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seventythird year of publication wednesday evening march 6th 1940 1 50 per annum in advance 200 to usa council awards contracts or wiring and painting library fire brigade ask for additional equipment relief account for february 11243 town council met oh tuesday even ing at 8 rpjn with reeve cleave and councillor costtgan cave mcdonald mackenzie brown and crlpps present in thesrbeence of the mayor through illness reeve cleave was elected to the chair chief h shepherd and h savings jll addressed council asking for supplies -fox- tha fire brigade communications were read from horticurural society misses moore provincial weed inspector moved by brown seconded by cave that the treasurer pay the relief commission the sum of 11243 to pay jperuary accounts carried gloved by mackenzie seconded by tcripps hat the thompson family re- tjnion he allowed the use of the park on june 16th oarrted mgved by mackenzie seconded by cave that the water and fire com mittee be authorized to purchase 150 feet of fire hose carried moved by mackenzie seconded by brown that the tender of cordon hilts for painting the reading room and lobby of the public library be accepted at 8600 carried ghs production wins success in secondary school drama festival group of h igh school actors brought credit togeorgetown at the secondary schools drama festival which took place last on thursday and friday of last week in toronto the adjudicator w 8 milne teach er of dramatics at northern vocation al school toronto gave second place to georgetown for their finished per formance of the second visit by john bourne mr milne acclaimed the work of jim enunerson as the outstanding in dividual performance of the festival he did a tremendously difficult char acter role hi a distinguished and bril liant manner said mr milne the contrast between the living and dead was cleverly maintained toy betty speight and jim kelly both of whom gave a capable and finished perform ance the supporting roles were com petently handled by agnes reid mary smith george ferry and roy peck moved by mcdonald seconded by- agnes also receivedspecial mention mackenzie ithat the tender of w anthony for wiring the reading room of the public library be accepted at 18000 carried moved costlgan seconded by crlpps that the treasurer pay the following accounts sam walker dbo t 600 alex hawes dr0 600 thos grieve ixro 600 r c adams djto 600 geo rkktall poll clerk 500 fred tost poll clerk 600 chas day poll clerk 600 geo dobson poll clerk 500 public library board rent 400 barber floral co rent 00 o mcmillan coal 2750 hotel mcglbbon welfare meals 100 w h kentner fe son coal 1375 bell telephone co 1634 consolidated sand and gravel co paving account 15580 department of health welfare 73 k m langdon legal fees 590 squires service station town truck 2023 barber floral co wreaths 1000 municipal world stationery 950 hydro electric 10643 e v maccormack stationery 135 j n oneill son repairs 380 speights garage fire truck 196 armstrongs garage town truck 1740 p b harrison postage etc 525 w c anthony 491 georgetown hbtpm printing and advertising 4015 moved by mcdonald seconded by brown that we do now adjourn to jneet on march 12th at 8 pjn car ried lions club meet the georgetown lions club met on monday evening at the mcglbbon ho ler chief kelly in the chair the minutes were read by h j heldmann who acted as secretary ljon mcwhlrter reported on the midget hockey sponsored by the club saying the georgetownhanover game would likely be played on friday even ing at hanover if georgetown is successful in defeating hanover a trip to copper cliff will probably be the result lton mowhirter was asked to continue with the team in that event uon w v grant reported for the drawing to take place on may 1st to defray the hockey expenses a sliver fox fur is being procured as first prize and a mixmaster as second prize tickets are now on sale the club has made donations the legion campaign and also to the salvation army and it was decided to contribute also to the collection re cently made for the knights of col umbus army huts the meeting then adjourned with the singing of the national an hem health report the following is the report of com- fmunlcable diseases by the moh ti georgetown board of health for feb- tuary 1940 diptheria scarlet fever chiokenpox measles german measles t infantile paralysis typhoid fever whooping cough cerebrospinaf menlngi lis epidemic for her convincing portrayal of terror the second visit was the only play of the seven entered which called for complicated lighting effects and the effectiveness of the play was consid erably enhanced by the work of the electrioiansv ralph hansen and frits devries the stage crew of herbert arnold bill clark and george long also did an efficient job mrs j l lambert directed the play the adjudicator said he did not like the choice of play although it had been officially rated as one of the best ten plays of 1934 he remarked that he had seen a similar play by the same author performed in the domin ion drama festival but that the g h s presentation was considerably better done it only remains to be said that the play was very well received by the audience at runnymede collegiate last friday night first place and the cup last held by georgetown went to port credit h s who acted elmer a farce which had plenty of movemen and hilarity runnymede c i and markham h s were tied for third place other en tries in the festival were- staged by east york c i mimlco high school and york memorial collegiate insti tute people play before large audience comes the prince successful comedy on thursday evening last the young people of the united church tennis club presented their play here comes the prince