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ap seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening october 12th 1938 130 per annum in advance 4200 to us a capital of the dominion bas returned to normal with war clouds removed bren gun enquiry now pro ceedings trade treaty with united states holds prim ary place of interest by spectator ottawa oct 11th with the war clouds removed from the sky in eur- trope until a more suitable time the capital of the dominion has returned 1 to normal the pressing anxiety has vanished and the people official or otherwise can now avail themselves of the mildly stimulating diversion of the bren gun inquiry at the moncnt this investigation is the subject of greatest public interest in the capital it relates to a contract made by the government with a firm in toronto the john inglls company for the manufacture of 7000 bren light ma chine guns the british war office also placed an order with the company for 5000 guns the contract was sub jected to an attack in a magazine art icle written by colonel drew of tor onto the government in view ot the allegations lnthe article appointed a royal commission to make a thorough probe into all phases of the contract its inception its negotiation etc mr justice davis of the supreme court u the royal commissioner and the varied interacts inv a retjresentedby distinguished counsel a number of departmental officials a i have appeared before the commission and explained the course of negotiat ion for jthe- manufacture of the czech- oslovakian gun in canada from the time the department first began to be interested in the weapon general la- ileche deputy minister of national defence gave a full history of the ne gotiations with major hahn of the inglls company and with the war ol- fice ending with the granting of an educational order for 5000 guns from the british government and the canadian government contract for 7000 guns signed with the ingus com pany on march 31 1938 the proceed ings of the commission have oeen hampered by the difficulty in obtain ing the consent from the war office of the introduction of certain docu ments into the inquiry which the war office considered confidential rhere has been an exchange of telegrams 4fthe war office agreed to the produc tion of the papers if the hearings when the documents were used were held in camera as the object of the inquiry is to give the public full infor mation in relation to the contract the commissioner could not agree to this stipulation however the trouble is likely to be arranged satisfactorily very soon the importance of this investigation is great as the people of canada must be assured in these times when man kinds nerves are raw and tempers fretful that the means of defence are efficiently handled by government officials public opinion will want to be assured that everything about con tracts of munition supply are clean and above board that the government is keeping a close check rein on pro- fife if private companies are given contracts with these and other ques tions under investigation the people will above all want to receive assur ance even though this contract con cerns only one type of weapon that the department of national defence n using its b efforts to secure tiie most effective kind of defence arm ament and securing it as expeditiously as possible it is only fair to say that l general lafleches testimony affords considerable comfort in this regard it is also to be hoped that the situation that has arisen in regard to the bren gun contract will not have any cur tailing effect on future orders for munitions and armaments to be plac ed in canada by the authorities ir great britain domestic political questions do not arouse much interest here just now the public mind has not had tune to adjust itself to domestic affairs with the shadow of the international crisis removed such a short time ago prob ably when the byelection time comes closer interest will revive from an economic point of view the coming trade treaty with the united states holds a primary place of interest in the capital the exact terms of this treaty and l those of the pact heween the united states and great britain are still mat ters of pure speculation freer jiar- jcets in the united states however are expected on canadian cattle lum ber and fish in the british market canada through the imperial agree ments enjoys a fixed preferential mar gin there is a six cent margin on wheat ten per cent on lard 140 barrel on apples ib per cent cheese there is a quota of 2500000 cwt per n on canadian bacon and hams and specified preferences on copper lead sine processed milk honey fish umber asbestos and other commodities the question b the ex tent to which united states producers mybe granted a part of these con- these matters will pe known a only when the treaties are concluded and made public in view of the re cent european crisis it is of value to consider the underlying meaning of the proposed angloamerican pact it has no political significance but it la agreement which will remove barriers agreement which will remove barrtes to trade and point the way to closer trade cooperation among the nations of the