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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening april 26th 1939 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to usa georgetowns tax rate reduced by three mills council strike rate of 46 mills after deduction of v mills on account of government subsidy at special meeting thursday night lowest tar rate since 1927 to vote on sewage bylaw may 29th council met in special session at 8 pjn on thursday evening last with mayor joseph gibbons in the chair reeve george davis and councillors a b cripps n h brown jos hall jas costlgan thos lyons and k r mcdonald present the most important business of the evening was the striking of the tax rate and the preparing of the sewage system by law which is to be voted on may 29th a tax rate of 47v4 mills is the lowest struck since 1927 and with a government subsidy of mills means that the taxpayers win only have to pay a rate of 46 mills ool cousens and col brown rep resenting the canaoian legion to gether with the members of the pub lic school board discussed with the council the possibility of arranging transportation for the children of the town to go to toronto on may 22nd to see their majesties the king and queen c moved by costlgan seconded by cripps that the following be a com mittee to arrange for the transporta tkm of the school children to toron to may 22nd jos hall and k r mcdonald for the council j d kelly and h barnes for the public school board h c wrigglesworth for the public school staff col cousens and col brown for the can adian legion carried moved by mcdonald seconded by brown that by law no to provide lor the taking of a vote of the elec tore on the question or installing t complete sewage system be now read i n ght a first time carried j black moved by hall seconded by lyons l recitation by mr mcdonald that by law no to provide for the soprano solo a may morn i fine program presented by toronto choir presenting a program of choral music st georges united church choir or toronto entertained before a large audience in knox presbyterian church here on thursday night last it was a rare treat for local music lovers to have such a fine musical or ganlzation as their guests the choir was under the direction of capt d s lindon with mrs simeon joyce organist of 1st church scientist toronto as accompanist among the soloists who took part in the various numbers rendered by the choir were mrs dobson soprano miss margaret grant contralto irv lng levine baritone william black baritone and arthur davies tenor during the program mr ruthven mcdonald of toronto entertained with some of his character sketches following is the complete program opening the lords prayer two motet for double choir prom the russian church a let thy blessed spirit tschesnokoff b praise the name or the lord tchalkowsky baritone solo without a song mr irving levine negro spiritual down go moses nobl cain recitation by mr ruthven mcdon aid contralto solo russian lament mis margaret grant easttr anthem go to dark gethsenene tertlus noble tenor solo by mr arthur davies duett watchman what of the arthur davies and wlliiam rebekahs held banquet last tuesday evening the members of verdun ebekah lodge no 184 gathered at a six thirty o clock ban quet in the lodge parlors to mark uie closing of a year of unique friend ship amongst the members some forty members gathered about beau tlfully arranged tables laden with t most tempting and bountiful repast which wis evidence of the great deal of work and thought given the pre paration bj the committees and as slstants every single active member contributed in some service towards the banquet arrangements the principle involved an idea of each member drawing a lodge mem bers name the identity of the name being kept a secret and throughout a complete year each member receives gestures of consideration and courte sles from this unknown friend once a year the entire membership are assembled and each unknown friend is revealed and gifts exchang ed so much enthusiasm and interest which contributed towards the pro motion of good wilt and the develop ment of tre spirit of the order was evinced that all members entered in to the arrangement wholeheartedly for another year after toasts were proposed by the noble granfc mrs groat to the king and responded to by singing the national anthem the noble grand called upon brother joseph hall to propose a toast to verdun rebekan lodge which was responded to by p n o sister rcid and with a toast porposed to the unknown friend by sister cleave png responded to by png slster hazel marshall and members adjourned to tl e lodge roomi for regular meeting 1 ashgrove the april meeting of ashgrove wo men institute was held on april 18tn at the home of mrs fred wriggles worth with our president mrs w browni idge in the chair mrs f wilson very capably explained our motto the world is full of beauty like other worlds above and if we did our duty it might be full of love during the afternoon she also led in community singing mrs t glffen gave a temperance reading mrs clayton wilson and miss edith wrig glesworth sang a lovely duet miss r