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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening july 17th 1940 1 50 per annum in advance 2 00 to u sa glimpses ot parliament by hughes cleaver haltons mrfber i ottawa dht july 16th 1940 last week was a very eventful one at ottawa the necessary bttla- were introduced setting up the new departments of national defence for kaval services and of national war service and late friday evening the now ministers were sworn to hon j q gardiner the new minister for national war services has appointed bis deputy ministers r consider able organization work has already been done in preparation for a na tional registration of everyone in canada over sixteen years of age while the estimated cost of this reg istration has been set at two million dollars the request has been made that so far as possible this work should be done voluntarily during the week end i took the matter up with the presidents of the liberal and the conservative associations for the county and with mr george at kins and many others as a result i was able to wire the minister that halton county would be responsible for the registration of its citizens with out any cost to the country the reg istration will be done in four days and will commence about the third week in august an organization meeting will be ceiled in about a weeks tune and full particulars will appear in the press hon j l- ralston the new minis ter of defence made a general state ment in the house on wednesday last with reference to our troops and equipment in respon miestion by the leader of the op position and as i believed the county wouldllke to have this information i quote the following extracts from the ministers answer mr ralston my hon friend has put me tn a difficult position particu larly with regard to his inquiries re specting troops going overseas i have in mind without fixing any date whatever that a very large body will be proceeding overseas very shortly these are not directly troops of the second d vision i have in mind also that on account of communications which have been received from the government of the united klnydom a substantial part of the second divi sion is row on special duty outside canada i have in mind also that communications have been passing m the last few days with regard to the remalnde- of the second division and yesterday i spent all morning with the staff officers and with the officer designate in command of the second division aiscusstng the question as to the wisest policy having regard to the communications to which i have re ferred my hon friend will understand that the situation is naturally a difficult one we have to take account 9 the situation in canada the require ments here and the possibilities which may arise with respect to the defence of canada and the necessity for having trained troops here ready to move should the emergency de mand it we have to take into con sideration what might be regarded as our more distant lines of defence and we have to consider the communica tions exchanged with the united kingdom from time to time with re gard to the best disposition having re- gard to the greatest advantage to the common cause if i might digress for a moment the canadian troops at present en listedand there is something like 70 000 of them in canada or close to that number are required to per- fonn a variety of duties demanding varied training they are required for coastal defence that is one type of duty they are required as guards of internment and prison camps they are required as guards of vul nerable points they are required for the purpose of the tactical defence of canada should the necessity arise detachments are required also to go to the outposts of this continent or the ouposts of empire to perform special duties on their own initiative and i should perhaps point out that in some instances these special duties make a special call on equipment and accommodation reducing what is available for the forces training here which might be avoided 11 troops went to the united kingdom and in aodltlon to the various pos slble activities i have mentioned our soldiers may be sent to england in the short space of time since i have essumed office i assumed office last saturday morning i have felt that the necessity in canada was to give fundamental training drill tn discipline in musketry the different things that go to make up the basis of a soldiers work and then glv special training having regard to the dlffereni jobs which they may be called upon to do that is what we are endeavouring- to do at the present time every soldier who can be sent will be sent wherem it is considered he can be used most effectively i have a responsibility to the people of canada and to the em- jjjreasjrellajklih6ll try if i may put m in the first person to discharge that responsibility to the best of my ability in the endeavour to dispose of the troops as may seem necessary under the circumstances i can assure the committee that i am fully alive to the needs of the sit uation and the diverse requirements which we in canada are called upon to face i may say further that i in tend to speak tonight to the people of canada to inform them that as a result of the authorizations which have been given there will be room for nearly 40 000 man the canadian active service force and in addition to that if men do not want to enlist in the canadian active service force and to spend their full time soldiering at the momentthey will have an opportunity of