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the georgetown herald seventythird year of publication wednesday evening october 11th 1939 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa er ann branch of red cross society formed in georgetown miss evelyn stockford injured in car crash e cooper of mt dennis brotherinlaw of george alcott georgetown also injured when passenger in car driven by thomas watts georgetown citizens were shocked to learn of the serious accident that oc curred in toronto on saturday night when a car driven by thomas watts of toronto and who is wellknown and highly respected in this community became involved in a threecar acci dent at keele st and egltnton ave in mr watts car were miss evelyn stockford of georgetown and mr el cooper ol mt dennis brothermlaw of mr george alcott georgetown who at the time of the accident were on their way to georgetown watts car is said to have been pro ceeding west on egllnton ave and to have allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign when the drivers view was ob structed and he failed to notice the traffic light his car collided with another driven by o r kendrick of weston who was proceeding south on keele st the force or the impact burled both cars into the side of a parked car on eglinton avenue owned by george manson weston although mr manson was in his car at the time he escaped unscathed most seriously injured were miss stockford and mr cooper who were in watts car and pte e pegeau c company rojt who was riding in kcndncks car miss stockford is in the toronto western hospital suffer ing from shock severe lacerations to her head and concussion mr cooper is in st josephs hospital suffering from a ivery serious fracture of the skull and lacerations his condition is fravc having not regained conscious nes pte pegeau is in christie st hospital suffering from shock cuts and bruises his cordition is not con sidered serious mr watts escaped uninjured although his car was com pletely wrecked at the time of going to press miss stockford is resting comfortably and it is expected will show some decid ed improvement in a few days mr cooper 5 condition remains much the same georgetown women urged to register under vrcw voluntary registration tak ing place today and tomorrow organization plans are now com pleted and georgetown and district women are urged to register under the vjtcw at the booths provided ward i at the united church ward ii at barber greenhouses ward m at pub lic library the dates are wednes day and thursday oct 11 and 12 to day and tomorrow and the booths are open from 130 to 930 pm tlus is a dominion wide project and does not interfere with other registra tions or organizations once the re gistration has been taken the organiza tion of the vr c w ceases to exist but the information tabulated by the questionnaire will be available for all societies engaged in war work as well as factories making war supplies and kovernment projects which may be undertaken from time to time this is a voluntary registration and the questions answered are not binding for instance if a woman says she is willing to take two children into her home and later circumstances change so that she finds it difficult to do so she is not bound in any way bv the questionnaire the registration is an attempt to determine the available woman power of the nation every woman regardless of age is invited to register and thereby indtr cate the extent to which she can help in this critical period of our national life the women never failed et th will not fail this time be sure to register the canadian red cross societx objects and methods list ol prize winners at georgetown fall fair following is a list of the priae winners at the esqueine agricultural pall pair held at georgetown sept 28th and 29th horses heavj draft wreford hewson mai ton 3 first 3 seconds a b chalmers guelph 2 firsts 3 thirds n c shanu plattsville 2 seconds r rcld norval 1 first agricultural wretord hcwson mai ton 3 firsts 3 seconds a b chalmers 1 first 2 seconds 1 third n c shanu 2 firsts w h allan milton 1 third isaac mecready milton 1 second edgar morrison brampton 1 second h wilson georgetown 1 seconds 2 thirds p leslie georgetown 1 third general purpose w j mcclure brampton 2 seconds donald mclean acton 1 second 1 third t s living stone 1 first 2 seconds w b fteid brampton 1 third w h allen mil ton 2 seconds wm lindsay bolton 2 seconds w o brownrldge george town 1 first 1 second fred lawrence mfljton 2 firsts john h marshall milton 1 second carriage w b reki brampton 2 seconds 2 thirds dan campbell georgetown 2 firsts n g lindsay acton 2 firsts 2 seconds r kerr acton 3 seconds donald mclean ac ton 1 first r m barden hlllsburg 2 firsts jean oowland brampton 1 1 second mrs a r unn gait 1 first wllbert wheeler orton 1 third roadsters dan campbell george town 2 firsts 1 second dr