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i ja seventythird year of publication wednesday evening march 20th 1940 150 perannum in advance 200 to usa juex h gibbard chy ubrariah resigns his post has served moose jaw since opening of library 27 years ago- moosejaw timesherald after devoting 27 years of his life to serving the reading public of moose jaw alexander h otbbard librarian of this citys public library has deci ded to retire at the age of 77 years during bis more than a quarter of a century in office a total of 3398484 booksuaave been taken from thelajlen shelves by countless- thousands of rea ders some seeking- knowledge and oth ers looking for a moments relaxation in the printed word mr qlbbard tendered his resignation at the meeting of the library board on tuesday march 5th and it was accepted with regret by the board members the resignation will gointo effect july 31 meantime the library board is making plans to give suitable alble for building an enviable reputa tion across canada for moose jaws public library the appointment of a successor to mr glbbard will be taken into consid- eratlon by the library board at a spe- clal meeting to be called within the next two weeks born in napanee ontario in 1863 mr glbbard came from old pioneer stock his father charles olbbard was a descendant of one of the first families to settle in upper canada while his mother was born content wells hawley of united empire loyalist stock and a direct descendant of captain jehiel hawley one of the earliest settlers in vermont completing a course in the bowman- viue high school mr glbbard entered toronto university and in 1887 obtain ed his bachelor of arts degree during his undergraduate days he spent two years in the university library as an assistant librarian and his first ten years out of university were spent in the teaching profession prom 1898 to 1901 he was editor of the whitby chronicle but left the position to re sume his teaching continuing that work for the next h years he was principals of the high schools at georgetown and niagara falls south and modern language master in the collegiate institute at brantford in ontario on coming west to sask atchewan mr gibbard accepted the position or principal of grenfell school and later occupied the position of modern language master in moose jaw central collegiate lovtr of books since graduating jnm the toronto university mr oibbards life has been one devoted to the spread of education and during ithe 20 years he spent in the teaching profession he became widely known in ontario and saskatchewan a lover of books and a scholar in the ffue senseoftbe wor gmbard first became interested in library wo when he devoted much of his spare time in the university to working as an assistant to the universitys librar ian in later life he held the position of secretary in the library boards at georgetown niagara palls whitby and grenfell but it was not until coining to moose jtow that he left the teachlngproee- sion to devote all his activities to lib rary work named librarian of moose jaws new public library he entered on us duties on jan 1 1913 and set to work to stock the shelves in the beau tiful building with as fine a collection of literary works as can be found in any library of its size in canada pre ceded by a barrage of publicity in the press across the dominion the library opened its doors to the public on aug ust 16 1913 with 6000 volumes today the building houses 28580 books a sil ent tribute to the unflagging energy witbwhich its librarian worked through the years to build an exten sive collection before the moose jaw library offi cially opened its doors mr glbbard was given six months to undertake the difficult task of selecting the 6000 books which were to form the foun dation of the citys book collection valuable books his training as a student librarian at the university served him in good stead when it came to choosing books ior the nonfiction department the most important section pf any library particularly proud is mr gibbard of the librarys nonfiction section which contains volumes of untold value for those in the city wishing to improve their education or carry on with thelr svudles after leaving the classroom mr glbbard contends that it is pos sible if the reader knows how to apply himself to take a complete university course in the nonfiction department the student can plot out a course of study and by intensive reading equip himself with a university education without leaving the city the librarian claims t- the moose jaw library board and mr glbbard have received many fine compliments on the excellent selection otboofc par th iiun tfcm class travellers from the old country have often commented on the complete collection of books on can ada that is to be found in the local library and on several occasions let- ten of praise have been carried in the columns of the moose jaw timee- a criterion ot the librarys popularity with the reading public of moose jaw and an indication of the success that has met mr gtobafds 37 yean of vdrtc as its chief librarian is revealed by the growth in the number of books the boodlng bouses from sjqoo on the opening day in his to ssjmo volume according to the last count taken in january 19 kt the growth during the years it has pirty leaders in the dominion elections