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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening february 15th 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to ua 1 not on the fsces of the people jtlt lz georgetown united church annual congregational meeting the postponed annual meeting of georgetown united cnurch was held on monday evening feb 19th the schoolroom of tne cburch the rev p c overend acted as chair man and the opening worship ser vice was oonduoted by members the yjpu mr alex maclaren secretary for the meeting reports of the variou ttons of the church were given shov ing a very encouraging condition in the life and activities or the church increases were reported in the mem bership in the missionary glvmgs both to the missionary and mslnten- ance fund and to the wj4s and in the general revenue the board of stewards dosed the year with substantial balanc on hand in the election of officers messrs a maclaren j w kennedy and p b harrison were reelected to the session for a term of five yean messrs w c anthony t lyons j mcdermld and o w mountock were reelected to the board stewards and messrs j r smith and e porgraves were newly elected to the same board plans were discussed and mlttee arranged for to initiate pro ceedings for the fitting observance of the 100th anniversary of the congreg ation to be celebrated in 1940 at the close of the meeting a very dainty lunch was served by the wives of the members of the official board they prayed for the repose of his owl e mntti m tonrii ing words preached on the ufe of the deceased pontttf saying in part for seventeen years pope phta ha been the vigilant apostle of peace to the the strong defender of the right of ctod and man be carried on his work of r directing having always to view the redemption and the good of the georgetown win from bolton in exciting hockey playott down visitor by s 4 score before largest crowd of the seuon fist flywhen game got out of control local hay sup ll agains th t bolton comn go to bolton friday night by o mac moouvray one of the greatest hockey strug gles ever seen in the local lee palace took place here last night when bol ton met georgetown in the first game of group no 3 playoffs for the groop title an oejl intermediate b hockey fixture a much improv ed georgetown squad endeared them selves to the sporting public when they trounced- the visitors 5 4 in a game that held everything from jmappycornhmaqon plays fipeed and sride open hockey to a fisticuff affair that sent four players to the cooler for a flvetrdnnte stretch and threat- ed to break us to a freeforall the fare oc when referee george bamsworth let play get out of con trol and rough tactics were resorted to the playoff consists of home and home games with goals to count and georgetown take scant onegoal lead into tne neighboring hamlet on friday night it is no secret that georgetown boys an really play hockey and lo cal fans may have been underestimat ing them the game last night left nodoubt in the minds of every hoc key fan that botton will have to have some new tricks if they intend to win the group honors again this year bvery player gave of his best while on the ice and it is regretted that frank dewhnrst had to receive nasty gash on the face when hit the puck before the game ended tne game was still young when tost took k richardson s pass to start the light blinking for georgetown in the first period blddall and han then drew penalties for minor offences but bolton were unable to score the lo- cass at full strength again ball coasted into the bolton territory to give crichton the pass for the second goal of the game this gave george town a 2 olead as the period dosed starting a man short at the beginn ing of the sandwich red when k richardson was serving out a penalty georgetown stayed off the bolton machine and when on even terms gain ward notched another counter on rlddairs assist this was soon feoowed by a fourth goal when watt blchardaon stickhandled his way thnmyh to the goal mouth to feamt ginger hall in the net with tte score standing 40 crocker scor- ed tor the viators when he went around the georgetown net and slid the puck under alcott it was at this stage of the game that theflght start- ed when ward and harris tangled only to have the player on both teams ltthrmg it up b was some time be ta order could be resto by the referee with the law takmg a band p hamsworth su a strain- wdsboukser to athwnprmg to part the wouldbe pugilists the outcome of the affair was four fiv pen- anjea crocker harris riddau and bsnaerson doing the stretch play was fairly even while these players were off both teams playing with four men on the ice however the georgetown team scored on a break away with crichton again making the xed light btash to toe try botton earned another penalty but it was delayed until the other players were back on the ice bolton with i up the period with a goal by don ofosskruth from dose in on the net joe ball drew a penalty in the clos ing seconds of the period when he ch crocker rather strenuously in front of the net the third and final period was a long drawnout affair owing to off aides and bellringing ken richard eon went off when be threw the puck out of bounds and norton