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the georgetown herald seventy third year of publication wednesday evening may 29th 1940 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to u s a glimpses ot parliament by hughes cleaver haltons member events in belgium end france dur tog the lost lew days have at last awakened everyone to a clear reallss atlon ol the magnitude of the tasx be lore us and the gravity of the situa tion in which we find ourselves as a result of our unpreparedness for war it is futile now to waste any valuable time in discussing who is to blame far this condition the same thing hap pcned in 194 though the war clpuds then leading up to the outbreak of war were just as threatening as they were before the outfireak of war last september the democracies are all peac lovulg countries and once again it is quite apparent that canada will never be fully prepared for war untj the event actuauyhappens mr howard tjreen conservative member for vancouver south and an ex service man of the great war and a very active member of canada s last parliament in regard to defence meas ures made perhaps the best speech on the war from the opposition benches mr green stressed five points as follows my first suggestion is that recruiting should be thrown wide open so that every fit canadian wishing to serve in our fighting forces may do so this subject qc recruiting brines me to that of training i served in the last war and if there to one thing that makes me heartsick about not recndung men early enough it is the possibility that those men may go to war halt trained my third suggestion is that imntedi ate and drastic steps should be taken to procure equipment my fourth suggestion is that we raise home defence units of the dlf ferent infantry regiments batteries and other military formations for example there could be a second or third battalion of the british columbia regiment to which i have just referred have it understood that these units will be home defence units and i sug gest that they be thrown open to the returned soldiers of canada my final suggestion concerns the minister of justice mr lapointe i suggest to him that the canadian peo ple have a right to be relieved once of worry over possible fifth column activities in other words ihey should be free from worry over treachery at home- our people have enough trouble now without having to worry about whether or not they are going to be stabbed id the back all those who might be treacherous are not germanborn make no mistake about that there are other people in this country who would be just as dangerous i realize there must be no persecution of germans or any other group simply because they are of certain racial descent these five points stressed by the conservative member from south vancouver are in my opinion the main matters which are concerning us all today in view of past criticisms about the slowness and lack of lnl tiattve of democratic governments the events of the past week must have been yery refreshing to most cana dians u one of canadas ablest soldier statesmen has been appointed air minister and already he is brushing red tape aside to get action all air recruits are to be at once called up and to be given preliminary training until the training schools are ready for them the first stage of the air training is to be immediately proceed ed with even though the battle planes for the advanced training have not yet been received from oreat britain arrangements are being made with existing commercial air transporta tion companies in canada to set up training classes there is already in dlcation that under his leadership canadas air programme will be push ed ahead far beyond schedule 2 recognition has been given of the desire of ex service men of the last war to serve officer training schools are to be at once set up to give refresher courses to officers of the last war now under fifty years of age who wish to serve and provision has been made for ex service men of the last war to serve in home de fence 3 reduction of shells has been doubled and it is anticipated that in the next few days canadian manu facturers will receive coders for tanks aeroplane production will be stepped up and manufacturers with existing orders heve been asked to work 24 hour days 4 the third canadian division for overseas is to be recruited lmmedl ately while undoubtedly the government had planned some of these moves be fore parliament met yet it cannot be questioned that recent events in bel glum plus an aroused public opinion in canada have had the effect of substantially speeding up our war effort the following extracts from a speech of hon c d howe minister of war bupplles will give some lndl cation of what this department is do ing and of the obstacles which have retarded progress broadly speaking there are three essentials in our war needs our people must obtain an adequate sup ply of the necessities of life indus trial output must be increased to meet military needs and we must have sufficient supplies of foreign exchange to buy the necessary imports of raw materials prior to the outbreak of the war the government had planned to meet these needs it seems to me that the duties and continued on page 8 h cleave new president ot agricultural society a directors meeting of esquesing agricultural society was held in the bank of commerce georgetown on may 22nd the president occupied the chair with craig held t l leslie p w cleave j e whitelock g w mclintock spencer wilson cecil ghlsholm and oscar lerch in atten the resignation of oscar lerch as s was accepted with regret and prank fetch was appointed to the position at a salary of 65 which includes the cost of engaging an as distant secretary the resignation of mr fetch