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the georgetown hei aw i wednesday evening december 4th 1940 id 2e glimpses of farliament ent i last vmci column during the past imk we hare bad detailed nrports of our war effort from all threewar ministers regagd- tag the mtkv air force end navy to- ceiher wtt5 rsporta from the manft- ters in ctasnn of the departtnonta of haucmal ww services trade end jsommerce jujdftnaoce as it would take at lefrttfte weekly letters to gtre an ademieta report of what we nave uktenedto 4wc the laat week i hav decided 4o simply give abrlef summary of all of the others and to report in more detail the work of the canadian navy in the ermy canada now has some thing over three hundred thousand men under arms tor obvious reasons we were not given information as to guns and equipment which would be useful to the enemy hut we are told that bren gun deliveries are three times the amount called for under the contract we will be producing rifles in canada by next midsummer aa to heavy guns canada is now in actual prodtictikra the following paragraph from col ralstons speech clearly shows his aims to sum up x think j can again assure the house as i did in july that the most vigorous and effective steps of which we are cap able have been and are betag taken both by ims department and by the department of munitions and supply to make unpad to flba jnaxjnom ex tent posaweitusiworang and oslf- ratalamf in mtrftmon of war m c ah a d ft s playground for rest or play vancouver and victoria are ideal for a thoroughly enjoyable winter vacation vatm days and coolrefreshiogoighu excellent golf course myriad sights in the mountains and by the seashore biding tennis motoring fishing canadas e playground offers them all in an unexcelled setting special winter rates at hotels the new hotel vancouver spacious rooms and delightful iccommodi twos will add to the pleasure of your stay in vancouver atttactivi sail faiii cawamsm pu1kmm tiavtt wist tki jasfm wav ustm vhi aibconmtionb continental ukutifi canadian naticr dance every wednesday night oddfellows hall brampton hal davis and his muse dancing 9 pjn to 1 ajn dj3t regular admission cknuon to raptrfly becoming a large exporter of annamenti to the- tjtouad kingdom and i can flay again that we shall not rest until w havirpro- duoed or procured every item which is procurable to comptete our mili tary re order to carry out effectively the taste we have set for ourselves in what now appears to be a war tot of months but of years it is ol no use tor us to try to delude ourselves that the work in 1hd is something which will be easily or speedily accomplished it cau for all the energy aa the loyalty and equal ly ail the staying power that cana dians can command as to the ah- force major power reports that on november 12th 1940 canada had over 35000 men in the air force with three squadrons over seas as to the empire air training scheme he stated i can inform hon members with certainty that by june 30 1641 six months before the origi nally contemplated date all our constructional programme will enable us to have 103 out of 104 of those units in operation of which 68 out of 60 will be schools for air crews and 48 will be administrative instructional and maintenance units this represents a straight acceleration of atx months in the construction and provision of training faculties and by march 31st 1941 a total of over 83 millions will have been spent on this part of the work in conclusion he stated i should like to summarise this some what long and rambling discourse by saying tbat the commonweauh air training plan has now passed its half way mark that it is producing now and will continue to produce in ever- mcreasmg quantities vsimply because we say that the pwhs working and is in operation it would be altogether unfair to suggest that we are not hav ing difficulties every day of our lives or that uere are not all kinds of im pediments and obstacles in the way but when we give a report on the plan we must say what it looks like in the aggregate whether it to to be suc cessful or unsuccessful whether it has or has not been accelerated i do not want hon members of the people of canada to feel that we are trying to feed them with soothing syrup whea we say that the plan appears to be far more successful than was at first anticipated we admit that during its course we have met with innumerable difficulties and obstacles some of which have not been easy to overcome i can now say that whereas the origin al plan mas to reach its full opera tion that is to be complete and at its peak in april of 1942 by septem ber of 1941 all units and schools will be in full operation and long before that we shall have reached at least threequarters of the peak of our air crew production the new minister of national de fence for naval services made his maiden speech in the house of com mons and while we knew his record as premier of nova scotia many of us had never heard him speak his was perhaps the best speech we will hear in the house this year in ad dition to the fact that he is a dis tinguished tjirfar and a born orator he was speaking on a subject dose to his heart and a subject with sufficient omance about it to give his feelings tful play his opening remarks were the keynote of his speech mr speak er today i shall endeavour to tell the house something of ships and sailor men of the ships of the royal can adian navy and of those men who go down to the sea in ships and do busi ness in great waters and then he went on to tell us of the story of that part that canada s navy though small had played thus tar in the war in convoy work in work in cooperation with the british navy and in patrol duty in defending our own shores from attack already canada has lost two destroyers and the mine sweeper bras d or in active service we now have something over thlr teen thousand men