next tuesday when we next go to press one of these men will be premier of canada you the people of halton county together whh the other citizens of our domlnlon will do the choosing d whatever be the outcome we hope the defeated party will support the elected government as far as is reasonably possible and thus help canada in a united war effort hon dr r j manion m c georgetown midgets win earn trip to copper cliff for ontario flayoff drubbing hanover pee- wees 6 0 to the second game of a series for the southern ontario championship the- georgetown nhx midgets won a trip to copper cliff and achance at the ontario finals jlotal score of the two games played put georgetown on top with 16 goals against hanovers 4 the game last night was onesided as the score would indicate with georgetown putting up a sterling de fense as well as providing most of the offensive work prom the moment when george walker hit a bouncing puck into the upper comer of the hanover net in the first four minutes of play there was little doubt as to the final outcome m he same period carter scored- oh a pass from kemshead and harlow was credited with one unawisted penalties ingram schenk and cofell in the second period harlow scored again with penalties registered against schenk and lahn the midgets bagged two more in the final period credit for these going to cofell and soloskl we will be looking for the boys to bring back another championship this week end from copper clint lineups hanover esbaugh vanslyke zlnn sohaus kramp scarborough crowe maurer lucas pickering lahn and machesney georgetown emmerson mooarter harlow cofell kemshead sargent schenk walker ingram soloejd referees perce blackburn george town vanslyke hanover been open to the public a grand total of 44388 volumes have been purchased by the board or presented to the lib rary many have been discarded after wearing out under constant use mr glbbard was married at port perry ontario july 31 1890 to miss margaret j ham one of the first doz en girls to matriculate at toronto uni versity when mr gibbard retires on july 31 1940 hewlll at the same time be celebrating his golden wedding an niversary with his wife they will go to vancouver to live where their daughter enid also a graduate df toronto university is on the staff of the john oliver hs competition keen at halton county seed fair deputy chief george guthrie marries deputy chief constable george guthrie of toronto was married on monday in wesley united church westmount que to miss lottie may kelly of westaiount the service was conducted at 2 oclock by rev b b brown and the couple left immediately for ottawa on their honeymoon nobval junior farmers and junior institute the march meeting of norval juni or farmers and junior institute was held on thursday march 14ih at the home of thos and mary mcgee at the junior institute meeting the president reta fisher presided the roll call was answered by an irish joke after the business elizabeth reld read a paper on the ideals of a junior institute meeing jean fisher read an account of the life of st patrick ruth dlerlam con ducted two contests at the junior farmers meeting d charles acted as chairman bruce reid continued his talk on cooper ation joe ross gave the history and development of hybrid corn craig reld gave a paper on the horse the roll call was answered by an irish joke at the joint meeting ruth dlerlam gave a reading elizabeth reld fa voured us with piano solos mr c d graham agricultural representative for peel county gave a talk on the need for cooperation in the jfresr ent crisis r the next meeting will be held at the home of bill and elolse hyatt red cross make another shipment the following large shipment of goods went forward to the red cross society warehouse in toronto last week 28 surgeons gowns 51 pr pyjamas 9 pneumonia jackets 72 ice bag covers 8 hampton pads 52 t binders 66 handkerchiefs 30 pr bed socks 79 army scarves 19 seamauv waive 108 pr wristlets 14 aero caps 6 helmets 19 pr rifle mitts 2 pr knee caps 35 sweaters 7 pr seamans stockings 122 pr socks 2 cartons containing surgical dress ings and bandages as follows 35 sets of dressing 3 dressings and two wipes to each set 72 face mask s3 6in bias bandages 14 4in bias bandages 79 3ta straight bandages 51 4m straight bandages 1 carton containing childrens cloth ing for polish relief the 1940 halton seed pair conduct ed under the auspices of the halton crop improvement association was held at georgetown on friday and saturday of last week this years ex hibit was the largest of any yet held and the programme on saturday af ternoon brought out an attendance which filled the town hall to capa city the cereal grain classes were par ticularly will fuled with 33 exhibit in all the class in alfalfa was also weu filled and brought out some ex cellent lots as is former years only those with seed for sale were eligible to make entry and the seed exhibited was of the same quality as that offer ed for sale and furthermore was ac companied by grade and control cer tificate number the demand for seed was quite keen and a number of the exhibitors sold their supply in a com paratively short time the cham pionship in cereal grains was won by an exhibit of nobarb barley grown and exhibited by reld bros of george town in the small seed classes an entry or alfalfa shown by t j