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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednky evening march 8th 1939 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to usa council makes amendments to water and dog bylaws f 200 fee for use of garden hose cut off purchase pro perty from j a smith adjoining reservoir accounts passed council met at 8 pm on tuesday evening mayor gibbons was in the chair with reeve davis and council lors hall lyons cripps costlgan brown and mcdonald present minutes of previous meetings were read and confirmed communications were read from b brock the hospital for side child ren toronto general hospital secre tary thompson reunion canadian national railways halton and peel house of refuge moved by costlgan seconded by cripps that bylaw no to amend the dog bylaw of the town of georgetown be now read a first time carried moved by davis seconded by brown that bj law no to amend the dog by law of the town of georgetown be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by costigan seconded by hall that by law no to amend waterworks bylaw no 112a of the town of georgetown be now read a first time carried moved by mcdonald seconded by lyons that bylaw no to amend waterworks bylaw no 113a be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by cripps seconded by davis that this council purchase from mr john smith property comprising fif teen acres adjoining the reservoir for 9225 carried yeasgibbons hall lyons cripps davis brown mcdon aid nays costigan moved by brown seconded by lyons that we pay the relief commission the sum of 20793 to pay february accounts carried mcned b hall seconded by mc donald that the collector be instruc tod to return the 1938 lax roll or april 10th carried moved by lyons seconded b hall tnat a grant of 10 00 be given t o the committee in charge of home comforts for the inmates of uie hal ton and peel house of refuge car ried moved by cripps seconded by davit that the use of the georgetown park be granted to the thompson family reunion on june 17th 1939 carri ed georgetown legion entertains highlanders visitors pot on fink program the members of georgetown le gion played hosts to members of the royal highlanders of canada asso elation the canadian black watch comprising veterans of the 13th 42nd and 73 rd battalions at their c rooms last week end the visitors were welcomed by the president wm rooney and comrade j murphy a very happy time was spent and entertainment included variety num bers by two toronto radio stars and highland dances by jack patterson and his troupe also featured was an exhibition of the imbeth walk president bill green of the royal highlanders thanked the president and members of the legion for the splendid evening and extended an in vitation for a visit to toronto in the near future he congratulated the branch on its fine quarters and stress ed the necessity of all veterans lden tifying themselves with some organl zatlon as a means of assisting the movement generally refreshments tiere served under the comenorship or mrs t grieve arrangements were in the hands of comrade t grieves of the local branch and dave rose secretary of the highlanders association appointed editor of observer water users to benefit by new bylaw georgetown water users will benefit by the new bylaw passed by council on tuesday evening eliminating the 2 00 fee for the use of hose for gar den lawn or washing car citizens benefit not only by the 2 00 deduc tion but in the past this extra tax has caused both thnsers of water and the collectors a headache this hew bylaw will be appreciated by water users and as there is a large supply of water in georgetown they will be able to keep their lawns and towers looking more beautiful this summer rev a j wilson ylxrfuik recently been appointed edi for of the united church observer ihe new publication which will be the official organ of the church it was moved and seconded that the following accounts be paid h mcdougall sts 120 w breen sts 330 c sargent sts 120 m armstrong sts 1440 m armstrong w w 2 10 m armstrong sts 18 00 wm ward court services 4 00 e c thompson court services 4 00 w h kentner son coal 1325 j b mackenzie son coal 2650 the globe mall advertising 322 the toronto star advertising halton presbytenal meets here tomorrow the tenth annual meeting of the halton prcsbyterlal of the woman s mlssloniirj society of the united ci urch of canada will be he d in the 1 georgetown united church tomor- row thurdai march 9th sessions kill be held at 110 am and 15 pm u li a supper meeting at c la pm at which mr and mrs f w moltat ol weston will give an illustrated ad dress on a trip through india and palestine the story of the year and fie poster parade b presbyterlal tetarics will be a feature of the morning session the guest speaker of the afternoon session will be miss evelyn mitchell travelling secretary of the dominion board the presl deni ms earl wilson of ashgrove w ill preside r h thompson dc co sts jack tost f sinclair town truck f c whlbnee sts j n oneill son