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seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening december 21st 1938 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa high school commencement was largely attended good program provided by students presentation of graduation diplomas and athletic awards timely remarks by chairman c b dayfoot the mnimi commencement of the georgetown high school was held in the gregory theatre thursday even xng december 15th m the large audience which filled the w theatre showed by their generous ip- plause their appreciation of the n- teretslng programme given by the pu pils of the high school the varied programme of vocal solo monologue dances and drama aisoosea the variety of talent that has been developed among our young people the school orchestra which won the shield at the halton musical festival last spring opened the porgramme with a theme from a symphony by f schubert and contributed other numbers to the programme the ex cellent work of the orchestra could be still further improved if more vio lins were available as the principal mr j l lambert pointed out the large choir of the newly estab- llshed vocal music department sang very beautifully a number of songs and closed the programme with two christmas carols the audience join- l in singing the third verse of each carol excellent progress has been made in this department under the leadership the- recently appointed leader mr carman sutcliffe early in the program the following scholarships shields and awards were presented presentation of scholarships and jfotrirts was made by ralph ross as form v r b poulis shield quqwsj to harry williams form iv w v grant shield to mary elizabeth grant form m c b dayfoot shield to asolyn gregory hayes form dr c v williams shield to verna glare mclintock form i r w robb shield to walter frederick cook presentation of graduation diplo mas was made by w v grant as follows margaret elaine adams marlon mcgul dick floria elizabeth feller mary elizabeth grant marlon janet henderson paul julius jolllffe praser macdonam margaret jean kuddeu betty alberta speight fran ces margot williams marion isobel williamson presentation of athletic awards made by r b foulis as follows medals for field day 19378 norman barber paul barber robert gold- 3iam joan hale margaret hoare medals for field day 19ssb james oofell robert mcmenemy mary omanins floria feller joan hale presentation of school athletic crests by rev w g o thompson as continued on page 7 if they write to santa claus if some of the prominent men and organizations of our town would write to santa claus and would receive in their stockings or socks on christ mas morning their answer we would if they wouldnt be very much pleas ed with the following gifts mayor gibbons the bonded indebt edness of the town suddenly reduced and a surplus for 1939 reeve davis the county and gov ernment to pay the cost of paving the connecting road links councillor hall a balanced budget councillor lyons money allowed to improve every street councillor costigan au water rate arrears paid up councillor crlpps a year of succe for the new council councillor brown safety zones at all crossings on highways for child- councillor smith good health high school board new addlmon to the school public school board an uptodate heating system board of health long talked uf wage system the editor a paid up subscription list the fire brigade a new fire truck the churches capacity congrega tions ho c a new b of- tricks and better attendance at games mr motorist 1939 license plates business mens association mere cooperation in 1939 the average mother something for herself and not for the house the average father anything bik socks and neckties georgetown beverage rooms in com mon with others all over ontario will have to observe a beverage room cur few on christmas eve dec 24th when they will close at 8 pm the regulation has been announced from toronto by uquor commissioner e g odette as a traffic safeguard two georgetown boys will appear before magistrate woodliffe at muton this afternoon charged by chief mar shall with breaking and entering with intent to commit an indictable of fence 3k fesiufli ffiab iot come if jesus had not come to earth that glorious christmas day if there had been no lowly birth no baby in the hay if there had been no saviour born no shepherds kneeling there that would have been a cheress and lire a blank despair if jesus had not come to dwell in lowliest estate the poor would doubt us when wc tell of love supremely great no christmas spirit would nave made men generous and kind their joy to render friendly aid whenever need they find had wise men never shown their love with myrrh incense and gold and angel legions from above no song of peace had told no gifts would join our hearts as one and tell of christian love no carol sung in unison with that great choir above if jesus had not come to earth what would be done with sin no glorious hope of second birth no perfect peace within no hope of breaking with the part or joy of sins forgiven no victory oer the grave at mst no entry into heaven but jesus came in very truth the hope of all the earth the hope of age the hope of youth is in the saviours birth incarnate son of power divina of humble virgin bom here cradled in this heart of mine makes holy christmas morn h c t esquesing council final meeting rebel cosl 20654 in november thanks of juenrtbers tendered reeve n a robinson 7- esquesing township may be game preserve election bylaw passed domination december 26th community christmas tree- santa claus will be in georgetown next saturday afternoon the annual community christmas tree and street show for the child ren sponsored by the lions club will be held in georgetown on saturday next dec 24th santa claus will arrive in town and join the parade which will start from the