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the seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening february 1st 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa georgetown intermediates hand bolton their first defeat bhm shirts winning streak ended when locals snatched victory by wide margin in their own bajiwkk on friday nightevery player a stargoal scored by richardson for bobon crocker 2 nelson t bolton play here on monda night after sweeping through the league undefeated to date boltons blue 8hhis bumped up against the law of averages and georgetowns flying frtt on friday evening last and went down to a 6 3 defeat in what hufay far the most thring ice spectacle in recent years flaying before a liaise crowd of spectators and supporters from both georgetown and bolton the local sextette wrprlsed jbe home town fans by completely outplaying imt outooortng the blue shirts at no tune during the affair could bolton i be attorn the credit of having an even share of the play only the stellar goalseeping of ginger hall kept them from rapping home half a dozen more counter em thomp tricolor squad electrified the fans with than g speed and combination plays unceasing backchecking and ontmuoue bombardment of the bolton citadel that had even the bolton jem ilwmilim for them before the end of the game georgetown set out from the start to match bolton s vaunted speed and ltrfeky plays not only did they smteh speed but for minutes at a tine had bolton so tied up behind their own blue line that play became monotonous until they started skat- fhrfp again it was the same story in 5to second canto but m me final period bolton gave the locals a few wwkhbi im when five men tore in on goalie alcott only to be turn ed back by his brilliant handling of aome close m shots the game bad just nicely started when georgetown went down on the score sheet with a goal by sonny btoekford on a perfect pass from tost the second string line of k richardson tost and stockford prov ed a stiff checking line for the blue anrte to rti tost played wen for his second game of the year and made aome nice plays for his team- mates it was on bis pass that stock- tor went wide of the defence and drove the puck past hall to the cor- v ner of the net for the initial goal shortly afterwards on a rush from the jqeo w a dew special session town council discuss municipal ijuikfing i other blatter pertaining u mn welfarethank these who assisted with christmas a special meeting of town council burns supper largely attended there was a large gathering at the burns supper held hv the sun day school room of knox presbyter- ian church on friday night after all were comfortably seated at the nicely arrahgedtables and grace said by rev d d davidson the haggis carried by earl and bert marchment was piped in to the head j auucumenb was ptuca in f sua uwu thursday fflenjn npiier and wbl bralsby government to expand ivationa defence program 63447175 to be spent during the year to expand this countrys system of defence against possible ag- greasion municipalities relief share now to be only 2 percentdcb to start oo jnew trade treaty bchaffer centre crocker wings nel son harris subs barney grosskurit young norton james georgetown goal alcott defence hall dewhurst centre g rktdall wings ward w blchardson subs tost k richardson stockford san derson toronto brampton trounce bolton by 7 3 score second defeat suffered by league leaders hmst combined for another counter hewhurst actually doing the scoring aaftrough it looked as if ward had aflpaml m the scramble play was fttdny clean m this period although flcbatfer was penalised for tripping k itlchardson received a nasty gash over the left eye when he received a high stick in the earner he re turned to the game m the second period after three sutcbes were re- sdred to close the wound sanderson took k richardsons poskton at centre ice at the beginn- mg of the second period and was re- aponalhte for the first goal of the second period- this goal also came on a pass from tost with the score now 3 to 0 crocker put bolton on the score sheet on a pass from bill barney however in quick succession o rtddall counted georgetowns hoarth goal on w richardsons assist tow the end of the period goal- keeper alcott got in the line of ore and was cut above the jeft eye the period was called at is minutes for repairs the balance of time being added to the third period at the bolton were awarded a penally shot when dewhurst used his hands to stop the puck while in the reral crease this shot was not taken imtfl the beginning of the third period when harris failed to score on a weak shot there were no penal- tk m the second period and the score stood georgetown 4 bolton 1 the final period proved another nightmare to the undefeated bolton team who tried everything to even the count but lacked three goals when the gong sounded feeling be gan to run high and rough tactics crept into this period on some occa sions necessitating a number of penal ities kohoe drew a penalty for slash- tag