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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening march 22nd 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa fj defence purchasing board bill on way through commons sixtythree million appropriated for defence board and independent body of four members by spectator ottawa march 21st one of the most important bills on the govern ments legislative program for this session is now on its way through the bouse of commons this bill whch provides for the establishment of a defence purchasing board creates a vital part of the machinery for the expansion of canada s defence tne department ot national defence has this year appropriated 63 million dol lars to maintain and increase the countrys means of defence against aggression the new defence pur yfrjjsltg board which will be an inde pendent body ot four members will have exclusive power to negotiate re commend and subject to the approval of the cabinet execute contracts for all kinds of defence equipment all contracts of a value over 5000 dollars will come under the control of the board the way the board will work is that the minister of national de fence will give particulars of equip ment required to the board the board will negotiate the contracts but no contracts will be made without the approval of the cabinet the recom mendations from the board will go to the minister of finance who will pass on these recommendations to the cabinet there the final wora will be given an extremely important section of the bill provides that on contracts not awarded hrough competitive tender the maximum profit allowed the manufacturer will be five per cent on the capital actually used in the oper ation at the contract the amoun of profit in excess of five per cent will be taken in taxes by the government this is to do away with profltee tag in the manufacture of war ma terials which is so repugnant to everybody there has been a good deal of dls cussion on the question whether a 1 munitions should be made in goverr ment arsenals at the present time government arsenals are turning out the minister of labour has ever adopt ed an attitude ot defeat and despah he protested against articles which had appeared in some newspapers and periodicals which had grossly ex aggerated the number of those celying reuef in canada a sense responsibility should go hand in hand with the freedom of the press did not object to but welcomes fair press criticism he said the consti tutional division of powers on mat ters relating to unemployment stul tied the hands or the federal govern ment he reviewed many of the measures that have been taken by the government in its task of reliev ing unemployment the grants to the provinces the simulation to the building trade aids to mining through opening new roads land set tlement farm placement youth train ing movements etc virtually all the recommendations of the national em ployment commission had been car ried out in spirit if not in the letter a regular meeting of the i o d e chapter was held at the home of mrs l w dann monday evening march 20th with twentysix members present the usual business of the meeting was conducted the minutes of the previous meeting w ere read b mr k m langdon secretary and the treasurers report given by mrs w thompson mrs k d barber wel corned the new members mrs c r brown provincial organiz ing secretary or toronto was pr en and gave an inspiring and instructlv talk on the aims and objectives of the citizens of georgetown yon pay taxes why through the auspices of the george town lions club captain w c c innes will speak at 815 pjn on april 3rd at the public library concerning this all absorbing and important topic of the day captain innes has as his ultimate motive the formation of a local unit of the taxpayers association of can ada and through his manifold experi ence with our national problems gain ed from the delivery of some seven hundred addresses from coast to coast will reveal to the ratepayers of georgetown the need of immediate ac tion in this field captain innes is an intensely interesting and dynamic speaker and the realisation of the citizens of georgetown of the- extreme importance of this topic wlu cause them to benefit greatly from this ad dress by an authority on the subject the ratepayers association of can ada wishes above all to interest the individual canadian in the vital prob lems of his government whether federal provincial or municipal that every citizen contributes in taxes to the support of these bodies yet does the average individual intelli gently comprehend the trend of taxa tion toward a crisis in which the whole economic future of the domln ion is jeopardrded it wishes to make him tax conscious so that he may be made familiar with the explanation of how larger proportions or taxes are concealed or indirect and are in cluded in all the necessities of life so that lhev are borne b every class of citizen the association realizes that the taxpayers themselves through then- lack of information concerning the basic fucls of governmental adminis tration and taxation are responsible for present conditions it is only through an intelligent and informed electorate that the lightening of the tax burden through the practice of sound economics and removal of over lapping services in the government can bt accomplished this electorate i will create a force of public opinion that will be recogiilwd bv govern mental bodies thus assisting them in lions club meeting the georgetown lions club