fisher gave a description 9 and read a poem of eugene field mrs gamble of acton our district pregl dent as guest speaker gave a splendid paper on motherhood a dainty lunch was enjoyed after which god save the king was sung our last meeting took the form of a social evening at the home of mr and mrs russell hepburn to which he men were invited and everyone reports a good time mr and mrs hector bird jean and baby margaret visited mr and mrs h russell gregg grimsby cently we were sorry to learn last week of tf e death in brampton of mrs david cation mrs melville wanless i ther at the peel musical festival at port credit on friday april 21st the brvdon trophy was won by burn than thorpe school this was in compel tion with seven schools with 3 rooms and under miss marlon fox milton is their music teacher taking of a vote of the electors on the question of installing a complete sew age system be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attach ed thereto and that the vote be taken on the 29th day of may 1939 com wwmn athehour of 9 o clock am and closing at 7 o clock pm at the following places and with the follow lng officials ward i town hall sam walker tjro jas kennedy poll clerk word lt barber floral co alex hwes dro thos grieve poll clerk ward ni public library r c adams dro c benham poll clerk carried moved by costlgan seconded by davis that by law no to grant cer tain exemptions from taxation to farm lands within the municipality be now read a first time carried moved by mcdonald seconded by brown that by law no to grant certain exemptions from taxation to farm lands within the munlclpalitry v now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by lyons seconded by davis that by law no to fix the tax rate for the town of georgetown for the jveax 1939 he now read a first time jiwiied moved by hall seconded by cripps that by law no to fix the tax rate for the town of georgetown for the year 1939 be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal or the corpoartlon be at tached thereto and the rate be 46 mills on the dollar after a deduction of one and one half mills on account of government subsidy carried mrs dobson motet i will lay me down in peace noble two traditional melodies a meditation brahm b ded ion franz anthems a nunc dimlttls arkhangelsk b hear m prayer james choral finale great l jehovah schubert a grand evening of dancing to the strains of herble royal s ten piece orchestra of kitchener was enjoyed by a large crowd at the arena last ay night this orchestra is one the finest in ontario and thrill the many dancers who were prlvl leged to attend the dance was held as a means of raising funds to put the georgetown hockey club over the top this season and help clear up some of the debt accumulated dur big the past few yean the execu tlve in charge of the evenings enter tainment endeavoured to give the pub lic something for their money in the vay of highclass music and- we think they did they extend their thanks to all who helped make the evening such a grand success r j graham elected president r j graham of georgetown was elected president of the hal ton dis trict jersey breeders club which was organized in milton on friday of last week plans are under way to hold a field day and picnic during the sum mcr months the newly organized hsjjon club will also sponsor a boys jersey calf club which is open to all boys 12 to 20 years of age those interested are urged to contact agri cutural representative j e white- lock t chas cook of the canadian jersey cattle club was the guest speaker and discussed in some detail the porgranune being sponsored by that organ zatton to popularize jersey milk and jiereby increase sales other jfneen elected are as follows 1st vice president chas mckeown acton 2nd vice president maurice beaty milton directors esqueslng fdwin harrop fred ruddell andrew murrav trafalgar jack featherstone and victor hall nelson w e brec kon nassagaweva dal ton barber eramosa lome ella erin howard graff halton garage operators held meeting d j taj lor d puly mnlsur of he ov inclal department of game ind fisheries said last week that on tarlo sportsmen will have an extra wok end of angling for speckled and brown trout this year tiil season will open on april 29 instead of may 1 as ui former years the trout are expected to be more olentlf h this year in some districts because of extensive re stocking ar rangements the pas several seasons hal ton holstetn breeders club has taken another forward tsep to ensure a more representative exhibit of their cattle at the milton fall fair the txhrblt will be coi fined entirely to halton count cattle and at a recent nutting of tl e club those present gave assurance to the officers and direc tors of the halton agricultural so c ttv that they will stage the best ex 1 ibit or holstclns in the history or tl e how an extensive prize list has lread betn drafud and township commit e s appointed to get o it a rep rcsentalivc exhibit from each town ship bryon jenvey western ontario fieldm in in addressing the meeting look as hi subject a breeding pro d for halton county during his address mr jenvey congratulated president