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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening march 29th 1939 1 50 per annum in advance 200 to uj5a leaders voice feelings canadians canada and the european crisis united canadian people with one mind and one heart is determined to perserve its liberties by spectator ottawa march 3sth the disturbing events to central europe during the past week and the declarations of the prune minister and other party leaders on canadas international policy in these critical hours have naturally overshadowed all matters of purely domestic interest it was a very intent house with silent crowded galleries that heard the leaders voice the indignation of the canadian pea pie over the absorption of the caeca republic by germany and the need of canada being united in the face of a world menace i think i may say no less sincerity than mr 1 chamber lain said mr king that there is scarcely anything i would not sacri fice for peaoe but like mr chamber lain there is one thing i must except and that is the liberty we enjoy and which we will never surrender i be lieve this is the feeling of every can adian who loves his country and cherishes its liberties ah part leaders denounced wanton aggression dr manion lor his party offered to join wholeheartedly and loyally with the government in making it clear to all the world that a united cana dian people with one mind and one heart is determined come what may to preserve its liberties and its nation hood economic penalties against dictator countries were proposed by mr woodsworth and mr blackmore of the social credit group also urged that canada be closely united reports that germany intended to establish air bases in iceland raised a question in the house and mr mackenzie minister of national de fence assured the questioner that air defences along the atlantic coast were going to be speeded up this year the ontario bcaohjtton a further development in the gen eral situation has been the resolution passed by the ontario legislature un animously and which has been for warded to the government at ottawa tt calls for immediate action on the part of the component parts of the british empire in support of any action which it may be necessary for the imperial government to take and asks the federal government pass legislation providing that in the event of a war emergency the wealth and man power of canada shall be mobilized by proclamation of the gov emorlhoouncll in defence of our free institutions the trade treaty with the united state there has been a rapid advance in the approval of the hundreds of tariff items in the trade treaty with the united states the house of com mons is now discussing the detailed schedules of the treaty probably this week all items will be passed a sharp debate occurred over the con cessions granted the tjnitde states on rates of duty for automobiles enter ing canada by the treaty canada agrees there will be no increase in the present 1ta rate and promises to remove the three per cent excise tax mr martin from windsor and mr moore from oshawa both repre senting constituencies which have im portant automobile manufacturing in dustries urged that there was danger to the industry and to employment in the provisions of the treaty and in frequent tinkering with yie tariff rates the government was waiting a report from the tariff board which has carried out an exhaustive study of automobile tariff rates the item was put off for further discussion support of an industry which manu factures tractors so essential to arm- a ments was urged by mr moore while the exact time remains in doubt there seems to be little ques tion now that this year will see a general election mr dunning pin ance minister referred to the country being on the eve of an election when the house was discussing the item in the trade treaty which pro- v video for the free entry of vegetable oils the tariff board has been carry ing out an investigation on the ques hon of whether these oils should come in free or duty conservatives have been fighting strenuously for several sessions for the imposition of some tariff free entry they stated was leading to the displacement of animal fats by vegetable oils and thus injuring the dairy industry allen subversive propaganda in inquiry and conventions following will be before parliament next session social legislation including unem ployment insurance are among the questions which will have to wait rjncanadian propaganda attacking our institutions was the subject of a short discussion recently in the bouse mr lepolnte minister of justice said certain scurrilous and offensive pub lications are doing their utmost to undermine our democratic institutions in certain cases they are the tools of foreign agencies interested in their destructive work mr lapolnte said careful watch was being kept over their activities and we are prepared to protect orti laws and institu tions if rrevtnolal tne report of be commission that isss been studying the financial rela tions of the and the pro- vtnees wfll be ready for parliament in july the chairman mr strola in a letter to the prime minister said that the oomnuauon of vast amount of statistical information gathered by tbe commission required more time tbsn previously estimated this mim fast whatever concrete re sult may come from this exhaustive special holy week church ser again this year the protestant churches of georgetown will unite to community services for holy week the first of these services will be held on monday evening next in the presbyterian church under tbe aus pices of the young peoples societies rev e g baxter will give the ad dress on tuesday evening the service will be in the baptist church and rev f c overend will give an address wednesday evenings service will be in the united church when rev w g o thompson will address the con gregatlon thursday evening rev d d david son will address the service in st georges anglican church the services will commence at 8 o clock and last for one hour only their purpose is to give opportunity for worship before god and medita tion upon the sufferings of christ the victory of the easter morning can be experienced