and san demon also drew penalties bolton played every man up for the first part of the period but were forced to drop back as the georgetown of fensive never let up the visitors did the scoring in this period when they tried hard to overcome a three goal lead by georgetown as a re suit both harris and norton counted for then team the last few seconds held some breathtaking moments for the ge fans as bolton swarmed the local citadel in a des perate effort to secure the tielng goal however they did not realize their fondest dream and georgetown re mained the winners by a 5 4 score both goalies were called upon to inake some great saves but they seemed up to the task or the score might have been larger crichton and tost stood out well for the local team while w richardson did some clever auckhandllng chapman was the fastest man on the bolton lineup and played a good game au the way barney harris and crocker were also in the spotlight ad players on both the daughters of afc- george teams did themselves proud the church held a very enjoyable st georgetown team won and rightly so valentine dance in the arena on frl mourn the death of their belov rontiff on sunday at holy cross murch memorial devotions were hdd for the late pope puis xl great sorrow was horticultural society elect officers for 1939 the annual meeting on thursday pad a fair attendance mr clark gave a highly interesting address illustrated with charming views of vtnee then followed bso delightful by misses afftlftrwon sod high school open night following the custom of other schools an open night was observed at georgetown high school last wed nesday evening the purpose of open night in a school is to give every one an opportunity of becoming more familiar with it and its activi ties since most people hare no means of securing any real idea of school activities and since they can hardly be interested in what they know nothing about open night fills a definite need in this respect and judging by the attendance and the in terest manifested our first open night has been successful in filling this a definite programme a was drawn up for the evening the whole school was thrown open from 7j0 to 9j0 demonstrations were given by the physics and chem istry classes the finals of the school versespeaking competition were held and a display of neat work was pre sented by a group of the girl stu dents p being made under the new curioulom was represented in the lower forms by ta m art geography and history and by a de ny the glee club and cfaestra filled out the ig tv the whole evening was quite formal open bouse being quite uterady and everyone enjoyed since the response to the first even ing was so good over three hundred attended it has been decided to make open night an annual feature hence forth the greatest he was great with the greatness of a man by reason of special qualities of his heart by rea son of his noble treasures of mmd by reason of his ability as a state and leader and not least of all by reason of the cast erudition he had accumulated through a brilliant and scholarly career he was great with the dignity and greatness of the of fice which he hole with the greatness pose which is nothing less than the glory of god sought after and striven for in the quest of souls and in heroic effort towards peace in human so ciety and the greatest good of all the people it is the supreme law in the life of man to tend towards god to conform though te words and to the precepts of heaven and to- strive with might and main to be united once again with the creator this is the program of the pope and to this program he incessantly sum mons men and nations yes he calls the nations too for these also must keep to the pathway assigned by god for the working out of their destiny and they cannot go on as if there were no god nor can they long en dure without religion to attempt it would be to destroy the basis of mor ality of order and of every right and duty and to these firm foundations both the individual and the nation have absolute need and how much the holy father has done for a society so disturbed want works nave been accomplished by his rare genius in his writings and in particular his encyclicals in which his august words throbed with life and expressed the thing that need to be said for our present bene fit and for the working out of our future happiness these encyclicals are bulwarks which will remain solid and unconquerable through the ges they constitute a safeguard for souls a defence of the rights and duties of the family of the education of the children a protection for rich and poor the rights of the workman in structions for rulers and subject and an impetus for the dev of studies of missions and of everything which pertains to san culture or the progre of human so ciety pope plus while be beheld the accumulation of so many rums has spared nothing to reconstruct solidly and to work for the reign of christ in the world as we contemplate the ufe of one who has bridged nearly a centuary of war and peace trial and triumph we bow down in spirit before the great heart that sustained it all stood as a monument on the ho of christendom he was a gregory to courage and a leo in intellect and he fought for god with the