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o 1 the georgetqwn herald seventythird year of publication wednesday november 8th 1039 7 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa red cross campaign for funds on november 13th balton county plowing match another grand success held near dnunquin on friday last ja carrool guest speaker at banquet jack marchment hornby 3rd clay ton taylor moffat 4th ted doughty hornby class 7 open tractors 1st fred timbers stouffvule 2nd alex black ouelph 3rd jim eocles brampton 4th ernest evans maple 5th roy craig brampton class 3 tractors halton only 1st vernon picket georgetown 2nd harry nurse georgetown 3rd frank hall streetsville 4th wellington wilson georgetown 5th johnston neelands hornby horse show 1st w h biggar oakville 2nd robinson bros horn by 3rd thos brownrldge george own 4th grant baker freeman 5th clarence rosebrugh st georges jb halton plowmen maintained the reputation of staging one of the out standing matches of the province at their annual event held on the farms of john picket john lister and bert puller near dnunquin on friday last soil and weather conditions were ex cellent and a crowd of approximately 3000 followed with keen interest the work of the 71 competing plowboys numbered amongst the crowd were two veteran plowmen in the persona ol robt bush sr of milton and dun can mccalluin of burlington who were renewing old fri and at the same time inspecting with criti cal and admiring eyes te many ex cellent ridges turned j a carroji secretary and man ager of the international plowing match was the guest speaker and in bis introductory remarks commented favorably on the appearance of toe farmsteads on which the match was held and in addition to compliment ing the plowboys on the quality of their work congratulated the officers and directors of the aswclaion on the management or the big event r o brown of gait received th- judges decision for the best ridge by walking plow in the field and received the canadian bank of commerce trophy emblematic of the championship the ridges plowed by r o brown ed timbers and harold picket in cms 1 were so close from the standpoint of quality and excellence that it was with considerable difficulty that jud ges wm clark and clark young made the decision an outstanding feature of the match was the salada special or jointer plows in sod this earned a prize ol 10 00 which was won by harry picket particular interest at taches to this feature winner is entitled to special salada event at next vears international salada tea company donate 1- prizes for their internal on england to al competition a gold and a siher 19 medal lor ant and second and 12 a v of thank other cash prizes for s150 0q ilo gritvt tor her wr irether first and second prizes this tnstruc ivi talk i year permit the winners id go to re ilar meeting iode the regular meeting of the coun tess of strathmore chapter i o de was held at the home of mrs r w robb monday evening november 6 with twentytwo members present the regent presided in the chair and welcomed several new members to the chapter the minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap proved and the treasurer s report given twenty five pairs of finished socks were handed in merrett wuitmee wedding wentworth st baptist church ha milton was the scene o a quiet wed ding on monday afternoon nov 6 when constance rachel eldest daughter or mr and mrs walter whltmee george st georgetown be came the bride of ernest wilfred merrett of toronto youngest son of the late mr and mrs joseph merrett of milton rev gordon holmes offi ciated the bride who was unattended looked charming in her travelling suit of red earth wool crepe with sil ver fox trim and brown accessories and wore a corsage of green orchids only the immediate relatives of the family attended after the reception at the inn port credit mr and mrs merrett left for points west and will live at 173 st clements ave toronto on their return milton gain 6 point lead over g ii 8 last night in the rain and dark of milton park the county town rugby squad handed georgetown high school a 7 1 pasting the blue and white were full value for their win and shaded the local squad in every department after milton scored an unconverted touch in the first period mcmenero kicked the scarlet and blue s only point from mid field milton added two points in the last quarter on a safety touch tumbles were frequent on both sides but milton were much quicker in recovering loose balls the final game of the series and of the season is scheduled for the high school grounds on friday after noon at 3 45 when the locals will try to overcome milton s sixpoint lead joseph matheson moore laid to rest in greenwood