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page 4 the georgetown herald wednesday evening february 6th 1 939 silvers mid winter sale mens underwear he fle shirts and mcmsnkmy mr and mrs john mdmenemy chen whilams are happy to announce the birth ol a son johnwayne on february 2nd 1938 at guelph general hospital died arnold at his late residence bower avenue acton ontario on thursday february and 1939 beatty o arnold beloved husband of agnes barber kennedy in roanoke rapids hos pltal north carolina on friday feb 3rd 1039 lyla m kennedy beloved daughter of mr and mrs j w kennedy georgetown ont funeral from the home of her par ents georgetown on friday feb 10 at 230 pjn interment in green wood cemetery romance of suez is btdxbd40 ftlm out of choking sand from the clutch of the raiding- bedouin in the face of the black simoons sav age fury with blood tears and pas slon was wrested the sues canal jugular vein of the world seldom do the dusty records of history offer sich intense emotion stirring reman e and awesome spec tacle as the great story of ferdln and de lessep jrlven by the love of two women to tear continents apart that ships might sail the desert in the short route to the east sought in vain by columbus and magellan into this perfect for thescreen plot darryl f zanuck poured all the production skill born of a long re cord of memorable screen achieve- nts- mak o of t most- debate on speeeh from throne lasted tor three full weeks government has now commence legislative program on a very extensive front refugee question the trade treaty and defence all come up for discussion by spectator the speech from throne ended ottawa feb 7th after a full three weeks of debate the speech from the thrcne which gives the general trend of government legislation has been laid aside and parliament has com menced its legislative program in this prolonged debate considezanly- would have little effect an importa tions from other countries such as japan italy etc defence in a short time parliament will dis cuss a bill providing for the creation of a defence purchasing board which will buy defence supplies and equjp- ineutr autt will utuvjuu safeguards against manufacturers of munitions making unreasonable prongs while this bill is under discussion a good deal is likely to be heard again about the bren gun contract which was the subject of an investigation fay judge- davis last summer departmental officials were exonerated by judge davfsfrom any suggestion of corrupt- tlon but it was left to parliament to decide on the merits of the contract political controversy will surge abou it drbwers on sale at 59c mens ties reg 55c assortment at 35 3 pr mewl work sox extra heavy ribbed wool work ox at 19 3 pr 55 ladies hose full fashioned service weight and chiffon at 49c ladies underwear rayon panties and bloomers 23c 2 for 45c wiefionat j1i5 home lot 10 7tti line esqueslllb on friday jeb 3 1839 oeorce wilson in his 79th year ladies dresses new arrivals of plain and prmt- sllk dresses in all sizes and latest styles j2 ks ladies hose rayon and wool hose m all shades and sizes special 25c shop with confidence at silvers dept store where your dollar goes farther 5 phone 375 georgetown obituary lyla hay kennedy lyla may kennedy beloved daugh ter of mr and mrs j w kennedy of georgetown ont died in roanoke rapids hospital north carolina on friday feb 3rd 1930 from injuries received on jan 16th in an auto ac cident when motoring with friends to florida deceased was born in georgetown and received her public and high school education in the schools here later she graduated as dietitian from the macdonald in stltute in guelph for a few years she oiled positions as dietitian in hos pitals in milwaukee and elsewhere but owing to 111 health she was pre vented from continuing her profes sion for the last ten years she has been at home with her parents be sides her parentis there remain to mourn her loss one brother h m kennedy of owen sound and one sister mrs j h stephens of toron to the sympathy of many friends is extended to mr and mrs kennedy and family in their very sad bereave ment spectacular pictures to bear the 20th centuryfox label suez opens at the gregory theatre georgetown tuesday and wednesday feb 14th and lth tyrone power interprets the heroic role of de lesseps with loretta young and annabeua as the two wo men whose love lashed him to splen did triumph over impossible obstacles produced on the magnificent scale only the screen at its greatest can command suez was directed by al lan dwan and is the latest in the movie quiz 250000 contest j ed ward bromberg joseph- schildkraut henry stephenson sidney blackner and a host of others are included in the stellar cast olde tyme and modern -dance- under