then nelson took grosskurlts paas to add a goal for bolton james wa penalised but there was no scor ning georgetown added to thetr list of goals when hall scored on touts a pass and oorcker took harris pass psat boltons third and final goal to end the scoring w richardson fcjttotcbed the finest goal of the game vjtfben he took the puck from his own line and went through to beat j in the net unassisted kohoe i ward drew penalties before the the game for pushing each r around and bchaffer was given a tenminute misconduct penalty for arguing with the referee the score wat the end of the game was george- 1 town tt bolton 3 every player on the local team m a standout while rktdau and ie hfcfcardson were particularly bril- ihlkttt as they checked the bolton out- 1 lilt of imported mercantuers to a rtffl the first line of crocker eviarrla and barney were the most ef- vseottve for bolton while nelson and rkobee tamed in some good efforts hu the georgetown team showed ex- rceptlodal farm- m scor their sur- vtotory over the highly rated jo segregation but we think gsjf jart she first of a seriesthatwlll itlsad y krf fa to a giwi ohampaod is season if they continue to steady brand of hockey as r have been doing bolton will no haw a hard team to meet in t pistons which are now not far in a wideopen intermediate b hockey game here last night bramp ton handed the league leading bolton blue shirts a sound 73 trimming the brampton team wan the game by their unceasing beckchecking and combination plays not before this winter have the brampton boysshi ed such fine form with the absence of ab crocker on the bolton front line the whole- team- seemed-to-be- in a state of confusion and disorganised all evening whether brampton can repeat tnelr win when they play in bolton on friday night and tie the georgetown team in points remains to be seen bolton was down from fthfe start when kekoe drew a fiveminute pen alty the result of bill weller receiv ing a cut on the head that drew blood this gave the flower town a considerable edge and soloski scor ed the first goal while he was serv ing his penalty and followed with another before the end of the period the goat getters in the second per iod were prosser and k long two making the score at the end of this frame brampton 5 bolton 0 harris for bolton was the first to score in the final setto macintosh and soloski came back with two more counters for brampton and norton and harris finished off the scoring with one goal each for the visitors the score at the end of full time was brampton 7 bolton 3 the stars of the game were weller k long and gibson for brampton with harris being the only bright light on the bolton team their were few penalties and the game was exceptionally clean bolton goal hall defence james kehoe centre barney wings har ris schaefer subs young stubbs chapman norton nelson brampton goal burrows defence gibson d long centre anthony wings weller k long subs soloski mcmurohjl prosser macintosh referee johnny jones guelph mayor joseph gibbons was in the chair reeve george- davis and coun cillors a b grippe n h brown joseph hall james costtgan thos lyons and k- mcdonald present the matter of the work on the 8th line hill was discussed and left over for further consideration fire chief henry shepherd asked for some rubber coats iorthe fire men council discussed the advisability of making the creehnan block into municipal building moved by hall seconded by mc donald that a telephone be install ed in the residence or the fire chief and truck driver and that the town pay the charges carried moved by brown seconded by mc donald whereas the georgetown branch of the womens institute have been actively engaged in welfare work the town of georgetown for a period of many years and whereas much time and thought was given by the mem of this organization in distributing ham pers to the less fortunate during the christmas season therefore be it resolved by this municipal council that we express our appreciation to the members of georgetown womens institute mrs j b mackenzie and all the churches organizations and individ uals who so splendidly cooperated and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the secretary of the womens institute and mrs j macke carried fouus addressed thie haggis in true scotch style after which all got busy on the many good things provided in the menu and the haggis was not the least of these rev mr davidson chairman of the evening proposed the toast to the king which was responded to by ail singing the national anthem he then called on mr a madaren who proposed the toast t bums the immortal bard which i lesponded to by rev wm allen dovercourt presbyterian church to ronto the guest speaker of the even- rev mr allen was mtroduced by mr davidson and his address was one of the most interesting and en joyable we have had the pleasure of listening to everyone present was delighted with mr allens address vocal selections were rendered by r alex allen of toronto and the knox church choir quartette led by imr