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the georgetown herald i seventyfourth year of publication wednesday eyening october 23rd 1940 150 per annum in advance tzmlo usa deputy game wardens appointed in esquesing date tuea oct 15 wed oat 16 thurs oot 11 pri oct 18 sat oct 19 sun oct 20 mon oct 21 tues oct 23 stewarttown october 7th 1040 lssqusing township council held ttielr regular meeting on monday oc- tober 7th members present deputy reeve howard may councillors o w murray george cleave edwin har- rop and reeve william a wilson in the chair minutes of the meeting of september 16th were read and adopt ed correspondence was read from dale and bennett salvation army beard- more and company pepartment or and fisheries douglas o k and canadian legion mr flaney reeve of nassagaweya addressed council re closing of road way on lot 7 town line mr irvine addressed council re road allowance on lot 7 town line mr fetterly of british american bonding company addressed council re bond of s sen lotfchauer mr g c brown address ed council re liability insurance mr ken charles addressed council re liability insurance mr tumbull of adams road machinery co ad- council re road machinery demonbtration to take place at the provincial ploughing match moved by may and murray that 25360 insurance premium be paid to general accident company for town- ship liability insurance carried moved by cleave and may that the treasurer pay the following accounts jenkins and hardy 890 hydro elec tric municipal office s3 0q prank fetch postage 2 00 bell telephone municipal office 3 46 acton public utilities commission beardmore cres cent lights 15 00 georgetown hydro electric fystem glen williams lights 7475 letter shop supply co print ing and express 5035 carried moved by may and murray that the treasure pay the following sheep claims archie eccles 1 lamb killed 800 1 sheep killed 12 00 2 sheep in jured 400 1 lamb injured 100 to tal 2500 k o lindsay 2 trips valuating 400 carried moved by may and murray that the treasurer pay the road sheets as pre sented b the road superintendent l 17292 carried moved by harrop and murray that the treasurer pay the following ac count joseph sariford relief account 18 00 carried moved by may and harrop that the treasurer pay relief accounts as pre sented by the relief officer 183 76 carried moved by murray and cleave that the treasurer be authorized to accept 1125 in payment of province of al berta coupon for 22 50 due first of october 1040 detached from bond no 3777 province of alberta to fall due in december 1958 for 1000 00 in railway bonus fund carried moved by harrop and murray that the township liability insurance be renewed with the general accident fire and life assurance through mr g c brown at 253 60 carried moved by murray and harrop that the canadian legion and the salvation army be given the usual grant of 10 00 each carried moved by cleave and harrop that the following be appointed deputy game wardens for the township of esquesing daniel allan r r no 3 milton wuttam gowdy limehouse alfred boyd brtgden georgetown george leslie jr r r 4 acton wes ley louth norval l l mullin ac ton r r 4 wm j mcdonald r r 3 acton harvey nurse georgetown b r 2 john presswood r r 1 georgetown meldrum stark r r 5 milton neilson stark georgetown r r 3 wilmer watklns r r 1 ac ton speuoer wilson r r 1 norval oeorg woods r r 2 norval car ried moved by cleave and may that leave be granted to introduce a by law to assess the township for the year 1940 and that said bylaw be now read the first time carried moved by harrop and murray that bylaw no 928 to assess the township of esquesing for the year 1940 be now read a second and third times and passed and that the seal of the cor poration of the township of esquesing be at th carried moved by murray and harrop that leave be granted to introduce a by law to assess the several school sec- unio o sections of- at nlajai the weather follow ng the heavy rain the bo- ginningor last week there was a sud den dropxln night temperatures and we had oar first killing frost on the 16th when the night temperature went dowry to 22 degrees this has put an end to garden bou quets and made folk more intent oi storing thier supply of garden vege tables the night of the 19th the night temperature went down to 19 which makes it rather serious for the fate of unstored appkfi but it was followed by a day of heavy clouds enabling m frozen fruit to thaw graduauyolrlthout injury last sunday we had our first snow flurry the tail end of a much heavier snowfall in the eastern part of the province apart from umttln no rain during the week following are the records for the week h and l temp the township of esquesing for the year 1940 and that bylaw be now read the