sts wm ward bailiff fees hydro electric w g m stamps etc c h barber ww rebate bell telephone co- chiefs res 2 05 mun office 734 fire chief 435 true driver 230 total 16 04 barber floral co 400 mclean publishing co 00 moved by hall seconded by lyons that we do now adjourn carried 314 339 26 45 1000 1300 100 1616 2615 350 12 00 lojjx met on monday night a regular meeting of the imperial order daughters of the empire lo ca chapter was held monday evening a the home of mrs c v williams with 16 members present the re gent mrs k d barber presided the minutes of the previous meet ing were read by the secretary mrs k m langdon mrs lambert educational secretary gave a comprehcnslve outline of top ics for studl for the coming yeir plans were mndc for ujl bestowal dinner to be held later in the month with mrs r p barber convenor and mrs williams mrs dann and mrs ma cor mack assl ung the meeting closed after which a social hour was spent with the hos teas serving refreshments a vote of thanks w as tendered mrs williams for the use of her home annlal meeting of mission to the lepers the annual meeting of the george- tow n branch mission to the lepers was held on friday mar 3rd last year s officers all being willing to serve again were reelected in a body president mrs a reeve vice president miss m young secretary mrs j l lambert treasurer mrs w tyndall representatives to the local coun ell mrs e young mrs francis rev woo thompson and rev w g baxter led the devotions af ter which the meeting was addressed by mr oeorge bell mr bell a missionary from the bor ders of tibet told of his work in a lepeosarlum where tibetans mas lems and buddhists found consola tion in christianity a leper being an outcast from all other religions is entirely without hope until he hears of christianity but under the care and teaching of christian missionaries life can be made tolerable and hope can be given to even the most revolt ing cases mrs feller and mrs vannatter then san out of the ivory palaces as a duct and the meeting was brought to a close united church to publish new paper first number of the new publica tion of the united church of can ada which is to be called the unit ed church observer will be publish ed early in march it was announced today bj the committee appointed by the general council to set up a new chucrh paper created out or the amalgamation of the new outlook and the united church record and missionary review rev a j wilson ba bx for merly minister of st andrews unit ed church napanec has moved u toronto and is completing organlza tion of the new journal the publication which will be the official organ of the united church of canada will have 32 pages in its initial stages according to the new editor the publication will stress news of the cuurchtvjfcjth special features for every age group in the home and artlrles of general and special inter tst world evtnts and the intcrprt ta lion of current hlstorj will also oc cupj an important place in the jour nal emphasl will b given to world mirttions biographies of prominent world figures will tx featured mr wilson stated the new publication dbg by law amended council had a busy session last night amending by law for the ii dog by law was also amended at this meeting this step was deemed necessary to try and cope with the dog situation in town too many dogs have been ru at large and owners have been evading the an nual tax the new amendment will now put the onus on the owner for it requires him to register each dog with the town clerk or tax collector or pay the alternative 10 00 fine the municipality has been in the past losing much revenue through dog taxes and this amendment will doubt help in this connection this by law will be strictly enforced sidewalks should be kept clear of snow many georgetown winners at halton county seed fair this year sponsored by halton crop improvement associ ation and held at milton john ruddell and t x brownridge of georgetown awarded cha organist wins professional degree at the recent examinations held by the- canadian college of organists mr lloyd hustler of norval was suc cessful in receiving his professional or gan degree acco mr hustler is also a professional member of the casavant society of toronto which alms amongst other laudable ob jects to promote interest in the or gan as a great concert lnsftrumpnt apart altogether from its important role as an adjunct to divine worship mr hustler received his early organ training under alfred wilson now organist of paisley cathedral scot land and since then has been a full time student of maltlond fanner f rco lrajj mr hustler has received all his theory training both with the university of music and the canadian college of organists under mr herbert campbell of brampton and he speaks of him as schumann spoke of chopin one hundred years ago hats off gentlemen a genius lions club the regular meeting of georgetown the sidewalks in some parts of the ons club was held at 630 terest to the membership 6f the united church of canada men and women who arc thoroughlv