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t4e g jmer33jx seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening september sth 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa georgetown legion attend zone church parade at brampton parade led by lome scotr band and brampton citizens band capt w c poulton of salvation army gave address mrs t grieve places wreath on cenotaph six posts of the ca legion georgetown maibpa acton alton i caledon east and brtcropton led by the music of two bands the lome boots regimental band of george town under a h ferrott and the brampton citizens band under j j buckle paraded to knox presbyterian church brampton on sunday after noon a forceful address on world condl uons was delivered fay capt w c poulton of brampton salvation army and formerly of georgetown to veter ana of zone 26 of the canadian le glon he said in part fear to day works to gain control of mankind by a terrorism which has reduced the german race once so lofty in its christian education to the point where its women are little better than incubators to raise cannon fodder fear works by such distrust as makes nations nearly bankrupt supporting the largest standing armies in their history man is especially prone to believe of all the great creations of god he is the least equipped to exist without external assistance he had chosen his text from the book of john love casteth out fear 6e councelled the legionalres that the greatest means of propagating confidence and trust was by example he urged them to use the influence or the canadian legion in establish ing an era of toleration and cooper ation in canada a wreath was deposited at thi towns cenotaph by arthur hornsey and precedent george plant of bramp ton and mrs thee grieve of george town the march past at the brampton municipal office in which 150 george town veterans paraded was taken by bud mcdonald of acton and ar thur hornsey rev h m coulter pastor of tihe presbyterian church was in charge of the service and wel corned the veterans ner feature at esquesing fall fair the emitfitng agrtonltiiral so ciety are trying out a new feature for the fall fair this year orf wednesday evening september 28 the fair will be opened in the arena at eight odeek with a great show a varied program has been arranged three boxing boots will be held 5 125 and 145 lb classes four couples from madias danish gymnasium school in toronto will oat on a number of folk dances in native costume the local musical organisations will take part the band the new georgetown community orchestra land it is hoped the choral so ciety a group of local gymna bts are preparing a demonstration in tumbling etc it is rumored that there will be clowns other features will be mentioned next week dont forget wednesday evening sept 28th in the arena at s pm hauon juniors make fine showing at cne halton juniors not only maintain ed the high record established in pre- tiou5joam at the ojke but sur passed it on wednesday of last week farnienv day at the exhibition is al ways a mecca for halton junior far mers and rural homemakters and ims was no exception with approxi mately sixty young men and women from the county participating m the mtercounty calf club competitions the girls home economics twmbeu- 1 uons and demonstrations and the livestock lodging competitions for the second year in succession a group of halton boys representing the conn ty shorthorn calf club placed first the winning croup was made up of grant heslop freeman geo breck- oa bronte and brace lindsay and john lerch of georgetown their win was most outstanding as they placed first second third and fourth in the individual class as well as winning the group honours from peel and lincoln counties in the hnltuin division the calf owned and exhibited by donald peer of milton was placed first in a strong class which brought out over thirty entries the same i young man was the champion show man in this division in the hosteln groups which brought entries from i ten counties peel was first and hal ton second the halton group was composed of donald peer milton jack hamilton freeman herbert rekl georgetown and john vanstckle of palermo the jersey section was also a strong class with york first and halton second the halton group was composed ot eddie robin son and gordon hume muton pred ruddeu georgetown and harold bar ber acton fiddle robinson was the r champion showman in this dlvlalotu the young ladles were equally out standing winning first as a team in tn hihhb furnishing section the halton team was c of alma marsh helen mcgmbon and mar jade mekerr an of muton in the individual section they placed first second and eleventh respec in the clothing se laura johnston of acton and charlotte wilson of georgetown were tied or tenth while in the sen tor division of the same project wilms henderson mil too was second reta fisher george town fourth and betty rlvax of palermo sixth the three latter young ladles placed second as a team in the open classes marlon humphrey of nerval was sixth and ruth wilson eighth halton was again well to the fore in the team demonstrations plac ing second the team being composed of the misses fisher henderson and rrras the livestock judging competitions alio had there quota of prise winners from halton in heavy horses with 48 competing bob allan or ac ton was