The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the georgetown tjerald wpdneadcry evening february 5th 1941 the georgetown herald ntn ol geetgetown nerval glen mfflams umehaum stewaruown baulnaffad and terr cotta subscription rates canada 91s0 a year united states 200 a year single copies 3c advertising rates will be qaoted on application walter o bibhn oarptbld l mcqilvray reginald broomhead phone no 8 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec division of the gwna the editors corner guest column by o w h coming from the toronto headquarters of lhe canadian publishers war finance publicity committee the following article by g w hj ap peals to you to invest in war savings certificates february is war sav ings pledge month and the government is urging everyone to take stock of their financial position and pledge themselves to buy war savings oerttflcates regularly it is important that we all realise that this is not a onemonth campaign when you buy a few certificates and think your job is done it is only the start of a campaign which will last for the duration of the war in order that money will be available to purchase food and bombs and aeroplanes for our fighting forces ed let me paint a picture for you you are standing on your front side walk daylight has just come and the early sun is threading its light through the roofs and chimneys of the city houses to the east inside your home your good wife is getting breakfast ready and your children are dressing lor school you are very weary and you know that your wife and your children are tired too because all of you were awakened at one o clock in the morning by the walling sirens which warned that enemy bombers were approaching and all of you rushed to the bomb shelter you fixed up in the back yard there to huddle uncomfortably for three hours the peace of the morning seems unreal you stlu hear the deafen ing roar of the exploding bomb which fell close while you were in the shelter see the terrified eyes of the youngest boy as the very ground shook beneath you now you gaze across the street at the littered mess of broken brick and wood that just last night were the homes ol j our friends and neigh bours you shudder as your mind goes back to the scene of just three hours aeo when you stumbled through the debris over there to reach your neighbours shelter there to find two dead and two shocked by concus sion in the quiet of the morning yur thoughts turn oddly to the rubbers of bridge you played with your neighbour and his wife where that ghastly gap is you remember how proud they were of their new living room furniture now pulverized with the brick you recall the eagerness of your neighbours in talking about their hopes for the future their plans for their two rhildren then comes th sickening realization that all that has been shatter ed bv explosives from the ucv suddenly you wheel around and survey your own home there it stands sheltering your own immediate loved ones as it has in past years your wifes new curtains hang gracefully even though the glass in front of them is gone you wonder idly how much it will cost you to replace the glass and your calculations arc abruptly interrupted by another thought which makes your heart rtand still o a moment will it be our house tonight if such a picture were a reality where would your inclination he wouldn t you be thinking about steps which you must take as a canadian citizen to thwart i the effort of the enemy wouldn t you be hoping that our air force arm antiaircraft units would be stronger tomorrow than they were today wouldn t you be not only willing but determined to give up every dollar you could lay your hands on to help makes those de fences stronger with the lives of your family and your friends at stake with such a constant threat against your property the sum total of your life a work you would count nothing too great a sacrifice does somebody say thank god that cannot happen in canada can t it maybe not if our canadian boys and the armed forces of great britain hold out against hitler in england but let england call and it can and wit happen in canada no canadian who pauses to think even for a minute or two can fall to realize that the battle in the sides over england is being waged just as much for the security of our canadian home as it is for the british home with that realization canadians are not going to be callous enough to spend money on unnecessary luxuries and excessive pleasures money which can be diverted to war savings certificates and similar invest ments so badly needed to strengthen our defences god bless the man addressing the toronto township agricultural society at the an nual meeting in streetsviue last trturaday president w o brownrldga criticised the recent speech of r g scott who advised farmers to leave the farm for more profitable work he pointed out that on the dinner table there are only two articles of food which are not produced on the farm salt and fish and quoted the following tribute which a poet has paid to the fanner x3od bless the man that sows the wheat that finds the milk the fruit and the meat may his pocket be heavy his heart be light may his cattle his corn and all go right god bless the seeds his hands let fall for the farmer he feeds us all following la the ontario summary- issued by the bank ol monpreu under recent date the volume of trade both wholesale and retail compares favourably with that of a year ago retailers are sea sonally quiet following the largest christmas turnover in years collec tions are good in the industrial field a high rate of activity has been main tained with the output of war materi als well up to present capacity iron and steel mills brass foundries en gineering and electrical plants with few exceptions are working overtime most implement factories continue at high production levels new model automobiles are reported in good de mand and with large orders for mili tary vehicles the automobile industry is abnormally