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seventythird year of publication wednesday evening april 24th 1940 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa thursday was visitors night at georgetown high school the second annual visitors night at the high school was a great success ivjptame was a large turnout of par- cuts and friends to see the accomp lishments ox the booklarnin aoa- demy and im sure that others en- joyed themselves as niuch as did this everyone was interested in the model village on display in the type- wrjter loom there were cardboard each one lighted and an elec ttrain ran past the local depot figures cleverly carved from soap were exhibited on a table in one room and the walls were bung with samples of the art work done by various atu- dents the laboratory displays un- der the direction of miss penson were interesting highlights of the exhibit were a lead tree growing in a solu tion which precipitated lead into cluster and the boiling of water by pumping air out of a belljar con- tainmg water before the gym displays the george town high school orchestra gave us a preview of the urbana ooerture by charles i roberts which they will play at the halton county music fes tival on thursday evening for fiie fortunate observers the gym displays by the girls and boys teams were a real treat miss beals and mr heldmanzi had drilled their stu dents m the rlne arts of backflips handstands pyramids and other in tricacies of gymnastic display from the lower hall where the gym displays were held everyone moved to downstairs lecture room for the versespeaking contest there were 10 entrants agnes held i han- lis keith tjolson mary smith betty sp marion held joan browne and betty snyder each contestant recited two poems chosen by herself and these includ ed selections from shakespeare pau- line johnson taiv carman and mil ton mary cummins was awarded first prize by the judges rev d d david- eon c b dayfoot and w biehn second and third place went to betty land agneabekl while waiting for announcement of the winners the visitors were enter tained with a demonstration of the jereneh minuet in the main hall presentation of field day medals and crests was made by dr a mc allister these were as follows medals helen devereaux mary oummms betty paul george long ames oofell qrmle carter crests helen devereaux ralph hansen george long joy ruddbn betty speight jack allingham del- mar beaumont herbert arnold jim ztoddell douglas sargent john bow- xnan keith dolson bob early roy feck ormie carter george ferry george gilmer ruth goldham bui xong joe momenemy marjoiie schenk ted stigger honourable mention marlon dick jean ruddell mary cummins bui clark joanna shortlll fritz devrles don early george walkter allan young joan browne barbara cou- aoos sean barley barbara faram betty pain the evening ended with another preview from the music festival with ta mixed choir and a double trio con tributing musical selections st georges dinner attendants at st georges w- a dinner on monday were treated to an excellent evenings entertainment over 200 guests enjoyed the meal serv ed by the women of the church tablet were tastefully decorated with bou quets of ted carnations and individual place cards were in the form of the flag of st george supported by maranmollow after the meal jack crlchton and mrs thompson gave a short organ recital in the church while the dining hall was being cleared rev w g o thompson acting as master of ceremonies first introduced the famous puppet show players these local girls have put a lot of time and effort into the creation of their puppet show and credit is cer tainly due to them the show last night was entitled east of the sun west of the moon and gone with the wind and players included a bear who changed into a handsome prince an old witch wicked princess and of course the heroine who finally won the princes hand the puppet show was followed by selections by miss florence richard son contralto of port kelson mlsi evelyn rusby of burlington played piano accompaniment for miss ric hardsons lovely voice and later con tributed two piano solos of her own old man sunshine took over the show at this point and with jokes and stories and readings kept everyone in- terested for over an hour in private life old man sunshine is the rev w oi tvhw f wirrtltifftnn nnrt many gebrgetowners hear him on the radio at 1146 in the morning the program ended with miss ric hardson and miss rusby presenting a new song recently composed by miss rusby the words were from hen drys famous poem england my eng land and the selection was particu- larjy appropriate for st georges day turn clocks ahead on saturday night daylight saving time goes into ef fect at midnight saturday next april 27th in georgetown all concerned will be well advised to turn their clock ahead before retiring saturday night in order to be at church on time sunday morning dont take em off yet1 j to a number of enquiries as to the proper time to take em offwewoutd suggest that the woollies be kept on for awhile yet as soon as spring ar rives hi all its warmth and glory we will serve notice in due course agriculturalists off to good start the executive or esqueslng agricul tural society are off to a good start this year having already called a meeting of its members to discuss fall fair possibilities the executive are meeting tonight in the office of g w molintock it is the intention of the new executive