second martin heslop of freeman fourth and grant allan of acton fifth beef cattle 36 con testants walter rekl muton fourthrj bwlne 46 competitors lloyd chls bomt muton third dairy cattle 87 oompetltors jack taylor freeman eighth poultry ernest davles paler mo ninth may ws extend our congratulations to the young people on the honours which ihey- were successful to bring in back to the county honor grandma moote on her 90th birthday mrs elizabeth moote known popu larly as grandma moote on fri day last reached her ninetieth birth day and her many friends extended to her their warmest congratulations on this occasion mrs moote is hale and hearty and despite her advanc ing years u quite alert mentally and physically mrs moote was bom near george town ont she is an old timer of the rosetown district having lived at the home of her son in law jas crossman for the past 20 years although her two children are de ceased she has ten grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren on the occasion of her birthday the rosetown united church whs entertained mrs moote at thechurch when an entertaining program was presented vocal solos were render ed by bits s m sceviour and daphne majtuf and mrs g h wright read an address expressing the pleasure of the wmj3 members at havingmrs moote in thetr mlttst mrs j john ston and mrs edna arthur served tea assisted by mrs r dingwall mrs l kunkel mrs g h wright mrs c a pitspatrtck mrs wtm aseltlne and mrs a wilson the guest of honor was the reclpl ent of many beautiful bouquets and a number of other congratulatory gifts the eagle joins with her many friends in wishing grandma moote many happy returns of the day the rosetown eagle bask georgetown fall fair approaches esquesing agricultural pau pair at georgetown swings into action again two weeks from today and tomorrow wednesday and thursday sept 28 and 29 and from all appearances it is going to show some marked improve metns over recent years this fair vas founded in 1876 thereby making it an institution 62 years old george town was founded in 1837 so only 39 years after the founding of the town our fah was es much in terestlng information could be given about the fairs of half a century ago but citizens at this time are generally interested in the fair of today for the georegtown fair of 1938 a genuine effort appears to be made by the directors and fanners to make the fair forge ahead of what it has been in the more recent years that the towns people are getting behind the fair is evidenced by a statement made at a meeting of the georgetown business mens association last even ing when they put a motion on re cord offering the sendees of the as soclauon in any way the fair board might see fit to use them that is what is desired cooperation by everyone will make georgetown fair bigger and better this year the fair board are in auguratlng something new in the way of prefalr day entertainment on wednesday evening sept 28th a mammoth show will be held in the arena commencing at 8 o clock fair day visitors will welcome the w grandstand and judges stand at park and this new improvement go a long wajtfoward the gener ippcaraaeerof the grounds one of the largest prize lists in the his tory of the society has been publish- ed and a copy may be secured either at this office or from the secretary wm a wilson many special l rises are being offered by business men and others a list ot which appears in this paper watch next week for the bg special offered by the business mens association two weeks are still left in which exhibitors may get their exhibits ready and enter in the various competitions a large hall exhibit livestock poultry etc u expected along with the special attractions let all encourage our fair directors by doing our utmost to make the 1938 event the best yet ten township schools the nassagaweya school i viue bunlay all school fairs halton county were called off last year because of infantile paralysis unlike most school fairs in which work is done beforehand many of the boys and girls prepared their exhibits on the grounds under supervision of the fair management there 846 entries j e whltelock county agricultural representative was in charge a new feature a hobbv dls play was won by donald van goozen sb 9 the championship school fair shleld was won by sb 9 golf tournament and janquet smith ft stone ltd enter tained over one hundred guests at cedar crest over one hundred representatives of the electrical trade throughout the do minion were the guests of smith stone ltd at their annual golf tour nament and banquet held at cedar crest golf course georgetown on rfaay last the weather was ideal and the day was spent on the beautiful course where many keen contests were re corded to say nothing of the birdies and eagles made by a number of the contestants i luncheon was provided by coles of toronto served at 12 o clock and a ttellcious chicken dinner at 7 o clock in a large marquee erected on the lawn at the club house number of the young lady em ployees of smith stone acted as waiters at the evening meal and they performed their duties in a most pleasing and admirable manner mr smith president ollthe firm was the toast master of the evening and after proposing the toast to the clng which was responded to by all singing the national anthem he in traduced the speakers of the