world it is an effort to re move economic barriers which are at 1 least one of the potent causes of in- rt jnlmi jtik xrietton for this reason- canadians are waiting the terms of the jjanfegibtng thanksgiving was gener ally observed throughout ontario by all those to whom the festival particularly be longs the farmers the garden ers and the thousands of others in village town and city vho look to agriculture for their prosperity all have counted their blessings and found them plentiful wellfilled barns and silos tell of good harvests root and fruit crops have been exp edient summers bounty has not failed to the giver of all blessings let our voices rise in praise for the joys and countless mercies he hath sent to crown our clays for the homes of peace and plenty and the comfort- jwhtch bring for thy love so great eternal we would thank thee our king open season on pheasants not applicable in esquesing or na3sagaweya townships gun license needed special open season ror black and grey squirrel for quail and hungar ian partridge in essex and kent counties and for pheasants apart from the pelee island shoot were nnounoedlastweea at q g centennary services at inglewood paster aged 85 in pulpit an unusual feature of the centen- nary services held at the ingtewood united church on oct 9th was the return of rev a e baker of belle ville a pastor of sixtyfive years ago the elghtyflveyearoicv minister conducted the special services com memorating the 100th anniversary ot the founding of the church ancient records tell of the early methodist of the district coming great distances through dense gloomy forest to attend the services in the tiny log school house which then ser ved as a church the building was in use until 1840 when a roughcast church was constructed on the 1st line east for many years known as sltzers church in 1872 a brick structure was built halton teachers institute convention the annual conevntlon of the hal- ton teachers institute was held in st lukes memorial hall burlington on thursday and friday of last treck on friday a luncheon was held at the estamlnet when j m denyes recently retired public school inspec tor for halton county was the honor ed guest miss c tanner of oakviue was appointed this years president e w foster milton was sleeted vicepresident other officers were retained with a representative from each township and the principals of the urban schools forming the execu tive honorary presidents are j m denyes and inspector l l skuce milton the institute voted 10 to the lea gue of nations society during the day music appreciation was discuss ed by miss marlon fox milton and reports of the oea given by miss marlon culllngham sb no 11 tra- talgar and mtss margaret b young acton the entire staff of georgetown public school attended the conven tion by hon harry c nixon mlplster of game and fisheries they are as follows squirrel black and grey oct 21 and 22 four per day pheasant hungarian part ridge quail oct 21 22 and oct 29 three cock pheasants two hun garian partridge and four quail per day counties of essex and kent only pheasant oct 21 22 and oct 29 three cock birds per day spe cial township hunting license requir ed townships of markham king east gwillimbury and scarboro in york county nelson and trafalgar in halton county ancaster barton be verley binbrook east flamborough and saltfleet in wentworth county caistor clinton gainsborough grantham louth niagara north grimsby and south grimsby in lin coln county bertie hurnberslone wuioughby pelham thorold crow- land wainoeet and stamford in wet land county pheasant oct 21 and 22 three cock bi per day special town- mtng license required town ships of caledon and chinguacousy in peel counts townships of canboro dunn north cayuga walpole moul- ton and sherbrooke in haldimand county onqndaga and south dum fries in brant county townsend and windham ln norfolk county dere- ha ratn oxford county bayham and south dorchester in elgin county metcalfe hi middlesex county am herst island in lennox county pheasant oct 21 and 29 and nov 5 three cock birds per day special township hunting license re quired township of westminster part in middlesex county the provincial gun license must be carried by all hunter in any dlstrict no special municipal gun license is required in essex or kent pheasant shooting is confined each open day to between the hours of eight in he morning and ave in the afternoon the j partridge season which was announced by mr- nixon a couple of weeks ago is as follows oct 1015 in clusive nov 510 inclusive five birds per day fifteen per season note no more than fifteen birds may be taken during the two periods sea son not applicable in townships es tablished as regulated game- preserve areas in york peel halton wi-nt- worth lincoln welland halqlmind brant norfolk oxford elgin and middlesex current crop report halton county reports livestock excellent condition though many farmers state that pasture conditions are below normal there will be considerable red clover seed for sale in the halton area huron county re ports new seeding a promising stand of both clovers and grasses both mcintosh and spys are producing an above average yield in huron