a foster gait 3 firsts 2 seconds x third r kerr acton 1 third wllbert wheeler orton 1 first a b webber kitchen er 4 seconds stanley sotnerville waldemar 1 first i third r m barden hlllsburg 1 third vivian clark norval 2 seconds saddle wubert wheeler orton 1 third mrs a r unn gait 1 second jean oowland gait 1 first mrs benson oakville 1 third vivian clark norval 1 first mrs w ansley brampton 1 second cattle shorthorn grant campbell moffat 7 firsts 1 special d e kllgour georgetown 1 second w lasby ac ton 5 seconds i third holstein t o dolson 4 flrsta and 1 special d s dunton brampton 3 firsts 2 seconds 3 thirds clarence anderson georgetown 4 firsts j d oale guelph 2 firsts 2 seconds 2 thirds thos brownrldge 1 first 1 second jerseys ah baggs bageley 6 firsts 1 second norman baggs edgeley l first l thlrd mckeown acton 2 sec- ayrahlreijorne b weber water loo t firsts 3 thirds j knapp oatt firsts ft seconds wdbsrt nu eons 0 solids tasltoo s seconds t october meeting of the local womens institute the october meeting of the wo mins institute was held at hit home of mrs w g mcdowell on thursday october oth with the president mrs livingstone in the chair and thirty one present after the institute ode and prajer the minutes of the previous meeting wrc read and approved severam terns of business were then discussed among which was the part the institute should take in the war work which is to be earned on in georgetown this matter was however laid over and eerj member urged to attend the sp cial meeting in the library mrs duncan head of the finance committee gave a very encouraging report on the work of the finance com mittee during the last month and turned over a nice sum to the treasur er mrs erwin then gave the current events and mrs geo campbell and mlss hazel marshall a very interest lng account of the two day district annual convention held at guelph the main part of the afternoon was given o er to miss dorothy cleave who in a very pleasing manner told of the work the junior members club had taken in their project work during the last year and had several articles of clothing which she had maed to show the members miss cleave also exhibit ed a pair of pigskin gloves she was just completing having taken this course at milton during the week arter a dainty lunch had been serv ed and a vote of thanks extended to mrs mcdowell also to miss cleave for a very interesting talk the njfet lng closed with god save the king i on page o norval rifle club owing to monday being a holiday many of our members were away on a shooting trip for game consequent the postal match between the cnjl rifle club of toronto was not com pleted but it la hoped that it will be finished on next monday night the scores of those who attended the shoot are as follows f johnson 100 a b robertaon 100 c meredith 99 c cantelon 90 m atkinson 96 a w wilson 97 w lisk 97 o h hall 97 p hustler 95 the lounge room of the range has recently been remodelled and is heat ed by a 10 ft fireplace visiting rifle men and prospective members wfll find that they can spend a comfortable evening with us every monday night come along you will be made welcome red cross is a permanent organiza tion or national societies with more than is 000000 adult members in 05 countries recognized under the gen eva convention and by international agreement as the sole body which be comes in war time an auxiliary of the army medical corps as such it is the agent to which requests for sup plies materials and assistance are directed by the corps which cares for the sick and wounded of the national forces through a permanent international committee with offices in geneva it remains in war time the communica tory channel through which informa tion about missing persons prisoners of war and other nationals in foreign belllgernt states are located identified supplied with food clothing and other supplies and exchanged despite the severance of diplomatic relations for instance the prisoners of war depart ment in the last war manned by red cross voluntary workers was official ly authorized to handle and caer for prisoners in germany after this de partment had been created by red cross and had launched the work another instance is that all exchanges of prisoners were negotiated through red cross international office volunteer organisation it is a volunteer organization seek ing to coordinate the efforts of all persons who undertake voluntary war work such as the manufacture of hos pital supplies the knitting of gar ments the packaging of this materi al and the shipment of these pack ages to th edepots from which they jire dis ributed by his majesty s force because of its automatic appointment to the official position of an army auxiliary by a declaration of war it is tht recipient of tht official informa tion as to needs and of official in at ructions as to packaging shipment md distribution