s t faram miss june frank was the accompanist the evening throughout was a most enjoyabel oc- open night at high school in connection with bducatlon week which is being celebrated feb 5 11 the staff and pupils of the georgetown high school will bold open night at the school on- wednesday evening wb 8th the school wfll be open to visitors from 730 to 930 pan- work done by the pupils will be on display in the classrooms and demon strations will be given by the students of the work in the various depart ments of the school demonstrations will include the conducting of experi ments in the science laboratory gym nastic exercises musical numbers and public speaking the evening m per fectly informal and visitors may stay for as little or as long as they wish peel residents married 54 years mr and mrs r mccatteeh ufo restdeot of gouty residents of peel county all their lives mr and mis robert mccul- loch celebrated the fiftyfourth an niversary of their wedding at bramp ton on jan 38th they were mar ried on jan 38 1865 by rev j r gilchrist with the late oeorge wil son and w j fenton for many years principal of the high school as witnesses mr mccujkch now 78 years age was born in chmguaoousy a farm settfed by his father james mccudoch who came to peel from ireland in 18m mr mcculloch oper ated the farm until illhealth com pelled him to give up active work a few years ago mrs mcculloch was born at narva seventysix years ago and was miss mary hunter before her marriage like her husband she has been an active member of mount pleasant united church mr mc culloch served aselder for half a century and as sunday school sup- ermtenderit for fortythree years he is a past president of the cnlngua- cousy township sunday school as sociation and the peel temperance union prominent in municipal life mr mcculloch was elcted to the town ship council and served as deputy reeve before retiring a wellknown member or the old farmers institute mr mcculloch was elcted at different times to the presidency or the peel county milk producers association and the county of peel agricultural association halton county sou wfjuu be surveyed uons visited milton members of the georgetown lions held a dinner meeting with promin ent business men at milton on thurs day evening 36th january with the object of forming a new club and extending the child welfare work now being done in the oommunity after the local officers had submit ted brief reviews of the work done by the georgetown lions club during its years of existence there was great enthusiasm shown and as a result some 15 charter members signed op in the near future an organization meeting will be held at milton and with the assistance of the local board of officers will be properly in stalled georgetown is fortunate in having group of men who unselfishly de vote of their time for the good of the co and for the health and welfare of the children it is inter esting to know that since its incep tion the georgetown lions club has expended over s1500 in hospital fees 500 on donations to charitable or ganisations and some 3600 in fur thering various e ls for the general benefit of the community this has all been made possible throughtbe loyal support of ettaens in all the dubs psay m she local jos palace on night next and it bids fair that sawmng zoom may be at nhtfa oomft and cheer the sousd to ttotory win 1 of food 1 health bavobt the following is the report of com municable dlseaaesby the uxxh to georgetown board of health for january is39- dhihtturla 0 scarlet fever 0 0 old mouldboard records describe first halton match in 1891 j the minute book and records of the halton mouldboard association farmed in 1891 was recently round in milton and is now in the hands of peter peddle president of the present plowmens association it is interest ing to note according to the minutes that a public meeting of the farmers and others interested in getting up a ploughing match for the county of halton was convened at hii hotel in the town of milton this 2nd day of november 1891 there being a good attendance the first officers were abraham stark as president john adams vicepresident and wm clements secretary treasurer it is also interesting to note that the first match was held on nove 17th 1891 on the farm of mr harrison the day was reported as cold and stormy but with a very fair attendance the results of the match were as follows 1st class men open to all comers 1st k m smllbe nerval 2nd hugh guy brampton 3rd james jarrts oyne savld feathemtone dram- 2nd class open to county 1st john jarvut boyne 2nd john ton 3rd franklin drumqutn 3rd class open to nonntr flnhj for ploughs of cast head and east shear 1st hector brown esq 2nd charles smith boyne 3rd best bae- the annual meeting of the baptist church the btip church supper and business meeting of the georgetown baptist church was held on thurs day evening january 19th the sup per was enjoyed by nearly manxn and friends of the church after a worship service the ports of the church and 11 departments were called for