auspices of esquesing agricultural society will be held in arena georgetown wednesday feb 15th dancing 8 till 2 ernie thacker floor manager lunch served doris hulls six piece orchestra admission 70c couple committee walter gray cecil chisholm percy cleave craig reld john bird jr herb cleave frank fetch president oscar lerch sec news from the nyal drug store valentine cards lc 2 for 5c see our selection valentine serviettes 15c package give ber smiles n chuckles lor valentine special heart boxes 75c 100 1 50 smiles n chuckles valentine wrapped 25c 50c 1 we feature parkedavis vitamin preparations consult us for your individual requirements maccormacks bronchial cough syrup soc we are pnmd of this prodnct we guarantee it to be effective and offer it crowing popularity as proof of its effectiveness maecormacks drug store we deliver georgetown the hal ton union fanners mutual fire insurance company campbellvuxe ontario extract from annual report as at december slat 1938 assets value of heal estate 3500 00 mortgage loans on real estate 0 400 00 book value of bonds and debentures 30000 00 gash on hand including returned cheques s80636 and in banks 14j065 1412 31 cvtetaattlng cash payments or instalments thereof due in 1898 493 65 due in prior years 6300 interest due 6300 and accrued 30480 368 80 office ptamituxe and safe r 40000 over one hundred members took part the speeches covered a very extensive field touching in one way or another on practically all national affairs now in the mind and eye of the peo ple of canada as a rule each mem ber dead particularly with one or two subjects of general concern as well as with questions intimately re lated to his constituency or the gen eral area he represents the election is felt to be not so very far off and the debate gave an opportunity for many members to give to parliament the country and their constituencies their views on the many problems that confront the nations representa tlves in this session which is ex pected to be the final session of this parliament many speeches had more than the usual political bent the want of confidence amend ment of the conservative party to the motion on the address in reply to the speech from the throne was defeated by 155 votes to 56 while the subamendment introduced by mr woodsworth ccj leader urg ing greater government control of financial institutions and monopolis tic enterprises met defeat by a vote of 189 to 23 the ccj and social credit members supported the sub- amendment while these groups join ed the conservatives in support of the original amendment the dlvl slon was on clean cut party lines the closing hours of the debate lm m dlately before the vote was record ed were enlivened by sharp infer changes between mr dunning and dr manlon on the administration in times past of thecanadlan national railway both had held the port folio of minister of railways it was pleasant to all members on the floor and to visitors in the galleries to see lhal mr dunning after his long and trjing illness has quite evidently re gained his old time vigor dr man on was answering an assertion of a winnlp4tr member that while he was minister of railways he had saboteg ed the government railway thte conserit ve leader ssarply repudlat ed the charge and gave a detailed account of his stewardship of the cnr he had been always opposed doing blsivess by and is still opposed he said to unlfl carrier pigeon cation of the railways during the j course of his remarks he mentioned montreal feb 7th in these days that while mr dunning was minister of air mail telegraph and radio several new lines had been added to quite a stir was caused here when the cnr system mr dunning re it came out that a firm of wohlesale piled that while the investment in vived daughtmrs stanley f ln malone f y 2 domb crea gowknd milton ont wtlmot j b lnci bv carrier pigeon the story panded in the period of 1828 and smb of ottawa ont drar comefi lrm ffl ol canadian i 1929and he challenged any member thur wilson woodstock ont and j exp u qu to 1 j earl clayton gu and prank of es l cit 1 beno n hflve taken queslng township the funeral ser the who over no problem required more vices were held monday feb 6th at tolcs to wnlch paeons in the heart searching consideration than 2 pjn from hi late residence and unhersit ga den long the st the ad mi list ration of the great pub were conducted by the deceaseds close tf a few days ago he notic ucly owned utility the cnjt mr friend the rev griffin thompson n lhe j p tnm h1c riin a bird with a ring around its foot tarlans making friends with it he anally william george wilson death occurred feb 3rd at his late residence lot 10 7th line esqucs ing township hal county of william george wilson in his 70th year beloved husband