busy aircraft plants and shipyards are operating at capa city sales of furniture continue in satisfactory volume some betterment is noticeable in the tanning industry and shoe factories are moderately ac tive preparing for spring deliveries most tire manufacturers are fully em- ployed with a substantial backlog of war orders on band production of rub ber footwear is still below normal tex tile and knitting woollen and worsted mills generally are busy although a few instances schedules have been reduced following completion of gov eminent contracts lumber remains in strong demand with prices firm gold production for november totalled 270124 ob 9 454340 us i as com pared with 265307 oz 8935 745 ub in november 1939 construction con tracts awarded in ontario during 1940 totalled 146806100 as compared with 482 605500 in 1936 the increase being largely in industrial contracts poetry granddads winters this winter granddad sex aint like the winters used t be when mow upon the level would come way up bore yer knee when rtlrroada ruunla north and south would drift so deep an wide teh couldnt see the stake and rider fences at the side be ses theyd drive right over them ah ions the fields make roads with team an rmhalfttgh for they didnt dare take any loads jswcept perhaps a jag a wood a couple a uttle tiers star beer seen bones lunge an sink la snow up to than esxa ontario bmmeaa sutnmnry here and there in halton a bad fire swept through the brant inn at burlington last week doing ex tensive damage musical instruments awcome on just le me lead lbenl down the next block that s where me girl friend lives at their acton 1 home i have dumped the family back i burlington and the town once more actons tax rate has been raised has them on their hands raised from ta mills to 54 mills on the basis of estimated receipts and ex penditures for 1941 c f leatherland clerktreasurer of and music belonging to mart kenney the village of acton has resigned but ind his western gentlemen were com will continue as clerk of the munici- plttely destroyed and the udo deck i pallty the town has advertised for a was in ruins good work by the treasurer burlington fire brigade saved the building from complete destruction karl homuth preston ml was guest speaker at a recent meeting or the acton y mens club bab daugther of dr and mrs nelson of acton died last wednesday acton fair will carry on in 1941 thp dates already set being september 18 and 17 1941 officers were elected at the recent annual meeting v a relief problem in burlington con- elizabeth ann nelson i6monthold cerns an indigent family who left town r j w c ypjjq ninths ago to live in penatan- gulshene authorities in that town last weeks interpretattnn of uttle jack homer was written in tha way that the- writer thought kipling might have written it this week we give you the same story but written as an other of the wellknown poets might have written it these were all writ ten by the same person and we have another for next week and so the lad hi irlnup garb ar rayed reposed him in an angle of wall upon a wooden bench of rustic form jack homer was us name and oft- times he reclined upon this selfsame bench and mused but now he- held supported on bis knees a dish of godly care wherin be sought with nimble thumb the fairest of tha fruits and having found he drew it forth anon and quoth aloud with perfect courtesy good sir i am an honest lad withal therell always be an england are familiar words these days we hear them repeated as well as sung but you may have missed them in this con nection which we understand was first used by a british columbia newspa per therell always be an england governed by the scots troubled by the i irish criticized by the welsh revered by america feared by germany trus ted by mankind guarded by god when motoring through strange towns we often notice something dif ferent about each particular town that makes it stand out in memory and when we hear that towns name men tioned that particular attraction im mediately flashes across our memory did you ever stop to think just what attraction the town of georgetown has to offer to the stranger going through on the highway suppose we take in the nearby towns first it would be the lulls of norval that we would re member that town by and its likely we would think that there would be good skiing in that locality the river bank to the south and east would re mind us of the ski jump at ottawa the honors when passing through brampton especiauy if we made the trip in daylight would be divided be u in i f mr v rvi i tween the narrow street that allows mr h locll sister of mrs fc coi ij v nrdanhnncm man cor died suddenly in a wsndstt milk prices in milton have been in creased to lie a quart and 6c a pint provincial constable a j oliver left for toronto last week where he has been transferred from halton county sister of local woman vancouver hospital on january 11th aged 72 she is survived by her hus band and thirteen children she is remembered by many friends in town where she visited two summers ago sniiimiiiiainmiiunniiiiiiittiiaiiiiliiiiiiaiiniinitiiaiuiitiiiiiuuinii hi intcnntiiuimare fr b f r watson djx wlds georgetown office hours 9 to 5 except thursday afternoons dr j burns milne dental surgeon xray mb ses the toe ud freeze sometimes to five and ant feet thick of you would measure it lengthwise jown on the pasture crkfc the weus ud all go dry the cattle then theyd have v take anjdrtve em eight or nine miles off t drink em at the lax an when theyd get em home again hive they should au remain ewe time t turn right round an drive em to the lake again atv when the mend go to the bash next wtotert wood shed jog along at dogtrot pace an never leave the tracks the cutterd dive in pitchboles deep an jerk t break our backs the predlgested breakfast foods were not invented then but buckwheat cakes rat pork an maple syrup fed the men he ses that put the muscle on from shoulders down t wrists an kept em strong an healthy an made