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the georgetown herald seventyrfouith year of publication wednesday evening july 3 1st 1940 1 so per annum in advance 2 00 to u sa ralston announces plans for training manpower glimpses of parliament by hughes cleaver haltons member qttawa july 30 1940 last evening and today the cabinet ministers charged with- the responsi bility of our war effort made detail ed reports of canada 8 war work down to the present time the following are extracts from the statement given by the honourable mr ralston i think it would help toward clear er thinking greater confidence and more effective action if we understand and agree on the broad principles of our defence policy i conceive that there are two main aspects two main aspects first a shortterm policy which is to combine in maximum degree and in minimum time with other coun tries to defeat the common enemy in the present war and this country a- long with the united kingdom and the other dominions is turning night into day and leisure into ceaseless ac tivity to bring about that result secondly there is the longterm as pect it seems distant and relatively unimportant at tine minute but we must realize and prepare to meet th absolute necessity for a comprehen sive organization of canada s armed forces so fhat whatever befall we shall in future be a country which shall be as adequately prepared as it can pos sibly be to take care of its own re sponsibilities in respect to defence speaking generally the method to be conttrued and intensified is the maximum development of all our re sources in manpower in weapons in equipment and in training facilities lie objective is that canada may throw its i mili p in- j the scale in the most effective man- ner and in the minimum of time we are fully agreed regarding the general order of priority which should be considered in connection with our tailltary preparations immediate category in the immediate category jt place the following first the re strengthening and the adequate organization of our flxedgind mobile defences and our armed forces in the area of our eastern seaboard and of the approaches of the st lawrence as will be immediately re cognized this is our most vulnerable area measurer have been taken accord lngly and i can announce that a command headquarters is being set up inunedlatejy in the maritlmes to or ganlze control and coordinate for operational purposes the forces in this area these will include the canadian active service force and the non- fermanent militia forces which are or will be located there the object is to use them hi the best advantage in conjunction with the coast defence forces wherever an attack may threa ten included in this command will be the canadian forces in newfound land i need hardly say that in presently concentrating increased energies on the requirements of our east coast it is not to be assumed for an instant that the continued strengthening of our west coast defences is being in any way overlooked secondly but of equal importance and only secondary in the matter of immediate urgency is the continued concentration of our resources on the training and equipping of the cana dian active service force now organi sed in this country where these troops will evertually serve depends ol course on the developments 6f the future in the meantime our policy is to continue the training and equipping these i nits eventually as divisions ao that they may be ready for oper ations in whatever theatre they may be required either in canada or over seas th front line is the island fortress of the british isles and we will shortly have a corps of two com plete divisions and ancillary troops in that front line the house may be interested to know that my advisers are definitely of the opinion that it would not serve the common cause at this time to have additional canadian forces added to such a corps it must be remem bered that there is at the moment no shortage of manpower in england the real demand is for equipment i am giving away no secret when i state that it is impossible for the united kingdom to make up in two or three weeks the losses of equipment suffered bj the gallant british expedl tionary force during its epic struggle in and subsequent withdrawal from france in addition to this general state ment wmch i have quoted verbatim the minister informed us t we now nave lssucu men in all under arms and that two complete divisions with ancillary troops are overseas no further troops w 111 be sent overseas the present time as there is no need for them the plan is to dls continue recruitment in 4he noii p active militia on august the 15th and that after that date groups of men will be called up com- pulsorily for a short course of train ing it is anticipated that these men till be called in groups of approx mately 30 000 at a time which would mean that over the next 12 months canada will give a limited amount of training to 360 000 additional men as the war develops it is becoming in creasingly apparent that barring some unforseen change in events canada s main effort toward winning the war will be through the air force the navy and the production of war supplies rather than through the supplying of infantry the honourable c o power and the honourable c d howe both gave statements in regard to the air force and as these statements have some overlapping i am grouping them both together for the purpose of this re port the air training scheme as orl- the air training scheme as ori ginally contemplated provided for the construction of some 