evening he expressed his pleasure at being able to greet so many representatives of the trade and to recognize the familfar faces of old friends who were again able to be present at this an nual gathering mayor joseph gibbons in a well i worded and appropriate address wel corned the visitors to georgetown and expressed the wish that prospeiilj may continue with the firm of smith dc stone whose interests in the town meant so much to the municipality as a whole short speeches were made bj a number of the guests present after which mr b stone on behalf of his arm expressed the great pleasure it afforded them to entertain their friends and expressed the hope that all would return next year for the annual golf tournament prizes were distributed to the win ners of the various competitions af ter which the singing of auld lang syne brought to a close another pleasant gathering made possible by the generosity of the nationally known firm of smith stone business men complete executive at tuesday meeting members show increased interest in services ottered to fair board advertising head wishes or- gnizahoa well to meet again sept 27th at 8 pan- georgetown business men met in the public library on tuesday even ing when those greauy interested in the welfare af the association were good advice our mailing usts have been cor- rooted and u subscribers should eoxopare the dates with their last receipt and if it reads september 1939 it is paid uptodate if you are in arrears we would appre ciate a prompt remittance some good advice may be taken from a kansas editor whose motto is lie steal drink and swear and b thus explained when you lie let it be down to pleasant dreams when you steal let it be away from immoral associations when you drink let it be pure water when you swear let it be that yoo will patronise your home paper and pay your subscription when it is due three churches observe anniversaries rev joluffe glen williams gave address at bethel two trafalgar churches a sunday school and community halt in nassa gaweya township held anniversary services on sunday hut sept 11th knox presbyterian church sixteen two miles west of trafalgar celebrat ed its 40th birthday bethel united church drumquin observed its 2srd anniversary and christie sunday school and community hall near campbeuvme celebrated its 16th an niversary rev r h kerr of streetsvule preached at the morning service at kjiox church trafalgar and rev w modenntd of st pauls presbyter ian church toronto was the speaker at the evening service the lowvllle quartet rendered special music morning services at bethel church drumquin were taken by the mini ster rev j o totten and the preacher in the evening was rev c p jolllffe of glen williams christie sunday school and com munlty hall christie built for the community 16 years ago by the late d d christie had as us speaker rev a w bannekl missionary returned from africa mr banflelds lecture on missions in africa was accompanl ed by motion pictures sets new track mark and wins purse of monet racing at rice lake wis on fri day dan abbe won another good six ed purse for his owner j h matt hews of this city dan had some hard luck in the first heat when a horse fell in front of him forcing him to the outside but in the next two heats the local pacer stepped right out in front and smashed the track record at that point with a mark of 20b 14 he took the third in 210 flat dan abbe has broken dve track records and has a mark of 2 08 brandon man dally sun mr j h matthews owner ot this 11 noted horse is an old erin boy and young peoples benediction wellknown as a lacrosse player in these parts fifty years ago jacks many old friends in georgetown and vicinity will be pleased to know he has been successful to the west and still likss a good horse united church young peoples union meeting on monday evening sept 12th the united church young peoples union commenced their fail activities by holding a scavenger hunt and weiner roast the first pair to return to the church with their complete list of articles was corine anguish and alan mcdonald when they received the first prize reg broomhead and peggy maclaren were awarded the consolation prise for returning with the most original article at ten o clock the members left the church for the ninth line where the weiner roast was held a hearty singsong was enjoyed round a camp fire after which hot dogs and coffee served the meeting closed with silver juboubb aw at acton fair directors of acton pair have pared no efforts to mark the silver jubilee event of sept 20 and 21 as the big gest event in its history an interest- tag program has been arranged for the big arena performance on tues day evening sept 20th the wednesday afternoon arrange ments have trials of speed road races classes for high jumping horses and a group of novelty contests hon p u dswan ontario minister of-agri- culture will officially open tne silver jubilee pair assisted by dr q i christie president of ontario agri cultural college and mr r j kerr president ontario fairs rmworiatinn nmchama hourrnks mr chester p wulard still river masa recently purchased eighteen head of purebred w ft breeders in the counties of halton peel and wellington those contributing cattle were j d mcmillan brampton norwood an derson brampton ft f love milton f pelletterlo muton k beeney terra ootta j l