to plan a fair for this district that will surpass anything the past has shown so it is a bigger and better fair for georgetown so let us not leave a stone unturned to make it mrs a d mckitrick wife of editor a d mckjtrickortheotangevill bannerrpassedtswayather grace male chorus going to us the oraoe male chorus under the direction of w e capps will com pete in a welsh elsteddford in war ren ohio on may 11th the town of brampton has donated 50 towards the trip and if the oholr were u win the 200 first prize the combin ed sum would almost cover bus fare members are paying their own expen ses for hotel and meals this chorus recently appeared in georgetown at the baptist church and those fortunate enough to have been there are loud in their praise of the ability of this organization it is hoped that they will come back from ohio with the prize money wife of neighbour editor dies choral society to competein brampton georgetown choral society will compete at the peel county musical festival held in brampton on friday eyening we wish this splendid chor al group every success bill gray has narrow escape when tree falls on truck on price farm t bill gray of norval and his help er westly mccaaly had a narrow es cape from being seriously injured on monday when a large pine tree crashed to the ground hitting the truck in which they were riding the tree hit just behind the cab and al though doing damage to ttie truck missed- the occupants by inches the accident occurred on the farm oi gordon price near stewarttown i number of men were on the farm cut ting down trees under the suj of walter calvert brampton ll man gray and his helper were lng up the lane of the farm the barn when he found his way blocked by a truck which was immedl- atelvremoved the driver then drove on directly into the path of the fall ing 70ift tree which hit the truck a tremendous blow both the rack and the platform of truck were smash ed to bits the springs were all bro ken and the frame bent music festival begins tonight in georgetown there on sunday after an illness of some months deceased was a daugh ter of mr and mrs andrew browne wlarton and after graduating from the wlarton high school attended normal school and went to orangevllle as a school teacher in 1910 in 1914 she married a d mckitrick and besides her husband leaves three sons one daughter her mother two bro thers and four sisters to mourn her loss fellow members of the fourth estate extend deepest sympathy to mrmokitrick and family in their sad bereavement keith dolson awarded second place in oratoar contest representing peel county in a pro vincial oratorical contest sponsored by the ontario temperance federation recently keith dolson of alloa car ried off a large trophy the second award in the competition keith won the peel contests held a short time ago and as county winner represent ed peel in the toronto contest held at carlton street united church keith did a splendid job in prepar ing an excellent address on the sub ject temperance and was defeated only by a very narrow margin by miss irene thompson of north york esquesing council stewarttown april 11th 1940 the esqueing township council meton thursday evening at 8 oclock reeve wilson presided at the meet ing with all the members present the minutes of the last meeting were read- and adopted v a letter was read from mr george leslie in which he tendered his resig nation as treasurer of the township mr leslie has served the ratepayers faithfully for many years but on ac count of poor health found it neces sary to relinquish this connection moved by harrbp and cleave that this council accept with deep regret the resignation of our old and valued friiend as the treasurer of this town ship mr leslie has given his best to- the township as treasurer for forty seven years and on account of his years and failing health has found it necessary to give up the position he has so faithfully filled carried moved by may and murray that this council call for tenders for the position of treasurer for the town ship of esqueslng at a salary of 350 dollars per annum applications to be in the hands of the clerk monday may 6th on or before 12 oclock noon and that the clerk is hereby instruct ed to advertise in the local papers- carried moved by may and cleave that this council do now adjourn to meet on monday may 6th at 1 30 pjn at the call of the reeve carried to convene in windsor this week end members of the ontarioquebec di vision of the ontario weekly news papers association will convene this week end in the city of windsor the herald has become affiliated with this body of newspapermen and the editor will be absent this week end at tending the convention from which we hope to gather many helpful sug gestions for bettering your newspaper and will pass them along as time and space permits look happy albert whitehead toronto adjudi cator at the peel musical festival hi brampton gives this advise to young sngers if you wear a happy face you will produce a happy tone if your face is sullen then your tone will be sullen and lf your face is merely wooden then the song you sing cannot be pleasing perhaps this advice will be of value to contestants in the halton county festival in georgetown this week fire and street- washing the local fire brigade were happily disappointed on wednesday afternoon when the fire siren soutnded about 2 pm rushing to the scene of the conflagration it turned out to be a small fire in