fully only after we have worshipped at the foot of cal vary when there is no cross there is no crown canadian leglbn elect officers branch km held annual meeting thursday night there was a good attendance at the annual meeting of branch 130 canadian legion held in the legion hall last thursday night president wm roney was in the chair the auditors report was pre sented and read also good progress was reported re garding the registration of menjor service in the event of war zone representative a hornsey of brampton occupied the chair during the election of officers which result ed as follows hon president capt tdr j g sutherland past president wm roney r president g b s cousens 1st vicepresidentc parton 2nd vicepresident r learmonth secretary j f mccartney treasurer o o brown chaplain rev woo thompson sgt atarms s dewhurst chairman of committees canteen h shepherd entertainment j murphy transportation s b groat property p f blackburn sports o herring ton standard bearers jas bmmerson c stacey auditors s p chapman wallace thompson holstetn breeders stage annual banquet the annual banquet of the halton hols te in breeders and milk producers associations was held in the sunday school room of st pauls united church milton on wednesday even ing of last week in the neighbor hood of 250 were in attendance for the banquet which was catered to by the ladles of st paul s church un der the able chairmanship of presi dent allan mahon of the milk pro ducers association an excellent pro gramme was run off the guest speaker capt norman rawson of hamilton who was introduced by f h oilroj of milton gave his address how i won the war his address filled with humor was listened to with keen enjoyment by the large audience which filled the hall to capacity another highlight of the evenings programme was a play pre sented by the merton players the musical part or the programme was supplied by the bennett orchestra of oampbeuvule departmental examlantions set by the provincial department of educa tion start on june 14th and conclude june 38th for all ontario schools the following is the schedule june 14th middle school morning greek authors afternoon greek ac cidence upper school morning greek authors afternoon greek composition june 15th mudel school morning spanish authors afternoon spanish composition upper school morning spanish authors afternoon spanish composition june 16th middle school imimin music and ancient history afternoon english composition upper school afternoon english composition june 19th middle school morning algebra afternoon canadian history upper school morning alegbra june 20th middle school morning english literature afternoon physics first year agriculture upper school morning english literature after noon problems june 2lst middle school morning geometry afternoon chemistry agriculture second year upper school morning geometery after noon chemistry june 22nd middle school morning latin authors afternoon latin com position upper school morning la tin authors afternoon latin com position history of commerce june 23rd middle school morning french authors french literature afternoon french composition up per school morning french authors french literature afternoon french composition june 26th middle school morning oerman authors afternoon german composition upper school morning oerman authors afternoon german composition june 27th middle school morning household science i arithmetic af ternoon household science upper school morning botany afternoon trigonometry june xtthhigfi school entrance morning longiuh literature after noon mathematics mktdle school momsf commercial chemistry up per school morning zoology after noon history june 28th high school entrance morning english oomposiuon and grammar afternoon spelling mid dle school morning- business arith metic commercial afternoon com mercial geography upper school morning physics father and son banquet at baptist church the first annual father and son banquet of the til try class of the baptist church was held on tuesday evening of this week fifty fathers friends and members of the class as sembled in the sunday school hall of the church when an excellent sup per was enjoyed alter a u el come to the visitors toats to the king to the church to our fathers and the class were pro posed and drank enthusiastically mr thos warnes offered a vocal solo and mr chas landsborough a comet solo with miss m young at the piano the guest speaker of the evening was dr a j vining of toronto who spoke of thi fine qualities of daniel the old testament hero and chal lenged all to similar conviction cour age and faith the ladies are to be praised for ax ranging such a fine supper the young men of the class ate to be cejratu lated on the arranging and urying out or such an excellent program those who heard dr vining s ad dress will not soon forget his ready flow of language and impressive ad dress the program was concluded by prayer and benediction guide in trafalgar square have you seen nelsons column american visitor no what paper does be write f art ashgrove the holsteln banquet in st paul s united church sunday school room milton on wednesday evening mar 22nd attracted quite a number from here all reported a big crowd and a one evenings entertainment at the wa croklnole social on thursday march 23rd in the sunday school room miss elizabeth preece and mrs ward ruddell won the ladies prises and mr fred ingteby and mr a j ruddell the mens prises miss christina v baxter milston ary on furlough from india will be the guest speaker at our auxiliary meeting on monday april 3rd leadership league enthusiastic meeting committee to arrange or ganization meeting an enthusiastic meeting of the leadership league was held at the public library on friday last mr kenneth m langdon was selected as chairman of the meeting and in his opening remarks stated that his at tention had been called to a recent article in the toronto papers which insinuated that his suggestion con cerning the amalgamation of the county- governments of peel and hal ton had been borught about by per sonal interest he went on to point out that this was only one of several suggestions outlined at the previous meeting