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seventythird year at publication wednesday evening may 15th 1940 1 50 per annum in advance 200 to usa low o working affan spends his money perhaps our readers wilt be interest- vd in- this little story of how one work- ids man makes his paycheck go jjpund this family prefers to remain anonymous so we shall call them mr ma mrs john8inub for purposes of jlhtbtratibn mr smith la employed by one of the rsocal 4wtper mills and receives a salary approximately 25 a week he is zi a native of georgetown but has md here for some years and both he and his wife are strong supporters of the fbuy at home policy they have two children are good supporters of their oburch and belong to one of tie jooal fraternal organi- here is how one weeks paycheck nras spent in town groceries 500 meat 475 fruit 200 milk 250 bread 125 clothing 100 drug store 50 cigarettes and candy 125 ooal 150 small purchases 50 hydro 70 church 125 telephone 50 in addition to these necessities there is a water bill of 10 yearly 3 sar dog tax tickets on raffles and draws and the occasional movie shoe repalrsvislts to the optician the dentist the doctor and an occasional trip to the lawyer seeds lor the gar den in addition to mr smiths sslary be recelveaa small pension which helps along the family budget mrt and mrs smith spend their ntoxtey in georgetown and further more they spend it at different stores in georgetown they do not believe in patronizing exclusively any one butcher or any one clothing merchant they try in their own little way to spriwithelrhjuslness among the vari ous merchants like many families they live on cash and credit the merchants do not mind credit cus tomers like the smiths the smiths in turn are careful not to let their credit accounts run too high mrs smith does not buy entirely by price true like all women she keeps her eyes- open for bargains but she trusts to the merchants she deals irtth to give her quality for her money she has one objection to storekeepers in general as regards credit customers she thinks they are too apt to shove off gods of an inferior quality on these customers she has tried budgeting but finds that some unusual expense always crops up which upset the carefully- planned budget figures thus it is impossible to get away from the credit habit this story was unsolicited mrs smith wanted our merchants to know that she is supporting them we would appreciate other readers turn ing in similar stories its people like this who keep the wheels of business turning in our town on friday may 3rd miss penson accompanied the five members of the senior botany class of georgetown sign school on a visit to the botany building at the university of toronto the party made the trip by motor a laboratory with microscopes and materials was placed at the disposal of the class and an interesting hour or two was spent with mlsa penson de monstrating exper to the stud- ents the remainder of the afternoon was occupied with a visit to the untver- jrity conservatories with miss taylor acting as guide parents and friends night at georgetown fubuc school chorcal society presents fine program froni the opening chorus of o canada to the final encore of rule britannia an enthusiastic audience applauded the georgetown choral so ciety in their annual concert present ed at kndx presbyterian church last night mr w e capps of brampton director of the choir introduced the various selections and made interest ing comment on the composers and the type of music being sung first number on the program was the anvil chorus from the opera n trovatore followed by a bright ozechoslovaklan dance song next came a lovely scotch ballad wv i hundred pipers and the everpopu lar pinlculi pinlcula the womens section of the choir sang the barcarole from the tales hoffman and the men drew ap plause for their rendition of drink to me only with thine eyes there followed two favorite or the choral society o jesus tender shepherd hear by brahms and the rousing fair land of freedom written by a young oaech patriot closing the program was a diversi fied group of three a regular royal queen from the gondoliers by gil bert and sullivan dark water a bewitching negro spiritual and rule britannia which closed the program this last number drew a wellearned encore mr thos warnes gold medalist at the peel music festival sang two solos schuberts serenaded and m of mine t miss greta capps daughter of the director and also a festival prise- winner presented two soprana solos carissimo and victor herberts sweethearts the georgetown string ensemble al so took part in the program and were complimented by mr capps on their rendition of two guitars and two selections from mozart mrs r t paul was accompanist for the entire program and the success of the concert was in a large part due to her skilful interpretation of the moods of the different rfumbers after the concert the choral society had a luncheon and officers for the coming year were elected these are president miss marie fleck vicepresident mr bob early secretarytreasurer miss madeleine erwln lihmrian mr roy peck committee mrs j blair mr jos young miss h harrison miss mary feller mr harvey cook mrs jos sanford st miss peggy smethurst