enlfsting in the nonpermanent active militia and putting in two weeks training at headquarters and two in camp or all in headquarters or in camp as facili ties may allow thirdly if they do not desire to enlist in either of the units in six weeks time the first quotas will be called out for training in connection with the general mobili zation i shall try to indicate the opportunity and the need for the en listing and organization of manpower in these large numbers that i have in dicated so that we may be able to train them to meet whatever exigen cies may arise with regard to equipment my hon friend has touched upon a point of interest to us all a point of vital in terest to me he knows that there are items of personal equipment and items of unit equipment in connection with which there is a shortage the situation was that up to two months ago in exchange for our wheat and obher things that we were selling to the old land great britain desired us to permit her to supply as far as pos slble the heavy unit equipment neces sary for these units that time has gone by in the united states there were also sources of supply but the situation has changed there as well the result is that canada is very much on her own in regard to supplying of equipment when i say that we are doing everything possible i want hon members to take that assurance one hundred per cent ten days before i assumed this post i had a conference with the acting minister of national defence mr power the minister of munitions and supply mr howe his officers and our staff officers and we went over every item of equipment we could think of plans as definite as possible were made for the production or procurement it cannot be all done at once and i am sorry it is not going to be faster than it is just as quickly as we can in this country and from other sources of supply of equipment for our own needs regardless entirely of united kingdom sources of supplies we are dealing with this situation 1 as the hon member for yale mr stirling remarked if we send a sec ond division we expect to procure overseas e good deal of the heavy unit equipment the rofcor trans port for the second division is over there now we expect to have bren gun carriers and a little later to be able to send them over in replace ment of those to be supplied by the united kingdom in the first instance other items of equipment were to be obtained over there let me say just one word further with regard to uniforms i am told that seiges are coming in at the rate of fourteen hundred thousand a week summer dress at the rate of twenty one thousand a week and that those amounts will be substantially celerated within the next two or three weeks the other highlight of the week was mr kings offer to members of the opposition to become associate mem bers of the war council or falling this to join in weekly conferences with the war committee so that the opposition groups would at all times be kept fully advised of what was tak ing place wlui reference to the war effort the leader of the opposition requested a few days to think lhe matter over and later declined stat ing that in his opinion it might have the effect of preventing him from properly carrying out his duty as leader of the opposition leaders of other opposition groups in the house reached the same conclusion from uil it would appear that for the present in any event the govern ment will carry on as iris now con stituted just as sir robert borden and the then conservative govern ment carried on during the first three years of the great war second henry reunion rhe beautiful grounds of femdale park cheltenham with the fern bor dered ciedlt river as a background was the setting for the second re union of the henry family descen dants of the family which came from ireland and settled in cheltenham about one hundred years ago over ont hundred members of the clad registered and the afternoon was spent in renewing old friendships and making new mr wtai mcfad- den mr a a mattfcfiws and mr a v noble took charge of a short sports program presenting prizes to the suc cessful entrants mr w j henry milton 83 and mrs wm henry cheltenham 80 were the two oldest present while the- twoyearold daugh ter of mrs w a davenport toroni to and the twoyearold twin sons of mr and mrs wm holmes ot ole cross were the mrs smittf of orangevlue received the prize for the mothet of the largest family while mr wm devereaux of wlnnu peg came the greatest distance a the refireshtnent committee oof posed of mrs dalton patterson and mrs wllmer lundy of orangcnille mrs wm holmes olen cross mrs g henry homings mills mrs a v noble shelburne served a bountiful supper in the tea room and pavilion and all did full justice the president w j henry of cheltenham was master of cerecnon- ronald lundy and stuart mcfad- den eightyearold sons of mr and mrs wlmer lundy and mr and mrs wm mcfadden pleased the audience with their humorous recitation little grace henry four years old daughte- of mr and mrs elwood henry sang precious jewels and the throe hutchinson sisters daugh ters of mr and mrs w a hutchin son nrojiaed the musical part short speeches followed from w j henry muton the oldest man w h henry cheltenham a a matthews brantford l pingland toronto wm dovereaux winnipeg alan o clark lfaslde j c henry water down anc mrs gordon graydon brampton who expressed her hus band s regret at being unable to be present mr john henry columbia palls montana and mrs d carruthem avenlng sent letters of good wishes the 1940 executive was reelected