town hall at 3 oclock and pro ceed down main street to the large illuminated christmas tree here santa will maks his distribution as usual to the children of georgetown and vicinity all of whom are invited to meet him here it is expected that the band fire men and many others will take part in the parade the draw for fowl will take place immediately after the presentation to the children come everybody and enjoy next saturday afternoon tn georgetown balunafad mrs f rlnnie left monday to spend the holidays with her daughter mrs r weir in toronto miss phyliss foreman of toronto is home this week for the holidays the sunday school christmas con cert was held friday evening church there was a good attendance and a splendid program of songs re citations dialogues was put on by the children santa claus arrived in good time to the delight of the young folk the annual meeting of the w a was held at the home of mrs r mc- enery the devotion als were iakn by mrs foreman and mrs starret mrs foreman read the beautiful christmas story as given in the sec ond chapter of lukes gospel the roll call was answered with quota- tlons from favorite christmas hymns the following are the officers elected lor 1939 president mrs r moenery vice- president mrs e ferryman treasur er mrs a starret secretary mrs j klrkwood assistant mrs a kee ner flower committee miss glvens and mrs c beswlck visiting com mittee mrs wiley and mrs f w shortul organist mrs b vannatter assistant miss j shoroll the treasurer reported a substantial increase in funds for 1938 stewarttown november 34 1938 the council met on thursday af- ternon at the call 01 the reeve de- putyjrleeve w a wilson councillor c h may and g w murray were present reeve n a robinson pre sided mr wheeler and mr keely repre7 sentatives of the milton brick ltd attended the meeting in connection with arrears of taxes after considerable discussion it was decided to lay the matter over moved by w a wilson seconded by c h may that this council do now adjourn to meet at the call of the reeve carried stewarttown december 2 1938 the council met on friday after noon with all memb present reeve n a robinson presided mr wheeler and mr keely attend ed the meeting on behalf of the mo- ton brick ltd mr carter from the department of municipal affairs and mr leroy dale were also at the meeting moved by w a wilson seconded by edwin harrop that the council ac cept the amount of five thousand three hundred dollars as settlement of taxes for 1934 1935 and 1936 on milton brick limited made up as follows taxes on property 3913 busi ness tax 25640 while working and penalty and interest 1131 total 530000 motion tost moved by c h may seconded by g w murray that the council ac cept from the muton brick ltd the taxes due to the t f t years 1934 1935 1936 with interest and penalties but that the milton brick ltd pay no business tax for the year 1936 and only pay business tax on the 9 weeks that the plant of the company was operating in the years 1934 and 193s with interest and pen alties carried moved by w a wilson seconded by c e may that this council do now adjourn to meet at the call of the reeve carried stewarttown december 15 is3b the council held their regular monthly meeting on thursday after noon deputyreeve w a wilson councillors c h may o w mur ray and edwin harrop were present reeve n a robinson presided at the meeting the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed communications were read from the muton brick ltd george e el liott jenkins and hardy george ol brown department of public welfare continued on page 10 3a fljr toiri of tfjt 1 vfbitor 3s hit tdu of hk tttje taff esquesing nominations monday december 26th a meeting of the munlcipai electors of the township of esquesing will be held in the township hau stewarl- town on monday next dec 26th for the purpose of nominating members of council for 1939 we have been informed that al the present members are willing to serve another term if it is the pleas ure of the electors in fact we have beard there is a posstbulty that all may be returned by acclamation utd again a later rumor has it that an election is quite possible however you never can tell what day will bring fourth or even fifth and we shall be able to tell you the results of the meeting on monday in our next issue up to the time of going to press everything -is- quiet in township municipal matters tr ashgrove the splendid attendance in the tjnlted church bunday school room when the pupils of the public school gave their christmas concert on mon day evening dec 19th showed how well it wai received this excellent varied program was prepared by their teacher miss ruth dierlam ascsted st the piano by miss marlon fox music teacher of this school inter vening numbers were given by a vio- lt mrs sharon or muton mr c wrlgg acted as chair man and santa cbvus arrived in due v to unload thehrap and dlstrl- i bote the weunued candy bags- mr- john alexander fittingly moved a rowty vote of thanks and apprecta- vfion to mist dierlam and scholars for v toe enjoyment of this fine evening aaogrove sunday school concert and c tree win be held on fri- day dec 23rd serious fire at acton inmates escape in night clothes as three buildings destroyed fire destroyed three buildings i a business block in acton early mon day morning- two families lost hi their belongings in the names even their clothes had to be left behind fire crackling along the wall be side his bed roused james massey who was sleeping above his butchr shop jumping out of bed hev was faced by flames along the side of his building i woke my wife we just had time to wrap the children in blankets and run downstairs in our night dotns said mr massey dorothy three years old and eileen eight month were sleeping soundly and i dont know what would have happened to us if i hadnt wakened up i started in business for myself last