important in campaign largest attendance op srit son see locals put on poor exhibition the injection of three pinch hitters into the game in the 6th innings fail ed to even cut down the margin of the score let alone win the baseball tilt for georegetown when they met acton on their own diamond last prl day night the poor exhibition in the field largely accounted for the reverse handed the locals by acton although brydon was a little weak on the mound for some of the visiting bat ters the way the team stands now with only two games left in the regular schedule georgetown will have to fight hard to get into the playorrs of the two games left one is with milton and the other with oakvllle and it will be necessary to win one of these affairs either team will be hard to beat but with oakvllle play in on the local sandlot it should help a lot in the game fridaj night the lo cals went into the lead in the last half of the llrst innings but remain ed with just two runs at the end or the game acton collected runs to every innings except the first and last norm morton was on the mound for acton with anderson behind the plate while brydon pitched georgetown up until the sixth innings when he voluntarily left the box walters then took up the duties and while not letting any runs took con slderable time to warm up bill ritchie was the catcher acton collected 9 hits off bryden while norm morton allowed the home slers 6 hits acton played a much snappier brand of the summer pastime and well deserved the win on the nights play had bryden been given bet ter support the score might have been cut down somewhat acton 0 12 14 2 0 10 9 1 georgetown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 cay the people of this town and countryside seeing i sltntfleance to the proclamation and observance of civic souday heed the injunction of the great apostle and bebas as cusans worthily of tlt gospel of christ i wtn o bonds show windows of the farm give bad impression when marred by 1 nsightly weeds clog ditches and spread plant disease on ad joining farm lands farmers and citj dwellers alike nill agree that country roads are the show windows of ontario farms and are largely responsible for axhertls lng products ot the soil if roads are marred by an unsightly growth of weeds tourists get a bad impression and urban residents lfce faith tn rural ontario as a producer of agri cultural products second to none in i the world there are seven good reasons h roadside weeds should be wiped out of existence thej cl infest adjoin lng farm lands 2 spread plant diseases 3i are dangerous to iraf fie 4 will gather and hold snow 5 clog ditches on roadsides and thus hinder the flow of water and proper drainage of the road bed 6 are dangerous from a fire standpoint 7 are unsightly to residents and tour ists alike the weed control act of ontario states roadside weeds must be de stroyed before seeds mature the municipal council through its road authority is responsible for seeing that this work is done proper grading of roadsides and removal of stones stumps and brush will enable the road authority to do this work quickly and efficiently a thlch seed lng of a good grass mixture will make a thick sod which prevents needs from obtaining a foothold chemical weed killers have proved efficient and many municipalities have greatly improved county and town ship roads in a weed cleanup via the chemical route maybe your municipality has helped you out in this manner if not why not don t forget the municipality is responsible for eradication of all nox lous weeds within its boundaries petroha fire chief heads volunteer group william r mcdonald chief of the petrolla volunteer fire brigade was elected president of the firemen s as sociation of ontario at the closing business session of the 37th annual convention of the firemen s assorts tkm held at barrle over the week end the new president succeeds w j armstrong toronto registration of delegates at the convention which opened friday and continued until monday totalled 186 representing 43 companies from all parts of the pro vince beven new p- and the lake shore and niagara district as soctatlons were admitted to member ship this year wearty lfloo persons attended the baptismal service of the salem pen tecostal assembly held tn the xrvtne river near dora on monday reunion will open new school at huttonville trustee of huttonville school toi are planning a gain opening of i 12 000 school building which re place the two roomed structure de troed by fire a ear and a half ago t e opening to be held on august 25th will be in the nature of a garden part and reunion huttonville was the first section in chlnguacousy township to organize i r educational purposes prior to the formation of a school section the bojb and girls of the newly cleared farms in the district went more or e regular 1 to a school on the town line between peel and halton in januarj 1855 the oldest records of the section indicate that some sort of organization had already taken place and that there was a school situated near uie firth line east of the site of the school destroyed by fire the building now in process of completion is the third built by rate paers of the section in 1885 the then trustees john miller david conover and ira leftar decided to erect a frame building which eventually cost more than a hundred pounds this school was completed in 1857 and ac counts show that the rent of th gro md on which it was built amount ed to one shilling a jear the second building razed by fire was built in 1878 at a total cost of less than s2o0o- cost of the equipment of the first school was paid in english currency a pail costing one shilling and three pence a stove four pounds records indicate that youngsters of the 1850 a were no more lucky in playing ball and throwing stones than their mod em grandchildren for entries were frequent lr the old account books re cording payments or broken windows the school built in 1 855- 1857 was operated on the tee system and a collector received two poundsfor col lectlng the fees each student was required to pay one shilling three pence per quarter if their parents were residents of