becaiist diiirng eaoe time it main tains its organization for emergenev ictlon in iliit of disasters and also tniunlatns fur thing m n ices such as oiiihs hospitals home nursliw tic lurtm its fit it ponmsst th iiadv murium r of orgnnuntion it lh out brcik uf ir so pr pirtxt in f ict is hi miriinr thitth c iniull m red cros ocl t ntered the sphere of mil mat i ml iclion btfor cun ul l hail dk iml i siite ol sir on b i limber 10 lt39 b cablm sltmhhl o bntiin for relief of athinn sumu iicl b 1 n in n ri i hind tin i lilt il niir nn uid medinl ficllitl lo mt ilst irmals nt halifax in thls n time ti i nnhkl 11 at t ion 1 owed intimation irm tht c it id in coenitrein that necd xistitl in other ords red cross t the tin igenc to which tht governrntnt turn id lor immediate action a democratic i nlon red grass organisation is t rectert on experience the oine i contention prowtk that i nattoml commute must exist io r present l in interna tional rimtions under this national committee provlni ta dtvlslons self administrative function as i close ut up with district committees the lit u r arc the clearing houses for local or municipal branches the whole is i democratic unlor based on prlnct pics analagous to tht british com monwealth of nations within 24 hours after canada de clared war reproflentatlves of the provincial division met in national council in ottawa within another 24 hours i national war council had been formed details were simultaneously arrangd tor the formation of the lat ter rests largely in the hands of citi wns in other words their willingness to co operate it was the desire or objective that all groups giving volun ary assistance along lines similar to those y the red cross should utilize red cross facilities official position information and experience through this structure information is being promptly disseminated to provincial divisions and local branches and thence to the war councils it af fords a swift means of determining how materials and supplies shall be transported and distributed because official requests can be complied with through the advices released by the national office born tn october 1863 red cross first came into existence when a conference of representatives of 16 nations met tn october 1863 in geneva and there laid down the uni form funda bases which have governed the organization ever since a short and simple draft was accepted which provided for the formation of national committees in each country to actas auxiliaries of the army med ical servltes of their respective govern ments the summoning of this con ference had followed the publication of a bock entitled a souvenir of sol- ferlno by henri dunant after he had visited the battlefield of sotterino and seen wounded snd dying men ly ing unattended he outlined his ideal of some international principle for mulated in terms of a convention and recognised as inviolable which once agreed upon and ratified should serve as the basis for activity of societies for the relief of the wounded in dif ferent countries in europe with this object in view m gustave moynler president of the genevse soclete d uuute publlque summoned the meeting of the 16 nations because the first conference was composed of persons unable to give practical effect to their recommenda tions a second conference was held in lftfw this time a dipolmatlc con- ferencstor accredited government rep resentatives the result was the sign ing of the famous geneva convention the spirit ot which has been faith fully upheld in the subsequent confer ences of 1906 and 1929 this confer ence also laid down the established basis that a red cross on a white ground should be used not only by the medical services of the various armies but also by duly recognized relief so cieties constituted at thls time as auxi liaries to the medical ervicj and that these services were to be known as red cross societies their emblem was to be recognized as the sole neu tral insignia during war the nations pledged and to be free from attack a representative group amot the 12 principles of the red cross and to which the governments have subscribed themselves in so far as their acceptance is concerned are that these societies must be recogniz ed by the government as auxiliary to the army medical corps must adopt as emblem a red cross on a white ground must be open to all nations without any distinction particularly as ickards sex religion or political opln ion must bt pledged to prepare them- thes n peact time for wartime work and must be so formed as not to clnd ui appropriate branch or medical work in connection with the 1 hung services recognized by government red cross is in efficient ortaniza kmkuh leidlnr ml is iii st llnnn lr s nt wspip nni n ind nn mix rs of other professions on its ttecutnt com munis it is opt i ned in i bil iness iki un will ii uu in passing nulir tht critln of