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the georgetown herald seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening august 28th 1940 1 5q per annum in advance 2 00 to usa inspector partridge reports on halton public schools escort for gracie at jasper jsill appearing at jasper park lodge in her first charity concert in the canadian rockies recently oracle fields ma excellent use or the spare time during her mountain visit it was a red letter hour whenths mettwo canadas famous royal canadian mounted police while trolling in the environs of outlook cabin where king oeoxge and queen elisabeth stayed during their visit a year ago walking with the popular comedienne are sgt j w faulkner at oracle s right and const bob- woods two georgetown soldiers win promotions ca sf as the result of the recent promo tion of leutgcn a d mcnaugh- ton to the command of a new corps there have been numerous changes in the caj among those or inter est to residents of georgetown 1b the appointment of oapt gordon suther land to 1st canadian divisional head quhrters urder major general pearkes as general staff officer in charge of chemical warfare with the rank of major lieut j a early 5 now permanently attached as llaaon officer to 3rd brigade headquarters under brigadier potts with the rank at captain wesley cook buried this afternoon this afternoon at 3 o clock william wesley cook was laid to rest in greenwood cemetery georgetown mr cook who had not enjoyed the best of health for the past few year suffered a severe fall on the stairs of his home on august 20th and death resulted from this on monday august 26th his was a familiar figure on main street and his cheery dlsposl tlon and friendly smile will be sadly missed by friends in this dlstrlc son af the late mr and mrs david cook wesley wai born on a ha ton count farm seventy sever years ago this september he w as married on may 23rd 1900 to the late elizabeth frances gartley who rjscd away in 1914 he farmed in l n township lor eiim years hen moving to george own but rcturi d o h iaim with his brother david in 19o for the pa- jear the two jrotherb have been living at their lonr on ceorg street bw04i his jjrolhei qavid cook is survived by an apology to mr jack farquharson we received tin explanatory letter from m farquharson this week ard we are glad to say that we erred in our judgment of him expressed in the herald a fern weeks back jack ex plains that his delay in delivering or sudden death of mrs o t mckay saddens many friends htr many friends in georgetown wtie saddened by the news that mr o t mcka had passed away sud denly last sunday in guelph gen al hospital she had been taken to presbyterian young people met at georgetown on monday evening about ninety young people from toronto presby ly ol the presbyurlan young peo pie s society gathered at th home of tin misses moore on mam street for the closing summer meting of the organization this ws jie fourji of these met tin j thls summer and the first year that such nestings have 1 been arranged gather ng around a tamp flrr chairman bill rooinson of toronto who is 2nd vicepresident ot the society opered th meeting a sing song was led by a hughes ac companled on the accordion by miss pippen then a pe iod or games and fellowship was led bv mr robinson grel tings were extended b douglas staton president of the toronto so clel by lhehamilton and gue ph piesbytcries andby mls ji rud dell prciotnt of he georgetown bi anch an offering was taken followed by a worship period jim wa ktr of toronto chaw matthew 16 u 27 1 r iils scripture readiii and jean po toronto led in praer rev leggett norval addressed the gath ir ng the call of the empire is i ery great and impo ait t o n g xople but a great u and mor n porunt call is from chrut mr leggttl reminded r s lis eners the wo ship period wa tndti with the nir lit of a hymn the georgetown society than servtd refreshments to eh gucsti who me irom such eti res as toronto burlington and oakvilli and the ewn ng cime to a close he young people hanking the misses moor lor e use of their home lo t e meetlnt masonic funeral for s h mcgibbon del- h bn due to a commumton h tll lhal arte nd ured the of circumstances which incjuded defalcat on of one of hi and that ne hopes to have all pas accounts cleared up in a short time sisters mrs bennett of georgcown and mrs s h lindsay balllnafad daughter mrs calvin mil er lives in guelph and another daughter mrs james drummond ives m barrle there are six grandc llldrcn john douglas miller and billy ruth har old jimmy and muln di jmmond mr cook was a member of gcrge town un ted church re f c dvcrend of this church and rev a i frknds throughout halton county o w foreman of bi trafad had gathered to honour the memory of charge of the service his afternoon the 1 ite samuel h mcgtbbon who pallbearers were john snow bernard was lad to rest in greenwood ceme miller john cole john miller fred trj last thursday august 22nd mr short ill and peter ferguson i mcgibbon was a member of one of halton county s pioneer families he was bom at mansewood near milton oi march 26th 1865 a son of the late john mcgibbon and margaret mr niughton both of whom were mem mrs mary glllevet received word tx of prominent halton families thls week that her son pte james hi father was warden of halton another gillevet reaches england j k course for me to have left the pro vine of ontario several months ago d i res rectify one dotn h ness with me he sayi of the five persons who