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the georgetown herald seventysecond year of publication wednesday evening may 31st 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to vsa many matters before house in dying days ot session the main measure standing still in the way is the general legislation on mortgages which is very comprehensive by spectator ottawa may 30thwhue the king and queen move across canada cap turing the hearts ol the people of the dominion everywhere by their unaf- j locted aimpucuy and charm their friendliness and their obvious faith and devotion to the ideals ot the british peonies the paruament at ot tawa continues with the rungs busl- fi6s the session is nearlng its close but there is still a difference of opin ion whether it will he another week or two week before it will have fin ished with its labors the main meas ure standing still in the way is the general legislation on mortgages which is very comprehensive and of such importance that members want it to he sifted down in all its impli cations before they register their votes the intention is to have it fully dis cussed in the thff and commerce committee of the house of commons it is just possible that the mnistler of finance wfll decide to withdraw it for this session and leave it over for fuller discussion in the next session as it will be recalled this legislation dealing with the whole mortgage structure throughout canada that is in both city and country seeks to bring mortgages within a definite re lationship to appraisal values of pro perty and to get interest rate uni formly down to about five per cent the central mortgage bank to be created under the act will have au thority to issue bonds to a maximum of 200 million dollars these bonds o be issued in payment of fifty per cent of losses sustained by lending com panies hi writing down mortgages opposition to the measure already heard in parliament points to he great obligations assumed by the gov ernment under the proposed legisla tion if the principle were ultimately extended to other businesses which might be equally deserving the new obligations would be tremendous many leading companies might ob ject io the rigid control proposed by the government the law might clash with provincial legislative rights un der the constitution the law dis criminated against borrowers from private lenders and against compan ies which might not become members all these questions have been raised in the debate the finance minister has explained that no compulsion will be txerciaed on the provinces co operation form lending companies is entirely voluntary the bill will make available the national credit in terms of public need for what is generally recognised as a great national prob lem the measure is very close to the heart of the finance minister it is the result of many months of care ful and searching thought the salt fish beard the general program of giving aid to the primary industries embodied in the agricultural bills is now being ex tended to the fishing industry an appropriation of 1800000 for this pur pose appears in the estimates ana it is the governments intention to create a salt fish board which will be composed of experts in the bus the duty of the board will be to lu- testlgate and report on the marketing of salt fish and to seek new avenues of export they wul study and re commend modern methods of curing and packing as well as marketing it was explained in the bouse that the fishermen meet competition in foreign markets from countries where boards are operating and that the govern ment has been receiving petitions for assistance from organizations and in dividuals engaged or deeply interested in the fishing industry assistance will be given the salt fish industry up to 25 per cent of the market value of the fish at the time of export some members want fresh fish as well as salt fish included in the operation of the bill members expressed regret that the system of bonuslng not only fish bt wheat and other natural products hid to be resorted to but it was essen tial at this time on account of condi tions prevailing social credit beco defeated a great many matters are before the house in the dying days of h session the budget resolutions have been discussed and passed the mone tary theories of the social credit members have been before the hou whenever a question or subject wj before parliament which allowed de bate on finance and credit theories efforts were made by the social cre dit adherents to induce the govern ment to iseue currency for the direct firm tying of public works and other governmental expenditure with the dangers of inflation which most mem bers believed to be entailed plans of this kind were defeated the price ef shmii spokesmen of the government have expressed the tr4 of the government to see that the price of radios sold in this country reflects fairly viutim conditions and that do profiteering is involved an in vestigation is being made into patent laws on radio manufacturing to ascer- tain what if any effect the applica tion of these laws has upon existing pricea the senate ear railway rrefaleau senator g in the upper house has expressed the deepest regret that the result of cooperative economy measures tn railway admfnlstrauoa would not fill the houor of our hands the greatest danger lay in the continued indifference to the co lossal waste it may he important he said to catch the will qf the people but that is not the duty of the senate of canada he pointed with gravity to