tlust voluntary tnitiu is idmlolstrauve ptisonnol has ben trained by ex in n nc md bv tht r fici lint i i in unction during peace m in tfliutnt iomhum i mn it il 1 v imt ir assist nice- foi i vt i hi llkt mi til lined 1 r h r ti ir w re m nun i umihf w li periled n mil m rv it li is i lmjii rs ol h u d trim ii prt pint ion uf n le roy dale k c named president at tuesdays meeting mr f c slater of oakville ontario division red cross addressed public gathrrinfe in library definite plans o be announced later at a largely attended meeting held in the public library auditorium on tuesday october 10th 1930 it was de cided to organize a branchy of ther canadian red cross society for georgetown and community the meeting was ably presided over by mayor gibbons who explained rea sons for calling the same and intro duced the speaker of the evening mr f c slater of oakville who explain ed the alms and purposes of the bed cross society the meeting was alaw addressed by mrs j b mackenzie hughes cleaver mp rev mr over- end and rev mr thompson the meeting then elected the fol lowing officers president le roy dale ko first vlcepresidenumrs t grieve secretary miss yvonne adams treasurer g w mclilntock executive committee mayor gib bons reeve n a r l r- pleck john d keuymajor c the clergy and a member from each of the ladles organizations hi tbisr community to be chosen by each of such organizations themselves october weddings wardlaw harris wedding in brampton the home of therev e a pinker- ton brampton was the scene of a quiet wedding on saturday afternoon when miss edith wuhelmlne harris daughter of mr and mrs edward harris became the bride of mr elliott wardlav son of mrs wardlaw of to ronto and the late mr charles ward- law brampton the bride who wore a frock of navy crepe was attended by he rslster mra harvey king of georgetown who also woer navy crepe the groom was sup ported by mr king following a wedding breakfast at the home of the brides parentmr and mrs ward- law left for a honeymoon hi the peterboro district they will live in brampton e beth mimms bride of wm a stephen the marriage of miss kleanor beth mlmms elder daughter of mrs mirpnit and the late h r miinms toronto formed of georgetown to mr wil liam a stephen ottawa son of mr william stephen and the late mrs stephen toronto took place on sat- urdaj in walmer road baptist church rev dr h h bingham officiated and mr gulseppl moschetti ft as at the oran mr praser mimms gave his sister in marruic and she wore her mothers vedding gown of detp ivory embroi dered nit oer slipper satin made on princess lines wltn a graceful train her loni tulle veil was held with a ixurl ornament and she carried joan na hill roses her sister miss dor othj minims was her attendant vcar m tiiiioise taffeta with matching i kit nd dol hat trimmed with uiu atrkh lips and carrying a nose- ua of sh idd vlne button chrysan- tlnmni mr james a stephens was iils brother iroomsm in and the ush f rs tttfr mr c rant minims and mr alan alkins ain reef pt on for the immediate finiuit md friends at the home of it nd mother where miss helen i pin n ister of the bridegroom it witli mrs mimms the couple f b mt or for a wedding trip thcj ill lue in toronto georgetown runners took part tn guelph hacks more than 10 000 persons lined the streets of guelph on monday to watch the annual thanksgiving day races of th guelph cross country run and road race association large entries were hied in each division px scott rankine of preston claimed major honors in the 15mue open classic to circle the route in an hour 19 minutes and 45 seconds to flnti well ahead of d mccallum of toronow first place m the five mile open event went to mico valerlote popu lar guelph runner who led the way from the start marty dickson ol kitchener placed second with mh wallace toronto third in fr place was bill collier of georgetown mnnin under the colors of toronto gladstone club who made a good showing considering the strong com petition in the field in he 10 mile cross country run jimmv emmerson and bruce harle of georgetown placed oth and 10th re- spectll in a large field of runners i hi ti t iliu pit md tht m n wjui m weds ti i co in tic ii t r fuiu turns ntm rim il primut- dut of to ox rtt mi with tin arm- mtdical coi lino lyh i hi uu so 073 48 was i il d foi i pirpots in addition to vionofl tor the rtnli h itcd cross supplies totalling n inlue of approxi matel s20mk000 wtro m nt otrs in iidditi in to hit funds which win ckioted to financtnff hospitals equip p ng and manning them ptiruiam ig and optritlng ambulance unils etc tin finest hospital in france accord inj io arm medical authorities was iho red cross hospital j built and cquippe i bj canada nt vlnceiines near paris goodwill and co operation the record of the last war was ac compiishcd only by the goodwill of the canadian people the willingness of other organizations