on active service in the navy as compared with leas than two thousand at the outbreak of war the following from the mini sters speech gives us a good idea of the work of the canadian navy the second element in the composi tion of the navy is of course ships the number of ships in the canadian navy now stands at 155 these in clude var ous types we have armed merchant cruisers we have destroyers we have corvettes which can be used for general patrol work for antl-sub- marine work or for min this tens or in the near future a nai comparable to that of great britain or of that of any one of several of the other great powers i mention in all things we must be guided by our means and our oapaoitgr but we can and to co eenae and u honor i think we jmuat build a navy tbat wfll not be umrorthy of canada and that wdl enable iw to play our proper part as a member of m british common wealth of nations and as a friend and ally of the united states in conchjnod he said so long as the spirit of britain remains we need hive no doubt da to the ultimate out come of fels- war the whole of bri tain la under attack bow but in bar own time she and her dominions will take the offensive they are on the offensive even now for our gallant airmen arc carrying the war to the seat of the enemy countries and to territories which germany has con quered and our incomparable fleet still commands the seas her sold iers at dunkirk have proven their quality we shall see britain trium phant and long after the name of hitler whl have become nothing but an unpleasant memory the same nag which now waves over disordered heaps of crumbled brlok and stone and mor tar will be flying freely and proudly in the airs of heaven sheltering lib erty and justice and freedom and truth in its benevolent shade that is the hope and the promise of the british flag now flying over the ruins of british homes church nefs j sorlptvr text and hereto do i axsretoe bay- self te have always a boel veld af atam toward oed and toward man- ac u it sl georges chnroh woo thompson rector ib second sunday in advent bory com munion 8 ftjn sun day school 10 ajn matins 11 am even song 7 pjn st albans church glen wuttams second sunday after trinity holy communion 9 jo am sunday school 2 pjn evensong 3 pm norval united church rev ctfs cumming minister subject the church which is his body hours of service mt pleas ant 11 am and norval 230 pin stan dard time st georges concert draws capacity crowd a large crowd attended the concert in st georges anglican church hall last thursday night the mmdi portion of the program was ably pre sented bv dr w e tindale violinist of toronto miss florence richardson contralto of burlington and miss evelyn rusby pianist of the toron to conseivatory of music miss richardson who was suffering from a cold stlj revealed a lovely voice which always pleases her listeners on her frequent appearances in georgetown miss rusby who accompanied miss richardson is a gifted artist whose talent overcomes the technical defici encies of the st georges piano she played several solo selections inoiud ing a short number composed by her self particularly fine was her inter pretation of chopin s prelude in c sharp minor piece dt resistance of the evening was a oneact drama the home guard or if harry were only here acted by an all feminine cast the stars in this stirring drama of a town lert manless for a night were mrs harry matthews mrs sam wal ker mrs fred armstrong mrs bui lock m s t hewbon mrs alfred collins miss freda herbert and mlt mary moyer the play was under the direction of mrs w g o thompson and mrs harold moyer this is navy week in ontario j cooke floor contractor floor laying sanding jubsubfacing finishing we sfbciajjze in old floors good workmanship t new st burlington tinsmithing plumbing furnace work new idea furnaces bbat bfrra saitk fuel last lohgor f l mcguvray s have mine sweepers ani-ub- marine vessels motor torpedo boat together with various other types of auxiliary craft the figure of 155 ves sels now in the canadian navy repre cents a tenfold increase over the 11 vessels of various types that we had at the beginning of this war i turn now mr speaker to the duties of the royal canadian navy the duties of the navy m9y i think be classed under three heads first convoy work and control of the move ment of british merchant shipping to and from north america second the patrolling or our own coasts third cooperation with the british navy in european and other waters convoy work is undoubtedly one of the most important duties which the royal canadian navy performs un der the system now prevailing in our great ports merchants ships are as sembled grouped together and escorted across the atlantic in cooperation with the royal navy from our ports bv pairff acnosihe iwilhina k of the war no fewer than 3600 shins have departed and in these ships 21400000 tons of cargo have been carried over the sea in mltoo to providing es cort for cargo or merchant ships can adian naval v have escorted troop convoys to tttrgland and to other areas and i am gtad to be abba to say tbat not a single one of ttt troops so escorted has been lost at sea as a result of enemy action as to the future of the canadian navy the minister said we cannot hope of oouese to have in canada al baptist chorcfa rev e g baxter minister 2 00 pm church school 7 00 pm warship service rev robert dick or toronto will preach monday 800 pm oyjpo thursday 8 00 pjn- tayer meeting a welcome to all the united church rev p c overend ba minister 10 am sunday school and bible classes 11 am and 7 pm rev john a mcdermid of grand valley will con duct the services st johns stewaxttown rev s r colebrook rector 2 pjn sunday school 3 pjn evening prayer st stephens hornby 11 ajn holy communion st pauls norval 1 30 pjn sunday school 730 pjn evening prayer knox presbyterian church d d davidson ma minister morning service 