the shoals that lay ahead for the railways unless a plan were evolved for the unified manage ment of the great railway companies senator dandurand leader of the government forces in the senate was opposed to unification he fear ed the creation of a monopoly unified management he said meant unification and unification meant amalgamation under private auspices the country at large would not stand for such an amalgamation acton scouts win shield at big jamboree for second straight year g e eluott hilton district commissioner master of ceremonies more than 350 boy scouts gathered in a jamboree at woodlands or chard near bronte over the week end scouts troops from acton milton palermo toronto oshawa mlmico long branch oalcvllle waterdown brampton weston port credit camp- bellvule and hamilton went into camp saturday morning and broke up late sunday afternoon contests of all kinds pertaining to scout work were held including judg lug of distance first and secondclass i first aid work ore by friction pot boiling knotting relays morse code and semaphore signalling scouts pace relay and sketch mapping competitor was for the milton shield provided by milton town coun ctl for the pas- five yaers the troop winning the shield three consecutive years retains permanent possession district commissioner for hal ton c e elliott of milton in charge of the jamboree reports it a big success camp chief was rev j s cameron- i scout master of palermo ceo s atkins assistant scout master of palermo was assistant camp director the 1st troop of acton under scoutmaster george w mason carri ed off the shield with 25 points for the second consecutive year the nearest competitors were three troops tied with 21 points troops number one and three of mlmico and the 90th of toronto at the council camp fire held saturday night walter harland smith or oakvule was presented with a tnanks badge for the use of his pro perty at an earlier jamboree helton commissioner geo elliott was also presentd with an elliot tartan necker chief and a turkshead as a mark of appreciation the wooden shield emblematic of efficiency tn camping throughout the jamboree will be presented at a later date sewage bylaw defeated small vote polled of a possible 600 voters only 319 polled their votes on the sewage by- law on monday with the result thai the bylaw was defeated by a vote of 235 to m this means that there will be tu sewage system installed in georgetown for some time to come the vote in the different wards was as follows yes no ward i 28 57 ward 2 35 1 ward 3 31 77 halton jersey breeders to stage picnic near oakvtlle the recently organized halton jer sey breeders club is to hold a picnic and field day at chestnut jersey farm owned by col w h mackendrlck of oakvule this event we understand from president r j graham is scheduled for thursday june 8th jas brenner secretary of the can adian jersey cattle club of canada is to be the guest speaker and the programme will also include judging competitions open to men ladles ana junior farmers for which special prises are offered we understand from mr graham that all jersey breeders along with their families are invited to attend this function at the mackendrlck farm which is recognised of the beauty spots in ballon county jeffery flaherty dies in 77tb year jeffery flaherty lifelong resident of alton died at the family home on saturday in his 77th year a native of erin township he was educated at binkham school he often recalled driving oxen and cradling grain by hand hls wife died in 192s sur viving are nine children annie of alton joan mary rose and agne of toronto jeffery of oalcvllle mic hael of brampton james and an thony of alton robert hall celebrated 91st birthday on monday hopes to see king and queen as they pass through here june 6th keenly interested in the triumphant tour of the king and queen through the dominion robert hall who cele brated his 91st birthday on monday at the home of his niece mrs wil liam j gordon on no 7 highway at silvercreek la somewhat hopeful that he might catch a glimpse of the royal couple as they pass through georgetown on their way to guelph on june 6 mr hall was born near hornby in halton county and has been a life long resident of the county his greatgrandfather who settled the ramlly homestead in the drumquln district lived to be- 108 years of age he recalls the days when the sev enth line ot halton county from oakvule to georgetown was a plank road with stage coaches carrying a lively passenger traffic and great strings of wagons carrying grain and other materials to the lake fron most of the steel used in the con struction of the big credit river bridge of the grand trunk railway at georgetown was hauled up this road he remembers after the railway was in operation stage traffic and the teaming business dropped off the plank roads were not as satisfactory as the present pavements for after the boards be came s bit warped they bounced and jumped under the horses feet and on wet days deluged the coach and some times the passengers with muddy wa ter mr hall has an interesting me mento or his youth in the form of the suit he wore at his wedding he wore the same suit wo years ago when georgetowns centenary was celebrated mr hall is a determined conserva tive in politics and occasionally when he can ge transportation attends services in the church of england although his hearing has become somewhat impaired by his years as a young man he became a member of the maccabees but has not joined any other lodge telegram georgetown