69 projects eluding 26 elementary training schools 10 air observers schools bombing and gunnery schools flight training schools navigation schools etc under the original scheme the construction of these schools was to be spread over period of two years and a half this has all now been changed the num ber of projects has been increased to 120 and 90 of these are to be com pleted by november of this year you will gain some idea of the magnitude of the scheme when i tell you that it involves the purchase of 30000 acres of land the moving of 144 million cubic yards of earth and the expen diture of something- over sioooooooo as to the supply of aircraft canada s original scheme of 1 000 planes a year has ben stepped up to an estimated production of over 4 000 planes in 1941 orders have now been placed for some 3200 planes of which 257 have already beendeuveredv25 fi ed planes having been delivered last week our original plan was that oarada should produce training planes orly and that the fighter planes and bombers would be pro duced in the old country our pro ductlon is now being orgaalzed so that we also ir canada will be producing both fighters and bombers we have now just over 2 000 air pilots air gunners and air observers training in the 10 training units which nre now fully complete and by the end of 12 months facilities should be ready for the training of at least 25 000 air crew personnel annually our total air force enlistements to date are 19 453 military funeral for samuel hurst samuel herbert hurst mr samuel herbert hurst who passed away at his summer borne on the 7th line on tuesday july 33rd was burled with military honours last thursday afternoon mr hurst was a veteran of the last war serving in france with the 204th battalion as a sergeant he was a member of the local branch of the canadian legion born in kingston in 1876 he was a son of the late mr and mrs john hurst he was engaged in business cut stone contractor with quar ries located at glen williams lime- house and toronto his time was divided between toronto and george town and he had homes in both knox garden party draws good crowd the weatherman smiled on knox church garden party last friday and a day which threatened rain turn ed into a beautiful cool evenjng the patty was held at the lovely home of mrs william a mcqlure on the ninth line just outside town limits during the early evening a section of the guelph kiltie band of which georgetown s e r magloughlen is a member delighted scotch hearts with some stirring selections on the pipes with true scottish stolidity they play ed on ignoring the tenminute blackout which occurred during their performance lighting restored rev douglas davidson briefly introduced russ crelghton s variety entertainers and turned the evening over to russ crelghton who announced his own show the bright spot of this is wee clara pelly who though not so wee as last year ably carries the show on her capable little shoulders singing tapdancing and an amazing exhibition of acrobatics are included in this little girl s repertoire one of her best numbers was a goof us dance which is as clever as anything this writer has seen another youngster little don ild spence made several upptaranu places 30day training sebeme begins in october single men firs pay willbe 120 a day little tot hit by auto on mill st darting across the street on mill street vesterday afternoon little betty reld fouryearold daughter of mr and mrs mac reld was struck by a car driven by walter richard son she was removed unconscious to her home on mill street suffering bruises and cuts on the right side of her face and body and a possible concussion by noon today she had partially recovered consciousness and latest reports of her condition favourable walter was proceeding east down the hill towards the post office when littk betty ran in front of the car he slammed on his brakes and skid ded to a stop but it was too late to avoid hitting her the child harry goldham chapman isabella l hume passes after lingering illness after an illness lasting seventeen years miss isabella l hume passed away on saturday july 27th at her home in georgetown eldest daugh ter of the late george and elizabeth hume miss hume was born sixtyfive years ago on a farm in efcqueslng township about four miles from georgetown she came to georgetown with her family in march 1914 and took up residence in the home on main street at the foot of the hill leading rorth out of town other members of the family are alexander hume mssey harris agent in town miss beatrice hume on the staff of georgetown public school and mrs f j foxton bessie of toronto a faithful member of knox presby terian church miss hume took a keen interest in church affairs and though she was unable to leave her home for the past twenty three mon mis her influence was still felt in the life of that church in recognition or her work in the women s missionary society she was recently made a life member of the society at that time an address was presented signed by the officers of the society while you mav feel you are not as active in his service as you once were it reads we would like to bear testimony that to us you are you reveal to all of us who visit you the spirit of christ in the gracious way in which you so cheerfully accept your lot rev d d davidson pastor of knox church was in charge of the funeral service which was held from the home on tuesday july 30th six cousins acted as pallbearers thomas aitken alexander and howard hum george currie wjfred mcdonald and thomas hall all residents of the