but that this particular sug gestion had been given considerable publicity by the press and the chair man expressed his belief that there was some merit in the suggestion particularly in view of the publicity tt had received locally col ballantlne addressed the mee ing and expressed his regret that be was unable to concur with the sug gestion aavanced by mr langdon a to tbe adalgamatlon of the govern ments of the two counties and that he felt the suggestion would result to the advantage of the county of peel and possibly not to the county ol halton he pointed out that at such meeting it was advisable to keep as far as possible out of any subjects of controversial nature and that some effort should be made to form an ac live organization of che leadership league mr gordon sutherland addressed the meeting concerning the debt of the canadian national railways and a general discussion then took place as to the formation of an organiza tion and a special committee was appointed consisting of kenneth m langdon as chairman john farmer secretary col ballantlne rev w g o thompson and gordon suther land the committee to arrange an organisation meeting to be held thursday april 13th and to secure a speaker from the head office of the leadership league stratford midgets are outclassed as georgetown win series 103 second game proved nightmare to stratford team and fan as maple leafs romped home with 60 victory look j forward to trip to copper cliff for allontario midget nhl playoff during easter holidays grace johstone bride of stanley may hornby at omagh ceremony spring flowers formed the setting for the marriage on saturday of miss grace anita burgess johnstone daughter of mr and mrs w b john stone of omagh to mr stanley louis may hornby son of the late mr and mrs r e may rev alex m stew art of toronto conducted the cere mony at the home of the bride s par ents and mr kenneth brown cd hornby was best man miss mildred johnstone played the wedding music and miss ella johnstone was soloist the bride wore a gown of pink iatln made on princess lines and carried a sheaf of calla wiles miss dorothy adamson of erlndale was bridesmaid in a rrock or blue satin a reception was held and later mr and mrs may left for a wedding trip and on their return will live in horn by married 8 years mr and mrs george wilds cele brated their diamond wedding annl versary quietly at their home in ac ton last friday it was also htrwuas eightyfourth birthday mrs wilds formerly was jane moore bom in erin mr wilds is a whitby native rev richard hobos married them 60 years ago and they have lived in acton since get a copy ol the auditors report at the municipal office j it contains a lot of valuable information and your are entitled to a copy the auditors report of the town of georgetown prepared by jenkins at hardy for the year 1 938 which has been printed and is now in the hands of the town clerk should be of special interest to every ratepayer it shows the exact financial position of the municipality as to december 31st 1938 in eluding the waterworks department housing commission relief commission public school board high school board public library board and cemetery board although new debentures to the amount of 1480000 were issued to take care of housing commission liability to the province and 8000 00 for hard surface roadbuilding the audit shows a decrease in bonded indebt edness each year since 1932 the operating statement shows a surplus on the years oper ation of 580563 every ratepayer should take advantage of this opportunity to obtain a copy of this report at the municipal office so that they may be familiar with the way in which their money is collected and spent get a copy now it is free for the asking will register war veterans for national emergency exservice men will be avail able to take charge if need arises georgetown exservice men and wo men may register for emergency duty indications that canada will not be caught in any possible national em ergency resulting in confusion with no trained organization available is clearly shown in the movement an nounced by the canadian legion that through its various branches in small towns and cities across canada all the available ex service men and wo men who can be relied upon to take charge of varied responsibilities and activities are being registered to be called upon only in the event of a national emergency while news dispatches in the dally press have made much or the plan the canadian legion is not attempt ing anything sensational there will be no enlistments no mad scramble to send troops overseas but veterans of all branches or the service both men and women would be chosen for their experience and training quali fications to take over the organiza tion of wartime activities ex service men in georgetown dis trict may register at the legion hall up until friday next according to col jas ballantlne best advice sought the manifests traces the steps tak en by the veterans to join their forces and place themselves at tbe disposal ol the government and sets forth that doncerenoes were held and the best advice within the nation was sought and obtained consequence of these it was realized that the federal and other constitut ed authorities could not be expected to make specific proposals as to the ac tual use or our resources until those authorities could know the nature of the resources available it would be obvious to all of you knowing as you do the demoralizing effect of conflict that we can only be able to be of greatest value in an emergency if the planning for it be done in time of peaoe the manifesto says thus the only sound conclusion was that we should conduct now in the full realization and in the hope that our services may never be re quired a nationwide survey of our exservlce personnel in canada to re veal their number location and de tails of their qualifications our proposal that we conduct such a survey for the purpose already stat ed has been accepted by the authori ties the survey is being conducted as a strictly voluntary contribution by veterans says the document impose no obligation enrollment by exservice men doe not constitute enlistment and imposes no