win opening ball game in eight innings acton prove strong opposition but locals eke out 43 decision team goes to milton saturday afternoon special meeting ol council re paving connecting links draft agreement with county council subject to approval of depar of highway why not go to the worlds fairs t you probably know lots of reasons one of course probably is you havent enough money you will find the worlds most de sirable merchandise in georgetown visit your local merchant he has the e articles you would see at the worlds pairs council met on monday evening at 75 pjn members present mayor gibbons reeve davis councillors n h brown a e cripps jos hall jas costigan thou lyons and k r mc donald a communication was read from the road committee of the county coun cil in regard to the paving of the connecting links the following motion was unani mously passed by council moved by thos lyons seconded by jos hall that this council enter into an agreement with the county coun cil subject to the following conditions i the town of georgetown will accept the offer of the county coun cil of 112500 er annum for a period of 8 years towards the cost of paving the county connecting links 2 the town of georgetown will forego the annual rebate for a period of 8 years 3 the agreement now in force in regard to maintenance of connecting links to be rescinded and the town of georgetown agrees to assume cost of maintenance during the above period 4 all the above to be sub ject to the approval of the depart ment of highways carried halton plowmen to hold annual junior farmer plowing match june tad halton plowmen under the leader ship of president peter peddle are holding their annual junior parmer match on wm aldersons farm near drumquln on june 22nd n o mc- leod veteran plowman of gait will be the official coach and judge the 1s38 event brought out 22 competitors under 20 years of age and the officers and members of the association are planning for a still longer event this year township councils have con tributed grants and separate prise lists will be provided for each town ship special provision is made for beginners and a record event is anti cipated halton will again be repre sented in the intercounty class at the international match which this year is scheduled for brocfcviue on october 12th needless to add the honour of representing the county win be keenly contested for by the younger mouldboard enthusiasts sir edward beatty chats with ring and queen fast before leaving mcatrwav their majesties kjnf george aboek hands with eevaral direc tors of the canadian pacific rafl- bareebattibg with sir edward beatty oftx jjcc llvd eaalnasn mad presi dent canadlaa fwctflo railway aad qir herbert bolt other di rector pi entail by str edward ware blr charles gordon ojx d c coleman vtoepreawent brlcowm f ft metgheo cmjo boas mcmester aad m w wilson assessment roll confirmed only two appeals georgetown court of revision to hear appeals against the assessment roll met at 8 oclock of may 25th members present were jos gibbons a e cripps n h brown jos hall and jas costigan moved by n h brown seconded by a e cripps that jos gibbons be chairman of this court of revision carried appeals were received from w b shortlu and o stacey moved by a e cripps seconded by jas costigan that the assessment on the property of w b shortul being no 644 on the assessment roll ward 3 be confirmed carried moved by joseph hall seconded by a e cripps that the assessment on the property ot w b shortul being no 645 on edith sl be reduced by 30 jm on the land carried moved by a el cripps seconded by jos hail that this court adjourn un til may 26th at 12 30 pjn carried the following business was trans acted on may 26th moved by n h brown seconded by a e cripps that the assessment of thomas l lyons- as owner of lots no 103 church st be confirmed yeas brown cripps costigan gib bons nays hall carried moved by jas costigan seconded by a e cripps that the 1s39 assess meat roll as revised by this court of revision and initialed by the clerk be confirmed and adopted carried moved by n el brown seconded by jas coaugan that we do now adjourn carried lome scots band leads veterans church parade at port credit sunday over 400 veterans from oakvule georgetown long branch new to ronto mlmico islington streetsville and port credit took part in the an nual church parade of zone 13 can adian legion at port credit on sun day a special feature of the service the dedication and presentation of colours to the lakevlow wolf cote and to the lome park company of girl guides flags were the gift of the colonel alex thompson post no 82 port credit the parade headed by the lome scots band of georg moved off from st lawrence park to the ceno taph here a special tribute was paid to the memory of the comrades who fell in the great war dr h r adams zone commander prafifd wreath upon the memorial as the crowd stood in two minutes of silence sgvmajor w chappell sounded last post and reveille as the color party dipped the flags rev o p banks chaplain of post 82 gave the prayer prom here the parade moved tc the park for the church service con ducted by rev father sheridan rev k r berkley rev a g donald mc and rev g p banks rev mr donald mc of toronto who won his military cross when a private was the guest speaker urg ing that the same spirit of self-secrl- flce and team play displayed by the men that served overseas was vitally necessary by the citizens of today in ridding the world of presentday troubles some people would have you be lieve