to co operate with uie red cross and e lmlnale confu slon overlapping at d dupllca ion and the gererasltj of donations from rlc i ana poor the rod cross again faces similar task and tills time it faces thls dut with the added responslblll t of a peace itne program which has become an important factor in cana dian life and must be continued religious training classes at central public school oakville were begun last week classes in the three year course will be held each wednesday morning from 9 o clock to 930 con ducted by rev d h gallagher of st john s united rev c k nlcoll of knox presbyterian and canon d rus sell smith of st jude s anglican church pupils of grades five six seven and eight are eligible for the course it is sponsored by the oakville board of education snd the approval ot the de partment of education the three ministers will each teach pupils of two rooms at one time there is nothing sectarian or de nominational in the training mr gallagher explained it is simply m teaching of religious principles and the application ot these principles to living with bible courses as a hack- ground far the study the syllabus of the teaching la arranged according to the grade ages and is prepared by an mterdenotninauonal committee from churches of ontario the neutral stand is always a dlfll- cujt ont to maintain eer man or nit ion trust hac an opinion off a question of right or wrong cnadas liquor bill 4 696 42633 3 52421628 5222 671 82 66 02671739 8 194 169 71 8 414244 49 12 450256 08 17 614 162 91 halton county high school track and field m held here milton athletes win championship of northhalton georgetown and acton second and third respectively milton won the northhalton high school athletic championship on fri day last by a margin of 39 points in a track and field meet held at george town total points were milton 23 georgetown 199 acton 44 boys events standing broad jump junior clements milton 7 ft 9 in carter gorgetown 7 ft 3 in beatue acton 7 ft in intermediate oofeh georgetown 8 ft 9 la brush milton 8 ft 2 in maroellus milton 8 ft senior cookman milton 8 ft 6 in long gorgetown 8 ft 5 in ruddel georgetown 8 ft 3v4 in running broad jump elemental milton 15 ft 9 in roberts mllton i ft 6 in young georgetown 14 ft 3 in intermediate gilmer george town 18 rt 1 in cofell georgetown 17 ft 6 in kennedy milton 16 ffc 9 in cookman milton 17 ft 8 in jamieson milton 15 ft 11 in early georgetown 15 ft 10 in hop step and jump junior clem ents milton 33 ft symotis milton 31 ft 10 in roberts milton 29 ft t in intermediate cofell georgetown 36 ft 7 in kennedy milton 35 ft brush milton 35 ft 5 in senior cookman milton 36 ft 7 in rudded georgetown 35 ft 4 in long george town 34 ft 4 in running high jump junior clem ents milton 4 ft 24 in robert milton 4 ft 1h in young acton 4 rt intermediate cofell georgetown 4 ft 10 in k blow acton 4 ft 9h tn brush milton 4 ft 8 in senior cookman milton 4 ft 11 m lon georgetown 4 ft 7 ln buddeil georgetown 4 ft 6 tn pojtf vaultjurdor blades milton 7 ft g- in long georgetown beatusb acton intermediate oofeq george town 8 ft 7 in blow acton mb- keown acton senior sproat bcdv ton 9 rt 5 in barty georgetown rayner muton shot putjunlcr parry george town s3 ft gawmbtts milton 91 fa ll m carter georgetown 31 ft 1 in mtermedlatbqawbmd muton 30 ft 11 in blow acton ft 11 tn- ocasmued on 5 no scotia new brunswick quebec ontario manitoba baska telic wan albei ta brltlsh columbia t 173 142 765j21 llie estimate of canada s liquor bill for the liquor year 1938 which appears above is more than fourteen millions above that of the previous year all but two provinces new brunswick and saskatchewan show increases quebec is roughly seven millions in advance and ontario five manitoba shows over a million increase and alberta approximately a million while british columbia is more than one and a half millions above the re cord of the previous year the high est year was 1929 30 with a sale of over 196 000 000 the low year was 1933 with 112000000 two much vaunted items in our financial setup art our tourist trade and our gold production canada has in 1938 a favourable balance in tourist trade estimated at il70o00000 our liquor bill exceeds this by over three million dollars the gold output for 1938 as reported in the bulletin of the royal bank totalled 166560 724 this was exceeded by our liquor bill to the extent of something over six miiiinnw the gross earned revenue of the cana dian railways for 1938 was slightly over 182 000 000 this exceeded can ada s liquor bill of over 173000000 by a mere nine millions the tem perance advocate v new barn on castle fakm john hays of woodstock has let the contract for the obstruction of a new modern equipped bam to the hipped construction co to be erect ed on the castle farm near ingle- wood where the barn was d by lightning a few weeks ago work men are now on the job