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the georgetown herald seventyfourthjyear of publication wednesday evening april 9th 1941 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa their excellencies enjoy spring preview of rockies 3st r the governorgeneral the earl of athlonc and princess alice stop ped at jasper national park dur ing their western visit and enjoyed a sprinfj preview of the rockies their excellencies saw the many beauty ipois tn the vicinity of jasper park lodge and received a demonstration that jasper is an allseason ski centre they climbed on to the glacier at mount edith cavell to witness a spe cial ski display by experts from the jarper ski club their excellencies tnet numerous jasper inhabitants in eluding lower right mrs l swift widow of the first white lettler in athabaska valley and 40 year resi dent now at 75 mrs swiff presented at jasper station recalled that as a child she accompanied her parents on buftalo hunu south of fort ed monton mrs swift is of satitleaiim indian and french parentage photi- oraphs canadian national railuayt plans laid for giant celebration next saturday might troops bands dive bombing attack will herald the com pletion of war services drive canvassers will sub mit final reports friday night plans are being- laid by the local committee in change of the canadian war service fund drive for a gigan tic celebration to mark the comple tion of the canvass which la taking place this week in the district a meeting of captains is being held to night at 10 pjn in the legion rooms for the first report and the final re ports win be eofamltted on friday xdgbt v chairman alex maclaren has ex pressed his convictions that no trouble will be encountered in raising the re- tmired 2600 which la georgetowns quota in the drive canvassers are niiiiistf an intensive housetohouse canvass this week to present the op- portuntty to ev to participate m thfc worthwwhlle work for the soldiers if citizens are missed in the canvass contributions may be left with treas urer a- o weak or secretary h o itaohnw special names coamdttee a special names committee work ing under mr leroy dale is ap- aaad moneyed lndividaals who can per haps make larger donations than the average man saturday night in geor the saturday ndght celebration will commence at 9 pm at the canadian jftonk of commerce when a dive bomber plane win take off for an attack on hitter in berchtesgaden when we go over the top we win then witness the botnhing attack eearcb- hthta antiaircraft fire bombs and jncendlary bombs hitler that nasty man wltf be burned in emgy don mfea the show the band win be in attendance and it is hoped to have a number of air planes from mauon airport fly over about 11 pin there are rumours too mat some of the mechanised troops iran toroto may be here the committee informs the herald 1bat anyone feeling unable to make ash con may donate goods antiques and articles of historic or other interest to be auctioned off in georgetown saturday night mayors wager mayor a 8 armstrong of milton and mayor joseph oifjj ge town have put tap two personal wagers 1 thai ou goto wn wffl reach its x that oeo wffl e objective by a larger tage tfaan wffl milton school children send teoks to the navy a letter baa bean received from tf omagsliisii public sohool who der the ifriuwili j of piluulpal g w i j qeorgetown homes for the lbs tecfexn srnhs tte ttugr ijnil h tfa wt tor tkb lbs maar ooortjs th swam lbs alion fivm-ansjit- gowman truax dies in toronto on sunday april 6th the death occurred in toronto general hospital of john crewman truax son of the reverend and mrs judaon truax of hamilton mr truax who was a young man in his early thirties was resident of georgetown about 22 years ago where his father was pas tor of the methodist church he at tended the public softool tn town the family enjoyed the respect and love of their churchpeople who will sympathize with them in their be reavement from georgetown mr truax was transferred to grand valley and later to beamsvllle and he is now living retired in hamilton another son newman was ordained to the ministry at the same time as rev john mo dermld of grand valley and he is at present preaching in the west air tmax is survived by his wife the former margaret e mocullock the funeral service was held from the funeral chapel of a w miles on tues day afternoon with interment in west- mount cemetery hamilton norval junior farmers institute hold meeting the norval junior farmers and in stitute held their march meeting at the home of beatrice joe and bert lyons charlotte wilson look the chair for the institute meeting which opened with the ode and the repeat ing of the lords prayer in unison the roll call was then responded to by naming a flower beginning with the first letter of your name the monthly red crass collection was taken up it was decided that 500 be sent to buy wool for red cross knitting a committee was appointed to take charge of a concert and dance to be held tn april at norval the motto gossip was given by dorothy cleave amy greenwood gave a very fine paper on easter a couple of contests were then conducted by isabel wrigglesworth at the boys meeting a motion was passed that a sliver collection be tak en up at future meetings it was de cided to send for the 16 booklets on walter mcraye gives inspiring speech on the british navy the weather well there can be no doubt about it now spring is really here we have had our first april shower and by the way a good heavy one lasting m day saturday but it helped to carry the snow away and bring the frost out of the ground with a few more days of warm weather farmers will be on the land and townsfolk wlk be able to get at their gardens it la a little too soon however to take em off or uncover tender vege tation for there may yet be some cold days and frosty nights following are the local records for the past week date h arid l rainfall temp tties apr 1 43 30 wed apr 2 46 35 tburs apr 3 60 28 frt apr 4 40 