spring put ting everything i had into the busi ness and now au i have in the world is a pair of scales and an electric grinder my place is a total loss james kennedy a brother of mrs massey just had time to grab some of bis dotties and dash down the stairs into the freezing outdoors t morton escaped from the apartment over his barber shop clad in his night clothes starting tn the rear of dads ham burger shop the flames swept through masseys butcher shop acton firemen saved the starkman block of bustner buildings which lay directly in uke path of the fire the nevjyweds had just gotten off their train john dear said the bride let us try to mace the people think we have ati right honey was the answer you carry the sui 3 christmas iwesteage c hristmas is nlmrvu with 11s aeam and everywhere the world ts preparing to keep again this great festival tlie festival or the child every christmas the enilti spirit is rclom in us and we grownups go back to our own childhood days when with breathless awe we looked forward to the coming of santa claus and on christmas morning found our stockings oiled with gifts of love christmas is emphatically the chudrens festival and everywhere the child spirit the child heart predominates and we respectable adults are fain to apologize for our existence by devout attention to childish things wc keep the old christmas customs the decorations of holly and evergreens the turkey the pudding waxing in blue flame chrtstmis cards crackers and what not onr christmas customs how we cherish them they are good to haveanirwhen we no longer have them they ire good to remember manjrgrownup children have many of them a few favorite ornaments from the christmas tree that yearly for so many years twinkled and glistened hi their childhood home and place on the trees which now deck their own homes a merry christmas a happy christmas 60 we give the joyous greeting for it is a festival not for one section of i the people but for all mankind we should all keep it always it- is the great gift given to us all to keep forever for the message of the angels to the shepherds christ is bora is a message to all the happy the sorrowful the sick the well the old and young to au people the word comes to say it is to celebrate christmas to keep it against all adversity ah what were the beauty of the winter world the bells and carols the good wlu and greetings the serenity of age the mystic pageant cf the season were these not at the core that forever endears christmas to us the proclamation the word was made flesh and dewlt among 03 so as in imagination we gaze on the child we feel something of his glory au around perplexities and discontents for the time being fade away and we are happy for we feel that he has entered into our human life and from his boyish ups we learn why god has bo dealt with us and what he will do for us if we wul but suffer him to lead us it was a very good and very wise old man who said god revealed m christ ts the one truth which reveals to tired men and women the right to be uttle children with the childs freshness of delight and trust a merry christmas and a happy christmas to you all and as tiny thn says tn the never to be forgotten christmas carol god bless us town council met pay county rate of j7c3s9 fire brigade ms cemetery board slzcs council met at 830 pin on tues day evening with mayor jos gibbons in the chair reeve geo davis and councillors a e crlpps n h brown jos hall w f smith and thos lyons present minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed moved by smith seconded by hal that the treasurer pay the high school board 35000 tn addition to their requlstlon to pay for property repairs carried moved by lyons seconded by hall that the treasurer pay the water works department the sum of 1150 hydrant charge carried moved by cripps seconded by brown that the treasurer pay the usual grant of 400 to the fire brigade carried moved by cripps seconded by brown that the treaurer pay the cemetery board 1308 being 1 milt on the assessment carried moved by hall seconded by davis that the treasurer pay the county rate amounting to 742349 carried moved by lyons seconded by cripps that we request the hydro electric commission to instal an additional light on youelph st by the high school carried moved by hau seconded by crippar the following accounts be patirr w h kentner son coal 1125 j schuls sts 1050 dr sutherland professional services ass 2040 r h thomp oo housing 3j0 squires service station town truck 1045 r haines sts 5350 p b harrison 2540 k m t legal fees 15j0 grays garage nre truck- u5 a c roney fire protection 300 w h kentner son coal 28j f c whltmee sts 3j0t w whltmee taxi police 300 dale bennett legal fees 350 w q marshall postage ljtt e e young painting town hall 16j1 thos lusty cleaning fountain 500 thos buulvant plastering town hall 480 m mallna goods for office sjjoo moved by smith seconded by brown that we do now adjourn carried glen williams the concert of st allans sunday school will be held tn the town ban thursday dec 22 at 8 pm admis sion 25c and 10c the womens assochvtfcm of too glen united church held then- elec tion of officers on dec 6th rev c jolllffe presided honorary president mrs jbulffe president airs p norton secretary mrs a presswood treasurerrs jos mcmenemy flower and visiting committee mrs warren mrs wheeler mrs r addy mrs o allen devotional committee sjrs birth mrs w j hul mrs g allen cfcrtabmsa services at tac ctrited ckarefa the services on dec 25th will be of unique nature when the christinas roessagewul be given m picture song and story the thw far the moramg will be glory to god in the highest and christians awake fa the evening the junior choir evt choir and mng mfh atac carols and anthems as sobmb of to birth of the christ child aftiear on the screen mfan margaret smith contralto soloist of hamilton win rfn at both services i