reported to this office that they had not received their photo orders one has called to say that she received them in the mail last week on the face of this we would be led to believe that mr farqu aron is not after all a smooth guy as we intimated and we apologize for so branding him george c burton is still elusive at mr george c burton of burton map directories has been leading us m merry chase and he seems to al ways be one jump ahead of us since publlcaion of our article we have received word of ten joca merchants who advanced a total of 23 50 for the printing of a georgetown map we have also learned that it is not with in our power to lay a trand charge against him as we are not one of the defrauded parties but that any one of these ten merchants may do so we traced mr burton to orange- ville and fergus in both or which places he issued the promised maps last week we received information that he was in palmerston writing to the tourist camp where he was staying our letter once more came back marked not called for we are continuing in our role as sleutn and mearwhile we hope that someone will see fit to lay a fraud charge against burton onlv a few hours after her admit tance she was 61 years of age mints cleared un in a short time i mrs mcka l u ju i wous h2e bee a m2 easier of knox p w enlisted with the royal highland 7l and a member of that churchs mis j l1jhl i in hamilton last sep she was active in i wnen w oroke out born ln taiiwtved v rta7 h ere hata larre kvovfflesos i oi t k l 2 ow barlm hpl and t3 to recufy matters so tnat no tn wo wlu relsv mlt er and lt h f 7th this h sav rhftt rhev hrt lost hv ln greauy miss ler seiren ycart yj p local rme 3 ld ztt rf jjflr by i shwja aardent golfer a member p d ancl h rent on the day mrs mckay was bora lena mar raret holmes daughter of the late robert sxd margaret holmes of kleinburg a brother dr harold g holmes lives ln owen sound and she has one daughter mrs eric allan cf st thomas another daughter mar ion passed away ave years ago rev d d davidson conducted t private funeral service at her residnce j randllgnvinfantrt zc ntmtttm on charles street yesterday afternoon r b founs p b coffin r a fraser i the personnel of the canadian j n kitchener j l thompson kitchen n- is nearly six times as great as m l w philanthropic nature gillevet had arrived hi england jim co t n 1909 and was well known n the public aftairs of the county fifty three years ago mr mcolb bon was married to the late am aoil they first lived at centrev llle moving to georgetoat ears ago with his brother 1 u his arrival in england he met his john who was proprietor of the mil i father sapper gilbert glllevet who 01 inn he leased the clark hou hus been overseas for some time n since that time the mcgiboon pat who served twelve years with i h use on the corner of mill and the britlsh army before and durlni main street- has been one of georgt tht last war ls a nnilve of dublin own s leading business establlsuneots ireland he joined the 1st pioneer h s brother passed away several years j rce in toronto on may 17th igo another son pte gerald gillevet mr mcgibbon took an interest ln i also has enlisted with the royal high sports and will be remembered as maniger or georgetown s champion ship lacrosse team which won jean evans married in lovely church ceremony last saturday georgetown united church was bankervith pink and white gladioli while the gues pews were marked wltth sweet peas and larkspur on sat urday when jean evans daugnter of mr and mrs walter t evani of georgetown became the bride of mr roy mai tin smale son or mrs annie a smale freeman ont rev f c overend officiated the brde given in marriage 3 by her father was gowned in white silk organdy tufted in chenille and worn over satin the bouffant skirt flared gracefully into a train and a fitted basque waist added a flattering ef fect her veil was of white silk not taught up with orange blossom miss margaret evans sister of the bride was the maid of honor the bridesmaids were the misses bernice mcdonald ot georgetown and ruth schweltjier of waterloo air thrre attendants wore similar gowns of iastel bine sheer worn over taffeta fashioned with fitted basques and full khtefalung into light trains white bonnets trimmed with garlanos of pink and blue flowers completed the n embl s each bouquet was mad up 1 tolonia style of johanna hill roses and sinuata blue stance mr burt sovereign of alderahot was the best man the ushers were mr jack evans and mr james evans of georgetown brothers of the bride the wedding music was played by mis june frank organist accompanl cd by miss mary smale sister or the bridczroom at the piano miss ruth evans bf st catharines sister of the bride sang because following the ceremony a rerept 011 was held at the home of the brides parents gladioli and other garden lowers formed effective decorptlons the guets were received by mrs w t bvans gowned in dove gray shadow crepe worn over apricot crepe htr accessories were navy blue and she wore a corsage of sweet peas ard babys bieath mrs smale mo of the bridegroom chose rose faconne rrere for her frock matching acce orles completed the costum- and she wore a corsage of sweet peas and babys breath after the reception the bridal couple lert for a wedding trip to nor thern ontario on their return mr ind mrs smale will reside in free man ont praises nassagaweya for hf- troiwcing itinerant teacher system attendance above average in provino increased em ph aids on moafc and art