the grass near the smith stone factory and it was extin guished in a few moments however the boys had flhelr innings on thursday night the usual drill was replaced by a spring bath for main street two teams went at the job one working east the other west with a grand meeting- at the hotel comer pedestrians ran for their lives car owners quickly moved their cars to places of safety friday morning found a shimmer ing street with only one tiling to mar its beauty traces of several old white markings for parking it is expected that these old markers will so eradicated and a new series painted advance sale of program promises big attendance wednesday thursday- and friday are redletter days for musiclovers jn georgetown six programs will bo presented in which entrants from schools throughout halton county will compete for the various awards it- is hoped that the united church will be filled for everyone of these programs this is the first year in which georgetown has been privileged to entertain the music festival and good attendance will mean that in the future the committee will be favor ably disposed to once more selecting georgetown as the festival scene the womens association of george town united church is providing meals and lunches during the festival donations have been received from councils school boards various clubs and organizations as well as private persons ocer 300 children are competing in the festival not counting all the others included m the various choirs and the orchestra adjudicating the halton county music festival will be mr g soy fenwick provincial supervisor of music mr fenwick comes from act ing hi the same capacity at the peel county festival in brampton and it is expected that his adjudication will be of help to the aspiring young ar tists of this county officers of the halton county muslo festival association are as follows honorary presidentt m denyes bia r inspector j a partridge mjl b paed president w l smith burlington vicepresident humphrey browne- milton secretary mrs d hartley milton treasurer j a ijockhart burling ton quebec expects banner tourist season halton music festival programs 0 wednesday april 24th 7 pm piano solo is yrs and under high school 6olos girls under 16 high school double trio high school duets girls under 17 high school solos boys t 21 piano solo 18 yrs and un- violin solo under 21 high school girls choir thursday april 25th 9 am sight reading rural id yrs and over rural choir under 15 pupus rural choir under 25 pupils rural choir 25 pu pils and over rural choir motion and song massed choir rural rural solos girls 710 thursday april 25th 1 pjn ku ril solos boys 7 10 rural solos girls 11 yrs and over rural solos boys 11 yrs and over vocal djuet trufal junior choir vocal solos urban girls 7 10 yrs vocal solos urban boys 10 yrs tiursday april 26th 7 pjn piano duet solo boys unchanged voice di school solos girls under 21 cor- solo under 21 high school boys rir high school duets girls un- 31 clarinet solo under 21 high school solos boys under 21 high school choir high school orchestra friday april 28th 9 ampiano joto 12 yrs and under vocal solo urban boys 11 yrs and over boys vo- duet girls vocal duet i apm aeth 1 pm vocal solo girls ii yrs and over 15 voice boys choir 24 rooms 25 voice boys l ivci muuis ulmlt 8 4 double trio public school 1 threepart choir pubuc school 00 h trace choir j accident on maple avenue i saturday night a car driven by archibald of brampton was in cobkdon with one driven by cecil atadul mr madul was nt a i tan on maple avenue near the golf j ztnks when the archibald car xm- rnadtately behind caught the rear of vlxev mf and tamed tt over on 13b side the car belonged to harry llstrtler neither driver was injured obituary mrs t b douglas mrs thomas b douglas of esques lng township died early sunday ap ril 14 in her 63rd year member of a prominent esqueslng township fam ily deceased was the former minnie may she was a member of hornby united church and a member of the las of that church and is survived by her husband rev j o totton of hornby conducted the funeral ser vices tuesday afternoon at the 8th line esqueslng interment was made in evergreen cemetery in milton the qreat gates of quebecs ancient city wall originally designed to discourage hostile- visitors will be thrown open this summer for a large scale tourist invasion expected to top all previous records with most of europes old world charms affected by wartime conditions increased numbers of canadians and americans will take advan tage of quebecs historic sur roundings and fine sporting facil ities combining the charm of the past with the luxuries of the present the chateau frontenac la the centre of the citys social and sports activities dominating the citys skyline the majestic cana dian pacific hostelry la within easy distance of the citys out- ideal headquarters for the v tourist dufferin terrace adja cent to the hotel offers an ideal view of the historic lower town and the broad st lawrence though possessing ideal facili ties tor practically every modern sport quebecs chief fascination to the tourist lies in its om world charm its narrow winding streets lofty spired churches convents and quaint dormered dwellings are reminiscent of me dieval normandy its not-so- peaceful years are recalled by battlefields grhn stone forts and ancient cannon nearby points of interest in clude the lorette indian reeerva- ivy the rash of civilisation the