met on monday evening at 630 at the mc- glbbon hotel for their regular din ner and meeting chief h c mc- clure to the chair an excellent dinner was served after the minutes were read the national anthem was sung and his majestys health drunk it was announced that at the next regular meeting captain innls of the ratepayers association of can ada would be the guest of the club and his address would be given in the auditorium ot the public library at 815 when the public would be invited to be present the meeting or april 17th will be district governors night and will also be a ladles night lion bob gray was appointed chairman a letter from the minister of fis heries was referred to in which he requested that april 29th be a fish daj it was decided to ask the mini ster to address th c on some oc casion in future the midland boys camp was dis cussed lion ballantlne reported that pro gress would soon be under way for a civic holiday fete he also invited the club to the leadership league meting on friday evening next chief mcclure reporting on mid get hockey urged the members u boost the game with stratford here on tuesday mar 2lst and be sure to attend if georgetown is successful there would follow a trip to copper cliff in the easter holidays a report on the sale of tickets on the car was made talltwister bob gray held an auc tion sale ot small articles for the sunshine fund the club then adjourned with the singing of the maple leaf town sewage system bylaw to be voted on dec 1th council so decided at meeting thursday night creelman factory property sold housing act discussed norval rifle club a close competition on monday night ten men and their ladies of the onr rifle club of toronto competed against norval on the norval rifle range as six members of the norval club all high scoring men were unable to attend through illness and other causes it was decided to take the eight high scores or each team the resul u n r 785 out of 800 norval 787 ou ot 800 mrs wreford of the cnh made the possible 100 points the scores in the aggregate event of the norval club were r w hall 100 c meredith 100 w llsk 100 m atkinson 99 h walker 90 dr stev- enosn 99 e mekinney 96 a w wil son 94 f stark 94 the norval rifle club will visit the oac rifle club at guelph on mon day march 27th property deals in town mrs w preston has purchased from the corporation of georgetown the creelman block on main street after making alterations mrs pres ton will open a highclass restaurant in the building mr h silver has purchased the land between his de partment store property and th creelman block imperial order daughters of tht em pire mrs brown stressed the need i thelr pper functioning by efficient of working together to strengthen the cconomj and consequent reduction in itelings of patriotism and unity lu exer risin lrend ot government imong the women oi the empire she co a much greater quatnitj of munitions ex her pleasure that uil vvo captain innes is an extensively tra v v men of qn nad apnued r celled and well informed speaker and a charter to become a chapter in this great organ iza tion a vote of thanks was tendered mrs brown for coming to the meeting and for her very interesting talk refreshmetns were served and a ote of thanks given mrs dann for the use of her home georgetown midgets win first game ot southern ontario playoil defeat stratford 4 3 in hectic affair come from behind in third period rally when visitors receive penalty go to stratford friday night than in former years but the couq try is depending on both public and private manufacture members of the cof partj have been strong advocates of nationalization and practically all members of the house seem to hold the opinion that gov eminent arsenals- should be used to the fullest rtent that ts practicable at the same time it is felt that the most efficient means of creating the armaments for defence needed by canada in these days when the philo sophy might is right has taken such a firm hold on some european and asiatic nations is through the utilization of both public and private member visit munitions plant when the public accounts committee of the house of commons meets again this week to discuss the bren gun contract several members will have had the benefit of an actual survey of the plant in toronto where the guns aer being manufactured there was quite a lively debate in the house when this trip was in contemplation it was branded as unnecessar and a waste of public money it was claimed that the point raised in the committee was the condition of the plant when the contract was made not its present condition those in favor of the inspection or the plant contended that it would aid the com mittee in its decision on the value ot the contract to see what progress has been really made in the manufacture of bren guns a proposal will be discussed in par liament for the reduction of radio license fees from 250 to 2 00 in the house committee on radio broad casting mr gladstone murray gen era manager or the cbc gave a re port of revenues and expenditures of the corporation to enable the com mittee to provide parliament with an interim report when the question of reducing license fees was being dls cussed the fifty cent reduction in licenses would mean an aggregate reduction of about 600 000 in receipts and this would mean the board of governors would be forced to consider elimination or curtailment of cer tain services first consideration rould be given to suspension of oder itton of two new power stations es tablished at watrous