of the late sophia adeline hunter who prede ceased him three years ago last au gust mr wilson was born nov 20th 1860 and was raised on the lot on which he has lived and worked so industriously since his childliood he was the son of john wttson and hannah gastle and w as the oldest member of the family of ten seven of which are still living his sister margaret and brother guy both predceased 1 im about fortj years ago the surviving four brothers are henry of ashgrove john and hodge of ajl mer ontario and arthur of hornby and the remaining three sisters are hannah mrs john bussell of to ronto elizabeth mrs robt fox of milton and lillian mrs thos fisher of georgetown the deceased is sur acton mrs charlotte maodonakl miss oorrlnne macdonald betty johnston and mr ottlo clarkt of hamilton spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs e h vincent acton friends will regret to learn that miss mona mcqeachle has been ln the toronto general hospital suf ferlng from blood poisoning as a re suit or a knee injury all will be pleased however to learn that her progress is satisfactory now and she is recovering pupils of acton continuation school held a very enjoyable tobogganing party last friday evening form ii were hosts and the eats at the school made a splendid finish after appetites had been made keen on the slides last thursday was achievement day when the group of young ladles taking the short course in acton ntertain d at the parish hall during the afternoon the teachers miss wallace and miss howell welcomed the vimtocs and explained the various exhibits some splendid dresses and other articles made during the course were on display also models sug gt ting suitable home decoration frt e press church news scripture text he that loveth father or mo ther more than me la not wo of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me mid he that taketli not his cross and f oooweth after me ia not worthy of me matt 10 37 38 st georges church rev woo thompson rector holy connnunlon fl am sunday school 10 ajn matins 11 am pjn st albans church glen wunams sexagesima sunday holy commun ion oho am sunday school 2 pjn evensong 3 pjn knox presbyterian church minister rev d d davidson ma sunday feb 12th 10 am sunday school 1 1 am and 7 p m public worship monday feb 13th 8 pjn young peoples meeting baptist church rev e g baxter minister 2 00 p m church school 7 00 pjn wor ship service subject god s house gospel sing song after regular service monday b yj u thursday midweek service a welcome to all tbe united church rev f c overend ba minister the sunday school and bible classes will meet at 10 am morning and evening worship will be held at 11 a m and 7pm the subject for the morning will be the god of human experience and for the evening dante s message in his purgatory norval rifle club now of mt hamilton who lived as neighbor at ashgrove for so many years before mr thompson s entry into the ministry rev thompson was assisted by the rev john totten of ashgrove united church the floral tributes and the large number of friends and relatives present indlcat ed the esteem in which mr wilson was held his six devoted and loving sons acted as pallbearers interment took place at hlllcrest cemetery nor val ont among the beautiful floral contributions were those from the following the family brothers and sisters in laws grandchildren ash grove united church mr and mrs wm blake and family woodstock dental society canadian legion woodstock credit lodge af st am georgetown and others balunafad the wmjb held their regular meeting at the manse the meeting was well attended and two new mem bers were enlisted which was an en couraglng start for the year the the scores made on monday nights shoot in the all canada league were below the average several of the od a mmnpt n the familiar node dunning told his lello parllamen l ssln ssffh- t century on practice but fell down in captured the pigeon examined the the difficult question of what band and found that the bird be- canada will do to aid european poll lokcd to dufort brothers or malone hca refugees was discussed by mr 60 miles southwest of montreal just heaps member for a winnipeg con over the united states border at i bl he made a plea on hu their equest abbe benolt put the pigeon in a little box with holes punched in it and shipped it home by canadian national express a letter from malone to quebec re vcaled the fact that this pigeon no 20 was the offspring of two united states army birds from fort mon mouth nj his background was good but he was only eight weeks old and an inexperienced traveller re leased at north lawrence ny on his first 25 mile flight he went as tray and became a tourist the job he neglected was outlined to abbe benolt by leo dufort one