cemetery after a few months illness it is becoming more and more evi dent thats the quebec vote against duplessls and for the liberal govern ment at ottawa did not ensure a peaceful pursuit of war government for prime minister king there are just enough signals showing to indi cate that there are still several in the country who are ready to tilt against the federal leader despite his obvious secure position such signals include the outspoken criticism of the governments alleged un prep fired ness for a war program from the lips of opposition leader dr manion a strong outburst from t l church seven times mayor of toronto who is chafing at the bit because apparently there are no can adian youths heading for the front line in france a growing impatience among some agricultural producers over the slow development of food shipments to the old country sus picious moves which reasonably may rve douglas jack and mary elaine be construed as early scheming to- dotiglos jm etta and rosella cla- i ward a union government at ottawa ridge dr and mr l h douga- and a general restlessness throughout gait toronto northern vocational the countrv occasioned by the tempo staff public librarv board mr and of a pogram required by a defensive mrs a m nellsen canadian legion war adopted by the powers that branch 120 mr and mrs w f at london bradli v mr john r barber mr and one longsighted observer for this mrs r b foulls jack and ro of i newspaper last week welcomed the at er of the evening mrs grieve spoke j ou x ov neirs ai d members oiion lodgi to tacks of manion and church against because the i on the of t red cross carried arm vj r hf jessed mr r d warren peggy kn the go eminent as he put il we conktfn 21 m england during the last war i srtet 2nd d v r watson mr mrs john mc- are fighting to keep democracy in the 1 l i w a t- robert fciw in ana ur r k bean and gladys mr and mrs robt saddk and the stronger the opposl- hls old lacrosse t tes ahkusm mr anj mrs w a wuio and 0lawa lne m nope xre we t p rlknd w a charlotte mr and mrs ah x c nig w hi be lor the continuance of the de- aswelau r j p an jmr and mr l e fleck c id t mocratic spirit in canada provided of lose rrhndsof long sending a f am 2 george own course the opposition does not re busim s men rtinuld brotmleaj solve n lo an effort to restrain can ia slie clark mrs j mcdermi i and a fron joining in the battle against lsabf 1 companions of halton ch ip hitlensm the funeral of joseph m moore took place from his home to green wood cemetery on thursday after noon the ceremony was conducted by rev f c overend of the united church and rev d d davidson of he presbyterian church the abun dant floral displays indicated the warm affection with which he was held by his many rriends throughout the dominion perhaps the must lm isdm to have the draw on j pjj 1 1 flss the silvers take place t ijsxy xli te s ory theatre later to the month tit xmct v masonic order ol l ol the to he was a member gave the austess suter o the meet i j- trton its citizen his famtlv has lost a loving husband and a kind and generous father a great aching void is left in our midst that time alone can fill when manv generations have passed thi way his footsteps will still be nrmlj planted in georgetown s sands of time 141390 additional for pavements passed at council meeting relief account for october was 9228 other business and officers appointed for election in the news of the week i 1 conducting nd on her own experiences as v a d salada teacomany j f prizes for their internal enroll for service in w is given mrs m t resting and r which nfresh tlu me ling ad bri ti sit isyei at the expense of si ada il nwmbps s lhc to compete in somi of their import wilson the i flerk w cn natiotnl anthem pit ibcarers bradliv ralph ross jos mean cimplxll l km rendhiui uid h c ix six chrk yl v broom georgetown lions george m mond i i hold ch matches pns lb i hange in the firs two pr zes is under inn ideration js conditioits may not imrmit the t x being made the bank of not scon t il for the best ridge bv a haiton uiij w nt ars ah w n b grim bcku f free min thirteen h plo s rompetid for is speclil tiil jar a new featun of the d j s programme wa tlic horse show hich brought out 12 teams and crtatet con l rible merest amongst jie larve crowd w h biggar of ok vi t ot the decision from judecs fj and max featherstone fci i sum of fivi dollars w mi 1 ind l cook of port credit t d i canadian legion receced the first of the five reeve chief kel comied the thinks nelson robinson specials the junior the public school and tlu board for section of class 6 the inter town a p rv ind f i kl i foi l i tin c f unh 1b1j m m r it ik d to tl it lph n horn d 11 ies class tinanced by p