miss joy ruddell mr jas evans auditors mrs duncan and miss luke the death occurred last week at stayner ontario of ellen viola die- 1 key daughter of mr and mrs thomas dickey and sister of mrs blr ma- glbughlen of georgetown miss dic key had been on the staff of the noisy river telephone- co stayner until 111 health forced her retirement she was an active agd popular mem ber of the lady orange benevolent association and jubilee presbyterian church from which church the f im- eral was held on monday afternoon last miss dickey is survive by her parents three brothers and two sis ters charles of stayner wilfred and harvey of toronto mrs charles ro gers of nottawasaga and mrs e r magloughlen georgetown sympathy is extended to mr and mrs maglough len in their bereavement saturday wedding for rita fitzpatbick and thomas r hancock on saturday may 11th the wedding took place of miss rita jane fltz- patrick daughter of mr and mrs fin- tan fltzpatrick john st oeorgetown to thomas reginald hancock son of mr and mrs ambrose hancock of norval station ont at the rectory of the rev father j l mc- bride acton the bride who wore an alice blue frock with old rose acces sories and bouquet of pink and white carnations and sweet peas was attend ed by her sister miss monica fitzpa trlck who wore a rose dress and white accessories and nosegay of sweet peas the best roan was mr william han cock cousin of the groom following a wedding breakfast at the home of the brides parents mr and mrs han cock left for a motor honeymoon they will make their home in george town the parenta and friends of the oeorgetown public school are invited to an exhibition of the school work on tuesday evening may 21 commencing at 700 oclock during the early part of ttie evening the teachers will be in their classrooms to meet the par- ents following this a further demon- v of the work carried on will given in the assembly room plans are now nearing completion i for the second annual parish show to be held at hawthorne lodge bram pton on may 24th under the auspices i of the halton and peel jersey clubs four challenge trophies will again be presented to winners at the show the royal bank trophy has been held since last year by r j graham and son of georgetown as premier breeder the tame breeder also won the blain trophy for grand cham- pion female the dominion bank trophy for premier exhibitor was won fay caledcn farms and the godfrey 8 pettlt trophy for champion male went to mrs hum of streetsvllle com petition for these honours will be stronger than ever which will ensure a bigger and better show presidents r j graham and j w pawley of the halton and peel clubs respectively report keenenthuslasin in the show amongst the breeders this year a survey recently made amongst the breeders would indicate that there should be well over 100 head of hal- tons and peels best jerseys in com petition during the past year many high rop records have been made by halton and peel jerseys which would indicate that when high produc tion and excellent show type ls coupled up it makes a winning com bination in any circle this will be an excellent opportunity to see some of the best jerseys in the jersey is- nd of america may 24th jud- to commence at 130 djst phze winners in essay and poster contest by mrs c b dayfooo we publish below the list of prize winners of oeorgetown and district public schools successful in the an nual essay and poster contest con ducted by the wottj t jocaloaminlttee regret jatj owing to unavoidable circumstances a barter time than usual could be given tor the contest this probably ac- lor the fact that no essays of false winning quality were received tjie posters and health books bow- maintained the same high stan- of recent years and we wish to most sincerely the teachers and i who through their interest and made successful another ooa- we wish also to express to the judges mrs ralph ross and mrs clarence hayes our very great ap- prsclatton of then- wining and eftlrdont grading the work of the bcpt tbe prises will be presented to the following friday evening next at the halton county convention held in the united church georgetown no tice of which appears in another ool- vinsttdohn couleav 2nd douglas trxwnpbonprd brio clarke all of oeorgetown public school orade tch 1st bernard brffl 2nd john evans 3rd peggy kelly all of oeo public school orade vi 1st audrey beet man umehouse public school 2nd brian ferry oeorgetown public school 3rd teresa curus oeorgetown school orade v 1st james curtis orade v 1st june cofeu 2nd betty cole 3rd david william all of georgetown public bcfaool orade vi 1st oerakune tyers and doreeo mulhodand 3rd violet barnes all of oeorgetown public school holwelljones wedding in brampton miss gertrude olwen jones rn daughter of mr and mrs william james jones of brampton became the bride of russell robson holwell of halifax son of mrs holwell and the late frederick holwell of brampton at her parents home on saturday night rev e a chester officiated and the wedding music was played by miss mona jones sister of the bride dur ing the signing of the register alan evans sang accompanied by his bro ther gwilym given in marriage by her father the bride wore offwhite satin trimmed with seed pearls