hair grow on their ohlsts them was the winters granddad ses his memory cant shake off when no one ever had a cold an no one bad a cough when snows were deep and frosts wen keen an folks were happy then but times are changed an them ol s days- will never come again ralph gordon 028 crawford st toronto sect seeing wont ten feet stood they m rrttopped high boota iwr pants tucked m an round- jwdt soots greased with hot beef taller jest v keep the water oat wwvtna ottos then but they wbtdd hook the ol gray mare sp to flw ttrttsr one in robes than ftrvcbelr gtts so f alr tfaett rvt no s wheels t hold wttfie drirtn through the snow tbeytt drop the ones down oer the dash an let the ol mare go each in his own cannot strike those perhaps you chords that stir the souls of men and lift them up from dark despair to faith and hope again nor weave a lovely melody in song whose haunting strain can sun the surge of troubled thoughts and bring release from pain but you can speak a kindly word and smile a friendly smile or send a massage full of cheer or go the second mile of service for a soul in need and these perchance may be accounted in the final score a perfect symphony leroy dale kc j m sybfl bennett ba g umstnet goobgotown psomb monuments markers and lettering potlock a ingham gab out designs on request phone 3048 inspect our work in greenwood cemetery qms it i m nielsen tath tear of practise j chiropractor xray dtugless therapist bdr uuanl ofllce over dominion store ooonretown hours 2 3 730 930 njn rbaoe usw j cookeg cement ad cinder blocks brick and tile hantjraxttuked with aruaau power maohlne au sons any qjueatttjr 3 hbw st phone os rauhcnroh kenneth m langdon rurrmarstlkstor narfassj jlrii uoraetge money to im orboe otesorr thostra bus jidlbtrmt i c frank petch teacher rebut otve me a sen tenoe which includes the word fasci nate robert after deep thought my f nther has a walstooat with 10 button on but he can only fasten eight all classes op dfflukamoe prompt service bmr c thotiipwoii mstjbanoe service fire auto wmdetorm c p railw and aubec summer cddukbions fbea llw er j gesrgetewn radio repairing we specialize in this work 11 tten liin j sanfordson ocobobtown 34w ralph gordon ttw versatile ente for your next pngrufi rhubtrated ctromar prxs toronto u crawford st talented amateur performer a cent with my toes bright spectator thats nothing my dog can do that with his nose i can pick up in the town acton would also be re membered by its narrow streets and we would wonder if there were no other streets that the highway could have used there to carry the through traf fic guelph would perhaps bring to mind the nice front of the reforma tory especially if the trip was made during the summer time elora or course would be remembered by its rocks and we dont mean the hockey team of that name either right now the main attraction that we might link up with the mention of fergus would likely be the big dam although it lsnt on the highway nor is it within the village itself but suppose that we get back home and if we were go ing through georgetown for the first time especially at night we might think that the lighting on the domin ion seed house would be the stand out in our metnory howe if we were trifling the trip during the daytime it is likely that it would be but suppose that we let an americas university professor tell us what ho thought was the main attraction as he passed through here last summer it was the avenue ot bees to the west of town on the highway that he thinks about when the name georgetown is mentioned and he isax far wrong at the moment we are unable to recall a row of trees anywhere that is com parable the mention of trees recall to mind an article in the globe sometime ago by the late peter moarthur in which he mentioned that perhaps the planting of trees would be the most permanent thing that he would in all probability do during his lifetime trees of course do not grow very fast and it does seem too bad to see a tree that has taken perhaps 100 years to grow being cut down in a few minutes for stove wood however like everything else trees reach their maburity become ripe as it were and have to be cut before they oommenoe to decay we stttl thmk that another tree should be planted to replace every one that is destroyed in fact we understand that a law to this effect is in fore in some countries the other day we noticed an article in the globe and mail which stated chat street cleaning oonsmlealoner har old bradley anhounced the good news that he expected in the near future to be able to realise some cashfrom the citys discarded tm cans bvery year the city of toronto sends some 5000 tons of tin cans to the dump and mr bradley went on to explain that these cans had a value of gajoo per ton while we call them tin these cans are really made of steel and we would think that they should have some sal vage value whether it would amount to enough to make it profitable to ga ther them and to deliver them to some central point is of course open to ques tion we would imagine that the cans would at least have to be flattened out when gathered in order to reduce bulk per pound however that should not be a dmflcuh problem to o if they do fmd a use for tin cans most of us know where they can have a few for taking them away we would not want to undertake the job of explaining in a way that we or dinary mortals would undesetand this idea of printing a lot of money as a cureall for our national ibs some years ago the prov of alberta ad vocated a somewhat similar idea which they called soojjkl 4mit and which when underway would he able to shell out to the tot of- saoo per week to those in need a looked ood at the time but ran off the trook endeavour- tog to fmd the necessary fends where with to shea out to thai atet we didnt get ths lataa4ba4 time and the more we read in ngard to this la test idea the less do we understand shout it no we wouldnt want that job at all in mot we would much rather he s goal keeper for m pro