d salter hornby brought out a worlhj winner in wm lucas of freeman and in the senior tectlon of the same class an gus mcnabb of georgetown was the winner of the plow dona t id b fred robinson mccormick deeding agent at milton esquesing had the wlnn ing team in this class the team mem r iin ltmi md dinm of l ens c uli a i hld on i iit a thi mcgibbon jolul d ki1 pnskiin f t r t deu mil chirki n dinner tl i ciny s heilth is drunk with hi ln iik ol lhi national aiith m i in mnuk ol the tst two n tiny win t td ind adopted corrcpondince in retird to hi hm otr nnual poppj d- w is n id uid the ji om si ln tin cuorgi i inntl purchasd tlu busln s from lr r 1 wim n for uvi r tlnrt jeirs ni has dlrcted the jiohrns and the sa ety pictures recently shown to lls1 n pier the school he l sunhetl b his wil amj the thinks of uie club were ten ciaridb his daiikhter mrs rjirson dered to dr and mrs paul and the i 0 toronto two knthdrhlm girls who assisted for their excellent r j rvlces to the club in arranging and txi n three slsters mr cairvlng through the uons tag da p mckerihen and mrs c jinner of a satlsfictorj return for tin effort toronto and mrs h c schrelier ol was reported past chief mclintock reported and mis c r soun i on to cnnudiui bmk of conmirie l t r own at tin licrosst club mr i id mrs j irk smet hurst and ijob vancouver mr and mis h m wi on vwkouver mis w h doiif i toronto buiitui rf id co lul i inn i mi md mr t if urt vt ki mi ml m irir allc i b 111 ir mf l ro t ile kc j il i til mi k kit mt in j of u c in c mi an 1 i w i- w i tin f inul m u ld in m til mr will llu ilinwui mil t mi nd mi a f lk bb e sou li fall mi tlul mis c c it l i i in in o mr ind mrs s pchimir mr ml mrs f iiul ilirtwdl pm nr m ind mrs c li co ai tl finim ronmto mr ind mrs vilu mctiihra dunmlllc mr an 1 mrs f l mrglltrni mr and mr g l mcoihrav hulro flecirlc coinnu ion gmriown mr and mrs h p mckerthi n toronto mi s c jen j pi t nor toronto mr ind mrs h c john moore and marj elaine j nm fnmlu kltehfltfr council met at 8 pjn on tueady evening with mayor jostph olbbonav reeve davis councillors bowo han costigan cripps lyons and mcdon ald present minutes of previous meetings were read and confirmed communications were read from dept of municipal affairs and house of refuge bramp ton engineer roy smith presented ta final estimates on the pavements a petition was presented to council asking that an antinoise bylaw be passed to curb the noise lyming from a restaurant on main st moved by brown seconded by lyons that the treasurer pay the relief commission the sum of 8239 to pay october accounts carried moved by cripps seconded by davis that by law no to authorize the head and treasurer to borrow the sum of 141390 to cover the additional cost of paving certain streets be now read a first time carried moved by lyons seconded by mc donald that by law no to author ize the head and treasurer to borrow the sum of 141390 to pay the addi tional cost of paving certain streets until debentures are sold be now read a second and third times and flnauy passed and the seal of the corpora tion be attached thereto carried moved by mcdonald seconded by costlgan that the cheque of the consolidated sand gravel co which accompanied their tender fox pavements be returned to them car ried moved by lyons seconded by hall ulsi bylaw no to appoint polling places and officers for the municipal i lections for 1939 be now read a first time carried moved by costlgan seconded by davis that bylaw no to appoint polling places and officers for ho municipal elections for 1939 be now read a second and third times and finally passed and the seal of the cor poration be attached thereto carrt- ou don t havi what jou can sec i moved by brown seconded by mc donald that w g marshall be au- o worry about thortzed to act for the town at tho ihe surface but c nnd at any adjourned to buy bi on the akrt airamst tin under any p for which a sufficient owr lolling to aclilei a union am0 is not offered to cover taxes komninunt in cimdi without re l and cost against the same carried rse to tin ptopli that ma seem moed bj mcdonald seconded by brown that a court of revision that ma hluih improbible to ou now but un certain circumstances it could h ipinn and the dantei behind a u ion tmiiikintton would b the n iiion of i n w opposition thi so ml credit party and its allies then i t 1 it i position to line up new ipportcis whiih could not be obtai risil b the f nshe lined to this t ft i link has be britain and moth r counti ppeals against the assessment for local improvements- on ejih market george mcnabb and albert streets be held at the municipal of fice on november 27th at 7 30 pjn carried moved by brown seconded by cnpp that the hydro