offering taken and added to 1938 re ceipts enabled the church treasurer to report a balance over an liabilities in the church treasury the treasur er of the parsonage accounts rep a substantial reduction in the current debts on the parsonage reports from the societies showed that good work had been done throughout the year the church school reported an average attendance of 93 for the year and a membership of 96 at the end of the year congratulations were given the financial committee the womens society and womens mission circle on their fine llshments the reports of the church membership showed an increase of nine for the year the officers for the year 1839 are as follows l clerk ulss r laird assistant clerk miss l wood treasurer mrs n cole mission treasurer mr l laird deacons w peck c bowler l laird finance committee a reeve e thompson l laird c bowler h wood mrs j blair mrs f bralsby mrs n cole and the pastor ushers l laird a reeve w whitmee i harding j emmerson w canton and the deacons communion steward miss v laird envelope stewards a reeve l laird h wood miss l wood mrs bowler mrs a duncan deaconesses mrs a reeve mrs w whitmee church school superintendent w peck auditors miss p bessey miss m reeve organist miss m young trustees dr f r watson j miller w smith w feck by standing vote mrs alfred wat son was elected an honorary dea coness executive officers of the societies of the church were approved the meeting was presided over by the pastor who spoke words of en couragemnt and exhortation c bowler offered a prayer of thanks giving and petition as the meeting adjourned a thorough survey of son conditions in halton county was decided upon at a meting held in milton last week of agriculturists who formed the halton field crop and seed growers asso- dauon as a county branch of the ontario association the new organ ization will be affiliated with halton plowmens association the junior farmers and other agricultural bodies stood very high in com parison to other counties in agricul tural projects conducted during 1938 j a carroll superintendent of ontario agricultural societies tovd the meeting it behooves us in canada to wlden our markets and lower our cost of production in every way possible the ontario departassnt of agri culture is prepared to make a grant of 200 to each county branch or ganized and to pay an additional 100 to any branch desiring to hold a seed fair said john mcleod of the feeds and weeds branch of the de partment and secretarytreasurer of the provincial association directors or the new organization include j e pearen for erin and eramosa o w murray d mcnabb edwin harrop and thomas brown- ridge esqueslng township j h wulmott victor hall v j law rence reginald smith trafalgar w e breckon w j robertson robert heatherington nelson george gor don edgar euenton and lloyd cfals- holm nassagaweya t by spectator ottawa january 31 with the hori zons of the world darkened by men acing clouds the government has de cided to expand very substantially this country s system of defence agmst ppsssble aggression ha the estimates tabled in the house of commons by mr dunning m of finance the appropriations for de fence far the comtng year are nearly three million dollars above the vote of last year in the fiscal year now coming to a close the defence esti- mates totalled 35968524 which was approximately the same noit as in the previous year the total es- timate for the coming fiscal year is 63447175 ah service expansion it is in the air service that most of the increase appears nearly sir million dollars will be spent this year in the perfecting of air defences in construction at airports in the pur chase of equipment and in the train ing of pilots for the training of pilots six million dollars have been appropriated the present personnel of the royal canadian air force consists of 259 officers and 1965 air men the numbers will now be in creased to 273 of and 2172 air men the department will buy 8 new alrcrafts during the year while a considerable part of the money ap propriated willbe used to pay for first line planes previously ordered and now being delivered slightly over four million dollars wm be ex pended on buildings and works at airports vancouver station 229000 patricia bay bc 65400 prince rupert bc 327000 aliford bay queen charlotte islands bjo 48000 kamloops bjc 37000 trenton onw 185i000ottawa station 300 000 a central repair depot site to be determined 250000 darurnouth nb 919000 yarmouth nfi 170- 000 sydney nj3 570000 truro n s 258500 militia the vote for militia last night i was kissed ten times in ten minutes by the same man no he was a changed man after the first kiss- wlfey dont you think dear that a man has more sense after he is married hubby yes but its too late then r is rowland jervie boyne 2nd thomas raaible furrowed match 1st robot bush moton 2nd geo denoon mil ton srd jtofan wilson aecotdmg to the ajuduors stats- meat the reoatpti were sllioo ant they paid 12045 in cash prizes aw ing a balance doe to the treasurer of sos to subscribers our