the section and ten shillings per quarter if they were non residents frequent references were made in the minutes ot the board of trustees to legislative grants and the clergy reserve funds in 1856 the school was made free to pupils of the section and the fees to outsiders reduced to two shillings six pence for many years thepu pus paid fees in firewood during the winter months among the sober records of finan cial transactions is an old entry show rag that the trustee had whlled away a tedious meeting by filling a page of the minute book with an amorous po em addressed to miss soandso the present building win be ready for usewith the beginning of the fall term and classes which have been held in the orange hall of the til lage and at the home of a mcmur- chy will be properly convened tn the snow white coming to gregory theatre friday and saturday next august 5 and 6 after three eare in production walt disney and the thousand art ists and craftsmen who helped to make it now give you the miracle of the screen snow white and the sccn dwarfs his first full length feature man woman or child tt will amaze ou charm you thrill you for here is the most astonishing new thing in entertainment since movies were born t with all the rous ing rlppl ng songs you re hearing on the air 1 all in marvelous multiplane technicolor halton hens lead halton county poultry raisers have taken the lead in the egg laying con tests with their barred plymouth rocks single comb white leghorns and new hampshire conducted by the department of agriculture hal itrymen are in first places in the ontario harrow with elev en weeks to go individual birds are in first second and fourth places the leading bird has a good chance of reaching the 300egg mark at the end of the 51 week period on septem ber 22nd this contest started last october 1 but other contests start on november 1 of each year and end the third week of october the following year in the 36th week of the ontario contest at ottawa halton farmers are first and fourth with individual birds in first and second positions for the same period in the cana dlan event at ottawa the halton breeders are in first place with a 3379 point lead over the secondplace brl tlsh columbia entry first second fourth and fifth places are held by the individual birds at ste anne de la pocatiere in the quebec eastern with 36 weeks gone the halton birds are tn second position 215 points be hind the leader ter prairie provinces although showers have fallen over much of the grain growing area fur ther general rains are needed to aid filling particularly in saskatchewan and parts of alberta rust is preval ent in eastern saskatchewan and in southern central and northwestern manitoba juid while some damage has already occurred to susceptible varieties or wheat weather conditions have retarded its spread and develop ment grasshopper damage has in creased in southwestern manitoba and southeastern saskatchewan some serious hall losses have occurred in local areas alberta crops are maturing rapidly with prospects satis factory except in the northwest and a portion of the southeast where drought persists fortunately last weeks extreme heat has been broken by general light rains and lower tern peratures but further rain is requir ed to properly nil wheat coarse grains are heading out sugar beet prospects are favourable pasturage good saskatchewan while crops generally are rapidly approach ing maturity moisture conditions tn many districts are inadequate m good rains are required to prevent further deterioration in the north central area rain is urgently needed rust is threatening susceptible varie ties of wheat in the eastern half of the province but weather conditions so far have checked its development grasshoppers are active and are tak ing heavy toll of crops in some local ities particularly in he southeastern district manitoba crops are ripening rapidly and wheat harvesting- will be general about the beginning of august in the westcentral and northwestern districts crops remain satisfactory and light to moderate showers have improved conditions elsewhere rust infection is heavy on all susceplble varieties or wheat in central and southern districts and will reduce yields grasshoppers are damaging crops to some extent in the southwestern district hall losses are reported in local areas province of quebec eastern townships and ottawa val id recenlrajnsandwarm weather have been beneficial to growing crops grains are maturing rapidly and good average yields are indicated haying is still in progress in some districts and on the whole an excellent crop of good quality is being harvested the weather has been ideal for fod der corn sweet com peas and to matoes and good yields are expected potatoes and other root crops are in good condition small fruits are plen tiful and a fair to average crop of apples is anticipated tobacco plants are growing well and pasturage is very good lower st lawrence and lake st john district grain crops now tn the filling stage have a healthy ap pearance harvesting or a good aver age hay crop is progre slowly das to frequent rains com peas and root crops look promising raspberries and blueberries of good quality are on thfmarket grass pastures are hi good condition province of ontario rain has been fairly general dur ing the past week and while delaying the harvest it has been beneficial to growing crops and pastures army worm infestation and rust have caus ed some damage in a few sections continued on page 8 did you ever stop to think in modern towns the people as a whole realise that the biggest com munity builders are the local merchants and show their appre ciation of them by supporting them wholeheartedly supporting local merchants property means a bigger better town local business concerns are a great constructive force hi th development of your town and the sections k serves they are a barometer jf progreii a they progress so win your town local frmfrtfri men show a wonderful spirit of service to your community which entitles them to the hearty su of every crtlsen cooperation by local concerns in local affair bunas hnslrwi better bastness buuds better towns