ol the partners of the wholesale firm an officer in the national guard mr dufort became interested ln carrier pigeons while studying an army cor respondenob course he bought a few pairs and flew them for fun then he hit on the idea of using the birds in his business each day the total assets j 4 68671 66 tjmafflad pramhuns on all outstanding risks carried out at 80 thereof 36460 17 roll call was answered with new baejaman take out two birds and at years resolution the study book e em with the mom ksmi lff i p ln ordera attached to their legs s by maob about 96 per cent of the time the ts ujf return promptly mx dufort m o ordera are assembled and ready for shipment much earlier than if the arm had to wait for the travellers to return at night the father of the dufort brothers and founder of the firm is a native of embrun ontario service as outlined in missionary monthly an interesting story about kagawa was told by mrs foreman the february meeting will be held jointly with the worlds day of pray ar mr george mcmenemy is spending this week with mr and mrs nell cummlngs ln guelph totak uauutfea mjuo 17 sarpku of assets over uabilitw 322ts 3 tt a t ho man 1 tartan grounds for generous treatment of those unfortunate peo pie who have suffered so much din ing the same sitting of the house mr lacrolx member from quebec montmorency presented a petition from the st jean baptist society of quebec dlccrse bearing 127364 slgna tures protesting against all immigra tlon no open door but as gener ous a treatment as possible short of open door that is in dealing with individual cases appears to be the attitude of the government but a further statement is expected later ln the session the competition event the scores f johnson 100 h nurse 99 w wilson 99 w lisk 99 a w wilson 99 m atkinson 08 g h hft 88 r w hall 97 e mcklnney 97 dr stevenson 97 c meredith 96 p stark 95 f hustler 94 c cantelon 93 lets hope they do better in the next two shoots which will finish the league bray chicks akc glen williams the halton branch of the rural mall couriers association held their monthly meeting ln the town hall glen williams on monday night despite the wretched weather oondl lions a company of about 40 couriers and their friends were present ax tor the usual business progressive euchre was played the prise win ners were mrs james patterson httttonvllle mrs h preston glen wttums and mrs webster acton for the ladies mr cyril clark mr tom hiu glen williams and master oka scott of iinwhoase were the winners of the gents prises refresh ment were served by the ladles after which a social hour was enjoyed by ah present mr and mrs the weak end to tbehjnne of mf and mzs to subscribers our mailing lists have been corrected to feb sth and we ask you to kindly look at your label and if not correct please notify us and we shall be pleas ed to rectify same if your subscription is m ar rears will you kindly let us have amount due tour prompt attention win be appreciated we thank mil those who have already renewed tor 1939 glncerelyv j m moobe cnmusher trade treaty approval the first major task of the house of commons now that the speech from the throne is disposed of is seeking approval of the new trade pact with the united states during the debate arguments for and against the treaty have already been advanc ed from the government stand point it has been stated that mar- kets for primary products will greatly expanded with consequent beneficial effects on the employment situation that with the corelated pact between the united states and the united kingdom an advance has been made towards world economic appeasement that the pacts have not dealt a serious blow at the imperial preference principle that this prin ciple was for the first time reoognlz ed and affirmed by the united states ln the terms of the treaty that the pacts will strengthen the bonds of friendship between the english speak lng nations a friendship so essen tlal to the preservation of our civlll zation the pact has been attacked by the opposition on the ground that it has injured the operation of imperial preferences that the loss of the six cents a bushel preference on wheat will hurt the trade of canadian ports it has been held by opposition speak ers that little economic improvement can be hoped for trom the new treaty while the inroads made on british preferences will injure cana dian industry the favored notion clause which extends new rates grant ed united states to other nations such as japan germany and italy was alio attacked although goverix- ment spokesmen strongly upheld the favored nation prtoorple- and oukn- ftdtbat ln actual practise the eon i cessans given the why write lerteri and tnd money 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