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3 the georgetown hcaid wednesday evening july 17th 1940 what other papers say hail to george 43uthrik george guthrie acting chief of police of toronto celebrates the 42nd anniversary of his connection with the force hi that city toronto is lucky indeed to have a man of his enviable attainments in such a position of re aponslblltty i have known him for nearly a score of years and to the performance of his duties he brings a heart of the kindliest and most gen erous impulses towards victims of the seamy side of life whose frailties in human nature force themselves upon bis attention one of his hobbles is amateur port during a wide expert ence in which he served as president of the ontario branch of the amateur athletic union of canada dunnvllle chronicle enough to make a preacher swear dominion day 1940 win long be re membeied by rev 1 s mott united church minister who moved from bervle to tara that morning just prior to teavuig bervle the cleric loan ed his car to a friend to drive a dls tanoe of five miles and in an accident which occurred the machine was dam aged almost beyond repair it is es tlmated that an expenditure of three hundred dollars will be required to place the vehicle in running condition once more mr mott secured another car and drove to tara where he was informed that the moving van in which his household goods were be ing transported from bervle had left the highway on the outskirts of ches jey and toppled over in the ditch in the crash a great deal of household furniture was broken and much valu able glassware smashed entailing an other financial setback of several hundred collars such a series of mis haps clarifies the old expression tsnough to make a preacher swear hanover post keep your town alive a town is very much jike an indivl dual to be flourishing it must have energy end enterprise the people in a town should remember that indlvi dual prosperity depends to a large ex tent upon the character of the place in which their business is located every public measure should be liber ally supported by all especially the business men at the present time there is much competition between towns as there is among persons and business enterprises a man seeking a location will invariably select a town that is up to the times and is eagerly in favou of every modem improve ment a town in these modern days can t afford to be peopled with old fogies or antediluvian fossils who are constantly kick ng at every enterprise to make a flourishing town you must believe r its future and work for it encouraging every improvement make a special effort to exhibit some evi dence of improvement in your own work and character help every worthy man every enterprise and en courage every good man to locate in your town amherstburg echo the han who makes his mark a country editor who evidently had been a close student of human nature turned out the following editorial it is no discredit for a person to have enemies and opposition the world is full of envious people some people envy a successful business man be cause ie has prospered instead of making failure if he occupies a prominen place in the life of a com munity there are people who condemn him because he is more outstanding than they are the only person for whom the world has no animosity is the quiet man who offends no one nor gets in an j body s way he may lead a more contented life but never makes much ol a mark in the world heapeler herald sherwoods of england in canada since l3 the sixth reunion of the sherwood family was held on the mapleshaded community grounds at kilbride re cently more than 100 members in eluding a few 61d time friends were present also five youthful members of the six a generation since the pioneer forefatrers sailed in 1832 from hull england reunions of the family branches have taken place periodical ly sirifce the one hundredth annlver sary of the emigration to canada and his year representatives or the faml ly are again in england with his majesty 5 forces at aldershot luncheon was on the lawn beside the kilbride schoolhouse where the late dr william watson a men of the family once taught greetings were extended by dr edward watson niagara falls dr james sherwood buffalo mr charles readhead mil ton mr james watson of george town the oldest member present mr will russell flint mich mr wu liam bridgman burlington mr w r hum milton mr edward sher wood freeman mr s t coulson milton the sports program was dl recterf by mr jack anderson toron to and mr vernon mcarthur milton they were like that in u a nazi parachutist who landed in a belgian harbor opened fire with an automatic rifle and revolver till he blazed uwa all hls ammunition then he yelled for mercy sa e me he shrieked as five french soldiers dashed towards him th s story was told by a belgian who arrt ed at a wuth coast port in england recently he added i do not know what ha pe e1 to the parachutist but i have a good idea qtsnapsu0t guild take unusual pictures can you identify thli mibjectt the answer la below with other ideas for