first time carried moved by may and cleave that by law no 929 to assess the several school fctions and union school sections o township of esquesing for the year 1940 be now read a second and third times and passed and that the seal of the corporation of the township be attached thereto carried moved by cleave and may that leave be granted to introduce a by law to distribute the interest accruing from the railway bonus fund among the different school sections entitled thereto and that said bylaw be now read the first time oarried moved by harrop and murray that bylaw no 930 to distribute the ln- globe and mail praises georgetown csm a well deserved tribute was paid oy the toronto globe mail last week to henry shepherd georgetown sol dier now serving at the newmarket training camp henry was sincerely missed when he left the lome scots where ne was regimental sergeant- mijor to take hisjiew p here as there he was ohe of the most popu- lar of the men in uniform and it didnl take long to realize why this was so thii s what the globe and mail says one of the ablest soldiers on field and the most popular man in the newmarket sergeants mess is a non commissioned officer 40yearold hen ry thomas shepherd who served four years in the last war was ded at ypres and again on the somme and wh i is now back in his majesty s canadian forces training recruits shepherd his rank is company ser geantmajor came to the toronto scottsh company at the express wish of his senior officer captain m b collier himself an old sweat of the last war collier has known shepherd for twenty two years and says he one of the finest soldiers to ever don the king s uniform the cokies respect him for his en viable war record and for his ability as a training officer and they like him for his bantering good humor rate htrher ranks shepherd is tall straight as a mast and with strong rugged features there is dignity and pride in his bear ing perhaps accentuated a little by the long tough struggle from a buck private in the war of 1914 to a senior n co today in the mess he relaxes and enjovs himself in that giveand take type of humor that is common to all army men captain collier and his sergeant- major have been good soldiers good friends and good companions for years on end and when this new war started both came out of voluntary retirement to go soldiering again captain collier says he wanted sergeantmajor shep herd with him right off and made a bid to get him as a matter of fact both officers are entitled to a higher rank before the war when new units were formed and when the army was being reorganized collier carried the rank of major and shepherd the rank of regimental se- geantmijor both are likely to have their full ranks restored both have their longservice record which means more than twenty years with the army met twentytwo years ago the army careers 1st collier and al bhepi herd joined the army in 1914 at the age or 15 born in georgetown ont he signed on with the 58th battalion r france inspiring speaker at uons club twentvseven members and guests met for dinner at the mcolbbon house last monday evening when the regu lar semimonthly meeting of the lions club was held among the guests was mayor joseph gibbons who extended a greeting to the outoftowners from the municipality of georgetown other guests included rev d d davidson pastor of knox presbyterian ohurui ralph ross walter halfknight of guelph arthur blow and bill carroll of mueheu and dr w w bartlett gordon vivian russ weiss art death and dr h h heatherington from the brampton lions olub dr bartlett who is deputy district governor of ehe zone outlined plan of stimulating lnterclub visit ing each of eight clubs would put up five dollars making a forty dol lar prise which would go to the club having the highest percentage of visits over a period the georgetown club oted to enter the contest lion arthur blow outlined the successful iroiic which che mitchell club had recently sponsored in ad ditlon to conatlng a 1700 ambulance for war service the club had a sur plus ol over 44c0 which will be used wms thankoffering meeting by the preos secretary the autumn thankoffering meeting of the woman s missionary society st the georgetown united church was held in the auditorium tuesday after noon oct 16th under the presldence t mrs f o overend the meeting opened with a devo tional period conducted by mrs a m nielsen assisted by a ladies chorus with mrs francis thompson as solo- tit mrs h l hutt and mrs c b dayfoot led in prayty in the presentation or her subjec faith mrs nielsen brought out by means of several apt illustrations the coni truth that faith which is inherent in the heart of man tnay meet at every stage of growth experi ences calculated to test and strengthen