vigor of one who now we pray sees him face to face phis our beloved pontiff dead sternal rest grant unto bm o lord pray god give us another plus maodonald and messrs parana young with buss prank at the piano the following officers were ejected for the current year presldenttra maclaren first vicepresident n h brown secon vicepresident bey f c overend treasurer mrs j b mackenzie secretary ralph ross audltonvj d reuy and g w directors for two wen miss staunton ralph boss one controversey over bren gun contract lasts tor full week dr msjuon proposed amendment to have contract can- g t hlfr wis ruled o of order- mnrh ntmr work to come before parliament before end of session brampton were week by georgetown hockeyiste visitors blankbd s in halton gara op held meeting the feburary meeting of the hal ton branch of the ontario garage operators association was held in the liberal ball at oakvule monday evening feb 13th mr l mcklnnely or burlington the branch president presiding there was a large turnout of members and visitors noteable among the visitors was harry harper president of the provincial council and mr p mopherson provincial organiser after a short period of general business in which it was decide to hold a ladies night in march a committee was appointed to arrange for the evening the presl dynt then introduced harry harper ho addressed the meeting johnny emmerson the travelling cowboy singer of georgetown enter talned the members and visitors dur ing the evening to a number of his ever popular songs a social half hour was pent at the close of the meeting refreshments coffee and sandwiches were served large attendance at st valentine dance jhey were the better on the night k plsy bolton goal hall defense chap man schaefer centre crocker wings harris- kelson subs norton barney defense riddau bet eree george hatosworth kit- aacott hall dewhurst centre wings ward w richard k richardson tost crichton san day evhing feb 10th graham mel- ross and his orchetcs ofgalt sup plied the music the winners of the first novelty dance were mr bernard cowtan of brampton and mrs elgin hahn georgetown and mr percy the lucky birthday dance the hu were presented with heartshaped boxes of chocolates lunch was serv ed from tables tastefully decorated with spring flowers nod a m neilsen tx ross and dr paul and for year prof butt e b swack- a w c anthony mrs j b mackenzie and mrs woo thomp- tn with 141 in the treasury the pros- tromtjpects tar the years work are good p halton holster breeders achieve high honors according to the february issue of the holstelnprleslan journal 4304 bnhftem cows qualified in record of performance last year in the usm- mary which lists canadian class leaders for the year are two halton cows one being from the herd a e woodley son of milton and the other in the herd of a ti ford of hornby in connection with lbs former we quote from the hol- stein journals quite outstanding is the record of 14140 lbs muk and 20 lbs fat made by correct francy keyes made on tiwo time this tops all junior two year olds for the year r of tunes milked she is a daughter of college view sir francy keyes is owned by a e woodley ro mi out and was bred by f r- breckon of bronte in the mature class sos day divi sion for twice a day milling lynn river tensen olive in the herd of emerson ford of hornby was the leader in milk production with 18j15 lbs milk the same cow was second for butterfat production with 03b lbs bp she is a daughter of highland reecho king mercedes it will also be a source of pleasure to all members of the halton hol- stdn club to learn that w h rob inson popular odd man of the to- celclub was on wednesday last at the annual meeting of the holstein frtestan assoc or canada reelected as one of the seven directors repre senting western ontario a small boy was seen sitting mood uy on his front step what makes you so miserable s friendly neighbor inquired well replied the boy if i had to do it over again i wouldnt eat up sisters lipstick even for spite nokval rifle club the shooting on monday night exceptionally good many rnembers scoring the possible point of 100 out of 100 both in the aggregate evnt and in the aucanada league two teams of seven men each are shoot ing in this league and ftalahedthe second event of the series number one team scoring 407 points out of a possible 500 and number two team scoring 493 points out of a possible 50 the five scores of each team to count in the league event there are three shoots in this allcanada lea gue members scoring 206 points out of 300 win receive an expert spoon and members scor 200 points will receive a marksmens spoon the scores made in the aggregate event are as fallows h nurse 100 r w hall 100 p johnson 100 m atkmaon 100 o h ball 80 e mc- klnney 00 w wilson b9 c mere dith m w usk 08 a w wilson sb p stark 98 p hustler 97 dr steven son 07 the hamilton rifle club will visit here on monday feb 20th coming by bus with fifteen riflemen the nerval rifle club will visit the cna rifle club of toronto on thursday feb 23rd and possibly the oa c of gudph on feb 27th township relief account 66626 snow plough purchased stewarttown january 23rd 1939 the council met on monday after noon with all members present reeve n a robinson presided