cleave george- 1 town r c given georgetown w v mokenhle rockwood j l nee- lands sons hornby chas f mil lar freeman and hugh v- campbell milton 1 w ct u the september meeting of the w ctu was held at the home of mrs pc b dayfoot on thursday after noon last and was in charge of the president mrs a r vannatter who was pleased indeed to wekxxne se veral visitors to the gathering mrs a reeve evangelistic superin tendent conducted the devotional period bringing for our consideration a study entitled success and failure by rev frederick bills based upon luke v s master we have tolled all night and have taken nothing nevertheless at thy word i will let down the net in the same boat with the same net at a less propitious hour the same men heartened by tne masters presence and interest obey ed hu wnmipij to try again and reaped a reward such as they had never known to bless not only them selves but their neighbors the pres ence of the master had turned de feat into accomplishment the comforting inspiration brought to us in mrs wrigglesworth s beautl ful solo the bird with the broken pinion added much to a very help ful devotional program miss sybil bennett the guest speak er of the afternoon by special re quest dealt in her address with a subject of importance particularly to married women the status of wo men as holders of property a great deal of information necessary to the understanding of what to the lay mind seems a very complicated study was carefully presented much to the interest and enlightenment of her audience in concluding her talk the speaker referring to legacies with which subject she had dealt in care ful detail reminded us that infinitely more valuable than broad acres or a large bank account are three things which all parents should endeavor to provide for their children and in the acquiring of which we as wjctu women can assist first is a healthy body unpampered by selfindulgence in childhood second a mind trained to observe accurately and to reason clearly and third a heart motivated by the christian spirit of love god and ones neighbor these are treasurers which will not be effected by a drop in the stock market nor be subject to succession duties depres slon win not serve to reveal their true worth and they will bear dfvi deods from generation to generation the thanks of tne gathering was tendered by mrs reeve to miss ben nett mrs wrigglesworth and to our norval another ac dent occurred on sat urday evening on the curve at the i west end of the village when a coupe and trailer left the highway and dver turned in the ditch the contents some 35 cases of beer were upset along the roadside traffic officer hodgson of brampton investigated and seized the liquor the occupants of the car escaped before the police arrived the damaged car was stor cd in the local garage rev and mrs gilbert returned home last week after a noliday at slaney brae muskoka rally day will be observed in the united church sunday school next sunday at 130 pjn with the service of worship follow ing at 230 all scholars are expected to be present the annual harvest home services of the united church will be held on sunday october 2nd when rev m j altken of thorold and a former pastor at norval will be in charge of both morning and evening services we are sorry to hear of the con tlnued illness of mrs brown sr at the home of her daughter mrs lindsay acton acton miss doris mdbmudleft this week to take a position on the staff of st thomas technical school mr r w johnson of thomloe who js the interesting correspondent ol the free press from northern on tarto visited during the week in the former home in ltmebouse and with friends in the district mr r j kerr president of the on tario pairs association is having a busy time these days attending fairs and getting acquainted with matters under the supervision of the assod atlon mrs william babcock of acton wishes to announce the engagement of her only daughter dorothy phy- to mr frederick james hanop son of mr and mrs ernest harrop or acton the marriage to take place the middle of this month howard bagglns hjr 3 acton was convicted in police court in guelph on a charge of driving an automobile while he was intoxicated and was sen tenced by magistrate watt to ten days in the county jail his car was ordered impounded for three months hagglns according to evidence of a police consta had five children in bis car when he was arrested the school bell rang promptly on tuesday last and summoned acton scholars to their studies in the pub lic school miss m z bennett prin clpal reports an enrollment this year of 272 pupils in the first class 35 pupils started school for the first time in their lles over at the high school principal m m lltah reported a total enrollment of 74 pupils in the first form there are 32 pupils while 20 are in the second form 14 in the third form and 8 in the upper school free press r following a discussion of plans for the extension of the work of temper anee education the meeting adjourn d to meet in october at the home of mrs p c orerend passing through a village street a recruiting sergeant met a young farm hand deuvermg milk now my lad wouldnt you like to serve the king he asked i would mister replied the other but i can let him have only a quart at night an a put in the inonuns the purpose of the meeting was to complete