dls trlct many beautiful floral tributes attested to the esteem in which miss hume was held in the community she was laid to rest beside her par ents in greenwood cemetery geoige town groat p blackburn roger guyot and t grieve bugler charles landstoor ougn of acton sounded the last post burial was in greenwood cemetery georgetown truck bv a headlight and bumper the audience joined with him in sing- i and throw n several feet forward from ing therell alwajs be an england tin car and he was applauded lustily lor this i number betty bryant presented a georgetown midgets now in number of specialty dano loralne jj hiiis got off to a slow start on the second place accordion but improved as the evtn ing went on highlight of her act playing a good brand of ball was the playing of cherl bert bl georgetown swamped acton last fri- the number which brought her a gold 1 day nigh in a league game of the medal at the canadian national ex- halton juvenile baseball league be hind the sterling pitching of joe mc- mtnemy who struck out ten men tnd alloweo only two hits the george town lads emerged on the winning tnd of a 14 1 score wednesoay night georgetown plays their final league game in acton and the bos still have a chance at the covetd first place and a bye into the f nals a present they stand one game behird the leading milton team with acton following far in the rear the schedule is arranged so that the second and third place teams play off for a chance to meet the leader acton marzo 3b powers ss leisnman lb blow rj p holmes i f chapman cf robson c robinson 1 f masters 2b 1 run 2 hits 2 errors georgetown d beaumont 3b r mcmen nv ss gummer 1 f mur phy 2b emmerson c alllngham 1 f lane lb brandford rj j mc- monemy p 14 runs 9 hits 2 errors hibltlon last year weak spot in the show was a come dian named charlie booker or brook lt ci dion t catch th imft pnr charlie substituted for cliff arm strong scheduled to appear but whose aci was cancelled when it was learn ed that some of his lines were a bit lqu for the crowd at the recent charlie was fairly umlslrur at times but his lines i were not good and he would scarcely a i rank as a firstclass comedian rls a a pianist named surviving members of his family in elude two brothers percy of george town ana ernest of grafton and two sisters mrs alex c reld ol toronto and mrs james henderson kingston his widow is also left to f p mourn his loss as well as a son ralph n hollywood california mr hurst was a mason being member of alpha lodge in toroi the funeral service on thursday was mcnt1 played accompaniment for conducted by branch 120 canadian a11 tne entertainment as well as pre- leglon with chaplain rev woo ng selections by themselves thompson officiating pallbearers 1 twd booths on the ground were well were fellow members of the legion l ponlzed by the crowd which though i smaller than last year was still near bronzed and fit after a twoweek training course at the camp school at niagara on the lake officers of c company lome scots regiment re turned to georgetown this week end the camp was arranged for men from military district no 2 and included a varied course of training in the dif ferent aspects of modern soldiering those who attended from george town were lieutenants roaf and paul barber allan mcdonald and norman henderson and corporals russell fire stine jim dobie h lamb omer wilson and jim and bill collier four hundred mark all to all it was a good evening and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves paper conserved in england an example of how the english are tonserviru paper supplies is atter i wellknown english business firm the envelope was one which they themselves had received with a white sheet pasted on the front and the new iddress written on that card of thanks tly by the editor sent from mrs s h hurst wishes to express sincere thanks and appreciation to the many friends and neighbors for their expressions of sympathy and floral tributes extended in her recent b reavement the important announcement con cerning details of the training scheme under canada s conscription program was made in the house tf commons on monday by the hon j l ral ston minister of national defense the plan affects 300000 of this coun- trys young men who will be trained within a year beginning next octo ber these men will be called in groups of 30 000 at a time to undergo a 30day training period in the vari ous military camps which will be es tablished throughout the dominion it is expected uiat single men win be called first and present indlo- uons are that married men will not be required during the first year off the plan pay will be 120 a day and all men falling into the military medi cal classification of ci or better win be trained these new recruits will be brought directly into the various militia regi ments throughout the country and will become members of the mhtta of canada and no distinctions win be made between the new recruits and the rest of the militia meanwhile recruiting for overseas service will be discontinued for a time as the gov ernment feels that there is no need at present for further canadian this is an important step in the troops to be sent to europe history of canada the forerunner of a system which has been forced upon us by current events the time frft come when it is imperative that every citizen be trained as a soldier in or der tht we may continue to enjoy the freedom of our democratic sys tem while it is an enormous task to contemplate the training of all can ada s manpower the greater part at which know little about