novel and amusing plctureayou can take w jhen you run out of ideas for the usual type of pictures try your band at unusual pictures look out for novel augle shots and oppor tunities fox puzzle pictures tmb is fun and such shots whi add nov elty to your snapshot album there are all sorts of unusual things worth trying for example odd lighting effects when you are taking night snapshots instead of having your photo bulbs at eye level put them on the floor for a few shots so that they shine up toward your subjects and cast long shad om on the wall its a stunt that yields surprising effects try shots at unusual angles take a picture from an upstairs window with a subject directly below you looking straight upward trya steep upaugle shot of a tall building shoot straight down a stairway wetl the picture above is a shqjtjpta deep circular staircase taken with the camera pointed almost straight down ton 11 agree it makes a novel effect for another stunt try tricks with perspective take a shot of a subject sitting down with his feet extended toward the camera if the feet are fairly close to the lens they will show up absurdly large in the pic ture for shots such as this use the smallest lens opening on your cam era as you need extra depth dt field it won t matter if the nearest objects are align try out of focus but they shouldn t be too fuzzy try some dosrbleexposure tricks for example a closeup shot of a newspaper page and then a close- up of a person on the same film use a dark background for the shot of the person tou can produce some nn usual combination effects in this manner try all these stunts and keep your eyes open for other novel pic ture chances theyll give added spice to your camera hobby 169 john van guilder reminiscences of georgetown we continue from our last issue the reminiscences of georgetown by c w young a native son and written for this paper back in lfiqo pappy chahley8 party beyond the white bridge all was farm land east of that on or near the main highway lived pappy john kennedy as he was called a nickname whdui his son charley wore after him perhaps there are some who can yet recall puppy charleys party which was the fevertt of years i think a new house had been built and the party was a housewarming charley was a genial good natured boy whom every body liked he did not bother much otoout irvltatlon but went around with a big farm sleigh and gathered up everybody in town and brought them to thq new house there was music aplenty and games of all kinds especially of the forfeit and kissing variety but no dancing as that was taboo owing to religious scruples carets were equally under the ban but some of us youngsters betook our selves to a secluded room and got our first lessor in draw poker from a young southern boy who was attend ing mr padcs school and was up to everything the supper was no skimpy affair but an old fashioned country meal of turkeys in dozens ham loaves at bread and cakes and pies till you couldn t rest it was plump daylight when pappy charley delivered the last of his human freight at then- homes but one at least will never forget the joyous occasion dancing opinion was sharply divided in this primitive community on the subject of dancing tc many it was an innocent amusement and anathema to others in some houses a few people could hardly gather without the piano going merrily and chairs and tables were hastily shoved aside for cotillions eight hand reels money musk qua drllle and lancers as an innovation with a virginia reel or sir roger de coverley as the invariable wind up there were of course waltzes galops polkas ihottlsches mazourkas etc but square dances were the favorites if there was a dance at milton streetsvdle acton or erin village uierc were plenty who thought noth ing of dilvlng the 10 or 15 miles to dance all night till broad day light and go home witl the girls in the morning with plenty of blankets and real but falo robes the drive over the snow on a bright winters night was con idered uo hardship in view of the fun at the end tavern sprees the tavern dances or sprees a thc we called which were a necci ar sequel to shoot ng matches and almost any kind of public gathering were f row ed upon by tie quality but the youngsters used to think it great fun to watch them through the window i a single fiddler or two constituted the orchestra ho made up lor harmony by the enerj put into their elbows one artist in his way i recall was bill walton berry whose services were always in demand he was not pnly a good fiddkr but a prime caller off an indispensable factor one can almost hear 1 is stentorian voice balance all suing jour parti ers alle mand left kiss or cheat promen ade to seats etc naturally the pi in cipal revtnue came from the bar room and the closing hours of u esc prees wtre sometimes scandalous more old timers in a large frame house on tl e soutl bide of the main street lived robert young dlslon court clerk wl o was an inveterate smoker he bought his t d cla pipes by the box and only bmoked them a few days and put them carefully away in another box us boys thought