morley watson and his fellow officers on the thriving condl tion of the halton club and its high standing amongst the leading holsteln counties of the province memories and recollections by of georgetown high high school howard f oram ever since i was in georgetown in the first week of september 1937 in connection with the re union of the high school pupils during the old home week of the centennial celebra tlons i have intended writing my im presslons and recollections that that visit brought to my mind but some how matters that we would like to attend to become crowded out by other matters that seem to demand immediate attention at the dinner served in the building at the park i made myself known to the editor mr j moore and acknowledged that under influence of a brain storm i was the one responsible for the articles lessly omitted to get her married name and her present address and if this article should meet her eye i would very much appreciate a note from her to my address in toronto 433 kings wood road it was a real joy to talk to her for 1 hadn t seen her since a convention or the halton teachers institute held in georgeown in 1903 i have the lovliest recollections of her kindness and forbearance with a little boy trying hard to leam his abc s and the roman numerals it would have interested me if i had inquired when she graduated and who were the teachers when she was there and ho were some of the pupils her acton intermediate hockey team o h a champions climaxing a 10 year campaign for major hockey honors acton tanners finally brought glory to the home town when they concluded the current o h a actlvty by carrying off the inter mediate b championship by virtue of having soundly laced woodstock 3 and fl 2 in their bestof three series last week the long awaited victory signalized one of the most rabid displays ever witnessed in acton as villagers staged mammoth victory parade from the railway station to the centre of the town where bonfires were burning the acton players were carried high above the crowd on the shoulders of ardent fans and the celebration last ed well on into the early hours it started back in 1929 when acton built a new modern arena and enter ed a team in the o h a in the ten years of activity since then the as ton teams have won their group title seven times but failed to gain the charmed circle that this seasons team was successful in doing acton has beaten fergus bolton elora simcoe owen sound whitby and woodstock by large scores in the past season mainly by superb play lng and on top of that the squad is strictly a home brew team only one palyer having been added this season from out of town johnny brush of milton is that individual with v b rumley handling the managerial reins and e masters do ing the training this years edition of acton representatives is considered as the strongest squad in years h woods handled the goaltendlng while the defence had j kentner minute walters bayliss molozzle and marzo to hand out the bodychecks centre chores were divided between norm morton and frank terry while the wing assignments were taken care of by r morton r brush j brush and i marzo it is expected that both kentner and walters will retire next year from the guelph mercury we take the following much of tht acton teams success ls attributed to the work of several veterans on the club who have been playing bttter than most people thought pos ible this season jack kentner former guelph professional defense star ls showing the fans that old man time hosn t deprived him of any of his speed or skating ability in fact we believe kentner to be like wine he improves with age as he has shown more pep and fight this than he has since being re instated as an amateur kentner was something of a veter an when he quite playing professional hockey due to the stringent rules in force at that time kentner was kept out of amateur hockey for three years period which generally detracts so much from an athletes ability that he is seldom able to make a success fill comeback however the battling defence star overcame this handicap and right now ls delivering the mail in the same effective manner he did few years ago alongside kentner on defense is another veteran minute walters who ls also carrying his share of the tanners burden walters ls adept to using his hands and alas hands out fairly stiff bodycheck daylight saying next sunday a m when you get home next saturday night and the clock strikes 13 just turn it on an hour and you will be time for church in the morning daylight saving time will com mence in georgetown at 12 01 ajn sunday morning next april 30th and continue until the 17th day of sep tember at 12 01 ajn 1939 balunafad prof ceaser and daughter miss eleanor ceaser of guelph ojufs wen visitors at the manse on sunday the teachers and officers of the sunday school met for their quarter ly meeting wednesday evening at the home of mrs j p klrkwood the wmj3 and mission circle held their joint easter thankoffering meeting sunday evening mrs b vannatter the president presided miss b hilts had charge of the scrip ture study giving an interesting ac count of the four