the executive and appoint chairmen for the various committees the complete executive of the new as sociation is as follows president wm h long 1st vice presidntrn h brown 2nd vicepresident e v miooor- mack treasurer r bl thompson secretary garfield l mcguvray executive h silver s h lumb ed mewbirter dr jackson a b cripps convenors of committees social mrs preston membership wm king wages and means e r maglough- len advertising s p chapman sports and activities h c mc- clure industrial j richardson au that is needed now is the full cooperation bf every member of the- association members are urged to attend the meetings in order that all may have a share in the proposed un dertakings of the business m the meeting felt that the service of the association should be offered to the fail fair board and that some thing should be designated as a speci al attraction put on by the business men at the fair the meeting was thrown open for discussion and many helpful sugges tions advanced with a full repre sentation of the 56 members at tne next meeting tuesday sept 27th some definite program should be work ed out business men who axe in terested in promoti their own en terprise will not absent themselves from any meeting the following letter received by us from mr russell t kelley of the russell t kelley ltd advertising- agency hamilton wishes the new or ganization success and will be read with interest by business men hamilton aug 29th 1938 mr j m moore publisher tne georgetown dear mr moore zn going over your issue of august 24th i was very keenly interested in the news item headed business men endeavor to organise association under the present bu conditions indeed one of the beat more your business n could inilrn lint is to have a strong business mens organisation in geor by joining together the business men in your town you can certainly do much to create a stronger com munity spirit and this is one of the most essential things to the develop ment of any community i do hope this organisation may gee under way and be real successful tours very truly russell t kelley grant campbell of moffat was among the leading exhibitors m the sbortbom cattle classes at the c-nje- whmlngs on his exhmlttocluded first for bull senior calf on campbells ccanmand sixth for bull junior calf on campbells royal leader sjxthcharmaf miss waterman and miss for heifer senior calf on ktnellar broadhooks 4th reserve junior bull on campbells command and first on cow aged on beuona princess erin mr and mrs fred thompson ot geo spent sunday with mr and mrs marshall thompson mrs dr gear and mr douglas gear returned last week from a nip to the pacific coast and alaska dcabbott and mrs abbott spent a few days with their son mr john abbott at walkervule mrs jennie huu mrs r w hull ruth and charles spent the holiday with friends at muverton mr and mrs h l biehardson and nedra returned home last thursday evening after a highly satisfactory period in chesley lake able confer ences and ktodred features local students who are attending the guelph l3ouelgat institute are charles burchlll nancy sarmlllan jean wilson nedra richardson and florence smith and ray smith who are now residents of guelph schools reopened on tuesday last with the teachers and pupils back for the beginning of a new school year the clmsvw in the local school are larger than usual iwjth s3 in the two public school rooms in charge of miss abbott and miss bairtbrktge and 68 in the milton miss emma gamraith of muton picked a box of nice ripe strawberriea in her garden on labor day l skuce of sudbury appointed public school inspector for halton county to succeed mr j m denyea superanuated win reside in muton having bought miss barbara eulofu fine residence on the corner of main and court streets the home of mr and mrs stanley wilson victoria avenue muton was the scene of a quiet but pretty wed ding on saturday when their daugh ter jean was united in marriage to robert martin bj9jl port cotbornei to the presence of t lmnuxuate members of both families the service was conducted by the rev j r naftel rector of grace j church muton after the cern the happy couple left on s motor trip on their return they wffl reskle in wetland among- recent chances and anpatnt- ments made in t rhnfi of hamil ton by the most rat jos j ryand- d bishop of hamilmn is the station ing at muton of a reaksnot priest in the parson of the rev janes b ryan ha ot hamilton father ryan wm be parish priest of muton milton and trafalgar and wtu tin tn ha has for the pest thirteen years bean a professor m tne cathe dral high bchool hamilton bains anns ryan wmossr bom is la hamilton was ordained m june 1mb ha nomas k noted for bis gnat ecgmnlamc ability and work among tn youns people and has been noted ansonc tte sporting activities not only of tha cathedral high school and st anns parish but throughout the city of hamilton he began his ministry in muton sept 10thniatnplon mcgregor this is the largest num ber of students in the continuation classes in a number of years advo cate geese going soaaa the sight of a flock of about 200 wild geese passing in a southerly sv reotlon over here lata sunday camjelx omtimers to prophesy an sarv n winter the birds went flying intno customary vshaped formation xvs quite early tor the aeese to f south and that usually means than wm bo an early winter