in the gregory theatre before a full house the play was well received and provoked much laughter and enjoyment- the three acts de picted a day in the life of he halllda family when they were expecting a visit from a prince taking part in the play were kath leen lyons mary feller madeleine er- wln noreen palmer marjorie evans ruth davis bruce kennedy stuart young wier reid stewart maclaren robert mcmenemy mrs annie b overend directed the play and was presented with a lovely bouquet at the close in appreciation of her services between the acts misses alva crlpps and nora cleaves rendered piano solos and duets which were much apprecia ted by the- audience the georgetown herald changes hands walter charles biefan new editor and publisher this is the last issue of the herald under the management of the j m moore estate the executrices wish to take this last opportunity of thanking the subscribers the advertisers and public in general for tbe loyal support they have given this paper and office during the many years of mr moores proprietorship and subsequently since his death the new editor walter charles blehn ba is e young man a graduate ol the university of western ontario and recently a citi zen of the city of torohlbrmr blehn is a son or dr charles blehn and mrs- blehn of chesley and windsor mr walter biehn was born in chesley and considers it his home town from childhood he has been keenly interested in the newspaper business and whenever op portunity availed itself during his educational career he has sought to acquaint himself with the business by working in newspaper offices his background in chesjpy has made him familiar with the interests and problems of a tow community mr biehn is to take over the management at the close of the days business on saturday march 9th the next issue of this paper will therefore be under his direction mr walter biehn comes here as a young man to live and to grow with georgetown it is his earnest determination to devote his energies untiringly to the promotion of the best interests of this com munity through the medium of the newspaper which he edits his opportunities are almost unlimited we the retiring management earnestly desire that you will take mr biehn into your heart and confidence and that you will give him the same kind of loyal support and encouragement that you have given us in years gone by in selling the herald we have given careful consideration to the type of man that should follow in mr moores footsteps we are confident that mr blehn is the man who will with your cooperation carry on the fine traditions established and mainalned by the late joseph moore the staff of the herald will be retained by the incoming editor we would be remiss in our duty if we did not express our heartfelt appreciation of uie work of our manager mr garfield mcgllvray and his associates mr leslie clark and mr reginald broomhea it has been as a result of their industry loyalty and integrity that we have been able to carry on during the trying period of mr moores illness and since his death mr biehns efforts will be enhanced be cause of the splendid staff he has at his back intermediates eliminate lucknow in exciting hocfiey playoil georgetown team too good for opponents and win handily here after tie game in lucknow esquesing auditors report shows surplus on years business auditors reengaged for 1940 relief to be discontinued april 1st accounts passed v 8 fork imports will be curbed the farmers of this county will be pleased to learn that on thursday last ute department of national revenue ruled that the drawback with refer- e cdob- to imported bacon from the uni ted states win not begranted the moot is that the large packers win net make the profit they anti from fc bacon from tbe unit ed states where hogs are selling front 8c to 4c per pound below can adian price mr tactart tbe fann er minister of agriculture for flask- btiiewn who heads tbe bacon board has shown he is a man of action hancock poole wedding a quiet but pretty wedding was sol emnized at the united church par sonage glen williams on saturday march 2nd at 130 pm by rev w h bartlett when catharine elizabeth poole eldest daughter of mrs laura poole glon williams became the bride of heiijert james hancock son of mr and mrs ambrose hancock jr norvalstation the bride looked lovely in a street length dress of royal blue crepe trim med with royal blue velvet and pink embroidery her pink shoulder length veil was held in place by a pink halo she wore a corsage of pink orchids and lily of the valley the grooms gift the bride was a gold locket the bride was attended by miss ethei smith of georgetown who wore a dress of printed wool sheer with ac cessories to match chrrles hancock brother of the groom was best man a reception was ht j at the home of mr and mrs joseph emmerson georgetown after a short stewarttown mar 4th fo40 esquesing township council held lheir regular meeting on monday af ternoon deputy reeve c h may councillors g w murray edwin har- rop and g e cleave were present reeve wm a wilson presided at the meeting the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted communications were read from dc- paronent of municipal affairs w flavelle department of highways and jenkins and hardy the auditors re port as ol december 31st 1939 was presented showing a surplus on the years work moved by may and cleave that the treasurer pay the road sheets as pre sented by the road superintendem 74650 carried moved by murray and harrop that the treasurer pay bell telephone co 381 r 21 326 91 r 12 s140 total s466 walter lawson to 500 lb com 875 broom 70c total 945 i m bennett stamps 286 jenkins hardy audit tee to dec 31 1939 11015 j san- ford relief account to date 3000 al fred brlgden on account for