electric com- i ss in canada engendineci mission be requested to install a new inetacular pittern of de street light at the comer of academy rfare us or course not con road and glen roaa and also to ln- stal joo watt bulbs in the standards on main street carried mo icd by costlgan seconded by cripps that smith stone be grant- itrv alone tlie same gi owing in a us trail i i of that allaved bv a government ed permission to etect a tempoary clarification of the reasons for ther house on glen road carried tdopiton of a defen ivc policy and we moved by lyons seconded by davis canada m v pvnwi govern jt we buy 75 yards of sand for use amonn tliosc from a distance ittinded the lunc nl were hughi ho ment to be more explicit also in the near future summed up the exacting task of a kitchener two brothers predeceased i cleiv r mp burlington mr elgin canadian government which seeks to himt j moore guclph and w j harris publisher burlington gazette hers being angus mcnabb and bruce the progress being made in the sale moorp a who died in pretoria mr a g dills publisher acton free ate to to adjust the natural aggres held of georgetown who receive the of tickets for the currencv clad doll s af during the boer war press mr c v charters publisher pvmess of ihe ciuztns here to a pol which will be drawn for in the greg deceased was a member of crt brampton conservalor and managin lc hlch necessarily thwarts the en fisher orchards specials an excel lent banquet was held in bethel unit ed church and catered for bj the ladies of the church here under the chairmanship of president peter peddle ol the mouldboard association a very fine programme was run off this included excellent numbers bj the johnston orchestra and the ac ton qjartette the announcement oi the prize winners were as follows class 1 open jointers in sod 1st r g brown gait 2nd ed timbers mllliken 3rd harry picket hornby 4th john lister homby 5th albert dickie jerseyville class 2 second class jointers ory theatre on nov 23rd dlt lcd a f s am no 219 the question of che annual christ halton chapter ram 234 g rjc mas tree sale of tickets procuring of j george own the royal cltv lodge of fowl preparing candybags and perfection ouelph the moore sov- arranglntr parade was considered rrlkn consistorv sprfl 32 degree lions w king r llcata t elson anc and accepted scottish rite and j watson were appointed th- hamilton he was also an oddfellow committee in charge ith all mem a mem of the chosen friends and bers of the club to assist as needhi lhe independent order of foresters the meeting then adjourned with in hts yo mr moore was an the singing of the national an hem ou tanking athlete having played de norval rifle club high scoring was the order on mon j v ni as many possibles were ti wmr sod 1st ed gray rockwood 2nd made on practice cards and in the in hi car thirties he became the fense m the tamous provincial cham plonshlp aetna lacrosse club in 1 895 6 in his chosen trade he was honest loyal and industrious he climbed the ladder of business success claude picket hornby 3rd ernest brockington dnindas 4th stan ful ler homby 5th wm oemmell gait cutes 3 open stubble class 1st howard fess selkirk 2nd walter porter oshweicen 3rd geo wall brantford 4th clarence rosebrugh st george 5th horace barnes georgetown class 4 open boys under 20 years 1st ronald marquis sunderland 2nd herb jarvls mllliken 3rd grant baker freeman 4th rhys bacher cayuga 5th leslie capton oshweken class 6 no handling 1st c m lee paris 2nd stan may 3rd nor man cantelon hornby class 6 intertownship class halton boys only senior angus mcnabb georgetown 2nd bruce bdd ge srd jack hamil ton freeman 4th garnet howden georgetown 5th fred dixon milton 6th sonnan vhian freeman juni or 1st wm lucas freeman 2nd aggregate event the members are lm proving very fast it goes to show what constant practice wu do as our lowest score in last weeks shoot complied a nice 99 one point short of the possible 100 keep it up frank is the wisn of us all the north toronto rifleclub is ex pected to visit our range next mon day november 13th and by the way our boys are shooting we expect it will be a close and exciting contest the firing point has been recently bolstered up with a new platform and made so that there are no vibrations to annoy the shooters the lighting on the target has also been changed and on the whole the improvement is very noticeable the scores made in the aggregate event follows m atkinson 100 c meredith jooc cantelon 100 a b robertsorit60 a w wilson 100 h walker 100 f stark 99 p hustler 98 h nurse 99 w usk 97 dr steven son 94 a reeve 93 owner editor and publisher of the newspaper he loved so well as he approached middle age he was to be found as distinguished