hon president mr wm h henry cheltenham presldeu t mr w j henry chel tenham secretary mrs wm mcfadden milton treasurer mr jas mitchell to ronto refreshment committee mrs h devereaux mrs j armstrong sci miss mar e watson all of george town mrs wm wilkinson chelten ham mrs gordon graydon and mrs r a hi ry brampton it wa decided to hold the 1941 re union at pemdale park after singing god save the king all parted expressing their happiness in meetuig their kith and kin amid such happy surroundlgs rural mail couriers meet the regular monthly meeting of the hsaton group of the mall couriers as soclatlou was held at the home of mr and mrs j r williams olen williams on monday evening mr charles parker georgetown presided over a fair attendance of couriers including a few visitors from the peel county group a long discussion took place over the questionnaire sent out by the cen tral board re the rebate of the gas tax it was particularly stressed by the dominion secretary mr harold webster of acton that these be filled in accurately as they will all be filed for future reference by the depart ment of highways in an interview which the minister of highways requested a short time ago with our vice president mr e boulton of markham mr mcquesten expressed the view that we have a strong cise for the rebate as the greater part of our gas consumption is on wf back concessions and the gas tax is essentially a highway tax he promised a favourable consideration of the matter in the next estimate provided the association can supply a fairly accurate estimate of the prob able cost to the province mr c parker miss nora krantz and j r williams were appointed delegates to attend the annual con vention in peterboro on sept 2 and 3 the annual meeting for the election of officer for the coming year will be held after the convention and will probably be followed by a corn roast in whlcti che peel group will join us light refreshments served by the ladles of the group was followed by ome tea cup reading by one of the lady members of the peel group and a social hair hour brought to a closi another enjoyable meeting two halton county men on civil guards advisory committee major j a galrdner of burling ton and major j g blair are two of the twtlvt members who will sit on an advisory board for the purpose of co ordlrnting activities of volunteer civ guards in ontario the committee will prepare a syllabus of training lor the men as well as ad vising such bodies of any means which w ill increase their effectiveness it is not yet decided whether the civil guards will be armed other members of the nine man committee are major e h lancaster st catharines major h f dann east york col n r robinson wal kerton cot r b smith oshawa dr p n downe sudbury coi s c woodrow sarnla and col w a andrews st thomas district farmers sellcattlf prom the holstein friesian asso elation of canada comes word of some tattle sales of interest to george town farmers arthur chlckering jr of walpole new hampshire has pur chased purebred holstelns from j a mckane georgetown wm hunter and w b mountain terra cotta and h lyons norval other far mers supplying stock to mr chlcker ing include the l mcgee estate r e grafton o h ralne william b reld sc sons all of brampton and inje lyonr streetsville anoth new hampshire fanner frank caron of salem purchased cattle from george ireland freeman- graham farnell and irene faram married quietly at grand valley graham albert farnell son of mr and mrs a e farnell and edith irene fnram daughter of mr and mrs s f faram were married quietly last saturday at the united church manse in grand valley rev j j dermld performed the ceremony the brde given in marriage by her father wore a dress of periwinkle blue with white hat and accessories ind carried a bouquet or red roses miss barbara faram was her sisters attendant wearing pink organdie and hat to match after a brief wedding trip mr and mrs farnell will take up residence in georgetown where mr farnel is in the grocery business with his father fair sized crowd at theatre night a good number of georgetown peo pie turned out for the wtnthewar night at the gregory theatre or monday two hundred dollars worth of war savings stamps were sold by the thpatxe here and one hundred and ftfj dollars worth in acton no assessment revision in halton county this year georgetown fair granted 1150 00 tlie july meeting of halton county council was held in milton yester day all members were present and the waroen in the chair at the afternoon session representa tives were present from the various fall fair boards petitioning the coun cil for the customary annual grant towards their respective fairs mr e m rcadhead representing halton county fair gave a good ac count of the annual fall fair held in muton and after requesting a grant tawd that any surplus accruing from this year i receipts would be given over to war work just what form this war work would take had not been decided possibly advice might be sougu as to the best way in which any such surplus might be used mr frank pctch representing georgetown fair stated that the department of agriculture had requested that tall talrs in lude school fair work in their program insofar as it was possible ihls georgetown fair board was en- deavoiring to do they were also do ing every thing they could do in other ways to ensure the success of the talr and would ask the rtnancial sup port of the county toward this end mr e thclrford on behalf of the acton fair spoke briefly but lert no doubt as to the success of acton