familiar with special subjects will be asked to write for the new publication illus tratlons will be generously used rev a j wilson comes to his task well qualified by long training and xiwrlence in the ministry and in newspaper work born in england of scottish parents he came with his family to canada when three years and lived in new brunswick town have become very dangerous for pedestrians due to the snow and ice being allowed to pile up from one snowfall to the next citizens gen erally should be reourlcd to remove the snow and ice from in front or their homes and the corporation should take slcps to see that this is done serious accidents can be caus ed from falls on slippery sidewalks but apart from that it helps to cut down on tin volume of sales at our local stores when citizens are unable to go shopping due to the ley con monday evening in the diningroom if the mcolbbon hotel chief mc clure in the chair during and after dinner the business of the club conducted the kings health was given with the national anthem sung dr jackson and d brill were elect ed delegates to the convention o district a to be held in jure lions king and ucata were named as sub stitutes announcement was made that cap tain tnnls of the ratepayers asso- dit ons or the streets a coating or elation of canada would be the ind in iome plncts would also help speaker on april 3rd and that the in this regard easter sunday with easter sunday ailing on lecture would be thrown open to the public lion jack watson reported on the ornival which showed a satisfactory bilance expressions of appreciation were offered to all who helped report was irivcn by lion reeve will be designed o be of general lrw asjjet year ll te lnterebun to on j hockey bersliln of tne j ll compares with the the cominr cone iveravc easter date easter is deter m ned by the first sunday following the first full moon after march 21 records dating back to 1865 show that faster has fallen on march 23 but once this was in 1913 next year eamer will be on march 24 the earll est since 1913 within recent years march 28 1937 was the earliest date only once since 1865 has easter come on april 25 the latest in 75 years that was in 1888 twice it has fal lecclvcd his pubic and high school i lvn on aorl1 m ln 1905 and agaln m milling at st john n b and at 1916 within recent years the latest pictou academj proceeding to unl i datt wa on adr11 2i a new principle in computing in tercet on savings accounts went into effect in canadian chartered banks on march 1st hitherto the system has been on compute the interest on the lowest monthly balance but after this month the lowest bal anoe in three months will be the basis of interest computation the mea explained a well known banker is to stop the ins and out ers and to encourage the keeping of a uniform minimum balance as far as possible on band the plan will not be detrimental to those who practise systematic saving 1 bat with the fee exacted for cashing cheques issued others will help out down the practice of those who use a saving account as a sort of current mornmt far which purpose it is not intended farms w 111 be submerged whin conservation dun built 1000 acre lakft th m five firmer in east and wi t l nor township are prcpirlnt to take movable article from tl nr farms ard seirch tor new homes their forms bv thts tlm next veir it is statedbnlii be suhmerped bv a 4000 acre shallow lake which will fol low the construction of the east lit h r dam plinned as part of the grand rur conservation scheme crsltj he graduated from queen arts in 1612 and from queens theological college in 1915 prior to entering university he served an ap prenticeshtp in marine engineering and during college jears had varied experiences with the frontier college ln northern ontario teaching school ln saskatchewan and serving home mlsslon fields in british columbia during the world war he worked as a tool maker on munitions in the napanee iron works upon graduation he was ordained and inducted into the ministry at st andrews presbv terinn church nap anee where he has served contlnu ously as the minister for twenty three years in that community and over a large section of eastern on- tario he has been a significant and somewhat unique fbrure in addition to his preaching and pastoral duties he served as editor of the napanee bevir n weeklv newspaper and for the past wo venrs has edited and published an independent religious jo in nl the christian advance i 1 mr wilson visited europe in 1927 i i rompmv with sherwood eddy to make a special studv of social and monomlc renditions two vears lat r 1 e vi he i jipai formosa china 1 mm hurii h made a second visit to europe with mr eddy with pedal reference to r issta bv travel i 1 wide reading h hi become f imlliar w ith world problems and xople mr wilson will assume both tl f editorship and b fmness manage m nt of the united ch irch obser 1935 in 1943 easter sunday will be on april 25 the coming concert by john rock wood famous baritone was consider ed the date being march 30th a churih parade