they wore just right then and whenever we wanted a pipe we used to raid uncle roberts cache with robert young lived a nephew david dolg who came out rrom scot land as a boy was educated in george town went sailing and soldiering in the american army and joined lhe canadian expedltloi that went by tl e dawson route to fort garry under general wolsej and took his part in squelching the first belt rebellion this was in 1870 i u ink afur tie war was over david young he hav lng taken his uncle s name worked for an old irishman named hlgglns and developed his business into the leading store in the i ew city of winnipeg he was a daring real es tate operator in the boom times and accumulated a large fortune but died comparatively poor along sde robert yo ing lived w w roe i burly warm hearted irish man ani the most popular and sue cessful auctioneer in that part of the pountry mr roe was also a keen sportsman and a crack shot and pos sessed an army of dogs hounds most a how ling pack always follow lng is vehicle as he drove through the streets his son dr w j roe after wards occupied the homestead east of mr roe on the same side of the st eet an enllghman named statham kept a tin shop he was quite musical and was for many years bandmaster of the town band opposite mr moore kept a general store but later moved down town into the store formerly james youngs hardware he was bailiff of the dl vision court after mr moore moved out two young men charley chlsholm and frank re mane came from oakvllle and kept a general store for a short time chlsholm afterwards invented a machine for threshing green peas which came into general use in can ada and the united states and from which he realized a fortune in royal ties below mr moore an english tailor named bailey made clothes for the villagers there was also a tailor namd vanallen who became turn key or th county goal at milton also a mr gddee further down the street and another rather more modern a mr rue the baileys were all musical and their singing of old bnglish songs was a feature of many gatherings mlx- zledeboo the mistletoe bough being always called faf and applaud ed to the echo half way down the hill nearly op posite the baileys was a large frame house the upper portion of which was divided into tenements and in the basement a china shop kept by the owner of the building a mr rob inson a tall florid man heavily built there was an irishman named shea who lived in a shanty next to robin sons h1f son thomas shea was given a good education and went to hamilton where he had a good post lion in tht separate schools in that city e w leonard a retired gentleman lived adjoining the pond afterwards the home of thomas ruston who kept a drug store further down the street elijah travis had a planing mill and a dwelling adjoining which was fed from the lower dam the water paslng under the main street and after having served mr travis be ing conducted in a wooden flume to the flour mill formerly kennedys but for a long time owned by lawrence hose whose daughter miss laura rose was a leading farmers institute worker and married in the eastern townships que near mr travis a liquor store was kept by a mr parker but that was a rood deal later in the history of the village i think the creelman factory is about in the old parker place continued next week member for peel asks for tax exemptions on bbamp ton s win the war donations gordon graydon mp for peel county aked last week in parliament for a clarification on the status of brampto 1 citizens who contribute to a win the war fund in that town this committee he stated pro poses to make one or perhaps two ap peals a year and to disburse its f nds to the red cross the salvation arm the canadian legion and so on in a fixed proportion explaining that as he understood it persons contributing to this fund were not allowed the fifty per cent exemption given for direct donations to these organizations he asked for a statement from the minister of finance clarifying this point mr ilslej minister of finance re plied that it was decided that a strict limiting ol the number of organize lions doiatlons to which allow a fifty per ceit tax exemption was the wisest course these five organizations are red cross canadian legion ymca salvatini army knights of colum bus as the brampton win the war funds go to organizations outside this classification donations to these are included only in the ordinary 10 per cent oxlfrptlon furti ermoie said mr ilslej onlj a ery very small proportlo i of givers give more than ten per cent of tl elr incomes to c aritie provincial govanamentb receive v rcw surveys on homes for refugees details of the homes offered for refugees in each province are being forwarded to each provincial govern ment now as the special surveys are being completed by hundreds of vol unteer workers under the voluntary registration of canadian women in making this announcement miss mar garet hyndman kc director of or ganlzatlon stated that in addition to these special provincial surveys on registration a set of cards containing the complete registration