fall fair and requested the continued support of the county the warden assured these gentle men that their requests would be considerco and the decision of the council made known repots of the standing committees were considered in committee of the whole with mr w a wilson reeve of esqueslng in the chair wheft cou somewha heated discussion took place regarding the fall fair grants this was after the following resolution had been placed before the council moved by mr robertson nelson seconded by mr may tesqueslng that a grant of 320 be paid to the halton county fair and that the grants made to the several municipali ties be dscontinued in presenting this resolution mr robertson explained that in his opin ion the county was financially inter ested in the halton county fair and therefore it was in the interest sf the counts to support it if the other fairs wished to continue that should continued on page 5 georgftown widgets wallop milton and tte for first place playing their fourth game tn the miltonacton georgetown league the georgetown midgets sponsored by the lions club defeated milton on tues day night coming out on the right side of an 18 7 score led by mcmenem who allowed only six hits to the milton team the giorgetown lads played fine ball gar nering eighteen lilts from wilson and kennedy the milton pitchers milton will have a chance for re venge on thursday when the teams meet agaii in a fight for flrht place to date they are tied with two wins and two losses apiece word has also come frcm copper cliff that scheduled game with that team will take place on civic holiday weekend ind georgetown bell fans are eagerly looking forward to the big event georgetown beaumont ss gum- mer 1 f cofell 1 f murphy 2b r mcmenemy 3b wilson c f ailing ham c f lane lb harlow c brandford r f j mcmenemy p 18 run 14 hits errors milton l evans 2b c qervais 1 f kennedy c f p h evans ss scott lb orenke 3b wilson p c f armstrong rf ford r f pat terson c 7 runs 6 hits 3 errors lightning strikfs home in town a severe thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain swept over the district on monday lasting only fifteen minutes it did its share of damage ernie coles house was struck by harod cleave lost three purebred hol stein jnilk cows and other farmers in thedlstrict are reported jo have lost cattle which were struck by lightning red cross garden party don t forget the red cross garden party t mrs nixon s home tomor row night canvassers have been busy and a large advance sale of tickets is reported a special squad has been detailed from the lome scots regiment to assist local police in protecting mrs nixon s property and it is to be hoped that everyone will be careful where they walk acting chief g s guthrie marks 42 years on toronto police force ashgrove the garden party at ashgrove united church was postponed owing to rain until august 1 the same talent has been secured the welners and rolls bought for the garden party were voted the best ever t the social held in the church basement on monday evening when a splendid crowd arrived games and music completed a very pleasant evening mrs wylle and miss mona wylie of st catharines visited with mrs mil ler over the week end miss lulu graham and miss irene huffman were visitors at mr and mrs r j graham s recently the w i met on tuesday at the home of mrs n stark with a good attendance the president mrs engleby was in the chair our red cross work received considerable at ten lion and plans and committees were formed miss elsie bird and miss edith wrlgglesn orth two delegates to the girls conference at the oac in may jave a very interesting sum mary of part of their stay there they will give the rest at the girls meeting in august umehouse the regular monthly meeting of the lunehouse wms was held at the home o mrs w a lane on thurs day visitor- over the week end included mr and mrs e morrow mr and mrs wesley lane and miss isobel lane of toronto miss gladys packer of geogetown and mr r lane with mrs robj lane mr and mrs w greenlees and little daughter marianne and mr and mrs geo pearson ail of milton with mi and mrs a w benton mlsa conner of toronto formedy of scotland is spending a week with mrs a hill mr and mrs nicholas le sellleur of toronto called on friends in the neighbourhood on saturday a number of villagers have report ed using their green peas during the past week and mr s m wright has been using his new potatoes which are repoited of good size straw berries are over for this year in this neighbourhood glen williams mr and mrs jack fry and joey spent last week in brighton holiday ing with friends mr and mrs clayton allen and mr and mrs wm everson jr spent sunday at niagara falls trevo williams and buster hale v ere wiek end visitors at orchard beach lake slmcoe among the soldier boys home for the week end were ptes clarence win field bud hill and jim bell mr and mrs wm bailey and boys of brampton were visitors on sunday at the 1 ome or mr and mrs jos mcmenem sr mrs harold bennett who has been a patient in st josephs hospital guelph for several weeks hopes to be able to return home this week the members of the loj1 the joi and the ltb accompanied by the glei williams fyfe and drum band ctlcbrated the glorious 12th in mlmico on saturday lan bites dog lunuil mcgurk herald correspond ent at neplusultra in nonpareil town ship has sent us a signed story claim ing to have discovered two fields of oats which do not have letter b on leaf mcgurk says he is now on the trail of a field of barley which has not letter v or