was decided or for the sunday after easter at st georges the meeting then adjourned with the sinking of the maple leaf has uie laundry made a mis take asked brown this shirt li so tight i can hardly breathe yes its your shirt all right re plied his wire but youve got your head through a buttonhole hon w d herridge advocates new democracy for canada criticism levelled at the government by him quickly re sponded to by mr slaght and hon mr lapointe munitions contract discussed cb c gives report a new luminary has appeared in the lliucal skies of canada the brllli nnce of the now star is quite evident but its sl has till to be determin ed it ls believed b some it will turn out to be a meteor not a star the hon d herridge former minister lor canada at washington has given hlf no itical creed in a speech at ot tvwa hiv ls an advocate of political eform of a new democracy which wo ild elect a peoples parliament first thing to do in mr her the manufacture of shells has been discussed in parliament and has been forwarded to the public accounts committee in relation to this con tract opposition members have claim ed favoritism and patronage were shown in awarding the contract government supporters have said the fullest opportunity for investigating the contracts will be given in the pub c ircounts committee the prime minister said in the debate with re spect to profiteering with respect to des opinion would be to get rid of my government contract whether it the old political parties mr her ls in connection with the department ring sid he thoi kht the present of defence or any other department 1 titles tf left in control would unite d the government so far os this ad ii n national government which would ministration ls concerned we will do illv be hscist in its nature the nll in our ower uj prevent anything ws on parliament brought an kmd if anything is proven cannot hold office when taxes in arrears a case of general interest to muni cipalities and ratepayers was decided in halton during the past week at the annual meeting of s s no 2 in nassagaweya objection was taken by some ratepayers to two of the trus tees messrs woods and bruce hold ing office because they were a number of years ln arrears for taxes the trustees however did not resign messrs holmes and curtie rate payers ln the section pressed the case for a ruling and it was heard before county judge munro in milton his ruling was that messrs woods and bruce could not hold office the posl- uons were declared vacant and the costs were as against the defen- danta iiaiton count firm to manufacture part- for gas masks first manufacturing arm in hal ton county to benefit directly from the canadian governments defence program the ontario metal special ties bronte has just been awarded a contract from the department of na tional defence at ottawa for the manufacture of the canister parts for ten thousand gas masks the pattern for the parts has been received and about a dozen men at the company s plant are now busy making the neces sary dies after these have been completed several men will be engag ed for about three weeks m the work of turning out and assembling the parts no extra help ls being hired on account of this order it ls under stood the firms regular employees being- sufficient to look after the work the price of the contract has not been announced rcponso in the house of com mons from mr slaght member for p rr sound ontario the allega inn thit parliament was not free and that the parties might unite to form i fasclst government were vile slurs said the member mr lapointe mini sler of justice referred to a statement of mr herridge that ou will never vc prosperity until you get into par llarnent men who love their country better than themselves that is a mean slanderous statement said the minister and 1 repudiate it for all my colleagues ln this parliament the temper of parliament these days has been on occasions far from placid the editor of the globe and mailj toronto with his campaign for the leadership league has been something of a thorn ln the flesh members are still getting league cou pons from the paper editorials ln another paper the ottawa citizen have aroused the wrath of some of the leaders in the house and it- was suggested that the editor might be brought to the bar of the house to prove the statements that the parties were nothing but money collectors endeavouring to wtalectiana the idea however was not carried out another mwnluooi contract dtocaased another bstmltlons contract one for to exlst he said we will do all ln our pow r to make an example of tho c responsible the government vclcomeb mr king said the fullest mqiitrv bv the public accounts com mlttee the skies overhead were not yet clear in the light of the world lluatton being what it is said the prime minister let us have any in quiry if w e like but do not for good ne s sake unless it is obviously necos sarv let us do anything to create more in the way of suspicion and dis trust in the mmds of the people of this country in connection with de fence