it ilia the expression the good fight of faith is one which has grown out jf man s experience the way of faith is often the way of strong crying and tears the same jesus who ntd have faith in god and nld mlf le himself led the way through darkness of gethsexnane to calvary the ream rection and penticost also jlds us be of good clieer i have over come tht world ld iuii with you for regular lions work details of even untc the end let us then put the frojc proved ol extreme interest our hand in his and go forward even to the local club and some of the i into darkness as our beloved king ideas will prove valuable for use in george has reminded us future georgetown activities the guest speaker of the afternoon lion walter halfknight of guelph mrs duncan mcleod formerly of spoke briefly he recalled that some formosa was introduced by mrs a thlrty years agpi he had spent his first i speight who also welcomed to our year in canada as a resident glen w lliams and he still felt civil guard parade in milton next sunday reminiscences of georgetown kindly regard for this community a new feature of the meeting was a sing song led by harold mcclure chief speaker of the evening was athertng several guests from other i london england here he married an missionary societies of our communl english lady and subseouently came in expressing to our guest speaker to ne jersey and again secured a in having position with the fur trading co the pleasure felt by us j her wltn us mrs speight assured mrs moleod of the deep apprecia- lion bill carroll principal of mitchell tlon we feel of the debt we in george- high school whose splendid address town owe to her husband rev dr was concerned with the value of a duncan mcleod who brought to us service ciub much of spiritual help and in- ef you re doing something thats splratlon during his preaching mis- worth while and you show the citl- slon in april last zens that you are doing worth while mrs mcleod attired in chinese things jcu 11 ge their support he costume told of the thirtythree years the value of a ciud sucn as the or missionary work carried on by saia lions he pointed out was that in- her husband and herself in the is stead of one club being purely local land of formosa which until 1895 in its scope and outlook it was a iad been part of the chinese empire member of one big unit which could at which ume it was ceded to japan undertake much more when working the island lying off the coast of js a body he stressed the impor china ntrth east from hong kong is lance of p eking suitable members for ibout tw ce the size of lake ontario a club men who were respected and and has a population of about five whose henesty was unimpeachable review ng the past history of he had four sons john william charles tnd richard of william no thing can be learned charles was a carpenter and joiner and lived for ma ny years at ste annes canada was a gerlus at woodcarving and made in connection with his nephew john kennedy the case for the cele brated grandfathers clock which stood for so many years on the old farm at middleport thtsclock as also an ap ple tree called wellpole apple tree because i stood near a well are still objects of great interest to the child rcn and grandchildren who did and still visit that place richard was a blacksmith he also located land in canada after erect ing a home he was on his way to new jeisey ior his wife andfamiy when the georgetown company of the volunteer civil guard will join other holton divisions next sunday octo ber 27th in a regimental parade hi muton led by lt colonel james bal lon tin- dso commanding officer of the halttn guards georgltown pioneers a history of the kennedy family reprinted from the georgetown herald of may 12th 1937 kemrfy is a name that in scot land represented a clan and as far as can be traced was of protestant faith in hartlriic symbols thencrest wa surmounted with a human arm bear ing in the hand an oaken branch wiih an acorn in it the motto avis la rini subsequently in their raith the were appropriately represented by this giant of the forest their clan tartan was green and red with yellow stripes john kt nnedy was bom in scotland his parrats were presbyterian faith jji times of religious persecu- -in- lftftftl lmt 7 j7t tionsevftarlonhenortrrof maratr tbwrf han a nsssssfeh- whtn grown to manhood john came h at 2 djn sharp to g0 to to america and was employed or con nected ulth the hudson bay fur trad ing co new jersey in the time of the rtrench and in dian wars with great britain he was taken prisoner at what was then cal- ed port schlosser one and a fourth miles above niagara falls he lost all his effects and was carried a prisoner to quebec then to paris france by so exchange of prisoners he was sent to