details were being sent on loan to children a aid headquarters in the provinces as their authorities had stated that this was the most practical form in which they could make the beet use of the in formation prepared by the vrcw id addition a set of cards is being re turned to provincial headquarters of the v ji c w and over 80000 are now with the dominion government in ot tawa this survey on the thousands of homes hroughout canada offered for refugees has been made by a special volunteer staff of girls working in space provided by the university of toronto at the reqqest of the on tario provincial government in ad ditlon many thousands of business girls are still at work in space donat ed by theii employers to complete the tabulation of the 250 000 questionnaires received speaking in the house of commons on june 18th on the mobilization of canada s resources prime minister mackenz king said i should like here to express the war appreciation of the government of the valuable work already accomplished through the voluntary registration or women un derlaken as a spontaneous contrlbu lion to the development of canadian efficiency in war time rhe fullest use will be made of the results of the register now being com pleted authorities of children s aid socie ties ar recognizing the fact that the amount of information on these cards is of extreme value in that most of the questions if not all asked in a pre llmlnary interview are here gathered and tabu ated in a form which can be used most speedily this means that through the efficient work of the vrcw very important information is avalub c immediately the num ber of details on each questionnaire with a maximum possibility of 93 gives a preliminary picture of the home that is very valuable to those wl o are considering taking refugees th number of homes offered free of charge is remarkably high throughout canada one f tl e interesting developments of the voluntary work conducted through his nation wide registration of canadian women is the volunteer offers for help of all sorts which are pouring j to headquarters scores of teachers of french dutch swedish have offered to donate their holidays thi summer to teaching refugee chil riren to seak and understand english they have offered their time for wat in any way in helping to adjust ttav children to canadian life tamil i in the psychological departments via are used to handling problems of child lire have volunteered to do tbdr part in helping to establish the dren as happily as possible on dlan soil the volunteer spirit shown in tlm minutely detailed work of hundred and thousands of girls carrying os until far in the night with the sank type of work which they do all da is an impressive sight over 80000 completed cards in um special q tallflcatlons requested by ttkft dominion government are now in ot tawa these cards aijaelnghas over to the depahsjerrt for referent where they will be most needed why should we fight he asked nml cause england is at war why are they fighting now dad what are they fighting for what does it mean to you dad to babe and mums and me the germans won t come here from away across the sea so why should you go there dad and leave us here to cry is it cause england owns us is tha the reason why his eyes looked widely at me i i tightly held my son l and this is how i answered his questions one by one we fig it when england calls us for in her sacred keep the ashe of our fathers lie in her soil asleep and many times for england they fought that shed be free and they are part of england and so my son are we i and some may pass her by lad and some may scorn her band but we must be forever a part of that fair land for everything we have son thats good and fine and just was washed in british blood and g ven to us in trust and we must keep that trust boo against the force of greed and figh beside old england whnevei shes in need and once again she s calling across the empire wide and all her empire answers you ii find us at your side oh yes w e re owned by england but we own england too as you are part of me son and i am part of you harold wood a patriotic manicure a beauty shop proprietor in holly wood has a new kind of manlcan tiny american flags are painted as the ladles fingernails and procaeata from this are donated to the e cross to help ton pay yodr income tax neit april 30th head office it is none too soon to begin to provide funds for paying youx necessarily increased income tax when it falls due next april here is a practical plan an income tax savings account open immediately at the bank a special savings account just for income tax purposes and deposit each week each fortnight or each month enough of your income to accumulate by next april the full amount of your tax by faithfully following this plan you will be fully prepared and will avoid embarrassment the bank of montreal is glad to offer this special service to make it somewhat easier for you to meet your tax obligation to help our country bank of montreal established kit georgetown branch a c welk manager a bank where all accounts all iicom1