27 sat apr 5 40 36 90 sun apr 6 66 35 man apr 7 28 the average temperature for the whole week 386 degrees i grimsby speaker lauds navys work in building and defending empire fifteen in onechurch don the kings uniform fifteen jroung men of the george- oluy eon town church are wearing the kings j uniform now one is in the air force one in the navy and thirteen are in the ca8jv they were bur den bearers in the church before sign ing up for the duration one was church treasurer and trustee two were former byptj presidents and treasurers of the bypu and the sunday school three were from the choir including the tenor soloist three sunday school teachers while seven were from the young mens bible class one class in the bible school has had three successive teachers en list such inroads upon the strength of the church are difficult to bear but marks 89th birthday the herald extends congratulations this week u william gulman a resi dent of the glen williams district for 23 years who quietly celebrated with his family his 69th birthday last sun day at qlenvlew farm born in bristol england he came to canada as a young man and went into the butcher business later re turning to england to marry laura pooze returning to canada with i his bride hey took up residence in toronto later moving to weston and stlh later to islington where he changed his business to farming on account of his wifes poor health while living in islington he served for many years on the islington coun cil he is a conservative and active in politics in 1917 mrs glllman died and some years later he married the former mrs s taylor he has a family of our children mrs e ewlngr mrs p sykee mrs g jaggs and frank an womens institute the positions have been filled and the farm hints published by the farmers worlt l5 carried on the canadian baptist the georgetown herald britimh war victims fund previously acknowledged for warded to toronto broiling telegram fund fsoftjff mrs w d johnston loo mrs james a ombtoee loo raffle by fred mccartney at branch iff dlan legion mrs w bsuta proceeds of social evening at me borne of mb a carter tjo pool that was not cooaoted at beaumontw msi olen wmiams 240 proceeds from co bridge buobre anal gro cery draw committee mrs p p blackburn mrs ann lawson mrs w e nodweb mr h c modure s p chap man ioojoo m m a bally stewarttown 1j0 r blyth olen williams ijoo total march 20th 330 02 mrs w maybanfcs jb mrs w c anthony 500 miss j l young ttolltnafad 100 georgetown wre brigade p of dance tn arena march 2ath 3026 mrs john ombens 500 mrs j dodg and mrs wm miller p of euchre party mod march 91 iojoo tn memory of mother and brother killed in the last war 2j00 total april 2nd 0 w 2 procees of social evening at the home of mr and mrs jack martin 2000 a little bit of yorkshire lojdd w r forgreve raffle of watch at provincial paper muls 2600 mr and mrs w c cunn ingham p of euchre party at their home on monday april 7th ujoo total april tth 461 radio forum craig reid spoke on mineral defi ciency in dairy cattle and john bird gave some remarks on hybrid i ooml at the joint meeting with the insti tute a committee was elected to look after aitangementa for the pututog on of the county program again in april a social evening la planned for april 16th in the form of a roller skating party in the mutual arena toronto miss joy ruddell favoured wltti a solo and keith dolson gave a splen did talk on the bad effects of aloohol a guitar solo by howard laldhvw brought the program to a close a vote of thanks was moved by reta fisher and george henderson to all those participating in the program and to the lyons family for acting as hosts lunch was served and the singing of god save the king ended the evening army notes another georgeto boy left recent ly to oln the royal canadian navy norman herbert son of mr and mrs arthur herbert after a few weeks holdup with an attack of measles is at present in toronto receiving naval training pte ted hicken has transferred from the 46th highlanders and is now tpr e a hicken of the 1st cana dian army tank bde camp borden pter john hoar is receiving mili tary training with the first fourmon ths class called up under the new military training regulations recently inaugurated by the government he is at no 20 ca b tc brantford armand swackhamer son of mr and mrs e b swackhamer of maple ave has joined the rjcaj and is stationed at no 1 manning pool to ronto fred armstrong of the hoa has been transferred from toronto to trenton recently the men referred to above are ptes william chaplin reginald blair ed win shortul alan herd and sidney reeve all with the cjvo canadian army overseas ptes bruce barley robert patterson tom wames wil liam hewitt albert reeve and clifford oanton camp borden pte albert north who recently received his hon ourable discharge for reasons of health ac3 john wilson boaj toronto john emmerson ea 4th ron and gdsm william f smith veteran guards of canada another young man from the church jack boare is at present re ceiving training in one of the four- month training camps the april meeting of the george town branch of the womens in- tltute was held at the home of mrs o freure on wednesday afternoon april 2nd with mrs wylie the presi dent in the chair after the opening ode- and institute prayer the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved and the members answered the roll cah by giving an economy wrmfcle groups 3 and 4 gave a report of a very successful joint euchre which was held in the legion rooms recentiy and turned in a nice sum to the treasurer a nice collection of layette articles was brought in by the mi bers to replace the institute layette which had been given out lately mrs w f sinclair gave the cur- ret events which proved very interest ing a nominating committee con sisting of mrs g campbell mm howard kentnetand mrsf cole was appointed to secure the new officers for 1941 and 1942 a report to be brought in at the may meeting at this point dr j h bateman gave a very helpful and