comoanies are expected from oak- vllle nelson burlington acton and campbellvule as well as mhton and georgetown the regiment will as semble at the high school grounds to milton at 3 pjn dbt and from there will march to the court house parte where divine service will pe held th companifcfi will be numbered as in the original halton rifles regiment and the men will wear berets arm bands and meddls in the event of bad weather ar rangements have been made to hold the service in milton arena milton gc s sections entitled thereto be now read a second and third times and passed and that the seal of the corporation be attached thereto carried moved by may and cleave that leave he granted to introduce a by- law to empower the collector of rates mo collect statutorypenalties for non payment of taxes after december 31st 1940 and that said bylaw be now read the first ume carried moved by murray and harrop that bylaw no 9i to empower the oouec- tor of rates to collect statutory bett- aluas tor nonpayment of tans attar december slat 1940 be nr read a eoand and third time and passed railway bon bsbajsd mbsaajrb he was transferred to the 2nd battel ion he went through the full four years and was wounded twice cooler also joined in 1914 but lt was discovered that he was under age and he was held back tor a year however in august 1915 he got a conunlilcn but anxious to get overseas quickly he revertec to the rank of private and went over with the 164th halton-duf- ferin battalion and in france he was sent to the 52nd he regained commission in france was wounded once and gassed once and stayed with the war until the armistice oollw first met shepherd in the halton rifles twentytwo years ago and their friendship has continued georgetown club he complimented it on the work it had done in the com mjnity the christmas tree work with sick and crippled children spon orlng juvenile hockey and a school safety patrol were all worthwhile commun ty projects and he urged lowed to carry on their work without ihem to ktep up the good work and interference from the japanese au- not let their efforts lag a club must function smoothly in crrmlly said mr carroll before it can have a successful external career i have always been a believer in start ing and stopping meetings on time if a man is late for a meeting don t disappoint him by waiting for htm he expects to be late and its ex tremely innoying to arrive late and find that you have to wait another half hour for things to begin he also advised that a club clean up million chinese and thirty three thousand japanese a range of moun tarns running north and south still ilft proposed making the journey with helter on unknown number of an hm was while rording the tona aboriginal tribe known as head i river both mounted on ken hunters who are still unconquered edys horse this later convicted mur unll the outbreak of war three derer stiuck richard with a toma- vears ao the missionaries were al- nawk richards own hand had carved norval girl weds rcaf man last saturday norval presbtyerian church was the setting of a pretty wedding on oc- ftober 19th when miss jean kathleen nixon daughter of mr and mrs j o mclaughlin norval was united in marriage by rev arthur leggett to mr william hayes manning rcaf of vancouver now stationed in toron to the church was draped with bri tish flags and tastefully decorated with ferns maple leaves and chrysanthe mums the bride who was given in manlag by mr j c mclaughlin wore a gown of classic white crepe and a pearl necklace the gift of the groom and a finger tip veil caught with lily ofthevalle she carried red carnations and white bouvardla the bride was attended by her sister miss grace mclaughlin who wore peach georgette over taffeta with sapphlr blue ostrich tips in her hair and carried a nosegay of small bronze mums and yellow rosebuds the utile flower girl miss jean mclaughlin of norval wore a little blue satin dress ajid white halo bonnet and scatter ed rose petals in the path of the brde mls marjorie dawson of milton morison mcleod rcaf of van- and which illustrates once vmore that mans extremity is gods opportuni ly is thpt the disaster and disrup ts business in committee o that so- tion which has come to missionary clal meetings would be free from too work n china through the bombing takes of church schools hospitals etc horltles but since that time an edict forbidding the use of any but the japanese language for instructional purposes brought the work of dr and mrs mcleod to a standstill younger missionaries however are learning this smaji talure was passed unnoticed languair and in time rf is hoped the nnd afterwards gave free services in a vork will go on i clerical capacity to the government one try interesting and encourag- he