that a band and a parade these days are but to glorify the militaris tic spirit to me they do not they serve but to revive the lessons taught by the last war and bring back a remembrance of the men who paid the supreme sacrifice in defense of their country and liberty they are the things we must never let anyone forget he declared rev g p banks performed the service of blessing the new colors pre sented to the wolf cubs and girl guides stating that the high ideals of such organizations played a dom inant part in moulding the lives of the children of the country zone oomander adams stressed the inter est that the port credit branch took in the activities of such organisations urging that legion branches in other centres should play a similar part halton and peel holstktn breeders to stage annual picnic the annual halton and peel hal- stein picnic and field day is scheduled this year for edgewood park eden mlus on saturday june 3rd accord ing to president morley watson of the halton club this event which last year was held at the ontario agri cultural college brought out a crowd of between boo and 1000 black and white enthusiasts and it is antici pated that a record crowd will gather i edgewood park flans call for a picnic lunch at noon at which m- m robinson of burling ton win be the guest speaker prof geo e ratthby of ouelph will be the official judge for the judging conpetltlcns and we nnderstand thai oom will be conducted for men women and junior farmers with separate prise lists tor each a sports programme for the younger folk win complete the days outing georgetown baseball club made a better than average start for the 1b39 season when they came out on top of a 4 3 score in the opening ball game with acton tanners on monday night it was sure a treat for the loyal fans who turned out to see their team come through for the opener but while georgetown won acton were not far behind and played a steady game of ball all the way when the regulation seven inning for twilight balt had been played the teams were deadlocked 33 and an extra p required to finish up the une bui brydon took up the pitching duties for the local nine with but ritchie behind the plate although it was the first game brydon had pitch ed this season be hurled them steadi ly and deserved the win re had 19 strikeouts and to get on base twice himself cripps was on the mound for acton and while only gathering half as many strikeouts threw a fair brand of ball and kept the locals from going very far into the lead lamb was the acton back stop in the first innings guthrie for ac ton struckout brush made third on a walk lamb fiyed oufnand bayusa struckout to end the first half the georgetown team had a good inning garnering two runs and f hit b ritchie made third on awalk bat went out stealing homey smith sent the ball for a douhleand a ritchie went to first on a fielders choice to score smith brydon scored rltchie and went to first chaplin flyed out and kemshead struckout to retire the side acton went out in order in the sec ond innings while georgetown added anoher run to make the score 30 tost the first man up flyed to pit- chef h ritchie walked and mcmen- emy drove out a twobase hit to score a run b ritchie and smith went out in order acton counted two runs m the third innings on two hits footltt singled dunachie struckout guthrie drew m walk brush struckout and lamb came through with a double base hit to score two runners bayuss wa third man out there was no score in the fourua innings but in the fifth acton threatened when they tied the score on two hits and a walk however brydon remained calm and collected and retired the side without any fur ther damage being done prom the fifth innings on it was sv battle for the pitchers and at the end of he seventh the score remained tied 33 necessitating a further inn ing acton failed to take advantage lit their half of the eighth i and georgetown came through in the last half to win the game smith started the ball rolling with a clean hit a ritchie sacrificed to move smith to second and brydon and chaplin sing led to score smith and win the game- it was a grand game for the opener and if the team can play the same brand of baseball in mlltbn on sat urday another win should be chalked up for the blue and white r h b acton 0 0 2 0 10 0 03 4 o georgetown 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 1 box score georgetown ab r h x b ritchie c l 1 o smith ss 2 2 0 a ritchie if 1 0 ft brydon p d 1 0 chaplin rj 0 1 0 kemshead 2b 3 fl 0 1 tost 3b 3 1 1 0 l ritchie cf 3 i 0 o mcmenecny lb 3 0 1 o 32 4 7 x acton ab r h k guthrie 2 1 0 r brush n 0 o lamb c 0 2 0 bayllss 0 0 0 cripps p 0 0 q mooney 2b 0 0 0 mollozzie 3b 3 0 0 0 footltt lb 3 i 1 0 dunachie rf 3 0 0 0 summary two base hits smith mcmenecny lamb struckout by bry don 10 by cripps 5 base on balls off brydon 4 off cripps 2 left on i georgetown 5 acton 5 thresher hamilton major j mckxnlat honored by lobne scots regiment at a meeting of the lome soots regiment held recently in brampton major j mckjnlay a former george town boy was presented with the loss service medal and the btnetenoy medal in recognition of his sen lu in the militia at home and abroad major mcklnlay was first connect ed with the old 20th halton batta lion he went overseas in 1914 with the 4th battalion was wmnded and returned to canada to recuperate he later joined the 78th ttslton and went back to prance and was the last of the oanadlana to home at the end of the war today is never too late the mistakes of yesterday