w on leaves inasmuch as this is the correspond ent who brought down considerable censure on local heads a few years ago by reporting the presence of an ogpugestapo or whatever it was in factory creek we hesitate to endorse the recent dispatch we are having the facts investigated and hope to liave the correct version one way or the other next week the ladles auxiliary to canadian legion and their friends spent a very uapp day on monday july 15th in a bus trip to peterboro then at bur leigh palls boarded a boat and had a d cruise round the islands landing again at lakeflet3 after hv- ing dinner in peterboro they proceeded to rice lake inn and danced far an hour the weather was perfect the tour was conducted by mr g crlpps of toronto thirtyfour ladles took this trip and mrs tom grieve was in charge of the party druggist challenges potatoe growers s p chapman local druggist has issued a challenge to potato growers to bent the plant growing in his gar den which stands 43 inches in height always a welcome visitor to georgetown the article we are about to pub- llsh concerns one of georgetowns most higuyesteemed and ever wel come old boys george scott guth rie now acting chief of police of to ronto to georgetown and glen- wllltams friends mr guthrie la known mere familiarly as just george guthrie and it will be remembered by the older residents of this com munity bow the guthrie family lived on emery st in the house how oc cupied by mr and mrs vance kent- ner while george guthrie and we must not forget his brother nat is at present a very busy man as acting chief of one of the world s most com petent police forces he has ever been interested in the activities of the horn town and in past years has been a prominent figure air fall fairs sports events old boys reunions and other gatherings to meet him one is struck by the kindliness and friend liness that comes from the heart and we cannot feel but how fortunate this metropolitan area la in having george guthrie as head ol their police force fortytwo years ago saturday july 6th geoige scout guthrie then s young man was sworn in as a con stable on the toronto police force today he is acting chief constblb charged with ths law enforcement and safety of that big city wth j00t police officers under his control and direction p fortytwo years ago ofiorge chithi made his way to toronto from george town to be a policeman that a what he wanted to be it was in his blood his brother nat was there ahead of him he then had been with the department two years his grandfather guthrie was an inspector of the royal irish constabulary the toronto force consisted of 37tt men all ranks in six divisions the city had a population of 200000 but since then the present acting chief constable has gone far in the work ha apparently was cut out for he looked far ahead likeall young men hoping some day promotion would come his way he prepared himself as he went from one ofdce to another through three of the facet importait executive posts on the force inspector of detectives chief in spector uien deputy chief constable to be entrusted with the all important duties of acting chief during qen- eral drapers absence on war service f01 a few years he walked the beat then he was assigned to mounted dutv seen years after joining he was given his detectives badge from then on he gained promotion he was a detective and sergeant of detective for 18 years his ability won him the office of inspector of detectives which he held until 1928 when he was ap pointed chief inspector and became one ot gen drapers most trusted aides on the retirement of deputy- chief pogue five years ago guthrie was appointed deputy chief and given wide powers of adminstration and discipline he has been president of the chief constables association of canada for two years and was secretary for five year his hobby outside of police work s ms home he is a staunch supporter of athletics he was sprinter in his youth and always has encouraged the athletic activities of the police he is also a writer of police articles a keen student of public affairs and enjoys hunting and fishing he wan a prize or 200 in gold at the world congress of police chiefs with a paper on extradition his essay was awarded second prize in a contest in which 43 nations participated he a on the honor after a brief overnight preparation when he was called upon to prepare the paper by samuel j dickson then chief of toronto balunafad rev and mrs a o w foreman are spending their holidays at wlg- wasson on lake rosseau muskoka miss margaret roszell of george town is visiting with her aunt mrs b vannatter the arnual sunday school plana was held at stanley park erin on friday july 12th there was a good attendance and everyone enjoyed the ball games and programme of sports despite the rather cool weather tme members or the wa met for their july meeting at the home of mrs f w shortill the president mtj r mcenery led in responsive reading in psalm 715 mrs w wiley then led in prayer a short period was then devoted to business mrs a starjet gave a reading entitled in spiration fromvour garden jo anna shortm conducted an mrereat lug auto- and also pla 1 piano solo refreshments were served at the close of the meeting canadian red cross sood3tt surgical suppues deft the following shipment is going forward this weett 30 surgical dressings 19 x 12 80 surgical dressings 9 x 10 120 surgical dressings 9x5 400 wipes a x a 13 god compresses 4x4 50 factory cotton bandages 3 50 factory cotton bandages 4 60 flannelette- bandages alas 8