as president resulted in 1st vicepresident h cleave succeeding him at the job and 2nd vicepresident spencer wilson taking mr cleaves former position mr lerch will continue to serve the association being appointed to the boa of directors it was decided that a boys swine diub exhibit would become a part of georgetown pair cost of prizes in this class will be 6750 of which the local organization will pay about 10 as its share it has also been ar ramged to have a tank placed con verdently at the fair for the supply of water for livestock i 15 grant to the halton crop improvement association was passed along with 4 for a funeral wreath and 4 for 1939 auditors fees tooted church tennis club elect officers a meeting of the united church tennis club was held on monday evening may 27th plans for this season were dlacused and the follow ing officers were elected honorary president rev f c president reginald roomhead secretary prances deans treasurer omer hccumber social committee kathleen lyons kuaxlon ostxander marjorie evan grounds committee bui metcalfe bruce kennedy tbe members are looking forward to the coming season and anyone inter ested n joining the club wffi be made card of thanks we wish to convey our thanks for the many acts of undu and sympathy extended to us during tbe recent itjneas and daat of mat- tbsv wuuamson daughter the current series of talks on wo mens sports broadcast over the cbc national network on wed nesdays at 515 p m edst are presented by ebpeth cbishohn from toronto miss cblsholm fa a graduate of the university of toronto and at present is librar ian at trinity cotlege she is an accomplished sportswoman and has been beard over tbe cbc on many occasions buy british news parade buy canadian britons never shall be slaves more red cross workers needed to meet emergency the following list of knitted goods was shipped from the georgetown branch of the red cross society to the warehouse last week this ship ment cleaned up nearly all the finish ed goods on hand here in georgetown and an urgent appeal has been made to all the branches to produce as many of the particular articles needed at present as soon as possible 25 sweaters 3 pi seaman s socks 123 pr socks 42 army scarves 8 seamans scarves 7 aero caps 5 helmets 1 pr broadcast mitts 1 pr half mitts 18 pr wristlets 2 cartons containing 480 pair mac nine knit socks donated to the red cross by mr jos beaumont olen williams the following letter was received at the local branch last week and shows the great need for as many helpers as possible to aid in red cross work cables received this morning lnrorm us of the appalling need of prance tremendous numbers of wounded as well as 5 000 000 re fugees are at this moment con verging on paris they need the help of canadian women the national executive of the society has already cabled one hundred thousand dollars fifteen thousand pair or pyjamas and one hundred thousand surgical dressings to the french red cross all hospital supplies now in our stores in eng land have been made available to the british red cross only a toiall reserve has been kept for use of canadians our branches are asked to call all workers to meet this emergency and to pro ceed with the utmost expediency to the making of surgical dress ings rolled bandages bed gowns surgical towels pyjamas sheets pillow cases and refugee clothing in speeding up industry check accident hazards with canadas increasing war ef forts the speeding up of industry brings along additional accident haz ards according to a memorandum to industry just issued by the industrial accident prevention associations new employees if not properly trained and supervised may readllj become acci dent hazards it is pointed out and old employees re engaged or trans ferred to new jobs or machines must be temporarily classed as green hands both old and new hands need instruction and supervision states a bulletin of the accident pre vention association warning is given that no new man should be placed in charge of a mac nine until he has shown under super vision that he is qualified for the job and can work safely mechanical equipment should be checked frequent ly to ensure that it is in safe work ing condition and that machine guards are kept in place suggestions for ensuring the safet of new cmploecs listed by the acci dent prevention organization include 1 explain the safe way to do the job and explain what it means to the worker 2 show him the job can be done sarely by means of slow motion so that each step will be observed and understooc 3 test him to make sure that he really understands how to do the job properly and safety 4 supervise and check him to en sure that he is following his instruc tlons carefully brampton lions celebrate charter night monday night the brampton lions club celebrated their 10th anniversary of charter night with a dinner at the royal hotel lions mcclure el son and welk of georgetown repre sented the local club at the festivities chief speaker of the evening was district governor charles lennox ol new toronto he stressed the value of lions club work and maintained that frienashrp around the meeting table is the basis for the successful working of a club it is best to obll gate the club to certain tasks and set a budget for this then go out and raise the money rather than to put oft doing things until the money is raised there is a danger said mr len nox in a club having done one big deed ther sitting back in smug satis faction remember that a club is like a toothache it either gets better or worse with the present war on mr len nox stated that lions should be ready to assist soldiers wives and children not only that but lions should throw every effort into helping the allies win the war and remember britons