with excellent size and colour roots are an exceptionally good crop in perth a carload of southdown rams was shipped from brant county to the united states hahumand farmers have completed sowing of fall wheat and harvesting of the corn crop lambton reports the land dry and hard for plowing but fall work is be ing rapidly completed the wineries have purchased a large share of the grape crop in the lambton area car- loads of grapes have been shipped from lincoln to other points in on tario the martttmee and the wsst then has been an excellent demand for grapes by the basket a rmbft of loads of finished cattle have been moving from middlesex ihe best net price being 650 per cwt silofilling operations have been general in went worth and other counties treaty with- goodwill accompanied by jmd a certalntrtaue6 is referred to but hans any day is indefinite the negotla- new are however nearlng an end j m denyes honored teachers of halton county laud veteran when goodby said jv m denyes teacher for 40 years and public school inspector for 26 has said goodhy to the inspectorate of halton county department of edu cation officials principals and teach ers meeting at burlington last week paid tribute to the retiring inspector and his record at a banquet heid- there his personal qualities and achieve ments had won for mr denyes the kindly feelings of everyone in the de partment v k greer chief inspec tor of elementary schools in ontario told the gathering the inspectors sense or humor and common sense were qualities which mr qreer hop ed would be found in other inspectors in the province a- g green of east burlington read an address on behalf of the teachers of halton and a silver tray tea service and coffee table was pre sented to mr denyes and his wife the presentation was made by miss harrison of georgetown and miss bennett of acton r sanderson oakvllle presented a book of re membrance containing the signatures of teachers who had been under mr denyes they came from many parts of canada and as far south as texas replying inspector denyes declared halton had been first in many tilings relating to education the first coun ty meeting of trustees in ontario was heltllnhflllqn the fi auxiliary thanksgiving service in the arena on sunday largely at tended when rev g w tebbs of burlington deliver ed address over 700 attended amateur show mon- night variety show on tuesda night attract- large crowd class unit in rural oneroom schools was instituted and halton claimed the first county music festival he said he paid tribute to miss helen pattlson burlington for her length of service in the teaching profession flowers were presented to miss ryan of oeorgetown and miss currie of oakville who have retired many cows qualify in record op performance one hundred and twelve jersey cows qualified under their record of performance during the month september seventy in the 365 day division and fortytwo in the 305 day division ontario also claims the leadership in the mature 305 day class with cluny castle miss standard making the splendid record for p w rud- dell si son georgetown of 15133 lbs milk 805 lbs ft testing 532 7 standard has been awarded a medal of merit and gold medal certificate by the canadian jersey cattle club cluny castle miss standard ilso leads the mature 365 day class with the medal of merit and gold medal record of 16783 lbs milk 902 lbs fat testing 537 georgetown made good showing at in track meet senior and intermediate girls championships won by jean ruckled and maryjcummin of georgetown j cofell of georgetown won the junior boys championship milton high school won the cham pionship at the annual interschool me with georgetown and acton- held at milton on friday oct 7th champions were senior boys ro ger galbralth milton intermediate boys jack cookman milton junior boys j cofell georgetown senior girls jean ruddell georgetown in termediate girls mary cummins georgetown junior girls mary mc- nabb milton girls- events running broad junior laura mc- chesney milton g hill milton r ritchie oeorgetown intermediate j cummin georgetown j shortlll georgetown m hoare georgetown senior j blinco milton e lebas georgetown j ruddell oeorgetown hop step and jump junior m mcnabb milton j hale george town b bouseneld milton m dix on milton m clayton acton senior f feller georgetown h dear mil ton j blinco milton standing broad junior f hlgglns milton m mcnabb milton jrhale georgetown intermediate h saun ders milton m- dixon milton i comer acton l senior j benny georgetown j ruddell georgetown h dear milton basketball throw junior b bouse neld milton m nelson oeorgetown g hill milton intermediate p porty acton h saunders milton h deveraux georgetown senior b speight georgetown c leslie milton m hoare georgetown baseball throw junior m nelson acton g hill milton m robinson milton intermediate m cummin georgetown j bralsby georgetown l comer acton senior j ruddell georgetown j blinco milton l whaler muton high jump junior e randall milton m nelson acton g ouyot oeorgetown ihtennedlate nel son acton m shearln milton m oummln georgetown and helen paupat milton senior j ruddell oeorgetown j bunco milton h desx muton 75yard dashjunior mazy