brown- ridge of georgetown won the member ship and these two lota therefore re ceived the special trophies donated by the t baton co ltd the same com pany also offered another silver trophy which was won by craig reld of georgetown who sponsored the lar gest number of exhibits the exhibits were shown in uniform bags supplied by the association and ihese coupled with some excellent edu cational displays gave the hall a very attractive appearance educational displays were on exhibit from the on tario forestry branch bolls depart ment of the ontario agricultural col lege field husbandry department of the same institution and the crops seeds and weeds branch of the on tario department of agriculture at the programme on saturday afternoon president w e breckon or freeman acted as chairman and briefly review ed some of the activities of the as sociation during the past year follow ing which he introduced the guest speaker w r reek deputy mini ster of agriculture for ontario mr reeks address was particularly well received by the large audience many of whom commented most favourably on the very practical nature of his ad dress short addresses were also given by prof frank morwlck of the soils department at the college under whose direction the soli survey has recently been made of halton county soils and the soil map was on display during the afternoon the annual junior parmer judging competitions in grain and seeds fruits and vegetables and cream grading were held in conjunction with the seed fair on saturday morning and brought out 34 competitors the high man of the event was ctalg reld of george town who with gordon leslie tied fo rthe honour of winning the hal- toftrseed tr e o th judging of grain and seeds the hal ton cream and butter trophy for cream grading was won by richard mclaughlin of norval and the strath- cona orchards trophy emblematic of the championship of fruits and vege tables was awarded to bruce held of georgetown the prise winners at the seed fair were as follows late oats 4 entries 1st arthur swackhamer acton 2nd j h ww mott milton 3rd john picket son hornby 4th frank wilson george town erfaan oats 19 entries 1st f w ruddell- georgetown 2nd wood lands orchards bronte 3rd m t mcnabb sons georgetown 4th held bros george 5th r j graham son georgetown 6th r s heatherlngton freeman 7th col d h c mason georgetown 8th h l hutt georgetown early oat- 10 entries- 1st gordon leslie acton 2nd hugh reld acton 3rd r j graham son george town 4th thos j brownrldge georgetown 5th f c wlumott son jcllton 6th reld bros oeorge- 43wnv- 7th wootfjaao cuchards bronte 8th john alexander george town barley oac 21 6 entries 1st j a vanfleet muton 2nd john picket bon hornby 3rd wm w harris milton 4th miller bros georgetown 5th frank wilson georgetown 6th col d h c mason georgetown t barley smooth awned 3 entries 1st reld bros georgetown 2nd geo fisher georgetown 3rd f w rud- dell georgetown alfalfa 7 entries 1st thomas j brownrldge georgetown 2nd a e woodley milton 3rd seward wilson georgetown 4th j h willmott mil ton 5th morley watson tansley 6th m t mcnabb a sons georgetown redclover 1 entry 1st w n atkinson streetsville alsike 2 entries 1st w n atkin son streetsville 2nd frank wilson georgetown field peas 1 entry 1st hugh reid acton buckwieat a entry 1st hugh reid acton potatoes late 1 entry 1st j e pearen acton potatoes early 1 entry 1st j e pearen acton the winners in the judging compe titions were as follows grain and seeds juniors 1st tie jack van goozen geo fisherj 3rd grant allan 4th dirk van goozen 5th ward brownrldge seniors 1st gordon leslie 2nd john mcnabb 3rd walter reid 4th johnston neelands 5lh geo hender son fruits and vegetables juniors 1st bruce reid 2nd fred bell 3rd claude picket 4th ivan taylor 5th john van sickle seniors 1st craig reid 2nd geo breckon 3rd lloyd miller 4th gor don fisher 5th martyn heslop cream grading juniors 1st geo hamilton 2nd donald peer 3rd angus mcnabb 4th harold brown 5th wm lucas seniors 1st richard mclaughlin 2nd bob allan 3rd tie elwood john ston lloyd fisher 5th jack turner curling the curlers journeyed to toronto last week to play return matches on ave pin alleys with toronto britannias who visited our club recently some sixteen curlers went down and a very pleasant evening was enjoyed byatt the local boys showed that they could bowl as well as curl and some nice scores were turned in ted erwln gibbens and richardson stood out for georgetown while watson and moss were in there for toronto williams of toronto also bowled i we wish to take this opportunity to thank the toronto britannias for a grand time and hope to have them up again l note executive ameers of curling club meet next wednesday evening at mr mollntodk office at 8 am the british empire supplied mote than 9000000 men to the armed forces during the but great war believe it or not the weatherman informs us that spring began at 124 pjn this after noon march 20 to put it in his own words spring is usually supposed to begin on march 21 out the beginning of the vernal equinox deviates a matter of hours from year to year and occasionally starts on march 20 which all sounds very nice but youve got to showus lwlthwinter renewing her assault today local merchants are hunting out their dis carded christmas decorations and we wouldnt be at all surprised to see old santa