never shall be slaves lion harold lawrence moved a heart vote of thanks to lion len nox for his instructive remarks a feature of the evening was the presentation of 100 attendance pins to eleven members of the club c v charters harper bull bert bartlett george battershell ed capps art death jack pink alfred sutton gor dorrvtvian ted voices and bert mort lock george battershell was also presented with a key membership for introducing two new members at one meeting in making the presentations lion harold mcclure of georgetown spoke of the growth and achievements the club since its inception ten years ago an original membership of 35 has grown to 43 and among the good works of the club is an 8500 swimm ing pool completely paid for hi urged the members to combat fifth column activities and report any suspicious characters in the neighbor hood to the proper authorities in the present crisis said lion mcclure the canadian economy has improved for example building in april is considerably greater than that of the same month last year this is also true of the brampton lions club which is still expanding 1 country folk say heavy 24th rain needed whlje most town and city folk w bewailing the wet weather on the 24th and during the week end farmers rejoiced more or less although pre cipitation was somewhat heavy in this locality because the ground was be coming very dr in places picnics and other holiday features had to be ailed off as heavy rains fell through out the holiday clearing late sat ufjday the skies continued to be tmeatening oh sunday and the un certalnlty of the weather curtailed holiday travel in many sections of the province thus the highways were jiot as busy as was anticipated car license for 1841 green on white 1941 ontario motor car licenses now being manufactured at the ontario reformatory guelph will have green figures on a white background it is said that the green is a dark shade and will form plenty of contrast to the white and make the plates easy to read more care is neing taken in the manufacture ot the plates since the year 38 when the natural colors of blue and red were hard to dis tinguish at a distance and caused a great deal of controversy 76 of the 245 members op parliament lawyers of the 245 members of the imninion parliament which opened last week 76 ar- lawyers and lead the occupa tloral designations of the members the new house embraces the follow ing lawyers 76 business men 46 farmers 37 doctors 18 teachers 10 civil and mining engineers 9 insur ance agents 7 clergymen 4 trans port services 4 publishers journalists druggists municipal secretaries two each housewife mrs d w nielsen north battleford optometrist but cher arhitect mortician machinist advertising advertising executive ten or more members are retired or classed as gentlemen dr t albert moore s estate published many actions of generosity during the lifetime of the very rev t al bert moore former moderator of the united church of canada were re called when his will revealed the fact that he left only 8347 the for mer secretary of general council held real estate valued at 5250 cash 282 stocks lo miscellaneous 800 his widow receives a life interest in the estate on her death the money will be dlvidea among his three daugh trs mrs percy robinson norma and dorothy all of toronto top salaries of officials of the united church of canada are according to their year book around 3 700 per year moder ators are given a small honorarium over their stipend to cover increased expenses neighbourly news features herald item we hope our readers tune in to neighbourly news with andy dark as news commentator on sunday mornings at 10 o clock mr clazfc features items of interest gleaned from the columns of ontario s weekly newspapers and last sunday quoted the herald as saying haw bjooaf united church had passed weu over the century mark for items of un usual interest and news value listen to andy clark former globe and mall announcer each sunday tills broad- oast is sponsored by the canadian weekly newspapers association a horned owl with a wing spread of four feet was shot down last week end by alex greig of wlldrwood poul try farm mr greig thinks the bird a fine specimen and has shipped it to a taxidermist to have it mounted there is still another owl in tbo vicinity said mr greig which i hope soon to get it is believed the birds have been preying on smaller game and rabbits during the winter and spring congratulations to mr sam charters congratulations are extended to mr samuel charters president of the charters publishing co of brampton who last week celebrated his 77th birthday mr charters a veteran newspaperman and politician was the guest of honor at a dinner party given by his family when he received con gratulations trom a wide circle of friends george rlddall a private with the 11th field ambulance corps and a georgetown boy has made a name for himself among the boxing enthusiasts of the army as well as those of wes tern ontario george first joined for active serviab at guelph later being transferred to london prior to joining the army little had been known of his boxing ability as george preferred hockey and baseball while in georgetown be ing a member of the oj3a junior hockey team that won their group in 1937 and stacked up against waterloo in the first game outside the group to be defeated always a favourite and a fine player of these sports george has likewise done well in the ring up in london last week he defeated billy bonk to gain the middleweight cnampionship of southwestern on tario pte rlddall as he is now known is a son of mr and mrs george rlddatj george st and is now out to give his country the best he has as he did in sport he expects to leave for overseas shortly and we wish htm