christian women as sociated with pauls first missionary journey namely lydla priacuju phoebe and may prof schofield of guelph o a c then gave a most in spiring address on the work of foreign missions j obituary edward m smellie edward m smellie died at his home on the town line norval on wednes day april 19th in his sothyear mr smellie was bom in the whitby dis trict a son of the late james and helen smellie who came from scot land following a few years when bo farmed at hogs hollow he moved to the norval district where be has liv ed for the past sixty years since 1901 he has farmed the land on which he lived until the time of bis death having retired a few years ago to a location on the corner of the home farm he was a chrlstadelpbian in religion he is survived by his widow formerly rachael bell one son har old shelbume two daughters mrs a evans toronto marie at home and six grandchildren mr smellie was the last member of his family the funeral took place on friday to hillrest cemetery the pallbearers were messrs j hunter b snow w fiddler w graham j murray and j bell ent him and published four or so home was on the 9th or 10th line just years ago and he kindly intimated that if i had anv others that i would care to forward he would be glad to consider them this accounts for my return to these pages i was favored with the privilege of going up from toronto with mr j miller pren ice and both going and coming back we had a most interest lng exchange of reminiscences the april meeting of the halton branch ontario oarage operators ilk association was held in the town hall efvlhe year i commenced 1896 and at georz town monday evening april u was very m interested in what 17th mr l mcklndley of burling ne nad to tell me of persons who were halton cattu purchased 9 mr chester p wlbard still river mass has just purchased twenty two bead of purebread holstems from bn in the counties of went- halton and peel those contributing animals to the were p r breckon 3oote h mgiehaxt bronte r j jsarrlson freeman hn annie stull georgetown lanta j alton free man ira h oowmn falerjno g percival leslie georgetown j lome deare norval o e cleave norval j l neelands sons hornby w fy mountain terra cotta j j vtaaopbell cheltenham john picket hornby r r pnm guelph ton branch president presiding after a short period of general bus ness the president introduced mr walter chandler service engineer of mcquay norrls mfg co ltd of to ronto who gave a very interesting j illustrated lecture on engineered mo tor repairing rerlnglng recondition ing rebuilding mr chandlers lee ture was greatly appreciated by all more because of the fact he brought to his listeners information complied by the mcquay norrls mfg co ltd who have spent many thousands of dollars and many years doing experi mental and research work in order that the garage operator in his turn pmi on to his customer better value in service that he win require from tune to time a vote of thanks was given tq mr chandler for his efforts on behalf of the halton branch mr n a hardy vicepresident of the mcquay norrls mfg co ltcl was presen and spoke briefly the meeting adjourned the may meeting is to be held in milton a social half hour was spent at the close of the meeting when coffee and sandwiches were served a brooklyn judge has decided that motorists must not run over dogs perhaps in time the ruling will be extended to include human beings there in the years before i began some of whom had left and about whom i had heard and some of whom continued to attend and whom i knew personally i remember hi brother lou prentice who he told me bad passed away shortly before in 1937 we both remembered mr a h glbbard our old principal in this connection i was quite interest ed in a copy of the university of to ronto monthly which fell into my hands some time during the year 1937 to see a list of the graduates of 0 years before namely 188 among whom was the name of mr qtbbard i enjoyed my visit to the school im mensely i was i admit just a little disappointed at not seeing more the former pupils whom i knew but i believe some had been there and left before mr prentice and i got there about four thirty o clock jtow- ever i did meet quite a number one in whom i was very much interested was my teacher to the public school at norval who started me off on my south of norval georgetown road joyed probably most of all r chat with my old i mean this in the sense of former for she never seems to get any older my old teach er and friend mr h kennedy mlss hut she gave me just the lnfor matlon i was most anxlo is to get sometimes whtn we meet an old friend whom we haven t wen for omt time they seen to read our though 3 and without a series o qi e lions give is the verv informa lion we so much desire she told me hat mr coutts had passed away and though i had not seen him for nearly twenty five years it made me feel that i had lost a very dear friend learned from her also that miss llnd sa our teacher in 1896 7 8 had also passed away she attended the union in 1911 and it has ever since been the regret of my life that i did not see her at that time she had left on friday evening and