mc nabb muton f hlgglns milton j hale georgetown intermediate u cummin oeorge m hoare geor i corner acton seni or j ruddell oeorgetown dear muton e yanstckle milton interschool relay jurflorr muttm akjbon oeorgetow irsterniediate ton j hussard acton the lions club frolic was a real success rugby team defeated bv kumico 112 last tuesday oct 4th the junior rugby team of georgetown high school played mlmlco junior in that town the score was mimioo 11 g h s 2 both teams being fairly evenly matched the game was fast and clean mlmlco opened the scoring in the second quarter with a touchdown this score came after several brilli ant plunges by the mlmlco team in the third quarter georgetown repeatedly throw the mimlco players for losses of 10 and 20 yards bob early was breaking up play after play henry lorrlmanbig fraifhacfc for ghj5 smeared plungers left and right georgetown were in a scoring position several times but were thrown back mhnico scored again in the iast quarter with a touchdown their convert was successful n th urnri stood 11 to 0 bob- mcmenemy got the two points for town when he smeared a mimioo player behind thclr own roal line this made the blue and red open up and the ball was kept pretty well in mlmico territory for the remainder of the game the team at high school this year is made up of mostly rookies and these boys and the whole team made a very splendid showing because of the cleanliness of the game georgetown received an invita tion to return to mimlco for a game at a later date coaches of mimlcos junior and senior teams remarked on the cleanness of the game george gilmer suffered a fractured finger and this was the only injury it is ironic that gord webster for mer georgetown boy is one of the stars of the mimlco junior squad the thanksgiving service on sim day evening sponsored by the lions club under jthe presidency of harold moclure was a very fitting beginning for their holiday cornpalgn to nuse funds to carry on child welfare work in georgetown the mass community service at he arena on sunday night was largely attended when rev canon george w tebbs of burlington familiarly known to radio fans as old man sunshine was the guest speaker rev mr tebbs chose as his text the 25th verse of the 26th chapter- of genesis the speaker enumerated many things in ourrellglon home life and mater ial goods for which we should thank god for the many blessings bestow- edjipojijiaweshouilnot forget the giver of every good and perfect gift and show our gratitude to god by service for him in home and busi ness rev d d davidson w g o thompson and f c overend assist- ad i the s rev-g- w baxter oeorgetown milton acton senior georgetown milton boys events 100yard dashjunlor h brush milton j cofell georgetown h clements milton intermediate r mcmenemy oeorgetown m gal- braith milton j chapman acton senior r garbraith muton d mc nabb milton f grespan milton 220yd dash junior h brush mtlton j cofell georgetown b snyder muton intermediate m oalbraith muton j chapman ac ton r mcmenemy georgetown seni or r galbralth muton d mcnabb muton f orespan milton 440 yard open d mcnabb milton j chapman acton r oalbraith milton 880 opcnd mcnabb milton sllgger acton j cofeu georgetown running high jump junior j cofell georgetown s blow acton h brush muton intermediate j cookman muton a mcduffee mil ton r mcmenemy georgetown senior a gfllbralth milton carter georgetown j sproat milton shot put junior s blow acton d gowland muton j cofell george town intermediate j snyder mu- ton r mcmenemy oeorgetown m galbralth milton senior r oal braith milton j sproat muton d mcnabb muton running broad junior j cofeu oeorgetown h clements muton b snyder muton intermediate j cootenanymuton t stlgger george town a mcduffee muton senior r galbralth milton j sproat mu ton r barber georgetown boys hop step and jump junior j cofeu georgetown h clements muton s blow acton intermediate j cookman milton j kennedy muton n barber georgetown senl- orr oalbraith muton d mcnabb muton j sproat milton standing broad jump junior j cofell georgetown h clements muton h brush muton intermedi ate j cookxnan muton p carter georgetown a mcduffee muton senior r qaibralth muton holin- ger acton j sproat muton pole vault junior j oofell georgetown walker georgetown hunter oeorgetown inten a moduffee muton early george- town o raynet muton senjjr p bqwerlngr muton h evan -mil- scottish heather and glad ioli mark guest pews for stewartwhttmee wedding the baptist church georgetown was the scene of a pretty wedding on tuesday oct 4th when winifred daisy whttmee reg n daughter of mr and mrs walter whitmee be came the bride of william scott stewart whitby son of the late mr and mrs thos stewart glasgow scotland rev e g baxter officiated at the dual ring ceremony mrs vernon rowe osnawa played the wedding music during the signing of the register miss kay ward also of osnawa sang o promise me the bride given in marriage by her father was lovely in a redlngcate gown of gold brocaded suk net over satin her shoulder length veil pearl sewn net fell from of baby mums and gardlnea and her boquet by old scottish custom con tained midst the sweetheart roses and margueretes a sprig of scottish