at the meet ing after the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting tenders for a snow plough were read representatives rrom j d adams and sawyer massey attended the meeting the council would not de cide to purchase a plough until see ing them working moved by wilson seconded by harrop that the council do now ad journ to meet february 13th or at the call of the reeve carried stewarttown february 13th 1039 the february meeting of esques- lng council was held on monday af ternoon deputy ree w a wilson councillors c h may o w murray and edwin harrop were pres ent reeve n a robinson presided at the meeting the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirm ed after the reading of the communi cations it was moved by may and murray that the treasurer pay re lief accounts at presented by the re lief officer sswl3 carried moved by wilson and harrop that the township purchase a snow plough from the saw massey company for the sum of 846350 this bams the rnachlne carried moved by murray and may that the treasurer pay board of hydro cm missioned georgetown street lights at glen williams oct to dec 1933 j74 75 bell telephone co 381 21 s359 91 12 1 40 total 499 muni cipal world supplies 10 00 j h smith 1 cord wood for council chamber 1830 jos sanford refund on taxes deposited in bank twice 14888 i m bennett registration of births marriages and deaths foi 1938 2030 stamps 238 total 2288 george c brown premium on town ship motor grader to dec 16th 1039 37 00 carried moved by wilson and harrop that the treasurer pay the road sheets as presented by the road superintendent 91985 carried moved by may and murray that the treasurer pay board of healtn accounts j c williams glasses for wm allan 350 glasses for g leon ard 505 total 855 carried moved by harrop and wilson that the treasurer pay membership fee to the ontario good roads convention carried moved oy harrop and may that the reeve and deputyreeve be ap pointed delegates to the ontario good roads convention carried moved by wilson and harrop that this council do now adjourn to meet monday march 13th at 130 pm or at the call of the reeve carried george upset the much moot ed brampton teams chances of a playoft berth when they blanked them 2 to 0 in a hectic game here last wednesday night brampton had to win to stay in the running but failed before a large crowd of e s from the flower town tne ice was rather sticky due to the mild evening for such an portent affair as this game but the local boys showed their superiorty by outscoring their rivals the first period went scoreless and witiwonly one penalty when gibson was the offender the scoring of the game took place in the second period when crichton notched the first goal on a pass from tost penalties were numerous in this period when play got out of control and as result tost crtnbjton long and gibson were penalised before the end of the frame tost added an other for the georgetown team ii crarnble in front of the vistork net this made the scori 2 0 for georgetown i tne third period was also and sanedrson got the only the game was very interesting from start to finish with the better team ullng out the win brampton goal burrows gbjson k long centre anthony gs d long weiler subs solosld mu macintosh mcmurohy georgetown goal alcott defense hall dewhurst centre riddau wings ward w richardson subs k richardson tost crichton stock- ford sanderson referee jock bennett toronto georgetown curling club hembonspiel the local club held its annual ban- spiel on monday 13th inst due to mild weather during the day the curlers were reluctantly forced to run off the second and third games a1 guelph the guelph club very gra ciously placed their plant at the dis posal of the local curlers and a very enjoyable day was spent by an the rinks represen were bramp ton 2 muton erin 2 kkche fergus 2 acton hulsburg guelph and four rinks from george the prise winners were as follows first erin bush skip second guelph johnston skip and third erin beu skip medallions fob school children to comkmorate visit of kino and queen school children of georgetown wfll be among the young canadians who wm receive neinoratmg the visit of the king and queen ca next summer annou rnent that 250000 medallions to be distributed was announced at ottawa last week the medallions about an inch diameter win be distributed tree all school children through the agency of the provincial educational authori ties in addition silver and bronae me dallions win be placed on sale at the leading post offices of canada reasonable cost as souvenirs of the royal visit scheduled to start may 15th when their majesties bark at quebec from the battle cruiser hjs repulse all medallions will be of the same design though of several sizes on the obverse side there will bt superimposed effigies of their majes ties and on the reverse side there win be an outline map of canada showing the route of the royal tour with the canadian coatof arms en graved near the top of the map latin inscription on the medallions will be a marl usque ad mare from sea to sea and regemet reglam canada salutat canada salutes the king and queen ashgrove the wj8 auxiliary held thelr meetlng at the home of mrs clayton wilson on tuesday feb 14th with 16 ladles