was a good penman and could write ng point emphasized by the speaker ln a legible hand the lords prayer in hif remaining son john was born n suscx county nj on may the eighth 1761 and studied for a profes clonal life the revolution broke out and prevented the continuance of i is vocation he was old enough to have served in the army but being of much routine business which up time on behalf of the club lion bll long thanked mr carroll for his in spiring ddress and urged local mem bers to give thoughtful consideration to mr carroll s words 40 enroll in st john ambulance class forty georgetown women enrolled for the st john ambulance course at the open ng meeting of the class on monday right the meeting was held in the legion rooms the first aid course will continue for six weeks with dr c v williams as lecturer aff r this period an examination will be held and certificates awarded o successful candidates those enrolled for the class are mrs e coles miss m inman misk f luke miss a greenwood miss j mackenzie miss m oliver miss p arthurs miss j mowbray l morrow miss e shore miss d mc- enery mrs n hemphill miss e pre ton mlas c hunter miss e mcoulgan mlssm davwson miss-r- squlrcs miss a merritt miss l crlpps miss m graham miss f her bert mlas a orieve miss g forster miss a hickey mrs m davis mrs a collins mrs a orelg mrs e taylor mrs m thornton mrs m forgrave mrs v bradley miss j leavitt miss j mcdoigall mrs l ooodlet miss g leslie mrs m gillevet miss m feller miss f feller miss m leslie miss m young turning out rather to the furtheranot i tn- gfspel as in the early church they that were scattered abroad by pepjecutwit went everywhere preach ing the word people gathered ln re fugec camps have not only for the first time heard the gospel but they are seeing christianity in action in the ume of their dire distress with tlslon undistorted by prejudice these refugees will return ln time to their homes carrying with them the gospel seed and we with the eye of faith can vision the harvest in the vears lo come the thanks of an interested audi t nee for her inspiring address was ex tended to mrs mcleod by mrs j w kennedy and mrs r h wright at the cose of the meeting oppor tunity was given for fdrther fellow ship durh g the social halfhour held n the biement when tea was served by several of the younger matrons of the church thus bringing to a close mother memorable tnissimmry gather ing a reception was held at the home of the brides parents mrs mclaugh lin and mrs george dawson of mj- ton receiving the happy couple left for an eaattrn honeymoon the bride wearing a black dressmaker suit and lily dache hat of rose and black mr and mrs mann- ins will reside in toronto celebrate twentyfifth weddtmu anmvulsakt a family gathering at acton hon oured mr and mrs n h brown on october 14th the occasion of their twentyfifth wedding anniversary those present included mrs junes brown and mr and mrs d h lind say and mr and mrs g o brown norval a handsome silver tray was presented to the couple be attached thereto carried- moved by may and cleave that this council do now adjourn to saeet on monday november 4th at 130 psu aad that the seal of the co or at the call of the reeve carried important hockey meeting tpesdatevening oct as at s p m at the arena t this is the fftimta tlon meeting and everybody asked to attend as very import ant business concerning the fu ture of the georgetown hookey teams must be discussed the new hockey players will be in troduced to the pubuo and tills promises to be one of the most active meetings yet held bo e is asked to show up for sure nat btlviir president niagara diocesan conference a conference of church of england clergy and laity of niagara diocese was held at the royal connaught ho tel ln hamilton on monday and was well aiwerded the subject of the conference was a christianity that works discussions were led by very rev dean riley very rev dean waterman and ven archdeacon gor don with a summing up by the lord bishop at the banquet in the even ing the speaker was mr william pat terson whose subject was tgrimage from communism to christ mr patterson is a trained communist leader and organiser who as he stat ed has agitated and been arrested in -every- city inthemushisles he- told a clear and truly enthralling story the compass of an english shilling af ter his marriage he became a school teacher at length because of his loy altv to the english government he started with his wtte and five small children for canada using a team of horses and a wagon as a means of transportation he encountered many hardships and on the death of his hor ses was forced to turn to his profes sion of school teaching to earn his way along finally he reached os- wega ny and thence toy lake on