affairs and a department which ls seeking to do its utmost to make the defences or our country what they should be the new wheat policy parliament and the country await with interest the details of the plans for aiding the western farming popu lation the government has already explained that the 80 cent guarantee basis number one northern fort william will be superceded by an acreage bonus which will eliminate the inequities of the former plan an initial payment trj pools under government guarantee and encourage ment for th pools will be further continued on page s the fourth annual halton county seed fair which this year was spon sored by the halton crop improve ment association with which is affili ated the acton esquesing and coun ty of halton agricultural societies the halton holstein breeders halton plowmen s and the halton junior fanner associations was held at mil ton on friday and saturday of last week notwithstanding bad road condi tions which made it impossible for some of the exhibitors to get thetr seed to the fair the exhibit was weu up to the standard of former years and the programme on saturday af ternoon was largely attended by far mers from all parts of the county the cereal grain classes were par ticularly well filled with twenty ex hibits ln the late and medium oat class thirteen of which were oats the class in early oats l also well filled with ten exhibits as in former years only having seed for sale were eligible fee exhibit and furthermore the seed shown was representative of larger quantities being offered for sale id taking this action the officers and directors of the association were congratulated by mr c l s palmer of the dominion seed branch toron- who felt that all spring seed shows should be conducted on this basis the demand for seed grain was quite keen and a number of the ex hibitors we understand disposed of all their surplus seed before the fair closed on saturday evening the championship in cereal grains was won by an exhibit of nobarb bar ley grown and shown by john rud dell of georgetown in the small seed classes an exhibit of aliske shown by t j brownridge of george town won the championship and thee two lots therefore received the special trophies donated by the t eaton co limited the same com pany also offered two other silver trophies and these were awarded to donald macnabb of georgetown and j e pcaren of acton who sponsor ed the largest number of exhibits at the programme on saturday af ternoon president w e breckon of freeman who acted as chairman gave credit to the agricultural socie ties of the county ln inaugurating the event and in his introductory re marks also gave a resume of the crop and soil improvement work to be un dertaken by the association dufins the current year special speakers for the event were dr g mcrostie of the field hus bandry dept guelnh and prof n j thomas of the chemistry deptt their addresses on crop and soil im provement were most practical and were listened to with much interest by the large audience which filled the milton town hall the junior parmer judging com petitions in grain and seeds fruits and vegetables and cream gtadtnc which were held in conjunction with the seed fan- on saturday morning while not as largely contested as a year ago brought out 33 competitors the high man of the event was ric hard mclaughlin of norval who was also the winner of the strathconsi orchards trophy for high man in fruit and vegetables the halton seed trophy emblematic of the championship in judging of grain and seeds was won by harold barber of acton and the halton cream and butter co trophy for high man in cream grading was won by blwood johnston of acton the prize winners at the seed fan were as follows erban oats 1st g c atkins bronte 2nd t j brownridge georgetown 3rd j e pearen acton 4th jack ruddell georgetown 5th craig reld georgetown 6jqi mal colm mcnabb sons georgetown 7 th john alexander georgetown 8th walter gray georgetown late oats 1st art swackhamer acton 2nd geo heatherington free man 3rd a e woodley milton 4th col d h c mason georgetown 5th w e breckon freeman 6th ross swackhamer acton 7th j allan dix on milton earh oats 1st hugh reid acton 2nd craig reid georgetown 3rd victor hall hornby 4th bruce held georgetown 5th wm chapman rockwood 6th grant campbell mof fat 7th john vanslcklc palermo barley oac no 21 1st malcolm mcnabb sons georgetown 2nd t j brownridge georgetown 3rd mil ler bros georgetown 4th grant campbell moffat barley smooth awned 1st jack ruddell georgetown field ieas 1st hugh reld acton soy beans 1st john alexander georgetown alfalfa 1st m mcnabb sons georgetown red clover- 1st victor hall horn by alsike 1st t j brownridge georgetown potatoes rural new yorker type 1st j s pearen aoton potatoes irish cobbler type 1st j e pearen acton 2nd r h hun ter norval the winners ln the judging com petitions were as follows grain and seeds junlore 1st utt bruce held and angus mcnabb 3rd jack vangoosen 4th newton t dell 5th dirk vangoosen 1st harold barber 2nd john ifes- oonttnned cm page 4j