i did not arrive until saturday mr roy the carelaker at the school told me that she had bei here and the disap polntment i experienced at that time has never left me miss hutt also told me that our former teacher mr mclaughlin had been for some time a physician in ottawa she said that she had p him a visit shortly before and hence was able to give me some most interesting lnfor matlon about aim and his family i also met two moore brothers from down in jtoqueaing township who were students at gjls back limehouse nurara synod to meet at the synod of niagara meets next week at christ a church cathedral hamilton beginning on monday even ing continuing tuesday and wednes day the monday evening session is open to all and a special invitation ls given to nurchwardens the lay delegates from georgetown and glen williams are e j gootler wallace thompson joseph beaumont substi tute montague merryday the following summer cottagers were in llmehouse over the week end mr and mrs c mummery mr and mrs adam hall and family and mrs david robertson all of toronto mrs root lane has returned from toronto where she spent the past two weeks mr and mrs jas seath and their two small children ofvbrantford have moved into the house recently vacated bv mr jos mcgowan and family mrs wm gowdy is busy preparing the school children at s s no 9 for the halton musical festival a number from here went to gait to see the acton tanners win the intermediate b championship oft thursday night mr and mrs h porte and daugh ter marlon moved to their new home on the sixth line erin township on saturday last mr a mrs wilfrid robinson and son of guelph visited mr and mrs w a lane on sunday the pupils of s s no 9 made a fine standing in the wctu essay and poster competitions recently we wish to congratulate them mr and mrs fred coles of acton visited with friends here last week erin farmer dles archibald fines wellknown erin township farmer died on saturday at the family home lot 19 second line in his 69th year a native of mono township mr fines had resided in erin township for the past 50 years he ls survived by his widow the for mer margaret hurren one son gor don at home and one daughter mrs c petty of everton he was a member of the united church and hlusburg lol riddall chishoun the marriage of frances margaret daughter of mr and mrs wm chls- holm acton to mr george william riddall son of mr and mrs george riddall georgetown took place at the st james anglican church quelph on friday evening april 14th rev f h wase officiated the bride wore a navy and white taffeta dress with navy hat and shoes and a corsage of white rose buds mr and mrs wm vint of georgetown were the atten dants after a short wedding trip lhe happy couple will reside at 53 glasgow street guelph m 1 1897 or 1898 i met also many of the ory is very clear in my mind as a fair hahed young woman not much more than a girl who herself was formerly a student at norval public school as well as a graduate of omb was i say was for she is now mafiied miss ida mofarlane i care- and around georgetown as well as some or those of more recent years mr frank mcintosh and mr a t brown were there from acton ap parently no older than when them last continued on page 6 halton juniors plan summer programme the annual meeting of the halton rural young peoples association which was held in milton recently elected miss vema kingston of palermo as president melvln mocul lough of acton 1st vicepresident helen mcglbbon milton 3nd vice- president reta fisher of georgetown secretary and j e whitelock of milton as treasurer the junior fanner livestock judg ing competition and girls achieve ment day is scheduled for saturday june 10th wtth their annual picnic for tuesday july 41th the jersey cow super models marjory owned and tested by f ruddell of georgetown has recently completed a splendid record of 11443 lbs of muk 575 lbs of fat with an average test of 416 a thirteen years of age in 365 days weston glassey the marriage was solemnized in st georges anglican church on satur day afternoon april 22nd of doris gertrude second daughter of mr and mrs jack glassey of toronto to wil liam roy weston youngest son of mr and mrs bert weston of george town rev w g o thompson offi ciated the bride wore navy with white accessories and a corsage of red a with lilyor thevalley sister margaret glassey of attended wearing a figured blue t with navy accessories and corsage of pink roses and lilyof the valley hr kenneth weston brother of the groom was best man a reception was held at the home of the grooms parents for the families and immediate friends after which the bride and groom left on a short motor trip on their return they will reside in georgetown the grooms gift to the bridesmaid was a brilliant and at the groom a gold tie pfn card of thanks we wish to convey our sincere thanks to friends and neighbor for the many kindnes received end sympathy extended during our recent sad bereavement in the death of a be loved husband and fattier mta smellie and marie norval the newspaper may have its faults but it doesnt uiterrupjljbelf every fifteen minutes to tell youwhlch one you are reading exchange