and a locket which had belonged to her grandfather her fingertip veil fell from sweetheart rosebuds and white sweet peas in her hair and she car lied a cascade bouquet of the same flowers miss margaret jones sister of the bride was her attendant wear ing heavenly blue silk jersey cut on grecian lines a headdress of pink sweet peas and a matching bouquet mr harvey taylor supported the groom and ushers were mr robert andrew marshall and mr william jones on a motor honeymoon to halifax where the bridal couple will make their home the bride travelled in robins egg blue with concord blue accessories and silver fox fur both bride and groom are favourably known in georgetown a year ago today may 17 the royal visit what happy incidents the phrase recaptures for canada t a canada which twelve months ago was basking in the envl able peace time role of host to its sovertgns a canada today showing its loyalty and love in faithful war effort at home and overseas and in remem brance ol a year ago today just a year ago today the king and queen stepped ashore at historic que bec to commence their tour of the dominion and today in honour of that happy occasion the cbc offers a broadcast designed to give the listenerj a brief glimpse of those first joyous hours in which canada took its rulers to its heart a year ago today will be a pres entation by the features department of the cbc arranged and produced by j frank willis from toronto the programme will be heard over the na tional network on friday may 17 from 800 to 830 pm edst norval wi elect officer at annual meeting meeting at the home of mrs lewis laird jr norval womens institute heard an address given by dr j h bateman of oeorgetown and elected officers for the year it being the an nual meeting reports were given of the past seasons activities and plans made for the ensuing year mrs e c reed was named president with mrs joseph hunter vicepresident other officers are mrs wm oraham secretarytreasurer convenors health mrs oordoh browne home economics miss kathleen snaln legislation miss charlotte mopherson agriculture and canadian industries mrs wm rdd entertainment was provided at the meeting by bluy hunter and king reed medalists at the halton music festival streets bbchve yearly oiling a number of the unpaved streets tn oeorgetown jast week r it erous oiling in order to sderiato the dost nuisance this seems to be an annual expense but with a few streets paved each year this expense could gradually be eliminated worship at home church i pates back 100 years i home church alloa in chingua- i cousy township a few miles east ol here this weekend observes the pass- tag of another milestone dating back well over one hundred years members of the methodist episcopal faith worshipped first in the houses of pioneer settlers of the district thenlh a small log church- the first church stood on the farm of henry freeman in 1882 a second church was opened and the congregation later joined with the methodists in 1884 this church a small brick building was located on the farm of william drlnkwater but was- torn down in 1926 to make way for the line edifice that now stands ready to i observe another anniversary on sunday next may 10th of this pioneer center of worship in 1925 the church joined in the union of the methodist and presbyterian churches as did its neighbour church at mount pleasant which congregation on two occasions worshipped in home church when their building was destroyed by fire rev gilbert agar of toronto a former pastor will preach the anni versary services on sunday and on monday evening a concert will be giv en by the rev wesley hunnlsett of the fred victor mission rev j a leece of huttonvllle and minister on the alloa huttonvllle churchill cir cuit is the present incumbent it was with more or less curiosity that townspeople answered the fire- alarm on sunday afternoon last to hear the old t bellclangmg an alarm caused folk to wonder whether it was a fire someone missing jand a posse being formed or perhaps an air aid alarm you see this form ol firealarm has not been used since the installation of the siren the fire was at the farm home of mr and mrs k c lindsay on the 7th line just west of the town fire had started in the attic of the house but was soon brought under control by neigh bours who formed a bucket brigade and no great amount of damage was done however a hole was burned through the roof before the blaze was extinguished although the local fire fighting equipment did not leave town a number of firemen and citizens rushed to the fire to render aid if it was necessary historical sketch of united church to be prepared shortly the historical committee of the georgetown united church is busy ac cumulating data regarding the church which in october celebrates its cen tennial within the course of a few weeks a historical sketch of the early church will be printed and it is hoped that al available information will be included any person who can fur nish information to the committee should get in touch with the chairman rev f c ocverend at once in or der that no stone should be left un turned to make this booklet as com plete and interesting as possible for mer members of the methodist church and readers of the herald