presenting a roport of elnentary education ln halton county for 1039- 40 inspector j a partridge praised the newlyorganized township school area board in nassagaweya township tor introducing a system of itinerant teachers to give specialized instruc tion in manual training music homa economics and agriculture two teachers have been engaged for this work and a timetable has been arranged which will enable them to visit all seven schools in the area to give this instruction georgetown stood third ln atten dance records for the year with 92j1 attendance compared with the county average of 91 67 inspector part ridge notes that the county percent age ls itself above the average for the different counties ln the province mr partridge from the staff of ha milton normal school has been on exchange this past year with mr sklice hnlton s tnsp mr and mrs john j daley celebrate golden wedding in toronto lie schools mr skuce will his duties this fall and mr part ridge will return to his position in hamilton following is the complete text of the report it has been a privilege to be as sociated with the schools f tht eoun ty during this year of exchange with your publlo school lnt my skuce may i take this opportunity of expressing my appreciation of the rlose cooperation of urban and rural trustee boards of teachers and pu pils of the county council and of the many other organizations interest ed ln education through this co operation it has been possible for the schools to continue to make worth while progress along the lines sug gested below beautiful school grounds have b constant though silent influence upon pupils ln developing proper attitudes toward and desire for attractlw home and school surroundings the attitude of the community toward the school ls reflected largely by the at tention given to tbe improvement of j the appearance of the school and grounds several schools of the coun ty have for some years enjoyed an enviable reputation ln this respect or the sixtyone rural schools at least thirtyeight have made very definite progress in school ground beautiflca- tion this year the school board and teacher of thirtyfour schools met and discussed ways and means of improving the grounds in nineteen of these schools the ratepayers of the section urder the organization of the teacher and trustees formed a bee miss mabel chave manager of the btll telephone company office in own was present last sunday at the to prepare planting areas and to help kolden wedding celebration of her to plant trees and shrubs relatives mr and mrs john j daley in fewentyelght rural schools the or 110 sptncer avenue toronto dalej was for fifty years chief libra rian at osjroode hall toronto the couple attended mass in old st marys church the same church ln inch the were married and a wed- erounds in front of the buildings were landscaped in thirteen both sides were planted in ten one side of the school was planted and in eighteen shrubs were planted elsewhere the rural schools of the county planted a ding breakfast was afterwards served total or more than 1100 shrubs and for fifty relatives and friends from more than 500 trees sixty nine new er and keith hamilton st thomas she was buried ln greenwood cenv torv georgetown was a vear ago approximate 10000 officers and men are nrw on ac tive serv ice mrs anne anderson perry publisher of toe elora express has returned home after nine weeks visit at the home of her sister ln minneapolis mrs perry will resume the editorship of her paper again this week in her mr murdle macdonald ex of toronto very cap- d the- rbtum hallons member thanks those who aided registration was also well known and he freel to worth causes as well as j q iletlv helping man citizen in less fortunate circumstances than himself three brothers survive peter archie and daniel all of milton h hts two sisters miss jennie of i milton ind mrs robert shortlll to nio he also leaves seven children i mrs c r vandusen tara mrs w h anderson toronto mrs o h i macfarland toronto mrs c cobb now york city gladys john and all firearms must be registered by police regulations which formerly applied onlj to revolvers and pistols have been extended by order ln council to in elude all firearms and such weapons as rifles and shotguns are no excep uon rifles and shotguns must be register ed not later than september 15th at municipal or provincial police stations or with the rjcalp purchase and sale of rifles and shotguns are now sub ject to permit rrom police authorities non resident aliens who desire to import firearms tor sporting purposes araobllged to secure permlta from the commissioner of the rcm police at ottawa resident aliens who desire to repossess weapons surrendered foi lowing an order uicouncil of june 10 must also secure a penult from the rcmp co at ottawa when it was decided that canada rjwrt of georgetown should hold a national registration fo war purposes we were asked to secure this registration on a voluntary basis as far as possible i believed uiere were many people ln halton who were mr mcgibbon was a member of the presbterlan church and a black knight lol the funeral service was held fron his home on thursday tth the rev d d davidson preach welland new york chicago and other localities in the afternoon mr and mrs daley received many other friends who dropped ln to wish them well mrs john harkins toronto mrs jerry pactesson welland and mil- 1 equipment dred or toronto are daughters of the wer not couple a son harold died several cars