a leader in the community life as he was in the business world he was reeve of georgetown having spent many years on the town council re lent his able services to the town as member of the public library board he has been credited with bringing hydro electric power to georgetown and at the tune of his death was chairman of the hydro electric com mission in the later years of his life he will be remembered for those charac teristics which made him a fine chris tian gentleman his genial smile warm hand una ire and brilliant humor wtb never be forgotten he loved the children of the community the town hae suffered the loss of a great per sonality and earnest pabuonunded director canadian weekly newspape avsoclation mr a e dobble manag ihg editor smith falls record news mr r semplc publisher tottenham sentinel and mrs semple mr frank leavens publisher bolton enterprise mr f l white and mr blight pub- 1 lhcrs of the milton champion mr wm j fleuty one time publisher in oakvtlle mr russell wheeler editor new toronto advertiser mr harry reld canadian linotype co mr chirles readhead nelson mr john irv ing tnd mr john little milton mr and mrs duncan campbell mof fat rev and mrs geo altken guclph mr wm oowdy limehouse mr jicob kennedy hamilton mr and mrs m h harrison mr wallace plnlay toronto mrs c willis mr and mrs j willis miss ross of aurora mrs e mclntyre mrs e wands miss b pickering mrs bus kin guelph mrs wm pickering michigan mr and mrs h p mc kerihen mr fred mokerlhen mr jack mckerihen mr and mrs ar thur blette toronto 0 mrs h c schrelter mr wm schrelter kit chener miss t oandler malton miss jean laldlaw and mrs sutton guelph mr and mrs o c lawrence mrs geo beggs mr j a wlllough- by mr j b wallace mrs w h douglas mr and mrs harry elliott mr carey warren toronto mrs eric allen st thomas dr and mrs l h douglas oalt mr and mrs w hutchinson mr and mrs andrew fawcett markdale mrs grant camp bell moffat ihusiosm of those who like explosive action in the meantime there is a safety valve for those engaged in business one way or apother while to many men on the street the result of can adas increased manufacturing effort is not apparent genuine progress being made payrolls and stocks grow ing steadily with the arms embargo repealed at washington this increase will become much more marked a great deal projected work in canada having been halted by the barrier against get ting necessary machines and parts from across the border interesting sidelight in this connec tlon is the fact that canada s new foreign exchange control board will benefit greatly by the resumption of trade between canada and the united states since taking over the business of foreignexchange the board has provided a sprcadof one per cent be tween the buying rate and selling rate this spread becoming the gross revenue of the government s control board from all its dealings out of this one per cent the board allows a nominal commission to the agents who buy or sell foreign exchange the post office the province of on tario savings offices la caisse dbc- onomie the city and district savings banks in montreal and the chartered banks according to the report of the spe cial research committee of the can adian teachers federation the lot of continued on page 8 z the streets during the winter carried a number of accounts were passed moved bv brown seconded by mc donald that we do now adjourn carried remembrance day november 11th on saturday next the 11th novem- anothcr year will have rolled by since u at armistice day in 1918 when we had hoped that peace would reign among nations battlefields were left behind but in those fields remain comrades whose great sacrifice we sou remember and the nation also remem bers each year canada has proclaimed the 11th november of each year as remem brance day and at eleven o clock on that day two minutes silence win be observed in georgetown the fir siren will mark the beginning and end of the silence when with bowed head and during the hush we win again vision those who are no longer with us but in remembering the dead we must also remember the living this would be the first wish of those who passed on and the canadian iitiglon has taken this as a sacred trust in order to help in their caring for those who still suffer from the war and th dependents of those who fell the georgetown legion wlll on saturday next give the public an opportunity of helping in their great task will you please buy a poppy the blood red poppy of flanders fwde made by- men who were disabled id the first great war and now unable to tafca their place in the labour market wear the poppy n memory of those who gave their all remembrance day service al the cenotaph sunday november 11th at 2 pm