interesting talk on health education after a vote of thanks was tendered dr bateman and the hostess a cop of tea was served and the meeting closed by singing god save the king past presidents night at lions walter mcraye cbnadlan written world traveller and lecturer was guest speaker at the regular dinner meeting of the lions ciub which was held at the mcoibbon house on monday ev ening mr mdraye whose home at grimsby is aptly titled joumeyls end la a orest war veteran and has travelled extensively throughout the world be was a- friend and asso ciate of the late canadian poetess pauline johnson at himself a modest reputation in c dian literary circle as a writer speaks on british navy selecting as his topic the british navy mr mcraye traced the glor ious traditions of that service from the time of alfred the great down to the present the chinese were the first navigators recorded in history and the egyptians first used ships as implements of war about 3000 bjc during the golden age of greece ships played an important part in that countrys history later the phoen icians made use of the seas trading in tin with the britons cornwall mhtes still worked it is interesting said mr mcraye to know that these cornwall tin min es which were worked in those fax- off days are still supplying tin for british war goods in the present con flict growth of the navy alfred tiie great was the father of the british navy and in his day ships reached the enormous length of 100 feet it was henry vm who started the first training ships background of a system which has made jqgamt mistress of the seas the british navy got its real start in the days of queen elizabeth and the names of prooisher hawkins rawleigh drake and their contem porarles are a bywward in naval his tory mr mcraye recited the thril ling account of drakes 38 litiis wooden ships which overwhelmed oat 480 galleon armada of pnlbp of spain and established britain as a po nation after ehasbeth there was i the extinction of jewish thought and jewish idealism would be a grie vous loss to the orvfliaed world viscount cecil wool combing ask township for 10year fixed assesment esquesmg their regular meeting on monday afi temoon depurwve o rap and george k ctaave were pres ent reeve wjbaam a woson presid ed the minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted a letter from the department of highways stating that fmeratnent srasftdy wm betgjble under bylaw pencature on a letter from the porton of canada ud asking for a fixed sneinent for a period of ten year thle matter wm be deah with at a future meeting mr grieve and mr oroat- address ed the ooaneo asking for a donation to the canadian war senrteee fund moved jujb jeoondedvbj harrop and continued on page 4 its easter time the saddest season of the year is easter tune some ways to me it eer projects my thinking back back to the scenes of calvary the mists of many vanished years have failed to hide golgothas brow and we are saddened as we gaze through ages long upon it now the cruel cross looms into sight though densest darkness drapes the sky and we behold the sinless man who yields himself thereon to die who brought him to a death like this weslntien whomhe came to safe and from our neverdying souls all stains of sin to fully lave we see hi mother near his side supported by one faithful friend we see the rabble bow in scorn while mockingly the knee they bend we note the brow once crowned with thorns for which a diadem was meet we see his spearthrust riven side we see his nallplerced hands and feet bre yet from his five bleeding wounds the sinless man for sinners dies tu finished are the words we hear as from the cross aloud he cries he had no tomb in which to rest till one in kindness joseph gave and in the cold embrace of death he sleeps within this borrowed grave but be could not be held by death nor be defeated by his foes as dwwned the day on sunday mom vtrlucnphantty our lord arose i the bomb bad failed to keep its charge and ererskjce believers smg oh qrave where is thy vtotonr ad where oh death is now thy stingr- fto white this season of the year gad rwns ew to me t of osr risen lord l ho hopes of friend li but both to them and us as wed7 ah things were iisisgsil that caster i in the navy until other cromered reorganized it in his time the great admiral blake who had never teen to sea before was sent into battle ag ainst van troups dutch fleet bea ten in the ftost encounter the british came back and annihilated the dotes fleet tracing through history the spea ker outlined the great works of sea son and thefi8fating temeralre in the days of napoleon and of jwttco and beatty who bottled up the german fleet in the kiel canal after be battle of jutland during the great war again in the present war british naval history is being made the heroic episode of the jervls bay wu take its place in history as will the graf spee and narvik battles the navy has played a large part i thy african campaign in convoy work across the atlantic and now is con voying troops to greece i bare the smcerest respect for the air force and army and am not un mindful of their work said mr mc raye but in the last analysis it la the navy which keeps england a great nation part president night the meeting took the form of a past presidents night with pest pre sident a h fetter in charge of ar- a committee o of h o mo- oiure t elson and j l watson wee chosen to head the liana wax effort and child weuare drive which the club win sponsor this spring plane are being discussed for various money raising projects to provide funds far these activities money v4ed the club voted the sum of 0m0 to the herald war victims fund and grants of each to war services fund cross from the club treasury hewtyweds honoured at dance by friends prteods ga at a ho majsegannqra repent h to tumour sat and mm vernon pole of ooregetowu a reeenttgr darted ooapje safe dole wee before her davenport eldest daogfater of mr and ssn s deeextjort c o hpqrg hpajoted asj wr