mailing lists have been c to janvsib and we ask you to kmdjylook at yoor label and if not correct please notify ns and we shall be pirai ed to rectify seme if your subscription fa tn ar rears wl you kindly let us hare amount due your prompt attention wm be we thank an those who have already renewed w 192ft j at moors 1 no boy really bad says father flanagan founder of idealisnc boys town there is no such thing as a bad boy father edward j flanagan made that statement twentyone years ago whatever their race or creed boys are just boys to him thats why boys town nebraska is on the map twentyfive years ago father f started a refuge for home less men where they were given food and kindness if a boy has but one friend upon whom he can really count when he is twelve be is almost a certainty to become a fine citizen when he grows up is another of father flanagans contentions twentyone years ago he conceived the idea for getting hold of homeless boys before they were hopelessly lost acting not only as thetr friend but also giving them a chance in life with the permission of his bishop be borrowed money from a pawnbro ker friend with which he opened an old house at twentyfifth and dodge streets in omaha three years after be had started his dream to working he purchased a farm on lincoln highway eleven miles west or omaha again his pawnbroker friend assisted 1 n the raising or funds ten years later his dream came true for he had an incorporated city of 250 population centered hi a 320- acre farm and cornpristng eleven brick buildings house schools dairy workshops recreation rooms and dormitories now father flanagan is on the screen portrayed by the one actor hollywood whom he wanted to see in his place spencer tracy metrogoldwynefsyer made the story of boys town on the screen in a picture of the same title currently showing at the gregory theatre georgetown on saturday feb 4th matinee and night with spencer tracy and mickey rooney costarred resments warned against canvasser chief robert alexander has warn ed- york township cittaens agamst racketeers who be said are police approval of their goods the chief said resmento had re ported a man o the 4 end of the township with a nl feck or night ohajn for ftoom i chumtog the pone depattessnt 1 the pottos departanettfaas not ap- proei o any s dev nor has sntborlzed any person to solicit 20775000 which is an advances of slightly over four million dollars on the 193839 estimates the mcrease is largely covered by to pur chases of general stares armaments and munitions additional work on pacific coast defence works will take about 900000 and varying amounts will be spent in improvement of 2 camps ranges armouries etc throu ghout the country these engineering services will amount in all to about 2400000 navy the personnel of the canadian navy will be raised from 119 officers and 1463 ratings to 140 officers and 1339 ratings one flotilla leader wm be purchased from the admiralty a fishermens reserve of 40 skippers and 160 seamen will be formed on the atlantic coast 3- to the unit on the pacific new construction for the naval service at halifax wm amount to 35800 and at esquimau 545800 these figures cover maga zine accommodation barracks dock yard ftsotwharf repairs and improve ments financing the defence of the total of approximately 63 and a half million dollars appropri ated for defence 39406402 is enter ed in the estimates under capital account the 3 and a half minion dollars above the 60 million is the sinking fund appropriation needed annually to retire this capital ex penditure with interest at the end of ten years the balance of the total appropriation for defence comes un der ordinary expenses debate en the speech from the throne the debate on the speech from the throne has covered the range of subjects and the trade treaties have figured prominently in the s which are wimhig a r pofltioal slant every possible chink in the government armor where a rapier point might be inserted is belne- sougbt diligently by vigilant foes to the opposition ranks by the tone of the s members are quite orld- enuy hearing far off or perhaps not so far off the tumult of the cap tains and the ttf fllftflljr times uisjemplsy relief v in brief the main features of the governments proposals in relation to unemployment amelioration are a rouows it is intended to ease the burden of the tnunlripalltiea by re- qulrmc them to pay only 20 per esnt of the cost of direct relief while the dominion and the pro wul each shoulder 40 per cent tnaxtonan be lief of transients wul be shared equal ly by the- dominion and the rovm- ces where cme hivxrovement mess ures are undertaken hy rn ties tn lieu of direct relief the direct labor costs arm be shared in full on a 3060 toasts by the and the provinces while the mmhttpsll- ues lfll pay for bftttarlatb antrtb cost of supervision the youxh isla-r- me xnorement wffl be eomnaett jor three yeaxavbtdsjie m wffl be aided by an ede jrat ggft ootxmrvauon measures andanspt wide treat wffl be madb to a fartety continue 00 prua b