now resid ing at distant points may be able to give enlightening facts about former pastors dates of various outstanding events in the life of church etc etc unitedcharch wms meets in palermo high school cadets parade friday morning georgetown high school cadets were inspected by- cap tain w d medhurst assistant to major h p e phillips general staff officer in charge of cadet training shttytwq cadets dressed in white school sweaters with blue school crest engaged in a smart military drill col r v conover ex took the salute on the march past the signal section led by richard crichton put through a long message dictated by col con- over leaders in the corps included ormy carter officer commanding joe mcmeneniy second- in command john keir and george gilmer platoon com manders j after the inspection the girls and boys gym teams gave a demonstra tion under the supervision of miss seals and mr heldmann respectively among the interested spectators were the officers of the lome scots major j r barber lieut r barber lieut p barber lieut n b hender son lieut col james ballanune mjc djso rev w q o thompson and rev d d davidson represented the school board the local cadet corps is trained by lieut heldmann col conover addressed the whole school assembled on the campus after the inspection he complimented the cadet corps on its excellent showing and praised the two gym teams for their proficiency the object of cadet training he pointed out was to de velop initiative and leadership among the boys and the su of cadet training depends on how fully this object is realized miss a marshall press secretary mrs earl wilson presided at the may meeting of the halton presby- terial of the wms of the united church which was held on the 7tn of may- at the home of mrs lawrence hager palermo the devotions were conducted by mrs h caldwell who took as her subject i will lift up mine eyes untothe hillsjj appreciation waa expressed by mrs wilson to retiring officers mrs a speight and mrs j p klrkwood and a welcome extended to the new- of fleers mrs charles peer corresponding secretary and mrs frank wlison mission band secretary a letter of thanks to mrs c j buck for auditing the books and a congrat ulatory note to mrs e ford on win ning the award in the hamilton branch christian stewardship human interest story competition were direc ted to be sent a copy of this story the circle baby signed by each one present was sent along with flowers to mrs a k leonard cjgxt sec retary who is ill in the hospital ar chives for the keeping of the recording secretarys books and programs since organization of the presbyterial in may meeting wctu at the may meeting of the wctu held at the home of mrs c freure friday evening last reports of the years work were presented followed by the election of officers by the unanimous wish of the un ion the last years executive remains unchanged except for the leadership tlus office owing to the resignation of mrs vannatter on account of ill- health will until the fall be held open the subexecutive in the mean time taking responsibility a report was received from those who attended the recent county execu tive meeting in milton and plane for lhe convention to be held may 17th in the united churoii georgetown were completed and several other items of important business discuss ed the cheering cup of tea so kindly served by our hostess was doubly ap preciated after the very busy session which for most present climaxed a week of unusual activity in the ait of housecleaiing the invitation of mrs harvey clarke cedarvale to her home for an out door meeting in june was accepted with great appreciation and pleasure following are the names of the of ficers appointed for the ensuing year president to be filled later vlcepresldentmrs o b dayfoot roc secretary mrs c j buck cor secretary mrs a hyde treasurer mrs r h wright are we discouraged no dont jump at hasty conclusions and think there is tragedy in the reverses the allies seem to be suffering at the hands of the nazi in belgium and holland the reverses are only a spur to greater efforts and an opportunity for canada to make greater sacrifices and get lrto the war in earnest there are setbacks in every war and these made the british empire great re member it is the last battle that counts directory column adds more advertisers for the irregular or semimonthly advertiser the directory column on page two of this newspaper is salving the problem for this type of adver tiser new advertisers have been ap pearing weekly and readers are ask ed to refer to the directory column when occasion arises for the services of professional men insurance agents concrete workers monuments etc if your card does not appear in this col umn mr businessman enquire about our reasonable rates and try this econ omical way of reaching the buying public for the more extensive adver tiser our display columns are well sup ported by a wide selection of local and district news as well as a number of feature articles cedar crbst golf i club officers chosen meeting at the home of j b macfcerale on monday evening of last l week local members of the cedar crest golf club together with a num- bar of members from acton elected officers for the present season mr j a