ago while he was a student at osgoode hall former georgetown boy marries in toronto residents of halton county sixteen eir of age and over by wednesday night th work was fully completed under the leadership of mr leroy dale kc or georgetown president of the halton county liberal assocla uon and mr amos mason of acton president of the halton county con se ex everyone who high school opens september 9th owing tc the national emergency the htfh school board baa delayed the opening of the georgetown high school from the third of september to the ninth of september in order that the harreet may all be safely garnered harvest beinc two weeks later than usual walter t evans secretary nxiously waiting for an opportunity intt lhp service at the graveside the or doing some war service after con impressive masonic runeral service suiting with the heads of the county was in charge or wor bro telford executives of both political parties i master of credit lodge ap wired he minister of national war no 219 wno was assist by services that halton county would v wor qro rev w g o thomp complete its registration without ex on chaplain or the lodge mr mc pense of any nature arrangements as a 32nd degree scottish were made tor tree registration booths rl and a shriner and on monday of last week an army w wor bros of over 900 volunteer workers com menced the work of registering succumbing to an illness of three and a half weeks james thomas mullln passed away at the home of 1 hlj son gordon at alden village took part m the work aid so wtowut lymouthr michigan tcg a remuneration of any kind on behalf of tbe people of haltou i wish to express their sincere thanks to the county registrar and his a slstant to the joint chairmen who took charge to each municipality t the deputy registrars and their staff to the boy scouts and to everyone who helped hughes cleaver following ls a list of the deputy- registrars and assistant deputyregis trars for georgetow and district no 1 annie ryan beatrice hume janet mcdougmll asolyn hayes hasel e walker jean ttmmrt1 tins their r 3 mr k cleave mrs 6 pteure mr zetta hayes ralph ross continued on pae t granl ed mcwhirter hugh dickie nilson tuck a h feller and john t cameron of guelph high park united church toronto decorated nllh gladioli and palms was the setting for the wedding sat- irdav evening of miss mary luella cormack daughter of mr and mrs h a cormack arthur ontario to mr milliard mackenzie allan to ronto son ol the late mr and mrs h allan georgetown rev j d parks officiated and mr t c tovtll played the wedding music th bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of pink mar j atlve group work has occupied a larger flower beds were made other im provements included the removal of unsightly fences the planting of hedges the making of lawns the building of rockeries and the plac ing of baseball screens and play all urban schools which lready attractively land scaped embarked upon a plan of bean- tlflcatlon most of the plans for im provement were prepared by compet ent nuntrymen practically the to tal cost of trees shrubs and other plants was met by grants ln agricul ture from the department of educa tion it is suggested that constant care will be necessary to and to extend the improvements made the teachers of the county haw continued their progress ln acoeptlns and applying th principles of the present programme of studies there has been an increasing tendency to train pupils ln the acceptance of per sonal responsibility and greater op portunity has been given for the ex pression of pupil initiative oo-oper- qulsette over taffeta with niatohingroportion of school work in the class- picture hat and carried talisman rooms roses and white larkspur she was ntended b her sister miss alva oar i resident ot glen williams had been at his sor s home since last decern br bom on a farm near the olen mr mullln was a son of the late mr add mrs thomas henry mullln he was married to the late ida bates and farmed on the old homestead until his retirement several years ago since then he had lived in olen wil liams spending the winters with his son in michigan and his daughter mrs ethel wilkinson of toronto mr mullln was 78 year of age the funeral was held on monday ln olen williams cemetery rev o d dwrtdson knox presbyterian church preached the funeral servtoe mack who wore a gown of pale blue organza over taffeta with matching picture hat and carried pink roses and cornflowers mr kyle bingham georgetowr was groomsman and the ushers were mr gordon cormack ar thur and mr ernest wanleaa to ronto the reception was held at the mother- received ta supplyin s min ei a gown of navy blue lace and corsage of pink roses the couple left for ha iburton and the kawarth lakes district the bride travelling in a navy blue sheer dress and matching acces sories on their return they win live in toronto increased emphasis has been given to many activities ln keeping with these principles mural mnirjn has be come a generally accepted method of pupils expression training pupils in group discussions and pmvng and in creative art and increasing their interests ir broad reading related to other subjects the trustee boards of more than half of the rural schools have cooperated with the teachers by eluding bltcktooard easels mural paper and paints crafts work ha been carried on m a large pr of th schools it ls suggested that much as- slstance could be given to the teacher continued on page 6 georgetown public school will open s 3