11 am evening service 7 pjn- holy cross b c church rev fr j l mcbride 1st 3rd and 5th sundays mass at ll am 2nd and 4th sunday mass at 9 ajn in schools in all parts of the pro vince the thrilling story of britain s sea might will be retold how eng land became mistress of the seas makes one of the noblest chapters in all history and both boys and girls will recall heroic deeds at sea as in ontario s classroofs tribute is paid to the empire s magnificent sea defence this educational project of the navy league of canada ontario divislou is calculated to have far reaching ef fects the significance of british sea power will be more widely lealized as the various activities of navy work be come known among parents as well as pupils in adopting this method of stimu lating patriotism the navy league has the full support of the department of education including the leagues plan of deepening the desired impression by making a collection in the schools in aid of ihe sailors at christmas the ague has undertaken to see that every man who sails the high seas and who is at a canadian sea port during the christmas season is given targlble proof qiat those who serve the king afloat are not forgot ten the ditty bags being rilled by women workers for the navy league in many parts of ontario will bring comfort ui those who serve in the merchant marine as well as in his majesty s naval forces following a similar project last year tetters of thanks poured in from men and boys whose christmas had been made so cheerful one lad in the canadian navy wrote that the ditty bag was quite the nicest present i ever received and was doubly appre ciated because wc spent chrtsunas day at sea in exceptionally rough weather the last tew trips convoying merchant a tro s h bo int but very unpleasant owing to ice form ing to a thickness of up to six inches over all our ships company came from coast to coast with every pro vince represented this was typical of the letters received many adding words that showed them to have been deeply touched tjhls christmas the plan has been greatly extended and in addition to the 10000 ditty bags the navy lea gue has purchased 20 000 packages of cigarettes 20000 chocolate bars 10 000 packages of gum and 5 000 pounds of plum pudding as part of the christ mas cheer glen williams united church r k lemkay 2 pjn church school 7 pjn worship we extend to all those not shipping elsewhere a cordial inytta- tlon to meet with us v come to the church in the glen without obligation when you consult us in any matter relative to your ww or your estate you do not place yourself under any obhga- btan whatsoever and furthermore your enquiry will be kept hi strict con such an important matter as the re viewing of your present win or che plann ing of a new one should not be post poned we believe we can be of helpful service to you and invite your enquiries the 6ueuh trust company howrrr kjc president j ml ptjtrobll m director office corner wyndham and cerk sts guclph junior red cross reorgani zed at public school the georgetown pubno school wil ling workers branch of the junior red cross was reorganized in october with the following executive president norman long vlcepresklent peggy kedy secretary vehna lane circulation manager michael lorusso form representatives clifford norton margaret sargent and clare burns two very worthwhile meetings have been held in the assembly ball of the school the pupils taking complete charge of the programmes at the first meeting the staff and pu pils were honoured with the pre sence of mayor gibbons who ad dressed the school stressing the duties of the boys and girls as young cana dian citizens at the second meeting dr bateman was present and spoke to the pupils on first aid during which he gave a demonstration of art ificial respiration the pupils are to be congratulated on the enthusiasm which they have shown in the red cross work a total of 3150 has already been raised partly by individual donations and partly from the sale of baskets collected by the pupus from the homes of the town out of the above total the society has made donations to the senior red cross of our town and to the fund for crippled children and the tuna for refugee children junior red cross headquarters at tor onto the branch is looking forward wltti interest to further activity in the new year notice to creditors of the estate of malcolm ke- kerral late of the town af georgetown in the county of hal- all persons having olalma- against the estate of the said mal colm mckerral who died on or about the 1st day of october 1m0 at tttt town of georgetown are r to send to the undersigned executor or its souctot on or before the 4th day of december 1040 tuh particulars af their claims and any seourlueb they may hold theref and take notice that after the 4th day of january 1941 the e will proceed to distribute the estate having regard only to tta claims of which it shall tben hare notice dated at georgetown this 4th day of december 1940 the ouelph trust company by kenneth m langrinn its soucttotv lt col ballantine names officers major leather mc of burlington has been named second in command of the balton volunteer guards un der an order of lt col jaa bauantlne dso commanding officer major sarlehe been named battalion ad jutant and eergjt major cox will be regimental sergeant major a competition is being arranged be tween the companies of the battalion beginning on february 1st next year many subjects are contained in the cuntcuuun and a silver cup will be given the company attaining the most points each oompany will be repre sented by a team of twenty marksmen and the target practises will take place at the local ranges if possible prizes win be awarded for the beat shot in the regiment and also the beat shot in each eorimany suttfblrco cham t 4 isssss blue coal is io u posiilvii guarantee w h kentner son phone 12 georgetown r