a safe journey and likewise a safe rec tum home sorval rifle club as the 25 yard range will be closed until the 1st monday in september no more aggregates will be recorded until that date practices will be carried on on the 50 and 100yard ranges- in preparation for the june meet friday and saturday june 14 and 15 the aggregates made monday night are as follows nurse 100 z 10 at- icinson 100 x 10 johnson 100 x 8 meredith 100 x b r w hall 100 x 7 caves 100 x 6 robertson 99 x 8 mc kinney 99 x 6 hustler 99 x 7 a w wilson 99 x 9 o h hau n x i canteton 97 x 8 downs 86x4 norma hall 93 x 4 we understand that the dewmr match will be shot for this year in montreal the cost of bring doesnt seem to have much effect on its jjopnlaruy ballinafad mr robt shortill who underwent quite a erlous operation in lock wood clinic toronto last week l progressing favorably his many friends join in wishing him a speedy recm erj mr sherlock foreman of montreal is spending this week at his home here b fore leaving for new york h re he has been transferred the may meeting of the wm was be d at the home of mrs a mckay with a podd attendance the mem hers anrwercd the roll call with names or mlssloi aries in manitoba and some tl in of heir work mrs a pore mm rav an interesting account of he first chapter of the book the stewardsh p allife which is a study of chrtrtian stewardship the topic from the study book was in charge of mt3 jesse mcfenery and proved to be most interesting it was planned to pack the bale at the end of the week canadian legion resolution suggests prime minister resign we usually find that the things on which we stub our toes are the troub les we carelessly left behind us yester day in an old fashioned courtship they used to turn down the gas in the new fashioned one they step on ltt for all we have and are for all we have and are for al our children s fate stand up and take the war the hun is at the gate our world has passed away in wantonness o erthrown there is nothing left today but steel and fire and stone i though al we knew depart the old commandments stand in courage keep your heart in strength lift up your hand no easy hope or lies shall bring us to our goal but from sacrifice of bod will and soul there is but one task for all one life for each to give what stands if freedom fall who dies if england live rudyard kipling court of revision and short council meeting i the court of revision me on mon day may 27th to hear appeals against the 1940 assessment there was only one appeal that of the imperial oil company against their assessment on tanks and buildings which are not at present being used the assessment was upheld but it was decided to make an adjustment in the business tax tb the company only with the thne in bust ness during the year after the sitting a short council meeting was held with all members present except councillor cttpoa a petition was rece from the barbers in georgetown asking that a by law be passed to regulate closing hours for barber shops tbe matter was laid over to another meeting tax arrears were discussed moved by jas cosugan seconded by t r cave that the 1939 tax roil be accepted and returned to the treasurer and that w o marshall be authorised and instructed to con tinue the collection of all tax arrears moved fay n h brown seconded by k r mcdonald chat the howson re union be allowed the use of the park on june 22nd carried movejfcby s j mackenzie seconded by n h brown that the drinking fountain be installed on mul street as near as practical to the corner of glen williams miss inez wilkinson returned on monday after spending a week in everett at her home miss peggy alderson is in stephens memorial hospital amtn under going an operation for appendicitis miss alice mcmaster of niagara palls n y is spending a week at mrs roy norton s mrs jim wunams spent the noli day week end at oshawa mrs huggln of toronto is spending a few days at olen haven the guest of mrs ouyot mrs townsend and patricia of ha mllton were gdests over the week end at the home of mrs j hepb jr mrs h flews of acton who 18 spending a holiday here with mrs j norton was a visitor recently at the home of mrs p norton two summer cottages an in course of erection in tbe vlhage the following resolution was carri ed unanimously at the regular meet ing of branch no 120 canadian le gion held at georgetown ont on may 23rd 1940 1 that this branch protest the seemlngindifference and lack of initi ative on the part of our government at this time 2 that the members pledge them selves anew to make any sacrifice that may be required of us in this hour of need 3 that we urge the conscription of all the country s resources including manpower wealth and industry 4 that we respectfully request that the prime minister resign and colonel ralston be called upon to form truly national gxrvernment composed of the best brains of all parties hi canada in order that canada may ba organized one hundred percent to win the war 5 that all nazi fascist and com munist organizations be outlawed and that their members be toterned 0 that an adequate defense forest of exservice men be formed- to com bat fifth column activities father of william wetnreb passes in toronto mr arthur weinreb of toronto father of william wetamb of the gflen textile industries ltd- passed away last saturday afternoon in toronto he was in jus 72nd year and had been mr welnreb had been a manufac turer of platinum jewelry but had been retired tor some years he js survived by his widow and four son lester oljrancouver herbert with th canadian forces in gtinrt charles of toronto and william of glen wil liams the funeral service was held en monday afternoon with burial m tor onto perseverance m iron a will obstinacy fj a reckless driver is j tang