wolpughby was again elected president with mrs wuloughby as vicepresident captain e 8 force vicecaptain f h oorrlng handicap committee e 8 force f h oorrlng bertram wuloughby membership committee w robb f salt social committee p b coffin el m lang- don c kennedy treasurer mrs mil ler secretary o t mckay lorne scots prepare for camp at niagara c company the local unit of the lome scots held a route march around the central part of town last thursday evening a concentrated drill is being held every thursday nlght in preparation for the annual camp at nlagaraonthelake which this year will be held from july 1 to july 13 indications are that the regiment will be at full strength for the camp speakers for the year were appoin ted mrs c o gifford mrs h cald well mrs jj3 chapman mrs a o boswell mrs percy lamb and mrs mowat committees nominating miss k mckay mrs h caldwell and presi dents of oakville palermo rock chapel strabane and waterdown aux iliaries finance mrs boswell mrs mcdermld mrs shortlll mrs shenwin and mrs mowat tbe treasurer reported 93075 re ceived for first quarter 61 1940 an increase of sill 33 over first quarter last year mrs buck was reappointed auditor cooperation with the church in us christian stewardship program was stressed with- mrs j i flatt hamil ton branch secretary available as a speaker orders for the blue book were asked to be sent in by may 25th by litera ture secretary a resolution recommended by the temperance secretary that the dom inion government exercise its pre rogative in curtailing ttie sale of in toxicants in the provinces was sent to the presbytery and a copy to the federal member tor halton tentative dates for sectional meet ings at bronte and mfllgrove were set for either june 11th 12th or 13th at the afternoon session mrs h tn glehart reviewed the last chapter of the study book what is a living church mrs e wilson presen ted the annual report of the presby terlal to the presbytery which was in session in the adjoining church mrs g altken of guelph a former president who was present and assis ted with the discussions gave the clos ing prayer the hostess mrs hager assisted by her daughter mrs h morris toronto and sister mrs aitk entertained the ladies to afternoon tea and mrs c readhead first vicepresident and mrs boswell expressed the apprecia tion of the ladles for the kind hospi tality high school athletes in training for meet although no definite announcement has been made as bo what students will compete at the cobba track and field meet in st catharines two or three local students are expected to compete in the event which takes place later this month j president john mccormaok of the halton plowmens association announ ces the annual junior farmer plowinf match for friday may 31st the event is to be held on the farm of a- s ma- hon near campbellville the event which is open to halton young men under 20 years will this year include a tractor class in addition to walkina plow classes all four townships haw contributed grants to the prlae list and we understand there will be sep arate prize lists for each township r- and furthermore the competitors wus be divided into seniors and juniors the latter being competitors who havr not previously competed at a coach ing class n j uoleod noted plow man of gait will along with messrs harry and claude picket and john lister be the official coaches and judges competitors interested ara- urged to contact agricultural repre sentative j e whitelock at milton at once miss sybil bennett addresses local women cm monday evening miss sybil bennett or the law firm of dale ac bennett addressed a group of angli can women and their friends on mat ters of law pertaining to women a most charming and gracious speaker miss bennett has the faculty of talking to a group yet seeming to address ecri oi tier audience tadrrtdu- ally she opened her address by say ing she was just another woman like the rest of the group and though bar duties as a uncyer might be in wide contrast to other womens yet she too was concerned with nouasfceeplng prouems gardening and spring clean- tog miss bennett emphasised that wo men should never on any account sign anything at all until they have read and clearly understand what they are signing in 1803 woman osme into equality of rights of personal property and real estate since that time she has had lhe right to dispose of per sonal property in any way she chooses the body of miss bennetts address was given over to a discussion of m- wldows tights in her husbands es tate if he should die intestate a widow can only claim a share of tha estate rather than the whole portkss as many people believe it is wise for ft husband and wife to have joint ownership of house and lands to ob viate this situation in closing mim bennett remarked on how all the laws on the statute books fade into insjgnlnance when compared with the moral laws of life it means so much for commtmtty life she said for each of ua to be a lawyer to ourselves by knowing and doing the right thing for oui se which in turn wfll lead ue to do th right thing for otfaem a hearty vote of thanks was ext ed to miss bennett for bar j ill warn which was under the eueptoas of group 4 of the wja a social how was enjoyed after her i