tario to canada on june the embth 1798 while at oswega his son moms an infant with large black eyes and dark hair was kidnapped by a squaw who had taken a great liking to him af ter quite a chase the child was rescu ed from niagara john and his family went to a farm below st annes and settled there in 1796 he resided there a sh time then moved to middle- port where he remained till his death on april the twelfth 1647 his re mains were interred ln the presbyter ian burying grounds connected with the church a short distance below ste annes on a white marble slab is the fo inscrip in memory of john kennedy who was born in the state of new jersey came to this province june- 8th 1796 writh his wife and five children died april 12th 1847 aged 85 years 11 months and four days among incidents ln his younger life was his presence and assistance in er ecting a log jail in sussex county nj near where he lived he was twice married and had two large families to all of whom he gave a good common school education then wued them on farms of at least two hundred acres he was particularly anxious for the welfare of his children and frequently admonished them to aim high in life assuring them that their ancestors were more than well- to do inulligent and respectable peo- his sons john and charles wore volunteers in the war of 1818 with the t mat ch t p in the battle of beavers dam another scbym kennabp wedding on october is in a quet ceremony at the home of mr and mrs john scrymgeour mona lillian daughter of thomas scrym geour and the late mrs scrymgeour became the bride of frederick keo- nard son of mr and mrs benjamin kennard of huttonvlue the cere mony took place at 4 pjn on satur day october 13th with the rev- d d davidson officiating given ln marriage by her father the bride wore heavenly blue crepe and carried white and mauve baby mums her bridesmaid miss laura cassonr of toronto was wearing grey crepe and carried yellow baby mums mr bob ketmard the grooms bro ther was best man the brides bouquet was caught by the bridesmaid a reception was held at the home after the wedding cere mony mrs john scrymgeour receiving ln a wine wool ensemble with a corsage of yellow baby mums mrs kennard also received dressed ln navy blue crepe her flowers were the same as the brides the couple win make their home in brampton guests at the wedding included the brides sister mrs john lang and mr lang of hamilton mr and mrs g f hall toronto mr tom hay- ward guelph mr harry flnlay hnt- ot 7uanre anatoare wl sh-morrist-ws- one-of4he-guatda-over- -carried- cd i old not come to christianity he said simply because i wanted to but because i had nowhere else to go m he finally and through great struggle found in christ what he had sought in vain in communism he conclud ed with the sianlficant words heart searching to all his hearers that we must tafct christianity as seriously at the communist takes leotn trotsky if we will set up th king dom of god in this world for ohrists to endure and to pardon u the wis dom of life koran general wadsworth and other ameri can prisoners captured at that cele brated battle at queenston helghte the kennedys are desoendante ol the united empire loyalists george another ion toy his first mar ruge was bom on sept ittb mo fci middleport gainsborough townabid on may 34th iau ha married buta- beth bedford of tbe same township he was of an honoocable retiring dis position and always put virtues be- joan young of georgetown macdonatjj marchment wedding in united church the marriage took place on octo ber 13th in georgetown united church of miss vera mildred marohment daughter of mr and mrs henry marchment georgetown to clarence wilfred macdonald brampton son of mrs macdbnald and the late mr macdonald of toronto the service was conducted by rev f c overend miss grace uule was at the pfaao while miss maurine t because during the signing of the register the bride who was given in marri age by her father wore a soldier blue crepe dress and hat with navy acces sories and carried pink roses she was attended by miss elva wylle as m o honour thn tnorn nlrt if silk crepe with navy accessories and fore slbly having too much faith in his fel- lowmen in the year 183b he and his continued on page 4 earl marchment brother of the bride was best man while mr howard groom end mr stuart buchanan both of brampton vera ushers a reception was held m the base ment of tbe church the brides mo- tha jeoerrtng in a navy dress wltlt navyi- accessories and a corsage of pink johanna hill roses tbe groom mother also received wearing a green drees with black accessories and wear- tog slrnoar corsage of johanna bui tbe bride and groom left for a trip to peterbprpughuhrjde jrsaring m twopiecekue suit with matchtaffcw accessories