obligations of any sort the mani festo emphasises should the need arise the actual s tasks of personnel reflected the survey would be organised later under the complete control and direc- tion of the constituted auhoriues i and when you are offered a definite task by the authorities your present enrollment leaves you complete liber ty of action to decide upon that more specific step under such conditions as may then be indicated we arc not making this survey with any idea of organising ourselves into even an approach to an inde pendent veterans force any services that may arise from the survey will be closely knit into the protective forces of the nation the manifesto declares the impos sibility of forecasting details of what individual services might be required btii sets forth that these would be exclusvely within the dominion or canada duties concerned with in ternal security are declared to be suited to the war veterans by virtue or their experiences agriculture 5s haltons new seed cleaning plant one of the most up- to date in ontario an uptodate new central seed cleaning plant was opened this week at stewarttown the owner walter lawson has spared no expense in se curing the best equipment available the continent john d mcleod or the ontario dept of states it is one of the best equipped plants in the province the farmers of the surrounding territory are in deed x fortunate in having such an outstanding central cleaning plant available for custom cleaning the plant is equipped with over 30 and will not only clean and grade cereal grains and small seeds but is equipped to make separations of barley from oats wheat from oats etc farmers in halton and the ad jacent portions of peel have long looked forward to the establishment of such a plant and it should play an important part in developing tbe seed growing industry iff halton county judging by the inquiries already re ceived from oakrlde bra as well as the immediate vicinity the plant is going to be a busy place tbe next few weeks high hopes of an all expense trjgr to copper clff for tbe ontario uld- get nhx finals faded for the strat ford canadlens last friday night when the georgetown maple leafs drubbed them by a 6 0 score towbt the twogame series 103 both players and fans were lnclin- ed to be skeptical as they entered stratford arena on friday night sb the western team looked good when they applied the pressure in tbe gam here the previous week and whether the georgetown team could eke out win seemed a doubtful subject of con versation but after that spectacular first period in the strafbrd ice palace when the local team swept tbe cansv- dlens into almost complete oblivion fans were beginning to enquire as to plans for the trip to copper cliff for the finals quite a number of local hockey en thusiasts failed to let the distance be tween here and stratford dampen their enthusiasm and the team had some loudly cheering fans to greet them as they emerged easy victors over a highly rated team the strat ford team had previously put prea midgets out of the running by feattng them 12 to 0 in one gam at no tune this season had the lo cal maple iafs displayed such offensive and defensive hockey sod at no time did the canadlens even theraten their chances of a shutout at no time were they in the hockey picture it was the smart team play display ed by the georgetown youngsters that- gave them such an undispued victory while on the other hand it was the lack or said team play that kept the strattord kids out of the picture the smooth working front line of dally beaumont as pivot man flanked by harold schenks and doug sargent were responsible for four of the ate goals while jimmy cofell and carter proved a stonewall defense pnd cofell scored the other two goals ab kemshead played a bangup game hi the nets and well deserved the shut out the substitutes whue slightly weak er than the first string line turned ip some good efforts and will no douns give a good account of themselves bx copper cliff play had hardly got under way in the first period when cofell coasted in on the stratford net slipped beau mont a neat pass who scored the ini tial goal in a minute of play four minutes later cofell made it 3 0 on a solo effort that took htm the pig length of the ice beaumont made it 30 on a beautiful play to wlndm the first period of this allimportant game the escond frame went scoreless but the georgetown team came strong in the final setto and hammered ha three more counters against a mucts disorganised and disappointed team doug sargent notched the first two goals and received the assist on the final goal by cofell stratford put up their best efforts in ujis period but their solo tactics failed to get any where as georgetown backchecked like veterans cofell and beaumont were most outstanding with schenks sargent and carter coming in for honorable mention flanagan and tuer turned in the best display for the losers the georgetown boys are now watt ing patiently for the easter holidays when they go to copper clin for the allontario finals of the midget njul georgetown goal kemshead de fence cofell carter centre beau mont wings sargent schenks subs early yates wilson harlow pricker stratford goal b dale defence k dale landers centre flanagan wings feeney baulk subs roh- rritsch mcnaught kressler tuer regan uenxies kane turnbull refrees stan smith stratford ken richardson georgetown summary first period goals beaumont cofell 55 cofell 5 00 beaumont 5 jo penalties pricker second period goals none penalties cotell third period goals sargent 440 sargent 5j0 cofen sargent 11 11 penalties flanagan landers scbenk unfair discrimination several of our exchanges have bean commenting on what they rtfl improper discrimination in chargtas townspeople 2 to s per year for boar rentals in the local postomoea waoe country residents have then mn de livered to them free a dlstanoe of from one to ten miles city residents also have then- mail deuiered then- door free the matter la i me brought to the attention of thr postmastergenerali last night was a night and no nrtt- take said giddy do you know i finished up in tbe police station lucky dog said brown bitterness in his voice t found my way bom