military af fairs tht conditin will gradually level out as the years go by untu every young man when he reaches m certain age will automatically be come eligible for training no information is yet available aa to the place of training for george town s young men possibly they wffl be sent to the camp at nlagara-on- the lake possibly quarters will be made available in brampton or even in georgetown itself at any rate uhe plan will operate locally through our own lome scots regiment which has alreaoy been doing good service with evening training of the town men mr ralston was emphatic in hbr statements that no man eligible for 4tyice would be exempted for any reason whatsoever postponements may be made but every man falling in this classification will receive hie training sometime within the year shower for mrs ward law last wednesday evening the ladles of norval and vicinity gathered at the home f mrs w g m browne to honor mrs lome wardlaw margaret hewso p bride of last month with a miscellaneous shower the guests were seated around a fable set wieh lace cloth candelabra and centred with a bouquet of pink lowers and streamers the address was given by mrs w g m browne while miss agnes reld wheeled in a huge pink basket laden with gifts mrs joe harris helped untie them and read the messages to hlch the bride replied thanking everyone as the flftj ladles present admired the many useful presents a contest merchants of brampton was engaged in after which a delicious lunch was served bj the hostess as sisted by miss joy laird mrs joe harris and mrs ray pomeroy former vorval woman has another book in the movies l m montgomerj wife of a for mir noval minister and author of the bestselling anne of green gables has had another of her no vels screened anne of windy pop lars stars anne shlrle and james ellison and was produced by rko radio we hope that r l gregory will soon book this one for hls local theatre and give georgetow ners al chance to see the work of one of our j former residents i regarding burton map directories there s a sucker born exer minute and your editor and several j local businlssmen certainly belorur to that class a month ago a man representing himself as mr burton of burton map directories 42 leo ppold street toronto sold advertising space on a map of georgetown which he illexedlj was going to have published several merchants in gtown made advance payments on the map at the same time he ordered a map of oakville and some advertising contracts from the herald the blll totalling 22 75 when the maps were delivered he pleaded that he broke and would as soon as he had delivered them in oakville he disappeared the map of georgetown has not subceqi ude lis appra nth if interested merchants will hand in their claim ajtaintt him immediately at the herald j office c shall have a warrant sworn out far hi arrest x on a chance of obtaining money under folne pretences mibe we won t get our monej bark but well have the satisfaction yot knowing that we have removed oni of these ilvby nlghters from xptwnv hls tridi in other towns i editors visit canadian rockies legion on thursday although the weather was extremely hot a good number of members of the legion women s auxi liary and their children enjoyed the annual picnic in the park there was an early rush on the lemonade the tlnies race was held before supper but the older children waited till the cool of the evening the race results are as follows children under 4 years everyone won girls 4 to 8 yrs 1st mable shep herd 2nd shirley freestone boys 4 to 8 yrs 1st bobby ferry 2nd denis mccartney girls 8 to 10 yrs 1st violet shep herd 2nd peggy young boys 10 to 12 yrs 1st harold ou- mer 2nd brian ferry girls 10 to 12 yrs 1st toots mur phy 2nd joyce smith bos 12 to 14 yrs 1st bruce mc cartney 2nd tommy harlow boys ib yrs alva grieve girls 15 yrs and over 1st margaret james 2nd doris mccartney ladies race 1st mrs smith 2nd mrs webster throwing the rolling pin lst mrs ferry 2nd mrs slmson flag race girls and boys 1st helen shepherd and betty henney 2nd harold gilmer and jean roney wheelbarrow race 1st couple alvft grieve and pearl webster 2nd couple joyce and doris smith big boys race 1st harold oilmen 2nd brian ferry little boys race bobby ferry the races nicely over the children lined up for ice cream and candy the ladies too enjoyed a cone al together a very pleasant picnic i civic houdaynext mond august 5th the council of the town of george town have declared monday next aug 5th a civic holiday in georgetown and the business places will be closed on that day as has been the usual custom weekly editors from all parts of canada took a few daya holiday following their rcent annual convention at calgary and paid a visit to the canadian rockies where they motored over ths newly opened columbia icefield highway this picture was taken at jasper park lodoe whers the new executive of the c w n a viewed the situation from left to right clarence charters brampton onl managing secretary h t halllwell past president c w n a coleman alt h rice president c w n ahuntsvllle ont walter ashfield 1st vice president grenfeli sask walter legge 2nd vicepresident granby que at the right la the delegate farthest away from horns a l barrett of curling newfoundland who has ma notebook out and is interviewing the jasper totem pole oif its experiences in the canadian rockies an english militant crusader strol led into a barnyard where a young man was milking a cow militant crusader how is it you are not at the front young man milker because madam them ain t no milk at that end