services rendered 1000 georgetown hydro electric comm re logan house 1257 stamps for treasurer 600 carried moved by cleave and may that trie treasurer pay relief accounts as pre sented by the relief officer 26975 carried moved by harrop and murra that the treasurer pay board of health ac count j santord account to dale 710 carried moved by may and cleave that township relief be discontinued on and after april 1st 1940 carried moved by harrop and murray that jenkins and hardy be reengaged as auditors for 1940 that bylaw no 920 be rescinded and that the clerk prepare a bylaw carried moved by cleave and may that this council do now adjourn to meet monday april 1st at 130 pjn or at ihe call of the reeve carried the man who never worries serves the kitchener record has patches on his pants and nothing his pockets local council held successful bridge in the news of the week manpower for war effort is rapldi becoming a major problem in canada with all divisions of its wartime pro gram nicely under way this country must already face the question- how it is going to get enough men and women to do the job we have under taken canadas population is not a great deal more than it was in 1914 yet she is attempting to put just afi many men in uniform as during the last war and is embarking on a course of agricul tural and industrial production so much greater in extent and volume than last time it will call for al most superhuman effort to carry it on in sizing up our actual enlistment of men for military service many of us have been drawing wrong conclu sions one division of men in eng land and another in canada with ap parently no move in sight to put any more in the field looked small in com parison with the five divisions under arms in 1918 it was not until hon ian mackenzie spoke last week that the real situation became clarified mr mackenzie speaking in vancouver drew attention to the fact that can adas naval and air force units would be the equivalent of one division and the personnel needed for the big em pire air training scheme exclusive of actual- filers would be the equivalent cf two divisions thus canada will have after all about the same number of men in uniform as in the last war such being the case how are the remaining citizens going to keep up the prodigious amount of work to be required on the land and in the fac tory at hamilton last week c m can- field prominent canadian business executive declared that in his opin ion every ablebodied man would have work berore the end of 1940 for the seeking he predicted that in build ing construction alone there would be a very heavy increase during the year a day or two later in toronto hor ace t hunter publishing house pre sident drew attention to the fact that during 1940 oreat britain was spend ing 500000000 in canada more over the canadian government would be spending one million dollars a day throughout the year for services and supplies another 365000000 break that down into actual jobs in every municipality throughout the na tion and you have an eyeopening picture of the tremendous industrial the local council of women held very successful bridge and tea on saturday afternoon the bridge was held at the home of mrs r paul mrs nodwell and miss hettie lawson look ed afterthe guests the bridge prizes ere wonby miss june frank mrs j squires consolation mrs w mc dowell and the lucky chair prize was won by mrs s p chapman the ladies then proceeded to the task facing canadian citizens home of mrs j b mackenzie mrs hayes received with mrs mackenzie mrs r ross invited the guests to tea the table was beautiful with mauw and yellow predominating mrs van- natter and mrs francis served the rea for which miss m lawson was con venor the local council are very grateful to the ladies for their support the proceeds of which to be used in a worthy cause annual reunion held by camp norval group some 300 campers leaders parents and friends attended the annual re union at west end v monday night the group fat down to supper in the auditorium which was decorated for the occasion a j franklin chair man of the camp noryal committee welcomed the audience and told of plans for new cabins this coming sum mer a moments silence was obser ved in memory of magistrate j e jones and robert mopherson who passed away duringthe year the programme consisted of read ings moving pictures of camp activi- biessongs and entertainment features the closing number represented a closing tribal fire at camp copied from the globe and mail march 4th easier to predict the diflerence beween a movie plot and a garden plot is that in the fof- ln i mer one can usually tell what is going to come up moon thehappy couple will georgetown honey- reside in norval rifle club the score made by membe of the norval rifle club on monday night were m atkinson 100 c meredith 99 h nurse 98 e mtoklhhey 96 ft w ball 98 a w wilson 97 w lfcfc 97 f hustler 97 a reeve 96 norma hall 95 g downs 90 the canadlafi legion went over tbe top locally in their drive for funds for war service work the ge objective was 90000 and proceeds were weuln advance of that amount re p the j m moore eslale since the herald changes hands on saturday march 9th the payment of all accounts due the herald should be made at the office of the herald up to 10 pm saturday march 9th and after that time directly to mrs j jv1 moore at her home factory and charles streetsgeorgetown prompt payment will be greatly appreciated true to earner prediction the jeiv eral election campaign is going on in an atmosphere of comparative calm apart from the customary personal digs which are part of most preelec tion periods there has been little indi cation thus far of violent reactions on way or another among the electors themselves two of the more