saskatchewan and sackvllle nb the development ot a station in british columbia and at windsor ontario new farm home and children s programs and an im proved news service rrom the cana dlan press it might be necessary to have a six hour broadcasting day in stead of a twelve hour one and ex penses might be further curtailed through elimination of orchestra broadcasts through subfpltutton re corded programs for artists speakers instrumentalists and musicians the general maanger remarked that dur ing the present fiscal year the broad- casting company had obtained 480- 000 m from comroerda broadcasts about 225000 work of commercial advertising had been refused by the cbjc in the same period in eking in the house on the onerous problem of unemployment said bel the country could look for ward to an expansion of emptoymen fcn 1999 he did not seek to murae the difficulties presented by the most ot the economic and social i which confront os many na- tbough as minister of labour he was always in an atmosphere of illillii neither the g nor bridge club ves players at the mens bridge club mondaj night were well rewarded with prizes pair winners of the first prise were messrs h llllico and d wal lace second prizes were awarded to public problems or the times his tercsttn address on the vital subject should prove to be pi the greatest benefit to all a wise move i gcorkelow n lions stav ed in the running for the southern taxation and other championship or tht midget n in abandoning the idea of a muni cipal building in georgetown this vear the present council are consist entlv pursuing the policy of debt re due tion although ve understand the mem ben of the council considered build ing a suitable public building on the site formerlj owned by creelman s ltd they at the last meeting of mears ed hoare and h wright i council on thursdav evening dispos whose score was verj close to thai i of h property to mrs w preston of first prize winners third prize- went to f spires and i wrigh there will be extra prizes next mon day night also and mr h silver whom se believe intend erecting business buildings which will be a credit to the town and also revenue producing for the municipality it was a good move hockc when thej out scored the strong stratford team 4 3 in a hec tic struggle hen last night i the teams were very evenly match id and some fine hockey was dlspluv ed as these two old rivals again set out to conquer ohe another two years ago georgetown midgets had won the howie morenz trophy over ihe western city midgets and feel ing ran high as the boys invaded the town again last night however af ter the fraj the georgetown team were well on top with a single goal lead to take to stratford for the re turn game on friday night the first period opened with georgetown lions pushing the play o the stratford end but about half wav through the period flannagan broke away to put the visitors in the lead this lead was short lived how ever as beaumont rounded the visl i tors net and scored on a neat plaj tea in canadian pacific history ontario ii was ln thls p u excitement reigned when schcnks started a near donnybrook when he was cross check ed by montgomery a stratford de renseman fists flew and the play en piled up in front of the strat ford goal before the referees could separate them both players were given penalties and all was quiet on the wetern front the teams started shorthanded at the beginning or the second rramc but there was no scoring until about the fiveminute mark when k dale scored for stratford on a solo rush this was soon followed by another counter by rohfritsch from a scram making the score 3 to 1 at the end of the second period for strat ford georgetown fought hard ln the third stanza to get on even terms but it looked hopeless until about tht firteen minute mark when baulk drew penalty ror holding and stratford were left short handed when george town was attacking desperately cofeu started the fireworks on a rush from the blue line to score only to be fol lowed by a goal from beaumont to tie up the score it was grand rally and gave the local boys confidence enough to score again and make the count 4 to 3 at the end of the game beau mont scored on a pass from sargent at the goal mouth flannagan drew another penalty as the gong went lo end the game whether the georgetown team hold the lead they now have when they go to stratford remains to be but at best they will give good account of themselves and hope earn the trip to copper cliff to play the team there for the on tarto midget n hi championship the outstanding pla ers of tin game were flannagan and rohfritsch for the visitors and beaumont and coffell tor the winners flannagan and beaumont for their clever stick- handling and coffell for his danger ous rushes the rest or the boys on both teams played well and turned in some good efforts strattord goal b dale defence k dale mcnzies centre flannagan wings baulk fecney subs mont gomery rohfritsch landers kreser kane tuer ff georgetown goal kemshead de fence coffell carter centre beau mont wings schenk sargent subi early yates james flicker half an otmoa of ts carried acroissthe dominion bj years ago aa part of toe tint transcon tinental freight thlpmeat by the newlycompleted canadian pacific railway made history in london england recently in a small phial the tea was displayed b the riiw pacific office to trafalgar square as part of the 100th anniversary calebratton of empire ta hut enonghto provide tern tor two the simple was traced to the ship ment that