himself walking down main street tonight merry christmas 1 reception for major barber major j r barber was entertained at a company dinner at milton inn on tuesday evening with some flty officers and men present major bar ber takes over command of c com pany lome scots px h regt ment while major graham peacock and capt d chisholm have been transferred to oakvllle company the company presented major bar ber and his wife with a parker desk set after a good meal all retired to company headquarters for the company meeting ashgrove on the evning of march 13th the wj held a dance and euchre at the home of mr jack ruddellf- some enjoyed dancing while others played euchre five tables of euchre were played mrs t giffcn and mrs fred wrlgglesworth received the ladles prizes while mr fred wrlgglesworth and mr l miller were lucky winners of the mens prizes the april regu lar meeting will be held at the home of mrs clayton wuson miss e wrlg glesworth and miss e bird were chos en as delegates to attend the girls conference in may i miss i wrlgglesworth mrs f wrlgglesworth and mrs frank wilson attended the st patricks tea held in the presbyterian church norval on wednesday march 13th mrs h bird mrs clayton wilson mrs walter brownrldge mrs frank wilson mrs t glffen attended the st patricks tea held in the united church norval on friday march 13 messrs frank wilson clayton wil son cecil wilson h barnes l mil ler p j laird joined with the group of farmers who were the guests of canada packers ltd on a tour of their abbatolrs on march 13th miss lula graham has returned from kapuskaslng her journey from kapuskaslng to toronto was by aero plane the bright star mission band met on sunday afternoon in the basement of the church with betty ruddell pre siding the roll call was answered with the name of a flower mrs frank wilson gave the story from the mission band study book doris urownrwge and kuth morrison favor- ed with a vocal duet and mabel wrlg glesworth gave an interesting read lng plans were made tor the thank- offering meeting to be held early fn aprll dont forget the wa croklnole m the basement of the church on mon day evening march 25th we hope for better roads this time rev j o totten had a special message on sunday morning to com memorate palm sunday the oholr asslsted with appropriate muslo the ashgrove ypu are hrfdrn a special easter service on sunday mar 24th at 7is0 pjnln the church mr k parudge ba of brampton wqi be the guest speaker mrs mabel mur- lastm1nute rush looms for drivers- march 31 is set as deadline for 1 plates and licenses no extension of time will be granted beyond march 31 for use of the 1939 plates and licenses in making this announcement j p bickell registrar of motor vehicles urged all motorists to secure their per mits and licenses immediately while many car owners throughout the pro vince have already secured their new 1940 plates records show that then are thousands who face the prospect of finding themselves in the lastmin ute rush unless they act without de lay officials at the motor vehicle branch declarer that the mofofhtf pcd lie could easily avert the mconveniencw and annoyance of waiting in a crowd its a job that will take a few min utes now but it may take hours later on one official stated we have the platesand licenses ready its now up to the motorists hut march 31 is- positively the deadline lions club the regular biweekly dinner of the lions club was held at the mcglbbon hotel on monday march 18th mr ralph ross former principal of georgetown high school gave an in teresting address on pttupatlon tracing the education of man from birth throughout his life mr rosa stressed the fact that education should not stop when one leaves school but should continue as long as a- man is alive it was decided to send the midget njll hockey team to copper cliff it they defeated hanover in the anal game of the series with the cflub paying the balance of necessary ex penses knox church wms meeting the womens missionary society of knox presbyterian church held their thankoffering meeting in the school room on wednesday afternoon march 13th the president mrs davidson presided the scripture reading with com ments given by mrs wta slnclair brought an easter message mrs clark gave the prayer the guest speaker was mrs ridden of muton and her address was both helpful and inspiring solos by mrs harold mlchle of boston were very much enjoyed lunch and a social hour followed the closing of the meet ing mi mother of mrs william reevb- passes in brampton the funeral took place monday af ternoon with burial in brampton cemetery or mrs john f carter of brampton mrs carter died in the peel memorial hospital on saturday in her 66th year after less than a weeks illness mrs carter was bom at mayflejd the daughter of the late william large but had spent the greater part of her life intbanyton a wut member of the salvation army surviving are her husband four sons roy of marfcdale russell victor and fred of brampton three daugb- trs mrs alex hicks in england mrs harvey cuthbert of brampton and mrs wm reeve georgetown two brothers william of brampton and adam qlhamilton a halfbrother charles drlnkwater brampton and a sister mrs george brambles of or- angevllle ray of norval and member of her group will contribute musical namben everyone come and enjoy the bmtar serrice with us