intriguing high- spots in the campaign last week came from premier mitchell hepburn at st thomas and from dr manlon at win nipeg said dr manion but let me tell the prime minister that most of the best liberals are outside the king government and a number of them are ready to join with me in forming a national government said premier hepburn i have nothing to say on the matter when questioned about an ottawa newspaper report that he was getting ready to help dr manion during the remainder of the campaign there is a growing feeling in on tario that the authorities are treating militant communists with kid gloves when douglas stewart business man ager of the clarion newspaper which was shut down was sentenced to a penitentiary term he remained de fiant said he would use his influence for the soviet to the limit anywhere later an appeal court reduced stew arts sentence to a shorter term in the reformatory last week when chief constable draper urged the to ronto police board to close two uk rainian halls because he felt they were hot beds of subversive activities a toronto alderman came forward to plead tor the association detective nurey told the board that some mem bers of the association had been con victed for sedition had served peni tentiary terms and were still attached to the organization lucknow was the setting for the first game in the oha lnermedlat hockey playoffb between lucknow the winners of the western group and ccorgetown the winners of group no 5 the distance prevented a large number of fans attending this game livt there were however a number who accompanied the team reports are that lucknow has an arena that doe credit to the village and that the home team gave their supporters hope of advancing farther into the play- downs when they held our team to a draw we understand lucknow lead the scoring up until the last per iod when georgetown were successful in tying the count the return game was played at the arena here on friday night and as the score was 4 4 in the first game teams took the ice on even terms and both hoping for victory however when the battle clouds had cleared george town were easy victors and tucked a 7 3 score away and began the bunt of another victim- the georgetown team played then- best hockey of tbe season and before a crowd of over 1000 fans they lit erally burned up the ice with their speed and the stlckhandung and goal tending came in for extra applause bakergeorge was given the call for the best and most improved player in che game with bungy ward running close second playing manager crlchton also comes in for some well- deserved credit and for the prettiest goal of the game for lucknow greer was the most effective player and scored their three goals while g book on defence worked hard for his team and his fast skating and never say die spirit drew fox himself much applause from the fans while lucknow suffered defeat they were a good tea playing clean and creditable hockey but the better team won and we wish the local boys con tinued success in their endeavours to annex a championship this year greer tor liucknow gave the home town fansa sudden jolt when he tal lied the first goal of the game after but five minutes of play to put hla team out in front the only time they held that position during the game it was not long however untllk rich ardson grabbed a pass from wartt to even the score four minutes later crichton scored on a twoway pass from palmer and hall the georgetown team went on the rampage in the second period and ad ded five goals bakergeorge took crlchtons pass for the first ward soloed for toe second and scored again on a pass from k richardson yl richardson and w richardson scored the other two on passes from sander- on lucknow counted another in this period while geotffeetown were playing a man short in the last stanza play was more even as lucknow put their best effort forth to bring their scoring up to par however they failed badly and both teams ended the period with a goal apiece ward and greer being the snipers and so georgetown marches on hi their quest for further honors mar they continue to add to their laurels goal hoare defence dewhurst hall centre k richardson wings r ward w richardson subs crlch ton palmer bakergeorge sander son sargent goal ritchie defence mcconnack g book centre b book wings j fisher greer subs solomon mc- kenzle thompson hurries mac- donald iowiwii iwii tm hockey flash 1 red cross report for february following is a complete report of work done by various branches clubs churches and organizations for qeor- geetorai and district red cross so ciety 4- 1 baptist church 3 pr of bed socks 1 pr wristlets 1 aero cap 6 sweaters 1 pr socks canadian legion 1 pr pyjamas 3 box linings 1 sup 3 pr wristlets 2 scarves 1 seamans scarf 3 sweaters 2 pr seamans stock ings 1 balaclava cap donated esquesing womens institute 1 sweater 1 pr socks georgetown high school 10 pr socks 26 scarves 33 pr wrist lets glen williams 6 triangular bandages 9 t bandages 12 probed socks 2 pr pyjamas 2 toe bag covers 2 slips 2 pr bloomers 1 quilt 7 scarves 11 pr wristlets 14 pr a flash hot off the wire say georgetown intermediates will i raeet simcoe in anotbar round of- tbe ohaplay downs the j first game will be played m simcoe on friday night of this j week and the return garnet next monday night march llttl watch- for poster socks holy cross chnroh 6 ice bag covers 3 pr bed socks i pr bloomers 1 pr pyjamas 7 p socks 3 scarves 1 pr wristlets l o d e 1 box lining l pr pyjamas 8 hamp ton pads 2 t bandages 3 handker chiefs l pr wristlets l balaclavm cap 10 aero caps 1 seamans scarf 9 pv- socks 12 pair socks 3 sweaters pah- pyjamas 1 bed gon 6 pr panties 5 pr bed socks 8 pr wristleta 1 scarf 1 seamans scarf 6 1 aero cap continued on page