tnaogurated the all red route photos show top left the barque w b funf whose en tire cargo of tea formed the first west to east freight train tn 18ss top rtgfit anearl can pa cific freight tram crossing sur prise creek bridge right lon- don celebrates be centennary of empiregrown teaby transporting a symbolic shipment from the bast india docks to mincing lane by elephants and left the sample of tea preserved by mary e ba con lennoxvule pq mounted upon an exploratory map ln the canadian pacific window on tra- ifmlgsx square the council met at 8 thursday evening march gibbons in m pxd 16th mayor joseph gibsbns in the chair reeve george davis and councillor jos hall thos lyons a e ciipps n h brown and k mcdonald pres ent mrs w preston and mr h silver addressed council and made offers for the creehnan property mr s mackenzie spoke regarding the national housing act and asked for the cooperation of council moved by k mcdonald seconded by n h brown that the clerk be instructed to prepare a bylaw to be submitted to the electors monday de cember 4th 1939 for the installation of a sewage system carried moved by a e cripps seconded by g w davis that the tender of mis preston for 900 00 for creelman fac tory and fortyfive feet frontage on main street be accepted and the mayor and clerk be authorized to sign all necessary papers pertaining to the transfer of the p carried moved by jos hall seconded by thos lyons that the tender of mr h silver for 450 00 for 22 ft 6 to on main street be accepted and the mayor and clerk be authorized to- sign all necessary papers pertaining to the transfer of the p carried ashgrove quite a number of the ladles at tended the st patrick tea on friday afternoon march 17th in norval united church piano duets were played by mrs r h wright oeorge town and mrs f wilson ashgrove a thought provoking address on st patrick was ably given by mrs sufr- clipe of georgetown solos by mrs howard wrigglesworth georgetown and vocal duets by misses ethel and doris hyatt accompanied by miss a sinclair norval this very fine irish programme was fully enjoyed by all then a most delightful tea followed mrs r kerr and son ernest of vancouver are visiting at the home or mr and mrs d f wright the young peoples union hejd their citizenship meeting on sunday night march 19th with mr jack rud- dell president in the chair for the opening part then miss marion dick presided the roll call was your hobby and some real interesting ones were revealed the scripture was explained by miss zeta graham after the responsive reading miss jov ruddell contlrbuted a piano solo a paper on canadian citizenship was well prepared and given by mrs frank wilson a boys chorus added a new feature to the program as well as a contest on how to improve citi zenship miss marie allen of weston and miss bessie nattress of toronto were welcome visitors at the yjptj messrs roy and sherman blake of woodbridge were visitors at the home of mr and mrs f w wilson on sun day mr and mrs a j ruddell and family visited with mr and mrs p laldlaw of norval on sunday we are glad to know miss ruth dierlam has recovered from an at tack of the flu and is back at school this week there are a number sick with the flu at present the crokinole social under the aus pices of the wa of the united church was postponed on account of weather conditions and will be held on thursday march 23rd mr and mrs n c wrigglesworth celebrated their 20th wedding annit versarj on march 19th to meet jane zoth the district annual meeting or halton women s institute was set tor june 20th at norval at the annual meeting of the board of directors of halton w i held at milton on tuesday those in attendance in cluded the county executive and re- presentauves ot the 13 branches of the w i in halton many enjoyed dance georgetown choral society held a delightful dance m the arena last friday evening march 17th there was a large attendance and excellent mm w sup b h r and his orchestra of kitchener de licious refreshments were served and every patron was delighted with the splendid evenug provided by the choral society in new hamburg on monday last the ratepayers defeated a bylaw to spend 65000 on the erection ot a new high school r acton mr and mrs wallace w gumey wlngham visited mrs george murray during the week mrs j e johnosn of waterloo spent the week end at the home off mr and mrs v b rumley miss marjorle near nurse-hi-train- ing at st josephs hospital guelph was home for the week end mr and mrs f a williamson of toronto were at the home of mrs w a murray over the week end ethel franklin received word from the toronto conservatory ot muslo that she has passed her fifth exam inations with honours she is a pu pil of mrs wm gowdy lhnehouse mr w jones had the misfortune to damage his car badly on saturday when the fomt wheel struck a hole in the roadway in brampton and the car turned over fortunately no one was injured mr and mrs r j mckechnle and flora jean of jamestown pa visit ed with mr and mrs geo soper over the week end mr geo soper jr returned with them for a weeks visit mr and mrs a j thomas an nounce the engagement of their youngest daughter oiga afleen to mr louis robert wuuam browntow son of mr and mrs george k brownlow acton marriage to take place early in apro mbs test borled the funeral of hiss ance tost wzmt died in guelph general hospital on monday morning took place from mcdurea ttodertaktaaj parlor geo on tuesday the servtos was co by rej w o thompson and the palmearera wb slx neph interment took place greenwood cemetery