shrine of ste anne de beaupre and the montmorency falls for the sports enthusiast there are fine facilities for golf tennis and badminton while miles of colorful highways beckon the motorist lanrentlde national park 90 miles from the city is a paradise for fishermen canoeists camera fans and nature lovers quebec city is easily accessible over canadian pacific lines and is conveniently connected with tmportantentres in eastern can ada and the united states mrs margaret russell on tuesday april bth at the tor onto general hospital there passed away a wellknown citizen of norval in the person of mrs margaret rus sell beloved wife of the late william russell the deceased was the eldest daughter of the late mr and mrs donald mceachern of the fifth line caledon township after spending her early life at her home she became the wife of william russell and made her horns at norval where she resided for nearly fifty years her husband predeceased her some twentythree years ago after an illness at her home she was removed to the toronto oeneral hospital where she underwent two serious operations although her con dition was very serious hope was held out for her recovery so that her death came as i shock to her friends she was a member of the norval presbyterian church and her funeral services were conducted by the rev arthur lekgett present pastor or that churchthe pallbearers were mr thos anderson- mr daniel wright mr lome cleave mr wm sinclair mr qraydon chester and mr john snow interment was made in norva 1 cemetery surviving are three sons and one daughter john of belfountaln james at home mar garet of toronto and donald of new toronto one brother and three sis ters peter mary and isabella mc- eaohcrn livng at the parental home and mrs catherine baker of- bel- fountain a grass ffrb the fire brigade responded to an alarm this morning at profl h l hutfs new home on church st prof hutt had been clearing away some rubbish and the tire he started spread into the neighbouring grass it was soon extinguished with no at the high school girls bound- table banquet friday night young george haycraft was votedthe most popular man on the campus george plays zlgbt tickle on the football team norman penn news a great event in the early religious life of the west is being commemor ated this year by the united church of canada- in june there will be celebrated at norway house at tae north end of lake winnipeg the cen tenary of the arrival there of rer james evans methodist missionary to the indians who hnmedtately set about studying the cree language and who invented a syllabic alphabet and a printing system which gave parts of the bible hymns and other writings to the indian population throughout the greater part of the country from here to the rockies it was the first printing in the west as well as a notable enterprise in mis sion work the cree syllabic alphabet invented by rev james sjvans was us ed by the missionaries of other church es also evans was bom in england and me father was captain of a troopship on which young evans made two voyages as a common sailor later he became a lay preacher in england then a missionary to the indians in ontario when he was sent to norway house he went as missionary and as super intendent of methodist missions in the northwest norway house was strate gically situated boats to and from red river york factory athabasca and mackenzie river passed that way mr evans accompanied by his wife went to norway house by canoe 300 miles north from winnipeg his ex periences end his achievement were well told by the late rev john mac lean archivist of the methodist church who said in the first week of august 1840 he rev james evans arrived at norway house his first winter was spent at the hudson bay companys fort studying the cree language and in the following spring he located his mission about two miles from norway house fort naming it rossville to honor of donald ross chief factor of the hudsons bay company and liv- ing at norway house he went mto the forest and with the help of the natives secured materials and erected neat church parsonage and school and 20 houses for the indians and laid the foundation of a prosper ous village in june 1841 less than a year af ter his arrival in the country he had far perfected his cree syllables that he writes the men women and children at norway house write and read it with ease and fluency as do some european gentlemen who speak the language of the indians in differ- ent parts the first books in the cree syllablo were made with leaves of birch mark on which the characters were written with mk madirfrom the soot of the chimney after numerous experiments and difficulties he cast type from lead taken from tea chests and in the spring of 1841 he made a font of type and with an old jackpress used for packing f he printed 5000 pages and bound 100 copies of a small volume of hymns of 16 pages a printing press and type were afterward sent to him from london england and the work of providing lit tor the natives was begun the infl of the new learning spread far and wide among the indians the chippewyans secured some of the books and learn ed to read them and the one indiana used the syllabic characters in wrlt- tng letters to their friends so staple is the system that less than so characters cover the whole of the cree language a white man ess master them in an hour and an in telligent cree can use them readfly bl a week m reading any book