present a favorite scripture verse was the answer to the roll call after the minutes were read several items of business were dealt with mrs j g wilson contributed a pleas ing solo learning to live together was the title of the 4th chapter of the study and was very ably bandied by mrs a j ruddeu with mrs george nurse and mrs j g wilson assist her the meeting closed witb the use of the church of all na tions verison of o canada the tpu are holding a valentine social on friday night feb 17th in the sunday school room everyone cordially invited tne bren gun contract has been the s of extended and bitter controversy in the wny of commooav the contract for the manmaetare 7000 machine guns for the depart ment of national defence was inves tigated by judge davis of the supreme- court sitting as a royal oommttslan- erto october and november and sv report was given to p at the opening of the wwpdon the john ingus company with whom the con- tract for 7000 msrhtno guns was made also received an order for sjdoo guns from the british war office m his report judge davis exoner ated an departmental officials of any thing n the way of corruption left parliament however to do whether in substance the contract was a good one around this qnfwtfcsi political controversy has raged fur s week the thinvm began with ths introducoon of a resohruon by mr macnein of vancouver to refer thw contract and the re port to the public accounts standhsf committee of the commons for to vestigatlan and report dr w proposed an aroendment to cancel to contract but this was dedared-out-ot- order by the speaker of the house be cause it was a direct negative to the resolution however beginning wttb a speech from the totroducer of the resolution a number of members nave either assailed or upheld the contract with bitterness and vigor the demand that the contract be cancelled was repeated and empbashv ed by opposition rnembers among the claims put forward by the opposition were the following tenders should have been taken on the contract major hahn on behalf of the john ihgus company ha been awarded the contract on a cost plus ten per cent basis the plant of the john inglls company was described as a broken down boiler factory in bis speech on the contract mr howe minister of transport and former contractor said that the plant of the inglls was in reality wen established and capable of turning out god msov hlnery the opposition objected to the government making major iy a representative of the canadian gov ernment in dealing with the war of fice at least it was claimed that the correspondence made it clear that hewas the representative of the can adian government it was said favori tism had been shown major hahn- that the whole deal smacked of pat ronage there were other firms ttl canada who could have done ins work and they had not been asked to bid on it it was believed that tns british would hesitate about gtrmg further munitions orders to canadtek factories when contracts like the brno gun were not up on tha government side it was stated that british factories orders for rtttmi have dried up hmtame of the attack on the contract for bren guns british war office have a cont with the inglls company mttr t the defence departments contract with the company m the course of the debate mr howe fmfrt of transport remarked that he had re cently visited the inglls plant tfti that the production of the tt guns w to an advanced stage to manufacturing p had conunued despite the bren gun probe afifi af termath which might reasonably have been expected to have wndrirsd the operation of the factory b was stated during the debate mat spars parts for the bren gun would be de livered by the inglls plant nest june as earnestly as opposition i attacked the contract rnembers upheld it the a against the contract i was purely political whether is so or not is naturally a matt for argument it is at the same urns quite clear that the atmosphere at tending the denote on both sides of the house has been deddely poutt- cal there has been plenty of bits and sting in the interchanges of w across the floor there have been a great many appeals to the chair re questing the withdrawal of unpar liamentary language and insults ah this of course indicates the proxi mity of an election the minster of national defence mr ian mackenzie sharply answer ing his critics said he believed now as be had stated last year that the contract with the inglls was one of the best contracts signed in this country t have been asked said the minister why i se lected hahn x say why notr a gallant canadian soldier a very- astute industrialist an able business man and yet they say there is some thing sinister for the first nms since the war canada had joined hands with the motherland to obtain the guns necessary to their onroyw derence at the same tkne the con tract was saving the carutdian hue- payers more than u3q0t000 tn of production he referred in thj to the british having also placed contract for guns with the ittgl company which it was athnstc would reduced the cost to canada by the amount menuonetu he consid ered the portfolio of defence ssacrsa trust the minister said and nemssds an impass appeal when the con troversy would be over tor i toonttoued on page ft