heather and grousses claw attending the bride were her sls- ters miss- -constance- whitmee as maid of honor in a gown of ice silk net over taffeta and miss muriel whitmee bridesmaid in orchid silk net over taffeta they wore floral headdresses and carried gladioli and roses the groom was attended by mr frank whitmee brother bride and ushers were mr clarence and mr bruce kennedy cousin of the bride a reception was held at the home of the brides parents on george street mrs whitmee receiving in teal blue gown of imported crepe with wine accessories and corsage of rubem lulies mr and mrs stew art left for points east the bride tra velling in a bay blue dress of french wool and grey astrachan trimmed jac ket wine accessories the couple will make their home in whitby was unavoidably absent assisting ha presenting the bright program at sacred music was the lome scots regimental band under the leadership of a h perrott the two big nights community fro lic opened on monday with an ama teur show when over seven hundred people were present- in the arena master of ceremonies was howard smart assistant to ken soble as sisting toronto artists were bui duffy accordionist gordon mcnickeu im personator and dorothy and howard parsons dancers j heldmann was chairman of the eevning and a feature of the show was the stunts put on by mem bers of the lions club on request of the audience dick licata and bill grant sang songs and the popular chairman h j heldmann had- to re move his shoes and socks roll up hla pantaloons and stand on his head talk about fun there was heaps of it throughout the entire evening the prize winners in the adult class were tom warnes of georgetown and i wilkinson and j crook toronto guitarists second prizes in the ju venile class went to joe wilcox of georgetown and gertrude gain of glen williams for cornet playing and dancing the ton of coal was won by ptoyd wilson of browns transport guelph tuesday night was the variety show and another large ganherlnfe waa present to enjoy the evening of en tertainment games and fun general ly vocal selections by tom warnes johnny exnmerson the singing cow boy georgetown and w e oapps of brampton and community singing de lighted the gathering the chair stunts by lions bui long and doc jackson amazed the audience and placed these gentlemen on the roll of clever acrobats with variations the hot dog hamburgers and re freshment booths were well patronis ed and the entire two night frolic was one grand success the prize winners on tuesday night were mrs thomas warnes 2000 door prize henry shepherd a ton of coal the officers in charge of the big event were general chairman w v grant publicity chairman h c mc- clure sacred service john d kelly amateur show h j heldmann varie ty show dr j e jackson conces sions w h long arena ed mc- whirter assisted by ail members of the club balunafad mrs frank bennle spent the holi day week end in toronto with her daughter mrs r weir rev and mrs g altken of guelph were sunday visitors in the communi ty rev g altken taking charge of the service sunday morning sherlock and phyllss forman spent sunday with their sister mrs altken at ospringe rev and mrs a o w forman were in preston over sunday 4r forman preaching at the seventieth anniversary services there the mission circle and band will hold their joint thankoffering meet ing friday evening in the church dolly varden visitors at mrs angus mcdonalds on sunday were mr and mrs wil liam mcdonald and family 61 george town mrs morrel and son norman and john stevens of grtlph mr nd mrs wesley lulle ot everton mr lloyd mack of everton mr d m robertson of toronto master ollfxord mcdonald won a intermediate- iwahuful quilt and- pair of piltow- cases at a bazaar held by the ladles gnttd at milton heights on saturday misses kataleen lauaon and jean mcdonald of braeslde lodge preston norval top late for last issue the harvest home services of the united church were observed on sun day oct 2nd rev m j aiken of thorold united church was the preacher at both services mr aiken who is a former pastor of this church gave inspiring messages to the huge congr and after the servicea renewed old friendships the choir under the direction of mr lloyd hust ler organist rendered fitting an thems while miss stella greensword and mrs ranklne were soloists at the niornlng and evening services rev p a gilbert conducted services in thorold united church in the ah- sence of the pastor a number of the young people of the united church attended the an nual rally of the peel presbytery young peoples union at oalodon united church on friday evenlnc oct 7th we learn wlqi regret that mr and mrs howard teasdale and family are moving to brampton in the near fu ture mr wilbur cleave te mfcg exten sive improvements on his residence mrs murdock macphersan of brant- ford spent the we with her annt mrs m macpherson revo and mrs w o brook are spending a few days of this week in welland mr and mrs w mootementa spent sunday in oorbefiton apple picking ls the order of the day and good crops are reported fish skin is now used in germany for iwfcg various leather articles a strip of salmon bide cured and ready for use was recently exhibited